Chapter 332: Entering Beijing for the First Time
Widow Li knew that the owner was taking care of their mother and son, and took the money gratefully, but did not say a word of thanks. The widow has a lot of right and wrong in front of her door, and she is afraid that those in the village who have done more than them will gossip. However, she remembered the kindness of the owner deeply in her heart. Forty yuan is enough for their mother and son to eat for many days. Skinny to the bone, only a son with a big head left, finally able to eat a full meal!
The speed and quality of the work are closely related to the wages, and the tenant farmers are very enthusiastic, working in the fields before dawn every day, and they are reluctant to leave when the sun goes down. More than 170 acres of land, which was soon completed. Tenant farmers are very worried, and those who have been farming all year round know that farming is only busiest during spring ploughing and autumn harvest, and they only need to weed and water it. The owner said that corn is drought resistant and not waterlogging, and it doesn't need to be watered too often. I wonder if there will be wages when I am free in the middle?
Before they had time to think, a new task came. The more than 800 acres of land bought by the king of Yangjun need to be cultivated by these skilled hands with novices, and the wages are according to the practice of the Yu family. The land over there was also turned over, but it was not so fine, and the fertilizer was not as good as that of Yujiazhuang. It's too late to buy fertilizer now, so Yu Xiaocao can only increase the concentration of Lingshi water to ensure that the yield of corn will not be too ugly.
After the corn was planted, Yu Hai contracted the land to the tenants according to the amount of labor in each family, and gave the basic salary every month, twenty yuan for an adult labor force, and when the harvest came, there was a reward for the high yield!
The 800 acres of land of the king of Yangjun are naturally in charge of his stewards. Seeing that Yu Hai's parents worked hard and did everything themselves, he wondered if he should send a steward to them? In the future, Tang Gu's stall will add up to almost 1,000 acres of corn, and he will have to rely on the Yu family to take care of it, can he be busy?
Zhu Junyang specially called the Nian steward who was transferred from Zhuangzi in the capital to him, and solemnly told him to take Yuhai's father and daughter as the first step, and if there was any problem in the corn field, he would consult them. Seeing that the master valued the father and daughter of the Yu family so much, the steward couldn't help but secretly remind himself that he must respect the father and daughter of the Yu family as superiors.
In the eyes of the Nian manager, the father and daughter of the Yu family, like him, are all helping the master. However, the status in the master's mind is just a little higher. The year steward also came step by step from the many children in the Jingwang Mansion. Among the subordinates of King Jing's Mansion, the concept of hierarchy is very strong, and those with low rank must unconditionally obey the stewards of high rank.
After the seeds on this side have been planted, news came from the capital that the corn seeds on the Huangzhuang side have also been sown. King Yangjun was a little anxious in his heart, the corn that had not been bred by the potion, I don't know if it could be as good as the rise of Tanggu's side?
He found Yu Xiaocao's father and daughter, hoping to follow him to the capital. Everything here is on track, with Liu Hu's family taking care of the melon field, and Zhuangzi staring at the head of Zhuangtou and the steward of the county prince, there should be no accident. Yu Hai returned home to discuss with his family and decided to follow the king of Yangjun into Beijing.
Yu Xiaocao has transformed all the wells in Zhuangzi into very low concentration of spiritual stone water, which can not only promote the growth of crops, but also benefit the body for long-term drinking. Yu Xiaocao also mercifully renovated the wells around the field bought by Xiaojunwang to ensure that the corn planting was foolproof.
After settling everything in the house, the father and daughter set off with the team of King Yangjun. When the people in the village heard that the father and daughter of the Yu family were invited to the capital by the prince of the county to farm, they were envious. Look at other people, even if you have the ability, you can also grow famous in farming.
Most of the people in the village have only been to the town at most, and it is worth showing off to be able to go to Fucheng once, let alone go to the capital. The father and daughter of the Yu family were still invited by the prince of the county! Maybe the errand is done well, and they will be rewarded with a house in the capital or something. Wouldn't the Yu family be able to settle down in the capital?
The father and daughter of the Yu family left the village all the way in the direction of the capital in the envious eyes of the old folks, riding the carriage brought by the prince of the county. Yu Xiaocao took her little red horse, and when the interest came, she rode the horse to enjoy the scenery along the way. When he was tired of riding, he got into the carriage, drank a cup of tea comfortably, ate some snacks and slept well, and then returned to the horse to have fun with the little king.
From Dongshan Village to the capital, if you hurry up, you can almost arrive in one day and one night. If you take a horse-drawn carriage, travel during the day and rest at night, it will take nearly three days. King Yangjun was afraid that Yu Xiaocao's small body would not come, and the number of breaks in the middle was more frequent.
In the evening, try to stop in the market town and find a good inn, so that the father and daughter of the Yu family can have a good rest after a day's journey. At noon, if you don't rush, stop in the field to bury the pot and cook, and eat smoothly. Therefore, the journey is not as hard as Yu Xiaocao imagined, but like a tour of the mountains and rivers, and occasionally a picnic.
Originally, King Yangjun prepared a house for the Yu family's father and daughter. But when the house town learned that his goddaughter was going to the capital, he informed his wife early. As soon as the group arrived at the Shili Pavilion outside the capital, they saw Mrs. Fang with her maidservant, anxiously waiting.
"Godmother, why are you here in person? What about Xiao Linlin? Yu Xiaocao jumped out of the carriage and threw herself towards Mrs. Fang, rubbing her head in her godmother's arms.
Mrs. Fang lovingly stroked her goddaughter's black and shiny hair, and said with a chuckle: "Xiao Linlin has been coughing a little recently, and there is a nurse at home to take care of it!" I'm afraid to send someone over and not recognize that you're wrong. The godmother finally looked forward to you, go, go home with the godmother! ”
Yu Hai hesitated a little, feeling that his in-laws' family was not in the capital, and he was a big man, so it was not suitable for him to live in the General's Mansion.
As if seeing Yu Hai's concerns, Mrs. Fang said: "Lin Lin's father will explain the matter of the port, and he will be able to come back the day after tomorrow at the latest." Brother Dahai, just treat the General's Mansion as your own home, you don't have to be polite. ”
Yu Xiaocao had just arrived in an unfamiliar environment, and he didn't want to be separated from his father, so he persuaded him: "Dad, you live in a guest room in the outer courtyard, we have to go to the field during the day, and we can come back at night." If you're busy, you might even have to stay at the Grange at night! If tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, my godfather comes back and sees you living outside, and he won't scold me to death! ”
Mrs. Fang nodded and smiled on the side.
Yu Hai pointed his finger at his daughter and said, "Will your godfather be willing to scold you?" That's weird! ”
King Yangjun interjected on the side: "Actually, if you don't want to live in the General's Mansion, I have a mansion not far from the General's Mansion......"
Mrs. Fang hurriedly said: "King Yangjun, don't follow and make trouble." None of them are outsiders, so it's convenient to live with me. ”
Zhu Junyang saw that Yu Xiaocao had already made a decision, so he didn't say more. personally escorted the father and daughter of the Yu family to the door of the general's mansion, politely declined Mrs. Fang's invitation to invite him in for a cup of tea, and said to Yu Xiaocao: "It's been hard in the past two days, rest early at night, and I'll pick you up early tomorrow morning to go to the Grange......"
Before his words fell, a surprised voice came: "Brother Yang, are you back from Tanggu?" Did you come to see me? ”
Zhu Junyang's brows immediately furrowed, and his face was covered with frost, as if every cell had the words "Don't approach the living". Yu Xiaocao was very curious, what kind of person made Xiaojunwang so resistant?
She followed the prestige with a little curiosity, only to see that not far away, a slim girl in red looked at this side with surprise on her face, and Yingying walked over. Her green silk was gently curled up with a dragonfly water hosta, a butterfly inlaid with red coral between her forehead, her milk-like white and lubricated skin glowing in the sun, her small red lips and snow skin contrasted with each other, and her big apricot eyes stared at King Yangjun without blinking, as if he had become the only one in heaven and earth.
"Wow! It's so beautiful, Xiaojun Wang Yanfu is not shallow! Yu Xiaocao whispered a quip, covering her mouth and snickering.
Zhu Junyang obviously heard her words, his brows furrowed even tighter, and his phoenix eyes glanced at her warningly, and was about to say something, when the girl in red had already walked quickly in front of him, and her beautiful apricot eyes looked at King Yangjun obsessively.
The frost on his face was even stronger, Zhu Junyang didn't even glance at her, and said to Mrs. Fang: "Mrs. Fang, the person has been delivered, and the little nephew has left!" ”
glared at Yu Xiaocao with a sly smile again, and said, "I'll pick you up tomorrow, don't be lazy!" ”
After speaking, as if the girl in red was air, bypassed her, turned over the horse, and was about to leave. The girl quickly grabbed the reins in the hand of King Yangjun, raised her delicate little face, and said with an aggrieved face: "Brother Yang, what did Xian'er do wrong, why don't you ignore others?" ”
Jiang Zixian is the youngest daughter of Princess Jing's second brother, one year younger than Zhu Junyang. Princess Jing had a good relationship with her second sister-in-law, and when she gave birth to the eldest child, her second sister-in-law followed her for a whole month. When Jiang Zixian spoke up, Zhu Junyang, a one-year-old little cute thing, was clamoring to take his little sister home. Princess Jing said a joke at the time: "What are you doing when you take it back?" Be your little daughter-in-law?? ”
With the power and status of King Jing's Mansion, Princess Jing's second sister-in-law naturally wanted to be close to King Jing's Mansion. But later, Zhu Junyang's temperament changed greatly after he was five years old, tyrannical and manic, and he killed people without blinking. Princess Jing's second sister-in-law used the excuse that she was busy with family affairs and walked less with her sister-in-law. The matter of getting married is naturally over.
But in the past two years, Zhu Junyang was named the king of the county, and instead of the emperor, he went to the West to find high-yield crops and returned victoriously. The emperor rewarded countless rewards. And because of the high-yield corn and potatoes planted, he fell into the eyes of the emperor and became a big celebrity in front of the emperor. Princess Jing's second sister-in-law remembered the old jokes again, and took her little daughter to King Jing's mansion from time to time to chat with the princess to relieve her boredom.
Jiang Zixian was also amazed by the beauty of Zhu Junyang, his cousin, in a garden encounter.