It's late autumn, the crabs have long been gone, and the wild chrysanthemums are about to bloom, Xuejiao took Qi Jing to pick the last sack of chrysanthemums. She doesn't plan to sell it after it is dried, and keeps it for her own use.

First, he made a chrysanthemum pillow for Han Xingjian's grandmother, and Li also made a private school for Xuejiao's grandmother to take back to the students in Li Wazhuang, ten miles away.

Xue Ru and Jing Hao saw that embroidery could be sold for money at the market that day, and the two of them were discussing how to match the silk thread, and after embroidering it, they sold it.

Xue Jiao was thinking about how to prepare the seasoning when she ate in Qingfeng Village that day, and the lack of umami in the dish. In her previous life, she made dishes with additives, and she used mushrooms, dried shrimp skin, and peppercorns did not make zuò chicken essence, and it tasted unexpectedly good on the dish. She wanted to make zuò, but she needed to buy shrimp skin and mushrooms, so she had to wait until tomorrow to buy them.

I thought that I would have to pickle salted duck eggs that day, because things were stranded for a long time, and there was nothing to do today, so I planned to pickle salted duck eggs.

Xue Jiao took out an earthen porcelain jar for making pickles from the kitchen, and took out the jar for salt, which is coarse salt, just suitable for pickling duck eggs.

There were still eight duck eggs left from Grandma Xianglian last time, but they were not Jing and delicious, and they were all eaten by Mrs. Chen.

Xue Jiao wanted to go to Xianglian's house to borrow a few, but when she thought that it was not easy for their family, she didn't know how many days she had saved the duck eggs last time, so she dispelled this idea.

Xue Jiao called Qi Ping to help wash the jar, and she washed the duck eggs. Jinghao and Xueru saw that Xuejiao was busy watching her, and Xuejiao explained to them that she was making salted duck eggs.

"I've only heard of pickled vegetables, and the first time I've seen pickled duck eggs." Xue Ru squatted down to help Xue Jiao wash the duck eggs and said.

"I read that the book says that the pickled duck egg yolk is golden and will run oil." Xue Jiao said.

Li thought that since he had made a chrysanthemum pillow for his mother, he should also make one for his mother-in-law, Mrs. Chen. Thinking like this, I stayed up late and made a pillow, and the pillow towel was a well-embroidered Magu birthday pattern, and now only the last lace has not been collected.

Li sat at the door and watched a few children busy while embroidering pillows, since Xue Jiao made money selling crabs, selling chrysanthemums and selling recipes, she supported Xue Jiao in whatever she did.

Xue Jiao instructed Xue Ru to wash the duck eggs and dry them in a ventilated place, and the cleaned jar was filled with cool boiling water, and star anise, Sichuan pepper, ginger, and white wine were put into the boiling water. After making this qiē, add salt and keep stirring, Jing Hao saw that Xue Jiao's strength was small, and took the initiative to help Xue Jiao stir the salt water.

After the salt water was saturated, Xuejiao soaked the duck eggs in white wine and put them into the jar one by one. Paste a layer of red mud on the outside of the jar, and then move the jar to a shaded place in the house.

"It won't be long before we can eat pickled salted duck eggs." Xue Jiao said excitedly.

Because the marinated duck egg yolk has a golden-red color, Xuejiao gave it a nice name called rouge duck egg.

After being busy, Xue Ru and Jing Hao embroidered together, Xue Jiao didn't know how to embroider but also learned to embroider, after all, in this era, no female celebrity is looked down upon. Xue Jiao and Xue Rujing discussed it well, and tomorrow they will take the embroidered handkerchief to the town and sell it.

Li put away the pillow and put away the thread satisfied.

Xue Yao walked for two days and didn't come back, and Zhao and Mrs. Chen sat in the house and talked about the ransom of Xue Yao. Xue Yao originally wanted her brother Qi Lin to have a good future, and she was willing to go to Dingfu to be a maid, but now that she is older, it is time to come out.

Li walked in with a chrysanthemum pillow, and Mrs. Chen didn't look at her.

But Zhao said with a smile: "Sister-in-law has been busy lately, and I haven't seen you serving by my mother's side, why are you free today?" ”

Li Shi smiled, handed over the pillow and said, "...... The weather is dry and irritable, afraid that my mother will be on fire, I made a wild chrysanthemum pillow for my mother last night, the most fired, chrysanthemums are still picked by Xue Jiao's children"

"The weasel gives the chicken a New Year's greeting, you and I don't know what your heart is? Baba gave me a pillow, what a good thing. I heard that Xue Jiao now has the silver and should hand it over, why did she swallow it privately, who is in charge of this family? Mrs. Chen saw that Li was angry, "Yesterday, Xuejiao went to the town to buy a lot of things, when I didn't know, I bought things for her second aunt, why didn't you say buy them for me, one by one." ”

"Mother......" Li was honest, but when she heard Mrs. Chen's accusation, she immediately panicked and explained, "The silver was earned by Xue Jiao's little child's family, and I can't be the master." ”

"Aren't you amazing? A few days ago, you beat my son, and instigated Da Xiu to block Jinghao's marriage, and now you are proud and ruined my eldest grandson's marriage. Don't dream, your son wants to be a mud that can't support the wall, and he wants to marry the daughter of the Sun family, hum. Mrs. Chen evoked the old hatred and scolded angrily.

When Li heard that Mrs. Chen, together with Chen Xiucai and Chen Qi'an, was scolded, he was ashamed and angry.

"Mother, you dissipate your anger, look at this pillow, you can accept it." Li held back his tears and said with a smile.

"I don't want anything from a black heart." Mrs. Chen said as she picked up the scissors in the bedside sewing basket and cut the chrysanthemum pillow, and for a while, the yellow chrysanthemums were sprinkled one after another.

"Mother, mother, you are angry." Zhao pretended to persuade, "Mother, Qi Lin's marriage will be ruined if it is ruined, don't be angry and hurt yourself." ”

Zhao's words undoubtedly added fuel to the fire, as soon as Mrs. Chen heard Zhao's saying that Qi Lin's marriage was ruined, she angrily grabbed the chrysanthemum and threw it on Li's head and body, Li cried angrily, and didn't dare to hide.

Cai Shi heard the movement of the upper room and hid in the house at first and did not come out, and heard Mrs. Chen complaining that Xue Jiao gave her rouge, so she hurriedly walked out. The matter of giving her rouge, she can hide it from Tietong, and she doesn't know who stabbed it out.

In case the eldest family blames themselves for this, wouldn't they be wronged, thinking like this, Cai's bulky body went to the upper room.

"Why are you singing a big show?" Cai walked into the room and saw that there were chrysanthemums scattered on the ground on the bed, and he understood a little.

"Xue Jiao, that girl has the ability to make money, just go and earn it, don't eat me and drink mine with a dead face." Mrs. Chen continued to scold.

"Mother, what are you angry about? Who doesn't praise you in our entire Maoshan Village, the eldest brother is a showman, the eldest sister-in-law is filial, you have children and daughters, and a lot of grandchildren, what a blessing, you should enjoy Qingfu. You care about Xuejiao's money-making, according to me, your children and grandchildren have children, you don't need to worry so much. Cai brushed off the chrysanthemum petals on Li's body and persuaded.

"You're pregnant, what are you mixing blindly." Old Mrs. Chen glanced at Cai's stomach, and the anger in her heart eased.

"The second sister-in-law doesn't persuade me either." The Cai family has always looked down on the Zhao family.

"Who didn't persuade me, I can't blame my mother for this. We have a big family who has delicious food and drink and is not in a hurry to hurry up and give filial piety to the mother, but some people like to eat alone, who is not angry, if the two sisters Xue Yao Xue Miao are like this, see if I don't fan a few mouths. Zhao said neither yin nor yang.

Xue Jiao heard the movement in the upper room, ran in, and saw the chrysanthemum at the head of the Li family, and was angry and anxious.

"Second aunt, we are a big family, the most important thing is to live in harmony, but you like to turn things upside down, sometimes you can't see what things are like when you are old, you should mention it every day by your grandmother's side, why do you say the opposite to make your grandmother angry." Xue Jiao retorted unceremoniously to Zhao, "If my mother is not filial, how can she stay up late to make pillows for milk?" ”

"What did I say, you little girl is getting more and more arrogant, she still doesn't understand the rules when she's so old, I always see that you are a child and don't care about you, you are more and more proud, every turmoil in the family is not because of you." Zhao was robbed by Xue Jiao and choked.

"The second aunt always likes to teach other people's rules, why don't you understand the rules, and just now you reprimanded my mother, if you understand the rules, how can your brother-in-law reprimand your sister-in-law have the reason." As soon as Xue Jiao remembered that the Zhao family had added fuel to the fire and caused the Li family to suffer, she was angry.

"You" Zhao was kicked by Xue Jiao.

Mrs. Chen was bored when she saw Xue Jiao, and when she saw her rushing into Zhao, she grabbed the feather duster at the head of the bed and headed towards Xue Jiao, but Xue Jiao avoided her.

"You're bad, I'll let you call my mother." Xue Miao rushed in and pounced on Xue Jiao and was about to fight, but was caught by Li and Cai.

"Xuejiao, hurry up." Li Shi turned his head and shouted at Xue Jiao, and pulled Xue Miao again, "Miao'er, be careful, your third aunt's body can't help it." ”

Xue Miao didn't listen to persuasion, and jumped on Xue Jiao one by one, and said with fire in her eyes: "Your whole family is bad, and my brother's marriage is ruined." And Xuejiao, you bought rouge for the third aunt, don't think I didn't see it, I saw the eldest aunt send rouge to the third aunt last night. ”

Cai and Li glanced at each other, and Cai said: "What do you know about your little child, that rouge was bought for me by my sister-in-law, and she went to the town to sell sesame oil and met Xue Jiao to come back a little." ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhao's face was very unsightly, and Mrs. Chen threw away the feather duster in her hand, clapped her hands and said, "The lamb of the black-hearted nest." He threw the chopped pillow scalp at Li's body, "Get out, get out of here, I don't care about your pillow, there is nothing good about it." ”

"Qi Anniang." Grandma Xianglian shouted in the yard, "Is Qi Anniang at home, I'll ask you to draw a shoe pattern." ”

Li agreed and went out with Xuejiao.

Walking into the north house, Grandma Xianglian saw the chrysanthemums and red eyes on Li's body and said: "This old woman is getting more and more disagreeable, just now Xue Ru and Jinghao went to call me, saying that your mother-in-law bullied you again, I specially came to you to draw tricks." ”

With the help of Xue Jiao, Li shook off the petals all over the ground, looked at Xue Rujing's red eyes and said, "It's not a big deal, you two are still going to trouble you." Saying that, his eyes were red, "It's hard for the child, I stayed up all night to make a pillow for my mother, I thought she would like it, who wanted to use scissors to twist it." ”

Grandma Xianglian had to comfort the Li family once, Li's grievances were not for herself, but for a few children, she wanted to never rush to tie up with Mrs. Chen in the future, people are not uncommon but cause a commotion.

Grandma Xianglian pulled the Li family and talked for a while, saying that the Sun family wanted to marry Qi An, and she sighed a few times, praising Qi An for being ambitious. I heard that Xue Jiao pickled salted duck eggs, and laughed that she still had more than a dozen duck eggs, and if the pickling was delicious, she would also use it for Xue Jiao to pickle together.

"Mother, milk, I'm back." A crisp sound sounded in the yard, and Xue Jiao looked through the window and saw that it was Xue Yao who had returned.

I saw that she was wearing a pink rose-scented tight-fitting Luo gauze dress, an emerald green flower skirt underneath, a butterfly flower tied with gold silk Ruan Yanluo around her waist, a jasper hairpin with her sideburns hanging low, and a delicate face pinched out of the water.

“…… Xue Yao, this girl. Grandma Xianglian stopped talking, and said with complicated eyes, "I got up early and went to the south to collect firewood, and I vaguely saw a girl like Xueyao, also dressed like this, sitting in a carriage and talking to a man, which made me go into the woods. ”