Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 163 The Return of the Chen Brothers
Chen Xiuyun was embroidering her dowry in the west room.

At that time, she shot and injured someone, and hurried out of the city. She only took some gold and silver jewelry with her, and did not take out any of the dowry items that she had embroidered by herself.

Later, Doctor Chen and the others came out of the prison, they were all panicked and had no time to care about those things.
When Liu Dongshan knocked out the guard and rescued them, he only took some silver and the ancestral secret recipe, and was unable to take anything else.

Now, those things are all in the house in Kuandian City, and it is impossible to go back and get them, so Chen Xiuyun can only embroider them again.

The clothes and other things have been made, and the only thing left is the red veil for the wedding, which will take a few more days.

Chen Xiuyun worked hard for a whole day and finally finished embroidering one mandarin duck on the veil of mandarin ducks playing in the water.

Just when I was about to stop and rest, I heard Qu Shaoyang's noise, so I quickly packed up my things and ran to the east room.

"Brother Shaoyang, when did you come back?"

"I just came back a while ago. Here, this is something I bought for you in Yingkou. Take a look and see if you like it." Qu Shaoyang pointed to the big bag on the kang.

When Chen Xiuyun heard this, she came forward and untied the bag without any hesitation.

Inside was a dressing mirror that Qu Shaoyang had specially picked out for Chen Xiuyun, a pair of Western glass mirrors set in a rosewood frame that was carved with exquisite patterns.

There is also a pair of rosewood combs inlaid with mother-of-pearl. This time the pattern is not "May the blessings of good fortune come to you", but "May you have a happy marriage for a hundred years".

In addition, there are jewelry such as hairpins, hairpins, and step-shaking ornaments, as well as hair oil, rouge, goose egg powder, lip balm, eyebrow black and other makeup items.

A pile of brightly colored, beautifully crafted silk fabrics.

The things in this bag alone are worth a lot of money.

"Shaoyang, look at you, why did you buy these for her? Just spoil her as much as you can."

Just at this time, Li came into the room. When she saw those things, she couldn't help but say something to Qu Shaoyang.

"Aunt, you left Kuandian in such a hurry that you didn't even bring Xiuyun's things with you.

You can’t buy such good things here in Maoer Mountain, so I bought some for Xiuyun for her daily use.”

Qu Shaoyang didn't care. If he didn't love his own wife, how could he expect others to do the same?

After Qu Shaoyang said this, Doctor Chen and Li couldn't help but sigh.

Yes, after this accident, they didn’t even have time to bring out the dowry they had prepared for their daughter.

Although I bought some when I was in Yingkou, how could it compare to what Li had carefully selected and prepared for several years?
“Shaoyang, you are thoughtful.

Girl, did you hear me? After you get married, you must treat Shaoyang well and don’t let him down.”

Li raised her hand and poked her daughter with a finger.

"Well, let's eat at home tonight. I'll stew a fish and you two can have a drink." Li said to Qu Shaoyang with a smile.

"Okay, then I'll trouble you, auntie." Qu Shaoyang didn't hesitate and nodded in agreement.

So, Chen Xiuyun followed her mother to cook, and Qu Shaoyang chatted with Doctor Chen.

Qu Shaoyang had dinner at Chen's house. Li stewed a fish and fried meat slices, black fungus, cabbage, and eggs. Qu Shaoyang accompanied Doctor Chen to drink two glasses of wine.

After dinner, Li asked Qu Shaoyang to go and take a look at the dowry embroidered by Chen Xiuyun, and if there was anything missing, to buy it quickly.

What this said was actually to give the two of them a chance to be alone together. After all, they were getting married in less than a month, so there was no need to be so strict.

Qu Shaoyang took the opportunity to spend some time with Chen Xiuyun, but as it was getting late, he said goodbye and went home.

The snow fell early this year. The first snow fell before Qu Shaoyang came back. However, the snow did not last and melted again when the weather cleared up.

Under the leadership of Jiang Chunfu, the guys worked from dawn to dusk and finished all the work on the newly purchased piece of wasteland in about half a month.

These days, Jiang Chunfu is leading people to collect the collected grain.

Sorghum, millet, wheat, and foxtail millet all had to be husked first and put into the granary, and then ground when they were ready to be eaten. Corn had to be peeled off the outer husk, or tied to a hanging and hung outside to ventilate and dry, or directly put into the corn shed and slowly dried before the corn kernels could be peeled.

The ground is not frozen through yet. It will take some time for it to get colder.

Clear the flat ground outside the yard, pour water on it and freeze it into ice before threshing the beans.

There's no rush for these jobs, you can do them anytime.

Anyway, Qu Shaoyang and Liu Dongshan had already agreed not to sell any of the grain and to keep it all.

The grain can't be sold for much money, so it's better to keep it. There are so many servants at home, and the food they need in a year is not small.

The world is not in a good state nowadays. We may run into a bad harvest some year. Only by keeping food in hand can we live in peace.

Qu Shaoyang discussed with Liu Dongshan that the mountain area from last year could not be lost and must be occupied.

However, the shack on the mountain has not been lived in for a year and is no longer usable.

So Qu Shaoyang led his men into the mountains, chose a new advantageous location, and built two large wooden houses.

Afterwards, Qu Shaoyang led his men into the mountains to hunt twice and brought back several wild boars and roe deer.

With all this busyness, October passed quickly and it was only a few days until Qu Shaoyang and Chen Xiuyun got married.

Liu Dongshan didn't allow Qu Shaoyang to go to the mountain again, and asked him to stay at home and prepare to get married.

On the afternoon of the second day of the winter month, Doctor Chen asked Li to prepare some food and invited Liu Dongshan and his wife, as well as Qu Shaoyang.

Both parties sat together and went over the specific details of the two children's marriage.

The main thing is to ask about the customs and taboos of both parties to avoid any mistakes on the wedding day.

As they were discussing, they suddenly heard the neighing of a horse outside, followed by knocks on the door.

Everyone in the room was stunned, not knowing who was coming.

"Uncle, aunt, please stay in the room, I'll go out and take a look.

If there is anything unusual, Master, you lead them to run through the backyard."

Qu Shaoyang was afraid that it was someone from the government, so he hurriedly gave a few instructions, put on his hat and walked out.

When he arrived at the yard, Qu Shaoyang asked loudly, "Who is it?"

"Brother-in-law, it's us. We're back to see Xiuyun off." Chen Yunzhe's voice came from outside the door.

"Big brother, second brother? Oh my God, you two are finally back. Uncle and aunt have been nagging you all day long."

Qu Shaoyang was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurried over to open the door.

I saw two men, one tall and one short, standing outside the door. They wore otter-skin hats, wolf-skin cloaks, and deerskin boots.

The two men wore palm-wide belts around their waists, had revolvers on their waists, and were led by two tall horses.

When Qu Shaoyang saw the way these two people were dressed, he felt a pang in his heart. Why did this look a little wrong?

"Brother, second brother, come in quickly. Where have you two been? Why have you just come back now?" Qu Shaoyang asked tentatively.

"Oh, I'm out doing business.

You said my father can’t open the clinic now, so we have to earn money to support the family, right?
It’s okay, we were lucky and made some money.

Isn't it because I'm thinking about you and Xiuyun getting married? I hurried back." Chen Yunhan said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)