The next day, the couple rushed back to Yangzhou by boat.

Because the time of this trip was almost a month earlier than last year, and there were not too many boats on the river, the trip was relatively smooth, and they returned to Tianchang County on the eighth day of the lunar month.

As soon as they got out of the car, Wang Qiqi, Mr. Zhuang, Mr. Wu and others surrounded him.

Cui Pu asked someone to unload the things he had pulled on, and asked Mr. Wu: "How is the greenhouse I wrote to you to prepare now?"

"We went to ask craftsmen to build it from the beginning of receiving the letter, and it was just completed two days ago, and we just tried to burn the heating pipe yesterday, and it feels okay. I'll wait for you and your wife to come back and take a look, and if it's okay, you can move things in immediately. Mr. Wu said busily.

Cui Pu was very satisfied with his mobility, so he only went to change into his regular clothes, and then took Mu Jiaojiao to the backyard with him.

This time, Cui Pu specially asked someone to build the greenhouse, just to cultivate sweet potato seedlings in advance. According to Mu You, the place where sweet potatoes were grown before should have been relatively humid and hot, but now Yangzhou is in winter, and the temperature is not enough. And in order to test the effect as soon as possible, Mu Jiaojiao specially took out a thousand yuan and asked Mr. Wu to build a glass conservatory. When it is cold, burn straw and other things in the stove outside, and the heating can flow into the greenhouse through the pottery pipes to warm the indoor air. The glass is transparent, which can not only isolate the cold air from the outside world, but also allow sunlight to shine in without hindrance, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Wealthy families often use such greenhouses to provide themselves with fresh vegetables in winter.

Mr. Wu is a master of water conservancy. Needless to say, he built the convement. Anyway, Mu Jiaojiao and Cui Pu are not picky, and there is nothing wrong with them.

After experiencing the effect of heating in the greenhouse and setting the temperature at about the same height, Mu Jiaojiao asked someone to bring in the sweet potato seedlings that they had carefully cared for all the way.

When she was in Chang'an, she put the few sweet potatoes Mu You gave her in a flower pot, buried a thin layer of soil, and placed them in the room where she had been burning the brazier. When I came all the way to Yangzhou, the flower pots were neatly placed in the cabin below, and the braziers were burning day and night. So by the time they arrived in Tianchang County, these sweet potato seedlings had grown lush in the pots, and the parts that grew out of the ground were more than ten inches long.

Mu Jiaojiao asked someone to dig out the sweet potatoes inside, carefully cut them into many parts according to the seedlings one by one, and then planted them in the greenhouse.

It was busy until dark, and these dozens of sweet potato seedlings were planted.

Mr. Wu attached great importance to this matter, and Mao Sui recommended himself to stay in the greenhouse tonight.

Mu Jiaojiao and Cui Pu traveled a long way, and they were too tired to do it. didn't say much polite to him, so he only thanked him, and the couple went back to rest.

When he woke up the next morning, there were a lot of things backlogged in Cui Pu's yamen, and he was naturally busy again. Mu Jiaojiao excused herself to be unwell and stayed in the greenhouse all day long.

In fact, she has little experience in cultivating sweet potatoes. However, I have also planted many herbs with my grandfather before, and Mr. Wu is also a master here. Two people exchange experiences with each other, and they can also find out the cultivation method inseparable.

After two or three days, Wei Zhuang and his wife came from Yangzhou Mansion.

"Your sister wrote back shortly after returning to Chang'an and asked me to raise money, I have raised 10,000 yuan in the past two months, I don't know if it is enough?" Knowing that they were not polite people, Wei Zhuang was not polite, and said directly.

"Almost. Cui Pu bowed his head and led the couple to the greenhouse in the backyard, "Presumably my aunt has already told you everything we want to do, right? As long as these things can grow smoothly, we will go to the countryside to promote planting in March and April." It's just that these things are very unfamiliar to the people, and in order to get them to agree to plant this thing, we must give them certain guarantees and rewards. It's not that we can't get this money ourselves, it's just that you also understand, brother-in-law, this is what I did for the county, for the entire Yangzhou and even the entire New Tang Dynasty, and I have already crossed the road in front of the sage. If we still throw money into it as a couple, others will definitely laugh at us for being stupid now, and if it is done, they will naturally have another rhetoric, which is not good after all. ”

"I understand. Wei Zhuang nodded hurriedly, "This is a great thing for the benefit of the country and the people, once it is done, the benefits will be endless." If you don't look for me, you can just go to the rich families in Tianchang County to ask for some donations, and you can make up the same. But you can still think of me in this matter, and they want to give me a hand, how can I not be interested? Although this 10,000 yuan is a lot for me, if I lose it, I can earn it back in three or two years. So you just have to use it, and you don't have to worry about anything if you fail. ”

Seeing him like this, Cui Pu didn't say anything, and hurriedly took him to visit this small cultivation base, talked about the general plan for the future, and promised that when the products in the greenhouse were ripe, he would definitely send the first batch of production to the Weizhuang family to taste.

Wei Zhuang nodded again and again when he heard this, and also took the opportunity to give some of his own opinions.

As soon as the pair of brothers-in-law is talked about, they are not finished. Mu Jiaojiao accompanied her for a while, and seeing that the two of them were talking farther and farther, she couldn't interject, so she simply stopped talking and pulled Mu Jiaojiao back to the backyard.

"Sister, I see that you are in a state of mind today, did something happen to the Wei family?" After dismissing the idle people, Mu Jiaojiao asked.

Mu Yiyi hurriedly squeezed out a smile: "What's the matter? No, you read it wrong." ”

Mu Jiaojiao lowered her face coldly: "You are still lying to me! Is it that your younger brother and sister took advantage of our return to Chang'an to partner with your aunt to do something?"

Mu Yiyi suddenly couldn't help it.

She sniffed, but tears rolled down her eyes.

I said that when I first reported to my aunt that she wanted to go back to Chang'an to serve my father, how could she agree so cheerfully, and she kept saying that she would help me take care of the house for a few days, and everything went according to the rules I had set before, and when I came back, everything was returned to me as it was. I didn't take her words seriously, but thinking that for the good of the Wei family, she would definitely not go too far. As a result, who knows, when I came back, I found that she had lost everything to her ten siblings. And the tenth brother and sister took advantage of the three months of my absence to pull out all the people I had worked hard to cultivate for ten years, and then installed her people. Now the entire Wei family is not the same!"

"That's it, my aunt also said that the ten brothers and sisters are in good charge these days, so I simply gave her the important places such as the big kitchen and the warehouse, and let her help me share my worries, so that I don't have to work so hard every day. ”

The corners of Mu Jiaojiao's lips twitched: "It's not surprising that they can do such things. And what about my brother-in-law, doesn't he know about this? What does he think?"

He also knew that the tenth brother and sister were not the material for the housekeeper, and he had a bad time at home for the past three months. It's just that when my aunt cries and makes trouble with him, he can't do anything. On the way over today, he was still persuading me to simply take a step back. The storeroom can not be given, but the large kitchen can be managed for her. Anyway, with me in the upper town, there must be no big mistake. ”

Mu Yi said, and the tears rolled down again. "Why? Haven't I retreated enough over the years? I have not enough to clean up the mess for them, just this time, I heard from Wang Rui's family, in just these three months, the two of them have filled their own pockets, and they have swallowed thousands of yuan in their accounts. Now give me a town, don't you just let me fill in this hole? Just let me fill in the hole, they don't give me a good face, but it's like giving alms, do I owe them in my last life? Others say that I am the eldest daughter-in-law of the Wei family, and I have infinite scenery from the inside out, but who knows how aggrieved I am in these days? I have had enough of such days!"

"If you're fed up, then you can't. Mu Jiaojiao said indifferently.

Mu Yi was stunned. "Sister, what did you say?"

"I said, since you feel that you can't stand it anymore, then sister, you just don't care about this mess anymore. Since the family affairs are still in the hands of Wei Shi and his wife, you are also happy to be relaxed, just stay with me for a few days. Wait until around the year to go back, so as not to see the group of people upset. ”

"How can I stay out for so much time for no reason?" Mu Yi subconsciously shook his head.

Mu Jiaojiao pulled her arm and checked her pulse: "You are scorching and storing blood, burning and disturbing your heart, and now the symptoms are very serious." If left untreated, it is likely to lead to madness. ”

Mu Yi's face turned white with fright for a moment. "Sister, are you scaring me?"

"How could I have told a lie about seeing a doctor?" Mu Jiaojiao asked lightly.

Mu Yiyi's body suddenly stiffened. "Are you saying that my disease must be treated as soon as possible, and is it still cured?"

"As long as you recuperate with me for half a month, you should be fine. Mu Jiaojiao said, "Sister, think about it yourself, do you often feel stuffy in your chest now, and your heart will ache faintly, and every time you have an attack, it almost kills you?"

Mu Yi hurriedly covered his chest. "You're right! I've been having this symptom before, and it's getting worse lately. ”

"That's it. You already have a bit of such a problem, but this time, after this incident, as soon as it was stimulated, suddenly the condition worsened. If you don't rush to treatment, but go back to that place and continue to be angry, you will definitely not be able to hold on soon after the year. Mu Jiaojiao said slowly, "Sister, you have to think about it." If you fall, who will benefit in the end? Don't you forget, you still have three children under your knees who have not grown up, and you can bear to let them suffer from your illness at a young age?"

Mu Yiyi lowered his eyes and thought about it, then shook his head firmly: "I don't want to." ”

"So, what is your choice?"

"I'll stay. ”

That's right! Mu Jiaojiao hurriedly smiled. "Sister, you can live here for a few days, and the Wei family will let the pair of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law toss. If they can toss this year smoothly, I admire them!"

Mu Jiaojiao understood in an instant, and immediately grabbed Mu Jiaojiao's hand. "Sister, thank you. ”

"Thank you, we're sisters!" Mu Jiaojiao smiled sweetly at her.