Princess of the auxiliary country

Nearing the two courtyards outside, Huo Junyao took Xiaochan and Hong Xiu to look at them, but neither of them were very satisfied.

As for the main courtyard, she had no intention of living there at all.

If she stays here for a long time in the future, her mother and father will probably come to visit from time to time, and sometimes stay overnight. It's hard to let them live in the small courtyard.

Wouldn't that be too disrespectful?

Therefore, she had to keep the main courtyard, and her focus was on the four smaller courtyards on the periphery.

"Miss, this yard is nice. Look, there's an artificial pond over there."

When entering the third courtyard, Xiaochan immediately pointed in surprise to the side of the courtyard, near the outer wall.

There is an artificial pond with a radius of 50 meters. The water is quiet and there are many withered lotus stems and leaves near the shore.

Come to think of it, in summer, there are many lotus flowers in bloom in this pond.

"Really good."

"Miss, look over there, that's where the warm soup is."

Hongxiu on the side also pointed to a few houses in the distance, a little above the artificial pond and close to the hillside.

"It's great here. It's already passed the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it will get cold in a while. This courtyard is close to the hot spring. It will be convenient for the lady to take a bath in the future."

Xiaochan spoke again, her little face full of joy. It was obvious that she was very satisfied with this small courtyard.

Huo Junyao smiled and looked around. It is true that the design of this small courtyard is better than the two small courtyards outside.

Although it seems a bit empty, there are no trees, flowers or anything in the yard.

Except for a pond, it is almost surrounded by large open spaces.

She liked these open spaces very much, and she had not forgotten what she came here to do.

As she is pregnant with agricultural and sideline products, she has to farm. It is hard to go to the farmland outside the villa to farm.

Even if she is willing, I'm afraid Xiaochan and Aunt Xi won't be willing. After all, there are many rough men from farmers there.

As the daughter of the Duke's Mansion, even if she doesn't mind this, it's totally fine, but can Aunt Xi and Xiaochan not mind?

Therefore, it is better and more convenient to plant it in your own yard.

It's just that the Mid-Autumn Festival has passed now, and winter will begin soon, so farming doesn't seem to work very well.

"Okay, then we'll choose this courtyard. Xiaochan, please run over and notify Grandma Xi and ask her to arrange for someone to come over and clean it up."

Xiaochan responded happily, turned around and walked out quickly.

"Let's go to Wentang's place and have a look."

Huo Junyao greeted Hongxiu and walked along the gravel path towards the houses on higher ground further inside the pond.

Sure enough, just as Hongxiu said, this is where the warm soup is. There is a pool with a radius of three to four meters in the center of each room.

The gurgling hot spring water is introduced into it by broken bamboo.

And she looked carefully and found that these rooms were built with great care. The location was like terraces, gradually going downwards, with hot springs flowing from the highest rooms step by step.

The last room had a special drainage system to divert the excess water away. As for where it went, she didn't know yet. She probably thought it was led into a large river not far from the manor.

She walked around room by room again and tested the water temperature in the pool. The water temperature in the bottom room was the lowest, just a little warm.

The temperature gets higher as you go up, and the water temperature in the top room is the most suitable. In winter, when it's freezing outside, she comes here to take a hot bath. Just thinking about it makes her feel beautiful. .

I feel more and more satisfied with this place.

"Let's go."

Huo Junyao walked downstairs with her red sleeves on, not forgetting to look around in the open space of the yard along the way.Hong Xiu, who was following her, was a little confused as to what was so interesting about this open space.

She knew that while Huo Junyao was watching, she was planning in her mind what to grow on these lands.

There must be peppers, and the area to be planted is quite large. In her previous life, she was from Chongqing City, and she liked everything spicy.

So, she picked the largest piece of open space to grow peppers.

Next to the pepper field, there is a small piece of land, which is about two meters long and one meter wide. It is used to grow coriander and some cabbage. It is very useful to make hot pot in winter. Not bad.

In her previous life, there was a small vegetable garden behind the orphanage where she lived, and a lot of vegetables were grown in it, such as coriander, cabbage, cucumbers, pea tips, lettuce and so on.

She missed those home-cooked dishes that the dean used to make from vegetables in his own garden.

I also firmly stated in my heart that I have to build a small vegetable garden like this here.

Plan as you go, what to plant here, what to plant there.

However, winter is about to enter, and if you want to plant it, you have to wait until next spring.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but sigh. How would she survive this winter without hot pot?

Do we have to eat all kinds of soup cakes every day?
"Why do you sigh, young lady?"

Hong Xiu, who was following her, heard the young lady sigh slightly and wondered if the young lady was thinking about those rumors in the capital again and felt uncomfortable.

"It's okay. By the way, do we have a vegetable cellar here? Do we have enough vegetables stored for winter?"

Hearing this, Hongxiu was stunned. She had already thought of words of comfort, but the lady asked this?

Is the span a little too big?

For a moment, she couldn't keep up.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Huo Junyao also reacted and patted her head.

"I forgot, you came here with me today, how do you know this?"

"Miss, I know about the vegetable cellar, but I have never heard of one that stores vegetables. Usually what we eat in winter are pickles, or some radishes that have been dried in advance."

"Of course we have warm soup here, and we will grow some vegetables in winter, but the survival rate is not too high, and the harvest will not be too much."

"In previous years, it was barely enough to feed the masters for a few days."

"If Miss wants to eat vegetables in winter, she can also have them purchased from some places in the south and shipped over. However, the price is very expensive and the quantity will not be large."

Huo Junyao was stunned, but she had forgotten that the place she was in now was in ancient times, and the level of farming here was still very poor, and they all relied on the sky for food.

They can only eat some seasonal vegetables, and there are no out-of-season vegetables at all.

Out of season, out of season.

She muttered a few words in her mind, and suddenly her eyes lit up.

Since she can grow live vegetables next to warm soup in winter, it means that she can also grow in winter as long as the temperature is enough.

She immediately thought of greenhouse cultivation.

This is a great tool for growing vegetables despite the cold winter.

However, there seems to be no such material as plastic sheeting in ancient times.

You have to think carefully about what to replace it with.

After frowning and thinking for a while, she came up with a solution and quickly called Hong Xiu and walked towards the yard.