Chapter XXII; Expedition planning

Approaching the two courtyards outside, Huo Junyao took Xiaochan and Red Sleeves to look at them, but they were not too satisfied.

As for the main courtyard, she didn't even want to live there.

She will live here for a long time in the future, and her mother and father are afraid that they will come to visit from time to time, and they will stay overnight, so it is not good for them to live in a small courtyard.

Isn't that too unrespectful?

So she had to keep the main courtyard, and the focus was on the four smaller courtyards on the periphery.

"Miss, this yard is good, look there is an artificial pond over there."

When she walked into the third courtyard, Xiaochan immediately pointed to the side of the courtyard in surprise, near the outer wall.

There is an artificial pond with a radius of thirty or fifty meters, the water is quiet, and there are many withered lotus stems and leaves near the shore.

In the summer, there are many lotus flowers blooming in this pond.

"It's really good."

"Miss, look over there, that's where the warm soup is."

The red sleeves on the side also pointed to the distance, a little above the artificial pond, near the hillside, there were several houses.

"It's good here, it's past the Mid-Autumn Festival now, and it's going to be cold in a short time, this yard is close to the warm soup, and it's convenient for the lady to take a bath in the future."

Xiaochan spoke again, her little face was full of joy, and it could be seen that she was very satisfied with this small courtyard.

Huo Junyao smiled and looked around, it was true that the design of this small courtyard was better than the two small courtyards outside.

Although it looks a little empty, there are no trees or flowers in the yard.

Except for a pond, there are almost all large open spaces on all sides.

She loved the open spaces, and she hadn't forgotten what she was doing here.

With the APP of agricultural and sideline products, she has to farm, and it is always difficult to go to the farmland outside the villa to plant.

Even if she is willing, she is afraid that Xiaochan and Mama Xi will not be willing, after all, there are many rough farmers there.

As the daughter of the Guogong Mansion, even if she doesn't mind this, she thinks it's nothing at all, but can Xi Mama and Xiaochan not mind?

Therefore, it is better to plant it in your own small yard, and it is not convenient.

It's just that the Mid-Autumn Festival has passed now, and it will be winter soon, so farming or something doesn't seem to be too good.

"Cheng, then choose this yard, Xiaochan, you go to inform Mama Xi and ask her to arrange for someone to come over here to clean up."

Xiaochan responded happily, turned around and walked out quickly.

"Let's go to Wentang and have a look."

Huo Junyao greeted the red sleeves and walked along the gravel path towards the houses on higher ground further inside the pond.

Sure enough, as Red Sleeves said, this is where the warm soup is, and there is a pool with a radius of three or four meters in the center of each room.

The gurgling hot spring water is introduced into it by broken bamboo.

And she took a closer look, these rooms were also built with great care, the geographical location is like a terraced rice field, gradually downward, and the hot spring flows down step by step from the highest room.

The last room, with a special drainage system, diverted the extra water, and as for where it went, she didn't know for the time being, but it should have been introduced into the big river not far from the manor.

She walked around room by room again, and tested the water temperature in the pool, and the bottom room had the lowest water temperature, just a little warm.

The higher you go, the higher the temperature, the most suitable water temperature in the top room, and in winter, when it's freezing outside, come here to soak in a hot bath, just thinking about it makes her feel beautiful.

I am more and more satisfied with this place.

"Let's go."

Huo Junyao walked down with red sleeves, and didn't forget to look around in the open space of this courtyard along the way.

The red sleeves following her are a little unclear why, what is beautiful in this open space.

She knew that Huo Junyao was watching and planning in her heart what to use for these lands.

Chili peppers must be there, and the area that needs to be planted is not small, she was a native of Chongqing City in her previous life, and she is not spicy or happy.

So, she chose the largest vacant land to grow chili peppers.

On the edge of the pepper field, there is a small piece of land, the area is about two meters long and more than one meter wide, which is used to grow coriander, and some small cabbage or something, which is very good for hot pot in winter.

In her previous life, she said that there was a small vegetable garden behind the orphanage where she lived, and there were a lot of vegetables in it, such as coriander, cabbage, cucumbers, pea tips, lettuce, etc.

She misses the home-cooked dishes that the dean made from vegetables in her garden.

I also firmly said in my heart that I have to make a small vegetable garden like this here.

Plan as you go, what to plant here, what to plant there.

However, winter is about to enter, and if you want to plant, you have to wait until the beginning of spring next year.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but sigh, how can she live without hot pot this winter?

Do you have to eat all kinds of soup cakes every day?

"Why is the young lady sighing?"

The red sleeves who followed behind her, heard the slight sigh of the young lady, and wondered if the young lady thought of those rumors in the capital again, and felt uncomfortable.

"It's okay, by the way, do we have a vegetable cellar here? Do you have enough vegetables to eat in the winter? ”

Hearing this, Red Sleeves was stunned, she had originally thought of words of comfort, but Miss asked this?

Isn't the span a little too big?

For a while, she couldn't keep up.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Huo Junyao also reacted and patted her head.

"I forgot, you came with me today, how do you know this?"

"Miss, the slave knows about the vegetable cellar, but I have never heard of storing vegetables, and usually in winter they eat pickled pickles, or some radishes dried in advance."

"Of course, we have warm soup here, and we will grow some vegetables in winter, but the survival rate is not too high, and the harvest will not be too much."

"In previous years, it was barely enough for the masters to eat once a day."

"If the young lady wants to eat vegetables in winter, she can also have people buy them from some places in the south and ship them, but the price is very expensive, and the quantity is not too much."

Huo Junyao was stunned, but she forgot that the place where she is now is in ancient times, and the farming level here is still very poor, and she relies on the sky to eat.

You can only eat some seasonal vegetables, and you can't see out-of-season vegetables at all.

Out of season, out of season.

She muttered a few words in her heart, and suddenly her eyes lit up.

Since she can grow live vegetables next to the warm soup in winter, it means that as long as the temperature is enough, she can also farm in winter.

She immediately thought of greenhouse planting in her mind.

It's a great way to grow vegetables despite the cold of winter.

It's just that there didn't seem to be plastic cloth in ancient times.

You have to think about what to replace it.

Frowning and thinking for a while, she had a way, and hurriedly greeted Red Sleeves and walked towards the courtyard.