Beloved Plantation King

Qingzhou borders Kangzhou, just to the west of Kangzhou. The terrain here is not as flat as Kangzhou, with more mountains and hills, and many trapezoidal fields.

Yin Peinan and the others set off from Nanpo Village, walked westward for three and a half days, and finally arrived at Qingzhou Fucheng at noon on the fourth day.

They went directly to the Zheng family's shop here, which is a large cloth shop.

Yin Peinan glanced at all kinds of silks and satins, which dazzled his eyes.However, he also noticed that these cloths are relatively expensive, and this shop should be specialized in selling high-end silk and satin.

There were three guys working in the store, and a young guy saw Zheng Xiaobao and Mr. Accountant, and immediately stepped forward to say hello: "Sir, brother Xiaobao, you are here, please come in quickly."

The three of them followed the little brother into the backyard, and the coachman drove the carriage around to the back door to come in.

The little brother took the three of them to the back room, served tea and snacks, and said: "Everyone has worked hard on the road, let's rest first. The shopkeeper told me that you will come over in a few days, and I will call him right away." , you rest first."

Xiaobao asked: "Brother Yu, has the shopkeeper gone out?"

Brother Yu replied: "The shopkeeper has gone to another store. A batch of new cloth just arrived this morning. He went over to look at it. I'll call him right now."

After Brother Yu left, Yin Peinan asked: "Brother Xiaobao, how many shops does the Zheng residence have here?"

Xiaobao replied: "There are three, two cloth shops, and one gold and silver jewelry shop."

Yin Peinan thought for a while and asked, "Oh, does the other cloth shop sell slightly cheaper cloth?"

Xiao Bao nodded and said in surprise: "Yes, how did you know, Young Master Yin? You're so smart."

Yin Peinan smiled and said: "I think the cloth in this one is very expensive, so I thought the other one should be for ordinary people."

"Yes, yes. Young Master Yin is so smart." Xiao Bao simply admired him.

The accountant listened, and also praised: "Master Yin has good eyesight."

Yin Peinan said helplessly: "Mr. Luo, Xiaobao, didn't I just tell you to call me by my name?"

Xiao Bao shook his head: "No, no, no, the young master regards you as a brother, so that is young master Yin."

The accountant also nodded.

Yin Peinan: "..."

Not long after, the treasurer of the cloth shop here came back.

"Boss Luo, Brother Xiaobao, I'm sorry, I'm late." The shopkeeper made a complaint as soon as he came back. He knew both Mr. Accountant and Xiaobao, and he took another look at Yin Peinan. , asked: "This must be Young Master Yin, right?"

Yin Peinan nodded, cupped his hands and said: "Yes, I have met Uncle Zhong, Yin Peinan."

The Zheng family has a separate courtyard here. Zheng Zhong, the shopkeeper of this shop, is also the housekeeper of this other courtyard. His family is also the servant of the Zheng family for several generations.

Because Zheng Wenhao's father only came over a few times a year to inspect the accounts, so there were not many things going on in the other courtyard.Later, Mr. Zheng saw that Zhao Zhong was very capable, so he asked him to manage the shop here again.

"Don't dare. Young Master Yin, the young master told me all the letters. In the afternoon, I will send someone to deliver a message to Master Li's house and make an appointment to meet him. It's already noon now, let's go back to the other courtyard for lunch first." ?”

"But listen to Uncle Zhong's arrangement."

Uncle Zhong took them back to the other courtyard, settled down, and had lunch together again.

In the afternoon, Uncle Zhong sent someone to deliver the post, and made an appointment to meet the next morning.

Nothing happened in the afternoon, Mr. Accountant and Uncle Zhong went to reconcile the accounts, Xiaobao took Yin Peinan for a stroll around the city, and took a general look at the situation here.

In the morning of the next day, Uncle Zhong took Yin Peinan to Li's Mansion with flowers and gifts, and Xiao Bao followed him, acting as Yin Peinan's servant.The pot of lotus was brought over by the servants from the other courtyard of the Zheng Mansion.

Li's mansion is very large, probably similar to the yard of Zheng's family in Xinping County.In this Qingzhou prefectural city, there is still such a big yard, which shows that Zheng Wenhao's cousin's family does have some status in the local area

people.

The servants of Li's mansion took them to the main hall, where Master Li and Li Fulang were already waiting.

"Zheng Zhong has met his cousin and husband." Zheng Zhong first greeted Mr. Li and his wife.

Mr. Li and his wife are both 37 and [-] years old. They are well maintained and look very young.

Master Li waved his hand and said, "There is no need for these empty courtesy."

Uncle Zhong smiled, stepped aside, introduced Yin Peinan to Master Li, and said, "Master Cousin, Fu Lang, this is the Young Master Yin Peinan mentioned in the young master's letter."

Yin Peinan immediately stepped forward, cupping his hands in salute: "Yin Peinan met Mr. Li, Li Fulang."

Master Li and Li Fulang looked at Yin Peinan, and saw that the young man had clear features, a handsome appearance, and slightly dark skin, which was similar to what Zheng Wenhao said in his letter, so they nodded.

Master Li smiled and said, "Little brother, you don't need to be polite, we have been waiting for you to come."

Yin Peinan said to Master Li with a little apology: "Because of my business, I have troubled Master Li and Li Fulang has worked so hard. I heard that Brother Wen Hao said that you like Xinling Maojian, so I brought you some."

Yin Peinan turned around and took the tea from Xiaobao's hand, and handed over the other special gifts to the housekeeper.

"Oh? Xinling Maojian? Thanks to Wenhao, you still remember." Master Li happily took it over when he heard it: "Little brother has a heart, so I'll do it, hahaha, thank you little brother, then I won't Accept it politely?"

"Try it." Yin Peinan smiled, and then said to Li Fulang: "I heard that Fulang likes lotus, Pei Nan brought you a pot of water lilies, I wonder if it will suit Fulang's eyes?"

"You brought me water lilies?" Li Fulang was really interested, he smiled and said, "Show me quickly."

Two servants from the other courtyard brought in the pot of water lilies.

Li Fulang immediately moved closer to appreciate it.

This gave him a big surprise.

"This is a blue water lily?!" Li Fulang looked at the flowers in the vat, his eyes widened, and he was quite surprised.

He has usually seen white and pink water lilies, but has not seen blue ones.He thought that Yin Peinan's gift was nothing more than white and pink, but he didn't expect that he saw a blue lotus!

In a tank big enough for one person to hug, four or five small water lily leaves float on the water.Next to each small leaf, there is a small flower bud that is ready to bloom, standing tall and graceful on the water, and judging from the color of those flower buds, each one is obviously different.

There is a small lotus flower in the middle left of the tank.

The flower is only the size of a palm, but the petals are blue, delicate and ready to drip, the stamens in the middle are yellow, but when they reach the top, they turn back to blue, looking like a cluster of blue The flames are mesmerizing.

Yin Peinan nodded: "Yes, this is from the south. Not only blue, its flowers have many colors, white, blue, purple, pink, purple, and beige. Since I don’t know which one you like, I put one of each.”

"What a beautiful flower. I also heard rumors that a kind of lotus was introduced from the south, but I have never found it. I have no chance to see it. Thanks to you, I finally saw it today."

Li Fulang looked at this vat of water lilies and felt joy in his heart. He nodded with a smile and said, "I like this water lily. You have worked so hard to bring it here, so I will accept it without hesitation?"

Yin Peinan smiled and said, "Just as long as you like it."

"I like it very much!" Li Fulang stared intently, and asked Yin Peinan very eagerly: "How do you raise this water lily? Is it the same as ours?"

"Well, it's almost the same, but in winter, its top buds have to be submerged in the water, under the ice." Before coming, Yin Peinan asked Zuo An about it. Although Zuo An had never raised it before, but I have learned about it, and I still remember some knowledge in this area.

"Okay, I've made a note. I really like this water lily, thank you, little brother." Li Fulang said with a smile.

Master Li sees me

Fu Lang was happy and very happy.He looked at the young man and nodded in his heart, thinking that Zheng Wenhao was a good friend, flexible and well mannered.

He then said to Yin Peinan: "By the way, little brother, since you and Wen Hao are friends, then we will call you by your first name, shall we?"

"Of course, you can call Master Li as you like." Yin Peinan raised a smile on his face, knowing that Master Li was satisfied with him, at least he was satisfied with the gift he gave.

Master Li frowned and said, "Then don't call me Master Li, just call me Uncle Li according to Wen Hao's seniority."

The smile on Yin Peinan's face became more serious, he nodded and called, "Uncle Li."

"Hey, that's right."

Uncle Zhong and Xiaobao looked at each other and heaved a sigh of relief.

It was not easy for Yin Peinan to get Master Li's approval so smoothly.

Although their uncle looks kind, the person who is always smiling is sometimes the hardest to guess.Because you don't know what his real mood is, when he is happy or unhappy, everyone laughs, maybe you have offended him and you don't even know it.

However, Uncle Zhong and Xiaobao also knew a little about this uncle, and they knew that since Master Li had changed his name to Young Master Yin, they were satisfied with him.

The two of them glanced at Li Fulang, and they both knew clearly, probably because the lotus flower that Yin Peinan gave to Li Fulang really won Li Fulang's favor, and it was the right gift.Li Fulang was really happy, and Master Li looked at Yin Peinan differently.

Several people sat down, and talking about the serious business this time, Yin Peinan brought up the Su Guan He Ding again, and placed it on the table between Master Li and Li Fulang for them to watch carefully.

Li Fulang looked at this orchid, and also sighed: "It really is a famous product, and its reputation is well-deserved."

Master Li is not very proficient in flowers, he only knows about two kinds of flowers that Fu Lang likes, so he echoed Fu Lang: "It is indeed different from the others."

Li Fulang looked at him amusedly, and asked, "What's the difference? Can you tell?"

"..." Master Li had to take a closer look, then his eyes lit up, and he said, "The flowers are different!"

Li Fulang continued to ask him: "What's the difference?"

Master Li hesitated and said, "The shape is different?"

Li Fulang laughed.

Master Li: "...wrong?"

"No, that's right." Li Fulang smiled and said, "Look, don't its petals look like lotus flowers?"

Master Li looked at it, let alone, it really looks alike.Then nodded: "It is like."

"This is a lotus petal orchid, and it's Suxin, so it's rare."

Master Li asked Fu Lang: "Like it? How about we buy it from Pei Nan?"

Li Fulang shook his head: "No need. I can't support it. It's a pity that such a beautiful flower. Hurry up and find a good owner who can take care of it."

Master Li also sighed, and then talked to Yin Peinan about the flower viewing party: "Pei Nan, I have sent out all the news, set a date, and people can send out the posts in the afternoon. See when we will Do you want to hold this flower viewing party?"

Yin Peinan said: "Uncle Li, I naturally think the sooner the better, but it depends on you, you can arrange it as you like."

Hearing that he was anxious, Master Li asked, "Are you in a hurry?"

Yin Peinan scratched her head, and said with some embarrassment: "It's not in a hurry, it's just that I just got married, and I'm a little worried about my family."

When Mr. Li and his wife heard the words, they looked at each other with smiles in their eyes.

Master Li asked: "You are willing to come out just after getting married?"

Yin Peinan chuckled, and said honestly: "Of course I'm reluctant, don't you want to sell the flowers early so that you can go back early, and then prepare to build a new house."

Master Li also smiled and said: "Since this is the case, it is not good to delay the reunion of your young couple. You can arrange it tomorrow, do you think it will be okay?"

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Nan nodded: "Okay. Thank you, Uncle Li."

After deciding on this matter, Li Fulang wanted to transplant the water lily into the pond. Thinking that Yin Peinan should have some experience, he invited Yin Peinan to help him take a look.

Yin Peinan followed naturally.

The group moved to the garden again.

There is indeed a pond in the garden of the Li Mansion. It is quite big, covering at least a dozen acres, and it feels like it can be called a small lake.

The circle in the middle of this small lake is full of lotus flowers, and the circle of shallow water on the edge is full of daffodils.The wooden plank road winds among the lotus leaves on the lake and leads directly to the viewing pavilion in the center.

Now it is the season of lotus blooming, the green lotus leaves are in succession, and the pink lotus is swaying with the wind, like a fairy dancing.

Yin Peinan looked at it and couldn't help sighing: "It's so beautiful."

Li Fulang's well-maintained garden was praised, so he was naturally very happy, and asked him with a smile: "Where did you find this water lily?"

Yin Peinan replied: "I bought it from a peddler by chance. My husband likes it very much. I bought it for him when I met him."

After listening to Yin Peinan's words, Master Li was even more satisfied with him.

He likes people who love their wives.

"Oh? Your husband also likes this lotus?" Li Fulang asked in surprise.

"Yes."

When he met someone with the same hobbies, Li Fulang became even more interested, and said, "It's very good that you can find this water lily specially for him. We haven't found it after searching for a long time."

Yin Peinan smiled: "I'm lucky, I just met."

The two walked all the way to a place where the water was relatively shallow, and Li Fulang asked, "Is this okay?"

Yin Peinan nodded and said: "Yes." Anyway, with the supernatural power in hand, it will definitely make you alive immediately.

Li Fulang took off his shoes, picked up his trousers and got into the water without any artificial hands. Then he transplanted several water lilies into the water.

Yin Peinan injected the power into the water lilies, and the roots of the little water lilies immediately plunged into the mud at the bottom of the pond, and several new small buds grew at the joints of the lotus roots.

Master Li Li Fulang took Yin Peinan to the pavilion in the lake to admire it, and then walked back.

When passing by one place, Yin Peinan sharply saw a few fruit trees planted in a corner of the back garden, which looked like orange trees.

He walked in and took a look, and found that they were really oranges. It was at the end of the flowering period at this time, and the fruit had already begun to set. There were still some small white flowers, and the small green oranges were hanging all over the branches.

"Uncle Li, is this an orange tree?" Yin Peinan turned around and asked.

"Yes, the boys in my family had fun planting when they were young. It has been several years." Master Li nodded, recalling the past, and said angrily: "Those brats, just don't care about planting, and leave it to everyone." Let the gardener take care of it, or he would have died long ago."

Yin Peinan looked at the three orange trees. The trees were plump, the branches were strong, the leaves were thick and dark green, and the trees were full of flowers and fruits. They were very energetic and were obviously well taken care of.

Yin Peinan asked: "Uncle Li, do these three orange trees bear fruit every year?"

Master Li: "It's knotted, there are many knots, and it's quite sweet."

Yin Peinan was overjoyed when he heard that, and hurriedly asked, "Uncle Li, who takes care of these orange trees? Can I see him?"

Master Li asked in surprise: "It's Li Daniu who is in charge. You can see him, why do you want to see him?"

Yin Peinan replied: "To be honest, my family planted half a mountain of orange trees in spring, and now I am worried that I can't find someone who knows how to take care of orange trees. So I want to ask how your gardener takes care of them." of these trees."

Hearing this, Mr. Li nodded and said, "So that's how it is. It's easy to handle. I'll call Daniel for you, and you can ask him yourself."

"Okay, thank you, Uncle Li."

"You are welcome, you wait, I will ask someone to call."

Li Daniu came over soon, a man in his thirties.

Yin Peinan chatted with him quickly, Master Li and the others saw them chatting, so they went back to the main hall first

, leaving Xiaobao to follow Yin Peinan.

This Li Daniu has orange trees in his home, so he has experience with them.Because he got the master's order and knew that Yin Peinan was from out of town and would not compete with him for a job, Li Daniu told him endlessly about his experience in taking care of orange trees.

"Wait, wait, Brother Big Niu, I can't remember so much for a while, I have to write it down. Wait for me, I'll go... Hey Xiaobao, Xiaobao, hurry up, go and borrow some paper from Uncle Li for me Come on, I want to write it down."

"Hey, okay." Xiaobao ran away quickly, and after a while, he brought pens, ink, paper and inkstones, followed by two people who brought tables and chairs.

"Xiao Bao, thank you!"

Yin Peinan spread paper and pens on the table, and Xiaobao took the initiative to rub the ink for him, and he started writing from scratch.

The two talked and memorized, and from time to time, they would go to the orange tree to have a look, and inspect the real tree.

I talked for a long time without knowing it, and I haven't finished talking until noon.

In fact, the main reason was that Yin Peinan's brush was not good enough, and he started to write slowly. Later, he simply got a branch, sharpened it, and dipped it in ink to write.

On the way, Mr. Li also took a look. He couldn't help laughing when he saw the ghostly characters that he wrote down.Turning over a few pages, and looking at his later writing, it was much better. If you look carefully, it doesn’t look like it was written with a brush. When you look at the tree, you can see Yin Peinan holding a stick Write.

Master Li: "..."

I ate at Li's house at noon, and after lunch, Yin Peinan asked Li Daniu to finish his talk, he had no questions to ask, so he left.

Holding a stack full of papers, Yin Peinan was very happy.

Planting secrets, navel orange collection!

Although their oranges don't sound like navel oranges, they are all oranges, and they have something in common, which is better than trying to figure it out by themselves.

The next morning, the flower viewing party.

Yin Peinan and Xiaobao passed by early.

Many famous people from Qingzhou came here, including celebrities and elegant scholars, all of whom came for Su Guan He Ding.

With Master Li helping to host, Yin Peinan and Xiaobao sat aside to watch.

Basically, it was similar to the flower viewing party held at Zheng Wenhao's house.

Enjoy the flowers first, then bid.

Originally, the bidding was scheduled to start on time at Chen Shi, but because a guest hadn't come yet, they waited for him all the time.

Yin Peinan asked softly, "Uncle Li, is he very important?"

Master Li nodded and replied: "It's very important. The young master of the magistrate's family is the master of Juren. He will go to Beijing to participate in the Spring Festival next year. It is very likely that he will be the number one scholar in the Spring Festival next year. He has a bright future. He likes flowers and plants very much, especially Lanhua, I said I would come today."

Hearing this, Yin Peinan was shocked that he could still see the future number one scholar. "That will have to wait."

It didn't take long, about a quarter of an hour later, the servants of Li's mansion announced that Young Master Zhang and Young Master Ji had arrived.

Master Zhang is the eldest son of the magistrate, so who is Master Ji this time?

Before Yin Peinan could ask the question, two young men came in.

"Everyone, I'm really sorry. I've been late because of something at home." The young man who walked in front cupped his hands and apologized to everyone when he entered the door.

He was 22 or [-] years old, and he looked gentle and handsome, with the elegant appearance of a scholar.

Everyone sitting in the main hall called him Master Zhang, and he was the young master of the prefect's family.

Another young man who followed Young Master Zhang looked about seventeen or eighteen years old. He was a brother with red lips and white teeth.

Yin Peinan was stunned when he saw it.

Isn't this the researcher Ji Yuebai who fell off the cliff with them? !

The face looks exactly the same, except that it is the same as the captain and has become a brother!

Yin Peinan was really dumbfounded, staring at him blankly.

I heard the report from the servants that the second person is Young Master Ji.Master Ji, also surnamed Ji, could it be Ji?

researcher?

Since he and the captain both fell through and crossed, it is very likely that Researcher Ji will also cross.

But I'm not sure.

But have to check it out.If it's really Researcher Ji, based on his research on plants, their planting career is equivalent to another knowledge base!

Although Researcher Ji is a botanist, not a professional agriculturalist, he must know more about these plants, especially fruit trees, than he and the captain.

Xiao Bao who was standing beside him noticed his abnormality, followed his line of sight, and saw him staring at his little brother.

Xiao Bao was stunned.

Young Master Yin, this is, what's wrong?

Why are you staring at Young Master Ji?

Is it...

A terrible thought flashed in Xiaobao's mind, and he immediately stared at Yin Peinan with wide eyes.

Could it be that, Young Master Yin, he has taken a fancy to this good-looking Young Master Ji? !

What about Angie?Angie is obviously very good-looking too!

Moreover, they obviously only got married not long ago, so they love each other very much!

Then, something that broke Xiaobao even more happened.

That Young Master Ji glanced around, and when he saw Yin Peinan, his eyes widened slightly, he blinked at Yin Peinan, and smiled again.

Then, Xiaobao turned his head and saw Yin Peinan also smiled at Young Master Ji.

Xiaobao: ...

Yin Peinan's tall and stalwart benefactor image shattered into scum in Xiaobao's heart.

He wished he could shake Yin Peinan awake and yell at him——

Young Master Yin, you are already married and have a husband, he is Brother An!

It's Brother An who is even more beautiful than this Young Master Ji!

Why do you flirt with other brothers!

The author has something to say: Xiaobao who broke his heart for his benefactor: benefactor is a scumbag. ╭(╯╰)╮