Chapter 183: It's the New Year!

Qin Zheng's smile is not arbitrary, it is not the kind of hahadaxiao that men relax, resting on other people's faces, maybe it can only be talked about as a smile, but it is really clear, like the wind passing through the lake, bringing up a string of clear ripples, which makes people happy and happy.

Qiu Chen saw the smile on this person's face, and was slightly shaken, but he was not too surprised at all, but made the atmosphere around the bonfire completely relaxed and happy. At the same time, in his heart, Qiu Chen couldn't help but sigh secretly, Qin Zheng laughed, and the whole person seemed to be bright and brilliant all of a sudden, and it seemed that he was several years younger all of a sudden. Looking at Qin Zheng's happy and relaxed smile, she couldn't help but secretly sigh, this man who has always been noticed by outstanding military exploits and made a great name is just a young man in his twenties!

With this thought, Qiu Chen couldn't help but have another speculation.

Qin Zheng is said to be only fifteen or sixteen years old when he joined the army to participate in the war, and he was only a young and immature teenager. In the barracks, such a young man, who was born in a high family, must have been despised and excluded in the barracks, right? Is it to get the recognition of the soldiers, so that the young man abandons the bright smile?

After that, although Qin Zheng quickly restrained his smile, the entire hunting and barbecue process was still extraordinarily relaxed and cheerful.

Qiu Chen's barbecue skills are really good, whether it is the roast chicken before, or the lamb skewers and smoked rabbit after that, the smoke and roast are very well handled, a little more is too old, a little less is too raw, the outside is charred and the inside is tender, the skin is crispy and fragrant, and the inside is juicy and tender. As a result, two roast chickens, two smoked rabbits, and a yellow sheep were actually eaten by a group of ten or two small people, and even the dozen or so dough cakes brought by Qiu Chen were all eaten, and there was not even a single scum left. The only fly in the ointment is that Qiu Chen brought too little wine, the two pots of wine totaled four catties, and the pot between her and Qin Zheng, after she drank two sips, became the exclusive domain of Lin Xu and Qin Zheng, and no one dared to grab it. Chengzi doesn't drink, and the remaining pot of wine is divided by eight big men, each of whom takes a big sip, and he just hooks up the wine worms and runs out, no wonder the eight people looked at Qiu Chen with some faint grievances after that, just like a group of abandoned resentful women, which gave Qiu Chen goosebumps.

After eating a barbecue for a whole hour, Afu Aman, who had a round belly, got up early in the morning to exercise, and was super excited in the morning, at this time, he was full of food and drink, and he was in the arms of Qin Zheng and Qiu Chen, and soon his eyelids fought.

Qiu Chen noticed it, and hurriedly picked up Aman and patted the little girl's cheek to wake her up. Although it doesn't feel cold to gather around the fire, the ice and snow really let the little girl sleep here, and it is very likely that she will suffer from the wind cold. She didn't dare take that risk.

Qin Zheng also saw Qiu Chen's movements, looked down at Ah Fu in his arms, and also showed a sleepy look, so he hugged Ah Fu and got up: "Go back!" ”

Hearing Qin Zheng say his heart, Qiu Chen naturally had no objection and hurriedly agreed.

Qin Yi and Qin Li heard the conversation between the two, and they had already run quickly to lead the two horses, and Lin Xu also packed up Qiu Chen's blanket and put it on his horse.

Qiu Chen took the strap and tied Aman in his arms, Qiu Chen took the reins of Rouge, raised his hand to support Rouge's shoulder and saddle, recognized his feet in the stirrups, and ...... Suddenly there was a liliang on her waist, and she stepped on the horse's back with ease, and sat down on the saddle with ease.

Turning around, Qin Zheng was standing on the side of her horse, looking up slightly.

Smiling slightly, Qiu Chen bowed his jaw and saluted: "Xiexie!" ”

Qin Zheng also pulled the corners of his mouth, and gently instructed: "Wrap the child tightly with a cloak, don't worry, follow me!" ”

Qiu Chen nodded, watched Qin Zheng turn around and take the big black horse led by Qin Yi, neatly turned over on the horse, and then wrapped Ah Fu in his arms, shaking the reins, the big black horse slowly turned around, Qin Zheng turned around and nodded to Qiu Chen, and took the lead in the return journey. Qiu Chen drove his horse closely to follow, and Qin Yi and Qin Li also followed the guards. Qin Xiao and Qin Yong took four guards, and Lin Xu and Chengzi also volunteered to stay, and together with Qin Xiao, Qin Yong and others, they cleaned up the bonfire and cleaned up the prey behind.

The others are okay, the five wild boars, the largest of which weighs four or five hundred catties, need to be tied up and dragged back by horses.

Because it was a return trip, the road conditions were familiar, and the speed was a little faster, and it took more than half an hour to return to Lin's house from the valley.

When Afu Aman returned home, he was wiped with a hot cloth by his mother in a daze, took off his thick clothes outside, and fell asleep in the bed.

Busy early in the morning, he got up two more horses, Qiu Chen also felt very tired, asked Qingxing Yufeng to send a message to the front to send hot water, also prepared hot water for her, took a bath, changed into soft muslin thin cotton clothes and pants, and also slept next to Afu Aman.

When I woke up, it was already a little dark.

Qiu Chen got up, woke up Afu Aman, and took the two children to wash their faces with warm water and comb their hair, so that the two little ones completely came to their senses.

Tidying up the two children, Yufeng and Qingxing came to clean up, Qiu Chen asked casually, "Are all the people in front of you back?" ”

Qingxing immediately replied: "I'm back, and I brought back a lot of wild things, and it is said that the second master also beat two rabbits with his own hands...... I'm picking up outside the gate! ”

Qiu Chen raised his eyebrows slightly: "Two hares, what else?" ”

Qingxing nodded: "Well, five wild boars, two sheep, three deer, and several pheasants and hares...... Oh, and I also caught two fawns for the little young master and young lady, and they have been sent to the back to be raised. ”

As soon as he heard about a lot of wild things, Ah Fu Aman was a little moved, and when he heard the two little deer, the two children couldn't hold back anymore, and pulled Qiu Chen and walked out.

At this time, the ecological vegetation is good, the sika deer is not rare at all, the big family has so many heads are mostly used as pets, take the homonym of the Lu deer and symbolize the auspicious meaning of longevity, some nobles, raise deer in order to provide the convenience of the nobles to eat medicine, but no one raises deer in order to earn money. Fortunately, this kind of luxury pet, the Lin family now does not feel burdened.

Niang'er went all the way to the backyard, in the enclosure of Xiangzhangzi, two brown and yellow deer, were avoiding the corner of the fence, Xiangxiang was very bit of a land bully, was standing in the center of the fence, two front legs on the ground, staring hostilely at the two foreign intruders, not allowing the two fawns to enter the shed at all, nor could they approach the trough at the door of the shed.

As soon as he saw this scene, Qiu Chen couldn't help but hold his forehead.

These people are very good at hunting, and it is obvious that they have no intention of raising animals. If it weren't for Afu Aman pulling her over to watch, the two fawns would not live for two days, and they would have been injured by Xiangxiang and died of cold and starvation.

Unexpectedly, Xiangxiang, who has always behaved very meekly, still has such a domineering side!

Qiu Chen told Ah Fu Aman to look outside the railing, he turned around and went to the back room, found a basket to come over, and then walked into the fence, Xiangxiang saw her very flatteringly, and arched her head to beg for benefits.

Qiu Chen raised his hand and patted Xiangxiang's head, and counted it hatefully: "You guy, you're taller than your father, and you always love to be coquettish...... You don't look at it, you look like such a stupid big man, and you are so arched, you have to be arched if you don't know! ”

However, she scolded viciously, but Xiangxiang didn't understand it at all, and she was still coquettish, and there was a lot of jiashi who wouldn't give up if she didn't give a snack!

Qiu Chen couldn't be troubled, so he had to take out a few pieces of screw candy from his purse and stuff them into Xiangxiang's bucktooth mouth, and this guy chewed the candy triumphantly and walked away.

Carrying the two simmering deer into the basket, Qiu Chen beckoned Afu Aman, and carried the two deer back to the second courtyard with the basket.

It's too late to build a shed in the backyard, and there is no way, so I can only build a simple deer house with wooden felt and thatch in front of the eaves of the second courtyard.

After finding some steamed buns and cabbage, and asking Afu Aman to feed the deer under the eaves, Qiu Chen went outside the gate again.

The wild boar is just a meat-eater, and the whole body of the deer is a treasure, and those soldiers don't know, but don't spoil it, she has to go and see.

However, Qiu Chen was still a step late, and by the time she arrived outside the gate, several deer had already been dealt with. Not only was the skin peeled, but even the flesh and bones were separated. Qin Yi and the others were dealing with a few wild boars, and Lin Xu and Chengzi were also following, but they were just fighting.

Qiu Chen simply said hello to Lin Xu, Qin Yi and the others, and didn't pay attention to the fresh venison, but tied his hands around a pile of deer offal.

Because it was hunting and shooting, there was no need to think about deer blood. However, other parts of the deer's body are treasures, such as the deer fetus can benefit the kidney and aphrodisiac, replenish the deficiency and produce sperm, and the deer fetus including the amniotic fluid of the twin is called the 'water fetus' is better; the deer tendon can strengthen the muscles and bones, treat the disease, and the complete deer tendon is the best; the deer heart can replenish the heart and calm the nerves, among which the effect of the deer heart and blood is particularly good; the deer liver can replenish the deficiency and blood and nourish the stomach, and the complete and fresh one is better......

But Qiu Chen turned around several times with his hands, but he could only look at the deer entrails mixed in a pile with distress, everything was there, and there happened to be a pregnant doe, but because the people who cleaned it up didn't pay attention, not to mention that the deer's hard work was gone, even the deer fetus was broken, and the 'water tire' became a much inferior 'dehydrated tire'...... You don't need to look at the deer tendon, after the venison has been removed, it is impossible to have a complete deer tendon!

Seeing Qiu Chen's annoyed look, Qin Li and Qin Yi looked at each other, then at Lin Xu Chengzi, and asked Qin Li to come forward and ask.

"Ma'am, but what do you want to keep? You can do it as soon as you confess, and the brothers will pick it up for you and send it over! ”

Qiu Chenzha spread her hands, glared at Qin Li with a look of annoyance, and felt a little angry when she was done, she didn't explain herself, it was difficult to complain about the people who worked in others!

With a forced smile, Qiu Chen waved his hand and said, "Don't bother you, it's not early, you still have to clean up those wild boars, I'll get it myself!" ”

Saying that, Qiu Chen finally stopped sighing empty, beckoned the Qingjiang family of the Daxing family to come over, and used a large clay pot to pack up the internal organs, heads, hooves and tails of several deer. Qiu Chen didn't need a few helpers from the Daxing family, he took a small bench and sat at the kitchen door, carefully cleaning up each part one by one.

The big kitchen was in the corner of the courtyard, Qiu Chen was sitting at the door of the big kitchen carefully cleaning up a pot of deer offal, and several people from the Daxing family were busy in the big kitchen.

Since there was fresh venison, it was really a terrible thing not to eat it, so Qiu Chen instructed the Daxing family to clean the parts with less fascia, marinate them with honey, and prepare to make roast venison at night. Then cut two plates of venison slices and make a venison pot, grilled and shabu-shabu, so that it is comfortable to eat.

Carefully digging out a deer heart from a pile of internal organs, Qiu Chen held it in the palm of his hand, sighed, and then sighed and put it into the small basin next to him, and then, the bloody woodland with both hands began to look for another deer heart.

"This thing is fishy, not delicious!" An abrupt voice came from above Qiu Chen's head, scaring Qiu Chen to the point of shock.

After steady, Qiu Chen looked up and saw that Qin Zheng was wearing a stone blue brocade robe, and he didn't know when he came to her, looking at her with a disapproving expression.

Qiu Chen was already troubled, but he was taken aback again, so he didn't have a good face, glared at Qin Zhen fiercely, and choked: "What to eat?" This is a good thing, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand! ”

After saying that, he leaned over and continued to hang his head to clean up, no longer paying attention to a boring person.

Qin Zheng was choked, but he was very interested in Qiu Chen's actions. He really wanted to know that these sundries that had always been thrown away, weishenme was so precious by Qiu Chen.

Standing silently for a while, Qiu Chen ignored him, but Qin Zheng didn't feel bored, just stood silently and watched Qiu Chen busy.

Hanging her head and digging out a deer heart, the shadow that did not move in front of her let Qiu Chen know that someone who was extremely bored was still standing in front of her, which made her gradually feel a little uncomfortable. began to resent, how boring this person is, do you know that staring at it like this is very annoying? What's more, it's getting darker and darker at this time, and he's standing in front of her like this, so big is very light-blocking, okay?

Just thinking about it, Qin Zheng saw Qiu Chen stop his hand, and couldn't help but ask again: "In addition to eating, this deer heart is also used for other purposes?" ”

Qiu Chen's mind flashed with inspiration, and he raised his face and smiled at Qin Zheng: "Of course it works." I can't help but deer heart, deer liver, deer tendon...... Almost nothing useless on the deer. ”

Seeing Qiu Chen's smiling face, Qin Zheng's mood also became happy, and he made an exception and said, "Oh? I've never heard of it before. ”

Qiu Chen bent over, tilted his head, and said with a smile: "Want to know?" Can you clean up for me? I'll tell you the same! ”

Qin Zheng's eyebrows were raised, and he looked at Qiu Chen for a moment, just when Qiu Chen felt that there was definitely no way to get a helper, Qin Zheng nodded unexpectedly and agreed.

Qiu Chen was a little surprised, stunned, and then pointed to the kitchen and said, "You go and get a footstool, it's hard to stand!" ”

Qin Zheng hooked the corners of his lips, walked into the big kitchen very cooperatively, and nodded in greeting under the stunned eyes of several people in the Daxing family, then came back with a wooden low stool, and sat next to Qiu Chen on the side of the big basin.

"You can't do that...... Here, put this on your body and roll up your sleeves again! Qiu Chen looked at Qin Zhen and picked it with disgust, washed his hands, took off the apron on his body, and tied it to Qin Zheng's waist, this one was for her, and it was very clean. She herself could only go and get a stained apron from the Daxing family and put it on her knees again.

Tying up the apron and getting ready, Qiu Chen pointed at Qin Zheng and said, "Oh, you take out the deer liver as completely as possible and put it here alone." ”

"Well, deer liver is also of special use?" Qin Zheng obediently reached out and grabbed a page of deer liver, and asked while cutting it with a sharp knife.

Qiu Chen had already begun to carefully clean up a few of the most precious deer fetuses outside, and when he heard Qin Zheng's inquiry, he glanced up at him, then lowered his head again, and nodded while he was busy: "Of course!" Deer liver is extremely nutritious...... Well, it's very tonic. It can replenish qi and blood, nourish the stomach and liver, and most of the people who are fat and sweet in their age, or people who are addicted to alcohol, eat this best. ”

"Where's the deer heart? Is it also a tonic? Qin Zheng raised his finger and pointed to the deer heart that had been sorted out.

Qiu Chen didn't look up this time, and continued: "The deer heart also has a tonic effect, but unlike the deer liver, the deer heart nourishes the heart and calms the nerves, and it is the most effective for sleep instability, palpitations and distress caused by excessive thinking and mental depletion. ”

As he spoke, he glanced at the three deer hearts and sighed: "It's a pity, those who have deer hearts and blood have the best curative effect." These ...... Alas! As he spoke, he couldn't help but sigh again and shook his head.

Speaking of which, it was a matter that he had blocked for a long time, Qiu Chen didn't wait for Qin Zheng to ask, and directly raised the deer fetus in his hand and said: "Look at this deer fetus, it was killed, but this deer fetus was wasted, it was all broken, and the effect was much worse...... Alas! And those deer tendons, three deer, not a single deer tendon was picked out...... Alas! ”

Qiu Chen sighed several times in a row, and seemed to spit out the breath that was holding back in his chest, and his mood was much better. With Qin Zheng's help, the internal organs under his hands also cleaned up several parts of the medicinal use. The rest of the things were handed over to the Daxing family to clean up, Qiu Chen pointed to Qin Zheng again, and the two of them cleaned up the deer tail, deer hooves, deer house, and deer brain, Qin Zheng looked at the woman who was busy and gradually put aside her troubles, and couldn't help but feel relaxed and happy.

"I've just had the venison marinated, and I'll have it for dinner later, and then I'll make a venison pot...... Hehe, it's much more delicious than mutton! Qiu Chen's mood brightened, and his words became relaxed, and while speaking in a brisk tone, he raised his eyes and smiled at Qin Zheng.

Qin Zheng had never paid attention to such a trivial topic before, nor would he be interested in listening to it, but he didn't feel bored at all at this time, but because of the woman's bright smile and brisk tone, he was also full of joy.

"Eating a pot requires a lot of people to be fragrant, Wen Yong is not here, and you are the only one on your side, you can't eat a portion, and it's not sweet, why don't we use it together?" Qin Zheng casually continued to discuss Qiu Chen's topic, and he didn't know if it was deliberate, ignoring Lin Xu and Qiu Chen as sons and nephews.

Qiu Chen hadn't thought about this yet, and when he heard Qin Zheng say this, he also realized that he had indeed ignored it.

The Yang brothers and Junwen brothers are gone, and she still has two children with Lin Xuchengzi, but Qin Zheng is really only one person. Thinking like this, Qiu Chen couldn't help but think of Qin Zheng's clear smile beside the bonfire again. People who have forgotten even the wanton daxiao are really a little ...... Sigh!

With such a feeling, Qiu Chen really didn't care so much about the etiquette rules of this era, so he readily agreed: "Okay, let's arrange it in the main dining room!" Eat the pot, make a big table around it, even Qin Li and Qin Yi called them together, and it was lively when there were more people eating! ”

Since the Lin family started a new house, the two rooms in the middle of the main house in the front yard are connected, one is arranged into a large living room, and most of the room is placed in the west with a few lattices, and a large round table is arranged, which was originally intended to be used as a dining room, but unfortunately, because there has never been a female guest outside the house, Qiu Chen, the head of the family, has never eaten here!

The two of them discussed, they only needed to tell the Daxing family to prepare a set of pots, and the dinner would be placed in the front yard and the main room, Qiu Chen turned to thank Qin Zheng for his help, and took him back to the house to wash, while he took some things to clean up and go back to further processing.

Because Qin Li, Qin Yi and others were called together, Lin Xu and Chengzi were also happy, without any objections, more than a dozen people happily gathered around a large table, eating hot and delicious venison hot pot and roast venison, Qiu Chen also specially ordered someone to carry a jar of five catties of liquor up for Qin Yi and others to drink, and opened a small jar of glutinous rice wine, a little sweet, also a little slightly fragrant, refreshing and sweet in the mouth, even Afu Aman also drank a small cup, zuihou, Everyone was eating and drinking, and they were gone.

In a blink of an eye, it was the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month.

In this era, the emphasis is on the 23rd official family, the 24th private family, and the 25th boat family.

Although the Lin family has Lin Xu as a scholar, he has not yet obtained fame, so it is naturally regarded as a private family, that is, it is not until the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month that the dust is removed and the sacrificial stove is removed.

Twenty-four, also known as 'little year'. The ritual is very solemn. But there is also a particularity, that is, 'women do not sacrifice to the stove, men do not worship the moon', it is said that on the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, the rituals such as sacrificing ancestors and worshiping the god of the stove are presided over by the men in the family, and women are not allowed to come forward, even placing sacrifices, cleaning up sacrificial utensils and other things, and women are not allowed to do it.

One night in advance, Qiu Chen told Lin Xu that the twenty-four sacrificial stoves would worship the ancestors, and Lin Xu would have to go to the West Courtyard to preside. She still has a 'man' on her side, and there is really only Lin Xu in the West Courtyard. Lin Xu was sullen, and it took a while before he lowered his head and agreed.

Women are not allowed to participate in the sacrifice to the gods, but servants are allowed to accompany them. Yes, the twenty-four stoves to worship the ancestors, there was Daxing with Qingjiang and Shunzi to help set up the offerings, guide the little Ah Fu to worship one by one, and burn the statue of the stove god smeared with honey, and the ceremony of sacrificing the stove to the ancestors is completed.

After the sacrifice, the family began to 'dust removal', that is, cleaning.

This time to remove dust, not only the usual utensils and utensils must be carefully cleaned, but even the hidden corners, beams, and even the roof tiles must be carefully cleaned, and then the ceiling and walls of the houses everywhere must be re-pasted, so that the upper and lower places, everywhere is clean.

The Lin family is a newly built house, and it is cleaned everywhere on weekdays, yes, the task of dust removal is not heavy, the whole family goes into battle to clean up, but it is very lively, talking and laughing, and it is cleaned up, Daxing takes Qingjiang, Shunzi, and Qin Li Qin Yi and others to help, carrying the ladder, holding the glutinous, holding the haode snow-white mulberry paper, one room after another is re-pasted over, and then walk in, the white room is like a snow cave, clean and fresh, and makes people comfortable.

Twenty-six, two-seven-twenty-eighteen, are all days of washing and bathing. Everyone in the Lin family, from top to bottom, men, women and children, bathes almost every day on weekdays, so there is no need to rush to go through the motions on this day, Qiu Chen wanted to prepare couplets and window flowers to be used everywhere, and then he lost his smile, the Lin family is now in filial piety, and they can't set off firecrackers or paste festive couplets in the New Year. Well, this time it's easy to get started.

It's just that, to Qiu Chen's surprise, early in the morning of the twenty-sixth morning, Lan Ying and the Qingshan family came to the door with red paper, and they both came to Lin Xu to write couplets! Moreover, not only couplets, but also the posts of the ancestors, as well as the sacrifices of the ancestors to comfort the ancestors, dozens of couplets of the family's small households, plus the word of blessing, plus the ancestors and sacrifices, it is necessary to write most of the noon.

Moreover, there are two beginnings of Lan Ying and Qingshan's family, and the people in the village heard about it, and they all came to the door with red paper.

Qiu Chen didn't look like it, and hurriedly paid attention to Lin Xu, and asked him to take these people to the school to find Mr. Pan, and find Mr. to write a joint name without saying anything, and Lin Xu was a little less tired! The house was also quiet.

After sending everyone out, the house was quiet, and Qiu Chen felt bored again.

Thinking about it, she went to the kitchen, turned around, and asked Daxing to move the oven out of the house, and she herself took the fresh goat's milk, eggs, flour and other things of the day, and began to think about making cakes.

The sixth day of the first month of the new year is Man'er's second birthday, and she is now starting to shiyan, and when the time comes, she will make a sweet and delicious cake for Aman.

The basic ingredients needed to make a cake are available, but the key adjunct to make the cake fluffy is the foaming agent. Qiu Chen pondered replacing it with haode batter. In addition, the more laborious thing to make cake is to beat the eggs, to beat the eggs to bubble, it is very simple to use the egg beater, and if you change it to stir it by hand, you have to take it for at least half an hour without stopping.

Qiu Chen gritted his teeth and persisted for a quarter of an hour, and his arm was so sore that he couldn't use his strength. She had to stop and rest, but the remaining quarter of an hour was extended again, and she had to rest twice more before she beat the eggs.

Use a small copper basin, smear a layer of oil, pour in the beaten eggs, put in the haode batter, stir well, and then add sugar, oil, goat's milk, and stir evenly again and again.

After such a long day's work, the oven in the yard had already lit a fire, and the charcoal was completely gone, so Qiu Chen put the lid on the copper basin and put it in the oven, and added a clay pot on it to keep warm.

Looking at the time, about half an hour or so, a strong aroma of custard gradually spread, Qiu Chen turned on the oven with a rag, the aroma of custard was even stronger, Afu Aman, Yuqiang, Plug and others all ran over, one by one, waiting to see what delicious food Qiu Chen made.

The copper basin was taken out and left to dry for a while, Qiu Chen opened the lid of the basin with a rag, and a pungent aroma of custard milk escaped with a hint of sweetness, and a group of little gluttonous cats suddenly moved their noses in admiration.

Qiu Chen didn't pay much attention to the sweet taste, but looked at the slightly browned cake in the copper basin and frowned.

The contents of the copper basin were less than half of them before they were put in, but now after they were baked, although they had risen slightly, they were far from Qiu Chen's expectations. There is no need to taste it, just looking at this volume change, Qiu Chen already knows that this attempt has failed, and the cake is definitely not soft enough.

The children didn't dislike it, after the cake was cut, one by one, and it was very sweet to eat, which made Qiu Chen's frustration slightly lighter.

Once shiyan came down, Qiu Chen's arm could hardly be raised, and if she did shiyan again, she couldn't do it herself, so she moved the oven to the front yard, asked Qin Yi to borrow two people to help, and continued to try again and again.

It took two days and nearly twenty times for Qiu Chen to finally make a sweet and fluffy cake that satisfied him. Of course, this is only the cake embryo, and the piping needs to be made into cream.

Fortunately, she occasionally sold a small barrel of butter in Fucheng before, with butter and goat's milk, according to the production method shiyan in her memory, but only twice, she made cream, and it was very delicate and firm after being whipped, Qiu Chen picked a little bit with his fingers and tasted it, well, the taste is also good, fragrant and not greasy.

However, this time, Qiu Chen was not in a hurry to make the piping, she only opened the cake slices that Afu Aman was already a little tired of, added cream, and made a sandwich cake for the children to eat. Mounting flowers, let's wait until Aman's birthday to make it, otherwise there will be no surprises!

After tossing the cake, the time has reached the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month.

Filial piety at home does not need to be pasted with couplets and window flowers, nor does it need to hang lanterns, but it does not restrict food. So, Qiu Chen shifted all his energy to the production of food.

On this day, the Daxing family had already sent out several large pots of white noodles, to steam steamed buns, jujube cakes and many other pasta, Qiu Chen also took out several kinds of preserved fruits, honey-stained osmanthus, honey-stained roses, etc., and handed them to the Daxing family, making a few more dim sums, and the New Year was a little more sweet.

A few ducks hatched by themselves in the spring, because they were well fed and fed, they were very fat at this time, Qiu Chen picked a male duck and killed one, learned to make a roast duck, cut a little cut at the duck's feet, blew up the duck skin, filled the duck's belly with spices, and then hung it in the oven and baked it with fruit wood.

I don't know if it's because of Qiu Chen's superb barbecue skills, this time he tried to make roast duck, and he actually succeeded at one time. The roast duck made is really crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, full of fragrant flavor, and put sweet sauce and shredded green onion on the thin pancakes rolled out by Daxingjia, and take a bite...... While the fragrance in her mouth was overflowing, a thick sourness welled up in her nostrils.

When was the last time she ate roast duck? At the beginning, she disliked the reputation of Quanjude's roast duck, but in fact, the craftsmanship was not as authentic as the one in the small alley......

The meat from a roast duck slice was also limited, and Qiu Chen only got one roll, and the rest was eaten up by everyone one by one.

A roll of roast duck obviously can't solve the cravings, so Daxing had to be entrusted with an important task, and temporarily went to the village to buy ducks, zuihou, collected the whole village, and bought back five ducks and two geese. However, the goose was too big to put in the oven, so Qiu Chen researched the goose in an iron pot. Not surprisingly, it was praised by the whole family!

In this way, the time slipped and it was the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month.

On this day, every household begins to cook meat, fried fruits, fried meat cubes, fried chicken nuggets, and croquettes...... Make a variety of durable and convenient semi-finished cooked food. Of course, ordinary farmers can't afford to pay attention to these, and if they can buy a pound of meat, a few pounds of bread and dumplings, it will be considered the New Year.

This year, most of the people in Liu Jiaao got the help of the Lin family, or picked Luo Bu hemp and various medicinal materials and sold them to the Lin family, or went to the Lin family to work, and almost all of them had deposited silver.

So, on the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, the sky above Liujiaao, it seems that even the clouds are contaminated with the strong fragrance of various foods, and the children even take out one or two pieces of delicious food from home, reluctant to eat at home, take it outside, compare with their friends, and see who makes better food, more fragrant!

The children around the Lin family are not in their own homes. Since Qiu Chen shifted his energy to trial production and eating, the children of the Lan Ying family, the Qingshan family, and the Erkui family came to the Lin family early every day to report to the Lin family, and then added the children of the three Daxing families, as well as Afu Aman, and followed Qiu Chen to taste the same food.

On the twenty-ninth day, the children moved a small bench to sit at the door of the kitchen, waiting for the fried goods to come out of the pot, and the children's stomachs were already bulging.

At lunch, the children simply didn't serve the table, and after drinking a little bit of rice soup alone, they couldn't eat anymore. Qiu Chen smiled and took them to the backyard house to play with toys.

On the afternoon of the 29th, all the work in the house, especially in the kitchen, was done, and the people who had been busy for many days were tired, so they boiled a lot of hot water, went back to their rooms to bathe, and rested early.

The next day, it was Chinese New Year's Eve.

Chinese New Year's Eve is also a day to remove the old and welcome the new. The curtains, the sheets, the bedding, and the like were replaced in every room. From this day on, the family also invited the ancestral tablets out and offered them to the main hall.

In addition, Chinese New Year's Eve is also the day to invite the god of Vesta back. Of course, offering tablets and inviting the god of the stove is still only done by the men of the family.

Since returning from hunting that day, the front and back yards have eaten together. As for these activities such as inviting ancestors, Qin Zheng did not move, and Qiu Chen did not ask.

All kinds of sacrificial prayer activities were completed at dusk, and the Daxing family took the Qingjiang family and the Shunzi family for a busy day, plus a few big dishes made by Qiu Chen himself, and the sumptuous Chinese New Year's Eve dinner was put on the table.

The meal was hearty and grand. Lin Xu went to the West Courtyard early in the morning, and the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner was also there.

There are three tables on this side of the east courtyard. Qiu Chen took the two children of Ah Fu and Aman to a table with Qin Zheng, and for the sake of comfort, they simply placed them on the kang in the west. Qin Yi, Qin Li, and eight people, plus Chengzi, set up a table in the dining room. Qiu Chen didn't need Qingxing Yufeng to wait, and took them to the back room, where a table was specially set up for the three Daxing families.

Ah Fua Man was young, he played with the children for a day during the day, and after eating enough, he fell asleep after a while, Qiu Chen pulled a quilt for them and covered them, and let them sleep on the kang.

She opened a jar of daughter red, chatted with Qin Zheng without a word, and drank slowly.

A jar of wine and two catties of daughter red were almost drunk, Qin Zheng's eyebrows and eyes became softer and softer, but the smile on Qiu Chen's face became stronger and stronger.

Pouring another glass of wine for each other, Qiu Chen raised his glass, paused and said with a smile: "...... I hope you will live a long life, be safe and smooth, and hope that I will have a wide range of financial resources, children and daughters, and a long life and good health! ”

Lowering his eyes, Qiu Chen drank the wine in the cup, but silently thought in his heart, cheers to the two of us, who also have people who can't go home!

After brushing the wine glass, Qingxing and Yufeng also came back to serve after eating Chinese New Year's Eve, Qiu Chen asked them to remove the leftovers, brewed fragrant tea, and sent a few plates of exquisite homemade snacks, dried fruits, and fruits to taste.

Both of them were drunk, but they were only slightly drunk, slightly drunk, which made people relax and happy, but they were still sober and did not give birth to anything.

"I heard you were only a teenager when you joined the army?" Qiu Chen leaned on the big pillow, relaxed himself, and asked Qin Zheng, who was also relaxed opposite.

"Well, under the age of fourteen!" Qin Zheng replied lightly.

Qiu Chen raised his eyebrows in shock, and it took a long time before he fell: "Thirteen years old, junior high school is not yet ...... Uh, it's as big as Brother Xu? What a hero out of a teenager! ”

Qin Zheng raised his eyes to look over, a slightly bitter smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he shook his head and said, "A hero is a teenager? It's just that I can't be forced! ”

This sentence was completely unexpected by Qiu Chen, she never thought that the Marquis of Jingbei, who was famous in the north and south and had great military achievements, actually said that he was 'forced to join the army as a teenager'!

Qin Zheng looked at the stunned expression on her face, his expression was calm, and he seemed to have expected her reaction: "When I first arrived at the frontier military camp, even if my grandfather laid a haode foundation, many people still didn't think well of me, and even thought that I was like those noble sons who went to the military camp to find a way to enter the country. The generals ignored me, and the soldiers didn't listen to me...... Although the first entry into the barracks was just a general flag position, it was still difficult to move an inch, and it was not even possible to train with the sergeants...... At that time, I was the joke of the whole barracks, the soldiers' drills, and those fourth- and fifth-grade generals simply handed over the drills to the general flag and small banners below, and came to see my jokes, and to see all kinds of foreign appearances made by the soldiers under my command......"

The astonishment on Qiu Chen's face gradually dissipated, but it turned solemn, quietly staring at the man opposite, calmly telling about the humiliation that had been.

"At that time, I only brought Qin Li and Qin Yi two of them, a total of fifty-six people, I only brought Qin Yi and Qin Li two, facing more than fifty soldiers, I challenged them: If the three of us can't defeat more than fifty of you, I will immediately resign and leave. If the three of us can defeat more than 50 of you, then, from now on, you all have to obey my orders, and those who violate it will be punished by military law! ”

The thirteen-year-old child said that the teenagers were a little reluctant, but they had to take two guards and challenge more than 50 military men...... Qiu Chen almost had such a scene in front of him, a thirteen-year-old child, whose body had not yet opened, holding a spear in his hand, the young man's height was not as tall as a spear, but his shoulders and back were flat, his waist was straight, his head was slightly tilted, and he stared at more than fifty military men, his face was cold without a trace of expression!

It was then that he began to forget how to laugh and began to put aside all kinds of willfulness and relaxation!

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

What's that, yesterday's hunting left Lin Xu and Chengzi behind, it has been modified, it does not affect the development of the plot, and those who have already watched it can no longer watch it...... Reminders and corrections from xiexie dea!

Covering his face, he crawled away with his pot helmet on his head......

In addition, there is no need to add seasoning when the fish scale jelly is boiled, and after it is cold and frozen, it is prepared according to everyone's taste, just like mixing cold dishes!