The branches were transported just after noon, and Yao Shuqi did not transport them to Zhuangzi, but went directly to the orchard. When Wang Lusheng came to report the news, Du Jinning had just had lunch, and when she heard that the branches had arrived, she didn't say a word, and asked the Chen family to change their clothes and go out.

"Do you want to inform your eldest sister?" Chan asked.

"Of course, half of the mountain belongs to theirs." Du Jinning said, "I received the news yesterday, and I notified my eldest brother-in-law. Let's go straight to the fruit tree, and I'll call someone to deliver him a letter. ”

Saying that, she found a half-grown son on Zhuangzi and gave him ten yuan to go to the city to inform Xu Chengyuan. They themselves hired a mule cart at the gate of the academy and went out of town and went straight to the orchard.

When Xu Chengyuan heard the rumor, he changed into old clothes, and hired a car with Du Fangfei and Xie Shi to rush to the orchard. When he arrived at the orchard, he saw that Du Jinning was already there directing a group of people to work.

The cut branches could not be left for a long time, so they were cut in the orchard of a neighboring county early in the morning, and they were quickly transported by horse-drawn carts. Although before going on the road, Wang Lusheng did some treatment of the branches according to Du Jinning's instructions in the letter, but if they could not be grafted in time, they would be easy to wither and be discarded.

Du Jinning did not rely on his own family to do things this time, but directly asked someone to invite men and strong women from nearby villages to come and help.

"Jinning, we're here." Xu Chengyuan walked over and asked Du Jinning, "What can we do?" ”

"Come here, I'll teach you." Du Jinning turned his head and instructed Du Fanghui again, "Fourth sister, you teach your mother-in-law and eldest sister." ”

"Okay." Du Fanghui responded.

In the past year, she has learned from Du Jinning how to take care of flowers and trees, and has already done grafting on other trees, both in theory and operation. She has a good memory, she listened to it again when Du Jinning explained to others just now, and there was no problem guiding Xie Shi and Du Fangfei at this time.

She is an ancient native, and she has followed her mother and sister to plant the land for several years, and she has her own way of understanding tree planting, and she will teach Xie and Du Fangfei grafting techniques, which is easier for the two to understand than Du Jinning herself.

As for Xu Chengyuan, he and Du Jinning are both scholars, and the way the two communicate is different.

It took a cup of tea to successfully train the three members of the Xu family, and Du Jinning said: "You don't need to do it, you just need to check how well they are doing according to the points I told the fourth sister." If they don't do a good job, it will affect the growth and fruiting of the peach tree in the future, so you must check it well. If you have any questions, ask me again. ”

As she spoke, she directly assigned Du Fangfei's half of the mountain to them, and let them inspect it.

Before leaving, she stopped Du Fangfei again: "Eldest sister, you stay for a while." ”

Xie Shi and Xu Chengyuan knew that Du Jinning had something to say to Du Fangfei, so they didn't stay long, and went to work in the orchard first.

"Brother Ning, what's the matter?" Du Fangfei asked.

"That's right, this fruit tree hasn't been taken care of before, so I didn't give it to you. Now after the grafting, it's just a matter of management. I can't keep your dowry in charge, and I'll hand it over to you after the grafting. So you have to think about whether you hire someone to take care of it yourself, or whatever. ”

When Du Fangfei heard this, he was a little embarrassed: "You are clear about my situation. I don't know any of this myself, and I don't have reliable people to hire people. ”

As she said that, she seemed to think of something, and her eyes lit up: "Don't your fruit trees also need someone to take care of them?" You see if this will work, whoever is your caretaker, and I will pay half of the salary, so we should hire him together; Usually, the orchard costs as much as it should be, and I just pay him. The orchard doesn't need to be divided into two halves, just take care of the whole by him. ”

Du Jinning also means the same.

At the beginning, this mountain was not a tea garden but an orchard, and she took Du Fangfei's situation into consideration. As long as she grafts well, and then prunes and thins the fruit properly according to the season, she will not have to worry too much for more than 20 years. And the tea garden has to roast tea for at least two or three seasons a year, and the tea trees have to be carefully taken care of.

The orchard is easy to take care of, she can actually ask someone to take care of it at the same time, without Du Fangfei worrying, she is not short of the money to hire a steward and take care of the fruit trees.

It's just that this orchard said that it was Du Fangfei's dowry, but it has been held in her hands, Du Fangfei may not have any ideas, but what the Xu family thinks in their hearts, it is difficult to say.

So while the fruit trees are grafted now, she simply handed over the fruit tree to Du Fangfei, so as not to cause any unpleasantness in the future because of this orchard.

She nodded, "Yes." ”

As she spoke, she called a middle-aged man in his thirties over and said to Du Fangfei, "This is Wang Zhong, you can call him Wang Steward, he is from that village." She pointed to a village not far away, "His father is the head of these villages." In the future, he helped us manage the orchard, and now the people who help us graft the fruit trees are all from their village. ”

Saying that, she introduced Du Fangfei to Wang Zhong again.

Lu Xiaobei and Qin Laoliu are very good at dealing with people, when they were poor and white in the past, with their own personal charm, they can make many friends, not to mention that now they have plenty of money, and they have been instructed by Du Jinning, their vision and pattern have made great progress compared to before, and they are more handy in making friends with people.

After Du Jinning bought this piece of mountain, the two of them walked to the nearby villages a few times, and they called the people in the village brothers and sisters, and they had a clear understanding of the situation in several villages. In the end, the two unanimously singled out Wang Zhong.

Wang Zhong's situation is very similar to Zhang Hongwen's eldest brother, his father is Lizheng, although he has studied in private school for a few years, he has not much income, and he honestly farms and works at home. I want to make money, but I don't have a way.

After electing this person, Du Jinning instructed them not to go directly to the door, but pretended to be drunk when they were drinking, and revealed the news, saying that their young master was going to hire someone to manage the orchard, and the monthly case was two taels of silver a month; If you do well, you will be rewarded at the end of the year. Now there are several brothers in the city who take care of them and recommend them to the young master.

Qin Laoliu and Lu Xiaobei were clever, and after saying this, they boasted about Du Jinning's background and great prospects with the Guan family, the Qi family, and the Yuan family, and took the two of them as examples, saying that they followed Du Jinning with all their hearts. On the other hand, he takes a fancy to Du Jinning, and he will inevitably soar in the future.

One person ascended to heaven with a chicken dog, a seven-rank official in front of the prime minister, they followed Du Jinning, and when Du Jinning became a jinshi and became a big official, they were more majestic than the stewards of those families. When the time comes, follow the young master into Beijing to enjoy the blessings, don't be too awesome.