Chapter 192 Lantern Festival 1

Daxing complied, went down to pass the word, and turned back in a moment.

At the beginning, when the newly bought people were handed over to him, his wife gave an explanation, asking him to inspect the conduct and strengths of the people, so as to serve as a reference for their stay and arrangement. At this time, since the lady has passed on someone to talk about things, although it is still too early to talk about going and staying, it is a matter of arranging duties under the nose.

The Lin family is no better than the valve family. The valve family itself has well-trained servants engaged in various affairs, and the junior servants must first learn the rules for a few months, and then be assigned to various unimportant positions, and then slowly select and promote. The Lin family is really self-made, and Liu Jiaao now has the three of them, but the newly bought house here is empty. Daxing also knew that he would not stay here, as early as a year ago, his wife had told him that he would be asked to go to Nanmarsh Lake to assist his uncle soon after the year.

If the selected person is just incompetent, he is just worried, but if he picks someone with ill intentions, it is difficult to say that he will bring trouble to the newly emerging Lin family.

Yes, these days with newcomers to clean up, Daxing is really secretly observing and considering, although the time is too short, insight into the nature of people's hearts or something is too much, some basic character temperament, everyone is good at, but I understand almost.

Waiting for Daxing to report his observations to Qiu Chen in detail, Qiu Chen weighed his observations and decided on a basic opinion, and then discussed his own arrangements with Daxing with great trust, Daxing was naturally overjoyed to be so trusted by the owner's family, but he was also very surprised Qiu Chen's arrangement, which actually brought almost most of the newcomers back to Liujiaao, and on the side of Fucheng, Shunzi and his wife were taken over, and Shunzi took a manservant to guard the door, and Shunzi's family brought a mother-in-law to clean and maintain the backyard.

This arrangement can be said to avoid the trouble that may be caused by not knowing people to the greatest extent, and the reason why Shunzi and his wife came over is also because Shunzi is loyal and simple, and Shunzi's family is also loyal, but his heart is very refreshing. The others were all brought back to Liujiaao, and there was usually no master living in the mansion in Fucheng, and there was not much to do, leaving four people to be able to deal with it. When Qiu Chen or others come to Fucheng, they can choose someone who can be used to bring it over. At that time, after a relatively long period of testing and observation, there will basically be no more hidden dangers left by not knowing people.

Daxing thought about it for a while, and also understood that Madame's thoughts were far-reaching, far beyond his reach. Even more of a twelve-point spirit, Qiu Chen's jihua quickly went through, and said: "Shunzi is a sincere person who is not good at words. Such a person is naturally haode, but it is also a little insufficient......"

Speaking of this, Daxing paused, raised his eyes to look at Qiu Chen, and saw her nodding, so he continued: "Our Lin family has no foundation in Fucheng, but since we have bought a house here, we still need to know more about the major and minor affairs of Fucheng in the future...... Therefore, when arranging manpower for Shunzi, you can consider leaving two clever little guys who can come to trouble, and let them go around more, and our Lin family will not be completely ignorant of the wind direction of Fucheng. ”

Qiu Chen pursed his lips, raised his eyebrows slightly to show a hint of surprise, and in an instant, this surprise disappeared, revealing a smile of relief and approval: "Thank you for reminding me, otherwise, I really ignored such an important matter." ”

After receiving the praise, Daxing showed a touch of joy on his face, but he still said politely: "Mrs. has won the award, this is the duty of the villain!" ”

"It's rare to be able to keep your duty and do your best!" Qiu Chen smiled and nodded, no longer greetings, and continued, "In this way, let this matter go first, and still let Shunzi come over, the little guys are still unshaped, just throw them here, maybe they will be damaged by something outside, let's go back and sum it up." Anyway, the house we just bought is fine. Moreover, in a few days, the second brother will enter the city to participate in the government test, and I will also come over to prepare for the workshop, and then determine who to transfer to follow Shunzi! ”

Daxing thought about it for a while, and also felt that what Qiu Chen said was reasonable, and he was more cautious, so he didn't say anything anymore. There was a faint discussion outside, and the summoned people had arrived, so Daxing withdrew first, and gathered everyone for the instructions of his wife.

It didn't take long for Daxing to ask for instructions outside the door, Qiu Chen took a breath and sat upright in the hall, signaling Qingxing to speak.

Immediately, under the leadership of Daxing, twenty-five newly purchased slaves rushed in from outside the door, and the small hall was suddenly crowded.

When everyone came in and stood up, knelt down and saluted in a proper manner, Qiu Chen raised his hand lightly: "Get up!" ”

She doesn't like this kind of rule of kneeling at every turn, but the world is like this, as an outsider, she can't change it, the only thing she can do is probably to treat the people who are really attached to her as lenient as possible in the future, and try her best to give them more opportunities for development.

His gaze swept over the twenty-five people, Qiu Chen spoke: "You have been at home for a few days, you must know everything about my Lin family, now, you and I are not masters and servants, if you are not satisfied with the Lin family and me, you can speak, I will send you back to Huang Pozi, so that you can find a better way out." ”

The people below didn't expect to hear such words, and they were all a little puzzled for a while, some raised their eyes to look at them, and some looked at each other to observe the reactions of others...... Qiu Chen quietly looked at everyone's performance in his eyes, and his heart was a little peaceful, fortunately, no one showed joy. Worries and doubts make up the vast majority. Only the Chunxiang siblings, Xiaoxi, and the Chen family that Qiu Chen had seen before were slightly different, and the Chunxiang siblings always hung their heads and stood silent; Xiaoxi looked up at her directly in confusion, as if she wanted to ask the reason; Chen lowered his eyes slightly, not moving.

After the slight commotion below settled down, Qiu Chen spoke: "Since none of you propose to leave, then I think you recognize this family and me as a person." Then, if someone is born half-hearted in the future, don't blame me for being ruthless. Of course, you recognize this family and trust me to stay, and I will try my best to provide you with some opportunities so that you can have something to hope for. The Lin family runs a workshop to do business, you should all know this. At present, new workshops will be opened in Fucheng and Beijing, and in the future, there will be more workshops to open, and there will be few people in these workshops...... Of course, the opportunity is there, and it is up to you whether you can grasp it or not. ”

Speaking of this, Qiu Chen, who had been looking down, once again swept his gaze from everyone's faces, saw everyone's surprise, excitement, apprehension or uneasiness in their eyes, lowered his eyes, took a sip of tea, and then said lightly: "Okay, these words are here, you know what to do, and you can figure out what to do yourself." Next, Daxing, you can announce the manpower arrangement! ”

Daxing was slightly stunned, then bowed down and agreed with a face full of joy and excitement, turned his head back, solemnized his expression, and announced the personnel arrangements he had just discussed with Qiu Chen. In fact, there are only two people, the Chen family and the other Wang family, who looks very kind, stay, and the others finish the work at hand, and they will follow the master back to the old house.

Because he bought this house in Fucheng, Liu's Lin family was called an old house.

After Daxing finished announcing, Chen and Wang took a step forward, knelt down and kowtowed to Qiu Chen, and then retreated with everyone.

Out of the main house, Xiao Xi pulled a red apricot and said, "Huh, I was scared to death, I thought I was going to be left here." ”

Hongxing tilted her head to look at her: "What's wrong with staying, what are you afraid of?" ”

Xiaoxi shook her head: "Our lady doesn't live here, if she is left behind, maybe she won't be able to see her for a few months......"

"Hehe, it turns out that your heart is quite big, this is thinking of going to serve in front of Mrs. like those two sisters!" Hong Xing said with a smile.

Xiaoxi looked at her, stunned for a moment, shook her head dejectedly, and said: "No, I can't tell you what I think, I just think that it is ...... to feel settled in my heart after following the lady" Speaking of this, Xiaoxi paused and sighed very inappropriately: "I don't expect to serve Madame, I just thought, when Madame really left me, I will ask Madame for a favor and ask Madame to teach me how to cook...... Madame is really good at cooking, a few clicks, a big live fish is neatly packed up and steamed into the pot, and it looks really delicious......"

Hongxing grinned and said, "You're gluttonous, aren't you?" ”

Xiaoxi seemed to be immersed in her vision for her future, and she didn't pay attention to Hongxing's teasing, Hongxing didn't expect her to answer, her tone changed, and she also sighed: "I can't cook, I heard that the two sisters around Mrs. can write and calculate, and Mrs. taught them all ...... If that day comes, I will beg my wife to teach me how to read......"

In addition to the Chen family and the Wang family, who were arranged to work, the other twenty-three people also looked forward to it in their hearts. Chunxiang took her younger brother Yuliang's hand, but hung her head and didn't make a sound, until she walked into the room where the sister and brother lived, Yuliang couldn't help but say, "Sister, are we really going to the old mansion?" ”

Haruka blinked, looked up at her brother and asked, "What, don't you want to?" ”

Yu Liang shook his head and said sadly: "If you go there, it's even farther away from our house......"

Chunxiang choked, and it took a long time to pull Yu Liang, look into his eyes and say: "Since we have reached this point, we only rely on the Lin family and Mrs., it doesn't matter if you don't understand, but you must remember that you must listen to Mrs. in the future, even if your sister makes a mistake and is punished by Mrs., you don't have to pay attention to it, you just remember that Mrs.'s words are the most important." With Mrs.'s attention, you can re-study, and only then can you redeem yourself, re-participate in the scientific examination, and regain what our family and our father and mother left us! ”

Yuliang was a little worried, looked at his sister and said timidly: "Sister......"

Chunxiang came back to her senses, pulled the corners of her mouth and showed a very shallow smile, and comforted her younger brother: "Don't worry, my sister will be careful and won't make Mrs. angry." ”

After arranging the affairs of the family, Qiu Chen entered the house, and squinted on the kang next to Afu Aman for a while, Afu Aman woke up, Aman opened his eyes, and immediately climbed to the windowsill to look out to see if the sky was dark.

Qiu Chen woke up as soon as the little girl moved, but he didn't move, and finally couldn't help laughing when he heard Aman muttering and complaining that it wasn't dark yet.

sat up, took Ah Fu in one hand and Ah Man in the other, pointed to the clock that she put on the kang cupboard and said: "Looking at the time in the future, you can not only look at the sky, but also see this." This is called a clock, and each red dot on it represents half an hour, and it is called an hour. See these two hands, one long and one short? One rotation of the long needle is half an hour, that is, one hour, and one rotation of the short needle is six hours, half a day......"

The two children have long been very curious about the thing that their mother bought back, but the two children know the depth, and know that this small thing is particularly valuable, and it was bought back by the mother for a lot of silver, not something they can touch, yes, they have been holding back their curiosity, at this time, Qiu Chenyi explained to them how to use clocks and watches to keep time, and both of them listened very well-behaved and attentively, and from time to time, they also asked a question.

Knowing the clock and reading the time, for modern people is almost common sense, but in this era when you can hardly see the clock, it is more difficult to understand, not to mention, but also to the era of the customary timekeeping unit 'hour', converted into 'hour', Qiu Chen said is particularly difficult, the two children learn slowly, one said two learn for a long time, the two children still don't understand, but can roughly read the time on the surface.

Qiu Chen knew that he couldn't be too demanding, so he praised the two children with a smile, and then complied with the wishes of the two children, beckoned Qingxing Yufeng to take the two children to wash, she also washed and changed the clothes for going out, and brought the two children, Yufeng Qingxing, and still Qin Li accompanied by two guards, and went out to see the lights.

On the fourteenth day of the first month, it is not the day of the Lantern Festival, although the lights are hung up, the people who come out to enjoy the lanterns are not too exaggerated, Qiu Chen and his entourage are still like visiting the night market that day, eating while walking, tasting all kinds of snacks one by one, and watching all kinds of lanterns, and taking two children to guess the lantern riddles for a while, and strolling until the moon rises in the sky, and the night is getting deeper, and then they return home.

When he got home, Daxing picked it up at the door, and after greeting him, he reported to Qiu Chen, saying that the luggage of the inn had been retrieved and sent to the room in the Sanjin Hospital.

Qiu Chen nodded and agreed, and then ordered: "You make arrangements, go to the Yang family's shop tomorrow, talk to the second brother, let them come over tomorrow to make peace, and we will go back to Liujiaao the day after tomorrow." That's right, you stay first, and in a few days, Junko is here, and you go directly to the eldest brother from here. ”

Daxing agreed one by one, and sent Qiu Chen's mother and son to Erjin, and then he turned around to arrange all the things after Yang Shumeng and others came the next day, as well as the return of the day after tomorrow.

The next day, the 15th Lantern Festival of the first lunar month.

Qiu Chen didn't go out with the children again. Only let Qingjiang go out to buy some festive food, let Chen and Jia clean up, add a few dishes, and it is considered a festival.

After lunch, before the end of the day, Yang Shumeng arrived with the Junwen Junshu brothers.

Although I had just met in the third year of junior high school, I was very happy when I arrived in the two compartments, and the family looked at the house with a smile, and followed Qiu Chen into the Sanjin Courtyard, and gathered on the east house kang to talk.

"The eldest brother went to Nanmar Lake on the eighth day of the first month, and just took advantage of the idle farming in the village to find more than 30 laborers...... We turned a corner and looked around when we came, and the road was already leveled, and now the foundation was already being made......" said Poplar violently.

Qiu Chen was very emotional when he heard it, but he also knew that the Yang brothers were all idle people, and if they could have something to do, they would feel at ease, but they had to take the time to find Daxing and ask him to stare at Yang Shuyong after going to Nanmar Lake, and pay more attention to his body.

Junwen Junshu A large group of children spent the Lantern Festival in Fucheng for the first time, and naturally went out to visit the lamp market again in the evening. Because it was a positive day, the streets were crowded with people, and it was particularly lively.

The lamp market is divided into two places, one is Fuqian Street, and the other is outside the gate of the Iron Tower Temple.

Because there was a dragon and lion dance performance during the Lantern Festival on Fuqian Street, Qiu Chen sent someone to Yunzhong Xian Restaurant early to book a private room. In the evening, the family went to Yunzhongxian early, asked for a table of dishes, and watched the sky gradually get dark, and the lights lit up little by little, from the hazy sparks to the flowing golden fires, the streets were bright, like a galaxy.

Yun Zhongxian specially sent a little guy to wait, and the little man knew that this Lin Niangzi was the first time to enter the city to enjoy the lanterns, and he explained to Qiu Chen and his party the excitement of the Lantern Festival in Fucheng.

“…… The one below is a tent built by a person with a head and a face in Anyang Mansion. The first one in front is the Yun family of the Yun Governor's Mansion, and the second is the Lin family, the commander of the Lin family...... The first one across the street is the Zhang Taifu family of Zhishi, the second is the Guo family, the Guo family master once won the Jinshi, the official to the fourth prefect, in the field for many years, after the death of Mrs. Guo Ding worry at home, did not seek recovery, but at home to concentrate on the family business, teaching children and grandchildren, now the Guo family's eldest young master and second young master, and the fourth young master of the second room have already had a reputation, the eldest young master and the second young master a few years ago, has gone to the field as an official, it is said that the eldest young master has been promoted to the same knowledge from the fourth grade, and the second young master is also a county parent; The fourth young master was lifted two years ago, and it is said that he will enter Beijing to take the exam this fall...... Behind are the major merchants, and now the most prosperous Liao family is the leader, and behind are the merchants, the Meng family, ......"

The young man is very eloquent, and he also talked about the origins of each family quite interestingly, which also gave Qiu Chen a relatively general understanding of the wealthy families in Anyang Mansion.

While he was talking, Qin Li, who was guarding the door, came in, walked up to Qiu Chen and whispered, "Madam, please take a step to speak." ”

Qiu Chen glanced at him suspiciously, said hello to the young man with a smile, and didn't disturb the family members who were looking at the lights with great interest, only gave Yufeng a word, and followed Qin Li out of the private room.

Unexpectedly, Qin Li did not stop at the door, but led Qiu Chen to the staircase.

Qiu Chen paused and asked, "What's the matter?" Where is this going? ”

Although she has relative trust in Qin Li, she doesn't know much about Qin Zheng and the Qin family behind him. In the hearts of those who are scheming with power, there are some schemes that she can't learn and understand, and in the eyes of those people, some laws and even moral norms are not as clear as they say. In the eyes of those people, whether things can be done or not is not whether they are in accordance with the law, but whether they are needed and whether they are under their control. The law is a tool used by the controller to control others.

…… Or in other words, in the eyes of the superiors, human life is nothing more than a mustard.

Qin Li hunched his back, hung his head, and didn't look at Qiu Chen, but said, "Madam, please move downstairs!" ”

Seeing him like this, Qiu Chen took a deep breath and walked towards the stairs. Qin Li is just a guard, since this is the case, it is not for him to be the master, and it is useless to embarrass him.

Walking down the stairs with a calm face, to Qiu Chen's surprise, Qin Li led her up the stairs instead of going upstairs, and after going downstairs, it was not a noisy restaurant lobby, but a quiet corridor.

Qin Li led her into the door, but she didn't follow up, but closed the door with her hand.

Qiu Chen looked back at the closed door, stabilized his pounding heart, turned his head and slowly walked in.

As soon as he bypassed the blue gauze cabinet, Qiu Chen saw standing there, as if he was admiring the back of a painting on the wall, a black brocade robe, a blue jade belt, no crown on his head, only a jasper hairpin, hair color like ink, broad shoulders and back, tall figure, straight waist, end is condensed like pine, and the power is restrained!

Qiu Chen breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his eyes, and slowly walked a few steps inside. Before she could speak, the man turned around when he heard the sound, looked at Qiu Chen, who was slowly approaching, and pulled the corners of his mouth, revealing a smooth and light smile.

Although she had just followed Qin Li downstairs, she guessed that she had only calmed down when she really saw Qin Zheng, but somehow, she didn't have all the worries and worries just now, and she didn't relax: "Why are you here?" ”

The smile on Qin Zheng's lips deepened, staring at Qiu Chen and said, "People don't say that the Lantern Festival is full and the moon is ......" people are reunited!

Before he finished his words, Qiu Chen already understood, glared at him with disgust, and said, "Didn't you say that Liu Jiaao went to avoid right and wrong?" Won't you get into trouble if you come over like this? ”

Qin Zheng snorted: "It's just Anyang Mansion!" ”

In a blink of an eye, he saw Qiu Chen's disapproval on his face, and comforted him gently: "It's okay, no one here knows me!" ”

"Oh, I'm just reminding you that you can count your own business." Being looked at by Qin Zheng like this, he felt a little embarrassed inexplicably, Qiu Chen turned his eyes, defended himself, and then said, "Since you're here, let's go upstairs, I have booked a room upstairs, and the second brother and the children are upstairs!" ”

Qin Zheng didn't move, and when Qiu Chen took two steps and turned around, he said, "I want to go to the street to see the lights!" ”

Qiu Chen blinked, go to the street? It's not bad, she was just afraid that there would be too many people, and the children would be scattered by the crowd, so she asked for a room in Yunzhongxian.

Before she could react, Qin Zheng had already picked up an indigo cloud pattern sable sable fur cloak from the couch and draped it on her body. Then he put another mink cloak over himself and said, "Let's go!" ”

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This chapter has been entangled for most of the day, and finally more than half of it has been deleted and rewritten......

saw the pro-message urging the plot, but Su Su still couldn't mention it too quickly. Buying people and communicating with Yun Er are all necessary processes for the development of the story, because these witness Chenchen's growth and integration, and after careful consideration, there is still no way to omit it......

It's already two o'clock in the morning, and because I deleted a lot of text and rewritten, I can only send half a chapter today...... Bow, crawl away, so sleepy!