Aunt Xu looked at this beautiful girl with a smile, and said with a smile: "Hehe, Miss Zhao is really polite." …… In addition to playing the piano, what else did Miss Zhao learn? ”

However, thinking so in his heart, Zhao Yuzhen still bowed his head based on etiquette and said: "Thank you Third Lady for ordering, Yuzhen has been taught!" ”

Zhao Yuzhen felt that she understood the first half, and when it came to the last sentence, she seemed to understand a little, what does it mean to 'see the lotus is enough'?

"You just played the 'Yangguan Three Stacks' is a farewell song, in which the parting meaning is sad and sad, but after years of tempering, there are not only these for parting, but also all kinds of memories of the past...... You are young, and you may be reluctant to part with you, and you may shed tears, but your heart is still full of hope, thinking that you will see each other in a few days...... Just like what you see is a swimming fish under the lotus, I basically don't notice the swimming fish, just see the lotus lotus. ”

Zhao Yuzhen listened to her words and talked about playing the piano again, and hurriedly gathered his mind and listened attentively.

Aunt Xu shook her head with a smile, let Zhao Yuzhen eat a piece of precocious melon, and ate a piece herself, wiped the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief and said: "This is different ages, different experiences, and different moods." ”

After speaking, he seemed to feel a little speechless, and hurriedly added: "This is the third lady's kindness!" ”

After Zhao Yuzhen laughed, he relaxed a little and said, "The third lady is really funny when she speaks!" ”

After speaking, looking at Zhao Yuzhen, the two looked at each other and smiled.

Aunt Xu nodded with a smile: "Yes, what you see is the comfort of swimming fish...... If it were me, I would have to worry if I saw it, and the fish should not hit the hooks of a few girls at the stern of the boat! ”

Zhao Yuzhen came back to his senses, his face flushed slightly, and he said with a slight surprise: "Lotus lotus...... And fish swimming in the water! ”

Squinting her eyes slightly, Aunt Xu chuckled and said, "Miss Zhao, can you tell me what you saw?" ”

Aunt Xu was stunned for a moment, shook her senses, and turned her eyes to look at Zhao Yuzhen beside her, and saw that this girl was also looking at the lotus flowers outside the boat, but her eyes were flexible and her expression was vivid, and there was a faint smile at the corners of her eyes, eyebrows and lips.

Speaking of this, Aunt Xu looked through the window with a little amazement, looking at a large patch of green and lush lotus lotus on the sparkling blue waves, and her face showed a touch of amazement. Seeing her like this, Zhao Yuzhen didn't want to disturb her, so she had to accompany her quietly, and followed her gaze to look at the piles of lotus leaves and lotuses...... Of course, there are also the fish swimming under the lotus leaves, spit out a few blisters from time to time on the calm lake, swinging in circles and ripples. Or a tail swing to stir up a wave of water.

Aunt Xu smiled and said, "You don't have to be shy, I'm telling the truth." You're talented, but you're still young......"

Zhao Yuzhen heard Aunt Xu praise herself again, her face suddenly turned red, and she hurriedly said: "The third lady praised it falsely!" ”

"It's just that you can't think of it when you're young, and I've lived a few years like this, and I can't think of it either...... It can be seen that this has nothing to do with age, and it is also talented, and half of it is unacceptable! Aunt Xu smiled and looked at Zhao Yuzhen and said, "Just like your piano skills, you can play the 'Yangguan Three Stacks' to such a situation at a young age, and it is also very talented." ”

After speaking, he seemed to feel that he was a little reckless, and looked over with a slightly blushing face, but saw Aunt Xu's face of approval, her eyes were gentle, and her heart was a little calm.

Zhao Yuzhen also felt good, so he immediately chimed in: "Exactly, it's hard to think of using lotus leaves to brew this lotus seed tea!" ”

"This tea looks bland, but it's really rare!" Aunt Xu smiled and admired.

Zhao Yuzhen took the tea and thanked her, glanced at Aunt Xu, saw that she was still mild, and lowered her eyes to drink tea, so she also took a sip of tea and took a sip of tea. The entrance of the tea soup is refreshing and sweet, and the lukewarm tea soup is not only not dry, but also calms down the little dryness brought by the weather, which makes people feel naturally relaxed.

This lotus seed lotus leaf tea is brewed with lotus leaves, but there are no lotus leaves, add the glutinous curtain of boiling, the soup is light brown, because of the addition of some honey, the soup tastes slightly sweet, but not greasy, the entrance is sweet and full of mouth, refreshing very.

As she spoke, a little girl sent a lotus seed and lotus leaf tea.

Zhao Yuzhen didn't guess wrong, Aunt Xu didn't say it in her heart, she was able to get to this point, she was indeed a clever and clever person, where was she willing to let Zhao Yuzhen really salute, without waiting for her to get up, she reached out and pulled her, held her hand and led her to sit beside her, and smiled gently: "Miss Zhao is too modest, come, you have been playing this for a while, you should be tired, drink saliva and rest!" ”

Seeing that it was Aunt Xu's praise, Zhao Yuzhen hurriedly restrained the arrogance and arrogance on his face, lowered his head slightly, and said: "Yuzhen just learned some fur from the master at home, she is really shallow, and she deserves such praise from the third lady!" "On the other hand, they should stand up and salute.

Although Zhao Yuzhen is a little arrogant, he is from a low background after all, and when he arrives in a place like the Jingbei Hou Mansion, he naturally acts cautiously.

This person is the oldest today, Zhao Yuzhen has noticed it before, and knows that it is the third lady of the Liang Guogong Mansion. According to her mother's previous understanding of Liang Guogong's personnel, this is the dowry girl of the former Liang Guogong wife Ji's family, and after giving birth, she raised her aunt, not only two women and one man, but also is still favored, last year she took over the housekeeping from the Liang Guogong Mansion Mrs. Li, and now it is this person who presides over Liang Guogong's feed, according to these things, it is obvious that this third lady is not so gentle and peaceful on the surface, and must be a means.

Zhao Yuzhen turned her head to look over when she heard the sound, and saw a middle-aged woman wearing a light lotus blue lake silk embroidered gown all over the place, sitting on her left hand side, looking at her with a kind smile.

"What a song of Yangguan three stacks!" As soon as Zhao Yuzhen finished the piano song, he heard a not too loud admiration.

Aunt Xu was invited to take care of her, her identity couldn't go forward, so she quietly fell behind to take care of melons, fruits, snacks, tea, etc., Qiu Chen ordered Mama Chen and Mama Wang to be with her in advance, and they also arranged all kinds of affairs, which could be regarded as talking to Aunt Xu.

Chang Jiayi said that Zhao Yuzhen worked hard, but did not comment on her piano skills, but she was only more proficient in playing, which was not unpleasant, and she was really far from being outstanding in piano skills.

But all music and art and the like are quite talented, and people with average talent, no matter how hard they work, they are at best a craftsman, and they can't become geniuses.

Zhao Yuzhen didn't know any of them very well, so he went to the end of the cabin and played with the guqin set there, ding ding dong, Qiu Chen couldn't hear how good it was, but Chang Jiayi said with a smile: "This girl of the Zhao family has really worked hard!" ”

Song Xi'er can't be idle, at this time she has already run to the stern of the boat with Man'er to fish, and she wears a hat alone, but she is not afraid of the sun. Qiu Ruyi played with Man'er a lot, so he naturally followed, so he followed Man'er and Song Xi'er, handing fish food and carrying a fishing line.

Wang Jingshu is an Xian, listening to Qiu Chen and Chang Jiayi are all pregnant, she is a big girl who has not been out of the pavilion is not easy to come forward, so she took another step behind, sat next to Yiheng, happened to be next to a window, and looked at the lake indifferently and calmly, admiring the lotus on the lake.

Qiu Chen and Chang Jiayi are both pregnant, afraid of heat and tiredness, and too lazy to play and laugh with those girls, only leaning on the window at the bow of the boat, putting a thin felt cushion, on which there are rush mats, and there are countless large and small pillows, pillows, and pillows to rely on, half lying and half sitting, while eating the newly marketed grapes and bayberry cut into plates, while chattering, smiling from time to time, all with a peaceful and tranquil face. Yi Heng was not good at talking, sitting next to Qiu Chen, listening to the two of them talking, occasionally interjecting.

But people on the painting boat, with the waves slid into the middle of the lake, in the large sparkling blue waves, the lake breeze is cool and slowly coming, the summer heat seems to be excluded in the blink of an eye, only the bright and brilliant sunshine, but there is no heat, sitting in the cabin, the little girl offers a sweet and refreshing lotus leaf lotus seed tea, slowly sipping, and then no matter who whisks the strings, play a few piano sounds clear, it is really the sky and water, the rhyme is ethereal, happy like a fairy.

As it approached midsummer, the weather was hot, and I was sweating after almost a few steps.

The pomegranate trees on the shore are already lush and blooming like fire, and the big red pomegranate flowers seem to be ignited by the scorching sun, like fire, clumps and clusters, beating among the emerald green branches and leaves.

At the end of May, the lotus has been vigorous, the lotus leaves like the round plate are layered green, spread on the surface of the lake, forming an emerald green floating island, in the gap of the lotus leaves, a lotus arrow is slim and jade, some have begun to bloom, open a few pieces of pink and pink pink lotus petals, some are still tightly wrapped, the top of the lotus bud reveals a touch of pink and pink, green and beautiful!

The two brothers of the Tang family, Tang Jiazhuo and Tang Jiafei, also came over, and Ah Fu and Zhixian Zhide took care of their little friends, followed by Wen Junshu and Lin Xu, and took a painting boat to swim in the lake together. Qiu Chen invited Chang Jiayi to take the girls on another painting boat and also wandered on the lake.

After this arrangement, two days later, at the end of May, Zhao Yuzhen, Qiu Ruyi, as well as Wang Jingshu and Song Xi'er all went boating and playing in Jingbei Hou Mansion. The Gu family also sent a post over, but the Gu sisters had other arrangements and did not come.

It's just that Qiu Ruyi was mentioned for Junwen before, and if Junwen didn't agree, she couldn't mention it to Junshu and Lin Xu again...... It's really a mistake, such a good girl, she didn't get into Junwen's eyes.

As for Junwen, since he likes Wang Jingshu, he can only wait for him to work hard to pass the township exam, as well as the subsequent meeting exam and the palace exam, and Shunshun lì Li passed the exam, even if he is just a jinshi, she can try to go to the door to propose relatives for him...... It's just a proposal for relatives, as for whether it can be done, I really don't dare to report too much hope! After all, the gap between the family backgrounds of the two families is too big!

As for Qiu Ruyi, this girl Qiu Chen still likes it very much. Helplessly, Junwen didn't like it, Qiu Chen couldn't help but think of Junshu...... There is also Lin Xu, these two people can marry Qiu Ruyi as their wife, they are knowledgeable, gentle and elegant, they are all good choices.

After that, he sent Chen to the Guogong Mansion, saying that he was pregnant and did not dare to work, so he asked Mrs. Li to borrow Aunt Xu to come over for her for a day. took the opportunity to let Aunt Xu meet Zhao Yuzhen...... She plays the role of threading the needle, letting everyone meet, and the next marriage process, how Aunt Xu will tell Qin Xiuyi when she goes back, how to coax Mrs. Li to marry Qin Yao for her, she doesn't have to care.

Yixuan Yiheng and Qin Yao were in the same picture as Zhao Yuzhen, they were just waiting for Qin Yao's promotion exam results before, but now that there are results, Qiu Chen invited Zhao Yuzhen to come over, and sent someone to send a letter to Yiheng.

Although this ambassador of Zhangjiawan Nancaocang is only a Congjiupin, he is considered to be the lowest rank in the rank, and he is really not even a sesame official, but he has real power. He is responsible for the inspection of the official salt transported into Beijing, the inspection of private salt, and the inspection and turnover of grain and southern tributes. This kind of errand is much more sought-after than the general sixth-grade seven-eight-grade Qing Shui position, and this time it also happened that the original person was sick and resigned, just so that Qin Yao could catch up. Zheng Jiyu, the head of the household department, was also good friends with Qin Xiuyi and Qin Zheng's father and son, knowing that Qin Yao was admitted to the household department, and took care of one or two slightly, Qin Yao also got this inconspicuous but very oily errand.

Zhangjiawan is located on the canal, near the Tongzhou wharf, is the last place to check before entering Beijing, but all the grain, rice, official salt, tea transported into Beijing, must be inspected here. And set up an official warehouse here to store bulk goods such as grain and rice, official salt, etc. Because the location is in the south of the capital, it is called Nancang; It is also known as Nancao Warehouse because it is stored here.

Qin Yao participated in the promotion examination of the Ministry of Officials a few days ago, and the results have been out, and he has unexpectedly obtained the examination, and the appointment has also come down, and he has been assigned to the ambassador of Nancaocang in Zhangjiawan, the Ministry of Households.

Qiu Chen changed his mind slightly, and then wrote a reply, inviting them to come to the house to play with Man'er on the rest of the day.

In addition, Qiu Chen was more surprised that Qiu Ruyi and Zhao Yuzhen also wrote posts to greet them.

In addition to these two, there are no other relatives, and the Jingbei Hou Mansion does not need to report anywhere, but the news seems to have grown legs, Qiu Chen has no pregnancy reaction The next day, Chang Jiayi, who is also pregnant, sent someone to greet him, not to mention, the Tang family, Zheng Jiyu's family, and all sent people to visit and sent congratulatory gifts, Wang Jingshu and Song Xi'er simply made an appointment to visit together.

Anyang Mansion also sent people to deliver the letter. As Lin said, let her take Qingxing and Yufeng back.

In the afternoon of the same day, Qin Zheng took Brother Yun to the Guogong Mansion to report the news, Qin Xiuyi was overjoyed, and left Qin Zheng and his family for dinner in the Guogong Mansion that night, and only let the two of them come back when they knew the curfew.

From this day on, Qiu Chen seemed to have an appetite, from what he ate and vomited before, and he was picky and picky, to what he saw and what he ate, and there was nothing he didn't eat...... Let her say it herself, just hold the Taihu Lake stone in the garden and take a bite!

Subconsciously looking down, I saw bright and clean bowls and plates...... Qiu Chen was embarrassed!

When she finished eating a soup and a soup, she raised her head, took out a handkerchief to wipe the corners of her mouth with satisfaction, and when she raised her eyes, she saw that everyone's eyes were still focused on her.

I don't know what to do with it in the kitchen, the already small spines of the pond snakehead are extremely soft, almost impossible to taste, the smooth and delicious fish meat plus the egg custard has been expanded several times, making people want to eat it after eating a bite, a plate of steamed eggs of pond snakehead fish was given to Qin Zheng a little, and the rest was eaten up by Qiu Chen just a cup of tea.

Not to mention the deliciousness of the bean paste, even after a busy morning, she was really hungry. What's more, she is pregnant, and after she has just survived the pregnancy reaction in the first trimester, her whole body is screaming for hunger, which makes her have an over-appetite and is full of battles!

Qiu Chen also knew everyone's worries, raised his eyes to look at everyone, smiled slightly, lowered his head and continued to eat.

Watching her eat this mouthful of soup, Qin Zheng and Old Man Mu were naturally concerned, and the girls and mothers-in-law were also on the side, for fear that a mouthful of fish soup would arouse nausea, and when they heard that Qiu Chen was in a happy mood and clearly let out a sigh of praise, everyone also breathed a sigh of relief and put their hearts at ease!

Squinting his eyes slightly, he couldn't help but show a pleasant smile, Qiu Chen nodded and said, "Hmm, it's really good!" ”

Amused by the words that popped out of his head, Qiu Chen scooped up a spoonful of watercress soup and sent it into his mouth, the watercress meat was extremely tender and soft, and after putting it in his mouth, he slid down his tongue and into his throat with almost no force! The soup wrapped in watercress also slid through at the same time, and the smooth and greasy touch with the ultimate fresh and sweet taste instantly spread and spread into the entire mouth at the same time, making people feel appetizing and appetizing at the same time, and the mood couldn't help but be happy and happy.

Pregnant, wonderful!

The process of pregnancy is truly a magical journey of life!

She hadn't eaten fish for two months, and she was a little worried as soon as she quit. Speaking of the fish stew before, she didn't dare to come forward, and stood upwind at a distance and instructed the girls to do it. At this moment, the fish soup and fish custard were right in front of her, and the rich umami and the slight fishy smell were mixed in the steam and slowly diffused, which naturally entered her nose...... It's really surprising, before yesterday, she could smell the disgusting fishy smell of rice porridge, and even hook the nausea and vomit upside down, but after a night, the fish soup was placed in front of her eyes, right under her nose, and she was not disgusted!

The corners of Qin Zheng's mouth nodded slightly, Qiu Chen retracted his gaze and began to eat his lunch intently.

As he spoke, Qiu Chen smiled, took a cup of watercress soup and put it in front of Qin Zheng, thought about it, took a spoon and dug up a piece of steamed eggs with snakehead fish and put it on Qin Zheng's plate: "It's too steamed, you can help me eat a little." ”

The lid cup was one for each Qiu Chen and Qin Zheng, and the steaming plate was unceremoniously placed in front of him by Qiu Chen, and then smiled at Old Man Mu: "Mu Bo doesn't have to worry, this pond snakehead fish is small, and it is not one or two...... This watercress soup is the essence of the snakehead fish, and the rest is made into steamed eggs, but it is a pity that the fish body is thrown away, so I will reluctantly eat it myself! ”

Qiu Chen pursed his lips and smiled, raised his hand and beckoned, and the two little girls Qingfeng and Wulan stepped forward with two trays, Qingfeng held two cover cups, and Wulan held a steaming tray.

After speaking, he raised his eyes and looked at Qin Zheng, who was not worried, and then said in a much better mood: "This, the stupid boy found it for you, right?" You've given it all to me, aren't you afraid that this stupid boy won't be happy? ”

Although he said this, Old Man Mu unceremoniously carried the spoon into the soup cup, stirred it slightly, scooped a piece of watercress and put it in his mouth, chirp, smacked the taste, and nodded a little reluctantly: "It's okay!" ”

"Mu Bo, you always taste it, although this pond snakehead fish is inconspicuous, it is claimed to have a good taste that can fresh off the eyebrows!" As Qiu Chen spoke, he sent the stew cup to Old Man Mu, Old Man Mu raised his head a little unexpectedly, and when he saw the stew pot sent by Qiu Chen with a smile, he pouted and said, "It's just some small miscellaneous fish, what's the big deal!" ”

Old man Mu sat opposite, looking at the loving appearance of the little couple, pouting, picking up the wine glass and throwing it up.

Before he finished speaking, seeing Qin Zheng raise his eyebrows with a smile, Qiu Chen simply swallowed the second half of the sentence back and didn't say anything more.

Qiu Chen subconsciously relieved, his smile bloomed, but he realized that his sad old hen mentality, and his heart for Qin Zheng was also a little disappointed, and he hurriedly smiled, "Well, this thing is quite rare......"

Seeing Qiu Chen looking down at the watercress soup in the stew pot, he hesitated a little, and couldn't help shaking his head and said softly: "I got a lot, there are still some in the kitchen, and I will eat it for the boys at night!" ”

Qin Zheng smiled, took a handkerchief and wiped the slight sweat on her forehead, and straightened out the hair of her sideburns, "I knew that you could eat fish, and I happened to meet it when I bought it." ”

Qiu Chen blinked, looked up, and subconsciously asked, "When did you buy the pond snakehead?" ”

As he spoke, Qin Zheng opened the lid of the stew pot with his hands...... Qiu Chen saw that there were white slices of meat the size of fingernails floating in the pale brown soup in the stew pot, and tender green coriander was sporadically dotted on the surface of the soup. It turned out to be a cup of watercress soup!

Qin Zheng got up and personally took the stew pot and put it in front of Qiu Chen: "I've been busy for a long time, let's eat it!" ”

Qiu Chen looked over suspiciously, she had seen the menu at noon today, and there was no stew!

As soon as she sat down, Laurel brought a stew pot.

There are a lot of river shrimp in the shrimp basket, almost two catties. Qiu Chen made a drunken river shrimp for Qin Zheng and Old Man Mu to drink, made a boiled shrimp for the children, peeled the big ones picked out, sat on Longjing shrimp for the children, and moistened the small mouths of a few small ones to their satisfaction, Qin Zheng and Old Man Mu also drank a pot of wine, comfortable and leisurely. Only she herself, after feeding a few children and letting the grandmothers take them down to wash their hands and take a lunch break, then she sat down next to Qin Zheng and wanted to eat a little bit.

Zhixian Zhide came over after class, and Old Man Mu somehow smelled the fragrance, and also walked over after the two children. A pot of fish soup was made by Qiu Chen, and it was gone with a small cup for one person, but Qiu Chen himself didn't have it. She had no choice but to give up and fed the children some of the fish with the thorny fish.

The time is short, and the adults and children are in battle, talking and laughing, and they have not caught big fish, but they have caught five or six of the full of crucian carp and melon seeds, Qiu Chen ordered someone to take the red clay stove over, set up a small pot, cut the abdomen of the fish and take care of the scales, and only put the green onion ginger slices and pepper star anise in the water to remove the fish, boil over high heat, and soon the soup in the pot will become milky white. Put it in a small bowl after the rain and the sunny day, put in the minced green garlic, and a few drops of sesame oil, and the fragrance will overflow immediately.