Qiu Chen asked the third grandmother what prize she wanted, and all the villagers also paid attention to guessing what the third grandmother would want as a reward...... Ten taels of silver, even the best silk can be bought, if it is rice and flour grain, but it can cost hundreds of catties!

The third grandmother had a smile on her face, but she couldn't say how happy she was, and even said with some embarrassment: "Fu'er Niang, I didn't think of what I wanted at this time, I remembered Ming'er and came to you, right?" ”

Qiu Chen was a little surprised, but he didn't object, maybe the third grandmother had something bad to say in front of people, so he smiled and agreed: "Why not, the third grandmother doesn't need to worry, when you remember, come to me." ”

"Whoa, whoa!" The third grandmother agreed repeatedly, and walked through the crowd with a smile on her face and went home.

Qiu Chen turned out of the East Cross Courtyard, looked at the white belly of the fish on the eastern horizon, and exhaled softly. It's been four days since Man'er left, and I don't know if Lu Dao misses home, has he ever cried? Is it good to eat? Is it warm? There is also Chengzi, that stupid child, why do you want to force him to follow, Old Man Mu is not a good person, he may still have a master-apprentice relationship with Man'er, and he still cares about her and Qin Zheng's face, and he may not be pretentious to Chengzi at all, that child is destined to suffer more than Aman...... Alas!

She just saw that the child was diligent and self-motivated, and had a good heart, so she exempted him from his work and treated him as a nephew like a handsome scholar and a scholar, so that he could go to school...... Now she has few assets, and it costs to sponsor a child to go to school, but the child is grateful to herself, she is just sensible and hardworking, and she is polite and thoughtful......

Speaking of which, although she was worried about Man'er, she was not worried, Old Man Mu seemed unreliable, but she knew very well in her heart, and she would definitely be dedicated to Man'er. It's just a child, and I hope that the child can come back safely!

Since Man'er and Chengzi left, Qiu Chen still smiled warmly during the day, but he didn't sleep well at night, always dreaming, either dreaming that Man'er threw herself into her arms and cried, or something happened to Chengzi...... After waking up, he often has tears on his face and sweat all over his body. I couldn't sleep, so I just got up early, and it happened that the soap-making workshop in the East Cross Courtyard had increased the number of raw materials that needed to be configured because of the increase in shower gel and shampoo, so she went over and asked Yang Shumeng to prepare the raw materials for shower gel shampoo, and she prepared the raw materials for the soap that had been produced. Instead of turning around in the house and worrying about your stomach, it is better to spend physical energy in the workshop, while talking to the second brother, so that you don't have the time to think nonsense.

The Lantern Festival passed in the excitement of guessing lantern riddles, the school opened, the workshop went to work, and the Lin family resumed their step-by-step life.

After breakfast, the children went to school, and the second brother also went to the workshop in the East Cross Courtyard to keep an eye on.

Qiu Chen got up early and did manual labor for nearly an hour, and when he rested, he felt tired, so he simply leaned on the kang and prepared to sleep.

Man'er will not be in danger, and even if she is worried about worrying, she can't let her body collapse, this family, including Man'er, and so many young and strong workers in the workshop, still have to rely on her to live!

Maybe he was tired, this time Qiu Chen fell asleep quickly, and he slept very steadily, and he was sleeping sweetly, when he heard Yufeng and a little girl talking in a low voice outside the door.

“…… Let her wait in the small flower hall in the front yard, Mrs. sleeps unsteadily at night, and it is not easy to sleep well at this time, but she can't be shocked by Mrs.'s sleep! ”

The little girl answered in a low and crisp voice, Qiu Chen listened to the brisk footsteps and gradually moved away, and his confused brain gradually woke up.

Turning his head, he looked at the table clock on the kang cabinet, just after ten o'clock, and the timekeeping method of this era was the middle of the time. She had breakfast at a quarter of the morning, and it had been two and a half hours since she had eaten, and this return to sleep was enough.

Rubbing his somewhat sore head, Qiu Chen sat up with his body propped up, and then asked, "Yufeng?" ”

Hearing Qiu Chen's call, Yufeng hurriedly picked up the curtain from the outhouse and came in, and saw that Qiu Chen had already sat up, so she hurriedly bent her knees and pleaded guilty: "Is it the slave maid who shocked his wife when she spoke?" Slave ......"

Qiu Chen frowned and waved his hand, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, don't make these useless." ”

Yufeng looked at Qiu Chen with a smile on his face, and with a layer of joy on his face, he said with a smile: "Mrs. doesn't blame Mrs. for being generous...... Just now, the little girl passed the word, saying that the third grandmother came to talk to the wife, and I saw that the wife was sleeping well, so I asked the little girl to serve tea and let the third grandmother wait in front of her......"

Qiu Chen sighed and told Yufeng: "You tell Qingxing, go to Menzi to spread a word, an old man like the third grandmother comes over, they are all elders in the village, and they can't be so lazy." ”

Yufeng hurriedly admitted her mistake and agreed.

Qiu Chen waved his hand and instructed Yufeng: "Let Yuegui serve me to freshen up, you go to the front and bring the third grandmother in!" ”

Yufeng's face was full of shame, and she hurriedly agreed, hurriedly went out, and went to the front yard to pick up the third grandmother.

Qiu Chen got down from the kang, washed his face by Qingxing and Yuegui, returned to the dresser, patted the flower dew and body lotion, looked at the slightly pale face, Qiu Chen took a little homemade fine powder and patted it on his face, and spread it a little hard. I took a little bit of red rose paste to make rouge, and patted it on my cheeks and lips, and then I looked much better.

Signaling Yuegui to simply curl her hair in a bun, she jumped a clear water hibiscus hosta and put it in her hair, took out a narrow sleeve waist jacket embroidered with magnolia flowers taken out by Qing Xing and wore it, and the voice of Yufeng's announcement outside also happened to come in: "Madam, the third grandmother is here!" ”

Qiu Chen glanced at the dressing mirror, made sure that he was not rude, and he was not public, so he quickened his pace and greeted him.

Walking to the outhouse, Yufeng had already helped the third grandmother into the door.

Qiu Chen stepped forward to support the third grandmother, and said with a smile: "The third grandmother is here...... You don't know what to say, last night you were so stuffy, but you subdued the children, Fu'er lay in the bed and muttered for a while! ”

The third grandmother smiled, looked at Qiu Chen's smile, seemed to be secretly relieved, and handed a small chop blue in her hand to Qiu Chen: "This is my dried beans in the autumn, I just steamed the steamed steamed buns in the pot of dried beans, and put the oil squeak, I taste it very strong, you taste it!" ”

Qingxing, who was following Qiu Chen, was about to come over to pick it up, but was retreated by Qiu Chen's eyes. Qiu Chen took it with a happy face, held it with one hand, and helped the third grandmother into the house with the other, and sat on the kang, Qiu Chen directly took out a steamed dumpling from the white cage cloth in the blue grill, broke it directly and ate it, tasted it carefully, and nodded with a smile on his face: "Well, well, it's just this taste, or the steamed dried beans steamed by the third grandmother are delicious, I also love to eat this, I have made it at home a few times, but it doesn't taste right...... Well, it's not as chewy as the third grandmother's steaming! ”

"Hehe, it's not difficult to chew hard, the dried beans can't be too tender, just be sexual, not too rotten, so the dried beans are chewy. Ang, you can't be too old, too old will be firewood...... Moreover, dried vegetables like oil, to use big oil or oil squeak to mix the filling, dried vegetables eat enough oil and water, wrapped out of the bun is delicious! ”

The third grandmother introduced her experience in detail, Qiu Chen listened very attentively, and replied again and again, and when the third grandmother finished explaining, Qiu Chen smiled and said: "This time, I know why the dried vegetables at home are not right, look, the old man still knows a lot more about the Tao, and he has enough experience, hehe, I will dry the vegetables in the autumn of this year, and I will go over to ask the third grandmother for advice." When the time comes, the third grandmother, you have to teach me how to make it, and I will also dry some delicious dried vegetables myself......" As he spoke, Qiu Chen broke another piece and put it in his mouth, and ate it sweetly.

Seeing that the food she ate was really sweet, there was no dislike at all, and the third grandmother's heart was secretly implemented, and she secretly guessed that what she asked for today might be successful.

After Qiu Chen finished talking about the dried vegetable buns, she saw that the third grandmother was bowing her head and groaning, she didn't urge or ask, she just ate the buns with real concentration. The steamed buns of the third grandmother are not big, white and fat, Qiu Chen finished eating it carefully, raised his head, and the third grandmother seemed to have finally made up her mind.

The third grandmother was about to speak, and Yufeng brought Chunxiang tea and fruit snacks up.

Qiu Chen took the teacup and personally delivered it to the third grandmother, "The third grandmother has a sip of tea." ”

The third grandmother hurriedly got up and took the teacup, nodding, Qiu Chen had already sat down again and took the teacup, looked back at the third grandmother, and said with a smile: "Third grandma, you always drink tea to moisten your throat, let's talk well!" ”

The third grandmother nodded her head again and again, took a sip of tea absentmindedly, put down the teacup, wanted to speak, and looked at the few girls waiting next to her worriedly.

Qiu Chen hurriedly waved his hand and said, "You send the buns brought by the third grandmother to the kitchen, it is hot at noon, and let Fu'er taste it." ”

Yufeng hurriedly bent her knees and agreed, took the bun and retreated with Qingxing and a few girls.

Watching the girls retreat, Qiu Chen turned around and smiled at the third grandmother: "Third grandmother, if you have anything to say, don't have any worries, although I can't do everything, but say it, let's think of a way together." ”

The third grandmother nodded again and again, opened her mouth, paused for a moment, and then said with difficulty: "Fu'er Niang, the old woman is really embarrassed to come back...... Alas, but seeing that Lichuan has been an apprentice in the pharmacy for a year, people are not embarrassed, but it is normal for an apprentice to not have enough food and clothing, and to get up and climb in the middle of the night...... I know that children can't be made if they don't polish them, but I understand in my heart that it's one thing, and when it comes to my own children, I always can't stand it...... Fortunately, after being an apprentice for this year, Lichuan's strength has worn off, and I also know that it is not easy to live in the world...... I thought, let's talk to you again, let's see, can I give him a job in our workshop, any job can be done, the child has been beaten for a year, although he has suffered some hardships, his body and bones have really boiled out, and he is much stronger than when he was in school, and he can take on any job......"

Seeing the third grandmother coming, Qiu Chen actually had some guesses in his heart, the third grandmother's family in Liujiaao is considered to be in the upper condition, the son Liu Jincai works as a shopkeeper in a tavern in Qingshui Town, and the daughter-in-law works as a housekeeper for a big family in the town. The third grandmother is still leading Qiu Chen's paper bag work, and she can get six or seven hundred yuan a month, which is enough for the family to eat, and her son and daughter-in-law can save up the silver they earn...... The economic conditions are quite comfortable, but the two grandsons make her worried.

The two grandsons were sent to the school, and the eldest grandson studied in the Liu family's private school for four or five years before the biography, but the qualifications are average, that is, the writing and arithmetic are okay, and the scientific examination is hopeless. So, when Qiu Chen's workshop was just preparing to recruit people, the third grandmother was like sending her eldest grandson Li to the Lin family to work, but Li Chuan couldn't look down on Qiu Chen's small workshop and made an unpleasant scene. Now, seeing the few people who entered the Lin family's workshop, Brother Quan and Liu Zhanfeng don't say, one went to the capital and the other went to Anyang City, and they have become a big boss on their own, with a monthly money of ten taels of silver, in addition to clothes for the four seasons of the year, and red envelopes and festival things during the New Year's holidays, all of which are calculated to be one hundred and fifty taels of silver a year. Even Lin Zi and Da Zhuang, who stayed in Liujiaao's workshop, also became the stewards of the workshop, and they also got five taels of silver every month. Looking at the biography of going to the town as an apprentice, I didn't say a penny, I didn't have enough food and clothing, and I was tired and tired every day...... The third grandmother couldn't bear to let her grandson continue to suffer, so she thought about telling the Lin family again about sending her eldest grandson to the Lin family to work. Even if you can't be in charge and do an ordinary strong worker, you can get two taels of silver a month, and the important thing is that the Lin family treats the workers as people, managing two meals a day, one meat and one vegetarian good food, making a stove in winter, and sending bean soup in summer...... This kind of treatment, no matter where you go to see.

It's just that because of the unhappiness of the Lichuan prisoner's stubbornness, the third grandmother was a little guilty and couldn't open her mouth. It happened that the Lantern Festival riddle unexpectedly won the first prize, and the third grandmother took advantage of this to go to the door.

For the eldest grandson of the third grandmother, Qiu Chen learned from Lin Xu at the beginning, he was actually a simple child, but he was young and ignorant, and now, as the third grandmother said, he has been an apprentice for more than a year, and it is not easy to deal with the world, so he should have sharpened his temperament...... If you can really endure hardships and work hard, you will be able to go to school for four or five years, and you should be able to do a good job of writing and calculating, being a steward, or managing the entry and exit of materials.

Hardly hesitated, Qiu Chen smiled and agreed: "Third grandma, is this the matter?" What should I do...... Hehe, right now we are about to add people to the workshop, and the third grandmother said to Li Legend, asking him if he can enter the soap-making workshop? Follow the familiarization for three or five days, the job is not difficult, and you can get started. Let's also try it, can you do it...... If you can do it, wait until you get your hands and then officially sign the labor deed, and if you sign it, you will be working in our workshop for at least three years! ”

As soon as she heard Qiu Chen agree, the third grandmother only felt that the heart she was carrying fell to the ground with a pop, her face burst out with joy, her nose was sore, her eyes were red, and she wiped the corners of her eyes and said: "Hey, hey, I'll go back and set up a legend and let him come over tomorrow." ”

Qiu Chen happily agreed: "Okay." Come over tomorrow, I'll take him over and arrange a good job for him to bring it out, and I'll bring it out in a few days. ”

The third grandmother fell to the ground with a stone, and she didn't stay much, and she was about to say goodbye when she got off the kang: "I'll go back and tell Lichuan that kid feels sorry for you at the beginning, and I'm embarrassed to come to see you!" ”

During the Chinese New Year, not to mention the half-grown children around, many parents of workers came to pay New Year's greetings to Qiu Chen, and the third grandmother's youngest grandson Lixun also came, but the legend did not arrive. Qiu Chen, who was turning on his back, didn't pay attention, and when he heard the third grandmother say this today, Qiu Chen just laughed at it. She is not the kind of person who is cautious, it doesn't matter if she worships the New Year or not, she works steadily and steadily, and she doesn't think carefully or make small moves, which is enough for her.

Qiu Chen stopped the third grandmother with a smile: "Third grandmother, don't be in a hurry to leave, guess what you want from the reward yet?" ”

The third grandmother smiled and waved her hand again and again: "That's just a joke, coaxing children, where can you take it seriously!" Besides, your willingness to accept the biography here has gone to my biggest heart disease, and there is no better prize than this! ”

Qiu Chen smiled: "Third grandma, look at what you said, it's okay to guess that there are prizes, and it has nothing to do with the Lichuan brothers to work...... Since you won't say it, then I'll make the decision for you! ”

As he spoke, he called out the door, Yufeng picked up the curtain and came in, took out a beautifully embroidered purse from the kang cabinet, and put it into the blue in Qingxing's hand with both hands.

Qiu Chen took the blue and took it, and walked out with one hand to the third grandmother, while saying with a smile: "This is a raisin brought from the west, it is delicious to make snacks and porridge." You try it too! In the purse is the ten taels of silver that I give you, if you refuse to say what you want, then I will simply not care, you always take the silver yourself, thinking about what you want to buy it! ”

"How does this make ...... I can't make ......," the third grandmother refused.

Yufeng hugged her on the other side, and persuaded with a smile: "You don't have to refuse, this is what you always deserve...... If you don't want it this time, in the future, if your wife has a reward, we will be embarrassed to accept it! ”

Qiu Chen glanced at her with a slanted eye, and said to the third grandmother with a smile: "Third grandmother, listen, if you refuse to ask for it this time, these girls will not cry and have swollen eyes...... That is, the third grandmother, if she says this in front of others, my reputation for being greedy for money here will not spread all over the world! ”

was interrupted by their master and servant laughing and disgusting, and the third grandmother also arrived at the gate, Qiu Chen simply handed the blue to Yufeng: "You can help the third grandmother and send the old man back." The slope of the pond embankment is steep, so don't slip to the ground! ”

The third grandmother thanked her again with a happy face, and in the end Yufeng helped her home.

Qiu Chen turned back and unexpectedly saw Qin Li coming out of the gatehouse, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and smile: "Didn't you go hunting today?" ”

Qin Li was a little ashamed and didn't dare to face Qiu Chen, but when he saw Qiu Chen making fun of him, he was relieved, touched his head and said with a smile: "Yesterday, Sister-in-law Chen said that the game at home can't be eaten, so I won't let me go these days!" ”

Qiu Chen smiled and shook his head: "It's okay to scatter your mind, it's really not good to hunt too much this season...... There are a lot of wild animals with cubs, so let's kill and hunt less! ”

"Hmm, hmm......" Qin Li responded again and again, his eyes swept the courtyard, and he took out a bamboo tube sealed with fire paint from his cuffs, and handed it to Qiu Chen with both hands, "Madam, the letter from Master Hou to you!" ”

It was not once or twice to receive the letter from Qin Zheng, the Marquis of Jingbei, but Qiu Chen was not surprised, he reached out and took it and pinched it in his hand, Qin Li took out a brocade bag from his arms: "This is the copy of the last two issues...... Well, there's another piece of news......"

Qiu Chen had already stuffed the bamboo tube into his sleeve pocket, and after taking the brocade bag, he took out a copy of the house from it and was about to browse it, when he heard Qin Li's words, he didn't raise his head and agreed casually: "What news?" ”

"It's about the fifth lady of the West Courtyard!" Qin Li's voice was lowered, but he replied very clearly.

Qiu Chen suddenly raised his head, stared at Qin Li's face, and asked with a pale face, "What's the news...... Isn't it, isn't it the fifth sister......"

Although Lin Xianniang is beautiful, but with such a background, she eloped away, and Yang Jingyu is such a greedy and lustful person, it is impossible to cherish it at all, at best she is just a concubine. A concubine who has entered the prince's mansion, if she can't survive it, I'm afraid it will be difficult for any news to come out of life and death. Now, Qin Li specially sent the news to her, Qiu Chen didn't want to do anything good at all, and subconsciously felt that Lin Xianniang had already encountered an accident!

"Don't worry, madam, Miss Fifth is fine!" As soon as Qin Li saw Qiu Chen's appearance, he knew that he wanted to go wrong, and hurriedly said a word of relief, and then lowered his voice and added, "The fifth lady voted for the third prince, but the third prince did not accept it, and after taking her into Beijing, she gave it to the second prince...... Oh, there is a reward in the newspaper, and the second prince has been crowned King Yong. King Cheng, the eldest prince, King Qi, the third prince, and King Fu, the fourth prince...... The five princes are young and have not been rewarded for the time being. ”

Qiu Chen blinked his eyes, and it took a while to understand, and after thinking about it, he asked, "Then, what is the character of the second prince, King Yong?" But it's also like three, King Qi is as greedy and lustful? ”

Qin Li coughed embarrassedly, touched his nose, and replied honestly: "King Yong is mild, he was sick and weak before, and he rarely goes to people...... Ahem, greedy ...... Greedy for flowers and lustful, but I haven't heard of it, I only heard that I am good at Danqing, and I love horses and become obsessed......"

Mild, sickly, low-key, it's okay to say, it's okay to love horses, Lin Xianniang grew up from Ling Shanwei after all, and she also knows something about horses, but she is good at Danqing...... Lin Xianniang has been guilty for more than ten years, and she has never read a book at all, and it is almost the same to say that she doesn't know a single word...... With such a temperament, can he really please the second prince, King Yong? Besides, it was sent by the three princes, just between a few adult princes, just by virtue of the three princes sending it in, I'm afraid that Lin Xianniang will never get the trust of the third prince, King Yong, right? If you don't even have trust, how can you talk about joy, or even further pity and love?

The more Qiu Chen thought about it, the more bored he became, so he simply stopped talking to Qin Li, waved his hand, and walked to the backyard with his head down.

She sighed too much because of Lin Xianniang's news, she didn't notice that Qin Li seemed to be smiling on his face, she couldn't laugh if she wanted to, and she was uncomfortable if she didn't laugh, so that her weird face was distorted and deformed!

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

Hehe, the stuffy child of the previous chapter, you guessed it, right?

Hit four common things...... They are the rain, the houses (all of which were adobe houses), the boats, and the bridges!