Chapter 306 Liaodi accent

A few stinky boys had bitter faces, and honestly followed Qiu Chen out of the car, and Zhou hurriedly came out of the house when he heard the announcement, "Oh, you guys came quite early!" ”

After bending down and touching Ah Fu and Junli's heads, Zhou greeted the house with a smile: "Are you tired of riding in the carriage all the way?" Let's go inside and take a break! ”

"Mother," Jun Yan finally couldn't help but open his mouth, and said with some dissatisfaction, "The second and third uncles of the He family are about to go to the lake, and it will be delayed to enter the house again!" ”

Zhou raised his hand and slapped Junyan, and scolded with a smile, "Zhilu said that you guys are coming, I have already left a boat for you, and it will be delayed after a while!" You're not tired of being a stinky boy, Fu'er and Junli, your two brothers aren't tired, aren't you? Enter the house and drink saliva...... I poured a watermelon in the well early, and it's not too late to eat a melon and go down to the lake! ”

Qiu Chen didn't plan to speak, but at this moment, he looked at the four boys who seemed to have glue under their feet, and they couldn't lift their legs, and he knew that the watermelon was delicious, but after all, it was cold, and the children had a weak spleen and stomach, so it was not good to eat melons so early in the morning, so he simply sent a favor: "Sister-in-law, look at these few, don't move a step, let's not go into the house, let's watch them get on the boat first!" ”

"Mother will go too!" Ah Fu has been held in Qiu Chen's hands all the time, and when he heard this, he hurriedly suggested.

Junli also echoed on the other side: "Auntie go too!" ”

Qiu Chen is actually quite yearning for picking lotus pods and water chestnuts in the lake, but after all, this is labor time, not a place to play in the mountains and rivers, and she feels a little embarrassed to play with the lake as an adult. At this time, she heard the two little babies suggesting understandingly, she also secretly felt that she was in agreement, and was about to agree, but Zhou smiled next to Ah Fu and said: "How can your mother go to the lake like you boys, you obediently follow them, and your mother is waiting for you to come back at home!" ”

There is nothing wrong with what Zhou said in this era, Qiu Chen was dumbfounded, opened his mouth, and finally gave up the fight in despair, and simply saved up a smile and coaxed Ah Fu and Junli to go to the lake.

Qin Li also rushed back at this time, and set up the vehicles and horses with Qin Yong and the others, and was waiting by the dock. Qiu Chen bowed his head and instructed the children: "Can you remember the three chapters of the law just now?" If anyone violates it, Ming'er has been grounded at home since tomorrow, have you heard? ”

Junzhang Junli and Ah Fu both nodded obediently in agreement, and although Junyan was reluctant with a bitter face, he also hummed and agreed.

Qiu Chen smiled and handed Ah Fu and Junli to Qin Li and Qin Yong, and said, "If anyone is naughty, you can send him back!" ”

Qin Li stretched out his hand and hugged Ah Fu, smiled and agreed, and said, "Madam, don't worry, our brothers, and the brothers of the He family are the best at water, and they will definitely protect them!" ”

Qiu Chen smiled and nodded, then turned around and handed over the baggage, food box and kettle handed by Chen to Qin Li: "Here are a few sets of dry clothes, as well as soap and towels for washing hands. There are snacks in the food box, you can eat when you are hungry, including you, do not drink the lake water, and do not eat those freshly picked water chestnuts and other things in the lake, for fear of unclean things if they are stained with raw water. ”

Others may think that Qiu Chen's words are redundant, but Qin Li has followed into the epidemic area, and he has already seen a lot of Qiu Chen's style, and after listening to it, he nodded without hesitation, and finally greeted, and took a few small ones to get on the boat on the dock in turn, and the three small boats followed each other away from the shore, and in the children's waving little hands and laughter, they gradually slid past a clump of reeds and a lotus lotus, and entered the depths of the lake.

At first, the children waved to their relatives on the shore, but soon, Junyan was the first to spot a chubby lotus pod, and immediately shouted: "Lotus pod, over there, over there, ...... over there"

The children's attention was quickly attracted, nervously and excitedly watching the second child of the He family turn the lotus pod over, Jun Yanzhi proudly broke it off and held it in his hand, even if his hand was stung by the small thorn on the stalk, he just took a breath and continued to grin and smirk. The others were also encouraged by his appearance, and searched around, and soon, Ah Fu also discovered: "Over there, there's a chicken head rice over there!" ”

Junli pulled Shen Hu's hand and shouted: "Master Tiger, I want the lotus over there, that's it!" ”

There was a moment of chaos, joy and excitement mixed with nervousness and freshness so that the children were completely engaged, and they simply forgot that the few adults on the shore were still watching over them.

Qiu Chen stood silently on the shore, watching the three small boats carrying the children gradually go deep into the lotus bushes, and then turned back silently.

Zhou came over and took her hand and said, "Don't worry, more than a dozen people are following, and all of them are not bad, although a few boys are tao, there will be nothing wrong!" ”

Although Qiu Chen was not too worried about the safety of the children, he still smiled and agreed after listening to Zhou's comfort, and followed Zhou slowly back.

Coming to the gate, Qiu Chen stopped and turned his head to look at a reed bush on the east side. Just now I saw a horse-drawn cart delivering wood here, but I didn't see how the project was progressing. You can't see it here anymore...... It should be a concentration of craftsmen to build an open pavilion over there, and the wooden plank road connecting this side is left behind.

Zhou took a few steps forward, only to find that Qiu Chen was lagging behind, and when he saw her looking over there, he suddenly smiled and said: "Your eldest brother went to see it this morning, we gave enough wages, and it was a contract job, and none of the craftsmen were sneaky, and they started work before dawn." I heard from your brother that the stakes were driven yesterday, and the planks have been laid on the stakes today...... I also went to see it when I was transporting the materials before, but you didn't see it, it's all such a thick and good cedar wood...... Hey, I also made a joke, I was anxious to see people set fire to wood, why did I pull the wood back and burn it? People said that I only realized that it was a end to be put into the water, and the wood after burning was waterproof, and it was used for more than ten years without rotting ......"

Zhou was babbling and talking about very trivial topics, but it calmed Qiu Chen's chaotic mind very well, and she couldn't help but relax her entanglement when she said it, and smiled along with Zhou's words.

Today, Qiu Chen wore a relatively neat dress in order to pick lotus flowers, with narrow sleeves and waist and a white embroidered lilac top, a pair of smoke-purple pants, tied the trouser legs, the wide trouser legs are like lanterns in action, and like clouds, plus a simple bun coiled on the back of the head, two burnt blue enamel silver hairpins with a somewhat exaggerated shape, the appearance is beautiful, the eyebrows are like a crescent moon, the eyes are like paint, the skin is clean and delicate, and the whole person is cool and sassy, and there is a foreign woman's style.

The sister-in-law and sister-in-law were talking and walking home, and were about to enter the gate, when they heard the horses' hooves stepping on the wheels and chariots from far and near.

Zhou laughed suddenly: "It must be Master Huo who said yesterday that he would come to receive the goods!" ”

Qiu Chen raised his eyebrows in surprise, followed Zhou's gaze and looked back, and saw that several big carts had already driven into Zhuangzi, but the carriage was a flatbed cart loaded with goods, only a wicker guardrail was installed at the front and rear of the car, and there were seven or eight people riding horses first, the horses' hooves were like the wind, and they came not far away in the blink of an eye.

Qiu Chen's eyes swept away, and he noticed that the first man in his thirties was wearing a royal blue riding suit, with his hair in a high bun but not a crown, only tied with a rotten silver hair band, and his facial features were upright, especially a pair of eyebrows that flew straight into the temples, like a lacquer-dyed ink painting, making the whole face hard.

Raising his eyebrows slightly, Qiu Chen turned his gaze back and looked at the carriages that followed behind those people...... These people used such wagons to load goods...... Oh, just now Zhou only said that he received the goods, but he didn't say what he received. Nowadays, not only the lotus pods and other things in Nanmarg Lake are in the harvest period, but the chickens and ducks raised by the Zhou family are also in full bloom, and the eggs and duck eggs must be harvested every day. So many eggs and duck eggs, is the function of Anyang and Liujiaao two workshops, there are a lot of left, yes, Anyang city and the neighboring Qinghe, Pixian several county towns in the big restaurants, grocery stores also came to order, in addition to Zhou's also pickled a lot of salted eggs, estimated that the time is also just pickled.

When Qiu Chen was pondering in his heart, Zhou Shi had already greeted him with a smile on his face: "I just heard the sound of horses' hooves, and I thought it was Master Huo." Master Huo really kept his word, and came over with the car so early in the morning. ”

The man in the royal blue riding uniform was really the old man Huo that Zhou said, and when he saw Zhou coming up, he also showed a smile, and arched his hand and said: "Mrs. Yang is joking, since Huo said that he is coming, he will definitely not lose his trust!" ”

Zhou smiled happily and said, "That's, that's, Master Huo is not that kind of person...... It's just that the first time I dealt with it, I was unfamiliar, and now I am familiar with it, so I naturally know what kind of temper I have. ”

As he spoke, Zhou turned his head, looked at Qiu Chen who was standing at the gate and said with a smile: "Sister, this is Master Huo Feibai Huo from Zhengding Mansion, who came to collect our family's salted duck eggs." ”

Qiu Chen looked over casually, and happened to meet Huo Feibai's slightly scrutinizing gaze, the two of them stared in mid-air, Qiu Chen smiled slightly and nodded slightly: "Master Huo!" ”

Huo Feibai also bowed his hand slightly, but did not speak, and then turned his gaze away.

Zhou smiled and said, "Sister, you go into the house and sit down, I called someone to load the goods for Master Huo......"

Qiu Chen naturally didn't have any objections, he responded with a smile, and seeing that there was no one around Zhou, he left Yuegui to greet her, and then took Chunxiang and Chen, who followed, into the gate.

After entering the house, Qiu Chen washed his hands and got on the kang, then took out the paper and pen from the kang cabinet familiarly, and began to silently remember a preserved egg recipe he had seen.

The reason why I remembered a recipe for preserved eggs was that when the rice country CNN judged preserved eggs as 'devil food', and called preserved eggs the 'first of the top ten most disgusting foods', which triggered a big controversy about preserved eggs, which made Qiu Chen curiously flip through it, the traditional practice of preserved eggs will add 'red pill powder' or 'tantric monk' two lead-containing Chinese medicines in order to pursue the taste, Qiu Chen also used his spare time to do a content determination and toxicity test, and added a very small amount of 'red pill powder' to the preserved egg recipe Tantra's ingredients, as long as they are not consumed in large quantities for a long time, a small amount of lead can be eliminated by the body's own metabolism, so as not to cause cumulative lead poisoning. Of course, modern formal preserved egg production has eliminated these two lead-containing ingredients and replaced them with edible additives.

At this time, Qiu Chen had nowhere to look for substitutes for food additives, and the formula he memorized was naturally the traditional recipe for making preserved eggs. She avoided the 'red pill powder' with high lead content, and used the 'tantric monk', a mineral Chinese medicine with heavy and firm quality, and a very small amount of it was added after grinding it into a fine powder, so as to ensure that on the basis of flavor, there would be no adverse reactions. Of course, she also noted at the bottom of the recipe several foods that need to be avoided when eating preserved eggs: such as plums, such as brown sugar, such as soft-shelled turtle, which cannot be eaten at the same time as preserved eggs.

This side of the recipe was written, Qiu Chen read it from top to bottom, and confirmed that there was no omission, so he folded it and put it in his sleeve.

Chunxiang came up and put away the pen and ink, and said with a smile: "The slave maid is still thinking about being able to pick up the lotus pod today...... But I didn't expect to be blocked by my uncle's wife! ”

Chen happened to bring a cup of tea, and when he heard Chunxiang's words, he couldn't help but reprimand in a low voice: "Mrs. hasn't spoken yet, but you're complaining." Uncle's wife, too, can you say? ”

Chunxiang's face changed, and she hurriedly bent her knees to plead guilty: "That's what the slave said, and she didn't complain!" ”

Qiu Chen took the tea, waved his hand and said, "That's it, that's it this time, pay attention to it in the future." If it reaches the ears of your uncle's wife, it is clear that she is a loving heart but is complained, and it is inevitable to be angry and sad. ”

Chunxiang's expression was grim, and she lowered her hands and said respectfully: "Mrs. taught the slave maid to write it down." ”

"Well, although you are only second-class, Yufeng and Qingxing have a lot of things to do at home, but they are not as much as you when they follow me, you must always be careful about your words and deeds, and don't take it to heart because of a word." Qiu Chen said, seeing that Chunxiang did show a look of comprehension, he raised his hand and said, "Okay, just keep this matter in mind." Go and see that dress for me...... Now that I can't get on the boat, it's a little awkward to wear pants anymore. ”

Seeing that Chunxiang agreed to go, Qiu Chen raised his eyes to look at Chen.

Chen took a step closer and said in a low voice: "Just now, the slave maid asked Sister-in-law Liu in the kitchen, and said that this Master Huo was introduced by the shopkeeper of Yunzhong Immortal. That sister-in-law Liu has limited knowledge of Lu Dao, only knowing that the Huo family of Lu Dao is not from Zhengding Mansion, but only a few shops have opened in Zhengding, not only there are groceries in the north and south, but also two large restaurants...... The slave maid had just listened to the two guards of the Nahuo family, although they used official words, but the tail sound was northern, and it seemed to have a bit of a Liaodi flavor. ”

"Liaodi?" Qiu Chen raised his eyebrows slightly, and subconsciously repeated.

According to the information she collected, the territory of this Ming Dynasty was similar to that of the Ming Dynasty in history, and the three northeastern provinces were all under its jurisdiction, extending north to Sakhalin Island, the Trans-Khingan Mountains and even a large area to the north. After the pacification of Beirong the year before last, a large grassland area that had been occupied by nomads was also included in the territory of the Ming Kingdom. Today's Ming Kingdom is far broader than the historical Ming Dynasty. Therefore, when Qiu Chen heard Chen mention the word 'Liaodi', he was a little unsure for a while, whether Liaodi was a continuation of the Song Dynasty's name for a large area of territory in the northeast, or whether it referred to the area of Liaodong in a narrow sense.

Frowning slightly, Qiu Chen recalled the accent that Huo Feibai spoke just now, a standard Beijing accent, but there was no taste of Liao dialect.

Although the heroine she is serving now knows a lot, after all, she was born in a banker, and it is normal for her to be involved in such a problem at the national boundary level. Chen naturally explained in a low voice: "There are Liaoning Province and Jilin Province to the north of Beizhili, adjacent to Goryeo, which is Liaodi. Further north are Nuergandusi and Siberian Dusi, both of which are cold and remote places, and the accent will be heavier and harder, which is different from Liaodi. ”

Qiu Chen also understood this explanation, and quickly sketched a map of the northeast territory in his mind.

Liaodi, although it has always been the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but after all, it is far away from the Central Plains, and there are nomadic and hunting peoples active here in history, bordering Goryeo in the east, and there are also various nomadic peoples in the northwest.

However, since this person was introduced by the shopkeeper of Yun Zhongxian, he should also have known about Yun Jichen, and there should be no big problem in terms of identity and background. As for the rest, there is no need for her to be too vigilant, after all, people are just merchants who come to buy duck eggs, and the buying and selling are voluntary, and there is no involvement in both money and goods.

Thinking quickly in his heart, Qiu Chen put aside the person who suddenly appeared for the time being, and said to Chen: "Well, let's look at it coldly first, forget about nothing wrong." ”

Chen nodded, Chunxiang happened to come back with a set of dresses, she hurriedly reached out and took the teacup in Qiu Chen's hand and put it on the kang table, Chunxiang had already stepped forward to shake the dress open: "Madam, is it okay to change this body?" ”

Because he came to Nanmarsh Lake, Qiu Chen's clothes were all neat and simple home-style clothes, Chunxiang was carrying a blue pigmented narrow-sleeved shirt, only embroidered with a simple twig pattern on the front of the cuffs, and the skirt was an indigo cloud jacquard silk pleated skirt, simple and plain, Qiu Chen just glanced at it, nodded and removed the clothes and pants on his body, and changed into the dress brought by Chunxiang, his hair did not move, and Chen and Chunxiang adjusted the skirt of their clothes, and walked out of the room.

Just because Zhou was accompanied, and later an outsider came, she couldn't go over to see the progress of the project, but she kept it in mind. Moreover, thinking about the time, the boat that went down to the lake to pick lotus water chestnuts should also come back, and the children had a lot of fun, but they didn't know if anything happened to them. Don't look at Junzhang and Ah Fu, two well-behaved and sensible, such a big kid can have fun, who knows if Lu Dao will do naughty things that are inconsistent with his usual temperament.

While walking out, Qiu Chen explained to Chunxiang: "Go and inform the kitchen, boil a pot of mung bean soup and prepare it, and when the children and the people who go to the lake come back, drink a bowl to go to the heat." You're looking at your lunch and making some light and appetizing ......."

Speaking of light appetizing, Qiu Chen's eyes lit up, this season is not only the harvest season of lotus pod and water chestnut, but also guarding a big lake of lotus root, there should also be fresh and crisp fresh lotus root that can be harvested, in addition, there is an excellent summer vegetable is the lotus root associated with the lotus root, which is good for stir-frying and cold salading, especially a hot and sour lotus root, but Qiu Chen once praised the deliciousness.

With the lotus root belt, Qiu Chen then remembered that it was also an excellent dish that was also aquatic, that is, the tender stems of the pampas grass. If the lotus root belt is the favorite of the Hubei people, then the pu grass is the top secret weapon on the table of the Huaiyang Jianghuai people, fresh and crisp and tender, the Jianghuai people use it to make a plain and delicious clear soup, cool condiment, and even use the pu cabbage as a filling to wrap dumplings, all delicious.

As soon as he thought of this, Qiu Chen's mood also improved, and he greeted Chunxiang with a smile and said, "You go to the kitchen and order mung bean soup to come over." I think of a good thing, let's go look for it, if we can find it. ”

Qiu Chen said this, but he didn't have the idea of picking it himself. Lotus root and pu cabbage are born underwater, just like Zhou's, she didn't even go to the lake to pick lotus flowers, if she pulled up her trouser legs and sleeves and went into the water to dig lotus root and pu cabbage, she wouldn't be talked about endlessly!

The admonition just now made Chunxiang a lot more cautious, and her mood was naturally lower, and at this time, seeing Qiu Chen greeting with a smile on his face, he had lost the seriousness of Fang Cai, and couldn't help but rejoice. Moreover, judging from her experience, once her wife is so happy, most of them think of something good to cook.

What kind of good thing is my wife talking about? Haruka, who has been pleasantly surprised many times, can't help but look forward to it.

Qiu Chen walked out of the house, and there were only a few horses tied to the big willow tree by the lake outside the gate, hanging their heads and eating the grass in the bag. Those people and the cart were gone, Qiu Chen glanced at the warehouse yard in the west, and could vaguely hear the sound of talking inside, thinking that they were all loaded over there.

After explaining to an old man guarding the door, Qiu Chen took Chen all the way to the east, walked to the lake and looked at it for a while, the reeds nearly two meters high were densely turned, obscuring the sight and sound.

It was not surprising that he could not see it, Qiu Chen simply walked out along the bluestone road...... The road leading to the lakeside water pavilion is not far from Zhuangzi, since I saw the carriage transporting wood before, presumably the reeds over there have been cleared, and the quagmire must have been paved with wooden planks and the like, so there should be no problem for people to pass.

Sure enough, after walking three or four hundred meters, the two saw a fork in the road that went straight into the depths of the reeds, and to Qiu Chen's slight surprise, those carpenters did not use wood to lay the muddy reeds, but took local materials, and used the reeds to clean the road.

In this regard, Qiu Chen was more satisfied with the craftsmen found by Daxing. At least people didn't waste the things of the main family, and they were even more frugal than her, which was also a manifestation of abiding by professional ethics, which made Qiu Chen secretly sigh.

Seeing that Qiu Chen tried the road paved with reeds under his feet and was about to go to the depths of the reeds, Chen couldn't help but remind: "Madam, the reeds cover the sky and the sun, and the two of us are the only ones to go in, in case something happens......"

Qiu Chen subconsciously lost his smile, but after thinking about it, he retracted his feet that had already taken a step. Seeing this, Chen knew that Qiu Chen listened to his words, and hurriedly said: "The summer is hot, and the craftsmen are in a hurry, and most of them are unclothed under the fatigue of the summer heat, and it will be inconvenient for the wife to go in the past!" ”

Qiu Chen looked up at Chen, sighed after all, and turned back stupidly: "Let's go, let's go back!" ”

Chen looked at Qiu Chen, who was full of disappointment, and was inevitably a little funny. Her wife can be calm and self-controlled, not flustered, but she occasionally shows a childishness on weekdays, and this expression seems to be completely different from the calm and atmospheric person who encounters trouble, but gives birth to a bit of childish cuteness.

"If Mrs. wants to go and see the progress of the Water Pavilion, it is better to wait for Qin Li and Qin Yong to come back, and in the evening, let them go over to clear the field first, and then let's go over and have a look!" Chen looked at Qiu Chen's gloomy expression and was a little unbearable, and whispered to comfort him.

Qiu Chen glanced at her, pouted, and said, "That's how to stir up the crowd...... Forget it. Anyway, it's built in a few days, and we'll be able to go up. I think it's a messy construction site here, and there's nothing to see. ”

"It's still my wife's thoughts!" Chen Ying snapped, causing Qiu Chen to roll his eyes secretly.

She wants to be willful, she can't think through and don't understand, but there is Zhou's sister-in-law who is in control, and there is a Chen who is stable and stable, and everything is in order, so that everything is okay and reminds her of current affairs, where is she willful? If you don't understand it, you can't do it thoroughly!

With the thought of seeing the progress of the project, Qiu Chen quickly turned his attention to Pu Cai's search. Such a dense reed pond and lake beach are naturally indispensable for associated cattails, and what makes Qiu Chen happy is that there are many cattails growing on the side of the bluestone road, most of which only grow at the water's edge, and she can pick them as long as she stretches out her arms.

The pampas grass is flexible, Qiu Chen wasted a long time of strength but tore off two old pampas leaves, but the tender stalks of the pampas grass inside could not be picked.

"Ma'am, do you want this?" Chen pointed to Qiu Chen's crooked but still unbroken pampas grass and asked.

Chen, who received an affirmative reply, stretched out his hand and took out a long dagger out of nowhere, and with a slight wave, the pu grass that had been abused by Qiu Chen for a long time was cut off without roots.

Qiu Chen's eyes swirled with the dagger that was missing in the blink of an eye in Chen's hand, and finally looked away, took the pu grass handed over by Chen, and compared: "I want this section, cut it down as much as possible, the bottom is tender!" ”

In response to Qiu Chen's request, Chen quickly cut more than ten more and pampas grass, Qiu Chen was happy to peel off the old leaves outside, leaving only the white tender stems inside, and then Qiu Chen couldn't help but break a small piece and put it in his mouth, with the creaking chewing sound, a light and fragrant breath spread in his mouth, Qiu Chen squinted his eyes and spit it out, nodded again and again: "It tastes so good, let's pick some more and take it back, and use it to make a few dishes at noon!" ”

Chen smiled and said, "The bush here has been cut, if my wife wants to pick more, let's go back and get a sickle or a firewood knife...... Moreover, looking at it like this, those born on the shore should not be as fresh as those in the water. ”

Qiu Chen thought for a while and nodded yes, turned around and walked back, Chen said in a low voice: "The slave practiced some kung fu when she was young......

Qiu Chen nodded with a smile, but changed the subject: "If you find a few girls with kung fu, it is cheaper than Qin Li, after all, sometimes they can't follow!" ”

"This is easy, although the Hou Mansion is full of newly accepted family members, but it turns out that there are some girls in the hands of the people left by Yue Guogong, if the wife wants it, just send a letter back and ask for a few." Chen was very much in favor of Qiu Chen's proposal, and as he was talking, Chen suddenly paused, and then said in a low voice, "Madam, someone is coming!" ”

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I wrote about this before midnight...... There are guests at home today, and it is estimated that there will be no two changes.