Nongmen Shenjue

"Brother Mu! I'm back!"

On September [-]th, just after breakfast, Mu Qingyan was instructing Mu Wu to make fish balls in the shop.The shop buys fish every day, and the fish is quite fat, so I just bought a few big fish and tried to make fish balls.Fish ball stew soup can be braised in brown sauce, and the taste is also good. It can also enrich the dishes during the Chinese New Year.

Mu Wu is very diligent in learning cooking skills, and he is willing to study fresh food.

Mu Qingyan only knows the general method of making fish balls, and it's okay to make them, but it's impossible to make them delicious.He can only let Mu Wu explore and try on his own, and keep improving.

Wen Jixue was sitting with him in the shop, tasting Mu Wuxin's finished product.

"It's not bad." Wen Jixue has been to the coast before, where there are many fish in the sea, and fish balls are abundant.

Mu Qingyan also tasted one, it was less elastic, and the taste was quite satisfactory, not outstanding.There is no way around this. Sea fish are used as ingredients along the coast. They have freshwater fish here. Grass carp and carp are common, and they are still in the stage of exploration. The amount of starch and the proportion of sauce are not yet precise.

"That's right, skewer them with thin bamboo sticks, cook them in a soup pot, and sell them by skewers when the time comes."

It was at this time that he heard shouts from the shore, which were quite familiar. He raised his eyes and saw that it was not Chen Shiliu.

Counting that Chen Shiliu had been away for a month, he thought he was locked up at home and couldn't get out.

Listening to a big boat on the shore, Chen Shiliu stood on the deck waving his hands, and ran down with his feet thumping on the board.As soon as he ran, someone shouted worriedly behind him. Chen Shiliu turned around and said a few words before continuing to run towards the shop.

"What kind of meatballs are these?" Chen Shiliu didn't see anything, saw the white and beautiful meatballs on the plate, and ate them with a pair of chopsticks. "Huh, fish meat? Fish balls? This is fish balls. I've heard of this thing a long time ago, but it's the first time I've eaten it."

"You brought a lot of people." Mu Qingyan glanced casually, and saw He Chuan greeting there, found several carriages, those who pulled things, those who took people, all came with Chen Shiliu .

Chen Shiliu was extremely helpless: "I can't help it. I don't want to take those people with me, but if I don't agree, my grandmother won't let me out."

The old man loved his grandchildren, especially the younger grandsons of his own relatives. If Chen Shiliu hadn't made up his mind to run away, the old man would have let him go out.On the other hand, Father Chen saw his changes and was a little satisfied, so he gave him a reprimand and let him go out.When he came out this time, two servant girls followed him, two followers, and four guards. At first, the number of people given by the old grandmother was doubled. Before Chen Shiliu called, Father Chen reduced it.

"That small courtyard isn't enough for so many people." Mu Qingyan didn't forget that Qi Nanfeng and the others lived there.

"Let another yard." After returning home, his pockets were puffed up again, Chen Shiliu was not short of money now.

He Chuan led two people over, holding several gift boxes.

Chen Shiliu smiled and said, "This is for Brother Mu, some pastries from the capital, and two jars of tribute tea. The tribute tea was obtained from my cousin."

Tired from the journey, Chen Shiliu sat for a while and then went back to the county seat.

Wen Jixue suddenly asked: "Jin Lilin invited us to He County, will we go?"

Jin Lilin's reply, in addition to replying to the message, also sent out an invitation.Mu Qingyan only took it as a courtesy, and didn't intend to really go to Hexian County. It was strange to hear Wen Jixue mention it.

"It's not close to the county. It's at least a month to go back and forth."

He got the news before that he judged that the death of the sixth wife's son Wang Shuisheng was too much conspiracy.Maybe someone really wanted to target Liu Huan, but an accident resulted in his death, and Wang Shuisheng was the unlucky one.If you want to say that death is wronged, it is indeed wronged, and it was originally avoided, but the world is changing, and who can say everything.The Liu family gave the Wang family 20 taels of silver for the funeral, in fact, to appease the Wang family, because Wang Shuisheng had an accident because he was working for the Liu family.

He told the story to the family of the sixth wife, the old, the young, the widow, and the three of them cried together.

It would be a lie to say that the Wang family didn't complain about Liu Huan, but the Liu family had a good attitude, and in another four or five years, the Wang family would not be that savage and shameless, and would not be able to do blackmail.In the end, I could only go to Wang Shuisheng's grave, tell him the inside story, and let him go to reincarnation safely.

The three members of the Wang family also completely let go of this matter, at least the sixth wife stopped complaining everywhere.

Mu Qingyan still had doubts about Liu Jisheng's medicine shop, but it was not about Wang Shuisheng's death.However, there are so many things in the world, and he doesn't want to take care of everything, so he didn't bother to pay attention to it.

Mu Qingyan added: "My eldest brother's marriage is scheduled for the sixth day of next month, and it's only been half a month."

"Then wait until your elder brother finishes welcoming the bride before going."

"Why do you want to go to He County? I'm afraid it will snow in October, and the road will be difficult to walk." Now it is mid-September, and the weather is already cold in the morning and evening. Thick jacket with waistcoat.

"There are many mountains in He County, and the scenery is beautiful in winter. There are hot spring villages, and you can hunt. Maybe you can find two good jade."

"Hot spring?" Mu Qingyan was a little moved, thought for a while, and nodded: "Alright. I can arrive in November, come back before the twelfth lunar month, just in time for Chinese New Year."

There is no waterway to go to Hexian County, and the distance is far away. It can only be bumped by horse-drawn carriage, and the speed is limited.

Actually, Mu Qingyan doesn't like to travel far, especially in winter.In ancient times, the road conditions were not good. If there was heavy rain or snow, the road would be impossible to walk, and it would be easy to get stuck in a certain place.However, thinking of the play items described by Wen Jixue, it is quite good, and besides, being with Wen Jixue will never be boring.

Time passed quickly, and it was the sixth day of October in a blink of an eye.

Mu Qingyan took Gao Chunhe's family and others back to help, and there were Aunt Zhao and other close neighbors, and the wedding banquet was organized in a lively manner.The Mu family's house was newly built, and it was specially decorated for the wedding. The big red happy characters, red lanterns, especially the decoration inside the wedding room, made the women in the village envious.

When they got married, the bride's dowry came in first, and it was neatly carried sixteen times, filling up a big room.

This day, Wen Jixue and Chen Shiliu were also invited, and they were seated with several shopkeepers in the county seat, and sat in the wing room, which was cleaner.

Mu Qingyan is not the groom's official son, but he also has no leisure.

Mu Lin was dressed in a bright red wedding gown, and stood in front of the gate to greet the guests. As the younger brother, Mu Qingyan had to entertain the guests, and Mu Wen and Mu Wu also shuttled among them, each with his own duties.Mu Wan stayed in the kitchen to greet her. After all, she just got married. There were men and women at the table outside. Mu Lin was afraid that someone would get drunk and mess around, so he didn't let her go out. Anyway, there were enough people.

Because of getting married, Mu Lin asked for a few days off.

Mu Qingyan waited until after returning to the banquet before he asked his family about going to He County.

It was lunch at noon, and Qing'e married in as the eldest sister-in-law. In order to integrate into the Mu family more quickly, which is also her duty as the eldest sister-in-law, Mu Wan stepped down from the position of cook, and Qing'e took over, with Mu Xiu as her helper.As for Mu Xiu, Qing'e didn't let her do rough work, let her take care of her, and embroidered dowry if she had nothing to do.

This is generally the case for people with conditions. After all, it is the last time to be a girl. Later, I will be a daughter-in-law in someone else's house.

In the beginning, there were many people in the family, and it was really uncomfortable. Even if they all had good intentions with each other, it was impossible to get along quickly and comfortably.This is a necessary running-in stage, not only Mu Qingyan and Qing'e, but also Mu Lin and Qing'e.

But all in all, not bad.

Usually there is only Mu Wan Muxiu in the family, plus a newcomer Qing'e.Qing'e was born as a servant girl, but she is not weak-tempered, but she is somewhat similar to Mu Wan, and because of her different background and knowledge, she is much stronger than Mu Wan.It stands to reason that such two people are prone to conflicts, especially the relationship between the aunt and sister-in-law is not good. Fortunately, both of them put away their temper and tried to make contact, but they found a suitable way.

Mu Qingyan felt that Mu Wan could learn something from Qing'e.

Today's lunch is very rich, after eating, Mu Lin has to go back to the county office.

The five dishes and one soup are all Qing'e's handicrafts, not only the taste is quite good, but also the presentation is much more attractive.

The whole family was eating happily, and they were stunned when they heard Mu Qingyan's words.

"Second brother, are you going to He County?" Mu Lin thought for a while, and asked a puzzled question: "Did you accept any commission? I haven't heard of it."

Mu Wan frowned even more: "Where is Hexian County? Is it far away? These two days, the sky is overcast, and it is estimated that it will snow. Where is it suitable to go out?"

"I just want to go and have a look, and I will come back before the Chinese New Year."

"Wen Jixue is going with you?" Mu Lin asked.

"Ah."

"That's fine. But you still have to be careful when you go out, there are many mountains in Hexian County." Mu Lin didn't persuade him much. After long-term observation, he felt that Wen Jixue should be harmless.Besides, it wasn't the first time the two of them went out together, and he didn't want to be too much of a hindrance because of worries.

Seeing how easy it was for him, Mu Wan let go of her mouth. She wanted to say something, but she was also worried about Qing'e, fearing that she would offend Mu Lin and make Qing'e unhappy.In the end, I had no choice but to keep my mouth shut, planning to persuade him in private later.

Naturally, Mu Qingyan was not so easy to persuade, and in turn comforted Mu Wan.

On the contrary, Mu Lin repeatedly told him to pay attention to safety. There are bandits running around in Hexian County. It is said that they were originally vagrants.Two dead people were found in the forest at the junction of Fenglin County and Guangmin County. The murderer has not been found yet, but similar things happened in other counties and counties. Mu Lin guessed from Lu Dongtian's words that there might be some illegal gang activities.

Mu Qingyan heard him mention that he tends to fight among gangs and distribute spoils unevenly.Even if it was really a robbery, with Wen Jixue around, what are you afraid of.

The two packed up a few pieces of clothing, Gao Tian took care of the rest, prepared the carriage, and set off early the next morning.