She had already thought that if the king's attitude was not clear, then Xiaoman would apply to return to Beijing, and while buying seeds, she could also visit Xia Wanrou's father in Bishui Village by the way; But if the king's attitude is clear, that is, he will not let her return to Shangjing, then Xiaoman has other ways.

The other way is to find some hardy wild vegetables in the local area and plant them in the greenhouse.

Bei'an City is the capital of Canglan, there are many dignitaries and nobles living in the city, and there are naturally vegetable sellers in the city, but compared with the price of this dish in Beijing, it is simply a world and an underground.

This dish is too expensive! Ordinary people can't afford to eat at all!

However, if you eat meat all year round, even if the meat is cooked differently, it will be boring to eat in the long run, so these people will go up to the mountains to dig wild vegetables to change the taste.

In Canglan, food is a rarer ingredient than meat.

These are all things that Wang Dacui said, Xiao Manyuan just listened to it for fun, but he didn't want to be useful today.

"Wild vegetables?" Wang Shang was a little surprised, but he didn't expect Xiao Man to say this, he leaned over, frowned and asked, "But this season, there shouldn't be many wild vegetables on the mountain, right?" ”

The coldest months of the year are approaching, and the rivers are slowly freezing, will there still be wild vegetables on the mountains?

Xiao Man smiled slightly, "How do you know if you don't go and see?" There are not many seeds that the courtiers brought from Shangjing, and if they continue to waste time like this, I am afraid that there will be no progress until the end of this year. ”

She is not afraid of wasting time, after all, there are still a lot of things waiting for her to do in the house, even if she doesn't grow vegetables, those maids in the house who learn embroidery are enough to be busy for a while.

But Wang Shang is different, he is waiting for Xiaoman to make achievements, and wants to change the living conditions of the people in Bei'an City in the short term, he can't afford to wait no matter what.

Therefore, after listening to what Xiao Man said, the king thought for a while before nodding, "Okay, then you go and see first, if there is any gain, just follow your ideas, and never interfere." ”

"Thank you, the king." Xiao Man raised his lips and smiled, curtsied.

"If you don't have anything else to do, just step back first, Lone still has a lot of official business to deal with." The king said.

Xiao Man nodded, "That sister retired first." ”

Walking out of the Wenfeng Palace, Pearl hurriedly stepped forward to put on her cloak, and then asked anxiously, "Madam, what are you talking about?" Why did you come out so quickly, the king didn't embarrass you, right? ”

There was a thief a few days ago, and the king is too late to feel guilty now, so how can he embarrass her?

Xiao Man smiled, took Pearl's hand, and told the other party everything that happened in the palace while leaving the palace, and even told Pearl about his plan to go to the mountains to dig wild vegetables.

"It's so cold, does Madame really plan to go to the mountains to dig wild vegetables?" Pearl looked so surprised that she even slowed down her steps.

"Or else? Do you think I dare to deceive the king about this? Xiao Man turned to look at Pearl and explained, "Besides, what's the benefit of me deceiving the king with this matter?" ”

Pearl was speechless for a while, and only reacted after a while, and said with some wilting: "But the weather is so cold, and there are no wild vegetables on the mountain, why should Madame take such a big risk to go to the mountain, it is too dangerous." ”

"After all, this is the matter of King Canglan, why should Madam work so hard?"

After all, it was still a lot of trouble here, and Pearl felt that Xiao Man didn't need to bother so much at all, after all, even if the thing was really done, there would be no reward.

and the name of this county lord, it is not a reward and honor at all, it is just that the king is trying his best to urge Xiao Man to do his best, speaking of which, the name of this county lord is more like a shackle, so that Xiao Man can't even go back to his own home.

Xiaoman didn't think so much like Pearl, her thoughts were very simple, and she felt that only if she could help the king achieve her wish as soon as possible, then she could return to Shangjing faster.

As for the status of this county lord, she didn't care about it, let alone shackles or honor?

Therefore, Xiaoman explained: "I can only return to Shangjing as soon as possible if I do this as soon as possible, and besides, the king doesn't treat us very well, so we don't have to stick to this." “

"Where is the king going to treat us?" Pearl complained: "I can't even go back to Kyoto, I don't have any freedom at all, is this okay?" ”

Hearing this, Xiao Man couldn't help laughing and said: "This is just a small price to ask for help, and it's no wonder that the king is the king." ”

After speaking, Xiao Man whispered Lu Li's plan to Pearl so that the other party knew that the king did not mean to embarrass himself.

Pearl who learned the truth suddenly realized, and then nodded, knowing that he had misunderstood the king, so he stopped complaining.

The two left the palace, and then returned to the mansion in a carriage, and began to pack their things, preparing to go to the suburbs to live for a few days, so that it would be more convenient to go up the mountain to find wild vegetables.

Jade didn't know why at first, but later heard that Pearl said that Xiaoman was going to take someone up the mountain to pick wild vegetables, and she couldn't hold it back, so she immediately chased after Xiaoman, begging the other party to go out of the house and go up the mountain.

Such an attitude made Xiao Man a little surprised, she thought that Jade would also complain like a pearl, but she didn't expect the other party to be quite interested in it.

She was a little happy, so she readily agreed to the other party, and instructed: "The temperature on the mountain is colder than in the house, you should bring more clothes, don't freeze." ”

"Don't worry, madam, I know this." Jade smirked.

"Huh?" Xiao Man, who was planning to take some clothes to take, couldn't help but straighten up and looked at the other party curiously: "How do you know?" ”

As far as she knew, Jade grew up in Shangjing, and after coming to Canglan, she only lived in the suburbs with her, and never went up the mountain, how did she know this.

When Xiao Man asked this, Jade, who was originally full of pride, blushed, and she twisted for a long time before explaining in a whisper: "When I was in the suburbs before, Xiao Qi often told me about him going up the mountain with Grandpa Guo, and over time, I also knew a little about these. ”

It's Xiao Qi again.

This time, not to mention Xiao Man, even Pearl got up and teased each other: "Xiao Qi is long and Xiao Qi is short all day long, Jade, when will you marry Xiao Qi?" ”

"Phew!" Jade blushed and spitted, "You just married him!" ”

Pearl rolled her eyes, then covered her mouth and smiled, teasing: "If I marry Xiao Qi, then you still have to pick my skin?" ”

Jade's face turned even redder, she couldn't get angry, she rushed forward and slapped the pearl a few times, ashamed and annoyed: "I told you to talk nonsense!" I call you nonsense! ”

"Ouch-" Pearl screamed very exaggeratedly, and shouted with a smile: "The little seventh daughter-in-law has beaten someone, the little seventh daughter-in-law has beaten someone......"

When it comes to tongues, Pearl usually doesn't talk much, and she doesn't like to say it, but if she really talks about it, the sharp-toothed Jade is not her opponent at all.

The two of them were playing in the house, laughing and shouting, Xiaoman didn't stop drinking, just watching the excitement on the side, occasionally adding a few words of oil and vinegar, which made Jade's face blush like a ripe apple.

It's almost over, Xiao Man stopped Pearl, bent his eyes and said with a smile: "Okay, let's let Jade clean up her clothes first, otherwise if you enter the mountain and freeze, wouldn't it be distressing for Xiao Qi." ”

"Madame!" Jade covered her face and looked disgusted.

"Don't make a fuss, don't make a fuss, Jade go and pack up your clothes, we have to leave for the suburbs early tomorrow morning." Xiao Man smiled playfully and said seriously.

The house was born peacefully, while the sky was still bright, Pearl packed out all the clothes that Xiaoman needed, and then packed them, and then went back to his room to pack his clothes, and prepared to go to the suburbs early tomorrow morning to prepare for various matters into the mountain.

It just so happened that Xiaoman had cleaned up here, and Wang Youhe and Xiaoxue also came.

Because Xiao Man instructed the two to draw a pattern when they had nothing to do in the afternoon, the two did not dare to take it lightly for a moment, and after eating, they went back to the house, studied and pondered for an afternoon, and took advantage of the fact that the sky was not completely dark, and hurriedly handed over the pattern.

The two patterns were mixed together, and the little maid Simei beside Wang Youhe presented them with both hands, Xiaoman didn't think much about it, and directly reached out to take the pattern, but found that there was not even a signature on the whole paper.

It's normal if there is no single pair, after all, Xiaoxue can't write, Xiaoman can be considerate, but there are no two pairs, so it's a little too much to say.

Xiao Man raised his head and was about to ask, when he heard Wang Youhe smile and said: "Sister Xiao Man, this is what we did on purpose, you first see which of these two patterns is better, and then we will tell you which one came up with by whom." ”

"It's fine." Xiao Man nodded and agreed: "It's fairer this way." ”

As he spoke, Xiao Man ordered the candles in the room to be lit, and then began to appreciate the two patterns that had just been designed with the light of the candles and a little sunlight coming in from the window.

One is the depiction of the snow-capped mountains, majestic and atmospheric, just looking at it seems to be able to feel the slightest coolness blown by the wind on the snow-capped mountains.

The other is an ordinary picture of flowers and birds, a huge white gardenia, and several magpies standing on the branches, magpies and gardenias are painted vividly, as if you can smell the rich fragrance of gardenias, and hear the crisp call of magpies.

Both are not bad, but Xiaoman is clearly more satisfied with the first.

Not signing is for the sake of fairness, so Xiaoman didn't think about the style of which work, she said directly: "In Canglan, the locals may prefer the style of the first one, because it is related to Canglan, the locals can know what the painting is depicting, and they are more familiar with the first one, so they will buy clothes with such patterns." ”

"As for the second one, it's also very good, but if it's placed in an environment like Canglan, the locals don't know what the flowers and birds on it are, so it may not be very popular, and there will be very few people who buy it."