The Queen Mother of the Red Chamber

"The yield of Angelica dahurica is [-] catties per mu, the yield of Sichuan Achyranthes bidentata is [-] catties per mu, and that of Zhonglou is [-] catties per mu..." Sitting in the study, Daiyu was dressed in plain cotton gauze, watching the production of medicinal materials this year, and the snow geese beside her were quiet. Rubbing the ink, he couldn't help but feel happy when he saw how his young lady was taking care of the housekeeper.

Lin Daiyu finished reading the account book, then looked at the output, put down the account book, stood up and sat on the soft couch in front of the bed, Xueyan poured a cup of eight-treasure tea, Lin Daiyu took a sip, rubbed her brows again, and relieved the day's pain fatigue.I estimated in my heart the income of the Zhuangzi after selling the medicinal materials at the market price every year. Although there were few directors before, I knew that the money was not very large. Here, there is some worry in my heart.

Seeing her girl's tired face, Xueyan said distressedly: "Girl, take your time with the housekeeper, your health is important."

Lin Daiyu shook her head lightly, "Looked at the ledger yesterday, and there is not much money left. If I don't think about it, I'm afraid this winter will be difficult."

Xueyan naturally didn't understand these things, but when she saw Lin Daiyu's worries, she also became worried, and she only sighed that although she had learned a few words from the girl, she couldn't help her own girl. busy.

Lin Daiyu pinched the handkerchief in her hand, thought about it carefully, seemed to think of something, and smiled sweetly, "Xueyan, go invite Master Lin from the medicine field." This Master Lin is an old man in the village. After Lin Daiyu's observation, she found that this person knew a lot about medicine, so she asked him to manage the medicine field.

"Yes" Xueyan trotted out the door.

After a while, Xueyan led a short, 50-year-old man in coarse clothes, and Uncle Lin saluted Lin Daiyu respectfully.

Lin Daiyu took a step forward and said, "Uncle Lin, you don't need to be polite. I came here today to discuss with you about the medicine field." Lin Daiyu turned around, picked up the medicine field's brochure, and said to Uncle Lin, " Uncle Lin, I read the brochure today, and found that our medicinal materials are only some common varieties, the output is not large, and they can't gain an advantage in market prices. I don't know what Uncle Lin can do?"

Uncle Lin didn't expect that this young lady, who looked young, would know medicinal materials. Although he was a little surprised, he respectfully said, "Although our Zhuangzi is near the foot of Dongshan Mountain, the soil and climate are not as good as those in the mountain. It is not easy to plant, and these lands have been used for several years, and the production is also decreasing every year."

Lin Daiyu naturally considered these problems, and changed her mind, "Uncle Lin, can we grow Ganoderma lucidum in our medicine field?"

Uncle Lin was startled, "Miss, our Ganoderma lucidum has always been a holy product in medicine, and it grows in the wild, and no one grows it in the medicine field.

Hearing Uncle Lin's words, Lin Daiyu was not angry. Thinking of what she had read about the growth environment of Ganoderma lucidum in medical books, she felt that it was feasible. The environment where the Ganoderma lucidum grows is very close, besides, isn’t there a Yaonong nearby who once picked Ganoderma lucidum in the mountains, so we can ask people to go and see it in the mountains.”

After listening to Lin Daiyu's words, Uncle Lin admired, "Young Miss is really knowledgeable. I also thought about the Ganoderma lucidum in the mountains, but I didn't dare to imagine planting Ganoderma lucidum in my own home. Now that I heard what Missy said, I think it's feasible. Work hard."

The master and the servant agreed to find a few capable workers and go up the mountain with Uncle Lin tomorrow to look for Ganoderma lucidum.

Lin Daiyu looked at the account book, and felt that it was not safe to rely on this alone. There were not many medicinal materials grown at home, but she could buy them from nearby medicinal farmers, and then sell them to the pharmacy in the city. It is best to cultivate several long-term cultivation The medicine grower, who specializes in planting the designated medicinal materials in the village, can also seize the opportunity when the time comes, so he asked Uncle Zhang, who is in charge, to come over.

Lin Daiyu didn't really trust this burly man in his fifties who was wearing a dark green satin gown. He hadn't been in Zhuangzi for a long time, and there were too few records about him in the brochure. There is no reason for relatives, but there is only one record of age and ancestral home.When I chose him to be the steward at the beginning, I also observed that this person's behavior style was not bad among the crowd, and there was no one available.

As soon as Uncle Zhang entered the room, he saluted Lin Daiyu respectfully, and saw Lin Daiyu sitting on the upper chair in the study, silently waiting for the master's order.Lin Daiyu observed for a while and then smiled and said, "Uncle Zhang, you are now the manager of Zhuangzi. Although you have not been here for a long time, you are relatively familiar with the things in Zhuangzi. Now I want to ask you something about Zhuangzi. thing"

Uncle Zhang respectfully subdued himself, "Miss, please tell me."

Lin Daiyu nodded, "I want to know how many medicine farmers are in our neighborhood, how they sell their medicines on weekdays, and which ones grow the best medicines."

Uncle Zhang's eyes flickered, and he thought for a moment and replied, "As far as I know, there are 28 ancestral medicine farmers in the vicinity, and [-] of them have only started planting in recent years. Which other plants are better? I haven't inquired about it, because I haven't bought their medicinal materials in the village before, so I didn't pay attention to them. I just heard from the pharmacy in the city that the ones grown by Li's in East Village and Wu and Liu in West Village are quite good. These medicinal farmers They all sell medicinal materials to medical centers like our Zhuangzi, but there are many medicinal farmers, so the price will naturally not be high.

After Lin Daiyu learned the information, she felt that it was in line with her own ideas, and she could follow her own plan, so she told Uncle Zhang about her ideas, and asked him to clarify the news as soon as possible, and contact the sales and purchase of medicinal materials .

Uncle Zhang complied with a calm face, seeing that Lin Daiyu had nothing else to do, he also took his leave.

Lin Daiyu rubbed her forehead tiredly, she was really tired after a whole day, Xueyan brought the bird's nest over and put it in front of Lin Daiyu, "Miss, let's take a rest and use some bird's nest first."

"Well, I'm really tired." While using the bird's nest, Lin Daiyu couldn't let go of her heart when she thought about the flaws in these two lines.

Seeing Lin Daiyu's worried expression, Xueyan couldn't help but feel distressed and said, "Girl, you should pay attention to your body. If the Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager find out, you won't let you not cherish yourself like this."

Lin Daiyu paused holding the spoon, and suddenly felt that the bird's nest in her mouth had no taste. She gave a wry smile, put down the spoon, stood up and walked to the window, "Xueyan, I'm just Lin Daiyu, an orphan now. She is no longer the princess who is favored by the empress and the empress, so don't mention such things in the future, so as not to be criticized by others."

Xueyan also consciously said something wrong, which made her young lady sad, stretched out her hand and slapped herself on the mouth, and said guiltily, "Girl, it's all Xueyan's fault, Xueyan is the stupidest, don't be angry, and I won't mention it again in the future." .”

Lin Daiyu shook her head and forced a smile, "I'm not angry, I'm just a little tired, Xueyan, Zhuangzi has just started to manage, we have to do many things, and the only person I trust is you, you must have a good life Study, take care of the things in the yard, there are more things waiting for you to do in the future, if you have been so careless, you will be bullied in the future without knowing."

Xueyan nodded in response, and respectfully accepted the instruction, "Miss, I will remember this."After a while, seeing Lin Daiyu finished drinking the bird's nest, she went out with a bowl, ready to go to the kitchen to order dinner.

In the Flower Hall of Cheng'anhou Mansion

"What? You said sister Yu moved out of Jia's mansion and lived in the village at the foot of the mountain?!" Chen Moxue asked the guard next to her angrily.

The guard had always known his lady's fiery temper, and was worried that he would hit the muzzle of the gun, so he whispered, "I heard that's what Jia's mansion said, and the servant also asked people to go to the Zhuangzi to inquire, it's true."

With a "bang", he slapped the table, "Damn Jia's house, it's too much to let sister Yu live alone in the mountains, and you, why are you talking about such an important matter now! ?”

The body of the guard trembled, "The Jia Mansion felt that this matter was not decent, so they shut up the servants. The servant also tried to find out from the person who had always been on good terms with Jia Erye."

Chen Moxue thought for a while, and felt that it was indeed the work of that shameless person in Jia's mansion. After calming down, she said in a daze, "Okay, you can go down. Also, don't tell anyone about today's matter. Be careful." Your skin!"

"The villain obeys, but the villain dare not." The guard immediately kowtowed to show his loyalty, for fear of offending the aunt.

"Well, let's go down," Chen Moxue got the information he wanted, and naturally sent someone away. After the guard issued an amnesty order, he retreated as if his butt was on fire. ?!"

A while later, Chen Moxue arrived at the back door of the Chen Mansion, ready to sneak out to find Lin Daiyu, looked around, saw no one, smiled secretly, and conveniently opened the door.Just as he was about to go out, an annoying and familiar voice came from behind him, "The second young miss of the dignified Marquis's Mansion, she has to do this kind of sneaky behavior when she goes out. What a misfortune for the family, misfortune for the family."

Hearing this voice, Chen Moxue acted like a hen whose feathers were fried, "Brother, it's you again!"

With a straw in his mouth that he found somewhere, Chen Moyang was lying on the roof of the backyard, leisurely raising his left foot, with a lazy smile on his face that made Chen Moxue want to tear him apart.

"Where did you die from? We haven't seen each other for so long, you'll tear down my platform as soon as we meet." Chen Moxue's face flushed with anger.Cursed at Chen Moyang who was on the roof.

Chen Moyang on the roof did not have any mood swings, and grinned with a playful smile, "Little sister, you said that you belong to a big girl's family, it's better to be more gentle."

Chen Moxue saw that she was still not as strong as her little brother's concentration, and knew that she couldn't beat this fox, so she stomped her feet, ignored him, and walked straight to the door. Just as she was about to go out, a gust of wind swept across the door, " With a sound of "pat", he closed it in front of himself, almost catching Chen Moxue's cute little face.

"Brother, don't bully me too much, be careful, I will tell mother that you bully me." Chen Moxue was furious, and with her hips on her hips, she pointed at Chen Moyang and yelled loudly.

I saw Chen Moyang turned over leisurely and stood up, and landed on the ground as soon as he flew into the air, and said indifferently, "It's just right, I also want to find my mother and tell her that her precious daughter is going to go out privately, hey, do you want to raise her?" , brother's fault" said while preparing to go inside.

Seeing this, Chen Moxue was in a hurry, and she stepped forward and grabbed Chen Moyang's sleeve, with what she thought was the cutest smile on her face, "Hee hee, little brother, everything is easy to discuss, you see, just after you came back, we had a quarrel. Not very pretty, is it?"

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Chen Moyang looked at his little sister's dog-legged appearance with contempt, and sneered, "It seems reasonable, but can Miss Chen tell me, what are you going to do just now?"

"No```, it's nothing." Chen Moxue pretended to be calm, and smiled embarrassingly.

For Chen Moyang, who thought he knew his little sister quite well, he naturally knew that he had been deceived, so he was not in a hurry, and the corner of his mouth twitched. "It turned out to be the case, then I'd better go see my mother." As he said that, he wanted to continue walking in.

Chen Moxue was not calm anymore, she pulled Chen Moyang and said, "Okay, okay, I said, I want to see Sister Yu, I heard that she came out of Jia's mansion alone, she might be suffering now, I don't worry "

Chen Moyang was slightly surprised, thinking that this little girl was going to mess around again, but unexpectedly, she said leisurely, "Is it Princess Anping?"

Chen Moxue saw that her younger brother still remembered that Sister Yu was the princess of Anping, and said excitedly, "Yes, she is going to be my sister-in-law's Anping```, ouch." Before Chen Moxue could finish speaking, she got hit on the head "Why did you hit me"

Chen Moyang didn't feel guilty at all, and said in a serious voice: "Don't talk nonsense, it will ruin the girl's reputation."

"That's right." Chen Moxue whispered.

Chen Moyang pretended he didn't hear it, his heart moved, and he suddenly thought of the weeping little man in the palace. Unexpectedly, such a soft woman dared to set up a family by herself. It was beyond his expectation, but he was curious Heart.

"Don't talk about it in the future, the princess is still in the filial piety, and people will lose her reputation if they hear it." He paused again, "It's okay to go to see the princess, don't go out alone, bring the guards with you. " Then he turned and left.

Chen Moxue was still rubbing the forehead that was beaten by her brother, but suddenly heard her brother say this, before she could react, she saw the background of her brother leaving leisurely, couldn't help complaining, and smiled out the door.

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