The situation of Erkui's family made Qiu Chen speechless, both hating his indisputable helplessness and shameless anger at Erkui's eldest brother...... Can this only be said to be the result of the ignorant villagers' innate fear of the yamen?

In addition, both members of the Erkui family have signed a deed, no matter whether she regards them as servants in her heart or not, when encountering such a thing, they should also think of her and ask for help from the family. She believes that even Junko's most honest appearance can easily drive Da Kui away, instead of being robbed of all the savings he has saved so hard.

She is really tired of the two Da Kui, Liu Jiaao is simple and simple, except for the harvester and Da Kui who ran away with people, there is really no such shameless, that is, the original second-rate son Liu Sanhe, and now he is also a little steward in the Lin family, in charge of Liu Jiaao's collection of grain and vegetables...... It is said that a matchmaker has already come to him to tell him that he is a daughter-in-law, and he thinks that in the near future, he will be able to say that his last daughter-in-law is living a serious life.

However, both members of the Erkui family are such cowardly personalities, and she can't change people's personalities, but she can't move the Erkui family again, hiding is not a way, she has to find a way to get rid of the troubles forever, otherwise, if she really marries into the capital, the future life of the Erkui family is afraid that it will be sad.

However, she didn't tell Erkui and his family about this plan, but just asked Erkui to advance two months' monthly money in advance, and sent them two bags of rice and noodles to help them overcome the difficulties in front of them temporarily.

Qiu Chen didn't need to do anything about this, she confessed to Daxing, but a few days later, news came that Dakui was in debt for gambling, was arrested for theft, and was sentenced to exile. Dakui's daughter-in-law simply disappeared, and the two children were gone.

Erkui's family came to discuss with Qiu Chen, wanting to take the two children over, Qiu Chen didn't stop him, but he didn't support them to afford the two children again like this, Erkui and his family didn't have great ability, although Qiu Chen took care of it, they would earn so much hard-earned money a month, and they had to raise three children and support Erkui's father, so they didn't have a good time.

She has seen the two children of the Da Kui family, except that they are not very polite, there is no major problem. So she gave the Erkui family an idea, helped find two apprentice jobs in the store in Fucheng, and sent the two children to learn some trades, and they will have a head start in the future. Although the youngest is only eight years old, but this is the times, there are not a few apprentices at the age of six or seven, and eight years old is not too young, not to mention, Qiu Chen asked carefully when he asked people to find a job for this apprentice, the shop is quite lenient for apprentices, at least they can eat enough, and they will not be deliberately harsh, the two are close, and they will not suffer much if they take care of them more on weekdays, which is better than being at home and wandering.

This is all a trivial matter, and now there is no need for Qiu Chen to do anything personally, but it is just a matter of words.

Turning back from Erkui's house, looking at the beginning of the day, Qiu Chen estimated that Lan Zhi's anxious temperament was almost time to come, so he went back to the house to wash and comb himself, and changed into a narrow sleeved waist short jacket embroidered with yellow daisies on an ivory white background, a floor-length pleated long skirt full of yellow smoke embroidered with small chrysanthemums, his hair was simply curled, and he saved a mutton fat jade hibiscus hairpin.

Yufeng took out another palace-made golden silk chrysanthemum silk flower, and persuaded softly: "Madam, wear more branches, it should not be too plain." ”

In this era, if you don't pay attention to plain simplicity, unless Dai Xiaoshi asks for plain light, it is rude to be too concise at other times, and it will make people feel unlucky.

There was no way, Qiu Chen nodded helplessly, picked up the wisteria flower and compared it on his head, but it was useless to abandon it, he chose three or four yellow daisies and put them in his sideburns, looked left and right, and got up with satisfaction.

Yuegui stood behind her with a mirror, and praised again and again: "Mrs. is dressed too plainly on weekdays, and she looks so good in this dress today!" ”

Qiu Chen raised his eyebrows and stretched out his hand to scrape Yuegui's nose, and said angrily: "Isn't it just a few small flowers, as for such an exaggeration!" ”

Yuegui stuck out her tongue, hurriedly packed up her makeup with Yufeng, and prepared fruit preserves.

In the middle of the day, a word came from the front, and the car of the Tang Mansion had already entered the alley. Qiu Chen hurriedly straightened his clothes, put on a heavy silk cloak, and took Yufeng and Yuegui to greet him.

As soon as Qiu Chen arrived and entered the courtyard, the threshold was removed from the gate, and the carriage of the Tang Mansion had already entered the door.

Qiu Chen greeted him and watched a mother-in-law in her thirties step on the footstool first, and get out of the carriage with great dignity and elegance. Immediately afterwards, it was a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl with a beautiful appearance, Qiu Chen recognized her, she was the big girl Xiuju next to Lan Zhi. In a blink of an eye, Lan Zhi, who was wrapped in a big red velvet cloak, walked out of the carriage and helped Xiuju's hand get out of the car.

"Aunt Begonia......"

Before she could land on the ground, Tang Lanzhi stopped her voice, and her timid eyes subconsciously looked at the mother-in-law who was guarding under the car. Then, as if changing his face, he instantly became dignified, and stepped forward with the girl's head in a proper manner, and bowed with blessings: "Lan Zhi has seen Yang Shuren, ask Yang Shuren for peace!" ”

When Qiu Chen came out to greet the guests, his attention was naturally focused on Laneige, and he naturally did not miss the sharp changes before and after her in a blink of an eye. Who is the mother-in-law who can make Lan Zhi so afraid? It seems that this mother-in-law is not the legendary evil slave and bully, she should have been approved and supported by the Tang Wu clan to do so.

"Hehe, but I haven't seen her for more than a month, Lan Zhi is getting more and more beautiful, and this action is becoming more and more dignified......" Qiu Chen pondered in his heart, but his face silently reached out to help Lan Zhi, and he didn't let go, so he grabbed Lan Zhi's arm, turned around and instructed Yufeng, "It's cold, don't let people wait outside, you take Xiuju and this ......"

Speaking of the mother-in-law, Qiu Chen paused slightly, Lan Zhi was about to speak, but the mother-in-law stepped forward on her own, extremely respectful and elegant, but secretly alienated and proud in her bones: "The slave's surname is Qiu, and it was Tang Er's grandmother who invited the slave and maid to teach etiquette for the young lady, so the slave and maid still can't ......."

"Oh, it turned out to be Mama Qiu, it's really disrespectful. Hehe, when I see Mama's bearing, it is extraordinary, so I should be respected, Yufeng, you take Mama Qiu and Xiuju to rest in the small flower hall, remember to take good care of it, don't be slow. I haven't seen the big girl in a long time, so we went to the backyard to talk. ”

Although Yufeng said that she had few words, she was very well-informed, and immediately took a mother-in-law forward, half-hugging, half-helping, half-mopping and carrying Mama Qiu to the Xiaohua Hall. Xiuju's eyes were full of joy, and she was blessed again and again, and hurriedly followed.

Lan Zhi leaned on Qiu Chen, let out a long sigh of relief, patted her chest and said, "But if you go, I can breathe a sigh of relief...... I know that Aunt Haitang has a way! ”

Looking at Lan Zhi, who was instantly relaxed, Qiu Chen wanted to laugh but didn't dare to let go, took her hand and went all the way into the second gate, and then said with a smile: "The upbringing grandma that your mother invited for you?" Where did you get it, it looks pretty good! ”

"Alas, don't talk about Aunt Begonia, I'm about to be tortured by her and go crazy!" As soon as she mentioned this, Lan Zhi's little face became bitter, and she pouted and frowned, "Where was it invited by my mother, it was invited by the eldest uncle in Beijing, who said that it was the upbringing grandmother in the palace who came to teach me etiquette...... You say that I don't know how to be polite, but I love to talk and laugh in front of people close to me, as for making such a strict mother-in-law to criticize me...... You don't know how to walk, you don't let you take a big stride when you walk, and you tie a bell to my skirt, and as soon as the bell rings, she hits me with a ring ruler...... There is also the order in which you eat, what to eat first and then what to eat...... Can't eat too much...... Sleeping, too, you can't curl your legs, you can't turn sideways, you can't support your cheeks, you can't talk in your dreams and grit your teeth...... Ouch, Aunt Begonia, if it goes on like this, it won't be long before I will be tortured to death......"

The more she spoke, the tighter Lan Zhi's eyebrows wrinkled, and at the end of the day, the two curved eyebrows almost crouched into pimples, and the whole little face wrinkled bitterly together, almost wrinkled into a bun full of pleats!

Qiu Chen was only surprised at first, but when he listened, he was simply stunned. This grandmother with the same surname as her is simply a copy of Mama Rong!

It's just that looking at Lan Zhi angrily complaining, although she sighed for a long time with infinite troubles, she didn't have much sadness, and her face was ruddy and lovely, not a little yellow and thin...... What this little girl said may be the truth, but that Mama Qiu's strictness has not been implemented much, otherwise, according to Lan Zhi's harsh law, the little girl in front of her can still be so lively and complain to her with her eyebrows and eyes? Also, the Wu family loves their daughters very much, and they are more attentive than their two sons, and they are not the kind of mother who is weak and incapable of protecting her children, so how can she watch her daughter suffer from it? With that Wu family making a move, presumably even if Mama Qiu has the heart, she can't do anything.

Thinking about the trick, Qiu Chen breathed a sigh of relief, endured the amusement again, and after listening to Lan Zhi's complaints, he asked, "Your eldest aunt is far away in the capital and still wants to ask you to raise your grandmother?" ”

Lan Zhi pursed her lips unceremoniously and said disdainfully: "Where is she really good for me, but she is just angry when she sees my mother and father following her father in a foreign position, and she can't manage family affairs." ”

Qiu Chen blinked, didn't answer the words, and changed the subject: "I learned that you are here today, I asked the kitchen to make you a few new snacks early in the morning, and it should be made now, go, go into the house and wash your hands, let's eat snacks and talk again." ”

"Hey, new snacks? Is it a trick that Aunt Begonia came up with? As soon as Lan Zhi heard the dim sum, her eyes immediately lit up, and she immediately put away the bitterness on her face, asked with a smile, and followed Qiu Chen into the house.

In addition to the cloak on Qiu Chen's body, he also took off the velvet cloak on his body and took her hand all the way into the ear room.

Qiu Chen gradually renovated the ear room, installed a copper water heater on the stove of the kang, and after filling it with water, as long as the stove was lit on fire, he could enjoy 24-hour hot water service. In order to be cheap, a water tank is also installed on the wall above the water heater, and when used, the hot and cold water can be adjusted.

Of course, these bulky things and the stove are not visible, what can be seen in the ear room is a large bathtub hidden behind the curtain, and on the other side there is a glass basin, the basin is specially made, and a curved pipe is burned underneath, and it is back to the compartment where the fire is burned, and there is a large wooden barrel on the other side, which is specially used to hold sewage.

Above the washbasin, there is a two-foot-square oval glass mirror, and on the table next to the washbasin, there are toiletries such as soap and facial cleanser...... Since he made the glass at home, the cosmetic bottles used by Qiu Chen have been changed to glass bottles, and Lan Zhi couldn't help but exclaim and admire when she saw these delicate and beautiful bottles.

"Oops, it's so pretty!" Lan Zhi admired in surprise, stretched out her hand and wanted to take it, but stopped halfway, turned back to Qiu Chen and smiled embarrassedly, "Aunt Begonia, what is this?" ”

Seeing this little girl's itchy appearance, Qiu Chen couldn't help but laugh and said, "It's just something that washes hands and faces on weekdays, but it's just a glass bottle!" ”

"Oh? Aunt Begonia doesn't use soap to wash her face? Lan Zhi took the bottle handed by Qiu Chen in surprise, opened the stopper and smelled it, and asked, "Hmm, lotus fragrance, I like this one the most, faint, not so greasy fragrance." ”

Qiu Chen smiled and took a few bottles one by one to show Lan Zhi, and said, "This is specially prepared for washing your face, and it is not as rinsed as soap...... It will be more comfortable to wash your face. ”

"Oh? Is it the same as washing your hair in a shower? Lan Zhi's favorite thing is Taocheng fragrance dew and fragrant juice, and when she saw these interests, she asked endlessly.

Qiu Chen smiled and nodded, "Almost." It's just that different places on people's bodies will make the scalp more oily, and the things used to wash hair will be more oily, and there will also be smooth hair and nourish hair; There is less oil on the body, less oil removal ingredients, and there will also be some moisturizing things added to the skin. In addition, like this year's cool shower gel, there are pharmaceutical ingredients to prevent prickly heat and insect repellent...... This can be used in many different ways according to practical mixing. ”

"Oh, I was thinking about Taocheng Xianglu Juice Purple Powder before, I didn't know that there could be so many exquisite ...... in the road" Lan Zhi danced excitedly.

Qiu Chen pulled her and said, "Come, wash your hands first, let's eat snacks, I'll tell you slowly." ”

After washing his hands, Qiu Chen took Lan Zhi back to the house, and five or six kinds of dim sum had been placed on the kang table. Lan Zhi let out a low cheer, sat on the kang and pinched a piece of chestnut cake and put it in her mouth. Qiu Chen's dim sum now is not as good as it was at the beginning, the small dim sum is buckled into various flowers with molds, one is not much bigger than the thumb cover, one bite at a time, delicate and beautiful, and delicious and convenient.

Qiu Chen took the chestnut crisp and gave it to Lan Zhi to taste, and then, Yuegui sent two delicate and small small white porcelain cups, which were filled with creamy yellow cheese, sprinkled with a layer of walnut powder on the surface, and a few petals of oranges and a few pieces of apples, which were delicate and beautiful like flowers.

After eating walnut cheese little by little, Qiu Chen brought Lan Zhi a set of various cosmetics for his own use, and told her the usage and precautions one by one, such as one of the creams with ginseng extract, Qiu Chen did not recommend Lan Zhi to use it: "...... This one is too greasy, you use it early, and it is suitable for me and your mother to use it. However, it should also be used on the face that is not easy to get oily...... Your mother's skin bears a slight resemblance to mine, but it's just right. ”

Lan Zhi was amazed again and again, nodded again and again, and listened extremely seriously.

After saying that, Qiu Chen's topic quietly returned to Mama Yin: "Is it true that girls in Beijing have to ask Mama Yin for guidance when they reach a certain age?" ”

At the mention of this topic, Lan Zhi, who was just excited and cheerful, had a bitter face, and pouted: "Where is it necessary." Most people are equipped with their own homes to teach etiquette and behavior from an early age, and a little older will hire a husband to read and write, and a larger one will invite an embroidery girl to teach her red, and will go to the kitchen to learn to identify various ingredients, learn to cook and cook...... These are generally available, and there is no need to ask for special guidance at all. Of course, there are two kinds, one is that etiquette is not good, and there are no rules for behavior and behavior. The other is to be chosen, to enter the palace or into various palaces, but also to ask the palace to teach the palace to teach the etiquette and rules in the palace......"

Speaking of this, the smile on Qiu Chen's face could barely be maintained, but Lan Zhi in front of her didn't realize what she said at all, sighed exaggeratedly, spread her hands and said: "Look at it, my mother has arranged for me to teach two grandmothers since I was a child, what etiquette rules, what female celebrity cooking, what reading, literacy, playing the piano, poetry and painting, I have learned, although I am not very proficient, but there is nothing to be ashamed of." The eldest aunt sent the grandmother to teach her, and she also used the banner of my grandmother...... Hmph, who doesn't know that my grandmother hurts me the most. It's much more distressing than the eldest sister who married out, if it weren't for the fact that my grandmother was old and still wanted to live in Anyang......"

Qiu Chen tried hard to stabilize her emotions and expressions, and when Lan Zhi muttered to a paragraph, she poured a cup of warm milk tea and handed it to Lan Zhi, and said with a smile: "Your eldest sister is your eldest aunt's daughter?" Daughter-in-law? ”

"Well," Lan Zhi took a sip of milk tea, squinted her eyes and savored the rich fragrance of milk tea, and after a while, she raised her eyes and said, "Yes, my eldest aunt is only one of my eldest sisters, and one cousin and one cousin in my uncle's house are all concubines, and there are two cousins who are very young...... Heck, my uncle has a lot of family, and I don't like it at all. Leaving Beijing, our family is much cleaner. Alas, if only my grandmother was in good health and could be brought to Anyang......"

Qiu Chen quickly sorted out the information stored in his brain. Lan Zhi's eldest uncle, Tang Yanjue, was originally the prefect of Sipin Jinling, and had just been promoted to the political envoy of Sanpinbu in Jiangsu Province a year later, in charge of the financial resources of Jiangsu Province. Tang Chong, who had just been promoted to the secretary of the ministry, was Lan Zhi's grandfather...... Although Lan Zhi's father is still only a fourth-grade foreign official, it is an indisputable fact that the power of the Tang family is quietly rising in the court. At this time, Aunt Lan Zhi suddenly sent the only concubine of the Tang family to the palace to teach the grandmother, is the hidden meaning behind this just a contest between the two rooms of the Tang family?

Although Lan Zhi said that her grandmother loved her very much, if it was for the sake of the entire Tang family, would Lan Zhi's grandmother stop her from marrying into the royal family?

Today, Emperor Jingshun is more than 50 years old, and the life span of human beings in this era is far less than that of modern times, especially the so-called Son of Heaven, who can live past 60 years old, is considered to be long-lived, and very few live past 70...... Therefore, it is unlikely that the Tang family will send Lan Zhi to the palace, and the prince who is in the prime of his life has entered Qiu Chen's mind......

"Aunt Begonia? Aunt Begonia! Lan Zhi's call made Qiu Chen wake up suddenly.

Stunned, his eyes gradually fell on Lan Zhi's surprised and childish face, paused slightly, swallowed the sigh that came to his mouth, blinked his eyes and smiled: "Hearing you talk about your family, I also think of Fu'er Man'er coming......

"Oh, I said...... Why didn't Aunt Haitang bring Fu'er Man'er into Anyang Mansion to live? You live in an old house, so far away, I can't go and play with my younger siblings! Lan Zhi didn't pursue it, and immediately sighed along with Qiu Chen's topic.

Qiu Chen smiled, peeled two sugar-fried chestnuts and handed them over, and put them in the fine porcelain plate in front of Lan Zhi: "You taste this, isn't it particularly soft and glutinous and sweet?" ”

Lan Zhi smiled and pinched one and put it in her mouth, and sighed for a moment: "Oh, really, chestnuts are so delicious to eat, even better than making chestnut cakes and chestnut cakes...... I didn't even know what to do! ”

Qiu Chen smiled, let Lan Zhi look at the little chestnuts in his palm, and said, "Let me tell you, such small chestnuts are delicious." On weekdays, we see chestnuts bigger than this, but they are dry and not sweet or glutinous, it's not that you don't know the way, such big chestnuts are delicious when they are made into chestnut cakes with sugar! ”

"Oh, yes, when I went to the kitchen to learn to identify the ingredients, the chestnuts I saw were bigger than this, and I didn't dare to recognize ......them when I saw them just now," Lan Zhi smiled and reached out to grab two chestnuts, but couldn't find a way to peel them.

Qiu Chen smiled and stretched out his hand to teach her: "In this way, pinch a gap with your fingernails, and then pinch it...... Oh, that's it! ”

The two of them talked and laughed, talking about eating, dressing and having fun, Qiu Chen left Lan Zhi for lunch, and it was not until the word came that Mama Qiu was urging her to return home, and Lan Zhi said that she wanted to borrow Qiu Chen's lakeside pavilion.

"I can see that Lan Zhi has really grown up, and she knows that she has handed over the little sisters...... Qiu Chen said with a smile.

Lan Zhi pouted, and said disapprerovingly: "Where do I want to do this kind of thing, it's not that Aunt Haitang hasn't seen those people, all of them are pretentious, they are all the same as carved out of a mold, they all pay attention to smiling without showing their teeth and walking without showing their feet...... Hey, I'm going to have to pretend like that, too...... It's annoying to think about it. It's not that Mama Qiu proposed to my mother, saying that I should have more contact with the young ladies of each family, let me see what the young ladies of other families are like, and learn to interact with those people...... I really don't know, what am I dating with those people? It's very boring, and it's uncomfortable...... I'm really uncomfortable with myself!. ”

Qiu Chen listened silently with a smile, but his heart was far from being as calm as it seemed. From Lan Zhi's words, Qiu Chen felt more and more that if the Tang family really had any plans, he was afraid that it was not only Lan Zhi's grandmother and aunt who would do it, but Lan Zhi's mother, that is, the wife of Tang Yanzhang, the prefect of Anyang, Wu, would also play a role in fueling the trouble. Not to mention much support, at least not to oppose, or not to be firm in the position.