Chapter 60: Life Is Dull?
Song Yuan left, but left Lu Erniang with great trouble. This 'trouble' made Lu Xiang'er, who knew it well, unable to exert any strength, and could only watch Lu Erniang lose weight little by little. Moreover, Lu Xianger had to pretend that she didn't understand anything, so as not to make Lu Erniang even more embarrassed.
Just when Lu Xiang'er couldn't stand it and was about to secretly discuss with Lu Hong, Lu Erniang finally stopped hiding in her room all day. Because the 100 acres of fertile land that the Lu family had just bought was time to cultivate. The village of Qinghe Village is full of cattle, and he specially asked his son Niu Fengshou to tell the Lu family. Lu Erniang didn't have any thoughts because of these days, so Lu Xianger received a bumper harvest of cattle on her behalf.
Originally, after Lu Erniang bought a hundred acres of land, she had already asked Niu Village to hire some safe people to prepare for spring ploughing. The main purpose of this cattle harvest is to tell the Lu family that the people have been hired and are ready to farm. Someone from the Lu family should go back to Qinghe Village to see if those hired people are doing things with their hearts.
"Uncle Niu's intention, Xiang'er will definitely tell A-Niang." In front of Niu Fengshou, Lu Xianger is really dignified, just like everyone's ladies. It was her voice, and it was also a slow whisper, which made Niu Fengshou have a feeling of looking up: "This time, I would like to thank Uncle Niu for making a special trip, Xiang'er recently brewed a new wine, and it tastes good, so please take Uncle back to a jar and taste fresh with the village." However, Uncle Niu is also asked to keep this soju secret, and don't tell others that it was brewed by the Lu family. ”
As she spoke, Lu Xiang'er asked Zao'er to fill a small jar of soju and send the cow harvest out of the Lu family. Niu Fengshou has long heard that there is a kind of soju in the county with a strong flavor, and this time coming to the county is like buying a jar to taste. Unexpectedly, this soju was also brewed by the Lu family, and he was given a small jar.
Niu Fengshou looked at the wine jar on the ox cart, and some didn't understand why Lu Xiang'er asked him to hide that the soju came from the Lu family. can think that the Lu family has something to do with the current county order Ye Feng, and Niu Fengshou can only obey Lu Xiang'er's instructions. The Lu family is getting better and better now, and the cattle harvest is in their eyes, but they can't say what it feels like in their hearts.
At the beginning, when they were in Qinghe Village, the relationship between the Lu family and the Niu family was good. But as Sister-in-law Zhang made such a big fuss, no one from the Niu family came out to speak for the Lu family, which made the relationship between the two families plummet. Looking back at the big courtyard of the Lu family again, Niu Fengshou sighed softly. Although he regretted it a little, he was powerless to change anything. After all, what he said in the Niu family doesn't count, and he can't change anything.
After sending away the cattle harvest, Lu Xianger returned to the living room. Seeing Chaoxia coming from the backyard, Lu Xiang'er had a sad face: "Sister Chaoxia, what can I do about this." A-Niang is sitting in the room in a daze all day long, this is about to be spring ploughing, who will go to Qinghe Village. Except for A-Niang, no one in the family knows how to farm. ”
"You're probably in a daze." Chaoxia shook her head gently, pointed to Lu Erniang's room, and said in a low voice, "Just let my aunt go." ”
Lu Xiang'er thought that Chaoxia had some idea, and when she heard that Lu Erniang was asked to go to Qinghe Village, she hurriedly shook her head and said, "Sister Chaoxia, it's not like you haven't seen it." A-Niang is in a bad mood, and her body is not as good as before, and if I let A-Niang run back and forth, I am afraid that she will fall ill. ”
"They all say you're confused." Chaoxia pulled Lu Xiang'er to sit down and said softly: "Now there is nothing to do at home, and my aunt has nothing to do, so she thinks nonsense all day long." If she is kept busy and doesn't have time to think about things, maybe she'll be in a better mood. ”
"yes, I didn't think of that." Lu Xiang'er was awakened by Chaoxia's words, and nodded again and again: "I don't know about others, but I know very well about A-Niang." She only had to be busy, and she didn't have the heart to think about anything else. I'm going to go to A-Niang and talk to her about it. ”
Before the words fell, Lu Xiang'er had already run out of the room. Chaoxia looked at Lu Xiang'er in a hurry, the corners of her mouth raised, and she was in a very good mood. After looking at the sky outside, Chaoxia got up and took Xiao Tao out of Lu's house. These days, Chaoxia is not idle. The family wants to make wine, but Lu Erniang has no mind, so the work of purchasing food is handled by Chaoxia.
Now it's spring ploughing, and there is no one at home. Chaoxia believes that this time, Lu Erniang will definitely walk out of her room. Sure enough, when Chaoxia came back from discussing with the seller, she saw Lu Erniang sitting in the living room of the main room writing and calculating, as if she was calculating something, and Lu Xianger was also sitting on the side writing something. From the soothing look on Lu Xiang'er's face, Chaoxia understood that Lu Erniang had agreed to go to Qinghe Village.
In fact, in Lu Erniang's heart, nothing and no one is as important as this 'home'. Therefore, after Lu Xiang'er said this matter with a anxious face, Lu Erniang immediately walked out of the room, began to think about what to pay attention to, and wrote it on the same paper.
As Lu Erniang got busy, the dark clouds over the Lu family finally dispersed. In the courtyard of the Lu family, there was a busy scene again. On the surface, the life of the Lu family has returned to its previous peace and warmth. But Lu Xiang'er felt that there seemed to be something wrong in her heart, but she couldn't say anything.
Get busy, time always flies. In the blink of an eye, it has entered May, and the Dragon Boat Festival, a major festival of the Great Zhou Dynasty, is coming. At this time, Lu Erniang remembered that Lu Hong had also been away from home for a few months and should go to see him. But thinking that it was the busy farming at this time, she couldn't leave. Lu Erniang rushed to make two sets of summer clothes overnight and asked Lu Xiang'er to go to see Lu Hong on her behalf.
Lu Xiang'er wanted Lu Erniang to rest, but she understood that Qinghe Village was really inseparable from people, so she had to agree that she and Chaoxia would go to Jiangling Mansion to see Lu Hong. After packing up the things to bring, Lu Xiang'er and Chaoxia rented a carriage early in the morning and set off from Qingshi County to Jiangling Mansion.
Thinking about what happened after Lu Hong left home, Lu Xiang'er hesitated again and again, but decided to tell Lu Hong. Although it may worry Lu Hong, it also lets him know what happened at home. If you don't tell him now, let Lu Hong know in the future, he will definitely be angry.
"Xiang'er, I see that you are not in good spirits, you must be too tired during this time. It's better to lie down and rest for a while, anyway, it will take half an hour to get to Gangneung Mansion. "Lu Erniang was very busy going back and forth between Qinghe Village and the Lu family during this time. And Lu Xiang'er is not idle, most of her time is spent on winemaking.
In addition to distilling soju, Lu Xianger also makes fruit wine. Chaoxia, Zao'er, and Xiao Tao couldn't help much, so they could only let Lu Xiang'er eat better and rest as much as possible. Sitting in the carriage, she found that Lu Xiang'er's eyes couldn't open again, so Chaoxia insisted on pulling her to lie in the carriage to rest.
Although Lu Xiang'er lay down, she couldn't sleep, so she had to close her eyes and recuperate. Thinking that Lu Erniang had regained her previous smile, Lu Xiang'er was still a little worried that she would easily provoke patients if she worked too hard, so she said to Chaoxia: "Sister Chaoxia, I want to hire someone to prevent A-Niang from being so tired, what do you say?" ”
"Hire?!" Chaoxia thought for a while and said hesitantly: "It's either not bad to hire people, or it's not easy to hire." If you don't have someone you can trust, it's better not to hire it. ”
Lu Xiang'er opened her eyes and looked at Chaoxia, nodded and said, "I know, now our family is all women, and it is easy to provoke criticism." However, I really have to hire someone to open a sake brewery in earnest. At the very least, you should hire someone who delivers alcohol to others and runs errands back and forth. ”
"You're going to open a brewery?" Chaoxia straightened up in surprise and looked at Lu Xiang'er, and her move made Lu Xiang'er have to sit up.
After this period of observation, Lu Xiang'er found that the soju was simply too popular. If it weren't for the agreement that Lu Xianger had made with the buyer before, not to reveal the origin of the soju to anyone, she believed that the threshold of the Lu family would be flat at this time. With such results, Lu Xianger is sorry for herself if she doesn't open a winery.
The most important thing is that Lu Xiang'er remembers Lu Hong's wishes. If the news that Lu Xiang'er heard was correct, the Great Zhou Dynasty might have to hold a large-scale 'scientific expedition' that had not been seen since the founding of the country. This scientific examination was conducted at the same time as the literary examination and the martial examination, and the purpose was that the court wanted to absorb civil and military talents throughout the Great Zhou Dynasty.
If Lu Hong was admitted all the way to the Beijing Division and finally stayed in the Beijing Division, Lu Erniang would definitely be reluctant to stay so far away from him. Naturally, the Lu family will also move from Qingshi County to Jingshi. In order to have a better life in the future, and for Lu Hong to have the ability to make friends, Lu Xianger wanted to earn enough money during this period. Because by that time, Lu Xiang'er was also old, and for the sake of her reputation and Lu Hong's reputation, she could no longer do these 'show up' things.
Lu Xiang'er's thoughts, Chaoxia didn't know. She just knew that the girl who was about to turn eleven across from her had such a big idea to open a winery. While admiring it in her heart, Chaoxia also wanted to see what Lu Xiang'er's future would be like.
"If you really want to open a brewery, you really have to do some calculations." Chaoxia's biggest advantage is that no matter what she encounters, she is calm and relative, which may have something to do with the cold temperament she has cultivated since childhood. And this is exactly what Lu Xianger likes and appreciates most about Chaoxia.
Lu Xiang'er smiled: "Sister Chaoxia, I won't hide it from you." I've been thinking about it all this time. I'll talk to him when I see him and hear his opinion. If possible, I'd like to hire someone as soon as possible to put the 'signboard' of the brewery out there. That way, we'll all be a little bit easier. ”
"With all that said, you just want to make more money." Seeing Lu Xiang'er smiling embarrassedly, the corners of Chaoxia's mouth raised slightly, and said, "You, when it comes to money, just like what my aunt said, my eyes are shining." ”
"What's the matter, Sister Chaoxia is smiling again." Lu Xiang'er wanted to protest, but once again provoked Chaoxia's teasing eyes. At this time, the carriage had already entered Jiangling Mansion and was slowly heading towards Luming Academy.