Aman was still a little unhappy, twisting his little body and refusing to move. Qiu Chen stretched out his hand and pulled the little girl's arm, and said with a smile: "Your painting has a bit of artistic conception, I think your vision is better than others, you can help your mother take a look, make a bronze hood for your grandmother, embroider it with this tangled chrysanthemum?" ”

Qiu Chen also smiled, looked at his stubborn daughter and said, "With your eldest cousin and second cousin, as well as the guards and guards, why can't you ride a horse?" …… Alright, alright, don't make a fuss about going out, come over and help me take a look, and pick a pattern for your grandmother and aunt to embroider on the hood......"

But he was still a little unwilling: "Brother Yun and Zhide also followed, how can they ride horses?" ”

"They rode horses...... You're out of the city early, maybe you've picked up your grandmother and aunt on their way back, what are you going to do? Qiu Chen's words completely shattered Aman's hopes.

There is only one mother, that is to say, not only the eldest cousin, the second cousin and the elder brother and younger brother went out of the city to greet them, but even the cousins Zhixian and Zhide also went together. Brother Yun can't ride a horse is a certainty, and neither can Zhixian Zhide, with the three of them having a bad idea, that group of people must have taken a carriage. After taking the carriage, and in the city, and when it was approaching dusk, when everyone was rushing home, that group of people must not be able to walk quickly, maybe they have not left the street in front of the house at this time...... She was different alone, free and easy, and she was definitely much faster than the group of people walking alone. Hurry over on horseback, and maybe she'll have to wait for them outside the city gates!

"Mother, my daughter is wrong, don't dare to mess around anymore......" As soon as Aman heard his mother mention the previous situation, he immediately begged for mercy with a weak heart, and then tried to fight for something for himself, "Mother, let my daughter go too, my daughter rides fast, and she can catch up with her cousin and brother and brother!" ”

"I was going to say it, but you ran too fast, where did you have time!" Qiu Chen's face was innocent, but the smile hidden in her eyes revealed her heart.

"Ah...... Mother! Aman came back to his senses from disbelief and shock, immediately made a bitter face, screamed in annoyance, leaned over and hugged Qiu Chen's arm and shook it coquettishly, "Mother, why don't you tell your daughter......"

"yes, you guessed it right!" Qiu Chen gave her a positive answer mercilessly, and said with a smile, "It's not early, your grandmother and eldest aunt have traveled all the way to Beijing, and I will send your cousins and brothers and brothers to greet you." ”

"Out of the house? It's dinner time, why did they get out of the house? What are they going to do when they go out of the house, ......" Aman asked one after another, but before she finished asking, the little girl thought of a possibility in the future, stared at the smiling mother, and said in disbelief: "Them, didn't they go to pick up my grandma and aunt?" ”

Qiu Chen raised his head from the trick, looked at the stinky girl with a surprised face, and said with a smile: "Your cousins and brother and brother have left the house!" ”

"Hey, why do you just kiss yourself? Where did both cousins and older brother go? Aman asked without stopping.

"Mother's ......" Aman has always been a fiery character, this time full of doubts, as soon as people enter the door, the sound is also sent into the house, and then the footsteps do not stop walking into the room, while the eyes quickly swept over the room, I saw the mother sitting on the soft couch, the two big girls stood next to the mother and looked at the embroidery pattern book in the hand of the mother...... Except for the three of them and the two little girls waiting next to them, there was no one else, not even Brother Yun, who was not a little idea, was not in the house.

With a full of questions, the little girl didn't care about the punishment that might be brought by the previous tricks, walked over, raised her hand and opened the curtain and walked into the house.

But except for my mother, there seems to be no one else. She knew that the eldest cousin, the second cousin, and the elder brother were not grinding, and it would only take a quarter and a half hours to wash and change clothes......

Aman stood under the verandah and listened with bated breath for a moment, and vaguely heard the mother and girls whispering something...... Oh, mother!

Aman's little girl was bad, and when she went back, she freshened Jixiuxuan who had just moved in, and then washed up and changed her clothes and turned back, which was half an hour later. When she entered Mu'en Courtyard, at first she was worried that her mother would be angry and scolded, so she told the girls to take their steps lightly and not to make any noise, and when she tiptoed to the door of the house where her mother lived, she still didn't hear a sound, and she faintly felt that something was wrong...... The eldest cousin, the second cousin and the elder brother are also okay, they are not people who talk a lot, but Brother Yun is just a small talking basket, or a person is crazy, as long as there are many people, small things can be excited, and the small mouth will not stop for a moment...... Why, it shouldn't be so quiet...... It's not just quiet, it's silent! If it weren't for the bright lights on the windows, she would have thought there was no one in the house.

The elders come from afar, and it is respectful to go out to greet them. Ah Fu naturally had no objections, obediently bowed his head, resigned from Qiu Chen with Junwen Junshu, and went back to their respective residences to wash and change clothes.

Qiu Chen smiled slightly at his eldest son who seemed to have grown a little taller, his eyes were full of relief, and he raised his hand and touched Ah Fu's cheek, "You should go wash up too." I changed my clothes and came back...... It is estimated that your grandmother and aunt are almost entering the city, and you and your eldest cousin and second cousin ride to the city gate to greet them. ”

"That's it!" Ah Fu withdrew his hand and looked up and down again.

"This stinky girl!" Qiu Chen shook his head with a smile, tilted his face slightly, let the eldest son take the handkerchief, and gently and seriously wiped the ink off her face little by little.

As soon as the children smiled, Qiu Chen noticed that something was wrong, and when he looked at the mirror, okay, Man'er was a stinky girl who kissed her and wiped a long ink on the corner of her mouth. Although the ink is very light, Qiu Chen's skin is delicate and porcelain-white, with a radiant luster, and the faint ink is also lined with clear and extremely bright. It flew up diagonally, like that kind of back-turned beard...... It's just a handful, so it's particularly weird and funny.

Junwen Junshu is old after all, and he knows that he has endured, so he turned his head and smiled secretly. Zhixian Zhide is still young, and there is even younger Brother Yun, tilting his head and staring at Qiu Chen's cheeks and laughing, Ah Fu also hung a faint smile, took the wet handkerchief that Yuegui brought up, and came to Qiu Chen...... Chengying followed behind and held a mirror in front of Qiu Chen's eyes.

Yuegui and Chengying paid attention to their wife's smiles and moves, and when they saw something wrong for the first time, they couldn't help but laugh and hurriedly took a wet handkerchief and came up.

"This girl!" Qiu Chen raised his hand to wipe the saliva on his cheeks, and said something strange.

Giggling, Aman put his arm around his mother's arm and stood on tiptoe to kiss his mother's cheek, then quickly jumped away, giggled, ran out of the smoke, and went straight back to the room to wash and change clothes.

Aman pouted when he was patted, and subconsciously wiped his face when he heard the words, and then remembered that he seemed to have rubbed some ink on his face, and he wiped it casually with a handkerchief at that time, presumably because he hadn't wiped it clean......

Qiu Chen smiled and raised his hand to slap the little girl, and said angrily: "Your grandmother and aunt will be there in a while, and you will see them like a flowery cat?" ”

Liu's Zhou is Junwen Junshu's grandmother and mother-in-law, and when he heard the news, Junwen Junshu was naturally pleasantly surprised; Afu Aman is also very close to Liu and Zhou, especially Zhou, not only lived in Liujiaao for a long time, the last time Qiu Chen gave birth to Brother Yun, Zhou also went to Beijing to live with him for several months, until Brother Yun came out of the full moon before he said goodbye and returned to Anyang. During that period of time, Qin Zheng was not at home, Qiu Chen was in labor, confinement to take care of Brother Yun, and it was inevitable that he could not spare the energy to take care of Afu and Aman's two children, and the Zhou family became the only elder that the brother and sister relied on closely. Moreover, Zhou's original temperament was simple and kind, gentle and kind, and his treatment of Afu Aman was no worse than Qiu Chen's mother, and the relationship between the two children and the eldest aunt was extraordinary. Yes, when he heard that his grandmother and aunt had come to Beijing, Afu Aman was also overjoyed, especially Aman, who clapped his hands and jumped up with joy, that ecstatic little look, looking not like a niece but a daughter!

In the past, Qiu Chen sent the children back to the room to change clothes, and then came back to have dinner together. This time, Qiu Chen was also in a hurry to get the children to wash, but after seeing Afu Aman and Junwen Junshu, he immediately told the children the news that Liu's Zhou mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had entered Beijing.

Brother Yun, who was playing with Kang He outside, came back first, and was carried into the clean room by Qiu Chen to wash and change clothes. Immediately afterwards, it was the virtuous and virtuous people who attended classes in the front yard, and then Junwen Junshu and Afu Aman also came back from school and came straight to Mu'en Courtyard to say goodbye.

After the snack was over, the sunlight completely sank into the western horizon.

Yuegui and Chengying hurriedly agreed, and went out to send the little girl to the kitchen to spread the word.

Qiu Chen smiled and ordered: "You go to the kitchen and have a look, let them make a few more cages, and use it as the main food for dinner!" ”

Yuegui and Chengying did not shirk either, one of them stepped forward and tasted one with public chopsticks, and they were both praised.

Qiu Chen sandwiched a three-fresh thousand buns and ate them slowly, and greeted Yue Gui and Chengying with a smile: "These thousand buns are good today, the fresh bean skin used is soft and strong, the filling is good, the fragrance is rich and juicy, you can also try one!" ”

Turning out, Chengying had already placed a plate of three fresh buns and a chicken soup with mountain mushrooms on the couch.

Qiu Chen raised his eyes to look at the lights that were turned on, then turned his eyes to look at the sky outside, smiled and put down the pattern of the book in his hand, and while agreeing, he helped Yuegui's hand to get up and go to the clean room to wash.

Yuegui raised her eyes to look at Chengying, smiled and ordered the little girl to palm the lamp, Chengying also took the food box sent to Qiu Chen from the small kitchen, and said with a smile: "Madam, it's been a long time, it's time for you to eat." After eating, let's pick and choose again...... Otherwise, this meal will be heavier than dinner. ”

The embroidery pattern here has not yet been selected, and the sky has unconsciously darkened.

It's so busy, and time flies faster.

Chengying and Yuegui watched Mrs. prepare for everything, no matter how big or small, and knew that Mrs. was excited to see her mother, so the two of them followed Qiu Chen's wishes, took the clothes materials, took the leather, and brought the booklet of patterns for making clothes, shoes and hats, and selected the styles of clothes, shoes and hats, and the patterns of embroidery......

Immediately, Qiu Chen comforted himself again, since he was able to let the old lady and his sister-in-law enter Beijing together, presumably the old lady's body was quite tough, otherwise, not to mention that the old man would not agree, even the eldest brother and the second brother would not agree.

Since I have made clothes and hats, I naturally have to make shoes, soft-soled embroidered shoes and slippers for the house, and embroidered cloth shoes, cotton shoes, and boots for going out...... In addition, two sets of head noodles were customized for the old lady. Since marrying into Beijing, it has been more than three years since I left the old lady in a blink of an eye, although every year I send people back to Anyang to send gifts, and the messengers have not been interrupted, but after all, I have not fulfilled my filial piety in front of the old man...... The old lady's body didn't know what was going on.

The key is that the color and texture of this batch of gray squirrel fur is really good, shorter than fox fur, not only does not lose to fox fur at all for warmth, but also the price can only be higher than ordinary fox fur, the key is that this kind of goods can not be seen in the capital at all, and there is nowhere to find it if you want to buy it. The old lady and sister-in-law are not the kind of people who pursue luxury, this kind of superb gray squirrel skin is comfortable and warm, and does not cross the distance, low-key luxury...... That's enough.

These gray squirrel skins were brought back by Liao Wenqing from Nuergan last year, which is the autumn and winter skins of extremely cold places, although they are gray squirrel skins, they are really thick and soft, and the gray coat color is slightly purple and red, not like the common gray squirrel skins, and it will not be ugly if it is made into a lying rabbit and a hand tube. It's not that there are no mink and fox skins in her warehouse, but it's a pity that the Yang family is a family of Zhuang families, and it's just a matter of wearing fox skins in Anyang. Qin Zheng had just let an imperial historian return to his hometown, and those imperial historians were secretly gritting their teeth and staring at it, she still didn't order eye medicine here. Let people be charged with such a little thing, she is just herself, and it is not worth it to frighten the old lady and sister-in-law.

The Yang family on the needlework was a talker, and while rubbing the gray squirrel skin that Qiu Chen picked out, he said with a smile: "This skin is bright and soft like silk, it is really a good thing...... After these skins are finished, there is still a little left of the leather jacket, why don't you make a lying rabbit and a hand holder for the old lady and the uncle's wife? ”

I picked two jackets for Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Zhou, as well as hats, shoes and other odds and ends. After the autumn selection was over, Qiu Chen was not less interested, and asked Chengying to take some skins, carefully selected a few good gray squirrel skins, and asked people to make a leather jacket for Mrs. Liu and everyone in the Zhou family to wear in early winter.

At this time, it is the autumn mood is getting stronger, Mrs. Liu has the old problem of coughing and wheezing, the most unbearable cold, usually earlier than ordinary people wear cotton clothes, in the middle of August in the morning and evening to add thin cotton clothes, into September to wear thin cotton clothes every day, this time to do it, at least two sets out to do.

Although he was tired, Qiu Chen didn't fall asleep this time, but he woke up in about a quarter of an hour, lay down for a while, felt very stuffy, and simply got up. Ming Chengying went to the warehouse to get a lot of satin clothes, and discussed with the girls and mothers-in-law to start selecting clothes for Mrs. Liu and Zhou's to prepare for clothes.

Waving her hand, signaling Chengying to rest assured, she lay down and let Chengying help her cover the quilt, closed her eyes, and her heart was still unconsciously turning around the various matters after the old lady and sister-in-law arrived, and finally fell asleep unconsciously.

When she said this, Qiu Chen also smiled. I was so excited that I got a little carried away.

Chengying agreed repeatedly, and said with a smile: "Madam, let's take a break, it's not too late to arrange these things when the old lady and Mrs. Uncle arrive, water chestnuts and fresh pears are in season, and they are prepared at home." ”

After lying down, Qiu Chen remembered one more thing, and called Chengying to instruct: "Go to the kitchen to see, the old lady's spleen and stomach are not very good, and tell the kitchen to make some good restraint at night...... In addition, let them prepare some fresh water chestnuts and fresh pears, and when the old lady arrived, the juice was squeezed and honey steamed and sent up, the old lady had an old problem of coughing and wheezing, and now the autumn was dry, so they took a cup every morning and evening, and persuaded the old lady to drink it, moisten the lungs and dry it. ”

After eating a little something, Qiu Chen simply dismantled his hair bun and took off his dress, and went to bed to sleep.

All kinds of matters were arranged, and Qiu Chen also felt tired. Look at the grandfather clock, but it's not the end of the day...... At this time, I am afraid that the people who went to greet them have just arrived in Tongzhou, and they will pick up people and return, at least it will take two hours, almost to the end of the unitary time or even the beginning of the new hour.

These two people were transferred to Ruyi Courtyard, and they were promoted to first-class girls, and they led the girls and mothers-in-law in the courtyard. I picked two daughters-in-law with neat hands and feet and good cooking skills, and put them in the small kitchen of Ruyi Courtyard.

In the end, in the end, two people were transferred from the big girl next to Aman Aman, one was the big girl Meizi next to Aman, and the other was the big girl Simo next to Afu. Si Mo was selected from the family after entering Beijing, calm and capable, and just mentioned the second-class girl a year ago; Meizi was brought out from Liu Jiaao, with a lively but simple temperament, calm and solemn, and treated Aman like a sister, thoughtful and careful.

Qiu Chen originally wanted to send Yuegui and Qingxing over, but was persuaded by Chen and Wang. There weren't many girls around Madame, but now Madame is in this situation, and now these people are not enough to take turns at the moment, where can they be distributed? When it comes to choosing a novice, Madame's current situation is not a good time to add people...... At this time, everything has to be careful and careful, and when you are cautious and cautious, I would rather those girls be tired than add people, there is one in thousands of miles, but it is not just a matter of whether the Hou Ye is to blame or not.

Qiu Chen went back to Mu'en Courtyard, and the previous orders to go down, Mama Chen and Mama Wang had already come over, and she discussed with the two of them, and chose four rough mothers-in-law, four rough girls, four second-class girls and two first-class girls to put in Ruyi Courtyard. There are a few good persimmons planted in that yard, which means that everything goes well, and Qiu Chen simply gave a 'wishful' yard name.

Yue Gui smiled and responded, and immediately turned around and went to the second door to talk in person.

Walking out of the courtyard door back, Qiu Chen turned around and remembered again, and instructed Yuegui: "You send someone to the front to find peace, and make a stove in the ear room of this house...... Well, just three stoves, the old lady and the uncle use water or do something, it's cheap! ”

was busy until Brother Yun and Zhixian Zhide came back for lunch, Qiu Chen put aside the matter here for the time being, took the children to lunch, and coaxed Brother Yun to take a nap for a while, and woke up, Qiu Chen asked what the furniture over there was properly placed, and took the trouble to go over in person, looked around carefully, looked at the furnishings everywhere, and saw the curtain and futon laid properly, went up to sit down, touched the futon soft and dry enough, and then relieved.

There is no need for Qiu Chen to stare at these tasks, after turning back to Mu'en Courtyard, Qiu Chen's eyes wandered around the house, and began to arrange furniture and things according to the house regulations of that courtyard, and then there were hanging decorations, porcelain and jade potted plants, and so on.

Look at the sky, it is not yet noon, and the sun is shining, and the quilts, mattresses, tents, curtains, etc. to be used are exposed to the sun......

Qiu Chen brought people over to take a look, and immediately ordered people to open all the doors and windows of the house for ventilation, and at the same time thoroughly clean the inside and outside, light the fire walls everywhere, and place a few smoke cages to dry off the moisture and damp cold in the house.

The houses in this courtyard have not been repaired, and the house and the house will be regularly maintained and cleaned, but after all, there has been no one living in the house for a long time, and there is a cold atmosphere in the courtyard house.

Moreover, such a spacious and open courtyard house is far more exquisite than the exquisitely carved courtyard of Jixiuxuan, which makes Mrs. Liu and the Zhou family feel at ease. I am used to living in a bright and spacious farmhouse, and I really give them a courtyard that is exquisite and exquisite, and has small windows, but I am afraid that they will feel depressed and uncomfortable.

There are also two courtyards over there, and one of them is cleaned up for Mrs. Liu and the Zhou family to live in. It is not far away from the Mu'en Courtyard, the courtyard is adjacent to Jixiuxuan but there is not much decoration, there are several persimmon trees planted, the persimmons are almost ripe at this time, and the red lanterns are generally hung on the branches, which is very good-looking.

Qiu Chen directly ignored the guest room in the front yard, his mind turned around on the few houses in Mu'en Courtyard, and quickly settled on the courtyard close to the west of Jixiu Xuan.

Since Mrs. Liu and her sister-in-law Zhou came together, she had to hurry up and prepare a place to live......

sat down in front of the dresser, stretched her legs and panted slightly, let Chengying quickly re-curl her hair, took two red gold character story hairpins and saved them, and immediately helped the girl's hand to get up and walked out.

Of course, the combination of a long skirt and a short shirt is easier and more convenient to act than a long knee-length skirt and a long shirt, making Qiu Chen, who is already bulky, a little easier.

She now has no waist at all, so she made high-waisted front open pants, with the waistline all the way to her breasts, and used horn buttons. The skirt imitates the full-breasted skirt of the Tang Dynasty, with the skirt waist raised to the chest-length position, and then a loose shirt with a partial placket and a diagonal placket is added on the outside to cover up the bulging belly...... This not only lifts the waistline, but also stretches and buffers the convex pregnant belly line visually, and also makes the huge belly not look so abrupt and scary.

Qiu Chen washed up and changed into a seventy-percent old lilac-colored silk embroidered gold silk right jacket, and a deep lake blue threaded silk pleated skirt.

The wind bent lightly, turned around and hurriedly lifted the curtain to go out to speak. Yuegui looked at the slightly swaying door curtain, and was stunned for a moment, before she retracted her mind, calmed her expression, and hurriedly went in to serve.

Yue Gui patted Feng Qing's arm and urged with a smile: "Go quickly!" ”

Feng chuckled and nodded, "Yes." My sister is really thinking about her wife like this! ”

Yue Gui smiled and nodded, "It's not ...... Sister Yufeng was afraid that Mrs. would worry about it, so she didn't let her tell Mrs. , but there are some things we have to think about, it's really Sister Yufeng who has something wrong, Mrs. is so hearted, and she doesn't feel distressed. ”

Feng Qing raised his eyes and looked at Yuegui, smiled and nodded: "Madam doesn't know, and if she knows, she will definitely arrange it like this." ”

Yue Gui smiled and nodded, turned around and motioned for Feng Qing to pass the message, and finally whispered to Feng Qing: "You go and ask Sister Yufeng's body first, if there is anything that is not relaxed, don't tell her...... Sister Yufeng can't go, so go find Mama Lin and let Mama Lin run. ”

Before Yuegui could finish speaking, Qiu Chen stopped and turned back and ordered, "See what Yufeng and Qingxing are doing?" Let the two of them follow! ”

Yuegui agreed, and immediately turned around and signaled to Feng Qing: "You go to the second door and say ......"

Qiu Chen raised his hand and stroked the messy hair on his sideburns, and while walking towards the clean room, he ordered: "Send Qin Li and Zeng Da Niu to ...... They knew the old lady and the uncle's wife, and presumably the old lady and the uncle's wife would be more cordial when they saw each other. …… Let them bring a few more people. ”

"Madame, who do you think you should send to meet the old lady and the uncle?" Laurel asked with a smile.

Yuegui and Chengying helped Qiu Chen to get off the bed and stand firmly, seeing that Qiu Chen's expression was naturally relaxed, there was nothing wrong, and then they breathed a sigh of relief.

As he spoke, Qiu Chen couldn't lie down in the end, so he propped up his body and moved down, and Feng Qing, who was waiting next to him, hurriedly came forward and squatted down, and took soft-soled embroidered shoes to put on for her.

Qiu Chen was just taken aback by his impulsiveness, he held his breath and felt it, only to feel that his stomach was slightly tight for two seconds before returning to normal, and there was no follow-up development, he also breathed a sigh of relief, raised his eyes to look at the two worried girls, shook his head with a smile, and said, "It's okay, you don't have to!" ”

Chengying looked at Qiu Chen's slightly nervous expression because of fear, and was still a little uneasy, so he cautiously said, "Madam, what do you think?" Would you like to ask the old gentleman to come and see you? ”

Madame knows that it's good to be careful and scared! It would be great if he insisted on going to Tongzhou willfully...... Madame's current state, she has to walk carefully step by step, where do you dare to let her take a car, let alone take a car to Tongzhou so far, at least four or five hours away.

Seeing that Qiu Chen was sitting firmly, he was also slightly stunned and held his stomach, and he also looked a little scared, Yue Gui and Cheng Ying exhaled.

Chengying and Yuegui startled her, and hurriedly stepped forward to support one by one, Yuegui said, "Madam, you slow down......"

Qiu Chen was stunned for a moment, his eyes lit up all of a sudden, surprise bloomed on his face, and at an unbelievable speed, he suddenly sat up and ordered: "Hurry up and order the car, let's go to Tongzhou to pick up people!" ”

“…… The news just sent in, our old lady and uncle's wife are here, and they have arrived in Tongzhou! Yue Gui and Cheng Ying first woke up Qiu Chen in a whisper, and then reported the matter.