"I'm not stealing, I, I'm just watching my sister work too hard every day, so I picked a few fresh cold melons for her to cool off!".

As soon as Li Ling's carriage arrived at his farm, he encountered an argument between a farmer and a child.

The farmer was very angry, and the child was caught red-handed when he was stealing cold melons, and he was still arguing with strong words.

"You, aren't you the son of the king's widow, how are you here?". Li Ling was very surprised, this child was actually seen by him when he was in the village of the third surname.

The child was a little scared when Li Ling's identity was revealed, as if it was a terrible thing for his evil deeds to fall into an acquaintance.

"Lee, Lee Huiwon, why are you here?". Li Ling got down from the carriage just now when he saw Widow Wang coming over.

"Sister, he". The child hid behind his sister with a cold melon in one hand, and he was recognized by Li Ling, but he didn't know how to explain it.

Widow Wang immediately understood the crux of the matter, she explained to Li Ling: "In the past, the two of us first arrived in a strange place, people and land were unfamiliar, and we were orphans, in order to protect my younger brother not to be commensurate with mother and son, my name is Wang Chan, my brother's name is Wang Bai, I also bought dozens of acres of land next to your manor, and I will ask Lord Li to take care of it in the future!" ”

While explaining to Li Ling, Wang Chan gave the farmer a few pieces of silver as an apology.

A few cold melons can be sold at such a sky-high price, and the farmer couldn't close his mouth happily, and he left with a smile.

In fact, there are many unreasonable points in Wang Chan's words, but Li Ling is not a person who likes to inquire about other people's privacy.

Everyone is just next to each other, and there is no need to thoroughly investigate the details of others.

The courtyard in the manor is very large, and the battlefield is several acres.

Li Ling and Li Yanyu naturally lived in the main room in the middle, while Yang Ying chose a room next to them to live.

Yang Ying smiled bitterly, Li Yanyu is still inseparable from Li Ling, but she is very relieved, Li Yanyu is still young, although the two get along day and night, they have not done anything inappropriate.

"Li Ling, you take a look around and familiarize yourself with the environment here, and Li Yanyu and I will clean up the garden again!"

Although the people of Qianzhuang will come to clean the yard regularly, Yang Ying is still not very satisfied.

The three of them just came to inspect the Grange, and they didn't plan to live here for a long time, and a few maids were still learning the rules from Mother Li, so they didn't bring them over.

Yang Ying and Li Yanyu had to clean up the house by themselves.

There are a total of three courtyards here, although the house is not very particular, but there is no problem with the people.

Sycamore trees are planted everywhere in the courtyard, and two roosters occasionally crow, adding a bit of life to this peaceful courtyard.

The room on the right side of the main house is stocked with pots and pans and other daily necessities, and there are also a few bundles of dry firewood next to the stove. It's definitely the kitchen!

The house on the left has some grain stored in it, and this is the storage room.

There is a wooden plank in the middle of the courtyard, which is supposed to be the entrance to the underground storeroom.

As soon as Li Ling opened the wooden board on it, a burst of cold air came to his face, and it turned out that this place was actually an ice cellar, which not only stored a large amount of ice, but also dozens of jars of liquor.

It's really good, it seems that the money shopkeeper's choice to give this Zhuangzi to himself was deliberate.

As soon as Li Ling walked out of the ice cellar with a jar of wine, he saw that the two sisters and brothers of the Wang family were actually in the main room, and they were talking and laughing with the two daughters.

"Li Ling, Sister Wang sent us some food, the kitchen is too messy, and we don't live here for long, so we don't need to light a fire!" Yang Ying's face turned red and explained to Li Ling.

Yang Ying has always kept her index finger in the spring water, and Li Yanyu is not a master who can cook, so it is even more difficult to let the two of them cook delicious meals!

The meal on the table was sumptuous, with not only the whole rabbit meat burned, but also a few bowls of gruel.

"I shot these rabbits!" Wang Xiaobai said proudly.

"Last time I was in the village of the third surname, Lord Li helped the brothers and sisters, these meals are a little bit of our heart, my craftsmanship is not good, I hope the adults don't mind!". Wang Chan said modestly, "If you use it slowly, we won't bother!" ”。

She's leaving!

"Li Ling, come out for me!".

Just when Li Ling sent the two sisters and brothers out of the door, he saw a very strange scene, many farmers gathered in front of the yard with angry faces.

"Don't make any noise, do you talk to the tenant like this? You send a few people who can speak to make things clear, and Master Li will definitely help you solve the problem! ”。

Before Li Ling could speak, Wang Chan opened his mouth to scold these farmers. After living here for so long, she naturally knew the reason why these people came to Li Ling.

"My lord, if there is no important matter, we don't dare to come and disturb you, last year, the shopkeeper of the money village once mobilized everyone to plant cold melons together, we have kept the land until the spring, and now the cold melons have come down but no one cares, which is delaying our harvest for a year! Please give us an explanation! ”。

"My lord, the people live on food, and our family is all counting on the land to live! If these cold melons can't be sold, the family can't drink the northwest wind? I have long heard that the owner is a benevolent and righteous master, so the old man came to ask for it? You must help us! ”。

Several elderly people were elected to complain to Li Ling, it turned out that these tenants were all people who rented the land, and they obeyed the arrangement of the shopkeeper of the money village to plant cold melons, worried that they would not be able to sell them when they were ripe!

Li Ling and the three of them were very popular, and as soon as they came over, they entered the courtyard of the landlord's house, and they ventured over to ask for help.

"Don't worry, I know it's not easy for everyone, I am here to assure you, as long as you pick the ripe cold melon, I will buy it at the price on the market, and then help you pull it to the capital to sell, do you think this is good?" Li Ling hurriedly gave these people a dose of reassurance.

"Thank you, sir!". Several old people were very excited, and now they could give an explanation to their families.

Wang Chan secretly glanced at Li Ling, this person is really generous, he actually took over the matter in a big way, isn't he worried about losing money?

Li Ling really didn't break his promise, and the next day, the guys from Dachang Qianzhuang entered the farm with scattered silver.

The first batch of cold melons was brought into the capital in early summer.

A horse stopped in front of Li Ge Lao's mansion with great fanfare, and the things in the car were all given by Li Ling to Ge Lao, in addition to a car of cold melons, there were also a few jars of cool wine.

The imperial palace is naturally indispensable, and a few people who still remain in the capital have been gifted as well as colleagues from the Hanlin Academy.

There is an extra carriage in front of the door of Dachang Bank, and all guests who handle business in the money village can take away a cold melon for free when they leave.

In the long summer, a new way to cool off has come into people's field of vision, and the previously strange items have gradually become ordinary.

In order to resist the heat, the dignitaries and nobles are not rare to buy a few melons!

(To be continued.) )