Xue Baochai saw that her mother was in trouble again, and wanted to say something, but finally stopped.
After all, she is not Aunt Xue. Aunt Xue has been married into the Xue family for 20 years, remembering her mother's family for 20 years, and pretending to be the young lady of the Earl's family for 20 years, but she is not.
Xue Baochai knew from childhood that her surname was Xue.To her, the count's grandfather can only be used to boast but not to rely on.Because this world looks at the father, and few people look at the mother.
What Xue Baochai thought in his heart was how to return the gift.
Human relationship, naturally there is back and forth, and if there is a lot of communication, a little face will naturally be born, and then the kiss will slowly become fragrant.
Xue Baochai saw that he had given away a few palace flowers that were not worth two cents, but after accepting such an exquisite pendant, he planned to give something in return. Of course, if he could get closer to Yingchun, it would be even more important. good.It's just that she has never had a chance.
It's not that Yingchun ignored her, but that Yingchun never came to Jia Zheng's side.
Not only Yingchun, but also Mrs. Xing Wang Xifeng.They went back to Jia Mu and went to Wang Xifeng's dowry Zhuangzi.Wang Xifeng also invited Jia Min and her sons and daughters Lin Daiyu and Lin Shaoxuan.
Jia Min has been curious about Wang Xifeng's Zhuangzi for a long time, and now that Wang Xifeng invited her, she immediately took her children's burden and went there.
Different from the Zhuangzi of other people's family, the Zhuangzi of other people's family is full of crops as far as the eye can see, while Wang Xifeng's Zhuangzi is full of houses as far as the eye can see!
That's right, it's the kind of tall greenhouses that are covered with grass thatch, erected with specially bent bamboo poles, greenhouses for growing crops, greenhouses for raising poultry and livestock, and greenhouses for fermenting fertilizers... Looking around, they are all like this. Greenhouses are planted, and even people live in them.
Those sheds are very big, with fire walls, not to mention the height of the beams, they are all very wide and long. Jia Min reckons that they are at least three feet wide. As for the length, only one is 150 steps, which is what is often said. Most of the places where arrows are shot are up and down a mile!
Jia Min couldn't even imagine how many people could live in such a shed!
Sitting in the car, walking along the repaired road, Jia Min suddenly smelled a very attractive smell of food, and saw an old man, supporting a special flatbed cart, the car was not big, and there were two briquette stoves , There is an iron plate on the stove.On the right side of the stove is a wooden barrel, inside which is mixed mung bean noodles, and next to it is a small basket, which is half full of fried eggs. There is also a basket hanging beside the stove. Inside the basket are three earthen jars, each containing Chopped green onions, sweet bean sauce and chili.
Why do you say that, because Jia Min watched the old man scoop out noodle sauce, chili peppers, and chopped green onions from the three jars.
The old man is spreading pancakes and fruits, which are very fragrant.Even Lin Shaoxuan couldn't help covering his stomach when he smelled it and whispered:
"Ma'am, I'm hungry."
Jia Min had no choice but to say: "My dear Xuan'er, we will be there soon. When we get to the place, mother will send someone out to buy it, okay? Your aunt, cousin and cousin are already waiting."
Lin Shaoxuan nodded obediently.
As for Lin Daiyu, she has long been attracted by the children passing by.Some of those children looked a little older than her, and some were even younger than her, but they carried baskets on their backs, or carried a basket on their shoulders, and even led a younger child in their hands.By the looks of it, they all seemed to have jobs.
Lin Daiyu quickly reminded her mother.
Jia Min said: "The children of your Lian's second sister-in-law, Zhuangzi, have to go to school for half a day every day, three hundred thousand, elementary school, etc., they all have to learn, and they are also taught arithmetic and accounting. Now that time is short, I still can't see it. You will know in the future. The children who come out of this school can recognize a few thousand characters at least, make an account book, or read the notice in its entirety, it’s all right.”
Jia Min had a look of emotion.
The style of writing in the south of the Yangtze River is heavy, and it is not surprising that almost any decent family will establish an ethnology.The Lin family also has a sacrifice to Tian and ethnology in Gusu, and they still invite Jinshi with previous records.Jia Min has been the mistress of the Lin family for so many years, sending money every year.
It’s just that these family studies are the same as Jia’s family studies. Most of them are only willing to let their own children go to the attached school. Like Wang Xifeng, as long as they are from Zhuangzi, they can study. As far as Jia Min knows, it is really the only one in the world. share!
Jia Min has been the mistress of the Lin family for so many years, so she naturally knows what a blessing this is.
Just like the Jia family, it is already a long-term consideration for the family to get a family to hire a gentleman and pay for some pens, ink and snacks.But Wang Xifeng, it doesn't matter what her surname is, even if it's not Jia or Wang, even a slave, a refugee, or even a person without roots, as long as she is an individual, as long as she belongs to her village, she can listen to and learn from her. !
It's not that Jia Min said that she doesn't know others, but she knows herself.Jia Min knew that he couldn't do it.
Therefore, she admired Wang Xifeng.
The wheels rolled over the road, and when they came to the big house, Mrs. Xing, Wang Xifeng and Yingchun were already waiting at the door.After greeting each other, Lin Daiyu said:
"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, there is a school in this village? Do you really let the children below go to school?"
Wang Xifeng said: "It's not just the children, even the adults have to go to school."
Jia Min was dumbfounded at the time: "Adults also go to school?"
Wang Xifeng said: "Yes. The most worrying thing about captive poultry and livestock is plague, so there are many rules. When to go to work, when to sprinkle lime water for disinfection, and when to clean the cages, all these must be recorded one by one. If I am illiterate, how can I be competent? Do I have to hire someone to supervise me? Will it cause other things? Therefore, I would rather set up a school. The school not only teaches literacy and arithmetic, but more importantly, teaches They behave."
To put it more simply, let them keep the word obedience firmly in their hearts.The advantages of obedience, as long as people in the interstellar era are not unaware.
When Jia Min heard about it, she felt a little strange.
I always feel that there is something that doesn't make sense, but she can't say it.
Mrs. Xing didn't think too much about it. Seeing Lin Shaoxuan, who was only five years old, she liked Lin Shaoxuan very much. Seeing this, she hurriedly said: "My sister has worked hard this journey, come in and sit down. Xuan'er is also here."
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to Lin Shaoxuan.
Yingchun next to her immediately invited Lin Daiyu to play in her room, and the two little sisters ran away holding hands.
Jia Min and Wang Xifeng were left smiling at each other.
Since we came to Wang Xifeng's dowry Zhuangzi, it is natural to visit this Zhuangzi.It was this visit that made Jia Min look at Wang Xifeng with admiration.
The Lin family followed Wang Xifeng to produce out-of-season vegetables, and because they produced them early, they earned more money for the winter than others.Therefore, Jia Min knew that Wang Xifeng never kept secrets. If someone came to learn this off-season vegetable technique, she would let her subordinates teach it.Everyone saw that Wang Xifeng didn't hide his secrets, and the briquette was easy to use and the price was fair, so they all bought it from Wang Xifeng.I don't want to, the price of off-season vegetables has not risen this winter, but honeycomb coal is very popular, and Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng have earned a lot of money from it.
Of course, knowing that the prices of out-of-season vegetables would drop, Jia Min thought it was just cleverness to give away recipes for out-of-season vegetables and take the opportunity to sell honeycomb briquettes.
But after watching Wang Xifeng's Zhuangzi, Jia Min didn't think so.
Wang Xifeng's Zhuangzi is quite different from other families.
After two full years, Wang Xifeng's dowry to Zhuangzi has reached a certain scale.Don't say anything else, just look at the chicken coop!It is a full mile long. In this kind of earthen-style shed, there are two rows on the left and right, and three rows on the top and bottom of each row. Special bamboo chicken coops are stacked on the ground.Split bamboo poles are placed on both sides of the chicken coop, one side is running water, and the other side is feed, which includes feed made of rice bran, grass seeds, alfalfa, green vegetables, etc., and live food such as earthworms.
There are also square wooden boards that are easy to disassemble under the chicken cages on each floor. These wooden boards are used to collect chicken manure.The collected manure is sent to a special greenhouse for fermentation, and after being made into fertilizer, it can be sold even if it cannot be used by oneself, which is another income.
There are six or seven chickens in each cage, and there is only one rooster.Roughly counting, this chicken house has raised [-] chickens!
This is one of three chicken coops!
Not to mention those duck houses, rabbit houses, and pig pens.
Standing at the door of the shed, Yingchun Lin Daiyu's face turned blue, she covered her mouth and said nothing, while Mrs. Xing's eyes were shining. As for Jia Min, she stepped on clogs, supported the girl's hand, and said through the handkerchief: "Feng girl, with this method, aren't you afraid of the plague?"
Wang Xifeng said: "Why are you not afraid? These chicken coops are cleaned regularly every day, and lime water needs to be sprinkled every other day. What I'm afraid of is plague. Fortunately, there have been no accidents in the past two years, which shows that this method is still effective."
All chicken cages are cleaned in rotation every ten days, and they are also soaked in salt water and lime water for disinfection.People who work in these places have to take a bath every day. The work clothes, bath water and bath beans are all provided by Zhuangzi, and there are special supervision.
This is also the reason why Wang Xifeng insisted on opening the Meng School in Zhuangzi, because without the opening of the Meng School and without the handover of documents, the breeding greenhouse would not be able to operate at all!
Because Wang Xifeng was willing to spend money and was well behaved, no accidents occurred in the past two years.Otherwise, there are many things to do.
Mrs. Xing said, "It's your fault too. Who is willing to pay such a big capital?"
Didn't Mrs. Xing say that if the chickens are raised outside, who doesn't just let them go outside?Anyway, chickens have the habit of returning to their cages, even if they lay eggs, they are laid in the chicken coop, which is easier than ducks.Which family like Wang Xifeng specially built such a big house, made so many cages, and hired people to clean it regularly. This is not serving poultry and livestock, it is clearly serving the master!
There are also those hired workers, not to mention [-] yuan a month for an adult, and subsidies such as clothes, and one meal a day, including chicken, duck, meat, or white rice.Wang Xifeng also invited her husband to open a school to teach them how to read and count!
If this was Mrs. Xing's Zhuangzi, Mrs. Xing would never do this.If this Zhuangzi came into her hands, she would be the first to drive out the redundant people below, and then release all the poultry and livestock.
One less person, less chewing for a year!
Lin Daiyu finally couldn't bear it any longer. She took her mother's hand and said, "Mom~! It stinks!"
She can't take it anymore.
Mrs. Jia Minxing and Wang Xifeng all laughed.
Wang Xifeng said: "Sister Lin, most of these greenhouses have this smell!"
Even though he said so, considering that Lin Daiyu and Yingchun were spoiled and spoiled, Wang Xifeng also followed suit and did not enter.But Jia Min still took a pair of children and visited all the planting greenhouses, breeding greenhouses and fertilizer fermentation preparation greenhouses in the form of standing at the door.
Her children can be squeamish, but they must not know nothing about farming.
When she returned to the house after visiting that day, Lin Daiyu's whole face was blue, she hadn't eaten a few mouthfuls of dinner, and Yingchun was similar, so Wang Xifeng could only ask the kitchen to prepare snacks and porridge.
After visiting the planting greenhouses and breeding greenhouses, Wang Xifeng also took them to visit the textile workshop.The large water spinning wheel that was once popular in the Song Dynasty could not be used on cotton, but after debugging, it worked well on rabbit fur.
The two female relatives lived in Zhuangzi for more than half a month, and they returned to Beijing because the Jia family wanted to open a new lotus pond because of the coming rainy season.It's fine for others, but Jia Lian can't do without a woman. When Wang Xifeng came home, a strange girl named Qiu Feng came up to kowtow to her. Looking at her dress and behavior, it was really different from that in this room.
Wang Xifeng was secretly angry in his heart, but his face remained calm.
At night, when Jia Lian came back, Wang Xifeng said, "Congratulations, Second Master."
Jia Lian was taken aback for a moment, then blushed, and said, "That girl was sent from outside. I couldn't refuse, so I accepted it. Feng'er, don't be angry."
He knew that Wang Xifeng was jealous.
"So it was sent from outside? No wonder, I said, why is she so unfamiliar. What is her background? Is it a concubine, or was she originally a girl, or something else."
"This……"
Jia Lian really couldn't answer.
He was always like this, and to him, as long as it was a woman, or if this woman followed him and her heart turned to him, he didn't care.Therefore, he never cared about what this girl did before.
He said: "Feng'er, this is just a girl..."
Wang Xifeng said: "What's the difference? If someone gives you a decent concubine daughter, then she is a decent second-bedroom grandma, only one level lower than me. If you give you a girl or a singer and dancer, you should sell yourself I will give you the deed together with the deed. Otherwise, it will be harmful to your future. Even if I am jealous, I have to think about you."
It made Jia Lian feel guilty.
He said: "This, this is really not there."
He just relied on being happy, and didn't think of it at all.
"No? There are rules for taking concubines. A serious concubine should ask the official media to go to the yamen to open a concubine document. If you send a girl, you have to send the deed of sale and the deed of citizenship. Whose family will do it Ah? Nothing? Then tell me, this person came to our house, but the deed is in someone else's hands. Does she listen to us or someone else? "
Only then did Jia Lian know it was not good.
He said: "In that case, then, match this girl with a kid?"
Wang Xifeng gave him a blank look, but said nothing.
This idea is unreliable at first glance.What kind of guy is Jia Lian, would she not know?If he hadn't been pressed by serious errands in the past two years, if he hadn't been going to the household office every day in the past two years, God knows how many of these pretty little daughter-in-laws and widows he has gotten acquainted with in the past two years!So what if it's with a kid?She is disgusting, but Jia Lian himself does not shy away from it.
Jia Lian said, "Then, Feng'er, what do you think we should do?"
"Tell me first, have you hired her?"
Jia Lian nodded.
Wang Xifeng said: "Since that's the case, I'll feed her the medicine first, and then send her to the sewing room for the first half of the year's sewing. After the gust of wind passes, let her go out."
Jia Lian was a little reluctant.
After all, that girl is a good color.
He glanced at Wang Xifeng's face, his heart skipped a beat, and he quickly said, "Okay, that's it."
Jia Lian immediately ordered people to do so.
At night, when Jia Lian came up to pester him, Wang Xifeng directly said that he was tired and asked Cuiqiao to wait on him.
Don't mention these troublesome things, let's talk about the outside world.
This trip to Zhuangzi made Wang Xifeng clearly realize once again that the situation outside is very bad.
She collected the mansion newspapers of the past 20 years, conducted a comprehensive analysis, and was surprised to find that during the reign of the Supreme Emperor, Nongsang and the cultivation of good fields were encouraged, which directly caused officials to blindly pursue the amount of cultivated land for the sake of political achievements, encircling lakes to reclaim fields and fill lakes This kind of action that seriously damages the hydrological environment is widely and frequently carried out across the country, causing many places with good weather conditions to become afraid of drought and waterlogging, and such places are often severely affected by locust plagues.
In other words, Lijia Village is not an isolated phenomenon, but a common phenomenon across the country.
After sorting out the report, Wang Xifeng wrote a letter to Lin Ruhai.
That's right, this kind of thing should have been written by Jia Lian to Lin Ruhai, but what happened to Qiu Feng this time made Wang Xifeng very unhappy.She wrote directly to Lin Ruhai herself. In addition to sending the report she compiled for Lin Ruhai to have a look at, Wang Xifeng also wanted to ask Lin Ruhai to find out if there were any sweet potatoes in the south that had passed the adaptation period.
Of course, she will also seize the time to find sweet potato seeds here.
If the next dungeon will be the same as the last dungeon, if the country suffers from drought and locust plagues for several years in a row, she is a little late to prepare now, and she doesn't know if she can catch up.
It doesn't mention how confused Lin Ruhai was after receiving Wang Xifeng's letter, nor how Lin Ruhai jumped up after reading Wang Xifeng's report, let alone how Lin Ruhai contacted the imperial court and how he searched for sweet potato seeds in the south of the Yangtze River.
Wang Xifeng quickly found the sweet potato seeds.It's just that the sweet potato seeds obtained are not what Wang Xifeng imagined!
It has to be said that without the welfare golden finger of birthplace, the sweet potato seeds that Wang Xifeng could find were really poor.In Wang Xifeng's mind, normal sweet potatoes that can be used as rations should weigh more than half a catty per serving, but where did she find them?But the size of a palm, thin and small, as if sick and not growing up!And it looks like there is no more than two or two!
Can this sweet potato really be seeded?
Wang Xifeng was seriously suspicious.
But there was no way, she could only hope that these sweet potatoes were harvested early or the fertilizers did not keep up, which made them so thin and small, as if they were broken.
She can only gamble.
Wang Xifeng opened a three-acre sweet potato field in the humble garden, and planned it into a three-point plot, and then planted all the sweet potatoes she collected.I just hope that God will see that these sweet potatoes can restore their production in Gu|Aizhou after meticulous care.Otherwise, the next few years will be difficult, and it is hard to say whether the emperor, who is short of money and food to the extreme, will directly treat the Jia family as fat pigs because of his jealousy of her property.
The allusion between Cao Cao and the grain official is very clear!
Wang Xifeng's busyness directly left Jia Lian behind.
Jia Lian immediately became nervous.
——Here, Feng'er won't be angry, will he?
Jia Lian didn't think there was anything wrong with accepting a girl from someone else, but Wang Xifeng was his wife after all, and in his heart, Wang Xifeng was also different.If Wang Xifeng had quarreled with him, he might have been furious at the time, but he would be secretly happy in his heart.Because that is Wang Xifeng caring about his performance.But Wang Xifeng didn't make trouble with him, so he panicked.
——Why isn't Feng'er angry?
The more Wang Xifeng thought about the coming famine, the less she cared about Jia Lian, and the more panicked Jia Lian became.Even though there were Cuiqiao and others serving him, he still panicked.
Naturally, Jia Lian's anomaly was discovered by Jia She.
After Jia She interrogated his son, he scolded him a lot, regardless of whether it had been half a year or not, he dismissed Qiu Feng directly, and then let Mrs. Xing be a lobbyist.
Madam Xing didn't dare to reprimand Wang Xifeng, she could only find an opportunity, and whispered to her: "Feng girl, Lian'er knows that she is wrong, look, that girl has already been sent out."
Wang Xifeng was stunned for a long time before trying to understand what Mrs. Xing was talking about.
She said: "Old lady, I don't know what kind of temperament our master is? I'm not angry because of this matter. I was distracted by other things. "
Mrs. Xing said: "Is there anything more important than your man?"
Wang Xifeng had no choice but to back away from the left and right, and then whispered next to Mrs. Xing: "Mother, look, why did the Supreme Emperor abdicate? Throughout the ages, there have been fewer kings who caused disasters when they were in power? So the daughter-in-law guessed, not only It is only because of the disaster outside, I am afraid that the deficit is so severe that the imperial court can no longer provide money and food, and that person who does not want to bear the title of king of subjugation, has just retired."
Mrs. Xing was dumbfounded.
She almost thought there was something wrong with her ears.
——What did Feng girl say? !
But after listening to it, Mrs. Xing also realized the possibility of this.
——Then Song Huizong abdicated for the same reason?
Wang Xifeng said: "Our family is rich, especially I can make money. Although this matter is not known to the whole world, it is almost known to everyone in Beijing. You said, the treasury is so empty Running horses, the court has no money, Wansui urges to pay the shortfall every day, making the capital go up and down, and our family, not to mention paying off the shortfall, still moves a lot of money to the house every year, don’t you want to pay attention?”
I'm worried that the royal family will team up with those who owe money and destroy us!
Although Wang Xifeng didn't say that, Mrs. Xing could hear the subtext.
She covered her mouth, looking horrified.
Of course she knew how likely it was.
The most reasonable thing in the world is the royal family, and the most unreasonable thing in the world is also the royal family.Although their family did not make mistakes, but sometimes, for the stability of the court, what about sacrificing their Jia family?
Mrs. Xing even dared to say that the Jia family was ransacked and questioned. With Wang Xifeng's ability, she was confiscated into the palace and continued to manage the property for the royal family. She might even be favored by the emperor and become the emperor's concubine. Just like Empress Xiaomu in the previous dynasty.
But what about her?
Mrs. Xing quickly grabbed Wang Xifeng's hand, and said, "Good boy, thanks to your long-term thinking. Don't worry, there are Grandpa and I."
Mrs. Xing went back and reported to Jia She, and then Jia She called Jia Lian over.
I don't know what the father and son said, anyway, Jia Lian looked at Wang Xifeng with guilt in his eyes.
Wang Xifeng doesn't care about Jia Lian.
Anyway, this year, she followed up the whole process of planting sweet potatoes in the back garden.After the Qingshui lotus root was planted, sweet potatoes were planted. Wang Xifeng went to see the fertilization and watering every day, carefully checked the soil conditions every day, and made records.
Perhaps the ancestors of this batch of sweet potato species entered the middle soil hundreds of years ago, and the adaptation period has passed by now. Perhaps Wang Xifeng has enough fertilizers, peat and manure, and they are added when they are needed. Therefore, After the Mid-Autumn Festival of the year, Wang Xifeng personally watched the rough envoy below harvest sweet potatoes. The yield per mu exceeded 530 catties, and one of them even reached [-] catties per mu!
Wang Xifeng brought all the materials from this field, locked herself in the study for five days, sorted out a report, copied a copy and sent someone to send it to Lin Ruhai.
It wasn't until she left the study that Jia Lian came up to Ai Ai and whispered, "Feng'er."
He is very wronged.
Although the daughter-in-law is also for the family, she can't keep him cold for more than half a year, right?To make matters worse, both the biological father and the stepmother were on the side of the daughter-in-law, making him look like he was picked up.
Wang Xifeng threw a stack of documents to him: "Master, you can read this when you have free time. I also want to watch people move these sweet potatoes to Zhuangzi."
Also dry sweet potatoes to make sweet potato flour.
The greenhouse on the Zhuangzi has been prepared. With the greenhouse, there will be warmth. This winter should allow more vines to grow from the sweet potatoes, so that the planting can be expanded next year.
There are also a lot of things at home.Among other things, the twelfth lunar month is the season for harvesting lotus roots.This kind of lotus root is easy to collect and difficult to collect. Last year, how much was broken because of those women's rough hands and feet?This year she has to keep an eye on it.
Jia Lian was even more wronged.
But he also knew he was wrong.
Although most small households think that a daughter-in-law comes in to serve men, but in a big family like the Jia family, there is a limit on the number of serious concubines, but there is no limit on housewives, and Jia Lian has no shortage of people to serve.Daughters-in-law marry into the family not only to serve men and have children, but more importantly, daughter-in-laws are to run the family and take care of the family business.Now that the Jia family's crisis has not been resolved, can Jia Lian complain that his wife neglected him?Of course not.
More importantly, Jia Lian has a conscience and is considerate, knowing that Wang Xifeng is sad.
Such means are useful to people like Jia Lian, but useless to others.
Wang Xifeng was also sure about this.
This document is also, although it took Wang Xifeng a lot of effort, but it is also a way for Wang Xifeng to express his position to Jia Lian - after all, she cares about him and this family.
That's what Jia Lian does.
Not to mention the bumps and bumps of the young couple, the socializing with outsiders, Jia Shen's side never messed up, not to mention, Jia Jing celebrated his birthday in September this year. Jia Jing was going to celebrate his birthday, of course he was going to celebrate his birthday, even Mrs. Xing Wang Xifeng and Yingchun had to go to the Taoist temple to kowtow to Jia Jing.
Only Jia's mother, because she was a generation older, had a rift with Jia Jingsu, so she didn't go over.
Not only did she not go to celebrate her birthday, but she also brought Jia Jing's daughter Xichun in her arms.
Jia Jing's wife Lao Bang is pregnant with pearls, and it was very difficult when she was pregnant with Xichun, and it was even more difficult when she gave birth to Xichun, which caused Xichun to give birth directly and lose her mother.If it hadn't been for Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng's single-minded repayment of the shortfall, which led to Jia's amnesty and the separation of Jia Zheng's family, he would have been sent to Jia's mother after Xichun had teeth.
Because You's status is not enough to support my sister-in-law.
But after Jia amnesty and Jia Zheng separated, even if You's status was not enough, Xichun couldn't send it, because Jia Zheng's family tradition was problematic.Raising a girl in front of Jia's mother will not only fail to add points, but will also damage the girl's reputation.
This time, Mother Jia was able to bring Xichun over for the simple reason that Jia Zhen made such a fuss that it was too outrageous—to pick up ashes.
And it was known to everyone!
Of course, this kind of thing will not be said on the bright side, but everyone who should know knows it.
This was the first time Wang Xifeng saw this little sister.The little child was held in the arms of the nanny, with black eyes staring, looking around, but not getting close to anyone.
Not to mention not being close to people.The child held on to Yingchun's sleeve, and when Mrs. Xing got up to say goodbye, Xichun seemed to realize that Yingchun was about to leave, so she burst into tears, crying until Mother Jia's head hurt.But after ordering the nanny to carry her down, Xichun cried louder and more sharply.
In the end, Jia's mother had no choice but to agree with Wang Xifeng's opinion, and let them take Xichun to stay for a while.
I don't want to, Xichun came here. Not only is she intimate with Yingchun, but also likes Wang Xifeng's daughter very much. She is only a child, but she looks like a big sister.In addition, Mrs. Xing likes children, so Xichun has been living here since she was a child, and then she has been living with Mrs. Xing for a long time.
Of course, this has nothing to do with Jia Lian, because he was brought to the emperor again.
When the servant from the imperial study came to announce the order, Jia Lian followed behind the servant with a dazed expression, quickly counting what he had done in the past two years and whether he had committed any taboos.
It has only been two years since Jia Lian took office in the Ministry of Household Affairs. He is not an idiot like Jia Zheng. He is already good at dealing with the world, and with money in his hand, he treats guests from time to time, or orders cheap and affordable food and drinks for everyone. .There is a saying that it is because of the lack of manpower to eat the short mouth of others. It is because Jia Lian is stuffed with the emperor's golden words, because he is generous, and because he is not as unbearable as Jia Zheng. Willing to give him some pointers.
Therefore, although Jia Lian did not have any fame, he still gained a firm foothold in the household department by relying on the money offensive and his own efforts.
Jia Lian knew very well that some of the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs had been working for more than ten years without changing their positions.Therefore, when the emperor asked his servants to deliver oral instructions, his heart was empty.
Where did you go wrong?
Jia Lian never thought that it would be because of the sweet potato that when the emperor spoke, he was still a little confused.
When being interrogated carefully by the emperor, Jia Lian was extremely thankful that he had read the documents Wang Xifeng gave him by heart.
Jia Lian didn't react until he left the imperial study with one foot and one foot, and was shocked by the draft wind when he returned to his room in the household department:
Is he promoted?
Prefect of Boling?
The Jia family became a sea of joy again, and Jia Amnesty held a three-day and three-night floating feast for Jia Lian to celebrate, and even the Ningguo Mansion and Jia Zheng also held banquets.
Mrs. Jia Muwang was also very happy.Of course, they were happy for completely different reasons—compared with Jia Amnesty's pride, they hoped that Jia Lian would pull Jia Zheng after he went up, and they never thought about whether Jia Zheng would be able to accept it.
Not only Jia Zheng, but even Jia Zhu was very uncomfortable.
Although Jia Zhu survived, her body was completely destroyed, and now she would cough continuously after sitting for a little longer.Because of this, many people have been released from his room in the past two years, which has highlighted Li Wan.
It was only because of Li Shouzhong that there was a gap between the couple after all, and it lived up to the past.Up to now, Li Wan has put all his heart on his son Jia Lan, while Jia Zhu concentrates on taking care of herself.
They became a typical couple who respect each other as guests.
When the news came that Jia Lian was appointed as the magistrate of Boling, Jia Zhu felt very uncomfortable.Back then, he was so confident, thinking that he would definitely be able to ascend to the court to pay homage to the prime minister in the future, or else, at worst, he would be a feudal official. As a control group, Jia Lian could only rely on Zu Yin to stay at home and do the work of a housekeeper for the rest of his life.But who would have thought that it has only been a few years!Jia Lian has been promoted step by step, and now he has crossed the hurdle from the fourth rank to the fifth rank, and has climbed to a higher position than Jia Zheng.And him?I'm afraid it will be like this for the rest of my life.
No wonder Jia Zhu felt better.
How can Jia Zhu bear this now?Feeling uneasy, she fell ill again, frightened Mrs. Wang out of her wits, scolded Li Wan again, and took care of her son herself until Jia Zhu gradually recovered at the beginning of spring.
Let’s talk about Jia Lian’s side, when he got home, he recalled it—the court was afraid that there was a severe shortage of food, and he heard that the yield of sweet potatoes was high, so he was appointed as the magistrate of Boling.In fact, there are people who do serious things, and he is mainly responsible for the promotion of sweet potatoes.
Therefore, when Jia Amnesty asked him if he wanted to bring someone to take office, Jia Lian directly pushed: "Father, Boling is not far from the capital, and my son will come back on horseback when he is Muxiu. You don't need to bring anyone. It's just that my son has never served Local officials, it is time to ask a few staff members to help with trivial matters and suppress those slaves."
When Jia Amnesty heard it, it made sense.
How many officials who have been released to the outside world have stumbled on this.Fortunately, the sweet potato can be planted after the next year's Grain Rain, so there is still time to rush to hire two staff members.
I don't think so, Jia Amnesty hasn't found any good ones here, so Jia Min brought four people over there, and they were exactly the ten-year-experienced aides that Lin Ruhai specially sought out for Jia Lian.
Jia Amnesty was overjoyed, he thanked his sister several times, bowed to the south, and thanked his brother-in-law, who was here to help with trivial matters, and then sent him off to Boling to take care of his son.
Jia Lian went to Boling to take up his post, but Wang Xifeng is fine here.Everyone on Jia She's side now knows that Jia Lian's political achievements have a lot to do with sweet potatoes, but now, the family's sweet potatoes are only more than 3000 catties, and even adding sweet potato vines is not enough, so Wang Xifeng needs to find a way.
Because this matter related to Jia Lian's future and even the fate of the whole family, Jia Amnesty stopped playing with antiques in the house, and came out to meet this year's entertainment in person, so that Wang Xifeng could wholeheartedly take care of the sweet potato vines for the coming year.
The author has something to say: Wang Xifeng’s chicken raising scale can be found in "Xijing Miscellany". Already amazing.
The "Yue Jue Shu", written in the Eastern Han Dynasty, once recorded that the place where King Goujian of Yue raised chickens was "Chicken Mountain", and King Wu also set up a place for raising chickens outside Loumen of Gusu, called "Jipi Market". It is impossible to raise only three or five chickens, and the scale will not be small.Even if this is not a historical fact in the late Spring and Autumn Period, it at least shows that the authors of the Eastern Han Dynasty had the concept of "large-scale chicken farms". "Shi Yi Ji" also said that Emperor Ling of the Eastern Han Dynasty once built a "Chicken Hall" and kept a lot of chickens.
Special Note.
The scale of Wang Xifeng's farm is based on this.
Thanks to the little angels who voted for me or irrigated the nutrient solution~
Thanks to the little angel who cast [mine]: bottle er1;
Thanks to the little angel who irrigated [nutrient solution]:
20 bottles of Croissant; 1 bottle of dates with walnuts;
Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!
After all, she is not Aunt Xue. Aunt Xue has been married into the Xue family for 20 years, remembering her mother's family for 20 years, and pretending to be the young lady of the Earl's family for 20 years, but she is not.
Xue Baochai knew from childhood that her surname was Xue.To her, the count's grandfather can only be used to boast but not to rely on.Because this world looks at the father, and few people look at the mother.
What Xue Baochai thought in his heart was how to return the gift.
Human relationship, naturally there is back and forth, and if there is a lot of communication, a little face will naturally be born, and then the kiss will slowly become fragrant.
Xue Baochai saw that he had given away a few palace flowers that were not worth two cents, but after accepting such an exquisite pendant, he planned to give something in return. Of course, if he could get closer to Yingchun, it would be even more important. good.It's just that she has never had a chance.
It's not that Yingchun ignored her, but that Yingchun never came to Jia Zheng's side.
Not only Yingchun, but also Mrs. Xing Wang Xifeng.They went back to Jia Mu and went to Wang Xifeng's dowry Zhuangzi.Wang Xifeng also invited Jia Min and her sons and daughters Lin Daiyu and Lin Shaoxuan.
Jia Min has been curious about Wang Xifeng's Zhuangzi for a long time, and now that Wang Xifeng invited her, she immediately took her children's burden and went there.
Different from the Zhuangzi of other people's family, the Zhuangzi of other people's family is full of crops as far as the eye can see, while Wang Xifeng's Zhuangzi is full of houses as far as the eye can see!
That's right, it's the kind of tall greenhouses that are covered with grass thatch, erected with specially bent bamboo poles, greenhouses for growing crops, greenhouses for raising poultry and livestock, and greenhouses for fermenting fertilizers... Looking around, they are all like this. Greenhouses are planted, and even people live in them.
Those sheds are very big, with fire walls, not to mention the height of the beams, they are all very wide and long. Jia Min reckons that they are at least three feet wide. As for the length, only one is 150 steps, which is what is often said. Most of the places where arrows are shot are up and down a mile!
Jia Min couldn't even imagine how many people could live in such a shed!
Sitting in the car, walking along the repaired road, Jia Min suddenly smelled a very attractive smell of food, and saw an old man, supporting a special flatbed cart, the car was not big, and there were two briquette stoves , There is an iron plate on the stove.On the right side of the stove is a wooden barrel, inside which is mixed mung bean noodles, and next to it is a small basket, which is half full of fried eggs. There is also a basket hanging beside the stove. Inside the basket are three earthen jars, each containing Chopped green onions, sweet bean sauce and chili.
Why do you say that, because Jia Min watched the old man scoop out noodle sauce, chili peppers, and chopped green onions from the three jars.
The old man is spreading pancakes and fruits, which are very fragrant.Even Lin Shaoxuan couldn't help covering his stomach when he smelled it and whispered:
"Ma'am, I'm hungry."
Jia Min had no choice but to say: "My dear Xuan'er, we will be there soon. When we get to the place, mother will send someone out to buy it, okay? Your aunt, cousin and cousin are already waiting."
Lin Shaoxuan nodded obediently.
As for Lin Daiyu, she has long been attracted by the children passing by.Some of those children looked a little older than her, and some were even younger than her, but they carried baskets on their backs, or carried a basket on their shoulders, and even led a younger child in their hands.By the looks of it, they all seemed to have jobs.
Lin Daiyu quickly reminded her mother.
Jia Min said: "The children of your Lian's second sister-in-law, Zhuangzi, have to go to school for half a day every day, three hundred thousand, elementary school, etc., they all have to learn, and they are also taught arithmetic and accounting. Now that time is short, I still can't see it. You will know in the future. The children who come out of this school can recognize a few thousand characters at least, make an account book, or read the notice in its entirety, it’s all right.”
Jia Min had a look of emotion.
The style of writing in the south of the Yangtze River is heavy, and it is not surprising that almost any decent family will establish an ethnology.The Lin family also has a sacrifice to Tian and ethnology in Gusu, and they still invite Jinshi with previous records.Jia Min has been the mistress of the Lin family for so many years, sending money every year.
It’s just that these family studies are the same as Jia’s family studies. Most of them are only willing to let their own children go to the attached school. Like Wang Xifeng, as long as they are from Zhuangzi, they can study. As far as Jia Min knows, it is really the only one in the world. share!
Jia Min has been the mistress of the Lin family for so many years, so she naturally knows what a blessing this is.
Just like the Jia family, it is already a long-term consideration for the family to get a family to hire a gentleman and pay for some pens, ink and snacks.But Wang Xifeng, it doesn't matter what her surname is, even if it's not Jia or Wang, even a slave, a refugee, or even a person without roots, as long as she is an individual, as long as she belongs to her village, she can listen to and learn from her. !
It's not that Jia Min said that she doesn't know others, but she knows herself.Jia Min knew that he couldn't do it.
Therefore, she admired Wang Xifeng.
The wheels rolled over the road, and when they came to the big house, Mrs. Xing, Wang Xifeng and Yingchun were already waiting at the door.After greeting each other, Lin Daiyu said:
"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, there is a school in this village? Do you really let the children below go to school?"
Wang Xifeng said: "It's not just the children, even the adults have to go to school."
Jia Min was dumbfounded at the time: "Adults also go to school?"
Wang Xifeng said: "Yes. The most worrying thing about captive poultry and livestock is plague, so there are many rules. When to go to work, when to sprinkle lime water for disinfection, and when to clean the cages, all these must be recorded one by one. If I am illiterate, how can I be competent? Do I have to hire someone to supervise me? Will it cause other things? Therefore, I would rather set up a school. The school not only teaches literacy and arithmetic, but more importantly, teaches They behave."
To put it more simply, let them keep the word obedience firmly in their hearts.The advantages of obedience, as long as people in the interstellar era are not unaware.
When Jia Min heard about it, she felt a little strange.
I always feel that there is something that doesn't make sense, but she can't say it.
Mrs. Xing didn't think too much about it. Seeing Lin Shaoxuan, who was only five years old, she liked Lin Shaoxuan very much. Seeing this, she hurriedly said: "My sister has worked hard this journey, come in and sit down. Xuan'er is also here."
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to Lin Shaoxuan.
Yingchun next to her immediately invited Lin Daiyu to play in her room, and the two little sisters ran away holding hands.
Jia Min and Wang Xifeng were left smiling at each other.
Since we came to Wang Xifeng's dowry Zhuangzi, it is natural to visit this Zhuangzi.It was this visit that made Jia Min look at Wang Xifeng with admiration.
The Lin family followed Wang Xifeng to produce out-of-season vegetables, and because they produced them early, they earned more money for the winter than others.Therefore, Jia Min knew that Wang Xifeng never kept secrets. If someone came to learn this off-season vegetable technique, she would let her subordinates teach it.Everyone saw that Wang Xifeng didn't hide his secrets, and the briquette was easy to use and the price was fair, so they all bought it from Wang Xifeng.I don't want to, the price of off-season vegetables has not risen this winter, but honeycomb coal is very popular, and Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng have earned a lot of money from it.
Of course, knowing that the prices of out-of-season vegetables would drop, Jia Min thought it was just cleverness to give away recipes for out-of-season vegetables and take the opportunity to sell honeycomb briquettes.
But after watching Wang Xifeng's Zhuangzi, Jia Min didn't think so.
Wang Xifeng's Zhuangzi is quite different from other families.
After two full years, Wang Xifeng's dowry to Zhuangzi has reached a certain scale.Don't say anything else, just look at the chicken coop!It is a full mile long. In this kind of earthen-style shed, there are two rows on the left and right, and three rows on the top and bottom of each row. Special bamboo chicken coops are stacked on the ground.Split bamboo poles are placed on both sides of the chicken coop, one side is running water, and the other side is feed, which includes feed made of rice bran, grass seeds, alfalfa, green vegetables, etc., and live food such as earthworms.
There are also square wooden boards that are easy to disassemble under the chicken cages on each floor. These wooden boards are used to collect chicken manure.The collected manure is sent to a special greenhouse for fermentation, and after being made into fertilizer, it can be sold even if it cannot be used by oneself, which is another income.
There are six or seven chickens in each cage, and there is only one rooster.Roughly counting, this chicken house has raised [-] chickens!
This is one of three chicken coops!
Not to mention those duck houses, rabbit houses, and pig pens.
Standing at the door of the shed, Yingchun Lin Daiyu's face turned blue, she covered her mouth and said nothing, while Mrs. Xing's eyes were shining. As for Jia Min, she stepped on clogs, supported the girl's hand, and said through the handkerchief: "Feng girl, with this method, aren't you afraid of the plague?"
Wang Xifeng said: "Why are you not afraid? These chicken coops are cleaned regularly every day, and lime water needs to be sprinkled every other day. What I'm afraid of is plague. Fortunately, there have been no accidents in the past two years, which shows that this method is still effective."
All chicken cages are cleaned in rotation every ten days, and they are also soaked in salt water and lime water for disinfection.People who work in these places have to take a bath every day. The work clothes, bath water and bath beans are all provided by Zhuangzi, and there are special supervision.
This is also the reason why Wang Xifeng insisted on opening the Meng School in Zhuangzi, because without the opening of the Meng School and without the handover of documents, the breeding greenhouse would not be able to operate at all!
Because Wang Xifeng was willing to spend money and was well behaved, no accidents occurred in the past two years.Otherwise, there are many things to do.
Mrs. Xing said, "It's your fault too. Who is willing to pay such a big capital?"
Didn't Mrs. Xing say that if the chickens are raised outside, who doesn't just let them go outside?Anyway, chickens have the habit of returning to their cages, even if they lay eggs, they are laid in the chicken coop, which is easier than ducks.Which family like Wang Xifeng specially built such a big house, made so many cages, and hired people to clean it regularly. This is not serving poultry and livestock, it is clearly serving the master!
There are also those hired workers, not to mention [-] yuan a month for an adult, and subsidies such as clothes, and one meal a day, including chicken, duck, meat, or white rice.Wang Xifeng also invited her husband to open a school to teach them how to read and count!
If this was Mrs. Xing's Zhuangzi, Mrs. Xing would never do this.If this Zhuangzi came into her hands, she would be the first to drive out the redundant people below, and then release all the poultry and livestock.
One less person, less chewing for a year!
Lin Daiyu finally couldn't bear it any longer. She took her mother's hand and said, "Mom~! It stinks!"
She can't take it anymore.
Mrs. Jia Minxing and Wang Xifeng all laughed.
Wang Xifeng said: "Sister Lin, most of these greenhouses have this smell!"
Even though he said so, considering that Lin Daiyu and Yingchun were spoiled and spoiled, Wang Xifeng also followed suit and did not enter.But Jia Min still took a pair of children and visited all the planting greenhouses, breeding greenhouses and fertilizer fermentation preparation greenhouses in the form of standing at the door.
Her children can be squeamish, but they must not know nothing about farming.
When she returned to the house after visiting that day, Lin Daiyu's whole face was blue, she hadn't eaten a few mouthfuls of dinner, and Yingchun was similar, so Wang Xifeng could only ask the kitchen to prepare snacks and porridge.
After visiting the planting greenhouses and breeding greenhouses, Wang Xifeng also took them to visit the textile workshop.The large water spinning wheel that was once popular in the Song Dynasty could not be used on cotton, but after debugging, it worked well on rabbit fur.
The two female relatives lived in Zhuangzi for more than half a month, and they returned to Beijing because the Jia family wanted to open a new lotus pond because of the coming rainy season.It's fine for others, but Jia Lian can't do without a woman. When Wang Xifeng came home, a strange girl named Qiu Feng came up to kowtow to her. Looking at her dress and behavior, it was really different from that in this room.
Wang Xifeng was secretly angry in his heart, but his face remained calm.
At night, when Jia Lian came back, Wang Xifeng said, "Congratulations, Second Master."
Jia Lian was taken aback for a moment, then blushed, and said, "That girl was sent from outside. I couldn't refuse, so I accepted it. Feng'er, don't be angry."
He knew that Wang Xifeng was jealous.
"So it was sent from outside? No wonder, I said, why is she so unfamiliar. What is her background? Is it a concubine, or was she originally a girl, or something else."
"This……"
Jia Lian really couldn't answer.
He was always like this, and to him, as long as it was a woman, or if this woman followed him and her heart turned to him, he didn't care.Therefore, he never cared about what this girl did before.
He said: "Feng'er, this is just a girl..."
Wang Xifeng said: "What's the difference? If someone gives you a decent concubine daughter, then she is a decent second-bedroom grandma, only one level lower than me. If you give you a girl or a singer and dancer, you should sell yourself I will give you the deed together with the deed. Otherwise, it will be harmful to your future. Even if I am jealous, I have to think about you."
It made Jia Lian feel guilty.
He said: "This, this is really not there."
He just relied on being happy, and didn't think of it at all.
"No? There are rules for taking concubines. A serious concubine should ask the official media to go to the yamen to open a concubine document. If you send a girl, you have to send the deed of sale and the deed of citizenship. Whose family will do it Ah? Nothing? Then tell me, this person came to our house, but the deed is in someone else's hands. Does she listen to us or someone else? "
Only then did Jia Lian know it was not good.
He said: "In that case, then, match this girl with a kid?"
Wang Xifeng gave him a blank look, but said nothing.
This idea is unreliable at first glance.What kind of guy is Jia Lian, would she not know?If he hadn't been pressed by serious errands in the past two years, if he hadn't been going to the household office every day in the past two years, God knows how many of these pretty little daughter-in-laws and widows he has gotten acquainted with in the past two years!So what if it's with a kid?She is disgusting, but Jia Lian himself does not shy away from it.
Jia Lian said, "Then, Feng'er, what do you think we should do?"
"Tell me first, have you hired her?"
Jia Lian nodded.
Wang Xifeng said: "Since that's the case, I'll feed her the medicine first, and then send her to the sewing room for the first half of the year's sewing. After the gust of wind passes, let her go out."
Jia Lian was a little reluctant.
After all, that girl is a good color.
He glanced at Wang Xifeng's face, his heart skipped a beat, and he quickly said, "Okay, that's it."
Jia Lian immediately ordered people to do so.
At night, when Jia Lian came up to pester him, Wang Xifeng directly said that he was tired and asked Cuiqiao to wait on him.
Don't mention these troublesome things, let's talk about the outside world.
This trip to Zhuangzi made Wang Xifeng clearly realize once again that the situation outside is very bad.
She collected the mansion newspapers of the past 20 years, conducted a comprehensive analysis, and was surprised to find that during the reign of the Supreme Emperor, Nongsang and the cultivation of good fields were encouraged, which directly caused officials to blindly pursue the amount of cultivated land for the sake of political achievements, encircling lakes to reclaim fields and fill lakes This kind of action that seriously damages the hydrological environment is widely and frequently carried out across the country, causing many places with good weather conditions to become afraid of drought and waterlogging, and such places are often severely affected by locust plagues.
In other words, Lijia Village is not an isolated phenomenon, but a common phenomenon across the country.
After sorting out the report, Wang Xifeng wrote a letter to Lin Ruhai.
That's right, this kind of thing should have been written by Jia Lian to Lin Ruhai, but what happened to Qiu Feng this time made Wang Xifeng very unhappy.She wrote directly to Lin Ruhai herself. In addition to sending the report she compiled for Lin Ruhai to have a look at, Wang Xifeng also wanted to ask Lin Ruhai to find out if there were any sweet potatoes in the south that had passed the adaptation period.
Of course, she will also seize the time to find sweet potato seeds here.
If the next dungeon will be the same as the last dungeon, if the country suffers from drought and locust plagues for several years in a row, she is a little late to prepare now, and she doesn't know if she can catch up.
It doesn't mention how confused Lin Ruhai was after receiving Wang Xifeng's letter, nor how Lin Ruhai jumped up after reading Wang Xifeng's report, let alone how Lin Ruhai contacted the imperial court and how he searched for sweet potato seeds in the south of the Yangtze River.
Wang Xifeng quickly found the sweet potato seeds.It's just that the sweet potato seeds obtained are not what Wang Xifeng imagined!
It has to be said that without the welfare golden finger of birthplace, the sweet potato seeds that Wang Xifeng could find were really poor.In Wang Xifeng's mind, normal sweet potatoes that can be used as rations should weigh more than half a catty per serving, but where did she find them?But the size of a palm, thin and small, as if sick and not growing up!And it looks like there is no more than two or two!
Can this sweet potato really be seeded?
Wang Xifeng was seriously suspicious.
But there was no way, she could only hope that these sweet potatoes were harvested early or the fertilizers did not keep up, which made them so thin and small, as if they were broken.
She can only gamble.
Wang Xifeng opened a three-acre sweet potato field in the humble garden, and planned it into a three-point plot, and then planted all the sweet potatoes she collected.I just hope that God will see that these sweet potatoes can restore their production in Gu|Aizhou after meticulous care.Otherwise, the next few years will be difficult, and it is hard to say whether the emperor, who is short of money and food to the extreme, will directly treat the Jia family as fat pigs because of his jealousy of her property.
The allusion between Cao Cao and the grain official is very clear!
Wang Xifeng's busyness directly left Jia Lian behind.
Jia Lian immediately became nervous.
——Here, Feng'er won't be angry, will he?
Jia Lian didn't think there was anything wrong with accepting a girl from someone else, but Wang Xifeng was his wife after all, and in his heart, Wang Xifeng was also different.If Wang Xifeng had quarreled with him, he might have been furious at the time, but he would be secretly happy in his heart.Because that is Wang Xifeng caring about his performance.But Wang Xifeng didn't make trouble with him, so he panicked.
——Why isn't Feng'er angry?
The more Wang Xifeng thought about the coming famine, the less she cared about Jia Lian, and the more panicked Jia Lian became.Even though there were Cuiqiao and others serving him, he still panicked.
Naturally, Jia Lian's anomaly was discovered by Jia She.
After Jia She interrogated his son, he scolded him a lot, regardless of whether it had been half a year or not, he dismissed Qiu Feng directly, and then let Mrs. Xing be a lobbyist.
Madam Xing didn't dare to reprimand Wang Xifeng, she could only find an opportunity, and whispered to her: "Feng girl, Lian'er knows that she is wrong, look, that girl has already been sent out."
Wang Xifeng was stunned for a long time before trying to understand what Mrs. Xing was talking about.
She said: "Old lady, I don't know what kind of temperament our master is? I'm not angry because of this matter. I was distracted by other things. "
Mrs. Xing said: "Is there anything more important than your man?"
Wang Xifeng had no choice but to back away from the left and right, and then whispered next to Mrs. Xing: "Mother, look, why did the Supreme Emperor abdicate? Throughout the ages, there have been fewer kings who caused disasters when they were in power? So the daughter-in-law guessed, not only It is only because of the disaster outside, I am afraid that the deficit is so severe that the imperial court can no longer provide money and food, and that person who does not want to bear the title of king of subjugation, has just retired."
Mrs. Xing was dumbfounded.
She almost thought there was something wrong with her ears.
——What did Feng girl say? !
But after listening to it, Mrs. Xing also realized the possibility of this.
——Then Song Huizong abdicated for the same reason?
Wang Xifeng said: "Our family is rich, especially I can make money. Although this matter is not known to the whole world, it is almost known to everyone in Beijing. You said, the treasury is so empty Running horses, the court has no money, Wansui urges to pay the shortfall every day, making the capital go up and down, and our family, not to mention paying off the shortfall, still moves a lot of money to the house every year, don’t you want to pay attention?”
I'm worried that the royal family will team up with those who owe money and destroy us!
Although Wang Xifeng didn't say that, Mrs. Xing could hear the subtext.
She covered her mouth, looking horrified.
Of course she knew how likely it was.
The most reasonable thing in the world is the royal family, and the most unreasonable thing in the world is also the royal family.Although their family did not make mistakes, but sometimes, for the stability of the court, what about sacrificing their Jia family?
Mrs. Xing even dared to say that the Jia family was ransacked and questioned. With Wang Xifeng's ability, she was confiscated into the palace and continued to manage the property for the royal family. She might even be favored by the emperor and become the emperor's concubine. Just like Empress Xiaomu in the previous dynasty.
But what about her?
Mrs. Xing quickly grabbed Wang Xifeng's hand, and said, "Good boy, thanks to your long-term thinking. Don't worry, there are Grandpa and I."
Mrs. Xing went back and reported to Jia She, and then Jia She called Jia Lian over.
I don't know what the father and son said, anyway, Jia Lian looked at Wang Xifeng with guilt in his eyes.
Wang Xifeng doesn't care about Jia Lian.
Anyway, this year, she followed up the whole process of planting sweet potatoes in the back garden.After the Qingshui lotus root was planted, sweet potatoes were planted. Wang Xifeng went to see the fertilization and watering every day, carefully checked the soil conditions every day, and made records.
Perhaps the ancestors of this batch of sweet potato species entered the middle soil hundreds of years ago, and the adaptation period has passed by now. Perhaps Wang Xifeng has enough fertilizers, peat and manure, and they are added when they are needed. Therefore, After the Mid-Autumn Festival of the year, Wang Xifeng personally watched the rough envoy below harvest sweet potatoes. The yield per mu exceeded 530 catties, and one of them even reached [-] catties per mu!
Wang Xifeng brought all the materials from this field, locked herself in the study for five days, sorted out a report, copied a copy and sent someone to send it to Lin Ruhai.
It wasn't until she left the study that Jia Lian came up to Ai Ai and whispered, "Feng'er."
He is very wronged.
Although the daughter-in-law is also for the family, she can't keep him cold for more than half a year, right?To make matters worse, both the biological father and the stepmother were on the side of the daughter-in-law, making him look like he was picked up.
Wang Xifeng threw a stack of documents to him: "Master, you can read this when you have free time. I also want to watch people move these sweet potatoes to Zhuangzi."
Also dry sweet potatoes to make sweet potato flour.
The greenhouse on the Zhuangzi has been prepared. With the greenhouse, there will be warmth. This winter should allow more vines to grow from the sweet potatoes, so that the planting can be expanded next year.
There are also a lot of things at home.Among other things, the twelfth lunar month is the season for harvesting lotus roots.This kind of lotus root is easy to collect and difficult to collect. Last year, how much was broken because of those women's rough hands and feet?This year she has to keep an eye on it.
Jia Lian was even more wronged.
But he also knew he was wrong.
Although most small households think that a daughter-in-law comes in to serve men, but in a big family like the Jia family, there is a limit on the number of serious concubines, but there is no limit on housewives, and Jia Lian has no shortage of people to serve.Daughters-in-law marry into the family not only to serve men and have children, but more importantly, daughter-in-laws are to run the family and take care of the family business.Now that the Jia family's crisis has not been resolved, can Jia Lian complain that his wife neglected him?Of course not.
More importantly, Jia Lian has a conscience and is considerate, knowing that Wang Xifeng is sad.
Such means are useful to people like Jia Lian, but useless to others.
Wang Xifeng was also sure about this.
This document is also, although it took Wang Xifeng a lot of effort, but it is also a way for Wang Xifeng to express his position to Jia Lian - after all, she cares about him and this family.
That's what Jia Lian does.
Not to mention the bumps and bumps of the young couple, the socializing with outsiders, Jia Shen's side never messed up, not to mention, Jia Jing celebrated his birthday in September this year. Jia Jing was going to celebrate his birthday, of course he was going to celebrate his birthday, even Mrs. Xing Wang Xifeng and Yingchun had to go to the Taoist temple to kowtow to Jia Jing.
Only Jia's mother, because she was a generation older, had a rift with Jia Jingsu, so she didn't go over.
Not only did she not go to celebrate her birthday, but she also brought Jia Jing's daughter Xichun in her arms.
Jia Jing's wife Lao Bang is pregnant with pearls, and it was very difficult when she was pregnant with Xichun, and it was even more difficult when she gave birth to Xichun, which caused Xichun to give birth directly and lose her mother.If it hadn't been for Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng's single-minded repayment of the shortfall, which led to Jia's amnesty and the separation of Jia Zheng's family, he would have been sent to Jia's mother after Xichun had teeth.
Because You's status is not enough to support my sister-in-law.
But after Jia amnesty and Jia Zheng separated, even if You's status was not enough, Xichun couldn't send it, because Jia Zheng's family tradition was problematic.Raising a girl in front of Jia's mother will not only fail to add points, but will also damage the girl's reputation.
This time, Mother Jia was able to bring Xichun over for the simple reason that Jia Zhen made such a fuss that it was too outrageous—to pick up ashes.
And it was known to everyone!
Of course, this kind of thing will not be said on the bright side, but everyone who should know knows it.
This was the first time Wang Xifeng saw this little sister.The little child was held in the arms of the nanny, with black eyes staring, looking around, but not getting close to anyone.
Not to mention not being close to people.The child held on to Yingchun's sleeve, and when Mrs. Xing got up to say goodbye, Xichun seemed to realize that Yingchun was about to leave, so she burst into tears, crying until Mother Jia's head hurt.But after ordering the nanny to carry her down, Xichun cried louder and more sharply.
In the end, Jia's mother had no choice but to agree with Wang Xifeng's opinion, and let them take Xichun to stay for a while.
I don't want to, Xichun came here. Not only is she intimate with Yingchun, but also likes Wang Xifeng's daughter very much. She is only a child, but she looks like a big sister.In addition, Mrs. Xing likes children, so Xichun has been living here since she was a child, and then she has been living with Mrs. Xing for a long time.
Of course, this has nothing to do with Jia Lian, because he was brought to the emperor again.
When the servant from the imperial study came to announce the order, Jia Lian followed behind the servant with a dazed expression, quickly counting what he had done in the past two years and whether he had committed any taboos.
It has only been two years since Jia Lian took office in the Ministry of Household Affairs. He is not an idiot like Jia Zheng. He is already good at dealing with the world, and with money in his hand, he treats guests from time to time, or orders cheap and affordable food and drinks for everyone. .There is a saying that it is because of the lack of manpower to eat the short mouth of others. It is because Jia Lian is stuffed with the emperor's golden words, because he is generous, and because he is not as unbearable as Jia Zheng. Willing to give him some pointers.
Therefore, although Jia Lian did not have any fame, he still gained a firm foothold in the household department by relying on the money offensive and his own efforts.
Jia Lian knew very well that some of the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs had been working for more than ten years without changing their positions.Therefore, when the emperor asked his servants to deliver oral instructions, his heart was empty.
Where did you go wrong?
Jia Lian never thought that it would be because of the sweet potato that when the emperor spoke, he was still a little confused.
When being interrogated carefully by the emperor, Jia Lian was extremely thankful that he had read the documents Wang Xifeng gave him by heart.
Jia Lian didn't react until he left the imperial study with one foot and one foot, and was shocked by the draft wind when he returned to his room in the household department:
Is he promoted?
Prefect of Boling?
The Jia family became a sea of joy again, and Jia Amnesty held a three-day and three-night floating feast for Jia Lian to celebrate, and even the Ningguo Mansion and Jia Zheng also held banquets.
Mrs. Jia Muwang was also very happy.Of course, they were happy for completely different reasons—compared with Jia Amnesty's pride, they hoped that Jia Lian would pull Jia Zheng after he went up, and they never thought about whether Jia Zheng would be able to accept it.
Not only Jia Zheng, but even Jia Zhu was very uncomfortable.
Although Jia Zhu survived, her body was completely destroyed, and now she would cough continuously after sitting for a little longer.Because of this, many people have been released from his room in the past two years, which has highlighted Li Wan.
It was only because of Li Shouzhong that there was a gap between the couple after all, and it lived up to the past.Up to now, Li Wan has put all his heart on his son Jia Lan, while Jia Zhu concentrates on taking care of herself.
They became a typical couple who respect each other as guests.
When the news came that Jia Lian was appointed as the magistrate of Boling, Jia Zhu felt very uncomfortable.Back then, he was so confident, thinking that he would definitely be able to ascend to the court to pay homage to the prime minister in the future, or else, at worst, he would be a feudal official. As a control group, Jia Lian could only rely on Zu Yin to stay at home and do the work of a housekeeper for the rest of his life.But who would have thought that it has only been a few years!Jia Lian has been promoted step by step, and now he has crossed the hurdle from the fourth rank to the fifth rank, and has climbed to a higher position than Jia Zheng.And him?I'm afraid it will be like this for the rest of my life.
No wonder Jia Zhu felt better.
How can Jia Zhu bear this now?Feeling uneasy, she fell ill again, frightened Mrs. Wang out of her wits, scolded Li Wan again, and took care of her son herself until Jia Zhu gradually recovered at the beginning of spring.
Let’s talk about Jia Lian’s side, when he got home, he recalled it—the court was afraid that there was a severe shortage of food, and he heard that the yield of sweet potatoes was high, so he was appointed as the magistrate of Boling.In fact, there are people who do serious things, and he is mainly responsible for the promotion of sweet potatoes.
Therefore, when Jia Amnesty asked him if he wanted to bring someone to take office, Jia Lian directly pushed: "Father, Boling is not far from the capital, and my son will come back on horseback when he is Muxiu. You don't need to bring anyone. It's just that my son has never served Local officials, it is time to ask a few staff members to help with trivial matters and suppress those slaves."
When Jia Amnesty heard it, it made sense.
How many officials who have been released to the outside world have stumbled on this.Fortunately, the sweet potato can be planted after the next year's Grain Rain, so there is still time to rush to hire two staff members.
I don't think so, Jia Amnesty hasn't found any good ones here, so Jia Min brought four people over there, and they were exactly the ten-year-experienced aides that Lin Ruhai specially sought out for Jia Lian.
Jia Amnesty was overjoyed, he thanked his sister several times, bowed to the south, and thanked his brother-in-law, who was here to help with trivial matters, and then sent him off to Boling to take care of his son.
Jia Lian went to Boling to take up his post, but Wang Xifeng is fine here.Everyone on Jia She's side now knows that Jia Lian's political achievements have a lot to do with sweet potatoes, but now, the family's sweet potatoes are only more than 3000 catties, and even adding sweet potato vines is not enough, so Wang Xifeng needs to find a way.
Because this matter related to Jia Lian's future and even the fate of the whole family, Jia Amnesty stopped playing with antiques in the house, and came out to meet this year's entertainment in person, so that Wang Xifeng could wholeheartedly take care of the sweet potato vines for the coming year.
The author has something to say: Wang Xifeng’s chicken raising scale can be found in "Xijing Miscellany". Already amazing.
The "Yue Jue Shu", written in the Eastern Han Dynasty, once recorded that the place where King Goujian of Yue raised chickens was "Chicken Mountain", and King Wu also set up a place for raising chickens outside Loumen of Gusu, called "Jipi Market". It is impossible to raise only three or five chickens, and the scale will not be small.Even if this is not a historical fact in the late Spring and Autumn Period, it at least shows that the authors of the Eastern Han Dynasty had the concept of "large-scale chicken farms". "Shi Yi Ji" also said that Emperor Ling of the Eastern Han Dynasty once built a "Chicken Hall" and kept a lot of chickens.
Special Note.
The scale of Wang Xifeng's farm is based on this.
Thanks to the little angels who voted for me or irrigated the nutrient solution~
Thanks to the little angel who cast [mine]: bottle er1;
Thanks to the little angel who irrigated [nutrient solution]:
20 bottles of Croissant; 1 bottle of dates with walnuts;
Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!
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