Then Concubine Jing started talking with Mrs. Fang. After Princess Jing was admitted to another hospital, due to physical reasons, she hardly ever went out. Hearing Mrs. Fang mentioning that Dongshan Village is surrounded by mountains and facing the sea, the scenery is excellent, and I can run into some cute animals from time to time on the road, and I am very yearning for it.
After seeing off Mrs. Fang, mother and son, Princess Jing thought that this voyage would definitely not be the last for her youngest son. She knew the character of her youngest son very well, even she couldn't stop him from making the decision.
Alas, I don't know who Yang'er looks like! His father is gentle and elegant, she is gentle and quiet, the eldest son and the second son are also relatively gentle, only the youngest son was fine before the age of five, soft and cute, after the age of seven or eight, he seemed to have facial paralysis Symptom-like, with a cold face all day long, and his eyes are getting sharper and sharper.
It's all his father and king, he hired some kind of martial arts master for the children, and taught the children, one of them wants to abandon literature and follow martial arts to go to the frontier, and the other goes to sail without fear of anything...
It's not like she can come back after going to sea in three to five months. How will she dispose of her thoughts about her child? Dongshan Village is facing the sea, standing on the hillside should be able to overlook the ocean, Yang'er will be able to see it immediately when she returns to the voyage, right
Therefore, Princess Jing made a decision—to build a villa on the west mountain. Although there is no hot spring, no fertile land, or even a beautiful environment in that Xishan Mountain, it can make her feel closer to her youngest son, and that's enough! (No wonder the second son is dissatisfied. As a mother, she really prefers the younger son in her heart, and it's not just a little bit!)
Basically, no one can shake the decision that Princess Jing made, and within a reasonable range, no one is willing to let her down. When the news was sent back to the capital, King Jing readily agreed. Not to mention a small courtyard, just build three or five villas, as long as the concubine is happy, how can the dignified Prince Jing not be willing to part with this little money
As a result, King Jing recruited several garden designers from the Ministry of Industry, and hired a well-known house builder in Beijing. Together with the craftsmen, they were packaged and sent to Tanggu Town. He himself took advantage of Xiumu to take another ten days off, and went to Tanggu Town to personally arrange the initial project.
Princess Jing has decided to build another courtyard on the mountainside near Dongshan Village, not far from Mrs. Fang's house in Dongshan Village. The doctor accompanying Princess Jing also said that regular mountain climbing and exercise are also good for Princess Jing's health.
Naturally, Prince Jing would not disagree. He personally brought garden designers and craftsmen to choose a place on the west mountain facing south with excellent geomantic omen, and recruited a group of small workers from nearby villages. Within a few days, construction started in full swing.
On the way back to Tang Ancient Town, King Jing was afraid that the rugged mountain road would bump into his relatives and concubines, so he called another group of people to repair the road. Especially for that section of the mountain road, some stonemasons were specially invited to carve out a flat road even if they were chiseled.
With a lot of money, there must be a brave man. Prince Jing's mansion is not short of money, and the wages are high. Although the construction period was tight, it still attracted a group of people. The road construction was progressing very quickly, and when the watermelons from Xiaocao's family went to the market, a smooth road led directly from Dongshan Village to the town. It used to take more than an hour for the carriage, but now it takes only three quarters of an hour to arrive. The surrounding villagers all praised Prince Jing for doing a great deed.
Speaking of Dongshan Village, when I heard that the prince of the capital wanted to build another courtyard in their village, I felt both honored and a little apprehensive. I'm afraid that the nobleman took a fancy to his three-acre land and robbed it by force. Seeing that the nobleman chose Xishan, the villagers of Dongshan Village gradually let go of their hearts.
The village head of Dongshan Village now walks out with his back straight. Their Dongshan Village is definitely a place of geomantic omen, otherwise how could they be favored by the royal relatives in Beijing
The village head had contact with the stewards of Prince Jing's Mansion a few times, and felt that the servants of Prince Jing's Mansion did not have the bad habit of flaunting power like servants of rich families, and were quite reasonable.
The village head gave the steward a lot of benefits in private, asking him to say more good things about Dongshan Village in front of his masters. As the saying goes, you can enjoy the shade by leaning against a big tree. In the future, if someone without eyes comes to Dongshan Village to make trouble, the people in the other courtyard will not sit idly by, right
When the other courtyard of Prince Jing's Mansion was being built in full swing, the Yu family's watermelons were finally sold out after more than a month of hot sales. That night, Yu Xiaocao took out the account book and tallied it up, and the whole family showed surprised expressions.
With the cheating device of Lingshishui, the yield of watermelon per mu has reached more than 10,000 catties, and the watermelon produced on three acres of land is more than 35,000 catties! In addition to selling at their own melon shop, they are also sold at wholesale prices to Wang Ergou and Liu's uncles. Nearly 10,000 catties were sold wholesale, and if calculated at one hundred and fifty Wen per catty, it would be 1,500 taels. The remaining 25,000 catties are sold in melon shops, and the price is relatively high. In this way, Xiaocao made a simple calculation and earned a total of nearly ten thousand taels of silver! !
Yu Hai swallowed forcefully, and took a deep breath. This month, he has been busy, but he never expected that growing watermelons would be so profitable!
Xiaocao took out a stack of silver bills. She has deposited the daily business amount in the bank in the town. The small ones are one hundred taels, the big ones are five hundred taels, and there is a thick stack. Looking at the banknotes, the Yu family felt a little unreal in their hearts.
Half a year ago, they were living a life of poverty and not even enough to eat coarse grains. Now he has become a millionaire with tens of thousands of taels of silver! Even in the town, the wealth of the Wan family is not a small amount!
Seeing the unbelievable appearance of the family, Yu Xiaocao said with a smile: "Father, mother! What are you going to do with the money? Do you keep it in the bank, or use it to buy houses and land?"
Yu Hai thought for a while, and said, "Reserve a part to expand the old house in the future. The rest... how about buying some fertile land near the town? Our family only has three acres of land, which is too little! Buy more land, and grow it next year A few acres of watermelon…”
Mrs. Liu pursed her lips and said with a smile: "If there are suitable shops in the town, I can buy a few. Xiaocao's two shops are in a good location! It's easy to rent out, our melon shop just closed. Some people inquired about renting. Just collecting the rent for a year, one room can earn thousands of dollars. If the children live in two rooms, they will not have to worry about their livelihood in the future!"
Yu Hai nodded slowly, expressing his agreement: "Yeah! Then buy some more shops... I think you can also buy a house in the town. If you spend more time in the town in the future, you will have a place to stay. However, here Considering our ancestral house, even if Xiao Shitou will be successful in studying in the future, he will still visit his hometown to worship his ancestors!" Yu Hai still has some obsession with the place where he was born and raised.
Yu Xiaocao smiled and said, "Then let's expand the old house first when autumn comes. However, the most important thing now is to open up the land so that we can grow a crop of sweet potatoes!"
Yu Hai nodded again and again, and said, "Yeah, I almost forgot about it when I was happy! It's just early summer, if you plant sweet potatoes, you can harvest them almost when the frost falls! Actually, planting watermelons is really good, and there is no delay at all. farming season!"
The next day, Yu Hang asked Xiaocao to help collect aquatic products at home. He went to the field with his parents and shoveled the melon seedlings. It took two full days to complete the three acres of land. Xiaocao also undertook the work of raising sweet potato seedlings. The main reason is that she wants to use Lingshi water to raise seedlings so that she can cheat. After all, it is too late to raise seedlings now.
Xiaocao cultivated a field for seedlings near her house, and asked Yu Hai to use bamboo branches to build a fence to prevent it from being spoiled by small animals in the mountains at night. She took out carefully selected potato seeds, arranged the potato pieces flat in the dug ground, and covered them with an even layer of soil. After the seedlings are covered with soil, water them in time, and the grass in the water is mixed with an appropriate amount of Lingshi water. Fortunately, it is already early summer, and the temperature is more suitable for the germination of potato seeds, so there is no need for any heat preservation measures.
When helping his daughter breed, Yu Hai kept nagging about raising sweet potato seedlings that should have been thought of long ago, wondering if it would delay the farming time, and so on.
Fortunately, Xiaocao has the cheating tool of the small sky-butting stone. It takes more than a month for others to breed, but it only takes more than ten days for her to complete it. In addition to the contribution of Lingshishui, Xiaobutianshi also contributed a lot. Under the command of Xiaocao, it "casts spells" every day in the seedling breeding place, and its strong strength promotes the growth of sweet potato seedlings.
Half a month later, under the urging of his daughter, Yu Hai picked sweet potato seedlings and planted them in the field. He asked in amazement, "How did the sweet potato seedlings grow so quickly? Twenty days? Caoer, Your breeding method is very good and saves a lot of time!"
Yu Xiaocao said vaguely: "It may be that the temperature and rain have been more coordinated recently, and the weather has been smooth, so the emergence of seedlings is faster. It looks like it will rain, so let's move faster and try to plant the sweet potatoes before it rains! "
Yu Hai no longer fretted over the cultivation period of sweet potato seedlings. He swiftly transported the first batch of picked potato seedlings to the plowed fields and planted them in the ground. The whole family worked together, and the potato seedlings were all planted in less than a day. That night, it rained a lot, and even the step of watering was omitted.
Potato seedlings cultivated in Lingshi water are not only resistant to drought and high temperature, but also resistant to diseases and insect pests. The potato seedlings in Yujia’s field change every day and grow well. The folks in the village praised Yu Hai as a good farmer.
In the days that followed, Xiaocao's family lived happily. Mrs. Zhang was afraid and didn't dare to make trouble again. Although Mrs. Li occasionally licked her face and came over to get close to Mrs. Liu, but because of Xiaocao's godfather and mother, she didn't dare to make any moves.
Mrs. Fang has basically settled down in Dongshan Village and rarely returns to her house in the town. The two families are close, and their contacts are getting closer. When the Yu family was busy, Mrs. Fang would change out of complicated clothes, help pick vegetables, or take care of the vegetable garden.
After more than a month of peaceful life, Mrs. Fang fell in love with the relaxed and comfortable life now. Climbing mountains every day, taking a walk on the beach, going to the sea with the children, and turning the seafood I harvested by myself into delicious food... Mrs. Fang is extremely relaxed physically and mentally. Man, much happier.