The number of people in the family is limited, and the mothers-in-law perform their duties and have work to do, so the Chen family has to bring the two big girls, Yufeng and Qingxing, to prepare. Although Nacai is only preliminary, the etiquette is simple, but after all, the Lin family is only the first rich, and the people up and down have not been bought for a long time, and the experience in rules and response is limited, and few have really experienced such an important occasion.

The girls were not impatient, but their faces were full of joy and their steps were brisk......

Ouch, although I know that my wife has the ability, I thought it was a great joy to earn back a three-grade seal before. No one expected that Mrs. would quietly trap that master. Although no one in the Lin family dared to determine the identity of that master, no matter how dull his eyes were, he could see that he was definitely not an ordinary person...... That momentum, that style...... Besides, the person who can invite the political envoy of a province to come to the door to be a matchmaker, can his status be lower? That's a third-grade member who is higher than the prefect!

If you can ask a third-grade official to be a matchmaker, the lowest is an official above the third-grade level, right? Officials with more than three grades...... Isn't that similar to the emperor? ……

Qiu Chen didn't know how the girls reacted, how to guess, so he only folded the handkerchief and put it in a box in the secret compartment at the head of the bed. Then, I went into the ear room and washed my face with water, and when I came out again, I didn't ask the girl to wait, I took a little flower dew and lotion, combed my hair back and simply tied it behind my head, and then Shi Shiran got up and went to the backyard.

After the marriage is decided, she doesn't have to worry about it, how to deal with it and how to prepare, all of which are controlled by the Chen family. When Old Man Yang and the Liu family came over, she didn't need to pay attention to some personal contacts, and she still pondered how to further increase the yield of corn and potatoes.

It's the end of Shen, but the sun is still hanging high in the sky, sparing no effort to release its residual heat.

Qiu Chen carried a handkerchief in his hand and put it on his forehead, while shading the sun and protecting from the sun, the wet and cool handkerchief was attached to the corners of his forehead and cheeks, and it was very comfortable.

Jia Shi, who was doing the white case, came out of the big kitchen, and when he saw Qiu Chen standing next to the well, he hurriedly patted the flour on his hand and saluted: "I've seen my wife." Say hello to my wife! ”

Qiu Chen smiled at her, and said lightly: "It's still early to be happy...... You help me get a basket, I see two pumpkins to eat, pick them off, let's make a pumpkin pie to eat at night! ”

Jia was full of flattery, but he didn't expect that when he didn't flatter him, his face would inevitably be a little scornful. When he heard Qiu Chen's order to work, he hurriedly answered, but he was not dizzy, and he didn't forget to ask Qiu Chen: "Madam, do you need to use noodles?" I'm steaming steamed buns, and if I use the dough, I'll ask them to set some aside. ”

Qiu Chen shook his head and asked again: "Do you still have glutinous rice for the Dragon Boat Festival?" Tell someone to steam a clay pot, let's make a glutinous rice pumpkin pie today! ”

Jia Shi agreed, hurriedly walked back to the kitchen to convey Qiu Chen's instructions, took a shoulder basket, and followed Qiu Chen towards the garden.

Pumpkins have been cultivated for a long time in this era, and the locals call them pumpkins. Because of this name, Qiu Chen realized that pumpkin, the most common vegetable in modern times, was also spread from abroad.

The pumpkins grown in this era are green with speckled patterns, the skin and flesh are thin, and the sugar content is generally not too high, and the farmers are used to stir-fry vegetables to make stuffing...... Only Qiu Chen planted early, and he had to wait until the skin of the pumpkin turned orange-red before he was willing to pick it...... Compared with pumpkin stir-fried vegetables for filling, she prefers soft and sweet pumpkin soup, pumpkin pie and other pumpkin foods.

This time, Qiu Chen rarely did not stay in the potato and tomato plots, and went straight around the gardens and came to a few terraced vegetable fields built on the hillside.

Qiu Chen squatted down, patted a pumpkin that had turned red, heard a solid sound of banging, and nodded with satisfaction: "It should be quite thick, let's pick it......"

Cut it open, the pumpkin is thicker than usual, and the flesh has become orange-red, Qiu Chen dipped a little of the liquid secreted from the cut surface, and tried it with his index finger and thumb, hey, it's sticky, it should be quite high in sugar!

Cut the pumpkin into large pieces, just soak the glutinous rice in the kitchen for a while, put it together on the cage drawer, and steam it with the steamed buns. The steamed buns were ripe, the pumpkin pieces and glutinous rice were also soft, Qiu Chen first took a piece of pumpkin with chopsticks and put it in a bowl, came to the kitchen, blew it, and put it in his mouth to taste.

"Hmm...... The sweetness is okay, but it's not glutinous enough, it's a little crunchy......" Qiu Chen nodded, shook his head again, and turned back to greet Jia's, "Dry the pumpkin and glutinous rice until they are not hot, put them in a large basin and knead them into a puree...... Well, when you make it, divide it into two parts, some add white sugar and knead well, and some add osmanthus nectar, let's taste it, and then arrange it into palm-sized small cakes, fry them in oil until golden brown on both sides! ”

Jia Shi listened carefully to Qiu Chen's words, and felt that it was not difficult to go through it in his heart, so he hurriedly smiled and admitted: "Don't worry, madam, it doesn't sound troublesome, but the kung fu of a small half-pillar incense is enough!" ”

Qiu Chen nodded with a smile, and said, "You don't need to fry this in a hurry, I guess I'll fry it when I'm almost done for dinner...... Things made of sticky rice, eating too much on an empty stomach is not easy to digest! ”

The Jia family and the Daxing family who had finished their work all nodded and agreed, and Qiu Chen left the kitchen, but he didn't go back to the front yard, but still went to the vegetable garden.

Speaking of which, plants such as potatoes and sweet potatoes are easier to manage, and they are far less likely to have insects and diseases than ordinary leafy vegetables and fruit vegetables. But the underground soil layer is not without pests, there is a kind of grub and a kind of ground mole cricket specifically active in the soil, peanuts, potatoes, sweet potatoes and other ground plants are particularly afraid of these insect scourge, some leaf plants, fruit plant root system may also be affected by this insect scourge.

Qiu Chen turned back to the vegetable field, and looked at the cucumbers and beans in the same way, the two family members who took care of the flowers and trees and vegetable gardens took care of them very carefully, and the melons and vegetables were growing vigorously. Just when he walked into the potato field, Qiu Chen saw that the two potato seedlings were half wilted.

She first squatted down and touched the soil at the roots, and the loess can still form a clump after squeezing it, which means that the soil has sufficient moisture and is not short of water. Suspiciously, she squatted down and looked around at the bottom of the seedlings, only to see that the ground that had just been weeded was very loose, and she didn't see any clues.

So, she carefully peeled open the roots of the wilting plant, and saw that several pieces of potatoes the size of eggs had been gnawed, not to mention, and even the roots had been bitten off...... It's a bug!

Qiu Chen was not afraid of the beetle-like earthen cricket, but he was afraid of the white, fat, and soft grub......

There is a sentence in the "Book of Songs" that describes the beauty - the collar is like a grub, and the teeth are like a rhinoceros, which means that the neck of a beautiful woman is like a grub, and the grub is another name for a grub...... This metaphor made Qiu Chen shudder every time he thought about it.

Seeing that the potato was bitten, Qiu Chen immediately thought of this kind of white fat insect, and was so frightened that he didn't dare to pick it up with his hands anymore, and just as he wanted to get up to get a tool, two family members who took care of the vegetable garden came over.

Qiu Chen hurriedly beckoned the two people over: "Look at these heads, are they grubs or mole crickets...... Well, I found it, let's find a way to cure it, otherwise we will all be harmed......"

This piece of potato is not amazing, but everyone in the Lin family knows that the main family attaches great importance to this new thing, and when they see that two dead plants are still discovered by the wife herself, the two family members are very afraid, but they are afraid that the wife will punish them for not taking good care of them. Unexpectedly, the wife only instructed them to find pests, and said that they should find a way to cure the insects, but did not reproach them.

The two of them glanced at each other, and they both saw the joy and shame in each other's eyes, and promised to come over directly and pull them up.

"Mrs. Hui, I found it, it's a mole cricket!" Soon, a family member screamed and held up a black and chubby bug for Qiu Chen to see.

Although this thing is not as scary as a grub, it is also ugly enough, Qiu Chen waved his hand, and avoided it backwards: "Well, you guys be careful to look through it, and throw everything you find into the chicken coop to feed the chickens!" ”

Saying this, Qiu Chen's mind flashed, and he thought of a very practical method to trap and kill insects.

After dinner, Qiu Chen beckoned Junwen Junshu and the children to the backyard. Reading and learning is important, but so are some practical skills.

In the vegetable garden, the gap next to the potato furrow had been cleared, and a pit had been dug, and in the pit was placed a ceramic basin with half a basin of water, and a wooden shelf had been propped up on the pot, and the top of the shelf was tied with strips of cotton cloth soaked in oil, and it had been lit, and the fire burned vigorously, and danced in the night, and the light spread far away. The whole backyard was dark, the chickens and ducks and animals were sleeping in the nest, the acquaintances on the treetops seemed to know that autumn was approaching, and they were desperately singing the last song, and the golden bells and crickets in the grass were gradually getting louder.

Smack! A small sound came from the ceramic basin in the pit.

The two family members who were guarding nervously next to him stretched out their heads to take a look, and one of them suddenly shouted in surprise: "Hey, my wife's method is really useful, and there are really mole crickets running over when the fire is lit......"

This cry of joy happened to be heard by Qiu Chen and the children, and Junyan was the first to become interested, while shouting, "What is it?" Something......" ran to the vegetable garden as he pulled his legs.

With him taking the lead, Junzhang, Junli and Ah Fu all ran over after him, and even Junwen and Junshu were the first time they saw a fire at night to catch insects, and they couldn't help but be curious and excited, and while taking care of Qiu Chen, they quickened their pace.

By the time Qiu Chen arrived at the fire, there were already seven or eight insects in the ceramic basin, but not only mole crickets, but also crickets and moths......

Chirping...... Smack!

A cicada chirped from far and near, then landed on the torch and fell into the ceramic basin below.

"Hey, I can still catch it!" Junyan jumped up excitedly.

Junzhang Afu Junli was obviously also excited by this discovery, and a few pairs of small eyes looked at the setting of the torches, while muttering and discussing.

Junwen and Junshu are big after all, and when they saw this device, they quickly reacted to the purpose of their aunt bringing them over.

Junshu's eyes were also bright, pointing to the increasing number of insects in the basin, and said, "Auntie, if you make a few fires on the ground, you can also lure out the insects in the field and kill ......."

Junwen nodded, pondered for a moment, and suddenly said in surprise: "Auntie, if this method is used on flying locusts, is it useful?" ”

Looking at the two big ones who could think of this, Qiu Chen was also very pleased. It's just that her answer is destined to disappoint Junwen: "Locusts are not interested in fire and light. However, when there is a large-scale locust plague, wet grass can be used to ignite thick smoke, and the smoke can have a certain degree of locust repellent effect......"

"Hehe, auntie, you know so much...... Junzhang stretched out his little head next to him and slapped a sycophant.

Qiu Chen reached out and touched Junzhang's head and said with a smile: "Most of these things are also seen by my aunt from books...... The world is full of knowledge, and the practice of human feelings is the article. This is how to read, how to behave, and how to do things......"

Although Yang Shumeng set off late, but the empty man rode a horse to drive much faster than the car, plus he urged the horse to hurry, and it was a familiar road, many carriages could not cross the path, but the horse riding was not in the way, several places added up, Yang Shumeng rushed to Yang's shop when it was not the end of the unitary hour, and the sky was not completely dark.

As soon as they saw Yang Shumeng riding back on a sweaty horse, Yang Liancheng and Mrs. Liu were startled, and grabbed Yang Shumeng, who came forward to salute, and Mrs. Liu asked repeatedly, "What's wrong?" Why did you rush back in such a hurry? ”

Zhao also rushed over when she heard the sound, and watched her husband salute the second elder and say goodbye, she didn't make a sound, but hurriedly washed a wet towel and handed it over.

Yang Shu wiped his face violently, smiled at the second elder and said, "Don't worry, Daddy, it's true that my son rushed back, but it's a happy event, not a bad thing." ”

"Happy event? What's the happy event? Mrs. Liu asked, and without waiting for Yang Shumeng to answer, she continued to ask, "But someone said goodbye to Junwen?" ”

Yang Shu wiped two handfuls of unintentional, simply took the basin and washed two handfuls at the door of the house, washed off the sweat with his head and face, and then wiped his face and returned to the second elder, and said: "Mother, someone said kiss, but it was to say kiss to Begonia, not to Junwen." ”

"The begonia said pro?" The joy on Mrs. Liu's face became even more vibrant, and she took Yang Shumeng's hand and asked again and again, "Where are you talking about?" How old are you? Do you have any children at home? What's the family situation like? ”

Listening to Mrs. Liu's eagerness, the content was nothing more than guessing that the sister went to fill the house for others, Yang Shumeng's eyes darkened, and then sent Yuhe, who was waiting in the house, and Mrs. Zhang, who followed Zhao's family, out of the house, and closed the door again, leaving only Zhao and his father and mother, and then he opened his mouth and said the situation: "It's from the capital, and it's an official...... I've never been married before......"

Listening to Yang Shumeng's words, the other three people in the room gradually changed their faces, and the joy on the faces of the three people at first gradually faded, and was replaced by a layer of more and more anxiety and doubt.

Old Mrs. Liu didn't wait for Yang Shumeng to finish speaking, so she interrupted and asked with a worried face: "People are in the capital and officials, and they haven't married yet?" Why would you marry your sister if you haven't married...... You didn't ask, is there something wrong? ”

Yang Shumeng didn't have the bottom in his heart, listening to the old lady ask, he secretly smiled bitterly, he didn't dare to say that Qin Zheng was the famous Jingbei Marquis, if he let his father and mother know that the man was the famous Jingbei Marquis, the youngest marquis since the founding of the Ming Dynasty...... Daddy and mother can't think he's talking nonsense! Alas!

Yang Shu turned his mind sharply, and said thoughtfully: "Mother, look at what you said, now Begonia is not an ordinary Zhuang family, you forgot, Begonia has the emperor's decree of Mrs. Sanpin!" Brother Xu won the show again, and it is said that he will take the examination after the New Year...... The Lin family is now a family of scholars, and the family is different! ”

The worry on Mrs. Liu's face after saying this has been reduced a lot, but she still muttered: "There is some truth in saying this, but the people in the capital, we are so far apart, there is nowhere to ask what the situation is...... Such people always feel unsure! ”

Zhao was also listening to the side, and seeing that her mother-in-law and father-in-law were silent, she couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "That person is from the capital, how do you know that our sister is from Ludao?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Old Lady Liu and Old Man Yang Liancheng both looked at Yang Shumeng in unison, waiting for his answer.

Yang Shu thought about it for a while, but still concealed it: "Father, mother, during the plague last year, didn't someone come to the capital?" That's when I saw Begonia. ”

Although this is a concealment, it is not a lie.

Zhao and Mrs. Liu believed it when they heard this, and at the same time showed a clear expression.

Old man Yang Liancheng, who had been silent, said at this time: "Someone proposed to your sister, what did you do when you came back?" ”

Yang Shumeng listened to the old man's words, touched his head and said with a smile: "What is the situation in my sister's family, the second elder is clear, and she can't come out to deal with it by herself when she proposes marriage to her sister, right?" There are also all kinds of etiquette and exchanges between Xiaoding, asking names, and hiring later, and someone has to take care of it for her...... I just thought about taking your second elder over and helping her take care of it......"

"Nonsense!" Old Man Yang slapped on the arm of the chair and shouted angrily, startling both Mrs. Liu and Yang Shumeng.

The three of them were worried, and looked at Old Man Yang inexplicably, Zhao was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly stepped forward to comfort Mrs. Liu, and after a while, they helped the old lady to calm down.

Mrs. Liu said angrily: "What are you crazy about old man, what can't you say well...... Besides, Begonia is our daughter, and we will naturally take care of her when she marries, what did the second child say wrong? It's just not right, and you don't need to bluff people like that! ”

"You mother-in-law has long hair and short knowledge, what do you know?" Old man Yang Liancheng did not soften at all, but angrily scolded again.

"You ......" Mrs. Liu was scolded in front of her son and daughter-in-law, her face was very upset, her face was flushed, and she opened her mouth but couldn't say anything to refute.

"Mother, you dissipate your anger, I am a son, my father will scold two sentences, it's ......nothing" Yang Shu suddenly saw this situation, quickly got up and comforted, and made a look again and again, signaling Zhao to help Mrs. Liu go to the inner room to dissipate her anger.

After the Zhao family helped Mrs. Liu into the back room, the old man Yang Liancheng looked at Yang Shumeng and suddenly asked in a low voice, "Have you seen that person?" ”

Yang Shumeng was stunned by the question, and subconsciously wanted to deny it, but when he raised his eyes and saw the undoubted affirmative gaze in Old Man Yang's eyes, he couldn't help but be deflated, and hung his head weakly and said, "I've seen it...... Father and mother, you have all seen it! ”

Old man Yang Liancheng narrowed his eyes slightly, was silent for a moment, and asked directly: "Is the surname Tang or the surname Qin?" ”

Yang Shumeng only felt that his throat was dry, and he said after a while: "The surname is Qin." ”

The flesh on the old man's cheeks trembled, and he stared at Yang Shumeng sharply for a while, until Yang Shumeng couldn't help wiping his sweat, and then he sighed and said dejectedly: "Okay, you don't need to say it." You're tired when you come back from afar, go wash and let your daughter-in-law give you some food to eat, and rest early! ”

Hearing the old man say this, Yang Shu suddenly agreed as if he had been amnestied.

Old man Yang raised his voice and said to the house: "Second daughter-in-law, the second child hasn't eaten yet, you go to Zhang Luo to get him some food, wait for him to eat and rest, don't come over again!" ”

When Zhao heard his father-in-law's instructions, he didn't dare to delay, and comforted his mother-in-law again, and hurriedly went out to the kitchen.

There was nothing to say all night, and Mrs. Liu stopped her breath and ignored the old man.

Early the next morning, Mrs. Liu got up to pack her things and rummaged through the cabinets to find clothes that fit.

Old Man Yang was awakened from his dream, lay down and breathed, sat up, and choked: "You are so sloppy in the morning that you don't let people sleep?" ”

Mrs. Liu glared back at the old man, but she didn't say anything at all, and still packed her luggage by herself.

"Hey, I said, why are you packing up in such a hurry?" Old man Yang Liancheng finally softened his tone and asked.

The old man softened his tone, and the old lady was not reluctant, but she was still a little angry: "What are you doing?" I'm going to live at my daughter's house! My daughter wants to say that her in-laws are married, and I naturally have to take care of it for her as a mother...... Could it be that it's still like you...... Crazy crazy! ”

As she spoke, the old lady's subordinates kept moving, and took out a crimson satin jacket with a crimson Tuanfu Tuanshou pattern from the box and compared it to her body. The color of this dress was too bright, and although the old lady liked it, she couldn't wear it in the village. However, now that the girl has said that the family affair is a great joy, she also wants to wear this jacket to celebrate and celebrate when the time comes.

But before she could compare the amount of the jacket, Old Man Yang snatched the jacket from the side, threw it on the kang, and said with a dark face: "You can't go!" ”

After speaking, without waiting for Mrs. Liu to come to her senses, Old Man Yang pulled up a gown and put it on his body, and walked out of the house with broken feet.

"Ouch, you old man, what kind of madness is this......" Mrs. Liu woke up and scolded in a low voice, and couldn't help but burst into tears.

Although the girl said that she has no bottom in her heart, how can she say that it is also a happy event, is it wrong for her to help manage it as a mother? Why is the old man who is usually very reasonable and crazy in a daze?

After all, Yang Shumeng couldn't pick up the adult, and Yang Liancheng didn't let the old lady go to his daughter's house, let alone himself.

Yang Shu persuaded and persuaded him, and said that the old lady cried like a tearful person, and the old man just didn't let go. There was no way, so he hurriedly took a few mouthfuls of breakfast, and Yang Shumeng had no choice but to ride back to Liujiaao alone.

When the second son was far away, and the second daughter-in-law was also called back to breastfeed her grandson, Old Man Yang walked into the inner room from the outhouse, took a towel and handed it to the crying old wife on the kang: "Oh, wipe your face!" ”

Mrs. Liu was angry and aggrieved, she didn't want to pay attention to him at all, so she turned around and gave the old man a backbone.

"Alas!" Old Man Yang sighed, put the handkerchief on the kang table, sat down opposite Mrs. Liu, and said, "You old woman doesn't want her daughter to marry in the past, right?" ”

"Phew, you dead old man, why don't you bite back, why don't I want my daughter to have a good time, didn't I go over to help her with my daughter, why did you go crazy and not let me go?" When Mrs. Liu heard the old man's words, she was really annoyed, and she turned around to grab a meal.

Old Man Yang slapped the kang table twice, and when he saw that Mrs. Liu had stopped, he said coldly: "You don't use your brain, you will marry your father and mother for the first time, and then marry yourself." Our daughter is remarried, where can you and I talk? ”

Seeing that Mrs. Liu was unconvinced and was about to speak again, Old Man Yang continued: "Don't talk about this, don't you want to think about it, who is Haitang talking about this time?" People are eunuchs for officials, and Begonia has three grades of seals that are barely a good match, but what about our Yang family? The family is an authentic Zhuang family, if it weren't for the help of Begonia, they would still be catching up with the big car at this time, such relatives in the past, didn't they want Begonia to be looked down upon? ”

Mrs. Liu was stunned by what Old Man Yang said, and couldn't stop crying again: "But I'm her mother......"

"Mother, mother, Begonia knows that you are your mother, and it is indispensable to honor you, what else do you do when this kind of exchange and etiquette? That's not to help Begonia, it's to hold her back......" Old Man Yang supported the kang table with one hand, hung his head and was silent for a while, and suddenly said, "When Begonia has a big dowry, I'll call her to come, let's make the matter of the eldest and second child clear, it's best to put it on paper......"

Mrs. Liu wiped the tears on her face and said a little unbearably: "You don't have to do it so absolutely, right?" ”

Old man Yang Liancheng said: "Alas, before the begonia orphans and widows, let's let the eldest and second in the past to help and increase personal popularity; But when Begonia marries into that kind of family, it will not be good for us to mix it up, and maybe it will be said that it is the mother's family who embezzles the daughter's property...... Do things in advance, and save the tongue in the future! ”

Speaking of this, Old Man Yang Liancheng couldn't help wiping his face, and said sullenly: "We didn't expect Begonia to marry into such a family if she remarried, but now that this matter has been decided, according to Begonia's eyesight, it must be optimistic." However, even if the new aunt is kind and doesn't say anything, and there are relatives who are polite, we are poor and weak, and we can't add authority to Begonia, but we can't hold her back......"

Mrs. Liu almost understood the old man's hard work at this time, although she still couldn't stop crying, but the resentment and anger in her heart were basically gone.

Wiping her tears, Mrs. Liu said: "Junwen Junshu and several children have worked hard in reading, maybe there will be ...... who have passed the exam."

Old man Yang Liancheng nodded: "They have worked hard, but if they really want to pass the exam, it will take seven or eight years." Besides, it's not that you can prosper in official luck if you are admitted to the Jinshi master, and the Jinshi in the examination is just a seven-grade official, that is, a county master...... Compared to those eunuchs in the capital, it's far behind......"

Mrs. Liu was no longer angry in her heart, but she was infinitely worried, and couldn't help sighing: "Why did you say that Begonia should respond to such a family business...... Hey, as the old saying goes, the door is right, the door is right, this door is not appropriate, what can I do if something goes wrong in the future! ”

Old man Yang Liancheng glanced at his tearful wife, sighed, and said, "Don't worry too much...... You also have to see how much begonias have grown in the past two years...... If you don't have the ability, how can you earn such a big family business; If you don't have the ability, how can you earn the royal pen plaque and the three products? The wife of the prefect is only the fourth or fifth grade, you are still stained with the light of a man, but not like Begonia, you are all earned by yourself...... Begonia has a long ability...... has grown a capable begonia, where can she look at ordinary people? ”

"Hey, tell me, when Begonia turned out to be a girl, she didn't have these skills under our hands, something happened to Lin Sheng, why did she suddenly seem to have divine help? This ability is simply heavenly......" Mrs. Liu sighed when she was talked about by her wife.

Old Man Yang Liansheng narrowed his eyes, covered up a trace of suspicion in his eyes, and comforted: "You also said that it was Lin Sheng who had an accident...... Begonia's girl is stubborn, and she would rather be hungry than come up to our door and tell ...... Maybe it's also because of this stubbornness, after getting married, he recognized some words with Lin Sheng, so he learned to fry medicine, recognize medicine, and make medicines...... People, there is no hurdle that cannot be passed, and if you are in a hurry, you will be able to do anything. ”

Mrs. Liu had stopped crying, but the corners of her eyes were still dry and painful, she wiped the corners of her eyes, nodded and agreed: "That's all I can say...... Or you'll be a god! ”

When Yang Shumeng rushed back to Liujiaao, it was close to the end of the hour, and Qiu Chen was taking his family's maid and mother-in-law to clean up the garden and plant cabbage.

This is the most suitable time to plant winter cabbage. The Chinese cabbage planted in this season can grow just before the frost, and it is wrapped in cabbage heart, so that the Chinese cabbage can be stored and can support the table dishes of each family in the long winter in the north.

Yang Liancheng's stubborn Qiu Chen has seen it, yes, Yang Shu ran away in vain, she didn't feel too surprised, and comforted Yang Shumeng a few words, asking him to wash first and rest. Qiu Chen turned around again and instructed the maid to move the newly harvested mustard greens and spicy vegetables to the open space outside the big kitchen, and then steamed and blanched the water, and after steaming or blanching, they were dried into dried vegetables. Others are sealed in large jars and pickled to make kimchi......

Yang Shumeng looked at his sister who was busy collecting vegetables and storing winter vegetables, and was stunned for a while, before shaking his head and going back to the second courtyard to bathe and change clothes.

Daddy is so unreasonable, and my sister is the same as someone who has nothing to do...... feelings, he is alone in a hurry, this is simply that the emperor is not in a hurry and the eunuch is in a hurry!

The busy time passed very quickly, two or three days of hard work passed in a flash, and in a blink of an eye, it was the tenth day of the seventh month, the day when the Qin family came to Nacai.

On the day of Nacai, Zhou Li used geese and the return of wild geese to show the solemnity of the marriage contract.

Later, Nacai gradually added all kinds of possessions, but the geese used at first were difficult to catch, so they gradually used wood carved geese or geese instead.

On this day, Qiu Chen didn't bother to pickle and dry vegetables, but he just sat in the room reading a book in a new set of cocoon silk dresses, and he didn't deliberately clean up his clothes, nor did he be ashamed to answer that he was unpleasant.

Chunxiang Yuegui was transferred to the front hall to serve the guests, Yufeng followed the Chen family's reception, and Qiu Chen was the only one left by Qingxing's side.

Seeing that his wife was not in a hurry, Qingxing couldn't sit still, and said flatteringly: "Mrs., it's so hot, I'll go to the well behind me and get you a few persimmons?" ”

Qiu Chen squinted at this girl, she didn't know how careful she was, but she didn't care about this little trick, instead of watching her scratch her ears and cheeks in front of her, it was better to let her go directly, only to restrain her to come back as soon as possible, and not to go to the front yard.

"Well, then you can go to the big kitchen and spread the word, and the young masters' lunch will be delivered to me today. Then you go to the second gate to guard, and when the young master and the young master come back, you will bring them back for dinner...... There are so many people in front of you that no one can take care of them. Qiu Chen assigned a task to Qingxing very cooperatively, watching Qingxing bend her knees happily and flutter like a butterfly wearing flowers, she couldn't help but smile and shake her head.

Even if her marriage is officially decided this time, Yufeng and Qingxing will be sixteen years old, and they should also reach the age of saying goodbye...... Well, ask them in advance, and some words will be clear, according to their own meaning, it is not impossible to still be willing to follow and serve, if they are interested in someone, simply think of ideas for them to fulfill them...... Whether it is the Qin family or the Lin family, anyway, after getting married, she is still a servant woman in the family, just to make up for the gap of insufficient mothers-in-law in the family.

Approaching the middle of the day, Qingxing ran in from outside with a happy face, and as soon as she entered the door, she said to Qiu Chen: "Mrs. Hui, the people in front of me are here, not only Lord Yun that day, but also Lord Tang of the prefect and Mrs. Wu of the prefect's family...... The letter just arrived in front of you, the car has arrived at the entrance of the village, you want to go out to greet you, you should also hurry up and change your clothes......"

Qiu Chen listened to Qingxing's return steadily, and looked down at the ivory-white cuffs, neckline, embroidered wisteria robe and smoky purple pleated skirt embroidered with lilacs...... Shaking his head, he said, "You don't need to change your clothes, you just bring me that jade-colored yarn smock embroidered with hydrangeas!" ”

Qing Xing heard this and hurriedly went to the cabinet to get clothes, Qiu Chen came to the dressing table, took a comb and brushed a few strands of messy hair from the sideburns, took off the boxwood cloud hairpin between the hair, and picked out two jade and white hostas of mutton fat from the makeup box, gathered them obliquely in the hair, thought about it, and took the eyebrows and swept the corners of the eyebrows and eyes slightly, making the whole person look more energetic, and got up and wore the gauze gown that Qing Xing took out.

Qingxing tidied up her clothes slightly, and a little girl rushed in front of her: "Mrs. Hui, Mrs. Prefect's car has arrived, and she has entered the gate!" ”

Qiu Chen nodded, and instructed Qing Xing: "There will be no manpower at this time, you can take someone to clean up the house, prepare tea and snacks, and I will call the two little girls over." ”

The little girl who randomly ordered two general corners in the yard rushed to the second gate, Wu's car was already parked in the second gate, Qiu Chen hurried up and just got out of the car with Wu.

"Oh, I didn't expect such a big event to happen in a few days, congratulations!" The Wu family is very familiar with Qiu Chen, and this time he didn't bring his daughter with him, so he was naturally familiar with him, and he congratulated him when he saw Qiu Chen.

Qiu Chen stepped forward with a smile and grabbed Wu's arm, and said generously as he walked inside: "Thank you sister for your auspicious words!" ”

Wu glanced at Qiu Chen, and saw that her clothes were still plain, and there was almost no jewelry on her head, and her face was also powdered, so she couldn't help laughing: "Why are you still wearing such plain clothes today?" This is also me, I understand your character, and I think you don't like this family business! ”

Qiu Chen smiled and said, "I'm used to it casually, and I'm not used to the wealth and festivities of being popular and purple...... Later, my sister will give me more guidance. ”

Wu Shi nodded unceremoniously, and then changed the subject: "Ouch, you are such a plain character, and the other has a cold face...... If I hadn't known that someone had gone to catch two live geese with an injury, I would have thought that you were a pair of twisted melons, and no one would be happy! ”

Qiu Chen smiled and didn't say anything more.

The Wu family stopped joking, and instead looked carefully at the old mansion of the Lin family.

"It turned out that it was only an old house, but I didn't expect this house to be like a lotus pond, a pavilion in front of the door, and a tree on the other side of the lotus pond...... It's really idyllic, wonderful! Wu Shi entered the house as he spoke, and Qingxing immediately took the little girl to bring up the tea and snacks that had been prepared.

After sitting down and drinking a cup of tea, Wu took a delicate rosewood box from the hand of the girl standing beside him, pushed it from the table in front of Qiu Chen, and motioned for Qiu Chen to open it!

Qiu Chen looked at Wu Clan suspiciously, but didn't get any hints.

Nacai's gift should be presented in front of her, not alone......

However, Tang's expression was upright, and there was no intention of laughing......

was hesitating, Tang finally couldn't help but smile: "Don't bite your hands...... Someone sent me this ......."

As soon as he heard this, Qiu Chen knew that the Dao was sent by Qin Zheng to the Wu family, and he was puzzled, but he was not in a hurry to see it at this time, smiled, simply ignored it, and only changed the topic with a smile: "Sister Wu came here today, I just thought about a new dim sum yesterday, and I will give you a taste later......