Because it is the first year to plant Chinese cabbage has no experience, and these cabbage seeds from the south are not particularly adapted to the water and soil in the north, so this year's cabbage yield is not very high, and the yield per mu is estimated to be about three thousand catties, which makes Zhao Yan a little disappointed, he remembers that the cabbage yield in later generations seems to be about five or six thousand catties, and it is said that the highest one reaches 10,000 catties.

However, Zhao Yan was the only one who was disappointed with the yield of cabbage, and the other people, from Cao Ying to the tenants in Shangshuizhuang, were all very satisfied with the yield of Chinese cabbage, and the tenants happily pulled their cabbage back and piled it up in the yard, and then obeyed Zhao Yan's instructions, covered it with straw mats, and prepared to wait until winter to sell it. After the first two lessons, at this time, all the tenants were already convinced of Zhao Yan's words, and they were all at home calculating that they could buy something to the family if they had money after selling vegetables, such as children's clothes, fish and meat for the New Year, and so on.

In contrast, Zhao Yan and Cao Ying, the landlord and the landlord's wife, are not noble, and the two of them are also calculating, but they are not like the tenants who calculate how much cabbage to sell, but calculate how much cabbage to send to which family, when to send it appropriately, etc., after all, their identities are different, and they don't expect to make money from these cabbages, plus cabbage is just a rarity, although it is worth this winter, it will definitely be rotten next year, so it is better to take advantage of this year to give cabbage as a gift, can also take back a lot of favors.

"Husband, our family has received so many cabbages, should we give some out now, otherwise we won't be able to give them away if they freeze and rot." In Zhao Yan's room, Cao Ying asked Zhao Yan with a smile while looking at the account book in front of her. Although Zhao Yan was a little dissatisfied with the yield of cabbage. But there were too many places, and in order to store the recovered cabbage, Cao Ying had to let people vacate two yards alone. Now both yards are full of cabbage.

"Don't worry, it's just winter. The vegetables harvested in autumn have not been eaten, although the cabbage is rare, but it is not particularly precious, and there is no big favor to send it to the past, or wait until three or nine days, even when the nobles want to eat vegetables and can only eat white radish, then send the cabbage over, in order to show the preciousness of the cabbage. As for the cabbage being frozen, don't worry, this thing is more cold-resistant, even if it is frozen, it will only freeze the outer layers, and then peel it off. Zhao Yan also said with a smile, after the cabbage is harvested, he will not be afraid of no greens to eat this winter.

"Okay, just listen to my husband, but although there are a lot of cabbage, there are more people to send. In the first palace, we will send a batch, and we will also keep a batch ourselves, and the rest will be the Cao family, the Gao family, several royal elders, and so on. It's a bit of a stretch, but it looks like I'm going to have to do the math! Cao Ying said while pondering.

It's not so easy to manage a family, big and small things have to be calculated, if these things are taken care of by Zhao Yan, they will definitely annoy him to death, and he really doesn't have Cao Ying's ability to manage the house, if he is really let take care of it, I'm afraid that the entire county palace will be a mess at that time.

Just when Cao Ying was calculating how many cabbages to send out, the housekeeper Lao Fu came in from outside at this time. Then he saluted Zhao Yan and said, "King of the county, in half a month." It is the thirtieth birthday of Zhang Guiyi in the palace, and now in the palace except for the queen mother and queen. Zhang Guiyi's status is the highest, according to the rules, the prince and the princess have to prepare a birthday gift for Guiyi, so the old slave wants to ask, what birthday gift does the county king plan to prepare for Zhang Guiyi? ”

Hearing Lao Fuyu's report, Cao Ying, who was settling accounts, also stopped, and then glanced at Zhao Yan meaningfully. And Zhao Yan was also a little surprised by this, and thought about it for a while and said: "Lao Fu, what gifts did Zhang Guiyi give on his birthday before?" ”

"In the past, I used to give some ordinary birthday gifts, and there were also some cloths, fat powder, etc., but this time it is Zhang Guiyi's thirtieth birthday, so should the county king prepare some special birthday gifts?" When Lao Fu said the end, the expression on his face became a little strange, as if he was looking forward to Zhao Yan agreeing to his own construction.

However, Zhao Yan didn't seem to have the expression on Lao Fu's face, but ordered very casually: "Since it is the thirtieth birthday, then Lao Fu will go to Tokyo City by yourself to take a look around, see if there is any special birthday gift, buy one, and then add some ordinary gifts, and help me send them to the palace at that time." ”

Hearing that Zhao Yan asked him to choose a gift, the expression on Lao Fu's face became a little disappointed, and he wanted to say something, but he opened his mouth but still didn't say it, and finally he could only agree and retreat.

After seeing Lao Fu retreat, Cao Ying next to him was a little puzzled and said: "Husband, Zhang Guiyi is your biological mother, although you can't recognize each other now, it's still okay to give some chic gifts, why did you refuse Lao Fu's mention just now?" ”

I saw that Zhao Yan sighed at this time and said: "I also want to do some filial piety to my biological mother, but it is difficult to keep the kind of place in the palace secret, if I give Zhang Guiyi some special gifts, I am afraid that others will soon know, especially for people like Queen Gao who know my life experience, maybe it is very likely that I will guess that I already know that Zhang Guiyi is my biological mother, so the birthday gift given on the surface is still good to keep it as it is, of course, I will also prepare some other birthday gifts in secret, and then let people quietly send them to the palace." , and will never let others know! ”

Hearing Zhao Yan's words, Cao Ying couldn't help but sigh secretly, then stood up and walked to Zhao Yan's side and silently supported his arm. knew her biological mother, but she couldn't recognize each other, and she could only secretly give some gifts, which in Cao Ying's opinion, would definitely make Zhao Yan feel uncomfortable, and she didn't know how to comfort her, so she could only use this method to express her support for Zhao Yan.

It turned out that Zhang Guiyi was Zhao Yan's biological mother, but unfortunately in Zhao Yan's original memory, there was no impression of that Zhang Guiyi, and it seemed that Zhao Yan didn't know about it at all, otherwise it would be impossible to have no impression of his biological mother.

Zhao Yan has not seen Zhang Guiyi when he entered the palace several times, but he learned from Cao Ying that Zhang Guiyi was accepted as a concubine by Zhao Shu at the age of fourteen, and gave birth to him at the age of fifteen.

As for Lao Fu, the old housekeeper, although he was recruited by Zhao Yan after he left the palace, Lao Fu's origin is not so simple, and it is also related to Zhao Yan's biological mother Zhang Guiyi. These situations were all deliberately investigated by the Cao family before Cao Ying married Zhao Yan.

Speaking of Zhang Guiyi's father, he was a dilapidated small landlord, and his ancestors left a hundred acres of fertile land, although he was not a rich family, but he was more than the next, but later Zhang Guiyi's father had a serious illness, and in order to treat the disease, most of the family property was sold, and finally Zhang Guiyi made a concubine for Zhao Shu in order to make enough money for his father to make up for medicine. At that time, Zhao Shu was not made a prince by Emperor Renzong, just the son of a county king, and he could only inherit the title of a festival envoy at most in the future.

However, it is also Zhang Guiyi's good life, Zhao Shu gave birth to Zhao Yan a year after being accepted as a concubine, although he can not recognize his son, but his status is completely different from other concubines, and later Zhao Shu actually entered the palace again to become the emperor, as a result, Zhang Guiyi's mother was expensive by her son, and she was suddenly established as a concubine by Zhao Shu, and she was only one step away from becoming a concubine.

However, although Zhang Guiyi suddenly became the emperor's concubine from the daughter of a dilapidated small landlord, every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, for example, what she is most concerned about is her son who she can't recognize, especially after knowing that Zhao Yan is doing nonsense outside, she is even more worried, so in this case, she let the old housekeeper in her family, that is, Lao Fu enter Zhao Yan's county palace to become a housekeeper, hoping that Lao Fu can help herself watch Zhao Yan a little, at least when something happens to Zhao Yan, you can notify her in advance.

According to Cao Ying, Lao Fu is the most loyal servant of Zhang Guiyi's mother's family, and grew up with Zhang Guiyi's grandfather in the Zhang family since he was a child.

Thinking of the above, Zhao Yan couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "pity the hearts of parents in the world", although Zhang Guiyi can't recognize him, but he cares a lot about him, although he is not the original Zhao Yan, but he can't help but be moved by Zhang Guiyi's motherly heart, and his body is also given by others, so Zhao Yan doesn't mind helping the original Zhao Yan to do some filial piety, for example, this Zhang Guiyi's birthday, Zhao Yan plans to give a special birthday gift, but this birthday gift takes a lot of thought.

Just when Zhao Yan was preparing for Zhang Guiyi's birthday ceremony, Cao Song and Hu Yanping suddenly came to visit again, and what he didn't expect was that as soon as Cao Song saw him, he immediately shouted: "Third brother, help, the happiness of my brother's life depends on you!" (To be continued)

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