"Xie Dongjia!" Steward Zhang got up, his eyes seemed to sweep the door inadvertently, and seeing that no one followed, a faint look of disappointment flashed in his eyes. But he quickly covered it up, and praised the orchard.

"Owner, but you plan to turn the Four Seasons Garden into a farmhouse winery? This is really a good business, and the most important thing here in Qingxian is the literati and elegant guests. When the spring flowers bloom, if you know that there is such a place to play, you will definitely flock to it. ”

Dong Rong raised her hand and poured a cup of tea for Silly Zhu, and then responded, "Steward Zhang is worthy of traveling abroad for many years, and his eyes are vicious, and he can guess what I am going to do at a glance." ”

Steward Zhang hurriedly said modestly, "The owner said that he was laughing, but it was just a little clever." ”

Dong Rong smiled and asked a few more trivial matters about the ice business. Now that the solar term is in autumn, it has become cold in the morning and evening, and in addition to selling some ice bowls at noon, the bulk ice cube business has long been stopped. Steward Zhang reported carefully, and said at the end, "I don't know if the owner has any other plans, and this ice bowl will not be sold in a month." ”

Dong Rong slowly put down the tea bowl in her hand, nodded and said, "After all, selling ice is a business that depends on the season, and it will end when it is cold, which is also expected by me." After that, she pondered for a while, and then asked, "Speaking of which, when Steward Zhang came back suddenly, we couldn't find a suitable house to move out for a while, so we half-coerced and forcibly rented the yard, and took advantage of your lack of food and clothing, and wronged you to stay and do some chores. Now, the business is coming to an end, I don't know what Steward Zhang's plans are for the future? ”

Steward Zhang smiled bitterly and sighed, "Don't hide it from the owner, I left home as a teenager and wandered out, and I also earned tens of thousands of family fortunes, but because of gambling, I tossed in, and even the bones of my father and mother were buried outside." The reason why I rushed back all the way is that I want to use this yard as the capital, make a comeback, and welcome my father's ashes back for burial on the day of development.

But I thought very well, but I didn't have a clue for a while, and it happened that the secret method of making ice on the summer solstice of the owner was very magical, so I wanted to get involved, and finally became a steward. I also want to open these days, the owner has the ability and good heart, it is a blessing to be able to do things under the owner, compared to taking the risk to do business, it is better to help the owner take care of the business, and when the owner is developed, it will definitely not treat me badly. ”

After speaking, he got up and made a big salute, and said, "I hope that the owner will not dislike it and take me in." I will be faithful and have no two hearts. ”

Dong Rong and Silly Zhu glanced at each other, and they really didn't know what to say. It turned out that this steward was actually optimistic about her clever means, and saved the idea of leaning against the big tree to enjoy the shade. However, he still didn't tell the truth about his past. But no one wanted to tell any secrets, and she didn't plan to delve into them. In fact, when she turned her head and thought about it, she really didn't have anything worth trying to plan for except for a summer ice-making recipe. Could it be that you are too protective of others?

Steward Zhang secretly glanced at the silent stupid pillar, and secretly gritted his teeth and said, "If the owner still can't trust me, then I... It is possible to sign a deed of sale. ”

Deed of Sale? That's a great idea! Dong Rong's eyes lit up, the punishment of fugitive slaves in the Great Qi State was quite cruel, so very few slaves dared to run away. If Steward Zhang signed the deed of sale, life and death would be controlled by himself, and no matter how bold he was, he would not dare to give birth to an external heart.

"Steward Zhang, the reason why I have asked you to come up the mountain today is because there is a big business that requires reliable and shrewd people to make a trip to Kyoto. Your intellect and experience are the best choice, and the only concern is that you don't know your details. Since you are willing to sign the deed of sale to show your loyalty, I will not do that mean thing.

If the contract is completed, not only will the contract be invalidated, but I will ask you to be the treasurer of the Four Seasons Garden at the price of a hundred taels of silver a year. If you have other thoughts, then don't blame me..."

"Xie Dongjia is benevolent." Steward Zhang responded happily, picked up the pen and paper on the table, and directly wrote a contract of voluntary sale into slavery.

Dong Rong took it and looked at it and sent it into the house, and when she came out again, she held a beautiful carved wooden box in her hand.

Steward Zhang guessed that this might be the big deal he just said, so he hurriedly gathered all his spirits, and even his waist was straight.

Sure enough, after Dong Rong sat down again, she took out a big and red apple from the box and said with a smile, "This time I entered Beijing for it." ”

Steward Zhang was stunned, and was very disappointed in his heart, it turned out that he had entered Beijing to sell fruits. He hesitated for a moment and then persuaded, "The owner, I am afraid that it is a bit to travel thousands of miles to Kyoto just to sell fruits..."

"What if... What about some special fruits? Dong Rong smiled slightly, and his subordinates gently turned the apple.

"Ah, this... This... There are words on the fruit! Steward Zhang was so shocked that he suddenly stood up from his chair, his eyes as wide as copper bells. Shang Jia's instinct made his brain run at high speed in an instant, "This word 'Shou' is clear and beautiful, it is definitely a good thing!" You must go to Kyoto, first find out which old man of the powerful family is about to celebrate his birthday, and the buyer will find..."

Dong Rong smiled and looked at Manager Zhang, who was so excited that she couldn't stop talking, and then took out the remaining three apples and lined them up.

Steward Zhang smoothly connected the four words together, and his mouth opened wider and wider in shock, and finally desperately took a few breaths, and barely squeezed out a sentence, "This is really... What a miracle! ”

Dong Rong nodded and said with a smile, "Steward Zhang should know how big this deal is, and the next half moon is exactly the fiftieth birthday of the emperor today, and as soon as this auspicious fruit is offered, the sacred heart will definitely be happy." Steward Zhang, do you dare to take this errand? ”

A flash of fanaticism flashed in Steward Zhang's eyes, and he nodded heavily in response, "Don't worry, I took this errand." After speaking, he remembered something again, and said, "However, the owner, this fruit is only worthy of the emperor." In other words, there is no other buyer except the emperor, so... The price can't be raised too high. ”

Dong Rong waved his hand to signal him not to worry, "As long as this fruit is presented to the emperor and has an auspicious name, it doesn't matter if it is given away for nothing." Because I still have a set of 'auspicious wishes' and a set of 'wealth and prosperity'. Do you understand? ”

Steward Zhang suddenly realized that it was a plan to throw bricks and attract jade, and use the royal hand to fry the name of hot auspicious fruits, and then sell the other two sets of fruits. With the laurel of auspiciousness, this fruit can't be sold cheaply?

Steward Zhang figured it out, and he had the bottom in his heart. But he rolled his eyes and asked, "Boss, this auspicious fruit... Will it be sent to Beijing every year in the future? ”

Dong Rong raised her eyebrows, and secretly said that smart people are not easy to fool. Although the steward signed a contract, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not have dissenting intentions under the heavy money, and it is better to deter one or two.

"This... If I want to send it, it will be picked up from the natural tree. I don't want to send it, so I don't have one. ”

"Yes, host." Steward Zhang finally understood, this auspicious fruit, like those ice cubes, was from the hands of this owner! Originally, the master transferred him to serve a woman, and he was still a little aggrieved, but he was also the big shopkeeper in charge of the business of a house, and suddenly he had to follow a woman to listen to the call, which was really unwilling. However, now he has no resentment. What kind of ordinary woman is this, this is a God of Wealth! What's more, the master still hurts this woman like an eyeball, maybe this will be the real housewife in the future. If you don't do your best at this time, then what are you waiting for?

"By the way, my brother Ping just got the fame of Xiucai and wants to go out for a walk. This time, let him go with you, and you will take care of it on the way. Dong Rong thought of her younger brother and instructed, "At any time, the safety of life is more important than gold and silver." If Manager Zhang encounters difficulties on the road, he must not lose a big one because of a small one. ”

"Yes, don't worry. This time it is a long way to go to Beijing, and there are still many things to prepare, so the small ones will go back to Zhangluo. ”

"Go, get the fruit in three days, and if you need money, go to the cuckoo's sister-in-law and get it."

Steward Zhang went all the way down the mountain, preparing to enter Beijing. Dong Ping saw that Steward Zhang was far away, and he had no intention of taking care of the handymen to collect apples, so he hurriedly ran back to the house and asked his sister, "Sister, did Steward Zhang agree?" ”

Dong Rong nodded, and said while plucking the leaves on his head for him, "You can go to Mr. tomorrow to ask for leave, if Mr. doesn't allow it, you will honestly stay in the academy to study, and don't contradict Mr. because of this." ”

"Got it, sister, I'm measured." Dong Ping smiled with joy, took two steps forward and pulled his brother-in-law's arm and shouted, "Brother-in-law, I found two dog jujube trees, you are tall, help me pick some back." My sister likes to eat dog dates the most! ”

"Okay, pick more." Silly Zhu smiled and agreed, and the two went out and plunged into the woods. Dong Rong shook her head funny, Xu no longer has to worry about food, clothing and restraints, Dong Ping's temperament is much more lively than before, and he is no longer the appearance of a strict little old man. This makes her very happy, sometimes being busy is not only for her own well-being, but also for the well-being of all the people she loves...

"Child, child come to grab Qiu'er, grab a fat little gutter." If it is to describe the autumn of the peasant family, the word "robbery" is the most appropriate.

The bract grain seedlings have been half dried in the sun, the big bud grain cobs grinning, revealing the golden bract grains, the farmers want to rush the bud grain cobs home when the weather is fine, the bud grain seedlings are cut to the bundle, the bud grain bars (roots) are also dug out, and then deep ploughing the field, sowing wheat. In this way, when the autumn rain falls, the wheat seeds can take advantage of the situation to germinate and drill out of the ground through the soil layer.

If anyone is lazy and misses the good days of sunny weather, but lets the autumn rain water the bud grain, then it will be unlucky, even if the bud grain is rubbed down, it is easy to rot, and more importantly, even next year's harvest is delayed.

In addition to the weather, farmers also have to compete with voles for rations, and as winter approaches, voles are also frantically stealing and storing grain. If a small vole has two cheeks full of buds, an adult can't catch it with one hand. In a day and night, voles go back and forth between fields and burrows at least 20 times, and the buds they steal back are enough to fill a scoop. And there are at least twenty voles in a field ... ZM