The two talked softly for a while, and Lin Taohua was a little hot by him, so she had to urge him to work with a straight face. Zhou Ming smiled lightly, said that there was a gift for her, and then took her hand and went back to the room.

What Zhou Ming gave as a gift was a delicate small cage, full of wood, round roots, delicate small doorways, fine wood chips, and even small food boxes were extremely delicate and looked very beautiful.

Lin Taohua opened the window and looked into the peach orchard, and then called Maomao. After a while, a jade rat with slick fur ran over from a distance.

"This little guy really likes you, and if people can't rely on it, they will see the heavens nesting on your body." Zhou Ming looked at the jade rat that was crooked in Lin Taohua's hand and said with a smile.

Lin Taohua touched the head of the jade mouse, "Maomao, this is your house, see if you like it?" ”

The jade rat squeaked a few times and got into the wooden cage, and after a few turns, she nested in the sawdust.

Zhou Ming placed the rat cage on a soft cloth cushion in the corner of the wall. Lin Taohua realized that the wall in the corner of the wall had been punched a hole, just in time for the jade rat to pass through.

She chuckled, "Is this a gift for me or a gift for Maomao?" ”

Zhou Ming placed the jade rat and said mildly: "This is not your baby, my husband naturally wants to help you serve it well." Hehe, lady, for my sake, for my sake, okay for me to stay tonight? ”

Lin Taohua blushed, "It's getting more and more improper." ”

Zhou Ming hugged her and sniffed, and whispered: "Nephrite is warm and fragrant, red and delicate, and it is not a real man who can hold it." ”

Lin Taohua smacked him: "I can't bear the female sex so much, should I open two more courtyards for the sisters who will be admitted in the future to live?" ”

Zhou Ming pecked her lightly on the lips, "What a vinegar jar, do you want to swear a poisonous oath to you for your husband to Mingzhi?" ”

"Hehe, as you said, if you do something sorry for me in the future, I will not spare you." Lin Taohua chuckled in his arms.

After saving for a while, Zhou Ming got up and went to work on the brick kiln. Lin Taohua was too tired to move, so he told him the appearance and size of the brick mold, and asked him to fetch water and mud to make the bricks first, and then find a shady place to put them for a day, and then bake them tomorrow afternoon.

After Zhou Ming left, Lin Taohua leaned on the bed for a while, and finally couldn't help but pick up the white fungus that Zhou Ming picked back last night, and prepared to send it to the champion building in two days. As for the elixir that promised the Rejuvenation Hall, Lin Taohua decided to directly use honey as the base to integrate into the peach blossoms, thinking that the honey here is also expensive, and wondering if it is necessary to raise some bees in the peach orchard, maybe the peach nectar picked out is also effective.

"Auntie, auntie." Fei'er's crisp voice interrupted Lin Taohua's contemplation.

"What's the matter, Miss Phil?" Lin Taohua asked Zhou Fei who rushed in in with a smile.

"Auntie, Sister Mei invited me to her house to play, can I go?" Zhou Fei asked wistfully.

Lin Taohua looked at the door, and sure enough, there was a young woman in plain clothes standing in the courtyard, holding a girl about five or six years old with two small buns.

Lin Taohua took Zhou Fei's hand to meet her, Zhou Hui was afraid that she didn't know her, so she whispered: "This is the eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law of the village chief's family, Zhou Liu." ”

Although Lin Taohua didn't know her, she had heard of it, so she hurriedly beckoned her to sit down.

"Sister Liu is here, hehe, my house is in chaos now, but I neglected my sister, sit down quickly, drink a cup of autumn pear tea to moisten your throat."

Zhou Liu is the eldest daughter of the head of Liujia Village, married to Zhoujia Village for many years, gave birth to a son and a daughter, and Zhou Mo is also a very harmonious couple.

Although Zhou Mo's father and Liu's father are both village heads, Liujia Village is much larger than Zhoujia Village and is a well-known and wealthy village in Qingzhou. Liu Zhenye, the village head of Liujia Village, is a scholar who participated in the Autumn Festival, but he failed to become the village head. He prides himself on being a scholar, so the children in the family, both male and female, have invited Mr. to teach, and Liu is also a rare scholar in the village.

After Liu married into Zhoujia Village, he really had nothing to say to these girls and daughters-in-law in the village, so he usually nodded his head and rarely went out every day.

Lin Taohua once learned from Zhou Ming about the main people in the village and their approximate interpersonal relationships, and remembered that Zhou Ming said at that time that Zhou Liu's family was known as a high school in the village. Today, Zhou Liu's sudden visit, although in the name of children, is essentially a friendship between the two families. The ancestral home of the Zhou family is in Zhoujia Village, and Lin Taohua has no plans to move his family, so it is still necessary to maintain a good relationship with the village chief's family, so Lin Taohua is very enthusiastic about Zhou Liu's family.

Zhou Liu is not the type with a delicate appearance, and the whole person exudes an elegant bookish atmosphere. She sat down casually in response to Lin Taohua's hospitality, and said with a smile: "Sister, don't be polite, it turns out that my sister Mei saw Sister Fei and Brother An together yesterday, and today I have to come to play with Sister Fei." We came abruptly, and we didn't hand over the post, so it's good that my sister doesn't look weird. ”

Lin Taohua likes a woman like Liu, who seems to be very literate, and said with a smile: "It's not strange, it's not weird, I don't have any children in my family, Fei'er is lonely and pitiful, Sister Mei is willing to play with her, and it's too late for Sister Hui and me to be happy." ”

"Let's drink some tea, this year's newly made autumn pear paste is very delicious when it is washed with sweet water." Lin Taohua took the tea cup in Zhou Hui's hand and put it in front of Liu, and pushed the fruit bowl in front of Sister Mei, asking her to eat whatever she wanted.

"Sister Hui, what are you doing standing, sit down." Lin Taohua pulled Zhou Hui to the seat next to her, and said to Liu with a smile: "My sister Hui is thin-skinned, and the first time I saw my sister, she was very restrained, so don't laugh at her." ”

The Liu family heard Zhou Mo talk about Zhou Hui, and knew that she had reconciled with Zhang Youfu, and also knew that the Zhou family had taken custody of Sister Fei's children, and even changed her surname. She saw that Lin Taohua treated Zhou Hui very closely, and she also knew in her heart, so she naturally would not despise Zhou Hui, so she smiled and said: "Once born and twice matured, we will often interact in the future." ”

Lin Taohua agreed, grabbed a handful of candy and stuffed it into Sister Mei'er's small purse, and said softly: "Sister Mei'er's tutoring is really good, hehe." ”

Sister Mei accepted so many candies that she had never seen at once, and looked up at her mother in a panic. Liu was neither polite nor surprised, but only smiled lightly: "Since it was given to you by your aunt, take it, and play with Sister Fei later, you can't bully your sister." ”

Sister Mei responded to her mother first, and blessed Lin Taohua and Zhou Hui very respectfully.

"Fei'er, don't be naughty when you go to Sister Mei's house later, learn more from your sister, you know?" Zhou Hui took Fei'er's hand and explained carefully.

"Mother, Fei'er knows, can Fei'er bring the rag doll that Uncle Wu bought over to play?"

"Okay." Zhou Hui touched her head and replied very gently.

"Sister, don't worry, I will take care of it, and I'll send Fei'er back later." Zhou Liu got up.

Lin Taohua said with a smile: "Then there is Sister Lao, there are no good things at home, a few days ago, Sister Hui made a few cans of autumn pear paste, I tasted very good, my sister took two bottles back to taste." ”

Zhou Liu hurriedly said: "Sister, don't be polite, I'm ashamed to come empty-handed, how can I bring things back." ”

Zhou Hui quickly went back to the room and took two jars of autumn pear paste, put them in a small bamboo basket and handed them to Zhou Liu: "Sister, don't dislike it, what you make yourself, just taste it, don't be polite if you come and go." ”

"Yes, if my sister doesn't accept it, my sister won't dare to come to the door in the future." Lin Taohua echoed.

In this way, Zhou Liu didn't say anything more, took the small bamboo basket and led the two children who took the toys back.

"Sister Hui, what do you think of Liu?" Lin Taohua asked Zhou Hui.

"It's good." For her, as long as she gives her a good face, she is a good person.

Lin Taohua said with a smile: "Since people have come to visit, we can't help but express it, and I will ask my mother in the evening, and hand over a post to some daughters-in-law and girls who are good friends with my family, and then I will have to bother Sister Hui to make some small candies and snacks to entertain guests." ”

Zhou Hui said softly.

Zhou Fei was very excited to have a handkerchief, and kept saying that Sister Mei was good, Sister Mei was good, and all the adults laughed and teased her, saying that Sister Mei was so good, and let Zhou Hui exchange Sister Mei for her daughter. Fei'er didn't understand anything, and she almost cried in a hurry, but she made the adults laugh.