"No," A Jianfang shook his head after a little hesitation.
"That's good!" Lian Ze suddenly laughed, and wondered again: "Then why is she looking for Brother A Jian?"
When Lian Fangzhou heard Lian Ze's question, he couldn't help but glanced at A Jian.
Lian Ze is still a half-grown child after all, he doesn't understand some things, how could even Fang Zhou be unaware.
Sure enough, Ah Jian coughed twice and hesitated, but said: "It's nothing... By the way, she also asked me about our family's cotton planting, and asked me why I bought so much land. cotton!"
Now when it comes to the word "our family", Ah Jian is already very familiar with it.
"Then why did you tell her?" Lian Fangzhou knew from Ah Jian's unnatural and awkward look and tone that the magpie must have said something else, but it was Ah Jian's private matter. Since Jane doesn't want to talk, she doesn't gossip so much.
As long as it doesn't affect the life of her family, Lian Fangzhou feels that she is very generous and respects personal emotional development.
"I didn't say anything either," Ah Jian's tone returned to her ease, and she said with a smile, "I just said it had nothing to do with her!"
Lian Fangzhou and Lian Ze couldn't help laughing.
"However," Ah Jian said again: "She also mentioned the Su family, wondering if it was the Su family's idea? Then she asked me if the Su family had said something and knew some inside information? I didn't respond to her. "
Lian Fangzhou had long thought that such a big movement of his would definitely attract attention. The villagers had already gossiped, and now the interest has passed, but how could Zhao Rujun, who is so shrewd and powerful, not inquire about it
"That's what she asked! Anyway, it has nothing to do with her family. Whether we say it or not is up to us, she can't do anything about it!" Lian Fangzhou said casually.
"I think so too!" Ah Jian nodded and smiled.
So everyone put aside this topic and talked about other things. They talked and laughed along the way, but it was lively, and they arrived home soon.
Grandma Sangu saw that she had bought so many things again, she said "Ouch" and helped carry them down together. Lian Fangqing and Lian Che couldn't help, so they watched from the sidelines.
"Is something going to be built at the entrance of the village?" asked Grandma Sangu.
When Lian Fangzhou and Ah Jian were discussing things, they never avoided people. Instead, they took Lian Ze together and asked him a few opinions from time to time, so the third aunt listened to her even if she didn't care.
"Well, work will start the day after tomorrow! Let's make lunch as usual!" Lian Fangzhou nodded.
The third aunt let out an "oh", looked at the donkey cart, and said, "Next time, I will buy more shallots. The onions in our vegetable garden can't grow so fast!"
Sangu's grandma doesn't object now that Lian Fangzhou entertains workers with both meat and bone soup. It's good to drink bone soup almost every day and eat meat and bones. And more importantly, her salary is also a lot!
Lian Fangzhou agreed and said with a smile: "I really forgot about this! Next time I will buy more and save the shallots, so that every corner of the vegetable garden can be planted!"
Chives are shallots, with a very strong fragrance. This is an excellent seasoning for pancakes and cooking. Adding some to cooking on weekdays will not only make the color more beautiful, but also taste more delicious.
In the afternoon of the next day, the work at Sanchakou was finished. Lian Fangzhou took his younger siblings to visit and was very satisfied.
The fruit tree pits on Xiaohuaguo Mountain have also been dug according to her requirements. There are a total of 4,360 pits, which means that 4,360 fruit trees can be planted.
There is a flat area on the top of the mountain, which is used to build wooden houses.
Lian Fangzhou plans to learn from those beautiful villas in his previous life, draw a sketch, build according to this, and then build a tall watchtower the size of an ordinary pavilion next to it, so that standing on the watchtower, you can take in everything around you fundus.
Lian Fangqing and Lian Che looked at the fruit trees and pit monkeys in a hurry, making Lian Fangzhou want to go into the mountain to dig fruit trees immediately.
Lian Fangzhou smiled and said: "Don't worry, after three to five days, I don't need to follow the construction site at the entrance of the village, we can go there!"
Although Lian Fangqing and Lian Che were impatient, they knew what was more important, so they agreed.
Laying the foundation is a very important and important matter. Firecrackers should be set off, tributes should be placed and incense should be placed to worship the gods. Gu Shi mentioned these matters to Lian Fangzhou, and Lian Fangzhou asked him to make the decision.
Early in the morning, Lian Fangzhou's four brothers and sisters, Lian Ze, and Sangu's grandmother all went there. Lian Fangzhou also invited Zhang Lizheng and his wife, Aunt Zhang's family, and several families in the village who treated people well and had some contacts.
There were also many people who came uninvited to watch the excitement.
Needless to say, children, not to mention that it is rare to watch the excitement several times throughout the year, but the fact that there will be a lot of candy and melon seeds distributed to everyone after the firecrackers are set off in sacrifice to the gods is enough to attract many children.
When Lian Fangzhou arrived, he saw a rectangular offering table on the flat ground in the middle. On the table were square meat, whole chicken, whole fish, two neatly stacked pastries, and a large jug of wine. , three wine glasses, three pairs of chopsticks, one candlestick on the left and one on the right, and a three-legged copper incense burner in the middle.
Gu Shi was talking to a Taoist priest wearing a blue Taoist robe with gossip patterns printed on it, a square hat, and holding a dust whisk, surrounded by scattered workers.
Seeing Lian Fangzhou coming, Gu Shi smiled and cupped his fists to meet him and called, "Miss Lian!"
Lian Fangzhou introduced Zhang Lizheng and others one by one, and Gu Shi also introduced the Taoist priest to her and everyone, saying that he was the Taoist priest of Hongye Temple.
Zhang Lizheng waited seemed to have heard or knew this Taoist priest, so he said a few more words to him with a smile.
"I don't quite understand either. I'll leave it to Uncle Li Zheng and Uncle Gu to decide! What to order, you two just say it!" Lian Fangzhou laughed.
Zhang Lizheng and Gu Shi smiled and said politely. Seeing that the time was almost up, they discussed a little and then started the ceremony.
Daoist Bai inserted incense, lit candles, stood in front of the sacrificial table, shook the whisk in his hand, held a copper bell high in one hand, and shook it in a circle at the height of his ears, singing and chanting What, everyone fell silent and stood on both sides listening.
When Lian Fangzhou listened carefully, what he read was like parallel prose, which sounded quite interesting.
After a burst of more rapid and high-pitched bells rang, Daoist Bai led Gu Shi, Lian Fangzhou, his brothers and sisters, and a group of workers to line up behind him, bowed three times to the incense table, and chanted some auspicious words .
In this way, the ceremony is complete.
The atmosphere suddenly relaxed, and everyone started talking and laughing again.
Afterwards, Gu Shi asked the two workers to take out two long firecrackers, and the crowd moved aside automatically, talking and laughing.
The sound of crackling firecrackers was deafening, and the red firecracker fragments splashed around in the smoke, which was very festive.
The firecrackers sounded, the ground was red, and the air was filled with a strong smell of cigarettes.