Datang Nongwang

Chapter 427 Watermelon
The fry have to continue to hatch.

Goldfish have to continue to be bred.

There are so many things, so many that Li Chongyuan has been running here and there recently, and he can't stop for a moment.

As for the fruit trees on Niu Shou Mountain, due to the hot weather, the fruit saplings began to shrink due to lack of water, as if they had lost their energy.

This made Qiao Su, the manager, anxious.

"Xiao Langjun, the fruit trees on the mountain are all withered. What should we do? If they all die, we will suffer a great loss." Li Chongyuan, who is Wan'er doing arithmetic, said anxiously.

When Li Chongyuan heard this, he was also very anxious.

The fruit tree was a test for him.

If something went wrong in the first experiment, there would really be no place to put his face.

Li Chongyuan got up, and took out his usual booklet from the room, "Old Qiao, sit down first, and I'll see how to solve this matter."

There was the sound of flipping paper.

Qiao Su, who was anxious in his heart, looked at his young gentleman as if he was looking for a way, looked around his head, and looked at the booklet in Li Chongyuan's hand.

For the booklet in Li Chongyuan's hand.

Josu was curious.

From the beginning when the booklet appeared, Josu was curious.

Not only was he curious, even Qiao Hui and the others were extremely curious.

Among them, Wan'er is the one who is most curious and wants to see it quickly.

Wan'er, who stopped studying arithmetic, approached behind her fourth brother, her two big eyes fixed on the booklet in Li Chongyuan's hand.

'It turns out that the fourth brother still has so many good things. I thought it was just about farming.Hey, what picture is this?It looks like the spraying device that the fourth brother mentioned before. '

Li Chongyuan, who looked down at the brochure, didn't notice Wan'er behind him at all.

At this time, he was looking for the things he had written with all his heart.

"Spraying doesn't work, there is no power, unless you use manpower. It seems that the only solution at the moment is to use manpower. There is a long way to go. There is still a lot of work to be done. A water storage should be dug out on this mountain." The hidden danger of water shortage can only be solved after Chi Lai." Li Chongyuan rubbed his forehead and rejected what had been written on the booklet.

After a long time down.

Li Chongyuan then closed the booklet and looked at Qiao Su.

After sorting out his thoughts, he said, "Old Qiao, for the time being, we can only ask the helpers to pick up some water to the mountain every morning or evening for the fruit trees. This is the only way to solve the water shortage urgently at present. After all, the fruit trees were only planted this year, so they should not wither and die too much due to lack of water. Also, in the afternoon, I will go to the top of Niushou Mountain to see where it is suitable to dig a reservoir. As long as there is a pond on the top of the mountain, I'll get a semi-automatic watering device out."

"Xiao Langjun, it is possible to carry water, but the fruit saplings have shrunk so much, can't we go now?" Qiao Su was anxious.

Li Chongyuan shook his head, "You are too impatient, the sun is so big, and the weather is very hot. The water temperature in the flooded water is also very high. At this time, carrying water to water the saplings, isn't that just watering the fruit saplings with warm water. Watering fruit tree seedlings can only be done in the early morning or at night, and it is the hottest summer, so it is best to choose early morning. After all, the water in the waterlogged water is completely usable after cooling down overnight."

When Qiao Su heard this, he understood.

"Xiao Langjun, then I will go and inform the helpers first, so that when they come to work tomorrow, they will come over with a bucket to water the fruit tree seedlings." Qiao Su got up quickly after understanding the cause of the matter.

Li Chongyuan nodded, "Okay, but, starting tomorrow, we will add two coins to each of them for carrying water."

"This..." Qiao Su began to feel sorry for money again.

Originally, the helpers came to do the work, and the wages were [-] Wen a day, and there were pancakes and mung bean soup.

This cost is very high.

Now it's just a little more work, and Li Chongyuan said that he wants to increase two pennies, which is not what Qiao Su is willing to do.

Just as Li Chongyuan was speaking, Wan'er, who sat back on the small stool from behind Li Chongyuan, spoke, "Qiao Guanshi, you have no sense of the overall situation, and you are so stingy about matters of two cents. If the fruit tree seedlings die If it’s too much, wouldn’t that be a bigger loss? Moreover, adding two pennies to the helpers is more pay for more work.”

Qiao Su looked at Wan'er, then at Li Chongyuan, and finally had no choice but to bite the bullet and leave.

Li Chongyuan looked at Qiao Su's leaving back and sighed softly.

Regarding Qiao Su's stingy style, Li Chongyuan really had no choice.

The next morning.

When Li Chongyuan practiced in the morning, every group of helpers he met came with wooden barrels.

In this regard.

Li Chongyuan just smiled in his heart, and greeted all the helpers one after another.

There is a saying.

If you have money to earn, why not earn it.

It's nothing more than carrying a few loads of water up the mountain to irrigate. It's not a heavy physical activity for them, let alone earning a few cents.

The current two pennies.

That's enough for two meals.

Follow the helpers to carry water every morning.

After a few days, the fruit saplings on Niu Shou Mountain began to show their vitality to the world again.

Although some died due to withering, the proportion was still quite small.

In this regard.

Li Chongyuan could only ask Qiao Su to remember that in autumn, he would get another batch of fruit saplings and replant them.

"Mother, the fourth brother and younger sister have rewarded so many melons in the palace in Lizhuang, do you want to send some to Lizhuang?" Lin Caishu from Chang'an's family looked at the dozen or so melons in front of her, her eyes flickering. thoughts.

After the old lady heard the words, she nodded lightly and said: "Caishu, you are thoughtful, Wan'er likes to eat this kind of melon the most. However, we don't want to send it to Li Zhuang, the palace will definitely arrange it."

Li Yuan is in Lizhuang.

Even if Li Shimin, the son, didn't think of it, wouldn't Empress Changsun not think of it?

The old lady didn't give it away, so she naturally had her own considerations.

And as the old lady said.

At this time, in the West Inner Garden of the palace, Empress Changsun ordered a female official, "You send these to Mrs. Xiangjun, what will she do with it?"

"Yes, empress." The female officer took the instructions and started to work.

Shortly after.

Two carriages came out of the palace and went straight to my home.

After an hour.

Among the family, several carriages drove out.

On the carriage, Lin Caishu seemed to have gotten something good, she was a little carried away with joy, and urged the driver loudly, "Hurry up, it's best to arrive at Lizhuang before noon."

Lin Caishu finally got this errand, left Chang'an City, and went to Lizhuang for a walk.

It is inevitable that I will not be excited.

Since she married into the Li family, she has only had the chance to leave Chang'an City twice.

For a carefree and active woman like her, it would be like being in prison for her to stay at home every day.

She is a new wife.

After arriving at Li's house, he can't do anything as casually as he did at his mother's house.

after all.

She is already a wife, with an old lady on top, a husband in the middle, and younger brothers and sisters in the bottom.

If this is still the usual temperament, then people will really be criticized, saying that the women from the Lin family are not educated, and even saying that the old lady does not know how to teach brides.

Lin Caishu was happy because she was happy.

But when he thought of what the old lady said when he left the family just now, his face turned red and he was also anxious.

'Why is this belly so unbearable? It's been a few months and it hasn't been noticeable. It seems that I have to go back to my mother's house and ask my mother if there is any good way to do it. '

Lin Caishu has been married to the Li family for several months.

Stomach has not moved.

The old lady was in a hurry.

Lin Caishu was also anxious.

An hour later.

The carriage arrived at Lizhuang.

As soon as she arrived at the entrance of Lizhuang Village, Lin Caishu ignored the dissuasion of the driver, jumped out of the carriage, and went straight to the courtyard, screaming, "Wan'er, Wan'er, I'm here, where are you?"

Before the person arrives, the voice arrives.

Li Chongyuan, who was cooking lunch in the kitchen at this moment, knew who was coming when he heard this sound.

immediately.

Li Chongyuan handed over the cooking to Qiao Hui and walked out of the kitchen.

At the gate of the courtyard at this moment, Wan'er and Lin Caishu had already hugged each other, bouncing around.

"Chongyuan has met my sister-in-law." Li Chongyuan walked over and saluted Lin Caishu to show his respect.

Lin Caishu let go of Wan'er, approached Li Chongyuan, reached out and patted Li Chongyuan's shoulder, "Fourth brother, you are still so polite to me, be careful I will beat you."

"Uh, it's been a long time since I saw my sister-in-law. This gift cannot be discarded." Li Chongyuan was very embarrassed.

Lin Caishu clapped again, "Fourth brother, it's been less than ten days since we saw each other, but you said you haven't seen each other for a long time. You are seeing me, Wan'er, does your fourth brother not regard me as a sister-in-law?"

"Sister-in-law, fourth brother is afraid that you will beat him up." Wan'er, who was standing aside, saw her fourth brother slumped, her eyes were narrowed into slits when she laughed.

Not much to say.

After Li Chongyuan's embarrassment passed, he had no choice but to lead Lin Caishu to meet Li Yuan who was sitting in the main room waiting for dinner.

For this new lady of the Li family.

Li Yuan didn't have much sense of identity.

and.

Li Yuan didn't like the one in the Lin family, that is, Lin Caishu's father.

after all.

Lin Caishu's father used to be Li Yuan's former subordinate.

And after his son Li Shimin forced him to give up the throne, this member of the Lin family immediately turned against him, and even strongly agreed with him.

to this end.

Li Yuan also loves to ignore Lin Caishu.

but.

Now that Lin Caishu has married into the Li family, her status is good or her status has changed.

Come over to greet him with Li Yuan, that's still a word of encouragement.

"It's delicious, it's delicious. Every time my mother has watermelon, she always lets me eat it first." After the meal, a small watermelon was cut open and brought to the table.

At this time, Wan'er is holding a piece of watermelon with white and red flesh, and is eating happily.

On the other hand, Li Chongyuan at this time.

But holding the piece of watermelon in front of him, seems to be thinking.

Lin Caishu didn't understand, so she touched Li Chongyuan's shoulder, "Fourth brother, why are you so preoccupied? Is this melon not sweet or delicious?"

Li Chongyuan came to his senses and shook his head.

"The melon is a good melon, but the sweetness is too bad." Li Chongyuan immediately traveled back to his previous life for the watermelon in front of him.

The watermelon from the previous life.

That is the taste of memory.

Now this watermelon tastes good and is much cooler, but the sweetness is much lower, and the water content is pitifully less than the watermelon in the previous life.

If Lin Caishu hadn't sent melons over, Li Chongyuan wouldn't even have remembered that there were watermelons.

Also really.

Tang country does not grow watermelons.

According to Lin Caishu, these watermelons came from the Western Regions as a tribute and dedicated to the emperor Li Shimin.

If it wasn't for Li Yuan in Lizhuang.

It is estimated that Li Chongyuan can hardly eat these watermelons.

This also reminded Li Chongyuan that the current watermelons are grown in the Western Regions, but they have not blossomed in the Tang Kingdom.

This is why Li Chongyuan was in a trance.

After hearing the sound, Wan'er, knowing her fourth brother's ability, came to Li Chongyuan with a melon in her hand, "Fourth brother, why don't we plant watermelons too? Fourth brother, you will definitely plant it. I believe that fourth brother planted it." The watermelon must be big and sweet, and it tastes better than this Xiyu melon."

"Okay, kind." Li Chongyuan said after taking a big bite as if he had been ignited.

Li Chongyuan's decision.

It also made Li Yuan, who was sitting not far away, sipping watermelon, show a smile on his face.

watermelon.

It's not food, it's just ordinary melons and fruits.

Although there are none in the Tang Dynasty, there are still some in the palace every year, and Li Yuan can eat a lot of them every year.

to this end.

For the taste of watermelon, Li Yuan can't say he likes it, nor can he say he doesn't like it.

But in such a hot summer, if you can eat a piece of cool watermelon, that would be a good thing, right?

Just do it.

Li Chongyuan obtained Li Yuan's consent.

Opened a dozen watermelons and distributed them to the guards.

He also told them to collect the seeds, and not a single one was allowed to go to waste.

And after the guards tasted the watermelon for the first time, it was like a river with its mouth open, and it couldn't stop.

From time to time, I have to go to the small courtyard to take a look at the watermelon placed in the shade in the corner of the small courtyard.

Li Chongyuan looked at the eyes of these people and showed a mysterious smile.

'When I grow a super delicious watermelon, I will open your eyes. '

Although it is hot summer now.

But this watermelon can still be grown.

From breaking ground to maturity, it takes about four months.

Early maturity, three months.

At this time, Li Chongyuan was packing the collected watermelon seeds in a basket and drying them in the sun.

Why sun?

Li Chongyuan didn't know either.

He just did it according to what he remembered. As for why, Li Chongyuan really didn't think much about it.

"Fourth brother, can you really grow watermelons?" Lin Caishu, who watched Li Chongyuan busy, really couldn't understand her little uncle.

Former Li Chongyuan.

It's not the Li Chongyuan she knows now.

before.

Li Chongyuan was not making trouble, he was fighting, and he would even do some outrageous things.

And now.

After arriving in Lizhuang, it seemed like a different person, even the clothes became like a farmer's, all in short jacket and shorts.

Even this face was a little coppery.

At first glance, I thought he was just an ordinary farmer, not like a nobleman.

Li Chongyuan looked back at Lin Caishu, "Please remove the real characters."

Lin Caishu was stunned.

Think about what to say after removing the real characters.

Immediately.

The whole sentence without the real characters appeared in her mind, and Lin Caishu was suddenly speechless.

(End of this chapter)