Rebirth of Okuki Kofuro

There are many things to be busy before the new year, and everyone in the Liang family is busy.

There are many classmates and friends of Liang Kangsheng who want to meet. Everyone wants to hold a few literary meetings a few years ago to communicate more. Master You is worried that Liang Kangsheng will relax his studies because of this, and he will be more strict with Liang Kangsheng. If you don't go out, you have to stay in the study all day.

Liang's father is similar, except that Liang Kangsheng met literati, and Liang's father met managers of various commercial firms and shopkeepers. At the same time, this period of time in the winery is also a critical period for wine making, and he must not relax at all. Fang looked at the brewing.

The two mainstays of the family each have their own affairs to be busy, so Qu Yi and Zhuang's naturally have to do all the family affairs, prepare for the New Year's gifts to be sent to various places, and prepare various affairs according to the season.

For example, Laba porridge needs to be cooked well, whether you eat it at home or not, you have to send it to acquaintances. On the fifteenth day, you have to sacrifice to the Jade Emperor to pray for peace. On the sixteenth day, you have to sacrifice to the Earth God. Wait, there's no such thing as a truly relaxing day.

In the past, the Liang family had only a wine shop, and Liang's father usually took care of things there himself, while the Zhuang family only took care of the family's affairs. Now the Liang family has 150 acres of land, a large fruit mountain, and more and more people in the county. The busier Nanlou Library is, without the help of Qu Yi, it would be difficult for Zhuang to do these things alone.

When the window grilles were put on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, Liang Kangsheng and Liang's father didn't have to go out anymore, and Mrs. You also gave Liang Kangsheng a few days off. Both Zhuang and Qu Yi lost a lot of weight, but everyone wore thick clothes during the day. The winter clothes are not obvious, and it is easy to find when lying under the quilt at night.

The night before, Liang Kangsheng watched Qu Yi take off his clothes and go to bed to rest, and suddenly found that he was a lot thinner than before. He squeezed his shoulders and said distressedly: "Brother Yi, you and your mother have worked hard this year. Knowing that I will not go to those unimportant literary meetings and gatherings, listening to those people say meaningless things is better than coming back to help you and your mother with home affairs."

What Liang Kangsheng regretted most in his previous life was that he was not in good health. Family matters could only be placed on the shoulders of Zhuang and Qu Yi.

Qu Yi shook her head: "Don't worry, I can handle these things."

The three tenant farmers the Liang family found were all real people, and they would not engage in petty tricks behind the scenes.

Not to mention Guoshan, all the fruits were turned into fruit wine, and the surplus was sold to Fang's family at one time. It was already figured out, and there was no other income and expenditure.

As for the Nanlou Library, things are also not troublesome. The Liang family’s library has a small number of books, so the account books are also simple, but after calculating it, they found that the income from renting and selling pens, ink, paper, inkstones, and tea was more than they expected before, almost the same as the income from selling books. flat.

Qu Yi felt that the reason why he lost weight during this period was because he deliberately took care of the trivial things and handed over the less troublesome things to his mother-in-law Zhuang. I was also thinking about something, so naturally I didn't have much appetite.

As for why Mrs. Zhuang lost weight, the reason is even simpler. She still couldn't let go of Zhuang Qingze and the others. After all, Chinese New Year is a time for family reunion. Before years ago, Mrs. Zhuang always prepared many years for her younger brother. This year she didn't mention this.

"Our family's property right now is neither too much nor too little. It's just that I'm a bit slow in handling it for the first time. It will be good if we get in touch with each other next year." Seeing Liang Kangsheng's uneasy expression, Qu Yi felt that he really didn't need to think too much. , just looking at the ledger, nothing really.

The busiest time of this year has passed, Liang Kangsheng said nothing more, he saw that Qu Yi disapproved, so he didn't say much, he just kept this matter in his heart, and planned to wait until next year to spend more time at home.

Liang Kangsheng felt distressed and caring when he found out that Qu Yi had lost weight. It was the same when Liang's father found out that Mrs. Zhuang had lost a lot of weight after he finished his work. But he asked a few more questions and found that the reason for his wife's weight loss was due to a knot in his heart. It's better to persuade, when the new wine is in the cellar after the new year, he finds time to take his wife back to the Zhuang family, and her knot will naturally be opened.

In the last two days, the Liang family became lively because the two pillars stayed at home. Quyi and Zhuang didn't ask the servants to help. Zhuang came to post.

After the couplets, blessing characters, and window grilles were pasted up, Qiaoqin just came out of the kitchen. She checked the ingredients according to the menu of the New Year's Eve dinner in previous years, and came to the main hall to look for Zhuang and Quyi: "Madam, Young Master, what are the dishes for the New Year's Eve dinner?" They are all purchased according to the amount of previous years, do you want to follow me to the kitchen to check and see if there is anything not enough?"

Seeing the slight change in Zhuang's face, Qiaoqin paused for a moment, and made a suggestion: "Ma'am, I'm thinking about preparing more this year. The young master has become a scholar, so prepare a few more for the ancestor worship tomorrow. Let the ancestors celebrate together."

When Zhuang listened to Qiaoqin talking about the New Year's Eve dinner, she couldn't help but think of the bad things that happened to her younger brother's family at the farmhouse last year, and her mood suddenly became depressed, but Qiaoqin's subsequent words successfully diverted her thoughts Elsewhere: "That makes sense, Brother Yi, what do you think? Why don't we go and have a look."

"Well, let's go and have a look." Qu Yi glanced at Qiaoqin, then blinked at Qinqin. Worshiping ancestors is a big event before the Chinese New Year. With this event, Zhuang's heart is worried. She spends only a little time thinking about Zhuang Qingze. Much less.

On the way to the kitchen, Mrs. Zhuang really kept talking about how to worship ancestors. Although Liang Kangsheng had already opened an ancestral hall when he first became a scholar, it was obviously not as formal as it was during the Chinese New Year. It should be done formally after the New Year. Tell the ancestors the good news.

Along the way, Zhuang made arrangements, and Qu Yi and Qiaoqin listened carefully, and only occasionally added a word or two if there was anything to add, and everything else was in accordance with Zhuang's intentions, and never said much.

Originally, she planned to keep Zhuang busy with the New Year's Eve dinner and ancestor worship, and don't think about her white-eyed wolf brother during the happy time of the New Year. Unexpectedly, an accident happened as soon as she entered the kitchen, and she was completely exhausted. Stop thinking about what's there and what's not.

The weather is cold in winter, and the meat is not easy to spoil, so the meat used for the two days and the New Year's Eve dinner is directly hung up by the cook with a basket and placed in the kitchen. There is no need to put it in a well or a water tank to freeze it like in summer.

This way the meat is placed open, and once you enter the kitchen, you will naturally smell a distinct smell of raw meat, mixed with the oily fumes from the kitchen all year round, which is a bit strange, and Quyi felt a little uncomfortable after entering the door.

He wrinkled his nose, thinking to himself that he is becoming more and more squeamish now. In his last life, when there was no cook at home, he was the one who cooked, and he had never smelled any meat smell. I can't stand it, I really shouldn't.

In fact, the Liang family's kitchen is big and spacious. The cook cleans it very diligently on weekdays, and the smell is not strong. The main reason for the smell today is that there are a lot of things in it, and the variety is also mixed.

As the cook introduced the prepared ingredients one by one, Qu Yi and the others walked into the kitchen step by step. They got closer and closer to the basket with meat hanging on them, and Qu Yi became more and more uncomfortable. He used the movement of rubbing his nose to cover it up slightly For a moment, insist on not saying anything and continue to listen.

"Ma'am, young husband, here is a whole pig's head." The cook lifted a bamboo cover, revealing the big pig's head that had been preliminarily processed inside, "I will steam the pig's head later, when I worship the ancestors tomorrow The whole pig's head is..."

Before the cook could finish speaking, Qu Yi looked at the ferocious pig's head and his heart trembled. He couldn't suppress the feeling of nausea. He turned around and ran out of the kitchen, covering his mouth and nose.

"Young husband?" The cook was taken aback by Qu Yi's actions, she stopped awkwardly, worried that she might have said something wrong and offended the young husband, so she didn't dare to speak casually.

"Brother Yi?" Zhuang Shi was listening to the cook's words seriously just now, she turned around after Qu Yi ran out, she didn't know how Qu Yi would go out, she just felt surprised.

The only person who saw Quyi's movements clearly was Qiaoqin. She thought to herself that she and the young husband had agreed to find a way together to make the wife think about the arrangements for the New Year's Eve dinner and ancestor worship. Why did the young husband suddenly hold his hands? Running out of the mouth, did you suddenly think of something more important, no matter how anxious you are, you can't just run out without saying a word, right?

The three people who stayed in the kitchen didn't know what happened to Quyi, Zhuang was worried and went out to have a look.

As soon as she went out, she saw Qu Yi half bent, with one hand supporting the wall and the other patting her chest, the expression on her face was unclear.

After walking out of the kitchen, there was no unpleasant smell of raw meat and oily smoke from his mouth and nose, and Qu Yi's nausea subsided, but he still felt very uncomfortable, and he was inexplicably agitated.

"Brother Yi, what's the matter with you?" Seeing Qu Yi like this, Zhuang was very worried, and made various guesses in his heart.

Qu Yi raised her head, endured the discomfort, and said in a hoarse voice: "It's nothing, just the smell of the kitchen is a bit uncomfortable, which makes you worry, and I'll be fine after a while when I get used to it."

Hearing Quyi's answer, Zhuang and Qiaoqin paused in worry, and their eyes lit up.

Qiaoqin, as the caring housekeeper by Mrs. Zhuang's side, understands Mrs. Zhuang's thoughts best. She knows that this winter, what her wife worries about the most is the young husband's stomach. The most obvious smell in the kitchen is oily smoke. Less raw meat, smell uncomfortable, isn't this a typical sign of pregnancy?

The cook looked at the expressions of Madam and Qiaoqin and quickly reacted. She often listened to Madam's order to make soup, so she knew something about these things. It turned out that it was not something she said that made the young husband angry. It's the young husband who is pregnant!