The flowers are blooming, the garden is dyed green, and the willow trees by the mountain and water are particularly lovely. The peach and plum trees in the forest are all in bloom, and they are red and white, and from a distance, they look like colorful clouds.

Shuning stood in the Guanlan Pavilion, looking at the forest, and once again deeply felt that the name of "Pillow Xia Pavilion" was worthy of the name.

Looking back at Mr. Cai, he was looking at a few words he had written when he had returned from class the day before. After a while, Mr. Cai nodded lightly and said, "The writing is not bad, but there are a few words that are not very good." He pointed to a few of the intricate strokes and said, "It's a little tight." I know these words are difficult to write, but you are too anxious, you should calmly write every stroke clearly. Writing is like acting as a person, it is useless to be anxious, and in the face of difficulties, you should take it calmly. ”

Shuning nodded to be taught, and then wrote those words more than a dozen times in front of him, until Mr. Cai nodded to express satisfaction, and then put down the pen.

After Mr. Cai arrived at Fangshan Annex, he gradually felt that his life was better, not to mention that he only needed to attend classes for two hours in the afternoon every day, and the rest of the time was at his own disposal. Here the green mountains and green waters, and it is a good spring, Mr. Cai went out for a walk in his spare time, and accidentally found that there is a small temple on the other side of the mountain behind the garden, even two small novices in total, a total of less than ten people, the host is an unknown monk, occasionally playing chess, talking about the sky, listening to the scriptures, Mr. Cai benefited a lot, and gradually went to some greedy for common names, and the whole person was much more peaceful. It seems to have returned to Cai Zhilin when he first entered the Earl's Court to teach, and his realm of calligraphy, painting and piano art has been improved.

After Mr. Cai discovered his changes, he knew that he had drilled the tip of the bull's horns in the past, and he had seen many things, and although Shuning's talent was not as good as Wanning, which he had always valued, he was not a rotten wood. People are also diligent, and treat themselves with great respect, so they can stay and live this leisurely life with peace of mind. Zhang Bao, Duan Ning, Mr. Su and others gradually felt that he was a person who could be friends, and often invited him to tea and chat in their spare time.

Without further ado. In other words, the content of today's class is not calligraphy, but painting. Mr. Cai wants to teach Shuning to draw fish. He first drew four fish of different forms on paper, and then slowly drew them one by one, explaining the brushwork while drawing, which allowed Shuning to follow the drawing. "It's just the basic form," he said. Learn these first, then four more tomorrow, and then talk about the rest when you've learned the basics. To draw the agile posture of the fish, it is not enough to just admire it, you have to see the live fish, there is water all around, there are fish in the water, you can watch the movement of the fish when you are resting, you will definitely benefit. ”

Shuning responded. He began to draw in the shape of the four fish, and Mr. Cai pointed out from time to time. I don't know how long it took, but I suddenly heard the sound of footsteps "oh oh", Shuning raised her head to see, but it was Xianning rushing over from Lingbotai. As soon as he saw his sister glaring at him, he hurriedly said, "I've already written fifty big characters." Sister doesn't believe Mr. Yang! ”

Shuning looked at Lingbotai, and sure enough, Mr. Yang, who had just been invited to teach Xianning and Xiaobao, nodded helplessly, while Xiaobao pouted unconvinced and continued to bury his head in writing.

Shuning knew that Mr. Yang had made an appointment with his two younger brothers to let them play for two quarters of an hour after writing fifty neat characters, which was also a helpless method taken to urge the two naughty ghosts to calm down and study hard. But for now, it's working. At least the words of the two leather monkeys are already in shape.

Seeing her sister nodding, Xianning hurriedly cheered, ran two steps forward, and turned around and saluted Mr. Cai embarrassedly. That's when he ran away. He walked through the Linyuan Pavilion in the direction of the woods, Yahuan Yuge followed halfway, and two fifteen or sixteen-year-old servants walked to the stones at the edge of the forest and sat down, just in case.

Xianning has recently become obsessed with the birds in the woods, and he has already wanted to ask someone to help him catch ten or eight to play, but his parents and brothers listened to his sister's words and refused to agree, only allowing him to play in the forest, but someone must follow, and he can't climb trees. But there were no other restrictions, so Hyun-neung happily ran into the woods to chase birds, catch crickets, and dig up insects during the two-quarter hour break at a time, and became more and more a mud monkey. Shi originally had a lot of opinions, but Shuning felt that children should be properly "stocked" under the condition of ensuring safety, so that they could exercise their bodies and enjoy their childhood happily.

Shuning lowered her head and drew a few more fish, and heard footsteps again. This time it was Xiaobao's turn, he smirked and saluted his sister and Mr. Cai, and also ran into the woods, and then Shuning heard two boys shouting there. She looked at Lingbotai amusedly, only to see Mr. Yang light a timekeeping incense, pick up a copy of "Mencius", and recite it with a shake of his head.

This Mr. Yang, whose name is Yang Mo, is a Xiucai in a nearby town, born in a poor family, and has always relied on teaching a few primary school students to make a living. Since the government came forward to study Mengxue, he has been unemployed, and in order to prepare for this autumn's scientific examination, he was introduced here to teach two children Chinese. It was also two hours a day, and the rest of the time was at his disposal, although the remuneration was not high, but what he valued most was that he could freely enter and exit the master's study, and there was also a Mr. Su, who also worked hard for the imperial examination but was more knowledgeable than him, to ask for advice. He already had a plan, and before he failed to be admitted to the Jinshi, he would stay here and not leave.

Two hours passed in a hurry, and the two teachers finished their classes almost at the same time. Shuning stretched the fingers of her right hand a little stiffly, listened to Mr. Cai's homework, and then respectfully sent him away.

She began to pack up the four treasures of the study on the case, and when she heard her two younger brothers running in front of her, she stopped them: "Ming'er during recess, don't run like this anymore, at least, in front of the gentlemen, walk well." Also, you're walking so fast, can you pack up your things? ”

This is also the rule that Shuning set for her two younger brothers. The girls were only responsible for waiting for the gentlemen, and the three of them had to clean up the used pen, ink, paper, and inkstone by themselves. Shuning was afraid that the two little ghosts would develop a bad problem of not being able to take care of themselves, so she taught them by example.

Xianning and Xiaobao, you look at me, I look at you. One looked at the sky, the other looked at the ground, and when Shuning saw this, she knew that they must not have cleaned up: "I don't remember what I said?" Why don't you go back and clean up! Xiaobao moved back embarrassedly, but Xianning laughed and begged: "Good sister, you can let me go this time, anyway, there is a ring." ”

Shuning refused to let go: "You also said that you want to be a general when you grow up." Could it be that the general went to war

Are you going? Don't laugh off people's big teeth. Just go! "Xian Ning Bian is dead, and when I finish packing up, I won't have the strength to run......"

"Don't think I didn't know you had a snack an hour ago, I saw Yuge send it to you." She raised an eyebrow, "Or do you think you're still a little milk baby, and you need help with this little thing?" ”

Xianning blushed slightly, and Xiaobao grabbed him and ran back. Shuning packed her things by herself. Walk to the edge of Lingbo Terrace and see: Very good, although the things are not very neatly placed, but it is good to wash and dry, and it can be regarded as cleaned up.

When the two children came to her again, she said compassionately, "Forget it today, but tomorrow we will tidy up, and look at the crooked stack of books." Let's go back, it's almost time to eat. ”

Xianning and Xiaobao cheered and hurriedly ran. Shu Ning smiled, while admiring the beautiful spring scenery under the sunset, and slowly walked back.

~~~~~~~~~~~ = I'm the dividing line ~~~~~~~~~~~~ I've had dinner

Zhang Bao and the clan sat down in the main room, Duan Ning said a few words to them, and then went to the martial arts training ground. Shuning looked at her brother's background and said with some concern: "Just after eating, I went to practice martial arts." I'm afraid it's not good for the body? Zhang Bao said: "It's okay, he didn't go to dance knives and guns, he just walked around the yard a few times, I have already told him that it will take half an hour after dinner to practice martial arts." Shuning calculated, feeling that this time was barely enough, so she stopped talking.

Zhang Bao cleared his throat and said, "There is something I want to discuss with you today. Now all the crops have been planted in the fields, and the saplings on the hillsides have been planted. It's just that the vacant land at the bottom of the western slope, the old farmers in the village have seen it, and said that it is a waste land that cannot grow anything. What do you think should be done? ”

Shi was puzzled: "How can it be a wasteland? Didn't you say that when you bought it, the Yu family had already turned over the land and planned to plant something? ”

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Zhang Bao snorted coldly: "They just made this to trick me, and wanted me to make more money, in fact, many people in the village know that nothing planted there will produce anything." The Yu family is really hateful! Bai Minliang deliberately helped them hide from me! ”

Shi patted the back of his hand and said softly: "Don't be angry, the Yu family was also forced to be in a hurry, so they had to do it." If it is at the original price, I am afraid that it will have to be doubled, even if there are more than ten acres of land, we will take advantage of it. Why do you bother with that? ”

Zhang Bao was a little relieved: "I don't care about those few dollars, I just think it's really hateful that they deliberately deceive people, and so is Mr. Bai, tell me the truth, will I still care about those dozens of taels of silver with them?" After thinking about it, he couldn't help laughing: "Forget it, it's all raw rice and cooked rice, and I won't bother with them." It's just that I originally planned to use this land to grow vegetables, but what should I do with it now? ”

The clan couldn't think of a way for the time being, Zhang Bao had an idea, and wanted to build some houses there and rent them to people outside, but he had to talk to the officials first. Dan disagreed, because it was not far from their garden, and if anyone lived there, they were afraid that the garden wall would be a little unsafe at night.

Shuning felt that this situation was a little familiar, and after thinking about it for a long time, she remembered a certain plot she had seen, so she said: "Why don't you dig a pond in the ground, let's plant lotus flowers and raise lotus roots in it, right?" Lotus roots, lotus seeds, lotus leaves, etc., are also worth some money. ”

Shi frowned, and was about to refuse, but Zhang Bao grabbed her, thought about it, and said: "It's not impossible, it's just that it's a little late this year, and even if you plant it, you will have to harvest next year." Shuning smiled and said, "It will take several years for the fruit trees planted on the mountain to bear fruit, which is already fast." ”

Seeing that her husband and daughter were really discussed, she also lowered her head to think about the feasibility, and after a while she raised her head, and said to the father and daughter, who were talking lively: "No, digging a pond and planting lotus root costs a lotus, and we have to hire someone to take care of it every year. If you really want to make money from this pond, you don't know how to make up for the deficit in the Year of the Monkey. ”

Shuning hurriedly said: "That piece of land is not small, dig the pond, plant a few hundred catties of lotus root every year, sell it to Beijing in summer and autumn, and make a lot of money, we can also stock some fish and shrimp in the pond or something, as well as Wang Ba, and even make a shallow wetland on the side to plant water chestnuts." ”

Shi pursed his lips and smiled, Zhang Bao said: "Don't say it, our daughter really has some ideas." This is a good idea, there are no vegetables to eat in summer, only melons, who is not tired? Eat some lotus root to change the taste, and you can also get off the fire. To be honest, with the size of that piece of land, the yield of a few hundred catties is only underestimated, but our family has never planted this thing, so we don't have to think too well. First, I will ask Changfu to find someone to dig the pond in two days, and ask Changgui to find it. I remember seeing a lotus pond in the Liangxiang area, and it must be not difficult to find. ”

He took a sip of tea and said, "However, it's no problem to raise fish, and we also have it in our own home, but we don't need shrimp, Wang Ba and water chestnuts and the like." If this lotus flower is planted, even if the production is not much, we should make a lotus pond and add a scenery to this pair. ”

Shuning opened her mouth and closed her mouth. Dad, don't you know that shrimp and Wang Ba are rare things?

Shi nodded and said: "Speaking of which, there is one thing that I want to tell you first, Wang Er is not good at housekeeping, I have asked him what he means today, and he will still follow the master out in the future, Changgui will take his position, and in the future, the affairs in this courtyard will be handed over to Changgui." ”

Zhang Bao paused, thoughtful: "It's okay, Wang Er really can't do the things of this general manager, so he won't always make a mess." It's just that although Changgui is stronger than him, it's not much better, this is not a long-term way. ”

"It's just an expedient measure, let's find it slowly."

Zhang Bao nodded, and asked about Shuning's homework today, as well as his younger brothers' studies.