The most suitable time to grow tea trees is between November and March of the following year. In ancient times, the lunar calendar was used, and now although it is the beginning of February, it is also equivalent to the March of the solar calendar. If this season passes, the survival rate of tea plants will be affected.

Therefore, although Du Jinning's new tea garden has not yet been obtained, he still decided to pick back the branches, cut them in the yard to live, get them in the tea garden and tidy them up, and then transplant them to the tea garden.

Dong Dacheng is tall and has a lot of strength, and he is a good hand at work. When he arrived at the wild tea tree, he put down his things, climbed the tree in three times and two times, and under the command of Du Jinning, he broke off some branches and threw them on the ground, and Du Jinning picked them up below and put them in a bamboo basket.

The two tea trees are quite tall, and if you fold some branches, they will sprout side branches and grow more luxuriant when spring comes. Therefore, Du Jinning was not polite, and urged the tree with his spicy hands, until the two bamboo baskets were filled, which was called Dong Dacheng's resignation.

Dong Dacheng came down from the tree, looked at the new treetops that had been picked by himself last year, his lips moved, and he seemed to want to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.

Du Jinning knew what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "Uncle Dong, do you know why those tea trees are picked every season, but they still grow luxuriantly, and there are many fat buds that can be picked?" ”

Dong Dacheng shook his head: "I haven't planted tea trees, I really don't know." ”

"If the melon and fruit seedlings are plucked, more melons and fruits will grow, Uncle Dong knows this truth, right?"

Dong Dacheng understood this time, and nodded again and again: "I must know this." Whether it's a loofah, a pumpkin, or even an eggplant, it has to be topped to a certain extent before many side vines grow. The more side vines, the more melons and fruits. ”

After saying this, he himself reflected: "You mean, this tea tree needs to be topped with a dozen before there will be more new sprouts?" ”

"Yes." Du Jinning said.

Dong Dacheng's annual tea leaves are picked from these two wild tea trees. Just now I was depressed that I didn't have tea today, but I'm happy now.

"You have also drunk the tea I made, and when the time comes, I will help you make all the tea, and you will be able to drink good tea." Du Jinning said again.

Dong Dacheng became more and more happy: "Then thank you Young Master Du." ”

After getting the branches back, Du Jinning pruned them again, and then they fell into the seedling bags she had made with oiled paper.

Seeing her fiddling with this, Chen Shi said distressedly: "It's hard to take a day off, not to mention a good rest, I have to go up the mountain, and I got so many branches to plug in." And he said, "What are you going to do, tell us, and we'll do it for you." ”

Du Jinning told Chen about the tea garden.

Chen was stunned for a long time, and said in disbelief: "You mean, you used this method of making tea to change a tea garden?" ”

"The tea made by this method of tea can be sold at a high price, and the profits created by this method in the academy can earn more than a thousand taels of silver a year, let alone every year in the future. So they didn't lose money by giving me a tea plantation. But this is also where the mountain chief is kind. I am a student of the academy, and he is my mentor, even if he doesn't give me a penny, I can't do anything. Du Jinning said.

Only then did Chen believe that the Du family's small third room, which had no tiles on the top and no spine on the bottom, actually had a piece of land of their own.

Her lips twitched, and tears welled up in her eyes: "This is really ...... It's just wonderful. ”

"Mother, there will be more and more of our industries in the future." Du Jinning walked over and stroked her shoulder.

Chen nodded vigorously and sniffed: "Mother believes, mother believes." With Brother Ning in our family, there will be everything. ”

After a while, her mood calmed down a little and asked Du Jinning, "Where is the tea garden?" Shall we move there? ”

Although this Zhuangzi is good, it is still someone else's house and field. Since they have their own piece of land, it is natural for them to build their houses on top of their own land. Besides, shouldn't the tea plantations be guarded? They live there, and it's so reassuring.

Du Jinning shook his head: "Don't move." We're living here. ”

Seeing that Chen was puzzled, she explained: "Why don't you think your grandfather, grandmother, uncle, and second uncle dare to come to us for trouble?" When Yan Cen beat the idea of the eldest sister, he didn't dare to come to the door? It's not because we live in Zhuangzi. When they come to find trouble, they are looking for trouble with the academy. Staying here, our safety is guaranteed. The chief of the tea garden hasn't given it to me yet, I don't know where it is, but it will definitely be outside the city. In the wilderness, there are a few women and children living in us, and it is not safe. Besides, it's close to the city to live here, isn't it? It's easy for you to go to the street, it's easy for the teahouse to transport goods, and it's even more convenient for me to go to school. ”

"Then we'll just live here all the time and not buy a house?" Chen asked again.

Worried that Du Jinning didn't understand, she reminded: "If our household registration moves here, it belongs to the tenant farmers of the academy. It's not a big deal for you, but it's not so good. We have to have a house and move our household registration out. ”

Tenant farmers, although they did not sell themselves to the landlords, were also inferior to the commoners and villagers, after all, this meant that there was no permanent production. At that time, for Du Fangfei's marriage, the Chen family wanted to move out of here and buy a house in the city.

People in this era have the mood of being homesick, because the household registration follows the house, and where there is real estate and land, the household registration will belong. Therefore, with a house and a field, there are roots under your feet, and there is no longer a sense of wandering. During this time, Chen counted the money he made from selling dried tofu and tea eggs every day, just to buy a house. It's just that because the money is still a big difference, she hasn't said anything.

Now listening to Du Jinning's meaning, it seems that she will live in Zhuangzi in the future and will not move, so she is in a hurry.

"If you have money in your hands, when will you not be able to buy a house? Until I'm sure, we're going to live here without moving out. Du Jinning directly dispelled Chen's thoughts.

She is now writing a steady stream of scripts for the teahouse, and the two newly opened teahouses have to pay cash for her booklets. Coupled with the dividends from the teahouse, she now has more than a hundred taels of silver on hand, and it is enough to buy a house like Xu Chengyuan's house in the city. thought that Du Yunyi wanted to change the big mansion at the beginning, and the price was less than two hundred taels of silver.

But Du Jinning didn't want to move out. Safety is the most important thing, and she is now in a hurry to expand her business, and the money she has to be invested is not willing to use it to buy a house. In ancient times, housing prices remained the same for decades, and there was no investment value.

"Mother, you're right to listen to me." She added, "When I am admitted to Xiucai, there is no difference between whether we are tenant farmers or commoners." ”

Chen was taken aback: "You really want to take the imperial examination?" ”