Chapter 100: Liu's Goddaughter

Although ten horse-drawn carriages were hired, it took three full days to transport wood to and from the county seat, and the bricks, tiles, stones, and lime at this end were not brought back at all. Qiu Chen was in a hurry, and sent the children to the school to come back, and Qiu Chen went directly to Lan Ying's house.

As soon as I entered the door, I happened to meet Lan Ying who was going out to work at the Lin family. Seeing Qiu Chen coming, Lan Ying hurriedly greeted with a smile and welcomed Qiu Chen to the house.

"Is this sending the kids over?"

"yes, those little things are rejoicing...... Originally, I wanted to let Man'er go again in two years, but the little girl was not convinced, and recognized that she was more powerful than her brothers......" Qiu Chen couldn't help but want to laugh when he remembered Man'er's little appearance of playing tricks on him with his little mouth.

Lan Ying couldn't hold back her laughter: "I didn't say it, Man'er's girl is so big, and her reading and literacy are really amazing, I look at it, it's not worse than a few big ones......"

The two entered the door as they spoke, and Man Ho had already gone to call people to work, and Man Hoard's father had just finished eating and was drinking the cup of tea after breakfast. Since Qiu Chen sent him a bag of tea, a pot of tea after breakfast has become a favorite thing for Manhoard's father, and if he doesn't drink it every day, he will feel that he has lost his spirit.

Wang was wiping the furniture with a rag, and when he heard the voice, he greeted the door and greeted Qiu Chen with a smile.

"Auntie, this dress is really spiritual today, I look at you at least five or six years younger!"

Today, Wang is wearing a moon-white muslin shirt, cyan wide-legged pants, tied up trouser legs, and his hair is combed neatly, because the days are smooth, the food is better, and even the complexion is much better, but it is not much better than Qiu Chen's gray and sallow face when he first saw her!

The clothes and fabrics on her body were all given by Qiu Chen, hearing her say this, the Wang family was naturally happy, and there was a hint of surprise in the joy, subconsciously touched his hair, and said with a smile: "It's not that I'm with you, otherwise how can I get such a good material!" Come, come in, your uncle is drinking tea in the house!" Hehe, since you brought him that bag of good tea, this old man has to drink a pot every day, otherwise he will be like sick, and he always says that he can't lift his spirits......"

In the chatter of the Wang family, Qiu Chen entered the main house of the Liu family, and Manchu's father sat on a chair in the back room to drink tea, and when he saw Qiu Chen coming in, he quickly poured a cup of tea, put it on the seat opposite him, and beckoned Qiu Chen to sit with a smile.

Qiu Chen thanked him with a smile, took the tea, and told him what he meant.

Father Man pondered for a moment, then looked up and said, "It's not a big deal. We also have four or five mules and horses in our village, and there are more cattle, more than a dozen. The cattle's feet are slow, and it is not possible to go to Chengjiadian to pull bricks and tiles, but it is not hindered to go to Wangjiadian to pull stones and limes...... These days, there is no big work in the fields, and the livestock in the village are idle at home, so I go to the village and talk about it, let them pull the cart and help pull things for a few days is also a meaning of mutual help in the village. ”

Qiu Chen naturally responded happily: "Cheng, you are tired of running for a while, and by the way, give everyone a clear word, let's use other people's mules, horses and cattle, and also settle accounts according to a manual, and pay eighty yuan a day!" ”

"If someone comes over, you can just pay, and the cattle and horses will not be used, and then you will go from house to house......" Manchu's father still wanted to veto Qiu Chen's payment, but was interrupted by Wang's voice: "It's still Haitang who said that paying wages and benefits is the province's debt." Besides, if you don't pay the salary, you can spend less money on a trip to Begonia! ”

Usually Manchu's father rarely gives the Wang family no face in front of outsiders, but this time he unceremoniously reprimanded: "You old woman knows how to calculate, you owe affection, where do you owe affection?" Fu'er Niang has more courtesy exchanges with the people in the village, and there is no harm in dealing with the people in the village more! Relatives are still alive if they don't leave, walk around more, and get close to each other! ”

Qiu Chen really didn't expect that such a matter of borrowing livestock, Manchu's father would actually consider it so thoughtfully, and he was moved and ashamed in his heart. Although she said these words to the Wang family just now, she felt that she had pointed out her weaknesses in dealing with people.

Accustomed to the modern way of being alone, polite and indifferent, if something happens, she doesn't want to bother too much, and she doesn't want to owe affection. But I forgot that this society is not about reason and the legal system, but more about relying on human feelings and morality to bind and maintain...... Although Qiu Chen is not good at socializing, her brain is not stupid, and she naturally understands the old man's hard work.

hurriedly smiled and said: "Uncle Man Hoard has thought about it for me, then when I run out of mules, I will go to the house of the person I am helping and thank you personally!" ”

Father Man nodded with satisfaction, and strode away with his hands behind his back.

Seeing that the Wang family was still a little embarrassed about the old man's refutation of her face, Qiu Chen smiled and said: "Auntie, you know your uncle best, can't you hear it, his old man is embarrassed to talk about me, and he pointed to you to talk to me." Yes, you can't hear it, you're afraid that I'm stupid and don't understand his old man's painstaking efforts, and make up for my uncle! ”

As he spoke, he took Wang's hand and complained: "Auntie, am I so stupid and breathless in your eyes?" Alas, how sad! ”

Lan Ying couldn't stand it anymore, pointed a finger at Qiu Chen's head, and said angrily: "You are poor, Grandma Zhi'er praised you for her flowers, I can't wait to treat you as my daughter, and you still come to vomit her......"

Before they finished speaking, the three of them couldn't hold back and laughed.

The day after tomorrow, the construction of the house officially started, and at that time, there were more than 50 laborers alone, plus the carpenters and masons who were invited, how could there be more than 60 people, as well as their own families and more than a dozen helpers, and then counting the daughters-in-law and daughters-in-law who came to help, it is estimated that the Lin family will have 100 people to eat. According to the experience of building a house last time, Qiu Chen pondered that he had to prepare eighty catties of white flour steamed buns for one meal. So many steamed buns have to be steamed in one pot, and the five-layer cage drawer has to be steamed in at least four or five pots...... That's a big job!

Qiu Chen came out of Lan Ying's house and walked home, so he thought about going home and starting to make a face.

Now that the weather is hot, it can be made in half a day, and the noodles will be made at this time, and it will be able to be raised in the second half of the day, so I will steam a few pots of steamed buns today. Ming'er steamed for another day, it will be enough to eat for a few days. The day after tomorrow officially started, and the pressure on the women to cook and cook was less.

When she got home, she saw that Begonia Niang Liu had already placed five or six large clay pots in the yard and began to make faces.

There are two ways to make noodles, one is more labor-saving, which is to dissolve the noodles in water, and then add noodles to the noodles while adding noodles to the noodles water, and then stir them into a paste with chopsticks, and then start fermenting. The dough is very thin, and when the dough is ready, a large amount of dry flour is added and the dough is laboriously kneaded. Another way to make noodles is to add primer water to the dry noodles when making noodles, and knead the noodles into a ball before making them, so that the noodles will save a lot of effort when it comes to making steamed buns, and the noodles made by this method will be sweeter, and they will generally not become sour even if it is hot.

Begonia Niang uses the latter method. The old man's gray head was lowered, and his already rickety body was bowed low, so that even the weight of his body could be pressed on his two hands, so that he could knead the dough better......

Seeing this situation at a glance, Qiu Chen only felt that something blocked his throat in an instant, and his nose was also a little sore. Although it is just such a seemingly trivial thing, it is full of a mother's heart to do her best to care for her daughter! This is Begonia Niang's distress for her daughter, and she did it for her daughter!

Astringently called his mother, but it was completely different from the mood of the call when he first met yesterday, Qiu Chen left Lan Ying, hurriedly walked over, pulled Liu away from the big basins, and washed the old lady's hands semi-forcedly, while unconsciously counting: "Mother, your body can't stand it, why are you busy with these things!" These jobs are done with the help of the sisters-in-law and aunts in the village, so you don't have to do it. If you can't be idle, just help me feed the chickens, take care of it, or you can help me sew a few pieces of clothes for the two small ones, you also see, I'm anxious every day, I don't have time to sit down and do needlework, a few days ago Junyan and Aman's coats were torn, and there has been no empty sewing...... You said that you rushed to do these heavy work, if you are so tired that you cough again at night, don't say that my brother and sister-in-law complain about me, even I can't get over it myself......"

Dragged by the girl to wash her hands, pulled by the girl to wash her hands, listening to the girl's chatter and complaints, Liu was not unhappy, let alone angry, but felt that such a girl was close, so there was no sense of alienation yesterday, although she also said and laughed, she always faintly felt that the girl and her own politeness, not close, as if far away from herself, you can see and touch the general, so that her heart has been worried, faintly painful, empty panic.

At this moment, it seems that the girl has just arrived and is back, and the feeling of panic in the empty heart can be regarded as calming down and relieved.

The girl is still her daughter, and she is still close to her mother!

Qiu Chen didn't know what Liu felt in his heart, so he hurriedly helped Liu wash his hands, and the rough and stiff feeling under his hands made her feel pain in her heart. This is a pair of hands that have been working for many years, the knuckles are wide, the skin is rough and loose, and the index finger nail of the left hand has also been injured, it is crooked and ugly, but it makes Qiu Chen feel deeply.

This is a loving child, a hard-working mother, who has suffered for most of her life, no matter what happened before, in the future, she will let the old man live a peaceful and prosperous old age, so that she can enjoy the blessings of old age.

Lan Ying and Yuxiang and Xiu'er, who entered the door later, also washed their hands with water, took Liu's hand, and were busy initiating the meeting.

While rubbing the noodles in the basin vigorously, Lan Ying smiled and said: "Auntie, this girl just has nothing to do, don't complain about the begonia girl talking about you, this is really sorry for your old age!" ”

"Hey, no complaints, no complaints...... I don't need your daughter to say wow, what kind of temper does my own daughter have, I still don't know what to do? The mouth is unforgiving, but the heart is sincere and filial......" Liu smiled and his wrinkles became more profound, but his cheeks were flushed, and his eyes were bright with joy, as if even his gray hair was a little more shiny.

Yuxiang also smiled and made fun: "This is the girl who has nothing to do, it's really intimate and close to the lungs!" ”

Qiu Chen also smiled at this time, turned around and smiled at Lan Ying and Yuxiang, sat under the eaves with Liu, went back to the house and took a sewing basket and a torn piece of Junyan's clothes back, handed it to Liu to sew, and then turned around and went to the backyard.

After the insurance seed was finished, Zhuangzi also went back to the backyard, sealed the insurance seed separately, and then put it into the jar of healing medicine and sealed it. The Qingshan family took Zhi'er, Qinghe's family, and Brother Quan to pack Luo Bu Ma together.

After turning around, I saw that everyone was busy and orderly, and there was nothing wrong, so I turned back and went to the construction site in the east.

Since she told Liu Manyin about picking double flowers and forsythia last night, she won't delay. Moreover, there are strict time requirements for forsythia picking. The color is green and blue, and the price is naturally high if the drug effect is good. Wait for the color to wither and yellow before picking, although it can also be used for old warp and yellow warp, but because of the poor efficacy, the price is naturally much lower.

Honeysuckle is relatively long, but there is a limit to the picking time every day, it is best to pick when the dew is not dry after sunrise, and to pick the buds that will not open, too small or have opened flowers, strictly speaking, are not qualified, this kind of more, the color grade of the double flower is naturally low, and the price can not be sold. In addition, the double flowers are small and grow in the leaf axils, so they must be picked with great care so that they do not contain the upper leaves......

Since the two elder brothers of Liu Manyin and Lin Zi were entrusted with the purchase, it was necessary to make it clear to them, let them make it clear when they went to other villages to publicize, and they had to strictly control the goods when they received them.

Fortunately, in the past few days, Liu Manyin and Lin Zi's two elder brothers have come to the Lin family construction site to help, and they only go back to collect medicinal materials at lunch every day, and it is not difficult for Qiu Chen to go to the construction site to find them.

On the hillside behind Lin's house, there were long unkempt honeysuckle vines, and there were also a few small forsythia, Qiu Chen called Liu Manyin and Lin Zi's eldest brother to go up for a while, and took advantage of the honeysuckle and forsythia on the hillside to say it again. And the purchase price was also made clear to the two people.

Strict requirements, the price is naturally higher.

Qiu Chen had already asked in advance, the price for Huichun Tang to purchase Shuanghua was three coins of silver per catty, and the price she gave to Liu Manyin and Lin Zi's two brothers was fifteen yuan. Let them earn two wen a pound, and release it with thirteen wen a catty. Forsythia is a little heavier, and it is more convenient to pick, and the purchase price is two and a half dollars a pound of silver, Qiu Chen gave them twelve yuan a pound, and ten yuan to put outside.

As long as you pay attention to these two kinds of medicines when picking, they do not need to be fried and reprocessed after picking, and they only need to be dried before they can be directly used in medicine. The labor cost is saved, and the price given by Qiu Chen is slightly higher.

After lunch, the villagers came to hand over Luo Buma again. Today, Junyan Junzhang went to the school, and Junwen went to the county seat to transport wood, and the purchase of Luo Buma was naturally only done by Qiu Chen himself.

Qiu Chen took two branches of honeysuckle and forsythia as a demonstration and taught everyone the requirements for picking.

Luo Bu Ma around Liujiaao, after nearly two months of picking, Qiu Chen no matter how much he told everyone to pay attention to the protection of resources, it was useless, although everyone tried their best to pick big leaves, but they couldn't bear to pick a lot of people, they didn't wait for the next stubble to grow, they were picked up, and they were about to be picked, these days the villagers who have tasted the sweetness of picking and selling medicine are worried, and they will cut off their income without Luo Buma, but they didn't expect Lin Niangzi to show them a way again, and they are naturally all happy. Listening to Qiu Chen's explanation of picking methods and precautions, he also listened very carefully.

Because of this incident, the crowd that gathered around the door of Lin's house to deliver medicine dispersed much later on this day, and the crowd that had dispersed before the time was not dispersed until Shen Shizhong.

The noodles sent out in the morning have been opened, the sun is slanting in the west, and the yard is not so dry, Lan Ying went home and moved a panel, and together with the Lin family, she began to steam steamed buns in the courtyard.

In the morning, Qiu Chen stopped Liu from doing it, and when he saw the steamed steamed buns, Liu couldn't sit still. She didn't come to the side of the panel, but only cleaned up the stove, added water to the pot, and washed the cage drawer with the cage cloth to be used for steaming steamed buns, and laid it layer by layer. After finishing these, Lan Ying and the three of them also kneaded a few curtain steamed buns.

Liu directly took the steamed buns and put them in the cage drawer, put them in the pot, lit the fire, and burned them carefully, so that the water was heated, but it was kept at forty or fifty degrees, and this heat was used to promote the steamed buns to wake up. After about a quarter of an hour, Liu dropped the upper and lower cage drawers one by one, replaced the top layer to the bottom, continued to keep the fire low for half an hour, and the steamed buns in the upper and lower cage drawers also woke up, and then used a soaked rag to cover the gaps in the cage drawer tightly and increase the fire.

After Qiu Chen finished collecting Luo Buma, before he could take a break, the shopkeeper Chen of the Rejuvenation Hall stopped at the head of the Lin family with three carriages. Shopkeeper Chen came to deliver the next batch of healing medicine this time, and by the way, he sent the Luo Bu hemp money sent by Junwen, and the dividends of Poria cocos paste in April were also sent.

Beckoning Lin Zi and Liu Zhanxiang to help unload the car, Qiu Chen checked the quality of the medicinal materials one by one, passed the scales, and put them into the east wing. He also asked Liu Zhanxiang to take a few young men to take out the prepared healing medicine and load it into the carriage of the Rejuvenation Hall.

Loading the car over there, Qiu Chen beckoned Shopkeeper Chen to sit down in the courtyard, made a pot of tea, poured a cup for Shopkeeper Chen, and took a sip to moisten her throat.

Shopkeeper Chen smiled and took out three large purses, and explained the origin and quantity of the silver coins, so that Qiu Chen could inspect them in person. He took out a few more pages from his arms and handed them to Qiu Chen.

Qiu Chen didn't wait to get it in his hand, he saw the big red seal on the paper, he was overjoyed, and took it to see, sure enough, it was a red deed of more than a dozen acres of land in the east.

It turned out that when Qiu Chen, the courtyard of the Lin family, asked Yang Shuyong to go to the county to make a red deed, it fell under Lin Xu's name, and the Lin family's original four acres of fertile land also fell under Lin Xu's name. The pond and the dozen acres of land in the east fell under the name of her Yang Haitang's female household. Today, Liu Jiaao's female household Yang Haitang has nearly 20 acres of barren slope land under her name, as well as Lin Xiaoru and Lin Xiaojie's children.

Now if you only look at real estate, Lin Xu and Qiu Chen's female households are basically the same.

It's just that the property is separated and settled, Qiu Chen is also a habit of modern people's thinking, property is such a thing, the clearer the division is when there is no suspicion, the better, the province is mixed together, and the good brothers are likely to become enemies at that time. She had seen and heard too many cases of siblings who had turned against each other over property and even inheritance.

Lin Xu has a good temperament and knows how to respect her and love Afu Aman, but after all, Lin Xu will grow up and marry a wife and have children in the future. Lin Xu may not have any other thoughts, but who knows what will happen to his wife and children? What's more, in Qiu Chen's view, it is almost natural for people to think about their own interests, and when the time comes, instead of giving his brother and daughter-in-law a reason to fight, it is better to separate from now.

It's not just these things, Qiu Chen has planned it, as long as he buys real estate in the future, he will have two shares, one for Lin Xu, and one for his own name, and Lin Xu's share will be owned by Lin Xu in the future. The property in her name, whether it is for Ah Fu to set up a life, or for Ah Man to make a dowry in the future, has nothing to do with Lin Xu's family, so naturally she saves a lot of tongue.

Putting away the red deed, Qiu Chen said with a smile: "This deed was originally dragged by the young owner...... Has the young owner been to the town? ”

Shopkeeper Chen smiled and nodded: "Not really." The young owner only arrived this morning, and he happened to meet Brother Xu with a convoy to send Luo Bu Ma ...... The young owner asked me to send a letter to Mrs. Lin, and the second son of Ming'er Yun wanted to come over and sign a deed with Mrs. Lin. The young owner said that the second son of Yun stayed at the Lin family, and Mrs. Lin didn't have to be embarrassed, just like when the generals came last time...... That's it! ”

Yun Jichen came, firstly, to sign a formal cooperation agreement, and secondly, to bring the start-up capital of soap making.

When Qiu Chen heard that Yun Er was coming, he was naturally happy. But when she heard that Liao Wenqing asked her to prepare a meal, she also deliberately talked about the meal of Qin Zheng and others last time...... The smile on Qiu Chen's face froze for a moment.

didn't let Liao Wenqing remind her, she almost forgot that time Liao Wenqing led a group of people not to tell her, and she kept her food with a dead face, which made her embarrassed!

Her eyes glanced at the vegetable garden in the yard, and sighed secretly in her heart, but unfortunately the peppers have not yet grown, and even the flowers have not bloomed at this time, so naturally there is no way to use the peppers to entertain the guests!

Looking at the coldness that flashed on Lin Niangzi's face, Shopkeeper Chen didn't know what to do, and shivered vividly, and then in a blink of an eye, Qiu Chen was already smiling again, which made Shopkeeper Chen a little suspicious, whether he was dazzled just now.

"Shopkeeper Chen, go back, please thank the young owner for your care on my behalf. However, since it is the second son of the Yun family and the young owner who have come to Liujiaao together, the distinguished guests are coming, and they don't know the way, since they know the way, it's too shabby to say it. Shopkeeper Chen told the young owner to rest assured, if Ming'er is the second son of Yun to stay at the Lin family, I will definitely make a table of good dishes that they have not eaten to entertain guests! ”

"Whoa, whoa!" Shopkeeper Chen agreed again and again, got up with a smile and said, "With Mrs. Lin's words, the young owner must be relieved." It's not too early, so I won't bother much, so I'll leave here! ”

After sending the shopkeeper Chen out, Qiu Chen turned around and sent three purses and a red deed into the door, and when he entered the door, he saw that Liu was sitting in front of the stove pit and burning the fire, and he couldn't help but feel a little distressed and helpless.

"Mother......" Qiu Chen will call his mother again at this time, and he will no longer have the initial jerky difficulty. It's just that when this cry came out, it was inevitable that there would be some complaints, and it dragged on for a long time, and this complaint and helplessness also brought out some coquettish taste.

Without waiting for Qiu Chen's words to continue to speak, Liu Shi said with a smile: "The work of making noodles is heavy, you don't let me do it, sitting here to burn the fire, and I don't have the energy, why don't you worry?" ”

"Mother, if you know that you pay attention to your body, I won't say it!" As Qiu Chen spoke, he took two pieces of firewood and stuffed them into the stove, and then pulled Liu into the inner room.

As soon as the mother and son entered the house, Qiu Chen took out the three purses, poured the silver inside on the kang, and said to Liu: "Mother, look! ”

"Ouch, so many ......" Liu exclaimed, and before he finished speaking, he reached out and covered his mouth, only looking at the pile of silver on the kang with his eyes open, and then looking at his daughter, a little incredulous.

Before, she heard her two sons and eldest daughter-in-law say that her daughter's family had been over, and she still couldn't believe it. Even when she came to Liu Jiaao and saw the Lin family's new courtyard walls and houses, and the house that was about to be lively again, she believed her son and daughter-in-law's words a little, but she was not shocked yet, until this moment, when she saw that people came to her door and sent three bags of white flowers to her daughter, the old lady was really shocked!

She lived to be almost sixty years old, but she had never seen so much silver!

"This, this is all ...... you earn?" Liu wanted to ask, but subconsciously blurred the word 'silver', which caused Qiu Chen to burst out laughing, and took Liu's hand and sat on the edge of the kang.

smiled and said, "Mother, these are just ...... One month's income. In the future, at least this amount of silver will come in every month...... So, mother, our family is having a better time now, don't worry about the money, and you are reluctant to eat or wear. When our house is built, I'll buy you two girls to serve you and my father. You two need to take care of your body and bones, this blessed day has just begun! ”

Mrs. Liu only felt dizzy in her head, but she still didn't miss the most important word - 'girl'.

Without waiting for Qiu Chen's words to fall, Liu waved his hand again and again: "You can't do it, you can't do it." Your father and I have been busy all our lives, although we are old at this time, and we can't do heavy work, but we can clean, pick up, cook, feed and feed the chickens, and you can do it, but you don't need to buy any girls. Rich people only buy girls to serve, if your father and I really don't kick the girl, we won't be laughed to death? Besides, those girls are also born to their parents, whose daughters are sold to others to be girls, let's not make that evil! ”

Hearing the old lady's words in such a hurry, the smile on Qiu Chen's face also faded, and he took Liu's hand and sighed: "Mother, you also said that people who have a good life will not sell their children and daughters, so it can be seen that those daughters who have been sold are also in trouble at home." Besides, let's buy it back, but let them help with some housework, but they won't be beaten and scolded casually, and there are delicious food and drinks, and they can't freeze or starve. In other words, if we don't buy it, other people's homes will buy it, and if we sell it to the house of the black-hearted Lord, or sell it to that unsightly place, then it will be a sin. So, mother, you can relax, our family is to buy girls, but also to do good and accumulate blessings, but you can't talk about evil, don't be careless in your old heart! ”

Liu Shi was silently thought for a while by Qiu Chen's words, his face eased, and he sighed, and said, "What you said is also reasonable...... Alas, you say, no matter how sad your life is, you can't give birth to the heart of selling children! Alas......"

Since it was said that buying people, Qiu Chen simply leaned forward to Liu's side, took Liu's arm and said: "Mother, I haven't thought about buying people before, but you look at our house, there is another yard, but there are two big yards, and several small ones go to school, Junwen and Junshu have gone to school for a while, I also want to let their brothers study for a year, it is naturally better to be able to read it, let's ask Mr. Hao to teach well." I just don't want to take the road of reading and taking scientific exams, read more books, know how to be reasonable, settle accounts or something, and I won't be tired in the future. ”

After a pause, Qiu Chen said again: "Mother, you have also seen that we are now crowded together in several workshops, and when the new yard is built, we will all be separated." When the time comes, I will only have one pair of eyes and one pair of hands, big brother and second brother...... It's really for me to be bad, but the eldest brother and the second brother are illiterate, and some things can't be done. This requires a few literate and caring people to help me, so I thought, whether it is a book or a book, a handsome man, if you don't like to read, come and follow me...... Hehe, he talked about it and pulled away. You see, we have such a big mess, my brothers and nephews have to do business outside, and the work at home can't be done, you say, if I don't buy a few people, I'm too busy to do it! ”

"Alas, this is also ......" Liu sighed and nodded, and then patted Qiu Chen's hand and said, "Your father and I have been farming and driving all our lives, and we don't have much knowledge." We can't help you too much with these things, as long as you plan it yourself, buy someone and buy it! Like you said, we won't beat and scold other people's children casually anyway, it's better than staying in front of their parents! ”

Hearing that the Liu family was no longer entangled in this matter, Qiu Chen secretly breathed a sigh of relief and nodded with a smile.

The mother and son were about to say something more, when they heard a clutter of footsteps running towards the main house at the door.

Before Qiu Chen could react, Liu quickly picked up the silver on the kang and stuffed it into a big purse, and then put several purses into the kang cabinet at the end of the kang, only then did he adjust his expression and slowly pounce on his clothes and turn around.

The old lady looked so old, Qiu Chen really didn't expect that there would be such a series of quick movements, watching the old lady turn around and try to make a sense of nothing...... Qiu Chen couldn't help but laugh.

Liu's eyes glanced at Qiu Chen fiercely, and Qiu Chen hurriedly swallowed the laughter back into her stomach, which made her chest hurt.

"Grandma, Auntie!" Jun Yan called as he lifted the curtain and walked in.

Behind him, followed by Junzhang, and then behind, there was Afu Aman...... The four children entered the house with excited faces, and after calling someone, they chattered about what was going on in the school.

Qiu Chen looked at Liu's kind face and greeted his grandchildren, pulled the children to wash their hands and faces, and took snacks out for the children to eat......

She finally couldn't hold on anymore, and hurriedly escaped from the back room, and as soon as she stepped out of the door of the back room, the curtain fell behind her, blocking the view of the house, and she held on to the wall, laughing silently, and laughed out of tears, and her stomach hurt from laughing, and then she gradually stopped laughing, stroked her stomach and sat down at the stove, and slowly slowed down.

This slowed down for half an hour, wiping the tears from the corners of his eyes, Qiu Chen turned around and listened to the voices of the old and young in the room, slightly picked the corners of his mouth to wash his hands, took the curtain, beckoned Xiu'er to come over, and helped her lift the pot together.

At night, lying on the kang, Qiu Chen had lost the tension and alienation of the previous night. Hearing that Ah Fu Aman was asleep, Qiu Chen approached Liu with a smile and whispered, "Mother, do you often hide things?" ”

The expression on Liu's face froze, and he glared at Qiu Chen with disgust, but he couldn't help but laugh first.

The two of them laughed quietly, and then Liu raised his hand to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes, and wanted to speak, but sighed first: "Alas, this is all a problem forced out of hard times!" ”

When these words were spoken, Liu fell silent. Qiu Chen leaned against Liu's side, raised his head and called out with some worry: "Mother......"

Liu didn't respond, but raised his hand and patted Qiu Chen's arm, calmed down for a while, and then spoke again: "When your grandparents were still there, there were a few big cars at home, and your grandfather didn't have to go out of the car himself, and hired a few handles to transport goods to others." But when your grandmother and grandfather got your father, they were almost forty years old, and before your father became an adult, your grandfather fell ill. Your grandfather got sick and spent almost all the money he had saved in the family, and then ...... It's the cost of burial again, and it's ...... The family was tossed and emptied, and your grandmother sold two cars to get things done. When I entered the door, there were three big cars at home, but your father was young, although he gritted his teeth and followed the car out, but he couldn't do much work. It's been less than two years since I entered the door, and your grandmother has also fallen ill, and she has been lying on the kang for five years......"

Speaking of this, Liu's narration stopped, calmed down a little, and then said, "It is said that I shouldn't say this to you little ones...... Although your father has no brothers, your grandfather has two brothers and two sisters, except for your aunt and your grandparents, the other three are all black-eyed people who only know how to stare at Baiyinzi...... Your grandfather runs a big car shop, your grandfather is sick, and no one else has reached out, and your grandfather has robbed all the work. Your second grandfather is so lazy to eat, and the little money he spent back then had already been used up by him, with a large litter of children, and he couldn't eat or wear. and your aunt and grandmother, who are only married to ordinary people, and her mother-in-law is a powerful person, and her life is not easy. After your grandfather was sick, your grandmother was soft, and your father was young, these people came to the door again and again, snatching what they could and stealing what they couldn...... That's why your grandfather's family business was ruined. Your grandmother has been sick on the kang for five years, and they come to the door every now and then under the guise of seeing your grandmother. At this time, we don't have much valuable things at home, so they have to take whatever they want, and your aunt's daughter-in-law came to the door, and even a black clay pot that I fed to the chickens was also smoothed. Hey, I guess that's what I did at that time! ”

Speaking of this, Liu couldn't control himself anymore, tears flowed down the corners of his eyes, flowed through his sideburns, and fell on the pillow.

It's just that although he was in tears, Liu's expression was calm. Thinking about it, it has been a long time, and those grievances have long been diluted by time.

Qiu Chen got up and took a strip for Liu to wipe away the tears from the corners of his eyes. Liu patted Qiu Chen's hand and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, don't be afraid, I don't hate those people anymore." It's just that I feel sorry for your grandmother, such a good person, who doesn't have a loud voice for anyone, but he was angry with those people to death! ”

"Mother!" Qiu Chen couldn't say anything about these old grievances, so he had to lie down beside Liu, reach out and grab the old man's arm, and put his face on her shoulder, hoping to use his intimacy to calm the sadness in the old man's heart!

Liu naturally raised his hand and touched Qiu Chen's cheeks and sideburns, as if patting a child, gently patted Qiu Chen's shoulder, and slowly spoke again: "When your grandmother is gone, there will only be one big car left in our house." Except for a few rooms and less than ten acres of land, there was nothing of value in the house. Later, your father followed people out of the car all year round, pulled people and goods, and was willing to do it as long as people gave him money, so I dragged your eldest brother, who was just two years old, to plant those acres of land. At that time, a piece of cake was broken in half and eaten, and a penny could not be broken into an eight-petal flower...... It wasn't until you had your second brother that our family's life gradually turned back. When your eldest brother is fifteen, your father and I will take out the money we have saved for several years and add another car...... With your eldest brother helping you with the work, life is slowly getting better. Hehe, your daughter is blessed, when you landed, the most difficult days in our family had already passed. So, you don't know much about these things...... Alas, if it weren't for your father's greed for work that year, driving across the mountain road at night, and falling down the mountain to save Fu'er's father, there would be no such thing as you marrying later...... Perhaps, you would have married into the county seat a long time ago. Before, the family surnamed Xu in the county town asked a matchmaker to come together, saying that you followed your father to the county seat, and people had seen it once...... The family said that there were dozens of acres of land, and there were two shops, and the children were also scholars...... Alas, it's all fate! ”

Qiu Chen silently listened to Liu's talk about the bitter history of the Yang family, but as she listened, she suddenly grabbed a sentence - 'The county seat is surnamed Xu'!

She raised her eyebrows, she didn't expect Begonia to have such a public case back then! It's just that no matter how good the family surnamed Xu is, there is no point in mentioning it now.

Sighing, Qiu Chen leaned on Liu's body again, and said with a smile: "Mother, those are all over, our family's life will get better and better in the future, you and my father take good care of their bodies and enjoy the blessings of the evening!" ”

"Uh-huh!" Liu responded with a smile, and then said, "Begonia, I know that you feel sorry for me and your father, and I also feel sorry for your brother, sister-in-law and nephews. But I'm going to have a few words to say to you today, and you'll have to listen well. ”

Suddenly, hearing Liu's solemn tone, Qiu Chen was stunned, and then nodded in response: "Mother, I'll listen carefully, you say!" ”

"Well, you listen...... Anyway, you are now a member of the Lin family. In the future, even if you take another step, you will no longer be a member of the Yang family. You feel sorry for your brothers, sisters-in-law, nephews, and pull them up, your father and I are happy, but you must not be confused. This money is the easiest to fool people's eyes and people's hearts, your brothers and nephews come to help you do the work, you don't have to be too emotional, they don't come to you, and they haven't found such a high monthly money anywhere......"

Qiu Chen was surprised in his heart, he really didn't expect that Liu, such a standard peasant lady, would be able to say such a thing.

She called softly: "Mother......"

Liu Shi waved his hand, stopped Qiu Chen's words, and continued: "What work your brother and nephews do, you can give as much monthly money as you want, and if you give anything else, you must explain it, but you can't be too handy." My brother still has to settle accounts, not to mention that you are a married girl. At this time, what you say is what, don't forget, the Lin family still has Brother Xu, and Ah Fu ......"

Listening to Liu's earnest advice, Qiu Chen had no other mood than being moved and admiring. She snuggled up to her mother tightly, without any alienation, and nodded slightly.

"Mother, don't worry. I've written them all down! ”

On the second day, early in the morning, a carriage came over and drove Lan Ying to Qingshui Town to buy ingredients that needed to be prepared in advance. I wanted to buy more rice and noodles, and I asked for a piece of pork directly for meat, and I also bought a lot of other vegetables or something.

Not long after eating, many daughters-in-law and daughters-in-law from the village came to Lin's house to help.

Lan Ying discussed with Qiu Chen in advance, and handed over the cut fat to a daughter-in-law to refine into meat oil. The ribs are cut separately and chopped into small pieces. The large bones and spine are split into large pieces, washed and stewed in a pot. I took more than 10 catties of meat and chopped it into a puree, added the noodles, egg whites, green onions, and ginger to make balls, and then cut the rest into meat slices and fried them.

Whether it is making meatballs or stir-frying meat, more salt is added. Plenty of salt can help you avoid food spoilage. Qiu Chen looked shocked. Put so much salt down, Ming'er can't stir-fry with a lot of meat, or you have to go wrong!

All kinds of meat and vegetables are the same, steaming, frying, stewing, stir-frying, chopping stuffing, all of which are purely manual operations and extremely laborious.

However, Qiu Chen didn't get involved in this. After she finished arranging the work in the backyard, she turned back to guard a large wooden basin and began to wash the good things that Lan Ying specially bought today-two pigs in the water and pigs' heads, pigs' trotters, and pig's tails.

In order to ensure cleanliness, Qiu Chen didn't even use the Liu family who wanted to help, so he washed the pork heart and liver by himself and soaked it in a large basin of water. He took the pig lungs and rinsed them carefully, and washed the bright red pig lungs into a pale pink color before stopping. After that, the most troublesome pork belly and pig intestines are turned over, first a little by little with vinegar, then with salt to rub one side, and then with white flour to rub and clean one side, until these things are washed without a trace of peculiar smell, this is considered to be done.

The pig's head, pig's trotters, and pig's tail were stained with rosin to remove the remaining pig hair, and then carefully inspected to remove a very small number of residual pig hair. Even the pig's ears, eyes, and nostrils are washed to ensure that there is no pickle, and then put it in the pot to boil again, remove the blood foam and fishy smell, and then change the water, put in the material bag, cover the pot and boil over high heat, and simmer slowly over low heat.

The daughters-in-law and daughters in the yard, while working, couldn't help but sniff, and they all laughed and said, "The meat made by Fu'er Niang, the fragrant fairy will be in the lower realm when he smells it!"

The young men working on the east side of the courtyard couldn't help but stretch their necks straight into the courtyard of the Lin family, and even two young men jumped up greedily, wanting to see from the courtyard wall what delicious food was made in the yard, which could give out such an attractive fragrance.

Qiu Chen didn't seem to know the reaction of the people outside the road, just sat patiently in front of the stove and slowly lit the fire, the dancing flames in the stove reflected her cheeks and lit up her eyes.

"Aunt Begonia, Aunt Begonia, there are many people coming to your house around two carriages......"

It was nearly noon, and bolts and stones hurried in to tell the news.

Needless to say, the original group of leather children, Junyan Junzhang Afu Aman, Shanzi was also sent to school. Others, such as the two tigers of the Qingshan family, who were a little older, were also sent to the school. Zhi'er came to Lin's house to work, and Lingzhi couldn't play so freely, and had to dig pigweed in the surrounding barren slopes and wastelands every day.

Yes, there was originally a large group of children in Hulala, but now there are only two small end children left, bolts and stones!

Qiu Chen smiled slightly, got up and took out a piece of pork liver from the pot, cut it in half, beckoned the plug and stone to wash his hands, and a child stuffed a piece. The two boys took the pork liver, but they didn't rush to stuff it into their mouths, they both bowed obediently and thanked them, and then they held the pork liver with a smile, and while eating, they walked out of the door to see the excitement.

The daughters-in-law and daughters working in the yard didn't care about the letter reported by the two boys, but only looked at the two boys bowing and thanking them in a regular manner, and felt cute.

"Oh, full of sister-in-law, the plug of the family is also out of breath, I gave food, and I bowed and thanked him!"

"Yes, I heard that these boys are learning to read and write with Ah Fu Niang every day, and it seems that this literate and enlightened child is different. Everything that moves has its own...... It's a rule! Ji often listened to his father-in-law, Liu Manyin, and Brother Quan's father-in-law, and he also heard a few words more or less. Although she paused for a moment, she still felt very proud to be able to say the word 'chapter', much taller than the daughters-in-law and daughters in the courtyard.

In the whole Lin family, outside is the young and strong people who are busy cleaning up the gravel and doing the most leveling and cleaning work, and the courtyard is full of daughters, daughters-in-law and children chattering, talking and laughing and working, and several cauldrons are all burning on fire and busy.

"It's really a lively and busy scene!"

Yun Jichen, the second son of Yun, rushed from the county seat, and the road was far away, so he had to take a carriage, and he was dizzy and swaying all the way. I finally heard the entourage report about Liu Jiaao. As soon as he poked his head out of the carriage, he didn't expect that he couldn't help but sigh when he looked at such a situation inside and outside the Lin family from afar.

------Off topic------

Today, I started to code words and wrote down the number of chapters, only to realize that I had already sent a hundred chapters. Adding more than 2,000 is a congratulations!

Crawl away with your face covered......