It's said to be a novelty, but in fact, the object itself is not a rare thing. It's just a basket of green shallots, spinach, rape, pea sprouts and artemisia.

But Lian Man'er was very happy. These things are naturally not rare in spring and summer, but in winter, they are rare and rare things.

In winter, Liaodong Mansion can be said to be frozen for thousands of miles, snow drifts for thousands of miles, and the vegetable garden of the entire Liaodong Mansion is barren. There are no fresh greens to eat at the root of the big guys, and what can be eaten can be regarded as greens, except for the Chinese cabbage stored in winter, there is only spinach cut down in the autumn.

Even if it is a first-class wealthy family, although the table is still rich, there is a lack of vegetables.

Just like Lian Man'er's house, he is very thoughtful, especially in the autumn, he has some other vegetables in the cellar. Vegetables such as radish and lotus root are okay and can be stored for a long time. However, even the finest cellars of these leafy greens do not last long. As for the dried vegetables dried in autumn, in this season, how can they be more attractive than these tender leafy vegetables!

These fresh leafy vegetables were just delivered to the village outside the city of Lian Man'er's house.

The little girl took these fresh vegetables and vegetables to show Lian Man'er. Through the curtain, the head of the village who brought these vegetables was standing outside with his hands down, waiting for orders.

"Good." Lian Man'er saw a few vegetables and vegetables, so she nodded with a smile, and then instructed the little girls, "Take it to the backyard and show it to your wife." Then ......"

When Lian Man'er said this, she lowered her head slightly and groaned, then swallowed back what she was going to say, and only ordered someone to send things to Zhang.

The little girls said yes and went to the backyard.

“…… That's all? Lian Man'er asked Zhuang Tou, who was waiting outside, again.

"Back to the girl's words. That's all I can eat now. …… In addition, the eggplant and cucumber that have been planted have been set up now, and in a few days, you will be able to eat the gherkins and eggplant. And listen to the girl's orders. The soil of the mushrooms that I got from the mountains also waited for the mushrooms to come, but they were too small and not much. I wasn't embarrassed to bring it into the city this time. When the little one returns, he will continue to serve him well, and ensure that after a few days, he will be able to eat more fresh vegetables and vegetables for the lord, wife, girl and grandfather. The head of the village stood in the outhouse and said with a smile.

Lian Man'er listened and was about to speak, when she saw that the little girl who had just gone out came back.

"Back to the girl, my wife has seen things and said yes. said that half of it was sent to the Guogong Mansion. The other half is singled out. Send it to Lord Qin's house to try it. The rest is sent to the kitchen. The little girl reported to Lian Man'er.

"I see, let's do it." Lian Man'er listened. He nodded.

The little girl is about to go out just now, so that she can spread the word and let the steward arrange to deliver something.

"Wait." Lian Man'er saw a pot of narcissus on the coffee table at a glance, and stopped the little girl again, "Let people go to the garden again, pick the best flowers, pick six pots and send them to the grandfather's mansion." …… The four pots were sent to Lord Qin's mansion, and they were said to be given to Mrs. Qin and Miss Qin to watch and play. ”

The little girl hurriedly agreed to go out.

"It's hard for you, I know, these things are hard to handle, and you have to think about them. When the year comes, you will be rewarded for your merits, and you will not be able to forget your contributions. Lian Man'er said to the head of the village.

"It's a small part of what it should be, and it should be." The head of the village was happy in his heart, and said to himself, and after a while, he said to the house, "Girl, do you want to add another warm shed on top of the small village?" ”

"Don't worry, that's it for the time being," Lian Man'er thought for a while, and said, "Wait for two days, master, wife, uncle, second master, we have to be free, go to Zhuangzi to have a look, and then decide." ”

"Yes." The head of the village was busy and agreed, and one or two more greenhouses were added to the village, which not only added more credit to him. This has gained a lot, and he will naturally benefit more as a banker.

"The day after tomorrow, you will send two more baskets of fresh lotus root and two baskets of fresh fish." Lian Man'er instructed again, thinking that there was nothing else to do, so he asked the head of the village to retreat, "You go down, go ahead and see if the master and the master have any other instructions." ”

The head of the village hurriedly agreed, and bowed to the house again, and then slowly withdrew.

Another housekeeper's daughter-in-law came in to take care of the matter, and Lian Man'er dealt with them one by one. The girl auspiciously saw that Lian Man'er had taken care of the housework, so she took the cloak over, and Lian Man'er put it on, still holding the stove in her hand, and got up and came out of the inverted hall.

There was no wind outside, the sun was hanging high, it was a sunny day, and the sun was shining so brightly on my body that it was still a little warm. Lian Man'er was in a good mood, thinking that there was nothing to do, so she didn't go to the backyard.

"Let's go for a walk in the garden." As Lian Man'er spoke, she took Jixiang, Ruyi and other girls to Xiyuan.

Because it has just snowed, although the road is clean, most of the garden is still snow-white, covered in silver, and the view is extremely wide at a glance. Lian Man'er led the people along the road in the park to the northwest corner, and finally stopped in front of a small courtyard against the wall.

"The girl wants to see the flowers that grow in the warm house." Good luck is the way.

"Hmm." Lian Man'er nodded.

This courtyard is where flowers and trees are specially cultivated in the West Garden. At this time, Zhang Cai, the flower craftsman and Zhang Cai's daughter-in-law, had already heard the movement and greeted them.

Zhang Cai, a flower craftsman, is now in his early fifties and is an ancestral flower craftsman. Since childhood, his parents who have been flower craftsmen have been in this garden, and a year ago, Lian Man'er bought Xiyuan, because Zhang Cai and his family had something to do in cultivating flowers and trees, so they kept their family.

Now these two people, with three children, are in this courtyard, in charge of cultivating the flowers in the house, and also taking care of the flowers and trees in the garden.

The so-called interlacing is like a mountain, and the craft of the flower craftsman naturally has its mysteries. Needless to say, cultivating flowers and trees in spring and summer, Zhang Cai's thing is to use warm houses and warm pits to cultivate flowers in all seasons. The principle of the so-called warm house is similar to that of the warm bed for cultivating sweet potato seedlings in the countryside, and the principle of the warm pit is generally similar to that of a vegetable cellar.

Of course, the warm houses and warm pits, which are specially used to cultivate flowers, also have some unique characteristics of their own.

The two flower craftsmen took Lian Man'er in, and led Lian Man'er to see the warm house and warm pit where flowers were being cultivated.

“…… Miss Gang sent someone to get the flowers, and picked four pots of good narcissus, four pots of good chrysanthemums, and two pots of pink sour moon season that had just been urged......" At the door of the warm house, Zhang Cai's daughter-in-law reported to Lian Man'er.

Lian Man'er nodded and said she understood.

"The pots of kumquat that the uncle brought back, you can take good care of it, and in addition to the ones placed at home during the New Year, you have to give them away." Lian Man'er saw a few pots of kumquat in the warm house, some of which had already borne small green fruits, so he said to Zhang Cai and his family.

Zhang Cai and his wife were busy nodding in agreement.

As he spoke, he heard footsteps and voices from far and near.

"It's the second master who is here, and the ninth master." The little girl went to Lian Man'er to report, "I'm also here to see the flowers." ”

It turned out to be Xiao Qi and Shen Qian. Even Man'er thought about it, but in the end she didn't avoid it. Although her marriage with Shen Liu was agreed orally, she and Shen Qian have known each other since childhood, and the two families are very close, so it was said that there was no need to be too strict.

After a while, Xiao Qi and Shen Qian walked in.

When the two saw Lian Man'er, they both smiled and came over to salute, and even Man'er was busy returning the salute.

Xiao Qi was wearing a robe of raven blue brocade and beads, and a cloak with a vermilion feather veil, while Shen Qian was wearing a goose yellow brocade purple lamb robe, and a cloak of feather veil with a rain of azure.

When Lian Man'er saw the costumes of the two, she knew that she was coming from outside, and she came directly to the garden.

"What time is it that you're out of school?" Lian Man'er narrowed her eyes slightly and asked, "When did Mr. Chu become so good at talking?" What are you doing...... Skipping school, I'm getting caught! ”

"Sister, we don't dare to skip school." Xiao Qi hurriedly laughed, "It was Mr. Chu who had a friend who came to visit him, made an appointment to go out for a drink, and gave us a half-day off." ”

Xiao Qi is a very good child, but at the same time he is a very smart child, and sometimes he is mischievous.

Lian Man'er couldn't believe Xiao Qi a little, and looked at Shen Qian.

"Yes, it was a leave given to us by the gentleman,...... Man'er, Sister Man'er. Shen Qian shook his head slightly, and immediately said, but when he finally called Sister Lian Man'er, it was not so smooth.

Shen Liu proposed to the Lian family, and the Lian family agreed. People outside may not know about this matter, but the people of the Shen and Lian families have known about it for a long time.

Shen Qian even knew it a little earlier than others. Shen Liu didn't discuss the matter of marrying Lian Man'er, but when he wrote to tell the eldest master, he called him to him.

At that time, Shen Qian wiped his nose and was slightly aggrieved. However, he has long been mentally prepared for this matter. His sixth brother's movements in the past two years have not been hidden from him. And he, I don't know what's going on, he almost can't even see Man'er's face.

He was all controlled by the eldest wife. The eldest lady knew about the time he went to Jinyang County on the Yuan Festival, although she didn't say anything at the time, she looked at him very closely after that. After that, even if he could look at Lian Man'er twice when everyone gathered, he didn't even have a chance to say a word alone.

Of course, it seems that when the eldest lady is too busy and has no extra energy to restrain him, somehow, he still can't see Lian Man'er. Now, the eldest lady has finally followed the eldest master to take office, but even Man'er is about to become his sixth brother's daughter-in-law.

If it were someone else, he would definitely not be convinced. But the sixth brother, he could only wipe his nose, and secretly complained in his heart that the eldest lady was dragging him back.

Lian Man'er is younger than him, although he will call Lian Man'er sister-in-law in the future, but now, he doesn't want Lian Man'er to call her sister. But the sixth brother called him over, specifically mentioned the incident, and told him that the eldest lord and the eldest lady wrote back to take him to his post.

…

There will be two more later, asking for pink.