"Miss, it's just ahead, not far away."

It seemed that he was afraid that Su Zijin would be annoyed by the bumpy road, Shen Shixi said comfortingly.

Su Zijin walked on horseback from the beginning, and now he is leading the horse and walking slowly behind the shopkeeper Shen. Hearing the comfort of the shopkeeper Shen, he said lightly, "It's okay, anyway, I told my grandfather before I went out of the city, if I go back late, I will spend the night outside the city." ”

Shen Shixi nodded, "Although the young lady is young, she can endure hardships." ”

Su Zijin didn't speak, and Shopkeeper Shen didn't care, the delicate little girl was always a little stubborn.

Hou Yi behind Su Zijin frowned, looking at the difficult road and the dense forests on both sides of the road.

"Shopkeeper Shen, are the Chang family's tea gardens all in this kind of place?"

In the face of Hou Yi's impatience, Shopkeeper Shen was not unhappy, but replied kindly, "No, this is just one of the Chang family, and it is the farthest mountain." It was flooded because of the rain here, and the tea farmers who guarded this mountain couldn't survive, so the old man couldn't bear it, so he took over the tea mountain so far away, leaving the original tea farmers as tenants. In the following means to first check the farthest tea mountain, and then when returning to the city, the other two are surveyed again. ”

Su Zijin nodded, "Shopkeeper Shen doesn't have to explain, let's just follow your plan." ”

Shopkeeper Shen nodded and walked to the front to lead the way. Hou Yi also pursed his lips, as if he was dissatisfied with Shopkeeper Shen bringing them to this wilderness.

A few people walked all the way forward, and finally came to the tea mountain at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain before noon.

"Old Cai, do you have any ready-made meals at home, let's use some first, and then go to the mountains to check after the meals, Shaodong, is this good?"

Su Zijin looked at the silent old Cai Tou in front of him and nodded, "It's the first time I've come here, and I'm not more familiar with Shopkeeper Shen, so I'll listen to Shopkeeper Shen's arrangement." ”

Old Cai Tou'er seemed to be a taciturn character, and when he heard the words of Shopkeeper Shen and Su Zijin, he silently lowered his head and turned back to the humble house at the foot of the mountain, moved out the table and put it in the courtyard, "Miss, if you don't dislike it, just have some food in the courtyard, the light in the house is not good, so I won't invite you into the house." ”

In the early winter season, if you are in Kyoto, the water will already be dripping into ice, and you don't need to wear too heavy clothes like in Shugun, and you can also move freely outside.

Su Zijin nodded, "The old man is casual, we just use some food at will, and we won't bother for too long." ”

After a while, a fragrant meal was properly prepared, with a stir-fried duck meat in the middle, accompanied by greens, and a few bowls of rice. Putting down the meal, Lao Caitou beckoned everyone to sit down, but he wanted to go back to the house.

"Old man, let's use some together, we can't finish eating so much."

"Shaodong, Lao Caitou has always been withdrawn, let's use it first. When we're gone, he'll be at ease. ”

Shopkeeper Shen said.

"Really?" Su Zijin glanced at the rickety old man and shrugged, "It's all right, not reluctantly." Then let's eat first, go up the mountain to have a look after eating, and it would be better if we could rush to the second tea mountain in the afternoon. ”

A group of people had an authentic farmhouse meal, and then went to the mountain under the leadership of Lao Caitou.

"There are few tenants here, so Chashan has not cleaned up for a few years, and the young owners are careful of their feet."

Shopkeeper Shen said diligently.

Su Zijin glanced at Shopkeeper Shen strangely, that is, in front of his grandfather, Shopkeeper Shen was not so attentive, and he didn't know what to think at this time.

"It's okay, it's just a ditch, even if you trip, it won't hurt to fall."

Shopkeeper Shen smiled and said no more.

Tea Mountain is not a mountain, but from east to west, two or three small hills in a row, and the mountain is much easier to walk on than the rugged hilly road just now.

"Old man, it took a long time to level the mountain here, right? Just now we came all the way, and the road was very rough. ”

Hearing this, Lao Cai Tou looked at the shopkeeper Shen on the side, and shook his head, "This is an industry that has accumulated for many years, and it is not our turn to level the ground." ”

Su Zijin felt strange, and he didn't want to say anything, so he followed Lao Cai's head down another hill.

"There was no such road, but a few years ago, Master Chang bought it together and opened it up, and after walking for a few years, there is this path, which can connect several mountains." Lao Cai Tou introduced himself.

"Hmm." Su Zijin nodded behind him.

"Except for heavy rain and flooding, there are few times when the harvest fails. The harvest is almost the same, except that the price of tea fluctuates from year to year. However, at least food and clothing can be taken care of. We have a pond in the mountains, and there are tea farmers guarding the mountains by the ponds, so even if there is less rain, it doesn't matter, and there is water from the ponds that can be supplied. ”

"Really?"

Su Zijin thought of the ledger she had seen a few days ago.

"Yes." Lao Cai walked in front with a bent over, nodded affirmatively.

Hou Yi behind Su Zijin looked left and right, coupled with his dignity, he seemed to be as unserious as a slicker on the street. The shopkeeper Shen, who was also following behind him, had been listening carefully to the two of them, and when he heard Lao Caitou's affirmative words, he hurriedly interjected, "Miss, there is still a long way to go, our business in the southwest, the profit of tea is dispensable, and the tea house collects tea and transports tea every year." Let's arrive late today, in order to avoid worrying about the old club, let's go back as soon as possible, and wait until we get to the nearest tea garden to take a closer look, the same. ”

Su Zijin stopped, looked back at the shopkeeper Shen, and the shopkeeper Shen continued, "This mountain is hundreds of acres, and it is impossible for the Shaodong family to go everywhere, go to the Song family tea garden more than ten miles outside the city to take a look, they are all tea gardens, the layout is almost the same, and the young lady understands the same." ”

Su Zijin paused, and glanced at Lao Caitou, who turned his head to listen to the audience, "Old man, is the hill in front of you similar to the layout here?" If it's about the same, we won't go, listen to the arrangement of the shopkeeper Shen, go back first, and I'll come over another day when I'm free. ”

Lao Cai was silent for a moment and nodded, "They are all tea gardens, except for the different tenants, everything else is the same, Miss is at her own convenience." ”

Su Zijin led everyone back again.

The way back soon reached the foot of the mountain, and the people led the horses and prepared to go back.

Su Zijin looked at Hou Yi who was holding his stomach, "What's wrong with you?" It's rare to take you out, and you can't be on the stage like this! ”

Hou Yi's face was distorted, and his black eyebrows were even more ugly, "Miss, it may be that I was happy just now, I drank too much raw water, and I had some diarrhea." ”

Su Zijin glared at Hou Yi, "I can't count on you, but fortunately, Shopkeeper Shen has enough manpower." Shopkeeper Shen, let's go first. ”

Shopkeeper Shen still had a gentle look on his face, and nodded, "Let's go." ”

On the way back, Su Zijin felt a little familiar, so he rode on the horse and walked back slowly, fortunately, he walked faster than when he came.

"Miss, don't you walk slowly, wait for the guards?"

Su Zijin shook his head, "It's okay, he will naturally talk about coming to catch up with us later." ”