Chapter 199: The Government Examination

The same things that had been prepared a long time ago were put into the three test baskets by Qiu Chen himself, and after a while, he took them out and checked them again...... After repeating it a few times, even Qingxing couldn't stand it anymore, so she directly pushed Qiu Chen to another room with a smile, and said, "Madam, the exam basket is ready, you better show the second master the clothes Ming'er is wearing." You say this day, one day at a time, one at a time, the sun is still good at noon, maybe the wind will rise in the middle of the day, and the slaves and maids will not dare to call the shots, if it is hot or cold, it will not work! ”

Qing Xing's chattering voice successfully diverted Qiu Chen's attention from the test basket. Regarding the arrangement of clothes, Qiu Chen didn't bother anymore, and directly chose a set of thin cotton jackets and trousers, a blue pigment cocoon silk robe, and a gray squirrel skin shoulder on the outside, and a cloak wrapped around it...... It is estimated that when entering the examination room, clothes such as cloaks are not allowed to be worn, and it will not be cold if you have that Pikan shoulder. The sun is hot at noon, and you can take off the shoulders, which is also very cheap.

Qingxing folded the clothes neatly and neatly on the kang cabinet in Lin Xu's house, and flattered with a smile: "It's still Madame's good eye, this dress is beautiful and suitable, this time, the second master can't be cold, and he can't be hot......"

At this moment, Qiu Chen also woke up and glared at Qing Xing with disgust, "You stinky girl, is this a joke for me?" Don't think I can't hear it! ”

After speaking, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Alas, what do you say about me, why are you more nervous than the person who ends?" At the beginning, how many exams did I take for the college entrance examination, graduate school entrance examination, and doctoral examination, but I didn't remember being nervous like this......"

Qiu Chen said, his voice went all the way down, and it was almost inaudible when he said the most.

Qingxing blinked, tilted her head and asked, "Madam, what did you say?" Qingxing didn't hear clearly! ”

Qiu Chen raised his eyes, collected the stunned expression on his face, shook his head and said, "It's okay...... I'm so busy! Let's go, let's not look at it, let's go to the kitchen and make some delicious food tonight......"

Qing Xing secretly breathed a sigh of relief, flattered with a smile on her face, and followed Qiu Chen towards the kitchen.

Entering the kitchen, Chen was busy cooking dinner with a few people, seeing Qiu Chen come in, their respective subordinates kept greeting, Qiu Chen waved his hand, let them take care of themselves, walked into the kitchen, looked at the food being cooked, and walked into the room next to the ingredients, looked at the week shelf, and didn't see anything particularly suitable, when he was about to leave, he saw a basket in the corner of the door, in which these tender green wild vegetables were placed, and his heart was happy, and his eyes lit up and walked over, Grab the vegetables in the basket, ha, it's actually shepherd's cabbage.

On March 3rd, the shepherd's cabbage race Jindan!

This year's spring is warm, and the shepherd's cabbage at the end of February has grown, stretching its feathery green leaves, exuding a fragrance that deliberately indicates spring, and the water is very rare.

"Hehe, this is a good thing, why is it here?" Qiu Chen said as he carried the basket and walked out of the food room.

Chen Shi took the time to take a look at it in a hurry, and replied cautiously: "This is what I met when I bought vegetables today, it was the one who sold vegetables to see what we bought more, and the slave maid didn't know that Mrs. Dao was rare......

Qiu Chen's eyes stared at the shepherd's cabbage in the basket, and he waved his hand indifferently to interrupt Chen's words, and said with a smile: "You don't know the way, no wonder you." You get busy first, I'll clean up this myself! ”

As he spoke, Qiu Chen asked Qingxing to carry wild vegetables to the yard, and he went back to the ingredients to find some water chestnuts, and handed them to Qingxing and Chunxiang. Qiu Chen found another idle board, took a piece of fat and thin pork belly, cut it into small grains the size of rice grains, and took a small handful of sea rice, soaked it in warm water slightly, and washed off the dust on the surface, and also cut it into small grains. After finishing this, he went to the basin and took a piece of good dough, beckoned Tian Shi, who was free, and asked her to roll the dough into a thin pancake and cut it into square dough.

On the other side, the green apricots and spring fragrances also picked up the shepherd's cabbage and water chestnuts, Qiu Chen instructed the two of them to wash the two, and also cut them into fine pieces, plus the meat grains, sea rice grains, green onion powder, ginger powder, oil and salt and other seasonings that were made before, and mixed evenly, Tian's also rolled out the dough, Qiu Chen took a few people to start together, put the stuffing on the dough, rolled it up, and wrapped it into an envelope-shaped spring roll of shepherd's cabbage.

After wrapping a plate, Qiu Chen took it to the stove, fried it in oil until golden brown on both sides, and cooled it for a while, Qiu Chen pinched one and put it in his mouth first...... Well, the skin is thin and crispy, and the filling inside has a strong aroma of shepherd's cabbage, as well as the fresh aroma of meat and sea rice...... It's really delicious!

"Come, come, let's try it and see if there's anything else to improve!" Qiu Chen beckoned everyone to taste a plate of golden spring rolls, and someone really put forward their opinions.

Chen Shi pondered and said: "This kind of stuffing is delicious and winning, and it is a little greasy to fry it like this." If you make a soup dumpling, it will taste even more delicious! ”

Qiu Chen nodded in agreement, and greeted Qu Shidao, who was good at making soup, "This job will be handed over to you, boil some fresh soup tonight, well, add pork skin or pig's trotters to boil, Ming'er will make it jelly, let's make soup dumplings and taste it...... This shepherd's cabbage can only be eaten for a few days, and once these days have passed, it will have to wait for another year! ”

Qu hurriedly agreed, and Qingxing and Chunxiang had already pinched the last two spring rolls.

Qingxing said while eating, "I taste it like this......"

Qiu Chen stretched out his finger and pointed at Qingxing's head, and said with a smile: "You are all good, your sister-in-law Chen also means excellence, where is it not good to say this!" Okay, okay, hurry up and wrap it out, I want to try how it tastes after steaming! ”

Steaming spring rolls is a little more troublesome, put the wrapped spring rolls on a plate and put them in the cage drawer, steam for ten minutes, add a little hot oil to make a delicious soup in another pot, pour on the steamed spring rolls, when eating this, there is not only the fresh fragrance of the spring rolls themselves, but also the fullness and taste of the soup...... The perfect combination of light and fresh aroma, in Qiu Chen's opinion, is actually more palatable than frying.

Busy studying how to eat spring rolls with shepherd's cabbage, Qiu Chen finally got rid of the nervous and almost nervous state before, and when the sky fell and Lin Xu turned back, Qiu Chen happened to make spring rolls, and greeted Lin Xu with Yao Yunxiu and Han Jingyu to eat with a relaxed and happy expression.

Her lightness and happiness infected the three students who were about to leave, and Lin Xu and the three of them also relaxed and concentrated on tasting the delicious food carefully cooked by Qiu Chen.

After dinner, it was already the middle of the unitary hour, Qiu Chen urged the three of them to go back to the room to rest, go back by themselves, go through the prepared items again, and go to sleep on the kang early.

At two o'clock in the morning, Qiu Chen woke up, hurriedly got up, washed his face with cold water, and went directly to the kitchen to check the production of the breakfast, and instructed to boil more hot water for the three of them to wash later.

At the end of the ugly hour, at about three o'clock in the morning, Qiu Chen sent someone to the second courtyard to call him when he entered the hospital, and hurriedly sent hot water in......

After a busy day, the gate of the Lin family opened from the inside, and two carriages drove out of the gate with each other. Qiu Chen took Chunxiang to sit in the first carriage, and Lin Xu and the three of them took the second carriage and drove towards the Gongyuan together.

Across the street, the road ahead was blocked by horse-drawn carriages and people, and it was impossible to walk.

Qiu Chen took the cloak handed over by Qing Xing, jumped out of the carriage, and Lin Xu and the three of them also got out of the carriage.

Lin Xu greeted him and said to Qiu Chen: "Sister-in-law, there are many people in front of you, so you can send it here." Don't worry, my brother will calm down and do his best! ”

Qiu Chen smiled and was about to speak, when two people jumped out of a carriage on the side of the road, both of them wrapped in cloaks, and in the pre-dawn darkness, they could barely see their faces.

"Okay, you don't have to send it forward, the two of us send Brother Xu in, you can go back with confidence!" Yun Jichen said lazily, stretched out his hand to hook Lin Xu's shoulders and walked straight in the direction of Gongyuan.

Liao Wenqing took a step slower, looked at Qin Yong and Shen Hu who were following behind Qiu Chen, and said, "You go back, Yun Er and I will follow, we will pick up Brother Xu and send him back at night, you don't have to come over......"

Speaking of this, he paused slightly, and said with a smile: "If you have a heart, let's make some food, Yun Er chatters every day!" ”

Qiu Chen's heart was much calmer, he nodded reassuringly, and stood beside the car to watch Liao Wenqing chase after Yun Jichen and the others, and then squeezed into the crowd of carriages, unable to see.

After standing stunned for a while, Qiu Chen came back to his senses and beckoned Chunxiang, Yuliang, Qin Yong and the others to go home together.

When he got home, Qiu Chen sat in the house for a while, wanting to do something, but he couldn't concentrate on it, looking at the bright sky outside, he simply got up and got dressed, greeted Shang Qingxing and Chunxiang, and called Tian and Wang in the kitchen, and asked Qin Yong and Shen Hu to set up the car and go straight out of the city.

However, Qiu Chen did not go out of the city to the workshop, but out of the south city gate, ran forward for a distance, and came to a quiet and uninhabited river beach, beckoning everyone to get out of the car.

"We don't just want shepherd's cabbage, what pig hair cabbage, koji cabbage, and mother-in-law can do!" Qiu Chen said the purpose of this trip in one sentence. She came with a large group of people to dig wild vegetables in the suburbs.

The women were digging wild vegetables, Qin Yong and Shen Hu were impatient to do this, so they directly found two branches nearby, smeared a piece of embroidery line from Qingxing, and ran straight to the river to fish without using a fishing hook.

At the beginning of noon, the women dug up a few baskets of wild vegetables, not to mention, Qin Yong and Shen Hu actually caught fish, and they were all big fish of more than three or four catties, a total of five or six.

Looking at the delicious fish and wild vegetables, Qiu Chen was full of joy and beckoned the group to go home lively.

Chen and Wang had already made lunch, and Qiu Chen felt sleepy after eating lunch. I woke up too early in the night, and I was sleepy at this time.

After sleeping for more than half an hour, Qiu Chen woke up refreshed and energetic. Seeing that it was already the beginning of Shen Shichu, he hurriedly took the two girls to the kitchen.

Last night, Qu Shi had already made a fresh soup skin jelly, and after adding the filling, it was ready to fill the soup dumplings. Of course, I also made some of the steamed spring rolls that were so well received last night. Some of the wild vegetables are picked and washed, or served cold or with sauce to make a simple and fresh dipping pickle. As for a few fish, it was completely handed over to Chen's cooking, after making fish a few days ago, Chen's skills in making fish are already very good, even Qiu Chen knows that people are professional skills, and the reason why she herself will be respected by many people for her cooking skills is just to take advantage of seeing more and eating more.

The cold stir-fried dishes were prepared, but no ingredients were added, and the buns were mixed with noodles and fillings, and they were set aside. After finishing these, it was already the end of the hour, the sun was already in the west, and the sky was gradually darkening, Qiu Chen couldn't wait in the kitchen, so he walked to the gate and looked. Chunxiang silently followed behind her, holding a cloak in her hand, and persuaded softly: "Madam, you were so busy sweating just now, and the wind was strong on the gate, you better put the cloak on!" ”

Qiu Chen nodded thoughtlessly, and Ren Chunxiang put a cloak on her.

It didn't take long for Qiu Chen to wait at the gate, and unconsciously walked towards the street step by step, and when she reached the street, the sky was much darker. Qiu Chen squinted his eyes hard, raised his hand to cover the still dazzling sunlight behind the darkest part of the sky, and looked into the distance as much as possible.

When the last ray of sunlight submerged into the rooftops, two carriages finally drove slowly from the end of the street.

Qiu Chen intuitively knew that Lin Xu was back, his face was full of joy in an instant, and he waved his finger at Chunxiang: "Hurry back, the second master is back, let the kitchen start cooking!" ”

Chunxiang promised to run back, and Qiu Chen also lifted the corner of her skirt and walked over to the carriage.

Because it was getting late, there were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the road, and the carriage was moving very fast, Qiu Chen only ran twenty or thirty meters, and the carriage had already reached her.

As soon as he saw the frankincense sitting on the wheel, Qiu Chen immediately relieved himself and waved hello with a smile on his face.

The coachman stopped the carriage, Qiu Chen couldn't wait to look into the carriage, but heard Lin Xu's voice coming from behind: "Sister-in-law! ”

Qiu Chen hurriedly turned around, and saw Lin Xu running from behind, already in front of him.

After settling down, Qiu Chen looked at Lin Xu's face as soon as possible, and saw that although Lin Xu's face could not hide his tiredness, there was relief and joy flowing out of his eyes, and his heart that had been lifting for a day flickered to the ground in an instant.

Blinking, Qiu Chen looked at Lin Xu and smiled, "It looks like you did a good job!" ”

Lin Xu's face turned slightly red, but he still nodded confidently: "Well, today's school examination memorization and silent writing happened to be a passage that my younger brother is more familiar with...... It was written out smoothly. ”

Qiu Chen nodded again and again and said, "Okay, very good!" ”

After the uncle and sister-in-law finished speaking, Yun Jichen's dissatisfied voice also came: "I said that your uncle and sister-in-law have something to say, can't you go home and say?" In order to pick up this kid, Ben Gongzi hasn't eaten until this time, and he is hungry! ”

Qiu Chen turned around and didn't say anything, he curtled his knees at Yun Jichen, and then stood up straight and said with a smile: "It's been prepared a long time ago, just waiting for you to come back." Let's go, today, I'll invite the second son to taste a few rare things! ”

Sure enough, that night's shepherd's cabbage soup dumplings, steamed shepherd's cabbage spring rolls, cold salad of wild vegetables and dipping pickles, plus delicious and rich fish pot cakes, braised fish segments, Yun Jichen was not satisfied, and praised the taste vigorously. aroused Liao Wenqing and the three students to have a great appetite, and ate all the food that Qiu Chen had prepared for the afternoon, and even Qiu Chen, the cook, didn't eat it.

Next, the next day is the second exam, and the next day is the most difficult to take the exam for two consecutive days.

Maybe with experience, Qiu Chen didn't have the initial nervousness and worry, he just felt busy, he finished the three government exams, and when it was time to appear in the third game.

On this day, Qiu Chen did not wait at home, but took an early ride to wait outside the gate of the Gongyuan.

It wasn't until the sun was setting in the west and at the end of Shen Shi that the door of the Gongyuan opened from the inside, and the first student walked out with an examination basket, looking haggard and staggering.

Qiu Chen looked over intently, and immediately called out with a smile: "Brother Han, here!" ”

The first person to come out was Han Jingyu!

"Sister-in-law!" Han Jingyu smiled, hurriedly walked over, and bowed to Qiu Chen with the exam basket in his hand, but almost slammed the basket into Qiu Chen's face!

After a few people laughed, Chunxiang took the teapot from the car, poured the tea and handed it to the hands of the two people, Han Jingyu drank it all in one go, and handed the teacup back: "Another cup!" ”

Chunxiang poured him full again, and Han Jingyu drank it all in one go, and then exhaled a long breath. Looking back at Qiu Chen, he showed a rare smile.

Soon, someone came out of the Tribute Courtyard, and gradually, more and more students came out, and finally, Lin Xu and Yao Yunxiu also walked out of the Tribute Courtyard in the crowd. After three days of government examinations, the three young people all looked tired, but they all showed a relieved and relaxed expression.

The people gathered and went home together. The family had already prepared hot water, and Lin Xu and the three of them took a bath first, changed into comfortable clothes, and then went to the dining room to eat.

Qiu Chen didn't eat with them, but followed them to the dining room and listened to them talk about the exam. What made Qiu Chen happier was that Lin Xu and the three of them claimed to have done well in the exam. After listening for a while, Qiu Chen was relieved, and then he turned back to his room, ate a little something, and went to the kang to rest sleepily.

Completely relieved, I slept very sweetly this night, and when I woke up the next day, it was already dawn.

Lin Xu, Yao Yunxiu, and Han Jingyu became energetic again after a night's rest. Qiu Chen didn't circle them, and after breakfast, he quietly gave Lin Xu a purse, which contained more than ten taels of silver, and drove the three of them out to relax.

After six or seven days of busy work at home, now that the government test is over, Qiu Chen no longer stays at home, and takes a car out of the city to the workshop.

The workshop was still busy in an orderly manner, Qiu Chen went to the warehouse to prepare the raw materials for more than ten days, and went to the various sheds to look at it again. What makes her satisfied is that after these days of familiarity, the workers are obviously much more proficient in the operation, and the finished soap made is more rounded and complete, the pattern is smoother, and the packaging looks much more refined in detail...... Qiu Chen looked around and couldn't help but nod again and again.

Coming outside, Qiu Chen followed Xu Qian's way: "According to this, in ten days, we can produce high-grade soap." ”

Nowadays, the soap produced by Lin's has formed several series of high-grade, mid-range and low-grade soaps, and the matrix of high-grade and low-grade soaps is the same, but the added accessories and flavors are different, and the shape and pattern packaging are also very different. Low-grade soap has a slight flaw, but high-grade soap is comparable to a work of art, and no flaws are allowed. Qiu Chen said this, which is a recognition of the workers' skills.

Xu Qianzhi smiled and nodded: "Yesterday, our second master came to see it and asked about it, if he was told that he would soon be able to make high-end soap, our master would be happy!" ”

Qiu Chen smiled, but remembered the catastrophe in his heart. Although Yun Jichen and Liao Wenqing came back for a few days, because she had been busy with Lin Xu's mansion test, she couldn't communicate with Yun Jichen and Liao Wenqing. Now, presumably the two have asked the details clearly, but they don't know what Yun Jichen and Liao Wenqing plan?

She didn't believe that these two people had not moved, which meant that they were ready to endure this breath and suffer this loss!

Those two people disappeared after sending Lin Xuce to the entrance, and only sent a letter from Zhishu, and only said that they had been there for a few days, and they didn't even say where they were going and what they were doing, which made them mysterious!

From this, Qiu Chen remembered the copy she saw yesterday, and there was a message on it that seemed to be useful, but she was not sure about this vague news alone, and she needed to confirm it further...... However, the previous foreshadowing can be done.

After seeing the situation in the workshop, Qiu Chen didn't stay long, and went straight back to the city. When he got home, he didn't stop for a moment, so he sent Shen Hu back to Liujiaao.

Before, it was just a preparation, and it was okay to entrust Xu Qianzhi with carte blanche, but now that the product is about to be officially released, she will transfer a few people over, and she can not care about the import and export of goods, communication or something, but the basic secrets of formula and production can only be put in her own hands. On her own, not to mention that she can't be busy, she can't take care of anything else at all.

After sending Qingxing and Chunxiang away, Qiu Chen sat on the kang by himself, took out all the copies of the mansion that Zhishu had brought over, and looked at them carefully from the beginning, and sure enough, she found the information she wanted in a very inconspicuous place.

Qiu Chen pondered slowly. At noon, Lin Xu and his two classmates did not go home, and Qiu Chen only put aside his chopsticks after eating a few bites.

"Qingxing, you and Chunxiang hurry up and pack up, I'll take you shopping!" Qiu Chen shook his hand and commanded.

Spring is getting warmer, some of the big girls and little daughters-in-law who love beauty and are anxious outside have changed into thin cotton clothes, and some have even changed their jackets, Chunxiang is okay, introverted, Qingxing every time she goes out, her eyes look at the little girls coming and going on the street are almost not enough, Qiu Chen has already seen it in his eyes, but he has been busy not caring about it, today, it is not a coincidence, just take the two of them to the street.

As he spoke, Qiu Chen also found a fine cotton tooth inlaid waist-high knuckle jacket after the rain and sunny weather, wearing a thin cotton ivory-white fine cotton jacket and pants, tying a gray fine cotton skirt, with a simple bun tied at the back of his head, and no hair ornament, only two very small silver cloves on his ears.

This dress is fresh and simple, and when she walks on the street, she is really no different from an ordinary woman in the city.

Qing Xing looked at Qiu Chen's clothes, was stunned for a moment, and quietly took off the pear blossom silver hairpin in her hair. Qiu Chen happened to see her little action in a blink of an eye, and couldn't help laughing: "You don't have to be so ......"

Qing Xing smiled and didn't say much, helped Qiu Chen's arm and said, "Madam, let's go quickly, there should be no one on the street in a while." ”

Qiu Chen shook his head with a smile, didn't say anything more, and walked straight out with Qingxing and Chunxiang.

Qin Yong was holding a stone lock in the courtyard as soon as he entered the courtyard, and when he saw Qiu Chen's master and servant coming out, he didn't ask much, but just went out with him.

Qiu Chen didn't have any purpose, he just walked all the way, picking up the lively places and strolling over, but he didn't buy many things as usual, he walked all the way down, talked a lot with the guys in the store, but only bought one or two things, and let Qin Yong, who was following behind, carry them with one hand.

Wandering around until it was getting dark, Qiu Chen's master and servant turned back. Qiu Chen washed up and leaned on the kang, and didn't even look at the things he bought.

In the evening, Lin Xu came back with two classmates, came to see Qiu Chen, talked about what he had seen and heard for a day with great interest, and went back to the front yard to have dinner with the two classmates.

On the second day, Qiu Chen didn't even go to the workshop, so he took Qingxing and Chunxiang to the street again. After walking around slowly for half a morning, I found a restaurant that was not the Yun family's industry and went in to sit, ordered food and waited for the guy to serve the food, Chunxiang wanted to speak several times and stopped, Qiu Chen smiled and said to Qingxing: "The old braised sheep's trotters we saw just now seem to be very delicious, you go and see and buy a few and come back and let's try it!" ”

Qingxing agreed to go, Qiu Chen politely asked Shen Hu to accompany Qingxing, Shen Hu did not hesitate to respond, and followed Qingxing out of the door.

There were only two people left in the room, Qiu Chen and Chunxiang, Qiu Chen took a sip of tea and said lightly: "What do you have to say!" ”

Chunxiang bit her lip slightly, and said in a low voice: "Slave, slave and maid watched Mrs. go to the street in the past two days, it doesn't look like she is shopping for something, it doesn't look like she is relaxing, but it looks like she is looking for something...... Person. The slave has the courage to have an idea, and please don't blame the slave for being too talkative! ”

Qiu Chen raised his eyes to look at her and said, "If you don't say it, how do I know if Lu Dao should blame you?" However, you have been at home for so many days, and you should know that I am not the kind of person who is quick to criticize slaves and maids! ”

"Yes, it's the slave who wants to be wrong!" Chunxiang immediately responded, "Madam, if the slave maid guesses well, if you really want to find someone or inquire about something, it is useless to go around like this." Before, when the slave maid was at Mrs. Huang's place, I had heard Mrs. Huang say that it was okay for people like her to go around the house if they didn't buy or sell. But some mothers-in-law are specially walking around the inner courtyards of various mansions. Some big families have strict rules, and ladies and ladies can't go out easily, and if they want to buy and collect some silk threads, rouge, jewelry, etc., they will entrust these people. The mothers-in-law and girls in those big families secretly made the yarn and embroidered, and often asked these mothers-in-law to take out the hair and sell it. These can't be on the table, as well as the embroidery girls in the embroidery room, the jewelry shop, the fat powder shop, the silk shop, and the general affairs in the silk shop, in order to enter and exit the inner house conveniently, women are also used. These people also go in and out of the inner houses of high-ranking families, but they are more upright than those mothers-in-law who solicit trouble. However, these two kinds of people have one thing in common, these people have very good ears and eyes, and if they want to ask something, as long as it is in this city, there are almost no people who do not know the way. ”

"Oh? And this kind of thing? Qiu Chen was slightly surprised.

The purpose of her shopping in the past two days really made Haruka guess something. It's just that what she inquired about was not a private matter in the house!

Chunxiang glanced at Qiu Chen's face, lowered her head and said, "Yes." Listening to Mrs. Huang, the bigger the city, the more large the place where the big families gather, the more such people. It's just that there are also such people who take care of secret affairs, and there are also people who stir up trouble, and they need to be considered when using them. ”

Qiu Chen raised his eyebrows slightly, nodded with a smile, glanced at Chunxiang, and said, "I'll leave this matter to you." Why don't you go to Mrs. Huang...... Find a few mothers-in-law's houses to show me what these people who are used to coming in and out of big families are like. ”

Chunxiang didn't agree immediately, but groaned a little and asked, "Madam, is it okay to buy silk thread in the name of a slave?" ”

Qiu Chen nodded: "Whatever you want!" ”

He said, "When we go back, we will have people call the general affairs of those shops, and we should buy some jewelry, silk and the like." ”

As he spoke, Qing Xing and Qin Yong came back with a large bag of braised sheep's trotters, and the guy also brought the vegetables to him.

Qiu Chen smiled and asked, "What kind of soft and delicious wine do you have in the building?" ”

The young man had seen a lot of people in the restaurant, and he had already seen that although he was dressed simply, he was accompanied by two girls and a guard, and he was definitely not the master who had no money, so he was very attentive to him. Hearing Qiu Chen's question, he hurriedly replied with a smile: "Back to Mrs., you can be regarded as asking today, the small shop has just got two jars of turbid rice wine, which are sweet and delicious, and warm and nourishing, which is most suitable for women to drink." Because of the short storage period of this wine, as long as the altar is opened, it will be rancid in two days, and it has always been made by guests. Today, there is still a family in these two altars for the confinement of the sister-in-law of that family, but when the sister-in-law arrived, she did not have a seizure, so the wine had to be taken out and sold! ”

"Oh, there is such a good thing, so let's take a jar and try it first!" Qiu Chen commanded with a smile. The young man happily bowed in agreement.

Without waiting for him to leave, Qiu Chen said again: "Bring another pot of good apricot blossom spring for our master." Don't give me any water, or I won't give me any money!" ”

The young man smiled innocently: "Look at what Mrs. said, the apricot blossoms in the small shop are all good aging, at least three years of aging, and the custodian is satisfied!" ”

Qiu Chen smiled and waved his hand, and sent the young man down.

After a while, he came up with a small three-pound jar, two wine jugs, and two small red clay stoves.

Qingxing and Chunxiang took the tandoor wine jug, and the young man opened the wine jar with his hands and feet, and then asked with a smile: "Madam, there are two ways to drink this turbid rice wine, one is to drink it warm, and the other is to drink it with ice cubes, it is said that it tastes better than drinking it warm." It's just that most people are afraid that alcohol is cold and can't be used, so they use it less. I wonder which one Madame wants to drink? ”

Qiu Chen raised his eyebrows slightly, and said in his heart, put ice cubes in the wine to drink, isn't this the same as cold beer and whiskey on the rocks? Those two tastes really good!

It's just that this body is cold, and it's only early spring, and there is no ice machine at this time, so they all dig ice from the river in winter and store it, and put it in the summer to cool down or eat...... Think about it, then you can't guarantee hygiene, or don't risk your own body!

Shaking his head, Qiu Chen smiled: "Then I'll drink it warm, too!" ”

The young man agreed repeatedly, took the flint, fire, sickle, and velvet from his arms, and lit two red clay stoves with his hands and feet, and helped Qingxing Chunxiang warm both kinds of wine, and then lowered his hand and took a few steps back and said, "Madam, this wine can be drunk as long as you wait for a little tea." If the lady has no other command, the little one will withdraw. ”

Qiu Chen raised his chin with a smile, Qingxing took out a small silver bean from his purse and handed it to the young man, saying, "Well, you are attentive, our lady will reward you." ”

Although the young man is just a restaurant guy, he has also handled a lot of money, the little silver bean is slightly heavy, and his heart is happy, and he bows down with a smile and thanks again and again, and then he slowly retreats out of the city with his hands down!

After leaving the private room and lowering the curtain, the young man opened his hand and saw the silver beans in his palm, and the light in his eyes exploded instantly. Because he is clever and can speak, he has been rewarded by guests. But the average guest will reward more than a dozen or twenty big money, and this shot is a silver bean...... Looking at the snow-white color of the silver, it is the official silver system with sufficient color, which is two points more expensive than the poor color!

In other words, he has been a buddy in this restaurant for two years, and this is the first time he has encountered such a reward!

Soon, the turbid rice wine was warmed, and the green apricots were poured into the cup for Qiu Chen, and the wine in the cup was a faint milky white, which was really worthy of the name 'turbid wine'.

Qiu Chen took a sip and smacked the taste, well, this so-called turbid rice wine is glutinous rice wine. It also exists in modern times, but it is more often used as a drink or as an ingredient, and it is rarely classified as alcohol, and it is also called 'morominomi', 'sake brewing', and 'rice wine'.

This is really a good thing, not only nutritious, but also able to promote blood circulation, and has the effect of invigorating blood stasis, warming and nourishing, so many places confinement like to drink this, in order to promote the recovery of the mother's body as soon as possible.

Qiu Chen took another sip and savored it carefully, the rice wine here was slightly sour and sweet, and it had already filtered through the rice grains, and only the wine was taken, but it lost the different interest of eating wine.

Wine brewing has the effect of relieving the heat, Qiu Chen was thinking in his heart, after a few days the weather is hot, maybe you can make some by yourself to drink, this alcohol content is very small, children can also drink!

Raising his eyes, Qiu Chen smiled and greeted Qingxing and Chunxiang: "This turbid rice wine is extremely light and tastes good, you can also pour a cup and taste it!" ”

The meal was enjoyable, because of drinking turbid rice wine, the three masters and servants had a faint halo on their cheeks, and they looked very good.

After eating, Qiu Chen stopped shopping and took the three of them back to the Lin Mansion.

In a private room on the third floor of the restaurant where Qiu Chen left, Hu Yanxun stood in front of the window facing the street, staring coldly at the smiling woman on the street.

Although the woman was dressed plainly, she had a smile on her eyebrows and cheeks, and she was laughing and laughing with two little girls and a young and healthy man as she walked, completely ignoring the street and in full view of everyone...... He had never imagined that this woman was such a dissolute person!

Hu Yanxun clenched the wine glass in his hand, and his fingers almost crushed the wine glass in his hand because of the pain caused by the force......

Let her be comfortable for a few days, and wait for him to step on the Yun family under his feet.

When she got home, Chunxiang quickly called a very famous Yan Pozi in, and after picking a few bundles of silk threads from the goods brought by Yan Pozi, she left Yan Pozi by looking at the quality of the silk threads, and talked while doing embroidery work.

Half an hour later, Mrs. Yan was satisfied with the two hundred coins and left the Lin family with the promise of the next time, and Chunxiang quickly returned to the main room of the Sanjin Courtyard and reported back to Qiu Chen.

“…… This Yan mother-in-law is very broken-mouthed, and the slave maid mentioned it slightly, and she told all the private affairs of each family's house......" Speaking of this, Chunxiang looked up at Qiu Chen and asked, "Madam, what that mother-in-law said is very trivial and messy, and many of them are unreliable, I don't know whose family Mrs. Lu Dao wants to listen to?" The slave and maid picked it up and told the lady. ”

Qiu Chen nodded, but he didn't hide it, and said: "We have just arrived, and we will have a foothold in Fucheng in the future, and those official eunuchs and several major merchants will slowly select and make friends." In the future, you will focus on inquiring about these families, and we can choose which one can be handed over and which one cannot be paid! This investigation is not clear, if you make friends with people who shouldn't befriend for unknown reasons, maybe it will bring trouble, or even disaster! ”

Chunxiang listened carefully, responded solemnly, and then pondered for a moment, and said: "Today, Mrs. Yan said a lot of selfishness that used to be high and knowledgeable. I didn't say much about the current prefect, the same governor, and the garrison...... Oh, I said a word, Mrs. Yan said, the newly arrived servant is young and promising, although he is a four-rank general, but he has not yet married, and there is only one concubine sent by the chief in the family, and he also said that the lord is now in the limelight in Anyang Mansion, and a few days ago he bravely and heroically annihilated more than 100 water bandits who committed trouble, and it can be predicted that the future in the future will definitely not be bad, and it is because of the big families in the city, many of them plan to climb with this adult, and even someone has entrusted a matchmaker, not only to marry their daughters, There are also many lucrative dowries, and it is said that the family with the highest price at the moment has opened the dowry to 50,000 taels of silver! ”

Qiu Chen showed a hint of interest, raised his eyebrows and said, "Is there really such a person who sticks upside down?" ”

Chunxiang nodded, and Qiu Chen didn't ask any more, but only advised, "Well, these are very useful." By the way, when you talk to those mothers-in-law in the future, remember to ask those people's wives and ladies what things they love and which one to go to...... For example, jewelry love red gold or inlaid treasure? For example, clothing, do you love brocade or Ruan Yanluo? ”

Chunxiang looked at Qiu Chen, nodded and said, "Madam, the slave maid knows what to do." After asking these questions, it will be easy to deal with the exchange of gifts in the future! ”

Hearing that Chunxiang automatically and spontaneously helped her find an excuse, Qiu Chen smiled slightly, and without breaking it, he took out a small silver horn of about half a tael from his purse and handed it to Chunxiang: "This is the silver tael you spent just now...... If you have more, you don't need to give me change, just reward you for doing your job properly! ”

Chunxiang tugged at the corners of her mouth slightly, respectfully took her clothes and saluted, thanked her for the reward, and then pinched the silver horn, took the silk thread she had just bought from the Yan mother-in-law, and withdrew from the main room.