The next day is to wait for the results to be announced. In mid-March, the list of those qualified to participate in the government examination came down. The names of the three little ones are all in the front row. Yu Xiaocao glanced at the list, and the name of my uncle Yu Bo was also there.
"Brother Qian Wen, you come to see the list too! My second sister squeezed in, let her take a look for you!" Xiao Shitou's voice sounded from behind, and Xiaocao searched again from top to bottom, and saw Qian Wen's grades are not too far behind his younger brother's name.
She struggled to squeeze out from the crowd, found her younger brother, patted him on the shoulder with a smile and said, "You did well in the exam, within the top 20!! Work hard, our family will soon produce a young scholar. "
Qian Wen said with a gentle smile, "Congratulations, little stone!"
Yu Xiaocao smiled and said: "Qian Wen, I saw your name too. Congratulations too!! When you go to Fucheng for the exam, please take care of our stone."
Qian Wen seemed to know the result already, and didn't show much joy. He nodded and said: "The relationship between our two families, needless to say, I will."
After chatting with Qian Wen for a while, Yu Xiaocao took his younger brother back to Dongshan Village. With less than a month left before the government examination, Rongxuan Academy only gave the students two days off after the results were announced. It's already mid-March, and the early-maturing vegetables at home need her to go back to breed, and if it's later, she won't be in a hurry. She plans to take advantage of these two days to plant all the vegetable fields at home, and leave the rest of the management to Dad and the others.
When I returned to Dongshan Village, I saw a lot of horses parked at the door of my house. When I entered the door, I saw that it was the king of Yangjun.
Zhu Junyang drank the mellow tea, which was the top-quality Biluochun tea. The same tea, brewed with Yu's water, tastes more fragrant than other places. The Yu family's food is the same, even if it is plain rice, the taste is much better. Could it be that the water in the Yu family's well is different from other places
The elegance of drinking tea with downcast eyes, the graceful temperament, the cool and handsome face... This simple small courtyard seems to have become alive. Yu Xiaocao was amazed again!
Hearing the movement, Zhu Junyang looked up and caught the light in Xiaocao's eyes, and his heart suddenly became open and comfortable. With a slight smile on his lips, he asked softly, "How did the Xiaoshitou County exam go? Did you make it into the list?"
Xiao Shitou hurriedly said: "Go in! You have entered the quota for the government examination!!"
Yu Hai and Liu Shi, who were originally holding their hearts together, had bright smiles on their faces. Yu Caifeng and his wife hurriedly congratulated them. Yu Hai said modestly: "This is only the first round, and there are two more rounds to come. Don't be too busy being happy. Shitou, don't be proud, keep working hard."
Little Stone nodded vigorously. Mrs. Liu couldn't stop smiling, and said: "You're hungry, mother will cook something delicious for you!!"
Yu Xiaocao was going to help, and Liu Shi said to her: "There is Yan'er, you go to smash vegetable seeds. You didn't come back, the family just turned over the land, and the fertilizer was chased, so there is no need to sow seeds."
Yu Hai followed suit and said, "There are also watermelon seeds, which should be soaked. Originally, I wanted to get them out first, but your mother said that I was afraid that I would make a bad one and delay the harvest. These days, I have received orders from Fucheng one after another. , I hope we can grow some watermelons."
Yu Xiaocao thought for a while and said, "Then plant more than a dozen acres of land in the village with watermelons. The corn is planted in the Zhuangzi on the outskirts of the ancient city of Tang. By the way, Dad, last autumn the Zhuangzi had no harvest, and the tenant farmers had a hard time. Bar?"
Yu Hai nodded, and said, "It's not easy. Not only our Zhuangzi, but other places are the same. Our Dongshan Village is a little bit better. All I can do is to waive their rent. "
Most people have no surplus food in their homes, and they all point to the harvest of food in autumn to survive the cold winter and the time when there is no harvest. Although the imperial court distributed some relief food, and the town also sold food at a reasonable price, there were many people who couldn't afford it. Therefore, in the spring, there are more people selling houses, land, children and daughters.
Yu Xiaocao thought for a while, and said, "We'll plant the corn after my brother finishes the government examination. In the village's more than 100 mu of land, a lot of people are needed for digging, top dressing, sowing and field management. Those tenant farmers The grain will definitely not be able to support the corn harvest. How about we hire those tenant farmers like long-term laborers, more work, more pay, good care and bonuses. See if this works."
"This is a good idea. Let's work out the regulations first. In two days, I will go to Zhuangzi with your uncle to ask for everyone's opinions." Yu Hai felt that there was a lot to be done about this matter.
Zhu Junyang interjected: "Master also bought some land around Tanggu, and needs to hire someone to take care of it. This matter will also be entrusted to you!"
Yu Xiaocao said strangely: "Little Duke, why did you think of buying land in Tanggu? How much did you buy? Do you also grow corn?"
"This is the meaning of the emperor! Last year, all the corn in Jingli Zhuangzi was ravaged by locusts, but the output estimated by the Ministry of Households was far less than your corn production. Experiment on both sides of Tanggu to see which side of the land is more suitable for growing corn." Zhu Junyang received the emperor's order and planned to stay in Tanggu. The experimental field in Beijing will be handed over to the old guys from Hubu.
Yu Xiaocao raised her eyebrows, thinking: Without this girl's spirit stone water, the experimental fields in the capital would not be able to keep up with Tang Gu's. Does this count as helping the little county king again
However, she still said to the point: "Corn is actually very easy to grow, and it has better adaptability to the soil. Last year, our family planted it on sandy soil, and the yield was quite high, didn't it?"
Zhu Junyang nodded, turned his phoenix eyes slightly, and said: "The emperor said that your family has successful experience in growing corn, and the experimental fields on both sides need your help. Of course, I won't let you work in vain. Well, there will be a big reward at the same time!"
"What are you rewarding? Gold, silver and jewellery? Silk and satin? A beautiful house in a good land?" Yu Xiaocao's eyes were bright, and she clenched her small hand under her chin, like a cat seeing a little fish, very cute.
Zhu Junyang's paws were itchy, he rubbed her head, and said: "There are all of them! It's just that there is no reward from the emperor, and the Lord will compensate you. Don't you feel relieved now?"
Yu Xiaocao shook the paws on her head, glared at him, and said, "Would you like to kiss each other, I'm already eleven years old, I'm not a child anymore, you should be careful!"
Yu Hai's eyebrows were almost twisted together, his eyeballs almost popped out, if the other party wasn't for the county prince, he would have broken that claw long ago! What happened to the county prince? You won't fall in love with his family, will you? No, he has to keep an eye on her in the future, her daughter is only eleven years old, so she can't be picked up by this big wild wolf. The county prince is amazing? The prince of the county can't just get involved in other people's daughters! !
Zhu Junyang didn't know that his father had already put him on guard, he was still looking up and down Yu Xiaocao, and said in his mouth: "Eleven years old? Can't tell! I need to eat more in the future, so as not to grow taller. Become a dwarf!"
Regarding her small body, Yu Xiaocao was very depressed. After drinking Lingshi water for more than two years, Dr. Sun also said that the problems in her womb have been cured, but for more than a year, the food is not bad. Xiaolian is almost half a head taller than her! Is it the sequelae of congenital deficiency?
Seeing Yu Xiaocao's dejected look like a defeated cat, Zhu Junyang couldn't bear to say: "Don't worry too much, some grow up early and some grow up late. Jing Zhaoyin's little grandson, fifteen years old At that time, I was only a little taller than you. I haven't seen you for more than a year, and my height is almost catching up with your grandfather. You are only eleven years old, and you still have six or seven years to grow up."
Yu Xiaocao glared at him, and thought: I don't know who stabbed a knife in his heart first, but now he slaps a red date? Remember this girl, from now on, I will only cook dishes that you don't like! !
She turned around angrily and went into the barn, taking out the spirit stone liquid to breed vegetables. It is said to be breeding, but it is actually very simple, just soak the seeds in the spirit stone liquid and leave it alone, it can be planted in a day or two. The reserved watermelon seeds need to be soaked to produce small sprouts, and it is easier to survive after planting, so soak for a few more days. Just right, after planting the vegetable seeds, you can almost grow watermelons.
This year's vegetables were almost half a month late. In order not to delay the season, Liu asked a sister she knew well to help, and paid thirty Wen a day. The vegetable fields add up to only four or five acres, and seven or eight people can do it in a day.
After the vegetables were planted, Yu Xiaocao was about to return to the town to work as a cook for his younger brother. In order not to affect the growth of vegetables, Yu Xiaocao simply soaked the multicolored stones into the well in her backyard, and asked Xiaobutianshi to release the spiritual power into the well water. She also solemnly warned her father that she must use the well water at home to irrigate the fields and watermelons, because she found that the water in her well was unusual.
After being reminded by his daughter, Yu Hai also discovered that the rice made from the water in his own well tastes better. As for whether it is good for vegetables and melon seedlings, it remains to be seen. Yu Hai is a kind person, he followed his daughter's words without any doubt.
Of course, he also did a small experiment, choosing a small vegetable plot instead of watering the well water, but using the pool water behind the house instead, and it didn't take long to find the difference. Vegetable fields irrigated with well water really grew faster and better than those irrigated with pond water.
How did the girl find out? Could it be that the fairy dream told her again? Or is the well water in the backyard itself enchanted by the gods? Yu Hai buried this question deeply in his heart, and never told anyone. As for the issue of the well water in the backyard being different, he also held a small meeting with his family members, telling them not to talk about it, so as not to cause trouble.
With her father and uncle at home, Yu Xiaocao no longer had to worry about the future, so she concentrated on being a little cook in the town. Sun Runze and Liu Jinye's father came again after the rankings were released, and also paid fifty taels of silver as a partner, and asked her to take care of the two children more. She still meant the same thing, one sheep was driven away, and the three lambs were also released, and she didn't refuse any more.