After nightfall, Qin Lian took Dabao and them back to the cyclamen, and after eating, she accompanied them to complete the homework assigned by the master.

"Dabao, Erbao, it's not early, you go freshen up first, go to bed early."

"Okay." Dabao answered.

Erbao looked out of the door from time to time, with worry on her white and tender little face, "Aunt Lianlian, why hasn't my mother come back at this hour?" Is she going to rest at the Silk Village today? ”

"It should be."

Qin Lian knew that she was thinking about Su Liuye, so she held the child in her arms and comforted softly, "Erbao, let's rest early today, and when you and Dabao come back from the school tomorrow, I will take you to find Ah Liu." It's been very busy in the past few days, and Ah Liu shouldn't have time to come back. ”

"That'...... All right. ”

Erbao pouted, got out of Qin Lian's arms, and consciously went over to take the clothes.

Qin Lian helped her freshen up, coaxed the two children to sleep, and added some charcoal to the charcoal stove to make the temperature in the house warmer up.

Thinking that there were still things in the store that had not been dealt with, Qin Lian pushed the window open a little and went to the store to get busy, and when she came out, it was already quiet outside.

She was about to go back to rest when she saw a carriage parked outside the backyard door.

Qin Lian was just wondering who would come to the cyclamen so late when she saw Chu Yan getting down from the carriage, and there seemed to be someone inside.

Chu Yan said a few words to the man before walking towards the backyard.

"Brother Chu, did you come back so late?"

Qin Lian said hello.

"Hmm." Chu Yan glanced at her, and his cold eyebrows seemed to be filled with murder.

A cold wind blew, and Qin Lian seemed to smell a faint smell of blood. She was familiar with the smell, and occasionally she could smell it from freshly killed chickens and ducks in the cracks in the stone when she was helping out in the kitchen.

But it seems to ...... The taste on Chu Yan's body was even stronger.

What does it taste like?

Before Qin Lian could think clearly, she had already walked into the room with a cold face while standing on the man.

Chu Yan's room was on one side alone.

The door shut, and soon the dim candlelight lit up inside.

Qin Lian frowned, wondering if she had just smelled it wrong, maybe the smell was wafting from the kitchen.

Recently, the weather has been cold, many diners are coming to eat hot pot, the kitchen has to kill chickens and ducks every day to stew soup these days, and the taste of chicken blood and duck blood is very strong.

Qin Lian didn't think much about it, she also knew that Chu Yan had been helping the yamen recently, and it was normal for her to have a little smell of blood on her body.

Back in her room, she wiped herself with hot water and went to sleep.

Liu's winter banquet was scheduled for next month, and during this time, Qin Lian was busy buying ingredients. Some ingredients must be shipped by ship, and it takes half a month to buy them, during which Shi Feng studied the cooking process of the dishes in the kitchen.

In the midst of the busyness, the banquet in Liu's Mansion soon arrived.

Liu's Mansion will hold such a banquet every year, and all the people invited to the banquet are good friends with the Liu family, and even some high-ranking officials and nobles in Beijing have specially sent people to attend, which can be said to be full of concealment.

Su Liuye had already come back a few days in advance to deal with the matter, and took Qin Lian to Liu's Mansion to take a few looks.

The place where the banquet was held in the Liu Mansion was in the banquet hall, where there were many tables.

Su Liuye looked at the situation at the scene and told the few juniors who were accompanying him some things to pay attention to. On the day of the banquet, they all need to arrange the scene.

"Have you heard? Madame seems to want Miss Song to marry Sanshao! ”

"Really? Where did you hear that from? ”

Qin Lian was watching nearby, and suddenly heard two little maids who were cleaning in the yard whispering in a suppressed voice.

"That's what the maids in Madame's yard say! Madame took Miss Song over and lived for so long, isn't it obvious? just wants Miss Song to marry Sanshao, but Sanshao doesn't seem to be willing, and now he is messing with his wife! ”

"What's the matter, didn't the lady and the young master quarrel because of the woman from the silk village? I also listened to the maid in my wife's yard. ”

Hearing this, the other maid showed doubts on her face, and after being stunned for a moment, she said, "Is it the woman who came to the mansion last time to give clothes to the third young man?" I remember that she seemed to be from Fairview Workshop. ”

"Splendid Workshop has become popular in the town recently, and many people have gone to them to buy clothes, but I heard that the shopkeeper of Splendid Workshop is the one who had a conflict with the third master before!"

"That lady, she ......"

"Madam is naturally angry, and she had a fight with the young master that day!"

"No wonder the maids in Madame's yard have been cautious lately, it turns out that this is because of this."

"Yes, we need to be careful lately, don't anger Madame......"

Hearing the maid's words, Qin Lian's eyes flickered, if she guessed correctly, the person they were talking about should be her.

Liu Yuan quarreled with his mother for her?

Qin Lian was a little surprised, but when she thought that Liu Yuan said that day that she was like the rabbit he had raised before, she suddenly held back a wave of anger in her heart.

Perhaps in these eyes, she is just a pet, and likes to pester her when she has nothing to do, and does not think about how much trouble it will cause her.

"Lianlian, let's go back."

Su Liuye took a look at the banquet hall and planned to go back when he saw that there were no mistakes.

"Okay." Qin Lian responded and went back with her.

The night before the winter feast, Su Liuye took Shi Feng and a few young cooks to the kitchen of the Liu family, and asked Father Zhou and the others to stay in the cyclamen.

There were too many dishes to prepare at the Liu family's winter banquet, and they had to come over a day in advance to prepare them.

Qin Lian originally thought that she had only met Mrs. Liu not long ago, and Mrs. Liu had misunderstood her relationship with Liu Yuan, if she followed her at this time, she might anger Mrs. Liu, and she didn't plan to go over.

But seeing that there were so many things that needed to be prepared, Su Liuye couldn't cope with it alone, so she had to follow her, she didn't dare to run around the whole time, and was busy in the kitchen.

"Ah Lian, go out and get some well water." Shi Feng handed her the wooden bucket, "The water in the kitchen is running out, you guys come back quickly, I still need it urgently." ”

“…… Okay. ”

Seeing that the water tank was indeed empty, Qin Lian didn't say much, and took a few little cooks to the well in the courtyard to fetch water.

This well is in the kitchen, so you can't think of anyone else, right?

A few little cooks were busy fetching water, and Qin Lian was watching worriedly from the side, for fear that she would meet Liu Yuan and Song Xiao again.

"Miss Qin, okay, let's go back."

"Row ......"

"Don't go yet, you guys."

Qin Lian was just about to take the bucket and leave, when suddenly a woman who looked at some older people came over and stopped her. The woman's eyes looked a little stern, and when they fell on Qin Lian, they were even more scrutinized.