talk about wine

They have already sold the land in Zhoujia Village this year, but Zhou Qingwu didn't plan to let them sit idle next to the mulberry garden. One acre was reserved for growing vegetables, and the other acre was directly leased to Luo Wu. Just pay some tenant money after harvesting the grain.And this so-called tenant fee is [-] to [-]% lower than normal, so Luo Wu is naturally grateful.

Although more than an acre of land cannot support their family, it is a big subsidy. The mulberry garden is seasonal on weekdays, and it would be better to plant some more fields.

But now rice has been planted in the fields, and Zhou Qingwu, like last year, planted loofah, bitter gourd, eggplant and beans, and more than half an acre of peppers.

Luo Wu and his wife were very surprised, they had never seen this kind of dish.

Meng Chuxi thought about giving them a taste when they were ripe, and that peppers could be sold as goods in the future.

At this time, giving the field to Luo Wu and the others will enjoy a lot of happiness. Luo Wu will take care of the work for them by the way, and even pay more attention to it. The pepper seedlings grow very well.

As the days passed, the cluster of honeysuckle in the yard bloomed particularly well, with a tangy but not strong aroma. The white and golden yellow flowers were small and concise, very ornamental.

The best thing is the rose planted by Zhou Qingwu. It is worthy of her meticulous care and composting. This year, it has covered the courtyard wall, with pink flowers and lush green leaves. Passers-by who pass by their courtyard can't help but stop and watch.

In addition to being busy with mulberry fields and silkworm raising this spring, the two went to the mountains to find some delicacies as usual, and stocked up a lot of good things at home.

There is only one urn of dried bamboo shoots and dried bracken, and the recent surprise was brought to them by Wuwu.When I went to visit Aunt Liu's family in the village that day, they brought Wuwu with them, but when they sat for a long time and were about to go home, they didn't see Wuwu.

Meng Chuxi took Zhou Qingwu to whine in the village, only to find that guy came down from the mountain with a gray rabbit in his mouth.The two looked at each other in blank dismay, and in the end they couldn't restrain their surprise.

The rabbit has been bitten to death by Wuwu. Looking at the fat rabbit on the ground, Meng Chuxi rubbed Wuwu's head fiercely: "Wuwu is great, you can actually catch a rabbit! Go back and give you extra meat!"

Meng Chuxi tied up the rabbit with a straw rope and took it home directly. On the way, Meng Chuxi looked at the rabbit and said with a smile: "I didn't sell it for you when I hunted it before, so I will make it for you this time!"

After returning home, Meng Chuxi carefully peeled off the rabbit skin and cleaned it. The fresh and tender rabbit meat is not as bad as other wild animal meat, but the fishy smell must be dealt with properly, and the heat is also very important.Meng Chuxi was going to cook a dish of braised rabbit meat for Zhou Qingwu. There were only a few dried peppers left at home, and there was still a little bit of chopped pepper left in the small jar, which would be even more delicious when put into the rabbit meat.

Rice wine, ginger, garlic, pepper and pepper are all essential condiments.

It is rare to taste other meat, Zhou Qingwu is still quite looking forward to it, watching Meng Chuxi put the rabbit meat into the pot and simmer, the meat aroma and seasoning are fused together, it is very attractive, the sauce red soup is bubbling in the pot, just looking at it Makes your mouth water.Pepper and chili add a spicy and delicious taste, and completely remove the fishy smell of the rabbit meat. The rice wine accounts for a lot of the soup.

Wait until the soup is collected and sprinkled with chopped green onion, it is very beautiful.

The meal was not yet cooked, and when there were only the two of them in the house, Meng Chuxi would not abide by the rules. He just picked up a piece of meat and blew it. If it didn't feel hot, he handed it to Zhou Qingwu: "Ah~"

Zhou Qingwu had long been accustomed to her kind of pampering, so he opened his mouth with a smile on his face.A small piece of rabbit meat gives the taste buds an incomparable enjoyment. The meat is firm and tender, with plenty of juice. The spiciness of pepper and the numbness of peppercorns make the taste richer and make the rabbit meat more delicious. This is the incomparable taste and taste of pork. smell.

Zhou Qingwu compared his thumbs and signaled to Meng Chuxi to eat a piece too: it was very delicious.

Meng Chuxi also took a bite when he heard the words, his eyes lit up, and he nodded again and again, it was really great, and he could have an extra bowl of rice at noon.

Seeing Wuwu who was attracted by the scent, Meng Chuxi threw a few pieces of the blanched rabbit meat to him, and she put the boiled rabbit meat in water to taste and threw it to the hero.Obviously Wuwu prefers what Meng Chuxi has done, the tail wagging like a fan.

Meng Chuxi pointed at Zhou Qingwu, and then continued to stir-fry vegetables. Zhou Qingwu picked out meat and washed it for Wuwu to eat. This rabbit was caught by him, so he couldn't treat him badly.

Meng Chuxi, who was busy, looked at the squatting man who was feeding her, her eyes were full of tenderness. On days like this, making delicious food to pamper her sweetheart, and then feeding her own pet, does not require anyone to intervene , Just like that is enough to make her feel so happy that she wants to cry.

Zhou Qingwu turned his head to look at Meng Chuxi as if he had sensed it, he could see the tenderness in her eyes clearly, and at the same time grasped the worry that made her a little uneasy, stopped the teasing movements in his hands, Zhou Qingwu looked at her, if there was any Thoughts.

The second batch of silk has been spun as scheduled, and the income generated by the two batches of spring silkworms and mulberry leaves this spring has increased by six or seven times compared to last autumn.

Today's Meng Chuxi's reputation in Qingyang Town has surpassed the original Qiu Yuanzhen's. Almost half of Qingyang Town knows that Boss Meng of Sangyuan brought silkworm farmers to raise silkworms and supported many families.It also attracts more and more people to try.

After the yarn was woven, Meng Chuxi did not delay much, and transported it to Suzhou Mansion according to the agreement.It's just that this time she didn't go in person, but asked Song Yao, her chief manager, to deliver the goods for her.The money was paid there very happily, and Meng Chuxi also sent the money for silk collection to the silkworm households without stopping.

The joy of a good harvest is very attractive. Qingyang Town almost set off an upsurge in raising silkworms and planting mulberry trees. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Meng Chuxi continued to buy [-] mu of land and prepared to plant new mulberry gardens.

Many people are not optimistic about her, and even Yan Qian advised her to take it easy. Although Qingyang Town has a large population, it is sparsely populated. A [-]-acre mulberry garden is enough to support the current number of silkworm farmers, not to mention that there will definitely be people following suit. , At that time, the mulberry leaves will be stranded, and there will be more competitors for harvesting silk, and the risk of price instability will also be great.

Meng Chuxi just smiled, she didn't grow mulberry just for silkworms.And just after Meng Chuxi bought the land, the imperial court issued a decree to vigorously encourage the people to grow mulberry and sericulture to promote the development of the silk industry. Therefore, all mulberry fields will reduce exorbitant taxes.One of the heaviest burdens on the common people is taxation, and this gift means a lot to them.

With this decree, Yan Jia couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, and sighed that Meng Chuxi was like God's help.Meng Chuxi was not too surprised. She had known that the Dayan Dynasty would have this move, but she didn't expect it to come so soon. She thought that the center of gravity of silk fabrics should gradually shift from the north and Shu to Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Although prosperity must decline, But the prosperity of recent decades has been enough.

And just when Meng Chuxi thought that everything was gradually calming down, what she was worried about inevitably happened.

After getting the exact news, the Qian family sent people to Qingzhou again, under the guise of learning how to grow mulberry and silkworms.

The Qian family is also well-known in Suzhou, and they spend a lot of money. The Meng family also dealt with them before, so it was only a matter of time before they met Meng Chuxuan.

This day Meng Chuxuan came out of Meng Xian's courtyard with a particularly ugly expression on her face. She knew that her grandfather was partial to Meng Chuxi, but she didn't know that it had reached this point.

Just now Meng Xianting asked her about Meng Chuxi's whereabouts. She did not find Meng Chuxi's whereabouts, so she could only shake her head.

Meng Xianting's face was pale, coughing and hissing at the moment: "The Tangtang Meng family can't even find out whether a person is dead or alive? Is it really impossible to find or you don't want to look for it at all. Without your sister, You think you can get the Meng family? I'm not dead yet!"

Those hysterical words scratched Meng Chuxuan's heart like a sharp blade. The three of them grew up together. With grandpa, taught and raised by him.

Meng Chuxuan respected him and loved him, but was also afraid that he would blame him. When his parents were around, he preferred his uncle, even if his uncle didn't want it at all. It was very ironic. One desperately wanted it and the other didn't want it. In the end, both sides suffered.

That kind of tragedy didn't wake him up. It's not enough to be partial to his son, and even his granddaughter is also partial to the extreme.No matter how well she did since childhood, Meng Xianting could only see Meng Chuxi and wholeheartedly raised her as his heir, even though she looked so much like her uncle that she was unwilling to take over.

The memory of the past was too uncomfortable, Meng Chuxuan stopped his thoughts, looked up at the sky for a long time, and then planned to go back to the study, but met the subordinate who came to report.

"Miss, outside the door, the housekeeper of the Qian family in Suzhou Mansion is here to see you."

At that time, Meng Chuxuan was in an extremely bad mood and really didn't have the heart to deal with the butler of the Qian family who he remembered came to seek the method of planting mulberry.

"Just say I'm not feeling well, let's talk about it another day."

Let's talk. She was about to leave, but the man hesitated and said, "He said he has something urgent to discuss with you, and he said it has something to do with the second lady." After speaking, he looked at Meng Chuxuan cautiously.

Meng Chuxuan's expression changed immediately when he heard it, and he looked at him in amazement, but quickly calmed down, and said in a deep voice: "Take someone to the front hall, forget it, go straight to the study."

"Yes."

"Call Yi Yun here." After another word of advice, Meng Chuxuan hurried to the study, her heart beating so chaotically that she didn't calm down all the way. How could the Qian family know about Chuxi? Could it be that she was still alive, in the Suzhou Mansion? ?

Meng Chuxuan was in a state of confusion, anticipation and panic at the same time, she hadn't been this confused for a long time.And just after she left, behind the arched door in the backyard, Meng Chuxu was shocked, frowning, followed quietly,

Soon someone led Qian Ren to the study, and Yi Yun also rushed over.

Meng Chuxuan looked at the smiling Qian Ren and motioned him to sit down: "It's a pleasure to meet you, Steward Qian. We meet again. Come and have some tea."

Qian Ren answered with a smile, "Miss Meng, it's a great honor to visit again."

Meng Chuxuan was not in the mood for him to pretend to be false, she raised her lower eyelids, and said bluntly: "I'm sorry, Steward Qian, since you came to Qingzhou from a long distance, I'm afraid your purpose is very clear, so I won't go around in circles, you said you know my sister's The news, is it true or false?"

Qian Ren's face changed slightly. He was indeed a straightforward person. He didn't say much, and said directly: "Yes, but we are all businessmen, so this trip is to discuss business with the eldest lady."

Meng Chuxuan's breathing was a little short, but she suppressed it again, and said in a low voice, "Why are you talking to me?"

Qian Ren smiled meaningfully: "Because right now you are the head of the Meng family."

Meng Chuxuan shook her fingers slightly, and looked at him for a long time: "Steward Qian is indeed a shrewd person, but it's a pity that he is too smart."

Qian Ren suppressed his smile now, looking at this woman in her early twenties, he couldn't see through her thoughts for a moment.

After a long time, Meng Chuxuan seemed to have forgotten what he said before, and continued: "I have been looking for her for a whole year. Now that Steward Qian knows about her, Chuxuan is naturally overjoyed. Please let Steward Qian tell me immediately, and the business will naturally go smoothly." It's done."

Yi Yun stood beside her the whole time. Originally, the person who summoned him spoke vaguely. He didn't know what happened, but now he understood it.At the moment, his eyes were narrowed, and he looked at Meng Chuxuan with a little anxiety, full of worry.The master has always been dissatisfied with the eldest lady. If the second lady comes back, what will the master do?

His mind was heavy, Qian Ren had already told Meng Chuxuan everything he knew, and when he said Meng Chuxi's name, Meng Chuxuan's expression had changed, there was no doubt that it was almost inseparable.

"Second Miss is now in Jiangyin, and she is also growing mulberry and raising silkworms by herself, and she has made some progress. It's just that she doesn't seem to admit her identity."

The pain in Meng Chuxuan's eyes flashed away, unwilling to admit it?Why didn't she want to come back when she was alive, and didn't think about finding... the murderer who killed her.

Yi Yun could see clearly that he was thinking about how to comfort her when he heard a slight movement. Martial arts practitioners are very keen, and he saw a touch of brocade robe outside the gap in the window with one side of his eyes, but he wanted to make a sound at the last moment. Swallowed it back.

Yi Yun glanced at the many thin and weak backs under the gorgeous dress, lowered his head and gritted his teeth, and said nothing, those sins should not be borne by her, as for that person, it was his life.

After the two finished talking, Meng Chuxuan said slowly: "I will fulfill whatever the Qian family wants, but if other people know about this matter, please ask Steward Qian not to blame."

Qian Ren immediately said seriously: "God knows the earth, you two know me, I will never mention a word."

"Yi Yun, the steward who gave the money."

Yi Yun nodded, and stretched out his hand to signal Qian Ren to leave. When he went out, he stopped at the door, turned his head to glance at the wall at the corner, and finally left with big strides.