Chrysanthemum persuaded: "The first time you go out to shop, although you don't feel tired now, I'm afraid that your legs will be weak and sore when you go back." Take a break, wait until you're back up, and come out to play next time. If we don't pick all the peaches in the garden in the afternoon, let's make dried peaches. That's enough to keep us busy for days. ”

When they heard this, they rejoiced.

After going back, everyone was still unsatisfied, so they gathered under the peach tree by the kitchen with small stools to pick mushrooms, and did not let the maid interfere at all. Aunt Wu even picked up a few eggs, held them for everyone to show like a baby, and said that they would be fried with green peppers at noon, as if this egg tasted different from the eggs at home.

So, when Zhang Yang and Zhang Huai came back at noon, they saw such a happy scene.

He could scarcely believe his eyes: these wives and concubines were gathered together and laughing, all without the usual reserve and defense, and without inquiry in their eyes, as if they were not women who shared a husband, but a gathering of friends.

Aunt Huang was laughing with He, and when she saw him coming back, she didn't care that Huaizi was still standing aside, so she rushed over excitedly, grabbed his arm, and dragged him under the peach tree: "Master, come and see, I picked up a lot of mushrooms!" ”

God knows, she only picked up five mushrooms, and she crumpled one.

The other women were surprisingly not jealous or disdainful of her move, but they all looked at Zhang Yang happily and expectantly, and Aunt Wu even lifted the eggs and made a gesture that she was going to show him at any time.

In addition to Aunt Huang, Aunt Gao is the least able to hide herself, she chattered with Zhang Yang and described all the details of the morning's activities to him.

With her beginning, Cao said what to do in the forest under Zhang Yang's inquiry, and Aunt Wu and Aunt Liu followed.

Zhang Yang looked at their sincere smiles, and was in a trance for a while, and his heart moved, so he sat on a small stool and told them about the situation when he ran all over the mountain with his brother when he was a child.

Chrysanthemum suddenly felt that this picture was very harmonious, so she asked Cherry to take the mushrooms to wash, and she also pulled Huaizi and He Shi away. Let their family sit under the tree and talk and laugh, from time to time there are voices such as "really", "won't it", "the master is laughing, the concubine doesn't believe it" and so on.

Can this be sustained?

Even if it doesn't last long, an extra moment is good.

In the days that followed, the women seemed to have a heart, just let go of their bodies and minds to have fun, and they were very tolerant of each other, and they were really like sisters. It made Zhang Yang feel very weird.

Of course, he hopes that this situation can continue, but he doesn't have time to care too much, Zhang Huai and Aoki are very busy these days, and he follows behind him to give advice. I can only come back in the evening and ask them what they have done all day and whether they have had fun or not.

The girls were excited and had fun every day. These days, Chrysanthemum takes them to pick peaches and make dried peaches; Go to the potato field to cut the potato vines; Go to the fish pond to fish for water chestnut vegetables and net fish; When I went to the bamboo garden to see the chickens, I didn't take them to see the pigs, and I don't think these people will be interested in pigs.

Of course, there are unpleasant times.

For example, that day Chrysanthemum was going to Peach Blossom Valley to pick wild peaches. Peach Blossom Valley is a long and narrow valley. Sunny. Chrysanthemum saw that there were a few wild peach trees here that grew very well, and the wild peaches were sweet and sour, and the dried peaches made were more delicious than the big peaches, so she asked Huaizi to plant wild peach trees in the whole valley.

Perhaps the water and soil of this place are suitable for the growth of peach trees, and within a few years, this valley has become a real peach blossom valley, when the peach blossoms bloom in April. The valley is like a brocade, dotted with green mountains and green waters, dazzling.

Because the road is a little long, and they have to climb several mountains, Chrysanthemum doesn't want them to go - when they get there, they are tired and collapsed, and what kind of peaches are they picking, isn't it to make trouble for her!

But the hearts of the people were wild. Where are you willing to listen to persuasion, and beg Ho hard. He had no choice but to discuss with Chrysanthemum and take them there, and let them prepare some food, so they didn't come back at noon, and ate in the valley.

With these ladies who stay at home. It's easy to come to Peach Blossom Valley, and sure enough, it's the same as Chrysanthemum thought, it's almost noon, where is there still the strength to pick peaches, so I can only sit down and rest and eat first.

It's more appetizing to eat in the wild.

Aunt Huang held a lotus leaf roast chicken leg in her hand and nibbled on a mouthful of oil, looking very cute. Everyone has eaten, He and Shallot went to the mountain pond to wash their hands, she was reluctant to put down the roast chicken, and Chrysanthemum also felt that she was funny when she saw it.

This valley is full of wild peach trees, and there is a mountain pond at the mouth of the valley, a pool of clear water is quiet and quiet, and there is no lotus root planted in it; On both sides of the hillside, there are oak trees on one side and green bamboo on the other.

After Aunt Huang finished eating, she said to Chrysanthemum with satisfaction: "Sister-in-law, wouldn't it be beautiful to build a few pavilions in this peach orchard, build two thatched huts, and come to live for two days in your spare time." ”

Everyone nodded.

Chrysanthemum smiled: "There are many places like this on the mountain, and you can take care of them anywhere." In the final analysis, we are farmers, and whether we plant trees or bamboo, we are all for the sake of making a profit and being able to sell for money, not just for the sake of looking good. ”

Aunt Gao smiled: "Sister-in-law, didn't my sister say, why are you so saving?" Even if it costs more, our lord won't say anything, his brother and sister-in-law, can he still care? ”

These days, they have also seen that this family is the head of the chrysanthemum family, so she said so.

Chrysanthemum was stunned when she heard this, this is ...... When Zhang Yang earned this belongings?

She smiled slightly and replied nonchalantly, "We are used to being poor, so we don't dare to spend money indiscriminately." When my uncle was studying, his family only had more than a dozen acres of land, and it was easy to save some family business, so he naturally had to be tighter. However, the uncle studied, and the family did not lose him. ”

Aunt Wu seemed to hear something, and said softly: "That's nature. Although it costs money to study, when the master is promoted, and even after he is promoted to the rank of sergeant, he has not earned it back tenfold and hundredfold. ”

Chrysanthemum looked at them very strangely, although she didn't want to settle the account so clearly, but she didn't want to be misunderstood so much. It must be known that everyone is golden, and what is said to be false has become true. In fact, in the past few years, except for the silver sent to Zhang Yang, the family has not spent a penny of money at all.

There's nowhere to spend!

The food is from the own land, and sometimes it is easily obtained from the chrysanthemum field, including chickens and fish. How much can a family eat? So she didn't come to settle the account. It doesn't cost a lot of money to dress, and when Chrysanthemum bought it herself, she helped her in-laws buy it by the way, but she was too lazy to receive money from her father-in-law. Because chrysanthemums have a lot of their own fields, they buy farm tools in batches, and by the way, they buy them for their families......

Therefore, the Zhang family's public account has no expenditure. It is nothing more than some favors and gifts, and the biggest expense is to give Zhang Yang silver.

Huaizi once mentioned this, and Chrysanthemum said indifferently: "I didn't spend much money in a year, so I didn't care what I did." So he left it.

The Zhang family must have the credit of Zhang Yang, at least there is a person in the family who is an official outside, and ordinary people dare not bully the Zhang family, and they also save taxes. However, this family business is really earned by chrysanthemums and acacias. Zhang Yang didn't get a penny back.

It is said that the land of those tenants who took refuge should be earned back by Zhang Yang, but this can only account for a very small proportion of the Zhang family's industry, and the annual rent collection is only about 200 taels of silver.

She chuckled, "Auntie is right. After the uncle was lifted. Our family is free of field grain, and we have saved a lot, even others don't dare to bully our family casually. Therefore, his brother and I were lucky enough to think of some ideas to make money, and even though we worked hard day and night, we also did a lot of things, and we slowly saved up this family business. ”

Cao Shi was the most careless about these, firstly, she was noble in nature, and secondly, she stayed at home for a few days. Knowing that the in-laws and sister-in-law are all kind-hearted people, they will not be suspicious at all, so they said to Chrysanthemum: "But it is difficult for my father and sister-in-law to support this big family." ”

Aunt Liu, who never said much, suddenly interjected: "Daddy is naturally hard, my lord is afraid that he won't be able to watch it, and he will definitely be filial, no." After buying so many family businesses, isn't it a blessing now? ”

Chrysanthemum smiled: "Aunt Liu is mistaken, these properties of our family are not purchased by my uncle." Except for the land property sent by others, which is in the name of the uncle, and he can collect two hundred taels of rent a year, the uncle has never taken a penny of silver from home. Uncle is in that idle Hanlin Academy, where will there be silver, is it difficult for him to ask for bribes and greedy ink? Then there must be a place to be greedy, or can the 'Golden House' really be turned out in the book of the Hanlin Academy? Over the years, his family has given him five or six thousand pieces of silver. Let him buy real estate in Beijing. However, the uncle is the ancestor of the Zhang family, which cannot be compared with anything. My father and mother often said that they could wake up laughing when they fell asleep, and his brother and I also felt glorious on our faces. ”

Everyone was stunned, but they didn't expect Chrysanthemum to say it so directly, and they didn't expect this result.

Chrysanthemum looked at them lazily. I feel that it is really tiring to talk like this, and she uses a little wisdom to play the edge, so she hates boring socials and house fights the most, and when she has to do it, she simply picks it out and hides it is really uncomfortable.

Just now, she just didn't want to say it too clearly, so as not to hurt her brother's feelings, but she was still sticky, besides, if Zhang Yang went home to take the silver, then it would be strange, where did the money come from?

"Uncle himself knows very well in his heart, so he has never said anything, and their brothers are also very close. If the aunts don't understand something, they might as well ask the uncle. ”

Cao's face turned pale, and he scolded a few people: "You can also intervene in this matter?" Besides, you were born in an inner house, and you don't know that your livelihood is difficult, so it's easy to just be a porridge and a drop in the bucket, isn't it? ”

Her tone was very stern, and it was very different from what she used to be.

Because since Zhang Yang taught her something that night, she always remembered to show the demeanor of being a housewife and help her husband take care of the back house, but these days several women are very quiet, so she is also happy to see it. As soon as Aunt Liu spoke just now, she knew that something was wrong and wanted to scold, but she was preempted by Chrysanthemum.

The women were awe-inspiring, and Aunt Liu was so ashamed that her face was red. She didn't have any other thoughts, because she loved Zhang Yang deeply in her heart and felt that he was the best, seeing the meaning of the chrysanthemum's tone, Zhang Yang didn't do anything for the family, she was not convinced.

Chrysanthemum looked at Cao Shi and nodded secretly, she was still worried about this younger brother and sister, and it seemed that she also knew it.

It happened that He and Shallot came back from the side of the mountain pond and asked everyone to come over to see things with a smile, so they put aside the topic just now and rushed over there.