Chapter Title: Chapter Seventy-Three: Go Home, Steaming Wine

Chapter Seventy-Three: Go Home and Steam the Wine

He was panicking about whether to go up and take a look, but the man in black had already jumped up.

At this moment, Qiu Chen also saw the outfit of the man in black clearly, which was the same as seeing Hong Zhanpeng wearing clothes last night. Lin Xu and Chengzi may not have reacted yet, but Qiu Chen has already understood that this person will be outside his door.

I accidentally met Hong Zhanpeng last night, thinking that their actions needed to be kept secret, Hong Zhanpeng let them back, but he was not completely relieved, so he sent someone to monitor them. If so, they weren't at home last night, and if they were back in the village last night, who would they like to inform...... Even, Qiu Chen suspected that if they just went to the door and didn't say anything, maybe the family's lives would be confessed at this time!

The man in black grinned at Qiu Chen and the others at this time, and said very familiarly: "Sister-in-law, are you going to go out?" ”

Qiu Chen took a step forward, blocked Lin Xu and Chengzi, and said calmly: "My two nephews haven't returned overnight, I'm going to the county to look for them!" ”

"Oh, go to the county!" The man in black showed a sudden expression, scratched his head again, and leaned over to pick up the saber that had just fallen on the door.

This action made Qiu Chen subconsciously take a step back, and stretched out his hand to protect Lin Xu and Chengzi.

The man in black didn't make any moves, put the knife in his hand, and smiled at Qiu Chen: "Sister-in-law, don't be afraid, we are here to protect my sister-in-law's family." It's okay now, it's all right...... Since my sister-in-law is going to the county seat, why don't we give you a ride! ”

As he spoke, he ignored Qiu Chen's answer, pursed his lips and whistled, and two horses came around from the side of the courtyard with hooves, one of which was carrying a man in black on his back.

"Lao Hei, this sister-in-law is going to the county seat, let's give her a ride!" Although he is called a sunspot, this one is a little delicate except for his dark skin.

The two horses had already arrived at the door of the Lin family in a moment, and the man grabbed the reins and jumped off the horse, hugged his fist and bowed to Qiu Chen: "Sister-in-law, originally my two brothers were ordered to secretly protect the sister-in-law's family, but I didn't expect to be seen by the sister-in-law." Sister-in-law doesn't need to panic, it'll be fine when it's dawn. The county was closed yesterday, and your nephew didn't return, so our brother will take your sister-in-law to you, and we will be able to find your nephew. ”

Seeing that the two of them were honest and respectful, but they were both solemn and respectful, without the slightest contempt and tyranny, Qiu Chen was slightly relieved.

Seeing that there are horses, Qiu Chen is not in a hurry at this moment, she said to the two of them: "The two eldest brothers have been tired for us all night, now that the morning is fine, I think the two eldest brothers are also cold and hungry, I have made breakfast, although it is just a farmer's coarse tea and light rice, so hot and full, why don't the two eldest brothers come in, eat some hot rice, and then take me to the county seat." What do the two big brothers think? ”

Those two men shrank out the door all night, how could they not be tired or hungry. In addition, last night, the general also explained that he had acted overnight, and it was safe at dawn, so there was nothing to do when he wanted to come here, and it was not impossible to stay for a while. Hearing Qiu Chen say this, he was a little moved.

The two glanced at each other, and it was still the man at the crooked door, this man with big shoulders and a round waist, a black face and a big mouth, and a dense beard added a rough and fierce atmosphere. However, Qiu Chen felt that this person was a little cute, so he rubbed his hands first and said with a smile: "Hehe...... Our brother is indeed cold and hungry, and it is great that my sister-in-law can give me a hot meal! ”

Hearing him say this, Qiu Chen couldn't help laughing, and hurriedly took a step back and beckoned the two of them to enter the door, while Lin Xu took their horses and went to add some fine materials. Later, each horse will have to camel two people, and the horses will have no strength without adding some food.

Qiu Chen took hot water to wash the hands and faces of the two, considering that the two of them were very hungry, so he first brought the two of them hot soft glutinous rice porridge, a plate of sesame oil mixed with salty radish, fragrant and crisp, very refreshing. They drank rice porridge, Qiu Chen took out the pancakes from last night, fried most of the eggs with oil residue, spread the cakes in the pot with the help of hot oil pans, shoveled a shovel of scrambled eggs on the cakes, and made them into rolls, which became a traditional famous food that Qiu Chen had eaten-pot cakes. Of course, the filling is limited by the conditions here, and it is relatively simple, otherwise, the pot cake can be made into meat or vegetarian, countless flavors.

A roll is a roll of bread. After rolling the cake rolls, still put them in the oil pan, and fry them with a thin layer of oil at the bottom of the pan until a thin layer of charred yellow dumplings forms on the surface, and then they are shoveled out and served on a plate. Qiu Chen moved very much, the porridge of the two people had not finished drinking, and the two plates of pot cakes had already been served. The rich aroma immediately attracted the two of them, and each reached out for a roll, and when he took a big bite, half of the roll was gone. After that, I heard the black strong man praise a few times vaguely about the deliciousness, and then all that left was to chew and swallow constantly, and he couldn't even bother to speak.

served six plates of pot cakes to the two of them one after another, Qiu Chen made a few more plates and put them in the pot to heat, and during the process, he also served a plate for the fire to become a child, so that he could hurry up and eat it. Chengzi took a roll of cakes, and ate them with his head down in front of the stove, chewing the fragrant and hot pot cakes, Chengzi slowly turned red, but he didn't let anyone see it because he lowered his head.

The two of them ate a lot, but the speed was very fast, but in two quarters of an hour, they ate six plates of pot cakes, and each drank two bowls of rice porridge.

Qiu Chen had already washed his hands at this time, changed into a handsome clothes, curled his hair in a bun on the top of his head, wrapped it with strips of cloth, went to the east wing room and brought two bottles of self-used healing medicine before, and handed them over to the Chehe Post Throwing Zheng Skeleton Proud Sedan Huai Toad Shu Yi Huang Cutting Spring Pieces Sole Dumplings Relatives Covenant Testament Ping Meal Ship Meal Recitation Ч Recruitment Selection F Kong Yongzhong Gown Slack Carp Paddle File Xin Stir 5 Pounds ┩ 瑁細瞘芰酥厣 Trick Meng Qun Xian Chuan #Kai Xian ┝ 粕 Trick

When you are a soldier, you have to go into battle to kill the enemy, and it is normal to be killed and injured in battle. Therefore, Qiu Chen's delivery of medicine did not seem abrupt, but moved the two men than the delicious meal they had just eaten.

The two men took the porcelain vase, cherished it in their arms, and thanked Qiu Chen again and again, and then beckoned Qiu Chen on the road.

Chengzi had already eaten enough, and at this time he was carrying a lot of lighter burdens and waiting for the bread to be gone.

Qiu Chen glanced at him and said to the two men: "Two big brothers, although I am wearing men's clothes, it is inconvenient to ride with the two of you after all. I have also learned to ride horses, and if I could, I would like to have a horse alone and take my nephew with me. ”

The two men obviously showed a look of surprise, and after glancing at each other, Kuroko confirmed again: "Sister-in-law are sure that she can lead people with riding skills?" ”

In Qiu Chen's modern era, in addition to studying and experimenting, there are two ways to relieve stress, one is to ponder food for himself, and the second is to go to the horse farm to run horses. Although the natural environment here is incomparable with the conditions of the racecourse at that time, as long as she does not gallop and trot, she still has some confidence.

So, without ambiguity, he nodded calmly and confidently.

The two looked at each other again, but the rough black man nodded and said, "Okay, then let the sister-in-law try." If not, the sister-in-law still puts her life and safety first! ”

Qiu Chen naturally wouldn't object, "That's nature!" ”

Although she could ride the horse farm before, but now the war horse is much wilder than the domesticated horses on the horse farm, and she can't be too big. In the face of safety and so-called fame, she will naturally choose safety without hesitation!

The rough black man also had a careful side, he deliberately stepped forward and picked a relatively docile horse for Qiu Chen, and kept holding the reins for Qiu Chen, showing his heart in a few small actions.

Qiu Chen was also unceremoniously twisted, stepped on the stirrup, reached out to help the saddle, and with a force on his legs, his body jumped, and he had already turned over and fell on the horse's back.

"Good!" Seeing Qiu Chen's neat horse-mounting, the rough black man couldn't help but cheer.

Sitting on the back of the horse, Qiu Chen's heart was slightly relieved, he smiled at the thick black man and nodded, took the reins of the horse and shook it gently, controlling the horse to move forward slowly, but it looked good.

After walking more than a dozen steps, Qiu Chen circled the horse and said to the two of them with a smile: "The two eldest brothers see that I can ride a horse?" ”

The rough black man smiled with praise on his face, and was about to speak, but the black man had already spoken: "Let's take a look, if you want to have our brother's side, it won't let you have anything to do." ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to grab Chengzi, raised his arms, and sent Chengzi behind Qiu Chen. Then, without much talk, he led another horse, and the two of them got on the horse one after another, shook the reins of the horse, and set off straight.

Qiu Chen waved his hand at Lin Xu: "Second brother's family rest assured, I will go to the county seat to find Junwen Junshu and return immediately, and I will definitely come back today." ”

Lin Xu also reassured her, so Qiu Chen also shook the reins of the horse, and followed the two men behind him and embarked on the journey.

Because she was traveling with two strange men and had to bother to explain, Qiu Chen didn't go to greet Lan Ying, and only asked Lin Xu to explain for her.

The horses are all double-loaded, especially the two big horses are heavy, and they can't run if they want to. After walking out of Liujiaao and getting on the official road, he just trotted and hurried, and the road was smooth, and there was no danger that Qiu Chen couldn't control.

Even so, there are many more horseback rides than carriages. In addition, when they set off, it was not yet dawn, there were no pedestrians on the road, it was smooth, and it took nearly two hours to travel by carriage, but in one hour, the sun had just risen a pole high, and Qiu Chen had already seen the blue-gray city wall of Anping County.

Arriving here, Qiu Chen finally let out a long sigh of relief.

Along the way, she carefully observed, there was no trace of scuffle, the farmland and cottages on both sides were still quiet and safe, and now when she arrived outside Anping County, she saw that the people coming in and out of the city gate were also serene, and there was no discoloration, Qiu Chen finally breathed a long sigh of relief. Come to think of it, Junwen Junshu is only blocked in the city, and there will be no danger.

With these two escorts, Qiu Chen entered the city gate smoothly.

Heizi took the horse in Qiu Chen's hand, hugged his fist at Qiu Chen and said, "Sister-in-law, the two of us want to go back to restore our lives, so we won't go into the city anymore." When the sister-in-law finds her nephew, please turn around, these days may still be a little unstable, and the sister-in-law still doesn't let the family go out for the time being. ”

Qiu Chen wore men's clothes, and at this time he also returned the salute with his fists, and thanked the two: "Thank you two for maintaining it." In the future, if you have the opportunity to pass by Liu Jiaao, please go to your home and sit. ”

The rough black man interjected with a smile: "Okay, when the time comes, my sister-in-law will make us burritos to eat!" ”

Qiu Chen also smiled when he heard this: "Hehe, I haven't had time to cook any meals today, and when the two eldest brothers come to be guests again, it will be more than one burrito." ”

"That's good, for the sake of sister-in-law's good food, we have to go too!"

After a few more words, the two men led their horses and left the city. Qiu Chen stood silently for a moment, turned around and walked towards the city, but silently prayed in his heart, hoping that the two of them could survive the battlefield safely.

Qiu Chen took Chengzi directly to the copper shop. Junwen Junshu entered the city yesterday, and his main task was to get the parts of the copper shop's still. Yesterday, the two were prevented from leaving, and even if they didn't keep the copper shop, there should be news of the two brothers here.

Sure enough, Qiu Chen took Chengzi to the copper shop, and after the old master recognized Qiu Chen, he was only slightly surprised, and informed Le Qiu Chen's Junshu Junwen's whereabouts.

It turned out that yesterday Junwen Junshu made two people to make copper shop after taking the object, and went to the carpenter shop, the master also enthusiastically sent the little apprentice to the brothers as a guide, later, Junwen Junshu carpenter shop and a carpenter chatted with a neighbor, after that, not waiting for Junwen Junshu to buy woodware, there was news of the closure, Junwen Junshu left the carpenter shop.

After getting the safety news of Junshu and Junwen, Qiu Chen breathed a sigh of relief and completely relieved. After thinking about it, I was afraid that Junwen Junshu would rush home and miss it with myself.

hurriedly resigned from the old master and followed the little apprentice to the carpenter's shop.

Fortunately, because there were more wooden tools to buy, a carriage could not be loaded, Junwen Junshu hired another carriage, and the hiring of the carriage to load the car delayed the time, otherwise it was really possible to miss it with Qiu Chen.

Seeing the two brothers Junwen and Junshu standing in front of him in a dignified manner, Qiu Chen was very happy, and looked the brothers up and down, making sure that the two brothers were really unharmed except for being a little tired, so he put down his heart after a long night.

Since he had entered the city and it was early, Qiu Chen decided to go and buy some more things.

The hired carriage has been loaded with wood and three suitcases for Junwen and the two of them, and a carriage is full. His own carriage was also loaded with distillation accessories and five jars of wine. Qiu Chen asked Junwen to drive the car and wait at the city gate with the hired carriage, while she was going to take Junshu and Chengzi to go shopping.

The aunts and nephews met and discussed it very well, and Qiu Chen remembered that he only cared about talking to Junshu and Junwen, and he didn't thank the two children for their kindness.

Junwen Junshu also thought of it, so he led Qiu Chen to the backyard of the carpenter's shop, a man in his twenties was cutting wood with his head down, and when he saw Junwen's aunt and nephew coming in, he hurriedly put down the planer in his hand and stood up to meet him.

"Auntie, this is Uncle Mancang, we were blocked in the city yesterday and only then did we know that Uncle Mancang is actually our neighbor and Uncle Mancang's brother!" Junwen introduced Qiu Chen with a smile.

Qiu Chen looked at the man in front of him, he was not as tall as Manho, he was slightly shorter but equally strong, compared to Manho, although Mancang was simple and simple, Mancang was much more flexible than Manho.

"Are you...... Daughter-in-law? Because Qiu Chen wore men's clothes, his temperament had changed too much from before, and Mancang was a little afraid to admit it.

Qiu Chen sighed secretly, this person is a hundred miles away from the county, but he has never been in contact with his family, Ren's father and sister-in-law are worried about him, and Ren's young daughter lacks maternal love and father's love...... She didn't think so about this, but she didn't plan to add more beaks, not to mention, Mancang also took in Junwen Junshu last night, and she was grateful.

So he smiled and nodded: "Yes." Brother Mancang has always been good? ”

Man Cang rubbed the sawdust on his hands and said with a smile: "I went to the south after leaving home, where I learned the craft from the master for two years, and I just came back a few days ago." When I arrived in the county, I happened to encounter this shop that had escaped, so I used the money in my hand to save it, but I still borrowed some debts...... Because I didn't want my father and mother to worry about me, I had to wipe the shop for a few days just after it was topped, so I didn't rush home...... At this time, the shop was smooth, and he was about to go home after finishing the housework in hand, but he didn't expect to meet the two brothers yesterday. I have a few family affairs here and the guests are in a hurry and need to rush for a few days, my brother and daughter-in-law go home and bring a letter to my father and sister-in-law for me, and in a few days, I will go home to visit them! ”

"Uncle and aunt are looking forward to your turn every day, and I don't know how happy I am when I get the letter!" Qiu Chen responded with a smile, and there was nothing to say, so he thanked Man Cang, "Last night, the two of them were blocked in the city, and they had to be taken care of by Brother Man Cang." ”

"What are we doing in the neighborhood!" Man Cang smiled and waved his hand, turned around and went into the house to take out a big bag and hand it to Qiu Chen, "This is to buy a little bit of something for my father and mother, and my brother and daughter-in-law will help me bring it back first." ”

Qiu Chen wanted to say that he would go home to see Lingzhi, but he just opened his mouth and finally said goodbye. After taking the burden, he handed it to Junwen, and left the carpenter's shop and went separate with the two carriages.

I didn't sleep all night, and I also knew that my family was worried about it, Qiu Chen didn't make a large-scale purchase that day, but just bought some things that Qingshui Town didn't have. For example, some dry goods, such as a whole sheep, such as a pound of good Lu'an melon slices, and for example, for the children Lao Shengkui dim sum and Lao Hu's meat. In addition, I bought a lot of plain cocoon silk, and bought ten horses each in azure and white colors. These cocoons are a kind of silk, compared with ordinary silk, the big advantage is that it is not easy to wrinkle, and it is not as dazzling as satin, and it is not an eye-catching surface, but the texture is very draped and comfortable, and the feel is soft and comfortable. She also wanted to make a summer quilt with cocoon silk for Afu Aman, the child has suffered for several years, and now that she has the conditions, she also tries to make the children happy and comfortable without looking at the premise.

Because of the purchase of more cloth, the cloth shop specially arranged for a young man to push the cart to send it away, and Qiu Chen took Junwen and Chengzi and hurriedly walked out of the city together. Not far outside the city gate, I saw two carriages parked on the side of the road and waiting

When Junshu saw it from afar, he rushed over to greet him, took some bits and pieces from Qiu Chen's hand, and loaded the cloth, mutton, etc. into the car with Junwen. Qiu Chen took a bag of buns and handed it to Junwen, and asked him to send it to the front of the car, and the horse whip shook a loud whip, and the two carriages followed each other and set off.

When he came, he was full of anxiety and worry, and hurried all the way, but at this time, he let go of his thoughts, and there were Junshu and Chengzi chattering beside him, and Qiu Chen didn't need to bother to think about it, leaning on the pottery retort, accompanied by the sound of chariots and horses, Qiu Chen fell asleep unconsciously.

When he opened his eyes again, the sun hanging high in the sky was already a little westward, and the strong sunlight shone on his face, making people a little unable to open their eyes, and after blinking his eyes, Qiu Chen woke up completely and sat up.

Junshu found Qiu Chen awake for the first time, and shouted happily: "Auntie, you are awake!" ”

Originally, he was leaning on Tao Yong, and after falling asleep, he unconsciously piled it down, and his neck hurt a little at this time, Qiu Chen generally turned his neck, while looking around, trying to determine where he was, when he heard Junshu calling, he answered: "Well, where have we been?" ”

After being blocked outside overnight, he was about to get home, Junshu seemed very happy, happily handed over the clay pot with water, and replied: "We will arrive at Qingshui Town in front, and in half an hour, we will be home!" ”

"Well," Qiu Chen responded, drank his saliva, moistened his dry lips and throat, felt that he had also recovered his spirits, and raised his voice, "Junshu, call your brother, let's stop in the town, eat some food and come back." ”

"Auntie, let's bring dry food, just go for a while, let's go home and eat again!" Junshu disagreed.

Growing up in a poor family environment, the children inherited the virtues of diligence and frugality from an early age, and Junshu seemed to be enough to go out with dry food, and it was a luxury to stop specifically in order to eat.

Seeing that Chengzi also had a disapproving expression, Qiu Chen could only comply with the children's request, and said with a smile: "Cheng, when I get home, I will make you something to eat!" ”

"Whoa!" Junshu has been captured by his aunt's food these days, and when he heard Qiu Chen say that it was delicious, the smile on his face brightened. Some couldn't help but ask, "Auntie, what are you doing delicious?" ”

Qiu Chen drank the water, slanted his face towards the two boys, grinned, and said solemnly: "Don't say it, keep it secret!" ”

"Alas...... Aunt ......" Junshu boy complained in a strange way, and his originally bright smile suddenly wrinkled into a bun, which finally pleased Qiu Chen and caused her to laugh.

In the laughter, the carriage drove through Qingshui Town, Qiu Chen still let the carriage stop for a while, not for dinner, she was going to Rejuvenation Hall. Liao Wenqing didn't, Qiu Chen said hello to Shopkeeper Chen, and asked him to convey it, when Liao Wenqing Shaodong's family has time, she has something to say when they meet.

It was just a few words, and after speaking, Qiu Chen greeted Jiang Zheng and the young men who came out, and left the Rejuvenation Hall. Then, the carriage set off again, and when passing through the vegetable market, Qiu Chen bought some pork and vegetables, and then, happily, went all the way back to Liujiaao.

When I arrived at Liujiaao, it was still early, only the beginning of the hour, it was two or three o'clock in the afternoon, when the sun was shining and warm.

As soon as he turned into the fork in the road in Liujiaao, he admitted that the road surface under the sun, whether flat or potholed, was bright, which not only reminded Qiu Chen of the panic and fear in the night last night.

In her fear, she finally thought of hiding the children in the bushes, because of the torches, because they were nearby, and if she wanted them to be safe, she herself would stay behind to draw attention to them...... When she sent Ah Fu into the bush, when she held Ah Fu's little face and kissed it, because she might face a catastrophe, she found that she was already so nostalgic for this family affection, she was so reluctant-

Stay in love, she depends on her children; nostalgia and laughter fill the poor courtyard; Nostalgia for this has too many unsatisfactory shijie......

reluctant to give up her two children; reluctant to give up the delicate and lovely daughter; reluctant to be sensible, well-behaved and intelligent son; I don't give up the poor but full of joy and hope......

It's just that in less than two months, she has changed from her initial survival needs and physiological instincts to being willing and wholeheartedly agreeing?

She clearly remembered that she had made up her mind at that time, and she said to herself at that time - if she could survive this time, she would forget the past and live this shijie wholeheartedly! She's just Ah Fu Aman's mother!

His mind turned, Qiu Chen's side face shone with the warm sunshine, revealing a trace of confusion, and then it seemed to have turned into a firmness, a determination!

It's said that it's the past, and you can't go back, so forget it! Since then, she has been concentrating on being a mother of Fu'er Man'er!

In a trance, the carriage drove into the village.

Two carriages entered the village together, which is still rare in this barren mountain village. As soon as they entered the village, the children who were playing in front of the house ran up to the carriage and cheered all the way behind it, as if to show that they were better at running than the horses.

Qiu Chen was awakened by the laughter and noise of the children, showed a smile, and jumped out of the carriage.

If Qiu Chen is still sitting in the car, he may attract a nobody, not a neighbor, or even a bad character.

Seeing her get out of the car, Junwen Junshu and Chengzi also got out of the car, led the horse and slowly entered the village.

Qiu Chen greeted the people he met, and how many times he said hello was almost how many times he confessed his whereabouts. After speaking, Qiu Chen smiled reluctantly. Just when she couldn't bear it anymore, she finally came to the gentle slope of the Lin family, and saw that the pond had almost been dug and the neat and new brick wall, Qiu Chen's face smiled a little deeper, and she also became sincere. Junwen Junshu was face was full of joy and almost overflowed, and Chengzi's somewhat dull expression also showed a hint of joy.

Because the time has not passed, the door of the Lin family's courtyard is wide open, and there are many people carrying baskets and baskets on their backs and queuing up to wait for the sale of Luo Bu hemp. When Lao Yuan saw the carriage coming back, many people raised their voices to greet him, Qiu Chen responded one by one, and couldn't help but wonder, they all arrived at the door, why didn't they see a few children coming out?

Thinking so, I heard a crunchy little voice shout from the door: "Ladies and gentlemen, please wait." My brothers and I went to pick up my mother's relatives and came back immediately to continue collecting medicine! ”

Qiu Chen was slightly stunned, and then showed a look of surprise. Hearing this, Ah Fu and Jun Yan Jun Zhang actually accepted medicine?

Unloading the car without her help, Qiu Chen didn't stop at the door, walked into the gate from the crowd, and sure enough, he saw the side of the gate at a glance, every day she set up a table in the place where she received medicine, a wooden shelf, a scale hung on the wooden shelf, and a rattan basket was hung on the scale. One by one, the villagers who sent medicine poured their own picking Luo Bu Ma into the rattan basket, next to Jun Yan Junzhang one held the scale rod, one pulled the scale, weighed the weight loudly, Ah Fu sat at the table, took a brush in one hand, pressed the account book with the other hand, found the name of the person who sold Luo Bu Ma, dipped in ink, and carefully wrote down the last stroke.

At this time, Ah Fu hurriedly went out to greet his mother, so he put the brush on the inkstone, and was supporting the table with his two small hands, discussing with the people around him.

Seeing his small appearance, the surrounding aunts and aunts were rare, and no one was willing to agree, and shouted with a smile: "Little shopkeeper, let's go, let's wait!" ”

"Shopkeeper Fu, I'll wait a little longer, after the time, you can't help but accept it!"

In the midst of the laughter, Ah Fu's face turned red, like a ripe apple. However, he did not squirm and retreat because of embarrassment, but stood up in an orderly manner, bowed to everyone, and then ran out. Just now he heard his mother greet people outside the gate, and he couldn't wait to see his mother.

Seeing Ah Fu rushing out with a red face and regaining the liveliness of a child again, Qiu Chen smiled.

Walking out of the crowd, Qiu Chen greeted Ah Fu and opened his arms. Ah Fu threw himself into Qiu Chen's arms with a cheer, grabbed Qiu Chen's neck with both hands and shouted softly: "Mother, ......"

Hearing the call of the little man's soft and glutinous curtain in her ears, holding the little soft in her arms and having the courage to share her small body, her son is in his arms, but he is still full of her heart, Qiu Chen At this moment, Qiu Chen felt so satisfied and fulfilled for the first time in his previous life and this life!

She didn't cry in the horror and panic of last night; She didn't shed a tear when she saw two fierce soldiers guarding the door early this morning; drove all the way to the county seat to see her two nephews, and she did not shed tears; At this moment, she returned home peacefully, holding her sensible and heartwarming son, but her tears suddenly filled her eyes uncontrollably, and they burst out uncontrollably and flowed all over her cheeks.

"Mother, don't cry...... Fu'er was very well-behaved, she took her sister to help Aunt Lan Ying light the fire in the morning, ate dinner, and watched her sister take a nap...... Mother, Fu'er can already collect medicine for her mother, in the future, Fu'er can still help her mother do more things, and her mother doesn't have to work so hard every day......" Fu'er noticed Qiu Chen's strange appearance, raised her face and said softly to persuade her, and wiped her tears for her mother with her soft little hands.

"Well, Fu'er is old and can take care of her mother, and her mother is so happy!" Qiu Chen suppressed his excitement and responded sullenly. He took out his handkerchief to wipe away the tears on his face and smiled.

hugged Ah Fu up, kissed him on his hot little face, and then took out a pack of screw candy and handed it to Ah Fu: "Give it to my mother here, Shanzi and they are all outside, go and play with them!" ”

"Hey," Fu Erle squinted, nodded vigorously, opened the sugar bag in his hand, first took out one and stuffed it into Qiu Chen's mouth, and then kissed Qiu Chen's cheek shyly, and then straightened up from Qiu Chen's arms.

wanted to leave, but turned back to Qiu Chen to explain, "Mother, my sister is sleeping in the house, I'll go see if my sister is awake!" ”

In the face of the child's ability to play with temptation, he can still control himself, Qiu Chen was happy to see it, naturally smiled encouragingly, leaned over and touched the top of Ah Fu's head, "Go, my sister must be happy to see the screw candy!" ”

"Uh-huh." Ah Fu nodded with a smile, squeezed out of the crowd with candy, and ran into the house.

One or two mothers-in-law were still shouting and joking, "Ouch, why did the little shopkeeper run away...... which naturally attracted a burst of good-natured laughter.

Qiu Chen said hello, went over, and sent Junyan Junzhang out to see their brother, Junwen Junshu didn't return overnight, but he was afraid that these two children would be more worried than her.

A few children are busy working, after all, they are not familiar, the efficiency is not high, and it is not the end of the time, and there are more than a dozen families waiting at the door to sell Luo Buma.

"Auntie, you're tired all the way, let's go to the house to rest for a while, and leave the matter to me!" Junshu came over to ask, and Qiu Chen agreed after thinking about it.

Junwen and Junshu have also learned half a month's words, Arabic numerals and two-digit addition and subtraction operations have also been learned, the matter of collecting Luo Buma is actually quite simple, that is, after weighing, the corresponding account name in the account book can be recorded, and Junshu is fully competent.

Junzhang Junyan also still came over to help, the three brothers continued to put away Luo Buma in style, Qiu Chen looked at the side for a while, and made sure that there was no problem, so he turned around and walked into the house, after walking out of the crowd, Qiu Chen saw Brother Quan and Lin Zi carrying a basket out of the backyard, and when they saw Qiu Chen and the two of them showing joy at the same time, they immediately greeted him.

Qiu Chen responded, Lin Zi put the basket in his hand on the ground, pulled out his feet and ran to the backyard, shouting as he ran: "Aunt Begonia, you're back!" Aunt Begonia is back......"

Almost in a moment, Lan Ying, Qinghe's family, Qingshan's family, as well as Yuxiang, Da Zhuang, and Liu Zhanxiang ran out of the backyard. Liu Zhanxiang and a few boys were not easy to approach, but Lan Ying walked over in a few steps, grabbed Qiu Chen's hand and looked up and down, as if he was sure that Qiu Chen had come back, and then let out a long breath.

opened his mouth, but the first sentence was to complain: "You are really, go to the county to find Junwen Junshu brothers, why don't you know how to inform you, let you go with Brother Manchu, what is there to deal with, you talk about you, why are you bold, just dare to enter the city with Chengzi as a half-sized child, this is in case you encounter something along the way, what can you do!" ”

As she spoke, Lan Ying's eyes turned red. It was obvious that I was really worried all morning.

Qiu Chen had just pressed the move and there was a little flooding trend, and his eyes were wet, but he still kept smiling, stretched out his hand and patted Lan Ying's hand, and said, "Aren't I coming back with a good end......"

Seeing that Lan Ying raised her eyebrows again because of her words, her eyes widened, Qiu Chen hurriedly swallowed the words behind, smiled and admitted her mistake and reassured: "It's me who is wrong, I shouldn't have said something to you...... I promise, no more time! ”

The Qingshan family and the Qinghe family both came up to comfort them, and said to Qiu Chen: "We came early in the morning, and I heard that Brother Xu said that you took Chengzi to the city alone, and I was really frightened. Although the world is peaceful now, how can a woman's family be greedy for darkness and rush to the night without worrying! ”

As soon as they heard this, Qiu Chen knew that they didn't know that they had ridden a horse and followed the two military men to the county seat, and they thought that she had gone out in the middle of the night...... However, then again, if you let them know that they are riding out with two soldiers...... Uh, I'm afraid worried!

finally persuaded Lan Ying, and briefly told a few people about the trip to the county seat this time, Lan Ying and a few people relieved themselves and went back to the backyard to continue working, and Qiu Chen was able to get out and go back to the house.

As soon as I walked into the inner door, I saw Aman still sitting on the kang with a sleepy face, and Ah Fu was dressing his sister in a jacket.

In a blink of an eye, seeing his mother come in, Aman didn't care if the clothes were not put on, his little ass pouted and got up, stumbled over, and suddenly threw himself into Qiu Chen's arms, "Mother...... Woohoo......"

Before the call fell, the little girl cried in Qiu Chen's arms.

Qiu Chen hugged the little girl's soft and small body tightly with both hands, took advantage of the situation to sit on the edge of the kang, patted the little girl's shoulder and back for a while, and then coaxed the little girl who was crying. Ah Fu also took a piece of screw candy and stuffed it into his sister's mouth, and asked with a smile: "Sister, is it delicious?" ”

Ah Man still had tears in his eyes, his small mouth bulged, he nodded, seemed to be a little embarrassed, and turned back and arched into Qiu Chen's arms.

Qiu Chen put his arm around Aman with one hand and touched Afu's forehead with the other, "Mother looks at my sister, you're tired for a long time, go out and play for a while." Give the sugar to Shanzi too, and they go! ”

"Whoa!" Ah Fu crisply agreed, "Mother, I'll come back after playing for a while, look at my sister, and let you rest!" ”

After speaking, seeing Qiu Chen nodded, Ah Fu ran out with a bright smile on his face.

Here, Qiu Chen was still wearing Lin Xu's old clothes, which were no longer rubbed. After crying just now, the tear stains on my cheeks were also dry, and I was extremely uncomfortable. Qiu Chen coaxed the little ostrich in his arms, mother and daughter, you kiss me, I kiss you, it was hot for a while, Qiu Chen took Aman to fetch water and wash his face.

Back in the house, Qiu Chen put Aman on the chair and took a comb to comb the little girl and himself.

While combing Aman's pigtails, listening to the little girl telling her in some children's words, after getting up in the morning, I was scared when I didn't see my mother, and how my brother and uncle coaxed her, and my mother made cakes delicious, and she also gave Lingzhi, Zhi'er, and Xiang'er sisters...... The little girl's language expression ability is still limited, and the logical order is a little confused, but Qiu Chen listens very patiently, and responds from time to time......

In the quiet and beautiful afternoon, the mother and daughter whispered, making time seem to slow down.

This simple room, and even the entire farmhouse courtyard, this afternoon, is overflowing with the sweetness of 'years of quiet and good'!

Going back two months, Qiu Chen would never have dreamed that one day, she would nest in a farmhouse, just because a little girl babble, let her experience wholehearted satisfaction and happiness!

The little girl was cleaned up, and the little girl poured a cup of honey soup into Qiu Chen, and Qiu Chen was happy at some point, when Ah Fu called at the door, the little girl immediately broke free from Qiu Chen's arms and ran to find Ah Fu to play with the children.

"This stinky girl with no conscience!" Qiu Chen laughed and scolded hatefully. It seems that unconsciously, she has experienced the growth of children as a parent, and the joy is mixed with a little sense of loss.

After laughing and scolding, she also started to comb her hair, put her long and thick black hair behind her head, knotted it into a simple bun, and changed into a green cloth dress, which made her feel refreshing and comfortable. I went to carry the baggage back from the warehouse and walked to the backyard.

There are only two and a half days left to make the appointment with Liao Wenqing, and if the distillation equipment is not assembled today, the alcohol will not be distilled on time. Of course, there are also two workers who are working today, and she, the main family, should also meet and arrange for each of them to work. Otherwise, even if people come to work, they can't feel at ease, and after a long time, it will affect the employees' sense of identity with the company.

In the yard, his own carriage was parked, and the rouge had been unloaded, and he was led out to walk the horse by Junyan Junzhang, and by the way, he ate grass and drank the horse.

In the backyard, Junwen Junshu had already led the workers to carefully unload the still, and put it on the brick floor next to the stone mill. The hired carriage had already returned, and it must have been Junwen who paid the bill with the remaining money. When Qiu Chen came over, Chengzi had already gone to light the fire for Lan Ying and help Lan Ying fry the medicine, the Qingshan family and the Qinghe family kneaded and fried Luo Buma, and Yuxiang took it to the stall to dry the bamboo dumplings. Brother Quan, Liu Zhanxiang, and Lin Zi were still doing the crushing work, and after Da Zhuang helped Junshu Junwen unload the car, they squatted together on a large pile of distillation utensils and discussed and pondered.

A person is automatically and spontaneously busy, and without her as the main family, it can be called orderly.

Lan Ying was frying Luo Buma, and when she heard Qiu Chen say that she saw Mancang, the shovel in her hand fell into the pot with a clatter, and she looked at Qiu Chen fixedly and said, "You said it's true?" Do you really see a full warehouse in the county? ”

Qiu Chen smiled and nodded, Lan Ying's face immediately bloomed with a big daxiao, and she ran out without saying a word, "No, I'll hurry home and talk to Zhi'er and her grandmother, her grandmother is talking about Mancang every day, and she is stunned......"

Qinghe's family looked at the side and smiled: "Look, I also said that the seventh aunt is stunned, and Lan Ying's appearance is not much better!" ”

Qiu Chen and the Qingshan family also laughed, and they both said that this time the Manchu family was good, and when Mancang came back, the family went to heart disease and finally reunited.

Qiu Chen raised the burden in his hand and said with a smile: "Mancang also asked me to bring things back......

A few people laughed again, Qiu Chen went to look at the wok, and saw that Chengzi was stir-frying with a shovel in front of the stove pit, and he was quite presentable, so he couldn't help laughing. This kid has a heart, although he is rusty with his fried medicine, but he can see that he is also very attentive, otherwise he will not be able to learn these in a short period of time.

Qiu Chen didn't stop it, he watched it quietly for a while, and watched Chengzi finish frying a pot of Luo Buma, and the action out of the pot was obviously slow, so he said: "The stir-fry action just now is not bad, it must be out of the pot, otherwise, it will be easy to let some of the medicinal materials out of the pot 'pass'." ”

Saying that, Qiu Chen took a broom and placed a broom behind the pot table, and put the pot out of the pot in two clicks, Qingshanjia smiled and came over to dry it, and said to Chengzi: "Your aunt cultivates you like this, you have to learn by heart!" ”

Chengzi smiled gratefully at the Qingshan family, then turned around and continued to pay attention to Qiu Chen's demonstration of actions.

Qiu Chen stretched out his hand to test the temperature of the bottom of the pot, instructed Chengzi to add a little more heat, then took some fresh Luo Bu hemp, sprinkled it evenly on the bottom of the pot, and then used a spatula to slow down first, kept stir-frying in the pot, and grabbed a handful with his hands from time to time to try the moisture...... After quickly getting out of the pot, Qiu Chen took a small dustpan and pulled the fried Luo Bu Ma to show Chengzi: "Look, let's fry Luo Bu Ma, we are required to keep the color green, not to see the fire color, not to see the scorched spots, but it must be heated evenly, so that the color of the fried Luo Bu Ma tea will be uniform and beautiful, and it can also ensure that the medicinal effect is not lost to a large extent...... Okay, you try again......"

Qiu Chen took a step back as he spoke, handing the spatula in his hand to Chengzi, while she stood aside and watched.

Chengzi's learning speed and comprehension ability are very good, although Qiu Chen only taught it once, and Chengzi stirred it up again, but the movements were obviously in place. Qiu Chen watched him fry two pots, nodded with satisfaction, and instructed a few more subtle precautions, then turned around to see the installation of the distillation equipment.

was affirmed as a son, obviously less stereotyped, and with a touch of joy that should have belonged to his age, he nodded and agreed, and continued to bury his head in the medicine.

Someone pulled the corner of her clothes, Qiu Chen lowered his head, and saw that Afu Aman and Shanzi came in at some point, and they all gathered around her, while Aman pulled the corners of her clothes and looked at her with his little head up.

Bent down and hugged Ah Man up, the little girl hugged Qiu Chen's neck and whispered, "Mother, I also want to fry medicine!" ”

Qiu Chen pinched Aman's nose and said with a smile: "Aman wants to fry medicine, and he has to grow enough to reach the pot first!" ”

Ah Man slipped out of Qiu Chen's arms a little unconvinced, leaned over to the side of the pot to compare and measure, and then his little shoulders drooped. She was standing on tiptoe and could just see the contents of the pot, but if she was holding a spatula and stir-frying medicine...... It's still early!

Qiu Chen couldn't help but smile as he looked at the girl with her mouth hanging on her small shoulders. Reaching out to take the little girl into his arms, Qiu Chen smiled and comforted: "Man'er is now small, you can't fry medicine...... However, Man'er still has a lot of things to do for her mother! ”

"Really?" The little girl raised her head suddenly, and looked at Qiu Chen with bright eyes for verification.

Qiu Chen nodded solemnly: "Of course it's true...... Let's talk about what I can do for my mother. Man'er can help her mother feed the chickens, help her mother feed Xiangxiang's family, and ...... Read to your mother, tell stories! My daughter is so amazing, she can help her mother do so much! ”

After speaking, the mother and daughter laughed again, and Qiu Chen handed Aman to Ah Fu and let them go to play on the swing.

Chengzi's subordinates kept stirring up the medicine, but finally couldn't help but look back at the smiling and joyful mother and daughter, and a deep envy and nostalgia flashed in his eyes......

Although Qiu Chen went to the county seat, Liu Zhanxiang still took medicinal materials and crushed them. In this era, smashing jishu is too backward and the speed is very, very slow. It can be said that the production of healing medicine is time-consuming and laborious, and it is the crushing link. If you give her an electric grinder, she can do it for thousands of pounds a day!

Looking at the crushing situation, Qiu Chen said to a few people who worked very seriously: "Before these medicines are crushed, you can let them dry in the sun and grind them while they are scorching, which will save a lot of effort!" ”

Liu Zhanxiang and Lin Ziquan both nodded in response, and Brother Quan said: "If it's raining and cloudy, can you put it on the kang and grind it again?" ”

Qiu Chen smiled, it seems that among the few employees she recruited, she is still very talented!

"Yes, but be sure to pay attention to the time and temperature. If the kang is too hot for a long time or too hot, it will also make the herbs lose their medicinal properties, and it will be useless to make the medicine when the time comes! ”

After watching a few people grinding, Qiu Chen came to the installation of distillation equipment again and explained the installation sequence of the equipment to Junshu Junwen and Dazhuang.

Seal the retort tightly with red mud and cover it with a damp rag to effectively prevent air leakage. The copper parts on the top are very well made, and he has never seen a screw master, and he actually made the screw mouth tightly seam, which made Qiu Chen secretly admire.

With the distillation utensils here, Qiu Chen asked Junwen and Da Zhuang to carry over the two tables they had just bought, stacked them together, and lifted the large vat with a copper faucet with a hole in the bottom and put it steadily. For added stability, both tables are pressed against the courtyard wall. Then Qiu Chen asked Da Zhuang to fetch water and come back, and poured it into the big vat above along the ladder. Without running water, this tank is a temporary pressurized tank. Then the slender water pipe is connected in sections to connect the water tank to the distillation condenser. The condenser outlet is also connected to a copper pipe, and a section of curved pipe is placed on it, which is hung on the edge of the large water tank, and the condensate water flows back into the large water tank, thus forming a water circulation system.

After the assembly was completed, Qiu Chen confirmed that there was no problem, so he asked a few children to help, unscrew the copper cover on the retort, and then tighten the screws, and the entire distillation equipment was installed.

Qiu Chen commanded to add some water into it, lit a fire, the water boiled, and no steam came out of the various connections, indicating that the device was in good workmanship and there was no air leakage, so he was relieved. Let Da Zhuang stop the fire, clear the water from the pot for experiments, and bring two jars of wine into it. Formal ignition distillation begins.

Qiu Chen called Yuxiang, Da Zhuang, and Chengzi over and said to them: "From now on, Yuxiang and Da Zhuang are responsible for lighting the fire on this stove during the day, and watch this outlet, as soon as there is wine flowing out, you will call me!" ”

Seeing the two nodding, Qiu Chen said again: "This job looks easy, but it can't be stopped for a moment, the fire can't be too big, and it can't be too small...... until no more alcohol is served. In this way, once the fire starts, it means that it cannot be stopped at night. However, the work of watching the fire at night will be handed over to Chengzi. Okay, now Yuxiang Dazhuang is looking at the fire, and Chengzi is now going to sleep. Later, Yuxiang and Da Zhuang will go home, and you will come over to take over! ”

Chengzi nodded and said, "Auntie, I'm not sleepy...... Aunt Lan Ying has something to do, I'd better finish the medicine first! ”

Seeing that although he was a little tired, his eyes were very bright, so he did not object and agreed.

About touching, there was still some time before the distillation of the liquor, Qiu Chen instructed Junwen and went to Lan Ying's house with his baggage.

The courtyard was quiet, listen carefully, there were faint sobs and consolation voices coming from the main house, Qiu Chen raised his voice, Zhi'er and Xiang'er came out of the house with red eyes, after greeting, Qiu Chen bought two red velvet thread ropes from the county town and gave them to Zhi'er Xiang'er, seeing the two little girls smiling into flowers, and then happily carrying the burden into the main house.

There weren't so many evasions in the village, so Qiu Chen directly lifted the curtain and entered the back room. Since the green cloth curtain was hung in Qiu Chen's house, Lan Ying said that it looked good, but the curtain was still clustered, and it didn't take long to hang it. It can also be seen from this point that these days, Lan Ying's family has also been much more active.

As soon as he entered the inner room, the dim light made Qiu Chen get used to it, and only then did he see the situation in the house clearly, and saw Lan Ying's mother-in-law, Wang Shi, sitting on the kang head, holding a handkerchief in her hand, crying, her eyes were swollen, and her face and nose were also red. Lan Ying stood under the kang, and the Erkui family sat on the edge of the kang, comforting the Wang family together, and the two of them were also red-eyed, thinking that they would accompany the Wang family to cry.

Seeing Qiu Chen coming in, Lan Ying greeted her, and the Erkui family also got up from the kang, Qiu Chen stepped forward to support her and asked her to sit down: "Your body is heavy, how can you still pay so much attention, sit down peacefully!" ”

After speaking, he walked to the front of the Wang family, put the burden in Wang's arms, and said with a smile: "This is Brother Mancang asked me to bring it back, just now Sister Lan Ying heard Brother Mancang's letter, so she hurried home and told you, I can't be lazy if I want to!" ”

Just received the grief Wang's family, when he saw his son bring back the burden, he took it tremblingly, his hands kept rubbing, and he couldn't help but cry again.

Qiu Chen hurriedly took the hand towel in her hand, wiped her tears and said, "Auntie, it's a great joy for Brother Mancang to come back, you should always be happy, why are you still shedding tears?" Are you not satisfied with Brother Mancang bringing things back? …… But, you haven't even looked at it, how do you know that you're not satisfied? ”

Trying to persuade her, Qiu Chen was secretly sweating, she wouldn't persuade anyone!

At this time, I had to adjust the atmosphere by searching my stomach: "Auntie, you quickly open the burden and let me and Hongmei open our eyes...... Hey, yes, you must be afraid that I and Hongmei are here, and I see good things robbing you, hey, Hongmei, let's go, let's go, let's go, and let my aunt secretly see what good things Brother Mancang brought her! ”

couldn't hold her up for such a smear of herself, the Erkui family and Lan Ying had already laughed crookedly, and the Wang family couldn't hold back laughing, patted Qiu Chen on the shoulder and smiled: "You can talk!" ”

Erkui's family also made a rare joke: "Alas, full of sister-in-law, I said that we can't persuade my aunt for a long time, and the relationship is that we are stupid!" Okay, let's go, let's let Begonia stay here alone with her aunt! ”

As he spoke, he couldn't hold back his laughter at first. Wang scolded with a smile, and finally completely put aside the sadness just now.

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