Farming in another world to make a fortune

The sages have said that the dead are like husbands, and they will not give up day and night.

But in the blink of an eye, a few years passed by, and Xiao Xi'er soon reached the age where she could run all over the mountains and plains with her brother.

It was another early spring, and Yu Zhou, as in previous years, invited He Yunqi and Tao Jiang to work in the Academy in advance, and assigned tasks to his students according to each person's situation.

Now the students who follow him, even if they haven't experienced it, have heard of it. Mr. Yu will ask the academy for half a month's leave every year during the tea-picking season, and go home to do tea-related things.

So after listening to the task assigned by him, everyone said politely: "Sir, don't worry, we will definitely study hard in the past half month, and check your homework when you come back."

"You must check your homework when you come back." The group of students that Yu Zhou is now leading are actually quite self-disciplined. He is also relieved, and he just said, "The other teachers in the academy will take over from me to teach you in the next half a month. Do you have any knowledge?" If you don’t understand, you can ask other gentlemen, or you can come to my house and ask me.”

Anyway, his house is close to the academy, and there is a carriage to pick up Chenchen back and forth in the morning and evening. It is also very convenient for the students to go there together.

The students responded in unison, and Yu Zhou nodded and said, "If you remember everything you learned today, you can go home."

It means that school can be over, but it is completely different from the moment when the academy first opened. Although he said that he can leave, everyone stayed in their seats and read books obediently, and there were a few scattered voices saying: " Sir, let's read for a while before leaving."

"Don't stay too late in the academy, especially if your home is far away." Yu Zhou nodded and warned, and then he took his things and left the classroom first.

As a result, when she went out, she saw Chen Chen and Xiao Xi'er waiting outside.

The two children looked very similar, but their personalities were very different. Seeing him coming out, Chenchen smiled and walked over with her head held high. At such a young age, she was already quite a gentleman, while Xiao Xi'er was On the contrary, he rushed over and hung on Yu Zhou's arm, "Father, why did you come out now? I have been waiting for you for a long time."

"Where's your father?" Yu Zhou patted his head with his free hand, signaling him to walk properly, without saying anything.

Although Xiao Xi'er was spoiled by her father and brother at home, she still understood the rules. Knowing that she was in the academy, she left with one blow and walked beside her father, saying, "Daddy is in the carriage. I can't wait, so I'll go in." coming."

"You didn't disturb your brother in the classroom, did you?" Yu Zhou raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Of course not," Xiao Xi'er stuck out her tongue, "When I came, my brother had already come out, talking to Ling brother outside."

When he said this, Chenchen came closer and heard her father's questioning gaze. Chenchen explained, "Mr. said you can go home. I just came out of the classroom. I happened to see He Ling While waiting for Uncle He, I said a few words to him."

Yu Zhou laughed, "I didn't say that you are not allowed to talk to Xiao Ling'er."

Chenchen could hear the teasing meaning in her father's words, but she still didn't change her face, and said calmly: "Let's go out quickly, don't make daddy wait in a hurry."

Yu Zhou showed a really boring expression, and said to Xiao Xi'er: "I wanted to go and see Xiao Ling'er, but your brother said so, so let's go quickly, after all, we have to go to town later. Let’s pick up your great-great-grandfather and great-grandmother.”

Chenchen opened her mouth, said nothing more, and silently followed behind her father and younger brother.

The family of four met at the gate of the academy, and then took a carriage to the town.

Jin Chuan looked at the youngest son who was chattering non-stop, and the eldest son who came out of the academy and hadn't spoken except for calling "Daddy". After looking at the three of them probingly, he asked Yu Zhou , "Did something happen just now?"

Yu Zhou replied: "Just now he saw Xiao Ling'er in the academy."

Jin Chuan smiled as expected, and then said the same words as Yu Zhou, "Don't tell me that Xiao Ling'er is here, otherwise I can go and talk to him."

Chenchen lowered her eyes, and after a while, she said in a low voice: "Just now he told me that the tea garden will open tomorrow, and you invited him and Uncle Zhou to our house to play."

Jin Chuan let out an 'oh' and said without sincerity, "I just forgot."

This time, Chenchen really didn't speak at all. She didn't call her grandpa and grandma until she met two old people in the town.

Maybe it's because of the comfortable life. The years have not left too many marks on the old people. They are still in good spirits. Come with me in a carriage, and I will test his knowledge."

"On the carriage, you are in a hurry to take the school knowledge test, and you are not afraid that the child will not like you in the future." The old lady gave the old man a disgusted look, pulled Jin Chuan and said to Xiao Xi'er, "I am also impatient to listen to what he said. , I won’t be in a carriage with him, you can chat with me about family affairs.”

"Okay." Jin Chuan nodded, and helped the old lady into the carriage with Xiao Xi'er.

Naturally, Yu Zhou was with the old man and Chenchen.

The old lady sat firmly in the carriage, and her first question was to ask Xiao Xi'er, "Have you been quiet in the past two years?"

Xiao Xi'er's family is not afraid of anyone, but this great-great-grandmother, hearing such a frightening question, looks to her father for help.

Jin Chuan smiled and relieved, "It's much quieter than before, and I even embroidered tweeds with me all afternoon yesterday."

The old lady nodded with satisfaction.

Xiao Xi'er secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and obediently lowered her eyes halfway, not daring to say that her father was embroidering yesterday. He read the story written by his father about four masters and apprentices going to the west to learn Buddhist scriptures.

After the old lady cared about Xiao Xi'er, it was Chenchen's turn, "How is Chenchen getting along with He Ling recently?"

"It's pretty good," Jin Chuan thought of his eldest son who grew up and became less talkative, "I just don't want to express."

Xiao Xi'er whispered: "When I went to the academy to look for my brother, I heard him ask Brother Ling if he would stay at our house tomorrow night, and if he would stay at our house, he would take Brother Ling to sleep when he came back from the academy. ……Kite……"

After he finished speaking, he realized that eavesdropping on his brother's words was definitely not something a well-bred brother should do in the eyes of his great-great-grandmother, so the last two words hardly made any sound.

The old lady didn't know whether she didn't care about it with him for the time being, or if she heard a satisfactory answer, she just said: "Study should be the most important thing."

In fact, based on Jin Chuan and Yu Zhou's thinking, although they sometimes tease Chen Chen in private, they will not interfere in the relationship between the two children.The old lady was different, she inadvertently learned that Chenchen gave away the jade pendant she was wearing next to Xiao Ling'er when Xiao Ling'er was born, and the elders on both sides didn't take this matter very seriously, so she became worried .

Every time whether it is a meeting or a letter exchange, I have to ask a question or two.

After the old lady asked about the two things she was most concerned about, she started to ask some trivial questions. Jin Chuan and Xiao Xi'er both secretly breathed a sigh of relief when they heard it.

Besides, in the other carriage, as soon as the old man got up, he began to ask Chenchen questions related to learning. Compared with his father and younger brother who were also interrogated, he seemed to be much more comfortable. No matter what questions the old man asked, he could not Answer quickly.

After a while, the old man nodded in satisfaction, and started to ask about Yu Zhou Academy.

Yu Zhou also answered one by one.

After business, it's small talk.The old man smiled and said: "In the early winter of last year, your grandmother said she wanted to go to the north to see the snow. It happened that your uncle was at home during that time, so he went with us."

Yu Zhou knew about this from his aunt's letter, so he and Chenchen listened quietly without interjecting or asking questions.

The old man thought of something, smiled, and then continued: "It turned out that I found out after I went there that the Yunquan tea produced here is very famous in the capital."

As he talked, he sorted out his memories, and then said in detail, "One day, your grandmother and I went for a walk in the street. When we were tired, we wanted to find a teahouse to rest. Your family has a tea garden, and your grandmother and I are looking for a teahouse. Of course We had to find a good one. As soon as we asked what kind of good tea was there, the waiter told us that it was Yunquan tea, and that the only tea in the whole capital was Yunquan old tree tea.”

After several years, not only Yu Zhou and his village have planted tea trees, but only his family has the real Yunquan old tree tea, that is, the two wild tea forests of Ghost Cry Cliff and Tongshu Valley.

I don't know if it's because of the light or other reasons. Although the tea made from the newly planted tea trees is also top-grade, there is still a slight gap with the tea from the two tea gardens. It's just that if it wasn't for Yu Zhou and the others who know tea very well People, it's hard to tell the difference.

It's just called Yunquan Old Tree Tea...

He pondered for a while, and asked the old man, "Is the owner of that teahouse surnamed Zhou?"

"Yes, I asked later, the owner's surname is indeed Zhou."

"That's not wrong." Yu Zhou nodded, except for Wu Changlin's tea from the two gardens of his family, only the Zhou family got some.Of course, my mother's family and my aunt's side are not included in this list.

As for the tea leaves that Wu Changlin got from his side, they either went into or were sent to the palace by the gangsters. It was only later that Yu Zhou found out that the other courtyard on the Luofengpo side was built by the young prince of Qin Wang's family, and so was Wu Changlin. □□ people.

So the only one who can get his old tree tea and sell it in the teahouse is the Zhou family who has been cooperating.

"That's right." The old man shook his head, "Your grandmother and I ordered a pot of tea to drink later, and found that it was far worse than what you gave us every year."

"We give you Mingqian single buds every year," Yu Zhou laughed, "Old trees can only produce so much tea every year, and those that can be sold in tea houses are generally only Minghou tea."

"That's why your grandmother and I came here now," the old man said with a smile, "I didn't go up the mountain when I came back. This time I must go to the mountain to see where the old tree tea that everyone misses grows."

"Tomorrow I will take you there personally." Yu Zhou said.

The old man nodded in response, and then said with emotion: "I haven't been here for several years. When I arrived in the town today, I almost thought I went to the wrong place."

"The village and the town have changed a lot in the past few years." Yu Zhou and Chen Chen respectively raised the curtains on both sides of the carriage so that the old man could see the scenery on the roadside clearly.

At this time, they were not far from the village, and the lush trees on the mountain were replaced by continuous tea gardens. Now it is the time for new tea leaves in early spring, and the eyes are full of fresh and green.

Yu Zhou introduced: "Now every household has planted tea trees. After several villages have discussed it, they have decided to choose a day for the opening of the garden every year before they can go to the mountain to pick tea."

Because he led everyone to do everything from planting tea to frying tea, so the time to open the garden every year is also determined by him after observing the growth of tea leaves.

"That's fine." The old man nodded.

While speaking, the carriage approached the academy, and just as Yu Zhou was about to remind him, the curtain of the other carriage was also raised.

The old lady heard the sound and greeted: "You also want to visit the academy?"

Yu Zhou suggested, "Should we stop the carriage and go in for a walk?"

"Don't be in a hurry," the old man waved his hand. "Since we're here, we'll have plenty of time to go in and stroll slowly. It's getting late today, so let's go back early."

"It's because I didn't think carefully." Yu Zhou nodded. The two old people really should go back to rest early after traveling around for so long, and the old man still wants to go to the mountain to see the tea garden tomorrow.

Driving past the academy and approaching the village, the road is getting wider and wider, and you can still see a horse-drawn carriage parked on the side of the road. Yu Zhou continued to introduce: "After the reputation of tea has spread in the past few years, every year when Qingming is approaching, there will be merchants Come here and wait to buy tea."

As he spoke, he pointed to the wharf where many small boats were parked in front, "This river has only been widened in recent years, but big ships still can't get in, so we can only rely on these small boats to transport tea out one by one. "

The old man is very knowledgeable and knowledgeable, so there are naturally many issues he can consider. Hearing this, he nodded, "It is also beneficial to only have small boats in."

The appearance of the village is very different from what the old man and the others saw when they came here a few years ago. Everyone has made some money growing tea. In the past two years, many people in the village have rebuilt new houses. Some of the houses are all white walls and blue tiles, so beautiful.

However, Yu Zhou's house is still the largest and most beautiful in the village. Chen Chen and Xiao Xi'er are getting older and need their own private space. So a few years ago, after discussing with Jin Chuan, Yu Zhou expanded the house a little bit. .

Now apart from Xiao Xi'er who lives in the same courtyard with Yu Zhou and Jin Chuan, Chenchen already lives in the same courtyard by herself.

The old man and the old lady got out of the carriage and looked at the door for a while before entering the house.

Before Jin Chuan went to pick up the two old men, he gave instructions on what to do. Now when the man picked them up, the servants were well-trained to send all the things brought by the old man to the cleaned yard, and someone brought them to him again. Water for washing hands, and people in the kitchen also came to report that the meal was almost ready.

There was only tea, Yu Zhou did not ask his servants to prepare it, but made it for the two old people himself.

Chenchen and Xiao Xi'er obediently waited by the side.

After drinking tea and resting for a while, Jin Chuan ordered the people in the kitchen to serve the food. The food is also the taste that the two old people like. , but today is too late, tomorrow I will cook some delicious food for my grandfather and grandmother.”

"In two days' time," the old lady said, "Didn't Xiao Xi'er say that the He family will come to visit tomorrow? Treat them well."

Chenchen heard the words, and slowly raised her head to look at Xiao Xi'er.

Xiao Xi'er swallowed her saliva and did not dare to speak.