Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 254
In the backyard of the Li Mansion.

This is Li Xiuyuan's courtyard, with gazebos and small pavilions, rockery and flowing water is an elegant residence. There are very few people who can come and go here on weekdays, only a few loyal guards and maidservants.

Others are forbidden to enter and exit here.

Not only in order to allow Li Xiuyuan to study at ease without being disturbed, but also because of his extraordinary birth and spirituality, Li Dafu has been deliberately covering it up.

But today.

In a side room, the door was closed, and there was a faint voice of reprimand.

But it was a delicate, pure and charming woman who was reprimanding a maid who was about her age.

"Xiaodie, when I entrusted you to my husband before I died, I didn't simply ask you to be a servant girl by my husband's side. You have also seen your husband's family background. There are many beautiful maids in the house, and there is no shortage of you." , Miss, I want you to follow your husband, serve him, and have a good home in the future. Now look at you, after so long, you still guard yourself like a jade, what should the lady say about you?"

Inside the room, Qingmei's figure was a bit unreal, with a cold aura, she was no longer a human, but a female ghost.

Now that her coffin was transported back to the Li Mansion, her soul naturally followed.

And last night, she had already found Xiaodie in Li's mansion.

The two master and servant met each other through life and death, and there was always some misunderstanding. Last night, Xiaodie was scared to death.

Fortunately, Xiaodie has also gradually accepted the fact that her young lady has become a ghost, but now the fear in her heart has gradually disappeared. Although people and ghosts are different, they are still as harmonious as the master and servant who depended on each other before.

But when Qingmei asked about the boudoir between Xiaodie and Li Xiuyuan, she became angry and couldn't help reprimanding her.

"Miss, it's not that the servant is unwilling to serve the young master, but the young master is very busy on weekdays, and the servant really has no chance to serve the husband, and the young master is also concerned about the young age of the servant, so he refuses to let the servant serve, so it has been delayed until now." Xiaodie said. Nodding his head, he said with an aggrieved look.

Qingmei looked at Xiaodie, and said: "I used to be a little weak, and it's not surprising that my husband took pity on me, but I haven't seen you for half a year, and your body is almost taken care of. With your husband's temperament, you will definitely not lose your food and clothing. Look at you, you look like a maid when you walk out, and you look like a young lady from a wealthy family, and you don't know how much you have benefited from your husband."

After finishing speaking, he couldn't help laughing and cursing again.

Sure enough, it was right to hand Xiaodie into the hands of her husband at the beginning, but Xiaodie, who was originally a little thin, has become white and tender, and her body has become plump, with the characteristics of a mature woman.

If the old bustard of the brothel sees it, she will definitely let her pick up the guests.

But now, after breaking away from the sea of ​​suffering, she suddenly fell into the honeypot, without thinking of repaying her, and trying to give birth to her husband. Could it be possible that she really wanted to be an unknown little maid for the rest of her life?
Xiao Die blushed slightly at this moment: "The young master treats the servants very well, but the servants have to listen to the young master's words."

"Sophistry, have you forgotten the tricks you learned from those older sisters in the brothel? If you use one or two tricks, your husband won't let you go." Qingmei spat.

"I'm afraid the young master won't like it, and hate these coquettish ways, how dare the servants imitate those brothel girls, and since the young lady is back, the young lady should serve the young master first, and the servants are not in a hurry to wait any longer." Xiaodie said shyly.

Qingmei said with some melancholy: "Miss Dao, don't you want to entrust yourself to your husband? It's just that my husband and I have no destiny. Before I was alive, I didn't have time to express my heart, so I became a ghost. Although I turned into a ghost and met again, but my husband I am a living person, and I have the protection of the dark world, and it is difficult for ghosts and gods to get close. Miss, I can't even lean in my husband's arms, how can I bear children for my husband like a normal woman, and carry on the family line."

If it's an ordinary man, it doesn't matter.

Just be restrained.

But Li Xiuyuan's identity meant that he could not get close to ghosts and gods, which made Qingmei very helpless.

"Okay, let's not talk about this. Just now I heard my father-in-law urging my husband to accept you into the house today. This is an opportunity. You must grasp it well, and you must not wait any longer. Hurry up and make some preparations." Qing Mei said.

Xiaodie blushed and said, "I don't know what to prepare for?"

"What else is there, of course it's bathing and changing clothes, and dressing up." Qingmei said: "Have all the things you learned before been in vain?"

"Miss, that's a method used by brothel girls to please their benefactors, how can it be used on the young master." Xiaodie said with a blushing face.

"It is precisely because the husband is important, so we have to be a thousand times more serious. Women are the ones who please themselves. Do I need to say more about this truth?" Qingmei said.

After being reprimanded by Qingmei, Xiaodie immediately understood what to do.

After a while, Qingmei's voice in the room stopped, she blushed just now, she lowered her head slightly and walked towards the bathroom like a thief.

Li Xiuyuan still doesn't know what happened in the backyard.

He is now discussing with his father Li Dafu some business matters in the house.

"Father, the world is in a downturn and chaos is becoming apparent. Our Li family should manage more grain, cloth and other goods, especially grain. We should build a few more granaries. The grain harvested in autumn should not be used for wine making and sold at a low price. They should be hoarded, if there is another disaster bigger than the last flood, if there is no food, the situation will be very bad."

In the lobby, Li Xiuyuan suggested.

The Li family has been running Guobei County for several generations. Although a large number of land acquisitions are common like ordinary landlords, there is no other way. Already changed hands.

Because there are enough tenant farmers with land, and with a large number of tenant farmers who depend on you for food, the power and status of the Li family will rise.

But it is precisely because of this kind of management that is almost like a local emperor, coupled with Li Xiuyuan's farming concept that surpasses the modern society, it can be said that the Li family will reap a bumper harvest every year.

There are countless grains, livestock, and poultry.

Otherwise, how could the prosperity of Guobei County come about?
Li Dafu pondered for a while and said: "My son, our family has been hoarding food. Even if it encounters natural disasters for ten years, we can still support it. We have long been able to use up the grain harvested every year, and we sell it at a price lower than the market price. For grain merchants everywhere, it is a loss-making business to increase their efforts to stockpile grain, and I know the cost of building granaries."

It is true that a granary cannot be built casually like building a house. There are many specialties, such as selecting the land, then digging the cellar, compacting it, burning it, preventing moisture, laying bricks and so on.

In addition, granaries take up a lot of land, and since ancient times, non-large households have been unable to build them.

Because it costs too much money and land.

Of course, if a good granary can be used for hundreds of years after it is built, it is enough to pass on to future generations as a legacy.

"In the event of a natural disaster, our family's food can indeed last for ten years, but what if we encounter troubled times? So I ask my father to consider this matter." Li Xiuyuan said.

"Forget it, I'm too lazy to think about it as a father. Isn't it just a granary? This is a good thing, and it's worth spending some money. This year, I will start construction on a site and build ten large granaries. Anyway, the people who entered Guobei County before There are many victims, and many of them are worried about not having a job, so it can be regarded as a kind deed," said Li Dafu.

Li Xiuyuan and Li Dafu discuss all matters in the family.

The two of them nodded, and the matter was decided.

After the matter was settled, Li Xiuyuan suddenly asked again; "By the way, father, there is a temple called Lanruo Temple outside Guobei County. Although the temple has been abandoned, where is the land? I don't know where it is. Whose? My boy wants to buy Lanruo Temple."

"Isn't Lanruo Temple haunted by monsters? Why do I want that place?" Li Dafu suddenly opened his eyes and said.

"If you can get rid of the evil spirits and repair it, it will be a very good temple. It would be a pity to abandon it." Li Xiuyuan said.

Li Dafu said: "The land is a wasteland. I heard from the older generation that the temple was built by a monk who spent 60 years treating diseases and saving people, and raised money from donations. Later, Lanruo Temple became more and more popular. There were many pilgrims. It has been expanded several times before it has the scale it is today, so the land has no owner. If it is really counted, it should be the land of the government. I won't take care of it."

Li Xiuyuan nodded and understood.

There are many wastelands in this ancient time, and the government will not take care of building a temple in the wilderness. When it is built, if you meet a conscientious county magistrate, you will be issued a land deed.

If this is the case, Li Xiuyuan decided to send people to repair Lanruo Temple, change it into a new temple, and move the statues of Tieshan, Li Zhong, and the two Yin soldiers there.

It was already evening after the matters at home were settled.

When Li Xiuyuan returned to the courtyard where he was, he saw a beautiful woman sitting against the door, holding her head as if waiting for him to come.

"Xiaodie, is that you?" He glanced at it and was immediately surprised.

However, Xiaodie's original appearance has changed drastically today, with light makeup on her face, a delicate bun, and a thin gauze dress, which is completely different from the usual maid's dress, with a bit of a woman's coquettish attitude, A little less girlish immature.

The change was so great that for a moment Li Xiuyuan suspected that he had identified the wrong person.

"Master."

Xiaodie stood up with a slightly red face, and hurriedly saluted.

"Why do you dress up like this? It's completely different from what you usually wear. Who taught you?" Li Xiuyuan asked.

"This concubine has met her husband, and it was the concubine who dressed Xiaodie up."

At this time, a gust of wind blew up, and Qingmei's figure was revealed a few feet away, and she saluted with a bit of shame.

Li Xiuyuan smiled and said: "Xiaomei, why do you do this so well?"

Qingmei said: "My husband is not close to women, how can I explain to my parents-in-law? Since I am already my husband's ghost, I should handle this matter for my husband. Xiaodie has already secretly promised my husband. How can my husband have the heart to let Xiaodie down?" Is it kind?"

After finishing speaking, he gestured.

Xiaodie shyly walked into the arms of her young master with lotus steps

However, Li Xiuyuan was very ashamed. He was too busy a while ago, so that he ignored the people around him. Now that things have been revealed, if he finds any reason, he is not a man anymore.

Immediately he laughed: "Ma'am is very true, such a beautiful day, how can I live up to Xiaodie's wishes."

After finishing speaking, he hugged Xiaodie horizontally, with his strength, Xiaodie's body in his arms was as light as if nothing, how soft and delicate.

Qingmei stood there with a smile on her face, but didn't follow.

(End of this chapter)