Farmer’s Wife Has Magic Skills

In the evening, Chu Qingzhi came to the back of the old house.

There stood a group of ashen-faced beggars. Although they were dirty, everyone's expression was extremely vivid and their eyes were piercing.

Master Peng was packing tools, saw Chu Qingzhi coming over, and said with a smile, "Little girl, I dug the cellar as agreed, take a look."

Chu Qingzhi smiled and nodded, "Okay."

The entrance of the cellar has been treated to look like a wellhead, which is to prevent rainwater from pouring into the cellar in rainy days and damaging the things stored in the cellar.

The ground from the entrance to the cellar is connected by steps, and a one-foot-high slope is built on each side of the steps to facilitate the transportation of goods.

The cellar is about fifty square meters, and the space is like a room, square and square, supported by pillars in the middle.

Chu Qingzhi tried the pillars. As expected of a master, the place where the pillars are built must bear weight. In other words, if there are no pillars in that position, the entire cellar will collapse.

The ground is paved with two layers of bricks, and the walls are also covered with bricks. A simple waterproofing treatment has been done. There is no major problem, and the details are also handled very well. The cellar can be regarded as high-quality.

Chu Qingzhi was quite satisfied, and when she returned to the ground, she took out fifty taels of silver to Master Peng, five taels of silver to Master Peng's apprentices, and ten taels to a group of beggars.

Based on the usual wages, this group of beggars could get seven and a half taels of silver after working for three days. What Chu Qing Zhiduo gave was a reward for them. Digging a cellar is not like building a house, it is much more dangerous and hard work.

Master Peng took the money, thanked him and left with his apprentice.

All the beggars bowed gratefully to Chu Qingzhi, "Thank you Miss Chu for the meal and the money, thank you so much."

"You're welcome." Chu Qingzhi thought for a while, and then pointed out, "There are still many people who have not finished harvesting the rice. You can help harvest it. It's better than going out to beg for food. In another month, my family will be planting winter wheat. I hope you can help me out then.”

The beggar leader said quite righteously, "We will come together when the time comes."

"It's getting late, you go to eat, and go back early after eating."

"good."

As a result, the group of beggars received a business before they left the village. The other party promised to provide meals like Chu Qingzhi did, and let them help with farm work. If they did a good job, they would also give a certain amount of money.

There is no disagreement. It is agreed that they will come to work tomorrow.

...

The apples brought back today, the good ones were picked up and stored in the cellar, and the injured ones fell, Chu Qingzhi took them all and made them into cake-like apple pies.

At this time, everyone gathered around the table, looking at the four apple pies that Chu Qingzhi had just taken out of the oven with novelty. The air was filled with the aroma of apples and roasted wheat, which made people salivate.

Chu Xuyuan licked his lips greedily, "I feel like there's something going on sale at home."

Chu Xuhua rubbed Chu Xuyuan's head and said with a smile, "He told the truth again."

Everyone was amused and laughed.

Chu Qingzhi took a knife and cut the apple pie into pieces like a cake, "Try it, everyone."

As he spoke, he used chopsticks to put the apple pie on the plate, handed it to the four elders one by one, and gave the fifth piece to Tang Jinghong, "You should like it very much."

Before Tang Jinghong started eating, his heart was already very sweet, "I definitely like it."

The rest took out the apple pie on their own plates and tasted it.

The apple pie is baked, the outer layer is burnt and crispy, and the inner layer becomes softer and softer. It is mixed with the sweetness of apples, the aroma of wheat, and the sweetness of honey. It conquers everyone's taste buds in one bite.

Chu Xuyao ​​happily ate two pieces and asked, "Fifth Sister, is there any apple pie?"

Chu Qingzhi replied, "Besides these four, there are eight more."

Chu Xuyao ​​hesitated, "Can I have one?"

Chu Xuyuan looked over, "What are you doing?"

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Chu Xuyao ​​could only tell the truth, "I want to take one to the academy. There is a master in the academy. His birthday is tomorrow, so I want to give him one."

Chu Xuyuan said, "Xu Yao is talking about the lame master."

Chu Xuhua asked, "Is there anyone lame, Master?"

Chu Xuyuan's face turned serious, "I'll tell you, but don't go outside and say, Master is too pitiful."

Chu Xuhua assured, "We will never tell."

Chu Xuyuan spoke eloquently...

There is a wife in Yunfei Academy named Yan Yixian, who was admitted to Tanhua five years ago at a young age, and was considered by the third-rank official Tai Changqing to be his husband, but Yan Yixian refused because he was already married. .

Yan Yixian was an orphan, and was picked up by an old woman when he was out on the street.

The old woman had a dumb daughter, and the two depended on each other. After taking Yan Yixian home, the three depended on each other.

Although the daughter is dumb, she has a unique skill of making perfume.

Relying on incense, the life of the old woman and her daughter is not difficult, on the contrary they are still very rich.

My daughter is very far-sighted. She thinks that only by studying can she be successful, so Yan Yi should go to school first.

Yan Yixian refused at first, but later figured it out, so he listened to his sister and went to the academy.

Perhaps it was his wandering experience in his early years. He was extremely determined, he was greedy from morning to night, and he stayed on all day. He studied very hard, and took the first place every time.

After one year of enrollment, he was taken care of by the dean, and he was given priority to enjoy various resources of the academy, and half of his training was also exempted.

At the age of fifteen, he took the Tongsheng examination, at the age of sixteen, he took the examination of scholar, and correspondingly fell in love with his elder sister. At the age of eighteen, Juren, correspondingly married his elder sister.

His whole life was very inspirational, but all the good things came to an abrupt end when he was 20 years old.

Yan Yixian's refusal angered the eldest lady, and the eldest lady sent someone to break Yan Yixian's leg. Since then, Yan Yixian has been limping and has no chance of official career.

That's not to mention, the eldest lady sent someone to warn her sister to let her give up Yan Yi first. Such stimulation directly caused her sister to give birth prematurely, so that she bleeds heavily, and finally both mother and child died.

The old woman couldn't stand such a change, her daughter left, and she died with her.

Yan Yi rushed home first, seeing the originally happy family that turned out to be so miserable, he couldn't accept it, and chose to commit suicide by hanging himself in grief and despair.

But he was rescued by people from the same village, and later, in order to repay the dean's kindness, he went to the academy to become a teacher.

The students always saw Yan Yixian sitting in the shade of a tree, staring at the sky in a daze, his eyes full of longing, and everyone knew that he was thinking of his sister and benefactor's wife.

This scene was encountered by Chu Xuyao ​​a month ago.

A month later, the little guy regarded this thin-looking, always depressed wife as a friend in his heart.

Chatting yesterday, he learned about Yan Yixian's birthday, and was thinking about what gift to give.

No, the apple pie made by Chu Qingzhi was very suitable, so he asked for it.