"No! The port is at an important stage, so nothing can go wrong. Godfather, you'd better go and watch it! Besides, you haven't done any farm work, so it might be a disservice to you if you go there!" Yu Xiaocao Rejecting the godfather's proposal, he said again, "How about...Mother tomorrow will dig a hole in front, and I will plant the seeds, will the head office do it?"
Fang Fangzhen still refused: "Your hand is injured, what if you get infected with dirty air? Then it will not help but add to the chaos!"
Xiao Lian and Yu Hang rushed to say: "I won't go to the pier (no seafood) tomorrow, let's help out in the fields!"
"Okay! Stop arguing! It's only about ten acres of land, and it's a mess. If you buy tens of hundreds of acres of fertile land like Cao'er said, won't you be so worried that you can't sleep all day? That's it. It's settled, tomorrow I will go to the field with your mother, and Cao'er. Cao'er will just watch the mistakes elsewhere, don't do anything! Others should do whatever they want!" At this time, Yu Hai took out his family plan. The Lord's boldness comes, and the final decision is made.
Before going to bed, Xiaocao came to the west courtyard next door as usual, and used her little paws wrapped in gauze to sound the godmother's pulse. Because of the proper diet and the nourishment of Lingshi water, Ganniang is in better shape than when she first came to Tanggu even though she is pregnant with Liujia. Yu Xiaocao relievedly took her hand away.
Mrs. Fang gently grabbed her little paw wrapped into a pig's trotter, and teased with a bit of distress: "Oh! Our eldest lady only works for one day, so why do you make her little hands so miserable?"
Yu Xiaocao pursed her lips and complained softly: "It's the godfather who made too much fuss, it's just a few bubbles, it's wrapped as if my hand is broken."
Fang Fangzhen came in to touch his wife's belly, looked at Xiaocao's hand towards Mrs. Fang, and said: "You didn't see, there were a few blood bubbles the size of peanuts in the palm of Bai Nennen's hand, and a lot of blood flowed out after being picked. Sigh! It’s only about ten acres of land, and we can’t afford to hire people! At worst, we can buy a few strong ones from among the refugees, why do we have to do everything by ourselves?”
Yu Xiaocao said with a smile: "We are already conspicuous enough in the village. We just bought more than ten acres of land and bought people to plant the land. They don't pay attention to us behind their backs?"
"Whoever likes to be particular about it, whoever is particular about it, buy land and people if you have the ability!" said Fang Fangzhen with a beard and a stare.
Yu Xiaocao knew that her godfather felt sorry for her, so she changed the subject with a smile, and said, "Godfather, godmother is due to give birth next month at the most. The conditions in the countryside are not good, and the midwives are not professional. I think I'll come back tomorrow." Waiting for delivery in the town?"
As soon as the child was about to be born, Fang Fangzhen immediately showed a silly smile, and said, "I have discussed this issue with your godmother. We will go back to the town when your corn and potatoes are planted."
Fang Fangzhen now firmly believes in the medical skills of his daughter-in-law. My daughter-in-law is not young, and she is the first child, so she has little experience. If the daughter-in-law doesn't follow, he won't feel at ease! However, the corn and potatoes were ordered by the daughter and the king of Yangjun, so there should be no delay. Fortunately, the daughter-in-law is still a month away from her due date. He had heard the word due date from Xiaocao!
Linglong looked at her wife's round belly, and felt that it would be safe to go back to town earlier. She said softly: "Ma'am, let Pearl stay with you at home tomorrow, and this servant will go to the field to see if I can help. One more person to work, it will always be faster!"
Mrs. Fang raised her smiling eyes, glanced at her most proud girl, and said to the house with a smile: "Girls Linglong and Zhenzhu came to Tanggu with us, and they have suffered a great crime! Often, Big girls like them, like Xiaojiabiyu, don't touch the spring water with their ten fingers, and there are not many little girls under their hands. But in this Dongshan Village, they burn fires for cooking, and plant and pick vegetables. It's really hard for them!"
Pearl hurriedly said: "Ma'am, what you say can really hurt the servants! Madam is tolerant, merciful, and the little sisters who have returned to the Xia family before the servant, all envy the servant for following a good master!"
Linglong lightly pinched Mrs. Fang's shoulder, and said with a light smile, "Isn't it! Being in Beijing has the advantages of Beijing, and Dongshan Village has the advantages of Dongshan Village. Our Dongshan Village has beautiful mountains and clear waters, and we feel at ease when we see them. Eating delicacies from mountains and seas, the faces of the servants are rounded. If you want to say, the rules in Beijing are strict, you can stay in Dongshan Village freely!"
Mrs. Fang patted Linglong's hand and said with a smile, "You two are well-behaved. Madam, I remember it all! Alright, tomorrow Linglong will take Wangfu and his wife to the field to see if they can help you. busy."
Early the next morning, the three members of the Yu family brought Linglong and two servants from the Fang family to the field. I worked hard all day yesterday and have already planted nearly two acres of land. Mrs. Liu has almost mastered the skills of digging holes, and under Xiaocao's guidance, she quickly got started.
Wangfu came here from the house in the town, and he was also a seasoned veteran before selling himself in the house. He started to do farm work faster than Yu Hai and his wife, and the hoe in his hand seemed to have spirituality, digging holes quickly and well. Wangfu's daughter-in-law followed behind her husband, skillfully throwing seeds and burying soil in it. The two cooperated very well.
Linglong is the son of the Xia family. She grew up in a high courtyard and never had any experience with farm work. Fortunately, it is not difficult to plant. She was relatively unfamiliar at the beginning, and gradually got used to it.
Yu Hai carried the bucket and followed behind the two of them, and sprinkled some water on the seeds just planted. The water should not be too much. If there is too much water, the seeds will be soaked. However, the seeds that have been baptized with Lingshi water have no such worries.
With three more people, plus the proficiency in the work at hand, today's efficiency is much faster! By evening, there were less than two acres of the remaining eight acres of land.
When she came back, Mrs. Liu smiled and said, "I will almost be able to light all the corn tomorrow. Thanks to Linglong and Wangfu, otherwise we would have been busy for a few more days."
Wangfu smiled honestly, but Wangfu's daughter-in-law said cleverly: "I don't dare to call Madam Yu like that. Madam Yu is a relative of our general and half-master of the slaves. Just calling the slaves by their names is a way of giving us face." !"
Seeing what Liu Shi wanted to say, Linglong hurriedly changed the subject and said, "The corn will be planted almost in the morning. I don't know when the remaining acre of potatoes will be planted?"
Yu Xiaocao also took over the conversation, saying: "The seeds of potatoes have already germinated. At the latest, they can be planted the day after tomorrow. Sister Linglong, are you tired today? Go back and take a hot bath, take a good rest, tomorrow Son, my hands should be almost healed, my father and mother and I are enough!"
Seeing what Linglong wanted to say, she said again: "The house in the town has not been lived in for a long time. Although there are a few servants left to guard the door, if they move there, someone will still have to watch over and clean it. There is also a delivery Mother-in-law, I have to look for it in advance... Sister Linglong, you are the one who is needed by the godmother, and the godmother is heavy now, so she can't do without you!"
Wangfu's daughter-in-law said flatteringly: "Miss Linglong tomorrow, please don't come here, my wife and I will help you, we should be able to do it!"
Linglong thought for a while, what Miss Cao'er said was right, she'd better go to the town to keep an eye on tomorrow, the wife and the child in her womb are the most important things!
In this way, after another two days of busy work, the Yu family's ten mu of land was completely planted. Without allowing Xiaocao to rest for a day, the house town couple packed her up and brought her back to the town. Linglong is also capable. She took two days to tidy up the mansion. Two well-known midwives in the town were also invited to the mansion by her, serving them with delicious food and drink.
Most of these midwives delivered babies to wealthy families in the town, and the biggest officials they had ever seen were just low-ranking officials like the head arrester of the county government and the county official Dian Shi. As soon as he heard the invitation from the Imperial Envoy's residence, his legs were weak, and he didn't dare to fart, so he obediently followed Fangfu's servants over.
After living in the mansion for a day, I gradually regained my composure, and bursts of joy burst into my heart: they are the first to be able to give birth to the imperial envoy's wife! If it goes well, it will not only be famous but also profitable! They have heard that the imperial envoy has a child in his middle age, and the reward will definitely not be less when the time comes!
Xiaocao didn't stay idle when she came to the town. After some inquiries, I found Li Da, a dentist with good reputation in the town.
Li Da was taken to the Fangfu with a little anxiety. With his social connections, how could he not know that this is the imperial envoy's house? What does the imperial envoy want him to do? Could it be that there are not enough servants and you want to buy some servants
The person I met was a little girl who was less than ten years old. Although her clothes looked ordinary, they were comfortable and delicate in every way. Such a young girl should not be a big girl in the family, could it be... the goddaughter recognized by the imperial envoy
Li Da did not dare to neglect, and solemnly stepped forward to salute. Yu Xiaocao said with a smile: "Li Ya, don't be too polite, just sit down and talk!"
Following Mrs. Fang, who was born in a famous family, Yu Xiaocao already had a three-pointed manner in dealing with others. She waited for Li Da to sit down, and with a gentle smile, she said softly: "Li Yajiao, I heard that most of the Yajia business in Tanggu Town is in your hands! I don't know, is there a large piece of farmland nearby for sale? "
Li Da quickly sat up straight, thought for a while, and said, "Miss Hui, do you want to buy a large farm, or just farmland?"
"Farm? Is there a farm for sale?" Yu Xiaocao learned that farms are generally in the hands of rich people. Not only do they have large tracts of fertile land, they also sell them together with tenant farmers. If you can buy a farm, you will save a lot of trouble!
Li Da hurriedly said: "A wealthy family named Ma in the town has failed in business and urgently needs capital turnover, so the Ma family plans to sell a farm, including 60 acres of high-grade good farmland, 30 acres of medium-grade farmland, and 8 acres of low-grade farmland. Ten acres. This Zhuangzi is located on the east side of the town, only more than ten miles away from the town."
A total of 170 mu, and it is located between Tanggu Town and Dongshan Village, which is exactly what Xiaocao wants. If the price is not too outrageous, Xiaocao is ready to take it!
"I don't know what the price is..."