Chapter 266 became a landlord

Liu looked at his daughter who walked out, the smile on his face dissipated, and he sighed softly in his heart. This stupid girl, although she smiled and talked to herself and watered the flowers, she was so uneasy that she didn't even realize it.

Alas! is such a good person, his appearance, conduct, and family background are all bad, and it is really normal for his daughter to be tempted...... It's just that such a life talent, not to mention that he can't climb it, but he climbs it, can he be wholeheartedly good to his daughter in the future?

Yang Shumeng and Jialiang have burned out the colorless glass, but the leveling process is not good, and the thickness is uneven...... What she wants is the glass for the microscope, that is, the optical glass, which is not only transparent, colorless, and free of bubbles, but most importantly, the thickness must be finely controlled......

Jia Liang has been pondering this for the past few days...... Even Yang Shumeng got tired of working for a few days in a row, but Jialiang was a tough and patient man, and he still kept trying and pondering every day.

At this point, in fact, Qiu Chen couldn't do anything at all, so after she burned the glass, she shook her hand and handed it over to Yang Shumeng and Jia Liang to ponder. Today, she wanted to find something to do for herself, but she couldn't stay in the house, couldn't calm down, couldn't practice reading or anything, so she had to go to the kiln room in the backyard.

Jia Liang is already lighting the furnace and preparing for burning glass. Qiu Chen walked in, a hot breath came to his face, Qiu Chen rubbed his cold hands, casually went to put the cloak on his body on the hanger at the door, lifted the long skirt up, tied it with the silk silk around his waist, and went straight to the stove.

"Madame!" Jia Liang hurriedly stopped and greeted.

Qiu Chen smiled and waved his hand: "Don't be so polite...... How's it going? Is there progress? ”

Jia Liang took out a few palm-sized pieces of colorless glass with some frustration, handed them to Qiu Chen, and said, "It's still not smooth enough, and people will be out of shape when they see through the light......

As Jia Liang spoke, Qiu Chen had already picked up a piece of glass and held it up in front of him to inspect it, and the scenery seen through the glass was a little out of shape, so it was obviously impossible to make optical glass...... Alas...... Qiu Chen sighed, and the frustration on Jia Liang's face deepened a lot.

"Oh, although this kind of glass has not yet reached the standard I use, it can be used as a window pane!" Qiu Chen suddenly found something interesting, looked at Jia Liang with a happy face and asked, "How big can such glass be?" ”

Jia Liang couldn't keep up, and was stunned before saying, "I haven't tried a big ......."

Qiu Chen smiled and waved his hand: "Come, let's try this today and see how much we can do at this level......

After all, the production method of flat glass is not mature, Qiu Chen and Jia Liang tried it several times and finally determined that the flat glass that can be made is only the size of a book, and no matter how big it is, it will be uneven or cracked......

Qiu Chen looked at the book-sized flat glass, although he was a little regretful, he was satisfied. With such a large glass panel, you can fit a few pieces in the middle of the window, which not only increases the amount of light, but also allows you to look directly from the inside of the house...... At this time, this is already second to none, and there is no semicolon.

Thinking in her heart, Qiu Chen asked Jialiang to continue firing this undemanding flat glass, while she wrapped herself in a cloak and hurriedly turned back to the front yard. Zhao Jiu instructed him to immediately find a carpenter with exquisite craftsmanship, transform the window lattice, make the settings for installing glass, and instructed the carpenter to bring more putty.

After such a busy day, in the evening, Liu sat in front of the window and looked at the yard in surprise and joy, and praised again and again: "Hey, how can you see it so clearly...... It's like nothing at all...... Hey, this thing is so good, it doesn't delay seeing things, it's not windy at all, and it's bright and warm...... That's nice! ”

Liu chattered, reaching up and touching the glass, as if trying to use his sense of touch to determine whether there really was an object. Qiu Chen looked at it and smiled secretly, although it was colorless glass, it was still a little green, and it couldn't be completely colorless at all, where was there such an exaggeration as Mrs. Liu said...... Of course, there is the surprise of new things, but I am afraid that it is more of a recognition and comfort for the child's filial piety!

Liu was looking at it, when suddenly a human face came out of the window, a wrinkled and gray beard.

Liu Shi was startled, and then said out of the window in disgust: "You old man, why did you run out all of a sudden, scare me!" ”

Qiu Chen and Zhao couldn't hold back and laughed secretly, but Yang Liancheng had a straight face, looked around the window, walked farther away, and then walked to the side to take a look, and then walked into the house with his hands behind his back, and said in a sullen voice: "This thing is bright and bright, but it's not deep, the things in this room are seen outside, what's going on!" ”

Liu was really unhappy this time, and looked at the old man Yang Liancheng and retorted: "You old man, what can be going on in the house, are you still afraid of people looking at you?" I think it's good to be so bright and dignified, you can see the outside when you sit on the kang, it's not better than the black paint in the house! ”

Old man Yang Liancheng was bumped in front of the juniors, his face was a little uncomfortable, and he was about to scold him when he stared...... Qiu Chen saw that something good was about to trigger a quarrel between the two old men, and hurriedly stepped forward to grab Old Man Yang and said, "Dad, don't you be afraid of this, don't we have curtains?" Open the curtain during the day, and tear the curtain at night, and you won't be able to see outside! ”

Old Man Yang also seemed to think of the glass window at this time, it was his daughter who was the first to install it for the second elder, a piece of filial piety, and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, and his anger naturally dissipated, but he still stiffened his face, nodded reluctantly, dropped a sentence to find Old Man Mu, and left with his hands behind his back.

Liu pouted at Old Man Yang's back, and snorted: "A dead old man, it's still problematic to pick and choose!" ”

Qiu Chen and Zhao couldn't help laughing, Qiu Chen stepped forward and said: "Mother, I remember that you will cut the window flowers, this is about to be the New Year, you will think about a few more window flowers these days, when the time comes, our windows are pasted beautifully and brightly, pasted on the glass, not only can be seen in the house, but also outside the house, then it is beautiful!" ”

Zhao also smiled beside him: "Really, the window flowers cut by our mother are famous in the surrounding villages, and they are the most vivid." Mother, if you cut a peony flower and paste it, how beautiful it is! ”

Liu Shi looked at the glass on the window and nodded: "Well, it's also nice to cut a fish boy." ”

"Well, well, and the magpie Dengmei cut by the mother is also good-looking......" Zhao agreed enthusiastically next to him, and Liu's face also became happy.

Qiu Chen couldn't take these words, and he was afraid of revealing his stuffing if he said more, so he smiled and said: "It's itchy to listen to it, I'll find someone, Ming'er will go to the town to buy red paper for my mother......"

With these words, Qiu Chen retreated from the Xili room.

The first one is the room of Liu and Old Man Yang, and the second room is the Xili room and the Xici room in the front yard, and the windows of the second courtyard and Qiu Chen's room can be renovated tomorrow.

Qiu Chen asked people to go to the front yard to send a message to Zhao Xing, and Ming'er came back with some red paper when he was shopping for vegetables. Firecrackers should also be booked early. This year, in addition to the clothes, the Lin family has Lin Xuzhong's talent, and she is a big happy event when she is entitled, so there is no need to be silent during the New Year, and firecrackers are also set off, and window flower couplets are pasted to celebrate the New Year happily.

As soon as the order was finished, the children ran into the courtyard from outside, shouting for joy. But he didn't enter the house, but went straight to the root of Liu's window, looked at the glass on the window with excited eyes, and sighed and laughed with his fingers.

Man'er was a little girl, and she looked at the window from the outside and was not high enough, so she was too tired after jumping a few times, so she was the first to run into the house, went straight into Liu's room, kicked her boots and climbed onto the kang, and waved her chubby little slap at the brothers outside in the window, making faces.

The whole courtyard was lively and noisy for a while because of the laughter and talk of the children.

After dinner, Qiu Chen saw the starry sky outside through the window, and announced with a smile to the children that Ming'er would go hunting. Once again, the children cheered.

Yang Shu slammed the loudest Jun Yan, slapped it on the buttocks, and scolded with a smile: "If you want to go hunting, you will go to Ming'er, you kid is so energetic that you want to go up the mountain at night!" ”

Junyan rubbed his ass to dodge, and said to the second uncle with a smile: "The second uncle can't go home, the second uncle is not happy!" ”

"Go, you stinky boy, and you're squeezing up the second uncle!" Yang Shu glared fiercely and made a gesture to fight again, Junyan jumped off the kang with a smoke, and ran away with his shoes.

Junwen Junshu also got up, took his younger brothers and sisters to say goodbye, and went to the second courtyard to read and write.

The children were going to hunt, and Qiu Chen and Zhao couldn't stay idle, so they went to prepare clothes for the children to wear and food to wear on the mountain, and bring some spare clothes and so on......

Getting up and leaving the house, Qiu Chen said to Yang Shu: "Second brother Ming'er, go, I'll stay at home!" ”

Poplar was slightly surprised, but did not object. In his heart, it is only right that a woman should stay at home. I readily agreed.

Because they had to go up the mountain, the children's morning exercise was suspended for a day. Despite this, the children got up earlier than the other, and before the middle of the day, they went to the backyard together.

The children usually wear long straight trims, fur coats, fur hats, scarves and gloves. The fur coat is Qiu Chen's transformation, more like a modern fur coat, the sleeves are independent, which can free the children's hands to move freely, and the body is tight and warm.

All Qiu Chen had to do was to prepare deerskin boots for the children, stuffed them with thick cotton, and prepare spare clothes and gloves. Prepare some fire, steamed buns, fried snacks and sugar cubes, these things are easy to carry and high in calories, which can quickly provide the body with the calories it needs to withstand the cold. Of course, there are also pots, stoves, chopsticks, seasonings and other things for going up the mountain, so you should have a picnic when hunting......

These things were moved to the outer courtyard in a variety of ways and handed over to Qin Yong and Qin Li, Qiu Chen took Ah Fu Aman and told them in a low voice to be obedient, don't run around, follow the adults, and solemnly entrust them to Qin Li and Qin Yong. Qin Li and Qin Yong were a little surprised when they saw Qiu Chen come out in a skirt, and when she entrusted the children to them, even Qin Yong couldn't hide his surprise.

Qin Li smiled dryly, glanced at Qin Yong, and hurriedly agreed: "Don't worry, madam, we will definitely take care of Fu'er Man'er." ”

Qiu Chen pretended not to see their strangeness, and joked with a smile: "You can't just look at Fu'er Man'er, as well as Junyan Junzhang Junli and them, you have to show me well, I boiled the soup base, and when you bring back the prey, let's eat it in the pot!" ”

Qin Li smiled brightly, touched his head and agreed: "Madam, please rest assured!" ”

Qiu Chen smiled and thanked him, turned around and stared at the children and got into the car. The children were too young to be afraid that they would not be able to stand riding horses all the way, so they still prepared their cars and went all the way down the mountain to change horses.

Qiu Chen sent the three small ones of Ah Fu and Ah Man Junli into the car, Jun Yan Junzhang twisted and was unwilling to get into the car, and was thrown into the car by Yang Shumeng with one in one hand. Yang Shumeng took the whip himself, stood beside the wheel, and said to Qiu Chen with a smile: "Sister, with me watching them, don't worry, you can't turn the sky!" ”

Qin Li and Qin Yong escorted the carriage that Yang Shu was driving and a few Junwen Junshu Chengzi, and the people who had resigned from the Lin family to see them off, the horses' hooves trampled on them, the wheels were on their wheels, and they went towards the mountains outside the village.

The hunting vehicle gradually moved away, and finally the little one was out of sight, and the old man Yang coughed and beckoned: "Don't look at it, I'll be back in half an hour." Let's all go back! ”

Qiu Chen was okay, he wasn't too worried, he turned around and helped the obviously worried Zhao family, and smiled and comforted: "Second sister-in-law, those people have the ability, it's not the first time that Afu Aman has followed out to hunt, they will take care of the children, let's go, it's windy here, go back to the house!" ”

Zhao raised his head and smiled a little embarrassedly: "It's not that I can't trust others, it's just Junli, and he has never left my side......"

Qiu Chen patted her hand and helped her walk back, while saying: "I know the way, I know the way, and the mother of thousands of miles is worried, the heart of being a mother, it's all like this......"

The two of them supported each other, and followed the girl in the house.

The children are not at home, and the family seems to have a lot less vitality all of a sudden, and there are only a few adults who eat at noon, and the food is silent and tasteless. After eating, helping Liu's to take a lunch break on the kang, Qiu Chen turned out and went to the second entrance, and now the carpenter is modifying the window lattice and installing glass in the second entrance.

Coming out of the second entrance, Qiu Chen went to the workshop of the East Cross Courtyard again.

At the end of Shen, there was a sound of carriages and horses in front of the door, Qiu Chen happened to come out of the East Cross Courtyard, and when he heard the sound, he hurriedly walked out, but it was not the children who were hunting, but Daxing came back with a carriage.

Without waiting for Qiu Chen to go out, Daxing saw it, and hurriedly threw the reins in his hand to the person on the door, walked up in a few steps, and bowed down to salute: "Mrs! ”

Qiu Chen raised his hand and said with a smile: "Come on, this is to find the embroidery girl?" ”

Daxing straightened up with a smile, pointed sideways at the three young women who got off the car, and said: "There are few embroidery girls who are really fine embroiderers, and some of them will be sent by the big households and the embroidery building network." Mrs. wants to find the embroidery girl this time, it is also a coincidence, it happens that several adults in Fucheng have changed, and the servants of the family have no way to take them away, so they send these peripheral servants and girls out to sell. No, I happened to catch up, so I picked these few. Most of the little girls are not of the same age and don't dare to buy them, but they have already told the Ya Po to let them keep them carefully, and then return to the city in a few days to see it, and then send it back to the wife. ”

After Qiu Chen heard Daxing's words, he asked, "Do you know the details of these people?" From which house did it come from? ”

Daxing arched his hand, lowered his voice and said: "Zhilu Dao, the small ones have been inquired carefully, and there is no problem." ”

Qiu Chen put his mind at ease, glanced at the three embroidery girls who were standing under the car with their hands down, and turned back: "Bring it in!" ”

Daxing beckoned the three embroidery girls to follow, followed Qiu Chen into the house, all the way to the small flower hall, Qiu Chen sat on the hand, Daxing waited sideways, first took out a big brocade bag from his arms, held it in both hands and handed it to Qiu Chen, "Madam, fortunately, I am not dishonored!" ”

Qiu Chen raised his eyebrows to show a hint of surprise, quickly opened the brocade bag, and took out four land deeds from inside. It was she who negotiated with Daxing the land deeds of the four Zhuangzi.

His eyes swept over the four land deeds, Qiu Chen raised his head and praised, "Good job." ”

Daxing was obviously very satisfied with the harvest this time, and arched his hand and said: "The little one is just acting according to orders, and it is the wife who makes a decision." ”

Qiu Chen smiled and shook his head, Daxing took out a pile of paper from his arms and handed it to Qiu Chen: "Madam, the four Zhuangzi have spent a total of 29,000 taels, and this is the remaining silver ticket!" ”

"Oh, the price is so low?" Qiu Chen didn't look at the silver ticket handed over by Daxing, but asked unexpectedly.

Although the price of land after the epidemic will be lower than usual, because it is a centralized auction, Qiu Chen did not think that he could save money. Unexpectedly, the cost was far lower than she imagined, which was also an unexpected joy.

Daxing smiled and nodded: "Although it is a centralized auction, most people have a lot of Zhuangzi fields before, and they don't have a plan to buy a lot of land. Moreover, the plots selected by our family are relatively modest, and there are not many bidders, which can be regarded as a bargain. ”

Qiu Chen nodded approvingly, took out a hundred taels from a pile of silver tickets and handed it to Daxing: "You have also worked hard during this time, call the three embroidery girls in, and then send a message to the Qingjiang family to come over, you can go home and rest and rest." I don't have to rush back this time, I will stay at home for a few more days. ”

Daxing smiled and bowed, and withdrew.

With this effort, Qiu Chen picked up the four land deeds again and looked at them carefully. From now on, his own family can be regarded as a small landlord. With these lands, as long as it is not a series of disasters, the family's livelihood is guaranteed.

After reading the title deed, he put it back into the brocade bag, picked up a stack of silver tickets and glanced at it, two of them were five thousand taels, and a few were scattered, Qiu Chen didn't look at it carefully, and he also stuffed it into the brocade bag containing the title deed, and called the embroidery girl waiting at the door to come in.

Three young women wanted to follow in, and the Qingjiang family followed.

Qiu Chen watched the three of them walk to the middle of the hall and kneel down and salute, then raised his hand and said gently: "Get up and speak!" ”

The three embroidery girls are not too good-looking, but they are also delicate, and they are very clean and tidy, Qiu Chen's eyes looked at the cyan muslin skirts on their bodies, and he knew that he had changed the dress of the Lin family's servant after arriving at the Lin family.

"You guys come one by one, come up and tell me your name, what are you good at? If you have a good embroidery job, take a look! Qiu Chen commanded lightly.

The three women hesitated slightly, looked at each other, and the woman in the middle, who was a little taller and thinner, took two steps forward, bowed her knees, and said, "The slave's surname is Wang, and her name is Xiurong." used to be an embroidery lady in the Wei County Lingfu in Pixian County, and her husband and daughter all died in the plague, leaving only one slave and maid ......"

Qiu Chen sighed in his heart, he was also a hard worker. He replied lightly and motioned for her to hand over the embroidery sample she was holding.

Wang Xiurong embroidered a piece of handkerchief, only in the corner of the handkerchief simply embroidered a branch of red plum, the branches are knotted, the plum blossoms are sparse, the stitches are also very fine and flat, and the color of the flower is too vivid...... It is indeed slightly better than the embroidery of the Qingjiang family and the Ma family, but compared with the fine Suzhou embroidery that Qiu Chen has seen in modern times, there is still a little gap, and the embroidery thread is thicker, so the aura, meticulousness, and charm are worse.

With this foundation, it is easy to go further if you can have the guidance of a skilled embroiderer invited from the south.

Qiu Chen handed the handkerchief in his hand to the Qingjiang family, "Look at it!" ”

Then, waving his hand to signal Wang Xiurong to step back, another slightly short and fat woman stepped forward again and introduced her life experience: "The slave's maid's surname is Rong, her mother-in-law's surname is Qu, and her maid's name is Xiangxiu." was originally an embroidery girl in Yang's embroidery workshop in Anyang City, and was later bought back by the Servant Mansion to work on the front of the Servant Mansion. Lord Shi was promoted, and all the servants in the house were sold, which was bought by Steward Liao. ”

"Do you have children? What about the husband? Who else is in the house? ”

Rong hung his head, wiped the corners of his eyes and said: "The slave and maid have no children, the husband is far away from the dock to work, the slave and the maid have been in the door for half a year, the husband fell into the Luo River and drowned, and my mother-in-law scolded me Kefu, so I sold the slave and maid." ”

Qiu Chen motioned for her to take her embroidery, glanced at it and handed it directly to the Qingjiang family, and asked the last embroiderer. Similarly, it is also a bitter life, this surname is Xia, Xia is a child daughter-in-law, she died before her husband grew up, and her widowed mother-in-law was too sad to follow, so she sold herself to bury her mother-in-law.

After inquiry, I had a general understanding of the life experience of the three embroiderers, and I also saw the embroidery of the three. Among the three, the embroidery belonging to the Xia family is good, but the demeanor belonging to the Rong family is generous and moderate. Qiu Chen silently observed, didn't pay much attention to it, and directly handed over the three of them to the Qingjiang family for placement, and in the future, the three of them were also handed over to the management of the Qingjiang family.

After confessing to the three embroidery girls, the Qingjiang family led the three of them to salute, and was about to withdraw from the house, when the sound of carriages and horses came from outside the door again.

Qiu Chen hurriedly got up and walked out, and this time, sure enough, it was Yang Shumeng and Qin Li and Qin Yong who came back with the children.

When they went out to hunt for a day, the children's faces were blown red by the cold wind, but their eyes were exceptionally bright, and they were all overjoyed to see Qiu Chen, and a few small ones squeezed up and chirped about the experience of the day.

Qiu Chen hugged Ah Fu, took Junli and Ah Man to the house, and beckoned Junwen Chengzi and the others: "Hurry back to the house to warm up, I will go and order to send hot water to you." ”

In the evening, a game hot pot was really delicious, and the family was full of praise for what they ate, and they were addicted.

One day of hunting in the mountains, the children were really tired, and soon after eating, they went back to their rooms to sleep.

Qiu Chen hugged Afu Aman, listening to the two children's even and long breathing, but he stared at the top of the tent in the dark with big eyes, and his thoughts drifted away unconsciously.

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Because of the revision of chapter 65 yesterday, there are some repetitions in this chapter, sorry...... Later, Su Su took the time to send out free extra compensation to his relatives.