Chapter 59: Zhuangzi's Journey (3)

"Eldest sister, it's really fun in this village." After looking around the house and going around the garden, Wen Hao ran out happily.

"If only you liked it. In the future, we will come and play more when you are off. Li Xin pulled Wen Hao to sit down, took a handkerchief and wiped the sweat beads on his forehead. Wen Hao always likes to bounce, and he sweats when he plays crazy. I used to be able to play everywhere, but since I went to the academy, Wen Bo and Wen Hao have little time to play.

In fact, going to school in this era is really a hard and boring thing, and the hard work is because there are not too many holidays, and you have to take nine days of class to have one day off, and you don't want to go to five days off and two days off like in your previous life, and there are all kinds of holidays, as well as winter vacations and summer vacations. There are also holidays here, but there are very few, that is, the Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and other relatively large festivals will be closed, that is, one day on the same day. As for the winter and summer vacations, there is no summer vacation here, and the so-called winter vacation will actually be given to everyone to go home for the New Year. This is the longest holiday of the year, and the holiday begins after Laba, and it will not be closed until after the Lantern Festival.

It seems that the school holiday is not bad with the official's holiday, and the official's Mu rest is also a ten-day break, that is, one day off every ten years, go home to take a bath and clean up. Then the holidays are also holidays, but the holidays during the New Year are not so long. At the end of the year, it will be sealed, that is, the yamen will no longer do things. Then put it for a short time, and at the beginning of the year, it will be reopened.

In ancient times, officials were not so easy to be, and it must be even more difficult to be in the capital, because there are all kinds of rules. If the foreign magistrate would be better, and his own yamen would be the master of the house, there would always be more room for freedom.

"Good! Then we will come to Zhuangzi to play when we are resting. Wen Hao happily agreed.

"Let's go outside and have a look, and we'll see our orchard."

"We'll go too." Wenbo also came over with Yuexiang and Yueting.

"Let's go." Li Xin took them out of the door. When he went out, he got into the carriage. The roads in Zhuangzi are well repaired, and almost all of them are connected by wide roads, which is very convenient. He got into the carriage and went to the orchard. More than 30 acres of land only occupy a small piece in the entire Zhuangzi, but when you look closely, you will feel that the area of the fruit grove is really large.

The location of the orchard is the highest place in the whole Zhuangzi, which is also a mountainous area. Originally, it was part of the mountainous area, but a more suitable area was selected to plant fruit trees. There are many types of fruit trees, and almost all the types of fruit trees that can be found in these places have been planted. Walking in it, I feel that the area is large, and I can't walk at the end.

"There are so many fruit trees!" Wen Hao sighed as he walked, saying that it was a peach tree, and then saying that it was a pear tree, and he was very happy to see it.

"Yes! Next year, there will be endless fruit. Li Xin also likes to eat fruits, in her previous life, what she hoped most was to have an orchard, and she could always pick the freshest fruits to eat. But it has never been realized, and I didn't expect to get here, but I bought such a large piece at once. She has always wanted to plant some fruit trees, and she also wanted to buy a large area of mountain land to grow fruit trees! I didn't expect to buy this Zhuangzi, there are dozens of acres of orchards in it, and these fruit trees are still very big, it is the time to put into production, and I will definitely be able to harvest a lot of fruits next year.

At that time, when she bought this Zhuangzi, this orchard was also in her consideration, mainly because there was about an acre of pineapples planted on the edge of the orchard! That's her favorite food.

"Eldest sister, when the fruit is ripe, I will pick it myself, and I will keep some for me!"

"Okay, I'll let you pick it yourself."

Along the way, Li Xin found that this orchard was really well managed, after the fruit was harvested, the branches were all trimmed, and the small branches that had borne fruit had been pruned off. The places that are too dense have also been pruned, the branches are sparse and very windy, and the sun in this area is also very good, so it can be seen that next year's yield will not be low.

Zheng Xing, the people in the Zhuangzi, are really good, they can farm the fields, and they are also very good at managing the orchard, but they don't need to hire people again.

"There are so many trees, the second brother will definitely not be able to pick them all by then." Yuexiang also said with a grin.

"We'll all pick it together, and we'll definitely be able to finish it. We ate some and sold the rest in a wagon. Wen Hao said with a serious face. In the countryside, many things produced at home are reluctant to eat, and generally the family can eat a little bit, and the rest has to be sold and then subsidized by the family. For example, eggs, fruits, etc., the children in the family are not very able to eat, at most they can taste the taste.

"Okay, we'll sell the rest, and we'll go out into the street and sell it when the time comes." Li Xin also smiled happily. After coming here, all the things in the family were sold to Pinxiangge, and she really didn't go to the street to sell them. However, I am afraid that the fruit will be sold by myself, and Pinxiangge will make a fruit bowl or something, and the amount used should not be much.

"I'm going to sell it too." Yueting also laughed and coquettishly with Li Xin.

After walking around the orchard, Li Xin took Wenbo and them out. There was a burst of cooking smoke in the Zhuangzi, and it was time to prepare lunch. When they returned to the house, lunch was ready, and Wang's sister-in-law was waiting on the side, and when they saw Li Xin and them coming back, they asked people to start setting the meal. Although Li Xin didn't let it be deliberately rich, this lunch was still relatively rich, with three meat and four vegetables, two cold dishes, and one soup, and a full table was still set.

"Why is Sister-in-law Wang still so rich."

"It's rare for young ladies and sons to come here, so naturally they have to make it more sumptuous. It's the first time the two sons have come here! Taste the food on our Zhuangzi. Thanks to the blessings of the young ladies and sons, everyone in the Zhuangzi today also added vegetables, and the food was more abundant than usual. ”

"That's fine, we should add vegetables to everyone."

After lunch, Li Xin left Wang's sister-in-law down. I told Wang's sister-in-law about the treatment she had re-set for everyone in Zhuangzi, and left some silver, so I left with Wenbo and them. Although Wang Fu is in charge of the Zhuangzi, the matter of silver money is in charge of the matter of Wang's sister-in-law. Wang's sister-in-law is also literate, can keep accounts by herself, and is also more careful.

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