Generals take care of their children: The master mother leads the system to farm

There are lychee orchards, peach orchards and apple orchards on Bijia Mountain, looked after by experienced fruit farmers, and the farm has specially arranged horse-drawn and ox-drawn carriages to take customers up the mountain to experience picking fruits.

Projects such as the strawberry garden, vineyard, vegetable garden, fish and shrimp pond, and Daoxiang Village are all equipped with auxiliary tools and set up work positions to help guide customers and enhance the fun of the experience.

Barbecue restaurants, Leshan Ecological Supermarket, teahouses, and restaurants are available for customers to stroll, consume, or rest.

The lake at the foot of Bijia Mountain also has a beautiful scenery. The lake is full of lotus flowers, and the ten-mile lotus pond is connected with lotus leaves.

Under the lake is the lotus' plump underground rhizome - the lotus root.

The main road of Zhuangzi runs from the front of Zhuangzi to the fish and shrimp pond behind Xiaole Mountain. Zhuangzi is divided into two sides by this main road.

The carriage didn't feel too shaky when driving on the road, as it was all compacted dirt roads.

The vegetable patch is flourishing, and all kinds of vegetables that have never been seen in Dayan are growing well in the field.

Most of the employees are farmers and are familiar with the crops produced from the fields.

But there are many vegetables in the farm that I have never seen or even heard of. The vegetable fields are close to the vineyards and strawberry gardens. Several employees are now standing at the edge of the field with baskets on their shoulders, pointing at the plots of land that each other is responsible for, and they are all amazed.

I watch it every day, but I still feel like it’s not enough. The more I watch, the more interesting it becomes.

When Li Changle came over, everyone hurriedly greeted him.

On the other side of the small stream at the foot of the mountain is Daoxiang Village. Liu Dajiang is in charge of looking after it. At this moment, he is walking on clods of earth in the rice field with his trouser legs rolled up.

Water is released into the field ditch and the cloddy soil is trampled loose before rice seedlings can be planted.

A lot of bundles of rice seedlings have been piled up on the ridges of the rice fields.

Liu Dajiang has been in charge of rice seedling cultivation recently, and the seedlings are now ready for use.

Liu Dahe was assigned to the fish and shrimp ponds and was responsible for all fishing gear and venue needs.

Leshan Restaurant also opened today. The chef introduced by Liping is working here. The village has assigned two helpers to do odd jobs here. Mrs. Lin is here.

The women are more careful in washing and selecting vegetables, while the other one is responsible for serving the dishes.

Chef Tong is inspecting the ingredients in the restaurant lobby.

Li Changle glanced at the ingredients on the table from outside the yard. They were Dendrobium.

Li Nanxing and his son treated the Dendrobium officinale like treasures, inspecting them one by one every day.

What did the old man say? This is tribute medicine, a special supply to the royal family.

Master Tong couldn't hide the joy on his face at seeing such good stuff.

Li Changle smiled and went in to disturb the others. "These herbs are said to be tributes. Master Tong must take good care of them."

Master Tong arrived late, and she only had time to put together a partial recipe of modern soups and ways to eat the vegetables available in the vegetable garden and give it to him. The rest was up to the chef to come up with.

After all, he has a background as a chef, so even if he makes new dishes, he should be able to do it easily.

Dendrobium is a medicinal herb, often used for making soup or as medicine. It seems that it is not popular to make soup with medicinal herbs in Da Yan.

So she had already had a brief exchange with him before.

At this moment, Master Tong nodded with a little hesitation, "Such precious medicinal herbs can be grown on this mountain."

"We are opening today, and I don't know how many people will come to eat. I will make this soup first, and you can take a look at it, Madam Li."

Li Changle watched the two helpers carrying a bunch of food to the well in the backyard of the restaurant to clean up, then he took Leng Wu away.

Leshan Supermarket, also known as Leshan Grocery Store.

There are already a lot of farm products on display, including products from the fields and handicrafts. Generally speaking, the output has not been developed much, because most of the output is still in the fields, and the variety will be developed slowly in the future.

For example, various snacks, dried fruits, potato chips, processed sweet potato vermicelli, etc.

I checked all the way and went through every area, and found that all the employees were already standing guard in their places in an orderly manner.

A short stretch of road extending from the foot of Xiaole Mountain is covered with sunflowers of various colors, a brilliant display of color.

A little further on is the fish and shrimp pond in the woods.

Gu Chongguang’s favorite thing to do every morning is to start from the other end of the house and stroll along the stream beside the mountain to the foot of the mountain where flowers are clustered.

The old man has been taking good care of himself recently and his sleeping hours have become regular. He no longer sleeps soundly and cannot get up once he lies down.

Li Nanxing would check his pulse every now and then and adjust the prescriptions for him.

Drink a bowl of calming soup an hour before bedtime and you’ll sleep soundly until dawn.

Now he seems to be in better spirits than Li Changle who has been staying up all night for several nights.

Li Changle and Leng Wu sat side by side on the shaft of the cart, enjoying the clean and comfortable feeling of the early morning air with the faint fragrance of flowers.

"Everything is ready, only the east wind is missing!"

Leng Wu drove the carriage calmly.

Li Changle let out a long sigh, "Xiaowu, when your master was teaching you skills, did he give you a silence order?"

Leng Wu's eyebrows twitched slightly, "...not yet."

"...You are no longer secret guards. You have moved from the dark to the light. You don't have to keep your mouth shut on a daily basis. If you have something to say, just speak up. If you have any questions, just ask."

The little girl seemed to have just grown out of her youthful and naive age, but she was very calm and composed.

"Madam, I have no questions."

The implication is: don't force her to be a chatterbox.

Li Changle twitched the corners of his mouth. How could such a warm little mouth say such cold words?

The carriage slowly circled the farm, and sincere conversations were held with all the employees.

Then, the expected east wind came.

Although Li Huaitong was busy with official duties, the farmers under his jurisdiction were busy with farming matters in recent days, and the number of lawsuits and disputes in the government office was greatly reduced.

Before roll call, he rushed to the farm with his wife Fang Ruyu and twin daughters.

When Li Huai arrived, Fan Xin followed closely and arrived with his family.

When the shallow sunlight spread all over Zhuangzi, Zhuangzi became lively.

Two of the old scholars who came last time are here too, and each of them has brought relatives with them to varying degrees.

There were also many wealthy families from the county and neighboring counties who came here with their families.

Before Li Changle returned to the house, Jiang took the women and children to the flower hall in the inner courtyard, served them tea and snacks, and arranged for her niece-in-law Hong and Lin Qingyang's mother Yun to come and help serve.

Fang Ruyu saw Li Changle enter the inner courtyard, so she pulled her aside and whispered, "Some people from the East City have also come. Pay attention, there is a family with the surname Gu..."

"…I have an uncle who serves as a counselor in the imperial court."

"He is a man who defies heaven, earth and gods. No one in the court would not be troubled by him."

"...The Gu family originally lived in the village, and they didn't have much wealth. Their mother was a sickly woman, and it was said that she needed help from the man in Kyoto from time to time.

Now he lives in the East City of Li County. Even the house was bought by that person. His family only has such a capable person. On weekdays, his family almost never shows up in front of others and keeps a low profile. "

"I don't know why he has changed his temper this time..."

Li Changle was held by the arm, and after listening to these words, she felt grateful that this person was giving her a serious summary of the situation.

An official in Kyoto?

Advice to the doctor?

Gu family?

She asked Fang Ruyu in a lower voice, "The Magistrate's wife and you have been in Li County for so many years. How many officials from the capital have you heard of from Li County?"

Fang Ruyu was speechless after hearing this... She stretched out two slender fingers, "Just two! One is from the Fan family."

"The other one is the one from the Gu family." Fang Ruyu said, and she also felt strange. "This place is also strange. In the past few years, every time someone went to Beijing to take the imperial examination, most of them were not on the list. In Yichang Prefecture, only the Li County family had a few officials."

"However, there are quite a few wealthy families in the county."

Li Changle knew the one from the Fan family. He was Fan Xin's son. Gu Chongguang personally handed him a letter to help him build connections so that he could study in Kyoto Higher Academy.

This person from the Gu family...

Li Changle's eyes flashed, and he patted Fang Ruyu's hand gently, "Thank you for reminding me, Madam. Without you, I would be completely clueless about these things. I have to trouble you to help me get familiar with them today."

After staying in Li County for more than half a year, her circle is actually very small, and she has been revolving around a few villages and two streets in the county.

In fact, Li County is very large, covering 19 villages and more than 1000 households.

How many people has she met?

Even after she cleaned up the new house she bought in Dongcheng, she didn't live there for more than two days.

The two of them stopped whispering, and Fang Ruyu took her wrist and introduced the female guests at the seats to her one by one.

Fan Xin’s wife, Ms. Jin.

It is said that this girl's family was wealthy and she brought half of her family's property into the Fan family when she married.

She really lived up to her surname and her reputation. Her whole body was glittering with gold, including gold hairpins, gold jewelry, and the patterns on her dress were embroidered with gold thread.

It almost blinded Li Changle's pair of titanium dog eyes!

She exchanged greetings in a friendly manner and turned her face away with difficulty.

The noble lady with gray hair on her temples obviously knew her own advantages. She adjusted the gold hairpin on her temples and said politely, "Mrs. Li is very busy. We came with servants. It's alright. You do your work and we'll do what we want."

Her old man said that she can be as proud as she wants somewhere else.

This is the place we are going to today, and she needs to control her temper.

Otherwise, if she showed off her eloquence, her precious son in Kyoto might be implicated by her.

The Fan family’s benefactor is in the village.

Who would have known that the farm would suddenly be transferred to the hands of the benefactor's family, and that it would have changed drastically.

Jiang, who had just welcomed them into the courtyard, was a former servant of the Fan family.

Well, she has to take care of herself today.

Li Changle was stunned for a moment, but he felt a little favorable towards this man covered in gold and jade.

It is easy to deal with straightforward people.

She smiled and nodded at the other party, then followed Fang Ruyu to continue recognizing them one by one.

They are all well-known families in the east of the city or the neighboring counties.

Those who brought them here were husbands or sons from each family.

At this time, everyone was in the living room in the front yard, being entertained by the old man. Li Shixi was afraid that the old man could not handle it alone, so he went over to help. Yu'er was also there.

The old man would send someone to question the little girl if he didn't see her for a while, so Li Changle simply left the girl to him to take care of.

She's busy anyway.

The Wang family members who arrived first felt uncomfortable staying in the house and had already gone to find work to do. Haopo and Shitou were taken home by Jiang and sat in the yard with Taipo to enjoy the cool air and talk.

Li Changle recognized the last one and looked at the old woman in front of him with some surprise.

"This is the old lady of the Gu family, and the one next to her is her eldest daughter-in-law."

"The old lady is the sister-in-law of the Grand Counselor." This sentence was uttered by Fang Ruyu behind Li Changle in a whisper.

This lady is an elder. Among all the ladies present here, she is probably the oldest.

Li Changle took a step back and bowed to the old man.

She is a good girl who respects the elderly and loves the young.

The old woman's eyes were a little cloudy, and her face showed her old age, but her expression was natural. When Li Changle bowed to her, she held her daughter-in-law's hand and stood up, as if she didn't dare to accept the greeting.

He was neither humble nor arrogant, but modest and polite.

As expected of a family that has produced high-ranking officials in Kyoto, this family tradition is very stable.

……

When the time was almost up, Ma came in from outside and said that the old man in the front yard had reminded her not to miss the auspicious time.

Li Changle followed her words and left the inner courtyard. The ladies asked Jiang and Ma to serve them.

As soon as she stepped out of the house, she honestly felt that dealing with this kind of tea party was not her strong point.

Let's get to the point quickly. When the time comes, lead these ladies to the farm and have them walk around, then there will naturally be topics to talk about.

Gu Chongguang held his little granddaughter in one hand, with Li Shixi beside him, and surrounded by a group of people, they were already walking towards the gate of the manor.

When Li Changle arrived at the gate of the manor, in addition to the group of visitors who followed Gu Chongguang from the front yard, there was another group of people crowded together at the gate of the manor.

The opening date of Zhuangzi has been widely publicized by people in Li County. Moreover, it is located not far from the county, so people come and go, and those who pass by will turn their heads to take a look and discuss the matter.

Most of the connections between Zhuangzi and other people in the county have been figured out by those who are interested.

There are many people outside the village watching the fun today.

The Chinese people have a long-standing "tradition" of gathering together to gossip and watch the fun.

"After months of hard work, we are finally opening..."

"That's right. My niece from my mother's side works in the processing workshop of Wanjia Restaurant. She said that there is a lot of potential in this village..."

"What do you have?"

"...food, drinks, and entertainment. I heard there's an inn on the hill inside!"

"…There aren't enough inns in the city. Who would bother to climb up the mountain to stay in an inn? Want to pick stars at night?"

"...Oh, you are such a person, I can't explain it to you clearly."

"Eh? Look at the one in front holding a baby girl. He looks like an old immortal. Is he the Buddhist monk they are talking about? Oh, don't push me. You're stepping on my feet..."

"Can we all go in and see what's new?"

Li Changle: "..."

What a friendly picture.

But when they find out that the threshold to enter and play is 500 coins per person, will they still want to go in and take a look?

Li Changle's head was buzzing due to the noise at the door.

Gu Zhongguang raised his wide sleeves, pressed his palms down, and gently stopped the conversation at the door. He thanked everyone for their enthusiastic inquiry, and then...

Then let Li Changle preside over the next ceremony himself.

Today's protagonist is the daughter-in-law.

Li Changle did not refuse. This was her career, so naturally she should take the lead.

After giving a speech of mutual encouragement and joyful play, Li Changle announced that Zhuangzi was officially opened today!

The red cloth covering the plaque on the gate of the farm was torn off, revealing six words in smooth, majestic and steady handwriting - Leshan Ecological Farm.

Then, in the open space outside the crowd, the prepared firecrackers began to pop.

It lasted for quite a while before the lively sound of firecrackers stopped.

The guests congratulated the old man and Li Changle again and again, and the crowd outside the door became excited again.