Chapter 47 Transplanting cucumbers to the county seat

Zhang's father was talking about it, and the official hurriedly ran in, sweating, in this not yet warm solar term, it was really difficult for him, as soon as he entered the door, he sent the document up, and according to the words of the county order, he described it in its original form.

The official was arranged, Zhang's father looked at the paperwork, thought that the two children couldn't understand it, and explained it again, and the class had to be stopped, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan returned to their own rooms to think about how to deal with it.

"Xiaobao, the county order said let's transfer some of it, what do you think?" Wang Juan considered the consequences of doing so, and the transferred cucumber seedlings seemed to be not alive.

"I agree, transfer away, transfer the cucumbers in a house, transfer them to someone else's summer cucumber field, get it today, don't pick the cucumbers on it, just put it like that." Zhang Xiaobao agreed.

"You're going to freeze to death."

"That's right, it's to let the cucumber seedlings freeze to death, that's Xiangrui, and we can continue to eat the rest, and we can eat it for a long time." Zhang Xiaobao winked at Wang Juan and said.

"Smart, people who can be liars are different, if the house wants to be seen, it needs to be demolished, the project is too big, and the seedlings that move out of a piece of land will lose a lot of money, and now is the time when there is no success." Wang Juan understood now, reached out and pinched Zhang Xiaobao's face, praising it.

Zhang Xiaobao was motionless, his face was pinched expressionlessly, and he spoke for a while, "Tell all the dealers on the Zhuangzi, let them not spread it, such as other people's agitation, intimidation, and temptation, you can arrange this matter, you are proficient." ”

"Okay, but what if there were still children watching there that day?" Wang Juan was indeed familiar with these things, and suddenly thought of the people from Waizhuang that day.

Zhang Xiaobao also patted his head with regret, he made a mistake, he didn't calculate so much at the beginning, the child will definitely tell others when he goes back, and the adults will know, in case the people who come to investigate are idle, what should they do if they ask the people in Gezhuang? It's all very likely.

"What?" Wang Juan couldn't think of a way.

"yes, what's the solution? What should I do? Buying Gezhuang? It's not easy, come on, the cucumber seedlings have been brought to the county government in advance by the county magistrate, and they are planted there, so they will do it. ”

Zhang Xiaobao's little hand kept bouncing on his legs, this was a habit of his, and he would do so when he encountered problems, and finally came up with a solution, and Wang Juan also nodded in agreement.

"Already ...... by the prefectural order? Okay, understood, then do it, move all the houses over, get two more cars, and now the snow is beginning to melt in some places, let the county order find a better piece of land, pick the cucumbers, pay attention to heat preservation, and wait for the people above to come, and it will be better if the cucumber seedlings are alive.

Everything has nothing to do with our Zhuangzi, if someone really wants to come to Zhuangzi to see, I will burn all the fire, this method can not leak anything, unless it can be exchanged for the benefits that make us tempted, this method can not only grow cucumbers. ”

The two of them made a decision, let people find the officer, and did not entertain him for dinner today, but gave him two taels of silver, and asked him to go back and tell the county magistrate about this matter immediately, and let the county magistrate arrange all affairs.

The official also knew that things were a little difficult to handle, so he took the money, drank a belly of water, rode a horse that had not fully recovered, and hurried back.

Waiting for the official to leave, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan also began to get busy, this kind of thing is impossible to estimate, especially on the premise that Zhang Xiaobao does not know anything about the people who came down from Benzhou

Bundles of firewood were piled up next to the ground behind them, and whenever there was any bad news, they would be lit, and some people had already put some wood on the wall, and when the time came, they would push the wall.

Waiting for everything to be ready, it was already dark, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were relieved, lying on the kang and not reading, and rested early.

Sanshui County, Yamen, the county magistrate of this mile also learned about the things over there, thought about it, and finally circled a piece of land by the river, first let people remove the snow, and then dig out the soil below, bake the lowest frozen soil with fire, and the excavated soil was slightly processed, and refilled, everything was in order.

The next day, the households here in Zhangjiazhuangzi all moved, helping to carefully dig out the cucumber vines from the soil, with soil below, and the shelves on the top were re-erected, put on the car, and the surrounding of the car was blocked with a cloth, and the car began to be transported to the county seat.

The things on the car are expensive, the speed of the car is slow and slow, and the result is that the whole day did not arrive at the place, when the night falls, you have to see if there are people around, light some fire to keep the cucumber seedlings on the car warm.

In this operation, Song Jinggong and the housekeeper of the Wang family personally pressed the formation, and the two of them did not dare to sleep, so they had to sit next to the fire and keep vigil.

"Steward Wang, are you thirsty? Eat a cucumber. Song Jinggong picked two large cucumbers from a car, and without washing them, he rubbed them with his hands, knocked off the thorns, opened his mouth to take a bite, and chewed them rattling.

Steward Wang took the cucumber, looked worriedly at the car that had been opened by Song Jinggong just now, thought for a while, and asked, "Song Gongzi, will there be a cool breeze in the car?" ”

"It doesn't matter if he will or not, in fact, if these things are transported over, don't expect to be transported back, just deal with some people, just a few alive." Song Jinggong said nonchalantly, chewing a cucumber in his mouth, and his voice couldn't be heard clearly unless he listened carefully.

Steward Wang pondered for a moment and nodded, "What Song Gongzi said is that he won't get it back after all, that's just right, one person who drives the car." ”

The car that had been opened by Song Jinggong just now was opened again, and the people who drove the car used the fastest speed to find the larger cucumbers, pick them off, and send them one by one.

So they gathered around the fire, eating and talking, and when the horses were almost rested, they put on them again, and drove forward, until they reached the place in the middle of the night.

Song Jinggong and Steward Wang thought that they would stay outside for a night, and they would talk about it tomorrow morning, but who knew that as soon as the convoy arrived, someone from the yamen came to pick it up, lit torches one by one, and went directly to the land encircled by the river.

There are already people waiting there here, Cheng County Ling also came over in person, he really hasn't seen cucumber seedlings, these days cucumbers are not less eaten, seeing the convoy coming, let people look at the surrounding places, no one else is allowed to approach.

As the cloth on a car was rolled up, those cucumber seedlings appeared in front of him, eating cucumbers and seeing the seedlings with long cucumbers are two different things, as soon as he saw so many seedlings with cucumbers hanging on them, in addition to the people who sent them, the others, including Cheng County, showed a look of surprise.

"It's really unusual, it makes people feel comfortable when they look at it, and I can't wait to take one off and taste it myself." Cheng Xianling sighed with emotion, and the surrounding officials and county officials also nodded, especially the county magistrate, he had already decided to bring his mother over at dawn tomorrow to take a look, this vigorous vitality in the snow is really shocking.

With the order of the prefectural order, the officials began to send the seedlings one by one to the pit that had been dug, and poured a little water on it that was not so cool from the house, and then used the cloth brought from the cart to surround it, and the top was also blocked.

Before all this is done, light a fire outside the cloth, and arrange one person to guard it every five steps, so that the fire does not burn the cloth.

"My lord, this is done, it's cold at night, so let's go back and rest." The county Cheng found two thick clothes, wrapped himself up, and decided to stay here and persuade Cheng County to go back.

Cheng Lingxiang nodded, prepared to leave, walked out a few steps, and came back again, "Forget it, I can't sleep when I go back, let people go get some food and drink, I'll wait here and guard." ”

Cheng Lingxiang is really not at ease, it's only eleven today, and there are still four days to go, the most worrying thing is that this first night, it's over, then it's easy to say, tomorrow will be the same, it won't be able to survive, it's a little troublesome when people come above.

Song Jinggong and his entourage didn't care when they arrived, they each found a place to rest, and they hurried continuously, and they were sleepy and tired.

The next day, when the dazzling but not warm sun rose, Cheng Xianling rubbed his red eyes, opened a gap in the cloth and looked inside, and after a few glances, he didn't understand whether it was successful or not, so he had to call a person who knew about farming, and this person could get a general idea with just a glance.

"My lord, it is estimated that thirty percent of the seedlings will die in about three days, and the rest is not easy to say, it is estimated that two achievements will be good if they can survive ten days." This person thought about it carefully and said to Cheng County.

"Okay, good, that's good, let's die three times to die, and when the time comes, whoever is going to die, pick all the cucumbers on it, keep the big ones for cooking, and pickle the small ones."

Cheng Lingxiang was completely relieved when he heard that there was still a seedling that could last for a long time, and he half-squinted his eyes and asked people to send him back to the residence behind the yamen, and the rest of the things were handed over to the county Cheng.

Zhang Mingsheng, the county magistrate, saw that he was the biggest official here, and he squinted reassuringly for a while, and when the sun was a little higher, he asked people to go back and pick up his mother to come and have a look.

After a while, Zhang's mother came, the old lady was not very old, not yet sixty, but her health was not very good, she was helped down by Zhang Mingsheng, the county magistrate, from the car, she looked left and right, and asked:

"My son, what is the matter with calling my mother over? Is it troublesome, don't worry, there is a mother, my mother is my son's master, if it really doesn't work, my mother will go and beg your uncle and them. ”

From these two sentences, Song Jinggong, who had already come over next to him, knew that this old lady was from a scholarly family, and thinking that she had no relatives, she couldn't help but sigh, if her mother was also there, she would definitely protect herself like this.

"Mother, the child didn't cause trouble, it's a good thing, mother, you come with the child, and the child will show you good things." The county man helped his mother to walk to the place where the cloth was blocking, and gently opened a little gap to let her mother look in.

"Cucumbers, so many cucumbers, my son, is this true? Who has the ability to grow cucumbers at this time? I'm blessed with the Tang Dynasty. Mother Zhang looked inside, and her originally cloudy eyes suddenly brightened a lot, and said excitedly.