Chapter 194: Inquiry

Qiu Chen didn't notice the strangeness of Qin Yi and the others, and her own cheers were drowned out in the loud applause from the audience, after Qin Zheng handed the lantern to Qiu Chen, he also bowed his hand to the audience very politely, as a sign of gratitude to everyone for their support.

Qiu Chen didn't want to be the focus of everyone, but the two glass lamps were so fond of it, so she was very childish to be an ostrich, pulled the hood of the cloak forward, tried her best to cover her face, and before the laughter dissipated, Qiu Chen said to the master of ceremonies: "I can choose the next lantern, right?" ”

Qin Zheng's hand just now, the master of ceremonies already knew that this was definitely not the kind of child of the family who joined in the fun, with this skill, if he wanted to, he could shoot all the lights down in one breath...... At this time, the shopkeeper prayed that the woman was not so strong in guessing riddles, and once she couldn't guess the riddles, she would lose the right to spotlight. But obviously, the gods and Buddhas were very busy, and probably didn't hear the prayers of the shopkeeper and the master of ceremonies, no, before the prayers of the shopkeeper and the master of ceremonies fell, Qiu Chen came to ask him.

Pulling the corners of his mouth, trying to put on a smile, the shopkeeper said: "Of course, which lady is favorable, you can guess the riddle by picking off the red silk with a pole." ”

Qiu Chen had seen these in the audience just now, and when he said this, Qiu Chen nodded, beckoned to the little guy waiting behind, and motioned for him to send the pole over.

The pole is a slender bamboo pole with an iron hook at the top, Qiu Chen recognizes the role of this pole, it was originally used to hang lanterns on high places, and the Lin family also has it, which is a little shorter than this.

Nodding, Qiu Chen held the bamboo pole with both hands and tried it hard, it was very good, it looked very long and thin, but the pole with the texture of the bamboo pole was not heavy, and Qiu Chen was able to easily control it, and picked off the red silk on a glass lamp.

The words on the red silk are displayed in front of people's eyes - cardamom and double trees. The following prompt is blank.

When the people in the audience saw this riddle, they all whispered about it, and some of them even twisted their brows and pondered it, but none of them had any clues, not even those who tried to answer.

The man who had just not guessed the riddle and got off the high platform still did not leave, the man looked at the riddle, and saw that Qiu Chen was also frowning and pondering, puzzled, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, revealing a touch of schadenfreude.

Qin Zheng stood silently beside Qiu Chen, as if unintentionally shielding her from the many inquiring eyes of the audience. Qiu Chen was completely unaware of all the people on and off the stage, and she was contemplating the meaning of the mystery at this moment.

There is no hint of this riddle, but just after seeing the lantern riddle of 'self-defense', she paid attention to the shop behind the high platform, Jishitang, a medicine hall, so it is not surprising that there is a lantern riddle with a drug name like 'self-defense'. It is precisely because of this that Qiu Chen is trying to rely on the name of the medicine at this time.

Cardamom refers to a boy who is fourteen or fifteen years old; The meaning of cardamom is naturally 'two beautiful girls'.

Two beautiful teenage girls, two beautiful ...... Girl, Qiu Chen frowned, and leaned the name of the medicine up, but none of them were reliable......

Qiu Chen searched for all the names of the drugs in the memory bank in his brain, but found nothing. She simply closed her eyes and no longer searched for the name of the medicine, but changed her direction, looking for ideas from the direction of the medicine hall. Medicine Hall ...... Medicine...... A flash of inspiration flashed in Qiu Chen's mind, and he suddenly opened his eyes.

There is no reliable name of the medicine, and there is also a medical prescription name...... Two beautiful teenage girls...... Hah, there you have it!

Qiu Chen's smile was as bright as the early spring sun, without the slightest haze, his eyes were shining and he looked at the shopkeeper, his voice was full of obvious joy and self-satisfaction, and said: "Shopkeeper, is the mystery of this lantern riddle 'Ermiaosan'?" ”

Ermiaosan, from the "Danxi Heart Method", only the two flavors of cork and atractylodes are formulated, which is effective in clearing away heat and dampness and relieving itching, and is used to treat dampness and heat in the lower limbs and block the evidence of meridians. Don't look at this recipe is only composed of two herbs, but the effect is very reliable, has been used until modern times, and has been made into a patent medicine for the treatment of hyperuricemia to the kidney damage, this disease in modern dialysis out of the dialysis, there is no better effective medicine.

When Qiu Chen was in college, he had done a period of research on 'Ermiaosan', and found that in the ancient medical books in history, there were no less than ten prescriptions named 'Ermiaosan', in addition to the 'Ermiaosan' that has been used to modern times to treat kidney disease, there are also those that treat swollen tongue and bleeding, some that treat nasal chancre that cannot be cured for a long time, some that regulate qi and blood to remove wind, some treat damp wind and rotten sores, and some treat external and internal injuries...... It's dazzling.

In ancient times, when there was no pharmacopoeia standard, the names of these prescriptions were chosen by the inventing physicians according to personal preferences, and it can be seen from the many sets of prescriptions with completely different effects of 'Ermiaosan' that the names of ancient prescriptions were confusing.

No matter what the 'Ermiaosan' group here is, as soon as Qiu Chen said it, the shopkeeper and master of ceremonies were stunned and showed a look of shock, and after a while, he stumbled and said: "Husband, madam, really, it is really unparalleled in intelligence......

Qiu Chen bent his knees with a smile on his face, and said with a smile: "Then we will spotlight!" ”

After speaking, without waiting for the shopkeeper's reaction, Qiu Chen turned around and smiled at Qin Zheng: "...... Do you want to change people? ”

Qin Zheng pursed his lips and looked at the woman smiling like a flower, the corners of his mouth twitched, but he couldn't laugh. nodded, turned around and raised the bow and arrow that had been holding it in his hand, and aimed at the glass lamp high above, while thinking in his heart, he must hide this smile in the future, just for his personal use, and not let others see it!

Boom...... The sound of the bowstring sounded, and the figure swept up like a winged dapeng, and he took the glass lamp in his hand without accident, and then calmly handed the lamp into the hand of Qiu Chen, who was smiling.

"Lian Sheng, you're amazing!" Qiu Chen is simply a little star-eyed, worthy of being the Marquis of Jingbei, this kung fu, tsk, is really dazzling!

Holding a lamp in one hand with a smile, Qiu Chen smiled and nodded to the shopkeeper of ceremonies, "Thanks to your store, we have such a beautiful lamp." Shopkeeper, goodbye! ”

The shopkeeper had come back to his senses at this time, although the smile on his face was a little reluctant, but it was not rude, he bowed to the two of them, and said in a loud voice: "Go slowly, go slowly!" ”

said to walk slowly, but sighed in his heart, these two people can go, if they don't go, maybe there won't be any of these lights hanging out today!

Qiu Chen smiled strangely, and after walking down the steps, Qin Zheng couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Are you really so happy?" ”

Qiu Chen glanced at him, laughing ghostly, and lowered his voice: "The shopkeeper asked us to walk slowly, you said that we really walked slowly, would he cry?" ”

This time, even Qin Zheng couldn't help it, and he instantly unfolded a toothy smile. The usually solemn and cold face, in an instant, was like ice and snow melting, and spring water was rippling, which made Qiu Chen forget his smile and tilt his head to look stunned.

Qin Zheng, who was amused, swept his eyes and took Qiu Chen's stunned expression in his eyes, the smile on his face actually froze for a moment, and then he opened a bigger and brighter smile!

It's just that the stiffness of his expression at this moment made Qiu Chen wake up. Blinking his eyes, and seeing him with a slight smug smile in his pleasure, Qiu Chen gave him a very faceless look, and walked straight towards Qin Yi and the others who came up, and muttered in a small voice: "It's a sin to be so rippling, there are trees and ......."

It was not a short time for them to come out, and because Qiu Chen got two lights, they couldn't wait to bring them back to the children, Qin Zheng was no longer reluctant, and the group returned the same way, still took the carriage, and went back to the Yunzhong Immortal Restaurant.

"Mother, where have you been? It's just a lion and dragon dance, have you seen it? As soon as Qiu Chen entered the private room, Ah Fu actually rushed in front of Ah Man to greet him.

"Well," Qiu Chen was ambiguous, and then raised the lantern in his hand to confuse his gaze, "Son, look at these two lanterns, are they beautiful?" ”

Ah Fu's big eyes finished the crescent moon and nodded vigorously: "Well, well, beautiful!" ”

Aman finally rushed over, stretched out his hand to hug one of Qiu Chen's legs, and also praised repeatedly: "Mother, it's so beautiful!" ”

Qiu Chen smiled, although she was not praised by her daughter, but seeing the smiling faces of her children, she couldn't help but fill her heart with joy.

Ah Fu was very sensible and asked Aman to pick first, but Aman left the glass lamp with higher value and chose a delicate and unique marquee lamp with movable pictures. The glass lamp naturally became Ah Fu's.

Coaxed a pair of children, Qiu Chen raised his eyes and saw the envy that Junyan Junzhang couldn't hide, smiled, and took the four lamps from Qin Li's hands behind him, these four lamps were all bought by Qiu Chen in the lamp market, although they were not as exquisite as the lamps won by guessing the riddle, they were also very beautiful.

Junyan Junzhang was naturally overjoyed, got his hand and thanked him, and hurried to light the lamp. Junwen Junshu looked at the lantern in his hand, and was a little embarrassed, in their hearts, these are things that children can only play with...... However, the two brothers thanked their aunt in a proper manner.

There was a lot of excitement, Junyan Junzhang and Afu Aman, who got the lantern, both focused on their lanterns, but Yang Shumeng and Junwen Junshu saw Qin Zheng who walked in the door after Qiu Chen.

Yang Shumeng's eyes sank slightly, but he immediately greeted him politely. Junwen and Junshu glanced at each other and followed behind the second uncle.

The hour was not early, and they didn't stay at Yunzhong Immortal for long, and after a few words, the group left Yunzhong Immortal and went home.

After the Lantern Festival, the children should start school, and they will go back to Liujiaao early in the morning.

The next day, all the way around, at the end of Shen Shi, Qiu Chen and his party returned to Liujiaao, when they left home, there were only three carriages, and when they came back, they became a convoy of ten cars, not only the Yang family and Qin Zheng who came back with them, but also the twenty-three people who brought back the newly bought servants.

As soon as he entered the village, a group of children surrounded him, and Junyan Junzhang couldn't wait to get home, so he jumped out of the carriage and took a bag of sugar to his friends. A large group of children cheered, took the candy to share the food, Qingjiang shook the reins of the horse, drove the car up the ramp briskly and smoothly, and finally stopped at the door of the east courtyard of the Lin family.

As the car approached Liujiaao, Qiu Chen began to ponder, there were so many people in the family all of a sudden, and it seemed that the matter of building a house for the servants in the backyard was about to hurry up again.

Qiu Chen got out of the car with the two children, and Lin Xu and Chengzi had already arrived at the door. The family met, especially the brothers Yang Shumeng and Junwen Junshu, who had been away from Liu Jiaao for nearly a month, and when they came back again, they were all happy and excited, and they were about the same age as Lin Xuchengzi, so naturally they had a lot to say.

Afu Aman got together with Bolt Shi Shanzi and others, shared the small gifts brought back from Fucheng, and chirped, and didn't know what to say. Qiu Chen saw that the children had their own companions, so she simply didn't care, said hello to Qin Zheng, and handed over the twenty-three new arrivals to the Daxing family and the Qingjiang family to settle down, and she beckoned Yang Shu to rush back to the backyard.

After Qiu Chen washed up, he changed into a thin cotton jacket and pants from the east ear room at home, and Qingxing came over to report, saying that the Daxing family and the Qingjiang family had already settled the people, and came to talk back.

Beckoning the two people into the house, Qiu Chen smiled and let the two sit on the edge of the kang, and said, "There are many people and few houses, do those people have any complaints?" ”

Daxingjia said with a smile: "Madame is too worried, our house is also a lot." There was also a vacant room in the back seat of the backyard, and the slave and maid discussed it and gave it to the family. The others, the boys were placed in Yuqiang's house. moved the original little girls to Yufeng's room, and replaced the room for the few who had just arrived. At the end of the day, there were only a few daughters-in-law left, and the two slaves and maids discussed, letting them temporarily live in the back cover of the second entrance. Madame, do you think there is anything else wrong? ”

Qiu Chen nodded with a smile and said, "It's very good, how is it inappropriate!" ”

As he spoke, he said, "Today, you will be tired first, let them rest for one night, and I will arrange work for them tomorrow." When the time comes, you two will have to take them with you! ”

The faces of the Daxing family and the Qingjiang family both showed a touch of joy, and they hurriedly agreed, and told Qiu Chen about a few small things at home after she went to Fucheng.

"Madam, after you left, the fifth lady and Aunt Huang from the West Courtyard have come, and the fifth lady has been here twice, still looking for slaves and maids to do needlework. That Aunt Huang came to borrow bird's nest. The Qingjiang family pondered.

The smile on Qiu Chen's face did not change, and he said lightly: "Isn't there still a little bit in our kitchen, and we didn't lend it to her to use it first?" ”

Daxingjia said with a smile: "Given, the slave also told Aunt Huang that Mrs. is not at home, only the three lamps, let her take them back and use them first." But she said......"

Qiu Chen smiled and raised his eyebrows: "What did you say?" ”

Daxing's family hurriedly continued: "Aunt Huang also asked, who is using bird's nest?" It is also said that if it is used by children, it is natural to use Baiguan Yan, if it is used by adults, it should be divided into men and women, and women use blood swallow, which can be more beneficial to qi and blood. Men need to use the best bird's nest, with wolfberry and cistanche, to be effective. ”

"Oh, I don't know how to say that." Qiu Chen responded with a smile, and then said a few more gossips, and then sent the Daxing family and the Qingjiang family to make dinner.

The Daxing family went out of the Qingjiang family, and the smile on Qiu Chen's face disappeared.

Lin Xianniang is just that, the big deal is to know a few more young and golden men through her side and marry herself out. What is that Aunt Huang coming from? Find out Qin Zheng's identity? Also wolfberry cistanche, why didn't she just say the three whip big tonic pills, that one is not more effective?!

Frowning and thinking about it for a while, his brain hurt and he didn't understand why Aunt Huang came, Qiu Chen simply put these troubles aside, took a skirt and tied it, put on a fur jacket, and walked out. Yufeng and Qingxing were tidying up the luggage they had brought back, and when they saw this, they were about to follow, Qiu Chen waved his hand to stop, so that the two girls were almost busy, and she went out of the house by herself.

As soon as I went out, I saw Xiaoxi holding Hongxing's hand and standing at the moon gate in the backyard, looking into the second courtyard.

Qiu Chen stood in the verandah, and the two girls were chattering, but they didn't see her. Qiu Chen took a few steps forward, and gradually he could hear what the two little girls were saying.

“…… I went to Madame and begged her to divide me into the kitchen. This is Xiaoxi's voice.

Hongxing said: "It's not that I'm hard for you, think about what Mrs. said, we are not at home now, we are girls." What kind of work the girl does is not assigned by the masters, how can the girl choose! ”

After a moment of silence, Xiaoxi's dull voice came again: "I will do farm work and feed the pigs, how can there be such work for me here." The only thing that can be done is to go to the stove...... Well, it's really not good, let me make a fire, and I'll do that. But if I serve my wife like those two sisters, I am afraid that I will not be able to do it well if I am clumsy, but I will dislike my wife. ”

After a pause, Xiaoxi said again: "I don't want to leave Madame." I don't want to be returned by Madame! ”

"Alas...... Ah, ma'am? Hongxing sighed and was about to say something more, but when she raised her eyes, she saw that Qiu Chen was already standing in front of them, exclaimed, and hurriedly pulled Xiaoxi to kneel down and ask for sin, "Madam, please forgive me, slaves and maids don't dare to run around." ”

Qiu Chen's gaze swept over Hongxing, fell on Xiaoxi, who was also worried, and said with a smile: "Didn't you just say that you were looking for me?" Why didn't you say it when you saw me now? ”

Xiao Xi raised his head suddenly, looked at Qiu Chen and said, "Madam...... You're not mad at me? ”

Excited, this girl even forgot to change her claim. Hong Xing hurriedly pulled her hand to remind her, but Xiao Xi, who thought it was a stopper, completely ignored it, she just looked at Qiu Chen with some persistent and hopeful eyes, waiting for an answer.

This silly girl!

Qiu Chen sighed secretly and said, "Get up!" ”

"Huh?" Xiaoxi was stunned, but was pulled by Hongxing and kowtowed, and then stood up together.

"What are you doing, since Madam let us two get up, naturally we are not angry!" Hongxing couldn't stand it anymore, and reminded Xiaoxi in a low voice.

Xiaoxi blinked, and then she came alive again, and said with a happy face: "Madam, it's good that you don't get angry...... Well, I, the slave and the maid, I want you to divide the slave and the maid into the kitchen to do the work. I, the slave, want to learn how to cook...... Slaves and maids will work hard and will not be lazy! ”

Qiu Chen smiled and sighed: "I originally wanted you to go to my house, but I didn't expect you to actually think about going to the kitchen yourself......"

Hongxing was stunned, and hurriedly gave Xiao Xi a look. Xiaoxi didn't seem to see it at all, raised her eyes and looked at Qiu Chen and said, "Madam, the slave maid went to the kitchen to learn to cook, and the delicious dishes were just to serve Madame!" Still, let the slave go to the kitchen! ”

Qiu Chen finally nodded: "Then you can go to the kitchen and be a fire girl first!" ”

When Xiao Xi heard this, he immediately burst out with joy on his face, and immediately wanted to kneel down and kowtow again, but Qiu Chen stretched out his hand to stop him: "That's it, don't kneel around." Since you want to go to the kitchen, then come with me, I'll send you to the kitchen, there are a lot of people eating tonight, and the kitchen is probably busy! ”

"Whoa, whoa!" Xiao Xi agreed again and again, and followed Qiu Chen away. After taking two steps, he remembered Hong Xinglai, paused and said, "Sister Hong Xing, I know that you are for my good." But I'm stupid, so it's better to go to the kitchen. I'll go with my wife, you go back first!" ”

After speaking, without waiting for Hongxing to respond, she turned her head and hurriedly chased after Qiu Chen.

Hongxing stood at the moon gate, looking at Xiao Xi, who followed Qiu Chen to the front yard, and was stunned for a long time, and then went back to the backyard with a depressed expression.

Xiaoxi went to the kitchen, at least she knew what she was doing. They still don't know what they will be assigned to do. I heard that the new girls have to start from the rough girl, and they do rough work such as cleaning and washing, and in comparison, they are not necessarily better than Xiaoxi's fire girl! Alas!

In the big kitchen, the Daxing family's Qingjiang family and Shunzi's family are busy. Usually for those people in the family, the three of them can still cook, but now there are more than 20 people eating at once, and it is still the three of them, and this work is a little unbearable. Not to mention cooking and making soup, even steaming steamed buns is enough for them. Fortunately, there is white rice at home, and I have learned to steam rice in a big pot with my wife, otherwise, I don't know when this dinner will be eaten.

"Hehe, there are too many people to be busy, right? I've got a little helper for you! Qiu Chen stood at the door of the kitchen and said with a smile.

When the three people of the Daxing family heard the voice, they each had work in their hands, and they couldn't let go of it, so they hurriedly smiled and greeted, but the work under them did not stop for a moment.

"This is Xiaoxi, I've cooked at home, I'll send it to you, you can assign it when you see what you need her to do." Qiu Chen said to the Daxing family with a smile, and then turned back to Xiaoxi and said, "This is your aunt Daxing, she is now in charge of the kitchen, you will follow her in the future, and you will look for her if you have anything." ”

Xiaoxi didn't kneel and kowtow this time, but bent her knees unfamiliarly and agreed, rolled up her sleeves and went into the kitchen.

In the kitchen, the Daxing family was stir-frying, and the Qingjiang family and the Shunzi family were also busy.

When Qiu Chen left, he heard Xiaoxi ask: "Auntie, I just came here and didn't know anything, I need a big fire and a small fire, you can tell me something." ”

Unexpectedly, the fastest to integrate into this family was actually this simple girl. I don't know if Lu Dao is a simple person with a good fortune. Qiu Chen hooked the corners of his lips and walked towards the gate.

Considering that the children had been in the car for a day, Qin Yi said that tonight's workout would be stopped, and the workout would resume tomorrow morning.

After dinner, Junwen Junshu took his younger brothers and sisters to the wing room to read and write. There were only two brothers and sisters left in the room, Yang Shumeng and Qiu Chen, Qiu Chen carried the teapot and poured tea for the second brother, and said with a smile: "If the second brother has anything to say, just say it." ”

Yang Shumeng sat on the edge of the kang, facing Qiu Chen across the kang table. He raised his eyes to look at his sister, swallowed his saliva, and said, "Sister, you and General Qin...... Last night......"

"Second brother, last night General Qin asked me to be my guide and took him to enjoy the lanterns for a while. But I saw that there were people who guessed lantern riddles, guessed two lantern riddles and won two lanterns back, but they didn't take people to visit much......" Qiu Chen looked back at the second brother calmly, and said with a faint smile: "Second brother, when I came home in the third year of junior high school, my mother also asked me." I also told our mother, don't say that I am a widow and have two children, that is, the eldest girl, according to our identity, can people take a fancy to us? A person with that status has other meanings, and it must also be the idea of taking a concubine...... Second brother, have you forgotten that I am a female household, and I can only recruit and not marry......"

Yang Shumeng's brows furrowed even deeper when he heard this, and he waved his hand again and again: "Don't mention the matter of recruiting again." Recruiting people to enter the house, don't talk about Qin ...... He refused to agree, and there was no one who would agree to a man with a slightly flat head and a straight face. Don't you look at it, who is willing to come to the door to be a son-in-law, how can there be a good one? If you are not trying to make money, or you are the kind of bastard who can't make a fart with three sticks, how can such a person be worthy of you, I can't watch you do that to yourself! ”

Yang Shumeng was a little angry, but Qiu Chen was tepid, the smile on his face did not change, and said lightly: "Yes, brother, you also said that every good person who is willing to recruit people who come to the door, and who has such an identity and status, how can they be willing to enter our door?" So, second brother, don't worry, your sister is not the ignorant little girl, and she won't be cheated by others. ”

Yang Shu looked at Qiu Chen fiercely, was silent for a long time, and finally said gloomily: "It's good that you know the way." I'm just afraid that you'll be confused and suffer a loss...... What, our mother also said, you can't be a concubine for others. Concubines and maids, as concubines, there will never be a day. ”

Qiu Chen smiled more calmly, and nodded again and again. But she was secretly sneering in her heart, not to mention that she was a concubine, if someone asked her to marry, then she must meet one condition first, that is, mutual loyalty! She will never allow other women to appear, concubines are not good, sex is not good, and the so-called drama outside is not good!

It's just that, looking at Yang Shumeng's worried face, she still didn't want to say this bottom line, so as not to stimulate the second brother!

Yang Shumeng looked at Qiu Chen's expression and didn't look like a fake, and thought about the changes in his sister over the past year, although it was inevitable to show up for business, he was generous in dealing with people, not twisting or pretentious, but people couldn't say any gossip. Alas, that's it, my sister is now thinking about everything, these things, he is a wake-up call for his brother, and his sister naturally knows how to be measured.

Putting aside this annoying topic, the brother and sister discussed the matter of the workshop in detail. After talking for half an hour, Yang Shumeng got up and left.

Sending Yang Shumeng away, Qiu Chen sent Qingxing and Yufeng to find Afu Aman back and go to bed early. Ming'er is going to return to her normal routine, and she has to get up early to exercise!

On the second day, the children resumed their regular routine of exercising and going to school.

After breakfast, Qiu Chen asked Qingxing to call the six new boys over.

Lin Xu, Junshu and Junwen did not have any small servants at home, and Qiu Chen made arrangements for these six small servants one by one.

Yu Liang is literate, and he also knows a little etiquette, so he is assigned to Lin Xu as a scholar, and while serving Lin Xu, he can also continue to learn to read and write with Lin Xu; Another ten-year-old boy named Gou Yu was very clever, Qiu Chen changed his name to Baoliang and gave him to Junwen; picked another one who looked honest and was called Po Child, Qiu Chen changed his name to Jin Liang and gave it to Junshu; The remaining three changed their names to Yinliang, Yinliang, and Xiliang respectively, and gave Junyan Junzhang Afu respectively to make up for the shortcomings of the little girl around the children who were too young. More importantly, let them all go to the school to be literate and reasonable.

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