At the beginning of the month, the weather was already very cold, and there was not much snow in Zhaozhou in winter, dry and cold, but it was a little different from the capital.

This is the first year of 'Hua' Jiu in Zhaozhou, she often 'rubs' and 'rubs' her little nose that is dry and painful, her eyes are moist, and her palm-sized little face is like a young beast in pity and begging for comfort, she is cold, and her body is wrapped in a jacket and fox fur, but her hands and feet are still not warm.

The autumn harvest is from the beginning of winter, three days to give the 'flower' nine stewed tonics, but I don't know how many cups I have drunk, and the cold 'hair' disease has not improved a little bit.

'Hua' Jiu shrunk herself in the 'wool' mattress, almost buried her little head in it, holding the stove in her hand, she was even careful to breathe, for fear that the cold wind would rush in if the movement was too big.

Mr. Xi sat cross-legged in the other corner of the carriage, dangling the golden abacus in one hand, and casually flipping through the account book in his hand with the other, and then spit it out in his extremely simple words, "Winter moon, spend eighty taels and fifty wen, and put winter clothes and quilts ......."

The carriage was comfortably arranged, and incense was burning, and the board was also covered with long 'hair' mattresses, and it was not 'touched' yet, but it felt warm to look at.

'Hua' Jiu listened to Mr. Xi's words and voices, word by word as if she was hypnotizing, her little head drooped little by little, and she actually dozed off.

It stands to reason that if she used to be cold in the past, she would never 'show' such a defenseless state in front of others who had no trust at all, but in fact, when she faced Mr. Xi, although she had no trust, she could rest assured, just because Mr. Xi is a person who does not leave his body, and he is a bookkeeper, and he pays the most attention to profit and profit.

Therefore, 'Hua' Nine is not at ease with people, but it is very at ease with interests.

After a long time, Mr. Xi finished reading an account book, only to raise his eyes, the little face of 'flower' Jiubai 'jade' crashed into his heart, he took the abacus hand, and in the carriage, there was no sound of the beads of the abacus, and the silence could almost only hear the sound of the 'flower' Jiulong's breathing.

Lowering his eyes, the eyeliner had the illusion of a narrow liner, Mr. Xi looked at his fingertips, there was no smile on his lips, and he was motionless for a long time, but finally there was a light sigh that seemed to seep out of the distant space, echoing on the wall of the carriage, and the 'flower' Jiu opened his eyes suddenly.

"Mulberry Garden has arrived?" She asked, then rubbed her hands together and put them to her mouth for a hot breath, and after her fingers were not stiff, she 'touched' the side of the almond's eyes and 'kneaded' to make herself more sober.

Mr. Xi didn't blink, and he didn't blink for a moment, and he didn't blink in his eyes for a moment, and then he unconsciously thought of the 'Bo' cat he had seen in Hu Shang before, "No." ”

'Hua' Jiu waited for a while, and then he could hear Mr. Xi spit out a word, and then there was no follow-up, her slightly curled 'lips' were sharply curled, and she only felt that this person must be stupid to settle accounts, and he couldn't even speak, so he saved his saliva like this.

"Let's talk about the mulberry garden." 'Hua' Jiu turned the stove in his hand and held it a little closer to his chest.

Mr. Xi's eyes slightly picked an imperceptible arc, and then he lifted the curtain a little, stretched out his hand and took it back, and felt that it was not the coldest day, but the appearance of 'Hua' Jiu was clearly frozen and couldn't stand it.

"Mulberry Garden, also known as Lianshan, is a peak of Xiaotang Mountain, suitable for mulberry tree planting, Xi Qi Gongzi built it, and the silk weaving produced is actually owned by Qi Gongzi......"

Hearing the words of Xiao Tangshan, I knew that the original Mulberry Garden once belonged to Xiao Tang Mountain, and the 'flower' nine had no coveted heart and 'desire', the wonders of Xiao Tang Mountain, she will slowly extend it in the future, and Sang Yuan must be a good one, so should she think about how to completely snatch the Sang Garden from the Xi family?

Along the way, 'Hua' Jiu was thinking about this, how to calculate it for the old lady Xi, and then it would be best if he could send the mulberry garden to her spontaneously.

When Mr. Xi reminded her to get out of the carriage, he shouted 'flower' nine times in a row before she came back to her senses.

"Hello Mrs. Xiqi, hello Mr. Xi!" As soon as he got out of the carriage, the voices of the subordinates asking for peace sounded in unison, and the 'flower' was completely 'withdrawn' from the magic barrier of the plan.

Then the corners of her 'lips' hooked, the almond eyes smiled like a crescent moon, and the affinity on her plain white face was incomparable, "Everyone has worked hard." ”

Only this sentence, to dispel the station 'door' at least 30 or so long-term workers with a mouth, originally everyone thought that after the mulberry garden changed its owner, the previous rules have changed, but today when I saw the 'flower' nine, the eyebrows and eyes are picturesque, and with everyone's beautiful virtuous gentleness, the heart of the mention was suddenly put down.

Mr. Xi saw this obvious change in his heart, and there was a deep 'color' as deep as ink under his eyes, which precipitated and turned into a thin mist, and if he looked closely, he would find that the corners of his mouth had risen slightly.

Every year in the lunar month, although there will not be so much winter labor on the mulberry garden, this batch of familiar guys Xi Zixiao has always been kept, and has never mentioned repatriation or anything like that, and at this time, a batch of winter cotton clothes, all kinds of grain, rice and noodles will be sent, and when the income is good, there will even be a reward ranging from one to two taels.

Therefore, when the 'spring' of the next year begins, the mulberry trees 'pump' a large number of leaves and begin to feed the silkworms, these long-term workers are extremely laborious.

These people who are not rich in life are 'spiritually' simple but 'Hua' Jiu is happy when he sees this.

The distribution of the winter things, since there is no need to 'flower' nine 'worry', Mr. Xi has already '' it, she just needs to 'show' her face in front of everyone with a smile at the right time, and it can be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

In this regard, Mr. Xi had no complaints, and sent his buddies to do everything alone.

It stands to reason that the mulberry garden is half a day's journey away from Zhaozhou Xifu, so the mulberry garden has already prepared a courtyard where you can rest.

Of course, 'Hua' Jiu is naturally restless, she sternly refused to follow her 'spring' sound and autumn harvest two girls, this time out of the 'door', she also only brought the two of them, changed into a simple narrow sleeve jacket, a bamboo basket with a small shovel and a little dry food on her back, glanced at the busy people from a distance, and quietly slipped out of the mulberry garden, walking in the direction of Xiaotang Mountain.

She carried the simple map she bought for the 'gate' of Xiaotangshan, looked for the direction, and strode forward without hesitation.

The mulberry garden is just a small peak of Xiaotang Mountain, from the map, she has to look through a mountain, in order to get to the top of the mountain she wants to go, the peerless 'flower' grows on the top of the mountain, she has calculated the footsteps, if the planting goes smoothly in half a day, she can return to the mulberry garden before dark, after all, now, it is not noon at all.

I have to say that 'Hua' Jiu is very bold, however, when she got one foot stuck in the crack of the stone and couldn't pull it out, 'Hua' Jiu knew that she had miscalculated this time, she was very good at scheming and scheming, but how to say that she was just a 'girl' in a deep house, and this experience of going out to walk the mountain road was equal to zero.

After struggling for a while, the seam didn't loosen a bit, and the 'flower' Jiu was silent, she simply sat on the stone, looking at her feet and feeling a little irritable, but after moving for so long, her hands and feet were not cold.

"Still 'messing around'?" Half an hour later, the sound of picking out words sounded like a heavenly sound, and 'Hua' Jiu suddenly had a 'excited' spirit, and when he turned his head, he saw Mr. Xi, who was dressed in green shirts and cloth and tied with dazzling gold ingots, standing a few meters away, his eyes slightly squinted, and he was very idle.

'Flower' Jiu lowered her eyelids, pinched the edge of her sleeve, bit the tip of Pink Sakura's 'lip', and didn't speak.

Mr. Xi took a few steps to the front of 'Hua' Jiu, looked at the situation, and then squatted down and 'kneaded' 'Flower' Jiu's stuck metacarpal bone, and immediately the painful 'Hua' Jiuzhi 'pumped' cold air, and the almond eyes instantly moistened and reddened.

"Ready, where are you going?" Mr. Xi frowned, and tried to move the stone out of the way, but the stone was the size of a water tank, and it could not be so easily shaken.

"Little Tangshan." 'Hua' Jiu was honest, she secretly weighed it in her heart, and still felt that she would tell the truth well, after all, this situation must be asked for by others.

Hearing this answer, Mr. Xi turned his gaze and looked at the 'flower' nine fixedly, his eyes were dark and there was no 'wave' in the ancient well, "What to do?" ”

"Picking incense 'flowers'." One question and one answer, both of them speak very concisely.

"Alright." Mr. Dixi said, 'Hua' Jiu raised his eyes in surprise, and felt that his ankles were held by a warm palm, and the toes in the cotton boots were bent backwards, and he seemed to feel less cold.

"How did you 'get it'?" 'Hua' Jiu moved her feet and looked at the stone, and found that the stone had been moved to the ground a little, she turned her head and blurted out, "Mr. Xi, you really have a lot of strength." ”

Who would have thought, Mr. Xi didn't hear it, picked up the basket directly, picked it up and walked forward.

'Hua' Jiu hurried to keep up, if she didn't take advantage of it, she was not a qualified businessman, she had always been calculating gains and losses.

From time to time, Hua Jiu pointed out the direction for Mr. Xi, and when she was out of breath, she found that Mr. Xi didn't even sweat, let alone gasp, and the mountain road of this mountain was like walking on the ground for him.

When you reach the mountainside of Xiaotang Mountain, you can already see the light white snow, and the snow has not completely fallen, it is already half-melted, so the entire mountain road is wet like rain and snow, and you will slide if you don't pay attention to it.

Mr. Xi slowed down, his eyes kept glancing at 'Hua' Jiu, the line of his jaw was tense, ready to help him if 'Hua' Jiu fell.

'Hua' Jiu held her breath, she stared at the ground as if she was facing a great enemy, and walked closely on Mr. Xi's footprints every step of the way, but she also walked quite smoothly.

Finally arrived at the top of the mountain, the snow seemed to be a little more, you could see the white, this mountain top is not only cold, but also windy, 'Hua' Jiu tightened his clothes, and he sneezed a few times unladylike when he didn't pay attention.

For this reason, Mr. Xi's brows furrowed slightly, and then quickly let go, expressionless.

As soon as she climbed up, she saw the white 'color' velvet 'flower' in the snow at first glance, small, like shining stars, only a few plants grew sporadically, but the refreshing cold fragrance could be smelled without deep inhalation, just the right amount of tranquility.

'Flower' nine knows that this fragrant 'flower' is not only this bit of strangeness, its most peculiar thing is that its fragrance is different at each hour, which provides infinite possibilities for the preparation of incense 'sex', and the incense that can be produced will definitely not have a bottle of exactly the same similarity, which is incomparable to other incense 'flowers'.

'Hua' Jiu carefully took out a small shovel, and simply knelt on the ground without any scruples, picked up the thin layer of snow, dug out two or three plants with great treasure, and then put it into the back basket with a large lump of wet mud.

After doing all this, there was a bright smile like 'spring' on her white 'jade' little face, which Mr. Xi had never seen before, from the corners of her mouth to the tips of her eyebrows, from the pale 'color' eyes to the depths of her eyes, which were all warm, and the 'flower' Jiuyi had always been cold, and the warmth that suddenly emanated from her body was more 'attractive' than the warm sun of early 'spring'.