She choked her throat and called out with difficulty: "Big brother! ”

Qiu Chen was a little incredulous, stunned for a moment, blinked, unfolded a smile, and two lines of tears on his cheeks slipped down unconsciously.

The two cars in front of the convoy kept coming, and a middle-aged man jumped down from the wheels and shouted from a distance: "Sister! ”

Qiu Chen blinked, took a breath, lowered his eyes and patted his daughter's hand, steady dìng, and then slowly stepped forward to meet him.

"Mother!" Aman noticed the excitement of his mother's affection, and hurriedly called crisply, which was a reminder and a distraction from his mother's mood.

Looking at the carriage that came in, Qiu Chen stopped inexplicably, his breathing stagnated, his nose was a sour mess, his sour and hot eyes rushed to his eye sockets, and tears couldn't stop filling his eyes.

Qiu Chen had just walked out of the gatehouse, and the convoy had already entered the second gate.

After receiving the previous report, the threshold of the gate has already been unloaded and waiting, at this time the car arrived, the door guard on the door saw the convoy coming from a distance, and immediately trotted forward to pick it up, respectfully and hurriedly to the front of the convoy Junwen Junshu Aman saluted and asked for peace, and then turned back on both sides of the convoy, and outside the second gate Junwen Junshu and Ah Fu stopped and dismounted, threw the reins and whip to the little maid, and then hurriedly followed the car to the second gate.

Holding his daughter's hand as a sign of relief, Qiu Chen was supported by Aman and the girl, slowly stood up, and steadied himself again, and then raised his feet and walked out.

Somehow, when she heard the report just now in Mu'en Temple, she really couldn't hold it back, and completely forgot about her physical condition. At this time, she was sitting by the second door, and when she heard that the car had entered the door, she subconsciously took a deep breath to calm down.

As soon as these words came in, Yuegui, Chengying and Aman were all by Qiu Chen's side, and Aman held Qiu Chen's arm and smiled: "Mother, slow down!" ”

After saying a few words, the little girl came in from outside: "Coming, coming!" ”

Lamei is used in medicine, invigorates blood and regulates menstruation, and she is pregnant and should not drink. Of course, it doesn't get in the way of a little bit!

Qiu Chen smiled and nodded, holding the tea, but did not drink it again.

The daughter-in-law replied a little awkwardly: "The slave maid was serving in the tea in the big flower hall in the front yard before...... I have a lot of contact with tea, and when I have nothing to do, I think about it randomly, and I heard that there is a way to make tea, so I picked flowers and tried to make it...... Gardenia, chrysanthemum, and jasmine have all tried, and I think Lamei is the brightest......"

Qiu Chen smiled: "This tea itself is a cheap big-leaf tea, and it is really not easy to produce this elegant aroma." Where was my sister-in-law? Who did you learn the craft of tea? ”

The daughter-in-law who poured the tea had a little red cheeks, rubbed her hands and smiled: "It was the slave maid who tried to kiln last year...... Don't deserve to be praised by Madame! ”

As he spoke, he naturally took a sip, tasted it slowly, and nodded with a smile: "This tea is good, whose craftsmanship?" ”

Qiu Chen took it without hesitation, sent it under his nose and sniffed it, and said with a smile: "Well, it's still Lamei's...... It's fragrant! ”

Another daughter-in-law stepped forward, picked up the teapot on the table, poured some tea in the tea cup, shook it and splashed it outside the door, turned around and poured a cup of hot tea again, and held it in front of Qiu Chen with both hands: "Madam, the tea just brewed, the tea leaves are not good, you will just warm your hands." ”

Yuegui was holding a soft brocade mattress in her hand and wanted to step forward to lay it for Qiu Chen, Qiu Chen's eyes stopped her at a glance, smiled gently at the two daughters-in-law, slowly walked over, sat on the cushion laid by Shen's, and held the small kang table very relaxed, glancing over, and saw that the elm clear water kang table was the simplest style, without any carved decoration, and the paint on the desktop was mottled, but it was wiped clean, and there was not even a water idea.

Shen smiled and rushed ahead, carried a mat and spread it on the edge of the kang, and let Qiu Chen go there: "Madam, please sit here...... This kang has just been burned, it's warm, it's not cold! ”

The room is not big, the room is simple but neat, the small kang is covered with a blue triangular cloth kang mattress, and the chair is also placed with a chair cushion spliced with rags, which looks more comfortable.

The concierge is next to the second gate, there are five rooms, and the closest to the door is the place where the mother-in-law stays on duty, with a small kang and a pair of chairs. Inside, there are four inverted halls that are connected by twos and twos, which are prepared for the mothers-in-law who follow the visitors.

Qiu Chen exempted the two of them from the courtesy, and couldn't help but crane his neck and look out of the second door, it was not that he was incapacitated, he had already gone to Tongzhou to pick up people in person, where was the need to wait at home in a hurry. Even so, Qiu Chen did not lose his mind due to anxiety, lowered his eyes to see his bulging belly, and still agreed very well, and walked into the gatekeeper's room.

The two mothers-in-law kowtowed again, and then got up, and one of the daughters-in-law surnamed Shen said with a smile: "Madam, the letter from the front, the old lady and the uncle's car are afraid that it will take a while to arrive, and the night breeze is also cold at this time, Madame should go into the house and sit and wait for a while!" ”

Qiu Chen smiled gently: "That's it, get up quickly!" ”

The two mothers-in-law immediately lowered their heads, knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Slaves and maids greet Mrs. ”

The two mothers-in-law waiting on the second door saw a lantern from a distance over the weeping flower door, so they came forward with a smile on their faces, and stood in the second gate, waiting for the lady's sedan chair to fall to the ground, and then looked at the eldest lady on the side of the lady's sedan chair, as soon as the sedan chair stopped, the eldest lady ran up to help the lady get off the sedan chair, and then took a few steps to catch up, stretched out her hand and carefully helped the lady to get down from the sedan chair, and did not let go, still accompanied the lady to turn around, facing the two mothers-in-law on the second door.

On this night, the watch had already been played, but the Jingbei Hou Mansion was still uncharacteristically still echoing, and people came and went. At three o'clock, a stack of voices came in from the gate, but in a moment, there was a string of lanterns, coming out all the way from the main courtyard of the backyard, and the clouds and rivers came up to the second gate.

Jingbei Hou Mansion originally had few masters, a total of Mrs. Hou and three little masters, four cousin young masters, now, Hou Ye went out on an errand, took away a lot of guards in the front yard and accompanied the guests, Mrs. is pregnant again, almost no handover contacts, these many reasons, the Hou Mansion is less lively and noisy, especially at night, a huge Jingbei Hou Mansion is even quieter, almost no personnel exchanges, only the door porch under the eaves of the lanterns lit up all night emitted a halo, indicating that this mansion is low-key but not decadent, Quiet but not sleepy.

Qiu Chen naturally couldn't lie down, and hurriedly got up, Ah Man was anxious, but looking at his mother's hard and bulky appearance, he really couldn't leave it alone, so he could only come over with his temperament and help his mother get down from the soft couch, Yuegui hurriedly stepped forward to put on Qiu Chen's shoes, and helped her to go to the dresser to straighten her hair, and after pursing her sideburns, she helped her to get up, Chengying Yuegui circled around Qiu Chen twice, smoothed some wrinkles on her clothes, and held the cloak embroidered with a large golden chrysanthemum hydrangea by Suqing Ayazi and put it on Qiu Chen, Only then did Chengying and Aman support Qiu Chen alone, and hurried as steadily as possible and couldn't help but hurry, walked out of Mu'en Courtyard, got on the bright sedan chair waiting at the door, and went all the way to the second gate.

The little girl's voice was inevitably louder when she spoke excitedly, and before Chengying came in to report, Qiu Chen and Aman had already heard it.

Chengying couldn't turn back, and before he could report to Qiu Chen when he entered the house, he heard the door curtain clanging, and hurriedly turned back, and saw the little girl who had just rushed out panting and returned, and replied with an excited face: "Sister, it's here, it's here, I just came out of the yard when I met Mother Peng on the second door to report, saying that someone had just come to deliver a letter, and the young master and the young master had picked up the old lady, and the uncle and wife had already entered the city, and they had arrived at the gate of the mansion in a blink of an eye." ”

Chengying agreed to go to the outhouse and pointed to a little girl to inquire in the front yard, the little girl was a third-class girl who had just been brought in from the outhouse, young, lively and clever, and said crisply, turned around and went out of the door, and rushed to the front yard.

That being said, looking at the clock, it was inevitable that he would be worried, so he ordered: "Send someone to the front to see, why hasn't it arrived yet!" ”

Qiu Chen was actually paying attention to the time, but he was afraid that everyone would be worried and silent. At this time, when Aman mentioned it, she first smiled and comforted Aman: "The safety is done properly, and it shouldn't delay the time to enter the city." ”

It had been dark for a while, and it was almost half past seven, so Aman became anxious.

When the Ming Dynasty opened the country, the time to open the city gate was five watches and three o'clock (Yin hour five quarters), and the time to close the city gate was one watch (戌时正). Since the level of Beirong, the north of the frontier launched a few hundred miles, the original geographical location of the capital near the north has changed, almost become the hinterland of the national territory, the national security and public security has also been further improved, the opening time of the capital has not changed, the time of closing the city gate has been delayed, and it has become a shift at three o'clock, that is, five o'clock, almost about eight o'clock, more than an hour later than the original.

After the order, Aman also came back to his senses from this triviality, looked at the table clock on the high table, and then looked at the sky outside, and finally couldn't bear to turn back to Qiu Chen and said: "Mother, it's not early, do you want to send someone out to have a look?" My cousin and brother, why haven't they brought back my grandmother and aunt? …… It's too late, and the gates will be closed! ”

But girls who are too decisive and too cheerful often lose their gentleness and will not compromise...... Alas!

The girl has such a temperament, so she probably doesn't have to worry about this child being bullied if she is not cowardly in the future. Moreover, you probably don't have to worry that she will not be able to live in the future.

Such a daughter made Qiu Chen relieved and inevitably slightly worried.

Qiu Chen finished laughing at himself, so he leaned on the big pillow and drank a red date lotus seed tea slowly, watching his daughter simply order the arrangement, at a young age, he had never taken care of the house, but when he dealt with these affairs, he did not hesitate at all, it was really neat and crisp!

Then, I will explain the appearance of the jewelry I picked out, take it to the purchase manager of the house, and go to the best Furuixiang custom in the capital.

After appeasing his mother, Aman turned around and explained the clothes, embroidery, and jewelry that the mother and daughter had discussed. According to the clothes material, the needlework person received, and carefully explained the embroidery pattern to the embroidery girl on the needlework, and even the position of the embroidery, the size of the pattern, and the color of the thread were clearly and meticulously explained to the embroiderer.

After relieving herself, Qiu Chen also felt tired, so Ah Man and Cheng Ying helped her back to the couch and brought two pillows over, one for her to lean on, and the other on the ventral side to support her big belly. Qiu Chen spread it out heavily, gasping slightly, and couldn't help laughing: he looks like those chubby and clumsy sea lions in the Antarctic and the Arctic!

It's really that her belly is too big this time when she is pregnant, and she seems to be carrying more than 20 catties or even 30 catties of heavy objects every day, waking up and moving, sleeping and moving, walking and moving, and having to carry when she sits down...... That kind of exhaustion all the time has made her slow and numb. I don't have the heart or energy to pay attention to these for the time being, so let's put them on hold until the postpartum period...... When the time comes, she will be able to have her mind and energy.

However, these Qiu Chen only thought about it occasionally, and after the initial surprise, he gradually became numb.

In modern times, she saw a girlfriend's postpartum abdomen, and the skin of the abdomen after swelling and sagging suddenly relaxed, like, just like a balloon that blew up and let go of the air, it is no longer smooth and delicate, but wrinkled and flabby...... The best friend's skin color is darker, which is even more miserable. It's so ugly!

Another thing that Qiu Chen is more concerned about is the skin of the abdomen and thighs, this sentence is estimated to be not nutritious enough when the body gives birth to Afu Aman, and the fetus is not big, so there are no obvious stretch marks left on the belly. At that time, Qiu Chen paid attention to it, and applied it with a relatively soft medicinal oil that would not affect the fetus after bathing every day, so that there were no stretch marks left on the stomach...... This time, it was too bulky and exhausting, and at the same time, this time, the belly was too big, ridiculously big, and the sudden enlargement of the belly in a short period of time caused great damage to the skin tissue in the abdomen...... Then, her delicate and fair skin was ruined, and now the lower part of her belly is completely invisible to herself, but when she strokes her fingers in the bath, she can clearly feel the fine scars......

The only thing that made Qiu Chen happy was that there were no pregnancy spots on her face, the kind of black and dirty patches...... Yiheng and Chang Jiayi are both born, and the bridge of the nose, cheeks, and even the area around the eyes and lips are ......

Every time this happens, Qiu Chen can't help but smile bitterly, once upon a time, she always felt unbearable to look directly when she watched a pregnant woman staggering around her waist, even Brother Yun didn't feel too bulky at that moment...... This time it's good, and her image has been completely beaten into scum.

Qiu Chen walked around once, and felt that the feeling of chest tightness and shortness of breath was relieved a lot, but her stomach was too big and a little overwhelmed, so she had to hold her stomach and hold her waist to feel more stable.

Chengying and Yuegui laughed at the same time, looked at Ah Man and said with a smile: "Isn't it, Miss is so filial and considerate, isn't it a close-fitting little padded jacket, warm and intimate!" ”

Qiu Chen couldn't help but smile, shook the hand holding the little girl, and said with a smile: "The girl is her father's little padded jacket!" ”

Qiu Chen smiled happily and turned his eyes to look at Man'er, just in time for the little girl's gaze. Because of the praise and praise, the little girl's face was quite calm, but there was joy and pride in her eyes that could not be concealed, and her eyes were particularly bright when she looked at her mother.

Yue Gui smiled beside her and said, "Madame is really blessed, to have a master disciple like Miss waiting by her side!" This is also Miss Chunxiao! ”

Man'er lowered her eyes slightly, and her three round, soft fingers were attached to the pulse of her mother's wrist...... After a while, Man'er raised his eyes to look at his mother, and said with a smile: "Mother's body is very good, and my brothers are also very good, don't be afraid, mother, it may be that I have been sitting for a long time, and I feel uncomfortable when the blood is blocked. ”

As he spoke, Man'er took the lead in standing up, reaching out to hold his mother's arm, and on the other side, Chengying came over to support Qiu Chen's other side, and the two worked together to help Qiu Chen get up slowly and slowly walk around the room.

Man'er hurriedly turned her eyes to look at her mother-in-law, and asked with a concerned face: "Mother-in-law, what do you think, are you okay?" ”

Just now, the mother and son were too focused, and sat with their heads down for a while, and after picking Qiu Chen, they found that their chest was very tight and breathless, and they could barely breathe. Knowing that he had been in the nest for a long time, he hurriedly handed over the follow-up instructions and arrangements to Man'er.

After choosing, Qiu Chen exhaled, stood up with difficulty holding his waist, and said to Man'er: "You tell them, I'll walk for a while!" ”

Thinking of a headache, Qiu Chen simply put aside his chaotic thoughts, gathered his mind and discussed with his daughter to re-order the clothes and jewelry for Mrs. Liu and sister-in-law Zhou, because Qiu Chen had been watching the girls for a long time before, and Man'er was decisive and fast, and the mother and son didn't take much effort, but in two quarters of an hour, it was set. mainly changed Zhou's clothes, materials, patterns, and jewelry, but Mrs. Liu only changed one or two things, and added a few pieces of red agate inlaid with southern red agate to the red gold jewelry selected by Qiu Chen before. The color of the southern red agate is deep, festive and auspicious, lining people's skin color, the key is that the superior southern red agate has an orderly effect on the person who wears it, and it is much stronger than the cold and cold dead thing of red gold.

Could it be that he married his daughter to someone in Zhuangzi? That's too wronged!

The daughter is not a girl who doesn't understand the affairs of the girl's family, she knows how to dress up, and she also knows jewelry and even fat powder, but her daughter is just too strong...... In addition, because I have seen a lot of knowledge when I go out, my heart is also big, and I will be locked in a square courtyard in the future and look at the sky at the four corners above the courtyard wall, I'm afraid I can't stand it, right?!

Listening to what her daughter said, she not only knew how to match colors, but also knew how to take into account Zhou's skin color, face shape, body shape, and even her demeanor and charm...... Qiu Chen was slightly surprised, not knowing whether to be relieved or helpless.

It was undoubtedly very happy to get the affirmation of his mother, Ah Manxiao's eyes narrowed into a crescent moon, nodded with a smile on his face, took the jewelry booklet and came to Qiu Chen to mutter.

Qiu Chen turned his eyes to look at Aman, Aman also looked back, the mother and daughter silently exchanged eyes for a moment, Qiu Chen smiled slightly, nodded and said, "Well, what Man'er said has some truth...... Since you have chosen this material, then you can help your mother think about what kind of jewelry to match? Just now, my mother put on the jewelry according to the autumn fragrance of the clothes, and now I have changed the clothes materials, and the jewelry has to be rematched! ”

This girl speaks so decisively...... Qiu Chen likes it, but he doesn't know how such a hard-minded character will ...... in the future Alas, there is no hurry, take your time! In any case, decisiveness is stronger than indecision.

"No!" Aman said decisively, "My aunt's mother is the most gentle and good-natured, as long as I and my mother chose it for her, she will definitely not refuse." When the time comes, I'll just stare at her and put on the ...... Wear it for a day and get used to it. ”

Qiu Chen raised his eyes to look at Aman, showing a look of surprise, turned his gaze back, and said while raising his hand to touch the clothes pointed out by Aman: "Hey, this lake is green...... Will it be too bright? I'm afraid your aunt won't wear it! ”

Thinking like this, Aman put aside the fact that he couldn't go out to greet his grandmother and aunt, and pondered very carefully, and gave Qiu Chen his opinion: "Mother, my aunt is too old-fashioned to wear autumn fragrance, well, this, the lilac purple you wear is good, and this lake-green cocoon silk looks elegant and pleasant." ”

Forget it, she doesn't want to think about her uncle at this time, she still makes some beautiful clothes for her aunt herself, and then matches some beautiful jewelry...... My aunt worked a lot before, and her skin was a little rough and dark, but now that life is better, there are people at home who are waiting, and her skin is thin and white, and she not only does not look old, but is much younger than before.

Although the eldest uncle doesn't have a concubine or anything at present, but after a long time, the eldest uncle has seen more outside, who knows if it will ......

Oh, over there in the Guogong Mansion, Brother Yun'er's grandfather is a typical example. That one is not young, but he is still undeserved, and he is still suave.

Since entering Beijing, although there are no concubines and concubines in her own family, she has seen and heard a lot of serious wives and concubines, and she has also learned that like their family, there are very few stepfathers who only live alone with their mothers, and they are very rare...... And these things are not at all wrong in the eyes of the world, at best, they are rated as a 'suave and suave', and many people will be proud of it!

Aman was still a little reluctant at first, but was pulled by Qiu Chen to say a few words, and soon had some different opinions, just use bronze for his grandmother's clothes, and use autumn fragrance for his eldest aunt...... The eldest aunt is only in her thirties, but she has always dressed up very old-fashioned, and she looks at least ten years older. When the eldest uncle came, Aman saw it, because the days were better and comfortable, the eldest uncle was high-spirited, dressed decently and neatly, and looked very young. She hadn't seen her uncle and aunt standing together for several years, but she knew that her aunt would look much older than her uncle...... If you don't know each other, maybe you will misunderstand that it is two generations, where is it like a husband and wife!