Chapter 186: Hanging the White Flag

Such a simple addition and subtraction of numbers, for her, a pure science student, is really nothing, turning the account page with one hand and playing the abacus with the other, Zuihou mental arithmetic and the abacus results are over as soon as they are compared. But it was completed in half an hour.

Nanmarsh Lake's various budgets, I don't know how many times she has calculated, she has already been familiar with it, in order to find something to do for herself, she simply put pen to paper to list the budget one by one, and classify it...... These were also done quickly.

With nothing to do, Qiu Chen slowly put away all the things in the account books, and the children hadn't come back yet, so she simply stopped looking for trouble for herself, carried a big pillow, relaxed her whole body and leaned on the kang, and thought silently with her eyes closed.

This time I went to Yang's shop, and the party with her relatives was very happy and warm, and in the same way, she also saw one thing clearly.

Qin Zheng's matter, she did it wrong before.

She just felt that everything she did was unacceptable to others, healed Qin Zheng, left Qin Zheng in the Lin family for the New Year, and even broke her usual practice of not eating at the same table with foreign men, and ate with Qin Zheng, even including Chinese New Year's Eve dinner...... It's just friends. But she ignores the ethics and morality of this society in this era, and the harshness of women, especially her, the 'widow', is the most provocative.

Begonia Niang Liu's complete isolation of her from Qin Zheng made her wake up.

In modern times, there are still people who argue about whether there is true friendship between men and women, and in this society, there is no possibility of marriage between men and women, so there must not be too much contact. Well, there may be no private communication when talking about marriage, and it is not possible to fall in love at this time, and there is even a custom that engaged men and women cannot meet before marriage!

She herself knows the disparity between each other, so she will not have any thoughts, and she also feels that Qin Zheng has no unusual thoughts and actions, but she will not look at the real relationship, she will only chase the wind and shadows, and add fuel and vinegar......

Yes, there's nothing to worry about, now that you've noticed the inappropriateness of your words and deeds, it's better to change it!

Qin Zheng's injuries have completely healed, and he is about to leave. When he leaves, her life will still be peaceful, and I believe that any speculation will not dissipate.

After sorting out the troubles in his heart, Qiu Chen became alive again.

Sitting up, Qiu Chen summoned Yufeng Qingxing and asked about the gifts he brought back.

Although the Yang family is not as rich as the Lin family in terms of money, there is no silk satin pearl treasure jade to bring her, but there are drunken jujubes pickled by the Liu family, honey-soaked osmanthus, rice wine brewed by Yang Liancheng and Yang Laozi with millet, as well as Zhou's Zhao's steamed rice noodles and red date rice cakes, as well as Liu's Zhou's Zhao family's shoes and socks sewn for their mothers, and a hat carefully embroidered for Afu Aman......

Ah Fu is a mighty tiger head hat, and Ah Man is a cute rabbit hat, with bright colors and delicate embroidery, Qiu Chen looks cute. This kind of folkloric thing has always been her favorite in modern times.

"Mrs. Hui, the rice noodles and rice cakes have been sent to the kitchen, and the drunken dates, honey osmanthus and wine have been sent to the warehouse in the back seat......" Yufeng reported the whereabouts of the items one by one.

Qiu Chen waved his hand and said, "What about those clothes, shoes and hats?" ”

Qingxing smiled and answered: "The clothes, shoes and hats are in the Westinghouse, Madame wants to see them now?" Qingxing, this is for you to bring it around! ”

Qiu Chen waved his hand: "Well, go quickly, go quickly!" They were short there, and they couldn't put it on for Afu Aman, but when they came back and took a shower, they just put it on and tried it...... Hehe, if it looks good, go to see the lights in a few days, just wear it! ”

Qing Xing agreed and hurried to the Westinghouse.

Qiu Chen instructed Yufeng again: "It's almost the time counting, you go and bring the hot water over, just in time for them to use it when they enter the door." ”

Yufeng promised and was about to leave, Qiu Chen instructed again: "Master Yi, Master Li, they have hot water when they come back, right?" ”

Yufeng was puzzled, Madame paid little attention to these trivial matters, and now she didn't know how to ask, but she didn't hesitate, and immediately replied: "Yes...... However, they do all the water in the front yard and the main house by themselves, and we have not used it all the time. Well, they have two pots in the big kitchen, both for boiling water. ”

Qiu Chen really didn't care about this, and when he heard Yufeng say this, he couldn't help but ask again: "What about the water used to boil medicine and make tea in the front yard?" And they burned it themselves? ”

Yufeng raised his eyes to look at Qiu Chen, the other party's face was calm and unwavering, he couldn't see joy and anger at all, and he was worried in his heart, but he still replied truthfully: "Yes." Before, it was Brother Anlu who boiled medicine and boiled water to make tea, but after Brother Anren left, Master Yi and Master Li took turns to take care of it, and we didn't use it to do it. ”

After a moment of silent totaling, Qiu Chen nodded, waved his hand again, and said, "Okay, I know, you go and prepare hot water!" ”

After a moment, Qiu Chen shook his head and smiled: It seems that she, the master, is really incompetent. Qin Zheng lives in the Lin family, and she has asked about things like taking medicine, food supplements, and other chores, washing with water, and even needlework, she has not asked. Although Qin Zheng brought some luggage twice before and after, there were a few boxes in total, and they were winter clothes, so he couldn't fit much if he wanted to. I really don't know how Qin Zheng coped with it, but he didn't see that he was sloppy and untidy.

Yes, pay attention to proportions and keep a distance, but you can't lose your duty as a master, Ming'er She still asked, if necessary, arrange a daughter-in-law to take care of it, and wash the needlework, Qin Yi and Qin Li are estimated to not be able to do it.

Thinking of this, Qiu Chen couldn't help but start wondering, should I buy a few more people to come back?

Now, there are thirteen servants in the Lin family, and the number is quite a lot, but in fact, only eight people are useful. It's okay on weekdays, but when something happens, or a guest or something, the family's manpower seems to be stretched.

Now that the New Year has passed, soon Daxing will go to Nannuma Lake to assist Yang Shuyong to do the infrastructure construction of Nannuma Lake, Lao He went to Nannuma Lake, the maintenance of the lotus pond and flowers and plants at home must be handed over to Shunzi, Qingjiang looks down these days, although it is not as flexible and comprehensive as Daxing, but it is also stable and careful, Daxing went to Nannuma Lake, and the arrival of the family has to be handed over to him...... There are also kitchens and fronts, which also need manpower...... Lin Xu is going to go to Fucheng to participate in the government exam, and he also has to bring a small servant, not to mention the college exam that will continue in the future, at least two people must follow--Junwen Junshu can't always let Junwen Junshu do the role of companion. And the adult son who originally planned to be a servant for Lin Xu is undoubtedly more appropriate to be a workshop manager.

After pondering for a while, even Qiu Chen herself didn't expect that the belongings she had in her hands were fine, but she found a problem with the replenishment of personnel.

However, Qiu Chen didn't dwell too much, compared to money and talents, it is even more difficult to find, but at this time, she decided to look for it, leaving her plenty of time, she just needs to pay attention, she believes that there are many talents, and what is less is the eye to find talents.

After thinking for a while, Qingxing had already walked back with a baggage, "Madam, bring it!" ”

Before Qingxing's words fell, there was the sound of footsteps and water flowing in the east ear room, and then Yufeng walked in angrily: "Madam, it's snowing!" ”

"Oh?" Qiu Chen sat up suddenly, turned around and lifted a crack in the window to look out, and sure enough, under the pale yellow halo of the lantern under the eaves, there were fluttering fine snowflakes falling one after another, the snowflakes were not big, some granular, falling on the ground, had been covered with a thin and white layer.

"It's snow foam!" Qingxing leaned over and took a look, and exclaimed with a grin.

Qiu Chen glanced back at Qingxing, lowered the window and closed it, and said angrily: "Don't delay, hurry up and get two cloaks, let's go to the front to pick up ......"

While speaking, Qiu Chen got down from the kang and put on his shoes......

Yufeng took out a pair of boots from the cabinet in the corner of the room and said, "Madam, let's wear boots." You can't wear those embroidered shoes in the snow! ”

"Oh." Qiu Chen agreed, kicked away the soft-soled cloth shoes that had been put on his feet, Yufeng took the boots and put them on her feet, Qiu Chen jumped down and stomped his feet, took the cloak that Qingxing was holding up, pulled on the hood and wrapped it tightly, and hurriedly walked out.

At this moment, the snow outside was much bigger, and the fine snow particles had turned into large snowflakes, and the snowflakes were so dense that many of them stuck together, becoming clumps of pieces, as if someone had torn cotton wool in the sky, and the large clumps fell lightly and slowly, all the way down, in the patio, over the eaves of the porch and at the door of the window, on the railing, and on the ridge of the branches......

Qiu Chen wrapped the cloak and walked out, Yufeng took the cloak in Qingxing's hand, followed closely, raised his hand to take off a lantern from the door of the house, held it in his hand, walked a few steps, and walked in front to illuminate Qiu Chen. The two of them stepped on the footsteps, and after a while, they bypassed the eaves and disappeared into the corner door leading to the entrance.

Qing Xing watched the two figures disappear, retreated from the door of the house, walked to the east room, dialed the fire in the kang hole, and added two more firewoods, the flame pressed slightly, and then it became prosperous, and the flame licked the firewood and made a slight beeping sound.

Qiu Chen walked all the way, and when he entered the courtyard, he did not stop his steps, and continued to walk outside.

With such a heavy snowfall, the children are still exercising...... It's not cold, the clothes that the children wear for exercise are relatively thin and loose, and if they get wet with snowflakes and catch a cold, it will backfire.

Coming out of the second courtyard, Qiu Chen has been walking along the eaves corridor, although there is also a wind whirling snowflakes on her head, but after all, there are not many, and when she walked out of the gate hole, before she walked down the steps, a gust of wind carried a large area of snowflakes and pounced on her face, falling all over her head and face, and even her eyes were blown away.

"Madam, are you going out to pick up the little young master? The wind and snow are too strong, and the lady is waiting in the gatehouse, so let the little one go! Junko said as she ran out of the house.

Qiu Chen took a step back, stood under the eaves of the gatehouse, looked back at Shunzi, and saw that he was only wearing a cotton coat, not even a coat, and couldn't help but shake his head.

Shunzi is honest and simple, not a fake, but he rushed out without wearing any warm clothes, although it was a good heart, Qiu Chen did not have the habit of treating servants as non-human. She was afraid that the child would be frozen due to the wind and snow, and she also didn't want Junzi to suffer from the cold because she went to pick up Afu Aman.

"No need, you don't have to wear anything and go back to the house!"

After speaking, Qiu Chen wrapped the cloak on his body again, took the lantern in Yufeng's hand with one hand, and supported Yufeng's arm with the other, the master and servant supported each other, bowed slightly and lowered their heads, and hurriedly rushed into the wind and snow.

Junko opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but she didn't have time.

Junko's daughter-in-law happened to come from the house on the other side, and saw her man standing alone under the doorway in a daze, and she didn't seem to notice that the wind swept in the snowflakes and stained his legs, feet and shoes.

The man's heart is not bad, but his heart is turning too slowly. Originally, those who were servants should think about what their masters think, and only when they want to do what their masters want to do can they be relied on by their masters. Seeing that Daxue took the initiative to pick up the little master, the master will definitely appreciate it. Since I didn't expect it before, when I saw the master come out, I would at least make myself look decent, so I ran out wearing the clothes in the house...... It's a master who won't use it. Not to mention that the lady is kind-hearted, she definitely can't bear to let him wear so little to go to the snow......

"It's cold here, let's get inside!" Junko's daughter-in-law persuaded her man.

Junko was stunned and didn't look back, but said sullenly: "Did I do something wrong again?" ”

"No, you didn't do anything wrong!" Shunzi's daughter-in-law said euphemistically, and then, with a flash of inspiration in her heart, she ran into the porter and took out two coats, shook off one and draped it on Junzi's body, and stuffed the other into Junzi's hand, pushed him and said, "Mrs. must have seen how little you were wearing just now...... At this time, you are dressed in a robe, hurry up, the lights are blind, and the wind and snow are heavy, you rush over to help Mrs. bring the little master back! ”

When Junzi heard her daughter-in-law say that she was right, she thought of the two little masters suffering in the snowstorm, she was worried, nodded, and hurriedly rushed out of the door with the robe.

Junko's family stood in the doorway, looking at her husband who quickly disappeared into the night and snow, and her heart was surging, but she didn't know what it was like. The pillar and plum are also in the snowstorm, and her husband and children's father don't even think about it.

Before a thought fell, Daxing and Qingjiang hurried over in cotton clothes, and Daxing said, "Shunzi went out?" Don't stand here, go into the house and wait, we'll all go, and in a moment we'll be back with the children. ”

After speaking, he didn't stop much, and hurriedly rushed into the wind and snow with Qingjiang.

Junzi's family was stunned for a moment, then sighed and entered the gatehouse, went to the kang to find a broom to sweep the kang, ran back to his house and took out two unused handkerchiefs, and hurried back.

Snow particles, which generally appear at the beginning of heavy snowfall, are small round particles, but they are actually very fine ice particles, which are most likely to slip when they fall on the ground. Especially when the temperature is low, the ground is frozen hard, and then a layer of ice particles falls, and it does not melt, and people step on it, like stepping on countless tiny balls, which are extremely slippery, and one will fall down if you are not careful.

Qiu Chen hurriedly walked out, the wind and snow raged so that she couldn't open her eyes or open her mouth, so she could only bow her body slightly and hang her head to avoid the invasion of the wind and snow, and it was inevitable that there would be some negligence under her feet.

There is a Shunzi at the gate that is cleaned every day, and there is not even a Saturn, and because of the attention up and down, no one splashes water here, yes, Qiu Chen didn't feel much slippery. This made her relax her attention even more.

Walking east across the courtyard, and then walking through the gate of the school, Pan Jiaqing's mother and son thought that they had fallen asleep, the gate of the school was closed, there was no light in the courtyard at night, and it was dark all around, only the faint light from the lantern in Qiu Chen's hand swayed, illuminating the place less than one meter under his feet.

Shunzi was in a hurry, trotting under his feet, chasing the faint lights in the wind and snow, until he rushed to the door of the school to catch up with Qiu Chen's master and servant, and shouted at the top of his voice after a few steps: "Madam, go back, I'll pick up the little young master and young lady." ”

shouted several times in succession before Yufeng heard it, pulled Qiu Chen's signal, and the two stopped and turned around. Junzi also trotted to catch up, raised his hand to block the raging wind and snow, and said: "Madam, the little one is going to pick up the little young master and little miss, you better go back, such a heavy snowstorm, don't freeze!" ”

After speaking, without waiting for Qiu Chen to speak, Shunzi wrapped himself in a cloak and hurriedly ran towards the east of the school. But before he could run far, his feet slipped, and Gollum lay on his back and fell to the ground.

"Oops!" Yufeng exclaimed. Qiu Chen was also startled, and he didn't care about supporting Yufeng anymore, he was careful at his feet, and hurriedly walked over to check on Shunzi's situation.

"Junko, Junko, how's it going?" Qiu Chen took a few steps tightly, and his feet slipped, if it weren't for the straight wrestling that made her more careful, she would have fallen hard this time.

Steady his body, cautiously moved over, leaned over and asked, "Junko, how's it going?" Where did you fall? ”

Shunzi was just a little dazed by the fall for a while, but now she was already better, and when she heard Qiu Chen asking, she blinked her eyes and hurriedly supported herself and got up: "Madam, the little one is fine...... It's small and useless, so that Madame is frightened! ”

"You are ......" Qiu Chen wanted to count a few words, but looking at the shame on Junzi's face, he swallowed the second half of the sentence again, and said in a relaxed tone, "I'm fine, you didn't fall and hurt anything, right?" ”

"Hehe, it's okay, it's okay, Madame Mo is here, water has been splashed on this ground, and a layer of ice has formed!" Junko stood up as she spoke, and stamped her foot hard to show that she was not hurt. It's just that the ground is too slippery, and he stomped his foot again and almost fell, so frightened Qiu Chen hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, I know, be careful!" ”

Shunzi smiled innocently, and pushed Qiu Chen back again, and then tried to stabilize his body and rushed to the east of the school.

As soon as Shunzi left, Daxing and Qingjiang also rushed over, Qiu Chen hurriedly reminded the two of them, asked them to be careful of their steps, and watched the two of them also walk across the slippery ice, and then they and Yufeng supported each other, turned around and walked back.

Although I still miss the children in my heart, with Shunzi rushing to the front so honestly, and Daxing and Qingjiang two stable people behind, I think the children will be back soon. She followed and didn't say whether it was frozen or not, it was not easy to talk to Qin Yi and Qin Li. If you invite someone to the professor, you have to believe that if you rush over like this, it seems that she is not worried about others.

Qiu Chen and the others turned back to the doorway, and the Shunzi family immediately rushed out of the gatehouse, swept the snow off the two of them with a broom, and the hand holding the handkerchief lifted and fell back - Yufeng had already taken out a cocoon silk handkerchief to wipe the snow water on Qiu Chen's cheeks and forehead - what she was holding in her hand was just a cotton cloth handkerchief!

Originally, he wanted Qiu Chen to enter the house and wait, but when he saw Qiu Chen wiping his face, he still turned his face to look out, and Shunzi swallowed his words back, and only accompanied Qiu Chen's master and servant to stand in the door hole and wait together.

In the raging wind and snow, soon a white layer was laid on the steps in front of the door, obliterating the traces that Qiu Chen and the others had just stepped on. Just when a few people felt that the wait was incomparably long and extremely anxious, a voice suddenly sounded behind them.

"Don't worry, a few children have practiced these days, and the polishing of their body bones is also a little effective, this little wind and snow is nothing ......"

Qiu Chen was slightly taken aback, and then he breathed a sigh of relief when he heard who the voice was, turned around, bent his knees politely, and smiled a little self-defeatingly: "I also know that several masters have arranged it properly, but it is inevitable that the heart of being a mother will be like this, which makes you laugh." ”

The woman's face in front of her was a little pale from the cold, but she had a gentle and polite smile. It's just that this smile is polite enough, but it is alienated...... Not to mention the casual closeness on Chinese New Year's Eve, even the initial relaxation and peace are gone. There is an invisible but real barrier between the two of them!

Frowning almost invisibly, Qin Zheng nodded slightly, and relaxed his expression: "Well, a mother's heart is human nature!" ”

After speaking, he didn't say anything more, and he didn't leave, but stood beside her, and waited out with his hands behind his back.

originally thought that Qiu Chen would not answer again, but unexpectedly heard Qiu Chen's calm and slightly smiling voice again: "That's right, I am busy all day long, just for the sake of these children, so I naturally take it more seriously...... Hehe, as long as a pair of children are healthy and happy, I will be content. ”

What is the ...... It's a little too thorough, or the heart is like ashes. She emphasized a pair of children so much, did she euphemistically express that she would never think about marriage again?

Qin Zheng was slightly stunned, turned his gaze to look at Qiu Chen, and immediately took it back. This time he didn't make a sound, not even a nod of his head.

He must have understood, right? Regardless of whether the other party has other thoughts, her words are clear, he is a smart man and a proud man, so naturally there will be no more words and deeds that do not conform to the rules of the world!

Qiu Chen seemed to breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, as if something had been thrown away by her own hands, and the taste was mixed and difficult to distinguish.

Raising his eyes, he saw that Qin Zheng was only wearing a sandalwood cotton robe, not even a cloak, just standing on the edge of the gate hole, and from time to time the wind swept in and snowflakes hit him......

She wanted to remind him to go back to the house, or to put on a cloak...... But when she opened her mouth, she still swallowed this somewhat 'overcoming' concern, and turned back to Shunzi's house and said, "Go to the gatehouse and bring a charcoal basin!" ”

"Whoa!" Junko's family agreed, and quickly turned around. Yufeng silently stepped forward and covered the door, blocking most of the wind and snow, but not hindering the view from the outside.

Qiu Chen looked back and glanced at the hem of Qin Zheng's cotton robe, there were already a lot of snowflakes, but the upper body was quite dry, and after Yufeng covered a door, there were fewer snowflakes rushing in, so he put his heart down.

The doorway of the Lin family is a wide layout, and the four people stand in the doorway, and put a charcoal basin against the wall, and it still does not look cramped.

With more Qin Zheng and more charcoal pots, this time I was busy, and the wait was no longer difficult. Sure enough, the charcoal basin here had just been placed, and there was a crackling sound of footsteps outside, Qin Li was holding Aman, and Qin Yi had already run in with Ah Fu.

Qiu Chen was the first to catch up and took Afu Aman over, and the Shunzi family hurriedly stepped forward with a broom and swept the snow on the two children, Qiu Chen took a handkerchief and wiped the little faces of the two of them, and the people behind also ran in.

Qiu Chen raised his eyes to see that although the children were covered with snow and their cheeks were red, they were in good spirits, and they didn't look like they were frozen, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and hurriedly turned his face and greeted Qin Li, Qin Yi and the others with a smile: "With such a big snow, I really thank you." Quickly pat the snow and go back to the house. I'll send hot water over, just wash it slowly, and save the cold from forcing it inside......"

As he spoke, Qiu Chen smiled at Qin Li and Qin Yi, and instead took the cloak from Yufeng's hand to wrap it in Afu Aman. Yufeng also worked with the Shunzi family to pat Yuqiang and Hutou and wipe their faces.

Only then did Qiu Chen and Yufeng pick up Afu Aman one by one, greeted Lin Xuchengzi, and hurried back to the backyard. In the place where she didn't notice, Qin Zheng stood in the corner of the doorway, silently paying attention to her every move, word and smile, and kept silently sending her away with the children, and the figure disappeared into the second gate, only then under the reminder of Qin Yi, Qin Li and others, he silently turned around and went back to the house where he lived.

On that day, when he arrived at the Yang family with him, the second elder of the Yang family looked at him with a slightly surprised gaze, which was probing and doubtful, and faintly happy. It can be seen that the second elder has no ill feelings towards him...... It's just that after entering the house, especially after she entered the back room, the second elder of the Yang family came out again, and the eyes looked at him a little differently. At that time, he was still a little confused, and then she never came out again until she returned.

Now that I think about it, her attitude has changed since then.

said that the second elder of the Yang family didn't like it...... Not really!

If she had any bad feelings for him...... Nothing happened during this time!

Then, her change is that she entered the back room with the second elder of the Yang family. What happened during this period?

Qin Zheng sat silently on the kang, Qin Yi and Qin Li went to wash and change clothes, and Qin Xiao and Qin Yong stood silently at the door. The two of them hung their heads slightly, but it did not hinder the eye contact between them.

Qin Yong looked at Qin Xiao and gestured to the people on the kang with his eyes, asking what happened, why did this master suddenly turn sunny and cloudy, and it seemed that there were signs of overcast and heavy snow......

Qin Xiao made a helpless expression and shook his head almost invisibly. What is this person thinking in his heart, Qin Yi and Qin Li may still be able to guess one out of ten, when did the two of them understand?

If you don't understand, it's not a day or two, so let's be careful and wait.

Alas, why are you so unlucky, since they came here, this master has not been good-tempered for many years, he is easy-going every day, and sometimes he can even see a rare smile...... It's been years since their brothers have had such an easy time as these days. This day has changed, and I don't know who has touched the mold again!

After a while, Qin Yi and Qin Li changed their dry clothes and rushed over in high spirits.

"You guys go and rest, we're on duty tonight!" Qin Li arranged in a low voice, raising his chin towards the inner room, and asked with his eyes.

Qin Xiao shook his head with a bitter face, bowed towards Qin Yi and Qin Li, and fled with Qin Yong.

Qin Li raised his eyebrows and gestured to Qin Yi, and the brothers went one after the other, raised the curtain and entered the inner room.

Bowing down, Qin Yi said in a low voice: "Master, it's not early, it's time to rest!" ”

Qin Zheng glanced at the two people under the kang with a heavy gaze, and sighed lightly. Qin Li immediately stepped forward to take off the cotton robe outside for Qin Zheng, while Qin Yi quickly went to the ear room to pour hot water. Qin Zheng got off the kang and got his shoes, and only wore a plain white cloud grosgrain shirt and pants into the west ear room.

After washing, Qin Yi handed over the handkerchief, Qin Zheng wiped his face and asked lightly, "The snow is so heavy, why didn't you come back?" ”

Qin Yi and Qin Li exchanged glances quickly, and Qin Li said respectfully: "Hui Ye, the time has not yet come!" ”

Qin Zheng is the most disciplined in charge of the army, and military orders must not be disobeyed and resisted, and military discipline cannot be ignored in the slightest. Qin Li's answer is precisely Qin Jiajun's consistent advocacy style. The affairs are not finished, the time has not come, no matter who or what, there will be no compromise or favoritism!

Qin Zhen was silent, threw the handkerchief into Qin Li's arms, and strode out of the ear room.

In the snowy night, there seemed to be the sound of some birds flapping their wings, Qin Li walked out of the house one by one, and after a moment, he walked in with an eagle falcon in one hand and a flat copper pipe in the other.

"Master!"

Qin Zheng raised his eyes and nodded, Qin Yi immediately stepped forward to take the copper pipe from Qin Li's hand, held it with both hands, and carefully placed it on the kang table, Qin Zheng was used to sitting on one side, and took another candle from the desk on the other side and put it on the kang table.

Qin Li held the eagle falcon that was obviously a little out of strength and retreated, fed and fed water, and let the falcon rest and go slowly. Qin Yi put the brass pipe and candle flame, silently took a step back, and stood silently with his hands bowed and his head bowed.

Qin Zheng sat down on the kang, raised his hand and pinched the copper pipe, which was still a little cold, and carefully checked it up and down, then took out a dagger, cut the sealing paint on the copper pipe, and then unscrewed the copper pipe and took out a piece of paper from the hollow inside.

The paper was densely written with fly-headed small letters, Qin Zheng looked at it intently, pondered for a moment, and carefully re-read it through the candle flame, this time, he was sure that he had finished reading it and remembered it, so he put down the paper and reached out to pick up a Zihao from the pen stand, Qin Yi immediately stepped forward, picked up the ink strip and grinded the ink evenly and vigorously, and spread the paper on the kang table, then took a step back again and stood with his hands down.

Qin Zheng groaned slightly, picked up the pen and waved the ink, and quickly wrote a reply, put aside the pen and picked up the writing haode note, looked at it again, blew the ink that was still some wet on the paper, and then folded it up and stuffed it into the overall management, Qin Yi stepped forward and took out the fire paint to bake it softly, took the copper pipe in Qin Zheng's hand and sealed it, bowed, held it with both hands, and withdrew.

Qin Zheng frowned slightly, sat silently for a moment, pinched the note paper on the table, lit it with the candle on the table, shook it, and threw it into the kang hole, full of fine and neat fly-headed small block paper, but in the blink of an eye, it turned into a piece of black ash in the kang hole, and in the blink of an eye, even the black ash was mixed into the firewood ashes, and it was no longer recognizable.

In a moment, Qin Li and Qin Yi turned back one after another.

Qin Zheng lowered his eyes and said lightly: "What happened a year ago, why hasn't it been done yet?" ”

Qin Yi and Qin Li glanced at each other quickly, Qin Li bowed and replied: "Master, it is not appropriate to break ground during the New Year, after this snow, it will take a few more days......"

Qin Zheng raised his hand and interrupted Qin Li's reply, "Is there a quasi-word?" ”

Qin Yi Qin Li's heart was slightly cold, Qin Li hurriedly bowed down and said, "Master, the sky is clear, immediately find a craftsman to start construction." ”

In the main room of the second courtyard, Qiu Chen was lying on the kang, and Afu Aman on both sides of him was already asleep, his slight breathing was even and long, and in the silence of the dark night, it was extraordinarily soft and clear.

Just now, the words I said were indeed a little abrupt, and it was inevitable that they were a little rude. But in this cannibalistic society, she still has to be careful to live carefully, not to mention that she is so submissive, but at least don't bury any troubles because of her own inadvertence.

The farce of Gao Yuzhang, the son of Tongzhi, is still vivid, and she doesn't want to experience it again. Moreover, in the face of Gao Yuzhang, she was able to rely on the second son of Yun's shili, and it happened that Gao Tongzhi committed an accident, and the Gao family died from then on, and he no longer had the heart to take revenge on her. But now this Marquis of Qin is a super-grade Marquis of Jingbei, if she really wants to accept her as a concubine, who can she rely on?

Alas, I only hope that this time she didn't look at the wrong person, although this person is domineering, he still acts like a gentleman, and he disdains to be as strong as that Gao Yuzhang.

Or maybe it's just that Liu thinks too much......

The taste in her heart was complicated and difficult to distinguish, Qiu Chen thought that she would have insomnia, but it didn't take long for her to fall asleep in the sound of Ah Fu Aman's even and long breathing.

It was a good night's sleep.

The next day is the fifth day of the first month, commonly known as 'breaking five'.

There is a folk custom, since Chinese New Year's Eve, the home is no longer cleaned, and on the day of breaking five, the dust and garbage accumulated in these days are swept out of the house, and dumplings are wrapped and firecrackers are set off to drive away the obscure and dirty atmosphere, and the family has a smooth and peaceful year.

It snowed heavily overnight, and the steps under the eaves were covered with snow, and the snow also spread up the eaves with the wind, almost extending to the door of the house.

Qiu Chen got up, the snow under the eaves of the porch of the house had been cleared, and Shunzi's family was sweeping all the way along the eaves, cleaning up the snow on the eaves and railings.

Tightening his clothes, Qiu Chen rubbed his hands and squinted at Qionghua Yushu's shijie, and couldn't help but feel high.

"Junko's family, leave the snow in this yard for a while, and let the children play for a while!" Qiu Chen smiled and raised his voice.

Junzi's family bent their knees at the door of the east chamber and agreed with a smile.

Yufeng came up from the house with a cloak, put it on Qiu Chen's body, and whispered: "Madame, really, I went to the door early in the morning to see the snow, so I put on a cloak." You always say that you are most afraid of wind and cold when you warm up, but you don't know how to pay attention to it. ”

Qiu Chen smiled at Yufeng, who had tied his belt and was about to retreat, wrapped in the cloak on his body and smiled: "Okay, don't mumble, I'll pay attention in the future!" ”

Yufeng blushed, bent her knees and said, "It's Yufeng who has no rules." ”

"Hehe, okay, I don't blame you!" Qiu Chen waved his hand and said, "Hurry up and pack up, let's make dumplings." It's broken five today, and this year should be over, so we don't have to be so taboo every day, don't dare to do anything, dare not say anything! ”

Yufeng was stunned, then shook her head with a smile.

Their wife is very dignified on weekdays, but when it comes to these rules and taboos, she is always so careless. Fortunately, fortunately, Mrs. is not controlled by her mother-in-law, otherwise this temper will not cause many troubles and quarrels!

The Lin family is filial piety and can't let go of the whip, but eating dumplings is indispensable. A meal of mutton chopped dumplings, the meat filling is hugged into balls, a bite is fragrant, the soup is overflowing, and it is very delicious. After breakfast, the children ran to the yard to build snowmen and build snow sculptures, while Qiu Chen led his family to clean up the courtyard before and after, and threw the garbage far away.

After going through the motions, Qiu Chen turned around and saw that the children were holding shovels and shovels and piling up a big snowdrift, but there was no shape at all, on a whim, he simply beckoned Qingxing to get the gloves out, walked into the yard, and made a snowball, and then beckoned Afu Aman to push the snowball and roll it on the ground.

Several other children joined in laughing, and soon the children were rolling four or five snowballs, large and small.

Qiu Chen instructed the children to use big snowballs as their bodies, stack small snowballs as heads, two stones with similar heads are eyes, and a branch is the nose, and then run to the room to cut a mouth with red paper and paste it, and then fold a hat with red paper and put it on, and a snowman is finished.

With the demonstration, the children's imagination and creativity were stimulated, and after a while, as soon as they entered the courtyard, they built more than a dozen snowmen of all sizes. Not to mention the variety of eyes and mouths, even the hats have become varied, Qiu Chen folded the simplest conical hat, but the children drew inferences from one another, folding square hats, round hats, and triangular hats...... There is even a black black gauze hat that I don't know which one is folded, and two broken branches are inserted on both sides to indicate the hat wings of the pipe cap! After Qiu Chen saw it, he gave a thumbs up and praised, the children are so talented!

After building a snowman, Qiu Chen had a flash of inspiration, and taught the children to build a fortress, repair fortifications, and then put the snowman in the fortifications and be a soldier of the guards...... So, soon, the battlements similar to the city wall were built, and Aman didn't know how to think of it, so he secretly took a piece of Qiu Chen's handkerchief, wrote a big Qin character, and then pasted it on a wooden stick and inserted it into the battlement!

Qin Li and Qin Yi only felt that in the blink of an eye, when he turned around, he saw that a white flag had actually been erected on the top of the yard with snow.

"Poof, haha, you stinky boys, why did you set up a white flag? Is this a surrender? Before Qin Li's laughter fell, Qin Yi reached out and pulled him, and shouted in a low voice: "Don't laugh!" ”

“haha…… Uh, what's wrong? Qin Li's laughter was choked back, and he looked at Qin Yi in surprise, but saw Qin Yi pointing at the white flag fluttering in the wind with a blue face...... Uh, the flag says ...... What is written on the white flag is actually the word 'Qin'?

Their Qin family army is the most brave and good at fighting, and all the clans in northern Xinjiang are terrified when they hear it, when did they raise the white flag? The men of their Qin family are all brave and fearless, and they are not afraid of death, how can they make a surrender?

"Stinky boys, are you itching your skin?" Qin Li doesn't look at the sleek and sophisticated on weekdays, but in fact, his temperament is the most violent among the eight people. As soon as I saw the white flag with the word 'Qin' written on it, I immediately became angry, burst into a shout, jumped out of the eaves, and threw myself at the children who were still playing in the snowdrifts!

The front and back yards are just separated by a row of houses, talking loudly, and they all smell each other.

Qiu Chen was following Shunzi's family to clear the snow in the yard, when he suddenly heard a loud cry in the front yard, he was slightly stunned, and then lifted the corner of his skirt and walked forward, forgetting to put down the broom in his hand.

Before he could get out of the second gate, there was a sudden cry in the front yard. Qiu Chen's heart hurt when he heard this, and his steps involuntarily sped up a lot. The cry was very familiar to her, it was the voice of a little girl.

While walking, Qiu Chen was still puzzled, what mistake did Aman make to make Qin Li so angry?

“…… Our Qin family army is unmatched, how can we surrender? …… Oh, don't cry, you little girl! …… Oh, don't cry, girl! Hey, why are you crying, I didn't scold you and didn't hit you......" Qin Li was sweating profusely, and he didn't know where he had just gotten his fire-breathing tyrannosaurus-like rage, and he didn't dare to fight or hug him...... The little girl who looked down at Wow Wow crying, tears and snot was in trouble, her face turned red and she explained and persuaded again and again, but there was no way to stop Aman's crying.

This cry was extremely sharp and penetrating, but he still hugged his legs tightly with his small hands, so that he couldn't do it even if he wanted to smear oil on the soles of his feet!

In the blink of an eye, Qin Li felt a little cryless without tears.

He was wrong, he shouldn't have forgotten, this was not a barracks, he was not facing rough and thick soldiers, but a group of four or five year old dolls. The most difficult thing is a two-year-old girl...... And he is so immortal, but he provoked this little devil star!

"Ouch, Xiaojie, Man'er, don't cry, Master Li won't beat you or scold you......" Qin Li tried to restrain himself, trying to keep his voice soft, and coaxed in a soft voice.

When Aman heard Qin Li's words, he sobbed and choked, the tears and snot on his face were still hanging, but he finally cried a little quieter, and sobbed and said, "...... However, this flag was put by Aman......"

"Huh? Is it really weird for you little girl? How can you plant a white flag and write the word 'Qin'? If you let others know about this, maybe you will ......" Qin Li said as he spoke, wanting to say something to scare and scare this little girl, so as not to make her do this kind of thing in the future.

But before he could say the words of scare, the little face that had been wiped clean on Qin Li's body suddenly raised, and then he put it on Qin Li's leg again, and shouted: "Mother, ......"

The mother called out, and the tears that had just stopped rolled down again without money.

Qin Li was educating him severely, and Ah Man called with a crying voice, which made him silent.

He was stunned, stiffened his neck and slowly turned his head, and saw Qiu Chen carrying a big broom in his hand, and two girls holding shovels and dustpans in their hands, striding over from the corner gate of the courtyard.

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I didn't rush out at zero o'clock.,I really don't have the face to owe any more debts.,Add a night shift code to these.,It's a pity that I can't upload it at zero o'clock.,I can only wait until the editor goes to work at eight o'clock to update...... Understand, dear ones!