Qiu Chen suddenly remembered a song - we ordinary people, we are so happy today......

Qiu Chen also wanted to say that the wild anchovy in the Yangtze River has become extinct in modern times, and a certain bigwig cruised the Jianghuai, thinking of tasting the delicious anchovy in his childhood memories again, and the local officials sent dozens of boats to catch it for more than a month, but they didn't catch a single one. She is thousands of miles away now, but she can eat it for some silver, how much superiority!

Qiu Chen gave her a bright smile: "My sister doesn't know, sister-in-law, I'm happy today...... Hehe, I've made a lot of money, I've found a treasure, a few anchovies are nothing, it's just a dime! ”

"Sister-in-law, you can eat casually for your family, you don't have to spend so much!" Yi Xuan kindly advised.

Even if she was born in a prince's family, the cook in the house had heard of removing the thorns, but it was only carp, grass carp and the like, but she had never heard of the small thorns all over the body of the anchovy...... Those small thorns are difficult to distinguish with the naked eye, so I don't know how much work it takes to remove them one by one. It is conceivable that the price of this dish is definitely not cheap, not to mention that the anchovy has to be transported from the river, and the long-distance journey has to be kept fresh, the price is already expensive, plus the effort of making this dish, I am afraid that a fish will be sky-high!

Hearing this, even Yi Xuan couldn't help but show a look of surprise on her face.

Qiu Chen looked down at Brother Yun'er and said with a smile: "The anchovies in the Star Tower are all stripped of their spines, but it's not a shame!" ”

Yi Xuan smiled and said, "That thing is delicious, but there are many thorns!" Brother Yun is afraid that he can't eat it. ”

Qiu Chen hugged Brother Yun'er, turned back to Yi Xuan and smiled: "Let's go pick the star tower and eat anchovy today!" ”

The coachman drove the horses in response to the call and walked in the direction of the Star Picking Tower.

Seeing that Yixuan was still unfinished, Qiu Chen almost guessed what she wanted to say, but he didn't care much, and couldn't help but feel joy welling up from the bottom of his heart, overflowing with a smile on his face. Kicking the carriage, he ordered with a smile: "Go and pick up the star tower!" ”

Yixuan knows that her sister-in-law has a solid family background, and she also knows that her sister-in-law is very good at making money, so there is no one in the shop Zhuangzi who does not make money, and she still earns a lot of money. Since the sister-in-law said so, she didn't have much to say, but she couldn't help but sigh in her heart, although she could make money, she couldn't spend it so lavishly!

Qiu Chen smiled and didn't care: "Well, I know." It's just that the children like it very much, so it's good to buy it back and think about it and make something for the children. ”

Coming out of this southern goods shop, Yi Xuan looked at Qiu Chen, and finally couldn't help but say: "Sister-in-law likes that stone, just buy one or two pieces, why do you need so much...... It's just beautiful colored stones, not beautiful jade! ”

After a brief glance, Qiu Chen responded very casually, and spent less than five thousand taels of silver to buy two large nanmu boxes of jade. The shopkeeper was so happy that even the shopkeeper rushed over when he heard the news, and promised that if Qiu Chen wanted to take the jade, they would not charge for it. Moreover, the bare stone was also equipped with a suitable nanmu sandalwood box, and even with two large nanmu boxes, they were all put on in vain.

The acquaintance was overjoyed when he heard this, and he arched his hand again and again, walked to the door and ordered to go down, and after a while, the four guys carried a nanmu box with a rope to carry a nanmu box, which contained one or twenty pieces of jadeite, which was slightly inferior in quality, but in Qiu Chen's opinion, it was also very good.

Five hundred taels Qiu Chen felt that it was cheap, no different from Bai Pickup, and the price was lowered again, and she was even more lazy to bargain, so she said directly: "Do you still have it in your store?" Take it out together, almost, I'll take it back and make a paperweight or something for the kids to play with. ”

After thinking about it for a while, the acquaintance seemed to have made a lot of determination, and said: "Since Madame has said it, how can the little one have to sell Madame's face...... So the two great ones were four hundred taels, and the others two hundred and sixty taels. Madame, pick it, pick it, and the small one will be wrapped up for you and sent to the house! ”

Zhike saw Qiu Chen talking about the price, and knew that she was moved to buy it, and secretly summed it up in her heart, and said in her heart that she had recommended these stones a few times, but none of them were willing to spend a few hundred taels of silver to buy them. It's rare to meet Mrs. Jingbei Hou, who is interested in it, and she is not short of silver, and she will still point to her to take care of business in the future......

Holding back the excitement in his heart, Qiu Chen glanced at those gems lightly, and said with a smile: "Don't say one or two, these stones are really good-looking, it's good to take them back and coax the child...... But it's not worth five hundred taels...... Five hundred taels is enough to win the best mutton fat jade! ”

According to Qiu Chen's view, although the carving and polishing process is far inferior to modern times, the texture of the gem itself is extremely transparent and clean, with almost no flaws and impurities, positive color, good permeability, water head and foot, and large, the size of a rugby...... She judged with certainty that this large piece of superb green jadeite deserves to be called 'imperial green', and this piece, if it is left in modern times, can be called priceless, and billions or tens of billions may not be taken down. At this time, she only needs to spend five hundred taels...... Silver, not gold!

Qiu Chen could hardly believe his ears, the ecstasy welled up from his heart, and he could hardly control himself from cheering.

As he spoke, he pointed to the largest and most translucent piece of turquoise jade and said, "This one, this one piece are all five hundred taels, and for the others, Mrs. will give three hundred taels a piece!" ”

The acquaintance looked at the two little ones with interest, and then looked at the faint expressions of the two ladies, and already knew that this business was promising, and said very happily: "Madam, you always take care of the business of the small shop, these little toys are not worth anything, Madame just give a cost price......"

Qiu Chen controlled his expression, turned his gaze, glanced at Zhike lightly, and asked, "It's a little interesting...... What's the price of these things for you? ”

Yi Xuan only glanced at it and lost interest. However, the two children, Ming Wei and Yun Ge'er, were very interested when they saw such a brightly colored stone.

The contents of the box were indeed as she guessed, it was the beautiful jade jade produced in the southern country. and see the dripping green; rich violets; the blue of the lake; Bright and noble bright yellow ...... There were two golden crystals at the end, Qiu Chen directly ignored them, and his eyes only circled around some superb jadeites in front of him.

Zhike didn't grind, and directly stepped forward to open the boxes one by one. Seeing the objects in the box, Qiu Chen instantly felt that he was suffocated!

Placing the boxes on the table, the young man lowered his eyes all the time, and then bowed respectfully and silently withdrew.

The acquaintance just tried his best to do more business, but he didn't expect to get permission, so he bowed happily and retreated, but after a cup of tea, he took two young men, each holding some boxes and boxes, and walked in respectfully.

Hearing Zhike say this at this time, whether it was as she thought or not, Qiu Chen still responded without hesitation: "Okay, let's go and take a look." ”

Since coming to this world, Qiu Chen has seen Lantian jade, Khotanese jade and other beautiful jade, Shoushan stone and bloodstone many times, and she has received a lot of excellent objects in her hands. However, the jade has never been seen, even when Qin Zheng arrived in Nanchen, he did not see the jadeite. This made her very regretful, and she had secretly calculated before, when to take someone to the south and go to Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan to buy some barren mountains, just for the hundred-year-old nanmu on the mountain. The red sandalwood, green sandalwood, and huanghuali produced in Nanchen and Jiaozhi and other places are also brought back and stored...... Of course, what impressed her the most was the Burmese jadeite, those fairy-like gemstones......

Jadeite is produced in Myanmar, because of the geographical remoteness, inconvenient transportation, and the Central Plains less exchanges, jadeite into the late Qing Dynasty, history is the early Qing Dynasty before the Central Plains, the end of the Qing Dynasty because of the royal family, especially the Empress Dowager Cixi's love, so that the value of jadeite doubled, from the ordinary play stone, in a blink of an eye into a priceless jade. In modern times, at the end of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first century, jadeite resources have been on the verge of depletion for many years, and the price of jadeite has soared.

As soon as he heard this acquaintance say, a good thing jumped out of Qiu Chen's mind - jade!

Listening to Qiu Chen's seemingly casual dissatisfaction, Zhike was slightly clever, his eyes rolled, and he smiled tentatively: "These things are the best things in the shop...... If the lady wants to choose some playthings for the little lady, the little one knows that the shop has just arrived at a batch of stones from the south, the color is extremely beautiful, emerald green, bright purple, blue and yellow, and the luster is also gratifying...... Although it's not worth anything, it's good to play with it for the little boy. Why don't you give the little one to the two palms? ”

That Zhike is a shrewd person, and he also knows this Jingbei Marquis Lady Anning County Lord, and knows that this is not only a high-grade scary, but also silver, although the title of 'Golden Hen' has been talked about less recently, but there are few people who don't know. Look at people, you can grow 'flowers' in the land, or you are not worthy of the title of 'golden hen', people are born to lay golden eggs!

Seeing that it was almost noon, Qiu Chen was thinking about the room set by the Star Picking Tower, and said to the acquaintance casually with a smile: "That's it?" Although there are a few things that can barely get by, there is nothing new...... In particular, these old pieces of pam and wood carving, which are good or good, but they are too dark, and I want to pick out a few things for the children, but these are not suitable for the young boys and girls. ”

After years of training, Qiu Chen also has some eyesight. Yixuan is not bad, and the two of them quickly selected some suitable objects.

The three of them still took Brother Yun with them, so naturally they couldn't travel as casually as Qiu Chen alone, so they let the guard steward stand early and went straight to a few relatively large jewelry shops and southern goods stores...... In such a large shop, there are naturally small halls and private rooms for distinguished guests and ladies to choose goods, and there are also more flexible and courteous receptions, as long as the guests need, they can introduce the origin of each commodity and ornament in detail and various characteristics......

It's the end of February, the weather is warm, and many big girls and little daughters-in-law on the street have taken off their bulky winter clothes and changed into light and bright spring clothes, with brisk steps and happy looks, just like Qiu Chen and Yixuan.

Qiu Chen arranged it according to the plan, focusing on the four of Chen, Lin, and Yufeng Qingxing, and said it carefully, clarifying the personal division of labor, and she basically didn't have to worry about the next things. Immediately, I called Yixuan and her mother, and I also took Brother Yun with me to go out shopping, and chose fresh accessories and clothes for the children.

Junwen Junshu's matter came to an end, and the next day, Junwen Junshu was personally sent by Qin Zheng to Gufu for class.

Get a flat boat, set up a fishing rod, let them go to the lake to enjoy the scenery, and when it is time to eat, send a table of extremely delicious seasonal food, and then send two jars of fine wine - whether it is her current financial resources or Qin Zheng's ability, there is no shortage of this. There are a lot of fine wines stored in all kinds of wine houses in the south and north of the world, and there are also some imperial wines given by the palace, as well as some high-grade wines that she has steamed herself in recent years...... The first batch of steaming in Liujiaao has been delayed for more than five years this year, although it is not aged, but the mellow atmosphere is far better than when it was just steamed. Of these many fine wines, there is always one that can make Gu Minzhi match the taste.

What's more, there are toon sprouts in her greenhouse that grow more than a month earlier than normal, there are pepper sprouts, reed sprouts by the lake, and water chestnuts and lotus roots buried in the mud by the lake for a winter, as well as the most delicious fish and shrimp lake fresh after the ice has just melted......

March 3rd, shepherd's cabbage sailingdan. Nature is an indispensable good thing, delicious and timely.

Another type of cuisine that literati like is often in conjunction with the season, such as eating camellia in early spring, picking lotus in early summer, peeling chestnuts in autumn, and tasting bamboo shoots in winter...... They are all dishes and delicacies that can make the literati sigh and express.

Oil-fried double crispy is a kind of exquisiteness.

Qiu Chen squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then said with a smile: "Master, then on the third day of March, I will invite Mr. Tang and Mr. Gu to go out of the city to enjoy the spring together, and when they go to Zhuangzi, I will let them taste a few rural dishes!" ”

Qiu Chen knew about this dish and had eaten it, but she couldn't make it herself. There's only one thing they can do in their house...... It's not Xiaoxi, it's Mama Chen. This dish is very demanding for me to be accurate in terms of heat, and an old man like Mama Chen, who has experienced years of experience, can't control it at all, Xiaoxi can do other dishes, this dish really can't be done.

The raw materials of these two things are not surprising, but they are pork belly and chicken gizzards, but the processing of raw materials is extremely cumbersome, coupled with the almost harsh requirements for the heat, it is inevitable that it will be 'fishy' after a little bit, and it will be old after a little bit, and it will lose its 'crispy' taste.

However, such people are extremely picky when eating, and sometimes they only eat for a particular reason, rather than the taste of the ingredients themselves...... Speaking of which, she remembered Liang Shiqiu's favorite delicacy: fried double crispy!

Qiu Chen blinked, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, it turns out that the talented man is also a foodie!

Qin Zheng shook his head with a smile, thought for a moment and said, "Gu Minzhi has a lonely personality, and she is from a family, so she still has goods, gold and silver...... Well, I heard that he likes good wine, and he doesn't drink non-aged wine. …… He also loves food, and there are eight cooks at home, each with their own strengths. ”

Qiu Chen smiled: "Well, since I have worshiped the teacher, I naturally want to express my heart." It is said that it is a bundle. ”

"Thinking of offering a bondage?" Qin Zheng asked with a smile.

Qiu Chen was overjoyed, so he asked Qin Zheng, "Do you know what Mr. Gu's preferences are?" ”

Gu Minzhi is a child of a famous family of poets and calligraphers in Beijing, although his personality is lonely, his talent still enjoys a good reputation, a hand of calligraphy written in the thick atmosphere, after the Shi and lazy painting, in the landscape, flowers and birds have made great achievements, not very old, but already has everyone's demeanor, Junwen Junshu two children worship him as a teacher, no worse than Mr. Tang. It is conceivable that as long as Junwen Junshu studies hard, coupled with Gu Minzhi's education and guidance, the future is worth looking forward to.

Hearing Qin Zheng say this, Qiu Chen was naturally happy for Junwen Junshu's two nephews.

In this way, half crookedly, half by chance, Junwen Junshu worshiped under Gu Minzhi's door and became the only two disciples accepted by Gu Minzhi.

Gu Minzhi looked around with a straight face, and in a blink of an eye, he saw Junshu's arm that rolled up his sleeves because of the washing of the water tank, and the obvious scar and disability on his left forearm, which made his heart skip a beat, and he couldn't say anything about the refusal that had already been typed.

If you change to a noble son, this kind of work will naturally not be done, and you will even think that it is insulting and lazy, but Junwen Junshu is different, not to mention Junwen, even Junshu has already begun to carry water for the family before studying, and the work of driving cars and working in the fields can basically be handled...... Such a little bit of work was nothing to the two of them. Besides, the two brothers have a pure personality, thinking that being a teacher is equivalent to being a father, and they naturally have to do it without any discount if they are told, not to mention, the disciple obeys his hard work and serves Mr. is what he should do, so instead of feeling embarrassed, he feels that it is taken for granted, and he is very serious and down-to-earth to clean the chaotic study, Junshu's arm has been injured after all, and he is afraid that it is a little inappropriate to carry water from the well......

After thinking about it, he introduced Gu Minzhi to Jingbei Hou. Jingbei Hou and Yong Wangye together, handed over the post to meet, no matter how lonely Gu Minzhi's personality is, there is no way to really refuse these two people to come to visit, and then, after learning that Junwen Junshu came to study with the teacher, he unceremoniously ordered the two children to clean the study, and scrubbed the vat at the door where he washed the pen, filled it with water, and was not allowed to use a small guard to guard it......

Mr. Tang likes Junwen Junshu and the two children very much, but he has his two grandsons, as well as Afu Aman, and Lin Xu, a soy sauce player, so he is worried that his mental strength is limited. Besides, Jia Zhuo Jiafei and Ah Fu Aman are young, and they basically start from a blank sheet of paper. Junwen Junshu's two children are hardworking, honest and tenacious, which is indeed worth teaching, but he claims that his energy is not enough. It just so happened that although Gu Minzhi had a handicap, he was not very old, only in his early forties, with plenty of energy, and no other involvement, unlike Mr. Tang himself, because of the emperor's will, it was not easy to go out of the capital at will. It is not very convenient to take Junwen Junshu to study.

This Gu Minzhi was also quite arrogant when he was young, and after his hand was crippled, he seemed to have fallen from the peak to the bottom, and his personality was even more obedient and unapproachable for a while. After a long time, there were fewer and fewer people coming and going, but Mr. Tang's friendship with him was maintained, and he laughed and scolded himself.

In the evening, when Qin Zheng came back from practice, he told her that he had gone out to meet her husband with Junwen Junshu today. The new Mr. Gu Minzhi was recommended by Mr. Tang, and the official went to the Sipin Hanlin Academy to teach bachelors, and then he broke his left hand and became disabled because of an accident. Gu Minzhi is a person from the capital, the current left servant of the Ministry Gu Minshan is Gu Minzhi's cousin, the Gu family is also a relatively famous family of poetry and books in the capital, the family style is rigorous, and there are many talents, Gu Minzhi has three sons, the eldest son and three sons have all been out of office, the eldest son has the highest grade, and has done it from the fourth prefect, and now Huai'an is in office, and the third son is a Jinshi, and now he is in the Hanlin Academy as an editor. The second son doesn't like to read, so he runs a bookstore and an antique shop in the capital, and Gu Minzhi is not restricted, just do as he pleases. In addition, Gu Minzhi's sons and nephews also have two Zhongjin Shi, who are also released to work. It can be said that although the Gu family is not as prominent as the Wei family and the Zhao family, it is definitely a family of poetry and books in the capital.

After this matter was dealt with, Qiu Chen was a matter of concern.

After several years of hard work, they have also learned some words, simple accounts can be calculated, and their management ability and management experience have improved a lot. Chengzi helped to see if there were any mistakes while studying at home, and now he sent the two stewards over, plus the original Daxing steward, and it was enough to help the two elder brothers together.

Of course, in order to replace Chengzi's work, Qiu Chen chose two stewards to send back with the letter, one went to Nannuma Lake to manage, and the other managed the workshop in Liujiaao, Daxing was fully responsible for managing the four big Zhuangzi, and Yang Shuyong and Yang Shumeng were taken out of the specific work and did a good job in overall management.

That kid is smart and clever, although he has no relationship with Qiu Chen and has no reason, he is very grateful, and he has always done his best to do everything well. In particular, he took the initiative to go out with Aman for a year, and took care of and protected Aman, so that he won Qiu Chen's trust and love wholeheartedly, and naturally spared no effort to cultivate. Moreover, that kid is very thoughtful, whether he is working or reading, he loves to use his brain, and it is worth cultivating.

Qiu Chen got the news, turned around twice and turned back, and immediately wrote a letter to his father, mother, brother and sister-in-law, explaining the arrangements for Junwen Junshu. And sent a letter to Chengzi to come to Beijing as well.

Later, when he went to the school field to exercise, Junwen accompanied Qiu Chen around the school field again, and told Qiu Chen the meaning of Junshu, and the two brothers had no less affection for Qiu Chen than their parents, so they naturally agreed to Qiu Chen's arrangement unconditionally.

This matter was settled, and after dinner that day, Qiu Chen explained to a few children, who had good friends to invite, and each wrote a post.

Therefore, the previous plan was changed to go to the Yongding River on March 3, where people outside the city are more concentrated, to go to the city at night, to go to Tongzhou Zhuangzi to stay, the next day to play in the morning, and then rush back to the city in the evening.

Every year on March 3rd, the young ladies and girls raised in the boudoir will travel with their families, since there are several young boys in the family, naturally they can't waste this opportunity, maybe they can meet the person they like. Qiu Chen thought about it and agreed, those girls were raised in the deep boudoir, and it was rare to have a chance to let off in the wild, so it would inevitably be easier to reveal their natural nature and easier to observe their character.

In addition to relaxing and playing, another role is that it is also a rare opportunity for young men and women to meet and interact without suspicion.

The March 3rd tour plan discussed with Yixuan was very good, but it was not fully implemented. After coming back, I discussed with Qin Zheng and made changes.