Fiancee weak and unable to take care of herself?

Chapter 23 Tea Garden
"Miss, it's just ahead, not far away."

It seemed that he was afraid that Su Zijin would get tired of the rough road, Shen Shixi said comfortingly.

From the beginning of riding a horse, Su Zijin led the horse and walked slowly behind Shopkeeper Shen.Hearing shopkeeper Shen's comfort, he said calmly, "It's nothing, anyway, I told my grandfather before I left the city, if I go back late, I will spend the night outside the city."

Shen Shixi nodded, "Miss is young, but she can endure hardship."

Su Zijin didn't speak, and shopkeeper Shen didn't take it seriously. The delicate little girl always has a stubborn temper.

Hou Yi, who was behind Su Zijin, frowned, looked at the difficult road and the dense forests on both sides of the road.

"Shopkeeper Shen, are all Chang's tea gardens located in this kind of place?"

Faced with Hou Yi's impatience, shopkeeper Shen was not unhappy, but replied kindly, "No, this is just one of the Chang's houses, and it is the farthest mountain. It was flooded because of the rain back then. The tea farmers on this mountain couldn't survive, the master couldn't bear it, so he took over the tea mountains so far away, and kept the original tea farmers as tenants. What I mean is to check this farthest tea mountain first, and then when returning to the city, once again Survey the other two."

Su Zijin nodded, "Shopkeeper Shen doesn't need to explain, we will follow your plan."

Only then did Shopkeeper Shen nod, and walked to the front to lead the way.Hou Yi also curled his lips, as if he was dissatisfied with shopkeeper Shen for bringing them to this wilderness.

Several people walked forward all the way, and finally arrived at the tea mountain at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain before noon.

"Boss Cai, do you have any ready-made food at home? Let's use some first, and then go to the mountain to check after the food is finished. Young master, how about that?"

Su Zijin looked at the silent boss Cai in front of him, and nodded, "I'm here for the first time, and I'm not as familiar as Shopkeeper Shen, so I'll just listen to Shopkeeper Shen's arrangements."

Old Mr. Cai seems to be a taciturn character. Hearing the words of shopkeeper Shen and Su Zijin, he bowed his head in silence and turned back to the simple house at the foot of the mountain. He moved out the table and put it in the yard. Let's eat some food, the light in the room is not good, so I won't invite you in."

In the early winter season, if you were in Kyoto, the dripping water would have turned into ice. Unlike in Shu County, you don't need to wear too heavy clothes, and you can move around freely outdoors.

Su Zijin nodded, "The old man is more casual, we just have some meals at will, and we won't bother you for too long."

After a while, a table of delicious meals was prepared properly, with a dish of fried duck in the middle, served with green vegetables, and several bowls of rice.After putting down the food, Lao Cai asked everyone to sit down, but he wanted to go back to the house.

"Old man, let's use some together, we can't finish eating so much."

"Young master, Lao Caitou has always been withdrawn, let's use it first. After we leave, he will be more at ease."

Shopkeeper Shen said.

"Really?" Su Zijin glanced at the hunched old man, shrugged, "It's fine, don't force it. Then let's eat first, and go up the mountain to have a look after eating. It would be better if we can go to the second tea mountain in the afternoon .”

A group of people ate an authentic farm meal, and then headed up the mountain under the leadership of Lao Caitou.

"There are few tenants here, so the tea mountain hasn't been tidied up for several years. The young owner is careful."

Shopkeeper Shen said courteously.

Su Zijin looked at shopkeeper Shen strangely. Even in front of his grandfather, shopkeeper Shen was not so considerate. He didn't know what he was thinking at this time.

"It's okay, it's just a ditch, even if you trip, it won't hurt you."

Shopkeeper Shen smiled sarcastically and said no more.

Chashan is not a single hilltop, but two or three small hilltops stretching from east to west, which is much easier to walk on than the bumpy and hilly road just now.

"Old man, it took a long time to level the mountain here, right? We came all the way just now, and the road is very rough."

Hearing this, Old Caitou looked at Shopkeeper Shen at the side, and shook his head, "This is an industry that has been accumulated for many years, and it is not our turn to level the ground."

Su Zijin felt strange, but didn't want to say anything more, so he followed Lao Caitou to another hill down the mountain.

"This road didn't exist before. A few years ago, Mr. Chang bought it together and opened it up. After walking for a few years, there is this small road that can pass through several hills." Lao Cai introduced himself.

"Yeah." Su Zijin nodded listening behind her.

"Except for heavy rains and flooding in the tea mountains, there are very few bad harvests. The harvest is the same, but the price of tea fluctuates every year. However, the minimum food and clothing can be taken care of. There are ponds in our mountains, and there are mountain guards beside the ponds. tea farmers, so even if there is less rain, it doesn’t matter, there is water from the accumulated ponds to supply.”

"is it?"

Su Zijin thought of the ledger she had seen a few days ago.

"Yes." Lao Cai walked in front with his head bent, nodding his head affirmatively.

Hou Yi, who was behind Su Zijin, looked left and right, coupled with his honor, he seemed to be a street stalker.Shopkeeper Shen, who was also following behind, had been listening to the two of them carefully, and when he heard Lao Caitou's affirmative words, he quickly interjected, "Miss, there is still a long way to go, our Southwest business, the profit of tea is huge." It doesn’t matter, the tea house collects and transports tea every year. We arrived late today, in order to avoid the worry of the old owner, let’s go back as soon as possible, and wait until we get to the nearby tea gardens to take a closer look, it’s the same.”

Su Zijin stopped, looked back at Shopkeeper Shen, and Shopkeeper Shen continued, "This mountain is hundreds of acres, and it is impossible for the Young Master to go to every place. Let's go to the Song Family's tea garden a dozen miles outside the city. Well, they are all tea gardens, the layout is similar, and the lady understands the same."

Su Zijin paused, then glanced at Lao Cai, who turned back to listen to the crowd, "Old man, is the layout of the hill in front similar to this one? If it is similar, we will not go there, and we will go back first according to Shopkeeper Shen's arrangement." , I’ll come over here when I’m free some other day.”

Lao Cai was silent for a moment, then nodded, "They are all tea gardens, except for the difference in tenants, everything else is the same, Miss."

Su Zijin led the crowd back again.

The way back soon reached the foot of the mountain, and everyone led the horses to prepare to go back.

Su Zijin looked at Hou Yi who was hugging his stomach, "What's wrong with you? It's rare to take you out, so you can't stand on stage like this!"

Hou Yi's face was distorted, and his black eyebrows were even more ugly, "Miss, it may be because I was trying to have fun just now, I drank too much raw water, and I have diarrhea."

Su Zijin glared at Hou Yi, "I can't count on you. Luckily, Shopkeeper Shen has enough staff. Shopkeeper Shen, let's go first."

Shopkeeper Shen still had a gentle look on his face, and nodded, "Let's go."

On the way back, Su Zijin felt a little more familiar, so he rode on the horse and walked back slowly. Fortunately, it was faster than the walking speed when he came.

"Miss, don't you go slowly and wait for the guard?"

Su Zijin shook his head, "It's okay, he will naturally talk about his origin and catch up with us later."

(End of this chapter)