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Shen Miao explained the reason frankly, and scratched her head embarrassedly: "I don't really know much about farming, I just think that a few little girls can be happy like that after eating a white flour steamed bun, it's quite sad." ”

The steward was slightly stunned after hearing this, and then said with a smile: "It's really good that the son has this heart, so let's do it, I'll send someone to invite the old man in the village who is familiar with farming to come over tomorrow, what can you ask him." It's just that it's the spring plowing season, every family is busy, and the old men may not be free, so the son has to wait patiently. ”

"I know this, I won't delay farming." Shen Miao smiled and said that it was naturally best for the steward to be willing to help.

The steward smiled in agreement, asked some more questions about whether the daily accommodation was comfortable, and left.

However, for three days, the steward did not respond, but the food and clothing became more and more exquisite, and last night he also sent a silk shirt, saying that the wound had scabbed over in the past few days and was afraid of rubbing.

Shen Miao looked at it and scratched his head, he is a man, what does it matter if he has a scar? It's those old men who are more important, since the spring ploughing is busy, then he won't invite it, he will go directly to the ground and ask.

Thinking about it, Shen Miao took action.

Early this morning, he greeted the four little girls, explaining that he wanted to go out for a walk today, and asked them if they would go out with her? Or do you want to leave a few at home?

The eldest girl immediately said that it was not good to go out, leaving two at home and two following. The four little heads began to get together to discuss, and Shen Miao stood aside and laughed at their chattering discussion.

After a while, there were results, the eldest girl and Ah Zhu were at home, and Xiaohua and Duo'er accompanied Shen Miao out.

After the division, everyone began to prepare, Xiaohua went to the kitchen to have a snack, Duo'er went to inform the housekeeper, and Da Niu and Ah Zhu combed Shen Miao's hair.

Shen Miao used to tie a hairband casually at home for convenience, but when she went to the field today, her waist-length hair was too easy to get dirty, so she had to tie it up. The eldest girl and Ah Zhu were obviously used to tying the hair of their younger brothers and sisters at home, and as soon as they heard that they should tie their hair high, they tied two bun heads to Shen Miao.

Shen Miao couldn't cry or laugh, so she had to make a gesture: "Don't want two bun heads, just one, tie the center." ”

The two little girls nodded, and quickly dismantled their hair and combed it again, not wanting Shen Miao's hair to be thick, a bun head couldn't be tied up, either it was too heavy, or it was not in good shape.

The two little girls scratched their heads and couldn't find a solution.

Shen Miao had no choice but to smile and say, "Then let's put it in a ponytail, wrap the hairband a few more times, and tie it firmly." ”

"Good!" The big girl and Ah Zhu are busy acting.

After a while, Xiaohua also came back, carrying a delicate snack box and said with a smile: "This is specially found by Aunt Zhang, it is convenient and beautiful to carry out, and Auntie also has a lot of delicious food in it." ”

Shen Miao smiled when she heard this, and saw that Duo'er hadn't come back yet, so she said, "Let's go out and look for Duo'er at the same time, and the steward must be in the front hall." ”

Xiaohua nodded and followed Shen Miao, and the two went out of the inner house together, and they didn't see the steward and Duo'er until they were in front of the door.

The steward had obviously just returned from outside, and Duo'er was looking for him, and the two were talking, Shen Miao saw this and simply stepped forward to say.

The steward knew that Shen Miao was going out, so he asked with a smile, "Where does Childe want to go?" ”

Shen Miao smiled and said, "I saw that the old men were busy, and I thought that instead of waiting for them to come, I should ask myself." ”

"Does that boy have invited Lang Zhong to see more, can you be sure that you can go out?" The steward asked.

"Not really." Shen Miao shook her head, "But I feel fine, don't bother Lang Zhong." ”

"This can't be done, the young master specially instructed before going out, you have to wait for Lang Zhong to see it, make sure that you can go out, and then the son can go out." The steward said busily.

Shen Miao frowned, remembering Wu Liu's original words before, he did say: If you want to go out, wait for Lang Zhong to see it, and you can go after confirming that it is okay. But what Wu Liu revealed in his words at that time was to let him live with peace of mind, not like the steward is now...... It seemed to be restricting his freedom.

Shen Miao was puzzled, why did he restrict his freedom?

The steward saw Shen Miao's thoughts, and did not make any more explanations, but said: "I was entrusted by the young master to take care of my son, so naturally I must give priority to my son everywhere, and my son's injury has not been approved by Lang Zhong, and I will never dare to let my son go out." ”

"What if I have to go out?" Shen Miao asked deliberately.

The steward showed embarrassment: "The son is sympathetic, so don't embarrass me." ”

Shen Miao completely concluded that the steward deliberately stopped him from going out, he didn't understand the reason, and he didn't want to give in for the time being, so the two of them just stood in the patio of the front hall and froze, and many people looked at it, thinking that something big had happened.

Just then, there was the sound of horses' hooves outside the front door.

"Phew." Wu Liule came down and entered the door, and before he handed out the horsewhip, he saw Shen Miao and asked with a smile, "Why are you standing here?" ”

The steward hurriedly saluted: "Why did the young master come back suddenly, I didn't have time to prepare." ”

"Things went smoothly and I came back early, why are you standing here?" Wu Liu asked.

The steward didn't say it immediately, he only gave Wu Liu a look, Shen Miao wanted to speak, but Monk Gu's voice interrupted him: "Three waters, see what I brought you?" Monk Gu shook the duck in his hand, "The duck of a year and a half, the meat is fragrant, the bones are crispy, and the nourishing quality is high-quality." ”

Three waters? Shen Miao was stunned for a moment, then understood, and raised her eyebrows: "It's Miao, not three waters." ”

Monk Gu scratched his head and smirked with a shiny bald head: "I'm a big old man, I don't know a few words, and it's good to know water." I don't really know what meow is. ”

"It's Miao......" Shen Miao struggled.

Monk Gu hurriedly changed the topic: "Come on, come on, help me think about it, how can this old duck be cooked delicious?" Don't build a dried duck pot with bamboo shoots, this thing has a light taste, monk I want to change the taste today. ”

Seeing this, Shen Miao didn't want to answer Monk Gu, but thinking that not talking about family affairs in the front hall was a minimum of morality, although the steward stopped him for some reason, he was not out of line, and it was not suitable to spread out in front of so many subordinates, so he took Monk Gu's words: "Is there ham?" Preferably the hoof part. ”

"This one has!" Monk Gu smiled and said: "During the Chinese New Year, I came over with two hams, and the hooves were never opened. ”

"Ham hooves and ducks, first blanch to remove the fishy and remove the hara, then simmer, add soy sauce and sugar, stew the rotten duck, stew out the sticky juice, if there are bamboo shoots, stuff the duck belly stew." Shen Miao said.

Monk Gu's eyes lit up when he heard this: "This is good!" I'll find Aunt Zhang to burn it. With that, he ran away.

Wu Liusui patted Shen Miao's back: "I've been standing for a long time, I'm tired, go in and talk." ”

Shen Miao heard what Wu Liu meant, and temporarily followed, walked through the front hall, walked to the inner hall of the second entrance, and turned to the meeting hall next to it, Wu Liu asked Shen Miao: "What's going on?" ”

Shen Miao said truthfully: "I've been idle and bored these days, and I saw that the big girls were so happy because they ate a white-flour steamed bun, so I thought if there was any way to increase Zhuangzi's food." But I didn't know much about farming, so I wanted to go to the fields and ask some old men for advice. ”

The steward said: "I was afraid that my son would recover from a serious illness, so I stopped him." ”

Wu Liu immediately understood the reason for the matter, the Zhuangzi he was in charge of was not a simple Zhuangzi, the mountain road that Zhuangzi extended inward was the only way for their family to sell illegal salt, Dong Chang's cancellation of the salt monopoly made the illegal salt in eastern Zhejiang Province flooded, and the people hoarded private salt in an attempt to make a profit, but they went bankrupt because there was no way to transport it. Wu Liujia took advantage of their own advantages to buy back illicit salt from the people at a low price, and then used the existing channels to traffic it out. If Shen Miao asked the farmers about Zhuangzi's farming, the experienced old farmers would inevitably mention that they could open terraces and plant tea trees in the mountains, so it would be possible for Shen Miao to notice Zhuangzi's abnormality.

The steward stopped Shen Miao from going out because of this consideration, and Wu Liu understood.

As for Shen Miao's thoughts on Zhuangzi's farming, Wu Liuyi smiled: "You and I have the same idea of this matter, this time I went home, my father mentioned the war disaster in West Zhejiang Province and Huainan Road, I am afraid that soon there will be a lot of displaced people in East Zhejiang Province, once they pour into Zhuangzi, we cannot drive them out one by one, we can only accept resettlement." I discussed with my father and set aside all the areas in the mountain that could be cultivated, build terraced fields, open tea gardens, build houses, and encourage displaced people and villagers to move inward. ”

Shen Miao couldn't help nodding after hearing that he combined his previous vague ideas, and said happily: "This is good, as long as the crops grown in the mountains are reasonably matched, it will not be a problem to feed a village, or even supply outside." ”

Wu Liu also nodded: "I think so too, so I'm going to invite the old men in the village to come over tomorrow and sit down, and everyone will discuss a solution." ”

"Hmm!" Shen Miao nodded, "This kind of thing is best to brainstorm." ”

Wu Liu took advantage of the situation and said: "Then you first smooth out your thoughts, and ask them one by one tomorrow." ”

"Good!" Shen Miao agreed, and also heard that Wu Liu had the intention of letting him leave first, so he left with the opportunity.

Wu Liu took Shen Miao away before saying to the steward: "I won't blame you for your caution." You just remember, you don't have to watch out for Shen Miao in the future. ”

"Yes!" The steward agreed, and paused again.

Wu Liu knew his thoughts, so he said: "My words are not jokes, my father said that agriculture is the foundation of the world, and selling salt is a temporary move. My father decided not to trade in illicit salt in the future and to concentrate on farming. There are many mountains and forests in eastern Zhejiang, and there is little flat land, and if our Zhuangzi can successfully feed so many people, it will be of great significance to eastern Zhejiang. ”

"I understand, tomorrow's things, I will be carefully selected." The steward said busily.

Wu Liuyi smiled: "Go ahead." ”