This year's leap April, so late February, the days are much colder than the same period in previous years, the buds of the peach blossoms have not yet grown, and the melon seedlings cultivated by Ziqing have not been able to grow for a long time, just dew a little white tip, Ziqing had to find some wooden boxes in the empty south house of the west wing, put some wooden boxes and put the soil, bury the watermelon seeds soaked in warm water into the soil, and then burn a brazier next to it, and bring out the wooden box when there is sun during the day, after 20 days, it is actually better than the melon seedlings outside, and can be transplanted.

On this day, Ziqing was transplanting melon seedlings with several cousins in the back mountain, and the Shen family and Ziyu were at home, and the Tian family came over, saying that the house of the Chunyu family had been built, and the beam would be on the eighth day of the first month of March, and that the eldest hairy daughter-in-law was now making trouble to split the family.

"It's not that you split up and make trouble, if it wasn't for Zifu's father who said those words that day, and the big hairy daughter-in-law listened to it, how could there be today's trouble? The situation of Chunyu's family is different from your family, and he also points to Da Mao to earn some money to support the family, which is good, and he will not want his father and mother immediately after marrying his daughter-in-law. Tian complained.

"Mother, each family has its own way, everyone has its own ideas, how can you all have your own mind? When the child is older, he is willing to go out on his own and not rely on his parents, which is not a bad thing. They are all crowded together, noisy every day, and if you want me to say, it is better to divide them. Shen replied.

"There are so many small ones at the bottom, he wants to leave them aside and live a small life by himself, but it is easy to calculate, Ermao is also going to get married this year, Gui Ying is half a year older than Ziqing, and he hasn't said anything yet. It's a big mess of difficult things, if you want me to say, Ziqing's orchard needs to hire people to work, if you let Gui Ying and Sanmao help her, you can make up for it a little bit. It's all a family, how much hatred can there be? Now that Da Mao is also married, Ziqing should get married next year, how can she still remember the past? I don't have to take more than ten taels of silver a year to supplement outsiders. Isn't it just the orchard? Let them watch. Isn't it more reassuring than outsiders? ”

"Mother, don't say that I really can't be the master, the orchard was bought by Lin Kangping. Ziqing is now helping him take care of it. That person was also bought by Kangping, and I heard that he had signed a ten-year contract, so let's talk about it. There is a lot of work in that large area every day. You have to dig tree pits, plant trees, water them, fertilize them, and so on. Taking a step back, even if I can be the master, I will not agree to let Gui Ying and them stay. I just look so good at bullying? It's only been a few days, and you've calculated us again? Shen said.

"How is this a calculation, and it's not to let Ziqingbai give money, it's just to hire them to work, and it's also spending money left and right, who is not hired? I asked Yunjiang, digging tree pits is a single money, a tree pit is two pennies, Yunjiang said, has dug thousands. It's not good to go out with a few taels of silver, and I still keep a lot of money a month, and I see that my relatives are in difficulty and don't help, but I use the silver to make up for the irrelevant outsiders. How is this bullying you? I didn't ask you for money in vain? You and Ziqing can talk about it. Kang Ping wasn't there, and she didn't have the final say. Where did Ziqing go? After Tian finished speaking, he glanced at Ziqing and asked.

Shen saw that he couldn't make sense with Tian, and Hengzhu had already made up his mind in his heart, so he said that Ziqing was busy in the back mountain, and Tian thought about it and left first.

At dinner, Zeng Ruixiang suddenly asked Shen: "What did my mother say again today, don't take it to heart, don't worry, I won't agree." ”

Ziqing was stunned for a moment, looked at the Shen family, and the Shen family told the Tian family's intention.

"That can't be. I'm going to hire them, and that's really the wolf in the house. They are lazy and gluttonous, their hearts are not right, they don't do their jobs all day, they only know how to calculate others. It's only been a few days, and my grandma and aunt have forgotten that they promised us. ”

"But no, I asked her yesterday, I look so easy to bully? But I also read it, it doesn't make sense to reason with her, I have an idea in my heart, but it doesn't work. Don't forget, Dad, you promised me. Shen said.

Zeng Ruixiang listened and said: "This is natural, I have rejected my mother." Let her make trouble. ”

Ziqing thought for a while and said: "Dad, mother, why don't you just push the matter to Lin Kangping, aunt and they are still more afraid of Lin Kangping, besides, even if Lin Kangping doesn't agree, Grandma is not good for Lin Kangping, but Daddy, it's better to mess with Grandma less." Dad met them, but he really showed that he met a soldier, and he couldn't explain it clearly, and it was not as good as Lin Kangping's fist. Daddy, don't worry, Daddy is used to it, where can he tear his face with them, but Lin Kangping is different, there is a big hair there, and they don't have to think about it well. Besides, Lin Kangping is only a grandson-in-law after all, and he is still not married, what can Grandma say? ”

Shen also said yes when he heard it, Zeng Ruixiang didn't nod, probably still couldn't pass this level in his heart, and said: "Besides, there is no reason for me to be a father but want my son-in-law to come forward, I can do it for you as much as I can, it was my father who was wrong before, so everything is your loss, and your father will not be in the future, don't worry, child." ”

Ziqing had to give up when she heard this.

The next day, Shopkeeper Zhou entered the door with a man in his forties, and Shopkeeper Zhou handed Ziqing a letter from Lin Kangping. It turned out that this person was Mr. Tong, the gardener Lin Kangping was looking for.

Lin Kangping said in the letter: "... I've already thought about it, our new home is called Qingyuan, Qingyuan, Love, Qing'er, do you like it? With your name, it is implicitly in line with our lifelong relationship, no, one life is not enough, I want to make a wish in front of the Buddha, and promise us three lives and three lives, and have the love of life and life. Qing'er, I have given carte blanche to Mr. Tong for the planning of Qingyuan, Mr. Tong is an expert in this area, if you have any ideas and requirements, you can discuss with Mr. Tong. Mr. Tong said that we should start tidying up the reed lake first, and the silver taels I left for you before I left should be enough to deal with it, and I will talk about the rest when I come back. ”

After sending off the shopkeeper Zhou, Mr. Tong stayed, and Shen let him live in the guest room of the West Wing. As soon as he settled down, Mr. Tong was about to go to see the reed lake, and Ziqing was inconvenient to accompany him, so he could only wait for lunch and let Zeng Ruixiang lead Mr. Tong over with the title deed. It took more than two hours for Mr. Tong to return.

"Do you have any ideas for the house?" Mr. Tong asked Ziqing.

"Well, there are some, plant some peach trees or apricot trees in the garden, you can see the flowers bloom in spring, fall all over the ground, plant some lotus flowers in the pond, enjoy the lotus at night in the summer, the golden osmanthus fragrance in the autumn, smell the plum in the snow in the winter, a hanging chair in the inner courtyard, a swing, it is best to have a pool, raise some koi, raise ducks and white geese in the pond in the outer courtyard, and leave a few open spaces to plant some vegetables and watermelons. As for the house, there should be a cobblestone corridor in the inner courtyard, the bedroom with wooden floors, and a small clean room next to the bedroom. Ziqing said so much in one breath, and suddenly found that Mr. Tong was staring at him with his mouth wide open, looking dumbfounded.

Seeing Ziqing stopped, he suddenly realized, he didn't expect a small village girl to know a lot, to be honest, if he didn't owe Lin Kangping a favor, he wouldn't have traveled thousands of miles to the countryside to design the courtyard, you know, he has always only designed for high-ranking officials or large families, and the most basic appearance fee is also one hundred taels of silver, where can ordinary farmers afford it. At the beginning, he was surprised when he heard that Lin Kangping was going to marry a village girl, so he persuaded Lin Kangping, "It is said that it is better to marry a maid than a small girl, you are good, the dignified third young master of the Wen family is a personal follower, and he actually married a village girl, I don't understand, the girl released by the Wen family is not as good as your match?" ”

Who knew that Lin Kangping listened to his words, just smiled, and did not answer, today when he saw this hostess, he knew that he was very wrong, he thought that the village girl was that vulgar and unbearable, vulgar and unbearable, but the woman in front of him was not only delicate and lovely, looking at those eyes, he also knew that he was a child with an aura, no wonder Lin Kangping would rather give up the prosperity of the capital and settle his home in this remote village.

When Mr. Tong saw Ziqing looking at him, he remembered that he was rude to stare at others, and hurriedly asked, "Have you finished speaking?" ”

"Do you remember? Isn't that a bit too much? In short, to be beautiful and practical, Kang Ping said that you are everyone, according to your own assumption of increase or decrease, however, the stove room and clean room should be designed better. After speaking, Ziqing took him to visit his stove room and clean room.

Mr. Tong was secretly surprised when he saw it, but he didn't show half of it on his face, but he didn't dare to despise it in the slightest.

"These are all relatively rough, if you want to have good ideas, I hope it can be better, but my ability is limited."

"Miss is too polite, Tong should do his best, and these things should be carefully consulted by Tong."

Since then, Mr. Tong has been going to Luyi Lake twice a day, and each time he comes back for at least one hour, he locks himself in the study, paints and paints, and even urges and urges him to eat. Ziyu once asked Ziqing in a whisper: "Sister, why do I think this person is a little demonic, just such a broken reed lake, do you still need to go every day?" ”

"What do you know, no matter what you do, you have to know it in your heart, so that you can be confident, just like you embroider, don't you have to start a detailed sketch? Do you think you can plan a good garden casually, and you don't look at the place and put a little more effort into it? Ziqing took the opportunity to educate Ziyu.

Finally half a month later, he told Ziqing that he would find someone to start cleaning up the reeds, and he would find someone to be his assistant to manage chores. Ziqing still entrusted this matter to Zeng Ruiyu, and still found Master Luo. It was the beginning of April, the spring ploughing was over, and the wheat harvest had not yet begun.

Ziqing thought that Zeng Ruiyu was busy with his own affairs, there were many and miscellaneous, why not let his sister-in-law Zhou Yunjiang count the labor, the things that needed to be purchased, and made a list, all of which were handed over to Zeng Ruiyu, the orchard, and waited for the autumn, and there were no big saplings left and right now. Thinking so, Ziqing discussed with Mr. Tong, and Mr. Tong said: "It is best to have two people, one inside and one outside." So Ziqing handed over Zeng Ruiyu and Zhou Yunjiang to Mr. Tong. (To be continued)