Chapter Eighty-Seven: Painting Cakes

Another day, Qiu Chen got up early to wash up, made breakfast and made an egg custard. Chop the sea rice and add it, put a few drops of sesame oil in the pot, put a little minced leeks, and a fragrant egg custard is ready.

Qiu Chen's small bowl was covered and carried to the school.

Shi is only a little over two years old, and although she did not have a fever when she fell into the water yesterday, she is still not at ease. In this era, the medical conditions are poor, and children can die of diarrhea......

In the courtyard of the academy, Er Kui was chopping firewood shirtless, and when he saw Qiu Chen coming in with a bowl, he was so panicked that he didn't even bother to say hello, and hurriedly jumped into the house.

Erkui's daughter-in-law was cooking in the outhouse of the West Wing, and after hearing what Erkui said, she hurriedly put down the firewood and grass in her hand and greeted her.

"Aunt Begonia, look, I'm making you laugh, his father chops firewood and splits it hot......"

Qiu Chen waved his hand, avoiding the topic, and asked, "Shi Shi slept peacefully at night, right?" ”

"Hey, sleep well, I didn't see my shyness when I came back last night, Qinghe's sister-in-law, Manho's sister-in-law and Qingshan's family came over, and a group of Tao boys got together and played around for a while!" Erkui's expression said lightly, no longer the panic when he learned that his son had fallen into the water yesterday.

Qiu Chen put his mind at ease and handed over the bowl in his hand: "I made an egg custard for the stone......

Erkui's face smiled, but his eyes were wet, he raised his hand to wipe the wetness from the corners of his eyes, and said with a bowl that was still a little hot: "This family's size is all thanks to you to take care of ......"

Qiu Chen patted her on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Look at what you said, we are close to each other, and we lose our temper, we are really like sisters, and it is not right to take care of each other." Okay, I'm still burning the fire, and I'm relieved to know that the stone is okay......"

Erkui's family agreed, and suddenly remembered something, grabbed Qiu Chen's hand, but shouted into the house: "Dad, what you said yesterday, don't take it out yet!" ”

Erkui promised in the house and walked out with a piece of loose silver. Qiu Chen saw that he had already put on his clothes, but there was still some embarrassment on his slightly dark face, and he couldn't help but smile.

But seeing Er Kui walking in front of her, he threw his hand to the ground, "Yesterday, my mother and I were in a hurry, and we didn't bother to thank you, this time it's really thanks to Lin Niangzi, otherwise, the stone ......"

Qiu Chen was also a little uncomfortable when he made such a solemn fuss, and waved his hand again and again.

Erkui's family took the broken silver from Erkui's hand and stuffed it into Qiu Chen's hand: "This is the money for the child's medical treatment and medicine yesterday, I won't say anything else, Shanzi Stone has not been less than chewing grain in the Lin family on weekdays, you have to take this medicine money anyway......"

Qiu Chen looked at the honest couple with an eager and solemn face, and he didn't shirk much, took the broken silver, and said with a smile: "Don't be in a hurry to do needlework these days, take care of the stones with peace of mind, and wait for the child to be neat and then talk about anything else." Go ahead and get busy, I'll be back. ”

The Erkui family agreed, but they still sent Qiu Chen out of the gate, and watched Qiu Chen enter the gate of the Lin family, and then returned to the house with the bowl of egg custard.

She and Erkui are both honest and honest dealers, but they also understand the truth of Entubao. Although the family did not even have a house of their own, they had saved nearly ten taels of silver, and it would have been enough to build an adobe thatched house. But she has been busy, but she didn't spare any time, so she discussed with Er Kui, simply saved some more money, and waited until the autumn to get up a blue brick yard like the Lin family. Although I don't dare to think that the Lin family is so bright, but like the school, the courtyard of the three main houses and the east and west wings is only fifteen or sixteen taels of silver, and if they save for half a year, they will not be tired of taking it out, and they can buy some more furniture and objects...... And such a day, she and Erkui couldn't think of it before, the reason why they were able to lay out like this, build a house, and let their children go to school...... It's all thanks to the Lin family's lady!

She and Er Kui don't have any skills, but they are just a handful of strength, a needlework, and all they can do is do their best.

As for the twenty taels of silver that he got yesterday, the Erkui family didn't even think about it, it was the money that the stone almost got with a life...... Just put it aside and give it to him to go to school and study!

The farmer married a daughter, the day was busy, and there was nothing to do on the second day, Qinghe's family also came back to work, brought a pot of croquettes, and a large bag of candy peanut roasted noodles purse, the balls Qiu Chen took it and sent it to the kitchen, the sugar and the fire purse were directly taken by Junyan Junzhang Afu Aman, and after thanking Qinghe's family, he took it to Shanzi and a gang of people to eat.

Aman looked at the small fire with red dots the size of copper coins and looked good, so he picked one up and stuffed it into his mouth, and when he bit it, his face was bitter, and he shouted at the adults: "Mother, this small fire is sticky, ......."

Lan Ying walked over with a smile, poured a glass of water for the little girl to rinse her mouth, and said with a smile: "This thing is raw, of course it is sticky!" ”

Qiu Chen was a little stunned when he heard this, but he quickly understood it in the laughter of everyone. Obviously, the pastries used in these wedding ceremonies all take the sign of 'birth', and they want to give birth to a noble son early!

Qinghejia also smiled, wiping the tears that came out of laughter and said: "The one that can't be eaten directly, boil the soup and eat it!" ”

Qiu Chen smiled and said, "Man'er, did you hear what you said?" Pick out those purses, and we'll eat this at noon! ”

The Qingshan family patted Yuxiang's shoulder and said with a smile: "It's okay for others, Yuxiang can eat a few more ......."

provoked Yuxiang to blush, and Lan Ying and the Qingshan family laughed and talked about going to Wang's house yesterday.

Lan Ying said: "People's houses, that yard, I feel like I have entered one door after another, dizzy, I don't know where or where, if it wasn't for others, I would have been confused a long time ago......"

The Qingshan family also followed: "Yes, look at what people are wearing, oh, and the maid's mother-in-law is calling, and I can't see how many people are in chaos!" Your Chunhong will have a young grandmother's life in the future! ”

Qinghe's face was full of smiles, and his mouth was a little deliberately modest: "It's almost the same as the Liu family in Xitou, how can it be as exaggerated as you say......

Qiu Chen watched from the side, with the same smile on his face, but he was just silent.

Seeing the joy and satisfaction of Qinghe's family, she is now glad that she didn't say anything carelessly. It's just that everyone's pursuit of happiness is different, and in her opinion, it is simply unbearable, and maybe others don't care at all.

Laughing and laughing, everyone did not delay going to work, and hurriedly received the medicine and went to the backyard.

Today, no one is absent from work, and there is much more to do. In order to finish crushing the medicinal materials before the wheat harvest holiday on the twenty-fifth day, Qiu Chen also cleaned up, settled Junyan Junzhang with a group of small writing and arithmetic problems, she also went to the backyard and fried the medicine with Junwen.

Because of Brother Quan's family to buy Luo Bu Ma in the surrounding villages, the number of Luo Bu Ma to be fried and packaged every day has nearly doubled, and it turns out that Lan Ying's three plus Yuxiang are just enough.

Now there is no need to spin the pills, Da Zhuang and Lin Zi, as well as Er Kui and Liu Zhanfeng, crush the medicinal materials together, and Brother Quan will help Qiu Chen Junwen to help carry and carry the medicinal materials, and divide the medicinal materials that need to be fried, which is also very busy.

The days of nervousness and hurry passed quickly, and after three days, the new son-in-law of the Qinghe family, Young Master Wang, returned to the door with Chunhong.

Qinghe's family took another day off, and early in the morning, Qinghe went to the town to cut meat and buy fish, ready to entertain his new son-in-law.

At the end of the day, a group of children who ran out early to see the lively Shanzi bolt rushed in to report that the young master of the Wang family and Chunhong had entered the village in a carriage.

Seeing that Lan Ying and the others were all full of excitement, Qiu Chen simply let them go to see their new son-in-law. There is a custom in the village here that on the day when the daughter returns to the door after getting married, the people in the village want to see the new son-in-law, and the sisters-in-law and aunts can also stop the new son-in-law and ask for red envelopes.

This kind of excitement Qiu Chen didn't go, Erkui and Liu Zhanxiang didn't move, Brother Quan, Lin Zi Dazhuang greeted Junwen, Junwen didn't go either, those boys scratched their heads a little embarrassed, Qiu Chen smiled and waved his hand: "Go if you want to go, help your sisters-in-law and aunts ask for a few more red envelopes!" ”

Lin Zi agreed with a smile and ran out.

The group of people who went to see the new son-in-law did not delay their efforts, and they all came back with a smile in less than two quarters of an hour.

The Qingshan family boasted: "The style of the big family is different, and they directly carry a basket of money and scatter the ......."

Lin Zi, Da Zhuang, Brother Quan and Bolt Shanzi and a group of leather boys are also smiling, if it is according to the usual practice, only the sister-in-law and aunt of the bride can ask for red envelopes when looking at the new son-in-law, and there is no share of these petty bourgeoisie. Today, the young master of the Wang family is throwing money all over the world, but there is no distinction between people, and the boys have also robbed some, although everyone is only twenty or thirty at most, but they are all happy.

Qiu Chen looked at a large group of people smiling and admiring, but he could only sigh secretly in his heart!

The young master of the Wang family is not here to send red envelopes to his mother's family, this is to put the score of the young master, and the reward is here!

On the twenty-fifth day, early in the morning, Qiu Chen asked Junwen to take Junyan Junzhang to the town to buy a handful of pork and come back, and Erkui volunteered to bring a sharp knife to debone the pork. Looking at the usually silent and honest Erkui, he picked up the boning knife, and it seemed to be a different person, the simple person was gone, and he became flexible, and a boning knife was made smooth by him, as if it had become a pen in the hands of a literati, wandering like a dragon and snake, and quickly separated the pork bones from the meat, and, because of Qiu Chen's instructions, a layer of meat should be left on the bones for stewing and eating, yes, the pork bones removed by Erkui are not as smooth as the bones on the meat stall, but similar to modern pork ribs and big bones, Qiu Chen, who was overjoyed, directly asked Erkui to cut the ribs into inches, and the big bones directly knocked on two sections, and chopped the spine into sections. zuihou, Qiu Chen left the meat on the front legs and hind legs, and the rest of the bloody necks and waist sockets were cut into about two and a half catties of meat strips.

For lunch, because the work was tight, I simply stewed a dish and ate it. Qiu Chen commanded the Junwen brothers to carry out the divided haode meat strips. A basket of pork was carried out with red and white trembling eyes, and the helpers had almost guessed Qiu Chen's arrangement, and they all looked happy but tried their best to press it.

Qiu Chen smiled and patted Junwen's shoulder: "Okay, it's hot, this meat can't be stopped." Junwen took a look, distributed the meat to everyone, and hurriedly sent it home......"

Lan Ying took a few women to clean up the dining table, clean the dishes and chopsticks, and looked at the big and strong boys with a look of uncontrollable monkey urgency, and couldn't help but smile and joke: "Junwen, divide it quickly, if you don't divide it, Da Zhuang will rob it!" ”

"Hehe, Aunt Manho said yes, I'll rob my aunt's house!" Da Zhuang has been ridiculed by several women these days, Lan Ying didn't feel anything wrong with this sentence at all, her face didn't change at all, and she replied happily. provoked Lin Zi and Brother Quan to shout, saying that they were also going to rob ......

Junwen got the errand of distributing materials, and also felt that he had received a heavy responsibility, and his face was also beaming, so he went to the stove pit to find some small sticks, folded them into sequential lengths, and then, poked one end and exposed it outside, holding most of it in his hands, Junyan Junzhang went to pick up some wheat straw to spread in the courtyard, and laid out the meat piece by piece, and said Okay, according to the length of the thin sticks drawn, take the meat in turn, fat and thin, only by their own luck.

Qiu Chen watched the Junwen brothers arrange the meat distribution shop in an orderly manner, and was secretly satisfied in his heart.

At this time, it was the end of noon, and many families were carrying baskets to send Luo Bu Ma.

Junzhang Junyan took Afu Aman to the gate, and said to the people who came to send Luo Buma: "Aunts and sisters-in-law, my aunt will give meat to everyone today, please wait for a while." ”

Although Ah Fu was small, he also smiled and continued: "Yes, Aunt Xian, after handing over Luo Buma later, don't be in a hurry to go, my mother said, I will also settle the bill for Aunt Xian today, and please wait patiently for a while, and then leave after receiving the money." ”

As soon as these words came out, there was jubilation inside and outside the courtyard, and there was no one whose face was not overflowing with joy.

Lan Ying and the others had also finished washing at this time, and Qiu Chen took out five pieces of cyan muslin. Each muslin can make two medium-sized men's clothes, and Lan Ying's job is to cut a cotton cloth from the middle. There is nothing to pick and choose about this, cut haode cotton cloth and fold it, wrap it squarely with raw edge paper, and put it on the table in the courtyard.

Da Zhuang, Lin Zi and Brother Quan'er, the three boys, were almost invisible to their happy eyes. Junwen clenched his fist and stretched it out, and the three of them immediately grabbed it, you squeezed me and I squeezed you for a while, and only then did one of them draw a stick, and no one paid attention to the length of the stick, the fat and thinness of the meat, and went straight over, picked up the haode straw rope on the meat strip, took the cotton cloth in one hand and clamped it under his armpit, ran to Qiu Chen and bowed, grinned and rushed out.

Qinghe's family shouted with a smile in the back: "Don't forget, you boys, this dress is the 'work clothes' issued to you by Lin Niangzi, you take it home, but take care of your old lady, don't wear the fabric on their old couple!" ”

Da Zhuang ran the fastest, took the meat and cloth and ran away, Lin Zi was the slowest of the three, and he hadn't left the gate of the Lin family at this time, listening to the shouting of the Qinghe family, he waved his hand without looking back and said: "Don't worry, auntie, my father and mother won't be grinning." It's my aunt's fabric, don't wear it for my uncle! ”

Hate Qinghejia smiled and scolded: "You monkey, see if you come back, I won't whip you with a broom!" ”

This bickering and funny attracted a group of people to be daxiao again.

Soon, several helpers of the Lin family returned home with meat and fabric, Junwen and Junyan Junzhang, plus Afu Aman began to collect today's Luo Buma.

Qiu Chen cleaned up the bones and slices of meat and stewed in a pot, filled it with water, and filled it with firewood to stew. This is called a big pot of boiled meat, to use the farmer's earthen stove, cauldron, firewood, boiled over high heat, and then slowly grunt on low heat for half a day, the stewed meat and bones are separated, the skin is crispy and the meat is rotten, and the soup is thick before it is considered to be hot.

When she was done, the helpers who went home to deliver her things also returned. After a few jokes, he went to the backyard to get busy with his work. The Junwen brothers are also nearing the end of their collection.

Qiu Chen hugged the wooden box, took the account book to the gate, and handed it to Junwen.

Junwen took it, nodded to his aunt, beckoned Junyan Junzhang to count the money, he checked it, and Afu read the name of the person, and began to exchange money one by one.

Ah Fu's little voice was crisp, clear and bright, and a personal name came out of his mouth, and at the same time shouted out how much Luo Buma had been paid and how much money he deserved. In other places, delivery and rent will always be more or less deducted, but the Lin family never does this kind of thing. Although it is said that sending a sum of money cannot make up for ten or twenty yuan, it has won the Lin family a generous reputation.

Cashing money at the gate, Qiu Chen looked at it for a while, and saw that his brothers cooperated tacitly, and even Aman stepped on a chair to help hand over the money, so busy that his little face was flushed, Qiu Chen didn't pay attention to it anymore, and only looked at the people who were lining up to receive the money, zuihou, and his eyes were fixed on the two families in the team.

The family lives in the northwest of the village, and the surname is Liu, and the man in charge of the family is called Xiao Shi, and the mother-in-law became Xiao Shi's family. This little stinky couple has no ability, they live a poor life, they gave birth to five daughters, and Zuihou has an old son who is only one and a half years old. Every day, Cai Luo Bu Ma came to sell a few daughters of the Xiao Stinky family. The eldest girl Xiu'er is only twelve years old, and she is only two years old. The youngest girl is only four and a half years old, about the same age as Ah Fu. After Xiu'er did housework every day, she took her younger siblings up the mountain to pick Luo Buma, often carrying her younger brother on her back and leading her younger sister. As a result, the Luo Bu Ma sold by this group of children is also limited, and each time they redeem money, it is only a few hundred Wen, not to mention the people who get three or four taels of silver, even the average person can get one or two taels of silver in a month.

This group of children, Qiu Chen has observed for a long time, although all of them are yellow and thin, they can be taken care of quite cleanly, the five sisters are very united, Xiu'er carries her younger brother, and the second daughter Yingzi often takes the hand of her little sister...... That is, I don't know what the character of Xiu'er's father and mother is, that little stinky couple.

This time, maybe it's time to exchange money, the little stinky family actually followed, the hair and clothes are still clean, but when waiting for the money to be redeemed, it is longer, the little stinky family stood in the crowd, and lifted the placket to milk the little son as if no one was around!

Qiu Chen frowned, and was about to look away, but saw Xiu'er and her sister standing in front of their mother, covering the mother-in-law who was wearing their clothes. She smiled and looked away.

Xiang'er and Zhi'er, who are full of hoarders, have been going up the mountain one after another to pick Luo Bu hemp, and they are also standing at the end of the line at this time, waiting to redeem the money.

Qiu Chen heard Lan Ying say that the money earned by these two daughters from collecting medicine, she won the consent of her mother-in-law and father-in-law, so she kept it separately and gave the two daughters a dowry in the future. Xiang'er is now nine years old, Zhi'er is only six years old now, when Qiu Chen first heard this, she laughed at her for thinking long-term, but seeing the Qinghe family's Chunhong marrying in such a hurry, the dowry is not to say, but the dowry is ...... It's really nothing, it's just a few beds, a few clothes, and not even a decent piece of furniture.

In this era, marrying a daughter is very particular about 'ten miles of red makeup', and large families often carry dozens or hundreds...... It is said that those who pay attention to the family have been saving dowries since their daughters were born!

She is paying attention, it's time to save a dowry for Man'er!

The life of the full hoarding family is better, and it can be seen from Xiang'er Zhi'er. The two sisters are wearing pink cotton shirts, blue and blue cotton pants, and two small daisies embroidered on the blue and blue cloth shoes.

Zhi'er is still young, but Qiu Chen is very satisfied with Xiang'er's daughter. inherited Lan Ying's diligence and quickness, but she was gentle and gentle, and after more contact, Qiu Chen slowly saw that this Xiang'er was not that kind of dough temper, if someone provoked it, I am afraid that she would have to fight for a long time before giving up.

However, Qiu Chen just likes this kind of temper.

After looking at it for a while, seeing that most of the people had cashed in the money and left happily, Qiu Chen walked over slowly, and greeted Xiang'er Zhi'er first: "You two sisters have cashed out the money later, is there anything important?" ”

Xiang'er immediately smiled and said, "Does Aunt Begonia have a job?" We'll be fine all afternoon, just say what Aunt Begonia has to do! ”

Qiu Chen showed a satisfied smile: "Your mother and their work are busy today, no one is free, I can't be busy alone!" You two have cashed the money, go and talk to your grandmother, come and help me, pick vegetables or something. ”

Xiang'er Zhi'er agreed repeatedly.

Xiang'er and Zhi'er said this, and the people next to them also heard it, but they heard that Qiu Chen was just looking for a child to pick vegetables or something, so he didn't think much about it, they all said hello to Qiu Chen, and waited anxiously to redeem the money.

Seeing that it is Maiqiu, not to mention whether the harvest is good or not, there must be a lot of money to spend first: Maiqiu is a real heavy physical work, the whole family is busy with work, no white and no black is busy working, this meal has to keep up, generally no matter how poor the family, when it is time to harvest wheat, they will also steam a pot of rolls, even if it is a two-sided roll, it is not hungrier than wild vegetables. If the days are a little more comfortable, they will cut two catties of meat, or a catty of oil, fry a few meaty dishes, and add some oil and water, also so that the people who cut the wheat will not get tired!

Also, when you cut wheat, you need to use a sickle, right? When the wheat is cut, it should be tied with straw rope, right?

People who don't have livestock have to find ways to borrow livestock, rent livestock, press the field, and fight the field, but it is all pure strength work, and with the speed of livestock, it can be accelerated, and the speed can be faster, and the speed can better avoid the reduction and loss of production that may be caused by disastrous weather......

This pile costs money, and now that I have the money back, I can have more money on hand. Some mothers-in-law have already begun to calculate in their hearts, and after receiving the money, this time after Mai Qiu, they must buy dozens of catties of white noodles and steam two pots of white flour rolls for the man and/or his son to eat. Others are thinking that if they have money, they will go to the joint rental of the first livestock, and if they have livestock, they will not have to cut the wheat back like last year, but it will rain in the field, and the yield will be reduced by 20%.

Xiu'er heard it, she raised her eyes and looked at Qiu Chen, her lips moved, but she finally lowered her head.

Qiu Chen sighed secretly, although Xiu'er is a good girl, she is a little twisted after all.

She was about to turn away, when she saw the second girl Yingzi walking over with a smile, and said to Qiu Chen: "Aunt Begonia, I am the second girl Yingzi of Liu Manhua's family, I just heard that my aunt has work in the afternoon and can't be busy, my sister and I will go back in the second half of the day, if my aunt doesn't dislike it, my sister and I will also stay to help my aunt!" My sister is skillful, and she cooks and stir-fries neatly! ”

Qiu Chen was slightly stunned, and then showed a smile, but he didn't say whether he agreed or not, only looked at the little stinky family, and asked with a smile: "Sister-in-law Manhua, is your family really not busy?" ”

The little stinky daughter-in-law reacted slowly, not to mention what Qiu Chen and Xiang'er said just now, she didn't pay attention to what Qiu Chen and Xiang'er said just now, it was what her second girl said, she probably didn't go to her heart, at this time, Qiu Chen asked her name, she was still stunned for a while, Xiu'er pushed the reminder, and then woke up humming, and saw Qiu Chen standing in front of him with a smile, and hurriedly put on a smile, and said continuously: "Lin family lady, are you talking to me?" ”

Qiu Chen nodded with a smile, repeated the question just now, and saw that the smile on the little stinky daughter-in-law's face remained unchanged, so he said again: "...... If my sister-in-law's work at home is not busy, I will be cheeky and leave Xiu'er and Yingzi to help me do some work. ”

The work of the Lin family has never been in vain, building a house, building a courtyard wall, building a stove, building a shed, and digging a pond, all of which are driven by high wages. Besides, even if you don't have any wages to take, you can eat a haode, and you can take it with you when you leave.

The little stinky family looked back at the five girls who followed him, all of them were yellow and thin, not to mention the pair of white and delicate babies of the Lin family, even the children in the village rarely had such children...... The little stinky family felt very sour, and hurriedly pulled the corners of his mouth and responded with a smile.

And instructed Xiu'er and Yingzi to work diligently in the Lin family, hurry up and look at each other, don't be greedy, don't worry about home!

She is not afraid that there is anything wrong with the work of the eldest daughter and the second daughter, but she is afraid that the two daughters will think about their younger brothers and sisters, and secretly take what to eat, so that the Lin family will know, and in the future, even the way to make money will be cut off. Both girls agreed in unison.

As he spoke, the rich smell of meat overflowed from the house, and then drifted out of the courtyard, causing people inside and outside the courtyard to take a few breaths. Even more greedy for the group of leather boys, let alone writing, they didn't even care about going out to play, they stretched their necks one by one, and stared at the door of the hall.

The wound medicine that needs to be fried in the medicine is fried by Qiu Chen and Junwen together in the morning, and two days in advance, he also told the villagers and Liu Manyin that the harvest of Maiqiu Luobu hemp will be stopped for ten days. In the afternoon, Qiu Chen didn't go to the backyard, after stewing meat, he took the account book and cleared the accounts for this month, went to the house and took out a pile of scattered silver and strings of copper coins, divided them according to the accounts, and put them all into a box one foot long and half a foot wide and locked.

Hearing Xiang'er calling her in the yard, Qiu Chen patted her clothes and went out, greeted Sister Xiang'er and Sister Xiu'er, assigned them some work, and were busy in the yard together, preparing for the dinner party in the evening.

The big guys have been busy for so many days, and they have to take another ten days of wheat and autumn vacation, and it is payday at the end of the month...... Qiu Chen had instructed him since last night, and told his family early that the helpers would have a holiday meal at Lin's house tonight.

Needless to say, Xiang'er and Xiu'er knew and were familiar with Qiu Chen before, and they were all good girls who were diligent and caring. Although Xiu'er was shy, Qiu Chen watched for a while, and it was really as Yingzi said, doing the work quickly and cleanly, and he could understand everything a little, and he didn't like to say it, but his heart was very transparent. Under the intersection, Yingzi is also very neat, and the work is also a slippery style, but unfortunately, it is a little rough, such a temperament, it is okay to do some hard work, and I dare not do it for her.

Junwen took Junyan Junzhang Afu Aman, and it was not until Shen Shizhong that he finished redeeming the Luo Bu Ma money, and at the same time, he was instructed to stop collecting Luo Bu Ma from April 25 to the fifth day of the fifth month of May, and spend the wheat autumn. On the sixth day of the fifth month, the harvest will be reopened.

Those people had the money in their hands and had the money in their hands, and Mai Qiu was indeed too busy to take care of it, and there was nothing unwilling about the Lin family's holiday, so he happily took the money and went home.

There were four more girls in the yard, although they were not very old, Junwen still felt a little uncomfortable, came back and explained to Qiu Chen, and hurried to the backyard to help with the work.

Junyan Junzhang Afu Aman didn't pay attention to the people at all, and proudly asked Qiu Chen for praise, so he beckoned the group of children to sit down in the courtyard and start reading and writing.

The children of the Lin family read and wrote every day, and Xiang'er Zhi'er knew it, but Xiu'er and Yingzi were a little stunned, especially when they saw Lingzhi and Aman, the two little girls, also sitting at the table and writing big characters, and the eyes of the two of them invariably showed envy.

Qiu Chen quietly watched everyone's performance, and with the help of four daughters, she quickly sorted out ten dishes.

A dish is stewed salted fish in oil, that is, the salted fish is wrapped in batter and fried in the oil pan until golden on both sides, and then put in the green onion, ginger, garlic, and red robe pepper boiling pot, put in vinegar and dogwood powder to stew through the flavor, the salted fish meat is slightly sour, spicy and salty, especially open the taste, it is the most haode next meal. Another dish is fried dried bamboo shoots with salted pork, braised with soy sauce and sugar, the color is red sauce, and the aroma is tangy. The color of an egg sauce is bright orange and red, the fresh fragrance of eggs is matched with the salty fragrance of soybean sauce, and the fresh onions and green garlic are green and tender, not only smelling fragrant, verdant with red sauce, looking at it is enough to tempt the appetite! A scrambled egg with Tsubaki sprouts, a fried meat with green garlic, a garlic rice and boiled spinach, and a stuffed tofu with meat foam, all of which are good in color and flavor, plus a pork rib that has been stewed for a long time, a white cut of meat, and stewed bones in a large basin, all steaming and fragrant, not to mention Xiu'er and Yingzi, who can't eat enough every day, and even the four of Junyan Junzhang Afu Aman are also attracted by the rich aroma to look straight here.

After the dishes were cleaned up, two tables were set up, and it was almost the middle of the unitary hour, Qiu Chen greeted: "Go and call everyone to eat!" ”

A group of leather boys pressed a spring under their buttocks, and when they bounced, they ran to the backyard, shouting with their necks straight as they ran: "Aunt Begonia told you to eat......

"It's time to eat...... It's a lot of dishes, it's so fragrant......"

Qiu Chen was amused by the shouts of this group of gluttonous boys, Xiang'er and Zhi'er also laughed forward and backwards, and even Xiu'er and Yingzi rubbed their stomachs with laughter......

It was also Qiu Chen who was calculating the time to set the meal, and it didn't take much trouble for the boys to go to the backyard, and after a while, they pushed the adults to the front yard. Qiu Chenzheng brought two plates of cooked meat to Junyan Junzhang and asked them to give them to the second Kui's family and the third grandmother's house. Lan Ying's father and mother and Man Ho directly sent the bolt to call the Lin family to eat together, which was also greeted before.

Lao He and Liu Sanhe also hurried into the door, and the old and young men spontaneously sat at a table. The children were given a basin of bones and a plate of white cuts of meat, and they were given a separate table to eat, while the women sat at a separate table.

Qiu Chen went to the east chamber to bring out a jar of wine, but saw Xiu'er and Yingzi standing in the courtyard, restrained and didn't know what to do.

As soon as they saw Qiu Chen come out, the two daughters hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Aunt Begonia, are you done with the work?" If we don't have much to do, our sisters will go home! ”

Qiu Chen raised his eyebrows, suddenly looked at the two children and laughed, handed the wine jar to Lin Zi, who came over with his face salivating, and then pulled Xiu'er and Yingzi one by one, and walked towards the women's table.

As he walked, he said, "You two sisters have been busy here all afternoon, can I still let you go home hungry?" Besides, at this hour, I'm afraid that your family has already eaten, do you have to make a fire again when you go home? Okay, okay, it's all an aunt and sister-in-law in the village, and you don't know each other, and you don't need to be embarrassed......"

As he spoke, he had already walked to the table and greeted Xiang'er Zhi'er, who was setting the dishes and chopsticks, and said: "Xiang'er, Zhi'er, these two sisters, you have also worked together for an afternoon, and I will hand them over to you for dinner today. ”

Xiang'er and Zhi'er hurriedly responded with a smile, stepped forward and pulled the Xiu'er sisters, and divided the dishes and chopsticks in their hands in half, Xiu'er and Yingzi had work in their hands, although their faces were still shy and embarrassed, but they were much better than the feeling of having nowhere to put their hands and feet just now.

Man'er was at the children's table, and somehow heard Qiu Chen's words to let Xiang'er Zhi'er entertain the guests, kicked and rubbed to his mother-in-law, and didn't speak, only lowered his head and leaned on Qiu Chen, kicking the ground with his feet.

The Wang family also came over at this time, Qiu Chen beckoned the Wang family to sit with everyone, and then noticed the girl who was pulling her arm, and when she saw this, she knew that the little girl was unhappy, but Weishenme was unhappy, but Qiu Chen was a little confused!

Took Man'er into his arms and sat on his lap with the little girl in his arms, Qiu Chen asked in a gentle voice for a long time, and the little girl lowered her head and pouted and chirped to say the reason: "...... Man'er is also a little host......"

Qiu Chen was stunned, and then suddenly laughed, his feelings did not respect the little master of the Lin family, which made the little girl feel neglected!

This little thing, the person is not big, and there is a lot of careful thinking!

Qiu Chen couldn't help but laugh, and explained to Man'er in a slow voice: "Mother knows that Man'er is the little master, but Man'er has to greet a lot of little guests tonight, look at it, Brother Bolt, Brother Shanzi, Brother Erhu, Brother Sturdy, and Sister Lingzhi who wants you the most, and ah, Grandma Wang and Aunt Lan Ying are here from your mother...... There are a lot of guests, and my mother can't take care of them, and I still have to help Man'er, how can Man'er still have time to entertain those two sisters? It's not that my mother doesn't respect Man'er, and I don't know that Man'er is not good enough, it's because Man'er is more powerful and has to entertain more guests......"

After a lot of ideological work, the little girl finally grinned sweetly, hugged Qiu Chen's neck and kissed it, smiled sweetly, held her small breasts, like a proud little rooster, and went to fulfill her responsibilities as a little master.

Qiu Chen looked at Man'er's little back, and finally couldn't help laughing.

The big guys are all seated, and they don't need to be let out, and they all start to move sincerely as soon as they say hello.

After eating for a while, Qiu Chen took a bowl of wine and raised it to the people at the two tables: "Let's eat this meal today, the big guys are going home for the autumn of the wheat holiday, let's wish here first, this year's wheat harvest is smooth and harvesting, and the wheat warehouse is full!" ”

The big guys applauded, the men drank heavily, and the women also took a sip, I don't know if it was because of the spicy wine, or because they were smoked by the hot atmosphere, and their faces were all red.

After a while, Qiu Chen beckoned Junwen, took out the money box and account book, read the names one by one, and sent the wages to everyone.

When the big guy received the salary with a happy face, Qiu Chen raised his hand and pressed it, signaling everyone to be quiet, and then said, "Let's take these ten days off to collect wheat for the big guys." But if anyone has a lot of wheat fields, or wants to go to my mother-in-law's house to help, just tell me in advance, and I can arrange work when the work starts. ”

Speaking of the mother-in-law, everyone laughed.

When the words fell, Qiu Chen's eyes swept around the banquet, and saw that everyone was listening with bated breath, but no one said that they wanted to increase the holiday, so he continued: "At this time, you have some things that you don't plan, or if you have something to do after the holiday, you must come and inform ......me before you start work."

Even if this matter is finished, Qiu Chen paused and continued: "Big guy, whether it is early or later, these days, it has been very hard and diligent, so when we start work again, I am ready to make a personnel adjustment...... Well, I can tell the big guys now, everyone knows that Sister Lan Ying is in charge of Luo Buma, so Sister Lan Ying is the manager of Luo Buma. After the work starts again, crushing, frying medicine, and steaming wine, a steward must be appointed to lead the work arrangements of this place......"

Speaking of the steward, everyone's eyes lit up, especially Lin Zi and Da Zhuang, who looked like they couldn't hold back.

Hearing Qiu Chen pause, Lin Zi immediately raised his hand and stood up: "Sister-in-law Haitang, who will be in charge?" ”

Da Zhuang continued: "Sister-in-law Haitang, when you become a steward, does you receive the same salary as Lan Ying's sister-in-law?" ”

Lan Ying receives five taels of silver every month, which can catch up with more than two whole workers. Moreover, Lin Zi and Da Zhuang are still in the probation period, and they are only a few hundred dollars a month, which is even worse.

------Off topic------

Weasel bites sick chickens......

Poor Su Su really lay on her stomach, not to mention her stomachache, and she also had a cold and fever......

What's that, you guys have few tickets these days, are you considerate of Su Su's nest?

Well, O(∩_∩) Oxiexie...... Crawl away......