Red House Farm Stay

After warming up the house, I don't know if he was inspired. In the next few days, many people from Liujia Village volunteered to come to Wang's house to help open up wasteland.

It's not enough to politely give way, the wasteland must be dug over and over again before he is willing to leave.Wang Gou'er and Liu Shi were amazed, they politely packed everyone's meals, but they still couldn't figure out why these people suddenly changed their temper.

"Sister, they don't really believe it, do they?" Qing'er heard Jia Zhuo's lie to other children at that time, and didn't take it seriously at all.It never occurred to me that someone would really be fooled.

"Believe it, why don't you believe it? People who like to get something for nothing, like to believe in this kind of pie in the sky. If you tell them no, they won't believe it." Jia Zhuo shrugged. Anyway, it is now slack, rather than staying at home and getting moldy , There is always no harm in going out for activities.Besides, the Wang family also provided meals, so they didn't lose money.

Wang Gou'er sent New Year's gifts to the county magistrate's family and the ninth son's house, both sides had gifts in return, and it was delivered by one person, an acquaintance of the Wang family, Miss Xiaocai.

Seeing Xiao Cai, Jia Zhuo hurriedly welcomed her in. Xiao Cai congratulated Grandma Liu and everyone in the room on the New Year and housewarming. Jia Zhuo and Qing'er took her to their room to entertain her. .

Qing'er came in with a fruit bowl, and the food in it was even richer, "Eat it quickly, there are sesame crisp fruits, which were fried in the morning."

"This is really delicious, the sesame seeds are so fragrant when fried." Xiao Cai was not polite, talking to them while eating.

Jiu Gongzi set off to return to his hometown years ago, they all knew this, but they didn't know that Wan Qing also went with him.

"She followed the ninth son back to Cha's house?" Jia Zhuo felt unreal no matter what he heard, Wan Qing was not a slave, and she was taken in by the county magistrate's wife, so what's the matter with going back with the ninth son?

"It's unbelievable. It was the ninth son who said it himself. When he asked her if she would like to go back to Cha's house, Wan Qing was so excited that she kowtowed and said yes. The ninth son said that if she was his maid, she would have to sign for sale." Qi, she also complied."

I would rather sign the deed of sale and go with the ninth son. I think I am sure that I will have a future. Is Zhuangzi in charge of the steward, or is he going to be managed by someone else?"

When the ninth son left, the Wang family was busy building a house, so they didn't know about it at all. If they knew it earlier, they should at least find out whether corn can cooperate in the future, Jia Zhuo thought with some regret.

"Young Master said that he would come back after the beginning of spring. The management of the Zhuangzi was handed over to the steward. The young master was away, and the sisters who were serving were called back by Madam. I was left here to clean the house every day." Xiaocai looked at them. , "Come and play with me when you have time, anyway, those who are in charge don't care about me."

She is a maid in the county magistrate's wife's house, and she only guards the empty house to clean, so naturally the steward doesn't care about her, so she can't help but feel flustered.

"Okay, I'll go play with you when I'm free." Jia Zhuo rolled his eyes, thinking of something, and Qing'er said yes immediately when he heard it.

The next day, Jia Zhuo took Qing'er to play. It was the first time he stepped in, Qing'er couldn't help but look around, it was very fresh.I thought my house had already been roofed, but when I got here, I realized that the tiles were all carved with flowers.

Casually planted three or five bamboos outside, surrounded by a clump of orchids, and the artistic conception was immediately different.Everywhere is simple but everything is fine, and there is a sense of elegance.

Qing'er didn't know how to describe it, so she could only keep amazed, but she amused Xiaocai, "This is only a temporary residence for the young master. Madam came here once, so I don't know how disgusting it is. If you want to live for a long time, why not?" You have to tidy it up, but you were stopped by the young master."

"Is this your son's study?" Jia Zhuo looked through the window and saw a pile of books on a desk inside.

Xiao Cai lives in a room by herself now, and she took them to sit in her own room, passing by the room of the Ninth Young Master, anyway, Xiao Cai took them along this road openly when they were not there.

"Yes, Mr. Jiu bought them all on the road, and passed the time to read them while driving by boat. It's nothing. I heard that the Cha family's old house built a building to store books."

"Then, is it possible for me to copy the book?" Jia Zhuo actually had this idea. The longer she stayed, the more she wanted to see what else was left in this world.This is probably a common problem of people living in the era of advanced information. They always want to know more about where people live and what they are doing.

Wang Gou'er bought books for Ban'er twice, but they were all serious articles, not idle books.In fact, she would rather read travel notes and idle books, that is the best way to understand this era.

"Is that so." Xiao Cai stretched her neck to look outside, and whispered: "Which one do you want to copy, I'll take it out for you, and copy it in my room."

"Any one is fine." Jia Zhuo didn't go in, and waited for Xiaocai to help her take it out, then used the pen and paper he brought with him to copy stroke by stroke in Xiaocai's room.

"It turns out that Miss Xiao Zhuo can still read." Xiao Cai asked Qing'er, but she felt incredible in her heart. If the family couldn't afford it, how could the distant relatives sent over be able to read.

"My sister knows everything." Qing'er was very proud.

"By the way, quickly teach me how to tie the net last time." Xiao Cai pressed this part to the bottom of her heart, took out her sewing basket, and asked Qing'er to teach her.

The two little girls were sitting in the yard playing the game, laughing lightly from time to time, while Jia Zhuo became more and more interesting.These travel notes are indeed much more vivid, including customs, prices and special products along the way, local interesting stories, and even local strange cases.I don't know how these people inquired about it, but it was very detailed.

"Should have thought that he, the son, would have these things, but he might not lend it to me, it's better for Xiaocai to talk." Jia Zhuo laughed when he thought of the stinky face of the ninth son.She also thought about Wan Qing, should I remind Young Master Jiu? Forget it, for a rich family like the Cha family, the maids and mother-in-law in the family must not be vegetarians.

No matter how capable she is, she can only pick a few words. When she returns to Cha's house, she may not be able to serve in the house. As a third-class maid who sweeps the yard, no matter how scheming she is, it will be difficult.Thinking of this, Jia Zhuo relaxed.

"Don't block it, what are you, dare to block me. I know your young master is not here, so can I not come in if I am not here?" There was a commotion outside, followed by the voice of a distraught girl.

"Get out of the way, our lady can even enter the palace, but not your small farm. Even if your young master is here, she might not dare to stop her." It was another young girl's scolding.

Soon, a girl in a red dress rushed in with several maids and wives.

"Search for me quickly, and see where he hid the red fruit." The girl in the red skirt majestically put her hands on her hips, directing her servant girl to look around.

"No, why not? Will they all move back to Kangnan?"

"Impossible, hey, this isn't..."

"Miss, come quickly, it's her, we finally caught her, let's see where you go."

Qing'er couldn't dodge for a while, but the maid behind the girl in the red dress grabbed her wrist and dragged her to her.

Jia Zhuo quickly put down his pen and rushed out, feeling bad, why did Miss Jun's family come here.

The girl in the red skirt is the eldest lady of the Jun family. She was troubled by a pot of red fruit for half a year, but was cut off by an outside Ninth Young Master. She was so angry that she wanted to rush over to the Ninth Young Master several times to settle the score, but was stopped by her family.She went out with her mother today, pretended to be unwell on the way home, and then sneaked to Xiaodongshan.She is still unwilling to take a look.

Unexpectedly, Miss Jun's maid saw Qing'er and recognized her immediately.

Jia Zhuo stepped forward, shook off the maid's hand, and pushed Qing'er behind his back.Looking at Miss Jun, he saluted and said, "I don't know what Miss Jun wants to do. Could it be that my sister offended you?"

"Your sister? Who are you, the servants of the ninth son's family?" Miss Jun looked at the two of them suspiciously. They really didn't look like maids from a wealthy family, and they dared to stare at her.

"We are from the nearby village, and have nothing to do with Mr. Jiu." Jia Zhuo took Qing'er's hand, stroked the back of her hand, and hinted that she should not be nervous.

"Well, no matter whether you are from the ninth son or not, there must be something about your sister pretending to be the maid of the Niu family and giving me red fruits." Since she was not a slave, Miss Jun finally softened her tone a little bit towards the common people.

"It turned out that my sister gave the gift by mistake. In that case, why don't you return it to us? Let's just return Miss Jun's gift." Jia Zhuo was neither humble nor overbearing.

Qing'er was so anxious that he was half dead in the back. He sold all the handkerchiefs, so how could he return them.

It turned out to be the wrong delivery, and she can't allow others to deliver it by mistake. Miss Jun frowned, and the maid next to her answered, "But you are always right that you are pretending to be from the Niu family."

"It's just a code, because you didn't understand it because it was delivered by mistake. If Mrs. Niu's family wants to record a villain's fault, let's come to the door to make an apology, and accept the punishment and accept the punishment."

The Niu family is notoriously cautious, so how could they be serious with a little girl from the farm family?Miss Jun knew in her heart that she might have nothing to do with the sisters.

They all confessed that it was a wrong delivery, and the gift was worth several hundred taels of silver. It was left for her for more than a year without saying anything, so why should she pursue the wrong thing about the wrong delivery.

Even if the adults in the family know about it, they will definitely give her the money, so as not to cause trouble.Didn't the Jia family that just fell just collected and took randomly, a lesson learned from the past, at least in the past few years, no family dared to make the same mistake.

"You sent it wrong, why didn't you tell me earlier, you hurt me, you made me look for you everywhere." Miss Jun suddenly felt extremely wronged, how did it end up being her own fault again.

Seeing that her tone softened, Jia Zhuo naturally couldn't be tough anymore. After all, she is the real little girl.

"I'm really sorry. It's hard to get into a high-ranking family. We didn't know if we would be scolded, so we didn't dare to go. As for your seeking us, we really don't know. If you don't believe me, you can ask. We may not be able to go to Jinling once or twice a year, how do we know about the people in the city."

Jia Zhuo bowed to Fu again, and his tone became softer.

"Then, did this thing belong to Mr. Ninth? Why didn't he know him when he came to our house." This is what Miss Jun thinks about the most on weekdays, and she refuses to let go of even the slightest doubt.

"How do we know about the Ninth Young Master? You should ask him face to face." Jia Zhuo's answer was so impeccable that people couldn't grasp it at all.

Miss Jun came here full of confidence, and then walked away dejectedly. Xiao Cai looked at Jia Zhuo thoughtfully, feeling that Jia Zhuo sold the sweet peppers to Mr. Ninth.The Ninth Young Master kept this matter a secret, as if only the master and wife knew about it, and none of the maids and servants around him knew that it was related to Jia Zhuo.

But thinking about it again, colorful sweet peppers, like corn, are rare things that have never been seen before, and it is not surprising that they came from the hands of one person at the same time.

Jia Zhuo took the opportunity to return the book and bid farewell to Qing'er.

"I was really scared to death just now." Qing'er patted her chest as she walked.

"Fool, she doesn't take handkerchiefs seriously. Naturally, she didn't expect that we had already sold them. There are thousands of mistakes, and there is no punishment for sending the wrong things." Jia Zhuo patted Qing'er's face lightly. hand, lead her back.

I copied a few pages of travel notes, held them in my hand and read them carefully, the more I read, the more I wanted to know what happened next.

"I don't know if Xiaocai thinks we're annoying, so she ran over to copy books every day." Jia Zhuo laughed at himself, and when he passed by every day, he brought more fruits or snacks, and finally put a table of seven or eight travel notes They were all copied.

Xiao Cai has nothing against it, she longs for someone to accompany her to embroider and embroider, Qing'er is the same, embroidering at home is better than embroidering with Xiao Cai here.

Seeing that Jia Zhuo finished copying the book, he held their hands, "Don't stop coming after copying, come and play with me."

"Okay, I'll come to you tomorrow." Qing'er promised Xiao Cai.

There are many patterns of flowers here in Xiao Cai, which Qing'er has never seen before, and Xiao Cai can also draw out the clothes and embroidery of the wives. happy to come.

Jia Zhuo piled up the copied books in the room, flipped through them slowly, and then slowly sketched out a rough outline.The first emperor of Dayue Kingdom had only one younger brother, Prince Zhongshun, whom he loved very much.Once the first emperor died and the new emperor ascended the throne, Prince Zhongshun returned to his fief, which was Chaoping Mansion next to Kangnan Mansion.

The new emperor has three younger brothers, the youngest, King Suqing, is a natural general who led troops to fight at a young age and drove the barbarians out of the border.So the first emperor granted Andu Mansion in the north to King Suqing as a fief to guard the border.This defense is almost 20 years.

The other two younger brothers had already died in the battle for the succession.

That is to say, among the immediate relatives of the emperor, one uncle is fiefd in Chaoping, and the other brother is fiefd in Andu.

One south and one north, one is guarding the coastal defense and the other is guarding the border. The fief can have [-] garrisons, which means that Prince Zhongshun has at least [-] elite soldiers, and King Suqing has been operating for many years, and he has a heavy army.

"This kind of situation is not a good thing no matter how you look at it. I hope that the three-legged confrontation is really the most stable situation, and nothing will change. The common people are most worried about the instability of the current situation. They would rather be a dog of peace than a chaotic person. That’s what he said.”

Flipping through the travel notes, Jia Zhuo frowned again, the book chosen by the Ninth Young Master is quite interesting.I don't know if he also saw something, so he chose it on purpose.

In these few travel notes, the north is full of vitality, while the south is full of corrupt officials and the common people are deeply exploited. Is this true?Jia Zhuo didn't dare to believe it based on a few travel notes, but he was a little worried instinctively. It seems that this era is not so peaceful.

Seeing the beginning of spring, Wang Gou'er personally went to find the steward, and asked clearly that they still wanted corn, so he excitedly used the newly opened wasteland to plant two acres of corn, with Jia Zhuo's rice planted in the middle. kind.The previous three mu of land was still planted with local rice seeds.

According to Wang Gou'er's thinking, even if the harvest is a bit poor, with six acres of land, it will be better than before.

As Uncle Leng was about to leave, Leng Zilin invited a Taoist priest to read the scriptures for a few days, opened the coffins of several old people, turned their remains into ashes, and prepared to transport them to the cemetery of the Leng family for burial.

The whole village had rituals to send them off, and Wang Gou'er gave a red envelope of two taels of silver, which should be the heaviest gift from everyone's family.As soon as Uncle Leng left, Aunt Leng often brought her grandson to Xiaodongshan to chat with Grandma Liu.

"Have you heard the news? I heard people say that there may be a locust plague in some places this year." Aunt Leng often took her grandson to her uncle's house as guests, and the news was more informed than before.

"Impossible, this, this, if this happens, it will be the end of prostitution." Grandma Liu sighed after hearing this, and counted the natural disasters she encountered, which one did not kill many people Life.Those who survived were also separated from their flesh and blood, and they would have to shed tears for a lifetime.It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a hell on earth.

"It's just a rumour. I hope it's not true. If the court finds out the truth earlier and provides relief earlier, it may be possible to survive." The little grandson in Aunt Leng's arms moved, and hurriedly patted him on the back, shaking him again. Coaxed him to sleep.

"That depends on who is going to rescue the disaster. You have not experienced the events of previous years." Finally, with a sigh, both Grandma Liu and Aunt Leng fell silent.

When the people in Liujia Village didn't feel anything at all, the news of locust plagues in other places has been confirmed to be true.The imperial court sent the third prince to rescue the disaster. The third prince didn't leave long before the ninth prince came back.

Jia Zhuo was taken aback when he saw him appearing suddenly, "It's a coincidence that you came back, and the first season's corn can be harvested, so let's take some time."

"Yeah, check to see if you guys are lazy." Jiu Gongzi was in a good mood, and he went back. His father didn't take such valuable things as colorful sweet peppers seriously, but took the corn and looked at it again and again. At that time, I ordered people to harvest them and plant them next spring.

Knowing about Jia Zhuo, I just understate it, "When the whole world is blooming, who will know where this thing came from, let's just plant it."

In other words, don't ask for credit, plant it first.The ninth son understood, but he had a big fight with his father because of the engagement, so he ran away again.

"This land is the life of the farmers, how dare you be lazy." Jia Zhuo gave a blessing, pointing to one or two acres of land, "This year, I'm afraid it won't be sold at a high price."

"Well, the price of colorful sweet peppers can no longer be sold. The gardeners in these people's homes are not in vain. They have left seeds and planted new ones. But the pepper noodles are selling very well, and it is still a long-term business. Listen. Said that Miss Jun came to Xiaodongshan and was scared away by your supernatural power?"

"I don't dare to say anything to show off my power, but it's just a rogue who blames the wrong person. Miss Jun doesn't care about us small farmers in a lot of ways." Jia Zhuo smiled and didn't admit it.

"We have to keep some corn for ourselves, and you can take the rest. No matter what price you sell, give us [-]%, not too much."

"Not too much, but, what kind of corn is planted in the middle of the corn, and why did it ear so early?" Jiu Gongzi's eyes are particularly poisonous now, and he can see at a glance that in the middle of the Wang family's two acres of corn field, rice is sparsely planted, but it has already grown. After earing, it is completely different from the other three acres.

How do I know that the rice in Dayue is harvested once a year, and the rice I brought is harvested twice a year, but how can I explain it?

Jia Zhuo's expression was stiff, and the Ninth Young Master automatically said, "It was given by that person again. It seems that this so-called small country on the sea must be very rich."

"Hehe, the young master is really smart." Jia Zhuo rubbed his nose with a sneer, a little embarrassed.

"Hmph." The Ninth Young Master snorted coldly, and asked again: "I heard that you copied the travel notes I bought by hand. Why are you so poor? It's fine if you can't buy them. Is it because the Wang family deducted your expenses?"

Jia Zhuo was taken aback, and shook his head repeatedly, "The Wang family treats me very well. Country people spend nothing but food, drink and clothing, all of which are good. Travel notes are too expensive, and besides, I dare not go to the bookstore. Copying books can practice handwriting and save money, kill two birds with one stone, I just ask you not to blame Xiaocai, I asked her to do it conveniently."

Going to a place like the bookstore, it is too easy to meet old friends of the Jia family, but the ninth son understands.

"It's not my girl's turn to intercede, so you just take care of yourself." Speaking of Xiao Cai, Young Master Jiu frowned displeased.

After thinking about it, I became interested again, "Then tell me, after reading these travel notes, what do you see?"

"Well, the mountains and rivers of Dayue are magnificent, and the customs are different in different places. I am very yearning after watching it." Jia Zhuo looked down at his toes.