"Then when are you going to get engaged?" Haruka asked.

"Dad said that the sooner the better, so as not to interfere with the people in Beijing."

Chuncao was a little speechless, fortunately she was not born in such a big family, otherwise she would have to suffocate herself to death.

The two of them left after lunch, saying that they would notify Chuncao when the time of engagement was set.

The eldest girl began to look forward to her father's return every day, and tried to rush back before the Lantern Festival that her father promised before going out, but this weather has been freezing and snowy, and sometimes snowing, she is a little worried.

Chuncao saw it in her eyes, and she didn't know how to comfort her, the eldest girl had no mother since she was a child, and she was a fourteen-year-old girl, much stronger than she imagined, and when she was fourteen years old, she was still a carefree student.

On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, a man and a horse appeared at the gate of the courtyard, and Uncle Fang rushed back, but did not return to the town, and came directly to Chuncao's house.

The eldest girl was a little excited to open the courtyard door, and threw herself directly into her father's arms, it was rare to see the posture of such a young daughter of the eldest girl, Chuncao remembered her father in her previous life, and her eyes were a little wet.

Welcoming Uncle Fang into the house, Lu Ziqi helped lead the horse to the backyard, Chuncao estimated that Uncle Fang would not have time to eat in a hurry, so he went to the kitchen to cook for Uncle Fang.

The eldest girl told her father about Chuncao's sale of the family's inventory one morning, and the shopkeeper nodded in surprise when she heard it.

After eating and drinking, Shopkeeper Fang also talked about the harvest of going to Beijing this time, and he was a little excited when he talked about it.

He went to Beijing, just met the old guy who had run with him before, and now he is doing business in Beijing, doing well, after his help, the raisins are pushed into the life circle of the officials and nobles in Beijing, and the price is 15 taels and 1 catties, and the results are those dignitaries and nobles in the capital, and they are directly snatched up.

This matter is basically troublesome The old man of the shopkeeper Fang has connections in Shangjing, so the shopkeeper Fang is in charge, divides the money he earns into three shares, gives the old man of the shopkeeper Fang a share, and prepares to share it with Chuncao for the remaining two.

Chuncao agrees with the practice of the shopkeeper Fang, there are many things in the future, and someone needs to take care of it in Beijing, and it is also a good foundation for the future to have a good relationship with the businessmen in Beijing.

More than 700 catties of raisins, divided into three shares, the spring grass was divided into more than 3,500 taels, the shopkeeper Fang finished counting to the spring grass, then took out the silver from his arms to the spring grass, and the spring grass was handed to Lu Ziqi to collect it.

Uncle Fang's eldest girl will temporarily open a fire when she returns to the town, there is nothing, tomorrow is the Lantern Festival, anyway, now the west wing of the house is also a guest room, Chuncao left Uncle Fang at home to spend the Lantern Festival, and then go back to the town tomorrow afternoon, it just so happens that there will be a Lantern Festival in the town tomorrow night, and I want to join in the fun.

Uncle Fang was not polite and stayed at Chuncao's house.

The next day, the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, I want to eat glutinous rice balls, spring grass sugar stuffing and tofu stuffing are all wrapped, the eldest girl is helping to add fire to the fire, and Lu Ziqi is talking to Uncle Fang in the main house.

After eating the rice balls, the group set off for the town.

Uncle Fang went to Beijing this time, the harvest was not small, for convenience, he was quite willing to buy a horse, in this ancient time when the traffic was so inconvenient, the horse is the best means of transportation, and the price is not cheap.

Neither the eldest girl nor Chuncao had ever ridden a horse, so they were curious to try, afraid that something would happen to the two, Uncle Fang and Lu Ziqi could only lead the horse in front of them, and the other would hold the person on the back of the horse and then watch from behind, and at the same time tell the two about the skills of riding a horse.

Both of them listened carefully, and they were also addicted to horseback riding, but after riding for a long time, they were a little uncomfortable.

Chuncao thought, let's get a carriage in the future, let her ride a horse, lead and walk slowly, she is uncomfortable, if she runs, she must not turn her intestines out.

The snow was slippery and slow, and when we arrived in the town, it was getting dark, and there were already many people on the streets, and lanterns were hung at the doors of every house in the town.

Many people in the town knew Uncle Fang, and saw that Uncle Fang came back with a horse, and the door of the store in the town was always closed, so they all asked where Uncle Fang had gone during this time, and he also bought a horse and came back, but he made a fortune? Uncle Fang said in a low-key manner that he went on a business trip, and the horse was rented.

Uncle Fang was originally a businessman, and he had gone out occasionally in the past few years, so he was not surprised when he heard that the horse was rented.

Since Xue Juren, that is, Xue Yueyue's father came to this town, more than ten years ago, every year on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival, he will hold a lantern riddle meeting in the open space next to the market in Shuangshi Town, various lanterns are hung with different lantern riddles, anyone can guess, as long as they guess, they will give different rewards according to the difficulty of the lantern riddles.

Since the lantern riddle festival was held, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the town will be much more lively.

Chuncao and a few people went to Uncle Fang's house first, Chuncao was a little impatient to go to the lantern riddle club, the family had not lived for a long time, Uncle Fang said that he wanted to stay at home to clean up, that is, Chuncao and the three of them went to the lantern riddle club.

On the way there, they met Fang Dalang and Xue Yueyue, and the five of them went to the lantern riddle meeting together.

In this ancient era, this Fang Dalang and Xue Yueyue are also different, and before they get married, they are already in and out of the pair, but in terms of the status of the Xue family in Shuangshi Town, no one dares to say irresponsible things to Xue Yueyue, Xue Yueyue's father and mother are also open-minded, as long as they don't overstep the rules, they don't care about the affairs of the two.

On the way, Chuncao mentioned when the two were engaged, and Yueyue said that the time had been set, and at the end of this month, the twenty-eighth engagement, and wait for next month, Fang Dalang would set off to join the army.

Speaking of Fang Dalang going to join the army, Xue Yueyue's mood was a little low.

Chuncao changed the topic and talked about his marriage being twenty-eight, which was really a coincidence, and then told everyone about Lu Ziqi's watching the auspicious day of the Huang calendar to fool people, everyone laughed when they heard it, and Lu Ziqi's face was a little red, which provoked Fang Dalang's ridicule.

When you get to the lantern riddle, there are lanterns hanging everywhere, there is a small guy guarding not far away, if someone wants to guess the lantern riddle on the lantern, then call the nearby little guy, if the answer is correct, the little guy will take down the lantern and give it to the person who answered correctly, and then give a sign, bring the lantern and the sign, you can go to a fixed place to receive the prize.

Several people were excitedly shuttling through the crowd, and their appearance was outstanding, and the people around them would stare at a few people curiously, but it didn't seem to affect the interest of several people.

Seeing the good-looking lanterns, those poems of Wen Zou Zou, Chuncao looked big, let alone guessing the lantern riddles, so he pestered Lu Ziqi to help guess, and after a while, he carried a lantern in his hand.

Walking around, I actually met an unexpected person, Li San's brother, Li Yi, who greeted Fang Dalang and Lu Ziqi very warmly.

Seeing Xue Yueyue, Li Yi's eyes were a little eager, Fang Dalang frowned, and introduced to Li Yi that Xue Yueyue was his fiancée, Li Yi's eyes obviously flashed a trace of disappointment, seeing that Fang Dalang's eyes were a little envious, and then calmly said that Fang Dalang was blessed.

This Li Yi made Chuncao a little surprised, obviously not the same kind as Li San, he spoke politely, his tone and eyes were full of righteousness and calmness, it was hard to believe that this person was actually a half-brother with Li San, Chuncao felt in his heart, this mother's genes are really important.

Thinking of Li San, Chuncao thought of the widow, and she never heard of any movement from her, and she didn't know if she was kicked out of Xiaowang Village? Thinking that my mother should be clear, I will go back and inquire with my mother.

After chatting with a few people, Li Yi said goodbye, and Chuncao was also a little lacking in interest, so he asked Yueyue what prizes he had.

I heard that it was probably some snacks or something, and Chuncao was not interested in the prize anymore, and clamored to go back.

Xue Yueyue didn't want to go shopping, Fang Dalang sent Xue Yueyue back, and Chuncao and the others also went back to Uncle Fang's house, and after dinner, they couldn't go back too late, so they stayed directly at Uncle Fang's house.

The next day, Chuncao talked to Uncle Fang about his thoughts, after the beginning of spring, Chuncao wanted to go around the vicinity of Qingyang City to see if there was any land for sale, buy a piece of land, specialize in planting grapes, and then build a drying house for making raisins.

Uncle Fang felt that this method was good, and he was also very supportive, and promised to go to the surrounding area of Qingyang with Chuncao when spring begins.

After noon, the two went home, and after dinner, Chuncao took out the box containing the money, nested on the kang and began to count the money, selling eight thousand taels of braised pork recipes, two thousand taels of gift money given by Wan Feng Wanyun when he moved a year ago, and other gifts when he moved, more than three thousand five hundred taels of raisins, adding up to almost 13,600 taels of silver.

"Nerd, how much is an acre of land?" Chuncao really didn't have any concept of silver, so she had to ask Lu Ziqi.

"The paddy field is about ten taels of silver per acre, and the dry land is about eight taels of silver per acre." Lu Ziqi was reading a book with the oil lamp in front of the kang table, listening to Chuncao's question, and raised his head from the book to answer Chuncao.

Recently, whenever he was free, he basically buried himself in the stack of books, preparing to take the spring exam in March.

Chuncao calculated, and the silver in his hand can buy a lot of land, but whether there is anyone to sell it or whether he can buy it is still a question, and he can only see when the time comes.

Chuncao wanted to create a large vineyard, build a raisin workshop in it, and then build a red wine estate, and it was complete.

The ideal is very plump, but you still have to come step by step, buy a good land first, Chuncao sighed and put the box away.

Seeing Chuncao lying down, Lu Ziqi also blew the oil lamp, lay down and hugged Chuncao to sleep.

The next day, the sky was sprinkled with snow again, and in such a cold weather, Chuncao woke up and didn't want to get up, so he arched back and forth in Lu Ziqi's arms.

Lu Ziqi also felt that he was hugging Chuncao like this, no one disturbed him, and he was very happy, but he couldn't bear the arching of Chuncao in his arms, and he was on fire.

Finding the sly smile on Chuncao's face, he knew that Chuncao was deliberate, and he was really getting more and more naughty, Lu Ziqi turned over directly, pressed Chuncao and blocked Chuncao's mouth, hugged Chuncao, and left until Chuncao who kissed was out of breath. The fire on his body burned even more, and he got up and hurriedly put on his clothes and went out of the bedroom door, and there was a smug laugh from Chuncao in the room.