After Chrysanthemum and Huaizi came back from the He family, they were not happy for a day, but they received heavy gifts from the Fang family and the Zhou family (Changxing Goods Company). The first is to invite Mr. Zhang to eat and drink; Then I want to talk about the order for autumn fungus mushrooms, which were sent along with the gifts, and there were two girls in each.

Zhang Huai saw that the previous thing was just over, and he came here again, but he was busy at home these days, because Zhang Yang was coming back, even if he didn't bother to prepare, there were still many chores to arrange, so he was a little impatient.

It was in the morning that he and Chrysanthemum were discussing some miscellaneous matters in the study, because he instructed Heipi: "Return the people, or you will have to take care of the food." Tell the visitor again, thank you for the invitation, but the second master is coming back, and the master is afraid that he will not have time to visit, and he will come to the door to bother when he is idle in the future. ”

Heipi couldn't help but smile and agreed, and was about to go out, but was stopped by Chrysanthemum again, so he had to turn around and wait for his wife's instructions. The whole family has recently changed their names - called Master Zhang Huai, Mrs. Chrysanthemum, if you still call Young Master and Young Grandma, when Zhang Yang comes back, it will be messy.

Chrysanthemum said: "You don't have to send it back." They like to give it, so we'll take it. Otherwise, I am afraid that there will be a lot of such things in the future, do you have to deal with them all like in the He family? I don't have that much time to spare! You just have to get busy, I have my own plans. Grape, bring people to our house, I have something to ask them. ”

Blackskin nodded and went out with a smile, and Grape followed with a smile.

Here Huaizi asked in surprise: "What are you leaving them for?" Don't be unsuccessful, but confuse the working men. ”

Chrysanthemum looked at him amusedly and said, "You are so curious, then come with me to take a look." ”

Huaizi shook his head with a smile and said, "Go with you, I still have to go to the back mountain, and see if the fungus field is done there." ”

Chrysanthemum burst out laughing, and Master He's bearded face flashed in front of her. Fifteen people came from He's house, and Huaizi thought about getting a few more fungus farms, just waiting for some more farmers to come over and gather enough people to open the shop.

Huaizi saw her smile and understood what she meant. I couldn't help laughing, and the two walked out of the study together.

The grapes came to the chrysanthemum road, and the people have been brought.

Chrysanthemum nodded, turned around and walked towards the east wing.

Huaizi looked at her swaying back. It's itchy in my heart, and I really want to go with her to see how she arranges those women. Chrysanthemum's strange thoughts and practices, although they make Mr. and Mrs. He feel incredible, but Huaizi is very familiar, which is the true nature of the countryman.

This time, what will chrysanthemum do?

Heipi saw him looking at the East Chamber with a smile on the corner of his mouth, so he reminded: "Master." Do you want to go home and rest, or do you want to leave right away? ”

Huaizi turned his head and smiled: "Don't stop, it's time to have lunch if you rest again." Let's go. So the two of them went out of the courtyard together.

In the second courtyard, Zhang Dazhuan and He naturally lived in the main house, the bedroom was in the main landlord's house, and the shallots lived in the west house of the main house; Huaizi and chrysanthemum took red peppers and potatoes to live in the east chamber; Chestnut lived alone in the West Chamber, and later asked Heipi and Xiaojing'er to come over to accompany him. Because there are many empty rooms, even the study room is arranged in the west wing, and it happens that they read books together at night. It's also cheap to sleep when you're tired.

Chrysanthemum came to the east chamber and sat down in the outer room, and Grape immediately brought the girls over, and had arranged for them to wait in the side room.

Several girls are only seventeen or eighteen years old, and they can be picked to give away, needless to say, they have their own merits. Therefore, the grapes were very worried about them, and they stared at them.

Seeing that the chrysanthemum was funny, he glanced at her.

Grape hurriedly retracted a little, and retreated to Chrysanthemum's side to stand still.

Two of the four girls were quieter. Honestly lowered his eyebrows, followed the grapes in, and respectfully saluted the chrysanthemum; The other two were more bold and lively, and when they first entered the Oak Garden, they looked curiously all the way, and looked around when they entered Zhang's house. Now that he came to the East Chamber, he first glanced at the furnishings in the house, and finally his eyes fell on the chrysanthemum.

The tables, chairs, stools, and cabinets in this room are all made of bamboo, and there are two bamboo chairs on both sides of the bamboo circle, one of which sits a young woman in her early twenties, with a beautiful face and quiet eyes, and they are both stunned - they thought they would see a black and rough country yellow-faced woman!

Chrysanthemum looked at the few little girls in front of her, put away her sighing thoughts, didn't pay attention to the boldness of the two people, didn't pretend to put on a show, gave people a dismount, and asked out loud: "Which of you was sent by the Fang family, and who was sent by the Zhou family?" What's their name? ”

The two quiet hurriedly stepped forward and squatted down to salute, and said, "The slave maid was sent by the Fang family, named Yang Feng'er (Song Yao), and I have seen my wife." ”

Chrysanthemum nodded, both generously and politely, asked them to step aside, and then looked at the other two women.

The two girls stepped forward with a smile, shook their moving figures, and also squatted down and saluted: "The slave maid belongs to the Zhou family, named Zhou Xian'er (Zhou Mei'er), and I have seen my wife." ”

Chrysanthemum's heart trembled, this name is really like its name...... She coughed lightly and asked, "What, you are from the Zhou family?" ”

That Zhou Xian'er hurriedly replied, "No, madam." We were bought when we were children, and we don't know what the surname is, but the host gave the name, so the surname is Zhou. ”

Chrysanthemum nodded, was silent for a while, her eyes swept over their faces, and she saw that several people had different expressions, and they all straightened up, lowered their heads, and waited for her to speak.

Grape held a fan woven of wheat straw and gently shook it behind the chrysanthemum, and the gentle wind carried a few strands of hair from her ears, rising and falling incessantly.

She suddenly asked, "Although you were sent to the Zhang family, we didn't plan to accept it. I called you here to ask, are you willing to stay in Zhang's house? If not, send you back, or return the deed of sale, and each of you will find a way out. ”

Several people were stunned for a moment, looking at each other, as if they couldn't believe this, until Chrysanthemum repeated it again.

That Yang Feng'er was the first to react, and hurriedly knelt down towards the chrysanthemum and said, she is willing to stay in the Zhang family and serve the master and wife, without two hearts, and kowtowed three times after speaking.

Seeing this, Song Yao also knelt down and said the same thing; Then Zhou Xian'er and Zhou Mei'er did the same.

Chrysanthemum is depressed to death: Let you go free and don't leave, this is really ......

She was afraid that a few people would not be able to figure out the situation, thinking that there was a lot of wealth waiting for them, so she reminded again: "All the way over, I think you have also seen that the Zhang family is a farmer, not a rich family." In our family, even I have to work, not to mention you, and besides, my lord and I don't need to be served, if you stay, I will send you another job. ”

Several people were sluggish again.

It was Yang Feng'er who was the first to reply: "Feng'er is willing to stay, but it depends on his wife's arrangement." ”

Song Yao also gave the same answer.

But Zhou Xian'er innocently asked Chrysanthemum: "I heard our master say that the Zhang family raises a lot of mountains." Is the mountain behind this all the Zhang family? ”

Chrysanthemum was very speechless, I don't know if this little girl was not taught well, or if she felt that she was a country woman, looking at her words and being kind, so she didn't pay much attention to it.

Grape scolded, "That's what you should ask?" Since you are worried about the Zhou family, then go back to the Zhou family. ”

Zhou Xian'er was startled, and when she saw that the chrysanthemum was also looking at her coldly, she hurriedly kowtowed and admitted her mistake, saying that she was smooth for a while, and saw that the mountain was very beautiful, the garden was very beautiful, and the wife was very kind, so she ...... I forgot the rules and became presumptuous.

While admitting his mistake, he scolded the grapes in his heart: What is fierce, look at the black look, you can't find it when you fall into the ashes.

Yang Feng'er lowered her head, her eyes moving slightly.

Chrysanthemum didn't want to talk to them anymore, so she said directly: "I'll tell you directly, it's very hard to stay in the Zhang family, and the work is very tiring, you have to think clearly." Don't take my word for granted. That's how life is like in a farm, we've been used to it since we were young, and we like it, and it's the same with grapes. But you are different, you are afraid that you have never experienced such a day, if you must stay, you will have to work honestly in the future, and there is no regret medicine to take. Don't come to me again then, then there will be no such words. ”

Song Yao hesitated a little and looked at Yang Feng'er. Yang Feng'er still replied firmly that she was willing to stay.

So, Song Yao also said that she wanted to stay.

Zhou Xian'er and Zhou Mei'er had bitter faces and thought for a long time before saying that they wanted to stay.

Chrysanthemum had already given them a chance, and since they refused to leave, she didn't bother to tell them more, so she asked Grape to take them to the concierge to wait, and then called Huang Mai over and asked him to go to the bamboo garden to call Wu Ying over.

Wu Ying is now also raising chickens in the bamboo garden, and they are better than others. She has already been married, and the man is a slave bought by the Zhang family later, a peasant boy named Ding Er, who works as a small steward in a fungus field. The wedding is scheduled for the end of the year. Chrysanthemum plans to wait for her to marry and hand over the entire bamboo garden to her to take care of.

Wu Ying hurried over, ran out of sweat, saw Chrysanthemum smiled shyly, and shouted, "Young grandma!" ”

Grape hurriedly told her that she was going to call Mrs. in the future, and told her the reason. Wu Ying hurriedly changed his words and shouted again.

Chrysanthemum smiled and asked her to sit, and asked the grapes to pour tea for her, and then asked about the situation of raising chickens, the hot weather, whether the chickens showed signs of illness, etc., Wu Ying told her one by one.

Then Chrysanthemum told her what she was calling for, explained a lot of things in detail, and talked about the time of the meal.

Wu Ying couldn't stop nodding, and it wasn't until noon that she left the Oak Garden with the four new girls and returned to the Bamboo Garden.

Sent Wu Ying away, and the chrysanthemum just drank it. Liang Bai Kai, took a breath, and saw He Shi holding the yam, and the red pepper followed behind and walked in.

Chrysanthemum hurriedly asked her mother-in-law to sit down on the bamboo chair, picked up the potato, let him sit on her lap, and asked him what he was doing with his second sister in the morning.

Yam smiled and narrowed his slender eyes, and replied briefly, "Dig." ”

"Mother, look at how many miles I've dug again!" Red Pepper raised the small bamboo basket in his hand to show the chrysanthemum, the round entrance of the basket is only the size of a palm, but it is half a foot deep, with a thin neck and a big belly, shaped like a small gourd, very delicate.

Chrysanthemum took it with a smile, took a look at the mouth of the basket, and saw that at the bottom of the deep basket, more than a dozen cicada chrysalis were gathered, and they were squeezing me and squirming on the ground.

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