After eating two meals at Aunt Qiu's house, Aunt Qiu took out the pig's head meat and rice that Leng Yue had given her before to entertain their family, Leng Yue was very grateful, took Aunt Qiu's hand and said: "Auntie, thank you for taking in our family, we will be a family in the future, and we will have a bite of food for you and Fang'er." ”

"Don't talk about this, Nianzi has been in this village for two years and has been taking care of me, and I am the one who should say thank you." Aunt Qiu patted Leng Yue lovingly, "Eat first." ”

When he was sleeping, even the old man knew that Leng Yue and Nianzi had gone into the mountains to pick bird's nests, and there were fifteen of them, and even the old man couldn't say anything in shock.

Early in the morning, Leng Yue got up early in the morning, she didn't call Nianzi, after all, Nianzi's feet are not convenient, she can go to Mrs. Xiao alone, Mrs. Xiao doesn't know Nianzi, and she takes him back and forth to take care of things, Leng Yue is a person who is anxious to do things, and she has to take action when she thinks of it, otherwise she doesn't bother to think about it.

Leng Yue came to Lao Qiutou's house and knocked on the door: "Uncle Qiu, are you there?" ”

Early in the morning, Lao Qiutou put on a thick cotton coat and was about to get up, when he heard someone call him, put on his shoes and went out, "Who?" So early? ”

"I, the daughter-in-law of the Nianzi." Leng Yue was quite awkward about her identity at first, but now she is used to it, but she blurted out and reported her home.

Lao Qiutou opened the door, buttoned up his clothes, and asked: "Why did you get up earlier than me, your father greeted me last night and asked me to take you to the town today, are you still afraid that Uncle Qiu won't call you, it's a cold day, why don't you sleep more in the warm quilt?" ”

Nianzi's daughter-in-law used to be notoriously lazy in the village, and she would not get up until three poles in the morning, and she waited for the old man to come back from the town to cook for her. Lazy daughter-in-law becomes so diligent?

"I want to go to the town early to finish my errands and come back early, there are old and young people in the family, I don't worry." Cold reading is a bit urging the old autumn head to hurry up.

Lao Qiutou looked at Leng Yue, thinking that the daughter-in-law of this year probably found out with her conscience, so she changed her personality.

"I'll wash my face, rinse my mouth and leave, you go into the house and wait." Lao Qiutou combed his sleeping messy hair, and after simply tying his hair with a belt, he went to the back kitchen to get hot water to wash.

"It's okay, I'll just wait here, you can hurry up." Leng Yue put his hands into his sleeves and squatted on the ground waiting for Lao Qiutou.

"Huh!" Lao Qiutou casually behaved with her, seeing that Nianzi's daughter-in-law is now more and more like a person at their level, Lao Qiutou is also happy for Lian Laohan, who used to help his daughter-in-law wash clothes and cook, and chatted with Lian Laohan last night, and even Laohan praised his daughter-in-law for how filial she was.

After Lao Qiutou washed up, he went out with Leng Yue, and Leng Yue asked before leaving: "Uncle Qiu, did my father tell you that the fare will be settled?" ”

"Anyway, this fare, don't worry!" Lao Qiutou has pulled the car for so many years, can't he still see that there are many blessings for the family, no matter what the family suffered this time, but with the craftsmanship of making a warm kang in the year, within a few years, the family will also turn over, and he is afraid that the family will not give this fare.

After entering the town and telling Lao Qiutou about the hour, Leng Yue inquired about Xiaofu from the people in the town, and ran all the way to Xiaofu with bird's nest.

Xiaofu is not difficult to find at all, the top of the vermilion gate is impressively written with two italic characters of Xiaofu, and it is not that I haven't learned traditional Chinese characters when I read it coldly, and it is very easy to recognize.

"Excuse me?" Leng Yue asked the subordinate who was sweeping the floor at the door, "Is Mrs. Xiao in the house?" ”

"Who are you?" The subordinate glanced at the rustic cold reading in the soil, and he didn't wear as well as his subordinates, and dared to come to Xiao Mansion to ask if Mrs. Xiao was in the mansion, and he didn't weigh what his identity was, is Mrs. Xiao her a country woman who can ask?

Leng Yue saw the white eyes of the next person, and looked at the clothes on his body, the clothes were Aunt Qiu's, which was very old-fashioned, no wonder this person's face was gloomy, since ancient times, people have relied on clothes to see people's identities, Leng Yue has long been used to it, and said with a smile: "I am sending bird's nest to Mrs. Xiao, you see." ”

When Leng Yue took out the bird's nest, the person was shocked, and the housekeeper said that the bird's nest that Mrs. bought in the hands of a village woman last time was much better than the bird's nest in the pharmacy, but unfortunately only bought five, after entertaining Mrs. Liu, the bird's nest was broken in the house for several days, and Mrs. Yu had to ask someone to go to the capital to spend a lot of money to buy it.

The lady told the housekeeper that if a woman brought bird's nest to the house, she must politely invite someone in.

Damn, how did he forget about that?

"This eldest sister, the lady is in the house, in the house, I will take you in, and the villain has eyes and does not know Mount Tai, eldest sister, don't go to your heart." The subordinate leaned the broom to the side, and asked Leng Yue to enter the house with a huffed waist.

"You're welcome! Annoying little brother to lead the way. Leng Yue generously made a gesture of please.

The next person is flustered, this village woman is not dressed very well, but the etiquette is neither humble nor arrogant, like a person who has seen the world.

Leng Yue's seer was Steward Lu of Xiaofu, and when Steward Lu heard that Leng Yue was here to deliver bird's nest, his eyes lit up, and he said very politely: "This girl, why did you come?" My wife has been waiting for you for several days, please please! ”

Steward Lu invited Leng Yue into a side hall and asked the maid to serve tea, "You sit down first, Madame just got up, I'll go back to Madame first." ”

"The butler is kind!" Leng Yue stood up and saluted back.

Steward Lu nodded, no wonder Madam likes this person, he is a person who understands etiquette.

Mrs. Xiao heard that Steward Lu said that Leng Yue had sent her bird's nest, and asked the maid to get dressed and hurried over, but before anyone arrived, "Sister, how many did you bring me this time?" ”

The reason why Mrs. Xiao has a good impression of Leng Yue is that the bird's nest sold to her by Leng Yue is not only genuine, but also the price is fair, even her Ji'er and Guo'er said that she can buy this kind of bird's nest It is really profitable, and now the bird's nest in the capital is not of such good quality and is sold for fifteen taels.

"Madame!" Leng Yue heard the voice and greeted him, and helped Mrs. Xiao to say respectfully: "Now there are not many bird's nests, and I only brought back fifteen this time." ”

"Only fifteen?" Mrs. Xiao was a little disappointed when she heard the numbers, but people also said that the number of bird's nests is not much now, not to mention this kind of pure bird's nest, it is rare to meet one, let alone fifteen.

The bird's nest sold by the merchant is to break down a bird's nest into several parts, and then put something similar to the bird's nest to mix, that day Mrs. Liu drank in her house, more than she remembered, she herself admitted that her blood bird's nest is not as good as this bird's nest.

"You personally sent it this time, so let's do it, I'll add one or two more to each bird's nest for you." Mrs. Xiao took the initiative to raise the price after seeing the goods.

The last time she bought bird's nest, she took advantage of others, and when she came back, she was told by her master, but she must be a woman, even if this little lady's bird's nest is good, it is impossible to let her add ten taels to one, add one or two, hard work This little lady personally sent it.

Unintentionally fifteen taels more, Leng Yue's happiness came so quickly, and he seemed very excited when he spoke: "Thank you, madam!" Thank you ma'am! ”

Steward Lu went to the account room and took one hundred and five taels of silver to Leng Yue to wrap up, Leng Yue took the silver, and was very happy, with this silver, she can buy the deed from the village chief, and she can also ask someone to rebuild the house, and renovate the wall of her house to build a new high, she and Nianzi have calculated this account, there is no more than fifteen taels, they buy a house deed, life is still a little tight, after all, in the winter, ask someone to build a house, the price is higher than usual, and the materials are more expensive than usual.

Leng Yue was thinking about it, when someone outside the house rushed in, "Madam, madam, the young master is back." ”

"Which young master? Be clear. When Mrs. Xiao heard her son coming, she stood up from her position.

"Of course it's us, mother." A deep male voice came in.

"Ji'er?" Mrs. Xiao had a smile on her face: "Just left for a few days, and you miss your mother again?" ”

"And me." Fifteen or sixteen-year-old boys came out from behind Xiao Ji.

"Wu'er? Didn't you go to Beijing with your master? How did you get back? "Mrs. Xiao was really overjoyed.

"The master said that before going to the capital, let the child come to visit his mother, isn't it?" Xiao Wu sprinkled coquettishly on Mrs. Xiao.

"Okay, okay, it's still thoughtful from your master." Mrs. Xiao had actually received news from her father-in-law a long time ago that Master Han was going to take Wu'er down the mountain to experience and see the world, and he would pass through Zhongshan County on the way, but I don't know if he would stay for a day or two to let Wu'er return home.

Mrs. Xiao has been wanting to see her son who she hasn't seen for more than half a year these days, but she didn't expect Master Han to be considerate of the flesh and blood of motherhood, and let Wu'er go home before traveling.

"Today, our family is finally reunited, Xiang'er, you go to the kitchen and tell Sister-in-law Qing to cook a few more dishes that Wu'er likes, quickly." Mrs. Xiao urged the maid beside her.

"Madam, sister-in-law Qing's son is sick, didn't she ask you for half a day off in the morning?" Xiang'er reminded Mrs. Xiao in embarrassment.

"Huh? How did I forget about it? Mrs. Xiao thought that Wu'er didn't come back so much, so she promised Sister-in-law Qing to let her go back to take care of her son, "What can I do, my Wu'er finally came back once, and I want to make something delicious for him to eat." ”

"Mother, it's okay, as long as you're with your mother, it doesn't matter what you eat." Wu'er is sensible.

Xiao Ji thought for a while and said: "Wu'er likes to eat all kinds of meat since she was a child, and it's okay to fry a few dishes by the kitchen at home, but if you want to make big dishes, or Sister-in-law Qing's craftsmanship is the best, or mother, I'll go to Xiangwei Building and ask a cook to cook a few big dishes for Wu'er?" ”

"That's a good idea!" Mrs. Xiao nodded in agreement.

"How much do you pay for a cook?" Leng Yue heard that they were going to invite a cook, anyway, it was still early, and if she could, she could still earn some extra money.

"Who is this?" Xiao Ji looked at Leng Yue and saw that her clothes were shabby, but she couldn't hide her appearance, she was a beauty.

"Oh, this is the little lady I told you about selling bird's nests." Mrs. Xiao only cared about chatting with the family, so much so that she forgot about the cold reading.

"It's her." Xiao Ji raised her eyebrows, hooked her lips and said, "I thought my mother was exaggerating, but it turned out to be a beautiful girl." ”

Her mother said that the little lady who sells bird's nest is beautiful and beautiful, and he still doesn't believe it, where can a village woman in the countryside be beautiful, and when she sees it today, she is a little beautiful.