"Okay, I'll ask her then." Du Jinning said.

When Zhuang Yue heard this, he put his mind at ease, opened his legs and was about to leave, when he suddenly remembered something: "Young master, in the past two months, many people have bought land outside the city to plant tea trees. ”

Every year from October of the lunar calendar to January of the following year, it is the tea planting season. As early as the Tang Dynasty, there were monks in this area of Jiangxi who planted tea to make tea, and later there were also private people who bought fields to grow tea, which is not unusual. It's just that there are a lot of people planting tea this year, which is different from previous years, which has attracted Zhuang Yue's attention.

Du Jinning didn't feel strange: "This is also normal. People take advantage of the advantages and avoid the harm. The price of the roasted green tea we make is so high, naturally some people will use their brains to imitate it and sell it. ”

Speaking of this, she asked, "The tea roasters in the tea plantation, are there outsiders to contact them?" ”

Zhuang Yue shook his head: "The tea garden here is all managed by Lord Qi and Lord Yuan, we were originally in Gui Province, and we didn't have manpower, so we didn't meddle in the affairs of the tea garden." It's hard to ask now. ”

In fact, Zhuang Yue saw that others were growing tea, and he also wanted to buy more land to grow tea. The profit of this tea is so high, their family has technology and experience, how can they give this profit to others?

It's just that he cares about Qi Bokun and Yuan Xiuzhu, and he doesn't want to bring it up. After all, they were originally done together, and now it is always not authentic to leave them alone.

"I'll mention it to Grandpa Qi then." Du Jinning said.

Zhuang Yue nodded: "If you want to mention it, you have to mention it as soon as possible." It's too late to plant tea trees this year, so you have to delay it for a year. ”

"Okay, I see."

After Zhuang Yue left, Du Jinning went to the inner courtyard, and when he entered the hall of the inner courtyard, he saw Chen talking to Chen Li.

She quickly retracted her feet from the threshold and turned back into the hallway. When Chen's maid Guo'er saw it, she hurriedly went in and said, "Madam, the young master is here." ”

Chen Li stood up in a panic, saluted Chen and went out the back door.

Guo'er came to invite, Du Jinning entered the hall at this time, sat down and asked the maids and ladies to go out, and asked Chen: "How is Chen Li now?" ”

At this time, there are no outsiders, and to Du Jinning, Chen is naturally telling the truth.

She shook her head and sighed, "Learned some words." However, she has a stupid brain, and she can't remember it even after teaching, and after studying it for so long, she has just finished reading the "Three Character Classic". I want her to be like your fourth sister and learn some skills in planting fruit trees and flowers. When I get married in the future, I will accompany her with dozens of acres of land, and she can earn some money without leaving home, and she doesn't have to rely on men to live. Although there is a need to plant the field at that time, she does not need to do it herself, but she knows some so that people will not be confused. But she doesn't seem to have much talent in this area. ”

Although Du Jinning is a traverser, his body and brain are still original. The original body's memory is very good, so her sisters who have the same father and mother are not stupid, at least Du Fangling and Du Fanghui's memory is very good. So when she first taught them literacy, it was easier.

And Chen Li's memory is worse than that of ordinary people, and in comparison, the difference between the two is very big.

"It's been almost a year since she came to our house, why is she still so easily scared and shy?" Du Jinning frowned and asked again.

She is a woman, and Chen Li was taken to the Du family because of her. Therefore, Du Jinning hopes that Chen Li can stand up more than others, both in terms of knowledge and personality.

Chen smiled: "Not really. She's changed a lot in the past year, at least when I take her to meet with the wives, she won't bow her head and dare not look at people at every turn. You have the impression that she probably sees you. ”

Speaking of this, her smile gradually disappeared, and looking at Du Jinning's beautiful face, she was really a little worried.

Chen Li is a village girl who has never seen much of the world before. Now that his fiancé is so good-looking, not to mention his temperament, he is still a young man, and it is a little difficult to make Chen Li not move his heart.

"Before you enter the inner courtyard in the future, let the maid and the maid speak out." She said.

Du Jinning nodded helplessly.

I can't act at will in my own home, and I have to send someone to pass it when I come out and go in, and I don't know that I think she is setting up a shelf at home.

Putting this topic aside, Du Jinning asked, "Mother, how is your business going?" ”

Speaking of this, Chen wanted to sigh: "I haven't come up with anything good to make a living." ”

"How about I give you a suggestion?"

Chen hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded: "Okay." ”

"Why don't you go to the countryside and buy some fields?"

After Du Jinning said this, seeing Chen's disappointed expression, she continued with a smile: "But instead of planting rice and tea, you ask people to grow jasmine." ”

"Jasmine?" Chen frowned, "Don't you have a field of flowers?" Why, the flowers and plants planted on it are not enough for you to sell? ”

Du Jinning shook his head: "This jasmine is not grown and sold, but used to make tea." ”

"Making tea? How do you make tea from this flower? Chen Shi was curious, "Oh, I see, just like those flower teas that your fourth sister made up?" ”

When Du Fanghui was still unmarried in Gui Province, because the flowers in the garden at home were blooming, she picked some petals on a whim to try to make tea. Later, under the guidance of Du Jinning, she made chrysanthemum tea and rose tea. So when it comes to using flowers to make tea, Chen thinks it's Du Fanghui's ones.

Du Jinning shook his head: "It's not like that." It is made with tea leaves, and there is only the fragrance of flowers in the tea leaves, but there are no petals. This kind of flower tea is a serious tea leaf, not a petal tea. ”

Chen thought about it, but he really couldn't imagine what it was like.

She shook her head, and didn't bother to explore this: "Forget it, I don't bother to figure out what it is, you just tell me how to grow jasmine." ”

"Grow your own village to worry about, you just need to know that I will buy all the jasmine flowers grown in your field and use them to make flower tea. In other words, as long as I have been making tea here, the jasmine on your side will not be sold. When the time comes, we will agree on a qualified price together. ”

After thinking about it, she said again: "You can call the eldest sister, the third sister, the fourth sister, the wife of the Fang family, and the wife of the Xu family, as long as they have spare money in their hands, they can buy fields and plant them together." Most of the fields are planted with jasmine, and a small part is planted with osmanthus. ”

Chen hesitated for a moment, frowned, and said, "There are too many people involved, will there be any disputes in the future?" ”

"When you buy land, just separate them, don't buy them together. After you buy it, you just make a suggestion not to force them to plant anything. There will be no problems with the three sisters, Mrs. Xu's capital is small, there is not much land, and we have been friends for many years, we still know her personality, and it will be fine. There is only the Fang family, you suggest that Mrs. Fang use her dowry silver to buy land, so that the involvement is smaller, and there should be no major contradictions. ”

Chen nodded: "That's good." ”