Chen Qing quickly walked out of the main room, kicking the steps embarrassingly, this is the first time she received a (opposite sex?) gift?Thinking of Liang Zijun saying that he gave him a gift for the first time, he didn't want to flatter him, but wouldn't accepting the streamer mean admitting his brother's identity?She obviously only wants to be a long-term worker as a temporary daughter-in-law, but why is she becoming more and more a real daughter-in-law?

What's going on with this weird progress?If he really fell into it and waited for Liang Zijun to marry again, how would he get out?

——What are you thinking about!Chen Qing beat his head hard, so he wouldn't really like that bastard!right!Liang Zijun is just a jerk, with a bad personality, bad habits, and a vengeful bastard!

After Chen Qing self-hypnotized, he turned around and stepped out of the yard. It would be better for him to chat with Brother Yang to change his mood!To avoid thinking wildly when facing Liang Zijun.

The courtyards of the Liang family have the same layout, with three main rooms and half side rooms on each side. Liang Baida and his wife live in the main room, and each of their two children has an side room. When Miao got married, the side room was vacant.

After Chen Qing arrived, he first greeted his uncle and aunt before going to Brother Yang's room to chat.A charcoal pot was burned in Brother Yang's house, and the whole room was warm, and the two of them discussed what to prepare for the Winter Solstice while enjoying snacks by the fire.

The Liang family is only busy for more than two months throughout the year, and the rest is idle, so Brother Yang has long been cultivated into a delicate and rich body.Before the winter solstice came, I had already put on thick jackets, and was lying on the couch with a stove in my hand.

The hand stove evolved from the stove, which is to put some charcoal in the copper stove and burn it vigorously for heating.However, copper stoves are expensive and can only be used by most officials or wealthy households. Most farmers light a brazier for heating, and the effect is the same.

The hand stove is smaller, also made of copper, in the shape of a square box or a circle.The one in Brother Yang's hand is in the shape of a square box, made of brass, with a flower-patterned cover and a handle that can be carried. It is just the right size to hold in your hand to keep warm.

Brother Yang took the copper fire chopsticks and pulled out the ashes in the hand stove, added a piece of white charcoal before closing the lid and stuffing it into Chen Qing's hand.When Chen Qing saw this thing for the first time, he couldn't help but be curious, so he held it in his hand and looked around.

Brother Yang said with a smile, "I remember that Zijun has a more beautiful one. You can go back and look for it. It's getting colder and colder. Hold it in your hand to keep warm and avoid frostbite."

Chen Qing nodded, went back and found it for his boss to hold, but he didn't need it himself.

Every winter, several farmers will burn charcoal together, and a cellar of black charcoal is enough for heating in winter.The charcoal fired by Liangjia is the best quality white charcoal, which is different from black charcoal. It is not only harder, but also has residual white ash on the surface. It is relatively light in weight, so the price is slightly more expensive than black charcoal. .A thousand catties of white charcoal costs ten taels and five cents, and a thousand catties of black charcoal costs three, two and three cents.

Farmers are reluctant to spend money to buy charcoal. Most of the families cut down wood and pile it in the cellar to burn together. The Liang family does not hesitate to spend this money. Besides, black charcoal is ignited to make smoke in the house. If it is burned too much, it will choke people. Although the price of white charcoal is expensive However, it has less smoke and burn resistance.

Chen Qing cuts wood and burns charcoal every year, so he is deeply ashamed of the Liang family's wasteful behavior.However, it is beneficial to burn too much, not only resistant to burning, but also not afraid of smoke.

Liang Zijun had had enough laughing in the room, so he went to the kitchen and brought a cup of tonic soup to drink slowly.It's not nonsense that he nourishes himself in winter, he is an old man from his parents, and he has been pampered since he was a child, so in this winter, soup for his body is prepared every day on the stove.

As soon as Chen Qing entered the winter, he was instructed by Shao Fengzhi to teach him how to cook a lot of tonics. Therefore, as long as Liang Zijun was at home, the small stove would cook tonics every day, mainly food tonics, with tremella and angelica every now and then. , Codonopsis and other medicinal supplements.

After Liang Zijun drank the tonic, he found that the charcoal basin was almost burned, so he lifted the curtain and went to the firewood room to get charcoal.As soon as he opened the door, Liang Zijun couldn't help muttering, no wonder Chen Qing refused to come out in the woodshed every day, because he built a new nest here.

I touched under the quilt with my hand, and found that my hand was still warm, presumably it had just been burned in the morning.The whole firewood house was divided into two parts by Chen Qing, one half was built with an earth kang, and the other half was piled with farm tools and neatly stacked firewood and charcoal.There is also a rough wooden box placed on the side of the kang as a low table, which contains a cloth bag and some old clothes.

Liang Zijun reached out and took out the cloth bag. After unpacking it, he found several bundles of green colored silk thread, plus a piece of silk fabric two meters square. Most of the pattern had been embroidered on it, leaving only a third of the corner blank. It is estimated that it is the inscription and some grass plants, and it can be seen from the cloth that it is probably a screen embroidery such as a garden full of spring.

Taking a closer look, I feel more and more that the embroidery is exquisite, the stitches are fine, ingenious and subtle, and even the wild animals walking in the forest are lifelike.There is an aura of aura in the atmosphere of the whole embroidery, green hills and green waters against a little bit of fresh green, ancient houses and small courtyards are patchwork and unique, and buds that are ready to bloom stick out of the branches, hanging on the wall and spreading their branches shyly.It's really dark green and a little bit red, and it doesn't take much to move the spring.

Liang Zijun is in the cloth embroidery business, so he knows a lot about this place, and his vision is even more vicious.The more he looked at it, the more delighted he became, and the corners of his mouth became wider and wider. He didn't know that there was an exquisite embroiderer hidden in the room, and this person was the person next to him.Such a good Chen Qing, who can hide everything from the world, and secretly embroider under his nose without revealing the slightest flaw.

Naturally, this fat and water cannot be left in outsiders' fields. There are a lot of embroiderers in his shop, but he has never heard of a young brother with excellent craftsmanship.

Liang Zijun rolled his eyes, thinking that it is easy to ask people to change jobs, but it is even more difficult to be willing, especially Chen Qing is still hiding it for fear of being seen, afraid that he does not want people to know that he can embroider .After all, my little brother is not very good at craftsmanship, and Chen Qing prides himself on being a man, if he doesn't do this skillfully, he will probably become angry and seal the needle.

Liang Zijun, who is Chen Qing's naughty personality, has a deep understanding. This matter cannot be made clear. It must be left in the hands of others to let him abandon his job automatically, and then Liang Ji will take over.In this way, not only will he be able to recruit high-quality embroiderers, but he will also be grateful, and he will be able to take care of people in front of his eyes (hands-off) and kill three birds with one stone!

The more Liang Zijun thought about it, the more excited he became, he immediately picked up the scissors, reluctantly picked out a silk thread on the silk, and picked an inconspicuous place, and secretly cut it off under the cover of the embroidery thread.

Liang Zijun did it secretly, if it wasn't for a long time, it would be difficult to discover the mystery, it looks inconspicuous in the hand, but the flaws can be seen immediately when it is framed and flattened.Silk is no different than anything else, once the jumping thread is stretched out, a big hole will be opened immediately, and the opening will get bigger and bigger. It can't be repaired, so the heavy embroidery has to be abandoned.

Liang Zijun's move can be said to be a drastic move, the embroidery is about to be finished, and the construction period is approaching, even if it is re-embroidered, this large piece will not be completed in a month and a half.

After destroying it like a thief, Liang Zijun packed it up and put it back into the wooden box. He saw a small bundle under the wooden box under the old clothes. He was about to take it out to have a look when he heard the creaking sound of the courtyard door.

The firewood room was right at the door, Liang Zijun hurriedly covered the wooden box and put the oil lamp back to its original position, sweating from fright.Although this was not the first time he had encountered bad behavior, but with Chen Qing as his partner, he couldn't help but feel guilty.

After picking up the charcoal, he peeked at Chen Qing entering the stove, and then heaved a sigh of relief, and slipped out of the firewood room on tiptoe.Walking to the door of the stove, Liang Zijun slapped him upside down, "Why did you go? If you want to add charcoal, you have to go to the woodshed to get it yourself."

Chen Qing was so frightened that even the rice shovel fell into the pot, and asked fearfully, "Have you ever been in the woodshed?"

"Hmph~ There are still places in this house that I can't go to? You can't figure it out just because you are so careful? It's fine to just stay in a daze. If you don't dare to go back to the bedroom to sleep at night, I will go and pick up your little kang. !” After Liang Zijun finished speaking, he raised his nostrils and floated past the stove, and just passed the door, he shrank his neck and stuck out his tongue.Damn, I am getting worse and worse, no wonder Liao Fanzhi calls him treacherous every day~

Chen Qing took out the spatula and wiped his hands, immediately removed the firewood from the stove and ran to the firewood room to look.Seeing that everything was as it was, Chen Qing secretly heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Liang Zijun didn't touch the wooden box, otherwise he really didn't know how to explain it.

It seems that next time it will be safer to hide the embroidery work in the woodpile. The screen embroidery is easy to talk about, but if he sees the two shameful belly pockets, he will not be able to tell even if he has a hundred mouths.

After eating, Liang Zijun knew he was wrong, so he didn't dare to instruct Chen Qing to beat his legs and shoulders again.

Chen Qing found that Liang Zijun was very honest, and thought that the streamer was the cause of the trouble, so she couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed, "Master...do you also have a hand stove? When it's cold, I'll find it and warm your hands."

"Yo~ If you don't tell me, I've already forgotten about it. Who did you hear it from?" Liang Zijun slapped his forehead and hurriedly got up to search in the study.

Chen Qing followed behind to take a look, he had cleaned the study room countless times, why didn't he find such a precious object in the house? "I went to chat with Brother Yang today, and saw that he had a box. I only found out after asking."

"Oh... I found it!" Liang Zijun rummaged like a monkey, and finally took out the red copper hand stove from a small rattan box.

Chen Qing frowned and put the messed up objects back in place before taking over the hand stove to scrub.The round hand stove with charcoal is just right in the hand, and this style is much more delicate than that of Brother Yang's square box.His one is made of brass, but this one is made of high-quality red copper, which is different from the inlay and welding process, and it is only tapped with a hammer.

Such fine workmanship makes the copper stove very strong and durable, even if it is used for a long time, it will not crack.And no matter how strong the charcoal fire inside is, the outer wall will not be hot.

The whole hand stove is small and exquisite, exquisite and beautiful. There are many textures composed of flowers on the cover, including leaf patterns and complicated patterns.

The status of contemporary craftsmen is low, and not all utensils can be seen on the name of the maker. Most of the nominees are famous artists. Therefore, Liang Zijun's red copper hand stove should be made by famous artists, and it is very precious.

"This was bought by my elder brother as a gift for me when I was in the capital. Don't you like it? I appreciate you holding it, thank you~" Liang Zijun was still a little guilty about the previous incident. Seeing that Chen Qing couldn't put it down, he generously gave it away. When making up for the deficit.

Chen Qing glanced at him in surprise, and stuffed it into his hands reluctantly, "I'm not afraid of cold hands, so my boss should hold them, so that my second sister-in-law won't blame me if I hurt my hands."

"Who has the final say in this family? Even if the second sister-in-law wants to take care of it, she won't be able to take care of my courtyard. What are you afraid she will do? If the Lord tells you to praise it, you will hold it up. There's so much nonsense!" Liang Zijun pretended to be angry, a little guilty. Throwing it to Chen Qing, she turned around and nestled into a low couch to keep warm.

Seeing that he insisted on this, Chen Qing was not ambiguous, so she held up the hand stove and looked through it carefully. The more she looked at this delicate thing, the more she liked it, and Liang Zijun's eyes were dazzled by the crooked eyebrows and eyes.

The smiling face of this seldom-smiling puppet is as charming as spring blossoms.Liang Zijun snorted coldly, closed his eyes, and covered his eager heart.

Before going to bed at night, Chen Qing handed over another bill, and Liang Zijun secretly calculated that in less than 4 months, more than 700 taels of debts were exempted. It takes a long time to handle this person.

That night, it was rare for Liang Zijun to sleep dryly with his arms around someone.Chen Qing was able to rest on the second day, and he felt refreshed, but there was a certain person who had deep resentment, and Chen Qing, who was gouging out his eyes, couldn't figure it out.

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