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She left angrily, leaving the two of them staring at each other, Meng Chuxi couldn't help laughing thinking about her words.Zhou Qingwu was not actually angry. First, she was not surprised after hearing too much, and second, she was quite happy to have Meng Chuxi protecting her.It's just that seeing Meng Chuxi smiling so happily made her a little bit reluctant.

Complaining with gestures: You still laugh when she scolds me.

Meng Chuxi leaned closer and smiled: "Well, she said that you are now a young mistress, Qingwu, tell me, whose young mistress are you?"

Zhou Qingwu was taken aback for a moment, his face flushed immediately, he hurriedly avoided Meng Chuxi's eyes, and shook his head to express his ignorance.

Meng Chuxi leaned over reluctantly: "I really don't know, but I don't know, whose young mistress do you still want to be?"

Meng Chuxi suddenly became naive and insisted on her admitting it. Zhou Qingwu blushed with a smile, but in the end he couldn't bother her, turned his head away from Meng Chuxi, and pointed at Meng Chuxi with his left index finger.

It was clearly a joke, but when he saw Zhou Qingwu pointing his fingers at him, an inexplicable sweetness surged in Meng Chuxi's heart.The girl in front of me actually entrusted her whole life to herself, and now she also belongs to her.Only 16 years old, this is almost a lifetime of having a girl, this rush of emotion suddenly makes Meng Chuxi's eyes sore.

She put away her playful smile, held the left hand that Zhou Qingwu pointed at, and didn't speak for a while, just looked at her silently.Zhou Qingwu was a little surprised when she suddenly quieted down, but when he turned around, he saw Meng Chuxi looking at him with reddened eye circles.

She panicked and hurried over to ask her: What's wrong with you?

Meng Chuxi shook her head, and smiled with red eyes when she lowered her hand and raised her head: "It's okay, I just think I'm very happy."

Zhou Qingwu saw that her eyes were red, her heart felt uncomfortable, and she wanted to ask something, but Meng Chuxi stood up and pulled her, "Go, accompany me to catch loach."

Being pulled by her, Zhou Qingwu seemed to suddenly understand her emotions just now, with a smile in his eyes, tender and tender.

There are a lot of loaches in this paddy field, especially in the ditches.Catching loaches was an annual activity that Meng Chuxi used to experience when he lived with his grandfather in the countryside. Later, with the use of pesticides and fertilizers, even in the countryside, loaches and eels have basically disappeared.

Meng Chuxi is very good at catching loaches, especially in the field ditches. First use silt to block a section of the ditch, then use a ladle to scoop up all the water in the ditch, and just turn over in the mud.

Zhou Qingwu watched as she rolled up her trousers and sleeves, tucked the skirt into her belt and stepped in.Meng Chuxi is very white. Standing in the mud at this moment, her two calves are as white as jade, and the mud splashed on them makes people want to wipe them clean for her.

People in Lubian are like the moon, and their arms are frosty and snowy.

Seeing her in a daze, Meng Chuxi called her over: "Qingwu, come and try a lot of things."

Zhou Qingwu came back to his senses and hurriedly followed. The mud in the ditch was soft, and the weather was still a little hot. It was cool inside, comfortable and fun.

Zhou Qingwu also caught the loach, and immediately he and Meng Chuxi started to toss it head-to-head. Some of them ran outside before they had time to get in. Zhou Qingwu picked them up quickly and threw them into the basket beside him.

The silt was pushed away inch by inch, and soon saw the figure of the loach, quickly burrowed into the mud, and Zhou Qingwu directly copied the mud up.Some were very big, and Zhou Qingwu was so excited to catch them, he lifted them up and hummed for Meng Chuxi to see.

Meng Chuxi smiled softly and cooperated very well: "It's a big one, Qingwu is awesome!"

There were a lot of loaches in this season, and the two of them were enthusiastic about catching them. They even touched three eels. This kind of joy of harvest was really gratifying.

After rearranging the ridges, the two of them washed the mud off their arms and legs, put on their shoes and socks, and prepared to pack up and go home.In addition to loach, Meng Chuxi also picked up a lot of snails. The snails are very fat this season, and they can be used as stir-fried snails for Zhou Qingwu in a few days.

The seven chili plants at home have been well taken care of, and they are still producing peppers.Meng Chuxi has already picked good ones, let them ripen and dry them for seeds, and they can plant a lot next year.

The first time I tasted chili, Zhou Qingwu was amazed. This spicy taste directly enriched the taste of the dishes, which is not comparable to ginger, garlic and dogwood.There is enough fertilizer and water for the peppers, and a lot of peppers have grown.Meng Chuxi took a look and picked seven or eight grown ones, and took them back to prepare fried loach for eating.

This pepper variety is similar to the later ones. It is spicy but not pungent. It is not the Chaotian pepper type. The meat is very thick. It is good for making chopped peppers or making chili noodles.It's a pity that this year's quantity is small, so I can only eat some to satisfy my cravings. Meng Chuxi plans to save them all red and dry them into dried chilies. Let Zhou Qingwu try hot pot during the Chinese New Year. She must like it very much.

The sweet potatoes have grown very well, and they can be harvested in a month or two. The fruits and vegetables grown before could not be eaten by two people. Apart from selling them, some of them were given to Aunt Liu.

Before returning, Meng Chuxi went to the field to pick up a handful of thick sweet potato stalks and bundle them into a pile, and brought them back.

Zhou Qingwu is no longer surprised. Apart from the tender tip, this sweet potato can be eaten. The stalk of the leaf is also delicious, but it is more troublesome to make than the sweet potato tip. Although it doesn’t matter if you don’t pursue a good taste, but if you want to eat it, you have to peel off the outer skin .

The two of them went back in the ox cart transporting grain, and peeled it on the road.

When I got home, I peeled off a handful of sweet potato stalks.After swiftly moving the beans and rice in and sending off the ox cart drivers, Meng Chuxi and Zhou Qingwu sat in the hall to rest.

Wuwu went with me today, and now I ran around outside, lying on the ground panting with my tongue out.Wuwu is already seven months old, and she eats well with Meng Chuxi and the others, and now she can't tell at all that it was the one with a congenital deficiency in that litter.

One of the chickens in the family has already started to lay eggs. Generally speaking, their lives are quite good.

In July of this year, Wan Qingyan's family left Jiangyin and returned to Kyoto. Except for this change, everything is the same as before.Except for the fact that matchmakers kept coming to their door to propose marriage, which made the two very distressed, they lived happily.

Probably because the two of them lived happily ever after, and the longer Zhou Qingwu grew, the more iconic he became. Those who kept saying that she was the lone star of the gods, saw that Meng Chuxi, who was so close to her, didn't talk about it, and their days were getting better and better. Well, the number of people proclaiming their love to Zhou Qingwu also started to increase.

Mentioning this matter, Meng Chuxi started to have a headache, but luckily she had the foresight to ask Wan Qingyan for a big help.

Wan Qingyan had a capable confidant named Murongli, who was born with a good-looking talent and was still unmarried in his 20s.Wan Qingyan found an excuse to ask him to help, and from time to time the two of them came to the house for a meal together.After going back and forth, many neighbors knew that a man often came to their house.

After Wan Qingyan left, Meng Chuxi invited the most famous matchmaker in the city to have a meal. She only said that the two of them were already engaged, and that her husband's family was going back to Beijing to take the exam, and they would come to marry after they passed the exam.

But this inevitably made many people in Qingyang Town sigh with regret. A family of two sisters, talented and beautiful, fell in love with the same man and were willing to marry them together. They were so envious and jealous for a while, but this man left them behind I went to Beijing to rush for the exam.

Mentioning this matter, Meng Chuxi felt helpless. In the past few days, someone was ready to move again. Meng Chuxi looked at Zhou Qingwu and said softly: "Qingwu, when the time is right, we will repair the book for Sister Wan. According to the agreement, we will leave Jiangyin for a while, and then... Let's get married."

Zhou Qingwu froze, staring at Meng Chuxi for a long while without moving his eyes.

Seeing her appearance, Meng Chuxi smiled softly and leaned over to look at her seriously: "I'm serious. With your current appearance, do you not want to marry me?"

The expression on Zhou Qingwu's face changed instantly, her head shook like a rattle, she couldn't help but grabbed Meng Chuxi's hand, the blush spread from her face to her ears to her neck, Meng Chuxi suspected that her body was all red.

In the end, she had no choice but to let go of her hand, and gestured eagerly: Is what you said true?Didn't you say wait for me to grow up?

Meng Chuxi blushed a little because of being slapped in the face, and then said a little wronged: "I care about you being young, those matchmakers and men don't care about your being young, if you are young, you will be young, and if you marry and raise them, you will grow up." The last sentence The words were quite helpless, but also with a strong pampering.

Zhou Qingwu laughed out loud without hesitation, and then blushed and gestured: How do you know that I am willing to marry?

Meng Chuxi pretended to be surprised: "Aren't you willing? What can we do then? Or you can marry me. Anyway, we are not men so we don't need to worry so much."

Zhou Qingwu laughed again, then threw himself into Meng Chuxi's arms, raised his head and gestured earnestly again: It's a deal, don't go back on your word.

Meng Chuxi hugged her, reached out and hooked her little finger: "It's a deal, don't go back on your word."

Zhou Qingwu was so happy all night that he hummed a ditty while cooking.When Meng Chuxi heard it, she became amused. Isn't this what she often hums?Until she learned it.

Dinner was planned early in the morning. We made a stir-fried loach, and then fried a sweet potato stick.

The loach has been raised all afternoon and vomited a lot of silt, and the big ones were taken to open up and squeeze out the internal organs. After processing, they can be cooked.

Wash the sweet potato stalks and cut them into sections, add garlic and stir-fry until fragrant, cut green peppers into rings, put the sweet potato stalks in and stir-fry over high heat.The sweet potato stalks fried in high-temperature hot oil are verdant and green, and the aroma of garlic is tangy.This dish is well done, crisp and tender, with a little fragrance of sweet potato stalks, slightly spicy and especially suitable for rice.

As for the loach, this dish is quite a test of skill. If it is not cooked well, the loach will not be crispy enough, and it will be a little fishy, ​​and it will taste a bit greasy, so the heat is especially important.

The cleaned loach was drained and poured into the oil pan, and the lid was immediately covered. After a while, the lid was lifted, and the smell of fried loach came over his face, and Zhou Qingwu swallowed unconsciously.As the saying goes, there are turtledoves in the sky and loach in the ground. This food is not only delicious but also has high nutritional value. Zhou Qingwu likes to eat it very much.

When the loach is fried until it is golden brown and slightly charred, put in the pepper and stir fry together. Just a little salt is enough to make this dish extremely delicious, and it is another tough dish when it comes out of the pan.

Zhou Qingwu likes loach, especially the one made by Meng Chuxi. The spiciness of chili makes the loach taste even better. Meng Chuxi controls the heat very well. The loach is crispy and slightly charred, especially tender.A mouthful of loach and a mouthful of rice is too satisfying.The slightly spicy sweet potato sticks are crisp and refreshing, very appetizing. Zhou Qingwu felt that he had to control his appetite, and he was gaining weight.

Meng Chuxi also likes loach, but she has a picky mouth and doesn't eat the big ones, so she doesn't eat much, and occasionally only eats the small ones.Zhou Qingwu noticed it, and realized that she only likes to eat small ones, but there are not many small ones, so she simply doesn't eat much, or eats chili peppers.

Seeing this, Zhou Qingwu stretched out his chopsticks and put the big ones into his bowl, and then gave the small loach to Meng Chuxi. Seeing that Meng Chuxi refused, she smiled and gestured: I will eat all the meat, the big ones have more meat, you eat the small ones just fine.

Zhou Qingwu insisted that Meng Chuxi was just smiling, with a gentle expression.

As the days passed, the two of them went out together, went home together at sunset, and went back to Zhoujia Village together to find some mountain delicacies to try when they had holidays. They were really a couple.

And just in the past few months, Meng Chuxi discovered that the price of silk in various parts of Jiangyin had soared sharply, and the silk cloth in Jinyun Pavilion had also decreased sharply.

Zhonglou said that a silkworm plague broke out in the south of the Yangtze River, and the mulberry trees suffered from diseases and insect pests one after another. The mulberry planting and silkworm rearing suffered heavy losses, resulting in a sharp drop in the number of silkworms.This disaster was a huge blow to the agriculture and mulberry industry that had just started to rise in the south of the Yangtze River.

The sericulture family lost all their money, and the income from planting mulberries was beyond their means. The Yan family's business also suffered a lot, so they could only buy goods from Huguang and Huguang.

Meng Chuxi did not expect that this disaster, which had a huge impact on the silk industry of Jiangning Prefecture, was her opportunity and turning point.