Datang Nongwang

Chapter 621 The Peach Is Ripe
Two medium-sized paddle steamers began sea trials.

Wan Hong and Yu Rong very much hope that Li Chongyuan can get on their ship to see the trial voyage.

but.

However, Li Chongyuan didn't get on anyone's boat, so he was so admonishing.

It's not that Li Chongyuan doesn't want to go to see the trial situation, but that he has too many things to do, and he is really too busy.Because he will go to Xixiang County in a while to listen to Yao Kong's report.

After the two medium-sized paddle steamers started their trial voyage, Li Chongyuan stood at the pier and watched for a while before leaving for Xixiang County.

And this time.

After harvesting the crops, Li Zhuang, thousands of miles away, will welcome the little princesses in the palace again.

Early in the morning.

Wan'er packed up properly, carrying a small bag, and waited outside Li Zhuang early.

"Why haven't you come yet?" Wan'er stood outside the village, poised her head and looked at the distance of the path, hoping that Sizi and the others would come over soon.

two days ago.

Wan'er went back to Chang'an City and entered the palace.

After Sizi and the others heard some words from Wan'er, they begged Li Shimin to go to Lizhuang to play.

This year.

Sizi and the others must go to Lizhuang every two months.

In Lizhuang, they can eat delicious meals and play freely for a day. Even in summer, they can eat watermelon and melon with their stomachs open.

In the palace, although they are princesses or something, you can't eat whatever you want, and there are restrictions.

Just like this watermelon.

Although they are princesses, they can only be supplied in limited quantities.

There are many nobles in the palace, but not so many are allocated to them, and there are many rules in the palace, one must learn this and that, and the matter of etiquette is the most important thing.

After leaving the palace, all these rules are basically removed, and there are no restrictions at all, so the princesses like Sizi and the others always think about going to Li Zhuang to play for a day.

Two days ago, Sizi and the others happened to be bewitched by Wan'er, so they got Li Shimin's permission to come to Li Zhuang again today.

After Wan'er waited outside the village for a quarter of an hour, she finally saw the carriage in the distance.

Immediately, the excited Wan'er stepped forward with her calves and ran towards the front of the path.

Qiao Hui, who was standing behind Wan'er, smiled knowingly, and followed closely behind, like an old woman, worried that Wan'er would fall.

In a place like Li Zhuang, it is normal to fall down.

And if Wan'er didn't fall once a day, she wouldn't be her anymore.

Jumping and jumping every day, there is no reason not to fall.

This is not.

Before Wan'er could run far, she staggered and came out in a muddy posture, but Wan'er's mouth was still full of excitement, she got up, patted and stood on the trail waiting quietly Here comes the carriage.

Qiao Hui, who was following Wan'er, looked at this scene with distress in her eyes, but seeing Wan'er get up by herself, she didn't say anything more, and waited quietly for the carriage with Wan'er.

As the carriage approached, the curtains were thrown open.

Wan'er jumped up and down a few more times, and yelled, "Haha, Sizi, a cousin, and several other cousins ​​are here."

"Sister Wan'er, sister Wan'er, hug me down quickly, hug me down quickly." When Si Zi saw Wan'er, his madness was even worse than Wan'er's.

A group of girls got out of the carriage one after another, and after bouncing around for several laps together, they walked towards the village.

Sizi and the others need to pay Li Yuan a greeting.

Li Yuan, now he is basically crucified in this Li Zhuang.

Even if Li Chongyuan was not around, Li Yuan would basically never go back to Chang'an.

The time to return to Chang'an is only during the New Year's Eve, when I return to Chang'an for a month or two. The rest of the time, I basically stay here in Lizhuang.

In Lizhuang, he felt freer and quieter.

In the days in the palace, I didn't know what to do every day, even if I was surrounded by a group of women, or surrounded by a group of sons, I still felt uneasy.

Perhaps it was because after that incident that year, when Li Yuan was in the palace, he always felt uncomfortable and uneasy.

On the contrary, Li Yuan felt more at ease here in Lizhuang.

After the greeting, Sizi's little head kept looking out of the courtyard door, as if he wanted to leave the small courtyard to play.

But Li Yuan looked at Sizi's expression and knew it very well, "Go and play. I know that you guys didn't come here today to say hello to grandpa, I'm afraid you are thinking about the peaches on the mountain."

"Hee hee, Sizi has been thinking about grandfather." Sizi flirtatiously towards Li Yuan, but this look still does not forget the gate of the courtyard.

Li Yuan gently touched Sizi's little head, "Sizi misses his grandfather, so let's sit here with him and drink tea."

Li Yuan's teasing made Sizi pout.

"Look, I knew that my son was definitely not here to see my grandfather. Well, go and play, I, an old man, will just tease you." Of course, Li Yuan understood that these granddaughters are unlikely to miss him too much.

The son doesn't even think about himself, and it's even more impossible for the granddaughter and grandchildren.

Ever since Li Yuan came to Lizhuang, Li Shimin and his wife have never come to invite Ann.

The one who came the most frequently was the old lady.

but.

Li Yuan doesn't care about Li Shimin and his wife, anyway, he prefers the current state of life.

If you have time, go to the village, chat with some old men, or go fishing by the waterlogged water or in the reservoir, and if you are free, go to the temple on the mountain.

Sizi and the others, who got the words, bowed to Li Yuan, then left the small courtyard happily, and ran towards Niu Shou Mountain.

Two days ago, Xizi and the others got Wan'er's words, and they came here today for the few autumn peaches grown on Niu Shou Mountain.

There are many fruit trees planted on Niu Shou Mountain.

There are peaches, plums, pears, jujubes and other various fruit trees.

But this year, the peach tree has bloomed and produced some fruits, but the quantity is not much.

but.

Some time ago, when Wan'er accompanied Li Yuan to Niu Shou Mountain to check, she randomly picked a few autumn peaches that were so red that they were already purple. After tasting it, the taste immediately made Wan'er call it delicious.

Even Li Yuan directly said that this autumn peach is the sweetest and most delicious peach he has ever eaten.

Although there are many fruit trees planted in Niu Shou Mountain, this year only the peaches bear fruit, and the others are completely silent.

But this can't be blamed on Niu Shou Mountain, but because the fruit-bearing time of various fruit trees is different.

Just like this peach tree.

If it is well planted, it can bloom in one year and bear fruit in two years.

Although there is a saying called peach three plum four.

But the actual situation sometimes takes about a year earlier. Of course, this also depends on the management situation. If the management is poor, it may be a little later than this.

Each of the five little girls was carrying a small bookbag, happily, bouncing and running towards Niu Shou Mountain.

A few guards and maids in the palace waited carefully beside them, as if these princesses would fall or be bitten by a snake.

When this group of people came to Niu Shou Mountain, the shouts were even more joyful.

"Sister Wan'er, that, that, it's so big, so red, pick it up for me, pick it up for me." As soon as Sizi got under a peach tree less than two meters high, she saw a peach tree that was very attractive to her. Said the extremely tempting peach.

But as far as Wan'er's height is concerned, don't say she can't get it, even those guards or those court ladies don't want to get it.

After jumping up and down a few times, Wan'er shouted to a black slave: "You, bend this branch down for Sizi to pick peaches, but don't break the branch."

After the tall and strong black slave heard what he said, he stretched out his hand without saying a word, and grabbed the peach branch of that tree with peaches.

Seeing this, Sizi rushed over in a hurry, stretched out his hand to grab it, and twisted it.

"Hahahaha, Sister Wan'er, I've picked it, I've picked it." Sizi picked peaches for the first time, not to mention the excitement.

Wan'er again instructed the black slave to pick a peach for her, then came to Sizi's side, wiped the peach on her body, and then bit down, "Sizi, eat it, it's very sweet, very sweet. delicious."

When Sizi saw that Wan'er didn't even wash, but just rubbed it on her body before biting, she looked at Wan'er with surprise in her eyes.

Moreover, seeing how delicious Wan'er ate, Sizi no longer struggled with whether to wash the peaches, and imitated Wan'er after wiping the peaches on her body, and then directly sent it to her mouth.

"Wow, Sister Wan'er, it's really sweet. I've never tasted such a sweet peach." As soon as Si Zi bit into it, the peach flavor filled her taste buds in an instant.

And Li Yi and the others followed suit, and didn't care whether it was dirty or not.

After picking a few peaches, I ate them up.

After a while.

Exclamations, exclamations, and yells resounded on Niu Shou Mountain.

Although there are not many peaches hanging on each peach tree, it cannot support the many trees that Li Chongyuan planted back then.

Come down all morning.

The little babies really kept screaming, one after another, each of them ate three peaches in a row, and they were not afraid of ruining their stomachs.

But come on.

Eating too much peaches can easily cause diarrhea.

But then again, if you eat too many peaches, you have to have a certain amount.

And how many peaches can fit in Xiaowa's stomach? It's only five or six peaches.

Besides, Wan'er has also heard Zhang Wenli's confession, so Wan'er also reminds Sizi and the others from time to time that they should not eat more peaches.

Although you can't eat too many peaches, Sizi and the others have been interested in picking peaches since they went up the mountain.

It wasn't until noon that they were reluctant to come down from the mountain with a book bag of peaches on their backs.

After returning to the small courtyard, Sizi came to Li Yuan with the biggest peach in his hands, "Grandfather, look, this is the biggest and reddest peach that Sizi picked for you. Grandfather, eat it."

"Sizi is so obedient. He also knows how to send the biggest peach to grandpa, who accepts it." Li Yuan happily took the peach that Sizi brought, his eyes full of joy and kindness.

And Li Yi and the others were not left behind, each holding a big peach to offer filial piety to Li Yuan.

this day.

Sizi and the others are happy, and Li Yuan is also happy.

After Sizi and the others left Lizhuang in Shen Shizhong, Wan'er returned to the small courtyard with a look of reluctance, "Uncle, the peaches in the mountain must be picked quickly, or they will all fall if they are all ripe. Fourth brother It’s true, I haven’t come back to see it for a year.”

After listening to Wan'er's words, Li Yuan knew that the little girl was thinking about Li Chongyuan again.

one Year.

One year passed so quickly that Li Yuan almost forgot that Li Chongyuan had been away for a year.

"Then pick them all up, just send some back to your mother, let your mother taste it too." Li Yuan didn't mention Li Chongyuan's matter, so as not to make the girl in front of him feel more and more sad.

Wan'er nodded lightly, and told Qiao Hui who was not far away: "Aunt Hui, let Manager Qiao lead someone to pick all the peaches. I'll take them back tomorrow for my mother to taste, and for Siwen to taste." Taste it."

Qiao Hui agreed and left the courtyard to inform Qiao Su.

before evening.

Almost all the peaches on Niu Shou Mountain have been picked, and the ones that have not been picked are only those that are numerous and immature.

The servants carried the picked peaches back to the small courtyard. There were ten loads of baskets, and each load weighed at least a hundred catties.

The next morning.

Wan'er got into the carriage early in the morning, took the ten loads of baskets, and went back to Chang'an with Qiao Su.

As soon as Taozi arrived at my house, the old lady was a little surprised when she saw it, "Wan'er, is this the peach tree planted by your fourth brother? Why did it bear fruit this year?"

"Mother, I told you a few months ago, mother, have you forgotten?" Wan'er was a little surprised.

The old lady patted her forehead and said, "Look at me, I forgot about it."

"Siwen, come on, call me aunt, if you don't call me aunt, I won't give it to you." At this time, Wan'er took a peach, wiped it, and came to Li Shangwu to seduce her.

She didn't care about what her mother said.

Lin Caishu picked a peach that she was satisfied with, looked at it for a while, and followed Wan'er's example of rubbing it casually, then started to bite.

In an instant, as soon as the peach juice entered her mouth, Lin Caishu exclaimed in surprise: "Mother, this peach tastes so good, I have never eaten such a delicious peach."

"Really. Then I'll try it too. Hmm? Why don't you wash it. Wan'er, why don't you wash it and eat peaches for Siwen, be careful to eat peaches." After hearing the sound, the old lady looked at the two of them, Seeing Wan'er holding a peach for Li Shangwu to eat, she was immediately dissatisfied.

A grandson is much more important than a daughter.

Even though the old lady loved Wan'er before, after having this grandson, Wan'er has already begun to be marginalized.

There are many peaches.

Naturally, the old lady couldn't just keep it for her family.

On the same day, he personally sent three loads of peaches to the palace.

And she ordered the housekeeper to give the other three loads of peaches to some nobles who were close to each other.

Of course, Li Xiaogong's side is also indispensable, and Lin Caishu's family is also indispensable.

Just yesterday, when Sizi and the others returned to the palace, they gave Li Shimin and his wife a taste of the peaches they got from Li Zhuang.

Today, Empress Changsun is still thinking about it.

This is not.

After the old lady delivered Taoyi to the palace, Empress Changsun called the peach delicious, saying that after tasting the peaches Sizi and the others brought back yesterday, she felt much happier.

(End of this chapter)