Zhang Yang asked Aunt Gao to accompany her to play a game of chess, and Xiang'er knelt aside, listening to the two talking and laughing intimately, she couldn't help but be resentful and desperate. Naturally, she didn't dare to resent the old man and aunt, so she hated the grapes, and hated Lan'er next to the second wife, and she also had a grudge against the chrysanthemum in her heart.

Zhang Yang caught a glimpse of the look on this girl's face out of the corner of his eye, and suddenly smiled: "This girl is still not convinced!" How did you teach her since she was a child, and you don't even know that this is for her good? ”

Aunt Gao scolded angrily when she heard this: "If I don't punish you, I won't know how to remember for a long time." If something like this happens next time, even if the master spares you, I can't spare you. ”

said to Zhang Yang again: "This girl has not been with a concubine since she was a child, but with her sister." The girl with the concubine was sick when the concubine was out of the pavilion, so my sister sent her here. ”

Zhang Yang held a chess piece in his hand, didn't fall for a long time, his eyes swept around on the chessboard, and it was easy to find the position and land, before he smiled lightly: "No wonder." Then you have to take some pain, always let her know your temper so that she doesn't get into trouble for you. ”

Aunt Gao nodded and said, "What the master said is that this girl is not as sensible as the original girl of the concubine." I had to mention her more. ”

Zhang Yang delayed for a while before getting up and going out.

Aunt Gao was stunned for a moment and asked, "The master is not resting here?" ”

Zhang Yang chuckled and glanced at Xiang'er and said, "Don't rest here." Teach this girl well. After saying that, he strode away.

Angry, Aunt Gao turned around and kicked Xiang'er fiercely: "If you want something, you want something, who let you say those light words?" caused the lord and wife to punish me, and several aunts shamelessly left me with no face. ”

Xiang'er looked at this woman and thought mockingly, what a fool, she didn't deserve to lift shoes for the second lady, but she couldn't stop begging for mercy and admitting her mistake.

Zhang Yang returned to the main house and saw Cao reading under the lamp, smiling slightly. shouted: "Bamboo girl! ”

"The master is back." Cao Shi stepped forward happily, "Do you want to take a bath?" ”

Zhang Yang nodded and said with a smile: "Then you help me get the clothes." ”

After washing up for a while, Cao's eyes were already sleepy, but Zhang Yang was very energetic. He brushed his wife's hair, and sighed in his heart, this poetic-like woman, asking her to be scheming, really embarrassed her.

Married her. Is it right or wrong? Will it hurt her......

In any case, they will share honor and disgrace in the future, so she must learn how to manage the inner house.

So, Zhang Yang worked tirelessly. Taught his wife late at night, and Cao was both moved and ashamed when he heard it.

"My mother didn't teach me much about this, she and my father were obsessed with calligraphy and painting, and they didn't care about mundane things. Grandpa said many times and didn't listen. My grandmother is shrewd, but I am also lazy, I only care about reading and playing the piano when I am not out of the cabinet, and I don't pay much attention to these things in the backyard. ”

Zhang Yang smiled and said, "I'm ashamed." It hurts you to be a beautiful and elegant woman, trapped in the inner house, and you have to take care of these mundane affairs. Sister Zhu, have you ever regretted marrying me? ”

Cao shook his head, "A noble person like my grandfather only does learning, not fame and fortune. It's not that the three-room aunt is accepted, and there are more people in the house. Grandmother has no means, how can she manage a large family? It's ridiculous that I've always prided myself on being honest and unsightly, and I only understood this truth after marrying you. ”

Zhang Yang sighed: "Having said that, if you marry someone like your father, can't you be like your mother." Be a fairy couple! ”

Cao shook his head and said, "I thought so first. However, now that I think about it, if there is no grandfather and grandmother to support the Cao family, how can my father and mother be pure? Mother doesn't care about things, the eldest aunt is soft-eared, and the third aunt is not a top child. Poor grandmother is so old that she can't find someone to entrust her. ”

Zhang Yang didn't answer, if it weren't for your family, how could I marry you. However, he hugged her with some pity and said softly: "You slowly learn to manage." Just let it go, and we'll discuss what happens. I'm a peasant boy, and if it's okay to study, I'm afraid some things are even worse than you. ”

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but wonder why the little stone was so powerful?

He told Cao Shi a lot more things, and the two of them didn't fall asleep until the third watch.

On the second day, after everything was arranged, it was not so busy, and the Cao family also sent people to help in the kitchen and other places, so it was easier for Grape and the others. The family is happy and harmonious, as if there is no such thing as yesterday.

There are so many people in the yard, and it is inevitable that it will be lively, and the babies take the younger brother of the pumpkin, digging cicadas, catching crickets, laughing endlessly, and the pumpkin's nurse stands helplessly and watches; Zhang Yang followed Zhang Huai out early in the morning; The Cao family and the concubines officially fulfilled their filial piety in front of the He family, accompanied the old man to gossip, and served her breakfast.

Chrysanthemum is very busy, and from time to time someone looks for her to get things back, so she doesn't have time to accompany the guests. While she was busy, she wondered how to arrange the daily activities of these younger siblings. They have to have something to do. If you let yourself accompany the guests and take this group of women to just nest in the house and gossip, there will definitely be small bumps.

She came out of the east chamber and saw Zhang Huai's brothers leading a group of people into the front yard, only to see that those men were obviously not hired by their own family, so they knew that Zhang Yang had helped Huaizi find retired soldiers.

I heard one of them say: "The mountain forest is good, but you have to guard against ignition." The villain is from the north, and in the autumn of that year, we somehow caught fire in the tunzi, burning several mountains. ”

Chrysanthemum was holding a basket of washed peaches, ready to be sent to the babies to eat, hearing this, the basket fell to the ground, the peaches rolled all over the ground, she was also shocked into a cold sweat!

Strange that she often feels that something is wrong, always seems to have forgotten something, and she has to think about it carefully, but she can't remember it. If this is in the autumn and winter, just a fire, her industry will be finished, this is not the most fatal, the most terrible thing is that people can't even run out.

Thinking of the past few years in her ignorance, she suddenly felt that her mouth was dry, her heart jumped wildly, she didn't care about picking up peaches, hurriedly walked out of the second door, and said to Huaizi: "Brother Huaizi, what this person said is right, you have to hurry up and think of some tricks to prevent fire." ”

When everyone saw that a woman from her inner house came to interject, they all felt strange, glanced at it and hurriedly lowered their heads.

Huaizi nodded solemnly and said, "When I go back, I will arrange for people to dig more wells on the mountain." That's all he can think about for the time being.

Chrysanthemum hurriedly said: "It's certain to dig a well, but it's not a big deal." If it really burns, it can't be saved with water, and you have to draw a separation zone. ”

A fire in the mountains and forests is different from a fire in a house, and she vaguely remembers that she had to cut out a barrier to stop the fire, and the inside of the barrier had to be left to burn out, and there might be other ways, but she didn't know.

Zhang Huai asked, "What kind of isolation zone?" ”

Chrysanthemum said: "It is to divide the forest into pieces, cut down all the trees between the two pieces, try to be as spacious as possible, and it is best to shovel even the grass in autumn......"

Without waiting for her to finish, Zhang Yang clapped his hands and said, "Good idea!" In this way, even if a piece is accidentally burned, it cannot be implicated in the adjacent woods. ”

Zhang Huai has been rolling in this mountain forest for several years, and the terrain of each garden is clear, and the chrysanthemum is a little clicked, and he immediately realized what to do: "I know: every garden is close to the edge of the wall, and all the trees are cut down, which is to prevent fires between the gardens; In each garden, it is divided into dozens of acres, and a separation zone is cut between the two pieces, no, a shovel out of the separation zone - even grass cannot be allowed to grow in this place. Or do you want to dig into a river? ”

Seeing that he was interested, Chrysanthemum breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's pretty much it." Whether it's digging a river or bulldozing, it always depends on the terrain. Hurry up! ”

Seeing her frightened look, Huaizi hurriedly comforted: "I will immediately order them to do this." It doesn't matter if the fungus is sloppy this summer, and I don't expect it to make money anyway. ”

Zhang Yang said: "Sister Chrysanthemum, don't worry, I happen to be at home, and I can help my brother supervise this matter." I think this oak garden should be more careful, and dig two more wells in the yard, which can be covered when not in use. ”

Zhang Huai immediately said: "This thing will be done immediately." Uncle Liu, you can find a few people to dig after breakfast. Anyway, there is a lot of water on this mountain, and you can dig it out. ”

There are fathers, mothers, wives and children living here, and his heart trembles!

One person is short, two people are long, and a few people agreed on the next step in a few words, and Zhang Huai didn't care about building a fungus field anymore, so he decided to stop for a while and do this in advance.

Chrysanthemum breathed a sigh of relief, and went into the second door to pick up peaches and wash them again, but saw that the grapes had already helped pick them up.

Over there, the Huaizi brothers led everyone to discuss matters in the front yard hall, and the black skin rushed over, and the old forest under the mountain sent a post, saying that Master Fang invited the two masters to the banquet.

Zhang Yang thought for a while and said to his brother: "My brother wants to stay at home for a few more days and see how my brother manages these fields and forests." In order to be in office for three years, he must always seek some benefits for the people under his rule, and since he cannot be exempted from the annual tax, he must find another way to help them earn more money. Yu Gong, this is a matter within the official duties of his parents; In private, the evaluation of the Ministry of Officials at the end of the term is not too ugly. As a result, my younger brother doesn't want to go out every day to visit and socialize. Why don't we choose a day, invite all the famous people in this place to Jishang Restaurant, and send it all the day, and then I only say that I will serve my father and mother at home and no longer go out. ”

Zhang Huai smiled: "That's it." When I arrange this fire prevention thing, I will write a post. It's better for you to write it, there are some people on the set, and there are records in the black skin. ”

Zhang Yang hurriedly agreed, discussed for a while, and after a hurried breakfast, the brothers went their separate ways.

In this way, Zhang Yang changed out of his long shirt, put on his brother's coarse cloth clothes and pants, and led a group of people to work nervously in the mountains and forests with Zhang Dazhuan, Huaizi, Zheng Changhe, Aoki and others every day. First the barrier was cut out, then the turf was bulldozed and, in some places, wide ditches were dug.

Zhang Yang followed Zhang Huai, while checking everywhere, he listened to him say how to manage and operate these mountains, forests, fields, fish ponds, and even the bamboo garden where chrysanthemums raise chickens went several times, and also went to see the places where the pigs were fed.