Since the little mistress asked like this, it was to summon them, and if there was anything, it could only be said that there was nothing to do.

Qu Xiaobai said: "Since everything is fine, then follow me to do some work." The winter is long, and everyone eats idle food, and they can't feed themselves. ”

Xin Qingjun and Chen Xiang: The ...... River has not yet crossed, so the bridge will be demolished?

Jokes are jokes, and the work still has to be done.

Qu Xiaobai changed into a pair of deerskin boots, put on a cotton cloak, put a hat on his head, and smiled mysteriously: "Let's go, follow me to the backyard." ”

The living water in the courtyard was covered with a thin layer of ice, and the cloisters on both sides were also snowy as deep as their necks, because the snow had not stopped, so it was not cleaned. A few people stepped on it, and a series of creaking sounds were interesting.

Qu Xiaobai was originally afraid of the cold, but listening to this lively sound, he felt that the cold actually had a cold livelyness.

took Xin Qingjun and Chen Xiang to the back row of houses, only to see white smoke in the snow, and it was even more chaotic.

Xin Qingjun was puzzled: "Isn't there no one living here?" Why do you burn so many fires? ”

Qu Xiaobai said: "Sell it first, and when you finish your work, you will understand." ”

The dumb servant opened the door, and a stream of heat poured out of the room, Qu Xiaobai couldn't wait to step in, and beckoned Xin Qingjun and the others: "Come in and warm up." ”

It's warmer in this room than hers.

Xin Qingjun and Chen Xiang were also puzzled, what kind of novelty was this going on.

After entering the house, Qu Xiaobai ordered the dumb servant to close the door so as not to leak the heat, and ordered him to light the lamp in the house.

The house is very large, and the whole room is open, which looks like a large warehouse. It took the dumb servant a dozen lamps to illuminate the room without dark corners.

One side of the room was full of sacks, and it was impossible to see what was in the sacks, but Xin Qingjun also guessed that this was the mung beans and black beans sent by Zhao Yuan a few days ago.

On the other side, the corners were full of wooden baskets, neatly stacked.

Qu Xiaobai untied the cloak on his body, handed it to Luoluo and hung it on the shelf at the door, it was too hot, everyone also took off the cloak on their bodies, Xin Qingjun asked, "Little master, what kind of new things are you going to get?" ”

"Grow vegetables to generate income."

Qu Xiaobai replied briefly and neatly, and commanded the three people around him: "Qingjun, Lao Chen, you go and move a few wooden baskets over, Luoluo, you go and bring a stack of yellow table paper." ”

The three of them obeyed the order and quickly gathered everything at Qu Xiaobai's feet.

"Alright, now let's bring down a sack of beans."

Xin Qingjun and Chen Xiang are both competent for this job, the two of them carried a sack and wrapped it down, one bag is black beans, and the other is mung beans, Chen Xiang was born in a restaurant, and immediately understood, "Little master, is this going to give birth to bean sprouts?" ”

Qu Xiaobai smiled, "Yes and no." It is true that they are meant to sprout, but there is a difference in the sprouts that come out. ”

Qu Xiaobai first took a pile of yellow table paper and spread it on the bottom of the basket, then grabbed a handful of black beans from the bag, sprinkled them evenly on the yellow table paper, bulldozed them, and then took a piece of yellow table paper to cover it, and took the kettle from the dumb servant's hand, sprayed some water on the surface of the yellow table paper, Chen Xiang saw some doorways: "This paper is not the same as ordinary yellow table paper." ”

Qu Xiaobai said: "The eyes are very good." It's different, customized, with some coarse fibers added to it, which is tougher and not easy to break. ”

Thinking that the word coarse fiber is relatively fresh, Chen Xiangxin Qingjun didn't understand it after hearing it, and she might be suspicious, she regretted that her mouth was too fast, but the words had already been spoken, and the water that was spilled out could not be taken back, she could only pretend that nothing happened.

Fortunately, neither Xin Qingjun nor Chen Xiang asked, and it seemed that they didn't hear it.

"You see, right? It's very simple, just like that, let's do it, I think, in less than ten days, we can eat bean sprouts. ”

"Madam, can you really grow vegetables without even soil?"

Luoluo couldn't believe it.

"I haven't planted it before, so try it, maybe I'll have a vegetable to eat?" Qu Xiaobai said. She consulted some information on planting bean sprouts from Du Niang, it is said that it is good to prepare some nutrient solution, but unfortunately she does not grasp those things very well, and it is difficult to prepare, so she will give up, use water, at most the vegetables that grow are not so fat, and they can be eaten.

Chen Xiang was very interested, and he carried a bag of beans and went to work hard.

Xin Qingjun followed Qu Xiaobai here, followed her example, and put the leek roots with soil into the wooden basket, and had some questions in his heart, not asking unhappy: "Little master, are these vegetables also going to be sold to the army?" ”

Qu Xiaobai glanced at him and nodded: "Yes." What does Qingjun have to say, just ask if you want to, there is no need to have any taboos, we have been working together for so long, can't we trust each other? ”

When Qu Xiaobai said this, Xin Qingjun blushed a little and was ashamed, and said: "It's either that I don't trust it, or I feel that there are some confidential things, maybe it's not suitable for me to know." ”

"Not for what you know, I won't say it. You ask. ”

"That'...... The subordinates trespassed. The subordinates want to know, with General Mu Xiao's financial resources and brains, the Mu family army won't even have winter clothes and vegetables to eat, right? Why not send it to the little master? I felt that there was ambiguity in what I said, so I hurriedly added: "Don't misunderstand the little housewife, my subordinates just can't figure out why the little housewife did this." ”

Qu Xiaobai took a deep breath, "The reason is actually very simple, Mu Nanyun wants to sell miserably with the imperial court and the Rong family, so as to protect the Mu family army, so that the Rong family will not attack the Mu family army too quickly, so as to buy some time to recuperate." I don't know if his method will work, but I can't watch the soldiers who are spilling their blood starving and freezing one by one. ”

After a pause, she turned her face away and sighed, "Qingjun, I don't want to get involved in the bad things in the court, but as you can see, I can't escape." Therefore, he can only be the spear in Mu Nanyun's hands. ”

Xin Qingjun looked at her deeply, and didn't know what to say for a while, and after a while, he said: "Mu Nanyun's 100,000 taels of silver tickets......

Qu Xiaobai said: "Don't worry, I know in my heart, it will not affect your lord's revenge, nor will it lead the war to his head." Mu Nanyun's silver ticket is a congratulatory gift, and it does not involve the matter of the mine, even if it is his idea to fight iron ore in the future, he will have to take silver. ”

"But in this way, we are tied to a rope with him, in case the Mu family is defeated one day, we will be charged with fornication and trafficking in military iron."

"Without this crime, there will be other crimes. Your master is destined to have a bloody battle with the Rong family, so I will be shoulder to shoulder with him. ”

Qu Xiaobai was not without sadness in his heart.

If she could, how she wished she could sing and dance for the rest of her life and live a simple and happy life. But she is destined to be involved in these bloody and cruel battles, and she can't escape if she wants to.

She put a mound of leek roots into the basket, thinking to herself, even if she is a peasant woman and grows vegetables, she is much happier, what's the good of power?

Xin Qingjun didn't want to talk about Yang Ling, so he opened the topic: "The Rong family can have the power they have today, which means that they are all very powerful, Mu Nanyun is so smart, can he get away with it?" ”

"The Rong family is now powerful, and the children and grandchildren are all arrogant, and after being blinded by power, there are also people who look down on Mu Nanyun. It depends on Mu Nanyun's ability. Those things have nothing to do with us, don't say it, Qingjun, this leek grows out of scrambled eggs and dumplings are very delicious, this year's New Year, I can rely on this to make a fortune, you study hard, this patent is sold to you Zixuzhuang, just share me with two dividends. ”

Qu Xiaobai showed a fox-like sly smile.

Xin Qingjun: "......" leek? Isn't this leek root?

Qu Xiaobai looked at him with a confused expression, and said with a smile: "Sell it, you will know when the time comes, there is garlic, and garlic, in the spring of this year, there are fresh vegetables on everyone's dinner table." ”

In fact, garlic and leeks will be better planted in the ground, but the winter in Nanping is too cold, there are no good insulation measures, and this year is in a hurry, there is no time to build a greenhouse, she will first experiment in the house for a winter, and then try to plant a large area next year.

The leek root is only 300 catties, or with soil, and it will be finished in the afternoon, and after the yard is finished, it will be covered with linoleum and treated with light.

Chen Xiang had already sprinkled hundreds of baskets of beans, and before nightfall, Qu Xiaobai weighed two hundred catties of garlic with them, soaked them in water, and planted the garlic the next day.

After working all afternoon, I was so tired that I couldn't straighten my waist, Xin Qingjun didn't let Qu Xiaobai do it, just commanded, but Qu Xiaobai still did some work, which was quite fulfilling, but I really felt tired.

Xin Qingjun understood that she was taking advantage of her busyness to temporarily forget the worries about Yang Ling in her heart, but she was afraid that she would be tired and that he would not be able to explain to Yang Ling, so she kept telling her to pay attention to her body.

Qu Xiaobai looked at the sky speechlessly, who was Boss Xin infected by?

Back in his yard, it was already dark. The snow didn't stop all afternoon, and by this time it was half a foot thick.

The first snow fell so heavily, it's a rhythm that doesn't let people go out all winter.

Qu Xiaobai was worried about where Yang Ling was at this time and whether he was well fed and clothed, and entered the house with his head bored.

After eating a few bites of dinner and drinking the medicine, I was about to serve. Sleeping in bed, she heard a noisy sound, vaguely Chen Zui's voice, she hurriedly put on her clothes again, opened the door, and saw Chen Zui rushing towards her excitedly, Luoluo chased after her: "Madame has already slept, little master, if you have anything to say tomorrow, you ...... like this"

I stopped and stopped and came to the door......

Qu Xiaobai stood at the door and glared at him angrily: "You dead boy still know to come back?" Forget it about staying in the mountains for a long time! ”

scolded on his lips, and he was really relieved in his heart, "Did everyone else come back safely?" ”

Chen Zui excitedly said: "I'm back, I should have come back yesterday, I saw a white fox, so I thought about hunting back to make a scarf for the little master's mother, this Nanping's winter is too cold, who knows that chasing the white fox went to catch up with a litter of white foxes, now the white fox Qiu is there, the little master's mother, you see!" ”

Qu Xiaobai looked at the string of white foxes in his hand, and was so angry that he couldn't cry or laugh, "You didn't come back just for such a string of white foxes?" ”

"No, it's not a string of white foxes, it's for a white fox fur. The little master's mother is weak and can't help but be cold, and she is not afraid to go out with the white fox fur. ”