Chapter 141: Mid-Autumn Festival

It turned out that Qiu Chen didn't think about anything else, but before noon on August 14, the shopkeeper Chen of the Huichun Hall brought two stewards over, one from the Liao family and the other from the Yun family, bringing silk, moon cakes, fresh fruits and other festival gifts.

also smiled and said to Qiu Chen: "There are nothing rare, I got such a small basket, give the children a taste, don't dislike Mrs. Lin!" ”

Where would Qiu Chen dislike it, compared to the large number of gifts from the Liao family and the Yun family, she valued this small basket of oranges more. Oranges, a southern fruit, are rare in the north, not to mention, just the monthly money of two taels of silver a month for the shopkeeper Chen, this small basket of oranges is only afraid that it will cost him more than a month's monthly money! This love is more important than anything else!

So, Qiu Chen was busy making some gifts, fortunately, he made enough mooncakes yesterday, and found six exquisite wood-carved dim sum boxes to come out and pack mooncakes of various flavors. Another family packed a basket of duck eggs, but there was no way, so they had to make a set of shampoo, shower gel, fragrance, and balm that they made and found a box, two sets of the Liao family and the Yun family. Chen's shopkeeper is a set.

Under Daxing's reminder, he gave two stewards a box of moon cakes and a silver reward for each person, which was considered to have sent the three families away.

In the afternoon, he sent Daxing to the house of the elders in the village for a walk, and the family sent a festival gift to the past.

At this point, Qiu Chen let out a long breath. Most of the gifts from most families were given away, and the rest were left with the Pan family and the Lin family.

About the time of the end of the school, Qiu Chen and Qingxing Yufeng brought a box of moon cakes, five catties of meat, a jar of five catties of good wine, and two thick cocoon silks, and went to the school together.

She didn't go up to see Pan's mother's face, there was a set of wooden tables and chairs in the courtyard of the school, Qiu Chen asked Qingxing and Yufeng to put the gifts on the table, and then sat down on the chair and waited for the school to finish.

As soon as the school day came, the children said goodbye to their husband in a proper manner, and as soon as they went out, they changed one by one, laughing loudly, running out, and even chasing and fighting...... The quiet courtyard of the school suddenly became noisy.

Qiu Chen's heart also rejoiced with the children's flying carefree smiles, and then, Ah Fu Aman walked out with the students, Man'er screamed with joy, and pounced straight towards Qiu Chen with his little fat legs.

Qiu Chen hurriedly took a few steps, hugged Ah Man into his arms, hugged Ah Fu who ran over later, wiped a small ink on Ah Man's cheek, and gave Ah Fu the hair of his sideburns, and then the two children chattered.

After listening to a few words, Junwen and Junshu also came over one after another, and Lin Xu walked behind the most and walked out with Pan Jiaqing.

Qiu Chen comforted Ah Fu Aman, stood up with a smile, took two steps in response to Pan Jiaqing, and stopped at a distance of five or six steps.

"It's the Mid-Autumn Festival on the fifteenth day tomorrow, I don't invite Mr. to be a guest, I sent a few mooncakes made by myself to Mr., I hope Mr. will not dislike it!"

Pan Jiaqing arched her hand again and said, "Mrs. Lin...... cough, the dim sum Jiaqing made by the Lin family is not biased once, they are all extremely delicious, and the moon cakes must be excellent. Let Lin Niangzi break the bill again. ”

Qiu Chen smiled: "Mr. Pan has worked hard for these children in my family, we are sincerely grateful, a few snacks are not worth anything, just to show our gratitude." ”

Speaking of this, Qiu Chen didn't let Pan Jiaqing continue to be polite, and said with a smile: "Mr. Pan, I came this time, and I still want to ask my second brother about the county test, but what else do we need to prepare?" ”

Pan Jiaqing said: "Lin Xu needs two students to take the exam, this Jiaqing has already written a letter to two friends, Lin Niangzi only needs to send someone to take Lin Xu to meet people, and come back with a letter of recommendation." After getting the recommendation letter, you can go directly to the county to register. In previous years, the county examination was generally at the end of August and the beginning of September, although the registration was closed the day before the county examination, but this matter should not be delayed. ”

Qiu Chen took Lin Xu to give Pan Jiaqing a deep salute and thanked him solemnly, and then took the children to say goodbye and go out.

After walking a few steps, Erkui's family came out of the house, holding a small burden in his hand: "It's over fifteen, and I don't have anything else rare, so I made a pair of shoes for the children......"

Erkui's needlework was very exquisite, Qiu Chen happily took it, and after thanking him, he took the children home.

After dinner, Qiu Chen called Lin Xu, uncle and sister-in-law, took a box of moon cakes, a rib and five catties of pork, two catties of fire squares, and two horses of silk and went to Lin's house.

said a few words politely, Qiu Chen also saw the two big girls and two little girls bought by the Lin family, both of them were delicate and beautiful, not particularly outstanding, but they were all solemn and attentive, and they were much more well-behaved than the girls in their family.

Qiu Chen was secretly embarrassed, looking at the style of this big family, it was not comparable to their family's sheep-herding management.

However, there are so many wooden people standing in front of her who can't laugh...... Sweat, forget it, it makes me chill when I think about it. She still prefers people who can talk and laugh, and are lively and vivid!

Mrs. Lin looked good, and the smile on her face seemed to be a little more, so she directly asked Aunt Huang to open the moon cake brought by Qiu Chen, cut it into small pieces, took a corner and put it in her mouth, tasted it carefully, and said with a smile: "Hmm, this moon cake is really good, it is actually better than Jingli...... It's much better than the ones sold outside. It's soft and sweet, and it's not greasy, it's really rare. ”

Qiu Chen smiled and said, "I can't get used to eating those sold outside, so I thought about it myself." It's barely able to enter, where is the old lady so good you say...... I'm solid, and I'm so praised by the old lady, maybe I don't know how thick it is. ”

Lin Xianniang and Aunt Huang have also tasted it at this time, and they are also amazed.

Lin Xianniang's complexion is also better, her skin is not as dry and unpretentious as before, and her smile gradually shows her excellent appearance: "Sister-in-law, this moon cake is so good, if you want me to say, opening a shop to buy dim sum will definitely sell well!" ”

Qiu Chen smiled when he heard this, smoothed his eyelids, and then smiled: "What did the fifth sister say...... That is, we sit together without outsiders, otherwise we won't be laughed at and lose our teeth...... Hehe, besides, a few shops over there are enough for me to be busy, and if I open any more shops, where can I worry about it. ”

Lin Xianniang glanced at Mrs. Lin and changed the topic with a smile.

After a few more gossips and said something about Lin Xu's examination, Mrs. Lin naturally encouraged Lin Xu a few words, and Qiu Chen took Lin Xu out with her.

When he got home, Qiu Chen asked Lin Xu to go back to his room to rest, and then instructed uneasily: "You just study hard, eat and sleep well, after fifteen, the day after tomorrow, I will send someone to take you to meet someone to get a letter, and the day after tomorrow, let Daxing go to the county to register for you." You don't have to worry about anything else...... There's a sister-in-law! ”

Lin Xu endured the choking in his throat, bowed to his sister-in-law, and watched Qiu Chen enter the backyard, then wiped his eyes with his sleeve, went to the west chamber of the front yard, and continued to light the lamp and read hard.

At this point, the etiquette exchange outside was completed, Qiu Chen took the children to take a bath, gathered on the bed to tell stories, and played until later than usual before going to sleep.

The next day, Qiu Chen originally wanted to sleep lazily, but unfortunately, the sky was bright, and the extremely dedicated biological clock woke her up.

She didn't rush to get up, she relaxed her body and lay on the bed, looking at the pale cyan bed tent above her head, Qiu Chen was a little distracted.

I was busy, and I didn't notice that it had been more than half a year since I came to this world.

From a dilapidated house with a broken wall, a mother and a child with an old quilt on top of it, and no surplus food at home, to now, there is a house, a real estate, and a small workshop, with a good income every month...... A pair of children, also smart and lively, healthy and happy, although the uncle has some accidents, but also motivated and hardworking......

It seems that everything is very satisfied, at least, it can be regarded as a small achievement, Qiu Chen was a little dazed for a while. I couldn't see the way forward, and for a moment, I seemed to have a sense of burnout.

"Madame!" Qing Xing whispered and came in outside the door.

What confusion, what a sense of burnout, all of a sudden flew away.

"Whoa!" Qiu Chen agreed, got up and dressed, took his shoes, and walked out of the inner room.

She asked the two girls that they didn't need the girls to be on duty at night when they sleeped, and she didn't need the girls to serve when she got up, even if Qingxing and Yufeng woke up, they were only outside the door and didn't enter the house.

"What's the matter?"

"Madam, there are several people from the village in the front yard, come ...... Boxing gifts! In the last sentence, Qingxing said very reluctantly. Because some of those people took a chicken, some took a dozen or twenty eggs, and some even only took some green vegetables, or mushrooms and wild fruits picked in the mountains...... These things, if they are called rituals, in Qingxing's opinion, they are really reluctant. But it's not called a ritual, and she really doesn't know how to describe it.

Qiu Chen naturally noticed the strangeness of Qing Xing's expression and words, but he didn't make a sound, only glanced at her, and ordered to fetch water and wash.

After hurriedly washing his face and combing his hair, he simply put on a bun and wore a light cyan dress, and Qiu Chen went directly to the front yard.

When he arrived in the front yard, Qiu Chen saw a number of people standing or squatting in the courtyard, all of them with a basket or basket or pocket beside them without exception......

Qiu Chen's brows couldn't help frowning.

People in the village can come to the door to give gifts, even if it is a handful of green vegetables, it must be the best thing that can be taken out at home...... Don't mention how many things, just this heart, you should be respectful and politely entertained, why do you just let people squat at the gate of the courtyard like this?

Is this to make the people in the village say that the Lin family is developed and does not recognize people, and cannot see the old folks?

Qiu Chen paused, frowned and asked Qingxing behind him, "What's the matter?" ”

Although there is a holiday in the workshop today, the villagers should harvest the crops, and they have to harvest the autumn, and the farmers do not throw away the crops regardless of the holiday. Therefore, Daxing and Qinghe also took the steward nobleman who had just been bought by the Lin family to Zhuangzi to check the situation of the tenants' harvest in autumn. At this moment, Junko was the only one on the gate looking at the door.

Without waiting for Qingxing to answer, Shunzi hurriedly walked over from the door, bowed down to Qiu Chen and saluted, Daxing glanced at Qiu Chen's face, and lowered his hand and said: "Madam, these villagers came to give a gift, and the little ones opened the living room door for them to go in and wait, but they refused to enter the door......

Qiu Chen glanced at Daxing, hummed, and walked over with a smile to the villagers who had all gotten up and looked at her.

Liu Manyin stood in front of the crowd and said to Qiu Chen with a smile: "Fu'er Niang, you don't have to blame them, we can't sit still......"

As he spoke, he handed a basket in his hand to Qiu Chen, and said with a smile: "This is your aunt's steamed rice cake, as well as the red dates on your own tree, all of which were picked by your aunt...... Hey, it's not a rare thing, so let's add a snack to the kids! ”

Qiu Chen naturally took it, reached out and touched a red date from the basket and stuffed it into his mouth, and said with a smile while eating: "I have long heard that Uncle Manyin's dates are sweet, and they are really worthy of their reputation, crisp and sweet, this core is still small......"

Man Yin watched Qiu Chen eat his own dates, and praised them repeatedly, his face was full of joy and pride, and he said in a loud voice: "Well, our dates are good, the fresh dates are crisp and sweet, and the dried steamed buns and steamed rice cakes are delicious, honey sweet...... Fu'er Niang is rare, in a few days, your aunt will be dried, and then let Brother Quan send some dried dates. ”

Qiu Chen smiled happily: "That's a good feeling, Uncle Manyin, I'll tell you, I'm waiting for it." ”

"Hey, hey, okay, there's a lot of people here, I'm going back too...... Oh, by the way, your mooncakes yesterday were so delicious, those boys in my family almost broke their heads......"

"Huh? Ha Luha, yes, I have a few more here, I'll get you a few more! Qiu Chen smiled and turned around and instructed Qingxing to take out four of the moon cakes he had left out and put them in Liu Manyin's basket, which had been emptied, and then sent Liu Manyin, who was smiling from ear to ear, away.

After this incident, Qiu Chen suddenly remembered that some of the gifts that came to give gifts were given by her before, so she didn't have to return the gifts, but those who came to the door by themselves couldn't make people go back empty-handed.

So, Qiu Chen remembered the apples and pears that Lan Ying bought back before, and whispered to Qingxing and Yufeng to carry them over, and accepted the gifts from others, regardless of what the other party brought, they all put two apples and two pears, and then put two bowls of white rice back.

There were two Qingxing Yufeng, who didn't bring baskets, and they didn't let the return gift be anxious, so they directly pulled up their clothes, even apples, pears and rice were in their pockets, and went back with a smile.

Qiu Chen greeted people one by one with a smile, responded to people's lame stammering, and politely greeted a few words. By the time the people who had come to give the gifts had been cleaned up, it was almost the end of the day. Patting his cheeks, which were a little stiff with laughter, Qiu Chen couldn't help but show another wry smile. Unexpectedly, I had a day off on August 15, and I originally planned to have a good rest and relax, but I was even more tired than when I was busy with the workshop...... Not only is the body tired, but also the heart is tired...... Alas!

Ah Fu Aman had just followed Jun Yan Jun Zhang Jun Wen Jun Shu and led their pony and three goats out of the city. Qiu Chen only had time to say hello.

Back in the backyard at this time, she is alone, and she is really bored, the housework at home, after having the three Daxing family and Qingxing Yufeng, she doesn't need to do it, everywhere is neat and clean. After going around in his room, he didn't find anything to do, so he simply walked out of the room, walked around, and after the last day, he went to the backyard, and was very bored and grabbed a handful of sorghum and scattered it to a group of chickens, but it is estimated that Junzi's family had already fed it in the morning, and the chickens were still running around, cooing, and few took care of her. made Qiu Chen very faceless.

Turning back from the backyard a little stupidly, Qiu Chen saw the red pepper hanging under the eaves, his eyes lit up suddenly, and he immediately ran into the kitchen in a hurry, found a basket by himself, greeted Shangqing Xing and Yufeng, and went straight to the west courtyard.

Peppers have a long growth cycle, starting to produce peppers in the summer, until the frost falls, and the other crops are dead, and there are still some small peppers that have not grown.

Before the renovation of the west courtyard, the others could be moved, but the dozen or so fruit trees planted in the front and back yards could not be moved, and the peppers in the vegetable garden could not be moved, so they had to say hello to Mrs. Lin, and the vegetables were given to them. Mrs. Lin naturally had nothing to say, she agreed with her mouth, and said that Qiu Chen was willing to plant in the future, and the vegetable garden in the west courtyard would still belong to Qiu Chen. Qiu Chen just smiled.

There is no way to transplant this time, how can she go to other people's homes to plant vegetable gardens in the future, and take care of the two families to eat vegetables when the time comes? …… No matter how idiotic she is, she won't do such a thing!

Now, on August 15, the weather is gradually getting colder, and this degree of cooling is far colder than the climate after the modern greenhouse effect...... Only then did she vaguely remember that her grandmother said a common saying back then, which seemed to say, 'If you don't freeze in September, you will freeze in October', that is, in a normal year, the water surface will freeze in the ninth month of the lunar calendar. Yes, Qiu Chen was reluctant to pull out the pepper plant so early, but the peppers that had grown on it could be picked as soon as possible, and she wanted to chop the peppers and pickle the peppers...... At this time, when it is cold at the end of September and October, it is just right to take it out to cook, make hot pot, and make stew...... Huhu, thinking about the happy appearance of the family eating around the steaming hot pot, Qiu Chen couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

The chili peppers that were dried before are enough for Qiu Chen to plant next year, yes, the chili peppers picked again at this time, Qiu Chen can use them all to make all kinds of delicacies that she has been thinking about for a long time without any worries, yes, Qiu Chen felt a lot more pleasing to the eye when he saw Aunt Huang who was gentle and dignified today, and said with a smile.

Tonggong is just such a small piece of chili peppers, and it didn't take much time to pick, Qiu Chen came back with Qingxing Yufeng with almost a basket of chili peppers.

Because except for Qiu Chen, few people are interested in chili peppers, because these chili peppers have been fully grown and matured, and a basket of chili peppers are basically red, with a few green and mottled maroon, which is commonly known as tiger skin chili. It's just that the variety planted by Qiu Chen is small, small and thin, only the size of Qiu Chen's little finger, which looks more delicate and cute.

With these chili peppers, Qiu Chen got busy again, first picking out the ripe and wrinkled chili peppers and those with insect eyes, the wrinkled ones were still dried, and the ones with insect eyes could only be thrown away.

After picking out the good chili peppers, set aside a small amount to eat the vegetables, after the remaining half of the basket is cleaned, pour it into a large basket and divide it into five or five grades, generally do chopped peppers to remove the chili stems, and the other half of the pickled peppers can be all bearded and tailed, and then, it is chopped and pickled, although Qiu Chen prepared an oilcloth to chop the peppers of the Daxing family, Shunzi's hands wrapped, the hands of the two people were still stimulated by the chili peppers red into a piece, Qiu Chen quickly brought water to clean the two of them several times, the most rear, She brought the burn ointment she had prepared and applied it to the two of them, and it gradually eased up.

Qiu Chen was busy with the Daxing family and the Shunzi family's moved red eyes, Qiu Chen listened to the two of them thanked and thanked each other, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he comforted him, and fled into the kitchen on the pretext of preparing the dishes for the festival banquet at night.

Qiu Chen had nothing to do here, but at the same time, many people were busy.

At this time, Liao Wenqing didn't care about going home for the holiday reunion, and was in the Liao family's Zhuangzi outside Anping County. This Zhuangzi is an old Zhuangzi bought by the Liao family a long time ago, and the acres of land are not much, at best, there are only less than 400 acres of fertile land.

It's just that since he cooperated with the Lin family to develop Poria cream, Liao Wenqing asked for the title deed of Zhuangzi from his father Liao Jiacheng, transferred it to his own name, and built the pharmaceutical workshop on this small Zhuangzi with only twenty or thirty households.

After getting Qiu Chen's two new recipes this year, they were also made and put into production here.

Huoxiang Zhengqi Water, although the season is a little too late, but the Liao family has the advantage of Rejuvenation Hall, and in just five days, Huoxiang Zhengqi Water has been promoted to the entire Anyang Mansion. It is just in time to catch up with the half month after the longest summer, although the temperature is slightly lower in this half month, but the humidity is the highest in the year, many people can't stand this kind of summer humidity, heat stroke, diarrhea, stomach distension and vomiting do not think about eating and drinking. As long as it is not a patient with diarrhea that is too severe, the general heat and dampness symptoms can almost be called a cure for the disease.

Huoxiang Zhengqi water became an instant hit. It has been unanimously recognized and affirmed by all Langzhong and up and down in the Huichun Hall. Similarly, as the cured patients spread around, the news that the Rejuvenation Hall had once again taken out a potion for the treatment of summer dampness also spread within a certain range. While countless patients were rejoicing, the pharmacy and medical hall, which were the peers of the Rejuvenation Hall, were almost dripping with red eyes.

However, these will not have any impact on the Liao family, which is now truly strong, and it will not make Liao Wenqing care.

But at this juncture, there was a problem with Huoxiang Zhengqi Water Elixir. And it is also the most fatal and undesirable quality problem of the medicine - because of the hot weather, after Huoxiang Zhengqi Water was sold for a few days, because of the attitude of the alcohol used to prepare the medicine, it could not play a role in preserving freshness, and it actually deteriorated. Fortunately, Huichun Tang found out early and stopped the sale of Huoxiang Zhengqi Water in time, otherwise, let the patients buy it back and eat it, and the consequences would be ...... I can't imagine it!

Liao Wenqing couldn't sit still in the room at all, rushed to the workshop, looked at the workers who were busy raising the alcohol content, and scolded the little steward who ran over, "It's not possible?" It's been a few days, and you can't even handle such a small thing? You ......"

Seeing that his young master was in a hurry, Frankincense began to be unreasonable, and then looked at the faces of the few wine-making veterans not far away, and he couldn't help it, so he had to go against his scalp, risking the danger of setting himself on fire, stepped forward and grabbed Liao Wenqing's arm, and dragged him out.

While dragging it, frankincense was in a hurry, and said: "Young master, yesterday, the person who went to Liu Jiaao to send the festival came back late, and the young master didn't alarm people when he rested the small one......"

Liao Wenqing was about to have an evil fire in his heart, and suddenly heard the words 'Liu Jiaao', and immediately calmed down a lot, and then looked at the frankincense that dragged out of his arm, as well as his wrinkled sleeves and placket, frowned, and finally didn't have a seizure, only snorted coldly: "It's done, your young master, I won't have a seizure, you stinky boy can let go." ”

"Huh? Hey, yes, yes, it's a little messy for a while! Frankincense hurriedly spread her hand, and when she saw the wrinkled sleeves that had been rubbed by herself into a dried vegetable, she also felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Liao Wenqing tidy it up, but Liao Wenqing pulled it away with his hand and walked away.

"Didn't you say goodbye? Why don't you take me to see it? ”

"Hey, here, here......" Frankincense hurriedly followed. But in my heart, I thought about it.

It is no secret that the young master has a mind about the ladies of the Lin family, and the Liao family is afraid that there is no one who does not know the truth. However, obviously a few days ago, his young master was still in a hurry to follow the Lin family lady north, why did the Lin family lady come back at this time, and stayed in Liujiaao, but his own young master made an awkward mistake, not only did he not go to Liujiaao, but he knew that the Lin family would steam wine, and he could make suitable wine to make Huoxiang Zhengqi water, but his own young master had to force a bunch of wine-making recipes to figure it out by himself, and he couldn't worry about going to school for this, but he just refused to go to the Lin family......

Could it be that the young master is so awkward, because he was left behind by the Lin family lady halfway to the north? Annoyed the Lin family's lady?

No, although the young master is awkward, he is still just awkward about himself, and he is still concerned about Liu Jiaao and the Lin family, otherwise he would not have made people pay attention to the Lin family all the time, and he specially sent someone to give gifts fifteen years ago, let alone hear the words 'Liu Jiaao' in anger, and still calm down quickly......

I just don't know if something happened to the Lin family to make the young master so unhappy and awkward...... It's a pity that the people who are staring at the Lin family are all managed by the young master himself, and without the hands of others, yes, frankincense pondered and pondered, so he didn't understand the reason why his young master was depressed and irritable, and when he looked up, he saw that the young master had already walked out of the alley for a while, and quickly restrained his careful thoughts and hurriedly chased after him.

Mooncakes, duck eggs, bath combination......

The Lin family's return rituals are very simple, but they are all home-produced, including bathing combinations.

Liao Wenqing didn't have the problem of Huoxiang Zhengqi water's excipients solvent at this time, and in the past few days, he was rarely quiet, and his fingers silently brushed over the seemingly inconspicuous rituals, and after the last, he fell on the moon cake box, picked up a moon cake and looked at it, and couldn't help but show a hint of amusement.

The moon cakes sent back by the Lin family are the size of a bowl, such a big moon cake...... It's completely contrary to those things that are overpriced, but the inside is unbearable. Well, just like that woman, just looking at the appearance, there is nothing particularly attractive, but once you come into contact with it and taste it, you will be unconsciously attracted, confused, and addicted...... If you can't get it, you can't forget it!

Liao Wenqing took a moon cake, hung his head, waved his hand, frankincense opened his mouth in surprise, and retreated silently without saying anything. But after closing the door, Frankincense stood outside the door, and she couldn't help but have a bitter face, revealing a sad face.

Why does his young master look so much like when he just turned back from the north? Frankincense even regretted a little, he shouldn't have pulled the young master back from the workshop. Even if the young master reprimanded those people, got angry and scolded angrily, it was better than being so silent and sad.

Liao Wenqing in the house didn't pay attention to what happened to his little girl, he didn't look up, he didn't even lift his eyelids, only heard the sound of the door closing, and stared at the moon cake in his hand silently in a daze, and it took a long time before he broke a small piece from the moon cake and put it in his mouth......

Soft, sweet, fragrant and pleasant...... Soft but not rotten, sweet but not greasy, fragrant but not confused, slowly melt in the mouth, sweet and pure......

It's just that Liao Wenqing's mouth is sweet, but there is a heavy bitterness in his heart.

He lowered his eyes, his eyelashes trembled, his lips twitched slightly, and the bitterness rushed up from the bottom of his heart, into his nose, into his eyes...... It was hot and exciting, but his eyes were very dry, and he couldn't shed tears.

That woman could not have belonged to him. Even if the mother agreed, she would no longer hinder it, and even approve it with both hands......

New Widow ......

But who knows, the dead man actually came back from the dead......

What happened, Liao Wenqing didn't know what happened, and the only news he heard was enough to make him collapse. Let his perseverance these days become a joke, a joke that is ridiculous in the world!

Marry a widow and there is hope! He's going to work hard, he's going to keep going......

But people have men and husbands, and no matter how hard he does, no matter how hard he does, he can't do anything to snatch other people's wives! He can't do it...... But what should he do? He can't forget, he can't let go...... As for the current increasingly close cooperative relationship between the Liao family and the Lin family, he can't forget it...... Does it mean that you can never let go?

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Lin Xianniang silently served Mrs. Lin lying on the Luohan bed, brought a thin quilt to cover Mrs. Lin, and watched Mrs. Lin close her eyes, then she gently retreated from the side of the bed, sat down on a chair near the door, picked up a half-sewn dress from the sewing basket, and lowered her head to sew it.

Lin Xianniang's female red is not exquisite, compared to the exquisite needlework and embroidery that she remembered for too long, the needlework she made was simply unsightly. But here, after so many years of abandonment, struggling to survive, she has missed the age of learning needlework...... Of course, as far as the Lin family's situation in Ling Shanwei at that time was concerned, it was impossible to invite any female master to teach him as he did at the beginning, let alone the various skills of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting necessary for the cultivation of a noble lady.

There were many times when she thought that her whole life would go on like that...... Struggling, struggling, just to survive. As for what to live for, it seems to be vague.

Until, she was injured, and it was not until she escaped into the cave with her tenacious sense of survival that she was able to survive...... At first, there were always various sounds of people neighing outside the cave, and she did not dare to come out, she could only survive by the droplets of water on the rocks. When there was no movement outside, she could go out, but she found that she had already lost the strength to walk with hunger, so she could only climb to the mouth of the cave and find some tender grass to eat, and one day when it rained, she saw many beautiful and fat mushrooms growing on the root of the stone wall, but she did not dare to eat them...... She was no longer a boudoir lady, she knew that those mushrooms looked colorful, fat and thick, but they were very likely to be highly poisonous, and one flower was enough to make her cheap death thorough.

Fortunately, the heavens did not kill her, and she finally found some soybean-like fruits on a bush at the entrance of the cave, although the fruit tasted very sour and astringent, but her life was prolonged, until someone entered the cave again, and she tried her best to hide in the crack of the stone...... But he was still saved.

When she woke up in horror and saw that elegant and beautiful face, she was heard smiling and saying to her, "Don't be afraid, I am a woman......"

Only then did she realize that she had been saved, and she shouldn't need to be afraid of this person's attempt to save her.

Yes, she has nothing to do but this body, and a woman should not be interested in her only merit!

After the initial panic, after she ate some more things, she gradually gained some strength, and only then did she realize that this woman was actually the leader of this group. Or rather, those sturdy men are nothing more than the woman's bodyguards......

The woman ate and drank generously, talked and laughed, and rode a horse in men's clothes generously......

He was so radiant and smiling like the brightest sunshine...... Make her dazzled!

She envies, she looks up, but without the usual jealousy of women. That woman is so frank that people can't be jealous! The woman was so dignified that there was no way to put the shady words that attacked the woman on her......

After that, the woman took the guards and went around in a big circle, just to send her back to Ling Shanwei.

She could have taken that opportunity to follow that woman, and even had the opportunity to live as happily and openly as that woman...... But she didn't. She was afraid that her darkness would stain the woman's bright and flying smile.

She chose to go back and become a convicted official who was assigned to the border gate.

It's just that providence made people, she actually saw the smiling woman again, and she inevitably crashed into the woman's house!

When she saw her again, she was pleasantly surprised, and after that, she was at a loss.

So, after the first warm thanksgiving, she can be silent and cold...... It's not that she's ungrateful, it's not that she doesn't like the woman, it's just that she hasn't figured out what she should do. Do you want to tell her about the darkness and squalor of what you know?

After a few days of struggle, she gradually calmed down and regained her senses, she felt that maybe she was unfounded, she had now been pardoned, and she was no longer the official who was convicted. So, can she be like her, with her own hands, earn clean money to support her family, and even break out of her own world?

After thinking about it, she couldn't find what she could do, and she tasted the mooncakes sent by the woman, which were fillings she had never tasted, and the dough was soft and crispy like she had never tasted...... Her heart moved, can she open a shop that makes dim sum?

It's a pity that she made such an obvious gesture, but the lady of the Lin family pretended to be confused.

Lin Xianniang lowered her eyes, looked at the few crooked and unbearable stitches she had sewn, shook her head with a wry smile, and brought scissors to pick out the crooked stitches. Threading the needle and thread, starting over......

If you make a mistake in sewing the needle and thread, the sewing is crooked, and you can disassemble it and start over, so can she make a bad impression of being hot and cold?

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Qiu Chen took a few people from the Daxing family to be busy all afternoon, made a can of chopped peppers, a can of pickled peppers, sealed them all, put them in the back seat room used as a warehouse, and let them ferment, the chopped peppers can be eaten in about half a month, and the pickled peppers need to wait for at least a month.

After finishing these, Qiu Chen prepared a dose of decoction according to the recipe of the scald medicine, soaked the hands of the big guys, and the redness and swelling on everyone's hands gradually subsided. So, we talked and laughed together to make the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet on the fifteenth night.

That night, the sky was beautiful, it was an unusually clear and good weather, the silver plate of the moon slowly rose from the east, it was extraordinarily bright, extraordinarily pure, faint, it seemed that even the shadow of the laurel tree in the moon palace was extraordinarily clear.

There were tables in the backyard and in the front yard, Qiu Chen took the children in the backyard, and the three Daxing families were placed in the front yard by her. The two compartments are separated, their family is warm, and the servants of the three families don't have to eat and have to worry about serving their masters, and they are also comfortable. Qiu Chen originally invited Lao He and Chengzi to eat with them in the backyard, but the two of them refused, and followed Liu Sanhe, who was hippie and didn't leave, and went to the front yard.

The family sat together, there were no outsiders, even the servants were no longer in front of them, and the atmosphere was exceptionally close and warm. After eating some dishes, Qiu Chen proposed to beat the drum and pass the flowers, memorize the poems and tell a story when he was caught......

It was the first time for the children to play this kind of game, and they were all nervous and excited, and their faces were full of smiles and nervousness.

At first, it was a few children who were caught, and they all memorized a poem related to the Mid-Autumn Festival, and later, Junyan and Junshu muttered a few words without knowing what to do, and a chrysanthemum that was rubbed out of shape fell into the hands of Qiu Chen, who was a little distracted.

"Oh, Auntie, it's Auntie!" The boy jumped up from the chair and cheered with his feet, "Auntie, do you recite poems or tell stories?" ”

Qiu Chen came back to his senses, looked at the chrysanthemum in his hand helplessly, and said with a smile: "Then let me tell a story!" ”

"Oh, my aunt told a story, my aunt told a story...... Jun Yan cheered.

Aman walked over with a smile, climbed to Qiu Chen's knees, and grabbed the best seat for himself to listen to the story, and then listened to Qiu Chen with a smile and spoke leisurely: "Before, I told you the story of 'Chang'e Running to the Moon', and today, I will tell you another story, the name of this story is 'Monkey Fishing for the Moon'......"

At night, coaxing Afu Aman to fall asleep, Qiu Chen lay on the bed, looking at the bright moon halo on the window with a slanted face, and his thoughts drifted away unconsciously......

When she was telling stories in the evening, she checked an impulse to tell the story of another 'Chang'e'. She really wanted to tell the children that there was no Chang'e, no Wu Gang, no Jade Rabbit, no Osmanthus Tree Guanghan Palace on the moon, and that the moon was just a desolate and lifeless planet, but a planet on the earth......

The moment the words were about to come out, she swallowed them.

At that moment, she felt the deepest powerlessness she had felt since she came here. Knowing that there are things that are common sense in modern times, but here, she can only bury those advanced technologies and prosperity deep in her heart, even to her dearest children and relatives, she can't confide half a word.

At that moment, there was a lot of laughter around her, and the smiling faces of the children were still bright, but she felt extremely desolate and lonely.

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival reunion, it was extremely bleak and lonely.