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Wan Qingyan did not leave immediately, and accompanied Meng Chuxi to pick up Zhou Qingwu.

It was obvious that Zhou Qingwu was a little absent-minded, and he was completely relieved until he saw the two of them.

Meng Chuxi glanced at the mulberry leaves that were not yet full, and then raised her eyes to Qingwu next week, her eyes were full of a clear and helpless smile, which made her worry badly again.

"I'll go up to pick it up, and you pick it up below."

Wan Qingyan had never done such a thing before, and watched curiously.I saw Meng Chuxi jumped up and hooked a mulberry branch with both hands, turned over and climbed up the tree, with a vigorous and flexible posture.Suddenly, he thought of what Meng Chuxi said when he threatened her, and his expression was indescribable.Now it seems that it is probably true, not just to scare myself.

The branches and leaves became more luxuriant at the height of the tree, and Zhou Qingwu soon filled the basket.Seeing Meng Chuxi leaping down lightly, Zhou Qingwu gave her a thumbs up with a smile on his face, and she became more and more handsome.At the same time, she stood on tiptoe to help Meng Chuxi brush off the branches and fallen leaves from her body, just like an ordinary daughter-in-law.

Looking at the two of them, Wan Qingyan's heart fluttered suddenly, her expression was complicated and inexplicable, it was clearly against ethics, but at this moment, she also felt that the happiness between them was something she had never seen before. She was very quiet for a while.

After Zhou Qingwu finished all this, he realized that there were still outsiders, and he felt a little unnatural, and hurriedly made hand gestures and put on the basket: We're going back.

The purpose of Wan Qingyan's visit was to talk to Meng Chuxi. When she came, she brought a few packs of snacks, and she took them from the orderer and handed them to Zhou Qingwu: "This is the pastry from Zhenxiutang. It has your favorite rice cakes and green beans cake."

Knowing that Zhou Qingwu would refuse, she said softly, "No, I'm going to the capital, so there's no need to be out of touch with me for being so careful, just take it."

Meng Chuxi nodded slightly: "Thank you Miss Wan."

When Wan Qingyan got into the carriage, she turned her head and looked at the few people who were chatting and watching the fun, and said, "Meng Chuxi, get out of here as soon as possible, there is no need for you and Qingwu to stay here."

Meng Chuxi nodded: "I understand."

Seeing Meng Chuxi leaning on Wan Qingyan's carriage and leaving, Zhou Qingwu was slightly moved and puzzled: What did you say again?

Meng Chuxi looked at her, reached out and touched her head: "Some plans for the future, she is afraid that I will bully you." Meng Chuxi was afraid that the sensitive little girl would think wildly about Wan Qingyan knowing their relationship, so she didn't tell her all the time, but only cared for her. Said: "You have a good sister."

Zhou Qingwu blushed, and nodded earnestly again. Wan Qingyan treated her with the utmost benevolence. Although they now have different opinions and different identities, it did not affect their relationship at all.Although he didn't say it, Zhou Qingwu knew it very well, and was even more grateful.

Put the mulberry leaves into the silkworm room and lay them out one by one. The white and plump silkworm babies immediately started a new round of eating, eating an arc almost in the blink of an eye.

Zhou Qingwu couldn't help feeling: It's so edible.

Meng Chuxi laughed: "They are about to form cocoons, so naturally they need to eat more. They should be clustered in these two days. We have to set up a shelf for them."

The silkworm mountain is very simple, just tie a long bundle of wheat straw and set it up there. Meng Chuxi will frequently inspect the silkworm room in the next two days.Seeing that the silkworms that no longer enter the body and start to turn transparent and yellow are picked up and let them go to the silkworm mountain, it is time to spin silk and cocoon immediately.

The timing of the silkworm clustering is very important. Meng Chuxi took the silkworm and Zhou Qingwu to explain: "If the silkworm clusters too early, if it is not full, the silk will not spin enough, and the cocoon will be thin and small. But if it is too late, the cocoon will be thin and small. If the silk is spun before the cluster, it will be wasted. In addition, the silk will be spun quickly after clustering, resulting in the formation of inferior cocoons such as double palace cocoons and chaiyin cocoons. If the immature and mature cocoons are mixed together for clustering, there will be more Macular callus, great loss."

Zhou Qingwu never knew about this kind of thing, so he listened very carefully, and at the same time, he also lamented that it is no wonder that there are so few silkworms.

These days, the silkworms are beginning to mature one after the other, and feeding has become extraordinarily particular. They have to increase or decrease the mulberry leaves according to the color of the silkworms. Therefore, Meng Chuxi has worked very hard, even getting up in the middle of the night to visit the silkworm room.

Since Meng Chuxi coaxed her back to bed that day, the two of them have naturally slept together, but Meng Chuxi did not tell Zhou Qingwu that she would wake up at night.When she woke up and carefully let go of the person in her arms and got out of bed, Zhou Qingwu was still asleep, and she didn't come back to sleep until the silkworms were collected once.

On the first night, Zhou Qingwu didn't feel anything, but he clearly felt that Meng Chuxi was not in good spirits during the day, and he yawned from time to time. When asked, he just said that he had a dream and didn't rest well.

On the second night, Meng Chuxi got up as usual, and while she was yawning, she was about to take the booklet, when Zhou Qingwu woke up beside her.Meng Chuxi stopped quickly: "Did it wake you up? I'll wake you up all night, and you continue to sleep."

Zhou Qingwu grabbed her sleeve, got up and touched the oil lamp directly, motioning for Meng Chuxi to leave.Knowing that she had found out again, Meng Chuxi couldn't help but smiled and said, "Why are you so keen, you have caught every clue."

Zhou Qingwu didn't do anything else, he just took her hand and cooperated with her to light the lamp.Walking into the silkworm room, the rustling sound has become much weaker. The silkworms on the silkworm mountain are struggling to spin silk. Many of them have the outline of cocoons. The earliest batch has been covered with white cocoons, which are very pleasing in size.

Zhou Qingwu was holding the lamp, and Meng Chuxi looked down carefully at the dim oil lamp. Her shadow was reflected on the wall behind. Because of the close distance, she looked very huge, distorting her original exquisite curves, which was a bit funny.

Zhou Qingwu glanced at her shadow, then stared at her side face, but felt a little distressed, because she didn't understand, and Meng Chuxi needed to work on everything alone.

Meng Chuxi found that there are obviously more silkworms that can be clustered now. Fortunately, she got up, otherwise a lot of silk would be wasted.The two searched around, and Meng Chuxi held her by the hand: "Let's go, go to sleep."

Zhou Qingwu put the oil lamp away, and gestured angrily: teach me to recognize them.

Meng Chuxi smiled and stepped forward to blow the lamp. After the two lay down, she hugged the little girl and patted her: "Okay, I'll teach you, but I'll just get up later. It's better to work alone than two people." Zhou Qingwu refused, and she said coquettishly: "Then you will help me wash clothes and cook for me tomorrow. I'll take a nap at noon, okay? If you are also troubled with me, then I won't be cruel enough to make you go."

Zhou Qingwu bit his lower lip, thought for a while, then reached out and groped to cover Meng Chuxi's eyes, and pressed his fingers on her lips, signaling her to sleep and stop talking.

How good does it feel to be cared for?Anyway, Meng Chuxi felt that her heart was rising, and she was still a little itchy, so she couldn't help holding Zhou Qingwu's hand and kissing her fingers.

Zhou Qingwu shrank back as if being burned by fire. Meng Chuxi couldn't see her in the night, but she must know that she was blushing, so she couldn't help laughing in a low voice, pulled her into his arms, and patted Said: "Hey, go to sleep."

Zhou Qingwu was no longer around when she woke up the next day. The little girl remembered what she said last night, made breakfast for her, and was about to do the laundry before she came to wake Meng Chuxi up.

Meng Chuxi is a little funny, but she is very protective of her little girl who wants to take care of her mood, and she doesn't compete to do it, and concentrates on guarding the silkworms.

This batch of spring silkworms was raised very well. Although the species was average, they were not sick. Three days later, all the cocoons had formed clusters. Meng Chuxi was very happy to see the snow-white silkworm cocoons. The hard work was worth it. These eight mulberry trees

The wild mulberry trees by the river and the river finally grew two silkworms, and the silk should be top grade.

Generally speaking, it takes two days and two nights for the silkworms to form cocoons from clustering, so by the fourth day, all the silkworms have cocooned.Meng Chuxi and Zhou Qingwu looked at it, and found that the cocoons were very good, except for the few that came out that might be worse, they were basically top-quality cocoons.

Meng Chuxi estimated that there should be more than 20 taels of silk from this foil, enough to make a small piece of silk.

After the cocoon is formed, silk reeling is the next step. This is not only an expert in the original body, Meng Chuxi once saw a silk reeling factory in that place, stayed in it for a while, and learned a lot about silk reeling.Zhou Qingwu still doesn't know how to reel silk, so she still has to do the next thing alone.

Just about to cook the silkworm cocoons, Yan Qian came to visit suddenly.Both of Meng Chuxi were a little surprised when they saw him.

"I don't know if Housekeeper Yan came to the door in person. Is there something important?" Meng Chuxi was a little puzzled. It's not because she gave her pepper seedlings to cause trouble.

Yan Qian laughed, waved his hands and sat down. Zhou Qingwu hurried into the house to take out the teapot. There is a new wild tea at home. Although it is not expensive, it is always acceptable for entertaining guests.

"This is the wild tea we picked on our own mountain. It's made by Qingwu. Although it's crude, it's delicious. If Steward Yan doesn't mind it, you can try it."

"Where it's rough, it's a good thing. Well, this tea has an authentic fragrance, and the little girl has a good handle on the heat." Yan Qian has drunk a lot of tea, and Dayan is popular for cooking tea. He smelled the color of the tea slightly Then he saw the doorway.

Zhou Qingwu was a little shy by his praise, Meng Chuxi looked at her and smiled, as if proud of her.

Yan Qian went straight to the point and said why he came, Meng Chuxi was stunned for a long time after hearing that.Although Yan Qian had said before that he could ask her for help if he had any difficulties, he never thought that he made a special trip to ask him to go to Yan's house to help with things, which would be too kind to her.

"I don't know what Miss Meng thinks?" Yan Qian looked at her in a daze, and asked again.

Meng Chuxi's expression was complicated: "As far as my current situation is concerned, I am really flattered to be loved by the housekeeper Yan. But I don't quite understand how I can get the housekeeper Yan to come to the door and promise me such a good job."

Yan Qian laughed loudly and said: "Ms. Meng is indeed not an ordinary person. Ordinary people are afraid that they will be flattered when they hear the news, so they immediately agree. If I don't know why, you will reject me with this look." .”

Meng Chuxi laughed, this strict housekeeper really has a clear vision, this is indeed a great thing, but there is no pie in the sky, it is too strange for no reason.

Yan Qian also didn't play around with her: "I thought you were unusual the first time I saw you, but I was just curious at that time, but the second time it confirmed my intuition even more. I have also investigated your matter, although it is nothing In the end, I have heard about everything that happened here. I followed my master and took down the Yan family. I have seen many people from south to north. I dare not brag about other skills, but in the matter of knowing people, I With absolute self-confidence, I think you are a useful person."

After finishing speaking, he smiled and sighed: "The master has no ambitions anymore. He returned to Jiangning and stayed in Qingyang Town. The family's property was also transferred here. The son stayed in the capital and continued to work hard. I have to guard the house for the master. Jiangyin Xiao Talented people have settled down here, and I think Ms. Meng is a good candidate. Of course, I came here in person because of our predestined relationship. I will give you this opportunity, but whether you can grasp it is entirely up to you."

Meng Chuxi's heart beats a little faster. With the knowledge and experience of her original body, she does have a lot of ideas than ordinary people, but she has never really used them. What she has learned has nothing to do with these. Whether she can do it well depends on her. I'm not sure.It's just that she couldn't easily give up this excellent opportunity, so she said sincerely: "I have forgotten a lot of things, even if I go, I won't be able to get started immediately, and I have to study for a while."

Yan Qian's eyes light up slightly, he likes this kind of pragmatic and clear-headed people.

"I can give you time, as long as it doesn't take too long and I can give me a satisfactory result." He readily agreed, staring at Meng Chuxi, waiting for her reply.

Meng Chuxi stood up and bowed: "Thank you, housekeeper, for your love. Chuxi has no reason to refuse. It's just that the silkworms at home have just cocooned, and I have to take the silk. It may take two days."

Yan Qian was a little surprised: "Do you have silkworms in your home?"

"Well, I only raised two foils, and they just formed cocoons recently."

Yan Qian was a little curious. Most of the Yan family's business was in the silk business before, and they were very familiar with silk, but after returning to Jiangning, the silk products here are not as good as those in the Kyoto area.

Meng Chuxi took Yan Qian to see the silkworm clusters at home. Yan Qian looked at the white and round silkworm cocoons, stretched out his hand and pinched them, and said in surprise: "The high-grade rate of your silkworm cocoons is quite impressive. You have research on silkworm breeding. ?”

Meng Chuxi smiled: "I know a little."

Yan Qian laughed: "I feel more and more that my decision is right. You should deal with this matter first, and I will accept it directly when it is finished. You don't have to worry about where to sell it."

Meng Chuxi hurriedly thanked him, which really saved a lot of trouble.