Chapter Ninety-Two: Mai Qiu

After the holiday, the next day turned around, it was April 26.

Qiu Chen went to the third grandmother's house early in the morning and asked about the wheat harvest of the third grandmother's house. Qiu Chen can think of her everywhere, and the third grandmother is very moved, but because their son and daughter-in-law are not at home, she can't farm with her two grandchildren, so they all rent out, so they don't need to be busy harvesting autumn.

After breakfast, the Lin family and the Manchu family finally began to officially start the preparations for Mai Qiu.

In the wheat autumn, the first thing is to choose a flat and wide place to sit on the wheat field. Choose a good plot, then level, compact, and then 'drink the field' after compaction.

The so-called drinking field is to splash the courtyard that has been pressed through with clean water.

After drinking, it is necessary to dry for a period of time, and the water to be drunk is almost eaten into the earth, and the surface is almost dry, and then it is pressed again. This is repeated until the loess surface of the yard is as hard as a brick and smooth as a mirror, and a qualified wheat field can be considered ready.

Pressing the field is a jishu job, and it is also a strength job. In previous years, there were no large livestock, and with manpower alone, this work alone took two days. One of the most tiring is the compaction, which is to use manpower or animal power to drag a stone on the ground that has been leveled by the selection of haode and roll it back and forth, which is somewhat similar to the principle of the road roller when building modern roads.

Yesterday, Manchu father and son, Liu Sanhe, and Erkui had already cleared out the construction site between the Lin family and the school, and it had been leveled. There are a few slightly low-lying places, and Man Hoard and Er Kui also pushed a few carts of loess over to pad them.

Therefore, on the twenty-sixth day, it will directly start to press the field.

Whenever the scene is overwhelmed, the happiest are the young children.

Children of all sizes ran after Lulu, laughing, and most of them took off their shoes and bare little feet to feel the smoothness and solidity of the ground that Lulu had crushed.

Today, Junwen led the horse to crush the field, and Erkui and Man Hoard carried buckets back and forth to carry water, splashing the drinking field.

The sun rises hot, blazing the earth, and the clear water that is poured into the soil is quickly absorbed by the soil and the air evaporates. At this time, Junwen would drive the horse over and crush the place where he had drunk once, while Man Ho and Erkui continued to carry water and drink the yard on the other side.

Qiu Chen came back from buying a lot of ingredients from the town yesterday. Early this morning, I agreed with Lan Ying and Erkui's family, everyone worked together, and they had dinner at Lin's house at noon.

Lan Ying and Erkui's family, along with Xiang'er and Zhi'er, all came over to help early. Several people discussed, the pancakes were delicious and hungry, in Lan Ying's words, they were strong muscles and bones!

Qiu Chen happily agreed: "Cheng, just make a cake." I'll leave the pancakes to you both, and I'll prepare the dishes!" ”

Xiang'er smiled and said, "Let's give Aunt Begonia a hand!" ”

It is best to roll the pancake and eat it in the dough. Qiu Chen thought about it for a while, and then prepared to fry a shredded pork with Beijing sauce and a leek egg. Make another soup with shredded meat and pickles. Drink more salty soup to replenish the salt lost by the body and avoid electrolyte imbalance.

The most labor-intensive part of these dishes is the knife work, there is plenty of time, and there are two small helpers, which is not a big deal.

Qiu Chen took out five or six catties of meat, she cut the shredded meat, and Xiang'er and Zhi'er went to dig green onions and cut leeks and came back to pick and wash.

Twenty green onions, also shredded. beat more than 30 eggs in one go, washed a large handful of leeks, and cut them into inches long; Then, I went to pick up a salted radish, cut it into shreds, and handed it to Xiang'er to wash twice, washing off part of the salt to avoid being too salty and panicking.

Looking at the prepared ingredients, Qiu Chen pondered the number of people and the amount of food in his heart, and felt that it was not very generous, so he simply went to the house and took out five large salted fish, and handed them to Xiang'er and Zhi'er to be soaked, remove the fish scales, internal organs, and gills, and cut them into sections.

In this way, make three dishes, then mix with spinach, four dishes and a salty soup, and the combination of meat and vegetables, all of which are hard enough to eat.

Once the ingredients are ready, stir-frying is easy. In just two quarters of an hour, four dishes and one soup are ready. On the other side, Lan Ying and Erkui's family had already baked a large pile of cakes.

The courtyard was too hot, and it was no longer suitable for setting a table for dinner at noon, so Qiu Chen asked Junyan Junzhang to set the table with a few Tao boys. Two low tables were placed on the kang in the hall and the back room. There was also a table in the hall of the west wing. The men were in the west room, and the women were with the children at the two tables in the main room.

Qiu Chen took Xiang'er Zhi'er and sent the dishes into the houses, while greeting Fu'er: "Go and ask your eldest brother to come back for dinner!" ”

At this sentence, four or five small voices agreed crisply, and four or five small ones of Fu'er Man'er and Stone Lingzhi giggled and flew out.

Because of the human hands and siblings, and the large livestock to drive the labor, the wheat field was almost sorted out in one morning. After lunch, the men went home to take a lunch break, and the children were also placed by Qiu Chen to take a nap in the west wing and the main landlord's house, and Zuihou was left with her, Lan Ying, and Erkui's family to tidy up the dinner table, clean the dishes and chopsticks, and other things.

Lan Ying asked, "Listen to Fu'er, did you receive Brother Xu's letter yesterday?" ”

Qiu Chen smiled and nodded: "Yes, I said that it was here, and the journey was smooth." I'm finally relieved. ”

The Erkui family also laughed and said: "Although it is said that it is going north, but a few days ago I just won the battle, and the Rong people in the north were driven away, there is no disaster, and he Aunt Begonia should not think too much!" ”

Qiu Chen smiled and nodded, and everyone changed the topic again and talked about other gossip.

The wheat field is sorted out, and the most important preparations before the wheat harvest are completed, and the rest of the grinding sickles, preparing the grass and so on, are done by piggyback. The women, on the other hand, are busier because they have to steam enough steamed bread for the whole family to eat for a few days.

Erkui's family had no land, so Qiu Chen asked Erkui to help the Lin family spend the autumn, and the salary was calculated according to the normal work, and at the same time, Shanzi Stone and Erkui's family all ate with the Lin family. In addition, there are more than 20 people of all sizes, and there are at least a few baskets of steamed buns to prepare.

In the afternoon, the men prepared sickles, prepared straw yoko, prepared straw toma, prepared wooden shovels, push baskets, poles and other tools, while women were busy steaming steamed buns in pots and pots.

Qiu Chen cleaned up the basket at home, washed it, spread it with a clean cage cloth, and lifted out the steamed buns from one drawer to another, and after a little drying, he picked them up into the basket and covered it with a layer of cage cloth. In this way, after steaming four large steamed buns, the women stopped and busily made dinner and gave the family an old snack.

In the evening, Daddy went around the field and came back to announce that he could open the sickle tomorrow. The first to cut the hoarders, the Lin family because of the water and fertilizer, but the maturity is late, and it will take two days to cut.

The next day, the cooking work at home was handed over to the Wang family, Erkui's family, and six-year-old Xiang'er.

The others, both men and women, young and old, went down to the field to harvest the wheat, but the men and the strong women cut the wheat, while the others followed behind and tied the wheat with straw. The smaller ones, such as Fu'er Man'er, Shishanzi Plug and Ganoderma lucidum, follow the adults with small baskets, pick up the ears of wheat that fall in the field, and make sure that the grains are returned to the warehouse.

Qiu Chen took the hat and followed behind Junwen to bundle wheat.

Junwen is very skilled in cutting wheat, and it is obvious that this child has participated in this kind of harvest more than once before. Then he stretched out his left arm and grabbed a ridge of wheat, and with a wave of the sickle in his right hand, he pulled it into his arms, and a large handful of wheat was cut down with a brush, and was casually rested on the left back side of his body, and after a few times, a small pile of wheat was formed. Qiu Chen's job was to tie the wheat cut by Junwen into wheat with straw to make it easier to carry.

Compared with wheat cutting, wheat baling is much easier, at least there is no need to keep hunched over and hang your head like cutting wheat, and your movements are much freer, and the labor intensity is much less.

But it was this seemingly simple job, and Qiu Chen still couldn't do it just now.

She didn't dare to say that she wouldn't, so she slowed down and watched Lan Ying's movements next to her. I saw Lan Ying tear off a straw from her waist, spread it on the ground, hugged it with both hands, and put two piles of wheat on the herbs, and then pulled the two ends of the grass with her left hand and right hand, and bent her right leg to press the wheat, and her hands worked hard...... Qiu Chen didn't see it clearly, Lan Ying had already tied up a wheat figure, and casually stood up the wheat figure, and then, following the full hoard, walked forward, and then went to tie the second wheat figure...... The whole movement was coherent and skillful, and it only took two or three seconds to complete it in one go!

Qiu Chen was secretly speechless, for fear of attracting the attention of others, she didn't dare to follow along. pondered by himself, imitated Lan Ying's movements, and also laid straw, hugged wheat, and bundled ...... It's just that when she picked up the self-conscious bundle of haode wheat, she was embarrassed!

The wheat that had just been bundled up with time and effort suddenly spread out, and the wheat that had been smooth and smooth was suddenly messed up...... If you re-bundle it, you must first smooth out the messy wheat, and then bundle it......

Qiu Chen suddenly threw away his hand, a little at a loss.

Jun Yan, who was also bundling wheat next to him, turned his head and saw his aunt's embarrassment, and hurriedly ran over: "Auntie, what's wrong?" Did you get it in your hand? ”

As he spoke, he leaned over and quickly gathered up the wheat that had been scattered all over the ground.

As soon as he shouted like this, Junzhang, Lan Ying and others also ran over when they heard the sound, Qiu Chen looked at the kind-hearted Junyan and couldn't cry or laugh, so he had to explain with a smile, saying that his hand was born......

Lan Ying and the others didn't dig deeper, helped to sort out the wheat, and went their separate ways. However, after this incident, Lan Ying and Junyan on both sides of Qiu Chen paid attention to Qiu Chen's side from time to time, and from time to time reached out to grab the wheat cut by Junwen and bundled it into a wheat body. As a result, behind Man Ho and Er Kui were all densely packed wheat people, while behind Junwen were a few scattered and crooked......

Soon, the cut wheat was enough to load the car, Junwen ran to the field, led the horse to the car, Lan Ying, Junyan Junzhang, and Qiu Chen together, hugged the wheat and loaded the car. This time there was no jishu sex at all, and Qiu Chen was finally able to keep up.

After that, Qiu Chen was sent to follow the car to the yard to watch the wheat drying. With her are Lao He, Junyan, Junzhang, Shishi, Ah Fu, and Ah Man...... Lao He and Junyan Junzhang came back to collect wheat, and the others were disliked......

After transporting the wheat to the yard, the wheat ears are taken down with a guillotine, and then the wheat ears are scattered in the yard to dry.

Lao He helped the big guillotine, Junyan Junzhang and the brothers took turns to hold the wheat and continued to enter the guillotine, Lao He pressed it hard, and a wheat man was finished, and the wheat straw that was still tied was thrown aside, Qiu Chen took a handful of children to sit in the wheat straw and pick out the remaining ears of wheat.

After a while, she had to carry the dried ears of wheat with a stick, and tossing and turning, which was indeed much easier than cutting wheat in the field. The only thing to pay attention to is that, looking at the sky, as soon as you see that the sky is not good, you should gather up the dried wheat as soon as possible and cover it with straw and tarpaulin!

With the addition of Junwen, Liu Sanhe, Lao He and Erkui, as well as horses and vehicles, it is much easier for the Manchu family to pass the wheat this year, but in two days, more than 20 acres of wheat were cut back and dried in the field.

The people who had been tired for two days in a row breathed a sigh of relief, and the remaining wheat of the Lin family and Liu Sanhe's family was less than four acres in total, and these people would go early tomorrow and be able to cut it back before noon. I only pray that God will continue to be gracious and give two more days of good weather, so that the wheat can be beaten down and put into the warehouse, and the big guy can really put his heart back in his stomach.

The next day, early in the morning, the sun showed a red smile, and although everyone was tired, they were all happy.

Because the Lin family and Liu Sanhe had few wheat fields, the division of labor was redone on this day. Man Ho, Er Kui, Liu Sanhe, and Jun Wen still went to the field to cut wheat, while Lao He, Lan Ying, and Man Hoard's father stayed behind and prepared to start playing.

In this way, the wheat that was very dry in the previous two days can be pressed out, and part of the yard can be substituted to dry the wheat for the Lin family and Liu Sanhe's family.

Lan Ying, Qiu Chen, and Lao He worked hard, spread out the wheat and dried it for half an hour, then put stones on the horses and started to fight.

Playing is the process of using heavy objects or tools such as sticks and sticks to crush, slap, and beat the grain from the plant with gravity.

At this moment, the man led the horse and crushed the ears of wheat in a circle, until the husks of the ears of wheat were crushed, and the grains of wheat came out. Then, first use a basket to pick out the larger wheat straw, and then use a bamboo broom to spread out the slightly larger husk, after going to the husk wheat straw twice, there are only dense wheat grains and fine wheat straw left in the field, which is commonly known as wheat bran.

At this time, it is necessary to have experienced and powerful men on the field to carry out a net selection process - Yangtian!

The lifting field is to raise the wheat mixed with wheat bran according to a certain wind direction and a certain angle, so as to borrow the wind force to achieve the purpose of separating the wheat bran from the wheat grains!

This process can be said to be the most elaborate jishu link in the whole field, don't look at it is to take a wooden shovel to raise the wheat bran up, such a simple job, but if you don't master the key, the wheat bran that is raised is inseparable or haode, and the people who don't make it will be the wheat bran and wheat grains that they raise all over their faces, embarrassed......

In the middle of the morning, the wheat of the Lin family and Liu Sanhe was fighting.

The wheat of the Lin family was cut first, and the wheat of Liu Sanhe's family was cut later.

The carriage pulled Liu Sanhe's wheat into the field, and Liu Sanhe smiled directly and said: "Just put it directly in the Lin family's wheat, anyway, I'm also eating at the Lin family!" ”

Man Ho and Junwen, who were unloading the car, both looked at Qiu Chen when they heard this.

Qiu Chen flatly refused: "No." You are eating at the Lin family because you are now working for the Lin family. When the one-year contract expires, it is natural to go home and eat by yourself. Your own wheat or you play alone! ”

The smile on Liu Sanhe's face froze for a moment, and then he laughed and said, "Oh, Mrs. Lin, what's the matter, can't I still farm for the Lin family next year?" In the future, they will farm for the Lin family......"

Qiu Chen didn't say it too absolutely this time, and said, "Then we will talk about it next year." Still, you keep the wheat for yourself. There is no reason for you to work for the Lin family and pay rations to the Lin family. ”

After speaking, with a wave of his hand, Man Ho and Junwen naturally followed her intention and dried the wheat of Liu Sanhe's family in one place.

Liu Sanhe looked at Qiu Chen's back, the usual smile on his face was gone, his eyes were deep, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

On this day, it took a whole day to gather wheat from all over the house. The next day, he gave the Lin family and Liu Sanhe's wheat a field.

In the evening, at noon, all the wheat was threshed and spread out thinly in the yard to dry......

Looking at the golden color of the place, Qiu Chen also gave birth to a heartfelt joy and satisfaction of harvest.

Father Man Ho stood beside her, touching his beard, and the deep wrinkles on his face were deepened by joy: "This year is really a rare good harvest, especially your family's wheat, which is full of fertilizer and water, and Sanhe takes care of it carefully, and this acre and a half of wheat can harvest at least six stones and a half of wheat...... Hehe, that's enough food for the four of you for a year! ”

Qiu Chen didn't know the price of wheat, but the most haode white flour was less than ten cents per catty, six and a half stones, seven hundred and eighty catties, and it didn't take ten taels of silver to buy it with money......

However, Qiu Chen still smiled and nodded: "Yes, the new wheat grown by home, and the grinding noodles are very delicious!" Wait for the wheat to dry, don't say anything else, first grind the white flour steamer steamed buns and taste them! ”

After the battle, basically a bumper harvest can be guaranteed. In addition, the heaviest work has passed, and the big guys are also relieved, and at noon, Qiu Chen took out a jar of wine to celebrate the harvest.

However, after eating less than two bites of the meal, Manchu Dad suddenly jumped up with the wine bowl in his hand: "It's not good, it's weather, hurry up and go to the field!" ”

The family flocked out of the house, and when they looked up, sure enough, the sun was still scorching just now, and the northern sky was already dark at this time. A gust of wind whistled with dust and leaves and wheat, and swept over the face, blowing so that people could not open their eyes.

In the yard, the grass and tarpaulin, and all kinds of heavy objects are moved and pressed...... The pile of wheat in Zuihou has not yet been covered, and the rain of beans has crackled down.

and so on, the crowd hurriedly covered this pile of grain, and almost all of them were drenched into soup.

Qiu Chen hurriedly beckoned Junyan Junzhang Junwen to run home, but when he turned around, he saw Manchu's father and Manho, even Liu Sanhe and Lao He, did not run to the nearest Lin family, but ran towards the village.

Junwen hurriedly said: "Aunt, you take a few of them home, I'll follow the village to see, whose house hasn't been built yet, go and help ......"

Running while talking, when it comes to zuihou, the person has already run away, and the sound is drowned in the dripping rain.

Qiu Chen was stunned, Lan Ying ran over, pulled her, and shouted loudly: "What's the trouble in this rain, why don't you hurry home, and if you get drenched, what should you do if you get the wind cold?" ”

Qiu Chen quickly came back to his senses, shook his head with a silent smile, pulled Junyan Junzhang, and ran home with Lan Ying.

As soon as the rain fell, a group of small ones were driven back, and they ran to the gate of the Lin family to take a look, okay, a group of small ones were crowded in the hall of the gate, picking up their little heads and looking out happily to see the rain!

Among them, the leathermost bolt and the mountain stretched out their little hands and then the rain that fell from the eaves, and the rain flowed down the little hands and arms, and the sleeves and even half of the clothes and pants were soaked!

Lan Ying was angry when she saw it, reached out and pulled the bolt, and slapped it on her ass a few times, and the child who was still smiling like a flower just now with her face up, grinned and howled in a blink of an eye.

Qiu Chen pulled Lan Ying away with a smile, stretched out his hand and pulled the bolt into his arms, wiped the tears of the leather boy, and said, "The bolt won't cry." We're not afraid, we're not afraid of getting wet, we're not afraid of getting sick, Aunt Begonia will grab the medicine, and when the time comes, just boil a big bowl and drink it......"

The plug that was howling stopped crying somehow, Qiu Chen pretended not to know, and still said: "If the medicine doesn't work, don't be afraid, Mr. Zhao in the town will prick the needle, and when the time comes, let him prick the plug a few times, and there will be no disease......

"Ah, I don't take medicine, I don't prick needles......" The plug didn't dare to nest in Qiu Chen's arms anymore, and when he turned his head and saw Lan Ying standing next to him, he immediately threw himself into his mother's arms and said loudly, "Mother, I was wrong, I won't wet my clothes anymore......"

Lan Ying was stunned, she couldn't help but want to laugh, Qiu Chen glared at her fiercely, Lan Ying quickly covered her mouth, reached out and hugged the bolt to teach.

Qiu Chen bent the corners of his lips, picked up Ah Man, pulled Ah Fu, and ran quickly across the yard and back to the house. Then I found dry clothes, changed them for the two children first, and she also changed them herself, went to boil ginger soup under the stove, and then called someone at the door: "You mothers don't come into the house quickly, I will find a few clothes, you change them first, and then drink a bowl of ginger soup to dispel the cold......"

Here, Lan Ying and Qiu Chen took the children to change their clothes, and one of them was holding a bowl of hot ginger soup with brown sugar and drinking, and Junwen ran back with a wet body.

Qiu Chen hurriedly asked him to go back to the West Chamber to change his dry clothes, and wiped his hair again, and then he filled a bowl of hot ginger soup and handed it to Junwen: "How about it, you haven't been drenched in wheat, right?" ”

Junwen's face was a little pale due to the rain, he held the ginger soup bowl to warm his hands, and shook his head bitterly: "Today is Grandpa Dachuan's wake-up, and we are almost out of water." Many people's wheat was drenched. And some of them are in the ground and haven't been cut back yet......"

Qiu Chen also felt bitter in his mouth when he heard it, but he had to comfort him with kind words: "This rain is urgent, the rapid rain usually falls for a short time, maybe it will stop after a while!" ”

Junwen had no choice but to nod his head.

The family drank the ginger soup hotly, and there was a thin layer of sweat, and they all felt warm and comfortable. Qiu Chen beckoned the children to get on the kang and continued to eat lunch. While watching the rain outside the house from time to time, she secretly prayed, it was better to stop soon, she didn't count on the hundreds of catties of wheat, but some people were waiting for the wheat in the field to eat......

If it really doesn't finish raining, the wheat that has been drenched in the rain and the wheat that has not been cut back from the field will be trampled badly, and many people will have a hard time......

I don't know if it's because God dozed off, Qiu Chen's prayer obviously didn't work. The next morning, the first thing Qiu Chen did when he opened his eyes was to rush to the door to see the weather, but saw that although the rain outside was much smaller, it was still falling carefully and densely, and there was no intention of stopping.

She has no experience in drying grain, but she knows how to dry medicinal herbs, and the general principle of these two things is still figured out.

The hoarding of grain was dried for two days, and it was covered tightly with straw and tarpaulin, and there was no big problem in another day or two. Although her wheat was dried for a short time, it was not raining and could last another day. It's Liu Sanhe's wheat, which is the field of zuihou, and it didn't dry for a while after it was beaten, and it rained a little. The sun is hot before the rain, and the temperature of the wheat drying in the field is naturally high, so high temperature, and some rain, cover it overnight, it must be hot, and if it is not spread out, it will soon ferment or mold......

Looking up at the gloomy sky, Qiu Chen couldn't care about cooking, so he took a hat, found a pair of old cloth shoes to put on, and went out of the house in the drizzle.

She was going to discuss with Manchu's father to see if she could bring back Liu Sanhe's wheat. The medicine drying shed in the backyard of the Lin family is idle at this time, first spread the wheat to dry, and is not afraid to dry, as long as it does not get hot, it will not ferment and mold, and wait for a day, if the weather is not clear, it can also be put on the kang to dry......

At best, the wheat of Liu Sanhe's family is about the same as that of the Lin family, seven or eight hundred catties of wheat is not much, and the two kangs in the West House are packed up and baked for a day.

When he left the house, Qiu Chen went to the field to take a look first, and before he walked in, he heard a shout behind him: "Fu'er Niang, you can't enter the courtyard at this time!" ”

The voice is very familiar, and when I hear it, it is a slightly hoarse voice of the full hoard.

Qiu Chen hurriedly stopped, turned around, and saw Daddy Man walking slowly behind his back, and hurriedly smiled: "Uncle Dachuan, I just want to discuss something with you!" ”

Saying that, he waited for a while, and when Manchu's father came closer, Qiu Chen said: "Yesterday, Liu Sanhe's wheat was stained with rain, and if I cover it again, I am afraid of Yan (wu three sounds, fever and mildew)." I thought, will I move to my medicine shed? ”

Daddy nodded solemnly: "Well, this is also a way, let it dry, even if you can't do it, you can avoid it!" ”

Qiu Chen blinked and said, "Then I'll go find a piece of tarpaulin again, let's temporarily pull up a shed and load the wheat?" ”

Daddy shook his head: "The rain is light at this time, and the movements are quick and not too hindering, so there is no need to be so troublesome." Let's do it, I'll go home and call Manho and let him push him into the car...... By the way, it is also called Sanhe, how to say that it is also his wheat, and we are not easy to move when he is not there! ”

Qiu Chen asked, "Don't you need to set a car?" ”

Father Man glanced at Qiu Chen, and still shook his head very good-naturedly: "The yard has been soaked all night, and as soon as the livestock enter, they will be all nests." Let's push it with a car. ”

Qiu Chen was a little embarrassed by Manchu's father's glance, so he hurriedly responded, and turned around and walked back with Manho's father: "Then my family will clean up and find out all the bamboo dumplings for drying medicine!" ”

The two acted separately, Qiu Chen went home, saw Junwen got up, was feeding the horses in the backyard, and told Junwen about the matter, Junwen hurriedly poured the material in his hand into the trough and hurried away.

It rained for another day and a night, and when the rain stopped, many of the wheat that was still in the field and did not come back sprouted on the ears of wheat. There are also some lodging, and the germination is more serious......

It rained for a few days in a row, and when the rain stopped, Qiu Chen took Junwen and a few small ones to loosely spread on the brick floor at the gate, looking at the pointed small lotus that came out of the water......

But the mother stood by the pond for a short time, and then she heard a burst of crying from the field at the east end of the village. Crucially, this is not the usual woman and child, but the voice of a man...... The kind of crying of utter despair makes people's hearts tremble.

Hearing this, the two families of Erkui and Lan Ying also came out of the house, and Daddy Man Hoard listened with bated breath for a while, and walked to the east with his hands behind his back: "This is Liu Laoshi in the village!" Alas, tell your mother, I'll go see ......"

Lan Ying hurriedly agreed, and when she looked at Qiu Chen with an inexplicable expression, she said in a low voice: "Liu Laoshi's family is poor, and the family has seven or eight children, and they have long run out of food...... Because of his family's attentiveness and watering diligently, when everyone was harvesting wheat before, he said that it would be fruitful again...... I didn't expect to suffer from this rain, and I guess I won't be able to harvest much, alas......"

Lan Ying sighed softly, but seemed to exhale infinite depression......

Qiu Chen also felt heavy in his heart, as if he had pressed a stone into it, and the little pleasure just now because of the stop rain was gone.

Standing silently for a while, several families also felt bored, greeted each other, and went home separately.

In the afternoon, the sky really cleared, and the sun, which had not been seen for several days, began to scorch the earth again.

After Liu Sanhe's wheat was dried, the Lin family's wheat was also dried, and the sun came out at this time, but the yard was not dry, and the grain could not be dried.

Qiu Chen took a few children to take a lunch break for a while, and then got up and went to the East Chamber.

Before the holiday, this batch of healing drugs was crushed, and it only needed to be mixed evenly and packed, but it had just rained and the air humidity was too high, so I couldn't do this at this time. Qiu Chen brought the bamboo basket and began to spin the safety seed.

Watching the pills gradually 'grow' from the size of a grain of rice, Qiu Chen couldn't help but think of the group going north again.

Today is April 30th, and Lin Xu, Yang Shumeng, Junshu, and Chengzi have been gone for twenty-four days. No matter how difficult the journey is, at this time, they should also arrive in Huairong Town, right?

I don't know, after arriving in Huairong, Lin Xu's steamed wine recipe didn't go well......

The second brother Yang Shumeng is okay, Junshu, Lin Xu and Chengzi are all half-grown children, and they have never left the house before, and they don't know if they can stand it along the way......

The heart was in a mess, but Qiu Chen's movements did not stop, he spun twice in one breath, and got more than a thousand insurances, only then did he feel that the stuffiness in his heart had dissipated a little, put away the pills and bamboo baskets, and walked out of the east chamber.

In the evening, the family routinely finished studying on the kang in the back house.

Qiu Chen explained to Junwen: "You brothers are going to prepare tonight, let's go out tomorrow." ”

Jun Yan Jun Zhang Afu Aman is an age that does not know sorrow, and when he hears that he can go out, he immediately rejoices.

Junwen was older, and felt that his aunt's words were very abrupt, and couldn't help but wonder: "Auntie, should we go to the county seat?" ”

Qiu Chen shook his head, "Let's go to Anyang Mansion!" ”

"Anyang Mansion? What are we going to do in Anyang Mansion? Junwen was shocked and asked subconsciously. After asking, he felt that his tone was not right, and quickly explained, "No, aunt, I just feel that I suddenly mentioned going to Anyang Mansion......"

"Surprising, isn't it?" Qiu Chen really couldn't bear to see Junwen embarrassed, so he opened his mouth to relieve him.

Seeing Junwen nodded, Qiu Chen said, "Aren't we going to do a soap-making business?" We only know that the county seat and Qingshui Town have not been sold, and we don't know if Anyang Mansion has been sold. Also, if someone else really sells it, we also have to ask them how much they sell it for, and how much they sell......"

When it comes to specific issues, Qiu Chen will try her best to explain them to Junwen in detail, she wants to make Junwen know more and know more subtly, and then teach him some practical exercises so that he can slowly exercise it.

"If it is not sold, then we have to find out whether the soap we make should be sold in a grocery store, or in a fat powder shop, or in some other store...... We have no way of knowing these at home, we can only go around the shop, see, ask, and understand little by little......"

When it came to this topic, Qiu Chen talked about it in detail, Junwen listened very seriously, Qiu Chen finished speaking, he quickly got up and said, "Auntie, I know." Ming'er is going out, auntie, you should go to bed early! ”

There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, Qiu Chen got up and packed a baggage. After thinking about it, he put all the silver and silver tickets at home in his baggage.

Then I washed up and started cooking.

After the family had breakfast, Qiu Chen packed a basket of dry food, carried two pieces of salted meat, and went to the third grandmother's house, saying that he would go back to his mother's house while he had the time, and let Liu Sanhe and Lao He eat at the third grandmother's house in the past few days, and the third grandmother naturally did not agree.

Qiu Chen said to Lan Ying and Erkui's family again, and asked Lan Ying to take care of the roe deer and chickens and ducks at home, Lan Ying agreed neatly and followed Qiu Chen home.

After arriving home, he saw that the children had packed up, Qiu Chen also took out the water bladder, dry food, snacks and other things he had prepared, locked the door of the house and the courtyard door, handed over the key to Lan Ying, and the family got in the car and set off.

Because they didn't need to carry goods, the Lin family used the wooden van this time.

Qiu Chen didn't shy away from it so much, as soon as he got on the car, he hung up the curtains on both sides and the door curtains of the carriage, and sat in the carriage with an excited face. Junyan Junzhang was even more excited, he couldn't sit still in the carriage, so he simply ran to the wheel and squeezed with Junwen.

Although it rained for a few days, the sun was scorching, and after a day of drying overnight, the road was almost dry, and the carriage made all the way out of the village, which was not too difficult to walk.

It's summer, and it's raining for a few days in a row, and when you look out, you're full of verdant green, which is pleasing to the eye.

Blowing the breeze of the early summer morning, looking at the green eyes, surrounded by the excited and happy chirping of the children, Qiu Chen's mood couldn't help but be happy and relaxed.

The carriage passed all the way through Qingshui Town and Chengjiadian, and arrived in Anping County in the middle of the time. Qiu Chen discussed with Junwen, and the family did not enter the city, but only asked for a pot of tea in a tea shed outside the city gate, ate some dry food and snacks brought by home, unloaded the horse to drink water, fed some forage, and went on the road again.

In such a hurry, at the end of Shen Shi, the family finally saw the majestic and heavy gray city wall of Anyang Mansion.

In the afternoon, the children got tired of it, and several people fell asleep in the carriage, and after waking up for a while, they saw the city wall in the distance, and the children immediately got up again. Chirped and shouted.

Bumpy all the way, Qiu Chen was also quite tired, at this time, listening to the children chattering and shouting like a group of little sparrows, and also had a headache, he raised his hand and patted the four little heads one by one, and said with a smile: "This hasn't arrived yet, don't save a little effort, and when you enter the city later, when you play, who is not honest, when I go out with your eldest brother, I will lock him in the inn." ”

"Hey, auntie, do we want to stay at the guest house?" Jun Yan sensitively captures a fresh word.

Qiu Chen nodded and smiled: "If you don't live in an inn, do you want to spend the night on the street?" Moreover, there should be a curfew in the city, and you can't go out and walk around at will in the middle of the night, and when the patrolling soldiers found out, they were put in prison. ”

"Huh? Don't you let it out at night? Junyan said with annoyance.

"Jail? What is Jail? Aman's eyes widened and he asked curiously. The new word 'imprisonment' was the first time she had heard it, and looking at the appearance of her mother and brothers, it seemed to be a very powerful thing.

Facing the four sparrows who had turned their attention, Qiu Chen raised his hand to support his forehead, feeling remorseful. She knew she would get burned, so she let them twitter on their own!

However, Qiu Chen has a habit that if the children have any questions, no matter how tricky and abrupt the questions are, she will not make up lies and prevaricate, and will try to answer them with appropriate and appropriate words. Thinking about how to answer the children's questions, Qiu Chen blinked his eyes and saw several wine shops and teahouses outside the city gate from the car window, and couldn't help but move, so he raised his voice and said to Junwen: "This day's journey, we are tired and hungry, let's stop at the wine shop in front of us, if it is convenient, we need some water to take care of these little dirty monkeys, and the province will enter the city later, sloppy and sloppy." ”

When Junwen heard this, he looked back at the four younger brothers and sisters, the four little ones rolled in the carriage for a day, and then squeezed into the carriage and slept for a while, the cotton clothes on their bodies had long been wrinkled, and their hair was also unkempt.

It was not yet time to eat, and there were not many customers in the restaurant, and a young man was leaning against the door, carrying a rag in his hand, and was listlessly rubbing the door frame.

Junwen drove the carriage over, the young man heard the sound of the horse's hooves, and hurriedly raised his head, and when he saw the carriage coming towards him, he immediately perked up, threw the rag in his hand on his shoulder, and bowed slightly to meet him: "This guest officer, but you have a meal?" ”

Junwen nodded with a smile, patted the neck of the big yellow horse again, and said, "After a day of driving, this horse is tired, do you have haode concentrate?" ”

The young man promised again and again: "Yes, yes, you can rest assured, the little one will be fed with the concentrate mixed with bean cakes when he turns around, and the horses will be served well ...... at a moment's notice."

Junwen smiled and handed the reins and whips back to the young man, turned around, first took Junyan Junzhang Afu Aman from the carriage, and then took down the small bench hanging under the wheel, and took Qiu Chen also got out of the car, and said with a smile: "Auntie, I think he is quite clean here." ”

Qiu Chen got out of the car, stretched out his hand to lead Afu Aman, nodded in response to Junwen, looked up at the young man one day, and said, "What are your family's strengths, go and clean up a few, and the rest is fine, it must be clean." ”

The young man's eyes looked at Qiu Chen and his party one by one when they got off the car, and they saw that this group of people was just some women and children, and they were not dressed richly, and this woman didn't even have a piece of jewelry on her body. But in the restaurant, there were many people who saw them, and the young man's eyes were poisonous, and he noticed that several children were wearing muslin clothes, and this woman was also dressed in muslin, but the collar of the collar exposed at the collar of several people was the finest cocoon silk...... The attitude was a little respectful, and he bowed again and again: "Yes, although this lady can rest assured, the food in the small shop is all purchased at that time, and it is not a small boast, the chef of the small shop has excellent skills, and he makes good dishes, especially a eight-treasure duck and a soft sheep, which is a must in this Anyang Mansion." ”

Qiu Chen picked the corners of his mouth and said, "Okay, just try your Anyang Mansion." As he spoke, Qiu Chen threw a look at him, and Junwen immediately understood, took out twenty or thirty big coins from his sleeve, and handed them to the young man.

When the young man saw the reward, he smiled even more, thanked him again and again, tied the horse to the tethered stake at the door, bowed and led Qiu Chen and his party into the door, and did not sit in the lobby, but directly led them to the second floor, picked a clean single room near the window, and went in first, pulled the rag and wiped the already clean tables and chairs again, and then let Qiu Chen and his party sit.

"Guest officers, sit down for a while, and the little ones will go to report food and make tea for you!"

Qiu Chen smiled and nodded, and Junwen said, "Don't forget to bring up the basin of water!" ”

"Whoa, whoa...... Wait a minute, the guest officer will be delivered immediately! The young man agreed.

Seeing the young man close the door and leave, the four children, who had just been a little restrained, immediately became happy, ran to the window, and looked down at the windowsill. Junyan Junzhang is tall enough, holding on to the windowsill just to be able to see the outside, Afu Aman is pitiful when he is small and short, especially Aman is so anxious that he can't see the outside, so anxious that he jumps straight to his feet.

Junwen hurriedly moved a chair over, and carefully stood on the chair with Afu Aman in his arms, while reaching out to protect them, and also looked out of the window together.

The children have grown up so big, they have never seen a building, let alone go upstairs in person, and look at the scenery outside from such a high place, when they went up the stairs just now, they looked surprised and excited, but they didn't make a fuss in front of the little guys, and as soon as there were no outsiders at this time, they immediately jumped up with joy, and at the same time they couldn't help but be a little exaggerated and surprised.

"Ah, it's so high, mother, come and see...... You see, you can see it in the yard of people over there! Ah Fu greeted Qiu Chen happily.

Aman was not far behind, and shouted in a small voice: "Mother, come quickly, Man is so tall, taller than a big tree!" ”

There happened to be a big elm tree outside the window, and at this moment, Aman stood at the window on the second floor, just in time to see the lush branches and branches, and his little face was red with excitement.

Qiu Chen looked at the excited children, and also walked over with a smile, looking out through the window. After all, it is only a wooden building, and it is only the second floor, and the height is limited, so the line of sight is not very good at all, and the view is not much different from that on flat ground. It's just that there are no high-rise buildings in this era, and here is outside the city, except for these few wine shops and teahouses, most of them are sparse and low-rise shacks, so that you can see farther.

Qiu Chen's eyes looked out the window over the children, but he suddenly returned to the modern era, sitting in the revolving restaurant on the top floor, watching the flashing lights of thousands of homes, and eating leisurely......

Tuk Tuk ......

A few small knocks sounded, calling Qiu Chen's thoughts back from the ethereal.

"Guest officer, the little one has brought you water!" The voice of the young man outside the door rang out.

Qiu Chen blinked, hid the decline under his eyes, reached out and hugged Afu Aman from the chair, and said loudly: "Come in!" ”

The door opened, and the young man walked in with a wooden basin in one hand and a copper kettle in the other.

Junwen saw that he was struggling to carry, so he hurriedly stepped forward to take the copper basin and put it on the basin rack inside the door.

The young man blinked, nodded and said, "Thank you, guest officer!" ”

As he spoke, he nodded to Qiu Chen, picked up the teapot on the table with his hands and feet, took out a bag of tea leaves from his arms, and made tea.

Then he smiled and said: "The guest officers should sit down and drink a cup of tea, the dishes are ready, and the small ones will be sent to a few guest officers immediately!" ”

Qiu Chen smiled and nodded: "You're tired!" ”

The young man was stunned again, and then said with a smile: "Not tired, not tired, this is a small duty." ”

As he spoke, the young man retreated, and before going out, he said, "The little one is going to feed the horses to the guest officers...... Just downstairs, the guest officer has something to say hello to the window, and the little one will come right away! ”

Qiu Chen washed the hands and faces of a few small ones, took out a comb from his arms, re-combed the hair of several small ones, including Junwen, and combed his own hair, tidying up, and then sat down at the table, washed the tea bowl with tea, and poured tea for everyone to drink.

There were few diners, but the speed of serving was very fast, and after a cup of tea, the young man carried a wooden tray to deliver the food. A plate of scrambled eggs with leeks and a plate of soft sheep were delivered first.

The scrambled eggs with leeks were just that, and the soft lamb that made Qiu Chen puzzled for a long time was just a plate of thinly sliced cooked mutton, and Qiu Chen couldn't help but laugh when he saw it.

After sandwiching vegetables for the children, Qiu Chen also put a piece of mutton in his mouth, chewed slowly for a while, swallowed it and said: "Well, it's soft but not greasy, this soft sheep is really good......

The young man put down the dishes and didn't leave, just stood aside and waited for the guest's evaluation, and after hearing Qiu Chen's affirmation, he immediately smiled and said: "How dare the little one deceive Madame, this soft sheep has a reputation in Anyang Mansion......"

Qiu Chen waved his hand to stop the young man's words, and then changed his words and said, "Hehe, I haven't finished my words yet...... Although this mutton is still made, it is just a plate of white-cut mutton, and it can't be called a must in Anyang, right? ”

The little guy didn't expect Qiu Chen's words to turn so quickly, and thought that Qiu Chen thought he was a fool, so he couldn't help but be a little anxious: "Madam, the little one will never lie, this soft sheep in the small shop is indeed a must ......in Anyang."

Qiu Chen interrupted him again and said, "Your own dishes are naturally good!" ”

"No, it's not ......," the young man waved his hand anxiously, "It's not our own thing, this soft sheep has been praised by Lord Futai himself." ”

"Oh? Lord Futai has also come to your restaurant to eat? Qiu Chen took a chopstick and an egg to eat, and asked lightly.

As soon as the young man heard this, he immediately showed a glorious look: "Yes, when Lord Futai came to eat, he was still a little waiter...... Although our small shop is not very eye-catching, there are a lot of distinguished customers who have come, not to mention the former and current Futai adults, even the sons of the adults in the city often come to the small shop to eat......"

"Oh, I didn't expect that there are really a lot of customers in your small shop...... Qiu Chen responded, and said, "Those sons of adult families have come all the way out of the city to eat at your family...... Could it be that the meals in the restaurants in the city are too expensive...... Ahem, could it be that those sons don't have enough money? ”

"How so!" When the young man saw what he said, Qiu Chen was a little unconvinced, and he was really a little anxious, so he said, "How can those official sons have no money?" Not to mention anything else, our Futai adults and Tongzhi adults have shops in their homes and are doing big business...... I heard that the second young master of our Futai family doesn't like to study, so he loves to manage the shop business, and the largest restaurant in our city, the north and south goods store and the silk Zhuangzi are all opened by the second son of the Futai adult. For this, Lord Futai was a little angry with the second son, but Zuihou didn't turn around, so he simply didn't care. I heard that now the second son's business is not only in our city, but has already gone to the provincial capital and the capital, and I heard that the second son also bought a ship and went to the south to transport goods back and forth...... Tsk, that boat comes back, it's a boatload of silver! Also, the third son of the Tongzhi family, I heard that he also loves to do business, but it seems that the business is not big, so he made a grain and rice shop......"

Grain and rice shop? Tongzhijia, who is in charge of the supply of military supplies, is a grain and rice shop? It's really cheap!

However, the second son of the Lord of Futai is a wonderful person. Listening to this young man, it's all legitimate business. Especially his fleet, if it is used well......

Thinking about it in his heart, Qiu Chen smiled and waved his hand: "I didn't expect that your small shop really has some origins, so if you think that your soft sheep is a must in Anyang, it is not false!" ”

The young man wiped his sweat and nodded his head repeatedly. Xindao, it's really not easy to get this lady to agree.

Qiu Chen changed the topic, as if he hadn't embarrassed the young man just now, poured a cup of tea with a smile and handed it to the young man, and said, "This little brother, you drink a cup of tea to moisten your throat first...... Well, there are some things that our mothers and sons have to come to Anyang Mansion and need to stay for a few days, do you know which inn in this city has the best reputation? ”

The young man had never seen a guest pour tea for him, and he was a little stunned with the tea, this lady was so attentive, wouldn't there be anything difficult for him, right?

As soon as he heard that Qiu Chen was asking him about something, his expression was relieved, and he immediately smiled: "Madam asked the little one, even if you asked, the little one has no other skills, and the little one grew up in this Anyang Mansion, but he is very familiar with the land of Anyang Mansion...... If the lady asks the most haode inn, it is naturally the old Xiangshun inn on the east street of the mansion, the inn is next to the mansion, half a street to the west is the mansion, and the east is next to the east of the city...... Well, however, the little ones still recommend that the guest officers go to the Yunlai Inn on Miaoqian Street. Although the inn is not as famous as Lao Xiangshun, but the owner is the most kind, the guest room is clean, the key is that the street in front of the temple is very clean on weekdays, but if it is to catch up with the temple fair day, it is very lively, Mrs. with a few little young masters and young ladies, want to watch the scenery and see the fun, are very cheap. ”

"Oh, then you can tell my nephew how to go to Miaoqian Street when you enter the city, and ask clearly, and we will ask now when we enter the city!"

The young man agreed again and again, turned his face and talked to Junwen in detail about the route to and from the inn, and after talking for a while, he made sure that Junwen had really listened carefully and remembered it, so he gave up.

Qiu Chen gave him a look, and Junwen took out more than ten big coins and handed them to the young man, and then said, "Thank you, brother, for showing the way!" Seeing that it was not early, I asked my brother to go to the kitchen to urge him to deliver the food as soon as possible. ”

The young man won two rewards in a row, and he was so happy that he almost couldn't close his mouth, and promised to go downstairs again and again.

Not long after, the young man really sent another eight-treasure duck, a bowl of mutton soup, and a plate of steamed buns, Qiu Chen tasted the eight-treasure duck, and saw that it was a whole duck cooked with some spices stuffed in the stomach, and the taste was okay, so he took the children to eat, went downstairs to settle the bill, and got in the car all the way into the city.

According to what the young man said, when he entered the city and looked south, he saw a tall black iron tower. With this landmark iron tower, they easily found Miaoqian Street and came to the door of the Yunlai Inn.

This temple street is a little narrower than the street that just entered the city, but it is also clean and tidy, except for the iron tower temple, there are many shops on both sides, but after all, near the temple, these shops are also some restaurants, grocery stores, paper horse shops, bookstores, scholars' four treasure shops, etc., but there are not those wine shops and the like.

The façade of the inn is not big, the street is a three-storey wooden building, five spans, there are two stone tethered horse piles on each side of the door, the top of the pile is carved and polished smooth and shiny, the wooden lintels of the building, doors and windows and the like, although the cleaning is neat and clean, it can be seen that they are all objects of some years.

As soon as the carriage stopped, a man of seventeen or eighteen years old, dressed in gray trousers and wearing a small gray hat, came from the inn.

"A few guest officers, are you going to have food or accommodation?" The young man politely stepped forward to pull the reins for Junwen, and asked with a smile.

Junwen smiled and said, "I won't use it for you to eat alone, let's stay!" ”

"Oh, well, well, the shop has a haode guest room, the most clean and comfortable......" the young man said, while looking at Qiu Chen and the children who got off the car, seeing that although everyone was in cotton clothes, they were clean and tidy, and secretly added a little courtesy.

Following the young man into the inn, Qiu Chen signaled, Junwen asked about the grade price of the guest room, and the young man opened his mouth to come, "The guest rooms in the small shop are divided into upper, middle and lower classes, the upper room is upstairs, and it costs five dollars of silver for one night." The middle room is a small courtyard at the back, and a house is three coins of silver. The next room is in the back of the small courtyard, which is a chase shop, which is the cheapest, only a hundred dollars a night! ”

Junwen secretly said that the housing prices here are too expensive. He remembered that his father and uncle went out in the winter, and they also stayed in the hotel, and it was only ten big dollars a night! Here, it costs a hundred dollars to sleep in a bunk, and it's cheap?!

Seeing Junwen's surprise, Qiu Chen knew what the kid was thinking, so he couldn't help laughing, shook his head secretly, and said to the young man, "You little ...... Is the room still available? Can you show us first? ”

Qiu Chen originally wanted to have an independent small courtyard, but then he thought that the children had not lived in a building before, and if they lived in the upstairs room, they would be very happy, and it could be regarded as a different life experience, so he immediately changed his mind. In addition, this kind of inn has no standard, Qiu Chen still wants to see the facilities of the room before making a decision. The rest is just that, the first thing about the guest house is clean!

This request was not excessive, and the young man naturally had no objection, and immediately enthusiastically led everyone upstairs in front.

Although the façade of this inn is not large, the lobby is very bright, and the stairs are on the side of the lobby, which is much wider than the stairs of the restaurants outside the city.

Qiu Chen followed the young man straight up to the third floor, and walked to the end of the inside, Qiu Chen thought that when he arrived, there was actually a turn, and the young man did not forget to explain while walking: "Guest officer, the house here is facing the Iron Tower Temple, living here, you can see the Iron Tower when you open the window, and on the day of the temple fair, you can see all kinds of juggling and tricks at the temple fair when you stand in the room, and it is very quiet because you are off the street on weekdays......"

Qiu Chen listened to what this young man said, and he didn't talk, only smiled slightly.

This time, he walked all the way to the end, and the young man stopped in front of the door of a room in Zuihou, pushed the door open, and invited Qiu Chen and the others into the house: "The kid sees that several guest officials are women and children, living here, it is relatively quiet!" ”

Qiu Chen stepped into the door and saw that the room was open to two rooms, with a floor-to-ceiling carved wooden partition in the middle, a carved stepping bed inside, a desk and a bookshelf on the side of the window, and a few official hats and chairs and a few cases outside the partition, which were neatly arranged. Qiu Chen swept these at a glance, then walked straight to the side of the bed, reached out and touched the futon on the bed, and saw that although it was only a cotton futon, it was also clean and tidy, and there was no peculiar smell, so he was barely satisfied.

When the guy saw Qiu Chen paying so much attention to the bed and bedding, he hurriedly said, "Madam, the bedding in this upper room is all brand new, and it is only used once." When you run out, hit it to medium...... Ahem, I will never use it a second time, Madame, don't worry! ”

Qiu Chen just looked at the quilt, and there was really no stain on the white lining, so he believed him, nodded and said, "Okay, we'll live in this upper room...... Well, you can take a look and open two more rooms......"

As he spoke, Qiu Chen saw that Junwen wanted to speak, raised his hand to stop him, and said, "I just looked, after you turned around, there are only three rooms, how about these three rooms?" We lived together as a family, so we had a ...... to take care of."

The young man didn't seem to expect Qiu Chen to ask for three upper rooms in one go, and he was slightly stunned, a little embarrassed: "Madam, it's not that the little one refuses, it's just that the one near the corner has already been moved in......"

Qiu Chen smiled slightly, not reluctantly, and took out a silver horn of about three or four dollars to hand it to the worker, and said, "Then trouble the little brother to build a bed in another room...... Well, there is no bed, there is a soft couch or something. ”

"Mrs. Xie's reward!" The young man secretly checked the silver in his hand, thanked him with a smile, and said continuously, "This is easy, the little one will go and talk to the shopkeeper and carry a bamboo bed." ”

Qiu Chen smiled and nodded: "After setting up the bed, I also asked the little brother to boil a few buckets of water, we have been on the road for a day, and we have to bathe in the dust." ”

"Cheng, there is a special stove for boiling water in the kitchen of the small shop, and the small ones will bring tea to the guest officers first, and then send hot water for bathing to the guest officers when they are finished."

"Then there is Brother Lao!"

When the young man was gone, Fu'er Man'er and Junyan Junzhang immediately ran to the window in the middle of the room, knelt on the chair in front of the window and looked out.

Qiu Chen walked over and took a look, and sure enough, as the young man said, he could really see the iron tower as soon as he opened the window...... It was swarthy, Qiu Chen didn't notice anything, turned around and walked straight to the wide and heavy stepping bed.

This is the first time since Qiu Chen came here to see this kind of wide and heavy bed with a bed frame and carved flowers all around, and he couldn't help but want to take a closer look, touch, and even sit on the bed and feel it. Well, it's okay, I don't have the kind of heavy depression I imagined, if I put down the tent, I should have a very good sense of privacy and security.

There was a coat rack at the head of the bed, and a screen at the end of the bed, Qiu Chen turned around curiously, only to be surprised to find that there was a hole in the back, and there was a wooden bathtub and a toilet in a small space of only five or six square meters. This is the ancient version of the bathroom!

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Yesterday's chapter was so bloody, it's easy today......

It's almost there, and it's too late to thank them one by one, so bow......