Not much, a few words...... I love my loved ones, thank you for your continued support and companionship...... What's the matter!

I have to say a word in this chapter today, otherwise I will live up to such a rare number.

Five hundred chapters, New Year's Day, I always want to say a few words to my relatives, but when it comes to posting, I always forget it......

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Not to mention the shapes and patterns on Qiu Chen's table, the quality and taste are considered to be the best, but when she tasted the dim sum made by those girls, they also had their own characteristics, not to mention a few chefs who made white case dim sum, and a few others also made a few very good things. Not to mention the shapes and patterns, what they do is barely ugly!

The rarest thing is the two kinds of flower cakes that Qiu Chen asked people to make, the soft and sweet nectar filling, and the baked brown and crispy dough, as soon as they are baked, they are fragrant and tempting. However, both kinds of nectar have the effect of invigorating blood and removing stasis, and Qiu Chen would never dare to touch it when he was pregnant.

Because it is a begging fruit that shows its ingenuity, there is no fixed pattern, and it is more free for everyone to play, what kind of shape it is, and there are some differences in taste, and all kinds of dim sum are put out there, and it is very interesting to look at it before you eat it.

Qiu Chen couldn't sleep deeply, and he couldn't sleep for long, he slept for a while, and then he happened to wake up. After the girls washed their hands and faces, and added a piece of clothing, they also got up and went over to see the finished product.

When the sky darkened, Lin Xu took Afu Aman, Junwen Junshu and returned to the Jingbei Hou Mansion before and after, all the way to the back garden, and was also told by the girls that Qiu Chen fell asleep by the lake. Several children are older, more sensible than a few younger, and they all know that Qiu Chen is pregnant hard, so they didn't rush forward to disturb, they went back to their own places to wash and change clothes, changed into comfortable home clothes, and turned back, and the begging fruits here were fried or baked.

Zhixian Zhide got out of school and was brought over, so he consciously and voluntarily washed his hands and made snacks with Brother Yun.

Qin Zheng relaxed his arms, but straightened his waist, trying to make the person in his arms more comfortable, supporting her waist and back with one hand, and looping it with the other hand, covering his wife with a thin quilt brought by the girls, and also hugged her legs and put them on one of his legs...... Her legs and feet are so swollen that Mr. Mu has long instructed her to try to raise her legs and feet as high as possible when she is sitting and lying down to promote the flow of water and reduce the edema of her legs and feet......

Qiu Chen is easily tired at this time, easy to get sleepy, and he can't sleep every time, he doesn't rest well, he was excited for a while just now, and at this time, he was hugged by Qin Zheng in his arms and ate a few lotus seeds, and he couldn't stand it after a while. She was not willful now, she was sleepy, so she naturally leaned on the man's broad and solid chest, rubbed it, found a comfortable position, and quickly fell asleep as soon as her eyelids closed.

The lanterns hanging around the Xuan Pavilion lit up, and Qin Zheng and Qiu Chen also sent floor-to-ceiling glass wind lamps to them, shining on the platform as if it were daytime, but it became more and more obvious that the lake surface near it, the lotus lotus a little farther away, and the trees and rocks farther away were all hidden into the darkness, and they could hardly even see the shadows.

Gradually, the sun sank into a field of houses and flowers, and the waves on the surface of the lake gradually faded, and the lake water had a clear water color, gradually deepening, and the lake was blue...... Blue...... Ink Blue ......

The sun had sunk in the west, and the lake was sparkling.

Mrs. Zhang Luo made snacks because she felt depressed these days to raise the fetus every day, but it was too noisy, and it was easy to make Mrs. tired.

They sat hugging each other, and the girls over there had reined in a lot since Qin Zheng turned back, and the laughter was lowered a lot, and after a while, Chengying and Hanguang simply took a screen and put it between the two groups of people, separating the chaotic people making dim sum behind the screen.

At this time, seeing that the materials were ready, the girls and mothers-in-law began to make zuò familiarly, and she retreated, obediently let Qin Zheng help her get up, retreated to the previous straw mat and sat down, put on a soft cushion, leaned on Qin Zheng's arms, and Qin Zheng peeled off the lotus canopy and took the lotus seeds and put them in her hands, she peeled off the still soft lotus seed shells one by one, put one in Qin Zheng's mouth, and ate one by herself...... Well, the lotus seeds in this lake are very sweet and crisp, and even if the lotus heart is not removed, it can hardly taste bitter!

Qiu Chen's biggest role is to move her mouth, point out a recipe for materials, and make noodles by hand, she really has more than enough heart and strength.

Brother Yun followed Qin Zheng to pick lotus flowers and came back, seeing that the dim sum was in full swing here, he also excitedly slapped his little slap and was about to come over to mix and mix, but was stopped by Qiu Chen, carried it to wash his hands, rolled up his sleeves and cleaned up neatly before allowing him to come over.

With the same ingredients, only the glutinous rice flour is replaced with fine flour and noodles, made into various shapes of dim sum, and baked in the oven, and what comes out is crispy biscuits. There are also osmanthus cakes and rose cakes with osmanthus honey and rose honey......

Qiu Chen really didn't like those greasy dim sums, so he asked for ghee, eggs, frosting and glutinous rice flour, and asked people to bring osmanthus nectar and rose honey, and used ghee, eggs, frosting and glutinous rice flour and noodles to let the girls use their imagination to make chrysanthemums, lotuses, and lotus flowers...... This one is fried in oil. The glutinous rice flour is particularly crispy after oil, and the shortening with ghee and eggs is added, so that the dim sum will not be too greasy, crispy and refreshing.

Chinese pastries don't bake much and prefer to be fried, which tends to be greasy. In addition, Chinese dim sum likes to be filled with lard to make it crispy, which is also easy to make people feel greasy and unpleasant.

Qiu Chen saw that the two girls were panicked, and they were not willful, so they had to stop, and Hanguang and Gardenia supported themselves, and let Chengying withdraw to arrange, after a while, a vacant lot was cleared next to the board over there, and the little girl also moved a new low table and a chair over, Hanguang and Gardenia helped Qiu Chen over, and sat down on the chair, and a few of them waited for Qiu Chen to wash his hands, and he also washed his hands, so according to Qiu Chen's instructions, he took all kinds of ingredients and materials, and began to make begging fruits!

The crowd of people making fruit over there put a low table, and a few rolls of reed mats were spread underneath, and the girls sat casually or kneeling or cross-legged, bowing their heads and kneading their dough busy...... Qiu Chen has a big belly, and he can't do it lying down, and he can't do it in postures such as kneeling and cross-kneeling...... Besides, there are a lot of noisy people over there, and they must be allowed to go over and clear a place, otherwise they will be crowded and bump into the lady...... They can't even take their lives to compensate for it.

Chengying and Hanguang startled her, and hurriedly stepped forward to help her and said, "Madam, do you want to do that...... Wait a minute, I'll move a chair and sit for you......"

Qiu Chen looked at the few little girls here who were sticking paper boxes, and he also got up impatiently, and walked towards the case of making fruit over there with his waist propped up.

After a while, Yuegui brought Jia Shi, who was good at white cases, and two other cooks came over, and the mother-in-law and girls moved a lot of flour, eggs, oil, and fruit materials, avoiding the dwarf tables around Qiu Chen, and put a few dwarf tables on the platform, and put a large board for kneading dough...... After all, this is a 'begging fruit', although not everyone can win the championship, but I also want to try not to fall behind and lose face!

After that, he instructed the girls to cut and paste...... This busyness also put aside the two masters on the lake, and the burning mind in my heart was better.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for her eyes to be hot, Qingxing rushed over with a few little girls holding a roll of paper, clustered around Qiu Chen, and took advantage of the short table next to Qiu Chen to cut the paper, make paste, and paste the cardboard box. The paper cutting of the pasted carton is also particular, and the paper box will be skewed or not tight if the drawing is not standard enough...... Although most of the girls are literate, they are still not very good at this kind of thing with a little geometric knowledge, so Qiu Chen simply took it, drew it himself, and pasted out a square carton with the most economical paper.

Holding back his tears, he forced a smile, sent the child and his father off the dock on a small boat, and watched Brother Yun and his little friend Kang and the two boys leave the shore not long after they shouted and cheered, and then, the boat carried the big and small into the lotus bushes, and the two small ones were even more cheering, beckoning to pick this and pick that...... shouted and laughed loudly, which made Qiu Chen's heart even hotter......

Qiu Chen was so uncomfortable by this two of them that he felt uncomfortable, and he didn't know whether to laugh or cry...... She also wants to go on the boat to pick lotus pods, and she also wants to pick water chestnuts...... But now, she can only be like a big-bellied spider, and it is difficult to move...... What a grudge!

When Brother Yun, who came closely, heard this, he also hurriedly nodded his head solemnly and said, "Well, well, mother and wait, my son will go with his father to pick lotus flowers...... There are also water chestnuts and chicken heads, do you want to eat them? My son will pick some for you! ”

"You're just watching here, I'll take Yun'er to pick a lotus pod for you!" Qin Zheng whispered.

A pair of rocking chairs are often placed on this platform facing the lake...... On this day, the rocking chair was withdrawn, but next to the lake, a thick and soft layer of pampas grass was laid on the wooden platform, and a smooth rush mat was laid on it, Qiu Chen was helped to the platform by Qin Zheng, directly wearing embroidered shoes on the mat, and sat on the low table in the middle.

This lake pavilion is said to be a pavilion, in fact, it is a pavilion, there are wooden doors and windows on the lake and through the outside, there are windows on both sides, completely open, it is the open Xuan that is transparent on all sides, you can enjoy the lake by the railing, there is a circle of platforms near the water under the window, go to this platform, sit under the window of the open Xuan, and the fishing rod can be fishing near the lake...... The platform and both sides of the lake have built a wharf for boats to dock, the difference is that the lake is a large wharf for the painting boat to dock, and several flat boats are tied to each other on both sides, free to untie the rope, put a leaf flat boat to the lake, you can enjoy the lake water at leisurely, the scenery is infinite, you can also set up a boat to shuttle between the lotus lotus flowers, pick lotus leaves, or lotus water chestnut......

Sighing softly, Qin Zheng handed Brother Yun over to the nurse and grandma to take care of, personally took a loose half-arm for his wife to wear, and then reached out to hold his wife's waist, half-hugged and half-hugged his wife down the magnolia pavilion, passed through a magnolia bush, crossed a pebble path, came to the plank road along the lake, and then walked along the plank road to the nine-curved bridge that stretched into the lake, and finally came to the pavilion in the center of the lake.

Such a wife is naturally distressed and worried in his eyes, but his distress and worry are also for her, she is willing to go out and walk around, and it is normal for her to be willing to go out to breathe, for this child, his wife lies in bed almost every day, and her mobility is inconvenient, which is sad enough, but she walks to the lake to see the water and relax, where can he bear to refuse?

The wife's pregnancy is hard, the belly is scary, but there is no flesh in other parts of the body, only the legs and feet, which are getting thicker and stronger day by day, not fat, but the lower limbs that are compressed by the weight of the fetus are swollen with water vapor, a pair of legs are swollen like turnips, and the skin on the legs and feet is moist and shiny, and it is a pit when you press it lightly......

Blink of an eye, seeing Qin Zheng frowning slightly, as if he wanted to stop him, Qiu Chen shook his hand and pleaded, "I'll just walk to the pavilion by the lake, I'll sit there and watch you pick lotus flowers for me to eat, okay?" ”

Qiu Chen was very warm and warm, and relaxed to share half of his weight with her husband, and said on her husband's arm: "I've been lying in the house for almost a day, and I want to go down and walk around." ”

Seeing the girls and mothers-in-law automatically and spontaneously divide their work and disperse, Qiu Chen was also a little tired, so he let the girl get up and stay. Without waiting for her to make any moves, Qin Zheng turned out from behind the screen on the side with Brother Yun in his arms, and when he saw Qiu Chen getting off the bed, he hurriedly caught up, holding Brother Yun with one hand and his wife with the other, and asked with concern: "Tired?" Want to walk around the house? I'll hold you ......"

At this time, it is not the end of the hour, seeing that the sun is in the west, and the rest is just that, Run-in Hele hurriedly sent people to the street to buy, and there are mothers-in-law and girls who automatically divide labor, some go to the noodles to prepare zuò begging fruits, and go to paste cardboard boxes...... As for catching Xizi and picking impatiens, etc., they have to be done on the day of Qixi Festival.

Impatiens, famous henna, nail peach, its flowers are mashed into mud and alum is coated on the nails, wrapped with mulberry leaves, hibiscus leaves and other large leaves or pieces of cloth, overnight, the nails are dyed red, delicate and glamorous! Nail dyeing is a favorite activity of young women who love beauty, even if Qiu Chen doesn't like to tease fat powder, he will occasionally dye his nails a few times by the girls. It's all natural, much better than the pungent smelling nail polishes that modern ones are made with chemical solvents.

In the end, Qiu Chen screened and set several activities such as 'making begging fruits', 'Xizi begging for qiao', 'offering running-in music' and dyeing nails with impatiens.

Modern people only know that the Qixi Magpie Bridge meets, and knows the 'Valentine's Day' boasted by the merchants, who else will give the 'cow a birthday'? Who else catches spiders and begs?

Then, another girl said that she knew the customs of the festival, and there were those who offered to run in music; There are Tanabata people who use various plants to boil water to wash their hair; There are those who dye their nails with impatiens on this day; In other places, I am grateful for the sacrifice of the old cow in the "Cowherd and Weaver Girl", and call the Chinese Peak Festival the birthday of the cow, and live for the old cow on this day...... However, more than a dozen people actually said all kinds of different festival customs, Qiu Chen sounded fresh and interesting, and even a little jaw-dropping.

The girls and mothers-in-law naturally agreed, naturally, just like Qiu Chen said, some make some eat and some are happy, and the big guys are also interested, which is much more interesting than dryly threading needles and begging for joy!

"This is good, the big guys make it together, and the finished products are put away, and the big guys can compare with each other when it's over...... There's something to play and something to eat! Qiu Chen was very interested.

Although she has a reputation for being able to cook, she is nothing more than relying on the fact that she eats more often, and the dishes she makes are relatively fresh, so she really rolls out the dough and rolls the dough cakes...... Even the manual and technical work of frying 'begging fruits', it is much neater than her to take out a woman from this era.

"Lai Xian's mother-in-law......" Qiu Chen repeated this noun in a low voice, and he couldn't help laughing. If you judge whether a woman is hardworking and smart by this kind of handmade standard, not to mention others, she may be a rare 'slack mother-in-law'! Female celebrities and cooking skills are not good.

Listening to Mrs. Lady's faint response, Gardenia instantly felt a little remorseful, regretting that she had come out to talk about the country affairs, which was annoying. Who knows, in the blink of an eye, Mrs. was interested, and actually asked about the practice of 'begging for a good fruit', Gardenia was surprised and happy for a while, blushed slightly, and replied: "Hui, Mrs. Hui, that 'begging fruit' is made of flour and powdered sugar to make a fragrant, Fang Sheng's appearance, and fried." Each family does to distribute to each other, whose fruit is made of beautiful patterns and Zhouzheng, who is skillful, otherwise, it is the mother-in-law of Laila...... Well, that's what it means to be clumsy! ”

"Well, I know." Qiu Chen nodded in response, and then asked with great interest, "Tell me, what is the method of begging for the fruit?" What's so special about it? ”

Fruit, Qiu Chen knew pancake fruit in modern times, and when he was a child, he also commonly called fried dough sticks and sesame oil fruits! In the past few years, it has also been known that pastry-made sweets are often called 'sweets'. Therefore, the explanation of gardenia seems to be a bit redundant.

The gardenia on duty today is still a little rusty, but his temperament is sparse, he hesitated for a moment, and said: "Our hometown Qiqiao will also make 'Qiqiao fruit' this day...... Well, it's a kind of fruit made from noodles! ”

Seeing her rare relaxed and interested, the girls are naturally willing to have fun.

Just look at the net, not eat...... Qiu Chen secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Look at the net to determine if it is a coincidence...... It's fun! ”

Seeing Madame's reaction, Yuegui also accepted the apprehension just now, her face calmed down a lot, and she said with a smile: "Catch Xiaoxizi Anzyzi, and look at it the next day, if the net is round and fine, it is said to be clever." ”

With this five-poison egg as the foundation, catching a spider and begging - it shouldn't be eaten - Qiu Chen didn't feel surprised, and the expression on his face was relaxed and calm, only slightly curious.

She still remembers that there is a custom of eating five poisonous eggs in the Dragon Boat Festival in Jiangnan, that is, knocking raw eggs into a small gap, and then catching spiders, centipedes and the like and putting them in, sealing the hole and cooking the eggs...... Roasted? She couldn't remember how to cook it, but she cooked it and ate it. Eggs and bugs put in are included! It is said to avoid poison and detoxify! Embarrassment!

"Spider ......! How is that begging? Qiu Chen was inevitably surprised, but the spider was already much better than she had imagined.

When she asked, Yuegui's face was slightly red, and she smiled a little shyly: "Mrs. Hui, Xizi is the spider that builds a web under the eaves." Because of its silk knot web shape like a textile female red, it is used to beg, known as a happy spider, screaming, and becoming a happy child. ”

"Kiko? What is it? Qiu Chen heard a new term again, and then looked at the stoic smiles of the few little girls next to him, and had a faint bad premonition in his heart, could it be something strange? In other words, there are still some speechless things at this time, such as the placenta will be taken and buried, and there are all kinds of exquisiteness. There are also various kinds of attention to the umbilical cord that falls off in children...... The key is that Qiu Chen didn't think of these, the word 'Xizi' made her think of the 'baby' of the eunuchs in the palace inexplicably-embarrassment!

Next to her, Yuegui was a little shy, and said a little excitedly: "Speaking of begging, in addition to threading needles and begging, I remember that when I was at home, the girls in the village would also use Xizi to beg." ”

Thinking like this, Qiu Chen's interest increased a little.

If you make a lotus flower with wax and put a little boy on it, wouldn't it be more beautiful and beautiful to float in the water, and the meaning is also better...... The child came by the lotus, doesn't it imply that Guanyin sends a child in it? It's festive to watch. It's much better than that little kid in the water.

Qiu Chen knows some of the causes of infertility, in addition to the physical causes, this psychological factor leads to infertility, and it is not easy to conceive if he is too nervous. Since there is a saying about asking for a child in this begging festival, it is easy for the waxy little person, so it would be good to make a mold and pour a few out of the wax...... Speaking of using wax to pour the villain, she thought of a kind of thing again, I remember watching TV and occasionally saw it, using wax to pour petals to make fake flowers, the petals are beautiful in color, translucent, combined with the wax itself and the petals similar luster, it is really beautiful and lifelike.

Qiu Chen's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he turned his gaze to Qingxing, who was standing beside him and waiting. This girl and Yufeng have been married for more than two years, and there has been no movement, so let Old Man Mu show them both, only saying that they are fine, but the child has not come, and the age is not too old, so there is no need to worry. It's the girl who steamed snow, Qin Xiao, who married last year, is already five months pregnant at this time, less than a month later than her. When Steaming Xue was not pregnant, I didn't see that Yufeng and Qingxing were in a hurry, and after Steaming Xue was pregnant, the two girls were still indifferent, but when they looked closely, they could sometimes see the faint worry in their eyes.

Mama Wang said with a smile: "Before the begging festival, corn grains and beans are raised in a clay pot bowl to see whether the sprouts are prosperous or not, which represents whether the heirs are vigorous." This is the custom of the south, and it has only gradually been introduced to the capital in recent years with the official eunuchs and merchants of southern origin, and it is not prosperous; The women in the capital also begged for children, but they went to the street to buy them or made their own zuò children out of wax or wood, and floated in the basin on the day of begging, and placed them under the shadow of the sun, in order to have more children and more blessings! ”

Thinking about it, Qiu Chen still opened his mouth and asked, "What is the matter with what Mama said about planting and begging for children?" There is no one in Anyang, but this is the first time I have heard of it, is it a custom in Beijing? ”

Also, begging for skill, begging for dexterity, begging for a good needlework, the final purpose is just to be able to find a good family business, marry a good family, it is all the business of the girls in the boudoir. She didn't know much about what was going on, but she could roughly guess that it was begging for more children or getting a noble son early, it should be a matter of a young daughter-in-law or a woman with few heirs. Like Wang and others, when they are old or have lost their husbands, they naturally don't need to ask for this......

Qiu Chen raised his eyebrows slightly and nodded knowingly.

Several girls looked at each other, and after a while, the eldest Wang Mama smiled and said: "Back to Mrs., there are customs of begging and begging for children in the begging festival. This begging is mostly a matter for the young daughter's family, and it is also a matter for the young daughter-in-law to have a child, and we ...... The older ones are not more than this holiday. ”

Seeing this situation, Qiu Chen waved his hand and smiled at Qin Zheng, turned his head, took a soft big cushion from Chengying Hanguang and cushioned it, and smiled at everyone: "Confused, I suddenly remembered that Ming'er is Qixi Festival, how are you going to celebrate the festival?" ”

Qiu Chen smiled and gave an order, and the girls and mothers-in-law who were waiting inside and outside gathered over. However, looking at Qin Zheng's face, he was a little restrained, saluting and greeting in a proper manner, and waiting.

She is now heavy, Chengying Hanguang and Laurel Xuanbing are divided into two shifts day and night, as long as Qin Zheng is not there, Qiu Chen is guaranteed to have two big girls by his side. Yufeng and Qingxing were only on duty during the day, and they also discussed that they would be separated from each other to serve Qiu Chen. In addition, the four girls Suzi, Lotus Seed, Sakura and Gardenia who were summoned from Renhetang were also divided into two shifts day and night, plus three second-class girls in each class, and there were countless rough girls, but those were not allowed to enter the house. Qiu Chen greeted Chengying, Hanguang, Gardenia, and Suzi on duty, as well as her second-class girls Chunqiao, Xia Yan, and Wulan; Brother Yun's girl is light, as well as the nurse Wang, Mama Wang, etc., and there are more than a dozen people of all ages.

So, after getting interested, she didn't ask Qin Zheng, he was a big man, and he was a military general, so he didn't know if he would know about the women. There are no other female dependents in the family, but there are many women of all ages, and there are girls and mothers-in-law. In this era, the maidservants of everyone's families are more comfortable than the daughters of small households, and there are many kinds of exquisiteness, begging can be said to be the top priority for a woman, and it is impossible for the maids and daughters-in-law not to understand.

It has been more than seven years since he came to this world, although Qiu Chen can't hold a needle and thread, and he really has nothing to do with skillful hands, after all these years, he has also learned some customs and folklore, and knows that this Qixi Festival is not Valentine's Day at this time, but just a festival for women to beg for ingenuity, so it is also called the Qiqiao Festival.

These days, her body is heavy and clumsy, chest tightness and shortness of breath next to the summer, finally this day to sleep peacefully and have some energy, and it coincides with the Qixi Festival, it is inevitable to have some interest, thinking of getting some activities to distract from the festival, so that the men and big guys who have been tense are relaxed and relaxed.

However, Qiu Chen has lived two lives, and he doesn't have the heart to spend any Valentine's Day. In the past life, the modern era had no time and no object; When I got here, I had a son and a daughter when I woke up, and I was still a new widow, who would I go with for Valentine's Day?!

In other words, in modern times, the Qixi Festival is known as the traditional Valentine's Day.