Qing Shu put the letter into his sleeve, and his eyes were dyed with a little sweetness.

Lichun agreed and withdrew.

Qing Shu nodded, "Mother Su, please." ”

Lichun stepped forward, handed the letter to Qingshu, and stepped back.

Qing Shu turned his face and motioned to hand over the letter.

Luo San let out a "huh" and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

And Chu Yi was stunned, and after reacting, he ran in the direction of Songyuan. On the way, he met Luo San, and shouted, "There are bad guys, go to the front yard to protect Miss." ”

Xiao Juan, who was walking at the end, saw Chu Yi passing not far away, her eyes lit up, she rushed over and grabbed Chu Yi and muttered a few words, and then hurriedly chased after Qing Shu.

Luo Xiaorong followed Qingshu closely. Because he realized that today it seems that his sister is going to teach the bad guys a lesson.

Mother Su opened her mouth, but finally didn't say anything more, and hurriedly followed.

Qing Shu burst out laughing, "Mother Su, don't worry, those are inconsequential people." Why should I be angry? Why be sad? Let's go, accompany me to meet Zhang's. I don't know if she has the ability to rise? With that, he put away the smile on his face, turned sideways, and walked past Su's mother.

Mother Su poked Xiaojuan's forehead with her fingers, "Stand up, what's the matter with you?" Then he gave up Xiaojuan and looked at Qing Shu with a worried face, "Miss, we are not angry, we are not sad." You go back and rest, and Mom will find someone to kick them out. Then he nagged angrily, "It's really unlucky, it just so happened that the concierge was not Cai Tieniu on duty today, which gave the mother and son the opportunity to exploit the loophole." There is also a housekeeper, when is it not good to go out to do errands, but it happens that I went out today. I'm going to take care of him when I come back. ”

Xiaojuan was a little confused, "Mother Su, why don't you let me go to make up for someone?" ”

Su's mother was angry, "Ouch, you stinky girl," she grabbed Xiaojuan, "What are you yelling about?" Shut up. ”

Xiao Juan's eyes widened and she shouted, "What? The shameless Sun family dared to chase here from the capital? Stinky and shameless, I'll make up for them. As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves and was about to rush to join people.

Mother Su reacted in hindsight, she didn't explain clearly, and hurriedly lowered her voice and said, "The Sun family who was divorced by you." That Zhang was very thick-skinned, no matter how his mother squeezed, he just sat still and insisted on seeing the young lady herself. ”

Qing Shu blinked, "Sun family? Who is it? Do I recognize it? ”

Su's mother saw that it would not be possible to explain, so she whispered, "It was the wife and eldest son of the Sun family who brought the matchmaker to the door." ”

Qing Shu stared at her, waiting to hear the reason.

"Hey, hey, don't, miss, don't." Su's mother rubbed her hands and turned sharply in place.

This aroused Qing Shu's curiosity, "What's wrong?" Without making it clear, I'll look at it myself. ”

Su's mother just stopped her, and she didn't know how to explain it for a while.

Qing Shu was surprised, "Mother Su, what's wrong?" Are you sweating in a hurry? ”

At this time, Su's mother walked hurriedly. Seeing Qing Shu, she eagerly blocked Qing Shu's way, "Go back, Miss, go back, don't go to the living room in front." ”

When I was about to walk to the front yard, I met Luo Xiaorong, who was practicing his fists and feet. Luo Xiaorong saw his sister, and he stopped practicing his fists and feet, so he kept up.

Qing Shu's steps paused, "You think too much." Then keep walking. Zhou Boyan is still in the capital, where will there be a matchmaker he invited to come to the door. Moreover, if it is a matchmaker he invites, the movement will definitely be very noisy, where will he come to the door so quietly!

Xiao Juan followed Qing Shu's side step by step, and asked mysteriously, "Miss, could it be the matchmaker invited by the young man?" ”

Matchmaker? Qing Shu was taken aback. Because of her reputation as a fierce girl, there is also the name of Miss Houfu who fools people, and of course, the name of an old girl must be added, and the matchmaker has never stepped into the Hou Mansion since last year. Today, someone is not afraid of her name and the name of an old girl, and actually invites a matchmaker to come to the door, which is very strange. It's okay to go to the meeting.

At this time, Xiaojuan came to report that there was a guest in the front yard, and this guest was still a matchmaker.

Qingshu recalled what happened in the three years of parting, and continued to appreciate the peach blossoms blooming in the courtyard.

What can be the baby that guarantees their happiness in the future? Naturally, it is the secret of marriage. He was telling her that the words he had confessed when he left had been invalidated.

In the second year, the two of them resumed their frequent Hongyan books. In the letter, Zhou Boyan sincerely apologized and explained to her the reasons for deliberately alienating her. Whispered to her again, and put away the treasure that guaranteed their happiness in the future.

Qingshu and Zhou Boyan are already separated by two places, and Zhou Boyan is abnormally basically not writing to Qingshu. When Qing Shu got such news again, he had some doubts in his heart, and he felt very uncomfortable, and he was very uncomfortable for a while. Then she took the marriage secret and went out to look at it secretly, and warned herself that the rumors were not true, and that eight or nine times out of ten Zhou Boyan was deliberately making smoke bombs and was planning something. Moreover, she has never seen An Rongzhou secretly come to get the secret decree of marriage, and she has a little determination in her heart.

At that time, well-informed people in the capital were saying that the rumor that Yan Gongzi was interested in Miss Gu was true, but Yan Gongzi would not marry her as a wife. Because Miss Gu lost her parents, there is no elder in the house, and she is an unknown daughter. Such a woman, the powerful and high-ranking families will not welcome her as a wife, but can only be a side wife. The right minister has a granddaughter who is fifteen years old, which is the age when she is as beautiful as a flower. Yan Gongzi fell in love with this beauty at first sight, and the right minister also intended to marry his granddaughter to Yan Gongzi. Now, although the young man and Miss Sun of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion have not yet been officially engaged, the two parties have reached a certain tacit understanding, and it is a matter of time before they get engaged and get married.

During this period, Bu Yuyan wrote a letter to complain, accusing Zhou Boyan of signs of empathy and love, and asked Qingshu to go to Beijing to teach Zhou Boyan a lesson.

She is in Kangxi Town, and Zhou Boyan is thousands of miles away in the capital. They hadn't seen each other for more than three years, and only exchanged three letters in the first year of parting; In the second and third years, the Hongyan passed on books as frequently as before. Just because of the only three letters in the first year, she was uncomfortable for a year and speculated wildly for a year.

Qing Shu couldn't help but bend the corners of his mouth, and said secretly in his heart: Hmph, I will settle the accounts with you for the past three years.

The internal and external troubles of Da'an have basically been eliminated. He's coming back!

Qing Shu took out the letter that he had put in his sleeve earlier and opened it to look at it. And so it was. Zhou Boyan vaguely told her in the letter in a way that only the two of them could understand that she could retire successfully. She doesn't know politics, she can't play with power, and the only place that can help Zhou Boyan is to grow food. She is very happy to be able to contribute to her country.

In these "insiders" that are difficult to distinguish between reality and fiction, Qingshu's participation in them has never been known. And Qingshu, who knows the real insider, doesn't care about these. She knew that she would be able to do her part by sticking to the big tree of the emperor. Therefore, she quietly picked good people to send out in winter, spread new methods and experiences of growing grain, and gave detailed technical guidance. Now that the war is over, and the people in those five places have mastered the cultivation skills after two years, she can expect to retire successfully.

The people who thought they knew the truth finally stopped. It doesn't involve their own interests, and the reasons for it don't affect themselves, and the people who are staring at Yan Gongzi have turned their eyes away.

The capable one dug deeper, and the owner who dug out the land was not a friend of the young man, but it was true that this person sought the refuge of the young man. Since there is a request for others, he has to show his favor with something. The man thought about it, and finally came up with the idea of offering one-third of the earth with both hands. Yan Gongzi refused and did not accept it. This man tried his best, and in the end Yan Gongzi agreed to cover for him, but he didn't want his land, as long as he handed over 30% of the land output every year for five years to Yan Gongzi.

Someone who is interested in investigating carefully found out that the owner of these lands is not only a friend of Zhou Boyan, but also the land secretly placed by the son of a certain senior member in the south outside, which is clearly the back hand left for himself when the brothers fight for the family property in the future. This person threw the land to Zhou Boyan, firstly, to cover up people's whispers, and secondly, to seek the refuge of his son.

On the surface, it was a few friends of Zhou Boyan who bought a large area of land, and then heard that Zhou Boyan recognized a fairy-like figure who could ensure high grain yield, so he dumped the land to Zhou Boyan. Zhou Boyan couldn't put it off, and the planting was left to his subordinates to worry about. Zhou Boyan's subordinates were busy and didn't have the energy to take care of it, so they rented the land to five interested outsiders in their respective territories.

Qing Shu avoided the people around him, and Tong Guò Zhou Boyan planted large areas of fields in five other states, totaling nearly 1,000 hectares.

Here's how it worked:

During this period, the stalemate for more than a year finally changed, and there were frequent good news from the front. In the end, the army of the Daan Dynasty advanced more than 100 kilometers to the enemy country and captured three cities of the other side. A month and a half ago, the enemy country surrendered. The war ended, and post-war negotiations began. The war lasted two years and one month and cost enormously. On the surface, she donated 50,000 stone of grain to the imperial court and sold 150,000 stone of grain to the imperial court. In secret, she secretly cultivated thousands of hectares of fertile land for the imperial court for two years to expand the national granary reserves. Of course, this does not mean that she led people to plant thousands of hectares of fertile land, but that she secretly arranged for people to provide technical support and disturbed the sight of some people.

Until the autumn of last year, news came from Beijing that the Queen Mother was seriously ill. The emperor personally went to the royal temple to burn incense and worship the Buddha and pray for the queen mother. At the end of autumn, there were rumors in Beijing that the Queen Mother's condition worsened. In winter, the Queen Mother finally went. There shall be no sound of silk and bamboo, and no drinking and pleasure shall be allowed in Da'an for a month.

Qing Shu smiled helplessly, supported his chin, and continued to look at the peach blossoms blooming outside the window. In the first two years of Zhou Boyan's departure, the shape of Jingzhong was severe, although she had never seen it in person, but she also knew that Zhou Boyan's life was not easy. Every step is not like walking on thin ice, but the difficulties are self-evident. When the situation was unstable, there was a war waged by an enemy country, which could really be described as internal and external troubles, and the emperor was anxious for a long time.

Su's mother thought that the young lady was sad, and secretly scolded herself for being old and confused, and she didn't even mention which pot to mention. "Miss relax, I can't keep up that Gongzi Zhou is on the way here, and there may be a few matchmakers with him!" After finishing speaking, he excused himself to see the young master, and hurried away.

Su's mother asked so bluntly that Qingshu was speechless, and she didn't know how to answer.

Regarding Miss's marriage, Su's mother was worried. She muttered privately to the master, and every time the owner asked her not to talk too much, what the young lady knew in her heart. Alas! Her hard-working young lady! When he met the hateful Sun family, he had to quit his family. Later, when she met the outstanding Zhou Gongzi, and caught up with the death of her wife, the young lady had to keep her filial piety and delayed the major event of talking about marriage. Later, Miss's filial piety period passed, but Zhou Gongzi was never seen, alas! She finally couldn't hold back, and asked cautiously and softly, "Miss, when will Gongzi Zhou send a matchmaker to propose marriage?" She was worried in her heart, she was afraid that Zhou Gongzi would harm Miss, and she married a lady in Beijing behind her back.

Qing Shu heard clearly, but pretended not to hear clearly, and was silent.

Mother Su finally couldn't help it, and whispered with a worried face, "Miss, you are already twenty years old. "When I was twenty years old, my voice was so low that I could barely hear it. She's worried! Yan Gongzi has been gone for more than three years, and he has never come back, and he has not sent a matchmaker to come over in advance, and leave her young lady here without asking, what is going on? What's the use of just having letters, I don't see anyone, I don't see the matchmaker who proposes relatives come to the door, and I drag the flowery young lady of her family into an old girl. The person who has the most chewing tongue in the world does not dare to talk about her young lady on the surface, but there is no shortage of gossip about the young lady behind her back.

Qing Shu was puzzled, "Mother Su has something to say?" ”

Su's mother responded, and stopped talking before leaving.

Qing Shu said again, "Send someone over to talk to the young master, and the morning after tomorrow will be free to entertain guests." ”

Su's mother understood as soon as she heard it. The young lady did not refuse, but agreed, and was willing to let the young masters contact the eldest prince.

Qing Shu listened to Su's mother's report at this time, and said without thinking, "Coincidentally, the young masters are recuperating after returning from travel, and they will not leave the house for the time being, so it is convenient to see them." ”

After that, Gu Qingjia got an official position in the local area and soon took office. Last winter, he was appreciated by his boss and married his boss's daughter. Two days ago, he returned to his hometown with his new wife to visit relatives. And the little lady refers to Gu Qingjia's daughter Gu Hui. Although Gu Hui was not born to Gu Qingjia's ex-wife Chen, she was not a descendant, but because of the love of her grandmother Ma and the attention of her father Gu Qingjia, Lu, as a stepmother, did not dare to slack off. Lu is a smart person, following in the footsteps of his mother-in-law and husband, and loving Gu Hui very much, so he won the favor of his mother-in-law and husband, and he lived a good life.

The eldest son in Su's mother's mouth refers to Gu Qingjia, the eldest son of Uncle Qingshu. Gu Qingjia got the convenience given by Qingshu back then, and participated in the Autumn Festival, and won the meritorious examination. Immediately afterwards, he participated in the spring festival of the second year and obtained the 198th place in the examination, but failed to participate in the palace examination. Naturally, the names of the champions, top eyes, and flowers produced in the palace examination have nothing to do with him. Even so, it is rare to be in the top 200 among students in the country.

Mother Su came in, saluted and said hello, "Miss, the eldest prince sent someone to send a message, planning to take Mrs. and Miss to visit the house the day after tomorrow, and ask Miss Fang if it is inconvenient?" ”

Luo San let out a "huh" and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

And Chu Yi was stunned, and after reacting, he ran in the direction of Songyuan. On the way, he met Luo San, and shouted, "There are bad guys, go to the front yard to protect Miss." ”

Xiao Juan, who was walking at the end, saw Chu Yi passing not far away, her eyes lit up, she rushed over and grabbed Chu Yi and muttered a few words, and then hurriedly chased after Qing Shu.

Luo Xiaorong followed Qingshu closely. Because he realized that today it seems that his sister is going to teach the bad guys a lesson.

Mother Su opened her mouth, but finally didn't say anything more, and hurriedly followed.

Qing Shu burst out laughing, "Mother Su, don't worry, those are inconsequential people." Why should I be angry? Why be sad? Let's go, accompany me to meet Zhang's. I don't know if she has the ability to rise? With that, he put away the smile on his face, turned sideways, and walked past Su's mother.

Mother Su poked Xiaojuan's forehead with her fingers, "Stand up, what's the matter with you?" Then he gave up Xiaojuan and looked at Qing Shu with a worried face, "Miss, we are not angry, we are not sad." You go back and rest, and Mom will find someone to kick them out. Then he nagged angrily, "It's really unlucky, it just so happened that the concierge was not Cai Tieniu on duty today, which gave the mother and son the opportunity to exploit the loophole." There is also a housekeeper, when is it not good to go out to do errands, but it happens that I went out today. I'm going to take care of him when I come back. ”

Xiaojuan was a little confused, "Mother Su, why don't you let me go to make up for someone?" ”

Su's mother was angry, "Ouch, you stinky girl," she grabbed Xiaojuan, "What are you yelling about?" Shut up. ”

Xiao Juan's eyes widened and she shouted, "What? The shameless Sun family dared to chase here from the capital? Stinky and shameless, I'll make up for them. As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves and was about to rush to join people.

Mother Su reacted in hindsight, she didn't explain clearly, and hurriedly lowered her voice and said, "The Sun family who was divorced by you." That Zhang was very thick-skinned, no matter how his mother squeezed, he just sat still and insisted on seeing the young lady herself. ”

Qing Shu blinked, "Sun family? Who is it? Do I recognize it? ”

Su's mother saw that it would not be possible to explain, so she whispered, "It was the wife and eldest son of the Sun family who brought the matchmaker to the door." ”

Qing Shu stared at her, waiting to hear the reason.

"Hey, hey, don't, miss, don't." Su's mother rubbed her hands and turned sharply in place.

This aroused Qing Shu's curiosity, "What's wrong?" Without making it clear, I'll look at it myself. ”

Su's mother just stopped her, and she didn't know how to explain it for a while.

Qing Shu was surprised, "Mother Su, what's wrong?" Are you sweating in a hurry? ”

At this time, Su's mother walked hurriedly. Seeing Qing Shu, she eagerly blocked Qing Shu's way, "Go back, Miss, go back, don't go to the living room in front." ”

When I was about to walk to the front yard, I met Luo Xiaorong, who was practicing his fists and feet. Luo Xiaorong saw his sister, and he stopped practicing his fists and feet, so he kept up.

Qing Shu's steps paused, "You think too much." Then keep walking. Zhou Boyan is still in the capital, where will there be a matchmaker he invited to come to the door. Moreover, if it is a matchmaker he invites, the movement will definitely be very noisy, where will he come to the door so quietly!

Xiao Juan followed Qing Shu's side step by step, and asked mysteriously, "Miss, could it be the matchmaker invited by the young man?" ”

Matchmaker? Qing Shu was taken aback. Because of her reputation as a fierce girl, there is also the name of Miss Houfu who fools people, and of course, the name of an old girl must be added, and the matchmaker has never stepped into the Hou Mansion since last year. Today, someone is not afraid of her name and the name of an old girl, and actually invites a matchmaker to come to the door, which is very strange. It's okay to go to the meeting.

At this time, Xiaojuan came to report that there was a guest in the front yard, and this guest was still a matchmaker.

Qingshu recalled what happened in the three years of parting, and continued to appreciate the peach blossoms blooming in the courtyard.

What can be the baby that guarantees their happiness in the future? Naturally, it is the secret of marriage. He was telling her that the words he had confessed when he left had been invalidated.

In the second year, the two of them resumed their frequent Hongyan books. In the letter, Zhou Boyan sincerely apologized and explained to her the reasons for deliberately alienating her. Whispered to her again, and put away the treasure that guaranteed their happiness in the future.

Qingshu and Zhou Boyan are already separated by two places, and Zhou Boyan is abnormally basically not writing to Qingshu. When Qing Shu got such news again, he had some doubts in his heart, and he felt very uncomfortable, and he was very uncomfortable for a while. Then she took the marriage secret and went out to look at it secretly, and warned herself that the rumors were not true, and that eight or nine times out of ten Zhou Boyan was deliberately making smoke bombs and was planning something. Moreover, she has never seen An Rongzhou secretly come to get the secret decree of marriage, and she has a little determination in her heart.

At that time, well-informed people in the capital were saying that the rumor that Yan Gongzi was interested in Miss Gu was true, but Yan Gongzi would not marry her as a wife. Because Miss Gu lost her parents, there is no elder in the house, and she is an unknown daughter. Such a woman, the powerful and high-ranking families will not welcome her as a wife, but can only be a side wife. The right minister has a granddaughter who is fifteen years old, which is the age when she is as beautiful as a flower. Yan Gongzi fell in love with this beauty at first sight, and the right minister also intended to marry his granddaughter to Yan Gongzi. Now, although the young man and Miss Sun of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion have not yet been officially engaged, the two parties have reached a certain tacit understanding, and it is a matter of time before they get engaged and get married.

During this period, Bu Yuyan wrote a letter to complain, accusing Zhou Boyan of signs of empathy and love, and asked Qingshu to go to Beijing to teach Zhou Boyan a lesson.

She is in Kangxi Town, and Zhou Boyan is thousands of miles away in the capital. They hadn't seen each other for more than three years, and only exchanged three letters in the first year of parting; In the second and third years, the Hongyan passed on books as frequently as before. Just because of the only three letters in the first year, she was uncomfortable for a year and speculated wildly for a year.

Qing Shu couldn't help but bend the corners of his mouth, and said secretly in his heart: Hmph, I will settle the accounts with you for the past three years.

The internal and external troubles of Da'an have basically been eliminated. He's coming back!

Qing Shu took out the letter that he had put in his sleeve earlier and opened it to look at it. And so it was. Zhou Boyan vaguely told her in the letter in a way that only the two of them could understand that she could retire successfully. She doesn't know politics, she can't play with power, and the only place that can help Zhou Boyan is to grow food. She is very happy to be able to contribute to her country.

In these "insiders" that are difficult to distinguish between reality and fiction, Qingshu's participation in them has never been known. And Qingshu, who knows the real insider, doesn't care about these. She knew that she would be able to do her part by sticking to the big tree of the emperor. Therefore, she quietly picked good people to send out in winter, spread new methods and experiences of growing grain, and gave detailed technical guidance. Now that the war is over, and the people in those five places have mastered the cultivation skills after two years, she can expect to retire successfully.

The people who thought they knew the truth finally stopped. It doesn't involve their own interests, and the reasons for it don't affect themselves, and the people who are staring at Yan Gongzi have turned their eyes away.

The capable one dug deeper, and the owner who dug out the land was not a friend of the young man, but it was true that this person sought the refuge of the young man. Since there is a request for others, he has to show his favor with something. The man thought about it, and finally came up with the idea of offering one-third of the earth with both hands. Yan Gongzi refused and did not accept it. This man tried his best, and in the end Yan Gongzi agreed to cover for him, but he didn't want his land, as long as he handed over 30% of the land output every year for five years to Yan Gongzi.

Someone who is interested in investigating carefully found out that the owner of these lands is not only a friend of Zhou Boyan, but also the land secretly placed by the son of a certain senior member in the south outside, which is clearly the back hand left for himself when the brothers fight for the family property in the future. This person threw the land to Zhou Boyan, firstly, to cover up people's whispers, and secondly, to seek the refuge of his son.

On the surface, it was a few friends of Zhou Boyan who bought a large area of land, and then heard that Zhou Boyan recognized a fairy-like figure who could ensure high grain yield, so he dumped the land to Zhou Boyan. Zhou Boyan couldn't put it off, and the planting was left to his subordinates to worry about. Zhou Boyan's subordinates were busy and didn't have the energy to take care of it, so they rented the land to five interested outsiders in their respective territories.

Qing Shu avoided the people around him, and Tong Guò Zhou Boyan planted large areas of fields in five other states, totaling nearly 1,000 hectares.

Here's how it worked:

During this period, the stalemate for more than a year finally changed, and there were frequent good news from the front. In the end, the army of the Daan Dynasty advanced more than 100 kilometers to the enemy country and captured three cities of the other side. A month and a half ago, the enemy country surrendered. The war ended, and post-war negotiations began. The war lasted two years and one month and cost enormously. On the surface, she donated 50,000 stone of grain to the imperial court and sold 150,000 stone of grain to the imperial court. In secret, she secretly cultivated thousands of hectares of fertile land for the imperial court for two years to expand the national granary reserves. Of course, this does not mean that she led people to plant thousands of hectares of fertile land, but that she secretly arranged for people to provide technical support and disturbed the sight of some people.

Until the autumn of last year, news came from Beijing that the Queen Mother was seriously ill. The emperor personally went to the royal temple to burn incense and worship the Buddha and pray for the queen mother. At the end of autumn, there were rumors in Beijing that the Queen Mother's condition worsened. In winter, the Queen Mother finally went. There shall be no sound of silk and bamboo, and no drinking and pleasure shall be allowed in Da'an for a month.

Qing Shu smiled helplessly, supported his chin, and continued to look at the peach blossoms blooming outside the window. In the first two years of Zhou Boyan's departure, the shape of Jingzhong was severe, although she had never seen it in person, but she also knew that Zhou Boyan's life was not easy. Every step is not like walking on thin ice, but the difficulties are self-evident. When the situation was unstable, there was a war waged by an enemy country, which could really be described as internal and external troubles, and the emperor was anxious for a long time.

Su's mother thought that the young lady was sad, and secretly scolded herself for being old and confused, and she didn't even mention which pot to mention. "Miss relax, I can't keep up that Gongzi Zhou is on the way here, and there may be a few matchmakers with him!" After finishing speaking, he excused himself to see the young master, and hurried away.

Su's mother asked so bluntly that Qingshu was speechless, and she didn't know how to answer.

Regarding Miss's marriage, Su's mother was worried. She muttered privately to the master, and every time the owner asked her not to talk too much, what the young lady knew in her heart. Alas! Her hard-working young lady! When he met the hateful Sun family, he had to quit his family. Later, when she met the outstanding Zhou Gongzi, and caught up with the death of her wife, the young lady had to keep her filial piety and delayed the major event of talking about marriage. Later, Miss's filial piety period passed, but Zhou Gongzi was never seen, alas! She finally couldn't hold back, and asked cautiously and softly, "Miss, when will Gongzi Zhou send a matchmaker to propose marriage?" She was worried in her heart, she was afraid that Zhou Gongzi would harm Miss, and she married a lady in Beijing behind her back.

Qing Shu heard clearly, but pretended not to hear clearly, and was silent.

Mother Su finally couldn't help it, and whispered with a worried face, "Miss, you are already twenty years old. "When I was twenty years old, my voice was so low that I could barely hear it. She's worried! Yan Gongzi has been gone for more than three years, and he has never come back, and he has not sent a matchmaker to come over in advance, and leave her young lady here without asking, what is going on? What's the use of just having letters, I don't see anyone, I don't see the matchmaker who proposes relatives come to the door, and I drag the flowery young lady of her family into an old girl. The person who has the most chewing tongue in the world does not dare to talk about her young lady on the surface, but there is no shortage of gossip about the young lady behind her back.

Qing Shu was puzzled, "Mother Su has something to say?" ”

Su's mother responded, and stopped talking before leaving.

Qing Shu said again, "Send someone over to talk to the young master, and the morning after tomorrow will be free to entertain guests." ”

Su's mother understood as soon as she heard it. The young lady did not refuse, but agreed, and was willing to let the young masters contact the eldest prince.

Qing Shu listened to Su's mother's report at this time, and said without thinking, "Coincidentally, the young masters are recuperating after returning from travel, and they will not leave the house for the time being, so it is convenient to see them." ”

After that, Gu Qingjia got an official position in the local area and soon took office. Last winter, he was appreciated by his boss and married his boss's daughter. Two days ago, he returned to his hometown with his new wife to visit relatives. And the little lady refers to Gu Qingjia's daughter Gu Hui. Although Gu Hui was not born to Gu Qingjia's ex-wife Chen, she was not a descendant, but because of the love of her grandmother Ma and the attention of her father Gu Qingjia, Lu, as a stepmother, did not dare to slack off. Lu is a smart person, following in the footsteps of his mother-in-law and husband, and loving Gu Hui very much, so he won the favor of his mother-in-law and husband, and he lived a good life.

The eldest son in Su's mother's mouth refers to Gu Qingjia, the eldest son of Uncle Qingshu. Gu Qingjia got the convenience given by Qingshu back then, and participated in the Autumn Festival, and won the meritorious examination. Immediately afterwards, he participated in the spring festival of the second year and obtained the 198th place in the examination, but failed to participate in the palace examination. Naturally, the names of the champions, top eyes, and flowers produced in the palace examination have nothing to do with him. Even so, it is rare to be in the top 200 among students in the country.

Mother Su came in, saluted and said hello, "Miss, the eldest prince sent someone to send a message, planning to take Mrs. and Miss to visit the house the day after tomorrow, and ask Miss Fang if it is inconvenient?" ”

Qing Shu put the letter into his sleeve, and his eyes were dyed with a little sweetness.

Lichun agreed and withdrew.

Qing Shu nodded, "Mother Su, please." ”

Lichun stepped forward, handed the letter to Qingshu, and stepped back.

Qing Shu turned his face and motioned to hand over the letter.

Lichun came into the house and stopped more than ten steps away from his master, "Miss Yu, there is a letter." Also, Su's mother asked to see her. ”

Qing Shu's eyes stared at the pink peach blossoms, and his voice was not light or heavy, "Come in." ”

Someone knocked on the door.

Fruit Heen is an elegant two-storey pavilion. On the second floor, Qingshu sat by the window, enjoying the peach blossoms blooming outside the window while sipping tea.

The apricot blossoms have gone, and it is the season when the peach blossoms are in full bloom. In the fruit and vegetable garden covering an area of more than 1,000 acres, there are four antique mansions. The first mansion in Dongshu was the Chungmu Marquis Mansion, which covers an area of 40 acres. There are five courtyards in the palace of the Marquis of Chungmu, including pine, bamboo, plum, crane and Xianyun. Songin is the residence of Qinghao. The bamboo courtyard is the residence of Qingyang. The Plum Courtyard is Chen Qiaojiang's residence. The Crane Courtyard is Luo Xiaorong's residence. Xianyun Courtyard is the residence of Mr. Lu's family. In addition, there is also a fruit fragrance pavilion, which is the residence of Qingshu.

At this time, it is the season of spring flowers, and it is almost seven o'clock after the hour, and the sky is already bright. This lazy bed is addictive, and Qing Shu was urged by the maid three times before he got up lazily. Fortunately, she was hungry, and she was not lazy when she got out of bed, and quickly freshened up before breakfast.

The days are getting better day by day, and various businesses are slowly getting on track. Qingshu has been very tired in the past three years, and wants to recuperate for a period of time before tossing. Therefore, she decided not to go anywhere in the first half of the year and stayed at home. Qingyang and they also feel sorry for her, and Steward Gu and Mother Su also feel sorry for her. So, in the past half a month, she has slept lazily every day in the name of recuperation. No, it's almost past midnight (5:00-7:00), and she is still lazy in bed.

The fourth workshop is the sorbet workshop. The sorbet made by Qingshu is actually ice cream. She didn't dare to use the name of ice cream directly, and the word ice cream was also very appropriate, so there was nothing to worry about. The sorbet workshop is different from other workshops in that it first solves the problem of freezing. In this way, Qingshu's long-cherished trip to the snow-capped mountains came to fruition. The Yeti has a different climate than anywhere else, with snow on the mountains that melts all year round, no distinct spring and autumn, and only a short month in summer. Qingshu found a relationship, contacted the local garrison, and after getting approval, he built an ice cream workshop at the foot of the snow-capped mountain, which can produce ice cream all year round.

The third workshop is the bacon workshop. Fresh meat has the taste of fresh meat, and bacon has the taste of bacon. Qingshu invited an old man with a unique method of making secret bacon. The taste of bacon is unique, and the business is naturally popular.

The second workshop is the canning workshop. Qingshu Lane is a workshop that is entirely for the sake of the fruits produced in his own orchard. The orchard of three or four hundred acres of land has a lot of fruit every year, and it is so easy to sell it. It is different when it is canned, on the one hand, it is canned and others will not make it, and on the other hand, the canned food has a long shelf life and is delicious. There is a step five brothers to back up and help publicize, so Qingshu's business is very prosperous.

The first workshop was the sauerkraut workshop. Pickling sauerkraut is a seasonal activity, so the sauerkraut workshop produces not only sauerkraut, but also various pickles. The pickling method of sauerkraut has flowed out, and now many peasant women will pickle sauerkraut by themselves, and sauerkraut workshops have also appeared in other places, so the price of sauerkraut has fallen. But Qingshu's annual sauerkraut business has never stopped, because the sour taste is good and good, and many old customers recognize this taste. The pickle business is not bad, some of it is sold, and some of it is consumed in its own snack shop.

In the past three years, her business has also slowly spread and built four workshops.

After that, Qingshu didn't stay depressed for long, because she was too busy to be depressed. In the past three years, she has planted buds, wheat, and sorghum, and has also specially opened a rice field to grow rice, and also tried to raise fish and snails in the rice field. When I tossed so much the year before last, I didn't lose or earn. Last year, I tossed again, and the effect was good, there were rice, fish, and snails.

At this time, Xiao Lan came running over. The thirteen-year-old girl was fierce, scolding a few gentlemen one by one. After that, someone with a heart knew Qingshu's identity as soon as he inquired. Then, I don't know which of the several gentlemen did it, and Qingshu's reputation spread in the county. After that, it turned around and turned around, and it was actually transmitted to the capital, and Bu Yuyan, who became a mother, specially wrote to ask her for details. Because, the gossip circle in the capital is going to pass her on as a three-headed and six-armed female demon king.

At the moment, the other few gentlemen were completely dumbfounded. Qing Shu swept over with a sharp look, and no one dared to step forward.

Xiaojuan refused to let herself and scolded a few words. The sharp-beaked monkey was annoyed and ordered the dog to take Xiaojuan away. Xiaojuan was entangled by two dogs' legs, and she moved her hands, and she couldn't care about Qingshu's side for a while. The sharp-beaked monkey reached out to touch Qing Shu's face, and Qingshu rewarded the sharp-beaked monkey's cheeks. The sharp-beaked monkey's gills were annoyed and wanted to hug Qingshu. Qing Shu threw one of the sharp-beaked monkey's cheeks, and then stomped on the stomach of the sharp-beaked monkey's gills three times.

The name of "Grain Fairy" is depressing, not to mention, this fame is even more depressing, I heard that it has spread to the capital. Here's how it happened. Last spring, Qing Shu, who had been buttoned up as an old girl, was invited to the county seat and followed Miss Xiao Lan out to go out. During the outing, Xiao Lan and the little sisters fluttered butterflies happily, and Qingshu felt bored and didn't want to spoil their fun, so she sat on the grass and watched them play. Xiao Lan and the others were too involved in playing, and they ran away chasing butterflies. Qing Shu sat on the grass and didn't move, only Xiao Juan was by her side. Then, three or two people who didn't have long eyes came, because they didn't recognize Qing Shu, and they didn't know that Qing Shu was a guest in Xiao Zhi's county government, and one of the sharp-beaked monkey cheeks was going to tease Qing Shu.

was named the "Grain Fairy", Qingshu didn't know it at first. It wasn't until last winter that an old man took his children to the Hou Mansion to kowtow, muttering about the blessing of the "grain fairy" in his mouth, that the matter reached the ears of Qing Shu himself. At that time, she was completely stupid, and she was depressed for several days after reacting. She didn't believe in ghosts and gods before, but she crossed over! Therefore, she is very afraid of being called a "fairy" and then folding her life. She hasn't lived long enough, she still has to watch her brothers grow up and grow into towering trees! After that, the news of the more blow came, saying that a certain village had built a "grain fairy" shrine, worship once during spring ploughing, worship once during autumn harvest, worship once during the New Year, and it is quite lively, and the whole village will participate.

Of course, in addition to the name of the fierce and the old girl, Qingshu also has a name that he does not want to admit among the people, "Grain Fairy".

The reputation of Gu Qingshu, the lady of the Marquis of Zhongwu, is even more prosperous than three years ago, and there is another name, the old girl, the old girl who can't get married. In the era when women are married at the age of fifteen or sixteen, what is a girl who has not yet married at the age of twenty not an old girl?

Time flies. Gu Qingshu and Zhou Boyan said goodbye on the sixth day of the first month of the fourth year of Qifeng, and three years passed in a blink of an eye.

——The seventh year of Qifeng in the Da'an Dynasty, spring——

She is a very ordinary woman, with no ambition or lofty ambitions, and what she is trying to do is no different from ordinary people - one qiē for her family.

Earn enough silver, fight for a good reputation that is enough to protect the lives and safety of the people in the whole house, Qingyang will come back with another test, and then, Qingyang and Qinghao can do what they like to do without sticking to too many secular rules.

As for Qingyang. In fact, Qingshu didn't tell anyone, she didn't need Qingyang to embark on a career and be involved in officialdom. She just needs Qingyang to get a fame that the world looks at, and then live freely. In this era, whether it is in ancient China, people with meritorious names have a high social status. As long as Qingyang gets such an identity that guarantees social status, and then does what she likes, she doesn't have to enter the officialdom. It's just that he's too young now for her to mention. When one day he grows up, and he is admitted to Xiucai and then Juren, she will definitely talk to him and tell him what she really thinks. Then, if he insists on entering the officialdom, she will support him to the end.

Qinghao's identity is special, and he is destined to stay away from officialdom and career in this life. But, this will not break his wings to fly. He can become a dashing literati and ink writer (such as Mr. Lu) according to his own preferences, a businessman (taking over the business in the house), a doctor can study, and a figure like Xu Xiake in history...... The world says that there are three hundred and sixty lines, and there will always be one of them that he likes. On the premise of staying away from officialdom and official career, no matter what career he chooses, Qingshu will give his full support.

Therefore, Qingshu grasps grain planting with one hand and business with the other, and strives to gather more wealth to create a more stable development rear for the future of Qingyang and Qinghao.

If nothing else, let's look at modern grain farmers, fruit farmers, and vegetable farmers. After a hard year, I planted grain, planted fruit trees, and planted vegetables, but when the harvest season came, the problems of difficulty in selling grain, fruits, and vegetables appeared on the TV news from time to time. The grain in the hands of the peasants may be sold for only one yuan or one catty, but after the hands of the merchants operate in the market, it is normal for them to sell for three or four yuan per catty of rice as soon as they appear.

In the past two years, Qingshu has been very busy and hard. She didn't stop at the seemingly beautiful scenery in front of her, but in fact the profit of planting bud valley. To tell the truth, in ancient and modern times, it has never been the people who grow the grain that can make a lot of money on grain, but the merchants who buy and sell it.

Qing Shu didn't know that he had become a "grain fairy" in the eyes of the farmers, and he didn't have any divine power to bless the high yield of grain. However, it is a fact that the average yield per mu of Houfu Baogu is seven or eight hundred catties. Without modern chemical fertilizers and various modern pesticides, the yield of seven or eight hundred catties per mu is already very high, and it is not easy to increase production.

When the peasants had a bumper harvest in the second year, they heard that an old lady in a certain village had actually made an offering table and offered a portrait of a "grain fairy". There is no doubt that the old lady is not someone else, it is Qingshu's portrait. Although the portrait is different from Qingshu's physiognomy and is a veil-wearing portrait, the writer claims to have seen the "grain fairy" with his own eyes in the Houfu Tanabe. At that time, the "grain fairy" was veiled on his face, and he looked at the farmers working in the fields with a fairy spirit. Because there are "grain fairies" who take care of them personally, the output of buds there is two stones and three buckets to two stones and seven buckets. The yield of seven or eight hundred catties of grain per mu is the blessing of the divine power of the grain fairy.

After this incident, no one in the Huizhou territory, whether it was the upper-level officials or the people of various villages, did not know about the Zhongwu Marquis Mansion, as well as the Miss and the little young master of the Zhongwu Marquis Mansion. Among the peasants and ordinary people, the Qingshu sisters and brothers became fairy-like figures. Especially the peasants, slowly, regarded the Qingshu sisters and brothers as the protectors of the peasants.

It is no longer a myth that the yield of buds per mu planted in fertile land is two or more than two (stones); The fertility of the bud grain of the medium field can keep up with and carefully tended from the yield of two Hu (stone) per mu is not far away, and the bud of the second field is still about one Hu (stone) and about three buckets of harvest. Bud grain or bud grain noodles, which are life-saving food that fills the stomach, are too important for farmers and ordinary people. It is said that food is the foundation of the people and one of the foundations of the country.

Because this is a sensational event, the peasants' jubilant expression is too obvious, and the above is very concerned about the yield of this year's buds. Therefore, some agricultural officials investigated village by village and finally came to the following conclusions:

Throughout the winter, the peasants gathered in one place to talk about two main topics. One is the yield of buds this year. The other is Miss Houfu and the young master, who are life-saving living bodhisattvas and grain immortals.

The days pass leisurely, from spring to summer, from summer to fruitful autumn, and then it is winter. The weather is getting colder day by day, but most of the farmers in Huizhou are happy every day. They have had a bumper harvest, and their buds this year have been harvested, and the yield per mu is basically between two stones and two stones and three buckets. The yield of buds per mu is 600 catties to 700 catties, and the yield is 100 to 1560 catties higher than that of previous years. These are all golden grains, and they are full of food. After paying the tax grain, the grain left by the family is 100 to 1560 catties more per mu than in previous years, which is all life-saving food! Many wept with joy.

Actually, she was overly concerned. There may be people who feel uncomfortable on the spot or afterward, but the account will not be recorded on their Hou Mansion. Because the person who took them to work was the Chen Governor's Mansion, and their immediate boss was not the master of the Hou Mansion. Moreover, the excerpt of "Huizhou XX official loves the people like a son, goes to the fields in person, and cultivates with the peasants to harvest the ......" was handed over, and the court's commendation immediately came down. And when this so-and-so's ranking words include his own name, his reputation is there, and his fame is there, who will hate that trivial thing in comparison. On the other hand, it is this trivial thing that makes them shine in their careers, which is too worthwhile.

It wasn't until the officials returned to the post house in the town that there was no news that any adult was sick, and Qing Shu, who was restlessly waiting in the mansion, was truly relieved. When she heard that the officials were rolling up their sleeves and farming, she had only one thought in her heart: it could really add to the chaos. If a group of officials and masters are tired in her family's field, what is the matter! What if someone holds a grudge against their family today?

The ancient steward said a few words to the steward Wu, steward Zhang and others who were left behind, and then got into the carriage and chased the large army in front.

Dr. Zhou took the lead and got into the carriage. His medicine box was carried by a little medicine boy.

Butler Gu replied and made a gesture of invitation to Dr. Zhou, "Let's go back too!" ”

At this time, Gu Yuanbao walked over, "Dad, Uncle Zhou, the carriage is ready." ”

Dr. Zhou agreed, "It's really a blessing." "Although he was invited here to prevent the officials from having a temporary physical condition, he definitely didn't expect the officials to participate in the cultivation. Seeing a group of officials swaying left and right in the ground, he, like everyone in the Hou Mansion, really sweated. In order to show Xiàn in front of the top boss, this group of people is quite open-minded. Don't think about it, I went back and handed it over to the folds that praised these officials.

Butler Gu stood beside Doctor Zhou, "You didn't come in handy, fortunately." If it weren't for the young lady who carefully arranged for Dr. Zhou to come over and let Dr. Zhou sit here, he would never have been so calm when he saw that the group of officials and masters would soften at any time in the field.

After sending off all the officials led by Governor Chen, the frightened Steward Wu and Steward Song stood there, wiped the sweat from their foreheads, and said in their hearts that they had finally sent this group of officials away. One by one, not to mention the delay in normal work, and the quality of cultivation cannot be guaranteed, but they can't point it out and stop it, which really makes their people embarrassed for a long time. Moreover, if this group of officials and masters are tired in the field, things will not be easy to do. Fortunately, I didn't get sick or faint in the field, God willing.

Governor Chen refused, saying that the post house in the town would prepare by itself, and there was no need for the Hou Mansion to break the bank, and he would go resolutely.

Mr. Lu naturally tried his best to hold back, saying that the fruit and vegetable garden not far from here has prepared a banquet, and please enjoy your face. Qingyang and a few of them also stepped forward and asked the adults to go to the banquet as juniors.

Governor Chen took the officials to rest for a while, drank a bowl of mung bean soup, praised the comfort of the soup, and ordered him to return to Kangxi Town.

The servants and maids arranged by the ancient housekeeper immediately stepped forward, handed over clean face water, handed dry cloth towels (or wet cloth towels), and served the officials and masters to simply groom and tidy up their appearance. After that, hot tea or mung bean soup to relieve the heat was served, and the little maids and maids were busy.

The officials went into the tent and rested in a large tent that had been arranged in advance. The tables and pestles in the big tent were all set up in advance.

Not to mention, Governor Chen is definitely not putting on a show. He worked as a farmer for half an hour very seriously, and worked until noon, when it was almost time to stop work. An old man in his fifties and almost sixty, although his face is tired, he is still very energetic, and at first glance he is in excellent health. Xiao Zhixian and Yu Xianfu's faces were also good, and they were stopping to wipe their sweat. The other officials were miserable, except for three or four who maintained their images well, and most of the others were wolf-like, not to mention the crumbs on the edges and corners of their official robes, and they were helped out of the field in vain.

The peasants in the fields were also stupid. For the sake of safety, most of the work is far away from the officials. However, in order to let the inspecting officials see the cultivation process clearly, only five of their own people from the Hou Mansion were selected to work in front of the officials. Now these five people have been robbed of their jobs, acting as "guides" without mistake, while the officials and lords are clumsily cultivating (troubleshooting and scourge seeds)! Some of the peasants thought they were dreaming, and some thought they were dazzled. Of course, there are also people who are excited: these officials are so good that they can actually do farm work......

Mr. Lu smiled, but he was secretly scolding in his heart: surnamed Chen, you old fox, all the officials present let you be in a pot.

Qingyang, the four of them had a question mark in their eyes at that time, I don't know which one this is staged?

When the other officials saw it, there was the clever one, and they immediately snatched the basket of the seeders, and while asking the innocent ones for advice, they followed behind the plowstick and counted the seeds. followed by Xiao Zhixian and Yu Xianfu, who grabbed the job. The rest of the officials, regardless of whether they want to or not, the top boss of Governor Chen's mansion has become a farmer, how dare they not follow? As a result, there was such a scene on the fertile fields of the Hou Mansion, where a group of officials in official uniforms were clumsily, deep and shallow, doing farm work.

Looking at the people who were cultivating in full swing, Governor Chen was interested, rolled up his sleeves and stepped forward, and actually grabbed the plough stick supported by a strong man in front of him to plow the ground. Everyone was startled, and stepped forward to grab the plough stick, persuade the plowman, and stop the person. Today's saint attaches great importance to farming, and Governor Chen has been immersed in officialdom for many years, and the opportunity to show loyalty will not be missed. Therefore, with a wave of his hand, he took the plough stick domineeringly, and let others point him to be a farmer.

Seeing this, a young official twitched the corner of his mouth. Although he also had the heart to step on other people's footprints, he felt that it was too embarrassing, so he could only give up.

Gu Qingyang, Gu Qinghao, Chen Qiaojiang, and Luo Xiaorong, as Mr. Lu's students, are naturally some students. They lined up in order of size and followed in the footsteps of their husband.

Mr. Lu, you can't admire him. Yes, he doesn't understand the things of crops, and he can't walk steadily, but he is smart and has sharp eyes. There are so many officials with knives on the left and right sides of Governor Chen's Mansion who are responsible for protection, and Mr. Lu does not need to go hand in hand with Governor Chen's Mansion, and he is just ten steps behind. Therefore, Mr. Lu saw the footprints of the officials and stepped on the solid footprints of the officials.

Other officials were out of luck. Not only did the wolf bèi walk, but there was a lot of soil in the shoes, and the more I walked, the more uncomfortable and uncomfortable it was.

Xiaozhi County is close to the people, and he understands agricultural affairs, and has a high reputation among the people. Therefore, he walked very freely beside Chen Zhifu. Yu Xianfu has farmed at home, and he has nothing to say. The few agricultural officials who followed were not wolf-bèi.

Chen Zhifu was a military general when he was young, and he stayed away from the military camp after middle age. Moreover, Governor Chen's official is not a person who does not distinguish between grains and grains, and he has also had the experience of inspecting farming or autumn harvest in the countryside. Therefore, he knows how to walk steadily, so he walks quite steadily.

At this moment, Governor Chen had already walked into the field with all the officials. A ploughed, freshly cultivated field, when the ground is soft. One foot down, one foot is deep and one foot shallow. This is a bitter thing for some civil officials who are not diligent in their limbs and do not distinguish between grains and grains.

Steward Wu stepped back and gestured to the little stewards. The little stewards were very clever, and immediately took their respective responsible men into place and continued to farm.

Steward Gu immediately understood, turned back to Steward Wu behind him and said, "Let them disperse and continue to do things." ”

Xiao Zhixian glanced at the ancient housekeeper.

The crowd thanked and stood up one by one. Many people are so excited that they don't know where to put their hands and feet. Whether young or old, they are all farmers and ordinary people, where have you ever seen such a battle in the past? Where have you seen so many officials, such big officials?

Governor Chen asked everyone to get up and asked them to continue their work without restraint.

When the group arrived at their destination, it was already more than halfway through. More than 1,400 people who were working in the fields had stopped what they were doing and stood still. As soon as the officials of Governor Chen's office arrived, the person in charge gave an order, and a large number of people in the fields and fields fell to their knees in an instant.

The hour is over, and the hour has come. A group of officials led by Chen Zhifu boarded the carriage and were accompanied by local officials such as Xiao Zhixian and Yu Xianfu and set off for the fields of Houfu.

At three o'clock, Mr. Lu came to the government with four students. The ancient steward followed with eight family members, and there were eagle guards led by Luo San himself on the side.

Qing Shu watched the eagle guard escort the carriage away, and ordered Cai Tieniu to close the door of the mansion. Although she stayed in the house, she was not without nothing to do. She had already assigned a number of people, and every half an hour someone would come back to inform her of the progress of the "inspection of spring ploughing." If something happens or if something goes wrong, the person who sent it out can also come back and report it to her as soon as possible.

Chen Qiaojiang and the four of them agreed, and respectfully asked Mr. to sit in the carriage first, and then board the carriage in the order from childhood to adulthood.

At this moment, the four students were wearing identical bright blue scholar robes and scholar hats, lined up, and their spirits were shining and vibrant. Mr. Lu nodded, "Get in the car, it's time to go." ”

Eight-year-old Luo Xiaorong is still the little Zhengtai with red lips and white teeth, full of childishness and very likable. Because he was the youngest and very well-behaved, Mr. Lu was never strict with him.

Ten-year-old Qinghao is still that shy, harmless, and beautiful little boy in the eyes of others. But Mr. Lu knew that this child was a pig and a tiger. Fortunately, he is not crooked, he will not take the initiative to calculate people, and he is very good at defending his brother. He will certainly not be a simple character when he grows up.

Ten-year-old Qingyang, looking at his face, is still a little boy with beautiful eyebrows, and still a young boy. But at this moment, his expression was full of maturity and solemnity that did not match his age. In this regard, Mr. Lu was both distressed and comforted.

Chen Qiaojiang, who is already eleven years old, has a childish little boy on his face and is fading, and he has moved towards a young man. Mr. Lu knew in his heart that this child could not calm down and study, not for learning. But this does not mean that this child is a waste of wood, and his future is elsewhere. If you guide it properly, there will be a time when you will spread your wings and fly high.

Mr. Lu was satisfied, but his face was not obvious, and his face was stern.

At two o'clock, Chen Qiaojiang, Qingyang, Qinghao, and Luo Xiaorong changed their clothes, lined up in front of Mr. Lu, and said in unison, "The student has seen Mr. ”

In a blink of an eye, the next day, the people in Fuzhong got up before dawn and got busy, and hurried to have breakfast. With the morning light, when the town gate opened, Steward Wu, Steward Zhang, and Steward Ding took two eagle guards to ride out of the town and galloped away.

If Mother Su was present, she would definitely have to nag Qingshu for not being a young lady, and she would take the young masters to mess around.

Qinghao is naturally very face-saving, and leans over to take a bite of the flesh.

Qingshu immediately handed the other side of the apple he hadn't bitten to Qingyang's mouth, and watched Qingyang bite down on the flesh with a crisp click, and he was satisfied. After that, the apple turned in his hand, avoiding the two bites and handed it to Qing Hao's mouth.

Qingyang nodded, poked his head over, and opened his mouth to sigh.

Qing Shu smiled, "Apples have to be eaten like this to be delicious!" Peeling, cutting into pieces, etc., is made for outsiders to see. We're all our own people, and we don't laugh at each other. ”

Qing Hao's eyes widened, and he took a slow step to remind, "Not yet...... "He was a little annoyed in his heart, why did he forget to cut the apple when he handed it over!

"It's nice to have two younger brothers who can feel sorry!" Qing Shu sighed, took a sip of water, put the water cup on the table, and then brought the apple to his mouth, "clicked" softly, and took a bite of the flesh and ate it happily.

Qing Hao smiled, two small dimples appeared on his face, "It's washed." ”

Qingyang looked sideways at Qinghao, "Have you washed the apples?" ”

Qing Shu smiled and squinted, the tired face swept away, holding a glass of water in one hand and an apple in the other.

Qing Hao was also unambiguous, and he didn't know where to take the apple and handed it to Qing Shu.

Qingyang and Qinghao, as the future pillars of the ancient mansion, were naturally present when Qingshu recruited people to discuss the matter. It's just that the two of them have been listening carefully from beginning to end and haven't spoken. Seeing that the housekeeper and stewards had retreated, Qingyang hurriedly poured a cup of warm water and served it to Qingshu, "Sister, drink saliva and moisten your throat." ”

After everyone withdrew from Qingshu's study, they did not disperse, but were recruited by the ancient housekeeper to continue the discussion.

Qingshu recruited the ancient housekeeper and Steward Wu, Steward Zhang, and Steward Ding, as well as the backyard steward Su's mother and the housekeeper's lady Lan Yuan to discuss tomorrow's affairs. She reaffirmed the scope of duties and responsibilities of the stewards, reiterated many important precautions, and finally warned everyone that if anyone made the slightest mistake, they would be severely punished.

Mr. Lu was not satisfied when he heard this, and while brushing his beard, he praised Qingshu for being sensible, and did not forget to order food. Because he had dinner with Governor Chen at the post house, and because of the tiring journey all the way, he no longer stayed and went back to his residence to wash and settle down.

Qingshu had no objection, readily agreed, and thanked Mr. Lu in advance, and took the initiative to ask Ying, saying that he would personally arrange a table of banquets to thank Mr. Lu afterwards.

Mr. Lu took the five pages, read them carefully, and nodded, "Yes, many details have been noted." With that, he put the paper full of words on the table in front of Qing Shu, "The people here tomorrow are all officials from all levels of the Huizhou Mansion. You are a woman, it is not suitable to show your face, just stay in the mansion and sit in the town. In front of them, Mr. is a little thin, and tomorrow he will lead four students to accompany him. ”

Qing Shu put down the brush, made sure that there was nothing missing, and dried the ink, and then respectfully held the five pages in front of Mr. Lu and asked Mr. Lu to help look at them.

Therefore, after Mr. Lu returned home, Qingshu consulted Mr. Lu about some matters that need to be paid attention to tomorrow, as well as some small details that he was not sure about. After that, she took out four pages of information that had taken an afternoon to draw up the procedures for the reception and the precautions to be taken during the reception, and added the information she had learned from Mr. Lu on the blank paper on the fifth page.

Qing Shu is not stupid, naturally he will not do anything that offends the local government, let alone move forward without anything, and recruit himself for the kind of things that may not be pleasing even if he works hard. Moreover, tomorrow, the Hou Mansion will have to work up 120,000 points of spirit and make every effort to deal with the inspection of spring ploughing by the officials of Governor Chen's mansion!

It is the duty of lower-level officials to give hospitality to higher-level leaders. You are an empty shelf with a Hou Mansion, and there is no Hou Mansion at all, to grab the credit and opportunity that others deserve, isn't that to attract hatred and attract hatred? Moreover, most of the officials have very large shelves, many problems, and the preferences of each official are different, there are many things that need to be paid attention to, and it is so easy to serve! Only those who are officials can deal with those who are officials, and they know the way inside.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Mr. Lu, who was traveling with Governor Chen and other officials, returned to the town. Officials such as the Chen Governor's Mansion have their own local government to receive them warmly, and there are official post houses for night rest, so there is no need for the Hou Mansion to worry about it. Moreover, the Hou Mansion could not worry about this matter, let alone interfere in the affairs of arranging officials. Because one is not done well, it is easy to get into trouble.

Qing Shu closed the letter and smiled. Since Yu Yan said that it was a big surprise, then this big surprise must refer to the marriage between Lord Yun and Fifth Brother Bu. It seems that Fifth Brother Bu himself is also willing, otherwise Yu Yan would not be so happy. Fifth Brother Bu actually left like this quietly, she couldn't say congratulations in person today, it's a pity! She guessed that the county lord of Yun also liked Brother Bu, to be precise, he had a crush, and he had a crush for five or six years. Men and women who love each other are the happiest when they become husband and wife! Lovers will eventually become married, and I wish them to grow old together in love!

This is a handwritten letter from Lord Yun. Lord Yun said in the letter that he missed Qingshu very much and asked when Qingshu would enter Beijing. The jewelry in the box was something she had chosen for a long time. I originally wanted to send it a year ago, but I was missing one of the twelve pieces at that time, so I sent it late, and I hope Qingshu won't blame it. Moreover, her marriage has been decided, which was given by the Holy Father, and she was married on the seventh day of September this year. Her county horse is Step Five. She invited Qingshu to Beijing to drink the wedding wine.

She opened the paper to the side, took out the fine box and opened it on the table, revealing a letter inside. She held the letter in one hand and uncovered the smooth silk with the other, and saw a box full of golden jewelry. She raised her eyebrows in surprise, and quickly tore open the sealed envelope and took the letter inside.

Qing Shu hooked the corners of his lips, took the key left by Bu Wu, and opened the small lock on the wooden box. When I lifted the lid of the wooden box, I saw that it contained a beautifully carved mahogany box, and on top of the box lay half a sheet of paper. On the paper, there are five words "there is a big surprise inside". This is obviously Yu Yan's handwriting.

Qing Shu first read Bu Yuyan's letter. From the letter, I knew that Bu Yuyan was honestly settling the baby under the supervision of the elders, and the family was fine. She couldn't help but smile. At the end of the letter, Yu Yan mentioned that the wooden box was given by Lord Yun, so she didn't have to worry about it, although she accepted it, there was a surprise inside.

Full of wine and food, Bu Wu left a cart of gifts, a wooden box and a letter brought by Bu Yuyan, and he didn't even rest, and took someone to say goodbye and return to Jinyang City.

Qing Shu prepared a table of sumptuous dishes, two of which she cooked by herself.

Not to mention the high-minded talk of everyone here, when Qingyang, Buwu and his party went back, lunch in the house was ready. The ancient butler was standing in front of the Hou Mansion and waiting, and as soon as the people arrived, they welcomed the door.

After the explanation and correction of the farmers of Houfu, they knew that the bud valley could not be densely planted. There should be a certain spacing when dotting seeds, and there should be no more than two or three seeds under the dot. After the seedlings emerge, they have to be seedlings and seedlings. After that, it is best to hoe the grass twice. When the seedlings grow to the waist height of adults, it is necessary to apply fertilizer twice and plow once. The advantage of this plough is that it not only buries the fertilizer applied in the soil, which is conducive to the full absorption of nutrients by the bud seedlings, but also plays a role in loosening the soil and avoiding soil clods. Again, the water has to keep up. If there is enough rain, it will save you the trouble of watering. In times of drought, it is necessary to water in time for high yields.

The two were not bragging or talking nonsense, but they were talking about the skills they had learned about planting and tending buds. In the past, everyone planted buds and grains habitually densely planted, and they were not willing to plant seedlings after they emerged, and the bud grains were small in the autumn harvest, and the rice grains on the sticks were also thin. Everyone thought that this was a normal phenomenon, and they didn't think much about it at all, thinking that dense planting would increase yield.

The other was a young man of medium height, fine white skin, twenty-six or seventeen years old. He has a little ink in his stomach, but not much, and he always likes to hold a folding fan in his hand to pass the addiction of a literati and inkman. He is an authentic farmer, and he is from a neighboring village with a middle-aged man surnamed Huang. The two have always looked at each other unpleasantly, and they will compete when they encounter a place. At this moment, he also gathered a group of people around him to talk about it.

One is a middle-aged man surnamed Huang wearing an old silk robe and an old scholar's hat. He touched his sparse beard and talked to the people around him from time to time. He was admitted to Xiucai when he was young, but he had a bad chance, offended people, and ran into walls everywhere he went. He was furious, and he returned to his hometown to farm in desperation, and became a talented farmer. Once they became farmers, they came to learn technology on behalf of their village.

The most active in the crowd were two people.

There are so many people who have other thoughts, but they only dare to keep their careful thoughts tightly and hide them tightly, and they dare not speak out in this situation to provoke public anger.

The big guys sit or squat in the shade to eat, some laugh, some talk loudly, and some silently listen to others while eating. They said nothing more than all about the trip. Not to mention that the Hou Mansion has money for three meals a day, and it is free to sleep in a tent at night, which is a great favor for them to learn the magic of planting buds. When encountering such a good thing, what is it to contribute to planting for two or three days? It's so cheap to eat! They were full of thoughts about the true benevolence and righteousness of Miss Houfu and Young Master.

Each person has a bowl of meat and vegetables, each person has a two-mixed nest, and the bud grain noodles or coarse grain rice are beaten according to their own rice amount. If it is not enough, it can be fought again, but it is resolute not to waste food with leftovers.

Lunch was ready in the kitchen, and it was time for the workers in the fields to take a lunch break. The big guys talked and laughed and walked to the ditch where the water flowed to wash their hands and faces. After washing first, the little steward in charge gathered together, divided into three teams in front of the three thatched huts, lined up, and ate one by one.

Most of those who come here are ordinary people who spend half of a penny, and they are clear about the price of grain, meat, and vegetables, and they don't know where the Hou Mansion is doing a "deal" that is losing money! It is a very solid orange bud noodle nest, as well as a large stew with meat, and then pickles and cold vegetables. This meal is not cheap, and it is not expensive to charge 20 cents per person. How can anyone not be happy about such a cheap thing! Therefore, even the nearby villagers, many people have handed over copper plates and prepared three meals a day to solve the problem here.

Regarding three meals a day, find a way to solve it yourself or pay some money to eat the meals prepared by the Hou Mansion. To eat what the Hou Mansion prepares, you only need to pay twelve copper plates a day, and what the Hou Mansion eats for three meals a day, the people who pay the copper plates also eat. Breakfast standard, bud grain noodles big nest head, multigrain porridge and small pickles under the rice, the tube is full; Lunch and dinner standards, bud grain noodles big wotou, coarse grain rice dry rice, a large stew with meat, the same cold dish, tube full. Everyone is enthusiastic about their work, and they will add a dish. Just like at noon today, not only is a large stew of meat slices added, but everyone will also be given a nest head with two mixed noodles.

As for accommodation, you will either have to figure it out by yourself or you will stay in a tent. There is such a group of veterans led by Xue En, and the materials for building a tent are complete, and it is easy to set up a tent. In addition to the tents where they lived, they also temporarily set up ten tents at the request of outsiders. Seven or eight, a dozen or so people squeezed into a tent is no problem at all.

People are inseparable from food, clothing, shelter and transportation. Most of the people working in the fields here, except for themselves, are outsiders. And these outsiders, who are from nearby villages, can bring lunch to work after eating at home early in the morning, and can go home to eat after work in the evening, and then rest at home. If it's not for people from nearby villages, it's not good, and food and accommodation are a problem. Therefore, the Hou government came up with a corresponding method.

Sister-in-law Wu finished cutting the meat at hand, put it in the basin, and quickly picked up the chopping board and kitchen knife, and then washed her hands. The four stove nests are steamed and steamed (one pot can steam two drawers), the nest heads that are steamed out of the pot are sorted out, and the drawers are stacked up and put aside, and the drawer on the top is covered with a white sand cloth to prevent ash. A total of nearly 200 drawers of nest heads were steamed out before and after. On the other side, the coarse grain rice and dry rice were also boiled in five pots, and the two mixed nests were steamed in eight drawers. The pots on the six stoves that had been vacated were immediately washed and began to make bone stews and stews.

Gu Yuanbao Yile helped add firewood to the stove for a while, and then walked away.

Sister-in-law Wu kept cutting meat slices in her hand, and said happily, "A bone stew, a big stew." The stew has large slices of meat and your favorite pumpkin. "The pumpkin can be put away, and there are many people who love to eat it, and it was bought from the south by the young lady a few days ago. A whole cart is enough for many people to eat for a few days.

Gu Yuanbao walked into the thatched shed, "Sister-in-law Wu, what kind of food are you eating at noon today?" ”

In a thatched hut the size of three houses that serves as a makeshift kitchen, Sister-in-law Wu is directing a group of women to prepare lunch in full swing. On the left, the four large stoves are on fire in unison, and the ones who wrap the nest and steam the nest head are busy. In the middle, those who wash vegetables, cut meat, chop big bones, and shake cold vegetables are busy and unhurried. On the right, two large stoves are opened, one stove is ready to cook coarse grain dry rice, and someone is washing rice; A stove is preparing a nest head of steamed white flour and bud grain noodles, and someone is wrapping two nests.

The meal of more than 1,000 people is the meal of a big-bellied man, and it is not easy to prepare.

Gu Yuanbao first went to the area he was in charge of, and when he saw that there was nothing wrong, he moved to the big tent in charge of cooking.

Steward Zhang, Steward Song, and Gu Yuanbao watched the master and his party leave, and then they separated from each other.

So, Qingyang asked people to bring everyone's horses, and Buwu and his party left here to drive to the town.

After they laughed for a while, seeing that the time was almost up, Steward Zhang reminded him, "Young master, it's not too early." If you don't turn around, I'm afraid you'll miss lunch time in the house. "It's not a short distance from the fields here to the mansion in the town. Even it takes more than half an hour to ride a horse, and an hour to travel slowly.

Chen Qiaojiang responded loudly, then cleared his throat, put his hands behind his back, regarded himself as a big brother, and followed Mr. Lu's appearance when he was teaching. Qingyang and Qinghao are not happy. On weekdays, Chen Qiaojiang is the best at messing around, and he doesn't look like a big brother at all, not to mention that he is taught by Mr. Lu in the school from time to time, how can he be a role model! Qingyang and Qinghao were not convinced, and they were not considered outsiders, so the three of them quickly laughed together.

Bu Wu chuckled, "Okay, Qiao Jiang has to supervise the two of them well." ”

Qingyang and Qinghao glanced at each other, and then looked at Chen Qiaojiang, who was pretending to be a big-tailed wolf with their eyes.

Chen Qiaojiang had been silent before, quietly following them. Now that he finally found a chance to speak, he patted Qingyang's shoulder with his left hand and Qinghao's shoulder with his right hand, and said with a smile, "Brother Bu, don't worry, I will keep an eye on the two of them." Whoever dares to betray brotherhood, I, as a big brother, will clean them up until they repent. ”

Qingyang and Qinghao responded without hesitation, because they understood the deep meaning of Brother Bu's words. Mr. Lu also said something similar to them once during the lecture. Mr. Lu said that at present, the children of their Gu family are scarce and weak, which is the weakness of the Gu family, and it is not as good as the flourishing nobles. If the Gu family wants to develop well, go more steadily, and go further, the two brothers must work together from beginning to end, and must not do anything that is separated from brothers. "Brothers work together to break gold", Mr. Lu wrote this ink treasure, which is now hanging on the wall of the brothers' study.

Bu Wu said, "Whether you get ahead in the future, marry a wife and have children, even if you reach the age of gray hair, remember to be brothers no matter when and where." ”

Qingyang and Qinghao were stunned for a moment, and immediately replied in unison, "Yes, thank you for the teachings of the fifth brother." ”

Bu Wu felt a lot of emotion in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. He looked at the close Qingyang and Qinghao brothers, and couldn't help but raise his hand and touch their heads one by one, and said with a rare expression, "Don't live up to your sister's heart!" ”

How easy it is to raise a family and plan for the future of your young brother! The hardships and ups and downs are only experienced by Qingshu himself. She is an admirable woman, step by step, steady and steady to get to where she is today. Now that the situation is good, she has won praise for Qingyang, and she will continue to take prudent measures in the future, coupled with Qingyang's own efforts and Zhou Boyan's help, it is a matter of time before Qingyang gets ahead.

Step 5 couldn't help sighing. Just for spring ploughing, Qingshu can conjure up so many tricks, it's too tossing. But after thinking about it again, there are no elders behind the Qingshu sisters and brothers to rely on, Qingyang is still young, and now all the qiē is supported by Qingshu with a thin back. Although there are four big characters hanging on the door of the mansion, the deceased is gone, except for the names provided to Qingshu, Miss Qingyang Houfu, and the young master, the role played is limited after all.

Not to mention the strong laborers who participated in the spring ploughing today, I heard that many housekeepers in the rich family's mansions or stewards in the grange came to the ancient housekeeper today. These people are looking for the ancient housekeeper for nothing else, but also to learn the high-yield bud grain seed value technique. Naturally, they couldn't enjoy the free treatment of the farmers, and in order to befriend the Hou Mansion and not want to play tricks behind their backs, they offered to pay silver to learn planting techniques, hoping that the Hou Mansion would agree. In this matter, I heard that Steward Zhang said that the housekeeper had already responded. The housekeeper asked those in charge to pay the tuition and take people to Baimaozhuang early tomorrow morning to find Steward Wu to report.

For farmers in nearby villages, the Hou government allowed them to exchange jobs. As the name suggests, the people of the nearby villages can go out to work to help the Hou Mansion spring ploughing, and then they can use the Hou Mansion's ploughing cattle for free. The standard of the au pair is: strong laborers help for two days, and one ploughing ox can be used for one day for free. The daily limit for au pairs is 50. Very few farmers can afford to raise cattle, and in some villages there is not a single cow in the entire village. Therefore, the exchange of jobs in the Hou Mansion was very popular with the peasants. There are a lot of people who come to the au pair, and there are many people who are queuing up after signing up.

The third batch of manpower:

In the villages within the town of Kangxi Town, after Qingshu nodded, the limited number of people was changed from three to five. In this way, there are more than 100 people. Suddenly, Sunjia Village was excluded and did not get a single place. In this regard, none of the people in the nearby villages were surprised, and the officials of the town government remained silent. It's really the Sun family in Sunjia Village who is too capable of doing things, and they always do things that offend people, especially offending the Hou Mansion more than once.

Thanks to the involvement of the government and the full support of the governor of Huizhou, Governor Chen, the local government quickly and effectively organized the villagers to participate in the study. According to the official government documents, each village can only send a maximum of three croppers to participate in the learning activity on behalf of their respective villages. After these people have learned, they will go back and teach the villagers in their respective villages. In this way, the number of peasants organized by the government in various parts of Huizhou reached six or seven hundred. And that's not even counting the local ones in Kangxi.

The people live on food. The Hou government's move is a great plan that will benefit the peasants and the development of the people's livelihood, and the government attaches great importance to it. At the entrance of the yamen and the town gate of Kangxi Town, the notice about the Hou Mansion teaching farmers to plant high-yield buds for free was posted, which caused a sensation in the entire Kangxi Town. Li Zheng, the village chiefs and the villagers flocked to Kangxi Town to inquire about the news. Hou's move not only caused a sensation in Kangxi Town, but also caused a sensation in the entire Dexian County and the entire Huizhou.

"Learn from the Hou Mansion", this "scripture" is naturally about the cultivation of bud valley. The Hou Mansion has already stated in advance that as long as it is a farmer, as long as it is a farmer of the Da'an Dynasty, it can take this new "scripture" of planting buds from the Hou Mansion. Although the Hou Mansion does not charge the fee for teaching planting techniques (i.e., silver taels), there is one thing, those who come to learn the scriptures have to work, and they have to follow the method of planting buds while participating in the cultivation work of the Hou Mansion.

Second Batch of Manpower:

The more than 1,000 people who worked in the fields were removed from the above people, and the remaining people were the second batch of people who came to learn from the Hou Mansion and the third batch of people who were used by the Hou Mansion for au pairs.

Ten people from Baimaozhuang, sixty people from the fruit and vegetable garden, plus three hundred and forty-three people led by Xue En, this became the Hou Mansion's own people, forming the first batch of people among the members of the three parties. Steward Zhang, Steward Song (newly promoted), and Gu Yuanbao, as managers, are not on the list of laborers. The Girl Scouts who were transferred to take charge of the cooking were not included in the labor list.

There are also three hundred and forty-three veterans. These men were brought in by a bearded man named Sheen in his early thirties ten days ago. Qingshu will leave Xue En and the abdication soldiers brought by Xue En for only one reason, Xue En has Zhou Boyan's handwritten letter of recommendation in his hand. In this matter, Zhou Boyan greeted Qing Shu before leaving in the first month of the year, and asked Qing Shu to help arrange work for these people. Qing Shu was mentally prepared in advance, so when people arrived, she left everyone behind without the slightest hesitation. She was in need of a large number of agricultural laborers, so it was easy to arrange for these more than 300 people and sign a three-year employment contract with them.

Manager Zhang, who is in charge of the fruit and vegetable garden, sent 60 people from the fruit and vegetable garden to support, and only the old and weak women and children and about a dozen young people stayed in the fruit and vegetable garden. Some of these sixty men were also appointed as temporary stewards, and each of them was also assigned fifty outsiders. (Note: Qingshu renamed the fruit and vegetable garden for thousands of acres of wasteland, just because the wasteland is no longer wasteland, but has become an orchard and vegetable garden.) Here, the hill behind it has been planted with various fruit trees adapted to the soil of the hill and trees that can be used as building materials; Three hundred acres of orchards have been developed under the hill, as well as a large vegetable garden and houses built last year. Here, there is a new Hou Mansion in the design and construction. Half of the mansions planned to be built last year were also included, and the Xinhou Mansion not only expanded its area, but also improved the overall design scheme. The earth heating facility that was originally scheduled for winter heating was changed to a ground dragon. The Xinhou Mansion is expected to be completed in late summer and moved in early autumn. ）

Steward Wu of Baimaozhuang only transferred ten capable people over. When these ten men arrived here, they immediately assumed the post of temporary steward, and each of them was given fifty men, and they were to strictly manage the fifty men assigned to them. Naturally, the people who were assigned to them were outsiders, that is, people who signed up to learn how to grow buds. (Note: The original 80 acres of grange plus more than 100 acres of secondary fields that had been successfully cultivated last year after being purchased were managed by Wu Langtou, the manager of Wu.) In order to facilitate the title and management, Qingshu officially named this piece Baimaozhuang, which is still in charge of Steward Wu. ）

The first batch of manpower:

Naturally, the labor force of 1,128 people could not all be from the Hou Mansion, nor could it be said that they came to help. They consist of three groups of men.

Qingyang began to explain, and if there was any omission, Qinghao would add it from the side. On the side, there were stewards, Gu Yuanbao and others. Half an hour later, Bu Wu finally figured out the cultivation situation in front of him.

Step 5 was very unexpected. There were no tenant farmers, and there were no hired people, and the Hou Mansion itself certainly didn't have so many people who worked, could it be that these people came to help? Even if they came to help, the number of them was a little bigger.

Qingyang smiled at Buwu, "No, there is no one hired." ”

He couldn't help but ask curiously, "Most of the labor is hired?" He only returned to Jinyang City yesterday, and heard from his subordinates that Governor Chen would come to the fields of the Hou Mansion tomorrow to inspect the spring ploughing matters, and also heard that the Hou Mansion was going to teach the farmers the planting techniques of high-yield buds this spring. The specifics are not clear.

Bu Wu listened, looked at Qingyang and said with a smile, "Your sister can indeed toss." "Not to mention the big families, generally those who have more than 500 acres of land in their hands will basically give up most of the land, and they can collect rent every year. Qingshu is good, he already has 15,000 acres of fertile land, a Baimao Village, a fruit and vegetable garden, and two pieces of land in the process of reclamation, and the total number of fields has reached almost two hectares. Two acres of land is not a small amount, but she has not rented out a single acre of land, and she is all cultivating it herself.

Gu Yuanbao replied, "Master Hui, there are one thousand and twenty-eight people today. "Yesterday there were more than 900 strong laborers who participated in the labor, and today there are 200 more than yesterday. Tomorrow is the last day of ploughing, and it is estimated that the number of people involved in the labour will have to increase, and the increase is expected to be between one hundred and fifteen.

Qingyang replied, "Yes, there are a thousand." With that, he looked sideways at the Gu Yuan Bao who was following behind him, "How many people are involved in cultivating today?" ”

Bu Wu walked unhurriedly on the ground with his hands behind his back, "There are a lot of people in this place, are there a thousand?" ”

There are 6,000 acres of fertile land in this place, planted in patches, using more than 100 ploughing cattle and thousands of laborers, and the labor scene is very considerable. Although Qingyang has been away from home for more than ten days, he knows what is going on in the field. On the one hand, it was because his sister's spring ploughing plan was written by him, and on the other hand, his sister sent someone to inform him every other day about the big and small things in the family.

Fifth Brother Bu finally came to visit, and Qing Shu would not spoil his interest. She instructed Qingyang, Qinghao, and Chen Qiaojiang to accompany Buwu, and she called back Xiaojuan and Lichun, who were digging wild vegetables, and took Luo Xiaorong and the ancient housekeeper and others back to the house first.

Speaking of Bu Yuyan's matter, Bu Wu showed a strong interest in the hot farming scene in the field.

Qing Shu smiled and said congratulations, and couldn't help but envy Bu Yuyan's good life. Yu Yan has a good family background, is favored by her elders, and has seven brothers who protect her shorts. Under such conditions, Yu Yan not only did not grow crooked, but also married well. In the future, as long as either the Bu family or the Gu family does not fall, Yu Yan will live a worry-free life.

Bu Wu didn't know what Qing Shu was thinking, "Fortunately, the little sister respects the elders and doesn't dare to mess around in front of the elders." The elders said that if you are unwell, you have to see a doctor, and you should not avoid medical treatment. That's when she obediently looked at the doctor. Hehe...... As soon as this happy pulse was diagnosed, the little sister was stupid. After that, the little sister was very well-behaved, and the elders said whatever they wanted, and they were honestly raising the fetus with peace of mind. ”

Qing Shu twitched the corners of his mouth as he listened. I thought to myself: Bu Yuyan, you are so good, you are very good at tossing Gu Ruixing, the ancient version of a good husband. There is also Brother Bu, although you said that you trained Yu Yan, but according to your sister's physique, you have to say that you persuaded Yu Yan with good words and I believe it, but if you want to say that you trained Yu Yan, the girl resolutely does not believe it. Fifth brother, you said that you were reprimanded by your grandfather, grandmother and father, how can I not see you being "wronged" at all, but I think you are very "happy" to be trained!

Speaking of this, he said with a doting look on his face, "I can't see it, I reprimanded her a few words." She immediately cried like a cat. This matter was known to my family in a blink of an eye, and I was reprimanded by my grandfather and grandmother for more than an hour. After that, my father and mother reprimanded me for half an hour. is married to a woman, not long-hearted at all, still like a grumpy child, just a fool. Fortunately, my sister-in-law was careful, and when she saw that she was wrong, she found a doctor and prepared to show her. She was fine, but she made a fuss again, but she refused to see the doctor. ”

Bu Wu sighed sullenly, "She has the intention to write about her physical discomfort in the letter, so that you know it from thousands of miles away, but she doesn't tell her family, and she hides it very tightly." During that time, she was having a temper with her sister-in-law, seeing that Tian'er was not eating well, she wanted to eat the signature dishes of this restaurant today, and tomorrow she wanted to eat this and that from the alley, so she had to ask her sister-in-law to buy it for her personally. My sister-in-law bought it back, but after eating a bite or two, she felt that the taste was wrong, so she refused to take another bite, and said that her sister-in-law bullied her. You don't know, she can toss her sister-in-law enough, but she doesn't mention that she is unwell, just has a small temper. Everyone thought she was having a small temper and deliberately tossing her sister-in-law, who would have thought of anything else! Whether it's at home or on her sister-in-law's side, they all spoil her and coax her, which one can't bear to reprimand her. My sister-in-law is also a good one, and she does everything possible to coax her and let her make trouble. ”

Qing Shu heard the words in the five words of the step, and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?" ”

When Bu Wu heard this, he shook his head helplessly and smiled, "Yu Yan, that girl, I really don't know what to say about her!" "I was unwell, and my family didn't say anything in front of me, but I actually wrote a letter to inform Qingshu thousands of miles away. Unconscious girl!

This is sure that Yu Yan is happy! With Zhun Xin'er, the smile in Qing Shu's eyes became even stronger, "Where is there any ability to predict the prophet!" Yu Yan wrote a letter before, and many words were written in the letter, writing that she was unwell recently, easily tired, and had a poor appetite, and would be in a bad mood for no reason from time to time. I was very worried at first, and immediately wrote a reply letter to someone to send her to the capital, so that she could see a doctor. Later, I asked Dr. Zhou again. Dr. Zhou asked me to feel at ease, saying that six or seven times out of ten I was happy. ”

Bu Wu raised his eyebrows and asked quietly, "How did Sister Shu know?" Is there an unpredictable prophet who can't do it? "The little sister who was held in the palm of their seven brothers only diagnosed Ximai ten days ago. The little sister's letter to Qing Shu is still in his arms, how did Qing Shu know?

Qing Shu smiled and bent her eyebrows, "Is Yu Yan happy?" ”

Bu Wu's smile is neither thick nor light, and he can be called a gentleman like jade. "Sister Lao remembers, the family is fine." I have known each other for more than two years, and when he found that Qingshu was really close to someone, he liked to ask, "Is the family okay?" ”。 When Qingshu is not really close to a person, or the relationship is only a nodding friend, when she meets someone, she will only ask out of politeness, "Is Fuzhong okay?" ”。

Qing Shu looked at Bu Wu and asked with a smile, "Fifth brother, is the family okay?" ”

Qing Shu didn't stop it, nor was he in a hurry to ask why Qing Yang came back half a day early. Previously, the official sent a message that Mr. Lu took his students Qingyang, Chen Qiaojiang and Chen Zhifu to arrive in Kangxi Town in the evening at the latest. No, Qingyang came back before midnight and rushed to the field. The arrival of step five was also an accident. The news received two days ago indicated that Bu Wu had been in the capital and had no plans to return to Jinyang City recently. I don't know if Mr. Lu traveled with Governor Chen according to the original itinerary?

After the two sides walked together and greeted each other, Chen Qiaojiang pretended to be angry and grabbed Luo Xiaorong, "Okay, you Luo Xiaorong, you only have your Qingyang brother in your eyes, you dare to ignore my big brother, see that I don't beat your ......" Luo Xiaorong shouted for help and hid behind Qingyang. Immediately, the four brothers were in a mess.

Luo Xiaorong gave up Qingshu with a smile, and ran over shouting "Brother Qingyang" in his mouth.

At this time, Bu Wu and his group happened to turn a few rows of trees and had already come into sight. There is a distance of about 12,300 meters between the two sides, which is not far. Chen Qiaojiang waved his hand and ran forward.

Qing Shu clapped his hands and walked back with Qing Hao and Luo Xiaorong. Gu Yuanbao, Luo San and Fu Huan followed them.

Xiaojuan agreed and continued to dig wild vegetables with Lichun.

Qingshu suddenly thought that every year he eats cold wild vegetables, and last year he tried to eat wild vegetables dipped in sauce, but he had never made stuffing. It should be good to make a bun or pie with wild vegetables and pork filling, so you can try it. She looked at the amount of wild vegetables she had dug up, and it was estimated that there would not be much after boiling water, and it was definitely not enough to make stuffing. So, while handing the knife, the curved handle knife used to dig wild vegetables, she ordered, "You and Lichun stay, and dig up the basket of shepherd's cabbage and dandelions before going back." ”

Therefore, since she came to this plane, she has taken the lead in eating some fresh wild vegetables every spring. Qingyang naturally has the same example, and is used to eating some wild vegetables with his sister. Later, whether it was Qinghao or Luo Xiaorong, they all had this good habit. Now only Chen Qiaojiang is not used to eating wild vegetables, but he still eats a few bites every time.

Eating freshly picked fresh shepherd's cabbage and dandelion in spring can clear away heat and detoxify, which is very beneficial to the human body. Naturally, this heat-clearing and detoxifying effect is the best in the wild. Some people also say that these two wild vegetables are the most suitable for people with three highs. Although Qingshu is not a three-high group and does not like to eat wild vegetables, she pays attention to their benefits to the human body.

Let's talk about Qingshu, Qinghao and Luo Xiaorong. They were happy to dig wild vegetables, so they went farther and farther as the wild vegetables were distributed. There are not only the two maids Xiaojuan and Lichun, who are digging wild vegetables, but also the guards Luo San and Fu Huan to follow. Therefore, no one worries about safety and naturally walks away with peace of mind. When Gu Yuanbao found it, each of the three small baskets they brought out was almost half a basket of wild vegetables. One basket is shepherd's cabbage, one basket is dandelion, and one basket is amaranth.

Butler Gu didn't think much about it, and personally led the way in front and walked towards the meadow to the east. Looking over the grass to the east from their direction, there were rows of tall trees and bushes that blocked the view from a distance of about a thousand meters. So, what exactly is going on on the other side of the tree, they can't see.

The little guy wanted to speak and stopped. He had the heart to stop it, but he couldn't think of a good excuse to stop it. Moreover, Gu Yuanbao has already taken the first step to find Miss to deliver news, so it should be fine. In this way, he dismissed the idea of stopping.

Qingyang and Chen Qiaojiang naturally have no opinion. Qingyang has been away from home for eleven days, so he is naturally anxious to see his sister.

Step Five listened and said, "Let's go for a walk too." Walk, lead the way. ”

At this moment, the little maid sent to invite Qingshu came back, and reported that the young lady had gone for a walk in the grass to the east and had sent someone to look for it. He was clever and didn't directly say that the young lady was digging wild vegetables.

The ancient housekeeper hurriedly said, "Back to Young Master Chen, the young lady is in the main account, and the old slave has sent someone to invite him." ”

Chen Qiaojiang ignored them, just looked around for Qing Shu's figure, "What about my sister?" Didn't you say that my sister came here? They went back to the house first, and when they learned that their sister had gone to Zhuangzi, they rushed to Zhuangzi. The people on the Zhuangzi said that my sister was here, and they found this place without saying a word.

Qingyang heard the praise for his sister in the tone of the fifth brother, and immediately answered with a proud face, "That's natural." ”

Step five steps Feihu is still the handsome and elegant fifth son. His eyes swept over the more than 1,000 people working in the field and said, "Sister Qingshu is different from what she does, hehe......" He thought to himself: If Qingshu is a man, he will be able to achieve a great cause and have a bright future. It's a pity, just because she is a woman, she can't embark on a career in office, so she can only make a name for Qingyang bit by bit in her own way, seek a future, and prepare for Qingyang's future career.

The ancient housekeeper stepped forward to salute one by one, "I've seen the eldest young master." "I've seen Young Master Chen." "I've seen the fifth son."

A team of more than ten horsemen approached the goal, and the knights pulled the reins one after another to slow down, so that the mounts walked to the ancient butler and others who stepped forward to greet them. The knights rolled over and dismounted. The horse's reins were taken by his own servant.