Chapter 170: Something Happened to the Tea Tree
Zhou Youyi shook her head, this chicken leg is what Aunt Zhao is best at, not to mention that she likes to eat it, other people in this house like to eat it.
"Why, did I say something that upset you?"
Shen Che was a little flustered, he didn't know what he said for a while that made Zhou Youyi's face so bad, he just wanted the woman in front of him to finish the meal happily, and he only wanted her to be well.
Zhou Youyi barely squeezed out a smile, looked at Shen Che and said, "Okay, don't pick up the vegetables for me, you eat it yourself, I'll do it myself." ”
Looking at the dishes on the plate in front of her, she realized that today's meals were all her favorites, and she had never seen the hibiscus cake that Shen Che liked.
After lunch, Zhou Youyi was about to take a nap, and just as she lay down, she heard Bai Cheng's voice coming to see her.
"Madam, no, the tea tree has been eaten by some insects today, and the originally dense leaves have now become like this. ”
Bai Cheng said as he took out the tea leaves from the cloth bag.
Zhou Youyi looked at it twice, and it seemed that the fresher and more tender green branches and leaves, the more they were gnawed.
"Is this a bad insect plague?"
Zhou Youyi asked out loud.
But think about it carefully, how can there be an insect plague at this time, not to mention that this cinnamon tea tree has a long history on that mountain, how come I have never heard of an insect plague on this mountain.
Could it be that someone did this on purpose?
But right now, who would do that?
"Madam, I have looked carefully, but I am afraid that only this tea tree of ours has suffered from this kind of insect plague, and there are no other places. ”
Obviously, this is something that someone did on purpose.
"I'll take a look. ”
Zhou Youyi said, and rushed to the tea garden with Bai Cheng.
Hou Zuo and his other brothers had already gone to other places on the mountain to look for this situation, and when they learned that Zhou Youyi was coming, Hou Zuo hurriedly ran back.
"Madame, you are here. ”
Hou Zuo said, with a little guilt on his face, Zhou Youyi handed over the tea garden to him, but as soon as a batch of tea was paid tribute to the royal family, something like this happened. Where did he still have the face to see Zhou Youyi, but Zhou Youyi didn't blame him.
"Tell me, what else you've found. ”
Zhou Youyi said, and asked Hou Zuo to tell her all the things she found on this mountain.
It is very likely that the tea garden is considered to be sabotage, after all, there is a small circular doorway on one side of the tea garden, which someone deliberately destroyed to enter the tea garden.
Originally, Hou Zuo wanted to investigate along the footprints at the entrance of the small door, but it rained heavily yesterday, and all the footprints were washed clean, and nothing could be found at all.
In other words, someone brought these eggs to the tea garden, and after this rainy night, the eggs grew into worms, so they ate the tea leaves. ”
Zhou Youyi endured the disgust of seeing these little insects, and carefully looked at the other tea leaves in the tea garden.
Hou Zuo nodded, probably like this.
At the moment, they had tried ordinary insecticide powder, but it didn't seem to have any effect on the bug.
Zhou Youyi didn't know what to do for a while.
These eggs don't seem to be afraid of anything, and even those eggs can't kill them, but I'm afraid that it will not be easy to deal with these large numbers and especially strong fecundity.
"Madam, if this continues, this tea garden will be destroyed. ”
Hou Zuo was very distressed, not only because this tea garden could provide their brothers with a high-level living environment, but more importantly, these tea gardens were carefully cultivated by them.
If nothing else, this year Hou Zuo has planned to reclaim another piece of land to try to cultivate a new batch of cinnamon tea trees, but now, all plans seem to have come to naught.
"I'm going to ask someone to inquire what these insects are, you first pick all the tea leaves that can be collected and make them into tea, and you must ensure that the collected tea leaves cannot be injured by insects. After all, it was something that was sent to the royal family, and if it wasn't done well, it would be a murder charge. ”
As long as one is not careful, it is possible to implicate the nine clans.
This is also the original intention of Zhou Youyi who has always been reluctant to do business with the royal family.
There will be an accident in everything, and if there is anything, ten lives may not be enough to make up for it.
Hou Zuo nodded, knowing that this might be the right way to do it right now.
After gathering the other brothers to come back and start collecting tea, Zhou Youyi remembered the tofu workshop and asked Bai Cheng about Hou Zuo and their daughter-in-law how they were after learning Bai Cheng's tofu skills.
"They're doing a good job now, even better than these teas. ”
Tea is something that needs to be cultivated for a long time, but tofu is different, as long as there is tofu, you can make tofu out, affordable and delicious, suitable for all ages, as long as it is put in the market, it can become a dish on the dinner table that everyone likes.
Zhou Youyi nodded, thinking that the worst plan was that this tea garden could not be opened, so at least a few of them still had a tofu workshop to operate, and it would not be considered desperate.
When Zhou Youyi was about to go to the next city with the tea, he wanted to know if anyone would know how to save the tea, but Shen Che handed over all his soldiers to Deshun, and he was by Zhou Youyi's side.
"Why don't you go back to training?"
As soon as Zhou Youyi got into the carriage, she saw Shen Che sitting up, and couldn't help but ask in surprise, "You are a general." ”
"What about the general, the general also has to accompany his wife to do important things. Don't worry, now that there is Deshun in the training camp, there will be no chaos, and there is no other person around you, so I don't feel at ease. ”
Shen Che said, and let Bai Cheng start to set off.
Zhou Youyi looked at him angrily, this man always looked like he was afraid that she would lose it, how could this not make her anxious, obviously he had more important things to do than accompany him.
"Madam, if you want me to say, you just let me go on this trip, you still want to go over in person, and it is normal for the young master to worry about you. ”
Bai Cheng said with a smile.
Su Ying'er, who was also sitting in the carriage, only felt that she shouldn't be here, so she followed Bai Cheng's words and opened the curtain and sat on the edge of Bai Cheng.
And there were only two people in the carriage, Zhou Youyi and Shen Che.
Shen Che held his chin with one hand and held Zhou Youyi's hand with the other, and the smile in his eyes was very doting.
Zhou Youyi had no choice but to let him do it.
Fortunately, along the way, neither Su Ying'er nor Bai Cheng came in to check on the two of them.
An hour and a half later, when he finally arrived in the next city, Shen Che jumped out of the car and hugged Zhou Youyi, who was about to get out of the car, directly.
Su Ying'er and Bai Cheng, who were standing on the side, glanced at each other and didn't say anything.