On the day I left for Qingshui Town, it rained in the morning.

The winter in Tongcheng is not as cold as in the north, and after the Lantern Festival, there are already some signs of recovery.

There was already some green in the fields, and there were small flowers blooming on the dead branches on both sides of the road. Spring is quietly spreading in the world.

The drizzle is silky, and the country roads are filled with the smell of grass and earth, which is refreshing.

After a month's absence, Qingshui Town is still the way it is in memory, the white walls and tiles beside the bluestone road stand in the smoke and rain, and occasionally the sister-in-law of Ah Weng wearing a hat and carrying a flat burden walks towards her, their steps are steady and slow.

Compared to the bustling provincial capital, life in a small town is relaxed and quiet.

On rainy days, countrymen rarely go out, and everyone prefers to brew a pot of home-fried tea, about three or five neighbors, sitting under the gatehouse to watch the rain and chat.

When she first left here, Qin Yu's heart was full of longing for her future life, and she couldn't wait to put on her wings and escape from this place of right and wrong that had imprisoned her for nearly two years.

When she came back again, maybe her mood had changed, and she saw the beauty of the town.

"Second master, wife, we have arrived." Laifu's voice was also full of joy, and the old house of the Sheng family was in front of him.

Mother Tao held up a half-used oil-paper umbrella to greet her, "Second master, wife, you are finally back, come into the house, it is raining today, it is really not the right time." ”

The Sheng family moved to the provincial capital, and few people came to the old house, and Tao's mother couldn't take care of it alone, and some muddy water accumulated in front of the door.

Sheng Yanqing saw the brand-new embroidered shoes on Qin Yu's feet, and as soon as he stretched out his arm, he hugged Qin Yu into his arms.

"You're ...... again In front of Tao's mother! Qin Yu hammered him hard, "It's not that I don't have long legs, I used to walk this road every day." ”

Sheng Yanqing not only did not let go, but hugged the ground tighter, and his steps were light.

He laughed heartily, "I just want to carry you into this door, so that the ancestors of the Sheng family can see, you are now my Sheng Yanqing's woman." ”

Qin Yu lowered her head and smiled, a man's possessiveness will always be so strong.

However, she also wanted to walk into the old mansion in the name of Sheng Yanqing's wife, not Sheng Yanming's surviving person.

Mother Tao also pursed her lips and smiled, and finally saw that these two people had achieved positive results, and the old lady could close her eyes if she knew it.

Sheng Yanqing hugged Qin Yu like this, walked through the main gate, spared the screen, walked through the carved corridor, and arrived at the main courtyard where the head of the family lived.

Master Sheng passed away early, and this place has been vacant for many years.

Qin Yu was a little unaccustomed to it, her hand gently stroked the pear wood furniture in the middle of the living room, and said, "Why don't we go back to other courtyards, whether it's Fuyunju or Fenglin Garden, we still have the habit of living." ”

"Let you live, you are the wife of the Sheng family, where did you get so many excuses." Sheng Yanqing stretched out his hand and pinched Qin Yu's face, "From now on, this main courtyard can only be your territory." ”

"Who's right? I don't know what else is Miss Zhang, sister of the Li family, when I am old and decrepit, maybe I will really become a woman like the Song family and the Lu family, who are mean and picky. Qin Yuxiu frowned, and worry was written on her face.

Sheng Yanqing's hand slowly moved to her chin, and as soon as he raised his hand, he held up her chin, "The woman I fancy is willful and tricky, and she is also funny and cute." I will open this main courtyard only for you in one day. ”

He loved her for a day and spoiled her for a day.

Qin Yu bent her eyebrows and laughed, she has obviously heard a lot of love words recently, why is she still so good?

"Second master, wife, what do you want to eat at noon?"

A woman was talking outside the door, and as soon as Qin Yu looked up, she saw the Sun family, the Ma family, and the daughters-in-law of the Sheng family clan for several years coming over, and several people were still carrying vegetable baskets in their hands.

Since the death of the old lady of the Sheng family, Tao's mother has dismissed most of the subordinates in the house, leaving only some who are too old to make another living to guard the old house.

This time when the master came home, there were not so many people in their hands, so these daughters-in-law volunteered to help.

Qin Yu greeted them with a smile, "When I wanted to see you again during the Chinese New Year last time, I didn't expect to see you so soon." ”

"The second master and his wife have any orders, just after the New Year, there is no work to do at home." Sun said very enthusiastically, "It is our blessing to be able to serve the second master and wife. ”

In life, all you need is a porridge and a meal, a bed, and a sheltered room, Qin Yu has never been so particular.

She couldn't bear to slap off the kindness of these people, so she ordered, "Okay, you can watch and cook lunch." The second master and I came back this time to arrange the harvest of spring tea, and there will not be a lot of time at home, so everything is simple. ”

"Well, we've got it." Sun readily agreed, her daughter Sheng Yun'er was still working in the Sheng Mansion, and she had always wanted to tie up the Sheng family.

It's simple, but I still got a full table for lunch.

Boiled meat, braised tenderloin, steamed sea bass, stir-fried vegetables, and cherry peaches, Qin Yu looked over one by one, and finally the chopsticks stopped on the plate of dried fried beans.

The beans are heated in oil for a while, and then fried with chili pepper and peppercorns, and the flavor is hooked with green onion and ginger, which is full of fragrance and taste, especially the dry chili peppers on the surface, which makes people have an appetite when they look at it.

Qin Yu just picked up a piece of chili pepper, but Sheng Yanqing beat it mercilessly.

"I said that I wasn't allowed to eat spicy food lately." He glared at her with a straight face, "When the little day comes, I grin in pain, but when I eat, I don't refuse to come." ”

Qin Yu begged in a low voice, "It's just a chopstick, I'm already very taboo, I haven't eaten anything spicy recently, and my mouth is light and tasteless." ”

Sheng Yanqing lowered her head and took a bite of rice, "No." ”

"Just one bite, even one." Qin Yu blinked, pitiful.

Sheng Yanqing glanced at her and shook her head firmly.

"Hmph, I won't eat it." Qin Yu threw away the chopsticks, picked up her hand, and her face was full of unhappiness, "If you don't eat chili peppers, you won't have an appetite." ”

Sheng Yanqing stretched out her hand and rubbed Qin Yu's hair, and sighed softly, this woman really did everything for her stuttering.

He looked at Qin Yu and said, "It's okay if you don't eat, I'm going to have a meeting in the Gathering Hall in the afternoon, I don't know when this meeting will be, I don't know if some people still have the strength to go?" ”

"Convergence Hall?" Qin Yu's eyes lit up suddenly.

The Gathering Hall is the place where the Sheng family discusses important family matters, and major business decisions are made there, and in the past, only Mrs. Sheng had the right to convene the people of the clan to discuss matters in the Gathering Hall.

Being able to enter the Convergence Hall was something Qin Yu dreamed of.

Sheng Yanqing took a pair again and handed it to Qin Yu, "How many bites or two, others have been busy for most of the morning to make them." ”

"Alright then, I'll just barely eat some." Qin Yu borrowed the slope to get off the donkey very spinelessly.