With the master, Qingyang can no longer follow Qingshu to come and go freely every day. Mr. Lu arranged the teaching time as follows: one and a half hours in the morning and one hour in the afternoon. The study time is: two quarters of an hour in the morning and half an hour in the evening. The rest day is the same as the private school.

Since Qingyang was three years old, Gu Yuanbao has followed Qingyang and become Qingyang's little servant. Now Gu Yuanbao is only eleven years old, and he is twelve years old when he turns the New Year, Qingshu feels that it is not too late to study, so he also prepared a set of paper, ink, pen and inkstone for him to study with Qingyang.

On the other side of the Grange, the first batch of twenty vats has been pulled over. Steward Wu led people to clean up five empty rooms and put twenty large vats in them.

As soon as Qiē was ready, Qing Shu personally sat in charge, commanding Xiao Juan, Xiao Yu and Chen Huzi's daughter-in-law and the other two women on Zhuangzi, and began to busy with pickling sauerkraut in a hurry. The cabbage stack is high, a big vat can hold two hundred and thirty or forty catties, and then take a big stone to press, there is a four or five days, the stack of high cabbage will go down, and then you can add more than ten cabbages to the jar.

In three days, twenty vats were filled. Immediately afterwards, the second batch of vats also arrived, and everyone continued to bury their heads in pickling sauerkraut. Three days later, the third batch of vats arrived, and the women continued to work with their backs pounded.

It took ten days before and after, and the great cause of 70 jars of pickled cabbage was finally completed. And the pigs in the pigsty eat the broken cabbage every day to the point of ignoring it. The chickens in the chicken coop were stomped and fed clean at first, but later, they only ate the leaves and ignored the helpers.

At the same time, all the vegetables in the field were collected and moved into the cellar or put in the shed. The frost fell, and overnight everything on the ground was covered with a thin layer of crystal white, and all the green plants in the fields froze. If you want to see green outdoors again, you can only wait for the beginning of spring next year.

In Qingshu's experimental field, the wheat planted on the ten acres was growing green, and it was frozen overnight. When Wu saw them, he was very distressed, thinking that this was indeed the case, wasting ten acres of wheat seeds. Qing Shu also went to see it in person, touched his nose, but he actually didn't know the bottom of his heart.

She grew up in the countryside when she was a child, followed her grandmother to plant vegetable fields, tended to vegetable fields, and always went to play in the fields, watching the farmers work, but later became a city person, and she had never planted land, so she could only let go of her courage to try, how dare she guarantee that she would succeed, and she was not an almighty god.

She comforted herself very confidently, don't worry, if it doesn't work this year, there will be next year, and if it doesn't work next year, there will be the year after that...... I'm still young, I'm not in a hurry, I'm not in a hurry, experience is to be accumulated, success is accompanied by failure, I'm an ordinary person, I'm not an outlier.

One day later, the weather actually warmed up, and the frozen wheat was green again in addition to the yellow leaf tips, and the roots that stuck to the ground were actually green again. Steward Wu and others, who ran around the wheat field every day, soon found out, so they all looked around the wheat field excitedly.

Qingshu got the news and recorded the discovery, but when the spring flowers bloomed next year, she didn't dare to say whether this phenomenon was good or bad. Qing Shu watched a group of big men staring at Mai Mu and discussing excitedly, so he cleared his throat, "That, is there any way to keep it warm?" ”

Everyone looked dazed, "What is insulation?" ”

Qing Shu thought for a long time, "For example, sprinkle a layer of fine withered grass on top, such as stalks broken and sprinkled on them." ”

Zhang Da said: "Then bring the bud straw and spread it in a row, and the spread is thick, and it is not a problem if it is broken." He has understood that the so-called heat preservation means cold protection.

"The snow in the winter seeps into the soil in the next year to grow crops and grow crops, isn't it? It's snowing, and the snow is all blocked by the thick straw, what if it doesn't fall into the wheat field? Qing Shu asked. If you rely on the weather for food, you have to rely on snow in winter and rain in spring and summer, right?

Everyone began to discuss it word by word.

Finally, Steward Wu spoke, "Listen to the young lady, half of them went out to collect dry grass, and half of them used guillotines to break up the bud grain straw and spread it in the wheat field." ”

Zhang Da echoed, "Cheng, just do it, listen to Miss." ”

"Don't spread too thick." Qingshu added.

"Done." Everyone unanimously agreed.

The matter was decided, and the strong men who had rested for two days after the end of the autumn harvest were busy again. Seeing that they were busy, Qingshu took two maids back to the town to supplement the records of the experimental field.

Now that the weather is getting colder and colder, the cotton clothes of the whole province have begun to be made. Gu Ye is the only person in the house who has nothing to do, and lives a "crippled" life every day with clothes to stretch out his hands and food to open his mouth. In fact, she has a good female celebrity, cutting and sewing clothes for the four seasons, doing embroidery work, etc., which is a matter of hand. She can do it, but she doesn't, but she likes to find fault with others. Ding Jiamei is her personal maid, and Ding Jiamei chooses the female popularity she makes for her. Xu Wuniang is the embroidery lady in the house, and her craftsmanship is first-class, and she also picks.

Xu Wuniang made Gu Ye's cotton clothes this year and sent them, but was scolded back by Gu Ye on the grounds that they were ugly. Xu Wuniang dismantled, changed, sewed it and sent it away, but was scolded back by Gu Ye on the grounds that the stitches were ugly. Xu Wuniang went back, dismantled it again, sewed it again, and sent it again, but she was still scolded back, on the grounds that she was ugly.

Xu Wuniang hugged her son and cried for a while, thought about it for a long time, and went to Su's mother, saying that she was clumsy and could only make the clothes of the people in the house, and she was afraid that she would not be able to make the clothes of the masters. Xu Wuniang has always been good-tempered, she has endured hardships, she has few words, she is immersed in doing her own thing, and she has always been grateful to the ancient mansion for taking in their mother and son, how could she have said such a thing.

Mother Su encountered Xu Wuniang once being scolded by Gu Ye's clan, so she immediately became a little clear, "Madame doesn't like your work?" ”

Xu Wuniang nodded, "I sent it three times before and after, and I was scolded three times." The lady said, "If I don't change it well, the ancient mansion will no longer be able to accommodate me and the wheat." ”

"Okay, I'm all a mother, my eyes are red from crying, and I want to laugh at you when I see Maizi." Mother Su said, was silent for a moment, and sighed, "Go back and get busy, there is only one person in this house who can be in charge." ”

After sending Xu Wuniang away, Su's mother sighed again.

Gu Qiang just pushed the door in, "Okay, what's the sigh?" ”

Mother Su told her how the Gu Ye clan didn't treat Xu Wuniang.

"A person has great blessings, and he can't help tossing like this." Gu Qiang said expressionlessly. He naturally understood that the Gu Ye clan was going to make trouble again, and the Gu Ye clan was naturally going to make trouble for Qing Shu to see. In the past five years, how the Gu Ye clan was disgusted, their husband and wife could only bear it, because they had to stay in the ancient mansion and protect the general's children. Now, the general's daughter is already in charge, and as long as the husband and wife support the general's daughter wholeheartedly, they don't need to pay attention to the annoying Gu Ye clan.

Mother Su couldn't help but sigh again, "I'm afraid it was the Gu Wu clan who said something to Madame." ”

Gu Qiang frowned, "What does she want to do?" ”

Su's mother lowered her voice, "A few days ago, my sister heard some of their conversations and came to sue me. My sister said that Gu Wu had taken a fancy to Miss and wanted to tell Miss to her talented nephew. ”

Gu Qiang's face suddenly changed, "What did Madam say?" ”

Su's mother was also full of displeasure, "My sister said that their voices were too low to hear clearly. However, it seems that the Gu Wu clan promised some benefits to his wife, and the lady was very happy at that time. No, starting the next day, Mrs. provoked Xu Wuniang's troubles, and said that she would drive Xu Wuniang's mother and son out of the house. ”

"Do you know these things, Miss?" The things that Gu Qiang was referring to were naturally the affairs of the Gu Wu family and the fact that Xu Wuniang was driven out.

"Miss is busy with pickling vegetables these days, and sometimes she lives in the Zhuangzi and doesn't come back. I hesitated, but I didn't find a suitable opportunity to say. ”

Gu Qiang immediately glared, "Why are you stupid again." It's about Miss, what are you hesitating about, hurry over and let Miss know. If the lady agrees to come down without authorization, or directly accepts the other party's engagement token, it will be too late at that time. Aren't you harming Miss? ”

Su's mother panicked, "This, what can I do?" She hadn't really thought about it in that direction.

"You, you, just like you, can Miss still expect you to watch Madame?" Gu Qiang was angry, "What are you grinding, don't go quickly." Miss didn't leave the house today. ”

So Su's mother went to Qingshu's yard in a panic and hurriedly said this.

Qing Shu thought there was something wrong with her ears, "What did you say?" Who is the Gu Wu clan? Who is my mother going to hire me to? ”

Mother Su remembered that the young lady didn't know about the Gu Wu clan at all, so she explained, "This Gu Wu clan is the fourth daughter-in-law of the general's clan uncle. When they met, the young lady also had to call out to the fourth aunt. Gu Wu's maiden family is the Wu family, a wealthy family in the neighboring town of Kangde Town, and I heard that it is also one of the best families in the local area. Last year, Wu Tianze, the nephew of the Gu Wu family, was caught in Xiucai, and he has not yet said goodbye. ”

Qing Shu narrowed her eyes, "It means that the Gu Wu clan wants to hire me to her Xiucai nephew, and my mother is very excited, or rather, she has already agreed." ”

"Miss, Madame didn't agree, and my sister didn't hear clearly, but she was very happy to see that Madame at that time. After that, when this Gu Wu left, he was even more smiling, and seemed to be very satisfied, wearing a lady's golden hairpin on his head. My sister felt that it was inappropriate, so she quietly sued the old slave. ”

Qing Shuhuo's face changed, and he wanted to swear, and said in his heart: Okay, you Gu Ye, eat me, wear mine, and don't take out any of the good things around you to make up for the expenses in the house, but take the golden hairpin to please irrelevant people, and I don't know what to do. This dead woman.

She Gu Qingshu will marry who she will marry in this life and who will not marry, only she has the final say. What kind of thing is the Gu Ye clan, if she dares to make decisions for her without authorization, she will definitely make the Gu Ye clan look good. Gu Ye and Gu Wu, this is death!

What her father's uncle, what her fourth aunt, are all fart. If there is a benefit, they will come up, and when there is no benefit, they will play dead. When Gu Yuanhe was bullied, did they all swallow their breath or what? Shameless, I came up at this time and started to climb relatives, and my skin was thicker than the city wall.

Originally, she didn't plan to meet with any clan uncle or anything like that, but she didn't expect that she didn't have general knowledge with others, and people came to find it by themselves. She raised her eyes coldly, "When did this Gu Wu start coming to the door?" "Now she is in charge, but she doesn't know when there will be more Gu Wu in the house, and she is too much of a failure.

Mother Su's heart suddenly lifted, because she realized that it was indeed her fault that she didn't tell Miss Sù about the Gu Wu clan in time. She blamed herself and knelt on the ground, "Miss, it's all the old slave's fault, the Gu Wu family didn't come to the mansion once or twice, the first time he came was half a month ago, and then he came every three or five days, and every time he went to the courtyard of the lady to talk." The old slave thought that it was good for someone to talk to the lady, so he didn't stop it, and forgot to report it to the young lady. Please punish the lady. ”

No matter how angry he was, Qing Shu was also lost by Su's mother's kneeling. She got up helplessly and walked to Su's mother's side to help her, "What is this for?" Hurry up. ”

Mother Su refused to get up, "Miss, you must punish the old slave, the old slave made a mistake, and he should be punished, but he can't break the rules of the house." ”

Qing Shu couldn't stand it, "Okay, okay, punishment, punishment, punishment, get up first." ”

At this time, Su's mother stopped insisting and stood up, waiting to be punished.

Qing Shu really wanted to roll his eyes at the sky, but after thinking about it, he didn't come up with how to punish Su's mother.

But Su's mother looked at Qing Shu with her eyes blank, waiting to be punished.

Qing Shu was depressed, and just happened to hear the voice of Xiaojuan and Xu Wuniang talking in a low voice outside the door. Xu Wuniang was sent by her to call Xiaoyu before, because Xiaoyu told her that Xu Wuniang cried from Mrs. Wenlan Courtyard an hour ago. Qing Shu muttered in his heart and asked Xiaoyu to call someone. As soon as Xiaoyu's front foot was sent out, Su's mother arrived on the back foot, and then talked about the cotton clothes that Gu Ye's disliked, so Qing Shu sent Xiao Juan again and asked Xu Wuniang to bring the key cotton clothes when she came. Hearing Xu Wuniang's voice at this time, she had an idea, "Xiaojuan, let Wuniang come in." ”

The door opened, and Xu Wuniang walked in with a baggage, "I've seen Miss." ”

Qing Shu asked, "Brought the cotton clothes made for Mrs.?" ”

"Brought." Xu Wuniang replied very nervously. Can she not be nervous, whether she can continue to stay in the ancient mansion depends on the matter of Miss's words.

"Bring it up and show me." Qingshu has always liked Xu Wuniang very much, she does things seriously, she doesn't talk too much, it's not good, it's easy to be satisfied, and she takes care of her children in good health.

Xu Wuniang agreed, untied the burden, and held it in front of Qing Shu with both hands.

Xiaojuan took the cotton clothes and unfolded them to show Qing Shu.

The material of fine silk is crescent white in color, the neckline is embroidered with gold thread delicate vines, and the cuffs are embroidered with elegant orchids. Qingshu looked closely, the stitches were fine, and the traces of sewing could not be seen at all, it was really beautiful. Also, you don't have to try it on to know that when you wear her, it won't look bloated, and the line of the waist is well highlighted. "What did Madame say?" Qing Shu asked curiously.

Xu Sanniang didn't dare to hide it, "Madame said it was very ugly." ”

"Refers to color or workmanship?" Qing Shu asked again.

"The color is what Madame likes, it is the workmanship."

Qing Shu nodded, indicating that he understood. In recent years, Gu Ye's clothes have always been white, and he has the potential to be a female ghost. This is not pure white, but crescent white, which she can accept. So he stood up, "Go into the inner room, I'll try." So saying, the man went inward.

Su's mother and Xu Wuniang were stunned.

Xiaojuan hurriedly hugged the cotton clothes and followed.

Qingshu took off his coat and put on the upper body of the cotton coat first, and then put on the lower body. She tried to raise her arms, and then look at the length, and then look at the waist, just right.

Xiao Juan turned over last year's winter clothes from the box and put them on for Qing Shu. Of course, the clothes worn by women are divided into upper and lower bodies, but on the outside, they are all skirts, long skirts, the kind that are about to be swept on the floor, regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter.

Xiao Juan muttered while tying Qingshu's belt, "Miss, the slave has grown taller, last year's winter clothes were short, and you can't wear them this year." "This so-called short, the sleeves are not very visible, but refers to the skirt. The skirt no longer covers the ankles and the embroidered upper.

Qing Shu sighed, walked out of the inner room, and stood in front of Su's mother and Xu Wuniang, "How is it?" Fits, right? Don't look at the hem of my skirt, I know it's short. ”

The two men stepped forward and looked left and right.

"It's quite fitting, just Miss, this is for Madame." Su's mother said.

"Miss, you should wear a shorter bottom, and it is appropriate to put down a finger's width." Xu Wuniang said. Qing Shu is the age of growth, and now he is a little taller than Gu Ye's clan.

Qing Shu sighed, went into the inner room and took off his cotton clothes, put on his original clothes and came out, "Mother Su, from now on, you will report to me about the big and small affairs in the house, and if you commit it again, you will not be spared." This time, I will punish you for following Xu Wuniang to do needlework, and finish all the cotton clothes and clothes in the house. Moreover, the work that is responsible for daily life cannot be left behind. ”

Su's mother was stunned and hurriedly agreed. The heart said, this is also called punishment, isn't it needlework that women can do?

Qingshu looked at Xu Wuniang, "It just so happens that my cotton clothes haven't been made yet, and this one is mine." How to change it, you can see for yourself. As for Madame's cotton clothes, you don't need to do it, I have my own arrangements. ”

Xu Wuniang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly agreed, wrapped up the cotton clothes handed over by Xiaojuan, and retreated.

Qing Shu finally confessed, "Mother Su, no matter where I am in the house or where I go out these days, as long as the Gu Wu family comes, I must pass on the news to me, and I must keep people." ”

After Su's mother left, Qing Shu entered the inner room and lay down on the bed, thinking about whether to meet Gu Wu gently for a while, or to treat Gu Wu roughly, maybe ......

After lying down for a while, Qing Shu got up again and took Mr. Kong's masterpiece "Study Tour" and read it. This book, for those who are studying, not only increases their knowledge, but also broadens their horizons. For those who love to show off, having it can have a great face in front of people. For Qingshu, it is a window to understand the customs and customs of the Da'an Dynasty and some products on the land of the Da'an Dynasty.

It's just that the ancient text is really annoying and difficult to understand. Qing Shu shook his head as he read carefully. Then began to think crankily. In the past, when I watched TV and performed ancient dramas, the students above were all shaking their heads and reading. That's probably what it means to not be able to read, like her