Nongmen Shenjue

When I returned to Fenglin County, it was the Laba Festival.

Seeing that it was mid-afternoon, Mu Qingyan was sore from the car all the way, so he was not in a hurry to go back to the village, and we will talk about it tomorrow.It is convenient to open the inn, hot water is always prepared, and you can take a hot bath as soon as you get home.After taking a bath, he was tired and fell asleep on the bed.

Wen Jixue packed his things, came in and saw him asleep, tucked in the corner of the quilt, covered the smoke, added incense, and put his cotton robe in the smoke cage to dry.Now Mu Qingyan sleeps on Wen Jixue's bed, his original bed was a little smaller and unfurnished, Wen Jixue plans to remove this bed another day.

but……

Now returning to Fenglin is not as convenient as being outside.

After all, Mu Qingyan has a family, and it is a newly built house, so it is impossible to live here forever.Furthermore, there are many people here at the ferry, and the relationship between the two of them can be kept from Jin Lilin, but it is impossible to show it to everyone openly.

Wen Jixue hoped that Mu Qingyan would go out to investigate cases from time to time, so he would feel comfortable outside.

Mu Qingyan slept for an hour, when he woke up it was getting dark, and there was a burst of porridge fragrance in the air.

Wen Jixue turned on the light, and handed him the clothes on the cage: "Today's Laba, the kitchen cooked Laba porridge. I asked someone to make two vegetarian dishes, and stewed a can of black chicken soup."

"Yeah." After sleeping, I feel a little hungry.

At dinner, Mu Qingyan had a good appetite. He drank half a bowl of Laba porridge, ate some vegetarian stir-fried vegetables, drank two bowls of chicken soup, and ate a lot of crispy stewed chicken.Some herbs were put into the black-bone chicken soup, Tian Qi, Chuan Gong, and wolfberry. The chicken soup was simmered for a long time, and the oil slick on the top was skimmed off.

Wen Jixue suddenly said: "You said you wanted to buy a mountain?"

Mu Qingyan did mention this matter.

"There is a plan to build a villa on the mountain to live in, clean."

"Then I'll ask Gao Tian to find out." Wen Jixue asked in a tone of voice.

Mu Qingyan understood what he meant, and nodded: "Just search around the county seat, it's better to be closer. I'll take one thousand silver, and you can do the rest."

Even if they didn't discuss with each other, since they are together, if they build a new residence, they will naturally be counted together.In addition to the reward from Qiao's family in He County, he has 500 taels of silver on hand, which is enough to buy mountains and build houses.He knew that Wen Jixue would definitely add another part, or buy a lot of mountains, Zhuangzi built it more carefully, these are trivial matters.

Wen Jixue was really happy to hear that, and made up her mind to find the place as soon as possible even if it costs more money.

Waking up early the next day, Mu Qingyan packed up his things and went back to Qingshan Village by car.

He packed the furs he hunted in Hexian County and dried meat of various colors, and divided half of the bird's nest, white fungus, lotus seeds, wolfberry, and longan sent by Qiao Jiashu.These things are eaten to support people, but they are expensive, and the family must be reluctant to buy them, but in fact, whether it is Mu Wan or the new sister-in-law Qing'e, they are suitable for eating these things.Furthermore, Jin Lilin sent a dozen or so apples and oranges. Fruits are rare in winter, not to mention that it is easy to get dry mouth and get angry when you stay in the house all day long, and eating fruits is the most pleasant.

There was no change in the Mu family, Mu Wen and Mu Wu were both at home, yesterday's Laba Festival, someone was watching in the shop, the two of them came back for the holiday, and were planning to go back to the shop today.

"Second brother, when did you come back?"

"Is the second brother and the county fun? What are these?"

Mu Wen and Mu Wu asked each other what they said.

Mu Wan hurriedly opened the curtain: "Come in, it's very cold outside. Is this trip going smoothly? Why do you bring so many things? Brother just went to the yamen, if I knew you were coming back today, let him wait." gone."

Li Qing'e was doing needlework in the room, and came out to greet him. Seeing the Mu brothers and sisters surrounding him, she greeted him and went to the kitchen.There was hot water sitting on the stove, she took out the white porcelain bowl, took out the good tea leaves from her dowry and made a bowl of hot tea.

"Second brother, drink water."

"I'm sorry, sister-in-law." Mu Qingyan hurriedly got up to pick it up.

At this time, Mu Wan and the others saw clearly what he brought back, so they didn't mention the bird's nest and lotus seeds, but they were surprised by so many skins and dried game.Especially when Mu Wen and Mu Wu asked curiously, Mu Qingyan gave a general account of Hexian's affairs, and everyone in the room heard it fresh and interesting.

Tea was refilled three times, and it was almost lunch time, and I didn't finish talking about what I saw, heard and experienced along the way.

Not to mention the Mu family, even a knowledgeable maid like Li Qing'e still has the same unsatisfactory feelings.Mu Wan and the others grew up so big, they were stuck in Qingshan Village most of the time, and Li Qing'e's knowledge was mostly heard in the inner house, and they knew about the entertainment and dealings of some wealthy families, etc. They were strange and curious about the outside world.

Mu Qingyan returned to the village to report his safety. After lunch, he took Mu Wen and Mu Wu back to the ferry in the afternoon.

Mu Wen suddenly asked: "Second brother, are you still living at the inn?"

Mu Qingyan glanced at him: "I just arrived yesterday, and I'm temporarily staying at the inn for one night. Su Niang and the others should have cleaned up the bedding in the house, and just move the trivial things over there in a while. How is the shop?"

Mu Wu continued, "There's nothing wrong with the shop, but the soup base made by the second brother before, the hot boiled fish balls, green vegetables, bean skins, etc. are very popular. If it's cold today, eating a bowl of hot and spicy soup will make your whole body feel sick." It's getting warmer. Young Master Chen will come to eat every three to five times, and he is still muttering that you will never come back. Master Ge has also come here two or three times, as well as the owner of the restaurant. They all come by car. Serving wine, cooking the current food and drink, and sitting in our shop enjoying the snow."

Hearing Mu Wu's words, he knew that the shop's business was very good these days.

The boiled dishes are common, but the most important thing is the boiled soup base, which is also a must.Mu Qingyan loved to eat hot pot in his previous life, it is simple and convenient, and the ingredients can be whatever he likes.At first, I bought soup ingredients, but later I thought about it when I had nothing to do, and communicated with my colleagues online, and I got my own exclusive set of ingredients and soup bases.

If he wanted to move back, he would naturally have to say hello to Wen Jixue.

Even if the two didn't mention it before, this is something they know well.

Wen Jixue stared at the walls of the two adjacent courtyards, and said in a low voice, "How about opening the door from here?"

For such naive proposals, Mu Qingyan ignored him.

Gao Chun Gao Dong was doing the moving, but it was just some clothes and daily utensils.

Wen Jixue saw that everyone was leaving, so she hugged him and rubbed him together.

"Do you want to prostitute yourself during the day?" Mu Qingyan pressed his troublesome hand.

"Could it be that you want me to sneak to find you at night?" Wen Jixue smiled ambiguously close to his ear.

Mu Qingyan was speechless for a moment.

Another morning, when Mu Qingyan had just had breakfast, He Shun came in and said that someone had come to give New Year gifts.

Mu Qingyan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized after a while.

In my previous life, I used to give gifts when I walked around the New Year’s Day, but at that time, relatives and friends would bring gifts when they visited each other. It contains so much that it is even pulled by a car.And because of the inconvenient transportation in ancient times, if they were far away from each other, they had to arrange New Year's gifts early so that they could be delivered before the New Year's Eve.

"Whose house?"

The Mu family has no relatives, and those who are close to them are all in the village, and even gifts are sent to the Mu family.When he could give him a New Year gift, the first thing he thought of was Chen Shiliu.It's just that Chen Shiliu was a wealthy and idle person at home in the past, and he never cared about such common affairs, so he probably never thought of giving New Year's gifts.

So, the Ge family?

Sure enough, He Shun said: "It's a New Year's gift sent by the housekeeper sent by Master Ge, followed by Boss Zheng's family from Juming Tea House."

"Bring people in."

After a while, two people came in, one was the housekeeper of the Ge family, the other was the housekeeper of the Zheng family, and they handed over the gift list.

Mu Qingyan greeted the two of them, but they didn't stay any longer.

He Shun sent the two of them out with a big red seal.This is reward money, which is specially used to reward visitors from various families. Depending on the identity of the visitor, the rewards are also different.The He family came from salt merchants, and they are used to seeing the big money of salt merchants, but they also know that the owner is different now, and they have asked Mu Qingyan for instructions before.Mu Qingyan considered that this was the first year's gift from the Ge family and the Zheng family, so he took the initiative to bring it first, and the housekeeper came again, so he asked him to give him two taels of silver.

Since the other family gave the age, I have to return the gift.

He didn't know much about the rules of the annual ceremony, so he ordered to return a share according to the things sent by each family, and what money was needed to do it.He Shun is like a housekeeper, and he handles all this.

Thinking of Chen Shiliu again, I might as well give a copy.

On the thirteenth, I received a letter from Yan Lang and an annual gift.Yan Lang's annual gift is much simpler, two jars of wine, two boxes of cakes, two boxes of sesame candies, a basket of red dates, and a basket of bacon.

Yan Lang said two things in the letter, one is the follow-up of the beautiful girl in blue skirt, Wanpeng was dismissed from office, and his two sons and daughters recovered from illness, but the root cause of the illness has fallen, and the whole body is broken.

In another case, Yan Lang mentioned a case.There is a Qunfang Building in Guanglin County. The women in it have their own characteristics, and it is a gentle hometown for men.When a man is out looking for pleasure, there is a wife at home, and he can only weep or grit his teeth, but there is a little woman who is very hot, and before dawn in the morning, she was hanged by the rope at the door of the building.The woman's husband stayed in the building that night, and when he heard the movement, he poked his head out to watch the commotion, but when he saw his wife being let down from the rope, she was shocked and stunned.

Mu Qingyan just read it as a story, casually handed the letter to Wen Jixue next to him, and was about to reply, ordering He Shun to prepare an annual gift.

Two days later, Chen Shiliu sent a gift in return and said goodbye by the way.

"I have to go home for the New Year, and I can only come out after fifteen." Chen Shiliu invited him: "Brother Mu, you haven't been to the capital yet, have you? How about going to the capital after the next year? I'll be the host."

Mu Qingyan looked at Wen Jixue, and said with a smile, "We'll wait until the weather gets warmer. It's not too far after all. If I want to go, I'll tell you."

"Then it's settled." Chen Shiliu was short on time, and because he had to walk by water, he came to sit for a while, and ate another bowl of boiled soup by the way.Relying on the relationship, he decided to take away a pot of soup base, saying that sitting on the boat was boring and he had to cook something by himself.

Mu Qingyan remixed a pot for him, and filled some fish balls and tofu skins for him.

After sending Chen Shiliu away, he asked Wen Jixue, "How did you get to Fenglin in the first place?"

It stands to reason that Wen Jixue should go to the capital.

"Accidentally, I just stopped when I met you later." Wen Jixue didn't speak completely.

It was indeed an accident that he came to Fenglin at the beginning. In order to leave the studio, he planned a big cleanup. In the end, less than [-]% of the people survived.Except for a few who left incognito, the rest are in his hands. After all, he needs manpower to do things.It's just that the master of the photo studio was able to establish such an organization and control everyone tightly, thanks to the poison.

Wen Jixue got the antidote first, and then there was a rebellion, but he didn't expect the landlord to plot desperately, and finally got the truth.That unknown poison is like tarsal maggots, he hid in Fenglin to heal his wounds.