This big ship was customized by Qiu Chen after he built the Linhu Water Pavilion, and it was also a coincidence, there happened to be a good pine boat in the dock in Anyang, because the person who customized it before made a mistake, and the big ship with the main body of the big ship was shelved in the dock and became a hot potato, Qiu Chen was also in a hurry, and bought it back at a price that was one percent cheaper than the customized price. Because Qiu Chen didn't like extravagance and fancy luxury, he just let the dock brush the tung oil again, maintaining the original yellow-white pine color of the wooden boat and the beautiful natural texture of the wood, simple and heavy, just like the lakeside water pavilion, fully reflecting the owner's style and temperament, and pursuing comfort and nature, rather than flashy vanity.

The Lin family does not have a special boatman, and because they are carrying their daughters to the lake today, they temporarily transferred the two daughters-in-law of the Lao He family to serve as boat girls.

The children looked at the big boat by the water pavilion with little stars in their eyes, and the two boys, Runshen and Junli, were the youngest in their respective families, and the responsibility of being cute fell on the two of them. These two boys were also quite conscious, and without waiting for the brothers' signals, they ran back to Changxuan, and each pounced on their mothers and aunts.

The items for use on board have been prepared, and it is easy to get on board. Because the big boat is directly leaning on the platform, there is no need to walk the rickety springboard, even a real weak woman in the boudoir like Wu and Lan Zhi can stand on the boat as long as the people on the boat can stand on the boat.

On the boat, Qiu Chen placed the mother and daughter of the Wu family and Lan Zhi in the cabin, and the second and third daughters-in-law of the He family came up to pay a visit.

Wu smiled and signaled, and the mother-in-law who followed her hurriedly stepped forward and handed the two small purses to the hands of the two daughters-in-law of the He family.

Qiu Chen smiled and nodded: "This is Sister Wu's reward for you, you can take it with peace of mind." ”

Wu also smiled: "Today, we are on the boat, we have to work for you to suffer, and the lives of our group of people can be handed over to you, and I hope you will maintain it with your heart, I also have a saying about this silver, this is the money for the boat, you pick us up here, and after swimming in the lake, you will send us back properly." ”

The two purses were heavy in their hands, and the falling hands were a little pressing. Lao He's two daughters-in-law were happy, but they were not too surprised, since they inquired about their father-in-law's words, the whole family moved to Nanmarsh Lake, the adults of Lao He's family, regardless of men and women, have not low monthly money, and the harvest in the lake at the end of the year has a dividend of one percent, yes, although last year experienced the threat of heavy rain and plague, Lao He's family still harvested much more than in their hometown. Looking at this year's good weather, only this period of water chestnut, chicken head rice and lotus pod have been sold for a lot of money, it can be expected that after harvesting fish and lotus root after autumn, their family will be able to share several times or even dozens of times the silver of last year. So, when they saw the reward of a few taels of silver, they were happy but did not lose their temper at all, they just bowed their knees respectfully and thanked them, and calmly answered Qiu Chen and Wu's questions, and then withdrew.

A moment later, taking advantage of the time when the Wu family was washing his hands, Qiu Chen came to the second daughter-in-law of the He family, who controlled the rudder at the stern, and asked about the situation: "You have been familiar with this boat for a few days, is it easy to use?" ”

He Erjia held the rudder of the ship, bent his knees slightly, and immediately smiled when he heard Qiu Chen's inquiry: "Mrs., don't worry, although my brother and sister and I have never built such a big boat, this ship is very stable, what we have to do is to make the boat stable, row without hurry, there will be no problem." ”

Speaking of this big ship, He Erjia, who grew up in a water town, became excited, and couldn't help but praise: "Mrs. has a really good vision, this boat is bought." ”

Seeing that Qiu Chen showed a trace of confusion, He Erjia hurriedly smiled: "Mrs. didn't grow up by the water, she didn't know how to do it, it looks like the same boat, the materials are different, and the durability is not bad." There is a lot of wood used for this shipbuilding, and pine and fir are generally used for large ships, and miscellaneous wood such as elm and camphor wood are used for small boats. The thousand-year-old submarine pine means that a ship made of pine can be used in the sea for thousands of years. The boat that my wife bought was made of pine, and it was the best kind of red pine, and the planks were firm and firm, and the material used for this boat was large, and the planks were all thick boards...... If it is used in our lake, this ship will not be damaged for hundreds of years! ”

Qiu Chen bought this big ship at that time, but he didn't expect her to accidentally pick up a big bargain. Although a ship is not worth anything, after listening to He Erjia's words, Qiu Chen still felt full of joy, and the smile on his face deepened a little: "It seems that we have picked up a big leak this time!" ”

Coming back from the stern, Wu had already washed up, and Qiu Chen beckoned Wu to come to the bow of the boat together.

There were clean and tidy bamboo mats on the bow of the boat, and three or four low and stable small tables were placed, and tea and snacks were placed on the top of the boat, Qiu Chen accompanied the Wu family to sit on the ground next to the back table, Lan Zhi also sat down next to the two of them with excitement, Lin Xu occupied a small table on the other side, and as for those Tao boys, they couldn't sit still for a long time, and ran to the side of the boat, guarded by Qin Li and others, and eagerly prepared to pick lotus flowers.

But soon, these boys were very disappointed to find that because they took the big boat, they naturally could not go to the lotus root bush, and in order to keep the boat running smoothly, the big boat could travel as close to the wide water as possible to the lotus lotus, and the children's wish to be in the lotus root bush and pick the lotus pod by hand was difficult to realize.

Fortunately, Qiu Chen made more comprehensive preparations, picking lotus roots, and also prepared fishing rods and nets, and the children quickly immersed themselves in the joy of fishing and fishing.

There is a large amount of fish in Nannuma Lake, and the two daughters-in-law of the He family and Qin Li and others are helping to guide them, and a few Tao boys actually caught fish, among which Junyan also caught a big carp weighing more than three catties.

Nanmarsh Lake covers an area of dozens of acres, the lake is wide, just as the two of them said, the big boat is stable but also slow, yes, the boat traveled around the lotus root bushes around the periphery for an hour until noon, the sun rose to the head, the sun was also scorching, Qiu Chen took Wu and Lan Zhi, Lin Xu into the cabin.

Chen came in and told him that lunch was ready, and Qiu Chen told the girl to shout and play the children who had forgotten their form to come in and eat. Lan Zhi, who had been stuffed for a long time, hurriedly volunteered to stand up: "I'll go and call a few younger brothers to come in for dinner!" ”

Wu didn't know what her daughter was thinking, but it was rare for her daughter to be able to sit with her for such a small day today, and she also felt sorry for the child's lack of fun, although she understood that Lan Zhi was a fake public aid to ventilate, but she pretended not to hear it, and did not say anything to stop it.

Seeing Lan Zhi's anticipation and excitement, Qiu Chen naturally saw the little girl's thoughts, but he was not at ease after all, so he smiled and said, "Then Sister Wu is sitting here, and I will accompany Lan Zhi to go out and call those boys to come in for dinner." ”

"Oh, Aunt Begonia, I don't need you to accompany me!" Lan Zhi hurriedly refused, joke, if she let the adults follow, how could she have fun when she finally won the opportunity to let go. She also wanted to try her hand at fishing and fishing!

As soon as these words came out, Qiu Chen was slightly stunned, looked back at Wu, and the two looked at each other and showed a knowing smile at the same time, but Wu's smile was doting and a little helpless.

Lin Xu, who had always been gentle and steady, got up at this time, bowed down and waved his hand and said, "Sister-in-law, Mrs. Wu, let's go." ”

Mrs. Wu looked at Lin Xu with soft and appreciative eyes, but before she could speak, Lan Zhi smiled generously and bent her knees at Lin Xu: "Then I'll bother you!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the Wu family objected to not only her daughter had no face, but it was easy to make people think too much, and then seeing that Lin Xu was gentle and modest, well-behaved and polite, her daughter was also generous, and the smile on her face did not mean the slightest bit of cowardice, so she pressed down the faint thought in her heart and nodded slowly.

Lan Zhi just grabbed the conversation in a hurry, and was worried that her mother would speak out against it, but at this time, seeing Wu's nodding and agreeing, she couldn't help but be overjoyed, smiled and bent her knees to say goodbye to Wu and Qiu Chen, turned around and walked out of the cabin. On the other hand, Lin Xu was much calmer and calmer, and after bowing respectfully again, he followed Lan Zhi out of the cabin.

Wu looked at the two small ones who came out of the cabin one after the other with a complicated taste, was silent for a moment, turned his head and smiled casually: "Your second son can get the fame of showing talent at a young age, I have long known that Lu Dao must be a talented and learned person, and now I have seen this for a while before I know that Lu Dao, the most rare thing about the second son is not that he is good at learning, but that he can have such a calm temperament at such a young age, not arrogant or impatient, and behaves in a moderate manner, which is really rare." …… I heard that the second son was lost at an early age, and it is enough to see that you really love and teach. ”

Qiu Chen smiled and said: "Sister Wu is no one else, I won't hide it from you, this child followed his eldest brother when he was a child, although he was hard at that time, and his temperament was still lively, but since his eldest brother was conscripted to the north, and later came back with bad news, this child seems to have grown up all of a sudden, although he was only twelve years old at the time, but he has a responsibility...... At that time, I suddenly heard the bad news and almost collapsed, and when I came back from the funeral for my deceased husband, I couldn't afford to be sick, and I had to take care of me, the patient, and my two young children...... Alas, if it weren't for him, don't talk about me, even my children would be long gone. Fortunately, after that, I found a few prescriptions for that year, and life gradually got better, so that he could study and take scientific examinations...... Hehe, it's also this kid who fights for himself, although he also studied before, but the family is cold, and he has to help me take care of the family's work, and the effort to read is naturally less...... Later, I was able to concentrate on studying, but for more than a year, my husband asked him to refer to me, I was still worried at the time, afraid that he would not be able to pass, but I didn't expect to pass the exam all the way, and later I got the blue eyes of Master Guo and carefully taught under the door...... Speaking of which, this kid can have today, and I, who don't have much knowledge, don't worry much, mainly because he works hard himself......"

"Hehe, look at what you said, it's too useless to talk about yourself!" Wu glanced at Qiu Chen and smiled, "I can naturally see that this kid has a good character, but if it weren't for your careful care and supply, it would be difficult for him to get to this point." ”

Qiu Chen didn't refute either, and said with a smile: "Although Brother Xu is my brother-in-law, watching him grow up in front of him is really like his own brother." ”

Having said that, it was enough, Qiu Chen immediately changed the topic with a smile, and talked to Wu Shi leaning against the cabin window and pointing out the scenery outside.

The lunch on the boat is naturally based on lake freshness.

The fish caught by the children was cleaned up, and the big carp made sweet and sour carp, which was fried on the outside and tender on the inside, and was stained with sweet and sour sweet and sour sauce, which was a dish especially suitable for female children. And those palm-sized crucian carp, white stripes and other miscellaneous fish were made into miscellaneous fish pots, and there was a circle of small cakes that were not much bigger than copper coins. This kind of authentic Zhuanghu cuisine, the children of the Wu family and the Tang family did not have the opportunity to taste it before, and they were full of praise after tasting it, and even the Wu family ate two fish and two or three small cakes; As for the others, there are also hot and sour snail meat, steamed crab roe, vegetarian fried pu cabbage and tender ling, fresh and sweet lotus seed soup, lotus leaf glutinous rice chicken, and sweet soup made of chicken head rice chestnut......

There are more than a dozen dishes, almost all of which the Tang family has never tasted, and the people who eat them are amazed and satisfied.

After eating, Qiu Chen beckoned Wu to take a lunch break in the rest cabin, Lan Zhi slipped out of the cabin again as he wished under Wu's intentional release of water, first followed a group of Tao boys to catch fish in the stern of the boat, and then the big boat met the boat picking lotus pods, Lan Zhi simply followed a few Tao boys on the boat, and finally realized the wish of shuttling back and forth in the lotus leaves and lotus bushes, picking lotus seeds and water chestnuts by hand.

Qiu Chen knew that the Wu family was releasing water, so he was naturally happy to turn a blind eye, but he also ordered a few small boats to move in a small area near the big boat, and not to go far.

When the Wu family came, the children had successfully returned to the big boat, and soon, the big ship returned, and Qiu Chen accompanied the four Tang family mothers back to Anyang.

This day's trip to the lake was a great joy, and Junyan Junzhang and a few boys couldn't swim in the lake, but because they had fun, they didn't care much about themselves.

What made Qiu Chen notice was that when he returned home, Lin Xu became familiar with Tang Lanzhi, the eldest lady of the Tang family, although it was not to the point of laughing and laughing, Qiu Chen was very sharp to see that when he got off the boat, Lin Xu, who was following her and the Wu family, had been protecting Lan Zhi, although there was no physical contact, but the way he followed was somewhat disclosed.

Back in Anyang, Qiu Chen began to prepare, and sent the four boys back to Liujiaao on the second day.

After dinner, Qin Li invited him to see him and sent a letter in, Qiu Chen smiled after reading it, and lit the letterhead by the lamp.

Watching the letterhead burn to ashes, Qiu Chen turned to look at the copy that had just been sent in today. Looking at it, the expression on Qiu Chen's face gradually became solemn.

Recently, three more high-ranking officials have been dismissed from their posts and investigated by raiding their homes, two of them are descendants of Taishi Wei, and the other is a cousin of Empress Xu.

Another news, August 20 is the Thousand Autumn Festival of Empress Xu, the emperor ordered that the three grades and above in Beijing should be sealed into the palace to celebrate her birthday, and each person was allowed to bring a young lady into the palace......

The queen Qianqiu, the order of the lady to enter the palace to meet the court is to follow the etiquette system, but the article of 'allowing a young lady to enter the palace' is quite eye-catching. Everyone knows that the current emperor has three adult princes, the eldest prince and the third prince from the former queen have all set up concubines, and the two side concubines are also full; However, the second prince Yongwang Yang Jingyong has never married a wife so far, before this Yongwang has been like an invisible person, even the royal year-end sacrifice This kind of ceremony is said to be sick, and many people inside and outside the court have even forgotten the existence of this adult prince. At the end of last year, the legendary second prince who had been sick for many years appeared out of thin air, and made a great deal of success, not to mention the high-profile appearance in front of people, and quickly won the holy favor and was named King Yong in one fell swoop.

Under the shock of the government and the opposition, many people began to re-speculate about where the Sacred Heart is today, and the open and secret rivalry between the Wei family and the Xu family also temporarily showed signs of truce, and everyone was observing...... Soon, the second prince who was a blockbuster disappeared from the court again, or rather, he just bubbled up and dived again.

After observing the situation of all parties for several months, he seemed to be relieved and resumed his activities, during which the second prince also appeared again, and came up with a thing of what kind of cowpox to prevent smallpox, with the arrival of summer, smallpox entered the low incidence period and became a tiger's tail, and it seemed to be over; Then, the second prince completely disappeared from the court and public eye.

Only a few henchmen around the emperor knew that the second prince had a few low-key visits, but they all made the emperor happy.

When the relatives of the two generations of queens began to compete again, and the court was full of rumors, the second prince quietly took a few craftsmen out of the capital. At the same time, the Holy Lord, who ruled the world with literature, announced that at the end of July, he would go out to inspect the former Beirong, which has now been established as a vast area of Yanshan North Province, to inspect the garrison of officers and soldiers in the north.

The newly acquired territory of the Son of Heaven inspected, and everyone speculated that the Marquis of Jingbei, who had made meritorious contributions to expanding the territory, would accompany him, but after the entourage list came out, there was no name of Qin Zheng, Marquis of Jingbei. It's just that the Son of Heaven went to the Jingbei Marquis Mansion the day before the announcement of the entourage list to visit the courtiers whose injuries had not healed, and then revealed the news that the Marquis of Jingbei was because the old injuries had not healed, and his body was too weak to travel far away, and the Son of Heaven was sympathetic, so he did not bring this young hero who opened up the territory and expanded the territory.

After reading the copy, Qiu Chen exhaled lightly, eased his solemn expression, and then couldn't help but glance at the black and gray paper ash in the charcoal basin, pouting and slandering--pretend, see when you pretend!

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