Chapter 239

Yun Jichen and Liao Wenqing visited suddenly, and left one after another, after Qiu Chen checked some of the materials at home, there was nothing to do temporarily, and when he returned to the house, he remembered the 'gorgeous clothes' he was wearing, and directly beckoned Yufeng to go for her, washed up briefly, changed into a thin cotton shirt and pants embroidered with light cyan embroidered branches, changed his hair into a simple bun, leaned on the Luohan bed, took two sips of a cup of hot tea, and exhaled softly.

It was as if this would put aside the desperate eyes and weak faces that kept coming to mind.

She kept saying to herself in her heart that the affairs of the common people were not something that she could manage as an ordinary woman, nor was it something that she could manage. I know very well that I can't do it, but the kind of sadness that is not obvious but has been faint lingers in my heart from time to time.

Lowering his eyes and taking another sip of hot tea, Qiu Chen simply forced himself to think about how to pick up the child and how to participate in the activities of the Double Ninth Festival...... After a while, Qiu Chen simply jumped down from the couch and beckoned Yufeng and Chunxiang, "You guys are ready, let's go to the workshop to have a look!" ”

Counting the days, Liu Zhanfeng's daughter-in-law is about to give birth, she went to the workshop to have a look, asked him to prepare a few days of raw materials, and went home to have a look, accompanying the daughter-in-law who was about to give birth. At this time, the woman who wants to be by her side most is probably her husband, and she should also contact Wen Po and Lang Zhong, when it will be launched, so that Wen Po and Lang Zhong can be invited over as soon as possible to provide the most perfect guarantee for the safety of the mother and child.

Yuxiang neatly took a pair of hard-soled embroidered shoes that went out, and half-knelt to wait for Qiu Chen to change, and then reminded in a low voice: "Madam, it's time for lunch, let's go out after lunch!" ”

Qiu Chen, who was about to open the wardrobe and take the skirt, paused, blinked, and responded with a smile: "It's okay, then let's take advantage of this to go to the backyard to have a look, I remember that the vegetables we planted are growing well, let's go and see if there is anything that can be taken off and eaten." I picked the vegetables and stopped by to see Little October...... The second Kui's family is the same, I don't go to her, and I never think of bringing my children over......"

Chunxiang was waiting in the outhouse, and when she saw Qiu Chen walking out wearing only a jacket and pants, she kept chattering, changing her usual cold and silent appearance, and couldn't help but look at Yufeng who followed behind strangely. Yufeng pursed her lips tightly, shook her head, followed a few steps, and whispered to Chunxiang: "Go to the kitchen and get a basket, go to the backyard vegetable patch!" ”

Chunxiang looked at Qiu Chen, who had already walked out of the house, agreed in a low voice, and turned away. Yufeng didn't dare to stop more, hurriedly walked a few steps to catch up with Qiu Chen, stretched out his hand to help Qiu Chen's arm, and said with a smile: "Madam, the vegetable field is there, you can't run, you go slowly!" ”

Qiu Chen looked back in surprise, and the hidden worry in Yufeng's eyes made her shake her senses.

She simply stopped, took a deep breath and spit it out, feeling that her mind was a little more stable, and then smiled: "Okay, I'm fine." I'm waiting here, you go and bring me that sleeveless gown! ”

Yufeng looked at Qiu Chen, and made sure that Qiu Chen's expression was calm, his eyes were clear, and the frowning brows just now were also relaxed, so he smiled and breathed a sigh of relief, smiled again and again, and hurriedly walked back a few steps, just to meet Chunxiang, so he asked Chunxiang to wait, and he hurried back to the room to get his clothes with confidence.

The vegetables in the garden and the energetic little October made Qiu Chen relax a lot, and after lunch, he took the car out of the city to the workshop.

The soap-making workshop outside the eastern city has gradually become prosperous since the houses were built for the families of the workers to move in, with groups of children running over the streets, chickens and ducks looking for food at the base of the walls under the trees, and little yellow dogs bluffing at outsiders......

These family homes are not far from the workshop, but they are completely isolated from the workshop, one is lively and noisy, the other is quiet and rigorous, forming a combination of opposites but harmonious.

Lin Xu was not in the workshop, and after asking, he found out that the young man was very motivated, and he counted the women who were going to do needlework in the morning, and then went into the city to find Yun Jichen to get cloth and cotton.

Qiu Chen didn't call anyone, he looked at the shed again, silently looked at the workers who were already very skilled in operation, nodded secretly, Zuihou went to the preparation warehouse to find Liu Zhanxiang, told him to prepare the materials, and went home with Ming'er, Liu Zhanxiang didn't say a word, knelt down and kowtowed to Qiu Chen, got up and wiped his eyes, and went into the warehouse to prepare materials.

Qiu Chen was stunned for a moment, shook his head, turned to leave, and instructed Yufeng: "After I go back, prepare something according to the original October mother's routine, let your mother and the Chen family go over, and help her family clean up and prepare ......"

Yufeng nodded in response.

After a while, Qiu Chen said again: "I remember when I passed Qingshui Town, I said hello to Mr. Zhao, and tried not to go to the clinic these days." ”

Originally, he came to relax, which made Liu Zhanxiang kowtow, and Qiu Chen's heart was a little depressed. She didn't do anything, but asked for a big man's thanks...... She still hasn't been able to fully adapt herself to this society.

Coming out of the workshop, Yufeng proposed: "Madam, you haven't been back for a long time, why do you have to bring some things to Miss Young Master...... Why don't we go to the docks? ”

Qiu Chen glanced at her and said with a smile: "Qingxing is not here, are you naughty too?" ”

"Okay, it's early, let's go to the dock and have a look!" When it came to preparing gifts for Afu Aman, Qiu Chen was really interested, and with a command, the carriage stopped and drove straight towards the long waterfront street of the wharf.

The docks were still busy, and after a multi-day depression, there was a peak in the arrival and departure of cargo ships. There are also many passenger ships, but most of them are large families who have returned from going out to avoid danger, carrying large and small cages, and servants and girls are surrounded by women, and they are lively and noisy.

Qiu Chen and his entourage did not stop at the pier, bypassed the crowd, and went straight to the waterfront long street. The shops here could no longer see the impact of the plague, and the houses were open under the guise of a house, and the men were neatly tidying up at the door to solicit business.

This situation made Qiu Chen's depressed mood much better, and thinking of the pair of children and a few nephews who were looking forward to her return at home, she couldn't help but fold her spirits and strolled over one by one. Qin Li followed behind him to guard, and also played the role of a porter, and after a while, Qin Li's hand couldn't be opened, seeing Qiu Chen and Yufeng walking towards a southern goods store, he had to say hello to Qiu Chen, let them wait in the shop for a while, and he sent the things in his hand back and returned.

Qiu Chen couldn't help but laugh when he saw the big bag and small wrap in Qin Li's hand, and promised to let him go, and took Yufeng into the southern goods store.

The shop seems to have just been stocked, most of the store is occupied by stacked large boxes, the shopkeeper is tidying up with two young men, and a woman in her thirties is also helping with a little girl.

Seeing that the store was busy, Qiu Chen didn't bother, carefully avoiding the messy goods, and walked towards the neater half of the shelves. She has been to this southern goods store before, and there are often some rare things imported from the south and overseas, and she likes to pick a few small things here to make gifts for the children.

Seeing Qiu Chen's master and servant entering the door, a young man was still holding a box in his hand, so he hurriedly greeted him and asked, "This lady, I don't know what to choose?" Two new ships of new goods have just arrived from the south today, and before they can be packed up, Madame said what she wants, maybe it didn't come out in the box! ”

The young man is not tall, and he is a little thin, but his eyes are dark and his nose is far away, and a small tiger tooth is exposed on the right side of his smile, which is very pleasing, Qiu Chen smiled: "I mainly want to buy a few things for the children at home...... Well, if there are other rare things, you might as well take a look! ”

As soon as he heard this, the smile on the young man's face deepened twice. People who can say such things are rich masters, and then look at the person in front of him, although the clothes and ornaments are plain, but it is not difficult to find that the clothes are made of haode cocoon silk, and the cloak is also extremely rare to be cut from velvet, and there is only one hosta in the hair, although it is not very gorgeous, the jade color is good and the water is enough, and the material is old...... It's not a simple object.

Quietly looking at Qiu Chen's clothes and accessories, guessing Qiu Chen's identity, the young man enthusiastically led Qiu Chen to sit on the chair on the side of the store, put the box in his hand on the counter, ran to the back, poured a cup of hot tea, served two plates of snacks, and sent it up with a tray.

"Madam, please see, this is a rare thing that has just come from abroad, and its name is Ziren...... You see, this little man is put like this, as long as you screw it here, the little man can move around on his own...... Hehe, the young ladies of the custodian lady's house will like it when they see it. The young man carefully cushioned his hand with a handkerchief, and took out a gilded little figure from the box.

Qiu Chen had seen countless of this kind of things, so naturally he wouldn't be too surprised, his eyes stopped slightly for a moment, and then he raised his head with a smile: "Hmm, this is not bad." But there are other good things, so let's take a look! ”

The young man looked at the tranquil expression on Qiu Chen's face, and then looked at the mechanical villain who was still 'on his own', as if he didn't believe that someone could be so calm, he was stunned for a while before he woke up, and the respectful look on his face was even worse, he nodded again and again, and hurriedly ran to tell the shopkeeper.

This time there are a lot of goods, and there will definitely be a lot of good things, just now the one that happened to be in the hand to show the guests to see, and the other things that are still in the box, but it is not up to him to have the final say.

The shopkeeper was also a little surprised when he heard the man's return, raised his eyes to look at Qiu Chen, was slightly stunned, and then ordered in a low voice: "Bring the two innermost boxes over!" ”

As he spoke, he pulled a handkerchief from the side and wiped his hands, and walked towards Qiu Chen's master and servant with a smile on his face: "It turned out that Mrs. came to the shop, just now Xiao Ke was busy sorting out the goods, neglecting Mrs., and looking forward to Mrs. Haihan!" ”

Qiu Chen shook his head with a smile and said, "It's okay, it's okay, the shopkeeper doesn't have to be polite!" ”

As they spoke, the two young men had already carried the two boxes in front of Qiu Chen. The shopkeeper personally took out a bunch of keys from his waist, picked out two of them, and opened the locks on the two boxes one by one. Remove the brass straight lock, one for a young man, and lift the lid of the box.

Because it is easy to transport, the items in the box are packed with boxes, and the gaps in the boxes are filled with sawdust shavings and other materials to prevent shocks and prevent the goods from being damaged by bumps on the way. The two young men didn't need the shopkeeper's orders, one of them ran away to get a big dustpan, and the other took out the shavings and other things filled in the box with his hands, and took a clean handkerchief, and in front of Qiu Chen, quickly wiped the box clean and put it on the long table in front of Qiu Chen.

The shopkeeper personally waited and opened the boxes one by one. These two boxes of objects are indeed more elaborate and rarer than the previous self-propelled person.

There is a palm-sized mercury glass mirror, with a beautifully engraved brass frame, not to mention this practicality in the hand, these exquisite engravings are lovely.

There are vases made of glassblowing...... Not only is the shape smooth and beautiful, but also the process of multi-colored glass is added, the color is gorgeous, crystal clear, and it can be called a beautiful thing in this era.

These two things were okay, Qiu Chen's gaze didn't linger long, she swept over them one by one, and then, her gaze focused on the cylindrical object in a long and narrow box. As soon as his eyes lit up, Qiu Chen raised his eyes and asked the shopkeeper, and after getting Xu Ke, he reached out and took out the cylindrical thing from the box.

"Madame really has a good eye, this thing has just been transported from a place called Europa in the West......" The shopkeeper saw that Qiu Chen finally had the object he liked, and he was secretly relieved in his heart, and hurriedly followed the introduction. Just now, when Qiu Chen's gaze swept over the boxes one by one, he himself was a little suspicious, whether he had lost his eyes, and the things that came in this time were not rare, but steamed buns all over the street...... Otherwise, how could this lady not even bother to look at it?!

It's just that the shopkeeper's introduction was not finished, so he was stunned and couldn't continue. Before he could introduce the name of the object or how to play with it, the woman in front of him had already put one end of the long tube on her eyes, and turned the sleeve very skillfully, and slowly raised the corners of her mouth, and bloomed into a beautiful smile......

Qiu Chen turned the long tube in his hand, seemed to be a little dissatisfied, frowned slightly, and greeted the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, I can't see clearly in this room, I'll go to the door to take a look, okay?" ”

"Uh, oh, yes, yes, naturally good, ma'am, please feel free!" The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment before he woke up, forced the heavy doubts in his heart, and agreed repeatedly.

Qiu Chen got permission, walked briskly around the two large boxes, walked straight to the door of the store, raised the long tube in his hand again, put it on his eyes, and slowly turned the sleeve outside to look at the dock in the distance...... Yes, she actually saw a telescope here, although it was the most primitive monocular, it also made Qiu Chen very happy.

After a moment, Qiu Chen put down the telescope in his hand and shook his head in disappointment. Although telescopes have been made in this era, it is clear that the jishu who made glass is not up to par, the purity and clarity of the glass are not high enough, not to mention the blurry imaging of the telescope, and the size ratio is also a little out of balance...... It's much worse than she imagined, how can she not be disappointed!

After all, this object is a rare thing that costs a lot of money to come in, and the shopkeeper doesn't dare to slack off a little, so he followed Qiu Chen to the door of the store back and forth, and when he looked at Qiu Chen sighing and shaking his head, his heart couldn't help but become even colder. It's over, it's over, this time this batch of goods must not be seen to myself, and the tens of thousands of taels of silver I earned my hard work have been wasted like this......

After Qiu Chen shook his head in disappointment, he couldn't help but laugh. How can she compare modern glass jishu with this time, it is already a surprise to see such a telescope at this time, how else can she ask for it?

Turning his head, Qiu Chen looked at the shopkeeper with a pale face, doubted in his heart, and asked, "What's wrong with the shopkeeper?" But sick? ”

The shopkeeper suppressed the panic in his heart, shook his head again and again, and forced out a smile to respond: "Thank you Madame for your inquiry, Xiao Ke is just a little tired, and it's not a big deal!" ”

Qiu Chen looked at him, although his face was ugly, his eyes were still bright, and he was better at talking at this time, so he no longer said more and persuaded him, but said to the shopkeeper directly: "This object is good, I want it!" ”

The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, then reacted, a strong smile burst out on his face again, and he agreed repeatedly, leading Qiu Cen's master and servant into the store again.

Qiu Chen didn't delay, and picked out a few more pieces in a large pile of boxes, including the self-person just now, a gold pocket watch, a pair of sulfur glass vases, two bottles of rose dew, two bottles of rose paste, zuihou, and a music box for Man'er...... This is almost the same as the modern one, a clockwork, dancing little man...... The slight difference is that the villain is not wearing a ballet dress, but a court gauze skirt with a big skirt, the villain is very exquisite, the facial features are beautiful and clear, the golden curly hair, and the small and delicate crown on the head all show the exquisite Western craftsmanship of this era.

"These things are good, the shopkeeper will wrap them for me!" Qiu Chen said, and said with a smile, "I don't know if the shopkeeper brought stinky mandarin fish over this time, the stinky mandarin fish I bought here last time I went back and tasted it, and it is really unique...... Well, it's delicious! If you bring stinky mandarin fish this time, please also ask the shopkeeper to buy some for me again......"

Seeing Qiu Chen pick out more than a dozen fine products in one go, the shopkeeper's confusion and surprise just now drifted away, and he disappeared, nodding his head again and again with surprise on his face, and was about to say something, a delicate woman's voice came, "I want this thing!" ”

Qiu Chen looked up, and the first thing he saw was a white lotus-like wrist wearing a red gold shrimp beard bracelet and a blood jade phoenix pattern bracelet, the palms and fingers were also delicate and slender, pink and white, very delicate, and he couldn't even see a trace of rough old skin, obviously not touching the spring water.

Looking along this hand, Qiu Chen saw the bright red brocade phoenix wearing a peony through the arm gown, sixteen horse-faced skirts in begonia red, and the skirt was embroidered with various colors of chrysanthemums for the season, or gold silk like a waterfall, or light and elegant like ink, or emerald and shining, or strong purple and red, thick ink and heavy color...... The forms are different, the embroidery is extremely exquisite, and each filigree petal is three-dimensional and lifelike!

Looking up again, I saw a furong jade face with anger, with extremely beautiful facial features, a high bun on the head, a red gold inlaid treasure hairpin with a golden phoenix title bead in the hair, a peony flower with a bright color and realistic shape on the side of the golden phoenix, and then there are scattered small hairpins to embellish...... While the wealth is pressing, it is still pleasing to the eye and not vulgar.

At this time, this costumed beauty was implying a deep anger, her willow eyebrows were slightly raised, and a pair of phoenix eyes were also staring at Qiu Chen, her eyes were proud and cold, as if she was not looking at a big living person, but a pet and a slave who could let her handle bullying at will!

It's no wonder that this person is arrogant, so he went to a shop, and there were no less than a dozen guards behind him, all of whom were strong and murderous.

Qiu Chen secretly speculated, and met the woman's gaze with a generous smile: "This ...... I'm sorry, but I saw this item first, and I've already negotiated the price with the shopkeeper...... This thing is already mine, and I can't cut my love! ”

The shopkeeper also came to his senses at this time, and hurriedly bowed down to the arrogant woman who came in and said with a smile: "This, please forgive me, this thing was indeed selected by this lady...... This time our store has just been purchased, there are a lot of rare objects, why don't you stay for a while, take a closer look at these can you be satisfied? If not, there are more than 20 boxes over there, so Xiao Ke will send someone to carry them over, so that you can choose carefully, and you will be able to find what you like. ”

After glancing at this problem, which was likely to be a problem with the spiritual system, Qiu Chen didn't want to say much at all, but only beckoned to Yuxiang to reload the antiques and stationery with boxes, and cover the lids one by one.

The shopkeeper smiled, and smiled at Qiu Chen with a happy face, but he smiled at the woman in Huasheng: "Please forgive this girl, these things were picked by this lady, and there are two more, Xiao Ke will go out and show the girl ......"

The woman who was left out was furious, raised her arm, pointed at the shopkeeper and reprimanded: "Isn't it just a dancing box when a dog looks at people's low things, what's the big deal, I was only four years old when I got this for the first time, and I ...... it in April."

The shopkeeper was scolded and retreated, blushing, wiping the sweat on his forehead and sideburns, and said in a loud voice: "This girl, please dissipate your anger, and the little one will go and get you two other dancing boxes!" ”

Before he could finish speaking and turn around, the woman's face turned cold, and she raised her hand and pointed at Qiu Chen and commanded sharply: "Are they all dead, why don't you go and snatch that thing down for me?" ”

The shopkeeper pounced on Qiu Chen's master and servant, and bowed and begged again and again: "This girl, this aunt, you raise your noble hand and let us go, please, let us go......"

The guards behind the woman didn't get the master's order but wouldn't stop, they rushed up in an instant, and reached out to snatch the box that Qiu Chen was holding tightly in his hand.

The shopkeeper was pushed and fell out, but he didn't care about the pain, and almost immediately got up from the ground, and begged the woman in the gorgeous clothes and the evil servants to stop him, and a tall guard took two steps forward, but instead of answering his voice, he pulled out a willow-leaf scimitar directly from his waist......

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At 3 o'clock, I wrote this......