After returning to the room to change clothes, Xia Zhi said with a smile while combing Xiao Yu's hair: "I didn't expect the mansion to be so thoughtful, and the county lord won't have to worry about going out in the future." ”

Xiao Yu smiled silently.

After a while, Yuzhu had already arranged a place to stay for a few maids who had just arrived to know martial arts, and then roughly told a few people about the rules of the county lord's mansion before he came over to see Xiao Yu.

Daylight is bright.

I saw that the four maids had already changed their clothes, all of them had delicate facial features and slender postures, and they looked no different from other maids in the house.

But it is difficult for Xiao Mansion to find such a person. Xiao Yu thought to herself, and asked a few people to get up with a smile.

If you look closely, you can still find that these maids are particularly beautiful.

Thinking of Fang Cai's matter, Xiao Yu coughed lightly in embarrassment, and then said politely: "You must all have excellent martial arts, I don't know what their names are?" ”

Several people looked at each other at the moment and said respectfully: "We only have a code name, and I also ask the county lord to give me a name!" ”

What the?

Xiao Yu raised his hand and touched the tip of his nose and asked, "Then let's talk about what your previous code name was, maybe it was originally very beautiful, and there is no need to name it again." ”

As soon as Yuzhu heard it, he knew that his girl was lazy and sick again.

I only heard that the four of them quickly reported their respective code names: Ah Yi, Ah Er, Ah San, Ah Huan, it's really simple and easy to remember...... Xiao Yu pondered for a long time, but he really couldn't think of any good names, and suddenly he had an idea, and named the four of them respectively Huqin, Siqi, Shishu, and Painting.

A few people didn't seem to expect such an elegant name, and they looked a little surprised. After that, he stepped back. Stay at the door.

Xia Zhi said sincerely: "The name given by the county lord is really good!" ”

saw Xiao Yu smile slightly: "I saw it in the script, and I thought it was just right, so I took it casually." Not bad, right? ”

When the maids outside heard this, they couldn't help but be relatively speechless.

Yuzhu didn't believe it in his heart, and said at the moment: "The county lord laughed again, it's just a few names, it couldn't be simpler for you." ”

Xiao Yu smiled when he saw this, and didn't say anything more.

Later in the evening, Ling Yan came over with a smile, and Xiao Xue behind her was holding a small jar. I don't know what's in it.

Today, Ling Yan is wearing a light green skirt, just like a willow by the lake, and she feels refreshing when she sees it.

Xiao Yu greeted him. smiled and asked, "Why is Sister Yan here?" ”

Ling Yan smiled and said, "Didn't you say that you would pick lotuses together, why didn't you see Sister Xiao?" The county lord wouldn't be so stingy and couldn't even give up a few lotus flowers, right? ”

Xiao Pei happened to come over while talking, and she wore a goose yellow high-waisted skirt. It's all coming.

"Sister Xiao!"

"Miss Ling is here to pick lotus today?" Xiao Pei laughed. "Lichun, let the kitchen bring the snacks made in the morning."

Hearing this, Ling Yanden smiled and said, "It's still Sister Xiao who understands me, but why is she still so angry." ”

In fact, Xiao Pei didn't change it for a while, and he smiled like a good smile at the moment: "In this case, I've been obsessed for a long time, so I'll call you a sister." ”

Ling Yan smiled: "This should have been done a long time ago. ”

And Yuzhu heard that a few people went to pick lotus, so he hurriedly instructed the steward to prepare the boat. Xiao Yu turned his head and saw the light snow on the side. asked with a smile: "What did Sister Yan bring here?" ”

Ling Yan remembered this and hurriedly motioned for Xiaoxue to step forward. took the jar and handed it to Xiao Yu and said, "It's the cold melon seeds that I picked out last time." ”

Xiao Yu was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly remembered: It turned out to be watermelon seeds. Busy let Banxia be put away.

At this time, a maid came over and said that the boat had been lowered into the water, and the boat lady was ready, and several people could go over to pick lotus.

Seeing that the sun was not so dry, Xiao Yu and the three of them immediately went together.

When he took a small boat to the lotus bush, Xiao Yu found that there were duckweed aquatic plants in the lake below, and all kinds of fish were playing among the weeds, and the business was full of business.

The lotus leaves in the field are green, and the air is full of the fragrance of lotus flowers.

Several people laughed in the water, picked lotus flowers, ate lotus seeds, lingered, until the sunset, only under the persuasion of the maid and the boat girl, each hugged a large handful of lotus and lotus flowers ashore.

Xiao Yu instructed the maid to pick out a particularly good one and let people send it to everyone in the Xiao Mansion to enjoy and try it.

Ling Yanyin said with a smile: "With such a heart, no wonder my grandmother praises you for your filial piety all day long." ”

Several of the maids pursed their lips and smiled.

Xiao Yu shook his head and smiled: "When I didn't come back, wasn't it all Sister Yan who did her filial piety for me in front of my grandmother, and now that I have arrived in Changzhou, I naturally have to work hard to make up for the previous one." ”

Ling Yan smiled and nodded, and asked again, "By the way, Sister Ayu, when are you going to plant that cold melon?" Do you have to wait until next year? ”

Xiao Yu smiled and said, "No, we can grow autumn watermelons." ”

In her previous life, Xiao Yu's family had grown watermelons, and she remembered that when she was twelve or thirteen years old, she also used the seeds she got after eating watermelons to grow a big one by herself.

It's the watermelon in autumn.

Ling Yan became interested after hearing this: "How do you plant it?" ”

Xiao Yu didn't say anything, and directly asked Banxia to take those watermelon seeds, thought about it, took out a third, and soaked them in warm water.

Then he explained to Ling Yan and Xiao Pei: "Whether it is vegetables, melons, fruits or grains, they are probably soaked before sowing. The watermelon seeds should be soaked for about two or three hours, then blotted dry with a cloth and rubbed off the mucous membrane on the shell, washed and continued to soak for one or two hours, and then taken out and wrapped in a damp cloth to promote germination, about three days like this, it will sprout. ”

Xiao Pei listened carefully and silently wrote it down.

And Ling Yan smacked her tongue and said, "It turns out that just soaking seeds is so troublesome!" I thought that if I dug up the soil, threw the seeds in, buried them and watered them, they would grow on their own. ”

Yuzhu and Xiaoxue couldn't help but laugh when they heard it.

Xiao Yu also smiled: "Sister Yan is okay with this, but maybe some of them can't sprout and waste seeds." Sometimes, if you throw the seeds into the ground after eating watermelon, seedlings will grow, but it is difficult to say whether it will bear fruit. ”

Ling Yan nodded again and again: "We are laymen, of course we will plant according to what Sister Ayu said." ”

And said: "Then when can I eat the cold melon planted by my sister?" ”

Haven't you planted yet......

Xiao Yu couldn't help but smile dumbly, and said: "Actually, I'm not sure if this watermelon seed can grow if it can be planted, so let's wait until it really blooms and bears fruit." ”

Hearing this, Ling Yan Xiao Pei and the maids were very consistent: "Ah Yu/sister/county lord/girl will definitely be able to grow this melon!" ”

Xiao Yu couldn't help but smile and said, "I hope so." ”

Next, he asked Steward Yin to arrange for someone to divide the field in the garden into two or three furrows, level it after deep ploughing, and spread a layer of rotten farmhouse manure in the soil first, leaving it for planting watermelons.

The subordinates in the mansion were not much surprised when they knew about Xiao Yu's previous planting of corn, but they were a little curious and excited because they heard that they were going to plant a rare cold melon.

That's a tribute! If you don't talk about meritorious service, you will talk about it with others in the future, and your face will be very bright.

Thinking like this, everyone in the house rushed to work.

Of course, Steward Yin didn't let these people mess around, and immediately picked out a few people who had been in charge of the land, so that the rest of the miscellaneous servants were envious.

When Jiang Qingyuan heard about this, he also came over to help with great interest.

Ling Yan was surprised to find out that Jiang Qingyuan was actually working as a guard in the County Lord's Mansion.

Three days later, the watermelon seeds were almost budding and white. Xiao Yu instructed the servants who had done farming in the palace to plant seedlings.

…… (To be continued......)

PS: Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to everyone!