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Chapter 80 Lotus Seeds
Qian Qingling said with sparkling eyes: "Do you also think this book is not good? When I was young, I said, 'I don't want to read this book' and the lady in the lobby sued me to my grandmother, and even made me get arrested. It's grounded, but how do you know that Ban Zhao was wronged? "The Preface to the Preface to Women's Commandments" said that she wrote it to educate her daughter."

Liang Yimei took a sip of sour plum soup and said: "That's her excuse. "The Preface to the Preface to Women's Commandments" clearly stated that she was "about fourteen years old and held a dustpan in the Cao family. It has been more than forty years now." It can be seen that she He was at least 54 years old when he wrote "The Commandments for Women". The Han Dynasty advocated early marriage. Even if there was, it is impossible to educate at that time. The atmosphere in the Western Han Dynasty was not good, and it continued to the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is a pity that although she has the heart to save the country, the strategy of saving the country is too passive, so..." Liang Yimei shrugged.

Qian Qingling wanted to say something more, but Hongmei came back, Qian Qingling hurriedly stopped talking, and complained: "It's still cool in your house, if my room doesn't have ice, why is it so hot?"

Liang Yimei rolled her eyes and said, "Why don't I take you to pick lotus pods while there is no one in my house?"

Hongmei hurriedly stopped her and said, "How is this possible? What if you don't mind falling into the water?"

Liang Yimei smiled and said: "I often row boats, don't worry, I won't make your young lady feel stingy."

Qian Qingling got up excitedly, turned around and said, "Where is the boat? Let's go down quickly, or I will go back later..."

Liang Yimei pulled her to turn to one side, which was the corner of the study, which seemed to be a dead corner, and the boat was placed there.

Seeing the boat, Qian Qingling cheered, ran forward, jumped on it, and said, "Hurry up, hurry up!"

Hongmei's serious face was also a little dumbfounded, "Miss, you have to put the boat into the water first, you should come down first."

Qian Qingling blushed a little, Hongmei hurried forward and together with Liang Yimei untied the rope and pushed the boat into the water.

Liang Yimei smiled and said, "Hurry up."

Qian Qingling had long forgotten the embarrassment just now, and happily boarded the boat with Hongmei's help. Liang Yimei saw that everyone was seated before sailing... As soon as she entered the lotus pond, she felt extremely cool. Qian Qingling watched excitedly. The lotus leaves and flowers all around couldn't help but want to pick the flowers, Hongmei hurriedly stopped her and said: "Miss, be careful, these lotus flowers are far away."

Qian Qingling pouted in displeasure, Liang Yimei smiled slightly, and rowed the boat slightly to that side, Qian Qingling picked a flower with Hongmei's help.Liang Yimei smiled and said: "The next thing we will do is to pick lotus seeds. There were not so many before. My second brother likes to study here in summer, and he saw that I like to eat lotus seeds, so he asked people to plant them in the pond again." It has grown a little bit, and it has grown very well this year. Most of the ponds are full, and the fish are less than half. The fifth grandpa still complains. You come today and we will pick some more. When you go back, you can take some back. Auntie should like it too, right?"

Qian Qingling tilted her head and said, "We haven't eaten lotus seeds like this before. We eat cooked ones, can we eat raw ones too?"

"Cooked has a cooked taste, and raw has a raw taste. You don't know that when you eat it raw, you only feel refreshed. Well, there is a fresh taste in your mouth. You can try it later."

Qian Qingling responded with a smile, and the three of them worked together to pick lotus seeds, which filled the corner of the boat. Seeing that Qian Qingling picked more and more excitement, Liang Yimei was really afraid that she would accidentally drop it. Looking at it, she felt that she picked it today She got enough, so she proposed to go back, but Qian Qingling pouted unwillingly, Liang Yimei promised her that if she could come again before the lotus pods were gone, she would bring her to pick them again, and Qian Qingling compromised.Holding a heart, Hongmei felt relieved.

Liang Yimei peeled off the lotus pod and the lotus seeds and handed it to her, "Try it."

Qian Qingling took it, threw it into his mouth, felt it carefully, his eyes lit up and said: "I didn't expect it to be so delicious when eaten raw."

"This way of eating has existed since ancient times, how could you not know?"

"Because I haven't seen anyone eat like this before."

The two chatted here in full swing, Hongmei came in from the outside and said: "Miss, Madam sent someone to pick you up."

Only then did the two realize that it was getting late, Qian Qingling said sadly: "I don't know when the next time we will meet?"

Liang Yimei was a little funny, why did it look like a life and death parting, she smiled and said: "It's in a county outside, when do you want to meet?"

Qian Qingling laughed forcefully: "I'm not you. Your brother loves you so much that you can come in and out freely, but I can't. This time I came out to see you as an excuse to go to the temple to pray for blessings."

Liang Yimei frowned, and then remembered the grievances between her family and the Qian family, and explained: "It's nothing, I will write to you from time to time, and you must always go out, as long as you go out, pass me a letter." Xin, I'll go see you."

Qian Qingling became happy again, "You said that."

Liang Yimei nodded with a smile, filled some of the lotus pods she had just picked, gave her a jar of wine after thinking about it, sent her to the door, watched her get into the car, and said, "Remember to write to me. "

Qian Qingling nodded with tears in her eyes, "It would be great if I could come to your house often like the second brother..."

She watched the Qian family's carriage leave the alley before turning back.

Afterwards, the correspondence between the two became more and more. After all, Qian Qingling failed to visit her house again. Not long after, Mrs. Qian took her to embroider the dowry behind closed doors. Liang Yimei was shocked when she heard the news. Qian Qinghao, who still came to deliver the letter, mentioned it and found out that the master of the Jin family was promoted to a fifth-rank Hanlin bachelor. Qian Qingling's aunt wrote a letter, which roughly meant that the Jin family had been promoted, and Qian Qingling's dowry and As must conform to identity...

Qian Qinghao's complexion was a little bad, "...I heard that the second brother entered the Imperial College to study."

Liang Yimei was a little puzzled, isn't he the second child?Liang Yilin knew that he was talking about his cousin.

Family ugliness should not be made public, and Qian Qinghao didn't want to say more, so he changed the subject and said, "My younger sister fell in love with the jar of wine that Sister Liang gave her last time, but the wine in the 'Old Cellar Workshop' is too expensive, and Less, even with my monthly money, I can't buy much..."

Liang Yilin burst into laughter with a "puchi", and Qian Qinghao became a little annoyed and said, "What I said is true, why are you laughing? The price you set for the wine is too high."

Liang Yilin smiled and said: "You have a lot of wine from me, can't you give some to your sister? I think you want to drink it?"

Qian Qinghao's face was a little red, and then he said rascally: "You just said whether you will give it or not?"

Liang Yilin laughed and said, "Yes, how could I not?"

Liang Yimei smiled and got up to bring him some wine.

She never stopped Liang Yilin from giving wine to others, and Liang Yilin didn't give it to everyone, except for people he agreed with, and some of them were out of affection. Liang Yimei didn't seem to worry about him, either. Although Brother doesn't look good in every aspect from the outside, but he has everything. Liang Yimei seems to seldom worry about him.

After a few days, Liang Yilin finally brought two people back after many choices. Liang Yimei looked at the mother and daughter in front of her, her jaw almost dropped to the ground.She had been waiting since Liang Yilin said that he would choose a maid for her, but she never expected that after waiting for so many days, he would bring back a mother and daughter.

Liang Yilin coughed and said: "This is Aunt Zhao, this is her daughter A Tao, she used to work in the kitchen, and her cooking skills are not bad, from now on, I will leave the kitchen to her, and A Tao will follow you .” As he spoke, he called out all the family members to let them recognize him.

A few days ago, the concierge had been expanded, and Uncle Qin and Xiaobai had also moved in, waiting for Liang Yilin to come back with someone, who knew that Liang Yilin had chosen for so long and hadn't decided yet.Today, Xiaobai saw another elder sister who was older than him, so he stood aside and smiled at her.

A Tao also smiled at him when she saw it, and Liang Yimei breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her at the side. From entering the door to now, this A Tao has kept her head down, every step is standard, it's not bad, I just feel that Less angry.

When they met, they were asked to go down to freshen up. The fifth grandpa and fifth grandma were not as excited as they were the first time, because they had been vaccinated long ago, and they accepted their arrival very quickly.

After eating, A Tao knocked on the door and came in respectfully: "Miss, the water has been put away, do you want to take a bath?"

Liang Yimei was taken aback, a little unaccustomed, but she nodded and said, "Well, I'll go right away."

After taking a shower, she returned to her room and saw that A Tao was making the bed in her room. She frowned and said, "I'll do this in the future. Well, you can do whatever I ask you to do in the future."

A Tao knelt down anxiously and said: "Miss, how can you not do well as a slave?"

Liang Yimei supported her forehead and sighed, her brother said that A Tao and her daughter used to be domestic servants of officials, and they were sold here after being convicted of a crime, so the rules of the two mothers and daughters are also the best, Liang Yilin is looking for this I just want Liang Yimei to know more about the rules of these officials' families. In the past, A Tao was the second-class maid of the lady of that family...

"Get up first." A Tao was still kneeling, Liang Yimei frowned and said, "Did you disobey the master's orders in front of the master before?"

A Tao's face turned pale, she stood up immediately, and said anxiously: "I don't dare."

Liang Yimei sat down by the bed, thinking about how to say it to give herself more freedom without creating the image of her as a bully master.

She considered for a while and said: "A Tao, don't forget the rules you learned before, but this is not the official family you stayed in after all, you don't have to do some things unless I tell you, such as making the bed, I can do these things , and you are not allowed to enter my room without my consent in the future."

(End of this chapter)