Chapter 213 (Addition)

The letter was written by Liao Wenqing.

At the beginning, he said that his party had arrived in the capital, and the journey was smooth, so there was no need to worry. Then came the greetings to Qiu Chen and the concern for Afu Aman. Then there is a long talk on the road to see and hear, no matter how big or small, I wrote four or five pieces of paper, and after that, it was a variety of situations after entering Beijing, during which it was also mixed with Yun Jichen's panic all the way, saying that the old lady of the Yun family sent five or six groups of people to chase people back, which scared Yun Jichen every day like a 'rat crossing the street' Yunyun, Liao Wenqing also laughed at Yun Jichen very unkindly......

Qiu Chen looked very confident and laughed almost from beginning to end, especially Yun Jichen's various panics made her laugh several times. I read the letter happily, folded it again and put it in the envelope, then picked up another gray brocade bag and pulled out the copy inside.

Qiu Chen just skimmed over the other information in the copy, she still didn't know enough about this society, especially the various relationships between the top levels of society, and the background relationships of various people.

However, when she was about to finish reading, a Mingfa impeachment excerpt caught her attention, without him, this impeachment was Qin Zheng, the Marquis of Jingbei, and the reason for the impeachment was that Qin Zheng bullied others and forcibly bought hundreds of acres of fertile land in the suburbs...... Qiu Chen hurriedly took out Liao Wenqing's letter and compared it, and was surprised to find that the good land that Qin Zheng was impeached and forcibly bought was the Zhuangzi they selected to open a workshop. However, Liao Wenqing's letter did not mention anything wrong with the Grange...... Or, when Liao Wenqing wrote the letter, the matter of impeachment had not yet come out? Or, there is another possibility, Liao Wenqing's letter to her, reporting good news or bad news?

This...... Liao Wenqing said very clearly the last time he came back, it was Tang Wenyong who helped buy the grange, why, at this time, someone actually impeached Qin Zheng for forcibly buying acres? Moreover, there is no approval of the impeachment excerpt issued by Mingfa, that is, the emperor did not express his position on this matter, so the impeachment excerpt is clearly issued, and the purpose of the above is very worthy of careful consideration.

With a lot of doubts in his heart, Qiu Chen wrote two letters, one was addressed to Qin Zheng, asking about the impeachment; The other is written to Liao Wenqing, just like the tone of Liao Wenqing's letter, her letter is also very relaxed, writing about a trip she took her children to the beach, writing about the business of dried fish fillets, and brought a pound of grilled fish fillets and ten dried fish with the letter for Liao Wenqing and Yun Jichen to taste. On the side, she asked in the letter whether everything went smoothly after entering Beijing, but she did not directly inquire about the matter of Tian Mu.

Every time Zhishu gives her a copy of the Di, it shows that Yun Jichen has the habit of reading the Di copy. Then, when she saw this copy, presumably Yun Jichen and Liao Wenqing also knew that she had seen it, and when she asked so, they should know what she was asking. As for whether he would tell her why, she was not sure.

Although she is a partnership with Yun Jichen and Liao Wenqing, some of the practices of those two people still reveal that they treat her as a woman. They treat her with sincerity, but they don't tell her about the many battles and tricks outside, like ...... It's like treating a woman in the backyard and only telling her the result. In their opinion, this may be the responsibility that men should bear!

The letter written to Liao Wenqing was sent to Zhishu, and Zhishu would arrange the transmission of the correspondence. The letter to Qin Zheng, she naturally gave it to Qin Li, Qin Li was stunned for a moment, and then showed a touch of joy.

When Qiu Chen was about to leave, Qin Li stopped her: "Madam, Master Hou has instructed, no matter what you hear and see, don't worry about him." ”

Qiu Chen raised his eyebrows and turned his head to look at Qin Li, still with a slight smile on his face: "Did you Hou Ye do it on purpose?" ”

Qin Li scratched his head and said with a smile: "Madam, as for this, the little one really doesn't know what to do." It's just that Hou Ye is in a high position, and the tree is inevitably popular...... But, this kind of thing, Hou Ye doesn't know how much he has experienced, and it is okay. ”

Qiu Chen raised his eyebrows and stared at Qin Li for a long time, then finally nodded, and went back to the backyard.

Then, Qiu Chen divided the dry goods he brought back and some things he bought at the water shop into several parts, and asked the Junwen brothers to send them to Yang's shop, and let the children go home to see.

The other two copies were sent to Guo Mansion and Yun Mansion. Liao Wenqing's house, she has never been in the future, and this time she still did not send anyone to deliver anything. Liao Fu's attitude made her very inexplicable, and did not prevent Liao Wenqing from cooperating with her in business, but she never came forward to communicate...... Liao Wenqing never talks about family affairs.

That night, the Junwen brothers rushed back from Yang's shop and returned to Liujiaao by car early the next morning.

Qiu Chen didn't go with her, she went to the workshop to take a look, and then went to Nanmarsh Lake. The planted lotus root has not yet seen the new lotus. Water chestnuts and chicken head rice also did not emerge from the water, and water chestnuts planted in the muddy soil of the river beach germinated the fastest, and have already revealed thin shoots, shaped like thin grass blades...... Speaking of which, water chestnuts have been eaten many times, but this is the first time I have seen the plant. With such a thatch-like leaf, if you don't know the way, you really don't know that there will be such a delicious water chestnut under the road.

When she came this time, the focus was to bring a few prescriptions and some medicinal materials to the Zhou family.

Chickens and ducks are raised in large quantities, and the most feared thing is infectious diseases, which is commonly known as chicken plague and duck plague. Once these diseases are infected, the mortality rate can sometimes reach 100 percent. Although the high incidence of chicken and duck plague is in autumn, it is very necessary to prevent diseases from an early age.

In this era, there are no drugs specifically used to prevent and control animal epidemics, so Qiu Chen chose a few prescriptions for epidemic prevention and disease, and selected a prescription with a relatively common and low price, ready to try it out for Zhou. It's late spring, and the fields are lush with wild plants and trees. The medicinal herbs that are used in medicine are also growing very vigorously, such as dandelion, commonly known as Po Po Ding, with beautiful golden flowers blooming in the fields, which is the main medicine of this recipe. In addition, the bitter ground ding, large green leaves, and soybean weeds are widely distributed in the meadows of Nannuma Lake, and there are many surrounding fields, and these things can be minced and mixed into the feed to feed chickens and ducks, which can play a role in preventing diseases to a large extent. In addition, Qiu Chen asked him to buy several large truckloads of quicklime and sprinkle them around the Grange house, especially outside the chicken and duck shed, and sprinkle grass and wood ash in the chicken coop shed, and regularly clean the chicken and duck shed to ensure the cleanliness of the shed.

This time, Qiu Chen also sent dozens of drinking fountains and feeders, with these things, only need to pack the feed and drinking water every morning, after the chickens and ducks drink water and peck at food, the feed and water will be automatically added, which reduces the amount of labor, and also avoids the feed waste and secondary pollution caused by chicken and duck chopping.

Qiu Chen told Zhou: "We have chickens and ducks, in order to prevent the spread of diseases outside, try not to eat chickens and ducks outside." In addition, try to go out as much as possible, and wash thoroughly after coming back. Every time you enter and leave the shed, you have to step on quicklime and disinfect the soles of your shoes......"

Zhou's temperament is already supple, but now he is even more obedient to this sister-in-law's words, and what she says is what she says. Qiu Chen said, and she agreed one after another.

For lunch, I ate dried fish brought by Qiu Chen, and everyone ate it very deliciously.

Qiu Chen said to Lao He: "Master He, how do you taste this dried fish?" If it is made with the fish in our lake, I wonder if I can make such a taste. ”

Lao He smiled and nodded: "There is also a practice of pickling salted fish in our hometown, but the fish pickled by that method has a bad taste, and it is difficult for people who are not used to eating it to accept it." This dried fish is very good, the fishy smell is not big, the meat is firm and firm, and it is a good meal. As for the lake fish, it should be similar, but the taste is not as firm as the sea fish, but the fresh and sweet taste is better than the sea fish, which should be good! ”

Qiu Chen said with a smile: "I have already told my sister-in-law about this recipe, take a few big fish in the lake, your bad fish, such dried fish, do some trying, if you can, we can process the fish to sell, easy to save and transport, not to mention, the same price can also be increased." ”

Lao He nodded repeatedly: "My wife is very good at making bad fish, so let her make some when the time comes, and send it to the lady of the owner to taste." ”

"Well, I'm still second...... Let my sister-in-law make more, and I'll take it to the restaurant to try. ”

When the meal was finished, everything was decided. Qiu Chen talked to Zhou again, and then said goodbye and returned to the city.

Nannuma Lake and the workshop have been checked, everything has been arranged, Qiu Chen packed up and returned to Liujiaao.

It was already Shen Shizhong when he got home, and as soon as Qiu Chen finished washing, he heard Qingxing reply: "The fifth lady of the West Courtyard is here." ”

Qiu Chen got up and greeted the door, took Lin Xianniang into the house, looked at Lin Xianniang's complexion and said with a smile: "Fifth sister looks much better with this body, and her complexion is very good...... Originally, my sister was good-looking, but this complexion was enough, and it was even more difficult to take your eyes off. ”

With that, the two entered the east room and sat down on the couch, Qiu Chen instructed Yufeng: "Go and bring the few lantern and shadow yarns I bought this time, such a delicate color should be worn by someone like my sister." ”

Yufeng and Qingxing agreed with a smile, and came out with two yarn horses from the east in a moment. A begonia red and a spring water green, all of which are delicate and bright colors, but the material of this light shadow yarn is different from other silk satin, so delicate color is not dazzling, the whole body seems to be covered with a layer of light, just like the light shadow to see the flowers, there is a very light and light hazy feeling, it is really good-looking. Qiu Chen took a fancy to it at a glance, a horse was nearly thirty taels of silver, and she bought more than a dozen in one go. I thought that in addition to filial piety, I would make a skirt for Aman to wear, but I didn't expect to see Lin Xianniang at this time, so I gave it to her first.

Such beautiful clothes and materials, probably women don't like it, Lin Xianniang's eyes lit up when she saw it, and then she said shyly: "Sister-in-law, such valuable clothes, let's keep them for Man'er to wear......"

Before she could finish speaking, Qiu Chen interrupted with a smile: "It's still early for the little girl to wear this." Such a beautiful piece of clothing can be worn by the fifth sister so that she will not be wronged......"

Laughing again, Qiu Chen said several styles of dresses and embroidery patterns in Anyang Mansion, Lin Xianniang listened carefully, and then put a box at hand and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, since I talked to you about doing business last time, my sister went back and pondered for a long time, and I still want to open a dim sum shop. ”

In the two layers of boxes are a plate of plum blossom cake and a plate of red bean pastry. Qiu Chen twisted a piece of plum blossom cake and took a bite, well, the cake body is soft and glutinous, there is a very light plum blossom fragrance, slightly sweet and not greasy, and the taste is really good. But this kind of dim sum tastes okay in the ladies and ladies of large families, but if it is sold in the shop, the taste of ordinary people is afraid that it will be too light.

"Well, I taste good...... Qingxing, Yufeng, you take a piece and try it, but after you taste it, you have to talk about your feelings, and also give you five young ladies a reference! Qiu Chen pointed at the plum blossom cake and smiled.

Qing Xing blessed Qiu Chenfu with a smile on her face, and blessed Lin Xianniang again: "Thanks to the blessing of Miss Five, the slaves and maids are also relieved!" ”

Qiu Chen smiled and said, "This skinny girl, it's as if I've been treating you harshly!" ”

Qingxing and Yufeng smiled, and Lin Xianniang smiled like a flower: "Sister-in-law, this is how generous you are to others, otherwise how would Qingxing dare to talk like this!" ”

Yufeng also smiled rarely: "Fifth Miss can't remind Madame, Madame is generous, so the slaves and maids can be secretly lazy, if the rules are strict, the slaves and maids will have a hard time!" ”

Qiu Chen pointed at the two girls and smiled: "The more you talk, the more you don't get into the way!" ”

Yufeng Qingxing tasted the dim sum, and Lin Xianniang waited expectantly for the comments of the two. Qingxing said quickly, "Miss Five's dim sum is good, but the taste is a little light......"

Yufeng also thought about it: "Fifth Miss, this dim sum is naturally good to use as a snack for the ladies and ladies, but if it is used by ordinary people, the taste is indeed a little light." However, the plum blossom cake pays attention to the dark fragrance, and it is not good if it is too sweet. ”

Lin Xianniang's face collapsed a little frustrated, Qiu Chen smiled and waved his hand, sent the two girls away, patted Lin Xianniang's hand and said, "Fifth sister, your snack is actually very good......

"Sister-in-law must have tasted her shortcomings just now......" Lin Xianniang said quietly.

Qiu Chen smiled: "I said, I taste really good." But my taste doesn't represent everyone's taste, right? Everyone has said it, and it is difficult to reconcile everyone. In this food business, taste is naturally the focus, but determine the consumer group...... Well, it's also important to determine who we want to sell our dim sum to. For example, the ladies and ladies that Yufeng said, the food and drink on weekdays is 'not tired of eating, but not tired of being fine', and eating too many thick and greasy things, this taste is naturally light and just right, while ordinary people are different, they rarely eat pastries on weekdays, and what they pay attention to when they eat is that they must be sweet and fragrant enough...... Therefore, the fifth sister must first determine the object of sale, this dim sum, specializing in the business of those ladies and young ladies is a practice, and it is another practice for ordinary people. ”

Lin Xianniang hung her head and was silent for a moment, then raised her head and smiled: "What my sister-in-law said is that my sister wants to go wrong." ”

After a pause, Lin Xianniang said again: "Sister-in-law also knows that my sister has never been in contact with business shops, and she wants to open a shop in her heart, but she didn't expect that there are so many exquisite...... My sister knows too little, is it good for my sister-in-law to teach my sister? ”

Qiu Chen nodded with a smile: "Only by determining the object of doing business can we determine the location of the shop, and only then can we determine the variety, method, and material of dim sum according to this, and then we can make the decoration and layout of the shop...... Let's just say that it is the business of ladies and ladies, if you choose to open a shop in the town and sell a box of dim sum for a tael of silver, few people will definitely be willing to buy it. But if you choose it in a capital city, a provincial city, or even a capital city, what is a box of dim sum for one or two silvers? Five taels, ten taels, or even dozens of taels of silver snacks, some people also sell and some people buy, I can't say, they will sell well! ”

Lin Xianniang listened very seriously, nodded vigorously, looked at Qiu Chen and said, "Sister-in-law, where do you say I should choose?" ”

Qiu Chen shook his head: "It's up to you to choose this one." ”

Lin Xianniang bit her lip and thought for a moment, then looked up at Qiu Chen again: "Sister-in-law, I, I want to do a big business, after all, ordinary people don't eat much like dim sum." However, I want to go to the county seat and Fucheng to open a shop, and my sister is cheeky and asks my sister-in-law to help my sister. ”

Qiu Chen smiled and nodded: "You have the heart to be self-reliant, sister-in-law has nothing to say, it's just that it's not a trivial matter to go to the county town to open a shop, you have to discuss it with the old lady." The old lady agrees to support, and the sister-in-law can help you. ”

Lin Xianniang burst into a smile on her face, and nodded again and again: "Although this sister-in-law can rest assured, the old lady respects her sister-in-law very much, and always says that the sister-in-law is a woman. ”

Qiu Chen smiled: "Let the old lady boast like this, my bones are a few taels lighter...... Joke aside, you go back and discuss this matter with the old lady. If you want to do the business of a large family, we don't dare to think about it in the provincial capital and the capital, and the city has something to do with it, so go there to rent a shop. I have been in and out of the city all the time, and I can take care of you. ”

Lin Xianniang's eyes lit up, and she showed some apprehension: "Sister-in-law, if you can go to Fucheng to open a shop, my sister naturally can't ask for it, but my sister doesn't understand anything like this, so she really went to Fucheng...... Will it work? ”

Qiu Chen said with a smile: "No one is born with anything, everything is learned." You go back and discuss with the old lady, and if you have paid attention, I will find someone to help you find a reliable shopkeeper...... Although I also go in and out of the show, I can open a shop to do business, and I still have to find a shopkeeper. You can also discuss these with the old lady...... Well, if you don't have enough money, I'll just settle some money here and pay you in advance. ”

"Sister-in-law, you can help me find a shop to find a shopkeeper, I can't use your money anymore......" Lin Xianniang excused herself with some trepidation.

Qiu Chen smiled and said, "Even if I lend it to you, just pay me back when you make money!" As he spoke, he pretended to be surprised: "You don't think about not paying back, do you?" ”

Lin Xianniang blushed, glared at Qiu Chen, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law makes fun of people!" ”

The beauty in front of her is so delicate and angry, her eyes are really like water, her eyebrows are like distant mountains, she is seductive, charming and seductive......

Qiu Chen made a demented appearance, then exhaled, patted his chest and said, "Whew, it's okay, it's okay, fortunately, your sister-in-law is not a man...... Xian Niang, it's easy not to let people see you in the future......"