On this day, autumn is crisp. The Chen family came to Zhuangzi by car. I saw that the two-story courtyard had long been whitewashed. There are many trees scattered in the yard, because they are newly planted and have not yet borne fruit, and the trees are very small, but there are pots of chrysanthemums in the corners of the walls, which are blooming brightly.

Chen Wenhui liked these chrysanthemums very much, and quickly ran over to see them when she got out of the car. Chen Yuanheng shouted: "Hui'er be careful", and followed closely, loving his daughter. Chen Wenhui looked at this pot, looked at that pot, and liked it very much. Bai also got out of the car, walked over slowly, and loved these chrysanthemums very much, and said to Ziyu: "Ziyu, you have taken good care of this house for half a year." ”

Feiguang smiled and said: "Now I can't see that these flowers and trees are newly planted this year, one is not the flowering season, and the other is not yet the year of hanging fruits, so when I came in the spring of this year, I thought about it, and specially found some chrysanthemum seedlings from the city to load, at that time the money spent on buying seedlings was very small, and now it is not bad to see the flowers." Chen Wenhui hurriedly asked, "Sister Ziyu, how much have you planted in total?" Ziyu thought for a moment and said, "There are probably a few hundred pots, but not all of them survived, and there were more than three hundred pots that survived." Chen Wenhui smacked her tongue when she heard this: "That's enough to have a flower show." ”

One sentence reminded Chen Yuanheng. Chen Yuanheng said: "Hui'er's mention is good. I'm trying to get along with the local reading seeds now, after all, next year is the year of the big exam, Jiangnan Lingren Show, who knows if there will be some people among these people. It is much better to have a good relationship now than to have a good relationship when they are in a high position in the future. It just so happens that Ziyu you will tidy up this chrysanthemum and place it into a flower mountain, and I will hold a chrysanthemum poetry party in a few days. Although Hui'er is a girl, she can participate at a young age, and Jun'er and Lin'er must come. Chen Wenhui admires her father's idea of investing in advance. But she hates poetry clubs, oh my God, the thought of a group of scholars shaking their heads and making poems there, Chen Wenhui immediately got goosebumps.

Here, Chen Wenjun and Chen Wenlin were very happy to hear it. Immediately enthusiastic. Chen Wenhui hurriedly said: "I won't go, I don't know anyone, I want to enjoy the flowers now, Sister Ziyu, you tell me what kind of varieties these are." Chen Yuanheng knew that his daughter had never been interested in poetry, but he didn't say anything when he heard it.

Ziyu was busy saying to Chen Wenhui one by one, this is a coiling dragon, that is a pink silver needle, this red is a red lion, this yellow is a golden autumn, that green is rare, it is a green target, in addition, there are big red plates, agarwood platform, snow on the grass, white sword clouds, emerald green balls, white planets, rouge thick, East China Sea silver silk, cave mouth peach blossoms, goose yellow chrysanthemum, two dragons playing with pearls, Fangcheng Shicui, flying bird beauty, flying snow to welcome spring, flying beads scattered mist, powder tube Tuogui, pink peony, pink red lotus, pink purple cat's eye, maple pine needles, wind and falling frost, wind and frost rain dew, Chen Wenjun and Chen Wenlin also followed, and for a while Chen Wenhui was dizzy when she heard it, and she was dazzled and said to Ziyu: "Sister Ziyu, you are so powerful, you have grown so many beautiful chrysanthemums, and you still remember so many complicated names." ”

Ziyu smiled silently. Bai raised his voice and said, "Okay, okay, I'm not tired after walking so far in the car, hurry up and go into the house to rest for a while and then play." We're going to stay here for two days, and we'll have time to see the flowers. Chen Wenhui and her two brothers quickly agreed and entered the house when they heard the sound.

Bai Shi and Chen Yuanheng changed their clothes, freshened up and rested for a while, and then called Ziyu, Zhuangtou Li Laoshi, and Li Huan, the shopkeeper of the hatchery, to come together to listen to the report of the past six months. First of all, Ziyu showed the accounts of Zhuangzi's autumn harvest to the Bai family. Bai Shi and Chen Yuanheng looked at it for a while.

Asked Li Laoshi: "This year's harvest is still very good." The rent collection is also very neat, you have worked hard. Li honestly said that he didn't dare. Chen Yuanheng asked again: "How are the tenants in Zhuangzi doing this year?" ”

Li Laoshi became excited when he heard this: "Back to the master, our Zhuangzi has had a good life this year, first lived in a new house, and this alone made the people in the surrounding ten villages and eight miles greedy." In the spring, when the spring is not harvested, in previous years, everyone had to borrow money to live, and some families had to sell their sons and daughters, but this year they got a lot of wages for cutting down trees and planting trees on Lao Ye Mountain, and bought food, and after the famine, there was still a surplus. Later, the purple jade girl gave us chickens, ducklings, pigs, and lambs to raise, and did not take our money. Also teach us how to compost, how to raise small animals faster, this is good, when the autumn harvest, not only a few more buckets per mu, but also sold small animals, and returned the money of cubs, there are still a lot left. Now, our village has become a wealthy village around here, and matchmakers from several villages have run to us, wanting to say goodbye to the offspring in our village. ”

Chen Yuanheng nodded when he heard this. Bai said: "Yes, since the first batch of chickens were slaughtered in autumn, our restaurant has not been worried about not being able to buy meat, the dishes have been updated, and the business has been better." Now we are the only restaurant that dares to guarantee that meat is served every day. These are all because of the chickens and ducklings raised in the Zhuangzi. Qingshuang interjected at this time: "Actually, we don't have to buy eggs outside as early as summer, just the eggs on the Zhuangzi are enough to supply." ”

Ziyu said: "Yes, when those big pigs are in the village in the year, the sheep will be able to be slaughtered, and at that time, life will be better, and there will be more meat dishes in our house and restaurant." ”

Chen Wenhui said with a smile at this time: "It's not that Sister Ziyu, your hatchery is running well." Ziyu smiled, and hurriedly asked Li Huan to hand over the account book and said, "Madam, master, this is Li Huan, the eldest son of Li Zhuangtou, and the shopkeeper of our hatchery. ”

The five members of the Chen family haven't seen Li Huan for a long time. I couldn't help but look up and down. I saw that Li Huan's body was much taller than when I saw him last time. Also, the sixteen-year-old boy is growing up, because of his poor family background, he always can't eat well, but now the family debt has been repaid, his mother is sick, and he has become a shopkeeper, and the monthly money in a month is more than the whole family earned in the previous year. It's good to eat naturally, and this height is naturally grown. At the moment, it looks very strong.

Li Huan looked at everyone looking at him, and couldn't help but feel embarrassed, and lowered his head very much. Ziyu said with a little hatred of iron and steel: "What are you doing, hurry up and reply, why can't you be on the table so much." ”

As soon as Li Huan heard Ziyu say about him, he hurriedly raised his head, opened his mouth and said, "Return, return, return to the words of the master, husband, and wife." Before he finished speaking, Chen Wenlin smiled. Li Huan smiled when he saw Chen Wenlin, but he didn't dare to say anything. Ziyu said hatefully: "Say, why did you stutter suddenly." ”

Li Huan's face turned even redder, and he hurriedly said: "Back to my lord, madam, our hatchery can now hatch chicks, ducklings, and geese, which can not only supply the people in the village, but also have a surplus." The little one discussed with the purple jade girl, and the little one contacted the people who specialize in selling chicken seedlings in the nearby market, and sold the chicken seedlings to them, and now all the chicken seedlings in the neighborhood are purchased from us, and even the chicken shops in the city come to us to buy chicken seedlings. Some have been bought for a long time, so they place long-term orders and pay in advance. Now the accounts are here. Please sir, ma'am. This is a very smooth remark. Ziyu's tense face let go and replaced it with a sweet smile.

Bai Shi took the account book and didn't look at it first, but first took a closer look at Ziyu. Ziyu was inexplicably looked at by the Bai family and asked, "Madame looks at what I do, but is there anything on my face today?" Qingshuang and Ziyu on the side are the best, they have already seen the clues, and said with a smile: "Ziyu, there is nothing on your face, just a piece of peach blossom light." When Ziyu heard this, her face immediately turned red.

Bai was afraid that Ziyu would be embarrassed, so he hurriedly diverted the topic and said, "Master, let's take a look at this account together." Chen Yuanheng didn't understand, so he had to nod and look at the accounts with the Bai family. At first glance, I was very surprised, I didn't expect a small hatchery to earn more than 1,000 taels of silver in the past six months. After shaving eggs, charcoal fire, the money for building a two-story yard, the money for buying land, and the wages of Gu's ten mothers-in-law, as well as the monthly money of ten taels of silver per month for the two shopkeepers, there were still more than eight hundred taels of silver left.

In fact, the Bai family has known this account for a long time, and the silver does not dare to be put on Zhuangzi for a long time, Ziyu has to go back to the city once a month, and by the way, he brought back the silver account, but Chen Yuanheng rarely asks about the affairs of the inner house, and he doesn't know, so he is very surprised. Chen Wenjun was also taken aback. Now he is not a simple scholar who didn't ask about things outside the window before, now he cares about general affairs, and he is very surprised to hear that he makes so much money in half a year. Chen Wenhui was simply happy. The more money you make, the better, who hates money.

Bai said at this time: "The most profitable thing for our Zhuangzi is the hatchery, and the rent for those fields is very small. I just want to discuss with the master, although they have collected more this year, we have not increased the rent, or according to last year's rent, let them have a few more money left over to celebrate the New Year. Chen Yuanheng said: "What Mrs. said is that the hardest people are farmers. So be it. Li Zhuangtou, you go back and talk to the big guy. Return the excess rent to the big guys. Li Laoshi was overjoyed when he heard this, and quickly kowtowed to thank him.

Bai Shi said again: "Li Zhuangtou, I asked you to pay more attention to the matter of buying land and exaggerating Zhuangzi, how did you inquire?" Li Laoshi hurriedly replied: "I have already told the people in the nearby village, they have long envied the people in our village, and those who plan to sell land want to buy us." Roughly calculated, there are four or five hundred acres. A few days ago, a willow clerk in Liushu Village, across the river, heard that we were going to buy land here, and he specially called someone to come and tell me that he wanted to sell the land to us. When I got the letter, I went to see it with our eldest man, the purple jade girl. Very good land, there are more than 800 acres, all of which are connected into patches, which is the most rare. ”