On this day, Jiang Changyang did not stay in Fangyuan for long, only sat down and drank a cup of tea before leaving. He didn't stay long, but made Mother Lin, who ran to the kitchen to prepare a lot of food, unhappy, and she kept asking Peony, why Jiang Changyang left so early today.

Peony said helplessly: "People have their own things, of course they have to leave when it's time to go." ”

Mother Lin had nothing to say, so she blamed her again, saying that it must be because of the faux pas, she took the silver chain and unceremoniously locked the dump on the shelf, and forced Peony to eat, asking her to make her body fatter. Peony was very depressed, so she had to bite the pastry fiercely, and glared at Rong Niang and Ying Niang, who were looking at her mischievously and laughing on the side.

At noon on the second day, Wu San sent the mute gardener over. The gardener's surname was Li, he was about sixty years old, his hair and beard were all gray, he was dry, black and thin, his eyes were cloudy, he was wearing an ochre-colored shirt, and he was holding a fat, stupid, and big black dog that kept dripping saliva. Even when he entered the hall to see Peony, he didn't let go of the dog's leather ring, and one person and one dog stayed around.

Li Huajiang stood in front of Peony and stared at her silently, his eyes indifferent and critical. Peony doesn't like his eyes, after all, they will get along for a long time in the future, and he will still be her right-hand man, and it is not a comfortable thing to be stared at by the people he relies on with this kind of eyes.

Peony decided to get straight to the point: "I heard that your old man once managed the flowers and trees in the Hibiscus Garden, and his skills are amazing, and I need people like you very much." ”

Li Huajiang didn't have any special expression, and he didn't even blink his eyes. Didn't this beautiful little woman say it herself, that was once, and now he is a slave to be bought and sold, what do you do with these good words? What's the use?

Peony was a little bored, and continued stubbornly: "My friend told me that as long as I give you a pension and treat you sincerely, you are a person who can be trusted. I can do it if I care for the elderly and treat each other sincerely. ”

Li Huajiang still didn't react. Where to die is not to die? A broken mat rolled up and thrown in the dirt pit is considered to be the end.

In front of Wu San, Peony's smile couldn't be maintained, she simply put it away, and looked at Li Huajiang seriously and seriously: "I have picked up some precious peonies in my seedling garden, and I need a skilled person who can believe in it to look after the garden for me, and take care of those flowers for me when I am away." I don't know if you can do it? ”

Li Huajiang thought for a moment this time, and he gestured a few times to the peony. Wu San automatically took on the role of commentator: "He asked you, what about the person who received the flowers?" Why not let that person manage? ”

Peony smiled: "That person is me." Since she can't be tempted, then she can only convince him and let him know that she is not a fool who does not learn and has no skills.

The Li gardener bent down slightly and gestured two more times. Wu San said: "Lao Li said, ask the lady to take him to the garden and show him the work he wants to do." ”

Peony hurriedly led them to the nursery garden. She first led the Li florist to see a few peony flowers grafted by Zheng Huachang, and the Li florist's expression did not change, and he was a little interested. Peony smiled slightly, and led him to see the assorted brocade again. Li Huajiang squatted down and stared at the assorted trees.

Peony waited nervously for him to judge, and even the big black dog leaned over and kept sniffing her shoes, dripping all the saliva on her shoes.

Li Huajiang looked at it for a long time, then turned his head to look at the peony and pointed to the flower. Peony breathed a sigh of relief at this moment and smiled slightly: "This is what I took it." ”

Wu San also smiled: "Exactly, this is what I watched with my son-in-law to pick it up." ”

Li Huajiang smiled and gave a thumbs up to the peony. Peony was a little flattered for a while. Li Huajiang took out a muntjac leather bag from his waist, opened the muntjac skin, which seemed to be a grafting knife and a pair of scissors, as well as a bunch of fine twine, he put these tools on the ground beside him, and gestured a few more to Peony, Wu San didn't understand, couldn't translate, but Peony understood, what he meant was that her technique had been recognized by him, and he also wanted to show her his hands, so he smiled: "You can use these flowers at will." ”

Li Huajiang squinted at Peony and Wu San and did not move. His grafting skills are secret, and they are not so easy to show to others.

Wu Sangan laughed: "Let's go farther." ”

After Peony and Wu San walked away, Li Huajiang confirmed that the two of them could not see his specific movements before they began to act. Wu San was bored, so he talked to Peony: "This old Li has a strange temper, he didn't salute King Jing when he left, and King Jing didn't care." But Mrs. He, you have a good temper, so you won't choke with him. In these days, people with a bit of real material have a weird temper. ”

"As long as he has real talent and learning, and he doesn't have those crooked and evil thoughts, it's nothing to endure an old man's bad temper." Peony stared closely at the movements of the Li gardener, although it was far away, she could still roughly see what he was doing from his movements, taking materials, cutting branches, butting, tying, doing it very skillfully, and his movements were faster than hers.

When it was almost time for dinner, Li Huajiang finally stopped and beckoned Peony to come over. Peony can be seen from the orientation of his grafting and some specific details, he did it subcutaneously, and it was done perfectly. And he also received a variety of brocade, but it was connected with Kunshan luminous, kudzu purple, silver powder and gold scales. White, purple, pink, tricolored, late flowering.

I really didn't expect him to be able to do the same, the one Jiang Changyang found was really a baby. Peony smiled with satisfaction, learning from him to give him a thumbs up: "This garden will be entrusted to Master Li in the future." ”

She sincerely called him Master Li, not Lao Li, and did not pretend to be a buyer and master. This is to give a skilled craftsman the respect he deserves, Li Huachang smiled slightly and began to gesticulate. Wu San hurriedly said: "He said that he would live in this garden and guard it, and asked where the house was?" ”

Peony pointed to a row of houses not far away that had just been built, and said, "That row of rooms is empty, you can live wherever you want." ”

As he spoke, Florist Zheng walked in. The villain saw that the garden door was open, and thought that the lady was having dinner at this time in the past, so he came to have a look. Since the lady is here, the villain will leave first. While greeting the peony, Zheng Huachang looked at Li Huachang, his face full of suspicion.

Peony smiled: "Lao Zheng, you came just in time, this is the new Master Li, when I am not there in the future, he will be in charge of the seedling garden." As expected, she saw a look of surprise and disappointment on Florist Zheng's face.

Zheng Huajiang was not convinced. Why? He has been here for so many days, and he helped Peony to cross the most bitter and tiring time, and he took care of this garden most of the time before. As the only master who can enter and exit the seedling garden, he seems to be the leader among the many florists in this garden, who doesn't bow his head when he sees him? But suddenly such a little-known bad old man came and wanted to take away his things, as well as his hope of learning technology from Peony, of course he was not convinced.

At a glance, he saw the peony beside Li Huachang that had just been grafted and had not yet had time to be fertilized and watered, so he walked over with a smile: "This is what Master Li picked up, right?" Good craftsmanship. His hand stretched out, and before he could touch the peony, the big black dog beside him, who was stupid and fat, suddenly let out a low roar, and rushed towards his wrist like lightning, his white sharp teeth flashed, and the transparent saliva spilled down in the air with a fishy smell.

"Mom" Zheng Huajiang screamed in fright, and his face turned pale and retreated again and again, but where was he faster than a dog? Although it is a fat dog, it is also much faster than him. And he sat on the ground very stupidly, Peony thought that he would take at least one bite, but at the critical moment, Li Huazhu let out a hoarse "ah", the big black dog stopped attacking, put two front paws on Zheng Huajiang's shoulders, and stared at Zheng Huachang's bewildered face with black eyes, and transparent and sticky saliva dripped.

Li Huajian let go of Zheng Huajiang again, and the big black dog let go of Zheng Huachang, ran to his feet and squatted down. Li Huajiang gestured to the peony, Wu San coughed lowly, and said loudly: "Lao Li said that this dog has been raised since he was a child to see the flowers, and whoever dares to reach out and touch the flowers without the permission of the owner will be bitten." It was misunderstood just now, please don't worry about this Master Zheng. ”

It turned out to be a mute. Zheng Huajiang wiped the sweat from his head angrily, pulled the placket soaked with dog saliva in disgust, and did not speak angrily.

Peony hurriedly stepped forward to play the round: "Lao Zheng, you are frightened, let the kitchen add vegetables for you tonight." Go down and see if there are any injuries, and if there are, ask the doctor to take a look. She knew that the plum gardener did it on purpose. This is a warning to Zheng Huajiang. These peony gardeners, their skills have their own inheritance, and they will not easily be known to others, let alone learned. This freshly connected peony, after dismantling it, you will know how to deal with the scion and rootstock, and until the wound heals, he will not let others touch it at all. She thought she was guarding hard enough, but who knew that this plum gardener was even more guarded.

Seeing Zheng Huajiang leave angrily, Li Huajiang indifferently packed up his tools, disposed of the flowers, led by Yuhe, and took the big black dog to choose a room without mentioning it.

Wu San smiled and said: "Mrs. He, our son-in-law will tell you that Pan Shizi and Mrs. Bai will arrive the day after tomorrow, please come over for dinner." ”

Peony should go down, leave him for dinner, Wu San did not stay, only said that the Zhuangzi had to prepare a table, there were too many things to prepare, and he couldn't stay for a long time, so he just quit and left.

After Peony finished dinner, Yuhe came over to talk back, saying that he had settled the Li Gardener, and specially arranged for Ah Shun to go over to do some small things with him, and the Li Gardener was quite satisfied. As he was talking, Kuan'er came in and said, "Lady, someone from the house has come and brought a guest." ”

It was a young man surnamed Jia from Dalang's shop, who was wearing a round-necked robe with a brocade brocade and a black gauze head, about twenty years old, and only looked like a decent young man. Jia said with a smile: "Lady, this is Lu Gongzi from Yangzhou." ”

Peony was puzzled, she didn't recognize this Yangzhou Lu family.

Na Lu Gongzi saluted to the peony and said in an official dialect with a thick Yangzhou accent: "In Xia Lu Quan, the fifth line in the clan, known as Lu Wulang, my mother's surname is Duan, and she is called Duan Auntie." Before, Brother Ling had sent a letter to say that my aunt Qin Sanniang had suffered. My mother, who was a merchant on a ship, received the letter more than a month ago, so she sent me to pick up my aunt and thank her. ”

Qin Sanniang. There was no reply after Da Lang sent the letter to Aunt Duan, she thought that the letter was sent by mistake, this Qin Sanniang's sister was not the rich businesswoman Mrs. Duan, but it turned out to be. To be honest, this Lu Quan's appearance has no resemblance to Qin Sanniang, Peony sighed: "Lu Gongzi is only afraid that she will run away in vain, she will leave the next day, I don't know where she is now." ”

Lu Quanzheng said: "I went to see Ling Zun just now, and Ling Zun said the same." But before I came, my mother had commanded that I should see people in life and corpses in death, and that I should take revenge and repay kindness. You're the last person to see her, and think she's talked to you about something that can lead to some clues. Please tell me about that day. ”

Peony remembers the situation that day. After hearing what Peony said, Lu Quan pondered for a moment and said, "According to what you say, my aunt is only afraid that she has made up her mind to take revenge." Before Yan Balang was unlucky, I was afraid that she would not leave the capital, and I planned to go to Yan Balang to have a look. ”

Peony said: "It's getting late today, I think Lu Gongzi can't go back to the city in a hurry, it's better to stay here for the night, and it's not too late to go again tomorrow morning." ”

Lu Quan hugged his fists and thanked: "Thank you, Mrs. He." My mother asked me to thank the house, I asked Ling Zun before, what do you need us to do for the house, but Ling Zun said that it was all your idea that day, let me ask you. What do you want? ”

"I didn't actually do anything, I just invited her to a meal, stayed in the mansion for the night, invited a doctor, and said a few words with her. The money spent is still my father's money, so you don't have to take it personally. Peony was a little embarrassed, she hadn't done anything for Qin Sanniang, but Aunt Duan was so solemn, which showed that Aunt Duan was still worried about Qin Sanniang's sister in her heart. It's no wonder that Qin Sanniang was ashamed of her misunderstanding her sister at that time.

Lu Quan looked at Peony seriously and said, "It's really not a big deal, but there were so many people coming and going on the street at that time, and you were the only one who stretched out your hand." He looked at Peony and smiled slightly: "Aunt Duan never owes anyone love, in order not to let the reputation of my mother disappear from now on, please don't be polite." ”

His expression was serious and sincere, and although he was joking, there was a palpable insistence that he would not give up until he achieved his goal. Peony thought about it, as if she really didn't need anything, but Duan Damiang's merchant ships were indeed very famous, and maybe one day, she could sell her peony through Duan Damiang's fleet to places outside the capital. Peony looked at Lu Quan and smiled: "I have heard of Lingtang's name a long time ago, and I admire her very much, and I really want to make friends with a capable person like her, I don't know if I have such luck?" ”

If Peony asks for a reward this time, she will only have this one chance; But if she wants to be friends with Aunt Duan, then she may get far more than this in the future. Similarly, it would be very good if the Lu family could make friends like the He family in the capital. Lu Quan smiled slightly and said slowly: "My mother likes to make friends very much. If the lady has the opportunity to go to Yangzhou, she will definitely hold the best banquet to entertain you. ”

Peony pursed his lips and smiled: "Lu Gongzi is not familiar with the place, and the people of my family can lead you to find Yan Balang's residence." She pointed to Yuhe: "She once went to Tongshanfang, where Yan Balang lived, and asked her to accompany you tomorrow." ”

Lu Quan thanked him, and followed Xiao Tao down to eat and rest. Early the next morning, Yuhe led him and a few of his retinue into the city on horseback, and went straight to Tongshanfang. Peony stayed in the nursery all day to watch the plum gardener take care of the flowers and trees, learn how to communicate with him, and then named the big black dog himself, called him Dahei, and fed him a bunch of chicken bones.

Li Huajiang had a straight face, and only compared less than three gestures with Peony all day, once Peony asked him, she wanted to choose a few young, smart and well-behaved little guys to learn how to take care of Peony with him, and asked him if he was good, he waved his hand and said no. But Peony didn't plan to listen to him, she had to get it, even if he asked them to water and loosen the soil, and look at it from a distance.

Once it was Peony who called the big black dog "Big Black" and fed the dog chicken bones, he gestured angrily, Peony didn't understand, but she guessed he was angry that she named his dog, but he didn't kick the chicken bones she brought to Big Black, but watched Big Black eat them all. So Peony decided to ignore his anger and let the dog continue to drip on her shoes, taking the opportunity to grab the dog's scalp twice.

The last time was at dinner, when Peony gave him two jackets and two pairs of shoes, as well as a bottle of wine and a plate of fried chuckles, and he was silent for a moment, made a gesture of thanks, and then accepted the things.

But Peony doesn't think he's a person who can be easily bought with a small favor, and it seems that she still needs to fight him for a long time. When she walked out of the seedling garden, Shiro was wandering not far outside, and when he saw her come out, he immediately came over to greet her, as if he had something to say to her, and Peony was not in a hurry because he could guess what he wanted to say. I only asked him if he was used to living in Fangyuan, and asked Zheng if he had fallen yesterday, because she hadn't seen him all day today.

Xilang hesitated for a moment and said, "Uncle Jiu, he is a little uncomfortable, but he has been trimming the flowers and trees on the other side of the lake all day today, so the lady has never seen him." In the end, he didn't tell her about Cao Wanrong, but repeatedly promised that he would work hard. Peony praised him twice, and said gently: "I heard that your father died, if you have any difficulties in your family, you can tell me." I'll help you if I can. ”

Xilang was a little surprised, answered in a low voice, and lowered his hand to see Peony leave. Peony asked Aunt Duan: "Auntie, do you think he is a bad person?" ”

Aunt Duan knew Xilang's origin and the peony joint he had stolen from the Cao family's garden, she thought carefully for a moment, and said, "The old slave doesn't know either, but he is definitely not an honest person. ”

Peony smiled, how many real honest people are there in this world? Of course, there are still many people who claim to be honest.

At noon on the second day, Wu San personally came to pick up Peony: "Mrs. Bai has arrived first, Gongzi please go over and accompany her first." ”

Peony frowned: "Pan Shizi didn't come with her?" ”

Wu San diligently held the horse for her, so that she could get on the horse conveniently: "No, it is said that Pan Shizi has something to delay and will come to dinner." However, in addition to bringing Pan Xiaogongzi, Mrs. Bai also brought a lady with her, it seems to be the seventeenth lady of the Wu family in Qinghe, I heard that I also know you? ”

Peony smiled: "I've met once." "Wu Xilian, who is arrogant and high, has already promised Li Xun that she has been married, presumably she also promised others, right?

Peony rode through the rice fields that looked bare after being harvested, until he walked to the door of the Jiang family's Zhuangzi. The willows on the side of the wall had turned yellow and began to fall, but the pine and cypress trees were still green, reflecting the high courtyard wall and the blue sky on the top of the wall.

Wu San saw the peony staring at the courtyard wall and said with a smile: "In the spring of this year, our son-in-law was only painted, and now it looks very new." But before, it was mottled, and the moss climbed up to the wall. Oh, the rats are old and yellow, the size of half a cat, and they are not afraid to see us coming, and they dare to enter the house in front of us, I guess they must have lived freely for more than ten years, and have forgotten what fear is. ”

Peony felt that Wu San seemed to mean something.

The structure of Jiangjia Zhuangzi is completely different from that of Fangyuan, and as soon as you enter the door, it is a large neat and wide field, paved with bluestone bricks, and it is not clean. Wu San diligently introduced: "Here you have to rinse with clean water every three days, using the water from your river." He pointed to a clump of holly trees not far away, "The ditch is behind there, walk along this little river, and not far in front of you is the water pavilion I just built, where Madame Bai is waiting for you at the moment." He Niangzi, please come with the villain, the road is over there. ”

Behind the holly trees is a pebble-paved path about three feet wide, and next to the path is the river, which is clear and clear, with colorful pebbles and lush aquatic plants at the bottom, and the occasional small fish swimming by. On the other side of the river, there is a row of willow trees, and the yellow leaves of the fallen trees curl upwards and fall into the water like a flat boat leaf by leaf. The Jiang family's Zhuangzi is also very beautiful, much more beautiful than King Ning's Zhuangzi with an expensive horse farm. Peony asked Wu San: "Does this Zhuangzi have a name?" ”

"It used to be called Willow Garden, but now it doesn't have a name." Jiang Changyang stood at the end of the trail and looked at the peony appreciatively. Peony is wearing a silver-white folded peony brocade shirt today, tied with a strong purple eight-piece Luo skirt, a black bronzed satin skirt, a pair of walnut-sized gold hollow flower and bird sachets tied on the skirt, only a pair of plain double-strand gold hairpins are inserted in the heart-to-heart bun, and the lips are also dotted with pink lipstick, which looks particularly delicate and lovely. He felt that she was even more beautiful now than he had seen her for the first time.

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