[Chu Fan has already begun to show his strength, all book friends have also helped to foil it, collections, recommendation votes, and evaluation votes just smash it! ] I also hope that book friends will point out the lack of crabs in the book review area, so that "Battle of Liaodong" will become more and more exciting :)]

The north wind howled, sweeping everything in the darkness, and the sound of the ghost crying wolf made the chill thicker and thicker, making people feel goosebumps on their bodies when they heard it, and they wished to wrap their clothes in a single crevice.

But the side hall of the Chu family's main house was a warm and peaceful scene, four or five oil lamps gilded the room with a layer of warm golden yellow, the charcoal in the brazier under the dining table crackled, and the red firelight made people seem to be warm just by looking at it.

Chu Fan was sitting at the table, holding a large bowl of noodles and sucking noodles, and Zhang sat next to him, staring at him as if he couldn't see enough, with a loving face.

"Squeak!" The door opened, and Chu Qin came in with a small bowl, and the two oily poached eggs in the small bowl were still sizzling.

"I don't know if you'll come back today, make do with some food, and make it for you tomorrow." Zhang took the small bowl, gently placed it in front of Chu Fan and said, this is the third time she has said this tonight.

"Woo~~"

A bamboo dragonfly screamed and soared, hitting the ceiling and falling on the dining table with a loud bang, just inches away from the small bowl of eggs.

Niuniu giggled and ran towards the dining table, but was pulled by Chu Qin halfway, and muttered something in her ear while looking at the gritted Zhang from the corner of her eye.

Picking up the fried poached egg, Chu Fan bit half of it, and the thick egg yolk immediately filled his mouth, and after the noodle soup was sent down, he sighed with satisfaction - no matter what he ate, it was still the smell of rice at home!

Chu Qin's protection still failed to let Niuniu escape Zhang's punishment, seeing that his mother's slap was about to fall on Niuniu's ass, he hurriedly shouted with a smile, "Mother, I brought you a lot of things, Nuo, it's all in that baggage, you give points." ”

Zhang's hand froze in the air, and he glanced at Chu Qin in disbelief - when did this stupid boy become so knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and he also knew how to bring gifts to his family.

After letting go of Niuniu, Zhang and Chu Qin walked to the coffee table and opened Chu Fan's baggage, only to see that there were a dazzling array of things used by women such as powder, silk scarves, and rhombic glasses, and of course, the clay figures, windmills, and rattles that were bought for Niuniu.

"Mother, this golden hairpin was bought in Zhangjiawan, and the silversmith said that it was the most up-to-date style in the capital...... Sister, I didn't buy those jade earrings, hehe, my brother-in-law said that he bought them from a person who gave Le Ye. Chu Fan walked behind them with a bowl and pointed while sucking the noodles.

As soon as the word "brother-in-law" came out, Chu Qin's face had already turned into a big red cloth, but he was holding the pair of earrings in his hand and refused to let go.

"Brother, what is this for? Is it for me? Niu Niu flipped through the sky for a long time, held up a round object and asked.

"That's a spinning top, and there's a whip in the baggage," Chu Fan stretched out his hand and scratched Niuniu's nose, and said with a smile, "Wait for my brother to teach you to play when he's free." ”

A big bag of things is actually not worth much, but the mother and daughter are full of interest, shouting, making Chu Fan feel warm and sad, he secretly swears that when he earns money in the future, he must buy back the best things in the world, dress his mother and sister beautifully, and let Niuniu, a little naughty little naughty, use pearls as marbles to play.

The family happily checked the gifts, but they didn't notice that the idle tea that had finished cleaning up the stove entered the house at some point, and stood silently in the corner watching this happy scene.

Chu Fan inadvertently raised his head, and happened to catch the sparkle in the little girl's eyes and the flickering loss on her face.

Touching Chu Fan's gaze, the little girl pursed her lips and lowered her head, turned around and went out, if she stayed a little longer, she would be able to see the sly smile on Chu Fan's face.

After eating the noodles, the family sat down and began to discuss business.

"Mother, do we have a larger house in Wanzikou Village that I can rent? I want to rent it. "The first thing to solve is the problem of the site - his ancestral house is too small to be spread out.

Zhang thought for a while and replied, "There is a house in the west of the village, the place is big enough, and his family rarely comes to live, usually a housekeeper is taking care of it, the housekeeper is familiar with your third uncle, and I will let your little third aunt ask tomorrow." ”

Once the venue has eyebrows, it is time to consider the problem of manpower, this Chu Fan has already thought it through, and recruited from the Liaodong refugees on both sides of the Shahe River. Again, the poorer the person, the easier it is to be satisfied, and a little hope can keep them shut.

What's more, the pair of crystal clear eyes I saw on the day I went out were still imprinted in Chu Fan's heart.

When Chu Fan asked about the few skilled workers he had trained earlier, Zhang was a little hesitant, and after questioning, Chu Fan knew that he had now become the laughing stock of the village - those village women and rough men didn't understand what he wanted to do, and they didn't know how many jokes they had arranged to ridicule him. Listening to Zhang's meaning, the three cooks are okay, and the ten cigarette workers are probably only three or four who are willing to come again.

Chu Fan was amused and angry when he heard it, in fact, he wished that the people in the village couldn't understand what he was doing, and he didn't want to be noticed by anyone about the secret of mixing Ah Bian with tobacco.

However, the fact of becoming the laughing stock of the village made him very unhappy, pursing his lips, Chu Fan secretly said in his heart, wait, when I come back from the Wa Kingdom, the silver of white flowers will not blind your dog's eyes.

The work was roughly divided, Zhang was responsible for contacting the village masons and carpenters to prepare the stove and make the mold, Chu Qin was responsible for weighing the tobacco and Ah Bian in proportion, and Chu Fan was responsible for solving the site and recruiting people.

After telling everyone to keep it a secret again, Chu Fan yawned and went back to his room—he was sleepy when he was full, especially after a tiring day.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw Xiancha sitting on the bed in a daze, looking pitiful.

"Young Master, have you eaten? The servant will go and fetch water and wait for you to wash your face. Seeing Chu Fan coming in, the little girl hurriedly got out of bed.

Chu Fan paid attention to her dodging eyes, trying to capture the loss just now, but found nothing, and Xiancha seemed to return to that submissive expression.

When Xiancha came in with a cup and a willow branch, Chu Fan took it expressionlessly, walked towards the courtyard, and was still muttering, "Look at how dirty your pillow is, it's all gray underneath!" ”

The willow branches were dipped in sea salt, Chu Fan brushed his teeth absentmindedly, and listened to the movement in the house with his ears, and sure enough, a low cry full of surprise came out, and he grinned - what he bought for Xian Cha was a pair of cloisonné cloisonné bracelets, which cost a full twenty-five taels of silver.

Chu Fan didn't mean to be bad, he just felt that such a private gift shouldn't be mixed with Zhang's, so he kept it in his arms, and when he saw Xiancha's lost expression, he knew that this girl wanted to be crooked again, so he quietly stuffed it under her pillow, just to surprise her.

However, when Chu Fan returned to the house, he found that the surprise seemed to be a little bigger-Xiancha hugged the pair of bracelets and cried darkly.