Nongmen Shenjue

Back in Fenglin, Mu Qingyan went to Mu's house first because he was going to pass by Qingshan Village.

As May is approaching, the weather is getting hotter. Although the sun is not strong in the afternoon, I dare not sit in the sun.The gate of Mu's courtyard was open, and two rose plants were transplanted in the corner, the leaves were green, and there were already many flower buds, big and small, and some were eager to bloom, but they were ashamed.

There was a shady patch in front of the main house, where Qing'e and Aunt Mu Xiu sat there talking and sewing.Mu Xiu is getting older now, no longer running outside all day long, now she is embroidering flowers alone, making a handkerchief.Spread this straw mat on the open space in front of them, two dolls, one big and one small, play on it, and there are many brightly colored toys around them.

Before the carriage approached, the Mu family heard the sound.

"Could it be that Xiao Wu is back?" Qing'e raised her head and glanced out, guessing.

At the ferry shop, Mu Qingyan kept someone and a car so that he could go shopping in the city.Mu Wen and Mu Wu used to be stingy with carriages and horses earlier, but later they got used to it, and they would also take carriages when they go home.In addition, there are very few horse-drawn carts in their village. There are some cattle raisers in the village, but there are not many carts.

"It's still early for the holidays, and fourth brother will come back only after the holidays." Mu Xiu said.

The business at the ferry has always been very good, so Mu Wen and Mu Wu are naturally very busy, and they have to rest during the New Year and holidays, but except for the New Year, they rest at other times, and the shop does not stop.After Mu Qingyan moved to Qingyou Villa, the He family took them away, and the Gao brothers often ran around with him, but there was a house built behind the ferry shop, and the business was good, so they had to hire helpers.

That is, last year, the ferry shop was repaired and expanded, and two people were hired from the village to help.Mu Wu was in charge of cooking the spoon, and the other two were mainly doing chores such as choosing vegetables and washing the dishes. They were busy all day long, and it was not easy.

Earlier, Mu Wen was there, and it was Mu Wen who greeted the guests and kept accounts for purchases.In the early spring of this year, Mu Wen finally got his wish, followed Mu Wan, mother and daughter, and Zhao He to Tuyuan Mansion, and the shop was completely only served by Mu Wu.At that time Mu Xiu still said that she was going to help, but Qing'e wouldn't let her go, neither did Mu Lin and Mu Wu's elder brothers, they were tired from working in the shop, she was a little girl's family, and the Mu family wasn't what it used to be. Naturally, she didn't want her to suffer.

Mu Xiu said that Mu Wu would not come back, but she couldn't help but ran to the gate to look around.

In the past, Mu Xiu was very shy and timid, but now she is more lively, dare to talk and laugh two years earlier.It was also because the life of the Mu family was too difficult in those few years, and Mu Xiu was half a year old. Seeing the situation at home, she was easily affected.

The carriage walked slowly after entering the village, and finally stopped slowly outside the gate of Mu's house.

Mu Xiu looked at the unfamiliar carriage, but her eyes widened, and she shouted to Qing'e in surprise: "Sister-in-law, it's the second brother! The second brother is back!"

Even if he couldn't recognize the carriage, he could recognize Gao Tian who was driving the carriage.

Mu Qingyan left Fenglin after the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, and did not come back for the Chinese New Year. He listened to his elder brother talking all day long, even Mu Xiu missed him very much.Now that he finally saw someone come back, he was overjoyed.

Hearing Mu Xiu's joyful voice, Mu Qingyan smiled at Wen Jixue who was beside him and asked, "Would you like to sit down?"

"Forget it." Wen Jixue thought that Mu Lin was not at home, and the Mu family only had female relatives. He had a good relationship with Mu Qingyan, but he didn't have much contact with the Mu family, so it's better not to go.Regardless of the small number of people in this small village, there are many miscellaneous things. He doesn't care, but the Mu family is easy to cause a lot of trouble.

"Then you wait." Mu Qingyan knew that Mu Lin was not there, and he didn't plan to have dinner at Mu's house. He would meet Mu Lin in the city tomorrow and return to Mu's house for dinner after the Dragon Boat Festival.

Speaking of which, he has now formally separated from the Mu family.Because Mu Wen and Mu Wu stayed at the ferry all the year round, he also gave the brothers the yard of the shop over there to live in. In the Mu family, only the Mu Lin family took Mu Xiu.

Mu Qingyan has a plan, the shop at the ferry will be given to Mu Wu in the future, and when Mu Wu gets married, the shop and yard will be given to him.Mu Wen wholeheartedly yearned to go outside, and once he went out, he might be willing to come back to settle down in a certain year, and he might even settle outside directly.

Mu Wen left at the beginning of spring, and he brought back New Year's goods, and Mu Lin had brought him news.He just knew about it, and when Mu Wen went out, Mu Lin would buy everything for him, and he would give him a lot of money.Furthermore, Mu Wenwen had already saved a lot of money, and he gave all the wages in the shop and the red envelopes during the New Year's Eve.

The old couple of the He family still managed the fields for him.

Although I have been making money since then, the fields have not increased much.He thought, when Mu Xiu gets married in the future, the dowry will be the same as that of Mu Wan, and she will also be given the land, which is the most affordable and the most secure.

This time he went out for too long, and he didn't come back during the Chinese New Year. Mu Qingyan felt a little guilty, so he bought a lot of things when he came back.There were two big bamboo baskets attached to the back of the carriage, and the bamboo baskets were so full that Mu Qingyan couldn't move any of them, all of which were brought in by Gao Tian.

"Second brother... ouch, why did you buy so many things!" Qing'e came out to greet her, and was about to say something when she was taken aback by his handwriting.

It's normal to go out and go home to buy some things, but looking at the two bamboo baskets that are so big and so heavy, I don't know what they are filled with.Qing'e also knew that Mu Qingyan was always loose in his hands and never cared about money, and sometimes she was surprised to see her as a maid from a rich family.

"They are fruits from the south. Due to the inconvenience of transportation, they are rare." Mu Qingyan said, and opened the two baskets, which were full of pineapples.

Of course, Qing'e didn't know her.

"What kind of fruit is this? It looks really weird." Qing'e came from the Ge family. Qing'e had never seen these fruits.

"Pineapples, they come from Lingnan." In Lingnan area, pineapples are indeed called pineapple.

In ancient times, Lingnan was full of mountains, full of miasma, and limited by geographical conditions. It was very poor there. If the imperial court wanted to distribute prisoners, many of them would be sent there.Basically, when people get there, they never want to come out for the rest of their lives.The fruits produced there are good, but they cannot be shipped out, and the economy is naturally curbed.

This time was also good luck, a caravan sold the goods and brought some baskets of pineapples.Pineapple is relatively durable to storage, and the weather is not too hot right now. As long as it is transported from Lingnan, the road will be much easier, especially the water transport, which is smooth and fast.If these baskets of pineapples could be transported to the capital, they would probably fetch sky-high prices.It's a pity that the capital city is too far away, and these pineapples can't be kept for that long no matter how durable they are. The people in the caravan tried their best to make it to Fenglin.

Right now, the pineapple is about to go bad, if you don't sell it, it will just rot in your hands, so you might as well sell it in Fenglin.

Few people in the local area recognize this thing, and its appearance is not good-looking. No matter how good the people in the caravan say, few people dare to buy it.One is that they don’t know each other, and they are afraid of having problems with the food, or being cheated, and the other is that it is naturally expensive.

After all, it was shipped from Lingnan, and it was sold at a lower price, so the shipping cost along the way was more than this amount.Furthermore, thinking of the hardships of this journey, I am not reconciled.

Mu Qingyan happened to meet him, so he picked up a leak and asked for two baskets.

He is not afraid of spending money, this thing is hard to come by, after eating this once, if he wants to wait for the next one, maybe it will be a year.But the news was told to him by someone else. Seeing that he had bought so much, the other party was not short of money, so they rounded up the rest.

That person is Boss Zheng of the Juming Teahouse, and he thinks there will be a pineapple fruit plate in the teahouse soon.

Qing'e had indeed never seen a pineapple, but she had heard of it in Lingnan, and was immediately speechless: "This, how much money does this cost?"

Even if one sells for ten taels of silver, she is not surprised.

This thing is simply not affordable for ordinary people.

"Not much. Don't be reluctant to eat it. It took a lot of time to transport it all the way. If you can't put it away, you will eat it in three to five days."

"I can't finish eating here." Qing'e felt distressed when she thought about it.But it is better to give it away than to let it go bad.What's more, it is a rare thing, and it is decent to give it away. "Did the second brother stay?"

"I'll just take two." Mu Qingyan has eaten it before, and Wen Jixue has been to Lingnan, so naturally he has also eaten it.It is enough for them to take two to try.

"That's a lot, you take two more." Qing'e saw that the carriage stopped and did not leave, and did not come in, guessing that he would not stay today, so she directly took four pineapples and put them on the front seat of the carriage.When I turned around, I felt something was wrong, and hurriedly said: "Look at me! I'm so busy talking about pineapples, second brother, come in and sit down, Xiuer, pour tea for second brother."

He also called Gao Tian to come in.

"No need, sister-in-law, don't be busy, I'm leaving now. I'll go to the city to see brother tomorrow." Mu Qingyan took out the box again, which contained a first-year gift for Niu Niubu.

Then he went to Zhao's house next door and gave him some soil instruments. Hearing that Aunt Zhao was about to deliver something to Zhao He and the others, he left the things for Mu Wan and his niece and entrusted them to deliver them together.

After Mu Qingyan left, Qing'e packed up her things.

In addition to pineapples, there are others.

"Here, this is given to you by your second brother." Qing'e opened a large package wrapped in several layers of oil paper, and inside there were small packages or boxes, all with names and signatures written on them, and one box was for Mu Xiu.

Mu Xiu happily accepted it, and immediately opened it to read it, which made her even happier.

Qing'e went over to look, and inside was a set of exquisitely styled headgear, which was suitable for Mu Xiu's age, not to mention the materials, the workmanship alone was not cheap.

Mu Qingyan has always brought things to the family, besides cloth and food, he will also give gifts on the basis of the head.Qing'e is the eldest sister-in-law, and she never fails every time. This time, she got two bolts of good material, which can be used to make summer skirts.

That night, after dinner, a plate of pineapple was delivered from the kitchen.

Pieces of dark yellow pineapple flesh look like top-quality yellow fat jade under the light.After all, it took too long on the road, and the part near the center was a little ripe, like a flaw in a good piece of jade.However, when you take a bite, the flesh is still not soft, but a little crisp, juicy and sweet, and the aroma is particularly strong.

Fortunately, that caravan was sold in Fenglin, otherwise, if there was one more day, other pineapples would not know, but this one would definitely rot.

After entering summer, melons and fruits are gradually abundant, and the weather is gradually hotter.

Mu Qingyan was also tired from running during this time, so he decided to stay at home for a while and have a good time.