Author: Loeva

Qin Bai, Zhao Mo and others stayed in the study for about half an hour before returning to the banquet.

Niu complained to Qin Bai in a low voice: "Everyone has been waiting for you. You have only been here for half a day. Could it be that you are addicted to the spring broadcast and have led the juniors to talk about academic matters? What kind of farming are we talking about today?

Book?"

Qin Bai smiled faintly: "It was just a casual chat. I was so happy that I forgot about the time. Madam, please don't complain. Today there are new dishes and snacks that Hanzhen specially came up with with the kitchen people. They said they are specially for

If you make it, try it more."

Mr. Niu said, "Isn't this just for the two of us? Let's eat together and don't take my granddaughter's things to show my courtesy." The old lady said that she would never be fooled by him.

Qin Bai laughed it off.

Qin Hanzhen didn't come up with many new dishes, and one of them was the crystal cake with whole grains, which was considered the most thoughtful one. This was originally a snack she often ate in modern times, but it was not that easy to copy it in ancient times.

It still took a lot of effort to get water chestnuts from the south and grind them into flour, and also collected corn, red beans, wheat, red rice, purple rice and other miscellaneous grains. If the Yongjia Marquis Mansion didn't still have some family wealth and connections, Zhao Mo would still have some

Caravans traveling all over the country may not be able to collect such complete materials. However, after such a huge effort, the results are very satisfactory. The grain crystal cake is sweet and nutritious, and is good for the elderly and children.

The food is very good and not boring. Qin Bai and Niu fell in love with it as soon as they tasted it. Everyone in the eldest house also praised it constantly.

Yao also asked Qin Hanzhen for a recipe, planning to let the kitchen of Chengenhou Mansion make it himself. Qin Hanzhen gave it to him, but his family had no intention of opening a teahouse and snack shop anyway. With Yao's tutor, he would not cook the three recipes himself.

The secret recipe of Fang was spread everywhere. But after Yao got the recipe, he found that the ingredients were quite trivial. They were obviously not worth much, but it was a bit troublesome to collect. The purple rice and corn were neither common nor theirs.

This kind of food is what people are used to eating. After some hesitation, I decided to keep the recipe myself. When the elders think about it, I can ask the kitchen to make it. It is better to eat less on weekdays.

Other dishes were also very popular. It can be said that everyone had a great time at this small birthday party. Since they did not plan to have a big party, they only planned to treat guests at lunch, and dinner was not included. Everyone in the eldest room had eaten.

After chatting for a while, the older generation was exhausted and went back to Chengenhou Mansion. The younger generation moved to Qin Hanzhen's yard to continue playing. Lu Pu and Qin Youzhen had made an appointment in advance to go to the home of the former's same age.

Visited and left with his children. Qin Hanzhen was a little sleepy at first, but in order to deal with his cousins, he still managed to get through it. Until Qin Jinrong got over her chess addiction, and relied on the few tricks taught by Lu Yueniang.

Using this routine, I won a small game of chess between Qin Jinhua and Qin Jinchun, and then I left with satisfaction.

As soon as she left, Qin Hanzhen, Qin Jinhua and Qin Jinchun all breathed a sigh of relief. They all laughed when they discovered that they all had such a tacit understanding.

Qin Jinhua whispered: "Amitabha, the fifth sister is so well-behaved today that she didn't even make a fuss with us. Even in front of the third aunt, she is honest and honest, which is really rare!"

Qin Jinchun asked curiously: "I haven't been here for more than a month, and I don't know what happened. Has the fifth sister changed her gender? I thought I was dreaming!"

Qin Hanzhen said with a smile: "Thanks to Cousin Lu, I have been playing tricks with her these days and taught her a lot of human principles. The fifth sister has always liked Cousin Lu, and she can also listen to Cousin Lu's words. She actually really

I've learned a lot." She couldn't help but sigh, "I had known that Fifth Sister was a soft-spoken person, and if Third Auntie had been kinder to her on weekdays, maybe mother and daughter wouldn't have been so quarrelsome."

Qin Jinhua said with a smile: "The third aunt's temper is like that, and she doesn't like to care about anything with others. The fifth sister cares about everything, and she doesn't like it when she sees it, so she naturally wants to correct her. The fifth sister hates to be lectured by others.

, and they got into trouble with the third aunt. The nature of mother and daughter is like this, and neither one of them wants to change, nor is she willing to change. If you want the third aunt to be gentler to the fifth sister, then you might as well hope that Cousin Lu will teach the fifth sister well.

.”

Qin Hanzhen shook his head and said: "Cousin Lu won't be able to stay in the capital for long. When Uncle Lu gets his new official position, the family will leave. Is it possible for Cousin Lu to stay and continue to take care of the fifth sister? It doesn't make sense. Besides, Lu

My cousin is just a cousin, we live across the room from each other. If I really want my fifth sister to change her bad temper, I still have to count on her biological parents."

Qin Jinhua pursed his lips and smiled silently. Seeing this, Qin Jinchun changed the subject: "Has Uncle Lu's new official position not been handed down yet? In the twelfth lunar month, I heard that the second uncle and the third uncle were helping him, and the third uncle was also helping him.

I asked for help."

Qin Jinhua nodded: "That's what happened. But isn't it the Chinese New Year? The civil service department already has a lot of things to do, and it becomes even busier when it comes to the appointment of the Yamen. Originally, if Uncle Lu was transferred from the original level, it would be easy for him to be promoted to the actual position.

There is a vacancy, but he also wants to strive for a promotion, and does not necessarily have to stay in the capital. There are not many foreign official positions from the third grade, so he has to spend some effort to find them."

Qin Jinchun said: "I have heard my father and mother mention this matter at home. If Uncle Lu can really be promoted to the third rank, then our family will really have a high-ranking official in-law. My father is also looking forward to it very much.

My uncle can make all his wishes come true."

Qin Youzhen now has a good relationship with her half-brother Qin Bofu, and Qin Bofu has also become close to Lu Pu. Although the Chengenhou Mansion and the Yongjiahou Mansion are both Qin Bofu's uncles, it may be because of many years of relationship.

With a hostile mentality, Qin Bofu still felt that there was something between the three families even though he was deliberately coaxed and appeased. In comparison, although Qin Youzhen was raised by his eldest son since childhood, she was still his biological sister with the same father.

, he seemed to have his best interests in mind in both words and deeds, so he was naturally closer to Qin Youzhen. If Qin Youzhen's family hadn't lived in Cheng'enhou Mansion, it would have been more conducive to Marquis Lupu, and he would have invited his sister and brother-in-law to live at home.

Regardless of whether Lu Pu was promoted to a third-rank foreign official or stayed in Beijing to become a fourth-rank official, he had already become Qin Bofu's future helper. As for the official department, the document ordering him to live in idleness had been issued after the year.

, he has really become an idler now, with no real job but no rank. It is difficult for others to take a high look at him, and he is even less important in the circle of powerful people in the capital. He is still at a loss as to where he will go in the future.

With the help of the eldest brother and the third brother, he felt that it was not enough. With the addition of a powerful brother-in-law, he felt more at ease. If one day, brother-in-law Lu could be promoted to two more levels and become a second-grade governor, that would be

It must be easy to make him a magistrate or something like that, right? With Brother-in-law Lu's current age and qualifications, if he can do it from the third rank, and there are two uncles' houses to help him, from the second rank

It was only a matter of time before he became governor. Qin Bofu looked at his brother-in-law as if he were looking at Jinshan. He probably took Lu Pu's official career more seriously than Lu Pu himself.

Regarding Qin Bofu's mentality, the eldest brother and the third brother had private discussions, and naturally what they said would not sound good. Qin Hanzhen and Qin Jinhua had a tacit understanding and did not say anything, just bowed their heads and drank tea silently.

Qin Hanzhen put down the tea cup and asked Qin Jinchun: "How is my second great-aunt?"

Qin Jinchun sighed: "Grandma's injury is slightly better, but she still doesn't dare to move easily or go to the ground. She drinks bitter medicine every day and can't eat anything except bird's nest porridge and ginseng soup. The family's expenses are getting bigger and bigger.

Well, there has been no movement from the Xue family... My mother told me privately that money was a little tight, and she told my father that he didn't care and only asked her to deduct money from the public account. But... the public account

Many properties are managed by the Xue family. Since the New Year, they have not sent a cent of money to our family. My mother did not dare to tell the truth to my father, for fear that he would become even more angry with the Xue family, which would lead to even the mother and father.

Contact with relatives from my mother’s side is not allowed.”

Qin Jinhua was surprised: "Since it is the property in the name of your second wife, is it possible that the Xue family can still take it for themselves?!"

Qin Jinchun sighed: "It is said to be our family's property, but I can't actually tell myself. Many of them are owned by the Xue family in our family's name, just because my father has an official position and can reduce some taxes for them, and

We can rely on many people. Now that my father's official position is gone, he has fallen out with the second wife of the Xue family. I don't know what the regulations are. Previously, they used the New Year as an excuse to not send any money to our family, and my mother couldn't say anything. I just hope.

I hope my grandfather and grandmother can come to the capital as soon as possible, so I can quickly sort out the bad things that happened with the second wife of the Xue family. Otherwise, my father will be angry, and my mother will have a hard time, and there will be my grandmother in the middle. It will make my mother hard to please both sides, and it will become more and more difficult to be a good person.

.”

She didn't want to talk about the Xue family, so she asked Qin Jinhua instead: "My sister... is there any news over there? Is she still honest?"

Qin Jinhua just asked about this matter a few days ago, so he replied: "I was not honest at first. I got sick for a while, but after I got better, I wanted to run away. I bribed the little girl in the village and asked someone to deliver a message to her.

Go home. But Zhuangzi is so far away, how can a little girl have the ability to walk a long way? When I turned around, I handed the letter to the adults in the family. The family knew the opportunity and reported it to the village head overnight, and the village head reported it again.

My mother was busy with the New Year celebrations and had no time to pay attention to these things. She just asked Zhuangtou to keep an eye on her. Furthermore, she wanted the doctor to treat the eldest sister's injuries. Other than that, she didn't have to pay attention to anything else. Anyway

She can't walk either, so keep an eye on her and don't let her really buy any helper, just escape. However, Hua Lou and Nong Ying are waiting by her side, and they let her take advantage of the loophole, which is unavoidable

If they were suspected of dereliction of duty, they were all punished, and each received ten strokes. Those who were celebrating the New Year were all injured. The eldest sister had no one to wait on her, so she had to endure inconvenience for a few days. The village woman in Zhuangzi

, but no girl at home knows how to wait on people."

Qin Jinchun was silent for a while before asking: "How is her leg...injured?"

Qin Jinhua said: "The doctor has seen her and said she should have been well cared for. If she hadn't moved around, I'm afraid she would have been mostly healed long ago. Now she's getting more injured. It depends on luck whether she will be lame or not. We can only nurse her first."

Wait, we can't talk about anything else until the bones are healed. My eldest sister may have been frightened by the doctor's words, but she has become much more honest these days, and she doesn't even dare to get out of bed."

Qin Jinchun sighed: "If she really becomes honest from now on, it will save everyone's worries. The family is still hiding the truth from my grandmother, and I don't know how long they can keep it secret. When my grandmother recovers from her injury and knows the truth, then

That’s when the sky fell. If the eldest sister could be more sensible at that time, we wouldn’t have taken the risk in vain.”

While talking, the second room sent someone to take Qin Jinchun back. Qin Jinchun originally wanted to get together with Qin Jinhua, but her mother pressed her hard, so she had to leave. However, the three girls also agreed to get together again when they have time. Qin Jinchun left

Later, Qin Jinhua also left.

Qin Hanzhen sent the sisters away and immediately sent Feng'er to the front to inquire: "Let's see where Prince Suning is and ask him if he is free?"
Chapter completed!