Who is the eunuch, this kind of silver handed over in secret has not been less, Han Jingyu's purse was handed over, and when he pinched his fingers slightly, he felt a little hard, at best, it was only five taels of silver...... As a eunuch beside King Qi, how could he see five taels of silver? Moreover, not without annoyance, this poor scholar took a little silver and handed it to him, is this looking down on him?

However, Han Jingyu's words made the eunuch think about it, put aside the matter of silver for the time being, hurried two steps, rushed behind Yang Jingyu, and laughed in a low voice: "It seems that the master's name of generosity has won the hearts of the people, and even the village woman who makes bath paste knows it." ”

Yang Jingyu paused, squinted sideways and stared at the eunuch behind him: "Huh? ”

This eunuch has been serving by Yang Jingyu's side for more than a year or two, and he has already understood Yang Jingyu's temperament, and when he heard Yang Jingyu's questioning snort, he knew that his words had successfully attracted the attention of his master, and hurriedly took a step forward, approached Yang Jingyu's ear, and whispered: "That woman just now is the one who made the bath cream...... I heard that the soap before was also made by her. ”

Yang Jingyu simply stopped this time, but it was only for a moment, and he raised his feet and continued to walk up the mountain. Leaving the eunuch slightly stunned, he immediately followed. What is the heart of the master of his family...... As long as he has something in mind, there is nothing that he can't get his hands on!

Lin Xu fell behind the crowd, walked a few steps to Qiu Chen's side, clenched his hands into fists, and looked at Qiu Chen's face full of worry and guilt: "Sister-in-law......"

Qiu Chen quickly glanced at Yang Jingyu and the others who had walked out of a distance, raised his hand and patted Lin Xu's arm and said, "Don't worry, it's okay." You follow and deal with it yourself. Endure everything you can, don't be impatient. ”

"My brother wrote it down." Lin Xu nodded in response, but he refused to take a step, just looked at Qiu Chen worriedly, "Sister-in-law, why don't I go to the front to say hello and send you home first?" ”

"No need, sister-in-law is with Lord Tang's family, you don't have to worry." Speaking of which, Qiu Chen's only mistake was to let Lin Xu introduce him to Wu: "Mrs. Wu, this is my second brother Lin Xu." ”

Lin Xu hurriedly restrained his expression and bowed, and stretched to the ground: "The student has seen his wife." ”

Wu looked at Lin Xu's handsome appearance and polite manners, and he was also sincerely close to Qiu Chen's sister-in-law, as if he was a sister and brother, he couldn't help but have a lot of good feelings, and hurriedly smiled and stretched out his hand to help Lin Xu: "Don't be polite!" Hurry up, please! ”

Lin Xu got up, Qiu Chen introduced Guo Xiaosi'er who came with Lin Xu again, and sent the two of them to chase Yang Jingyu and his party.

When Lin Xu had just saluted the Wu family, he saw a pair of big black and moist eyes peeking out from behind Wu's shoulders, and his mischievous and lively appearance reminded him of the man who had left home...... After walking a few steps, he couldn't help but secretly look back again, but he happened to see the dirt on Lan Zhi's cheeks, and he was so frightened that he tripped under his feet and almost fell, which inevitably added a little embarrassment.

"Poof...... A sucker! Lan Zhi scolded with a low smile.

Wu also noticed the daughter who was making trouble behind her back, and glared back at her, Lan Zhi hurriedly lowered her head and bit her lip and pretended to be a lady.

Qiu Chen's eyes swept over, but he pretended not to see it, only smiled and let the Wu family go, while ordering people to go to the mountain to find Tang Yanchen and Tang Yanshen, and followed each other down the mountain.

Since an unlucky character like Yang Jingyu has gone up the mountain, they can't avoid it, so they don't rush to find trouble. Although there is no danger, but a good outing, a great apricot blossom beauty, was disturbed, and it was inevitable that it would be very disappointing. Especially when Lan Zhi heard her two younger brothers say that the scenery on the mountain was better, she stood in the small pavilion after waiting for the top, overlooking the entire apricot blossom forest, which was called Yun Steaming Xiawei, and the chagrin on Lan Zhi's face was even deeper.

Qiu Chen looked at Lan Zhi's wilted appearance, and his mind moved, so he proposed to the Wu family to go to the Zhuangzi of Nanmara Lake to go green, and you can also eat the freshest fish and shrimp and water chestnut lotus root.

As soon as they heard this, Lan Zhi and Runchen Yanshen both became energetic, and looked at the Wu family one by one, like three puppies of all sizes, which really made the Wu family reluctant to refuse, and patted Lan Zhi with a smile and said: "It's okay for Runchen Yanshen, after all, it's smaller, how old are you, and you're still naughty!" ”

Seeing that Wu's meaning was agreed, Lan Zhi was happy and noticed that she was turning quickly, and immediately flattered: "My daughter is in front of her mother, and she will be a child when she is eighty years old!" ”

"Poof, you lazy girl, and I'm not afraid of your Aunt Begonia's jokes...... You are eighty years old, where is I still ......" Wu said this, and it was inevitable that he would be sad if he continued to talk about it, so he paused and said with a smile, "Okay, why don't you hurry up and give orders to go down and let people prepare the car." Let's go over so recklessly, we have to leave someone to cook and prepare! ”

Qiu Chen smiled and pulled Lan Zhi up, "Don't worry, madam, the things over there are ready-made, just send someone over in advance to say that you can prepare." ”

Seeing that Wu nodded with a smile, Qiu Chen turned around and took Lan Zhi's hand and said with a smile: "I just eat your family's food, and this time I will also let you taste the Zhuanghu dishes I made!" ”

As Qiu Chen said, the green apricots and Chunxiang were sent out in advance, cleaned up and prepared, and when the four Wu family mothers arrived at Nannuma Lake, although it was a village house, it was clean and tidy, and the bedding and utensils everywhere were also clean, the windows were bright and clean, and the dust was not clean.

There was also the Chen family who came in advance, and the Chen family was in charge of lunch, plus the old He family made two dishes from the south, so that the four Wu mothers who were used to eating exquisite dishes were also full of praise.

Xiao Yanshen asked even more dumbfoundedly: "Are the Zhuanghu dishes in Zhuangzi so delicious?" ”

It drew laughter from everyone.

After lunch, Wu was tired and took a nap on the kang to rest, while Qiu Chen took the opportunity to take Lan Zhi and Runchen Yanshen to the beach.

Most of the water chestnuts have been dug for half a month, and there are still few seeds left, and those old and weak women and children will not be used. So, Qiu Chen took advantage of today's trip to think about diverting some people out and starting to dig incense.

It's just that, after saying that, no one wants to give up digging water chestnuts that can satisfy hunger, and dig up the incense that can't be eaten and doesn't know if they can really sell for money. The eldest grandmother and the fourth grandmother who were still Chunsheng took the initiative to stand up and took the lead in following Qiu Chen to learn to identify the incense.

In fact, at this time, because the incense attachment did not grow, Qiu Chen did not have many good ways to teach people, but vaguely looked at the residual leaves of the incense attachment in the dead grass, and then excavated along the residual leaves, pulling the incense attachment that was smaller than peanuts from the soil. Before Qiu Chen returned to Anyang City, he ordered someone to go to the Huichun Hall to ask about the price of medicine, and the purchase of the Xiangfu Rice obtained after the Xiangfu was dried was 50 Wen a catty, because the Xiangfu was heavy, two catties of fresh Xiangxiang could be dried out of a catty of Xiangfu rice, and the purchase price of Xianxiang Attached given by Qiu Chen was 15 Wen a catty.

The two old ladies dug for a while, and they were more skilled than Qiu Chen, who taught people, lowered their heads and hoeed down, it was more than a dozen incense attachments, Qiu Chen looked at it for a while, according to the speed of these two old ladies, it is not a problem to dig ten catties of fresh incense attachments a day, that is, the income of about one hundred and fifty Wen, and in a month, he can earn nearly three taels of silver.

Of course, the stock of incense attached to the south marsh lake is limited, and the time for excavation is also limited.

Qiu Chen estimated that the incense could be dug for at least half a month, and after half a month, the wild vegetables in the ground would grow, and when the time came, he could also discuss the Zhou family, and use some particularly difficult people to dig wild vegetables and sell them to Zhuangzi to feed chickens and ducks.

Lan Zhi and Runchen Yanshen were probably so close to the real Zhuang for the first time, and they were a little afraid to get close. Seeing Qiu Chen talking and laughing with these ragged, yellow-skinned, and even unkempt old men and children, Lan Zhi and Yan Chen Yan Shen both felt incredible, but they were full of curiosity. Unexpectedly, Qiu Chen not only talked with these people cordially, but also taught the two mothers-in-law to dig ...... It is said to be a medicinal herb...... Being so close, I didn't care about the mud on the two mothers-in-law...... This time, even Runshen, who asked 'Zhuanghu cuisine is delicious', was dumbfounded.

Aunt Begonia is such a clean and good person, next to such a mother-in-law...... Isn't she dirty at all?

However, Lan Zhi was the first to recover from her surprise, squatted on the other side of Qiu Chen, and said with a smile: "According to Aunt Haitang, you can buy one hundred and eighty yuan a day by digging...... If this goes down in a month, it will almost catch up with my monthly money, which is more than the monthly money of the senior girl in my house! ”

Chunsheng's grandmother is a hearty character, after two days of contact, she is also familiar with Qiu Chen, and she knows that Qiu Chen has a gentle and generous temperament, and treats the elderly and children very kindly, so she gradually let go of her already hearty temper.

Qiu Chen smiled and said nothing, at this time, listening to Lan Zhi say this, Chunsheng's grandmother kept digging incense, and said with a smile: "Miss, this account is a bit biased...... Miss doesn't say it, it's the eldest sister in the lady's house, whether it's one or two, and the food and clothing are better than the daughters of the small household. Not to mention, digging this stuff in the mud like we do......"

Speaking of this, Grandma Chunsheng glanced at Lan Zhi, then at Qiu Chen and said, "Days like this are all things we couldn't have imagined!" We people, some of them died of plague labor last year, and those who did not die of illness were also conscripted to repair the river, so we left us women and children, and we all decided that this spring would not pass, but we did not expect that the new owner of our Zhuangzi was kind-hearted, and arranged work for us old and weak women and children, digging water chestnuts can receive 20% back as rations, and there is no problem in ensuring the family's livelihood. At this time, seeing that the water chestnuts were about to be dug up, they arranged for us to dig up medicinal herbs...... With the money from selling medicinal herbs, we can also buy grain and seeds to plant...... Alas, this is too late, if there is such a job to earn money before the husband, many people's laborers do not have to go to the river construction site where life and death are unknown, and they can be redeemed with silver......"

Lan Zhi frowned slightly, with a dazed look on her face.

She didn't understand, why did the old lady talk about digging medicinal herbs, so she pulled it to the river work, and it went to the silver ransom work?

It's Runchen, who has been reading books for four or five years, and has a lot of contact with these on weekdays, so after thinking about it slightly, he couldn't help asking: "Mother-in-law, isn't the husband of our Anyang Mansion River Workers decided, and those who have suffered from epidemic diseases don't need to be recruited?" How can you hear your old man say that people who have suffered from epidemics have also been recruited to work in the river? ”

Grandma Chunsheng just said a little sigh, slightly wet the corners of her eyes, at this time hearing Yan Chen ask like this, she raised her hand and rubbed the corner of her eyes with the back of her dry hand, and sighed: "I don't know that the old wife of the Zhuang family doesn't understand that, I know that more than ten of our Zhuangzi have suffered from the plague, and the descendants who were rescued by the fairy-like Mr. Qiu have all been recruited to repair the river...... Alas, I almost died of a serious illness just now, and those people are very weak, where do they have the strength to dig rivers...... was forcibly taken away, and this winter, I didn't even have a letter, and I didn't let me come back for the New Year...... I don't know if Lu Dao is still alive...... I don't understand, don't the old men in the county have any family? …… Can't they weigh us a little bit......"

Speaking of this, Grandma Chunsheng also thought of her old man and son, and couldn't help but worry and sadness welled up, and her tears were wiped more and more, and she was simply choked up and unable to speak.

"How so? This, this is simply ......" Yan Chen stood up suddenly, his little face flushed with anger, and he clenched his fists as if he was trying to find something to hit him.

This time, Lan Zhi understood a sentence, this old woman babbled for a long time, just cursing the old man of Fu County...... Her father is a master of Futai, and this mother-in-law even scolded her father. couldn't help but feel annoyed, pointed to Grandma Chunsheng and said, "Don't talk nonsense, Futai...... Uh, the lord of the county is also what you can say as a pariah? ”

As soon as Lan Zhi's words came out, Qiu Chen hurriedly appeased. Fortunately, Lan Zhi's personality is out-of-the-box, but her heart is pure and kind, so Qiu Chen explained a few words, and he understood the pain and sadness of Grandma Chunsheng. Although he was still a little angry about the old lady's mention of Lord Futai, he was no longer angry and blamed.

After appeasing this head, Qiu Chen comforted Grandma Chunsheng a few more words: "...... You don't have to be afraid, the eldest lady has no malicious intentions, but it is to remind you that you will pay attention to it when you talk in the future, you want to have nothing to do with your own family and your own children, but the old man can't just put it up and say it, today is in front of us, but the eldest lady and the two brothers heard that everyone is a good-hearted person, and it will not be difficult for you. ”

The eldest grandmother and the fourth grandmother of Chunsheng agreed again and again, grateful to Qiu Chen for his mediation, and knelt on the ground and kowtowed to thank him...... This time, Qiu Chen learned to be well-behaved, and without waiting for the two old ladies to make any moves, Qingxing Chunxiang, who was standing behind them, and the other two mothers-in-law immediately stepped forward and hugged the two old ladies who were about to kowtow to thank them.

After a few more words, watching the two old ladies gradually lose their fear, they hurriedly began to dig up incense and attach it, and Qiu Chen also took Lan Zhi and Runchen Yanshen back.

Zhuangzi had already prepared hot water, waited for a few people to wash, took clean clothes, shoes and socks for a few people to change, Wu also got up for lunch break, Qiu Chen took Lan Zhi and Runchen Runshen came in with Wu and said a few words, Lan Zhi and Runchen Runshen were a little sullen, although Wu was a little surprised, but noticed that the sulking of the three children had nothing to do with Qiu Chen, and was still very close to Qiu Chen, so he didn't ask at the right time, and took the children back to Anyang City with Qiu Chen.

That night, Tang Yanzhang, the prefect of Anyang, always came to the main room to have dinner with his wife and children.

Although Lan Zhi is the eldest daughter, she is the most favored because she is Tang Yanzhang's first child. As soon as he saw his father at this time, he took Tang Yanzhang's hand and said aggrievedly: "Daddy, don't you block those river repairers from going home, okay?" It won't take much time to let them go home and take a look......"

Tang Yanzhang was very surprised, and did not answer his daughter's question, but looked directly at his wife, the mother of the children, and asked his wife and daughter why they could say this.

It's a pity, without waiting for Wu's answer, Yan Chen also said beside him: "Daddy, you don't have to ask your mother, your mother has a lunch break, and I don't know anything." Only our brothers and sisters know the truth. ”

After a pause, he saw that his father withdrew his blaming gaze from his mother's own eyes, and then said: "Daddy, when my son asked you to ask about the river work, if it is true that my son heard about it today, the people who have recovered from the epidemic have also been requisitioned to build the river embankment, and the people have not returned home all winter, and there has not been a single news, and I don't know if they live or die...... The family is worried about them......"

Tang Yanzhang looked at his eldest son, and after being slightly surprised, he couldn't help but show a smile of relief.

Sitting on the main seat, Tang Yanzhang greeted his eldest son with great interest: "Tell me, where did you hear this?" Could it be that someone is delirious and can't talk nonsense? ”

After all, Runchen is older, and he lives in the family of the eunuch, and he has a lot of words and deeds from Tang Yanzhang on weekdays, even if he didn't understand some things at the time, he thought about it after some time. Going to Nannuma Lake Zhuangzi today, it seems that it was just an accident, but take them to the lakeside...... I'm afraid that Yang Shuren really has a plan...... Judging from Yang Shuren's attitude towards those people, the only reason for Yang Shuren to do this is Yang Shuren's intolerance and pity. She took pity on the old and weak women and children who had lost their support, and she couldn't bear to watch those who had just recovered from a serious illness and had a very weak physique die on the river work......

Although it is important to rest the river work, with a strong embankment, there is no need to worry about flooding this year. Floods were prevented, and there was no plague raging...... But what Yang Shuren saw was now...... She once wore men's clothes, personally entered the epidemic area to treat the people, and then prepared food and drink for the patients and their families, and finally snatched back the lives of those people from the hands of the epidemic...... As far as Yang Shuren is well versed in the art of disambiguation of medical prescriptions, it is natural to know that the people who have just recovered from the epidemic in the Langdao do not have much strength at all, and their weak bodies cannot withstand the harsh conditions of the river engineering project at all......

What the children said today, Tang Yanzhang actually knows the way. What the children didn't say today, Tang Yanzhang also knows a lot. Like what...... Many of the people who were conscripted died, some died of disease, some froze to death, and some died of exhaustion...... There are also violent deaths of unknown causes......

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