The content on this paper was thought of by Xiaoman a long time ago, and if he wanted to make Canglan's clothes have more patterns and decorations, it would be too cost-effective to buy them from Shangjing, and not counting such a long transportation time.

As the saying goes, it is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish, so Xiaoman wants to teach embroidery directly in Bei'an, so that these people can learn to draw and embroider patterns by themselves, so that even if there is no caravan of Huali, Canglan's clothes can have more patterns.

Xiaoman wrote such a notice overnight, and while pasting it all over the streets and alleys, he asked Zhang Shangqi and Liu Ying to help publicize it, so that more people could come to learn.

After listening to the meaning behind this piece of paper, Wang Youhe thought about it, frowned and said, "Sister Xiaoman, in this way, won't the Manrou Garment Workshop be able to make money from the people?" ”

"I've already thought about it, the climate is too harsh, even if I can grow vegetables in the greenhouse, I can't raise silkworms, so Holley has to buy cotton clothes from Manrou Garment Factory." Xiao Man smiled, confident.

"What if Lord Holley buys silk or cotton directly? Sister Xiaoman, in this way, Manrou Garment Workshop still can't continue to cooperate with Lord Huali? Wang Youhe pouted, a little unhappy.

Seeing this, Xiao Man patted the other party's shoulder, "Don't worry, even if Holley really cuts off the cooperation with Manrou Garment Workshop, then Manrou Garment Workshop can still sell clothes to the people of Shangjing." Cooperating with Holley's caravan, even if you make a lot of money, it will be too troublesome, if you can't cooperate in the future, it's fine, anyway, I have other plans. ”

"What are you going to do?" Wang Youhe immediately put aside the previous awkwardness and asked curiously.

But Xiaoman just smiled mysteriously and didn't say anything, but asked Wang Youhe to copy the notice quickly.

Wang Youhe asked again, but never got a result, and finally could only return in a huff and was busy copying the notice.

Seeing Wang Youhe leave, Xiao Man always had a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, as if he was relieved, but more relaxed and relieved.

Seeing this, Pearl on the side pursed her lips and smiled, "Madam, estimate the time, Lord Huali is coming back soon, and I don't know how Mrs. entrusted him to do things, Mrs. Wei or not, whether they are doing well in Beijing, and Old Man Xia, when the slave and the prince accompanied him to Shuangcheng Town before, the old man looked-"

"Okay, okay, I don't know who I've been learning from lately, and I'm chattering endlessly." Xiao Man glanced at Pearl with some resentment, and pretended to be dissatisfied and ridiculed: "If you go on like this, see who dares to marry you." ”

Pearl's words were interrupted, just when she was stunned, but she didn't want to hear the last sentence suddenly, she blushed and became angry: "Madam! ”

Xiao Man smiled and took the other party's hand, the corners of his mouth and eyebrows were still smiling, but he was much more solemn than before, "Pearl, I mean really, you are also at the age when you should get married, right?" It's not a good idea to always follow me, you can see it-"

"Madam, if you continue like this, I will ignore you!" Pearl's face grew redder, and she struggled to withdraw her hand, not to interrupt Xiao Man, her cheeks like ripe red apples.

Looking at the other party's appearance, Xiao Man couldn't bear to continue to ridicule, so he had to coax a couple of sentences in a good voice, and then pursed his lips and said with a smile: "In short, I am serious, Pearl, you think about it, if there is something you can see, I will help you take a look, if not, then I will pick one for you!" It will definitely make you marry a good family! ”

The first half of the sentence was quite serious, but the more he talked, the more excited Xiao Man forgot that Pearl was shy for a while, and said what he thought in his heart.

There is no problem with this, Xiaoman is not from a high background, and he has never regarded pearls, jadeites and others as lower than himself. The two of them have also followed her for many years, and the three of them have experienced many things together, and she has long regarded the other two as her sisters.

When it is time to get married, she naturally has to worry about the two of them, and pearls and jadeites are not her accessories, she will never let the two follow her for a lifetime, and they should have their own lives.

But after all, Pearl is young, and when she hears such a thing as marriage, her cheeks are already hot as if something, and she is cramped and shy to press her head lower and lower, looking like she wants to get into the crack in the ground on the spot.

Seeing this, Xiao Man hurriedly shook Pearl's hand, "Okay, okay, I won't continue, you go to the study with me first, I still have something to do, and I have to trouble you to help me polish the ink." “

Hearing that the other party was not talking, Pearl raised her head and vented her anger in one go, "Madame is getting worse and worse!" Putting aside this kind of nonsense, if you're here next time, the pearl will really... Really ignore you! ”

"Okay, I'll never say it again, okay?" Xiao Man took Pearl's hand and walked in the direction of the study, and said, "But I'm all for your good, young and beautiful girl, I can't stay in this house for the rest of my life, it's a pity——"

"Madame said again!" Pearl interrupted in shame.

Xiao Man came back to his senses, was stunned for a moment, and then turned sideways and smiled, "It's only this once, there will be absolutely no next time, okay?" ”

Saying that, the two also went to the study in the northeast direction of the front yard, and after entering, Xiao Manming Pearl sharpened the ink, while she cut a few pieces of white paper on the table, picked up the brush and stared at the white paper secretly pondering.

Growing vegetables in the county lord's mansion and having to grow vegetables that can be harvested within a month is actually not a difficult task, after all, the area is small, and it is divided into three greenhouses, whether it is to maintain the temperature or if there is any problem, it is easy to control.

But if you want to go to a large open space in the suburbs to plant, it is different, you have to plant a lot of varieties, you have to make sure that there are no problems in this large greenhouse, and you have to ensure that the temperature is balanced.

This matter is different from hunting and teaching embroidery, which not only requires extraordinary efforts, but also relies on some luck, so before the matter begins, Xiaoman must take all factors into account, and it will be convenient to deal with it at that time.

The ink-polished pearl had already thrown aside the little episode that had just happened, and at this time, looking at Xiao Man's appearance in a daze at the white paper, she couldn't help but ask curiously: "Madam, what do you think?" ”

"It's nothing, just thinking about ......" Xiaoman answered in a low voice, but before he finished speaking, there was no follow-up.

"What do you think?" Pearl asked curiously.

Xiao Man let out a long sigh when he heard this, put aside the brush in his hand, closed his eyes and leaned back on the back of the chair, "Actually, I don't know what I'm thinking, I always want to reduce the risk and want to succeed at one time, but for all this, I have no clue and don't know what to do." ”

Although she has more experience than many people, and she has more experience in growing vegetables and crops than many people, she just worked with her father at the beginning, and many things were arranged by her father, and she didn't know what was going on in many things.

What's more, this greenhouse is also extremely rare in Bishui Village, poor families don't dare to eat fresh vegetables in winter, the reason why she knows such a method is just that she and Su Qi went to the market in the city since she was a child, and saw other people's greenhouses, but she knows very little about how to operate.

Things came to this point, but Xiao Man suddenly began to doubt himself.

was struggling awkwardly, and a small servant in the study came to report: "Madam, Lord Huali is back." ”

Xiao Man immediately got up and said in surprise: "Back?" Where's Lord Holley, I-"

"When I come back, I'm naturally going to visit you first!" A familiar male voice interrupted Xiao Man, the voice from far and near, and finally the real person stood at the door of the study, with a little bit of hard work on the road, but his face was full of smiles and joy.

Xiao Man hurriedly walked past the desk, quickly looked at each other left and right, and couldn't believe it: "I estimated in my heart that you were coming back soon, but I didn't expect such a coincidence, it turned out to be today." ”

Saying that, Xiao Man invited Hua Li to the main hall, and ordered someone to serve hot tea, the corners of his mouth were always upturned, and he couldn't hide his smile.

Looking at Xiao Man's happy appearance, Hua Li couldn't help but smile and teased: "I don't know if the county lord is happy to see me come back, or is he happy because of the things and news I brought back?" ”

"Both." Xiaoman said bluntly.

Hua Li didn't expect the other party to answer like this, and couldn't help but laugh heartily again, he didn't talk nonsense, but directly raised his hand and motioned to his subordinates to bring things up.

As early as when Huali set off for Beijing, she asked the other party to help her come back with some vegetable seeds and specific tools from Beijing, and they had to be the varieties she designated. For the sake of these seeds, Holley had to stay in Shangjing for a few more days, because there were still several kinds of them in the end, and Holley had to slow down his pace, searching everywhere along the way, and finally collected them.

Putting down the seeds tightly wrapped in the wooden box, Xiao Man flipped left and right, and his joy was overflowing, and he didn't even bother to listen to what Hua Li was saying.

It wasn't until Hua Li called her over and over again that Xiao Man came back to his senses, looked at the other party with a puzzled expression, and said, "What's wrong?" ”

"This time I went to Beijing, in addition to helping you bring back so many messy things, I also brought back a surprise for you." Huali pretended to be mysterious, looked at Xiao Man with a smile, and stood with his hands in his hands, full of mystery.

Xiao Man became more and more curious, "What did you bring back?" ”

A specialty of Shangjing? Xia Wanrou's letter, or ......

Just when Xiao Man was puzzled, Hua Li, who was standing in front of her, suddenly stretched out his arm, slapped his palm outward a few times, and shouted, "Come in!" ”

Is this posture coming from people?

Xiao Man and Pearl stretched their necks to look out, only to see a few women dressed in Donglan costumes coming in, tall, short, fat, thin, young, old, married, still in the boudoir, there were all kinds of people, but none of them were known by Xiao Man.

She couldn't help frowning and asked, "Is this ......?"