Chapter 176: A Busy Year

In the hazy morning light, Qiu Chen didn't let Yufeng and Qingxing follow, she wrapped her cloak tightly and went out of the gate alone.

Although she has never gone to see the children exercising, she has a rough idea of the process and place of the children's exercise.

After the Lin family built two courtyards, the part outside the gate to the pond embankment was leveled one after another, and paved with bluestone and bricks, and then extended to the east to the entrance of the school, and even the large hillside on the east side of the school was also leveled one after another, expanding into a small platform of seven or eight acres. When Qiu Chen was interested in leveling this, he wanted to let the children in the school have a place for activities after class, and if his children wanted to ride a horse, there would also be a flat place, but he didn't expect that at this time, it would become a place for children to exercise in the morning and evening.

It was the depths of winter, and the cold air in the morning was particularly strong, and there was a layer of white frost flowers on the ground and on the grass and trees.

Crossing the school, where suddenly opened up in front of him, Qiu Chen stopped in the corner of the courtyard of the school. The whole platform was fully displayed in front of her eyes, and the children were lining up and running in circles on the small platform. At the head of the team is the tallest Junwen, and at the end of the team is a one-meter-tall Aman...... Qin Yi followed Aman's side.

Watching Afu Aman try to move his little short legs to follow the rhythm of the team, his little face could clearly see the red even in the morning mist, and the large white heat exhaled from his little mouth...... Obviously, the children were wheezing because they were running hard.

Qiu Chen's heart was sour, and his eye sockets were hot......

He didn't dare to come to see the children exercising, Qiu Chen just silently observed the children's reactions when they came back from exercise. When the children came home, she only saw their little red faces, sweaty hair and clothes, but none of the children complained to her, and no one cried.

The children are much stronger than she imagined, and at the same time, it can be seen that Qin Yijiao children do have a set, which can make children exercise hard, but they are still full of interest and have no complaints or fears.

The strong dependence of the two children on her in the morning, as well as Xiao Afu's complete sensibility beyond her age, touched her deeply. She couldn't help but want to come and see the children.

She was not interested in the man, so she chose to separate themselves from each other without hesitation, but the children were inevitably, unbeknownst to them, to lose the protection of their father, as well as the love and warmth from their father.

Although she was very skeptical that the man could fulfill his father's obligations well and give the children fatherly care, she could not deny that she also had an unshirkable responsibility for this result. At least, she didn't try to work hard for the sake of the child......

"Uh, Mrs. Lin is early!" A clear male voice sounded behind him.

Qiu Chen hurriedly blinked his eyes, hid the mist in his eyes, adjusted his expression and turned around, and saw Pan Jiaqing in a blue cotton robe, handsome and thin as a bamboo, walking over step by step with his hands behind his back.

Bending his knees slightly, Qiu Chen also raised a smile and greeted: "Mr. Pan, morning!" ”

"This is to see the kids?" Pan Jiaqing stood beside Qiu Chen, although he was asking, his tone was a statement, and he didn't look at Qiu Chen, but looked at the children running on the playground, "The children are very good!" It's not easy for the big ones to persevere, but it's not easy. ”

Qiu Chen also turned around, also looking at the children, her chin tilted slightly, and her face revealed a touch of pride that she hadn't noticed: "Yes, I haven't come to see it before, and when I saw the children coming home without crying or making trouble, I thought it wasn't bitter...... Now I realized that the children are working far harder than I know...... More sensible! ”

Pan Jiaqing nodded in agreement, changed the topic, and talked about the children's learning: "Junwen's brothers are good, even if Junwen, although he is older, he is not impatient, and he is practical and steady. If they can keep working hard, their brothers will not be worse than Lin Xu. The most rare are the two little ones, Ah Fu is sensible and hardworking, and he has completed his schoolwork very well, better than his uncle and several cousins; Aman is the most intelligent and beautiful, at a young age, he learns and comprehends faster than several older brothers, but unfortunately, she is a daughter......"

Pan Jiaqing introduced the situation of the children, but when it came to Aman, he couldn't help but sigh regretfully. In this era, no matter how smart a girl is, it is useless, and she can't escape the word 'marrying' after all. Pan Jiaqing will feel sorry every time she looks at the smart and beautiful Aman, if this child is a man, he will definitely achieve something extraordinary!

"It's all Mr. Pan's teaching!" Qiu Chen politely changed the topic, "Mr. Pan can you determine where to celebrate the New Year?" ”

Pan Jiaqing's face darkened, and she said silently: "Don't hide it from Mrs. Lin, the house in Xiao Ke's family has long been sold, and the house where she lived with her mother before was still rented. Besides, there are no relatives in the county, and I have already told my mother that I will celebrate the New Year here. ”

Although he knew that Pan Jiaqing's family was in poverty, he didn't expect that even a house would be gone.

Qiu Chen was slightly surprised, but he also smiled sincerely: "It is best for Mr. Pan and the old lady to spend the New Year here, they live next to each other, and it will be lively and cheap at that time...... By the way, Mr. Pan has decided on the New Year's vacation? ”

Pan Jiaqing shook her head, but looked at Qiu Chen again and said: "The annual leave practice of the museum is generally between Laba and the half of the lunar month, and the museum will open after the Lantern Festival after the New Year. We didn't think about it here......"

Qiu Chen smiled: "Since that's the case, then it's okay to rest?" After a hard year, the museum closed early for the New Year, and let Mr. have a good rest and prepare for the New Year. ”

Such an arrangement is completely for the sake of Pan Jiaqing, so he naturally has no objection and is busy thanking him.

Last night, the woman went out with a look of shame, Tang Wenyong asked very curiously, but the mouths of the two of them were very tight, and it didn't matter if the woman kicked her hard, he only saw a wooden face on Qin Zheng's side, and both expressions were indebted...... This made him a little more interested, and he scratched his heart and liver almost all night. Early this morning, he went to Qin Zheng's house again, hoping to find out some news.

Qin Zheng was already dressed neatly and washed, Tang Wenyong entered the door, and Qin Zheng was tidying up his robe and walking out.

"Hey, where are you going early in the morning?" Tang Wenyong turned his head hurriedly and followed Qin Zheng out.

Qin Zheng didn't bother to look at him, walked out of the door with a faint expression, and said while walking towards the gate of the courtyard: "Go out for a walk!" ”

"Huh?" Tang Wenyong was a little confused. Although this is calm, but after all, he is a military general, he loves to dance with knives and guns since he was a child, whether he was in the capital or after joining the army, he must dance in the martial arts training field every morning and evening. But since he came to Liu Jiaao and came to the Lin family, he has changed his habits and stayed in the house every day without going out. At first, Tang Wenyong didn't understand, but after thinking about it carefully, he realized that the Lin family did not have a man in charge after all, a widow with two children, and the reason why Qin Zheng didn't go out was because he was afraid that the people in the village would see that the Lin family had foreign men coming in and out, which would bring the reputation of Lin Niangzi!

Tsk, why didn't he see it before, this piece of wood also has such an empathetic and considerate side?

It's just that this piece of wood is going crazy again? Why don't you sit in the house in a dignified manner, why do you suddenly want to go out for a walk?

Following Qin Zheng walked slowly along the embankment of the pond, and as soon as he walked to the door of the school, Tang Wenyong saw the two people standing in the corner of the wall of the school. The man is handsome and elegant, the woman is slender and beautiful, just look at the back, it's really ...... It's a match! And the two of them were obviously talking about something, looking at them from the side, they were obviously smiling on their faces, and they were obviously talking happily.

Although the two people stood at a distance of one person, they didn't have any unruly behavior, but the way the two of them laughed at Yanyan made Tang Wenyong's eyes pierced.

"This wicked woman is so unpretentious to him, but she talks so lively with a poor teacher......" Tang Wenyong was not angry in his heart.

It's just that in the blink of an eye, seeing Qin Zheng's indifferent face instantly turned cold, the trace of unhappiness at the corner of his mouth that had not yet unfolded suddenly turned into a playful and teasing smile, and he thought that someone was having a convulsion, it turned out to be ...... That's right!

Tang Wenyong grinned and broke away with a big smile: "This Lin lady lost her husband at a young age, and she earned such a big family business out of thin air...... This surname Pan is also rare, and his character and knowledge are good......"

Before he finished speaking, Qin Zheng's cold gaze had already swept over, which made Tang Wenyong, who was open-mouthed, shudder and shut up.

"Don't discredit people!" Qin Zheng snorted coldly in a low voice, flicked his sleeves, and strode towards the two people on the side of the playground.

Tang Wenyong stopped, touched his chin with a stiff face, watched the piece of wood roar up, and seemed to unintentionally insert a foot between Lin Niangzi and Mr. Pan, grinning, laughing silently, and raised his foot to catch up.

He didn't see last night's excitement, and he couldn't ask, but today's excitement definitely didn't look bad, and he couldn't delay it any longer.

Standing between the two, Qin Zheng looked at the children in the playground casually and said, "A few children are good!" ”

Originally, although Qiu Chen and Pan Jiaqing were standing side by side, there was a distance of more than one step and less than two steps in the middle, Qin Zheng suddenly inserted from behind, and the pattern of the three of them immediately seemed cramped and crowded.

Qiu Chen staggered a step slightly, turned his face back with a smile, and said to Qin Zheng, "Well, I didn't expect the children to be able to do this. ”

Saying that, Qiu Chen looked at Pan Jiaqing, who was slightly stunned, and introduced with a smile: "This is Mr. Pan Jiaqing, a young talent from our county, Mr. Pan, who can't continue to participate in the scientific examination for the time being because of his father's loss of filial piety. ”

Qin Zheng seemed to have just seen Pan Jiaqing's existence, so he listened to Qiu Chen's introduction: "This is ......"

"Under the surname Qin, a person from the capital." Qin Zheng didn't wait for Qiu Chen's introduction, he reported to his home, and at the same time hugged his fists and greeted Pan Jiaqing, which can be regarded as acquaintance.

Next, Tang Wenyong also came over with a smile, and called each other with Pan Jiaqing again, and the three of them talked about the children's exercise, to the imperial examination, and to the court politics...... It's you who come and go, and what you say is quite deed.

Qiu Chen couldn't interject on these topics, watching the children warm up and start to reline in the playground, Qiu Chen was afraid of being seen by the children, so he simply said goodbye and went home.

When Qiu Chen went home, he found Daxing and adjusted the New Year's gift for Mr. Pan. I thought that the mother and son of the Pan family would go back to the county for the New Year, and they did not prepare vegetables and vegetables, but now I know that they are celebrating the New Year in Liujiaao, and their mother and son do not have a vehicle, and it is not convenient to go to buy vegetables.

After instructing Daxing to do this, the children came back from practice in the morning after a while. After washing and changing sweaty clothes, Qiu Chen and Yang Shuyong Yang Shumeng brothers took the children to breakfast, Yang Shuyong and Yang Shumeng went to the East Cross Courtyard, the children went to the school, Qiu Chen cleaned up slightly, and was about to go to Lan Ying to discuss, the people who need to move around in the village during the New Year.

From today onwards, even if you have entered the Layue Gate, many families in the countryside have begun to buy New Year's goods and prepare for the New Year. She also has to plan all kinds of things, so that she can send people to buy and prepare, the materials here are not as abundant as in modern times, even if the supermarket is opened on the first day of the new year, it will not be arranged in advance at this time, and I am afraid that there will be nowhere to buy things with the silver.

As soon as he put on his cloak and went out, the Daxing family walked in briskly from the front, looked up and saw Qiu Chen, and hurriedly smiled and said: "Madam, two villagers came to the front yard, saying that they were here to give our family a New Year's gift. ”

Qiu Chen frowned slightly, raised his hand and said, "I'll go to the front yard first, you go to the East Cross Courtyard and invite Sister Lan Ying over, she is more familiar with the people in the village than us, with her here, what should I do." ”

"Oh, hey, slave and maid are going!" Daxingjia agreed, then turned around and hurried to the East Cross Courtyard.

Qiu Chen thought for a moment, turned around to greet Shang Yufeng, and took her to the front yard.

The people in the village have their own set of etiquette, and they come to give gifts, although they only take some dried mushrooms, eggs or something, but they express this heart. Although Qiu Chen was very helpless, he also remembered this love, so he could only politely entertain.

The master and servant came all the way to the small flower hall in the front yard, Qiu Chen entered the door, and saw Daxing sitting with two men in their forties, and they all knew each other at a glance, one was Liu Manyin, Lin Zi's father, and the other was Liu Zhanfeng's father Liu Dagui.

Seeing Qiu Chen coming in, Daxing hurriedly got up and retreated to the side to wait.

Liu Manyin and Liu Dagui also hurriedly stood up with a smile, especially Liu Dagui, with a restrained face, he didn't even look at Qiu Chen, he only smiled on his face, hung his head slightly, and followed behind Liu Manyin.

"Uncle Manyin, Uncle Guigui, I, the junior, haven't moved yet, but let you two elders go to the door first...... How can I afford this! Qiu Chen smiled and greeted, letting the two sit down again.

Liu Dagui hurriedly said with a serious face: "Shengzi's daughter-in-law is now the god of wealth in our village, where is there a ...... who can't afford it?"

Liu Manyin stretched out his hand and pulled him, and said with a smile: "Niece and daughter-in-law, you are just joking with your uncle...... We are also the generation of the previous generation, but this year, the family has been better because of your life, Zhan Xiang and Lin Zi are working, and they can't come by themselves, so we have to come over for the boys, and there is nothing good, but it is just a show of our hearts. ”

Qiu Chen glanced at Liu Manyin, this person has been taking medicine for more than half a year, not to mention anything else, this eloquence has really been practiced...... With this here, the third grandmother is afraid that she won't be able to get back the rights of the village.

There is a greeting tea kung fu, Shunzi came to report that someone came to the door again, Liu Manyin and Liu Dagui put two fox skins, one put two sets of handmade meticulous flowers, to Afu Aman's brocade clothes, although the style is very simple, the embroidery is also average, but it can be seen that it is really heartfelt.

Qiu Chen thanked him sincerely again and again, and with a look, Yufeng had already taken out four horses on the haode three shuttle cloths, two horses for each family, and they all used their baggage to wrap them, and sent the two people out of the small flower hall with happy faces.

Before the two of them left, the parents of a helper came in, and the old two were still wearing patched old cotton jackets, but they sent two pairs of brand-new children's cotton shoes and two delicate tiger hats, Qiu Chen naturally thanked him. asked Yufeng to prepare twenty catties of japonica rice, and two of them touched seven or eight catties of frozen meat, and sent the old couple out.

This time, no one followed the door, Lan Ying got the letter and rushed over, Qiu Chen asked Yufeng to follow Lan Ying, and hurriedly prepared two return gifts. One is three shuttles and two horses; The other is japonica rice and frozen meat, depending on the gift that people send to their door. The return gift is too thin Qiu Chen can't make it, it's too thick, and it also seems that he is too arrogant, it's also not good, one of them is not light or heavy, just right, it is precisely the most difficult to grasp.

After being busy for a while, the things at home were lined with five or six points of 'generous gifts' and more than twenty of 'thin gifts'.

Qiu Chen didn't expect that the people in the village would come to the door so early, there were not many things to prepare, and there were still dozens of horses in the cocoon silk and brocade warehouse, but those things were obviously inappropriate for the villagers. There was no way, Qiu Chen hurriedly asked people to call Yang Shumeng, and asked him to take Qingjiang to the town in the car, first pick up the three shuttle cloth or muslin cloth, and buy more japonica rice on the haode.

Yang Shuyong hurriedly brought someone back and caught three pigs in advance, and quickly killed and divided them for the return gift.

The people in the village are all in a hurry, and as long as someone comes to the door today, it won't be long before the whole village will know about it. In addition, those who are ready to come to the door will definitely rush to the door in the next day or two......

Thinking that these people would have to come to the door sooner or later, and they would be able to socialize as soon as possible, and they would be able to share more energy to socialize elsewhere in the future, Qiu Chen was relieved. On the other hand, compared with those people in the town and county who don't know each other at all, she feels that the hearts of the villagers are more cherished and kind.

A few people quickly arranged it, and people kept coming to the door. was busy and dizzy, Lin Xianniang came to the East Courtyard again.

As soon as she entered the door, Lin Xianniang was very familiar with the gift registration work, Qingxing exhaled softly, although she knew some words with her wife, and she could barely afford to hold a pen, but her handwriting was really ugly. Looking at the beautiful and upright small characters of the five ladies of the Lin family, Qingxing is blushing and envious.

Qiu Chen sent two more villagers out, and when he turned around, he saw Lin Xianniang sitting in the warehouse, and hurriedly smiled and said, "When did the fifth sister come?" Seeing that I'm busy, I didn't see it, don't blame the fifth sister! ”

"Sister-in-law's words are divided." Lin Xianniang smiled and got up to salute, and said, "It is also the duty of my sister to help my sister-in-law do something, and my sister-in-law must not be polite to my sister!" ”

Qiu Chen saw her say this, and then looked at the two obviously different fonts on the account page, and simply smiled: "Since my sister said so, I won't be polite to you." It's cold in this room, and Miss Five's clothes are a little thin, so Qingxing hurriedly brought two charcoal basins over......"

In the village, people who have children working as helpers in the Lin family naturally want to come, and those who do not work as helpers also think that the Lin family can find workers so that their own family can work, so they naturally want to come......

Since this day, Lin Xianniang has almost grown up in the East Courtyard, and she came over after breakfast, and she has been busy Qiu Chen staying in the East Courtyard for dinner before going back.

Qiu Chen still had the heart to pay attention to her actions at first, but then she was so busy that she couldn't take care of it herself, but she still secretly asked Yufeng to keep an eye on Lin Xianniang. She wasn't afraid of what Lin Xianniang was thinking, but she just begged her not to do anything in her own home.

Starting from the morning of the first day of the new year, I was busy until the seventh day of the new year, and the villagers came to the door less. Qiu Chen secretly breathed a sigh of relief, led Lin Xianniang, who came early, into the backyard, and beckoned Lan Ying, a few of the Daxing family and the two girls to come over with all kinds of rice grains, beans, preserved fruits, and dried fruits, pick and choose, and prepare Laba porridge for the next day.

When a group of women and girls get together to work, they naturally can't help but laugh.

Looking at the rich variety of Laba porridge ingredients, Qingxing laughed eating.

Lan Ying smiled and said, "What's the fun of you girl, you laugh like this, and you don't say it to us!" ”

Qingxing covered her mouth and smiled, then dragged the oily and bright preserved fruit in her hand and said with a smile: "When I see these things, I remember the story I heard from my wife to the little young lady last night." ”

"What a story, let's tell it quickly, and let us follow along for a long time!" The Qingjiang family also echoed and smiled.

Qingxing smiled and said: "Madame is talking about the origin of Laba porridge, saying that there is such an old rich family, who only got an only son in his forties, and he is used to it, and he can't do anything." The old rich man married his son a daughter-in-law, and after a year they all died, leaving only this young master who couldn't do anything and didn't know anything. Waiting into the Layue Gate, the rich man's son and daughter-in-law can only beg for food to live, and finally got to Laba on this day, it was snowing heavily, and the couple didn't even have a piece of cold clothes, and they couldn't go out to beg for food, so they rummaged through the empty house, and finally turned over a handful of miscellaneous grains and grains in the mouse hole in the corner, and the couple washed and washed, and boiled a pot of porridge with the grain dug out of the mouse hole, and the husband and wife ate it...... After Laba, the neighbors remembered the couple and came to see that the two of them had curled up in the corner of the wall and died of starvation...... Since then, on the day of Laba, people have boiled porridge with all kinds of grains to educate their children not to be lazy and lazy, but to take the rich man's son as a precept......"

Everyone laughed and laughed when they heard this, but they sighed one after another.

The big guys all come from hard days, and when it comes to hard days, they are all a little concerned. They sit in such a warm room, guarding the rich ingredients and telling stories, and they think it's funny, don't you know that some people can't eat, but they really don't even let go of the rat barn......

Lin Xianniang said with a smile: "Speaking of Laba porridge, I know another origin. "Ritual Records, Suburban Special Sacrifices" - December of the year, gathering all things and asking for food, is also a wax sacrifice. We eat laba porridge now, which is also a relic of the ancient ancestors' wax sacrifice with eight grains. ”

After she finished speaking, the big guy looked at me and I looked at you, all of them were at a loss. Except for Qiu Chen, who understood a little bit here, the others didn't even know the words, and how could they understand that Lin Xianniang was hanging from the bookbag, and it was inevitable that she would be cold.

After being stunned for a moment, Qingxing smiled and said, "It's still that Miss Fifth has read a lot of books, and her words are different!" ”

Lan Ying immediately sank her face and said coldly: "I think the story told by Begonia is good, not only interesting to understand, but also a lesson for the juniors." This person, you can't always point to the elders, you have to be sensible and steadfast, and it is only right to live your own life, but don't eat the bowl and look at the pot, you don't know how big the row is, you can only look at the big riba. Speaking of which, I still remember another story that Begonia said, the toad always looks good at the swans in the sky, but you have to catch up to it? People are good-looking, so you have to see what you look like......"

At the beginning, everyone else laughed along, listening to it, Lin Xianniang's face gradually turned purple, and the others couldn't laugh anymore.

Qiu Chen reached out and patted Lan Ying's shoulder, interrupted her with a smile, and said, "Look at Sister Lan Ying, this is also a set of words." Alright, if Afu Aman wants to hear the story again in the future, I will simply send them to you, and when you say so, it will be much better than what I said......"

Qiu Chen was so confused, several people went along and changed the topic in unison, and started a new topic again.

Lin Xianniang's face was purple, her eyes were red and a bubble of tears seemed to fall, but she couldn't let go.

Qiu Chen smiled and pulled Lin Xianniang up and entered his room. took the handkerchief and gave it to Lin Xianniang, smiled and comforted: "Sister Lan Ying has a general temper and can't speak, don't be careful, she just talks like that...... Wipe your eyes ......"

Lin Xianniang held on in front of her mother-in-law, leaving the eyes of those people, and being persuaded by Qiu Chen like this, the two bubbles of tears couldn't stop rolling down one after another.

Seeing that she was crying like this, Qiu Chen simply stopped persuading, went into the east ear room and wrung a wet handkerchief out, watching Lin Xianniang gradually stop her tears, and then handed the wet handkerchief over: "Okay, if you have any grievances, crying will be dispersed, it is better than holding it in your heart." ”

Lin Xianniang took the handkerchief, sobbed and thanked her, and wiped her tears with her head down.

Qiu Chen whispered: "If you put the handkerchief on your eyes for a while, your eyes will not be red or swollen......

Lin Xianniang leaned on a big pillow and leaned her head up, put a handkerchief on her eyes, and then went into the east ear room to wash her face again, and put Qiu Chen's cream on her face, although her eyes were still a little watery, but she couldn't see the redness and swelling, but because of crying, it made a pair of beautiful eyes more rippling, adding a bit of cowardice and charm.

Qiu Chen pulled Lin Xianniang to sit on the kang, poured her a cup of tea, and looked at the little girl with such a good appearance in front of her, but she had a bad life, not to mention that someone was really laying out for her, and there was not even a person who spoke in her heart...... Alas, it's really pitiful.

"Fifth sister, not for this just now, I also wanted to say a few words to you."

Lin Xianniang glanced at Qiu Chen and nodded softly: "Sister-in-law has something to say...... I know that my sister-in-law really cherishes me. ”

Qiu Chen was silent for a moment, and then continued: "Fifth sister, you are over sixteen years old, it stands to reason that you should find your mother-in-law's family and discuss marriage." It's just that in the current situation, not to mention Brother Xu, even our family is barely holding their mouths, and there is really nothing to put on the table...... The word marriage is the right person, and now the situation of our family, even if the matchmaker is entrusted to the fifth sister to tell the in-laws, at most it is a small official or a rich landlord...... Brother Xu will go to Fucheng to participate in the provincial examination in late February and early March. The hospital has tried, and I will go to the provincial capital to participate in the hospital test in May...... Two days ago, I just communicated with Mr. Pan, our Brother Xu is good at reading, and there should be no problem in the government entrance examination. If Brother Xu passed the hospital examination, although he was only a small student, even if our family changed the lintel, it would be able to be regarded as a scholar. If we look for someone to tell you about our relatives, we will have a lot more people to choose from......"

Lin Xianniang looked at Qiu Chen, the tears that had just stopped gradually gathered again, watery and soaked, she wanted to try to hide her tears, but she failed, with a smile on the corner of her mouth, but the tears fell like rolling beans: "Sister-in-law, my sister is just, my sister is just suffering herself, but she doesn't understand these at all...... Only my sister-in-law is willing to treat me like this...... I, I listen to my sister-in-law's ......"

Qiu Chen blocked his throat in one breath and almost choked himself to death.

Where is she so kind-hearted, she just watched Lin Xianniang run too hard these days, I am afraid that she has taken a fancy to one of Qin and Tang, if something happens, she will also be hanged! The reason why she persuaded her so much, of course, was also to hope that she would listen to it, calm her mind, slowly find a good family business, and don't do stupid things when she sees that she looks good......

Although this shijie is slightly more relaxed than the etiquette system of the Zhu Ming Dynasty in Chinese history, it is also strict with the 'private' characters of men and women, private lifelong commitments, and elopement. If Lin Xianniang is really confused, not to mention life and death, it is impossible to marry openly and honestly. The hired person is a concubine for his wife, which means that the woman who has committed a private affair has lost the qualification to marry a wife in a dignified manner, and the man has a conscience to accept a concubine, and the man has no conscience, and if he does not admit it, the woman will only die!

Alas, she didn't think about taking care of Lin Xianniang's marriage...... Not to mention Lin Xianniang and her mother-in-law, even if she doesn't, she can't do anything to pull fiber for others.

Just as she was thinking about opening her mouth to say a few words of comfort and change the topic, Lin Xianniang choked up again: "...... When Ling Shanwei was exiled, he only thought about being fed and clothed to survive, but he didn't have these troubles, even if he was robbed by mountain bandits, I only thought about escaping and begging for my life, and I never dared to think that there would be a day when I would get amnesty...... I really got amnesty, but I got to the point where I can't reach the world and the ground...... Although there is an old lady, all the old lady thinks about is how to revive the Lin family and how to wash away the grievances of her father and brothers......"

The more Qiu Chen listened, the more frightened he became, and Lin Xianniang's words were a little vague......

Just as she was thinking about how to stop Lin Xianniang from talking, she stopped talking as if she knew the depths, only holding her mouth and whimpering silently, letting the tears roll down.

Qiu Chen secretly breathed a sigh of relief, as long as Lin Xianniang didn't continue, she wouldn't be too tricky. coaxed again, coaxed Lin Xianniang to stop crying again, and once again made Lin Xianniang clean her face and comb her hair again. Qiu Chen chose a phoenix tail silver hairpin from his makeup box and saved it for Lin Xianniang, looked at the mirror with a smile and said: "This jewelry is immediately different when it is worn on my sister's head, people are jewelry liners, my sister can be lined with jewelry, everything looks better than on my sister." ”

Lin Xianniang was finally smiling when she said this.

Qiu Chen sat on the kang with Lin Xianniang again, handed over a cup of hot tea, watched her drink it, and watched Lin Xianniang finally calm down, before finally exhaling.

Today, she is a lot of things to talk about, and she has caused such a incident, forget it, as long as Lin Xianniang listens to her words and doesn't fight Qin and Tang's ideas, as for the rest, she doesn't have to pay attention to it.

When Lin Xu is admitted to Xiucai, it will not be difficult to find two suitable young scholars among her classmates to introduce to Lin Xianniang, as for whether she can see it or not, it is not something she can manage.

After thinking about it in his heart, Qiu Chen relaxed, slowly provoked all kinds of lively things for the New Year, and talked to Lin Xianniang about two tea kung fu, and saw that Lin Xianniang's eyes and face recovered, so he took her back to the outhouse.

Lan Ying watched them come out, and also smiled and took Lin Xianniang's hand and said: "Fifth Miss, don't be careful, I'm a person who talks to the door, what do you want to say, but I don't dare to say what Miss Fifth is, Miss Five, don't think too much, this woman is the most important thing to think about, it's good to want to open up everything." ”

Lan Ying said so, and Lin Xianniang didn't care about it, so she apologized with a red face.

The big guy's Laba porridge ingredients were almost selected, the Daxing family took the Qingjiang family's Shunzi family with the ingredients, and Lan Ying also went to the East Cross Courtyard to watch and have lunch. Lin Xianniang was also about to say goodbye, Qiu Chen left a few sentences and didn't keep it, sent Lin Xianniang out of the gate with a smile, and watched her enter the West Courtyard, then turned around and returned.

Although Lin Xianniang is a little obedient, she also said what she should say, and then told Yufeng to keep an eye on it in the future, as long as nothing happens.

Turning his head, Qiu Chen looked at the main room in the front yard and couldn't help frowning. It looks like they are about to enter the lunar month and a half, but Qin Zheng and Tang Wenyong are still fine, and they have no plans to return to Beijing for the New Year.

Could it be that these two people don't plan to return to the capital for the New Year?

However, she is really busy these days, and she doesn't care about thinking too much about these miscellaneous things, so she turned around and began to arrange Laba to send Laba porridge everywhere, and along the way, she came with New Year's gifts. After Laba, Yang Shuyong also has to go home first, the Yang family brothers and children are all in Liujiaao, they have to go back personally, and prepare for the New Year for the Yang family!

In the chaos, time passed very quickly, and after eating Laba porridge, Lin Xu returned to Liujiaao on the ninth day of the lunar month.

On the same day, Yang Shuyong drove the cart back to Yang's shop alone.

The night before leaving, Qiu Chen took out the clothes and cloth prepared for Mr. Yang and Mrs. Liu, as well as a few boxes of cough pills, rheumatism medicine and wine, as well as clothes, jewelry and other things for the two sisters-in-law, and packed a full box. took 40 taels of Yang Shuyong's salary in the past few months, and took 600 taels of silver to Yang Shuyong: "This 100 taels is for my father and mother to celebrate the New Year." Our side is close to Defu City, the eldest brother went back, and drove our father and sister-in-law into Fucheng to go shopping, buy whatever you want, don't be reluctant to spend money. The five hundred taels of silver, the eldest brother took it, and after the New Year, the eldest brother was looking for a handle over there, first tidying up the road leading to Nanmarsh Lake, and then leveling the location of the haode we see, first building a few rooms to live in, focusing on the duck coop and chicken coop first. As soon as Lao He came back, the water in the lake would be civilized, and we would start planting lotus roots, raising fish, and then raising chickens and ducks......"

Yang Shuyong was full of enthusiasm when he heard it, and he didn't refuse, and took the money and left.

Immediately afterwards, the county order in the county, Mr. Teachings in the county school, Xu Changwen's Xu family, Pan Jiaqing's Pan family, Lin Xu took Qingshan to look at the past one by one. In other places, Daxing drove the car to give the New Year's gift. So busy for three or four days, it is already a month and a half, Daxing will give the county town and the city of the New Year's gifts, the village to come to the Lin family to walk around the people are gradually decreasing, the county, the city of the city to send New Year's gifts back and forth one after another, although there is a social every day, but after all, the number is much less, some families sent the steward over, but only need to be received in Daxing, just take care of the meal and send a little reward money, but there is no need for Qiu Chen to do everything personally. Only then did Qiu Chen feel a little relieved.

Liu Jiaao's school is also preparing for annual vacation, and Qiu Chen has also discussed with the Yang brothers and the stewards in the workshop, and the workshop is scheduled to have a holiday on the twentieth day of the lunar month.

Next, all she has to do is prepare for the Chinese New Year at home. The helper and the movement around the village have been booked in advance, and they just need to wait for it to be delivered to the door when the time comes.

Early in the morning of the fifteenth day of the lunar month, Qiu Chen watched everywhere clean up, and the Daxing family also put breakfast up, and Afu Aman ran in from the outside first.

Qiu Chen stretched out his hand to hug Ah Man who rushed over, wiped the sweat of the little girl with a handkerchief, beckoned Yufeng Qingxing to prepare hot water, wiped the sweat for Ah Fu, led the two children one by one, greeted the Junwen brothers who followed closely behind, and hurriedly went back to the room to wash and change clothes, and then she led the two small ones into the east ear room.

"Mother, mother, this morning, Uncle Qin showed us boxing, so powerful, so majestic!" Ah Man tilted his little head, and his eyes were shining towards Qiu Chen.

Qiu Chen smiled a little: "Your Uncle Qin Yi has been teaching you for almost a month, hasn't he punched you before?" Worth all the fuss about? ”

Aman shook his head again and again: "It's not Uncle Qin Yi, it's another Uncle Qin!" ”

"Oh, it's your Uncle Qin Li? It's no wonder that the two of them were originally taught by a master, and their kung fu is naturally not bad! Qiu Chen still didn't think so.

Ah Man was a little anxious, pulled Qiu Chen's sleeve and paused, frowned and glared, "It's not Uncle Qin Yi, it's not Uncle Qin Li, it's Uncle Qin!" ”

Ah Fu also helped his sister speak beside him: "Yes, yes, mother, Uncle Qin Yi and Uncle Qin Li both call that Uncle Qin Hou Ye, what is Hou Ye?" Pretty powerful, right? ”

As he spoke, he also added to himself: "Uncle Qin Yi and Uncle Qin Li are amazing, and they especially listen to Uncle Qin's words, so this Uncle Qin must be amazing!" ”

was dizzy from being parroted by the two children, but Qiu Chen finally figured it out. Uncle Qin in the mouth of the emotional children is talking about Qin Zheng...... His injuries have just closed, so he can't help but show off? What if I accidentally break open the wound?