When the matter was done here, the brother and sister returned home and saw Zhou Ping's family directing people to move things home.

This morning, I remembered that it was almost August and a half, and Li Qiusui asked, "Is this what I bought for the holidays?" ”

Zhou Ping's family saw that it was Li Qiusui's brother and sister, and he hurriedly replied, "No, it was sent by the Zheng family." Our holiday stuff was in place two days early. ”

"Oh, then get our family's gift ready."

"This is a return gift list, girl, have you seen it?"

Li Qiusui waved his hand, dusty, and unfavorable, "Later, you can take it over to show my mother and sister-in-law, and we will go in." ”

The brother and sister walked to the main courtyard where their parents lived, Xiao Chengyan was also on her grandmother's side, and when she saw Li Qiusui, she grinned and shouted, her mother Chu almost didn't hold it and fell off.

Li Changshan hurriedly crossed the threshold in three or two steps, hugged his big fat son, weighed his weight and said, "This is meat again!" Don't mess with your mother! I didn't see my father, why did I only call my aunt? ”

Xiao Chengyan thought that his father was playing with him, and he giggled happily.

"Laughing at what? Silly boy shouts Daddy! ”

The little guy actually can't speak yet, and he calls Li Qiusui because these two words are easy to pronounce.

Liu asked Li Qiusui, "Why did it take so long to return?" What does Zhuangzi think? Is it the right time to buy? ”

Li Qiusui said: "The deed has been done. It's not bad, there are more than 1,000 acres, and there are not many fertile fields, less than 100 acres. ”

"Then I'll go tomorrow to see, I don't expect a harvest this season, I always know what to plant next year." Liu's Road.

"I'll wait until half August."

The Liu family didn't take the festival seriously, "That is, we had a reunion dinner that night, we don't have relatives in the capital, and we don't need to prepare the meals ourselves, so it's too late to go around, right?" ”

Li Qiusui said that the scene when he went out today, "People are crowded, people are crowded, and you have to queue up for half a day when you go out of the city." ”

Liu gave up.

Zhou Ping's list of gifts was taken back for the main family to see, and the Liu family said about the Zheng family's gift, "There is also the Six Princes' Mansion, that is, the son of Fang Qifang, who also sent Songyuan to give gifts." ”

Li Qiusui snorted, "If you send it, you will give it, don't forget to return the gift." ”

Not long after, Li Sanzhu came back, and Li Qiusui said about buying Zhuangzi, "It cost five thousand taels of silver." The hawthorn and jujube trees planted by the previous master's family were not even mentioned before it was time to pick the fruits. However, don't expect much gain, not to mention the small size of the fruit, the taste is not good. And the weeds, which grew as high as knees, and waited for half an August, and found more people to help clean it up. ”

Li Sanzhu nodded, "I can't get out of my side for the time being, Changshan doesn't need to come over if he stays at home, find more people, and clean up Zhuangzi as soon as possible." ”

Liu said to Li Sanzhu, "Have you been bathing for half a year?" How much money has kept you busy like this? I still want to take the time to go to Zhuangzi to have a look. ”

In the past, the family had the idea of everything in charge, but I was really not used to seeing people when I became an official in this cold.

"The main thing is to be busy with the autumn harvest, and there is no one to leave, and there will always be a chance after a while."

Li Sanzhu is really busy, and he hasn't figured out the official affairs explained by the imperial court, and some colleagues have invited him to eat and drink, and he has to agree once if he refuses three or five times.

He deeply felt the ease of being an official who really didn't farm the land.

Liu's complaint was not really disgusted, "Okay, take care of your side." There are a lot of things to do with the officials, they are all sperm, so pay attention to dealing with them, we can't help. ”

On August 14, the imperial court rewarded more than 10 potted chrysanthemums with buds to be released.

As soon as it is put out, the red, yellow, and green flowers and bones are cute, and the family really has a festive atmosphere.

Li Changshan rewarded a pack of silver nudes, and Xia He whispered to Li Qiusui afterwards, "How many pots of chrysanthemums are enough to buy?" You're planting better than that. ”

Li Qiusui comforted her, "The ones that come out of the palace are all famous products, I am so good at life, and there will be no shortage of good chrysanthemums at home in the coming year." ”

Xia He knew that this was a face problem, so he only dared to whisper in front of his sister, "Is the Zhuangzi we bought better than Lijia Village?" Hey, when I arrived in the capital, I was really worried about our orchard! ”

Li Qiusui also knew that her sister was homesick, "After August and a half, let's go and see together." Sister, we will plant whatever you want, or in three or five years, it will be a jade orchard. ”

Xia He pondered, "Why don't we grow strawberries?" It's that kind of snakeberry ...... "Doesn't it mean that the newly bought Zhuangzi has a large sandy area?" "Snakeberries like sand, I think the fruit is also delicious, let's plant a crop quickly, maybe there will be a profit at the end of the year."

The snakeberry that Xia He said is a common wild fruit on the mountain in his hometown, ripe, red and cute, the size of a wolfberry, it is said to be produced by the saliva of a snake, but the countrymen know that thing can be eaten, and it is often used as a snack by children.

This thing has a certain medicinal value, Li Qiusui saw it, transplanted many plants, planted them in his own backyard, and secretly used his ability to improve the plants, and over the years, not only did the fruit become several times larger, but it looked more and more like a strawberry, and the taste was even better than that of a strawberry.

This thing, as long as the temperature is right, can bear fruit all year round.

But the premise is that the temperature is suitable, and it will be winter in two months, where is the right temperature?

Li Qiusui said that he was worried, and Xia He actively helped to think of ideas, "Didn't you say that you could get any thermal insulation greenhouses?" Let's go get it and let the eldest brother buy the materials......"

Li Qiusui couldn't cry or laugh, he grabbed people, why was he in a hurry? "When will such a big Zhuangzi and such an old tall weed come out? And the greenhouse I said, the cost is too high, what should I do if I can't sell it? ”

"How can such a delicious and fresh thing not be sold?"

“…… I mean, it can't be sold at a high price...... "And it's windy in winter here in the capital, so it's really not a good time to toss this thing."

Li Qiusui said that she would persuade people, and seeing that she was depressed, she couldn't bear it, so she couldn't help but propose: "Why don't we get a greenhouse in Bofu first and try to plant it?" ”

Xia He's eyes lit up suddenly, "Wow, wow, wow, the house is so big, how many of us are there?" It's at home, so it's convenient to do it, and you don't need to hire someone, so you can save costs. ”

Children from poor families are not afraid of hardship, tiredness, and losing money. Li Qiusui said in his heart that he would do all kinds of things at home, so what could he do if he gave it all in? I also earned fruit to eat!

I dared to think about this in my heart, and when I said it, I was assigned a lesson by her sister.

The sisters discussed it here, and went to their mother Liu to talk about it.

How can anyone disagree?

Liu's temperament was even more anxious than that of his eldest daughter Xia He, so he called Zhou Ping's house to find someone to buy materials, and he took a shovel and began to look for a suitable place.

Li Qiusui proposed, "Go to the courtyard at the back." ”

There is a place there that is the most empty, which should be the flower house and the warm house of the original owner's house.

Liu personally took a shovel to dig up flowers and trees, "You say that this thing should not be eaten or drunk, why is it planted in such a yard?" I've long wanted to pull out a place to grow vegetables. ”

This place is said to be empty, in fact, someone should have specially replenished the seedlings before their family moved here, although the vintage is different from other places, but they are also precious varieties.

Li Qiusui didn't say anything to pick them up together, and later find a place to bury them, and keep them for replanting later.

Hearing this, Chu and Li Changshan came over with Xiao Chengyan to watch the excitement.

What is this for? Why are all the flowers and trees dug up?

Xia He gestured and explained, "It is convenient to open a piece of land here, grow some vegetables, and eat at home." I also want to build a shed in winter, raise more strawberry seedlings, and see if it is suitable for planting a large area in Zhuangzi in the coming year. ”

Li Changshan handed Xiao Chengyan to his wife, "Mother, I'll come, what do you say?" ”

Liu instructed his son to work, turned his head and said to the two daughters, "You are not needed here, hurry back and soak seeds and raise seedlings." ”

Come on, my mother and eldest brother have finished their work in a hurry, and there is really no room for them to interfere.

They came to the capital, transplanted two pots of strawberries, brought them together, and also brought strawberry seeds, but they could think of a variety of plants, and they were divided, obviously there were not so many plants for them to share, so they could only soak seeds and raise seedlings.

It will take a little longer, Li Qiusui is very proficient, and in front of Xia He, he secretly does things without a trace.

In two or three days, the seeds will emerge, and in a few days they will be transplanted.

On the day of the middle of August, admiring the moon and flowers, eating moon cakes and crabs, the Li family was worried about the newly bought Zhuangzi, which reduced the discomfort of some newcomers and slowly got used to the new life in the capital.

When Li Chang'an came back, he told a lot of interesting stories about reading, except for Li Changlei, who was in the army, and the family had the first lively solar term in the capital.

(End of chapter)