Qing Shu was sorrowful, thinking about brainstorming, so she asked the people around her if there was anything that could replace the lotus leaf, and she wanted to wrap the cleaned pheasant and roast it.

Steward Wu said that they had lotus leaves for packing dry food over there and asked her if she wanted it.

Yes, of course, it is what is missing. This lotus leaf is there, Qingshu hurriedly wrapped the pheasant in lotus leaves, and then instructed a family member to dig a small pit in the ground, and instructed another family member to give him (huo) some mud. In this way, after the outer layer of the lotus leaf was pasted with another layer of mud, she put four pheasants into the dug pit, buried a layer of soil, and flattened it. Then she instructed the people to place dead branches and other branches on them, and to light a fire. Roast pheasants under the fire and rabbit meat on the fire, killing two birds with one stone.

She cleaned her hands, left the rest of the work to the others, and went back to the carriage to rest.

At this time, Chen Qiaojiang, who had taken a breath, got off the carriage again. Because they thought it was fun, they gathered around the fire and rushed to roast the rabbit meat themselves.

Steward Ding had a way to deal with them. He cut the branches, cut the rabbit meat into small pieces with a knife, skewered them on the shaved branches, and let them take a skewer and roast it.

As they screamed in surprise that they were still burning, the two eagle guards who had left them to hunt returned. One of them carried two rabbits in his hand, and the other three pheasants, one of which was alive.

Maizi and Shengge stretched out their hands to ask for the live pheasant, calling for it to be taken back and raised, and not to eat meat.

The guard agreed, and got a small piece of rope, tied one of the pheasant's legs, and gave the other end of the rope to the two of them.

Chen Qiaojiang came over and took a branch to poke it, causing the frightened pheasant to flutter desperately, grabbing the wheat at one end of the rope and almost falling down. When Qingyang saw it, he snatched the branch from Chen Qiaojiang's hand and coaxed the wheat who was about to cry a few words. Although Chen Qiaojiang is still the naughty boy, he has grown a lot better than before, so he also coaxed Maizi a few words. The wheat stopped crying, and the matter was over.

Qing Shu just stayed aside and watched the interaction between them with a smile, not participating at all.

On the other side, the family had already taken the two rabbits and two pheasants in the hands of the guards and took them to the side to clean up. When they cleaned up, Xiaojuan picked up the pheasant.

Xiaojuan followed Qing Shu's example and stuffed seasoning into the pheasant's belly. However, because of the limited amount of seasoning that was brought out, there was not much seasoning left, only enough for one. She ran to ask Qingshu, "Miss, the remaining seasoning is only enough for one, and the other is not enough, what should I do?" ”

Qing Shu sat upright, "Is there enough salt?" ”

"Enough salt, there's a small half-jar."

"Then roast one, and stew the remaining one with the two rabbits that have just been brought back."

Xiaojuan agreed and ran back to arrange.

When the simple lunch was ready, Qingyang and they said they would not eat it, and they would wait for the pheasant buried under the fire to be roasted. Seeing that they didn't eat it, Qing Shu gave the porridge and a large pot of stewed broth to the guards and family members, and asked people to serve a few bowls and send them to Master Liu and others to try.

Qingshu ate a piece of dim sum, a piece of jerky, and a few skewers of rabbit meat that Qingyang grilled for her. When the time was almost up, she had the embers of the fire removed and the four pheasants that had been buried first pulled out.

Looking at the black four things, Chen Qiaojiang said in disgust, "Can you eat this?" ”

Qingyang immediately retorted, "Of course you can eat it." "He's supporting his sister, and he's actually very skeptical.

Hao took his finger and tapped it up, immediately retracted his finger, and screamed softly.

Qing Shu wasn't sure if it was delicious or not, so he took a dry branch and beat it. The mud wrapped in the outermost layer peeled off, and the fragrance wafted out, causing the eyes of the owners of the seven or eight little heads in a circle to brighten.

Then, peel off the lotus leaves, and the fragrance wafts out even stronger. Mr. Lu actually came over with the fragrance.

Xiaojuan got started and tore off the pheasant legs one by one. The heat dissipated a little, and she first handed one to Mr. Lu, who came over to join in the fun, and then handed the other seven pheasant legs to Chen Qiaojiang and Qingyang respectively.

Mr. Lu's majesty is only left in the classroom, and here, he has no consciousness of being a gentleman. He only tasted the pheasant leg meat in his hand, and drove Qingshu and Xiaojuan away. He led his disciples around the roasted pheasant, put his hands together, and rushed to eat it with his disciples.

Qing Shu couldn't cry or laugh, and when he walked away, he told the guards that when he pulled out the last buried pheasant chop, he would take it farther away and share it with the guards to taste it, and don't give it to Mr. Lu to snatch it.

More than half an hour later, Qingyang, who had not eaten seriously and only ate roast pheasants, and the eight of them ran and jumped around for a while, and they were all tired, so they returned to the carriage and promised to return. On the way back, they spent half of their time sleeping, and the remaining half of the time basically talked about hunting pheasants and eating pheasant meat.

When passing by Zhuangzi, Steward Wu stopped with people. Qingshu and the others didn't stay, because the hour was not early, and they were afraid that they would not be able to enter the town if they went back late.

Back to the house. The adults are a little tired, and the seven of them in Qingyang, who slept halfway, are very energetic. The food in the house has been prepared, and everyone has hastily eaten dinner, and they all hurry back to rest.

There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, the ancient housekeeper came over to report to Qingshu about the major and minor events that happened in the house yesterday, and reported that the helper had come early this morning, and he had already gathered the size of the shoes and sent them up. In fact, the helper handed over thin branches of different lengths, a total of seven. These twigs are measured by the beggar's feet, and the number of pairs of shoes corresponding to each twig is dictated.

Qing Shu said, "Leave this to Mother Su, and Mother Su will hand over this matter to Ah Qin's aunt." "She's said hello in advance. The shoes were of good size, so they were brought back by Aqin's aunt Gu Chen, and took the eldest girl and little daughter-in-law in the village to drive out a hundred pairs of shoes. These shoes are those worn in the spring, which are now worn at the turn of the seasons. After the shoes were finished, Gu Chen was also responsible for taking the eldest girl and little daughter-in-law in the village to sew a hundred sets of men's coarse cloth clothes.

Butler Gu answered, and withdrew to find Mother Su.

Not long after, the front came to report that Zhang Da, who was named by Qingshu yesterday, had already come.

Qingshu asked people to invite Qingyang over, and then Zhang Da was called in.

Zhang Da saw the salute and stood in a regular manner.

Qing Shu didn't look at him, fiddling with the paper on the table, "What kind of errand are you doing in Zhuangzi?" ”

Zhang Da didn't expect to ask this, but he also replied respectfully and seriously, "The small ones have the work in the fields when they are farming, and they feed the livestock when they are not busy with farming. ”

"How much money do you have a month?"

"Three hanging money."

Qing Shu motioned for Qing Yang to speak.

When Qingyang received the hint, he asked, "Are you willing to transfer out of the Grange and send it to open up the wasteland for thousands of miles?" ”

Zhang Da was surprised, but he was not very surprised, "Xiao Yiqiqi listens to the arrangements of the young lady and the young master, and is willing to be on an errand wherever he goes." He also knew that there was a lot of manpower needed over there.

Qingyang turned his face to look at Qing Shu, and when he saw Qing Shu nodding, he turned his face back and stared at Zhang Da who was standing below, "You will be promoted to be the manager, and you will be transferred to the thousands of miles of wasteland to be responsible for the reclamation of wasteland." ”

Zhang Da was greatly surprised at this time, "Steward? ”

Standing behind Qing Shu, Xiao Yu, who had been keeping his head down, seemed to be shocked and raised his head to look at Zhang Da.

Xiao Juan had been quietly observing her reaction, so she took her move seriously.

Qingyang said like a little adult, "Yes, stewardship." However, I don't know if you can do it, so I will give you a try for a month as a deadline. If you do things safely during the month, and there is no problem in clearing the wasteland, you will continue to be in charge, and your monthly money will rise from three to five yuan. Yes, you will take office tomorrow. If you don't want to, you can continue to go back to Zhuangzi on an errand. ”

Zhang Da really wanted to continue to stay on the Grange as an errand boy in peace, but he thought that he could save enough money to marry a lady and let the lady who had married not suffer hardship, so he immediately said, "Thank you, young master, for giving me a small opportunity." ”

Qing Shu then spoke, "Since you are willing, then, go back and talk to Steward Wu today, and tidy up your bags, and go to the wasteland tomorrow to keep an eye on." ”

"Yes." Zhang Da agreed well, but his heart was really abrupt.

Qing Shu began to assign any, "Promoted to steward, your first task is: to find a suitable farmhouse in Sunjia Village to rent. The requirement is that there are at least four living rooms, and a kitchen and firewood room are essential. The yard should not be too small, at least two carriages can be parked. Also, the neighborhood is out of tune. You must know that when this courtyard is rented, not only will you, the steward, live temporarily, but the young master and I will also go to the wasteland from time to time to have a look, and if it is late, we will take someone to stay overnight. ”

Zhang Da didn't dare to slack off, and replied seriously, "The little one remembers." "The master will stay overnight, and there will be more things he needs to pay attention to and do in advance.

"If you are in charge, how can you go to the wasteland alone? So I'll let you choose two of your own believers to bring with you. These two candidates, whether they are from Zhuangzi or from the house, you name them and let me and the young master hear them. ”

"Miss, young master, can you think about it?"

"Cheng, give you a day to think about it, talk back and forth tomorrow, and it doesn't hurt to delay the departure time for half a day. For the second task for you, Master Liu's progress on the work is closely watched. You should look carefully at the materials and workmanship they use, and report anything wrong in time. ”

"The little one remembers."

"There's one more very important thing." When Qing Shu said this, he ordered lightly, "Xiaojuan, Xiaoyu, and wood, you stand down." ”

After the three of them retreated, Qing Shu pondered for a moment before speaking, "You must stay in the wasteland at the end of the day, and a beggar will find you at that time." Do not be rude to him, for he will bring a hundred beggars with him. These people will eat and live in the wasteland and open up the land for us. How to manage these hundred people, you ponder, and if you wish, talk to the beggar who takes the lead. After you have arranged it, I will send someone to send you the rice and grain, the necessary cooking utensils, farm tools, and other items. In short, the burden on your shoulders is not light. ”

Zhang Da has been shocked by the fact that a hundred beggars will become his subordinates, and some can't react. Beggars, he is going to work with ragged and unkempt beggars!

Qing Shu looked at him and said lightly, "Give you one last chance to refuse." ”