In the courtyard, four ox carts were lined up, and the carts were neatly stacked with bulging sacks, and seven or eight chickens and ducks were hanging upside down on the handlebars of the front one.

When the four young people who were driving the car saw Shen Qingli, they stepped forward and greeted them humbly: "Young lady." ”

Shen Qingli looked at the sacks and chickens in the car, smiled at them, turned his head and ordered: "Taozhi, lead them to the side hall to rest, and by the way, bring the dishes sent by Yipinju for them to eat." ”

"But young lady, that was specially prepared for you by the prince." Taozhi looked at the few poorly dressed young men, frowned, and said in a low voice, "This meal costs a hundred taels of silver!" ”

"If you want to go, you will go, when will it become so verbose." Shen Qingli glanced at her expressionlessly, walked a few steps briskly as he spoke, and entered the flower hall.

Taozhi had no choice but to step forward and say to the young men, "Come with me!" ”

Cuizhi saw that Shen Qingli had rewarded all the dishes of Yipinju to the villagers in Nanliyuan, and muttered dissatisfiedly: "It's a waste to give these countrymen such a good meal, and the young lady is too generous." ”

"If you want to go, you will go, when did it become so verbose?" Taozhi poked her head unhappily and said in a low voice, "These people are all from the young lady's marriage to Zhuangzi, can they be the same as ordinary countrymen?" Let's be subordinates, just do what the master tells us, what are you muttering about? ”

"But these dishes are all given to the young lady by the prince." Cuizhi stomped her feet and pouted, "Sister, when the prince didn't wait to see the young lady in the past, we were bullied by others in this Hou Mansion, and now the prince has finally fallen in love with the young lady, we should persuade the young lady to cherish it, and not turn a blind eye to the heart of the prince, if the prince is cold, the young lady will be sad in this Hou Mansion in the future." ”

Since the last time Shen Qingli went to Dr. Xu from the Guogong Mansion to cure Mrs. Tai's illness, not only has the prince come to the inner garden more often, but even the people in the mansion no longer dare to treat them coldly as before.

These subordinates walked in the house, and their waists were also straight.

"You're afraid that you'll have a hard time in this Hou Mansion, right?" Taozhi quickly put those clay pots on the wooden plate, and said incredulously, "These dishes, since the prince gave them to the young lady, how the young lady handles these dishes is her own business, what do you care?" Hurry up and help me serve the guests. ”

Cuizhi had to reluctantly take the dishes and went to the side hall with Taozhi.

"Young lady, Zhuangzi owes you a total of four years of rent, these are the first two years, last year and this year, Mrs. Rong will give you a few more months, and then make up for it when the autumn harvest is tomorrow." Wu Zhuangtou rubbed his hands a little uneasily, barely squeezed out a smile on his dark face, and said, "As long as the year is good, we will definitely make up for everything." ”

Li Shun hurriedly took out a stack of account books from the patched cloth bag, handed it to Shen Qingli, and said seriously: "Young lady, this is the number of people in the village, the number of acres they occupy and the annual harvest, please take a look." ”

"Don't look at it, I trust my uncle." Shen Qingli pushed the account book over, and glanced at the patched broken cotton shoes on the feet of the two with complicated feelings, the two of them touched her gaze, and hurriedly retracted their feet, Shen Qingli hurriedly looked away, and said, "Since I said before, I don't have to pay the rent for the three years after the flood, so I don't have to pay it, and this year's situation is better, and I guess I can barely maintain food and clothing, so forget about it this year!" Bring all this grain back, and whoever pays it will share it and have a good New Year! ”

How could she bear to ask for their rent.

Some time ago, when she was living tightly, she would rather be a jewelry than go to Zhuangzi to ask for rent, and now, she has some silver in her hand, and she will not ask for their rent.

Wu Zhuangtou and Li Shun glanced at each other, their expressions suddenly dimmed, and Wu Zhuangtou hurriedly said with a smile: "I'm afraid that the young lady blames us for owing rent all the time, and I don't want to accept it, right?" Rest assured, when the autumn harvest is next year, we will definitely pay all the rent, definitely. ”

"Wu Zhuangtou, Uncle Li, you really misunderstood, I didn't mean that." Shen Qingli hurriedly explained, sighing lightly, "I married from Jingzhou to the capital, I have no relatives, even the only brother can't see a few times a year, this South Liyuan Village is my marriage Zhuangzi, and it can be regarded as my maiden family, now my mother's family is short of food and clothing, I am also very sad in my heart, right now, I have no shortage of food and clothing in the Hou Mansion, these grains are placed here for a while, I can't eat them for a while, maybe they will rot, rather than rot here with me, it is better for you to pull them back for a good year." ”

"I know that the young lady is kind-hearted and can't bear to collect these rents, but this rent is the same as living a life, pay attention to a bright one, we have a good owner in South Liyuan Village, it is the blessing of South Liyuan, we can't blindly owe rent because of the young lady's kindness, if we can't pay this rent, this year, we will not have a good time." Wu Zhuangtou looked at Shen Qingli with a solemn face, and arched his hand, "I beg the young lady to accept the rent for these two years first." ”

"Young lady, if you don't accept it, we will pull it back, and it will be difficult to explain to the people in the village, they will be like us, thinking that the young lady is too young ......" The wrinkles on Li Shuncai's face deepened, "The countrymen rely on the sky for food, and God will not rain and flood every year, so live a good life!" How can it be smooth sailing, there will always be a year to collect and a year to owe, and we can't owe rent because we don't collect. ”

Li Shuncai paused, and said earnestly: "Although the young lady has no shortage of food and clothing in the Hou Mansion, we all know that the young lady is not easy, who doesn't know the rights and wrongs of the big families, and the festivals are not to be rewarded, and there are many gifts on weekdays, so it is not enough to rely on the monthly money in the house, and many times we have to rely on the dowry of the mother's family, and we also know that most of the young lady's silver is subsidized to the eldest young master, so the only entry at the moment is our South Liyuan Village, we are sorry for the young lady!" ”

Nanliyuan Village owes rent for four years, and if you think about it, you will know that the young lady's life must have been difficult these years.

"Yes, young lady." Wu Zhuangtou also nodded and said, "Don't worry, young lady, everyone in the village is fine!" They all hoped that the young lady would take the time to go back and have a look. ”

Shen Qingli almost had red eyes when he said this, no matter what, these two people were sincerely planning for her, and when it came to this, it was really difficult to shirk, so he had to nod and respond: "Okay, I'll accept these grains." ”

The expressions on the faces of the two of them relaxed, and they said in unison: "Young lady, don't worry, next year, we will definitely be able to pay all the rent." ”

"Well, I'm sure we're going to get better and better." Shen Qingli smiled at the two of them, got up and said, "I asked the kitchen to prepare some food, and you can eat before leaving." ”

The two sides gave in, but in the end they couldn't resist the enthusiasm of the owner, so they had to stay and eat, and then they left with great gratitude.

How can we make life better in South Liyuan Village!

Thinking of the big reservoir that the Guogong Mansion stopped in the middle of the mountain, she caught fire, this is not a bully!

She can't manage to build a reservoir to accumulate wealth, but if she wants to build it, she will build it firmly, how can she connect her village that has been flooded for three years!

Speaking of which, the terrain of the South Pear Garden is too low, if you move away......

No, it's not that easy to move to a village, and besides, there doesn't seem to be a suitable place nearby.

If only that reservoir could be moved somewhere else.

But who did she go to for this?

At present, the relationship between the Guogong Mansion and the Yongding Marquis Mansion is stalemate, and the matter of the reservoir is afraid that no one can handle it except for the Guogong Mansion.

Knowing Shen Qingli's troubles, Cuizhi said to Taozhi disapprenously: "I think the young lady might as well go directly to Mr. Situ, Mr. Situ is a celebrity in the Guogong Mansion!" ”

"What do you know? How can things be so simple, Mr. Situ is a staff member of the Guogong Mansion, how can he care about these trivial matters, if he can find it, the young lady would have gone to find it a long time ago. Momozhi poked her head again and scolded, "You! Just keep your mouth under control. ”

The people in the two courtyards of Qingxin Yuan and Chunhui Pavilion joined forces and failed to catch the green waist, but instead made her disappear from everyone inexplicably.

This made Su Ruyi very depressed, she didn't have time to make a move, why did she disappear?

Xia Shi mentions, and then send more people to search the green waist with all their might, and must catch that little slut, and then scratch her face.

Su Ruyi immediately raised her hands excitedly in agreement, now she likes the Yongding Marquis Mansion more and more, the days are much more exciting than in the General's Mansion, first went to the Shallow Moon Pavilion to catch the traitor, and now she is grabbing the green waist in the mansion with great fanfare, it is too exciting!

immediately patted her chest and promised, after she caught it, she would draw the face of the green waist.

However, Shen Qingli said lightly, the green waist is gone, why should the sister-in-law and younger siblings rush to find her back, is it because she is not eye-catching enough? With this time, it is better to go out and find my sister.

Speechless!

Words are not speculative for more than half a sentence!

The three of them each led the people and dispersed with different expressions.

Outside the suburbs of Beijing.

Sunset, old trees, crows.

A green figure stood in the wind, his clothes were flying, and he looked back at the city in the twilight, as if he was a little reluctant.

Behind him, six men in black stood respectfully.

One of the leaders stepped forward expressionlessly and arched his hand: "Young master, it's time for us to go." ”

"Let's go!" Greenwaist gritted his teeth, seemed to have made a lot of determination, and turned his head and got into the carriage.

It's cold outside.

In the carriage, it was as warm as spring.

The light of the fire in the charcoal stove reddened his smiling face, and he lifted the curtain to see the trees on the side of the road quickly sweeping behind him.

Suddenly, the carriage came to a sharp stop.

"Young master, there is a group of people fighting in front, should we take a detour?" Outside the carriage, someone reported.

"Why a detour? Go over and take a look. Greenwaist smiled suddenly. R1152