If she had that day, she would never let herself stay up so much, she would rather give up the kind of love life that she couldn't enjoy exclusively, and she would rather go on the road easily by herself......

Qiu Chen asked herself, she couldn't do it, and she would never wronged herself to do it!

I really don't know how Chang Jiayi survived those days!

Alas, when the wife is injured in childbirth, not only does she not get pity, but she becomes a debt, a deficiency, and she has to force her husband to spend the night in the concubine's house with a smile on her face......

Chang Jiayi and the eldest princess's son are famous in the capital for their love and harmony, but they also accepted two concubines and a girl in the room...... Chang Jiayi was judged by the imperial doctor to have injured her body when she had her first child and could no longer have children, so naturally, she could only wisely persuade her husband to go to the concubine's room more often to spread the branches...... This will be fine, with two sons, Chang Jiayi can breathe a sigh of relief. The key is that the mother and son are safe, and in the future, Chang Jiayi broke the assertion that she could not have children, so there was no need to take her husband to the concubine's house.

Qiu Chen said to himself with joy: "It's okay this time, the eldest of her family is seven or eight years old, and she has added this little ......."

Chengying smiled and went out to send the little girl to pass the word.

As soon as he heard this, Qiu Chen immediately lost his sleepiness, and hurriedly ordered, "Isn't the congratulatory gift ready?" Send a message to Mama Chen, let her go in person, and send it to Jiayi. Let her see the child and come back and talk to me! ”

As soon as she woke up, Yuegui, who was on duty, came forward to help her get up, and at the same time reported the good news with a happy face: "Just now the eldest princess's mansion sent someone to report the good news, Mrs. Chang gave birth to a little son, five catties and two taels, mother and son are safe!" ”

Qiu Chen ate twice on the painting in the morning, and he was not hungry at this time, and after returning to the room, he simply went to bed to rest.

Autumn is getting stronger, the sky is high and cool, Qiu Chen made a bright sedan chair, accompanied by Qin Zheng all the way to the back garden, the two of them took the painting boat, snuggled up to each other, and swam leisurely on the lake for a morning.

After sending everyone out of the house, there were only two people left in the house, Qin Zheng and Qiu Chen.

The Star Tower is the tallest building in the capital, and going to the Star Tower to eat is second, and climbing to see the scenery is the favorite thing for children. It is said that you can see the whole of the capital.

Liu was very satisfied, Yang Shuyong and Zhou were also very satisfied, and the children were even more excited.

The next day, Yang Shuyong made an exception and did not go to Zhuangzi, and after packing up, he also had to accompany the old lady to go out to visit the capital. Qin Zheng looked at a large group of children in the same group, and finally said: "I have set the top floor of the Star Picking Tower, and when you go over at noon, I will wait for you there, which can be regarded as a pick-up for my mother-in-law and eldest brother and sister-in-law!" ”

Qiu Chen blinked, pulled the corners of his mouth to reveal a silent laugh, and patted Qin Zheng's hand to show relief, but he didn't answer.

After a while, Qiu Chen clearly felt that someone behind her was soothing, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and her body also relaxed. Qin Zheng also exhaled lightly, hugged his wife's arm and tightened it slightly, his head was still nested in his wife's neck, and said in a muffled voice: "Wait for you...... Be sure to make it up to me! ”

The forbearance of men, she felt it, she was moved, but she would never do that kind of thing against her will.

According to the practice of this era, the wife of the main room should arrange a sex girl for the man during menstruation and pregnancy to relieve the man's physiological needs. But she can't do it, and she definitely won't.

Qiu Chen didn't dare to move at this moment, and the ...... behind him reminded her that the man was at a critical point at this moment, and he couldn't be provoked at all. Her body sat slightly nervous, sleepless, blinking at the bamboo leaves on the bamboo-colored tent, biting her lower lip hard.

After grinding for a while, Qin Zheng hugged his wife, buried his head in his wife's neck socket, his snort was hot, and he gasped slightly, but he could only calm his feelings silently......

Qin Zheng's eyes deepened, but he could only try to suppress it, staring at his wife's delicate face, his throat moved up and down, and finally he couldn't help but bow his head again, kissing on the two red and gorgeous lips, as well as pink cheeks, misty eyes, and a delicate and straight nose bridge......

"Thank you......" His cheeks were dizzy, hot, Qiu Chen's eyes were misty, like a dream.

Qiu Chen opened his eyes in slight surprise, raised his eyes to look over, and saw Qin Zheng looking at him with a concerned face, a warmth slowly surged up in his heart, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl, his eyes bent into two crescents, and then, he raised his arm to wrap around his neck, pulled him down his head, and gave him a light kiss.

Qin Zheng's voice whispered in her ear: "I'll accompany my mother-in-law to visit the Ten Brakes...... Do you walk at home by yourself? ”

Qiu Chen lazily leaned on the solid chest and arms behind him, completely relaxed, and naturally closed his eyes. At this moment, she didn't want to do anything, she even emptied her brain and completely relaxed herself......

After supper, it was not too late, the girls waited for Qiu Chen to wash, changed into a set of soft and comfortable muslin pajamas and pants, Qin Zheng helped his wife to go to the kang and leaned against his chest, and the girls silently blew out the extra candles, quietly retreated, and closed the door.

In other words, she is definitely not a foodie in modern times! Got here, too idle? Or is it the slow pace of life that allows her to discover the essence of foodie in her heart?

Qiu Chen also smiled. I think of those senior foodies around me, in order to eat an authentic stinky tofu, I can take the bus and subway for nearly two hours and travel through most of the city! Thinking about this era, the vast majority of ordinary people are still living on the food and clothing line, even wealthy families, and most of them are like Qin Zheng, and few of them will pursue the taste of small surprises......

Qin Zheng shook his head with a smile, and said honestly: "I taste it all delicious, I can't make any difference if I can't eat it!" ”

Qin Zheng pursed the corners of his mouth and showed a smile, scooped a spoonful of soup and sent it to his wife's mouth, Qiu Chen opened his mouth to drink, slowly tasted it, and said with a smile: "Well, it's not bad." The sea shrimp roe has a strong flavor, not as sweet as the river shrimp roe! ”

Qiu Chen shook his head, looked at Qin Zheng's bowl and said with a smile: "I want to take a sip of soup...... I just got the new shrimp roe this year, and I haven't tasted it yet. ”

Qiu Chen ate one bite at a time, Qin Zheng ate a wonton, and said with a rare taste: "Hmm, this shrimp wonton is good today, can you eat one?" ”

After a while, Hanguang came back with a food box, brought out a cup of clear soup Guan Yan and a chicken soup wonton, and presented them to Qiu Chen and Qin Zheng respectively.

After eating the fruit, the children went back to their own yards, Yang Shuyong and Zhou also went back to Ruyi Courtyard, Qiu Chen went into the West House to see that Mrs. Liu was settled, and turned back with the girl's hand, Qin Zheng had already washed up, and was sitting on the kang with a book and watching. Seeing Qiu Chen turn back, he hurriedly put down the book, got up to support his wife, followed Qiu Chen's light and spinning ice bent knees, silently retreated, prepared hot water for Qiu Chen to wash, and took the supper before going to bed.

These things can be regarded as completely extinguishing Qiu Chen's expectations for tropical fruits, she still doesn't think about such unrealistic things, the traffic conditions of this era, if you really want to eat local specialties, you should go to the local area to eat. Thinking of sitting at home and eating all the world's food like you do in modern times...... That's not even more realistic than a dream!

There are really few people who can accept lemons or something, Qiu Chen only asked people to set aside two pineapples, a coconut and a few mangosteens, and sent people to send back to the old man Yang and the second brother and sister-in-law in Anyang.

Fortunately, when Java entered the school, he wrote a 'manual', explaining the names and properties of various fruits, and explaining how to eat them, etc., Qiu Chen didn't say much to explain, and told Junwen to take the children to do it, and distribute the fruits to the family according to the instructions to taste it.

Qiu Chen could only sigh secretly when he looked at these fruits, and he couldn't say that he knew them.

Looking at the skin, these fruits have been preserved for a long time, and basically the original color is not visible, withered yellow or ripe brown......

In this era, the transportation conditions are poor, the speed is slow, from Java all the way to the capital, take a boat and a car to toss for half a year, this is still a smooth journey, those tropical fruits that are difficult to preserve are simply not able to be transported, what mango, custard, rambutan and the like are all not, the most eye-catching of which is a pillow-sized jackfruit, and four or five pineapples, in addition to lemons, coconut, no durian, but a few durian companion mangosteen. It's just that the skin of the mangosteen, which is supposed to be softer, is almost as hard as a stone.

Qiu Chen instructed the girls to take out the fruits in the bamboo basket and line them up on a table, so that the big guys could see it more clearly! Rare things, big guys are rare to see, it's impossible to taste them, at least let those who are lucky enough to meet see and know each other!

The rough mother-in-law brought in a dried tropical fruit from the front yard in a bamboo basket, and both adults and children had bright eyes full of curiosity. The girls and mothers-in-law on duty all gathered to watch, pointing and speculating, and for a while, the backyard of Mu'en Courtyard was as lively as the New Year.

Not to mention the fruits imported from Java, not to mention that the common people of the village cannot see them, even the royal nobles are rare to see.

Qiu Chen and Aman took Brother Yun and accompanied Mrs. Liu to dine in the west room of the main house of Mu'en Courtyard with Zhou. Qin Zheng and Yang Jingyong, as well as the eldest brother Yang Shuyong, who rushed back at night, took a large group of children to eat in the hall where they entered. After eating, after Yang Jingyong left, Qiu Chen finally saw the Java fruit that the emperor gave to the Marquis of Jingbei and the prince of Yong. It's a pity that there is no durian in Qiu Chen's heart.

That night, because of Qin Zheng's return to the mansion and the arrival of Yang Jingyong, it was relatively rare for men and women in the Jingbei Hou Mansion to eat in two places.

The figures of the two people flashed outside the window, Yang Jingyong stood in the room facing the window but froze for a long time, before he breathed a sigh of relief, his face was gray, he staggered a few steps, and sat down on the chair in a dejected manner.

Yang Jingyong got up with a smile, but didn't send it out, only smiled and watched Qin Zhengtuo hold Qiu Chen's waist, carefully send it out, and then passed through the half-open window, with a gentle smile on her face that even she didn't know, she looked at the man next to her with a slightly sideways face, her lips moved slightly as if she whispered something...... The bright but not dazzling eye waves flowed, no longer the gentle and calm indifference he usually saw, but something different revealed, so that his intuitive heart standing in the room was pulled fiercely, but he couldn't tell whether it was pain or suffocation!

As soon as he agreed, Qiu Chen got up with a smile and said goodbye: "You guys wait a while, I'll go to the kitchen to take a look...... These two things of food are also very simple to make, and they will come up with dinner later. ”

Fried buns were eaten in Liujiaao Yang Jingyong before, and they were also eaten in Jingbei Houfu after entering Beijing, and he liked them very much. I haven't eaten glutinous rice and leek kueh, but I didn't hesitate to nod my head and accept it. I have to say that he is very confident in the food that Qiu Chen has taken out, so far, as long as it is the food she has taken out, there is no one he doesn't like!

Fried buns are similar to Shanghai's fried buns and are a local delicacy in the Yellow River estuary. Glutinous rice and leek kueh are standard Cantonese refreshments, similar to crystal steamed dumplings. They are all filled with leeks, and the taste is the salty and fresh of Lu cuisine; The other is Cantonese style light and sweet, each with its own characteristics, but not too individual, which can be accepted and loved by most people. It is not as strong as the stinky vegetables in Huizhou and the sauerkraut in Hunan, and although it is incomparably delicious in the eyes of the locals, it is more difficult for people in other places to accept.

Qiu Chen raised his eyes to look at Yang Jingyong and said with a smile: "You heard it, there are only two catties of leeks left, if you want to make more, you can't do it, so you can just make two...... Well, how about making fried buns and glutinous rice leek kueh? ”

Speaking of which, the problem was basically discussed, and Xuan Bing just happened to come back from the outhouse, and reported to Qiu Chen in a low voice: "Mrs. Hui, the girl who went to the kitchen is back, there are still leeks in the kitchen, but there are not many, probably about two catties." ”

No matter how useful it is, this is Yang Jingyong's attitude, Qiu Chen will definitely not refuse, and nod his head without hesitation.

What she could think of, Yang Jingyong could naturally think of, and before Qiu Chen's words fell, he said, "The harvest of my Zhuangzi will also be handed over to you...... I'll tell you to go back, and you just need to send someone to get lucky." ”

If this is not enough, she can also pre-purchase the harvest of next year, the year after next, or even the year after tomorrow, pay the bill with grain or money, and can also help the many victims survive this famine.

Of course, Qiu Chen knows very well that the deep processing of sweet potatoes and potatoes harvested in a few Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing will not require so many people, but she is not only these Zhuangzi, but also several big Zhuangzi in Liaodi, where potatoes and corn have been harvested. There is one season a year, the autumn harvest is early, and the autumn harvest has been completed at this time, and the potatoes and sweet potatoes harvested there are transported before the heavy snowfall, which is several times more than the harvest on the Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing!

Qiu Chen smiled and said, "The potatoes and sweet potatoes planted in our Zhuangzi are all planted in the soil, so we must wash the soil before eating, right?" This time, centralized processing, first of all, it is necessary to clean, this work, three or four years old children and sixty or seventy old people can do. When the time comes, there are big girls, half-grown children and middle-aged women to do the work of moving and transporting, cleaning what the old and weak can do, so that the family can work together, the old and weak women and children support each other, how can they earn grain and survive this winter and spring! ”

Yang Jingyong and Qin Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, and then Yang Jingyong asked with a slight smile: "What kind of work is there, only the old and weak, women and children?" ”

The husband was silent, but the hand on her shoulder tightened, clearly showing his nervousness. Qiu Chen raised his hand and patted Qin Zheng's hand to show comfort, but his eyes kept looking at Yang Jingyong, and said with a slight smile: "The workshop I am talking about is not as cumbersome and complicated as a pharmaceutical workshop, but it is just to process the harvest in the field, and it is better to say that it is to open a workshop, it is better to say that it is to help the victims, of course, after this year, after the autumn harvest, the field processing will be familiar, and it will be more or less beneficial...... Because there is no strange work, I don't need to watch it myself, just send a steward to watch it. ”

Qin Zheng also disapproves, but he has more tolerance and trust in his wife, and he believes that his wife will not care about his body, let alone the child in his belly...... Although he had the same thoughts as Yang Jingyong in his heart, he didn't blurt out questions, just focused on his wife's face, quietly waiting for his wife to give him an explanation that he could accept.

"You're going to build a workshop?" Yang Jingyong didn't wait for Qiu Chen to finish speaking, he interrupted her words in surprise and asked, at the same time, his gaze unconsciously moved downward, falling on Qiu Chen's huge belly that made people breathless to look at, revealing a look of surprise and disapproval, "No, your current body ...... It's enough to come up with an idea, where can you still open a workshop! ”

Speaking of this, Qiu Chen paused slightly, skipped the specific process, and continued: "Let's use these things to change the method to preserve them and further process them, and then we can use these things to pay for their wages, so that they can be full, and I can also build my own workshop......

Qiu Chen shook his head with a smile, watching Yang Jingyong's face collapse with her movements, and he stopped going around in circles, and simply said: "My two Zhuangzi are repairing canals, but that project is no different from your river workers, they all need strong labor to do it, and the old and weak women and children can't do it." …… I have already thought of the work for the old and infirm, women and children. Therefore, I want to tell you that after the potatoes and sweet potatoes harvested in Zhuangzi this year are saved, the rest will be sliced and dried, and then milled......"

Seeing that Qin Zheng and Qiu Chen both turned their heads to look at him, especially the unceremonious accusation in Qin Zheng's eyes, Yang Jingyong turned his gaze away, raised his hand and touched his nose with a little embarrassment, and said, "Then, what are the work arrangements?" Seeing that the autumn harvest is over, there is no need for anyone for autumn sowing...... Uh, yes, you have two imperial villages, do you want to dig ditches and dig wells? ”

"Ahem!" A few dry coughs broke the eye contact between Qin Zheng and Qiu Chen and his wife, and also successfully attracted the eyes of the two people to turn around in unison.

Hearing his wife say this, Qin Zheng's eyes lit up slightly, and the love in the eye contact with his wife was even stronger.

Qiu Chen raised his eyes to look at her husband, knowing very well that there were actually many inconsideracies in his words, but he was not picky, but showed an approving expression, nodded with a smile: "This is with me." ”

He put his arm around his wife's shoulder, raised his head and said slowly: "There is only so much money and grain in the household, and there is no way to expect to dig out several times the money and grain at once...... It is simply not feasible to use cash-for-work to make ends meet. Well, there are still some women and children among the victims, can you find some work for them...... I remember that when I was in Anyang, I invited many women, children, and even the elderly to go to Nannuma Lake to dig water chestnuts and herbs...... There is no longer any work, as long as those people can get through this movement with some full-stomach food, and when the spring opens, there are wild vegetables in the fields, and the wheat is quickly harvested, it will be much better. ”

Qin Zheng's face was still indifferent and expressionless, but he was also the most natural one of the three. He is not good at general affairs, and he has just been able to understand these things, as for how to deal with it, it is not as calm as commanding a battle for a while, so when he encounters any problems, he will not be too entangled, and his thinking is simpler.

The room was silent for a while, the atmosphere was oppressive and heavy, and the girls who were waiting folded their hands in front of them and hung their hands involuntarily even lightened their breathing, for fear of disturbing the masters who were obviously in a bad mood and fell into deep thought.

Speaking of this, Yang Jingyong's wry smile became thicker, and his tongue couldn't move, so he simply silenced halfway.

Yang Jingyong showed a wry smile on his face, nodded and said: "If it is a forced labor, only to supply grain and rice to Hegong, the household department can barely cope with it." But cash-for-work is not only to feed the strong men of the river workers, but also to let them earn the rations of their families......"

Qiu Chen blinked, and then said, "Not enough food?!" ”

Yang Jingyong secretly admired when he heard this, and after pressing down the regret of loss that had been evoked in his heart, he smiled and said, "The victims that my sister said are the ones who were flooded...... In fact, many people who have reduced their output in the autumn harvest and have lost their crops have lost a season, and at most they will run out of food after the New Year, and they are also disaster victims. There are not many such people, and according to the reported information, there are six counties, and more than 200,000 people have been affected...... Among them, the strong men are counted as three or four out of ten, and there are also 70,000 laborers...... Just to repair the Yongding River, the labor is enough! ”

Speaking of these chores, Qiu Chen personally arranged and managed them, and after their Zhuangzi finished harvesting and plowing every autumn, they would repair and strengthen the river canal embankment and transform the water conservancy project.

"The area affected by the disaster is limited, and we only use work for relief and use the victims to repair the river, I'm afraid there is not enough labor, right? This is about to be the middle of August, and the mobilization of manpower, the mobilization of money and food, and the arrival of personnel and other affairs are full of calculations, and it is already the fastest to start work at the end of the middle of the month. At the end of September and the beginning of October, the river will freeze, and by mid-October at the latest...... It will not be civilized until mid-February or even the end of February...... It is necessary to repair it properly before the arrival of the spring flood next year, and the construction period is extremely tight. ”

Cash-for-work is good...... But......

Yang Jingyong's expression was calm and calm, and he said with a smile: "I mentioned 'work for relief' in Anyang before...... This time, we laid it out by ourselves, how could we still use the method of servitude...... Horizontal and vertical households have to allocate money and grain out, so why not mobilize the victims to work for relief? If the river is repaired, it can also replace part of the relief, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone! ”

As soon as these words came out, Qiu Chen immediately threw away the gloom in his heart and looked up in surprise.

What kind of person Yang Jingyong is, how could he not see the reason for Qiu Chen's gloom, thinking of all kinds of things, he couldn't help but look dark, and after a cold flash in his eyes, he immediately pulled the corners of his mouth, revealing a rare smile without a little banter, and said: "Speaking of this, I don't want to use conscription this time......

Looking at his wife, whose expression was gloomy, Qin Zheng first tightened his arms and hugged her in his arms to show relief.