Qian Yixiu returned to his cottage and told the little lady that Mr. Yu named this area of their house "Returning to the Garden".

When the little lady heard this, she burst into tears, and sobbed softly, "Even outsiders know that Yue'er looks forward to his return every day, why doesn't he return after all these years?" ”

In the capital, Liang Jinzhao asked Song Huaijin, who was resting, to come to the restaurant for dinner. He was about to go to Jizhou Province again, but Song Huaijin, who had entered the Guozijian, could no longer accompany him.

They discussed what to bring to honor Mrs. Song and Mrs. Song, and what to bring to their relatives and friends there, including the pair of pleasing little brothers and sisters.

Song Huaijin asked in a low voice, "Grandpa is really going to resign from the vacancy of the metropolitan governor, and you want to pass on the title to your father?" ”

Liang Jinzhao nodded and said, "Yes, the emperor rejected it." But my grandfather is going to fold it again, and in the end, the emperor will definitely approve it. ”

Song Huaijin said regretfully, "My aunt and grandfather are only in their fifties, what a pity to resign." Look at that Pan Cifu, he is sixty-six years old, and he is still sitting firmly in that seat. ”

Liang Jinzhao was speechless. This is the difference between civil officials and military officials, both are powerful ministers, and military attaches are much more careful than civilian officials.

After the meal, as soon as they walked out of the restaurant, they heard a person shouting, "General Qian," as if General Qian didn't hear it, and this person raised his voice again, "Qian Manjiang." ”

These three words startled Liang Jinzhao and Song Huaijin, and they both stood and looked, only to see a young officer in military uniform not far away.

In the haze, this young man was tall and jade, handsome and extraordinary, and there was a heroic righteousness between his eyebrows, wearing a set of six-grade military attache uniforms.

The person who shouted was wearing a low-level officer's uniform, ran to the young officer and hugged his fists, and said happily, "General Qian, it's really you." He looked at him for a long time and said in a low voice, "Coming out?" also became a six-grade official in the capital, which shows that those hardships were not in vain. In the future, when it is developed, don't forget to pull your brothers. ”

This General Qian was stunned for a moment, then smiled loudly and said, "It turned out to be Brother Li, I really haven't seen him for many years." Go, go, go to my house for a drink. ”

The man rejoiced, "Yes, yes." The two of them turned and walked away together.

Song Huaijin saw that Liang Jinzhao was still stunned, and said with a smile, "You don't suspect that this person is the father of that little brother and sister, right?" In the world, there are many people with the same name and surname. ”

Liang Jinzhao smiled, but no.

The departing General Qian led the officer surnamed Li into a cramped alley, but General Qian suddenly turned his face. A few punches knocked the officer surnamed Li to the ground, and he stepped on him with his foot and scolded in a low voice, "Looking for dead things, you dare to talk nonsense." I advise you to keep your mouth shut. Otherwise, I will let you die without a place to be buried, and Ye Houye will leave your whole family without a place to be buried. If you don't believe me, you can give it a try. ”

The officer surnamed Li was beaten and immediately said, "Okay, okay, I don't know you, I don't know what you did before." ”

When General Qian heard this, he let go of his feet and left.

Out of the alley, look up at the sky to the south. Under that starry sky, are they, and that beautiful and silly her, all right?

The stars in the sky seemed to fall into his eyes, and his eyes were shining with water.

He took a deep breath, forced back the tears in his eyes, and strode forward. In the vast night, I passed by two handsome young men.

Looking at his back, Liang Jinzhao whispered, "Hey, what is this money, didn't you invite that person to his house to drink?" Drink it in less than a quarter of an hour? ”

Song Huaijin said with a smile, "Whether they drink or not, what does it matter to us." Continue to gossip, "Don't change the topic with me, then Miss Ye San is the head of the four beauties in the capital, and the people who love her are lined up two streets, aren't you tempted at all?" ”

Liang Jinzhao sneered, "She is a fairy in the sky, and my grandfather will not marry the Ye family." He smiled again, "Don't talk about me, talk about you." I heard that my uncle and grandma have started to propose marriage to you? ”

……

At this time, Qian Yixiu was also sitting in the courtyard looking at the sky. The bright galaxy illuminates the courtyard transparently, and the starlight casts mottled shadows between the branches and leaves, illuminating the animal house under the tree one by one.

During this time, Qian Yixiu asked the animal house to come back every night. Because, the return to the garden is too messy.

During the construction of the house, it is best for the family to go to the house in the county town to live quietly. But Cheng Yue just didn't leave here, she didn't dare to go out, she was afraid.

No matter how the family did their work, she cried and shook her head.

Helplessly, the whole family had to stay here to accompany her.

The small courtyard where they live will not be demolished first, and other places will be built first.

After planning, the front of the east side of the small courtyard is flush with the small courtyard and a courtyard is built. It is considered the front yard, and in the future, Qian Sangui will handle official business, arrange work, and receive guests, and he will be here, and the main gate will also be opened here.

And now the courtyard where they live, where Jianqian Sangui and the Wu family live, is considered the main courtyard.

Behind the main courtyard and the front yard is a wall, and there are three small courtyards separated by a narrow patch of flowers and plants.

A small building is built in the middle yard, which is the embroidery building that Qian Yixiu has been thinking about for the little lady. It is also stated that the floor of the embroidery building should be slightly higher to facilitate foresight.

The other two courtyards are not big, and there are only three main rooms and three partial rooms. These two small courtyards were repaired by Qian Manxia and Qian Yixiu.

Qian Yixiu had already chosen a small courtyard near the west in his heart, because it was close to the West Lake. She doesn't like the feeling of a deep courtyard at all, but living in this courtyard, you can see the vast West Lake and Huaguo Mountain in the distance.

Behind the small courtyard is a bamboo forest, and at the end of the bamboo forest is a wall. The two rows of houses outside the wall are kitchens, warehouses, and resting places for people.

It is surrounded by a verandah.

In a large open space in front of the West Lake, only three courtyards were built, one was the courtyard and lecture hall where Mr. Yu lived, the other was Qian Yijin's courtyard, and there was a guest room. Plus a couple of viewing pavilions for people to rest.

These places are surrounded by a long and high courtyard wall, which is the Qian family's three-bedroom home.

Outside the courtyard wall, on the open space by the Xishi Mountain, a few rows of houses were built, which were the homes of the people and long-term workers, and the middle of several houses was blocked to form a small courtyard.

These rows of houses were the first to be repaired by the craftsmen, because they were going to live here temporarily.

Wu invited two women such as Mrs. Hua to cook for them.

Qian Yixiu had already patted her chest with Mrs. Zhang and Shopkeeper Cui, and when the house was repaired, she would definitely invite the two of them to live at home for a few days. Actually, life in the countryside is more leisurely. The two families also happily accepted the invitation.

In order to rush the work, the craftsmen really work at sunrise and rest at sunset. Except that it was dark and invisible, there was a lot of noise all day.

At the beginning of May, the nasturtium in the lake sprouts buds. The vast majority of lotus flowers are golden, not the whole flower is golden, the bottom of the flower is pale pink, the higher you go, the more golden, to the tip of the flower, it is pure gold. A very small number of lotus flowers are white, and even if they are white, they have a golden tinge at the tip.

Moreover, the aroma is strong.

Qian Yixiu had long expected this, and under the pretext of building a house, he had already asked people to surround the West Lake. During the day and night, not only are there people guarding the lakeside, but there is also a dog guarding here. The other monkeys and dogs had to rush back before dark every day.

For this, the animal houses complained. In order to appease them, Qian Yixiu asked them to put a silver collar on their family in the county, this time in sterling silver. The previous silver collar was in the shape of a plum blossom, but this time it is a statement design. The monkey brother has a monkey head carved on the collar, and the mountain, Benben, and jumping collars are carved with a wolf's head.

When the lotus flower is in full bloom, it begins to be picked one after another and handed over to Master Jin in the Lotus Workshop, so that he can use this golden lotus to make the top series of golden lotus cosmetics.

Qian Sangui looked at the different, fragrant golden lotus blooming in the lake, and was excited--he sent it himself!

The previous frustration of spending more money has also disappeared.

Because of Mr. Yu's prodding, Qian Sangui raised the grade of building materials and flowers and trees again and again. The money was flowing out, and the initial budget was far from enough, which made Qian Sangui and Wu feel distressed.

Qian Yixiu once generously said to the third noble grandfather, "Don't worry, I'll sell my bead if it's not too big." The shopkeeper Zhao of Baoji Yinlou specifically said that he still wanted to accept that kind of beads. ”

Qian Sangui shook his head and said, "That bead is a dowry for you, you can't move it." It doesn't matter, your grandmother still has 4,000 taels in her hand, and she will let her take some out when the time comes. ”

He said so with his mouth, but his heart was bleeding.

Now seeing this kind of golden lotus, it is foreseeable how much economic benefit it will bring to his family.

He also said to Wu, "Xiu'er said that this kind of balsam powder made of golden lotus can be sold for a lot of money. The golden lotus root planted in the future may be more valuable. What are you doing with your silver so tightly? Take it out now and use it first, and you will earn a lot of money back later. ”

On May 17, a monk came to Daci Temple to send a letter, saying that Hongji Master and Uncle Ancestor had invited two small money donors to go to the temple tomorrow to play.

The little monk had come to the house once before, and when he saw this noisy scene, his eyebrows were wrinkled together, and he only stayed for half a day before leaving.

Cheng Yue and the others have already made summer shirts for the little monk, and the little monk just doesn't send someone to invite, they will also go. It's just that I have to wait until the 20th to rest. Mr. Yu is very strict, except for every tenth, he is not allowed to take leave for any reason at all.

But as soon as I heard that the little monk Hongji had sent someone to invite him, he made an exception and granted leave.

The next day, the little brother and sister went to Daci Temple with clothes, vegetarian food, monkey brother, and twenty lotus leaves.

Speaking of lotus leaves, Qian Yixiu is a belly of gas.

A few days ago, the family used this lotus leaf to steam lotus leaf chicken and cook lotus leaf porridge, and the family felt that it was particularly fragrant. Qian Sangui was filial, not only packed a plate of lotus leaf chicken and a small pot of lotus leaf porridge for people to send to Old Man Qian and Mrs. Qian, but also sent ten lotus leaves to the big room and five lotus leaves to the second room. And asked Su Siwu, who sent things, to tell them that they must not spread it, and the things are limited.

He also sent ten to the Zhang family and the Cui family in the county seat, and repeatedly instructed them not to spread it. There are too many related households, and it is not good to give this one but not to that one. The main thing is that I am afraid that some people will come back after eating delicious food. Give it, not so much. If you don't give it, these people can't afford to offend themselves.

There is no way, there are rare things, it is time to give relatives and friends a taste. Therefore, when Qian Sangui asked people to send it, Qian Yixiu did not raise any objections.

The damn thing is that the Tang family came the next day and picked up twenty at once, and Su Sanwu, who was looking at the lake, didn't dare to say anything, and pulled and jumped to prevent it from biting. The Wang family sent Duoduo to ask for thirty sheets, but Qian Sangui was embarrassed to refuse, and asked Su Siwu to lead Duoduo to pick thirty sheets.

Tang and Wang felt that this kind of lotus leaf was better than their own, so they thought about sending some to their relatives. In their minds, the lotus leaves in their pond should be picked casually, and the lotus leaves in Sanfang Lake should also be picked casually. Why don't you spread it, the richer you are, the more you pick the door, and you can't even give up the worthless lotus leaves.

The shrewd Wang also consulted the old man in advance, and the old man also had this idea. There are many lotus leaves, but they are not valuable, so it is okay to give some to relatives and friends. He nodded in agreement.

When Qian Yixiu came out of class, he had already picked fifty lotus leaves.

She was crying, and she was crying.

Lotus leaves are not like lotus flowers, and there is no harm to lotus roots when they are picked, but they will stop growing when they are picked. Originally, there were not many lotus seeds, and the lotus leaves were also sparse, and she was still waiting for the lake to bear more lotus roots, and next year it could be planted in a large area.

The most terrifying thing is that if they publicize it so recklessly, the well-connected townsmen such as the Wang Steward's family and the Li landlord's family will definitely know about it. If they know, the people in the provincial city will know about it, and the people in the county will know. Especially in Xishan County, those who are officials have to make good ties at home, and they are hungry wolves who can't fill their fills, and they will ask for two or three times if they ask for it once.

The more Qian Yixiu cried, the more sad she became, and her loud voice not only frightened Su Sanwu who was watching the lake, but also made Mr. Yu, Qian Yijin, and Qian Sangui, Wu, and Qian Manxia in the small courtyard cry. Because there are craftsmen in the big courtyard, Cheng Yue didn't dare to come, otherwise the little lady would also come.

"It's not easy to get this lotus seed, how can it be so harmful. Other people's things, how can they help generous......" Qian Yixiu made a fuss while crying, crying so much that the green tendons on his forehead bulged out.

Qian Sangui and the Wu family were distressed when they saw their granddaughter crying like this. hurriedly coaxed, "Next time, I won't pick the leaves, I promise not to pick them, no one is allowed to pick ......"

Qian Yijin carried his sister back to the hut, and Qian Yixiu was still crying. The little lady was already crying red here, and when she saw her daughter, she hugged her daughter and cried.

"My poor embroidery, who bullied you......" The little lady cried more sadly than Qian Yixiu.

The two of them cried so much that they didn't even eat lunch, and Qian Yixiu was so angry that he didn't give the third noble grandfather a smile for a day.

Qian Sangui listened to his granddaughter's broken thoughts, and he also regretted it. How to get this lotus seed, he knows best in his heart. Let ** hurt so much, and continue to do harm, the granddaughter is not sad.

But there is no way, it's already like this, you still have to let people pick some lotus leaves and give them away, they can't afford to offend those people. (To be continued.) )