"Mrs......" Jialiang outside the partition hurriedly shouted without waiting for Xiaoxi to answer.

"Huh?" Qiu Chen snorted coldly, and Jia Liang didn't dare to say anything more, so he heard Qiu Chen say again in the partition: "Jia Liang begged me to marry you to him...... This matter is also me and Yufeng Qingxing Zhilang, you can rest assured, as long as you shake your head now, this matter will end here, but it will not spread to the outside, and you don't have to have any baggage. You only ask yourself what you are doing, willing, or not! ”

Xiaoxi hung her head, blushed, and didn't speak for a long time.

Qiu Chen looked at Yufeng and Qingxing, sighed and said, "It seems that I shouldn't have found you without asking...... Well, it seems that you don't want to do this. It's not good for Jia Liang to stay at home anymore......"

"Madam, don't, don't kick Brother Jialiang out of the city!" Xiao Xi, who was originally blushing and silent, suddenly jumped up and hugged Qiu Chen's legs, and pleaded with a pale face.

Qiu Chen didn't finish his sentence, he was startled by her pounce, raised his hand and waved away Yufeng and Qingxing, who were about to step forward and take away Xiaoxi, "You guys go down!" ”

Yufeng and Qingxing glanced at each other, lowered their hands and agreed, retreated, and went to the door of the house to guard.

Only Qiu Chen and Xiaoxi were left in the room, and Jia Liang was still kneeling through the floor door, but no one paid attention to him at this time.

Qiu Chen looked at Xiao Xi lightly and said, "Get up, speak slowly." ”

"Yes," Xiao Xi wiped her face, took a step back on her knees, stood up with her hands on the ground, stabilized her mood, and slowly spoke, "Madam, I was sold by my family, my father and mother are long gone, and I have been living with my brother and sister-in-law." My brother is honest, and my sister-in-law is sharp and money-obsessed, and she always thinks I don't work because I eat too much...... Before, there were more than ten acres of land at home, although life was not easy, I could barely get by, although my sister-in-law treated me harshly, but it was not too much. Although the epidemic of the previous year did not reach our village, the flood made half a year's grain harvest gone, and my sister-in-law saw how unpleasant I was. I don't look good, I don't have any heart, and I miss my brother and nephews and nieces, I cry every day, and I am beaten and scolded a few times...... Thanks to Brother Jialiang's persuasion a few times and a few more times of dry food for me to eat, I survived. Later, I was able to come to my wife's side...... Madam, Brother Jialiang is a good person, I am willing to marry him, please don't blame him, don't drive him out......"

Qiu Chen sighed softly, ignoring Xiao Xi in front of him, and only said coldly to Jia Liang outside the fan: "Did you hear what Xiao Xi said?" This child is gentle and diligent, but I want to keep it by my side in the future, since you propose to marry her today, then treat her well, and don't be half-hearted in the future, don't take concubines, and don't do anything sorry for her! Do you hear me? ”

"Yes, yes, madam, the little one remembers, the little one must treat Xiaoxi well, and will never criticize her, please rest assured!" Jia Liang's overjoyed voice came from outside, kowtowed twice in a row, and said again, "Thank you, Mrs., thank you, Mrs." ”

Qiu Chen pursed his lips and said angrily: "Okay, don't knock, if you really knock your head, Xiaoxi should blame me." ”

Jia Liang smiled and got up.

Qiu Chen called, Yufeng and Qingxing walked in with a smile, Qiu Chen said: "Although I agreed to your marriage, I really want to keep Xiaoxi for another three years, and when she turns seventeen, I will accompany her to give her a dowry, so that she can marry in style." ”

Jialiang and Xiaoxi in the outhouse knelt down at the same time to thank them, Qiu Chen raised his hand and signaled to Yufeng and Qingxing: "Go, take Xiaoxi to wash your face and change your clothes, seeing that the crying eyes are red, I thought I was scolded and cried." ”

After sending away Jialiang and Xiaoxi, Qiu Chen was silent for a long time.

Seeing that the girls and boys have achieved marriage, she will inevitably think of Junwen, Junwen will be eighteen after this year, it is really not small, if it is a county test this year...... Listening to a few gentlemen, it should be no problem, I want to enter the house test in the autumn, if the house test can be passed, let Junwen wait for another year, wait for a college test, if the house test can't pass, she should also ask someone to go to Mr. Yuan's house to say, Yu'er's child is gentle and intelligent, and knowledgeable, and can be Junwen's virtuous helper in the future. In addition, Yu'er's younger brother Zhenhuan is also smart and clever, and he reads very well, and if there is no accident, he should achieve something.

After the tea, Yufeng and Qingxing turned back with a smile, and Chen and Wang came back together.

Chen smiled when he entered the door: "The slave wants to come and ask his wife for a favor." ”

Qiu Chen raised his eyebrows, looked at Chen and said, "Oh? Who does your kid have a crush on? ”

Wang smiled beside him: "Sister-in-law Chen's son has already married, and now he has grandchildren." ”

Qiu Chen blinked and said with a smile: "This is strange, what other grace does Sister-in-law Chen ask?" ”

Chen smiled: "I just heard that Jia Liang asked to marry Xiaoxi, and his wife has already approved." I see that Xiaoxi's child is gentle and diligent, and he is a bitter life, so I want to ask my wife to call the shots and recognize a goddaughter, and I will handle her marriage in the future, with me and my boy, she will also have a family to rely on in the future. ”

Qiu Chen laughed in surprise: "Sister-in-law Chen's idea is good, don't say anything about picking up such a good daughter for nothing, you will have to pick up half more for nothing." …… It's just that you asked Xiaoxi about this, and Xiaoxi is also willing? ”

Yufeng smiled beside her: "Xiaoxi told Mama Chen just now, that girl is willing." If my wife agrees, I will go and ask the girl to come and thank her. ”

"Don't, it's time to eat, don't delay her." Qiu Chen smiled and waved Yufeng's hand, then turned to Chen and said, "Since you recognize a goddaughter, you can also take some greeting gifts and let Yufeng send it over, and it will be done!" ”

Chen hurriedly bent his knees to thank him, took off a red gold bracelet from his hand, wrapped it in a handkerchief, and handed it to Yufeng: "Just it!" ”

This bracelet was bought by Qiu Chen from the epidemic area and given to the Chen family. I haven't seen her wear it much since then, but now I actually wear it, it seems that I have been prepared for a long time.

Qiu Chen smiled silently, Yufeng took it with both hands, glanced at Qiu Chen, saw that she had no objection, smiled and pulled Qingxing out.

The two girls retreated, and Chen Shi collected the smile on his face, and said solemnly: "Madam, I went to inquire about Qin Yi just now, and on the sixteenth day, I invited Lord Yun and Lord Tang to come over, and in the Guogong Mansion, there were grandparents Qin An and Mama Qian beside Mrs. Li. Other than that...... Qin Yi also said that Mrs. Li also invited two grandmothers from the palace to teach her etiquette. ”

"Oh?" Qiu Chen squinted slightly in response.

It's true, this hasn't passed the door yet, and the stepmother-in-law's dismount will be sent to the door!

After a pause, Qiu Chen smiled slightly and said, "On that day, you guys will deal with it well." Mrs. Li is an elder, and the elders dare not resign, so leave the two grandmothers! She accentuated her tone on the 'two', and Chen exchanged glances with Wang, and hurriedly agreed.

Dowry or something, Qiu Chen completely shook off his hand. How to receive visitors, arrange accommodation and other matters were also explained to Chen and Wang.

After contact, she found that Chen's atmosphere was calm, he was not alarmed, and he was obviously the person who controlled the overall situation, so she handed over all these things to her to manage. Wang is relatively delicate, and pays more attention to some details, and it is most appropriate to hand over the work of the supervisor to her, and she looks at the furniture and needlework made by her, and she is not afraid that it is not delicate enough. And the Lin family is the most serious and cold of the three, and Qiu Chen has no place to use such a cold character at the moment, so he simply handed over the etiquette teaching of the maid and mother-in-law in the family to her. Originally, she wanted to buy some more little girls to teach, but after using these girls with Chengying Hanguang, she eliminated this thought. Compared with those bought outside, although the relationship behind the family is complex and difficult to control, the quality is not a little higher, and it is much easier to use. Now that the girl at hand is enough, if you want to pick a little girl again, let's talk about it after entering Beijing.

With the three grandmothers taking care of all the affairs, Qiu Chen basically idle again. Every morning in the small flower hall to spend half an hour director, listen to the housekeepers, housekeepers to tell the affairs to be handled, Qiu Chen with Yufeng Hanguang or Qingxing Chengying, everything is recorded by Yufeng or Qingxing, when encountering things that have passed before, you can inquire at any time, and gradually there are old precedents to follow, and there are changes to change one by one with the accompanying changes, and gradually handle affairs gradually handy, and also have the organization and bearing of a family.

On this day, it was February 12th, but there were only four days left before the day of acceptance, Chen Mama took Wang's Lin and others to be more busy, and the girls and mothers-in-law everywhere were instructed to dot, clean and clean, the curtains and curtains were replaced everywhere, and the furniture was also moved and placed again.

Qiu Chen discussed farming, planting and other things with Manchu Daxing and several other foreign managers in the small flower hall in front of him for more than an hour, returned to the backyard, and saw that everything was busy, even Yufeng and Chengying, who had just followed her back from the small flower hall, also took the account book and went to the warehouse to watch things come in and out, and rolled her eyes, as if she was an idler, she simply didn't get in the way in the house, so she found a set of indigo thin cotton dresses and changed them, wrapped her hair with a handkerchief of the same color, and went straight to the backyard.

On weekdays, she can still go to the kiln room to see, burn a bottle and play with utensils, but at this time, the craftsmen who built the new kiln house have settled in, and they are building a new kiln house and a new workshop at the root of the backyard wall.

The sweet potato seedlings have been transplanted, and after four or five days of hard work, the seedlings have been slowed down, the green leaves are ridged, and the top of the cane sprouts brown-red sprouts, which look very vigorous. Qiu Chen walked along the sweet potato furrow and saw that the transplanted sweet potato seedlings had basically survived, and the only two plants that did not survive had also been replenished.

Walking through the sweet potato furrow, Qiu Chen came to the original seedbed where the sweet potato seedlings were cultivated, this place was vacant, Qiu Chen made a fungicidal powder, and let the two family members who manage the planting sprinkle it into the soil, mix well, and leave it for a few days before proceeding to the next round of planting.

She remembers that it seems that the seedbed where sweet potatoes have been cultivated will have a saprophytic fungus, and if other plants are repeatedly planted, they will often be infected with saprophytes and cause diseases. Not only that, but it seems that the field where potato crops are planted needs to be planted with one or two other crops before they can be planted again, just like a seedbed. However, she only has a vague impression of these, and the specific details have to be slowly explored through practical planting operations.

Fortunately, she knew that there were many drug formulas, and there were no ready-made insect and disease prevention drugs to use, so she adjusted them appropriately according to the drug formulas for human use to make cheap and easily available plant formulas. At this time, she pinched up a ball of sweet potato seedbed soil with her hands and carefully inspected it, and some of the fine white hyphae that were occasionally visible were completely gone, and it could also be judged that the medicinal powder she prepared was still effective in sterilizing the soil of the seedbed.

After confirming this, Qiu Chen walked to the water basin in the corner and washed his hands, shook the water droplets on his hands and continued to walk inside.

Because of the planting of sweet potatoes, many vegetables in the glass greenhouse are compressed, only a small bunch of fixed leeks, and the lush, tender green leek leaves that grow here are very similar to wheat seedlings, which are nearly 20 centimeters long...... Well, cut a stubble, and eat a meal of three fresh dumplings in this early spring festival should be delicious!

Others, such as cucumbers, eggplants, spinach, etc., are all compressed very small, and the vegetables produced are enough for several owners to add a green vegetable every day.

Looking at the tender melon girl with a few fingers of thickness on the top of the yellow flowers covered with fluffy thorns, Qiu Chen paid attention for two seconds, shook his head and decided, this year's sweet potato seedlings should be raised in special circumstances, and next year, the greenhouse will be specially used to grow vegetables, and these field crops can no longer be planted, which directly lowers the living standards of the family.

After going around in a circle, Qiu Chen felt as if he had forgotten something, so a family member who was waiting for the greenhouse came over and asked, "Madam, there are still some big things in the cellar, don't you need seedlings?" ”

Qiu Chen was slightly surprised, and then remembered that Yun Jichen sent not only sweet potatoes this time, but also a basket of Lipu taro, that thing is a good thing, but that kind of big taro is a semi-aquatic plant, and it is obviously not possible in a place like Liujiaao where there is an obvious shortage of water, it seems that it has to be sent to Nanmar Lake to find a relatively flat place and convenient watering to plant.

There is basically no land reclamation on the south marsh lake, except for a part of the lake beach planted with water chestnuts, other places are densely grown with reeds and weeds, the reeds are extremely regenerating, as long as the reed roots connected vertically and horizontally under the ground are not removed, it can be revived, and as long as there is a reed around, it can also reproduce and expand a large area in a short time...... These need to be cleaned up in advance, the land should be turned deeply, the reed roots and weed roots should be cleaned up, and then fertilizer...... There is no shortage of fertilizer in Nanmarsh Lake, not to mention a large amount of chicken, duck and sheep manure, that is, the lake mud at the bottom of the lake pond, after years of accumulation, precipitation and fermentation, digging out is also a good humus fertilizer.

There are not many taro this year, and it is only a trial planting, so I will find a place near Zhuangzi, and the work of clearing the wasteland and accumulating fertilizer will be done slowly, and there will always be some in a year, and it will be enough next year.

Qiu Chen pondered quickly in his heart, and said to the family: "That thing is not suitable for us here...... Thank you for reminding me. ”

The habitual thank-you made the reminded family very embarrassed, rubbing his hands with a red face and speechless.

Qiu Chen smiled and said, "You two are thinking about the sweet potatoes planted this year...... And the corn and potatoes that were planted last year, and in a few months, we will go to the field to plant those two, and when the time comes, you will be the one...... Oh, by the way, you all have merit in planting these things, the first two years of good income, in the autumn harvest, one percent of the income belongs to the two of you, the more you harvest, the more you get. ”

This stocky young man named Chunsheng was stunned when he heard this, and he was stunned with his hands tied up, and he could hardly believe his ears.

Those two things are unheard of and unseen rare things, last year harvested so much, the owner himself was not very willing to eat, their family also tasted once, and kept this year's seed...... If this is planted this year, it will definitely sell for a lot of money.

They have planted both kinds of crops with their own hands, and they have a good yield in their hearts, so the seeds left behind will be terrible this year's harvest.

On the other side, Erniu, who was holding a sickle and preparing to cut leeks, was also stunned, and the sickle in his hand was deflected, almost cutting his wrist.

Qiu Chen smiled gently: "Don't believe it? Haven't you heard that our family has rewarded meritorious service? ”

Chunsheng and Erniu, who was holding the wrist that rubbed the broken skin, hurriedly shook their heads, thinking about it, and nodded their heads again and again, the two honest young men have become stupid geese at this time!

Qiu Chen smiled and said: "You are not young, work hard, if there is a girl who is optimistic, tell me, when the autumn harvest comes, I will do it for you, and I will also marry a daughter-in-law and start a family!" ”

Chunsheng and Er Niu finally recovered from the excitement of the heavy prize, and when they heard Qiu Chen's words, they couldn't say anything, knelt down on the spot, kowtowed to Qiu Chen, and promised again and again: "The little ones must do a good job, please rest assured!" ”

"Okay, okay, get up quickly, I don't worry about you, so I won't hand over such an important thing to you." Qiu Chen smiled and waved his hand, took two steps back a little helplessly, looked at the two young men who stood up with excited faces, and simply ordered, "Erniu cut the leeks, Chunsheng picked the beans and eggplants, I went over and told the people in the kitchen to let them send someone to get it!" ”

Chunsheng and Erniu agreed again and again, Qiu Chen waved his hand, and Shi Shiran left the greenhouse.

Although she has been here for three years, and she has bought a lot of girls and mothers-in-law, she still has no way to accept such an idea that has no concept of human rights at all...... In the eyes of the people here, the entire life of a slave belongs to the master, and it is normal to buy, sell, gift, and even kill and wound, and the value generated by what the servant does naturally belongs to the master. When the master is happy, he gives something to give him a reward, and it is normal to be unhappy without any expression, and the slave should do it faithfully and without complaint.

But Qiu Chen can't do this, instead of ruling by force, she prefers to use interest adjustment and warm means to slowly envelop her, as long as she feels that her character is okay, she can try to make the best use of each person's characteristics, as for the question of betrayal or not betrayal, loyalty or disloyalty, she can't consider it for the time being. Besides, when it comes to betrayal, she doesn't think that loyalty will be set in stone, the so-called betrayal is just caused by an imbalance of interests, as long as she gives enough benefits, she can't give others to do it, betrayal? It's not necessary to betray anyone!

Of course, it's obvious that the mind is not right, and it will only cause trouble for herself, and she won't think about it at all.

Speaking of this matter, Qiu Chen thought of the Yuhe given to the old lady of the Liu family and the noble son's house that she sent to the landlord Liu's house, these two people can only be troublesome to keep, and they have to be dealt with as soon as possible. Of course, her handling is not harming people's lives, how to say, people who come from the legal society can't ignore people's lives, and besides, those two women are probably clinging to the attention of the rich, as long as they find a mother-in-law to marry, and don't put it in front of them, there will be no harm.

Coming out of the greenhouse, it was only mid-hour, it was still early for lunch, and the people in the room probably hadn't finished tossing yet, Qiu Chen didn't bother to go back, so he simply went to the kitchen to inform him, and asked the Daxing family to send a girl to the greenhouse to get vegetables, and she herself turned around and went to the kennel not far from the kitchen.

Since the two mastiffs of Yuanbao and Tangerine were sent over, because Qiu Chen had little time at home, and he rarely thought of them during his time at home, she was the real owner of almost no status in the eyes of the two mastiffs, but it was the two villains of Afu and Aman, in addition to going to school, as long as they went out, they wore them, and became the master in the eyes of the two mastiffs, and they were not affectionate.

Qiu Chen took two pieces of meat from the kitchen and came to the kennel, where Yuan Bao and Tangerine were wearing long golden hair, like two lions, sitting and lying down in the kennel, bored and lazy basking in the sun.

"Ingot Treasure! Tangerine! Qiu Chen didn't dare to approach rashly, but called out from a distance, and at the same time raised the fresh meat in his hand.

The living standard of ingots and oranges is very high, and the kitchen will prepare dog food every morning. It was not yet noon, and the two big dogs were obviously not hungry, and besides, mastiffs were very principled dogs, and they would not eat food that was not fed by their owners...... However, it seems that Yuan Bao and Tangerine still have an impression of Qiu Chen, although their attitude is a little arrogant and their actions are a little lazy, they still give Qiu Chen a face, and slowly get up and come to her, Qiu Chen didn't dare to feed it with his bare hands, put the meat into the food bowl in the kennel, and the two dogs picked up the meat pieces and chewed and swallowed them slowly.

Seeing that the dogs had eaten the food they fed, Qiu Chen's vigilance relaxed a little, stretched out his hand to open the fence gate of the kennel, and beckoned Yuanbao and Tangerine to go out.

Qiu Chen just opened the fence gate, and the two big dogs shook their fluffy manes and walked out, and when they passed by Qiu Chen's side, they all came up and smelled the smell of Qiu Chen's body, which meant a bit of closeness, Qiu Chen touched the top of the heads of the two big dogs with a little weakness, and followed the two dogs who knew how to be restrained.

She didn't go to the front yard, but said hello to the people in the kitchen, brought a basket and a small hoe, called Chunsheng in the greenhouse, asked him to open the back corner door, and Qiu Chen slipped out with the two dogs.

After several expansions, the backyard of the Lin family has expanded a large area of bushes on the original hillside, and the woods outside the courtyard wall have also been tidied up, removing some crooked small trees and planting various fruit trees. At this time, the trees have not yet germinated, on the sunny slopes, among the dry grass, but many dots of green have sprouted, mother-in-law, hogweed sprouts, camelina purse, ququ cabbage, bitter cabbage, these many wild vegetables with their incomparably tenacious vitality, the first to drill out of the ground, facing the cold wind of the steep, announcing the arrival of spring.

As soon as they got out of the corner gate, the ingots and oranges were like wild horses that had gone to the halter, galloping towards the hillside, Qiu Chen couldn't catch up even if he ran at full speed, so he simply walked slowly along the bluestone foundation at the root of the courtyard wall, walked to the bluestone hiking trail on the side of the playground, and walked all the way to the mountain.

Yuan Bao and Tangerine ran and chased excitedly, almost running to the top of the slope in one breath, only then did they remember the hostess behind them, stopped and looked back, and roared low and long, as if urging, and as if disgusted Qiu Chen's speed was too slow.

Qiu Chen smiled bitterly and waved his hand, and the two dogs didn't wait for her anymore, and the golden figure flashed, and they rushed into the denser mountain forest.

Coming to climb the mountain was only a temporary idea, Qiu Chen was not prepared, and he only wore a pair of mille-feuille shoes on his feet. After walking a few steps, she saw a dense patch of shepherd's cabbage, and she simply stopped to dig up wild vegetables.

'From a distance, the grass is close but there is nothing', far away, the dotted green on the hillside is almost connected, but when it really comes closer, those starry greens are hidden in the dead grass and low bushes, it is difficult to identify, it is this piece of shepherd's cabbage that looks very dense, Qiu Chen leaned over to check, the size of the shepherd's cabbage is also very small, although it grows densely, it is really not easy to get up one by one.

"Hey, it shouldn't be, it's mid-February now, and the weather is not cold this year, and the shepherd's cabbage on the sunny hillside should be very big at this time, why are there some sporadic vegetables on this hillside?" Qiu Chen muttered to himself suspiciously, lowered his head and walked up slowly.

"Oops!" A scream suddenly came from the woods on the top of the hill. This was followed by the low, ferocious roar of oranges and ingots.

Qiu Chen's first reaction was that Yuanbao and Tangerine hurt someone, and hurriedly shouted: "Yuanbao, Tangerine, don't bite!" ”

She didn't know if her shouting was useless, and after shouting, she hurriedly shouted to the man: "Who is on the hillside?" Don't move, if you don't move, the dog won't hurt you, you wait! ”

While shouting, Qiu Chen picked up the corner of his skirt and ran up the hillside.

I don't know if her shouting worked, or somehow, after that exclamation, the hillside was eerily quiet, and there was no exclamation from anyone, no roar from dogs, as if those voices were just her auditory hallucinations.

Qiu Chen didn't dare to delay, she would rather believe this kind of thing than believe it, in case she took a step slow and let the dog hurt people, it would be troublesome! The ingots and oranges are as strong as calves, and they are not inferior to the lion, the king of beasts, not to mention that the voice just now sounded like a woman, even a sturdy man, and they can't please the ingots and oranges!

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