"Madam, my girl asked the little one to invite you to come and ask you how you are with Yu'er and the baby." Liuzi stood respectfully in front of Lan Yi, and put a letter and a few packs of gifts in front of Lan Yi, Lan Yi looked at Liuzi's new clothes and refreshed appearance, and knew that Xia Wan should be in good condition, so he put his mind at ease. In these years, there were no telephones, no computers, and it was difficult to exchange letters, so it was not easy to get news from distant relatives and friends.

"Liuzi sit down, you just came back?"

"The little one came back yesterday, and he went to the old lady to reply first. My girl was going to come back this spring, but she couldn't get out of her body and couldn't come back. ”

"My sister is fine, how can she not get out?" Lan Yi looked forward to seeing Xia Wan every day, but she didn't expect her to come back, thinking that her mother, Mrs. Qin, would be even more disappointed.

Liuzi nodded, what do you want him to say, how can he intervene in the affairs of the inner house.

Seeing him like this, Lan Yi didn't ask much, and then asked, "Is your mother okay?" ”

Liuzi smiled: "Okay." During the Chinese New Year, my mother went to beg the girl and gave me the spring grass, just waiting for a few years to get married. Hey hey ......"

Lan Yi looked at his smirk, and knew that he was quite fond of this family business, Liuzi and Chuncao were childhood sweethearts, concubines, and a small maid was also a good match, but I didn't expect to move so fast. If Chun Tao hadn't escaped from the Wang family, it is estimated that she would have been chosen by the main family to marry, right?

"Chuncao is a good girl, you can't bully her. Now that you are married, you have to work harder, and you two will have to work hard in the future. Lan Yi said with emotion.

Liuzi nodded vigorously: "Madame, don't worry, how dare the little one bully Chuncao, she is a celebrity around the girl." "Chuncao is the first-class maid next to Xia Wan, and after getting married, she is also the daughter-in-law of the housekeeper, and she is Xia Wan's main confidant.

The sixth son patted his head, and then said: "Madam, didn't you ask my father to inquire about a few big merchants in Meixian County, and my father handed over this matter to the small one." ”

Xia Shun didn't stay long before he came home for the New Year, and he was busy with the affairs of the oil mill, so he handed this matter to the sixth son, although the sixth son is young, but his brain is flexible, and he can still do this thing.

Lan Yi came to his senses when he heard it: "Tell me about it." ”

Liuzi snapped his fingers and said: "There are four big merchants in Meixian County, namely the Lan family, the Zhang family, the Han family and the Wang family, and most of the trading and freight in Meixian County are in the hands of these four families. Among the four families, the Lan family is the head, the Lan family is not only in business, many children in the family are officials in the court, it can be said that no one can afford to provoke in Meixian, and the Lan family is a scholarly family, with a family history, and is deeply respected by the locals. The Lan family has a lot of business, but it is mainly a dart bureau freight, his family has a ability, generations of family owners are good at divination, I heard that it is as big as the national fortune, as small as anyone who loses something can be divined, but there are not many people who can ask him to divination. ”

After the sixth son finished speaking, he took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, Lan Yi asked his father to inquire about the situation of the merchants in Meixian County, saying that he was planning to do business, but he felt that he wanted to know more about his life experience, so he mainly introduced the Lan family, if he expected it to be good, Lan Yi should be a side branch of the Lan family, and only the Lan family has this bearing and scheming.

Lan Yi's mind flashed through the Wang family at this time, so she then asked, "En." What about the remaining three? ”

"If you talk about the remaining three, it was originally the Wang family, and the Wang family should be counted as the first in Mei County in the inn restaurant and other industries. But the eldest young master of the Wang family in the fifth year of Puhe accidentally fell into the water and died when he returned from going out, and the old lady of the Wang family was too sad to follow, and after a few rooms were separated, the second room mastered the main shops of the Wang family, but due to poor management, he broke a few big deals, and was robbed of a lot of business by the Zhang family. The Zhang family and the Han family are equally powerful in other industries, and they are fighting hard, but now the children of the Zhang family are more advanced than the Han family, and everyone says that the Han family is also going to decline. ”

The sixth son took a sip of water and sighed: "Originally, Lan Junchen, the fourth young master of the Lan family, Wang Mingzhe, the eldest young master of the Wang family, and Zhang Pingyu, the second young master of the Zhang family, are friends of the same class, and they are talented, and they are called the third son of Meixian, but after the death of the eldest young master of the Wang family, I don't know why Lan Junchen and Zhang Pingyu also had a part. ”

"Zhang Pingyu?" Lan Yi frowned, she remembered, wasn't Zhang Pingyu the young owner of the Four Seas Inn that she had just crossed over and sold cakes in Qingshan Town, Meixian County?

"Yes, if we plan to deal with the restaurant inn in Meixian, we really can't bypass Zhang Pingyu and Wang Mingli, the second young master of the Wang family." Liuzi added.

"It's really hard for the six sons, I'll think about the rest, let's discuss it together when we get together. You go and get busy, everyone is on the hillside, I'll take the kids over later. ”

After the sixth son left, Lan Yi couldn't wait to open the letter, and then she understood why the sixth son had an expression that wanted to say something.

Lan Yi read the letter twice, and Xia Wan was describing her miss and love for her son at length, but she only mentioned a few words about her husband Mi Yichao at the end of the letter. Xia Wan originally planned to come back, first, she was afraid that her son Jinbao, who was less than six months old, was too young, and her husband Mi Yichao was not at ease; The second is that one of Mi Yichao's favorite concubines is also pregnant, and it has been more than seven months now, and Xia Wan can't rest assured.

It is easy to ask for priceless treasures, and it is rare to have a heart. Tears are lurking on the pillow, and the intestines are broken between the flowers! Lan Yi sighed, Xia Wan has such a temperament and the appearance of a hibiscus out of the water, but she can't escape the fate of a woman in the back house, and let the years pass.

"If it's good, Wang Mingzhe, who went out and fell into the water and died, is the baby's father. The power of his family is really not small, the eldest young master of the Wang family should be named Ziyuan, and the words are clear. Lan Yi tapped on the table and thought.

The men and women of the Great Zhou were born and named, also called young names; Men are twenty years old and add words to the crown, and women are fifteen and the word is called, so women have the saying of "waiting for the word boudoir".

Women's names and characters are generally not known to outsiders. However, men have a lot of social relations, and it is very impolite to associate with their peers after the age of twenty and then call them by their names, and to call each other words and show respect, which is said to be the case after the Zhou ceremony. Like Du Fu, later generations call him Du Zimei, and Li Bai is called Li Taibai, which means respect.

Wang Mingzhe signed Ziyuan in a letter to the baby's mother, Yirou, which also shows the intimacy of the two from another aspect, and they are a young couple.

"Finally, knowing where the baby's hometown is, we have to take precautions in advance. However, since the Wang family has finished fighting for property and is anxious about business, I'm afraid they don't have time to find the baby, right? Babies have long been of no use to them. Lan Yi breathed a sigh of relief after making such an inference, thinking that she and the baby should be safe.

In this way, her visit to the Wang family in Meixian County can be postponed for the time being, and it is not too late to go after the peony oil is on the market.

"Mother, mother, there are two chickens in our nest, and we can't get up after sitting all night." Yu'er ran in and said depressedly, followed by the baby. He didn't pick up the eggs from the two chickens yesterday, but he didn't expect them to nest today.

Lan Yi looked down at the two children, suppressed all her thoughts, and said with a smile: "Yu'er, baby, do you want more chicks?" ”

"Yes!"

"The two hens are in the nest, let's go and catch them, put the eggs on them and let them hatch, and in a few days there will be a lot of chicks."

"Yes, yes! Mother, go. As soon as the baby's eyes lit up, he took his mother's hand and walked out.

Lan Yi took the two children and took out the hens that were protecting the eggs in the nest with the two hens, and prepared a small basket, in which fifteen eggs were placed on the grass for them to start holding and hatching eggs. Yu'er was looking forward to the hatching hens, thinking of picking up dozens of eggs every day and quickly picking up a basket of beautiful things, and she couldn't close her mouth with a smile.

Lan Yi didn't have time to reverie, she was ready to eat and hot water, and rushed to the hillside with her two children.

Let Yu'er and the baby play in the small courtyard of the gardener Zhao Shangjing, Lan Yi took a hat, wore neat tight thin cotton clothes and pants, and tied a coarse cloth around the waist, and got busy.

The hillside is piled up after the year to pull the horse cow dung, these will be the hillside under the pile of fermented manure dispersed, shoveled up, put in the root of a peony, and so after sprinkling the fertilizer and then watered enough, the pre-flower fertilizer is fast, the fertility is enough, animal manure is the most suitable.

The manure was bought by Xia Chongxiao with the help of the contact, and Zhao Huajiang came back and saw the manure and decided to use it to apply pre-flowering fertilizer, while the rice stalk fertilizer that was stacked and fermented last year was applied after flowering.

There are more than 5,000 peonies on the hillside, even with the help of Liuzi, Wang Linxi and others, Lan Yi was busy for several days before fertilizing and watering, at this time, the peony shoots have grown leaves, and the peonies on the hillside are more than 90%, which also shows the high skill of Zhao Huajiang, so Lan Yi and others have more respect for Zhao Huachang.

Zhao Shangjing is modest, he didn't take the credit on himself, he just said that the water and soil here are good, and everyone takes care of them carefully to achieve this result.

Zhao Shangjing was very interested in the stone sulfur mixture that Lan Yi used to smear the peony plants last winter, and after loosening the peony this year, he found that the stone sulfur mixture applied to the peony plants was really useful, so he humbly asked Lan Yi for advice. Lan Yi didn't hide it, and told what she knew, after all, this stone sulfur mixture was much better than using quicklime alone to remove insects and cure diseases. But Lan Yi also emphasized that the stone sulfur mixture is very effective, it cannot be used more, and it can only be used once or twice a year, etc., Zhao Shangjing saw that Lan Yi taught without reservation, and smiled a little more sincerely at her, taking care of Peony and Professor Wang Linxi became more serious, and Second Uncle Wang and Wang Linxi were even more happy.

In the past few days, their oil mill has been quietly opened, Xia Shun and Wang Linyuan are busy squeezing oil, and the peony seeds in Lan Yi's cellar have also been transferred to the warehouse of the oil mill, and a qiē is being carried out in the future.

After watering and fertilizing the peony, it is also the Qingming Festival. Qingming in March, spring returns to the earth, plus a timely spring rain, the watered mountain fields are a piece of green, the apricot trees and peach trees in the sunny leeward place inside and outside the village have begun to open their buds, bloom with brilliance, the village is like a fairyland, Qingming is the best season to enjoy the flowers and go out to play. R1152