Chen and Yufeng brought water and waited for Qiu Chen to wash and comb, and changed into spare clothes, Qiu Chen was completely clear, and the feeling of dizziness was gone.

Looking at the sky outside the window, it was very bright, it shouldn't be too late, Qiu Chen asked with a smile, "The banquet over there is gone?" ”

Yufeng couldn't help but smile and said, "It's not going to be scattered, Mrs. Wu is a little too much, so she rested in the warm pavilion...... Only Grandma Jin Er is still clear, and Mrs. Cui is still pulling her to drink! ”

"Still drinking? …… How long did I sleep? Qiu Chen raised his eyebrows and was surprised. She slept comfortably this night, how to say that it had been half an hour, and she was still drinking for such a long time...... Mrs. Cui, does she have to get everyone drunk to be a good guest? If there is such a banquet again, will anyone dare to come?

Yufeng glanced at Chen and nodded with a smile.

Qiu Chen covered his forehead and retreated to the couch, waving his hand again and again: "Ouch, my head is still dizzy, I'll rest for a while, and call me when they disperse!" ”

Chen's Yufeng couldn't help laughing, Yufeng went to pour residual water, and Chen went to bring a pot of hot tea back, and accompanied Qiu Chen to talk with him.

Qiu Chen suddenly remembered the noble sister-in-law, and said silently: "Go back, remember, send that woman to the west of Liujiaao, explain it, let her learn the rules well, as well as cooking, female celebrity ......"

Chen Shi responded, and said, "Don't worry, madam......"

Qiu Chen said: "Don't deliberately criticize her, teach her well, and make her two new clothes......

Chen Shi was stunned for a moment, and said with some doubts: "Didn't Mrs. want to send her?" ”

The corners of Qiu Chen's mouth hooked slightly, revealing a cold sarcasm: "Send someone willingly." This woman has never seen the world since she was a child, where has she seen a really good man, and when she learns more decently, take her to see more people...... At that time, she was reluctant to let her go back to serve her eldest brother. ”

Such a woman, in order to live a good life for herself, can even give up her own daughter, where can she have any true feelings...... If there were more golden, young and handsome young men, she would never be willing to go back to serve an honest and honest farmer like Yang Shuyong. …… Well, maybe it's not a young man, as long as he has a lot of money, the old man won't care!

Anyway, she was thinking of being a concubine...... That look, if it is a concubine, it is not difficult to be a concubine.

Chen Shi was silent for a moment and sighed: "Mrs. is thoughtful...... It's just that it's too cheap for her......"

Qiu Chen shook his head and smiled, lowered his head to drink tea, and stopped talking.

Cheaper who? As long as she doesn't come to disturb and destroy her life and her loved ones, as for the consequences...... It's better to have less resentment or less resentment, no one knows what will happen to Lu Dao in the future!

Soon, Yufeng poured water and turned back, and said with a happy face: "Mrs. Wu has woken up, is drinking tea, and is about to leave!" ”

Qiu Chen raised his eyebrows, got up from the couch, and straightened his dress: "Let's go, let's go have a cup of tea too!" ”

Yufeng covered her mouth and smiled, seeing Qiu Chen raise her hand to fix her sideburns, she hurriedly stepped forward with a smile, and took a grate to pick Qiu Chen's sideburns, which allowed Chen to follow out of the cubicle, and she took a step behind and packed up Qiu Chen's makeup box and baggage.

When they arrived in the warm pavilion hall, the leftovers on the table were all removed, and several wives were drunk and bowed, either sitting or leaning on the wide and comfortable couch, and Cui Shi also leaned on the couch, leaning on the big welcome pillow and talking to Ning and Wu, but the exaggerated smile on his face and the vague words obviously brought out the drunkenness. The relative Ning family drank the least because of his age, and after resting for a while, he was the most sober at this time, and he also leaned on this big pillow, and spoke lazily.

Qiu Chen turned his eyes around, and saw that the Jin family, who had just said that Yufeng was drinking with the Cui family, was already drunk and didn't know what day it was, and he was head to head with Wu Yunqiao's wife Zhang, sleeping soundly on a couch.

Qiu Chen stretched out his hand to support Chen, slowed down, covered his forehead with his other hand, looked at Cui, and said with a smile: "Mrs. Cui is amazing, I'm drunk and back, you are still so sober and calm, it's really a lot!" ”

Cui's smile was extremely bright, the red gown was almost wide open, revealing the lotus-colored embroidered underwear inside, and waved his hand vigorously: "What is not massive, since you drink it, you have to enjoy it...... Let's have a good time, but only once or twice a year......"

Qiu Chenwan said with a smile: "That's a good thing, there are fewer than a thousand cups of wine for a confidant, but my amount of wine is too shallow, and I really don't have the opportunity to appreciate the pride of drinking a thousand cups!" ”

Ning sat on the side and smiled silently, but looked at Qiu Chen with a hint of banter.

Mrs. Wu had also gotten up, seeing that she had been refreshed, her hair was neat and dignified, but she had lost her usual kindness and lightness, only hanging her head and drinking tea, silently silent. Qiu Chen walked over slowly, sat next to Wu, and asked, "Sister Wu thinks it's okay?" ”

Wu raised his head this time, smiled at Qiu Chen, nodded and said, "It's okay." How are you, are you still dizzy? ”

Qiu Chen responded, did not go into detail, only said: "The eldest girl is not happy, I don't know what is going on at this time......

Wu looked at Qiu Chen and smiled, turned his head to Cui and said, "It's really rare to have a good time drinking here with Mrs. Cui today...... Now that the wine is full and the food is full, I should go back. ”

Saying that, he got up and said goodbye, Qiu Chen also got up and said goodbye to Cui Shi Ning. Looking at Ning's tiredness, it seemed that she wanted to say goodbye and leave, but the two daughters-in-law were still drunk at this time and couldn't get up, and she couldn't leave the two of them to go home alone.

Seeing Wu and Qiu Chen say goodbye, Cui Shi was about to get up to see each other off with a smile on his face, but just stood up, sat back with a shake of his body, and almost fell on the couch, which startled Qiu Chen and Wu Shi.

The maiden who was waiting next to her also hurriedly stepped forward to check and inquire, and made sure that Cui's did not bump into it, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Wu smiled and waved his hand: "Okay, don't give it away, sit still!" ”

Cui Shi also smiled and arched his hands to accuse: "I really can't send it...... You should be careful all the way downstairs, and let the girl hold on to you. He also instructed the mother-in-law around him to send him off.

After saying goodbye, Wu sighed in a low voice, "It doesn't matter if a man is drunk and let people go home directly, but women can't be ...... arbitrarily after all."

Qiu Chen raised his eyebrows slightly, looking at the Wu family's face full of amazement, he wanted to ask, since it is not easy to know the women of the Dao Dao, it is naturally even more difficult to know the women of the royal family, why do you plan to let Lan Zhi marry into the royal family?

The words rolled in her mouth, and she finally swallowed them back. I still can't ask that. Don't say that there is no clarity about Lan Zhi's candidacy at this time, that is, in the future, the Tang family will really send Lan Zhi to the palace, even if Lan Zhi is asked to serve the emperor who is already old, she has no position to say anything......

When he returned home from Xu's Mansion, Qiu Chen sent Chen to take Yuegui to Tang Mansion to visit Lan Zhi, and sent a basket of citrus and a basket of autumn pears over. Chen came back and said that Lan Zhi looked fine, and there was no obvious illness, and he told Chen that he was okay, and Ming'er sent someone to the lake pavilion to decorate. Qiu Chen didn't mention it.

At noon, Cui Shi drank wine with a clean drink, and he didn't eat much. For dinner, Qiu Chen asked the kitchen to slice a thin piece of mutton, fried a plate of fish, boiled soup with fish bones and fish heads to make a soup base, and ate it hot with Lin Xu.

I took a hot bath at night, slept comfortably all night, and the next morning I was refreshed and refreshed.

Lin Xu accompanied Qiu Chen to have breakfast, and then went to Guo's mansion to attend classes again. Yufeng made tea and brought it over, and said in a low voice: "That one refused to leave, saying that he must see you." ”

Qiu Chen raised his eyebrows slightly, and before she could speak, Qing Xing stood beside her and said, "It's really kicking her nose and face, I'll send her!" ”

As she spoke, Qingxing was about to go out, but was pulled by Yufeng: "What are you anxious about, Mrs. hasn't spoken yet!" ”

Qing Xing turned around and stood with her hands down, but her eyes were still staring at Qiu Chen, looking eager to try.

Qiu Chen glanced at her, but he didn't use her, and only instructed Yufeng: "Look at what Mama Chen is doing, let her go and see!" ”

Yufeng glared at Qing Xing, who was a little unconvinced, and hurriedly agreed to go out.

Qiu Chen lowered his head and took a sip of tea, then looked at Qingxing slowly and said, "What?" Still not convinced? ”

"Mrs......" Qingxing screamed, revealing some grievances, but she didn't dare to say anything.

Qiu Chen frowned and looked at Qing Xing: "Do you think that if you are by my side, you must rush ahead in everything to be loyal to me?" ”

Her face was serious, and her eyes even contained a rare sternness, Qingxing couldn't help but get nervous in her heart, and said worriedly: "I'm my wife's girl, and I should naturally order us if there is anything." ”

Qiu Chen glanced at her, turned his gaze back, and said lightly: "You are the first-class girl next to me." Do you know what it means to be a first-class girl? It's not that you can exercise orders and direct the family to go around and do everything...... A first-class girl is able to manage my accounts and goods internally, and she can be thoughtful and well-arranged externally, so that no one can say anything, and she must have the capacity to treat people with leniency...... The prime minister can support the boat in his belly, and the prime minister is the head of a hundred officials, can he act rashly at every turn? Can you be so angry that you don't care about anything at every turn? …… You have a lively and clever temperament, and I have never restrained it, but I think your character is also good. But lively, clever, and pungent can be, but on the basis of thoughtfulness, you can't be blindly impulsive, let alone arbitrary......"

Qing Xing knelt down with a pop when Qiu Chen spoke, and when she heard this, she had already lowered her head, and her whole body almost fell to the ground.

"Madam, it's me, it's the slave and the maid who are reckless and impulsive, and the slave and maid know that the way is wrong."

Qiu Chen lowered his eyes and looked at her, and said for a moment: "Don't be in a hurry to admit your mistake first, you tell me first, you were going to go out just now, how are you going to send that person?" ”

Qing Xing raised her head, blushed and opened her mouth, and hung her head down.

"Did you go out and scold and order someone to take it away?" Qiu Chen said slowly, seeing that Qingxing's face was even redder, he knew that he was right, and couldn't help but sigh softly and said, "If I had planned like that, I wouldn't have brought her back a long time ago, and I wouldn't have sent her to learn any rules, cooking, and female celebrities...... I directly let Mrs. Huang take it away, wouldn't it be a hundred? ”

Qing Xing raised her head in amazement, and she didn't care about pleading guilty and admitting her mistake, she just looked at Qiu Chen blankly, and said after a while: "Isn't Mrs. going to send her, do you want to leave her for the eldest uncle?" ”

Qiu Chen's eyebrows were raised, he raised his hand and patted Qingxing's head, and said angrily: "Leave it to my eldest uncle and I will ignore it, what is it to spend so much time!" ”

Qing Xing rubbed her head and looked at Qiu Chen with an aggrieved expression.

Qiu Chen waved his hand: "What will happen in the future, I don't know what to do now, you should remember, don't be reckless and reckless in the future, it will become a ......."

"Yes, no more time!" Qingxing hurriedly kowtowed and promised.

Qiu Chen said lightly: "Next time, I won't talk nonsense with you, just send you to marry, and save me from making me angry in front of my eyes!" ”

"Ah, madam......" Qing Xing exclaimed in amazement.

Qiu Chen didn't pay attention to her at all, raised his hand and waved, "Go, let's see if the carpenter master in the back garden has started working?" Come back, let's pack up and go out of town! ”

Qing Xing, who loved to go out the door the most in the past, was not interested at all now, her face was full of worry, she got up with a worried heart, bent her knees and quit, and went to the back garden.

When Qingxing came out of the house, Yufeng turned out of the ear room, and Qiu Chen smiled: "You haven't told her yet?" ”

Yufeng blushed slightly, looked at Qiu Chen and lowered her head and said, "Well, before Mrs. speaks, I can't say anything to her." ”

"Well, you're a ...... Qingxing is also a good person, but this temperament is sometimes reckless! Qiu Chen sighed softly, put down the teacup and got up and said, "Give me that muslin cotton jacket skirt, let's go to Bali Zhuangzi outside the city to have a look, I heard that every household in that village grows warm sheds and raises flowers, let's just pick up a few pots of flowers and come back, and let the house see a fresh spirit!" ”

Over there, the Chen family went out, with a warm smile on his face like a spring breeze, but the words he said made the noble son's family unable to refute it with his mouth open, and finally thanked the Chen family again and again, and willingly followed the carriage to the place where she could learn how to cook, the female celebrity and how to serve people, and there was no awkwardness and reluctance at all.

Qingxing went to the back garden, glanced at the construction progress of the greenhouse, and hurried back, in the end, she was a little unhappy, and walked along the eaves to the front yard, wanting to see how Chen sent the woman...... It's just that she was a step late, and just after leaving the second door, she saw the woman bowing to Chen's knees with a grateful face, thanking her, and getting into the car.

Qing Xing stood outside the second gate in a daze, unable to understand how the Chen family did it, how could she make the woman seem to take advantage of what a big advantage, and she was still happy when she was sent away, with a grateful face?!

Chen watched the carriage go out of the gate, slowly turned around and came to the backyard, and was not surprised to see Qingxing standing outside the second gate, and said with a smile: "What, does Mrs. have any orders for you to come to me?" ”

Qingxing came back to her senses in a daze, and hurriedly lowered her head and bent her knees and said, "Yes, Mrs. said that she wanted to go out of the city......

Chen smiled, and didn't continue to ask, but said lightly: "Then let's go back quickly...... It's a very gloomy day, maybe it's going to snow, so let's go back and prepare a big sweater for my wife to keep out the cold, and prepare more carbon ......."

As he spoke, Chen's footsteps kept walking in, and Qingxing hung her head and hurriedly followed. At the same time, I also seem to have more or less realized in my heart, as far as Mama Chen's bearing, she has a lot of things to learn!

The flower trellis of Bali Zhuangzi opened Qiu Chen's eyes. Although there was no plastic film in this era, and these flower farmers did not have the conditions to make a greenhouse out of expensive glass, the flowers they cultivated were fresh and vibrant. It's just that most of the flowers cultivated by flower farmers are for the supply of the New Year's market, and this season is only just hanging buds, and there is no flowering period. Qiu Chen visited a few sheds, and only bought dozens of daffodil bulbs after the last, as for what peonies, camellias, and small kumquats also ordered a lot, but for the time being, he only paid a deposit, and when he entered the twentieth month of the lunar month, the flower farmers would deliver them to the door according to the address.

The next evening, the Tang Mansion sent a mother-in-law over to pass a message on behalf of their eldest girl, Tang Lanzhi, saying that she was borrowing Qiu Chen's dim sum master. Qiu Chen readily agreed, and ordered someone to call Xiaoxi. Then she asked about the cleaning up of the lakeside pavilion, and the woman flattered her and said, "It's all cleaned up, just wait for the eldest girl to have a treat." ”

Qiu Chen sent a red envelope of two taels of silver, and the mother-in-law thanked her for going back with Xiaoxi who was carrying the burden.

It was cloudy for three days, and the next night, the snow finally fell.

Qiu Chen faintly heard the roof tiles rattling in her sleep, and then the sound became quieter, and she fell asleep again in a daze.

When she got up early the next morning, Qingxing replied with a smile: "Madam, it snowed last night, and it was quite heavy, and there is no more to your feet!" ”

Qiu Chen was interested, put on a cotton jacket and came to the window, and looked out through the glass inlaid in the window, sure enough, the roof of the house in front of him had become white, and the snow in the yard had been cleaned by the little girl and piled up under the flowers and trees.

Squinting his eyes slightly, Qiu Chen retracted his gaze and smiled: "This snow is in response to the scene, the reeds and snow on the side of the lake pavilion must look good!" ”

Qingxing responded with a smile on her face, but Yufeng covered her mouth and smiled: "Although the snow is not big today, it is inconvenient to travel, maybe those young ladies and girls are delicate and tight, so they won't go to such a far place!" ”

Qiu Chen was slightly stunned and laughed. She took it for granted again. The road of this era is not the same as that of modern times...... Well, even in modern times, snow travel will also increase many unsafe factors!

After saying a few words, he put this matter aside, Qiu Chen washed up, sat in front of the dressing table and let Yufeng comb his hair, while silently calculating, today is the first day of October, if it is calculated according to the letter sent by Qin Li last time, in half a month, Man'er should be home......

When he came back to his senses and saw that Yufeng was curling her hair, Qiu Chen paused and said, "Give me a bun to go out, don't be too complicated, it's simpler, and you have to wear a hood today!" ”

Yufeng was stunned, then agreed, made a concentric bun for Qiu Chen, simply saved it with two green jade hairpins, and picked a one-to-one dripping green jade earrings to show Qiu Chen: "Mrs., with a pair of earrings, simple and generous." ”

Qiu Chen skimmed the drop of water green jade pendant hanging down with only a thin red gold chain, and nodded silently, Yufeng was very encouraged to put the earring pendant into her ear piercing, and Qingxing also took a mirror and shone it on both sides, so that Qiu Chen could see the effect.

Qiu Chen sighed with a smile, tilted his head to look at it, and praised: "It's not bad!" ”

"Yes, my wife is good-looking, these jewelry on my wife is really their blessing, but my wife is too stingy on weekdays, and she easily refuses to let them get this blessing!" Qing Xing was laughing beside her, causing Qiu Chen to burst into a shudder, and she hid behind Yufeng with her feet in pain.

Yufeng pursed her lips and smiled, and then she also stepped forward to persuade: "Mrs. also use some rouge, right?" …… On such a snowy day, it looks best in bright clothes, and my wife's fair complexion does not need Fu powder, just a little rouge, and it looks good with bright clothes! ”

Qiu Chen stared at the two girls and smiled: "What's the matter with the two of you today, one by two, you went to dig out the honeycomb early in the morning?" It's like honey. ”

Yufeng smiled silently, Qingxing hid behind Yufeng and said with a smile: "It's October today, the little lady is coming back, Mrs. is happy in her heart, we flatter and flatter, and we can ask for some rewards!" ”

"Oh?" Qiu Chen answered, turned her gaze back, and took out two red gold folded branch flower hairpins in the makeup box at random, "Well, I've rewarded the things, but don't say anything that sours me, I won't be able to eat if I lose my teeth later." ”

Although Qingxing was happy to say the reward, she was a little surprised to see that Qiu Chen really took out two golden hairpins to reward, and she was embarrassed, and waved her hands again and again with a red face: "Madam, no...... I'm not really pleasing ......."

Qiu Chen smiled at her and spoke, but Yufeng generously pushed Qingxing forward: "Mrs. will reward you and continue, don't you say it, the elder doesn't dare to resign!" ”

Qingxing took the golden hairpin in the end, and Yufeng also took it, and the two of them were about to kowtow happily to thank them, Qiu Chen waved his hand and smiled: "Okay, don't fix these vain ...... It's Yufeng, the books of these days are not in vain, and I also know that 'the elders dare not resign'! Qingxing, you have to work hard, otherwise you will be left behind by Yufeng! ”

Qingxing turned her head to look at Yufeng, and let go of her embarrassment for a moment, generously bent her knees to thank you, and said: "Mrs., you don't know what to say, the words in the book have to be obtained, they are very awkward, where are we talking like this, people can't understand it!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Qiu Chen couldn't stop laughing: "Yes, those are not easy to understand, and there are a lot of things I didn't understand when I first read the book." But letting you read books is not to let you be 'the same person', it is to let you learn the truth of being a person and doing things in books. Alright, you guys pack up, we need to get out of the house...... Get ahead of the ladies and girls to the city gates......"

Qingxing and Yufeng smiled, looked at each other, and responded in a loud voice, Yufeng went to choose the right rouge to put makeup on Qiu Chen, and Qingxing went to open the cabinet and find out the clothes that Qiu Chen wanted to wear......

couldn't resist the insistence of the two girls, Qiu Chen put on a little makeup. Although the skin of the begonia itself is fine and white and delicate enough, since you put on makeup, you still have to put on a little powder. Although Qiu Chen doesn't wear makeup on weekdays, she doesn't do a lot of makeup powder, most of which she uses to give away, and she can't use much of a box left at home for a year. At this time, Qiu Chen scooped a little bit of purple jasmine and water fly pearl makeup powder with a small silver spoon, dipped it with a homemade powder brush, and lightly swept a layer on his face, making his face look fairer and more even, patted a little bit with homemade flower dew to set makeup on his face, and then took his own homemade rouge paste with roses, rubbed it at the base of his thumb, gently hit his cheeks, swept it along his cheeks with a powdered brush, and dipped a little bit of rouge paste on his lips with the fingertips of his ring finger, and did not draw eyebrows and eyes. The whole person suddenly became bright and bright......

Looking at the bright and moving face in the mirror, Qiu Chen was stunned for a moment, and then turned his eyes away. This face is more than a dozen years younger than her original, but if she had to choose, she would still be willing to keep her original look...... Fortunately, after two and a half years of adaptation, she has dared to face the person in the mirror, and no longer feels terrified and dazed in her heart.

Lowering his eyes, Qiu Chen simply took the eyebrow pencil again and outlined the eyeliner - because he hadn't made up for a long time, his hands were growing a lot, and he was trembling terribly. Fortunately, the eyeliner is still satisfactory after the most drawn, and the painting does not fly out. The eyebrows were not redrawn, and although the eyebrows of the begonia were slightly sparse, the eyebrow shape was excellent...... After drawing the eyeliner, Qiu Chen took a small leaf tendon pen and opened her to make an unused eyeshadow box, which did not have as many colors as the eyeshadows purchased in modern times, only light yellow, bright white and coffee.

Qiu Chen didn't want to paint any avant-garde makeup, and he didn't have to think about it to know that no one in this era could accept smoky makeup like panda eyes. She just made a little bit of nose shadow with a light shade of coffee, deepened the contour of the eyeliner, swept a little bright white on the eyelids, and still trimmed the contour of the eye socket with coffee......

Yufeng was just silently standing behind his wife and watching, the more she opened it, the more surprised she became, but she didn't expect that the wife, who never liked to put on makeup, would put on makeup in such a way ...... Well, it's not skilled, but it's definitely different, it's not the kind of cookie-cutter heavy white face with two red faces, and after cleaning it up, there are almost no traces of makeup, but it is obvious to look at a face that is just beautiful, and gradually highlight all its advantages, and cover up all the parts that are slightly insufficient...... The person in the mirror gradually brightens up and becomes vivid, and the book says that Gu Pan is alive and bright, and his eyes are good, right?

Qiu Chen looked at a face in the mirror, but her heart was no longer entangled in the past and the present, she calculated, in this era, there is actually a shortage of makeup utensils, even if the female makeup of a large family is just an eyebrow pencil, a box of rouge and a box of powder, at best, a box of facial grease is amazing. What eyeliner, eyeshadow, mascara, lotion, setting liquid, foundation...... In fact, these things are not troublesome to make, but the profits are very considerable...... Or, next year's business has a new breakthrough point.

Putting down the small leaf tendon pen in his hand, Qiu Chen looked at the makeup in the mirror, fortunately, the traces of makeup were slightly invisible, and she didn't make a big face, and it was still within her acceptable range.

stood up and turned around, only to see that the two girls behind her, Yufeng and Qingxing, were staring at her in a daze without blinking.

Raising his hand and shaking it in front of the two girls, Qiu Chen smiled and said, "You two girls, haven't you just seen me put on makeup, as for making such a fuss?" Scared? ”

Yufeng and Qingxing came back to their senses and hurriedly bent their knees to confess, Qiu Chen waved his hand disapprovingly, "Hurry up, hurry up, otherwise it will be delayed!" ”

He also instructed the two girls who hurriedly went to get their clothes: "Go to the front yard and send someone to the Tang Mansion, talk to Mrs. Wu, ask Mrs. Wu if she is free, if Mrs. Wu is not available, let Mrs. Wu rest assured, I will follow and guard by the side, don't let her worry!" ”

Qingxing had completely woken up at this time, and after listening to Qiu Chen's instructions, she answered, ran out of the house quickly, and personally ran to the front yard to find Shunzi's house, and asked her to go to the Tang Mansion.

After two teas, Qingxing Yufeng took a few little girls to finally pack up, ordered someone to carry it to the front yard to load the car, and then looked back and saw that Qiu Chen couldn't wait to walk out of the house, Yufeng smiled: "Madam, don't worry, Mama Chen took people out of the city to fight the front station as soon as it was dawn, and Mama Chen took care of it, it must be proper, and nothing will happen." ”

Qiu Chen turned his head to look at Yufeng, and said with a smile: "I have to do something before I go, those young ladies and girls go to enjoy the scenery, let's also go to enjoy the snow scene, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone!" ”

Yufeng smiled slightly stunned, put the hand stove into Qiu Chen's hand, reached out to help Qiu Chen's arm, and went out all the way. Qin Li and Zeng Daniu had already prepared a car and were waiting in the courtyard.

In September, the wind was cold, and Qiu Chen's car was covered with clothes. The original tung oil carriage was added with a cyan felt car coat, and the windows and doors were replaced with indigo embroidered flowers, dried cotton curtains, and different from other cars, the car curtains and door curtains were added with a piece of glass, which increased the lighting at the same time, and it was also convenient to look out when riding in the car, but it was not uncomfortable to be stuffy with black paint.

Yufeng and Qingxing helped Qiu Chen to board the car, the three of them sat down, put the car curtain, and Erkui, who was driving the car outside, fastened the wooden pendant under the car curtain, and put on the half-cut wooden baffle to prevent the cold wind from attacking to the greatest extent, and also to avoid the wind drum rolling up the car curtain.

Although the weather is snowing, it is not winter after all, the weather is actually not cold, Er Kui wrapped the thick cotton robe on his body, waved the whip in his hand, pulled a loud whip flower, and the horse's hooves stepped on the blue brick ground crisply, dragging the wheels and chariots, and slowly drove out of the gate of the Lin family.

The snow in the alley has been cleared, because there are many fewer pedestrians on the road in the snow, and the horse-drawn carriage has gone out of the alley unimpeded, but the snow on the street has not been cleared, and it has been crushed by pedestrians, carts and horses and turned into water, and the water has turned into ice, and it is spread on the ground brightly, which is particularly slippery.

Erkui didn't dare to get into the car, just beside the car, carefully holding the reins of the horse, and sliding forward step by step, while Qin Li and Zeng Daniu looked at the other car pulling the salute supplies, and followed closely behind.

It took more than twice as long to get out of the city as usual, and the snow on the roads outside the city looked noticeably thicker than in the city, and because there were fewer cars and pedestrians outside the city, most of the snow on the roads remained in the initial soft state of falling, and the carriages were driving on the top, but it was not easy to slip.

Erkui and the others were finally able to get on their horses and move forward at a faster pace, although still slower than in good weather, but much faster than if they were in the city.

After two quarters of an hour's work, everyone came to a restaurant on five or six miles outside the city, Er Kui stopped the car, opened the baffle and the curtain, and said respectfully: "Madam, the guests outside the city have returned to the building." ”

Yufeng sat in the outermost place, and when she heard this, she lifted the curtain and looked outside, and saw two or three cars parked at the door of the small restaurant, and the horses had been led to the grass shed next to her to graze, and the noise of the men in the restaurant could be faintly heard.

Yufeng suggested to Qiu Chen: "It's not cold for us to have a smoked cage in the car, so my wife should wait in the car for a while......

In the winter here, because of the warmth, most of the doors and windows are closed, and the charcoal in the house, the smell of human body, and the taste of wine and food in the restaurant are all mixed together, which is not pleasant.

Qiu Chen didn't want to go to the restaurant to squeeze it, so he nodded and came down, and only instructed Yufeng: "You tell Erkui and Qin Li that they should go into the house to roast the fire and drink a cup of hot tea." They froze all the way! ”

Yufeng hurriedly agreed, lifted the curtain of the car and said to Erkui: "Mrs. said, just wait in the car." Mrs. told you to go in and have a hot fire! ”

Erkui was rubbing his hands under the car to keep warm, but when he heard this, he was a little surprised: "How can I let my wife freeze outside, let's go in to keep warm......"

Qiu Chen heard it in the car, sighed secretly, took the gray squirrel skin cloak and put it on, pulled up the hood, greeted Yufeng, who was going to say something more, and said, "Don't say it, let's go down too!" ”

Yufeng looked back and saw that Qiu Chen had already dressed, and it was useless to persuade him, so he quickly pulled his leather jacket and put it on quickly, pulled the knitted scarf around his neck, covered his neck and half of his face, hurriedly jumped out of the car, and turned around to help Qiu Chen, who had already left the car door, to get out of the car.

At this time, most of the town planning was still limited, and even if there was a street plan, it was all in the city, and the houses outside the city were built along the road, and in order to facilitate the parking of horses and vehicles, a relatively large empty space was generally left.

This restaurant is built on the side of the official road out of the city, and the street is a two-story building the size of five doors, and a spacious courtyard is connected to the back of the small building. Next to the small building is a large straw shed, and at one end of the shed is a stable with troughs and forage for merchants to store their horses. At the other end of the shed, it is used by merchants to park vehicles and goods, and there are four large carts at this time, three of which are flatbed trucks, and only one or two are green drapery cloth vans, which seem to be used by ordinary families.

His eyes swept over these things, Qiu Chen turned his head, and Qin Li handed over the horses to Zeng Da Niu and greeted him: "Madam! Wait a minute, I'll go in and see if there's a single room! ”

Qiu Chen knew that some seemingly cumbersome rules should be followed, otherwise it would cause trouble and make the big guys suffer.

So he agreed, and said, "You can go in and have a look, if there is no private room, you can find a table in a secluded place in the corner!" ”

Qin Li nodded, agreed and strode into the restaurant, while Qiu Chen straightened his clothes, took the jade phoenix and Qingxing together, and waited for Qin Li to turn back by the cold wind in the carriage.

After only a cup of tea, Qin Li lifted the curtain and walked out of the restaurant, followed by a middle-aged man of about thirty-five or sixteen years old, slightly fat, wearing a leather jacket, with his hands slightly hunched and walked over quickly.

Walking to a place about five or six steps away from Qiu Chen's master and servant, the middle-aged man reached the ground and said respectfully: "I don't know that Mrs. is coming, the little shopkeeper Sun Zhiyong welcomes the late, and I hope that Mrs. will atone for her sins!" ”

Where has Qiu Chen seen this kind of style, he moved his feet slightly embarrassed, but quickly calmed down, and said lightly: "The shopkeeper is polite!" ”

As he spoke, Qiu Chen's gaze turned to Qin Li. Qin Li said: "Back to Mrs., there is still a private room on the second floor, and the shopkeeper has already asked the guy to go up to clean the fire, please move Mrs." ”

Qiu Chen nodded slightly, his eyes signaled, Yufeng walked up from behind, took out a small silver ingot of about five taels, and threw it to the shopkeeper: "Hurry up and let someone boil hot water and send it, and send a few bowls of ginger soup." ”

Sun Zhiyong took the silver, and said slowly that he just wanted hot water and ginger soup, even a table of banquets, and five taels of silver couldn't be used, where was there anything bad, and he hurriedly agreed, hurriedly grabbed a few steps and ran to the front, opened the door curtain very doggedly, and let Qiu Chen's master and servant enter the door.

Erkui and Zeng Da Niu led the horse vehicle into the carport, because they only waited for a while, and did not unload the car, but only used a brace to hold the vehicle against it to reduce the pressure on the horses. He wiped the snow on the horses with a rag, broke the bean cakes that came with the car, and fed them to the horses, leaving one person to guard the car, and the others entered the restaurant.

Sure enough, as soon as I entered the restaurant, there was a strange smell of hot mixture. Qiu Chen frowned slightly, didn't stop, followed the shopkeeper who led the way in front, and went straight through the lobby and up the stairs.

At this moment, Qiu Chen's gaze swept across the lobby, and he saw three tables of guests sitting vaguely in the lobby, and two tables of guests sitting in the center of the lobby, all dressed in relatively simple clothes, all of them were black fine linen or cotton jackets, their faces were stained with wind and dust, and there were only a few dishes on the two tables. On the other side, there are two people, an old man and a young man, the old man is about forty years old, his beard is gray but he is with him, and he sits on the top of a young man, who seems to be dressed as a scholar from a poor family......

Women from wealthy families don't go out easily, not to mention that on such a snowy day, it is even more rare for the family members of rich and noble families to appear in such a place. Therefore, as soon as Qiu Chen's master and servant entered the restaurant, they naturally attracted everyone's attention and attention. Qiu Chen's face was almost completely covered with a hood, but the faces of Yufeng and Qingxing's better water spirit were completely presented in front of people.

Qiu Chen's footsteps kept walking past the two tables of guests, and he heard someone sniffing hard, and someone next to him laughed in a low voice: "Big donkey, what are you doing by snorting your nose, no matter how much you suck, it's just a smell, what else can you do with it?" ”

Another somewhat hoarse male voice then scolded: "And said that I, how good can you get with a dog, a pair of eyes can't wait to hang on the body of other people's little lady...... I'm sorry, you don't pee and take pictures of yourself, just like your sharp-beaked monkey cheeks, what will the little lady do to you! ”