Dredging rivers and repairing river works are both major projects, and they are often the projects that have been 'consumed' by the workers and the people in history, but they are also projects that must be carried out for the benefit of the country and the people...... In this era when the common people are basically struggling below the food and clothing line, it is difficult for the imperial court to summon the people to serve in the conscription, and it is difficult to ensure the full stomach of the people, let alone think about the living conditions of the people...... In the eyes of some people, conscription is nothing at all, and it is normal for some people to die, and they may not blink their eyes......

Sometimes, it's easy to say, but it's hard to put it into practice.

As he spoke, for some reason, Qiu Chen's voice became lower and lower, gradually falling to silence.

While waiting for the news, Qiu Chen slowly ate the cake, and told Qin Zheng and Yang Jingyong about the river work, and after all, he couldn't help but say a few words for the people: "The river workers are extremely hard, and the people are forced to work or something, so they can't be affected by the rush period, but try to let them eat as much as possible...... Well, it's a little better to build a shed. In the future, the weather will be as cold as a day, and the cold will be heavy in the morning and evening, so let the stove boil some salty soup and put more ginger to ward off the cold......"

In fact, in the back garden, a vegetable field was also opened next to the greenhouse, which was used to grow some seasonal vegetables such as tomatoes and cucumbers in summer. I also planted a few leeks to make it easier to eat. Because of its rich taste, leeks are classified as a kind of 'meat dish', and many times they can't wait for the elegant hall. But there are many people who like it, especially some home-cooked staple foods in the north, and like to use leeks as fillings, add shrimp, seafood or fresh meat to make delicious foods with different tastes but equally delicious.

smiled reassuringly, and motioned to Xuan Bing to send someone to the kitchen to ask if there were leeks.

Qiu Chen actually knew all these things in front of him, and he also understood that without money and food, it was empty talk to build river repairs and dams. It's just that I am worried that the two of them will return in a few days after receiving the holy decree and leaving the city, and if they don't go back, they will be suspected of slacking off and angering the ...... above Hearing Qin Zheng say that they had a serious reason to return to Beijing, he put his mind at ease and didn't pay attention to it anymore.

Qin Zheng held the cake in one hand and reached over to wrap his wife's shoulder with the other, patted it gently, and said softly: "Ming'er won't go back...... The previous arrangements were basically in place, but this time it was just a round of inspections, and people were assigned to organize the people, and then they had to wait for the silver grain of the household department to be allocated before they could start...... Well, the two of us came back this time to urge the household department to pay for food. ”

After speaking, without waiting for Yang Jingyong to say anything, Qiu Chen glanced at Qin Zheng, and then asked, "How many days can you stay when you come back this time?" …… Do you want to go back tomorrow? ”

After thinking for a while, Qiu Chen said with a smile: "I'll send someone to see if there are still leeks in the kitchen." If you don't have leeks, you can't do anything but wait until you buy them tomorrow. ”

Qiu Chen looked at the sky outside, although it was a little dark, the sun had not yet set, and it was about the end of the Shen hour, although the sky was short at this time, there was still more than half an hour before the dark sky.

Originally, Yang Jingyong was going to say a few words about the cake, but when he heard Qiu Chen's words, he immediately threw away the matter of the cake, and said with hope on his face: "Sister, will you do it tonight?" Then I'll stop eating two pieces of biscuits, and wait for my sister to make a delicious meal. ”

The food cooked by Mrs. Liu and Zhou's is delicious, and it is the simplicity and purity of Zhuanghu cuisine, but in comparison, Qiu Chen makes more kinds of vegetables, and the natural taste is also very attractive, which makes people unforgettable.

Qiu Chen's eyes lit up, he swallowed the food in his mouth in three or two, and looked at Yang Jingyong with a smile: "Hmm, the leeks are delicious when the weather is cold...... Eating this, I think of several kinds of leeks to eat, which are also very delicious. ”

In August, autumn is getting stronger, and it is the time to eat autumn leeks. The aroma of leeks, the sweetness of shrimp and the fragrance of eggs, the entrance instantly fills the entire mouth with the rich flavor of three umami, which makes people appetite great.

Leeks and cucumbers are fragrant at both ends, which means that these two vegetables are in the spring and autumn seasons of the year, the weather is cool, the temperature and humidity are appropriate, and their taste will be particularly delicious.

Qiu Chen didn't want to eat here, but when he heard Yang Jingyong shout like this, he became joking, took the cake handed by her husband softly, and opened his mouth to take a bite.

Without waiting for Qiu Chen to pick it up, Yang Jingyong over there first whined and shouted: "If you don't bring this, are you still afraid that your sister won't have to eat when she goes back?" ”

Mrs. Liu and Zhou's hurriedly baked cakes are good, there are only five cakes that are not much bigger than a palm, Qin Zheng may also be hungry, look at Yang Jingyong's sweet food, his wife is also good by his side, there is no problem, settle down, help his wife to sit on the armchair next to him, reach out and fish out two cakes from the food box, first turn around and hand one to his wife: "Mother-in-law's craftsmanship is excellent, you can also taste a piece!" ”

Before the words fell, Prince Yong, the second prince of the Ming Kingdom, ate the cake in a big gulp, and the appearance of gobbling it up really made Qiu Chen funny and helpless, and hurriedly ordered Hanguang to pour new tea again, for fear that he would choke if he ate too quickly.

As he spoke, he waved away the girls, opened the food box by himself, opened the white cage cloth three or two times, pinched a piece of cake from it, took a deep breath, and said with a smile: "Oh, it's a leek three fresh filling, I love this bite the most!" ”

Yang Jingyong looked at Qin Zheng and Qiu Chen's husband and wife with a smile on his face, although the smile did not reach the bottom of his eyes, and he was about to say something to joke, when he heard Qiu Chen's words, the banter in his eyes was gone, and he seemed to be slightly stunned, and then he was full of joy from the bottom of his eyes, and said with a smile: "I rode all the way from outside the city, and I happened to be hungry!" ”

After speaking, he gestured to Hanguang to hold the food box up, and said with a smile: "The old lady thought that you loved to eat Ha cakes when you were in Liujiaao, so she specially branded them with her sister-in-law and asked me to send them over." ”

Such concern and consideration Qiu Chen was naturally warm in his heart, but he was also a little embarrassed, smiled at Qin Zheng to show relief, and said with a smile: "I'm fine." ”

But in an instant, Qiu Chen came back to his senses and immediately regained a gentle smile on his face. Yang Jingyong, who was sitting opposite, also saw a few masters and servants who came in, Qin Zheng heard the footsteps, and saw that it was his wife, the laziness on his body was retracted, he jumped up, put the teacup in his hand on the kang table, and the person also fell steadily to the ground, the movement did not stop for a moment, he raised his foot to meet his wife, reached out to hold his wife's arm, and said with concern: "Why did you come here again?" When you are tired, you rest in your room. ”

There is no curtain here, but there is a curtain curtain hanging down, there are carved hanging and blue gauze cabinet partition, Qiu Chen slowly bypassed the blue gauze cabinet, crossed the carved hanging, saw this picture with one eye, and for a while he actually returned to the years when Qin Zheng was recuperating in Liujiaao, and couldn't help but be in a slight trance. It's just that back then, it was often Qin Zheng who was sitting in a precarious position, and Yang Jing was lazy and indifferent, but now in this situation, it seems that two people have fallen apart.

Qin Zheng and Yang Jingyong were sitting on the kang near the window in the east lane of the courtyard, Qin Zheng was sitting at the end of the kang, leaning on a large pillow, bending one leg and stretching one leg, lazily holding a teacup and drinking slowly. Yang Jingyong was at the head of the kang, also holding a teacup in his hand, but he was sitting cross-legged, leaning forward slightly, as if he was talking to Qin Zheng.

Qiu Chen smiled in response, greeted the two girls, brought a cake, and went straight to the flower hall.

Seeing that she said something moved, Vanilla couldn't help but purse her lips and smile, bent her eyes and smiled: "These are the ones that were branded out for Hou Ye and Tang Gongzi first...... The old lady also remembered her aunt, and she was still cleaning up in the house, and her aunt came back to eat it, and it was just fragrant! ”

Qiu Chen's heart warmed, and he couldn't help laughing: "Hmm, it's shrimp and eggs with three fresh fillings, it's delicious when it smells!" ”

Qiu Chen was slightly surprised and opened the food box with his hand to look inside, and saw that the food box was wrapped in a clean white cage cloth, and the hot steam smoked up, revealing the smell of three fresh fillings. It is indeed the taste of Ha cake, which is much smaller than what is usually eaten at home, and I also know that it is a delicate version specially made by Liu and Zhou!

"Delay my aunt and grandmother to wait...... Vanilla caught up and bent her knees to confess her guilt, then handed the snack box in her hand to Xuan Bing, and said with a smile, "This is our Anyang Mansion's cake, the old lady remembers that Hou Ye and Tang Gongzi liked it very much." The old lady took the eldest lady to make it herself, just for her aunt and grandmother to carry it. ”

Suppressing the eagerness for the time being, Qiu Chen continued to move forward with Hanguang and Xuan Bing, just walked to the corridor, and heard someone calling behind, Qiu Chen paused and looked back, it was the girl Vanilla next to Mrs. Liu, holding a snack box in her hand, and hurriedly chased after her.

Yes, whether those fruits were given from the palace or from King Yong's mansion...... In fact, it also came down from the palace, but it went around the Yongwang Mansion again...... No matter where it is, it has passed through the hands of too many people, and she looks like this now, but she can't stand any mistakes, so naturally it's better to be careful.

Qiu Chen blinked, blinked again, and came back to his senses for a while.

Hanguang looked at Madame with a slight surprise, and then smiled: "I heard that it is the fruit of the south...... Hou Ye asked people to send a few baskets to the front yard where Mr. Mu was, saying that he had let the old gentleman see it, and if Mrs. was eating, there was no hindrance, and it was not hindered to send it in again! ”

Qiu Chen's footsteps paused, turned his eyes back to look at Hanguang, and asked with bright eyes, "Do you know what's in it?" Where? ”

Walking out of the door, walking along the verandah, Hanguang replied with a smile: "Madam, just now the Hou Ye and Yong Wang Ye returned to the house together, and they also brought back a few big baskets made of bamboo!" ”

What's more, the tropical fruits she was thinking about would fall on that prince!

Put down the dishes and chopsticks, got up again to wash, slightly tidied up the clothes and hair bun, Qiu Chen held his stomach with one hand, and slowly walked out of the door with the other hand to support the girl. Yang Jingyong, the prince of Yong, was still in the flower hall in front of Mu'en Courtyard, and she was used to it, so she went over and took a look.

Qiu Chen nodded in satisfaction, lowered his eyes and began to eat. A small bowl of soft and glutinous vegetable and meat porridge and a few potstickers were just enough for her to eat without bloating...... After all, she now eats with one mouth, three (?) If you don't eat much at a time, you will digest it very quickly, and you will be hungry again in less than an hour...... When the time comes, it's almost time to have dinner with the family. Of course, she eats far less than the average person.

Hanguang smiled and bent his knees and said: "Madame, don't worry, seeing that it's almost time for dinner, I didn't dare to send this to the old lady, I only sent a mushroom and chicken soup into it, first be hungry, and then have dinner." ”

"Can you prepare it for the old lady?" Qiu Chen took the bowl but didn't eat it, and asked first.

Qiu Chen returned to his room, was served by the girls to wash up, and rested on the soft couch for a while, and the girls came in with a small meal, a few fried golden potstickers and a bowl of mushroom and chicken soup.

Mrs. Liu walked back to the garden and took the painting boat, and she was tired at this time, so Qiu Chen accompanied her back to the room to rest.

Qiu Chen's body was heavy and inconvenient to move, so he didn't send the two of them personally, and sent Mama Chen and Mama Lin to send the two young ladies all the way back.

It was late, and when the Marquis of Jingbei returned to the house, there was a visit from Prince Yong, and Wang Jingshu and Song Xi'er were inconvenient to stay longer, so they left directly after coming out of the garden.

Mrs. Liu didn't think anything of it, and Qiu Chen was used to it, but Wang Jingshu and Song Xi'er couldn't help but be secretly surprised, and at the same time secretly admired the vision of their parents. They were originally like-minded in their friendship with the county lord of Anning, but if they were able to worship sisters, it was not up to them to have the final say...... And the support behind the two families is naturally not hindered by the world, and they are quite optimistic about this lady Jingbeihou, the lord of Anning County from the countryside!

Seeing that it was getting late, the group did not stop in the garden, and when they came out of the dock, the ladies went straight to the sedan chair, Qin Zheng and Yang Jingyong followed behind and slowly followed.

There was him who talked about Liu Jiaao and Anyang in a funny way, and Mrs. Liu quickly put aside the restraint of the first meeting, and laughed happily and relaxedly.

Yang Jingyong is a little unreliable in front of Qiu Chen and Qin Zheng, but when he cheers up, he is definitely not inferior to any young talent......

Wang Jingshu and Song Xi'er, who were following behind, naturally recognized King Yong, and when they heard Mrs. Liu call them 'Tang Gongzi', the two of them were inevitably a little surprised, but they just glanced at each other, and suppressed the doubts and surprises in their hearts. Born in their family, being cautious about some things has long been integrated into their bones, even if it is a very arrogant Song Xi'er, she will not make mistakes in these things.

Yang Jingyong showed a smile on his face and said, "Yes, I heard that the old lady entered Beijing, and the kid naturally came to ask for peace." ”

When she went to Liujiaao, Mrs. Liu had also seen it, because no one introduced Yang Jingyong's identity, Mrs. Liu naturally smiled and said, "Tang Gongzi is also here!" ”

Yang Shuyong stood on the dock with a warm smile on his face, and gave his hand to Mrs. Liu from afar.

Watching his wife help the old lady down the stairs, Qin Zheng couldn't step forward at this time, so he could only look at his wife with concern, take a step to the side slightly, and wait for his mother-in-law and wife to walk up to the deck. Wang Jingshu and Song Xi'er bent their knees to salute, and Qin Zheng also bowed back with an expressionless face, and then accompanied Mrs. Liu on the other side, and Qiu Chen abandoned the ship and landed on the shore, walking all the way out.

Qiu Chen grabbed Mrs. Liu's hand and walked down, and couldn't help but snicker in his heart. She still thinks that the old lady can call her 'son-in-law'!

When Mrs. Liu really saw her son-in-law, she was still a little restrained, and said with a smile: "Family, don't be so polite!" ”

Qin Zheng's gaze fell on his wife all of a sudden, seeing that his wife's face was ruddy and in excellent spirits, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, revealing a very faint smile, and nodded slightly at Qiu Chen, then he turned his eyes to look at the old man in front of his wife, his expression was straight, and he hurriedly stretched to the ground, and said respectfully: "Mother-in-law!" ”

Unconsciously bursting into a warm smile, Qiu Chen smiled and called, "Master Hou! ”

The sound of footsteps sounded, walking behind Mrs. Liu's side, Qiu Chen, who was slowly going downstairs, leaned on the staircase railing and looked down, and saw an indigo tall figure striding across the deck and down the stairs.

The girl-in-law helped Qiu Chen and the four of them get up and slowly walked under the boat.

The boat, which had been running smoothly, shook slightly, and came closer to the dock and stopped.

Her interjection made Mrs. Liu, Wang Jingshu and Song Xi'er laugh, and naturally put aside the nervous restraints that she had heard about Qin Zheng's return to the house. Qiu Chen looked at Mrs. Liu's face full of smiles, and her expression relaxed, then he stopped laughing, and beckoned someone to come over and clean up the clothes for the four of them.

"Yes, I listen to my mother." Qiu Chen agreed without hesitation, looked back at Wang Jingshu and Song Xi'er, and said with a smile, "You two have only seen the old lady for a while, which makes the old lady hurt in her heart...... The old lady always thinks that a daughter is not good in her life, but this time it's okay, she added two daughters at once, hehe, look at the old lady's joy, her face is ruddy and she looks extraordinarily young. ”

Mrs. Liu was also amused to laugh once, and at this time, she saw that the two girls laughed a little hard, and hurriedly patted Qiu Chen's hand, and said angrily: "Don't tease them, it's strange to laugh out of breath!" ”

Seeing the painting boat approaching the dock, Wang Jingshu and Song Xi'er barely stopped laughing, but they couldn't stop laughing when they were explained by Qiu Chen.

Qiu Chen sat back beside Mrs. Liu with a smile, looked at the two girls with a smile and said, "Ten miles is not customary, that's what we call it over there, whose son-in-law is it." ”

Wang Jingshu and Song Xi'er heard that Hou Ye had returned home, although they were familiar with Qiu Chen and like sisters, but they were unfamiliar with Qin Zheng after all, and Qin Zheng had always been paralyzed in front of outsiders, and he was cold and silent, so it was inevitable that he was a little worried and a little nervous. But as soon as they heard Qiu Chen's nondescript title, the two girls couldn't help laughing, Song Xi'er couldn't stop laughing, and even Wang Jingshu covered her mouth and laughed for a while.

In a good mood, Qiu Chen turned around and smiled at Mrs. Liu and said, "It's your son-in-law who is back!" ”

Looking at the two people on the shore, Qiu Chen seemed to see a variety of delicious tropical fruits, and the smile couldn't help but overflow his face.