Lin Qingwan thought that Mrs. Xie must be tired after three days of traveling, so after sending people to Chunxiao Garden, she said goodbye and asked the kitchen to prepare hot water and hot food for her.

Mama Yang led the girls to open the cage and put things away, and when she saw that Mrs. was leaning against the window and not speaking, she handed the things in her hand to the girl and made her a cup of tea and brought it over, "Mrs. moistens her mouth." ”

Mrs. Xie lowered her eyes and took the tea, and asked in a low voice, "You said that the letter we received was really sent by a loyal servant of the Lin family?" ”

She nodded to the scenery outside the yard and said: "The flowers and trees are luxuriant, and the yard is also clean, so we have come all the way, and there is a harvest scene in the farm. ”

Mama Yang persuaded in a low voice: "Madame, why don't you stay for a few more days, wouldn't it be better if Grandma Young thought about it?" ”

Mrs. Xie sighed and said, "That's right, I still think that when she gets older, she will give her and Erlang a stepchild, and the incense of the two of them will continue in the future." ”

Mama Yang's heart jumped, and she hurriedly diverted the topic and said: "Young grandma herself is still a child, where can she raise a child, Mrs. is too far to think about it." ”

She raised her hand to put down the curtain, and said with a smile: "The young grandmother is too bothered, and she deliberately changed the screen window and the curtain." ”

"There are a lot of insects in the countryside, and most of them are used to prevent insects," Mrs. Xie sighed, "she is much more capable than before, and she may have thought of these things before, but she certainly wasn't so careful." ”

Mrs. Xie was a distinguished guest, so Lin Qingwan asked Lin Yubin for a day off to entertain guests at home, not only that, but she also asked Steward Lin to go into the city to purchase a lot of ingredients and prepare to entertain Mrs. Xie.

It was busy enough to collect wheat and Mrs. Xie's affairs, but at this time, the merchants in the north drove a large herd of cattle and sheep.

Lin Qingwan couldn't take a break, and after letting Lin Yubin stay at home, he and Steward Lin went to see the batch of cattle and sheep in person.

It was brought from the north, and the three merchants united, and there were sixty cattle, most of which were calves, and all but five were calves.

Such calves, let alone this year, don't dare to use them even in the spring of next year, they are too small, and they will have to be raised until next autumn at the earliest.

Steward Lin's face was a little unsightly, he bought cattle to save labor, such a batch of calves not only could not save him labor, but also shared a lot of labor to be responsible for their forage and safety, it was no wonder that he could be happy.

Compared with the cows, the more than 500 sheep were not taken into account by Steward Lin.

In Daliang, the mutton is not worried, they have a large piece of land, and they do not worry about herding sheep, so they directly skip the sheep and do not mention it, and pick the problems of the cattle.

Steward Lin was dissatisfied, so Lin Qingwan also kept a straight face and didn't speak, and the three merchants explained in fear: "It's really hard to buy bullocks, and we wasted a lot of effort to get these calves." ”

They lowered their voices and said, "You also know that Daliang Niu is very valuable, and most of these are from the Liao Kingdom, otherwise we can bring even less." ”

The three merchants are also very helpless, for more than 100 years, the war has not stopped, there are very few cattle among the people, in the eyes of farmers, cattle are more important than people, it is even more difficult to buy cattle, let alone bullocks?

After they returned to Cangzhou, they began to collect cattle, because the time since the last purchase was too short, and the entire state capital ran down to buy only twelve cattle, and they were all calves.

There was no way, so they secretly contacted the merchants on the Liao side, communicated with each other, and exchanged forty-eight heads of silk cloth for return.

Otherwise, they would not have the face to come to Suzhou.

Steward Lin listened to the explanation, and his face looked better, but he still tried his best to push the price down, and I don't know if such a small calf can survive in the end.

Steward Lin was even hesitant to buy all the cows, because some were too small.

Lin Qingwan asked about the ratio of male to female, and said, "Let's stay all." ”

Since cattle are so rare, it is better to keep them for seeds and open a cattle farm in the future.

Steward Lin was silent for a while, but he still didn't refute his aunt's face, and agreed to buy it.

Both cattle and sheep are traded in silk cloth, and it just so happens that the weaver of the Lin family weaves a lot of silk cloth, and the Lin housekeeper takes it to settle the bill.

However, the three merchants didn't answer, but vaguely mentioned the Lin family's Caiya, indicating that they wanted that thing.

Steward Lin rolled his eyes angrily and said, "Caiya can only be woven in winter at the earliest, where is it now?" ”

The three merchants said they didn't care, they could wait.

Lin Qingwan smiled and said: "Let's settle the account first, as for my Lin family's colorful silk, in addition to the necessary ones for my own family, the others are also to be sold, if you are interested, you will come and see it then." ”

The three merchants hesitated: "The county lord won't sell it to others first, right?" ”

Steward Lin said angrily: "Is my master a person who doesn't speak? ”

"That's not what we mean, it's just that we are very weak, and we think that the county lord will leave the goods to the original merchants."

"Since I said it, I will naturally give you a chance to compete fairly," Lin Qingwan said lightly: "When Caiya comes out, Steward Lin will contact you, and then you can bid with them." ”

In fact, what merchants does she have in her hands?

The Lin family's silk and silk have always been self-produced and sold, and now that the Lin family's cloth village has been sold, they have to find a new market.

But I don't know what's going on, in previous years, as soon as the silk was harvested, the merchants who knew that they couldn't get the silk and colored silk and came to the door were all gone.

When Steward Lin opened the spring, he still felt that it was not for sale to whom Cai Aya was sold, so it was better to cooperate with these three merchants to increase some feelings, but now he had to change his mood.

The master and servant hung the three merchants with a silent face, and then handed over the silk cloth, and asked them to divide the cattle and sheep into two batches and send them to the pasture on the other side of the mountain.

The cow and sheep barns have already been built there, and all it takes is to arrange for the caretaker to go there. These things have their own Steward Lin and Steward Zhong to worry about, and Lin Qingwan doesn't have to worry about it.

It was only as soon as she turned around that Uncle Chen came to the door again and said, "Boss, the wheat straw has been beaten, do you think this fertilizer is going to be prepared?" ”

Lin Qingwan nodded and said: "Ready, I'll let Steward Lin, no, let Lin Shun buy you night incense and livestock manure back, you go to the Zhuangzi and choose some people to help you, let's start tomorrow." ”

Mama Yang, who came to find Lin Qingwan, shook her body, shook her head and looked over, and saw an old man standing in front of the young grandmother who was full of white frost and a layer of tired layers on his clothes, so he confirmed that he had not listened, and the previous words were really said by their young grandmother.

How could this be, isn't their young grandmother a gentle woman who only reads sage books and plucks the strings in her hands, why, why do you still say something like "night incense" and "feces"?

Lin Qingwan turned around and saw Mama Yang, so she raised a smile and asked, "Why is Mama here, but what does my mother command?" ”

Mama Yang looked at her blankly for a while, and then pulled the corners of her mouth and said, "I just want to ask the young grandmother, what is the importance of the water used in the house, and the tea I brewed Mrs. said that it was delicious, and asked if there was anything left." ”

"That's the cold spring water on the mountain, there are still a lot of them, if there is no more in the tank, ask someone to go up the mountain to pick it up," Lin Qingwan saw her look in a trance, and couldn't help but ask with concern, "Mama is tired?" ”

"No," Mama Yang shook her head, just as she wanted to leave, she thought about it and asked unwillingly, "Young Grandma was dealing with Zhuangzi's affairs just now?" ”

Lin Qingwan nodded, "There are merchants from the north who have brought a lot of cattle and sheep, and I asked Steward Lin to buy them and build a pasture." ”

"It's good to leave these things to the people below, where can you do it yourself?"

"This Zhuangzi is something for me and my eldest sister to settle down, and it is always wrong to be careful, and I am also bored, so I might as well be distracted by taking care of things."

"If the young grandmother is bored, you can read books such as poetry collections, and learn to play the piano, didn't you say that you wanted to learn all the piano skills of your wife?"

Lin Qingwan shook her head and said, "I don't read poetry books anymore, and I don't play the piano anymore." ”

She can compose poetry, but the artistic conception must be too different from Sister Wan'er's, and poetry is like her person, she doesn't dare to take this risk.

Besides, when it comes to poetry, she is not as spiritual as Sister Wan'er, so it is better not to write poetry from now on, so as not to discredit Sister Wan'er.

As for playing the piano, she only knows the skin, and it was because she was too skinny, and her grandfather enrolled her in a guqin class in order to sharpen her temperament.

She has only studied for one year, and she really can't call it a master.

But Sister Wan is different, no one praises her piano skills, Mrs. Xie even praised the Queen Mother back then, saying that the musicians in the palace are not as good as one-tenth of them.

And Sister Wan can be valued by Mrs. Xie, saying that she can inherit her mantle, and you can imagine how good her piano skills are.

She doesn't even touch the poems, let alone the piano.

Lin Qingwan was thinking in her heart, if Mama Yang asked her why, how should she answer so as not to make her suspicious?

Who knew that she waited for a while, but Mama Yang just looked at her twice and turned to leave.

Lin Qingwan silently looked at her back, this is ...... Angry?