Reading the content of the letter, Qing Shu's heart fell to the ground. She sat for a moment and opened Gu Ruixing's handwritten letter. This letter was sent together with Zhou Boyan's letter. The letter was to the effect that Gu Ruixing thanked Qingshu for taking care of Shen Yuehua, and asked Qingshu to take Shen Yuehua to the capital.

"Little fish." Qingshu is calling.

The little fish came in.

Qing Shu handed her Gu Ruixing's letter, "Send it to Miss Shen." ”

The matter of Xiaoyu's letter delivery is not mentioned.

Qingshu received Zhou Boyan's letter, "Xiaojuan, let the housekeeper come here." ”

After a while, Xiaojuan invited the ancient housekeeper.

Qing Shu asked Xiaojuan to go out to guard the door, and then said to the housekeeper, "The original plan was for the Liuluo guards and the three eagle guards to stay in the mansion. Now that the plan has changed, Young Master Hao will follow me into Beijing. In this way, I have to take the Luo guards with me, and the three eagle guards will be left to you. ”

Although the ancient housekeeper was surprised, he didn't ask much about his duty, it should be.

She groaned for a moment and announced, "There is one more thing, the itinerary must be advanced. ”

Butler Gu was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "Miss, what's wrong?" ”

"Relax, what can happen? It's just that the young lady who lives in the inner courtyard has a letter saying that the father and mother of the cousin who lives in the inner courtyard are very anxious and hope that I can send her home as soon as possible. ”

This reason made the heart of the ancient housekeeper fall to the ground. "In that case, when is the young lady going to leave?"

"I was going to leave on the eighth day of September. Now the plan has been disrupted, but fortunately, everything is ready, and it doesn't matter if you leave early. It's just that the food can't be pulled back from the field, and I can't feel at ease. So I thought, no matter how early I am, I can't advance too many days, the second day of junior high school, and then set off on the second day of September. ”

"The second day of September? It's a good day. Steward Zhang and Steward Wu worked harder, and the crops were almost finished before the second day of the first day of September. "When the grain is pulled back from the field, there is no fear of being stolen. After that, the grain is beaten, the grain is dried, and finally it is put into storage, these things can not be rushed. The ancient housekeeper thought so, and said, "In the shop, Yuanhe is staring, there is a manager Zhang in the wasteland, and there is a manager Wu in the Zhuangzi, all of whom are people who can handle it, so Miss can go with confidence." The affairs of the house, the old slave and Su's mother will keep an eye on it, if there is any difference, the old slave will be severely punished after the young lady turns around. ”

If you don't worry, if you don't trust, how can Qingshu travel away with peace of mind! How could he hand over the handling of major and minor matters inside and outside the house to the ancient housekeeper! She explained, "Yu Xianfu has already said hello." When I was away, when I encountered things that could not be solved, things that were difficult, and things that were unfair, I asked the county assistant to administer justice. Besides, when I leave, I will also ask for one or two from Governor Chen's side. If you encounter a major event that Yu County Assistant can't solve, just send someone to Governor Chen for help. ”

"Yes, the old slave remembers."

"You have to pick up the pickled cabbage. Make no mistake. Fresh buds continue to be provided to Yipinlou, and the sun-dried buds and rice grains should be harvested and harvested properly. As for the red fruits, the red ones were sent to Yipinlou, and the green ones were picked and put into the vegetable cellar as soon as possible. ”

"Miss, don't worry, the old slave remembers."

"Nothing else, let's go back to work!"

Butler Gu withdrew from the study and pondered as he walked: Since the number of people traveling has increased, is it more appropriate to prepare two more carriages with Young Master Hao and the young lady who lives in the inner courtyard?

At this time, the little fish who had gone to deliver the letter came back in a hurry. When she met the ancient housekeeper, she just hurriedly bowed, and hurried into the study to see Qing Shu. "Miss, go and have a look! Miss Table's love is not quite right. ”

Qing Shu was stunned, "What's wrong?" ”

Miss Biao took the letter and closed the door. The slave maid thought that maybe Miss Biao would pass a message to the young lady after reading the letter, so the slave and maid waited outside. However, Miss Biao suddenly cried, and when she heard the voice, she cried very sadly. The slave knocked on the door and asked Miss Watch what had happened. Miss Cousin ignored it, just cried, and dropped the latch. Miss, go and have a look! ”

It's so good, why did you suddenly cry. If it is because of faith, Qingshu does not believe it. She also read the content of the letter, and there was nothing wrong with it. So, what is Shen Yuehua crying about? With such doubts, she took someone to see Shen Yuehua quickly.

When he arrived at the place, he heard a whimper coming from the house, Qing Shu slapped the door with a anxious face, "Sister Shen, Sister Shen, please open the door, open the door quickly......"

After a while, the door latch rang, and Shen Yuehua, who was crying and red-eyed, opened the door. She let Qing Shu in, then closed the door and invited Qing Shu to sit down. Then she sat down herself, tears still falling.

Qing Shu glanced at the letters that were neatly placed on the table, "Sister Shen, if you are unhappy, just tell Sister Sù." You can't keep everything in your heart and let yourself get sick. ”

Shen Yuehua took the handkerchief, gently pressed the tears overflowing from the corners of her eyes, and then shook her head.

It's really urgent. Qing Shu asked tentatively, "Not feeling well?" ”

Shen Yuehua shook her head, but she couldn't stop her tears, and they were still falling on the ground.

"Is that something you don't love?" She continued to guess.

Shen Yuehua shook her head again. However, now she no longer cares about shedding tears, but takes a piece of charcoal from the burning branch and writes a sentence on the paper. "Sister, don't worry, my sister learned that my father and mother were finally going to take my sister home, and my sister was happy, and she was a little out of control."

Seeing these words, Qing Shu knew that this was just a false alarm. In addition to being relieved, she felt a little pity for the woman in front of her who had disfigured her face and lost her voice, and at the same time understood the pain and suffering in this woman's heart. After three years of suffering, he was finally saved, but he could not go home directly, not only did he have to send someone to live in someone else's house, but he also had to worry day and night about whether his family would accept him or abandon him.

Shen Yuehua wrote again: I'm sorry to worry my sister.

Qing Shu smiled lightly, "My sister is too outward." After that, he said something that made Shen Yuehua happy, "The sixth brother made it clear in his letter that he wanted his sister to take his sister back to Beijing. My sister should take this matter. In the past few days, my sister has been preparing to prepare, and we will set off on the second day of September. ”

Shen Yuehua's tears hadn't stopped, but there was a slight smile on her face. She nodded heavily at Qing Shu.

Seeing her like this, Qing Shu rushed to the door and ordered, "Hurry up and get the washing water." ”

After Shen Yuehua washed her face and stabilized her feelings, Qing Shu got up and said goodbye.

The next day, Qingshu went to Zhuangzi. There were only two men, three women, and a few children left behind in the village. The others were all taken by Steward Wu to work in the wasteland.

Today, all the buds and sorghum in the fields of Zhuangzi have been harvested and pulled back, and they are all piled up on the threshing floor and the drying field. The men and women who stayed behind were threshing the sorghum little by little and drying the sorghum that had been beaten down. It takes time for the bud cobs to dry, so this one is not in a hurry.

As for the young buds that are planted after the winter wheat, they have always been sold freshly. There is also the practice of breaking off the buds and cooking them, then peeling the rice grains and drying them for storage, just like last year. There is no frost yet, there is no freezing, so there is still a part of the tender bud valley standing in the ground.

Qingshu didn't stay on Zhuangzi for long, because she only came in to see it by the way, mainly to go to the wasteland. Fifty hectares of fertile land is close to the wasteland, but all the people over there are busy harvesting the buds in the fifty hectares of fertile land.

Qing Shu arrived at the place and stepped out of the carriage. She watched more than 100 people working in the fields, and watched the ox carts pull the golden bud grain sticks up to the wasteland one after another, not to mention how happy she was. Food, these can be all food. Zhou Boyan said that her 50 hectares of bud grain can also make 6,000 or 7,000 stone of grain.

But in fact, this year is a good year, there are no pests and diseases, except for a slight drought, there are no natural disasters. She is not afraid of drought because she has convenient irrigation conditions that others do not have. Coupled with the fact that it is a fertile field and her people are finely served, her bud grain yield will only be higher than last year, and there is absolutely no reason to be lower than last year.

She once said that she would exchange 10,000 stone of grain for peace. At that time, she was sure that her fifty hectares of bud grain would be able to lay 10,000 stone of grain. In the era of no pesticides and chemical fertilizers, it is impossible to make a thousand catties or even more buds per acre. But if the land is well served, it is not a problem to produce two or two and a half stones per mu. And her fertile land, my own people estimated, the average yield per mu must be about two stones, maybe there is still floating. Meaning, it's higher than last year's production. She believes, she is sure that her total yield of buds will surely reach 10,000 stones.

In the field, Steward Wu was very busy. He joins the ranks of the budding grain sticks for a while, and the general dispatcher for a while, directing the laborers who work or the ox cart that pulls the bud grain. When he saw Qing Shu standing on the edge of the field, he hurriedly wiped his sweat and walked to Qing Shu. "Miss, the big guys are working hard. If there is no delay in the day and no rain, it will be almost over in another four or five days. ”

"Everyone's worked hard. In order to treat everyone, Steward Ding brought 200 catties of pork and meat and bones, and improved your food at noon. ”

"Thank you, Miss!" Steward Wu thanked everyone, and then he didn't have time to say anything, but he saw someone calling him in the field.

"Go ahead!" Qingshu said.

Steward Wu confessed and went over to check.

It was almost noon, and the faces of the people working in the fields showed a little tiredness. Steward Wu waved his hand and shouted, "Okay, load all the bud grain sticks that you broke off, go back, and start eating." ”

Everyone stopped one after another, and loaded the broken bud grain sticks onto the ox cart according to Steward Wu's instructions. Then the women sat down on the ox-carts, and the men followed them on foot, and in a long line they slipped back to the heath.

Qingshu had lunch on this side of the wasteland. She didn't let her prepare anything else, and the meal was the same as that of the laborers, a cold dish, a fried kidney beans with sliced meat, and a stewed green vegetable with meat bones, and the staple food was sorghum rice and bud grain flour buns.

After dinner, the laborers went to lie down in the thatched hut for two quarters of an hour, while the women went to rest in the blue-brick house. After two quarters of an hour's rest, they had to go to work in the fields.

People want to eat, and cattle naturally have to eat forage. Taking advantage of the rest of the labor gate, a few people who remained in the wasteland to cook and do chores hurriedly drank the cattle, and then took the forage and poured it into the trough to feed the cattle.

At the end of the break, Steward Wu shouted that it was time to go to the ground. The laborers got up one after another and went out to work on the fertile fields together.

Qing Shu watched everyone get off the ground and went home. When passing by Xiaogujia Village, I met Gu Zheda, who was driving a ox cart and preparing to enter the village.

Gu Zhe shouted to the accompanying steward Ding, and said with a smile, "Your Zhuangzi borrowed an ox cart from my family, and my family's land harvest this year is very fast." No, pull another cart of bud grain back, and the grain in the field will be harvested. "Where do ordinary farmers get their ox carts, they used to collect grain in previous years, and they carried them home little by little with baskets, or carried the burden to their homes little by little. This year, thanks to the ox cart lent to them by the ancient government, no one has to work tirelessly to carry food home, not to mention, but also saves the labor of carrying home little by little.

Steward Ding patted him on the shoulder twice, "Your father has a few strong laborers from your brothers, and the autumn harvest is not worried." ”

"That's what my grandfather said. By the way, since I met Steward Ding, I don't have to go to Zhuangzi to ask. ”

Steward Ding was surprised, "What do you ask?" ”

"My dad said that tomorrow he will bring a few of our brothers to help. However, I don't know if you are now harvesting the grain from the Zhuangzi, or from the wasteland. My father originally asked me to go to your Zhuangzi later to ask, but since I met Steward Ding, I don't need to make a special trip. ”

"I have a heart. The grain on the Zhuangzi is almost all harvested, and now everyone is breaking buds and cobs on the other side of the wasteland. ”

"Cheng, tomorrow morning we will go to the wasteland to help."

After that, Gu Zheda drove the ox cart into the village, and Steward Ding went to chase the team that had gone out of a distance.

When he reported to Qing Shu that Gu Dashu's father and son were going to help in the wasteland, Qing Shu nodded with joy on his face. Gu Dashu is a person who can be a person and make friends, and it is not in vain for her to pull out their family.

In this way, Qingshu was busy with all kinds of chores for seven or eight days, and it was the second day of the ninth month in a blink of an eye.

Early in the morning, the cook Xu Sanniang prepared the meals of the masters early, while Guan Pozi and Lily of the Valley prepared the meals of the people. When the master and servant had eaten, the ancient butler had already put on the carriage and horses, and tied the saddled red general to the back of the carriage that Qing Shu was riding. General Red was named by Qingyang to bring. He said that if he was tired of riding in a carriage, he could ride on the Red General to see the scenery.

Qingshu agreed. As a war horse, General Red was confined in the stable all day long, and at most he was only pulled out every day, which really buried his name as a war horse. Therefore, taking this opportunity, she wanted the Red General to spread his hooves and run.

The things that should be explained have already been explained, Qingshu didn't ink anymore, took Shen Yuehua and Qingyang and them into the carriage, and the group embarked on a journey to Beijing.

It can be said that the team of this trip, all the masters and servants combined, is quite a lot. On the side of the ancient mansion, Du Luo has two guards, five eagle guards, two ordinary guards, Ding Steward, and four family members. In addition, there are three maids of Qingshu's size, and there are Qingyang and Hao's scholars.

On Luo Xiaorong's side, the guards, stewards, maids, maids and maids all took them.

Chen Qiaojiang's side, the same way, the guards who protect him and the stewards, mother-in-law and others who serve him are all there.

And Mr. Lu. Because the students traveled far away, he was free. So he decided to take his wife and children back to his ancestral home to visit his parents.

The ancient butler took everyone in the house to see him off. It wasn't until the master's carriage and horses were out of sight that he led people into the house with a stunned face and closed the door.