Love in the Red Chamber

Chapter 78
[Li Wan's current favorability: 22]

Qin Zhong looked into the courtyard from the hallway, and saw Li Wan leading Biyue standing by the door and window of the room.

He cupped his hands at Li Wan and smiled.Li Wan also returned the gift generously, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

Neither of them spoke.

Li Wan watched Qin Zhong and Jia Lan leave with a gratified smile on his lips.Lan'er has been active recently, and it's all due to that person.Lan'er is not only active, but also more cheerful, showing a bit of grandpa's demeanor.

[Li Wan's favorability +5, Yangshou increased by 5 day]

Qin Zhong led Jia Lan out of Rongguo Mansion, boarded the carriage and went to Xu's house.The Xu family and the Rongguo Mansion are not in the same area. The Rongguo Mansion is located to the east of the imperial city, and there are all princes' mansions, all of which are very wealthy.

Of course, the one that is richer than the east is naturally the west of the imperial city, where the palaces are clustered together.

The Xu family is located in Nancheng, which is the outer city.There are all three religions and nine streams in the outer city, and there are many merchants and businesses, so it is extremely prosperous and lively.

The carriage passed through the hustle and bustle, and stopped outside a relatively deserted and quiet mansion.

Qin Zhong just got out of the carriage, and he felt that the atmosphere of the Xu family today was different from the past.

The courtyard is deep and quiet.He even found out that there were a lot of dark men inside and outside the Xu family, all of them were ready to fight, as if some powerful big shot had come to the Xu family.

Qin Zhong led Jia Lan in through the corner gate and went straight to Xu's home.

He unexpectedly found that there were not many faces of the familiar servants of the Xu family in the past, and they were all strangers.

"It's terrible!" He sighed secretly, "It seems that the palace has been really alarmed, this Fifth Master Chen has some skills."

Jia Lan also felt this rather depressing atmosphere, but his performance was completely opposite to Qin Zhong's.Jia Lan was even more excited, thinking: Uncle Zhong is really capable, such a battle has never happened in the Rongguo Mansion.

[Jia Lan's favorability +3, Yangshou increased by 3 days (current favorability: 37)]

Jia Lan felt that he was following the right person!Inevitably shortness of breath.

Someone in front of Qin Zhong and Jia Lan led the way to the greenhouse.When the two of them arrived, Qin Zhong saw several familiar figures.

In the garden, there are several houses not far from the greenhouse, where Qin Zhong used to live when he stayed at Xu's house.Today, he saw Uncle Chen who hadn't seen him for several months.

Next to Uncle Chen is Fifth Master Chen and a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy.

The young boy was dressed gorgeously, more expensive than Jia Baoyu.

What caught Qin Zhong's attention the most was the expression on Uncle Chen's face today, or his temperament, which was completely different from the one he saw a few months ago.

A few months ago, Uncle Chen's demeanor was lazy with a bit of gloom and sternness, but today Uncle Chen's demeanor is bold and majestic.

"What happened in the past few months? People have undergone a radical change." Qin Zhong followed the guide curiously.

When he saw Uncle Chen, Fifth Master Chen and others, he was not affected by the atmosphere of Xu's family, and bowed his hands in a friendly salute, "Hello, Uncle Chen, Fifth Master Chen. I didn't expect such a trivial matter to make the two gentlemen Come together."

Emperor Longtai looked him up and down, his face was a little happy, but when he saw that the clothes on Qin Zhong's body were autumn fragrance, his eyes were slightly displeased.

Qiuxiang pigment is a noble color, and in the past, even the imperial palace had to give it to wear.It's just that the etiquette has collapsed in recent years, and the weaving and dyeing industry in the south of the Yangtze River has developed, so no matter whether the princes, nobles or wealthy businessmen secretly wear colors such as autumn fragrance and azurite.

However, Qin Zhong is the No. 1 person who wears the color of Qiu Xiang in front of the emperor to show off.

King Zhongshun didn't pay attention to this, or he didn't care about it at all, and greeted with a smile: "Jingqing is here, this brother is here with you?"

Qin Zhong nodded and said: "The elder brother of Jia Jiarong's mansion, he is interested, so I brought him here to have a look. Don't you mind?"

King Zhongshun shook his head and said with a smile: "We also brought a brother here, so it's evened out."

Jia Lan understood the rules, and hastily clasped her hands in salute. "The students have met the adults."

King Zhongshun and Emperor Longtai laughed, "Look, sir, he is actually a well-behaved boy."

Emperor Longtai nodded, but his eyes turned to the prince, which made the prince jump.

The prince wants to cry but has no tears.Uncle Wu wants to kill Ben Gong?People salute according to the rules, so should I also salute according to the rules?Can they afford it?
Qin Zhong clasped his fists earlier and asked, "What is the name of this elder brother?"

Under the eyes of Emperor Longtai and King Zhongshun, the prince clasped his hands in fear and returned the salute, and hurriedly said his title.

Only then did Emperor Longtai regain his original joy, and said casually: "The courtesy is enough, let's start harvesting!"

Everyone didn't hold any ceremony, and even only took two or three bamboo baskets, which can be described as extremely simple.

Several people arrived in front of the greenhouse, Xu Yuanyi led on the left, Qin Zhong led on the right, Uncle Chen and Master Chen Wu walked out of the greenhouse together.

The temperature in the greenhouse was extremely high at this time, and Qin Zhong was sweating on his forehead not long after he went down.He brought Jia Lan over first, asked Jia Lan if he knew him, and then said: "The best time to harvest corn is when the leaves in the middle and lower part of the corn are yellow and the husks are loose. The corn kernels are dry and hard. Just make sure your nails don’t make any marks.”

Qin Zhong introduced, and at the same time he called everyone to harvest the corn himself.

The prince was stunned for a moment, seeing that Emperor Longtai and King Zhongshun had both gone to break corn, so he hurried into the field.

Not long after, several people were sweating profusely.

Emperor Longtai was different from everyone else. He deliberately found a stick of the largest corn and held it in his hand. The heavy feeling made him smile.

[Uncle Chen’s favorability +1, Yangshou increased by 1 day]

Harvesting corn was faster than harvesting other grains. After a while, a few people filled two large baskets, and added another basket to fill them.

Everyone was sweating profusely.

When he walked out of the greenhouse, Jia Lan's small body almost fell down.Everyone hurried to the house to avoid the sun.

There was only one corn left in the greenhouse, so the followers picked it up.

"It has doubled!" Xu Yuanyi shouted joyfully, busy to announce the good news to Emperor Longtai.

Qin Zhong was not surprised when he heard this voice. Although the environments of the two greenhouses are similar, their influences are different.In the natural environment, it must not be doubled. There are no insects, bees or other pollination in the greenhouse, and even the wind is not strong.If there is no artificial pollination, there will be a lot of corn growing there!
If it is only counted by corn kernels, the comparison will be even more tragic.Now it is still fresh corn, not dried!

[Uncle Chen’s favorability +1, Yangshou increased by 1 day]

[Xu Xingrui's favorability +1, Yangshou increased by 1 day]

[Uncle Ozawa's favorability +1, Yangshou increased by 1 day]

[Chen Wuye favorability +3, Yangshou increased by 3 days]

[Xu Yuanyi favorability +5, Yangshou increased by 5 days]

[Jialan favorability +10, Yangshou increased by 10 day]

……

Jia Lan stared blankly at Qin Zhong with a look of disbelief. "Is this what Uncle Zhong came up with?"

His Royal Highness, Ozawa, also took a second look at Qin Zhong. "This Qin Zhong still has some skills!"

Xu Yuanyi actually had the urge to become a teacher again, and Xu Xingrui couldn't help but think highly of Qin Zhong. "These glass windows are not wasted!"

Several people ate a meal of corn and a meal of maize corn at Xu's house.

Uncle Chen wanted to taste those grown by artificial pollination, but both Qin Zhong and Xu Yuanyi refused to do so.Uncle Chen and Fifth Master Chen just gave up and left with a hand-pollinated corn each.

"We're done with our work, we should go too." Qin Zhong led Jia Lan to leave.

Xu Yuanyi said, "The Xu family planted ten acres of cornfield outside Nancheng this year, and it will bloom in a little while!"

Qin Zhong: "???"

It's none of my business!

Qin Zhong and Jia Lan ran non-stop, and when they arrived at the Rongguo Mansion, it was already dark.

"sister in law!"

In the corridor between north and south of Rongguo Mansion, Qin Zhong suddenly called Li Wan to stop.

Under the dim night, the lanterns in the window hall flickered.He winked, and Li Wan asked the maid to take Jia Lan back to the room to take a bath first.

"Sister-in-law, there is something I need to tell my sister-in-law. Today..." Qin Zhong organized his speech, thinking about how to say that Jia Lan suddenly had the idea to learn farming from him.

oh~~
It's not that he doesn't want to teach Jalan, but...

(End of this chapter)