Looking at the New Year's Gift that filled the living room, Qingwen clapped her hands and smiled:

"Miss, it seems that we don't need to buy New Year's goods this year."

Not only Qingwen was happy, but also Wang Ma and other old people were also very happy. They weren't just happy about this New Year's gift, but just now they saw with their own eyes that the person who gave the gift was a family member of the royal mansion, although they didn't know which palace it was, they were still sincerely young lady, and they were also happy for the sun and moon boat. No wonder Miss is not in a hurry, she has been hanging a sign of closure for many days, and it turns out that the Sun Moon Boat has the support of the palace behind it. Including Wang Ma, everyone thought so. With the royal palace backing the Sun and Moon Fang, what else is there to worry about? Since then, no one has come to urge the lady to take off the sign that she is closed. Having money to earn, having food to eat, **** playing idle, it's more comfortable than serving people, isn't it?

Coming to the first New Year of the ninth year of Ming Hongwu, almost everyone was full of joy in the entire Sun and Moon Boat, except for Xiao Yiran, who was worried. Everyone talked in private, saying that Miss's life was good. I think that when Zhao Qian's family was in the past, he couldn't even rush to tie up those powerful people, and Miss had only been in charge of the family for a few days, and she had the palace as a backer.

After the New Year, the weather is getting warmer day by day, especially the Qinhuai River, which is close to the south of the Yangtze River, and spring comes exceptionally early. It's not yet February, and the willows along the river are already spitting out a little bit of fresh green. Siu Yat-ran often goes to the deck to enjoy the scenery of early spring. At the same time, I was also calculating in my heart, how to start building the Zhuangzi in the Song family's tuan, that is, the "Yiranju" that had already been named.

For the planning of Yiranju, Xiao Yiran has a ready-made foundation in his heart, but the painting boat is full of female streamers, where to find someone who runs errands for him and directs on the spot? This time you can't be fooled again.

After thinking about it, Xiao Yiran, who didn't think of a suitable candidate, ushered in the people of the palace again. This time there were two people, one in his forties, almost fifty, and the other with gray hair, who looked to be in his early sixties. The man in his forties introduced himself:

"Miss Yiran, Cui Jian, the housekeeper of Yanwang's Mansion in Xia, this old gentleman is a famous gardener in Yingtianfu, Mr. Chutian Chu."

Xiao Yiran listened to the introduction of the housekeeper Cui Jian, no need to ask, it must be Zhu Di's order again.

"The prince wrote that Miss Yiran bought a piece of land a year ago, and presumably the construction will start in the spring, so I sent Mr. Chu to invite Mr. Chu to do some planning for the newly bought land of Miss, and second, to ask Mr. Chu to be the manager of the construction of Zhuangzi, I don't know what Miss Yiran wants?"

Unexpectedly, this Zhu Di is a very careful person, and he always seems to be able to guess what he thinks. Sending Mr. Chu here at this time was undoubtedly a send-off in the snow, so that Xiao Yiran couldn't even think of refusing. immediately thanked the key Cui Jian, and solemnly gave Mr. Chu Tian a junior gift.

"Now that the person has been delivered, there are a lot of trivial matters in the house, so I will leave first. If Miss Hui needs help with anything, just send someone to the house and say it. ”

Cui Jian didn't even take a sip of tea and left in a hurry.

After Xiao Yiran invited Chu Tian to sit down, he personally held the tea and handed it to Chu Tian, and said sincerely:

"So there is Mr. Lao Chu."

"Hehe, it's easy to say, it's easy to say. It is better to take advantage of the present, Miss Yiran will roughly describe her thoughts on Zhuangzi, and look back at the old decay and then check it on the ground, it will take about ten days and a half months to draw a blueprint. ”

Xiao Yiran talked about the style of his eldest uncle Sun Jidong's Zhuangzi in detail in his memory, and Chu Tian, who listened, nodded more than once.

"I can't imagine that Miss is so young at such a young age, there is such a furrow in her chest, so that the old man can't help but look at it differently."

"The old gentleman praised it falsely, what he just said is just that Yiran has seen a similar Zhuangzi from elsewhere, and it is not imaginary."

Xiao Yiran was telling the truth, but when he heard Chu Tian's ears, he only said that Xiao Yiran was humble.

"Since Miss has made her thoughts clear, it's better to choose a day than to hit the day, it's better to go to the ground and take a look at it now."

Chu Tian was also an anxious person, and as soon as he drank a bowl of tea, he couldn't help but go and have a look, he was really fascinated by Xiao Yiran's description. There was no way, Xiao Yiran had to order someone to hire two carriages, take Qingwen and Musk Yue, and personally accompany Chutian to the one hundred and thirty-four acres of land outside Songjiatuan Village.

Along the pond, and the little dirt mountain bag went around, Chu Tian praised vigorously:

"Miss Yiran is really a good eye, a good eye. If Zhuangzi is really built according to Miss's description, I am afraid that it will be the first part of Tianfu. ”

Xiao Yiran naturally knew that his uncle's Zhuangzi was the first one around Jiangning Mansion.

"Miss, does the future manor have a name?"

"I thought of a name, I wonder what the old gentleman thinks of the word 'Yiranju'?"

"A good 'comfortable home' is really worthy of the name and appropriate."

"Sir, how many people are needed to build Zhuangzi, and how long will it take? Also, do you need a lot of money? ”

"This will only be known after the old decay draws a blueprint and carefully calculates."

After leaving Song Jiatuan, Chu Tian did not return to the Sun Moon Boat, but broke up with Xiao Yiran in the city. Before leaving, I told Xiao Yiran:

"The young lady returned to the painting boat and waited for ten days, and the old man will definitely draw the blueprint and do a good job of accounting."

"The old gentleman takes care of his health, and it doesn't matter if Zhuangzi is a day earlier or a day later."

The Qinhuai River in spring is full of infinite vitality, and the tender green of the willows is growing wildly at a speed visible to the naked eye. The business of the painting boat in the river is also like a day by day. Only the Sun and Moon Boat, from the year to the present, is still quietly docked on the shore, and has not opened its doors for nearly half a year. Occasionally, when there is no idle painting boat in the river, some people will come here to inquire about one or two, but the sun and moon boat has been hanging a sign that is closed. There has never been anything like the "mess up" again.

In fact, at the end of last year, when the city gate was practiced for several princes, Yan King Zhu Di's attitude towards Xiao Yiran, the owner of the Sun and Moon Boat, was seen by many dignitaries and dignitaries in the Ying Tianfu.

Xiao Yiran returned to the Sun and Moon Boat, waited for less than ten days, and on the afternoon of the eighth day, he saw Cui Jian, the key in the Yanwang Mansion, accompanied by Mr. Chu Tian, followed by a young man in Tsing Yi, who came to the Sun and Moon Boat together. After coming in, Cui Jian got straight to the point:

"Miss Yiran, after Mr. Chu went back that day, he worked almost day and night, and finally drew the blueprint. Today, I want to discuss the next project with Miss, and I want to ask for Miss's opinion. ”

Cui Jian said this, looked at Chu Tian beside him, and then said:

"What Mr. Chu means, can you leave the matter of building Zhuangzi to the old gentleman?"

After listening to this, Xiao Yiran did not pause for a moment, and immediately agreed:

"I can't ask for it, I'm just afraid that I'll be tired."

"It's okay, it's okay, such a good plot, such a good plan, if you don't watch Zhuangzi build it little by little, you will definitely have trouble sleeping."

Only then did Xiao Yiran know why Chu Tian would let Steward Cui ask him.

"Julian, come here."

The young man in Tsing Yi behind him took two steps forward and stood among several people.

"Miss Yiran, Julian is the prince's personal servant, and in the future, he will be handed over to him to do the things that go back and forth between the construction site, the painting boat, and the errands between the palace."

After Cui Jian gave Julian an an instructions, he sat down for a while, then said goodbye and left, leaving Chutian and Julian and Xiao Yiran to discuss the next project. According to Chutian's budget, after the construction of the entire Zhuangzi is completed according to the blueprint designed, it will cost about 1,400 taels of silver. It takes about six to eight months, and this is under the premise that some materials do not need to be customized. If some materials are out of stock at that time and need to be ordered, the time will be extended by one to two months.

Xiao Yiran listened, the silver could still be paid by himself, and time was not a problem, so he said to Chu Tian:

"The silver Sun and Moon Boat can still be afforded, time is not a problem, please arrange it as appropriate for the old gentleman. Again, the old gentleman must pay attention to his body and not be too tired. ”

"Miss Yiran doesn't need to be instructed, Steward Cui has already arranged for the old man, including the residence, and the servants who are waiting, all of them are in Song Jiatuan's village."

After Xiao Yiran listened, it seemed that Zhu Di had given Cui Jian all the money, and it was estimated that if his silver was not enough, he was afraid that the Yan Wangfu would come out with the silver. I thought to myself, since Zhu Di had arranged everything, what else did he worry about, he would simply leave it to Chu Tiande.

After that, Xiao Yiran just looked at the blueprint carefully, and after asking a few things in detail that he couldn't understand, he said to Chu Tian:

"If the old gentleman is tired one day, he can take a rest in the painting boat. Yiran's piano skills can barely reach the ear. ”

"Hehe, Miss just doesn't say it, the old man will definitely come to ask for advice."

Listening to Chu Tian's use of the word "ask for advice", Xiao Yiran understood that the other party must also be a master in this.

"I want to ask Miss not only for her piano skills, but also for her chess skills. Listening to the housekeeper, even King Yan is not Miss's opponent, if it weren't for the fact that he was busy with something right now, the old man would have already started to learn from Miss. ”

"It was the mercy of the prince's subordinates, and Yiran won a game by luck."

"It's not easy to win the prince's chess, ordinary people are often suppressed by the prince's bold momentum, even if the chess skills are higher than the prince's, sometimes it is difficult to get benefits, saying that the prince's subordinates are merciful, and the old man will not believe it."

Xiao Yiran did say a humble word, Yanwang Zhu Di's chess style is by no means the kind of chess style that can be merciful. When it comes to the rise, it is difficult to stop it. Xiao Yiran heard Chu Tian say this, so he had to smile slightly.

In the end, the two agreed on a date for the groundbreaking of the Habitat, which would be set for February 26, seven days later.