"Wash the roses to remove the calyx and remove the heart, sprinkle a layer of petals with a layer of brown sugar and a layer of salt, and then put a layer of petals sprinkled with a layer of brown sugar and a layer of salt, until the petals are used up, pound them with a pestle until they are viscous, add honey and mix well, put them in the jar and seal them, turn them over once in half a month, and they can be coated on the pasta snacks after a month to eat, and the teeth and cheeks will be fragrant after eating...... A pound of pine flowers is indispensable, eight taels of pu huang should not be fried, acacia flowers and apricot blossoms are five dollars each, and two catties of white honey are pounded together. Whether it's eating, bathing, red and white until ......old"

Ling Xiaorou's melodious voice sounded in the garden, and Qu Hongxiu sat at the stone table next to her and wrote it down word by word.

After the banquet dispersed yesterday, Qu Hongxiu was worried about the flower and fruit recipes for beauty, Ling Xiaorou happened to lack someone who could write, so the two sisters agreed to get up early and then in the garden, one said and one wrote, Ling Xiaorou could also use this time to direct the maids to pick flowers.

Mrs. Qu also brought a few young ladies over, and now everything in the house is mostly taken care of by the young lady, and she has a lot of free time every day, so she just came to listen to the beauty of flowers.

Yang Yang sprinkled two pieces of paper densely, full of all kinds of flowers and fresh fruits, dried flowers and dried fruits of the usage, to Qu Hongxiu remembered, and then look at the original flowery garden, become green, the petals on it are mostly packed into the basket brought.

It is not only dried flowers but also into vegetables, so it is natural to pick them, so as not to find them after the flower. Some people also regret that these recipes are known late, and many early blooming flowers are out of season, so they can only wait until the next year to pick them.

Ling Xiaorou asked people to bring all the tools for making flowers and food, and demonstrated them a few times, and the ladies also followed to learn, although at this time in the Qu family, they could still wait for Mrs. Qu to let them send the prepared flowers and food, if they got married one day, they would have to get them themselves, and learning more would also make the concubines envious.

Besides, Mrs. Qu gave them on weekdays, and they still didn't fall anywhere? It's better to do it yourself. I didn't care about the flower juice staining my clothes, except for the chattering sound in the garden, I could only hear the sound of the small pestle pounding the flowers, and Ling Xiaorou pointed out and corrected a few words from time to time.

was busy, a mother-in-law came in and said a few words in Mrs. Qu's ear, Mrs. Qu frowned slightly at first, and then gave a few instructions before waving her hand to let her mother-in-law go down, but after that, she was a little uneasy.

Qu Hongxiu saw and asked, Mrs. Qu only said that she had nothing to do, but in Ling Xiaorou's eyes, she always felt that she was preoccupied, but Mrs. Qu refused to even say anything about her own daughter, and she didn't want to talk too much.

After noon, after eating the food cooked by the cook in the garden, Mrs. Qu took the maid and left in a hurry, and when she went out of the garden, she stumbled, which was very different from her elegant and decent demeanor before.

The ladies also seemed to see Mrs. Qu's strange appearance, and the atmosphere became a little weird.

The fifth lady said: "A few days ago, I overheard someone say that it seems that my father wants to take a concubine again, will my mother be displeased because of this?" ”

The fourth lady shook her head and said, "Mother is the most generous, probably not." ”

Miss Seven, who is only twelve years old, said with a rueful face: "I sound like there is a problem with the shop at home, and some people can't make ends meet, what if that's the case?" Won't we not be able to get the dowry when we get married in the future? ”

Qu Hongxiu's face sank, "What are you all talking nonsense?" My Qu family is also a century-old family, will it be worse than your dowry? ”

Several young ladies were silent, but when they saw Qu Hongxiu, their eyes were also a little resentful, obviously thinking that she was a young lady and a big one, and the dowry lady had prepared it early in the morning, even if the family was really defeated, her dowry would not be missing.

But these young ladies are different, their mother-in-law is kind and they can have more dowry, if the mother-in-law insists that the family has no money to buy more dowry, it is possible that a few small boxes are sent away.

It was not interesting to sit down any longer, and a few young ladies took the prepared flowers and food with them, and said goodbye and returned to the courtyard.

Only Ling Xiaorou and Qu Hongxiu were left in the garden, as well as a few maids behind them.

Ling Xiaomin went back to Zhucun with the Li family early in the morning, and the confession banquet was over, and they were not used to living in a big family like the Qu family, so it was better to go back to Zhucun to live in their own home.

Since the Li family went back to share the things brought back from Jicheng before the confession banquet, she has enjoyed the treatment that only the wives of large families can enjoy on weekdays.

Although the people in the village are not as strict as the Qu family, the admiring and flattering eyes still please her, and the Qu family is fine, she is still willing to go back and enjoy the treatment of being held by the stars, which is better than not being at ease anywhere in the Qu family.

If it weren't for the purpose of copying the recipe, Ling Xiaorou would also go back with them, but since she had promised Mrs. Qu and Qu Hongxiu, Ling Xiaorou could only wait for the recipe to finish writing before going back.

As a result, he accidentally heard these words that he shouldn't have heard, if the Qu family was really like what the seventh lady said, they would be unable to make ends meet, and the century-old family would also be in danger.

Qu Hongxiu was absent-minded, and Ling Xiaorou didn't ask much, although she was confident that she could help the Qu family open a money-making shop, but if the Qu family was going to fall, it was not something she could ask, even if she wanted to help the Qu family, she had to find a good time or the Qu family took the initiative to mention it.

In the end, Qu Hongxiu couldn't sit still, "Sister Rou'er, I'll go to my mother's place to have a look." ”

Ling Xiaorou also got up, "I'll go with you, I just want to go back to Zhucun and say goodbye to my stepmother." ”

Qu Hongxiu nodded, and the sisters took the maid to Mrs. Qu's yard, and as soon as they entered the yard, they saw that the atmosphere was not right, and the maid stood in the yard, all of them hung their heads and did not dare to look around, and there was a dispute between Mrs. Qu and Master Qu in the house.

Mrs. Qu said: "If you are determined to take a concubine again, you can sell it when you see which concubine's room can't enter your eyes, so you use the silver to admit the newcomer into the door, pour out the place, and the yard doesn't need to be cleaned up, and the newcomer can live in it directly." ”

Old Man Qu said in a deep voice: "You don't want to mess around, I used to say that you are generous, why are you jealous today?" ”

Mrs. Qu sneered: "Jealous? Don't you want to button people's hats, don't you look at the scenery at home now? That's what the monthly accounts in the shop are, but how many new people have you and An'er added? Which one doesn't want a few taels of silver a month? There are also new people and waiting people, how much more expense does this come and go? And the old man recites poetry every day, which one doesn't ask for silver? Now you complain that I am jealous, if the family has enough money, I am also happy to have a good reputation for generosity, but looking at this scene, I am afraid that when the daughters get married, the dowry will not be ready. ”

The house was quiet and terrible for a while, since the beginning of the family business, Mr. Qu handed over all the shop accounts to Mrs. Qu to take care of, he went out every day to meet friends, chanted poetry, never asked about the family's business, when there was no money, he asked Mrs. Qu, I really didn't expect that one day the family would be unable to make ends meet.

can think about the newcomers he has accepted over the years, and the backyard where An'er has more than him, what Mrs. said is very likely, and I feel a little guilty in my heart.

It's just that when he thought of the little woman who was like a flower, he couldn't bear to give it up, and finally he could only salivate and laugh at Mrs. Qu, "Madam, only this once, if you don't take it as an example, you will become a husband!" ”

Mrs. Qu snorted coldly, ignoring Master Qu, and Master Qu said: "Mrs. has worked hard to keep the family all these years, and she can't bear it for her husband, and she assures you that this is really the last time, and there will never be a newcomer in this house in the future?" ”

Mrs. Qu muttered: "Even if the master is going to take the newlyweds into the door, I can't stop them, but the accounts in this house really can't pay the money, and my dowry over the years has also filled the family's accounts, so why don't I go and talk to the young lady, let her take some silver from the dowry first, and help the master marry the newlyweds?" ”

Old Man Qu trembled for a long time, "You...... You...... You...... How unreasonable! ”

After speaking, he threw up his sleeves and walked out of Mrs. Qu's room angrily.

No matter how thick-skinned he is, he can't do anything to let his daughter-in-law use the dowry to take a concubine for him.

As soon as he came out and saw Qu Hongxiu and Ling Xiaorou standing in the courtyard who looked very uncomfortable because they heard something they shouldn't have heard, and when they thought of the righteous daughter who had just been recognized heard their somewhat unashamed words, Master Qu also blushed, lowered his head and left in a hurry.

It was the first time for Ling Xiaorou to see Master Qu, and she saw that he was a forty-year-old middle-aged uncle, and he also looked like a talent, but why didn't he do anything? Sure enough, scum is not visible from the surface.

The original awe of the Qu family's scholarly family, and the little awe of Master Qu has also disappeared, this is simply a Sven scum, right?

Qu Hongxiu walked to Mrs. Qu's house, Ling Xiaorou didn't want to follow up at this time to embarrass Mrs. Qu, but she was pulled by Qu Hongxiu and couldn't break free, so she had to be dragged in.

Mrs. Qu was sitting at the table crying, and she felt embarrassed to see her daughter and righteous daughter come in, so she hurriedly turned around and wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and then turned around and smiled: "Xiu'er Rou'er is here." ”

Qu Hongxiu also had a temper in private, and moved Zhang Xiu to sit next to Mrs. Qu, "Mother, you are just too good-tempered, so you will let your father bully you to death, you will sell your father and the eldest brother's concubines, I think what else can they do to you?" ”

Mrs. Qu was stunned, shook her head and said, "Your father and your brother married Duliang concubines, how can they be sold if they are sold?" I'm just talking angry. ”

After listening to the conversation between Mrs. Qu and Master Qu outside, Ling Xiaorou couldn't pretend to be confused anymore at this time, "Mother-in-law, I just heard you say that the accounts at home are beyond their means, but is there really such a thing?" ”

Mrs. Qu smiled and said, "This is also to tell your stepfather, with his virtue, can his stepmother really tell him how much silver is left in the family?" Then he can't afford to recruit new people into his family. ”

Qu Hongxiu breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, "Mother, don't you know, the younger sisters in the family were still shouting that the family's money was not enough just now, and they were afraid that they would not have a dowry when they got married." ”