Qi Su Niang is already in awe of Chen Niangzi, and gets up early every day to carry water, collect firewood, light a fire, decoct medicine, and do laundry, sewing, and cooking.

Chen Niangzi didn't have to do anything, but she didn't explain Ban Shao's "Female Commandment" with her, but only taught her to distinguish all kinds of beans, melons, vegetables, and grains. Teach her how to carry water with a flat pole, how to pick soap horns to bake soap powder, how to use soybeans to make soy sauce, and rice dough to make rice vinegar, so that she knows how to use cotton stalks to heat the fire and reduce smoke, and use bran fire to cook rice to save money.

There was no male child at home, and Mrs. Chen was sick again, but the twenty acres of land were not idle, and the fifteen acres of tenants planted cotton and wheat for the Qi family. Su Niang's strength is used in the remaining five acres of greens, radishes, and sweet potatoes without wasting any of them.

Qi Su Niang knew that although these farm jobs could not stand up, they were the capital of life, and they obeyed their words, and their every move was based on Chen Niangzi's teaching, and after a long time, they also noticed many differences in Chen Niangzi.

First, this Chen Niangzi has a son, but she never mentions her husband's family, and she always takes care of the tablet next to the god cabinet in the hall and does not let Qi Su Niang get close. Second, her behavior and conversation are obviously not from an ordinary background, she is good at poetry and arithmetic, although she is wrapped in her feet, she has already let go, and there is always some reason. Third, she had some silver coins and hairpin rings, some of which were in and out, and they were slowly exhausted, and someone brought back the silver money from Jiang Ningtuo. Although it is only seven or eight dollars of silver, Qi Suliang can't help but suspect that her talented son is afraid that he is in an all-round development, and this time Jiang Ning is a person and a man who makes money?

With these questions, Qi Su Niang has also spent nearly half a year in Chen's house, and she hung red on the spring flowers behind the house during the February Second Flower Festival; On March 3, when he went to the top of the mountain, he followed Mrs. Chen to the river and learned to row bamboo; In the cold food on April 5, I learned to make Qingtuan, King Kong navel, and tea dumplings, and ate a belly support; Qingming sent the Qi family and his wife to Qi Village seven or eight miles away to worship their ancestors, and watched Chen Niangzi sit on the tablet for a day.

During the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of May, she followed Aunt Qi to brave the continuous plum rain, harvested the artemisia wormwood in the field, carried it to the Cao River to sell, and escaped before the dragon boat meeting became a fight with the Cao River sailors. After waiting for June 6, Qi Su Niang hurriedly took out the wet and smelly bedding and clothes to dry, rejoicing in the end of the rainy season.

Qi Su Niang made the first pair of women's shoes before the begging on July 7, and won a slight smile from Mrs. Chen and a good compliment from Mrs. Qi. In this way, it was not until the middle of July and a half that she put a small lotus lantern made for her by Qi Hu in the stream alone, and Qi Su Niang gradually learned some customs in this world.

In addition to these rules, Qi Su Niang learned to open the field in the sting season, learned how to plant vegetables in the spring equinox, and helped the Qi family couple to loosen the soil, fertilize, and plant seedlings until the Qingming Festival.

Qi Su Niang was very happy, she had no worries, and she became more and more focused on doing things, not to mention the things in the house, but the work in the fields was also refined. She is fed and clothed every day, and her body is getting bigger and bigger, but her life is getting better and better, but Mrs. Chen's illness is getting worse and worse, and she gradually can't get up. Later, Mrs. Chen was unable to eat.

This village is close to Gaoyouzhou City, Qi Hu carried the bamboo felling down the river, ran for a day and a night, invited a kind doctor to come to see a doctor, but only got the words "the lamp is exhausted, and there is no way to return to the sky", Aunt Qi cried with a person behind her back, and wanted to write a letter to Jiangning to call Chen Yan back, but was stopped by Chen Niangzi

Chen Niangzi had a sick face, white lips and blue lips, leaned on the head of the bed and held Aunt Qi's hand and said: "I knew that this body was not good, so for his peace of mind, Fang sent him to Jiangning City early." Moreover, it is rare that Mr. Mei is also in Jiangning, and he lives in Mr. Mei's courtyard, and those things that are counted and learned from river work can be taught. I didn't want to take the exam again, but I gambled and forced him, and now I can't drag him down anymore. ”

Sister-in-law Qi saw that she was seriously ill, but she insisted on refusing to let Chen Yan come back, holding Chen Niangzi's hand and crying. Qi Su Niang had already cried so much that her eyes were red and swollen, and she was choked up. The two of them had no choice, so they had to rely on her and ask someone else to send a letter to their home that reported safety. Mrs. Chen said for a long time, she was extremely tired, but she refused to rest, called Qi Su Niang, pointed to Qi Sister-in-law and said, "Su Niang, kowtow to Qi Niang." ”

Although Qi Su Niang was puzzled, she knew that she must have a deep meaning, so she quickly knelt down and knocked hard. Mrs. Chen gasped and said: "Sister-in-law, this child was originally surnamed Qi, I originally wanted to accept her as my goddaughter, but now I'm afraid I'm going to bias you." ”

Sister-in-law Qi wiped away her tears and nodded at the same time: "Don't worry, Qiang'er's father will find someone to settle for her, this child is capable inside and out, and it is still our blessing to come to our house." ”

Qi Su Niang didn't know the surname of this body, and Xiao Cui didn't know it, so she took the original Qi surname, and now she saw that Chen Niangzi was dying for her, and kowtowed to Aunt Qi three more times with tears in her eyes, and called "Niang", and became the adopted daughter of the Qi couple and Qi Qiang's sister. Aunt Qi hurriedly responded and helped her up.

Chen Niangzi smiled again: "Sister-in-law, there is another matter, Yan'er is also seventeen years old, and he has not yet been engaged, you know that he is a fool, ******** is those things, you have to find a capable and sincere person to get an idea for him inside and out." If I leave, I'm afraid there will be no one to worry about him. She said these words in one breath, and suddenly she was a little out of breath, sweat broke out on her forehead, and Qi Su Niang was so panicked that she rubbed her chest for her.

Sister-in-law Qi seemed to be a little happy, looking at Mrs. Chen's appearance but couldn't laugh, she looked at Su Niang, and while raising her sleeves to wipe the sweat for Mrs. Chen, she held back her tears and said: "Since you are optimistic, I will answer this family affair for Su Niang, the actor is famous, the future is not small, and it is Su Niang's blessing to be able to marry him." ”

Chen Niangzi showed joy on her face, nodded slightly, and turned her eyes to Su Niang again, Qi Su Niang was unwilling in her heart, where could she say it at this time, she could only cry and cry. Chen Niangzi said softly: "How have you learned the rules these days?" ”

Qi Su Niang wiped her tears, choked up and replied: "Su Niang understands, this rule should also be able to enter, and if you can get out, you will learn to understand." Seeing that Qi's sister-in-law was on the side, she didn't dare to say much, but she thought in her heart, everyone in Banzhao history, the eldest grandson and the queen of the ages, and the women of the Wu family are called emperors, and they are not ordinary women, where is what they do is consistent with what they did in the "Female Commandments", "Female Rules", and "Female Fan"? However, the world ridiculed him, he was powerless to resist, and he was soft and soft-willed, so as to be discussed by the times. It's just that the Wu clan turned over the clouds, and its talent and ambition were unprecedented, Ban Zhao and the eldest grandson retreated, killing two birds with one stone, and both virtue and ability, but they can learn from one or two. What Mrs. Chen taught that day was just to tell her to act indulgently on the one hand, and on the other hand, she had to cover it up deeply and act cautiously, so that she could advance and retreat more than once, and get a good start and a good end.

Chen Niangzi's eyes lit up, and she gasped: "Okay, good, you need a heart-to-heart party to be able to afford it." Yan'er is my son, I understand it very well, I won't mistake you. After that, he shook his hand and took a small flat box of rosewood in the pillow box, handed it to Su Niang, and said reluctantly: "This is a family heirloom, which is considered a tea item, and there is still a rest of the family." The keys to all parts of the house have already been given to you, I am dead, you are the housewife of the Chen family, you just need to take it, and the rest is your own business-" At this point, I couldn't say anything anymore, just sighed, Yin Yin looked at Qi Su Niang.