Therefore, Lu Zhengan walked directly past the other side, instructed everyone to be careful when raising seedlings, and led everyone to work.

When Steward Zhao saw that Lu Zhengan didn't take him seriously, he was angry and annoyed. Just as he was about to have a seizure, he saw the head of the nursery walking towards him in a hurry.

Seeing the principal coming, Steward Zhao immediately changed his face, came to the principal's side flatteringly, and asked respectfully: "Alas, Principal Zhang, what kind of wind blew you here?" ”

Director Zhang glanced at him, looked at Lu Zhengan and the others who were in full swing in the distance, and asked, "Why are there so many people in the garden today?" However, it just so happened that the Ji family was going to come over and pull a batch of flowers and trees, and first called them to the glass house. ”

Hearing this, Steward Zhao's expression suddenly froze, and he replied in a somewhat embarrassed tone: "This ......, Director Zhang, these people are not from our garden. ”

Seeing that Director Zhang was looking at him with a displeased expression, the steward surnamed Zhao hurriedly bowed down and explained: "Some time ago, didn't you promise Master Lan to sell him a batch of fruit seedlings, and these people came to raise seedlings. Now there is not much work in the garden, and we only have a few people left in the garden. ”

When Director Zhang heard this, he immediately became anxious. "What then? When the people from the next quarter house are coming, if we can't get ready, won't we smash our own signboards? So what will Jifu's business do in the future? If the main family blames you, can you afford it?! ”

Managing Zhao, who had been smashed by Director Zhang's four consecutive questions, did not respond for a long time, knowing that it was too late to go back and call someone to come over at this time, he rubbed his hands together and hesitated for a moment and said to Principal Zhang: "Then I will go and discuss with those people and give them some money for them to help." ”

There was no better idea at the moment, so Director Zhang raised his chin and asked Steward Zhao to hurry over.

Lu Zheng'an and his staff were all quick in their work, and within two quarters of an hour, most of the 300 or so fruit tree saplings had been put down. Seeing Steward Zhao, who had been above the top before, walking over with a frown, Lu Tieniu and the others couldn't help but feel a little nervous, and subconsciously leaned towards Lu Zhengan's side.

Seeing that the few people were so vigilant, Lu Zhengan whispered a word of reassurance to the brothers of the Lu family, and then inserted the shovel in his hand into the soil and walked over to Steward Zhao.

"You're the lead, aren't you?" Steward Zhao didn't wait for Lu Zheng'an to speak, and then continued: "I have a job that I want to find ten people to do, and after completing the five salaries of each person, do you think it will be successful?" ”

Lu Zheng'an stared at Steward Zhao with a smile, tilted his head to him, squinted his gaze at the people who were working in the garden, and said, "Our family lives far away, and we have to hurry home when these saplings come out, for fear that we won't be able to help you take care of things." ”

Steward Zhao thought that his salary was not low, and there was no reason for this group of mud-legged people to refuse. However, he did not expect that Lu Zhengan would push this errand off without even thinking about it.

As a result, Steward Zhao became a little anxious, and thought that Lu Zhengan wanted to sit on the ground and start the price, and come to a lion to open up. glared at Lu Zhengan and said, "Little brother, the salary of five cents is not low. ”

Hearing this, Lu Zhengan nodded slightly. "It's really not low, but we're really in a hurry to get to work, and this five cents is what we want to earn, but we really have no will."

After speaking, Lu Zhengan turned around and walked into the garden.

Mr. Zhang had been paying close attention to the situation here, and when he saw that the conversation between the two did not seem to be going well, he immediately walked over. He raised his voice to stop Lu Zheng'an, who was about to walk to the ground, and asked kindly: "I don't know my little brother's surname?" ”

"Don't let your surname be Lu, I don't know what is the matter with this steward?"

Seeing that Lu Zheng'an was also reasonable, the principal was at ease. "This batch of seedlings seems to have been ordered by Mr. Lan for someone, but the little brother is helping others to work?"

Hearing this, Lu Zhengan smiled and nodded. "Well, our family lives far away, and the saplings are in a hurry, and the steward has something to say, so we have to go back before dark."

As soon as Director Zhang heard Lu Zheng'an's words speak so bluntly, he didn't go around the bend with him anymore, straightened his waist and said directly: "That's the case, a guest in our garden has ordered a batch of flowers and trees, and we will come over to pick them up later." But today, we don't have enough people in our garden, so we want to ask my little brother to help me draw a few people over to help. Of course, I won't let you work hard in vain, and when it's over, you will have ten big dollars per person, and the little brother will help you ask. If no one is willing to do it, then I'll find another way. ”

This person spoke at a high level, and Lu Zhengan was not disgusted when he listened to it. In addition, the salary has been doubled from 5 to 10 yuan, and if this transaction is not taken into his arms, he will be a fool.

"Seeing that you two are so embarrassed, you have always been a big customer. Then I'll help you ask these folks of mine, and if they want to, I'll bring ten people over to help you. ”

As soon as the other side heard that Lu Zhengan was relieved, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and the smile on his face became even more amiable.

After Lu Zheng'an arched his hand with Director Zhang, he glanced at the little butler surnamed Zhao and chuckled lightly when he turned around, and then turned around and left under the annoyed gaze of the other party.

After a while, Lu Zheng'an led Lu Tiezhu, Lu Tiezhu, and several villagers in the village, a total of 10 people, to follow the steward surnamed Zhang to the transparent glass conservatory. Where have the people in the village seen this, standing in front of the glass conservatory, their eyes were full of curiosity.

Knowing that the glass here was extremely expensive, Lu Zheng'an instructed them not to touch it indiscriminately after entering, and to obey the master's command.

Several people naturally knew the severity, and when they heard Lu Zhengan's words, they immediately nodded, and lined up into the glass conservatory.

Lu Zheng'an didn't know much about these flowers and plants, and when he looked around, he was not interested in anything other than a potted plant with two oranges hanging on it.

The steward surnamed Zhang watched Lu Zheng'an's people work with their hands and feet, and his heart was relaxed. Turning his head to see Lu Zheng'an who was not moving on the side, he walked up to him with a smile, touched a tael of silver and handed it to Lu Zheng'an.

"Well, these two pieces of silver are wages, so I'll give them to you."

Lu Zhengan glanced at the small silver ingot and didn't pick it up, and when he saw Liu Changshun passing by empty-handed, he hurriedly stopped him.

"Uncle Changshun, the master's family has paid for the salary. You take it first, and when you get home, you give it to the big guys. ”

When Liu Changshun heard this, he answered, rubbed the dust on his hands on the placket of his clothes, and then took the silver with both hands, nodded to the two of them, and then followed everyone into the warm shed.

Steward Zhang could see that Lu Zhengan was the leader of this group of people, but it was a little strange to see that he did not accept the money.

"The little brother leads them to work and doesn't get a commission?"

Hearing Steward Zhang's words, Lu Zheng'an withdrew his gaze from a fine-leaved orchid next to him. "We are all from the countryside, and we all work together.

As he was talking, he saw a black-headed carriage slowly stop at the door of the conservatory. Seeing this, Director Zhang could no longer care about Lu Zhengan, who was beside him, and walked towards the carriage.

Lu Zhengan was about to turn around and walk into the conservatory, but just as he turned around, he suddenly heard someone shouting, "Young Master." ”

Lu Zheng'an seemed to be a little familiar with this voice, so he subconsciously stopped, turned his head to look back, and saw that the other party was the steward sent by the Ji family to his house to deliver the gifts.

In this way, Lu Zhengan had no choice but to leave directly. Seeing the other party coming over, he opened his mouth and greeted: "It turned out to be Steward Hong." ”

Steward Hong strode up to Lu Zheng'an and bowed to him. "Young Master Cousin, I didn't expect to meet you here."

When the steward of the nursery saw this posture, his heart was full of surprise. Unexpectedly, this peasant boy who was dressed ordinarily and his appearance was not good-looking would have a relationship with the Ji family. Thinking of their attitude toward Lu Zheng'an before that, the weather in March was actually sweaty.

Lu Zheng'an didn't know what others were thinking, so he looked at Steward Hong, who was greeting him, and stretched out his hand to help the person up, and said with a smile: "Buy some fruit tree seedlings at home, and bring someone over to raise seedlings today." You've got to go ahead of time, I'll take a look inside. ”

As he spoke, Lu Zheng'an was about to go to the conservatory, and Steward Hong immediately followed closely and said to Lu Zheng'an: "Young Master Cousin, my son-in-law has already returned from Shangjing one step ahead, and the old lady should be able to arrive two days after tomorrow." ”

When he heard that the old lady was coming back, Lu Zhengxin couldn't help but have some doubts, but his face was still inconspicuous. Nodding to Steward Hong, he let them go about their work.

When Lu Zhengan and his entourage helped Ji Fu pack the flowers and plants, and then packed their cars to the brim and left, Steward Hong sent Lu Zhengan and his party a mile away before turning around.

At this time, the nursery steward, who had been holding back for a long time, couldn't bear it anymore and asked, "Master Hong, what is the origin of that little brother, why do you still salute when you see him?" ”

Hearing this, Steward Hong glanced at the other party, thought of Lu Zheng'an's position in the heart of the old lady of the Ji family, and snorted and said, "He, I can only say that you must not offend him." Otherwise, your business with the Ji family will be yellow. ”

After ordering the steward of the nursery, Steward Hong patted him on the shoulder, boarded the carriage and left.

……

By the time Lu Zhengan returned home with everyone, it was completely dark as yesterday.

Lu Zhengan was worried that Song Huaishu at home would be like yesterday, and he would not enter the house until he had not returned, so he took advantage of the fact that everyone was unloading the car and went home first.

Sure enough, as Lu Zheng'an expected, as soon as he entered the door, he saw Song Huaishu walking around his waist in the garden.

Seeing Lu Zheng'an come back, Song Huaishu immediately laughed, but when he saw Lu Zheng'an's frowning brows, he immediately shook his hand and explained: "I just walked in the courtyard for a while, and I didn't wait for you to come back, so I don't believe you can ask your mother." ”

Hearing Song Huaishu say this, Lu Zhengan couldn't help but laugh. I wanted to help him pull up his clothes, but I had to give up thinking that my hands were full of dust. "What have you eaten today? I left early in the morning, and you didn't feel bad when you got up, did you? ”

"No, I've had a cup of chicken soup today. My mother gave me dumplings stuffed with mutton, and I ate fifteen or six. Mother, I also left you a pot to shoot, just wait for you to boil the pot when you get home. ”

As he spoke, Song Huaishu couldn't help but feel a little distressed when he saw the dirt that Lu Zheng'an had made. "Hurry up and wash up, I'll go to the stove house to make dumplings for my mother, and you can eat after you clean up."

Hearing this, Lu Zhengan responded, accompanied Song Huaishu to the door of the stove house, and after greeting Song Lan, he went out to wash.

By the time Lu Zhengan came out with clean clothes, Song Lan's had already filled the dumplings. When he saw Lu Zhengan coming, he hurriedly adjusted the dipping plate and asked him to sit down and eat quickly.

On the day he left home, Lu Zhengan still ate two steamed buns and fried eggs in the morning, and after a long day's work, he was already hungry with his chest pressed against his back. When Song Lan handed over the dipping plate, Lu Zhengan thanked him and ate the dumplings one by one.

Seeing Lu Zheng'an's gobbling up, Song Huaishu hurriedly got up and filled him a bowl of dumpling soup and put it in his hand, and instructed him: "Don't eat so quickly, beware of choking." It's not that I didn't eat when I went out, I haven't seen you eat so urgently. ”

Lu Zhengan didn't want Song Huaishu to worry, so he lied to him and said: "How can you go out to work without eating, but these two days are all physical work, and the consumption is large, and people will be hungry quickly." ”

"There are still dumplings left, if you are not full, then I will give you some more." Song Lan looked at the tall and tall Lu Zheng'an, and always felt that he was not enough to eat, and was about to regenerate the fire to cook some for him, but was stopped by Lu Zhengan.

"Mother, don't use it, it's enough to eat. Don't eat too much at night, and it's not good to accumulate food. I'll finish this plate, and a little soup will be enough. ”

Lu Zheng'an had not eaten much at night, and Song Huaishu also knew about it, so when he heard him say this, he also stopped Song Lan from lighting a fire again.

By the time Lu Zhengan had gobbled up the dumplings, the dumpling soup that Song Huaishu had given him was already cold. Lu Zhengan picked up the bowl and drank it all, then wiped his mouth with the palm of his hand and stood up from the stool.

Song Lanshi saw that Lu Zhengan was about to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, so he hurriedly stopped him. "Alright, it's been a busy day, go get some rest. I'll just do the little work in the kitchen. ”

As he spoke, Song Lan snatched the chopsticks from Lu Zhengan's hand, waved his hand from the two of them, and drove the man out of the stove house.

Lu Zhengan, who was full of food and drink, thought of the people unloading the car at the bottom of the mountain, and wanted to go down the mountain to have a look. However, seeing that I hadn't been with Song Huaishu for a day, I saw that the moon was just right tonight, so I said hello to Song Lan, and simply took his hand and walked all the way down the mountain.

At night, Hualong Mountain is very quiet, except for the sound of insects on the side of the road and the slight sound of the wind in the ears, there is only the footsteps of two people.

Lu Zhengan took Song Huaishu's hand and walked side by side on the mountain road, thinking of the two days when he had gotten up early and been greedy for darkness, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty in his heart.

"The saplings are almost the same, so tomorrow we will have a day off and we will be able to start planting the day after tomorrow. Mother has been working hard for two days, and it's time for her to rest. When I plant seedlings later, I don't have to keep an eye on it, and I can be with you well. ”

"Actually, I can do it by myself, but I have a bigger belly, and I don't have to delay anything in washing dishes, cooking, and washing clothes. Originally, the orchard was enough for you to be busy, and now you are still distracted to take care of me. Song Huaishu said distressed and helpless. I saw that there were many pregnant women in the village who did not delay their work at all, and I was physically stronger than them, so how could I be more squeamish than them. ”

"I told you a long time ago that they are them, you are you, and you have nothing to do with this. Whatever happens, it is more important than anything else that you and your child are safe. ”

The two of them said this all the way to the foot of the mountain, and by this time the saplings on the car had been unloaded, and everyone was preparing to go home. Seeing Lu Zheng'an coming down from the mountain with Song Huaishu, the group was stunned for a moment, but finally Lu Tiezhuan, Liu Changshun, and others came up.

"It's so late, why did Zheng'an still come down with Xiao Song?"

"Some of them didn't feel at ease so they came to take a look, and I forgot to tell you that everyone has worked hard in the past two days. Tomorrow, let's all rest for a day, and then go up the mountain to plant seedlings the morning after tomorrow. ”

When Lu Zhengan's voice fell, everyone couldn't help but be a little happy. After all, it's really hard to be greedy for the morning and dark these two days, and it's always good to be able to rest at home for a day.

"Zheng'an, we got a tael of silver in the afternoon...... Liu Changshun has been carrying this silver for most of the day, and he is always afraid that he will take it off, and he has been worried about it all the time.

Hearing this, Lu Zhengan remembered that he still had a stubble of two pieces of silver, and after counting the number of people, he directly said to Liu Changshun: "You people should divide it equally, go back and add a dish, and have a drink at night and get a good night's sleep." ”

Seeing that Lu Zhengan didn't even ask for a penny, everyone couldn't help but be moved in their hearts. However, none of the people present were wealthy, and they were not polite to the few cents they could share, so they thanked Lu Zhengan and went home.

After watching everyone leave, Lu Zhengan cleaned up the messy debris on the side of the road, and then clapped his hands and took Song Huaishu home.

Song Huaishu was a little curious about the origin of the one or two pieces of silver, looked sideways at Lu Zhengan and asked, "What happened when you went out to raise seedlings and still got to work?" Why do you have an extra tael of silver? ”

As soon as Lu Zhengan heard Song Huaishu's words, he couldn't help but laugh. "No, you guessed it all at once."

Hearing Lu Zheng'an's words, Song Huaishu's eyes widened and he said in disapproval: "Are you really going to work?" You have been working so hard to raise seedlings, how can you still go to work? ”

"It's just a coincidence, we work in a nursery. It just so happened that the Ji family came to someone's yard to buy potted flowers and plants, but there was a shortage of manpower in the garden, so they came to us. It's also a piggybacking thing, and those potted plants haven't been moved for an hour. ”

When Lu Zhengan said this, he suddenly remembered what the Hong Supervisor had said to him in the nursery.

"By the way, I heard from Steward Hong that the old lady of the Ji family is back, and she will probably arrive in Jiang'an Town tomorrow and tomorrow."

Song Huaishu thought of the kind old lady of the Ji family, and his heart was also soft.

"I heard from them that Mrs. Ji will not be able to return from Shangjing until midspring. I didn't expect to come back so quickly. ”

After speaking, Song Huaishu shook Lu Zhengan's arm and asked, "Since Steward Hong has brought you a letter, do you have to take the time to take a look when Old Madam Ji comes back?" ”

"Let's talk about this after a while, right now this mountain is busy up and down, you are still pregnant, I will go at least for a whole day, or after a while."

Chapter Seventy-Nine

On 26 February, after a day's rest, everyone began to get busy at dawn.

Lu Zheng'an got up early in the morning, ran to the bottom of the mountain to look at the crowd, and then rushed home immediately before Song Huaishu woke up.