Back in Yingzigou, waiting for the time of the tea tree branches, Mei Xiaotong dragged down a wooden box from the carriage and handed it to Li Jiushao in front of everyone, which contained the new cloth and rouge gouache.

By the way, he secretly wrote a letter and asked Li Jiushao to take it to Jing County and hand it over to Imperial Doctor Du.

In the letter, he first said hello and said that he missed him, and then said that he asked Mrs. Qi to help prepare the raw materials for making rouge gouache, and when the affairs of the tea mountain on her side were settled, it was time to go to Jing County.

The rouge gouache has to be made first, but there is no need to worry, and when everything is arranged over there by Li Jiushao, it will be a matter of the end of the year.

Because it was late, Mei Xiaotong was carefully arranged to go to a home with a female dependent, and the men and children in the family went to live in the next house, and cleaned up a clean room for Mei Xiaotong alone.

Mei Changgui huddled with the other guards and made do with it for one night.

Early the next morning, the tea tree strips were all ready, the roots were wrapped in a little moist soil, and the rhizomes were carefully wrapped with tree leaves and placed in the carriage.

Mei Xiaotong also said goodbye and wanted to go back to Qilidun.

The purpose of Li Jiushao and Zhang Yinbao is to come to the tea mother tree, and the second is to re-sign the dividend deed, the matter is done, and there are still many things waiting for them outside, so they can't stay longer, so they will come out together.

When they arrived at Yangjia Village, the two teams parted ways.

He sprayed the tea tree note with water at night, covered it with a branch, and left it in the shade for the night.

The next day, it happened that Chongzigou sent someone to bring a letter yesterday, saying that a lot of mountain goods had been collected over there, and the Mei family had sent someone to drag it back.

This matter is naturally done by Mei Changgui and Liu Xiaoqiao.

Mei Xiaotong also asked the two of them to go back to Chongzigou to bring a letter to see if there was anyone who wanted to go to her tea mountain to guard the tea mountain.

When Liu Xiaoqiao heard this, his eyes lit up, this is a good thing.

When I went back to Chongzigou, I said that not only her, but also my mother's family would be looked down upon by everyone, so I agreed.

As soon as Mei Changgui and his wife left, taking advantage of the fact that there was no one in the yard, Mei Xiaotong marked the hundred branches that had been cultivated through the seed selection and cultivation room last time, and also put them together with the tea tree branches that were pressed by Yingzigou.

Mei Changfu and Mei Yonggui were originally going to go up the mountain to help, where to go, but now they have begun to collect autumn mountain goods again.

Mei Xiaotong wished they didn't go, so she said that she would stay at home.

Mei Xiaotong took the hired men to send the tea saplings.

Mei Yonggui was not at ease, so he ran to muttered a few words to Li Zheng.

This matter of planting tea has long been angry with Li Zheng, who has always been worried about this matter in his heart, but An Huahao and Mei Xiaotong went to the county seat and were not allowed to come back for a while.

Seeing that Mei Xiaotong bought materials a few days ago, she said that she wanted to build a house in the mountains, and she wanted to invite someone to watch the tea mountain and grow tea, and Li Zheng was waiting.

I heard that the Mei family hired more than a dozen men to carry the tree to the mountain, and the Mei family couldn't get out, only Mei Xiaotong was alone, and he was afraid

can't hold down the scene, I want to ask him to watch, where is there anything that doesn't agree?

I readily agreed.

Climbing the mountain together, Li Zheng wanted to talk a few times, Mei Xiaotong knew what Li Zheng meant, and took the initiative to explain: "These branches, plant them in the mountains first, if the survival rate is high next year and there are few dead seedlings, I will get another batch." This tea tree can only produce tea for three years, and it takes three years to see the quality of the tea produced. If there is no problem, the southward side of the Qilipo can be planted entirely, and now I am worried about how many hundreds of trees will be left next year. ”

Li Zheng looked at the thin branch, and he didn't know the bottom of his heart, and he wanted to comfort: "Let's plant it and see, whether it succeeds or not, my heart, on behalf of everyone, I understand it!" Don't worry, when I go back, I'll ask the people in the village to hunt or something and not come here, so as not to accidentally spoil the seedlings. ”

When I arrived at the tea mountain, it has changed greatly, there are many wood and stones in this mountain, and the bottom of the house is covered with stones, and the top is covered with a kind of thatch unique to the mountain, which is golden and buttery after drying, and is covered on the roof, and the rain cannot get in.

Many people who don't have money go to the mountains to pick this kind of thatch and go back to dry it and build a roof.

Those people in Yingzigou, the ancestral craft is hunting, these crafts are not at all, these work such as building walls and roofs, there is not much technical content, and after these days, they have also kept it in mind, and it is not difficult to repair a roof or something in the future.

According to Mei Xiaotong's instructions, more than 400 pits were dug halfway up the mountain and on the top of the mountain.

Weeds near the pit, as well as shrubs that would hinder the growth of tea trees, were dug up.

Mei Xiaotong seemed to pick out the hundred selected tea saplings at random, selected a few people, and asked them all to plant on the top of the mountain.

The rest are planted halfway up the mountain, so that it will be easier to distinguish in the future.

With the strength of the crowd and the preparation work, everyone soon planted the 400 or so tea trees and brought water from the nearby stream to water them.

That's it, the rest depends on the time.

Mei Xiaotong also told a few words, especially the hundred or so on the mountain, explain to them, be extra careful, and let them not care about anything except the wild grass that grows nearby and need to be pulled out, just let them be born and raised.

After going down the mountain, the people who came to help each gave fifty big money, and also wrapped a meal of steamed buns with meat and stewed mushrooms.

Qingzhou Mansion.

Outside the gate of the Gongyuan, it was full of people at the moment.

Today is the last day of the autumn festival, and since the morning, there have been people guarding the door, waiting for the students who have finished taking the exams to come out.

Yang Zongbao had already inquired, got up early in the morning, and asked the mother-in-law who was cooking to make a light meal today, so he hired a carriage to guard the gate of the tribute courtyard.

Finally, as soon as the door of the Gongyuan was opened, the students inside were haggard and staggered out.

Originally, they were all weak scholars, and they were here

The three exams were tormented like a little cabbage in the field, his face was yellow, his legs were shaking, and he was about to fall down when the wind blew.

In particular, a few of them barely supported themselves out of the gate of the Tribute Courtyard, and they fell to the ground with their eyes rolled over.

The guards at the gate were accustomed to it, and two people came out and carried the fainted students to the pharmacy next to the Gongyuan.

The fainted student was picked up by his family, so he cried and wiped his tears away.

Alone, there are naturally medicine children from the pharmacy to take care of them.

The small commotion caused by the fainting of the students quickly subsided, and everyone's thoughts were still more on the students who came out one after another.

As soon as An Huahao came out, he saw Yang Zongbao standing on the carriage, waving at him, seeing An Huahao seeing himself, he hurriedly jumped down from the carriage, squeezed into the crowd, took the things in An Huahao's hand, and then squeezed out again and brought people to the car.

Signaling the carriage to go home, Yang Zongbao carefully looked at An Huahao's face, a little haggard, but because it was too dark, he couldn't see it.

It's just that the smell on the body is not very good, it is understandable, stuffy in such a small room, although it is cold in the morning and evening in August, but the sun at noon is still dizzy.

If you don't change your clothes for three days, you naturally don't have any good taste.

The spirit is fine, and I can climb into the carriage by myself, and I have no problem with my body.

Yang Zongbao relaxed slightly.

When I arrived in the yard where I lived, the mother-in-law who cooked was also experienced, and she had already boiled a big pot of hot water, and when An Huahao arrived home, she took a good bath first, and the mother-in-law had already made a big pot of egg noodles, sprinkled with green onions, and served it fragrantly.

Although An Huahao has hot water with pancakes and mushroom sauce in it these days, his life is much better than other candidates who can only eat cold buns and drink cold water.

But when I saw this pot of noodles, I couldn't help but swallow my saliva.

After dividing a large pot of noodles by two, he put down the dishes and chopsticks, and his eyes were almost open.

I haven't slept well these days, the room is too cramped, and he can't even stretch his feet straight at night, although he is in good health, not afraid of cold and heat, and can make do with leaning against the wall.

But I can't stand it, there are people on the left and right, some sleep and snore, some fart and talk in the middle of the night, and I don't know who it is, and when someone falls asleep at night, they cry.

The sound is not loud, but it can't be stopped, and it is always making noise in the ears.

An Huahao is an iron-beaten body, and he can't stand it anymore.

Seeing this, Yang Zongbao hurriedly helped An Huahao to the kang before putting it down, and saw him sleeping deeply.

This night, An Huahao slept until noon on the third day before waking up, and woke up with a hungry stomach.

Yang Zongbao came to the house every once in a while to have a look, and saw An Huahao sitting on the kang, still a little unconscious, and hurriedly went out to let his mother-in-law prepare dinner.

hurriedly ran back again, gesturing and asking An Huahao how he was doing?

Full of concern, waiting for peace

Hua Hao ate dinner again before he completely relieved himself.

An Huahao slept until night last night and didn't wake up, he was very worried, and was planning to find Lang Zhong to see if he didn't wake up today.

If An Huahao really had anything, how could he go back and explain to Mrs. Li and Mei Xiaotong's mother and daughter.

I heard that Anhua Hao woke up, and in the afternoon, a classmate came to visit.

said a few words of gossip, most of which meant to ask An Huahao whether to wait for the results to come out in the state capital, or to go back to Jing County and wait.

An Huahao is like an arrow, and his results do not matter if he is not in the state capital.

Therefore, he only said that he wanted to go back to Jing County, but his classmates persuaded him to wait a few days, and he knew a few more people, and he could always use it in the future.

After sending off his classmates, Yang Zongbao also said that it was better to stay for two more days, and it was better to go back with good news.

An Huahao thought about it, and he responded.

Let's talk about Mei Xiaotong's side.

When Mei Changgui and Liu Xiaoqiao returned to Chongzigou, many people were moved.

It was still Liu's father and Mei Changgui, who carefully selected three families, and the main man in the family was injured, but it didn't affect him on weekdays, but he couldn't go into the mountains to hunt with everyone, and it didn't hinder him to watch the mountains and guard the forests and plant trees.

There are also many children, they can't hunt, they have less income, and life is tight.

After everyone heard that this quota was given to them, they also knew that this was a way for Mei Changgui and Father Liu to give their families a way to live, so naturally they would not fight.

This matter was decided, Mei Changgui brought people back and met Mei Xiaotong.

Mei Xiaotong took a look at it and agreed.

Anyway, the people left behind by An Huahao in the tea mountain watched, and the Mei brothers also agreed to go to the mountains from time to time to take a look, and there would be nothing wrong with it.

As soon as the matter was dealt with, Mei Xiaotong couldn't stay in Qilidun, and after packing her luggage, she was going to go to Jing County with Mrs. Li.

I don't know how Anhua Hao did in the exam?

These days, Mrs. Li is thinking about her son-in-law's exam, and she doesn't go out to chat with people every day, but only recites Buddhism at home.

I heard my daughter say that she was going to the county seat, and if it wasn't late, I couldn't wait to set off overnight.

Mei Changfu and his three brothers are now accustomed to Mrs. Li and Mei Xiaotong living in a few days before going to the county seat, although they are still a little reluctant, especially Mei Changfu, Jin Dou's marriage is thanks to his own mother.

The whole family is a girl, he has also seen it, and the daughter-in-law who has not passed through the door at three or five times also brought shoes for herself and her two sons, and filial piety is there.

Moreover, this daughter-in-law is also extremely filial to Mrs. Li, and she puts Mrs. Li in front of her, especially Mei Changfu is satisfied.

I thought in my heart that in the future, the marriage between Tianhu and Tianbao would have to be reliable if my wife came out.

That Zhou heard that Jin Douxiang had seen a daughter-in-law whose mother died early and his father was useless, but he wanted to make a fuss, so he called Jin Dou to the old yard, and said with a handful of snot and tears that Mrs. Li was uneasy and kind, bullying Dafang and Jin Dou.

With such conditions as Jin Dou,

What a good girl can't find it, so you found one like this? Isn't this a slap in the face of Dafang and Jin Dou?

On the other hand, he instigated Jin Dou to make trouble with Mei Changfu, and said that he would mess up this family affair and find another better one for Jin Dou.

Jin Dou is now the time when his love is strong, he puts the whole girl on the tip of his heart, he can set such a family matter, he can't ask for it, where is he willing to listen to Zhou's.

Zhou's sprinkling and selling miserably did not make Jin Dou change his mind, but what he said poked Zhou's heart every word.

What mother, didn't you marry your father when you first married a family affair given by too 1 milk and 1 milk? Why can't it be my son's turn?

If you are good to the whole girl, she will be filial to you in the future, if you are still like this, you will stay in this yard honestly in the future, and you will not be missing to eat and drink.

What kind of mother, why don't you expect your son to be a little better, this girl in the family is the person your son likes, can you happily accept her? Do you have to make a fuss like this, so that your son is caught in the middle and is in a dilemma? You can't learn to learn milk, even if you don't like you at the beginning, because you like it too 1 milk and 1 milk, don't you agree with you?

poked Zhou's breathlessness for a long time.

It is said that the person who hurts himself the most is the person who is most important to him.

Zhou's now, Mei Changfu is completely impossible with herself, and she doesn't dare to go back to her parents' house, if she goes back, she will die.

The only thing that can be counted on is a few sons.

But the second Tianhu was forced away by himself, and the old three-day leopard was still young, and now he can point to it, that is, the boss Jin Dou.

Jin Dou is the most honest among the three children, she pondered, she is Jin Dou's mother, no matter how unhappy she is, she cries at the airport, softly begging twice, and crawls out of her stomach, can she really throw her own mother aside?

This boss's daughter-in-law, she must find someone who is easy to handle, and her life will be better in the future.

The former mother-in-law and sister-in-law often lived in the county, and they didn't come back when they were idle, and the rooms were divided again, she first pinched her daughter-in-law, and then patiently coaxed Jin Dou and Tianbao, saying that she would be able to live in the Mei family's big yard again in the future.

I never thought that the words that came out of the mouth of Jin Dou, who I thought were the most obedient, were like knives, stabbing her in the heart.

Zhou was stunned and angry, and after driving Jin Dou out, he lay on the kang, and somehow, he remembered when she married Mei Changfu.

At that time, she pretended to inadvertently say something in front of Mei Changfu that she was afraid of her mother-in-law and whether she would be wronged after marrying.

Then you will see Mei Changfu go back to have an awkward relationship with Mrs. Li, and at that time, she watched with a secret happy mood.

Now, she seems to empathize with the anger and sadness of Mrs. Li at that time.

Perhaps, this is retribution, right?

Since then, Zhou has closed the door and rarely comes out, which makes Jin Dou breathe a sigh of relief.

Mrs. Li and Mei Xiaotong naturally saw all these in their eyes.

When Mrs. Li recited Buddha to An Huahao, she couldn't help but thank her

A few words of the Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva can be regarded as a manifestation, but the crying he has eaten and the pain he has suffered can be repaid on the Zhou family today.

The Zhou family is no longer making trouble, and there is hope for life on the side of the big house, and it will be better.

On the third side, Xiaojuan has never been very apparent, but in reading, the master has commented and is a little talented.

Xide Mei Yonggui is indispensable, lying on the kang every day and dreaming, and he can't say that he can provide a son in the future.

This study costs money, he still has Xiaojuan to marry, the youngest son Xiaoduo is still young now, he can't see anything, in case he has talent for reading in the future, the cost will be even greater.

Instead, he collected all the bad things in the past, and he thought about making money every day.

Wen is a supple woman, and when Mei Yonggui was away from home all year round, she could guard several children.

Now that I heard that my eldest son has a talent for reading, my man has changed his bad habits in the past and earns money wholeheartedly, just for the sake of the children's future, and he is even more dedicated to serving Mei Yonggui.

Two couples and three children are now in the shape of a newlywed.

Xiaojuan is now in good condition at home, and this time Mrs. Li came back and saw Xiaojuan tanned like that, but she reminded a few words, and Wen remembered it in her heart.

Thinking that I want to detain Xiaojuan at home, raise it for a few years, raise it white and tender, and when I have filial piety, I can find people and prepare a dowry.

Mei Changgui and Liu Xiaoqiao now have plenty of money, especially Liu Xiaoqiao, who married into the Mei family, in the words of her mother, she really married into a blessed nest.

The mother-in-law and sister-in-law are both sensible people, and they are generous, and they split up early and make their own decisions.

Now that the sister-in-law has also brought her mother-in-law to the county seat, the man loves her and listens to her in everything, whose daughter can marry so smoothly?

That is, he is still keeping filial piety now, and he has no children, so he has a little regret.

Liu's father told Liu Xiaoqiao that her mother-in-law's family is so good, and the man is angry and hurts her, so that she should be good to her mother-in-law and the man, but she can't just her tail and act arrogantly.

(End of chapter)