After crossing the Anlan Bridge, Yun Ying deliberately lagged a few steps behind, no longer keeping a side-by-side distance from Luo Song and Hu San, and the three of them walked along the river bank to the sand downstream without hurry.

On the bank of the river, at the suggestion of Hu San, an extra layer of embankment was added to the river in the direction of the sandy land, which happened to form a bend, even if such a big flood happened this year, the direction of the river would not let the flood to the shore again, and Hu San also planned to extend the embankment along the bend in the spring of next year, so as to better ensure that the downstream sandy land will not fall into the flood again.

After walking along the river bank for about half an hour, the two small hills were artificially built into a reservoir, and a two-person high waterwheel on the edge of the pond was slowly turning, driving the water in the reservoir to communicate along a river to the wide wall of Yun Ying's house, and along the ditch under the wall, all the way to the pond in the backyard of Yun Ying's house.

By the ditch, Hu San and Luo Song washed the dirt on their hands, Yun Ying took the key to open a small door on the backyard wall, and the three of them went directly into the huge backyard.

Here, except for the pond in the distance, there is a large area of sand, and the pond is planted with mulberry saplings that Yunying asked Hu Bo to help buy on Qishan, and some easy-to-live radishes, spinach, cauliflower, celery, shallots, and ginger are temporarily planted on the sand; Of course, if these things are planted in the open air, even the slightly warm Lijia Village will not be able to earn income; Therefore, before planting vegetables, Yunying mobilized the family to build a wooden shelf in the backyard, covered with straw mats, a large part of which resembles the greenhouse of later generations, so the growth of the green area below is gratifying.

When the house was first built, there was a passage that connected the three courtyards, but now the outermost courtyard has become an ornament. Because of Luo Song's long-term stay, Hu San and Yuangen both lived in the second courtyard, and the family also liked to eat in the bright hall of the second courtyard on weekdays.

"Seventh brother, don't be willful. The sixth sister will be sad. It was Man'er's coquettish tone, which sounded worried.

"That's it, Qiao Yuangen, if you don't study, I, Hu Die, will look down on you." Hu Die, who doesn't cry her nose, looks angry and very imposing. It's just that the meaning contained in the words surprised Yun Ying.

"I don't need anyone to afford it. It's not that people who don't study and take scientific exams can't survive, and it's good to be able to help the sixth sister do things now. Yuangen sat on the edge of the flower stand in the courtyard, staring at a red plum full of buds in the flower stand, and his stubborn side face was tense.

Yuangen considers himself the pillar of the family. After Qiao Mutou died, he had the fame of being a child, and he should have gone to continue studying. But the young man is affectionate. said that he was going to stay at home for 100 days. A hundred days later, when the weather turned cold, and the academy also had winter vacation, the child followed Hu San to practice martial arts. When I go home, I can read books and practice calligraphy. Yun Ying once thought that he was mature, sensible and introverted, but now looking at his solemn expression, he realized that something was wrong, this kid seemed to be serious.

"Sixth sister, come and see, seventh brother, he came back just now and suddenly said that he wouldn't study." When Man'er saw Yun Ying and the three of them coming back, she suddenly seemed to have found the backbone.

"Sister Yunying, Qiao Yuangen, he doesn't want a future." Hu Die didn't go to her brother to shed tears, but took Yun Ying's other hand, seeing that the tears were about to fall, and bit her lip, looking very pitiful.

"You two, don't panic first, let's listen to why Yuangen has this plan, okay? No matter who has other plans, as long as there is a legitimate reason, the sixth sister will not stop it. The last sentence she said earnestly was staring at Tone's stubborn eyes. Although her body is not yet fourteen years old, her soul is an adult in her twenties and thirties, and she knows that the twisted melon is not sweet, and there must be a reason for it, so she is willing to give Yuangen a chance to convince her.

"It's nice to live in their house. When I told my father that I didn't want to study and wanted to be a gardener, he slapped me directly with a big ear, and if my grandfather and grandmother hadn't stopped me quickly, I was afraid that if I didn't kill me, I would have to be disabled. Luo Song gently pulled Hu Sanyi, sat down at the dining table, stretched out his hand to grab a piece of bacon, and sighed with satisfaction: "It's still the best in Yunying's house, the food and drink are more authentic than Zhenweiju, and the money is not accepted." ”

"Fifth Young Master Luo, you are wrong." Hu San also had no intention of interfering in Yunying's education of his younger siblings, so he sat beside him according to Luo Song's strength, and miraculously took out a thread-bound account book from his arms and shook it: "Since August 29, you have lived in Qiao's house for a total of sixty-three days, and have eaten one hundred and eighty-nine meals plus sixty suppers; Since Fifth Young Master Luo mentioned that Chenghui has one hundred and eighty taels of silver, for the sake of your relationship with the Qiao family, I will give you a discount, and it is enough to charge you one hundred and fifty taels of silver. ”

Hu San never spoke with a hippie smile, let alone a child, and his extremely serious appearance immediately made Luo Song take a mouthful of meat stuck in his throat and spit it out or swallow it, and it took a long time before he asked weakly: "Isn't it?" ”

"There is no record of the flowers, trees, and native products that Fifth Master Luo took away from Qiao's house." Hu San's expressionless face is good for the account book, as a qualified housekeeper, he sees these things in his eyes and remembers them in his heart. However, if Yun Ying didn't mention it, he wouldn't come to collect the account, and today it can be regarded as Luo Song's bad luck and hit the muzzle.

"Ahem, I'll pay you later, it's really stingy." Luo Song thought about his bandit-like behavior and really felt guilty, the potted plants and a few rare flowers and plants taken from Yun Ying's house made him out of the limelight at home, and he also won a lot of rewards, and it was not impossible to give a small part to Yun Ying, the "master". Even, he heard from his family that one of his uncles was allowed to enter the palace for a banquet this year, and he would take a few bonsai to the capital to send them away, including the regent Feng Nanwu Mansion. If it is in the eyes of the regent and his wife, the position of the Luo family may be able to move up again.

The two of them stopped and began to eat slowly, but the interrogation on Yun Ying's side had just begun.

It turned out that Qiao Yuangen heard some faint movement outside, and as a little man in the family, he went out to inquire about the news; When I went out, there was a carriage parked in front of the gate on the side of the road in the distance, and there were many villagers around it.

After teaching Guan Ping a lesson last time, there has been no trace of Guan Ping's mother and son, Yuangen once thought that the mother and son would leave Lijia Village and never see each other, who knew that this mother and son would come back. Curious, Yuan Gen gathered into the crowd, and happened to hear several concubines of the Dong family loudly envying the good fortune of the Jia family.

Of course, in addition to envy, he also whispered some ugly words, which was nothing more than Guan Ping wanting to go to Beijing to catch the exam and had no money, so he would give Landlord Li's house upside down; As she spoke, the concubines of the Dong family naturally talked about the scientific examination of scholars. Dong Da has traveled a lot of places in laymen, and everyone knows the difficulties of scientific research, but the money that needs to be spent on scientific research is a bottomless pit. Dong's daughter-in-law finally asserted that the two brothers of the Qiao family who had taken the Xiucai exam would definitely not be able to even take the exam when they entered Beijing in the new year.

Hearing this, Yuangen's heart was cold, and he returned home in despair.

In the past six months, he has helped to do a lot of things in the fields at home, making bean paste, planting flowers, and weaving bonsai, Yun Ying also took him and Man'er, the idea is to let the two little ones know that life is not easy, but in Yuangen's heart, he also buried the idea of making money; As soon as he heard that the scientific examination was so difficult, and even Guan Ping, a prodigy praised by everyone in the academy, had to sell himself to have a way out, he was immediately afraid, afraid that he would live up to the hard work of his sisters in the family and waste his sisters' efforts.

His dejected appearance was seen by the two little girls, of course, they had to ask the reason, who knew that he would not study in the future; This is the scene of the dispute between Yun Ying and the three of them when they go home.

"Brother Guan Ping is getting married?" Man'er focused on this subject, and cautiously looked at Yun Ying's face; Hearing this, Yuangen also cheered up violently and muttered: "It's a shame that I still take him as an example, but I am not a layman who hates the poor and loves the rich and has no vision." ”

The cautious appearance of the younger siblings made Yun Ying feel funny, after the autumn harvest house was completed, Yun Ying was locked up at home except for the occasional visit to the field on the other side of the bridge, and she had little patience to learn to embroider and make clothes, but the work in the two gardens in the yard and the backyard was enough for her to be busy. In this way, the village did not listen to the topic of her and Guan Ping, but really slowly forgot about it.

"Who is Guan Ping?" Luo Song, who didn't know why, asked in a whisper, but no one paid attention to him, and the Hu San housekeeper beside him had a very ...... expression at this time Hideous, if you look closely, there seems to be a hint of mockery flashing in his eyes.

"Yuangen, who do you think you studied for?" Yun Ying began the road of persuasion after making a draft in her heart.

Yuangen blinked, a trace of dazedness clearly appeared on his face, and he hesitated for a long time: "Studying is for my own future." When I have a good future, I will come to protect you and Man'er, so that you will no longer be bullied, well, there are also Hu Sange and Hu Die. ”

Being able to get such an answer, Yun Ying deeply felt that Yuangen was a material that could be made, and then asked: "But if you give up studying now, even if you help me plant more flowers, vegetables, fruits, and grains at home and sell them, what if Li Sanshao suddenly stops accepting our family's things in the future?" ”

Probably thinking of Zhenweiju's half-way appointment, the hesitation on Yuangen's face became stronger: "Third Brother Li will not be as vacillating as Zhenweiju." ”

"I mean, if the Li family offends any high-ranking official, such as the prefect of Asahi City and the general of Zhenxi, he is also forced to do so, then what should we do with the small people who are promoted to fight? Since you take Brother Guan Ping as an example, you should think about why he risked being told to cling to the powerful to marry Miss Li? Yun Ying can only say this, and she can only rely on Yuangen to comprehend herself, this child is not stupid, and she will not be disappointed.

"Eat, eat! If you don't come to dinner, you'll offend the prefect of Asahi Castle right now. Luo Song took the chopsticks and put them on the table at the right time, and did not open his mouth to say a word about the people of the Li Mansion who acted more than a monkey, where would they easily offend people. (To be continued......)

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