Chapter 237: Shame

Qiu Chen's two girls, Yufeng and Chunxiang, followed Yang Shuyong over, leaving Qingxing to serve Mrs. Liu at home. Qingxing is smart and lively, loves to talk and laugh, and Liu likes her the most among the girls.

The family was not separated for a long time, but when they got together again for this dinner, everyone had a little joy in their hearts for the rest of their lives, and cherished this warm family affection. Zhou looked at Qiu Chen, who was almost out of shape, distressed, a meal for Qiu Chen to take this and that persuaded her to eat more, and after the most Qiu Chen ate it, he couldn't eat it anymore, he smiled and waved his hand to beg for mercy, and Zhou had no choice but to give up.

After having dinner happily, Lao He's family said goodbye first and went home to settle down and rest.

Lin Xianniang was a little depressed in this joy. After dinner, Yufeng, Chunxiang and Chen cleaned up the dishes, chopsticks and tableware, made hot tea and sent it over. Lin Xianniang followed the Lao He family and said goodbye with a smile: "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law of the Yang family, my sister will leave first." ”

Qiu Chen responded with a smile and beckoned Yufeng and the Chen family to take Lin Xianniang to the East Wing to settle down.

After most of the people left, the house was quiet, and only Qiu Chen, Lin Xu and Yang Shuyong were left.

Qiu Chen sat on the kang head by a big pillow, and burned the kang at noon to remove the tide, the kang head was warm and comfortable, and it was not so hot that people couldn't stand it, it was really comfortable.

Yang Shuyong sat opposite, leaning against a stack of bedding. Lin Xu sat on the edge of the kang, and only Zhou was still packing the small luggage he had brought back.

After drinking the tea in the cup in one gulp, Yang Shuyong sighed with satisfaction, and began to ask about Qiu Chen's entry into Beijing: "Is the workshop business in Beijing okay?" ”

"It's good. Brother Quan is very promising, and he is a decent ...... to do as a master over there" Qiu Chen answered Yang Shuyong's inquiry with a smile, and then quietly changed the topic, "Big brother, tomorrow you go back to the Yang family's shop, go and see the situation of your relatives, if the people in the village are still there, ask if the original workers can come back, you also consider it, try to pick as many people as possible...... Women and daughters are also fine, firstly, they need to help their sisters-in-law cook and take care of them, and secondly, they also need human hands to peel lotus seeds or something. The lotus seeds are a little old and need to be peeled out as soon as possible, otherwise the skin shell will dry out and it will be difficult to peel off. ”

Yang Shuyong nodded again and again in agreement.

Qiu Chen said again: "The lotus seeds can be stored for a long time when they are peeled out and dried, and I will send people to run the lotus roots, so I should not worry about selling them." Water chestnuts are not in a hurry, just dig slowly and sell them before freezing. ”

Yang Shuyong was also worried about these before, lotus root and water chestnuts are fresh goods, but they can't be stored, so they have to be sold as soon as possible when they are dug up.

Seeing that the melancholy on Yang Shuyong's face was soothed, Qiu Chen smiled again: "Brother, don't worry, whether it is lotus root or water chestnut, it is a rare thing on our side, it is definitely not difficult to sell, and it should be able to sell at a good price." The Yun family has several restaurants and inns, and they can go to more than half of them...... We can't produce too much this year, and we have to keep next year's seeds ourselves! ”

After being comforted by Qiu Chen, Yang Shuyong breathed a sigh of relief and smiled honestly: "Hey, hey, I'm just afraid that everyone in the city will flee, and there are few people in the city who can't get rid of it, otherwise you don't have to worry." ”

Qiu Chen smiled and poured a full cup of tea for Yang Shuyong, and said, "Brother, don't worry, there are few people in Anyang Mansion, but there are many people in Zhengding Mansion." As long as we take our lotus root and water chestnuts by boat, I will make an appointment to touch them, and we can rob them without waiting for the unloading of the ship...... Lotus roots are rare, don't worry about selling! ”

Yang Shuyong was really relieved this time, and drank tea with a simple smile. The siblings discussed the next day's picking.

Lin Xu had been listening silently, and when he heard that someone was arranged to lead the team to pick, he hurriedly invited himself: "Sister-in-law, eldest brother of the Yang family, younger brother should also lead a team of people!" ”

Qiu Chen smiled and didn't make a sound, Yang Shuyong patted Lin Xu's shoulder and smiled: "Okay, okay, Ming'er will let Brother Xu take someone to pick lotus flowers!" ”

Lin Xu was a little disappointed, and begged again: "Brother Yang, I will also dig the lotus root today, and I will learn to recognize the tail leaf and the head leaf with Master He, and I can also dig out the whole lotus, which is stronger than the raw hand, let me take someone to dig the lotus root too!" ”

Yang Shuyong looked back at Qiu Chen, the brother and sister smiled knowingly, Yang Shuyong said to Lin Xu: "You have asked the eldest brother to know the truth, but we don't plan to officially step on the lotus root tomorrow." I have to go to the workers tomorrow, and the workers will be found before I can officially start stepping on it...... You have to take someone to pick the lotus canopy first, and the workers can only step on the lotus root when they come. If you don't step on the lotus root after picking the lotus pod, the lotus pod will be ruined. ”

When Yang Shuyong said this, Lin Xu blushed slightly and nodded again and again: "It's me who wants to help." I'll take someone to pick the lotus pods tomorrow! ”

Qiu Chen looked at him with a smile and said, "I'm tired today, and I'll have to get on the boat early tomorrow morning, so you should go and rest early!" ”

Lin Xu got up and responded with a smile, and said with concern: "Sister-in-law and Yang family's eldest brother and sister-in-law are also very hard, so it's better to rest early!" Then he took his leave and went back to the East Wing. The house where Yang Shuyong and Zhou live is three main rooms and three wing rooms in the east and west. After the west chamber was modified, the granary was made, and the north and south houses of the east chamber were put on the kang, and Qiu Chen asked Lin Xu and Lin Xianniang to live in the east chamber. The Chen family, the Wang family and others lived with Lin Xianniang, and Qin Li and Qin Yong were divided into two groups, one group went to a room with Lin Xu to squeeze in, and the other went to live in the west room of the main house with Yang Shuyong for one night.

When Yang Shuyong also went to the West House to rest, Qiu Chen and Zhou were lying on the kang, Qiu Chen told Zhou about the situation of Zhou's mother's family, Zhou was crying and laughing for a while, but the worries and worries in his heart were finally relieved.

On the second day, Qiu Chen, Lin Xu, and Lin Xianniang followed the Zhou family and Lao He's family for another busy day, and basically picked up all the lotus pods in the lake. In the evening, Yang Shuyong turned back with the hired workers he had recruited. Seeing the dozens of workers brought back by Yang Shuyong, there was no need to ask, Qiu Chen knew that the situation of the Yang family's shop should be good, and there should not be many people who fled.

After asking about the situation, as Qiu Chen guessed, only a small number of people from the Yang family's shop fled from home, and they did not flee too far, and after getting the news that the plague was under control, they turned back.

Qiu Chen helped the Zhou family pack up the houses where the workers lived, and arranged the work of male and female workers, and then took Qin Li, Chen and others to say goodbye and return to the city.

Qiu Chen is not good at picking and digging lotus roots, she has to rush back as soon as possible to talk about the sales of lotus roots and water chestnuts first.

This time back to the city, Qiu Chen brought two carts of lotus roots, water chestnuts, lotus seeds and other things. When he got home, he asked Yufeng and the Chen family to divide it into several parts, and first sent someone to the Yun family, Nanhu, as well as Yunlai Inn and Yunzhongxian Restaurant. Yunlai Inn and Yunzhong Xian Restaurant sent people to follow and pass on the message, lotus root and water chestnut they have to set some, and the specific dosage should be determined according to the return of people in the city in the past few days.

There has been news from Qinghe County that since Qiu Chen left, there have been no new cases, only one person died of sudden heart palsy due to old age, and there have been no more deaths from the epidemic, according to this situation, the lockdown can be lifted in 20 days at most. There have been no new cases or deaths for many days, and it is only a matter of time before the lockdown is lifted.

The epidemic situation in these two counties is basically lifted, and the people who fled in Anyang Mansion will gradually return, and the ordinary people should be the first to bear the thin foundation, and they will return to their homes as soon as possible if they want to get the news.

With a foundation in his heart, Qiu Chen was not in a hurry, took a bath and changed into dry clothes, and had dinner with Lin Xu and Lin Xianniang, and Lin Xu went back to his room to study. In terms of reading, Lin Xu has been working very hard, which makes Qiu Chen very relieved at the same time, sometimes he can't help but feel a little distressed, so he told the kitchen to make a nutritious supper for Lin Xu every night to send it in to supplement nutrition.

Lin Xianniang didn't rush to leave, she sat across the kang table with Qiu Chen, holding a cup of tea and drinking absentmindedly.

Qiu Chen looked at her like this, and the worry that she had temporarily put aside floated again.

Holding a cup of tea, Qiu Chen pondered in his heart whether to persuade Lin Xianniang, not to indulge in Tang Wenyong's personable appearance, if so, how to speak, how to persuade and guide......

Lin Xianniang woke up from her state of loss of consciousness and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, I plan to open for business in two days, August 29...... Well, in a few days it will be the Chung Yeung Festival, and there should be more people buying dim sum! ”

Qiu Chen shook his head for a moment, nodded with a smile, and said, "Well, when I come back today, I see that there are more people on the street, and it's good that the shop is open." ”

Lin Xianniang held the teacup and smiled, and said with some hesitation: "Sister-in-law...... On that day, the lotus seed cake we made tasted good......"

Qiu Chen was a little surprised, he didn't understand why Lin Xianniang mentioned the lotus seed cake for a while, but nodded with a smile on his face: "It's good, it's sweet and not greasy......" Speaking of this, Qiu Chen's thoughts turned around, and he thought of the reason why Lin Xianniang mentioned the lotus seed cake, and said with a smile: "Are you going to make lotus seed cake and sell it in the shop?" ”

"Well," Lin Xianniang nodded with a slight blush, and said with a somewhat abrupt smile, "I want my sister-in-law to leave me some lotus seeds, but I'm afraid that the lotus seed cake won't sell, and the lotus seeds won't be used......"

"Hehe, you have to worry about such a little thing...... Qiu Chen's heart was relieved, and the smile on his face brightened a little, "Our family's lotus seeds can't produce much, since you use them, I'll leave them for you...... You don't have to worry, it doesn't matter if you can't use it, our family has a large population, so you don't have to worry about not being able to eat! ”

Lin Xianniang got up happily and said, "Then thank you sister-in-law!" ”

"Look at you, this is the outside!" Qiu Chen stretched out his hand to support Lin Xianniang, his mind was in a hurry, but he still didn't say the words of consolation that he had been thinking about for a long time, he only patted Lin Xianniang's shoulder and said, "You are going to open a shop in the future, and tomorrow will start to get busy, you should go and rest early!" When the shop opened, it was not so loose. ”

Lin Xianniang smiled and bent her knees and said goodbye. Qiu Chen stared at Rudou's lights for a long time, and finally smiled to himself. Lin Xianniang is not the kind of woman who has no brains, even if she has a little difference from Tang Wenyong in her heart, she should not do anything foolish. She doesn't have to worry about it at this time, and when she finds an opportunity, she will unravel it!

Chunxiang walked in and reported that the hot water was ready, so Qiu Chen relaxed and went into the ear room to wash, and went to sleep on the kang first.

When she woke up early the next morning, Yufeng came in with hot water and waited for Qiu Chen to freshen up.

Since Yufeng returned to Qiu Chen's side the night before, Qiu Chen has been busy, and the master and servant have not had time to talk. At this moment, Chunxiang was packing up the futon in the room, and Yufeng was waiting for Qiu Chen to go to the ear room to freshen up.

Qiu Chen brushed her teeth, and was lowering her head to wash her face, when she heard the low sobbing sound next to her, she turned her head suspiciously and saw that Yufeng was covering her mouth with one hand and crying tears.

"Madam, you, why did you leave the slave and maid in that kind of place......" Yufeng sobbed and whispered.

Qiu Chen raised his eyebrows, shook his head with a smile, took a handkerchief and wiped his face, and said, "What are you crying about, you stupid girl, I didn't come back well!" She didn't ask Yufeng how she knew about the Dao, Daxing was Yufeng's father, and Daxing knew about the Dao, so Yufeng naturally didn't know the reason.

Yufeng was still twitching, her eyes were red and swollen, and she looked at Qiu Chen's face and said, "You also said that you have lost so much weight, and you are fine...... This man is almost thin and out of shape......"

Among the girls, compared to Qingxing's mood and anger, Chunxiang's is a little immature, Yufeng is the most calm and introverted, but not boring, empathetic at the same time, can do it just right in your heart, don't say much, and is most relied on by Qiu Chen.

Today's crying and complaining, Qiu Chen saw it for the first time on Yufeng, looking at Yufeng, whose eyes were red and even his nose was red, Qiu Chen laughed.

"Okay, look at the card you are crying, your eyes are swollen like this, let your father see it later, and think I am treating you harshly!" Qiu Chen smiled and pushed Yufeng, "Come, you also wash your face and take cold water to compress your eyes......"

Yufeng was also a little embarrassed when Qiu Chen said this, hung her head and nodded, washed her face, took a handkerchief and slowly wiped her eyes, and then took away the handkerchief, Qiu Chen looked at it for a moment, and nodded with a smile: "Well, I can't see it anymore." ”

The master and servant came out of the ear room for a long time, Chunxiang had already packed up the covers on the kang, and when she saw Qiu Chen and Yufeng coming out of the ear room, she bent her knees slightly, and went into the ear room to clean up.

Qiu Chen sat down in front of the makeup, let Yufeng give her long hair, pull up her bun, and take out the beeswax hibiscus from the makeup box, Qiu Chen glanced at it, and saw that Yufeng's eyes were still slightly red from the mirror, so he nodded in response, and Yufeng put the yellow and bright beeswax hibiscus into her hair.

She looked in the mirror for a moment, Yufeng took out a maple-leaf-colored shirt embroidered with a few lotus flowers on the narrow waist and arm jacket from the closet, Qiu Chen smiled: "I won't go out today, what are you doing with this dress?" ”

Yufeng was a little naughty today, and said with a smile: "Wearing this dress matches that hairpin!" ”

Qiu Chen smiled and shook her head, it was just a piece of clothing, she didn't take it seriously with Yufeng, she took a pleated skirt with Lantian color and tied it, and wore the jacket that Yufeng chose for her, and when she turned around and saw the figure in the dressing mirror, she shook her head with a slight smile.

She is really strong enough, and she can catch up with the big drama.

However, I have been here for more than a year and a half, and I have seen more of the clothing characteristics of this era, and the festive and bright is the best compliment, so I don't feel awkward.

This outfit, which is very different from Qiu Chen's usual dressing characteristics, naturally attracted the attention of the family.

Lin Xu's eyes widened in surprise, and when Qiu Chen asked, he nodded embarrassedly: "Sister-in-law's clothes are beautiful today, and her popularity is much better!" ”

Lin Xianniang squinted her eyes and praised without hesitation: "Sister-in-law's dress is good-looking, the color is good-looking, the style is good-looking, the embroidery is fine, and the tops and bottoms are also ......."

Qiu Chen smiled and shook his head: "Clothes are good anywhere, but the person who wears the clothes is an old vegetable helper......"

Lin Xianniang smiled at Qiu Chen and said, "Sister-in-law, people don't mean that. It turned out that I always felt that my sister-in-law was suitable for wearing plain colors, and indigo yuan white could be worn with special charm, but now I saw my sister-in-law wearing such a bright color to know that my sister-in-law really looks good in anything! ”

"Ha Luha, your little mouth is like smeared with honey today, why do I sound like you are praising me and confusing me, what do you want me to do?" Qiu Chen squinted his eyes at Lin Xianniang and said with a wary face, Lin Xianniang's face turned slightly red, and when she saw the heavy smile in Qiu Chen's eyes, she smiled and took Qiu Chen's arm, shook it and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law has said so, if my sister doesn't want something, won't she live up to my sister-in-law's heart?" ”

Qiu Chen raised his eyebrows and smiled at Lin Xu: "This is going to climb up the pole!" ”

Lin Xianniang was still a little ignorant, but Lin Xu burst out laughing. Lin Xianniang suddenly, stomped her feet and said, "Sister-in-law turned around and scolded me for being a monkey!" ”

Qiu Chen was dizzy by her shaking eyes, pulled her to sit down, and said with a smile: "Sit down and say, don't shake like this, if you continue to shake, you will be confused!" ”

Everyone laughed, even the Chen family and the Wang family, who were brought up with breakfast.

Lin Xianniang stared at Chen, and smiled at Qiu Chen in a low voice: "Sister-in-law, lend me Sister-in-law Chen for a few days!" There's nowhere to find the work in the store at this time, so I'm afraid I won't be able to keep myself busy......"

Qiu Chen smiled all over his face, but he didn't agree as readily as Lin Xianniang thought: "Sister-in-law Chen is good at cooking and soup, but she is not good at making dim sum...... According to me, if you want Sister-in-law Chen to go over and help, why don't you go and buy two people who can make snacks...... Didn't you still say you were going to open a branch? When these people came out, they even had the staff of the branch. ”

Without waiting for Lin Xianniang to respond, Qiu Chen smiled and sighed lightly: "At this time, the population is cheap...... The key is that our family is not the one who treats people harshly, and picking a few clever people to come not only solves your difficulties, but also accumulates merit, and it is also a rare thing to have both. ”

As soon as these words came out, the smiles on everyone's faces were a little restrained, and Lin Xianniang agreed without hesitation. Leaving the jokes aside, the family sat down to breakfast.

It's not that she is reluctant to be alone, the main thing is that Chen's origin is different, although she holds Chen's identity deed, and she can be placed freely in theory, but Qiu Chen still has no self-determination. She planned that when Qin Li and Qin Yong returned to Qin Zheng's side, she would also send Chen back with her.

After breakfast, Qiu Chen instructed Daxing and Shunzi's family to help Lin Xianniang buy someone, and Lin Xu took Yuliang to Nanhu Guo's house to inquire, but there was news from Guo's master Guo Jingquan.

Qiu Chen was originally going to go out, but the clothes on her body made her a little uncomfortable, and she was opening the wardrobe to pick out a plain dress to change into, when Chunxiang came in and reported: "Yun Er Gongzi and Liao San Gongzi are here!" ”

Yun Jichen and Liao Wenqing met once since they came back, and they were arrested by Tang Wenyong and Zhuang Ding went to coordinate and arrange the relief grain and rice for him. Qiu Chen has been out of the epidemic area for a few days, and he hasn't seen these two people!

With joy in his heart, Qiu Chen didn't care about changing his clothes, put the clothes in his hand back, and went directly to the living room of the courtyard.

Yun Jichen and Liao Wenqing were already sitting in the living room, and when they saw Qiu Chen coming in, Yun Jichen complained one after another: "The two of us just arrived early this morning, and went to Nanhu Xingfu to hand in errands, so we came to you. ”

This gesture made Qiu Chen laugh uncontrollably, and said while waving his hand: "But I haven't seen you for a few days, how did the second son of Yun become a doorman, okay, don't be so pitiful, there is still some breakfast left, you go to the kitchen to eat some!" ”

Yun Er Gongzi shook his head with a smile, and Yufeng saw that Qiu Chen's eyes had already retreated in a hurry, and went to the kitchen to arrange breakfast.

Qiu Chen stopped laughing for a while, looked at the two of them and said, "I didn't make myself tired on this trip, I look good!" ”

Yun Er Gongzi smiled, looked back at Liao Wenqing, and saw that Liao Wenqing hadn't missed his eyes since Qiu Chen entered the door, for a long time, they teased Da Lang and laughed, but he didn't react, he was stunned!

This unproductive person is not wearing bright clothes. Before Lin Niangzi was filial piety, she naturally wore plain clothes, but now in addition to clothes, what is there to make a fuss about wearing bright clothes, although Yun Jichen also admits that the woman in front of her dresses up has her own plain and light clothes with different temperament and charm, but it will not make people see stupid!

Now that's it, after Lin Niangzi marries into the Liao family and becomes Liao Sanshao's grandmother, will this Liao Sangongzi be stupid all day long? What a shame!

Qiu Chen also noticed Liao Wenqing's overly persistent and fiery gaze, but he did not deliberately avoid it, but generously looked back at Liao Wenqing's gaze, smiled, and turned his gaze back to Yun Jichen and said, "How about this trip?" ”

Yun Jichen smiled bitterly and shook his head: "There has been a lot of rain in the Central Plains this year, and we are not the only ones who have suffered disasters, the autumn grain is generally poor, and the prices of grain and rice in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have also risen......

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