hairpin family

Chapter 145 Preliminary Success
"Poor our aunt is not blessed, Zhelang is only about twenty years old, so promising, even our governor often mentions the general boast, and now the few young men in the family all use Zhelang as a model. If my aunt has a soul in the spring, I should be gratified. Speaking of which, only a family like Wangfu can produce a talent like Zhelang."

The old dowager was embarrassed by what she said.

Qin Zhe's success and fame have nothing to do with the Qin family, it's all done by himself.

Mother Pei didn't care about the old concubine's embarrassment, and kept praising Qin Zhe as the unparalleled genius and handsomeness in the world.Finally, he took Qin Zhao's hand again, and said with a smile: "Our brother also mentioned the girl in the letter. She said that the girl is a pure, kind, intelligent little person. When mom sees her now, it's not true." I think our wife will like it when she sees it. Yangzhou is rich in silk. Our wife originally wanted to make two skirts for the princess, but I don’t know the size of the princess. That’s all, but I also picked out a lot of brocade silk The silk was brought by the servants, and there were also some head jewelry and jade wares, which were all listed on the gift list. If the princess likes it, he will just send someone to tell the servants in the future, and if it is not enough, he will give it to the county. The Lord sent."

Yangzhou is an important economic town. Uncle Pei served as the governor there. He heard that his political achievements were outstanding and he was highly valued by Emperor Li. I'm afraid it can't be compared, and the gift that Mama Pei can bring up for her in front of the old concubine must be no worse.

Qin Zhao didn't think that the aunt he hadn't met loved him so much, all this was just for her brother Qin Zhe's sake.Perhaps when Qin Zhe communicated with Uncle Pei, he entrusted the Pei family to take care of her, and then Aunt Pei specially prepared some gifts for her, and asked the mother in charge to come and see her.

Qin Zhao thanked him with sincerity.

She doesn't have an uncle, so if she can get close to the Pei family, it will be a help in the future.

When Mother Pei saw that she mentioned Uncle Pei and his wife, her face was respectful, but she was also happy in her heart. After talking for a while, she was about to leave: "There are still things in the house that I need to go back to work on. I have disturbed the concubine for a long time. It must be too much." The concubine is also tired, and the slaves dare not disturb me, so I leave first."

The old concubine left her to eat at the mansion, and Mama Pei resigned, so the old concubine took a gold hairpin inlaid with gemstones to reward Mama Pei. In the eyes, but the jewelry awarded by the princess of the palace is naturally not low in value, and it is also decent. Mama Pei pushed it and put it away happily.The old concubine asked Zao Ying to send Mama Pei out of the hospital on her behalf.When Mother Pei went out, the old concubine smiled and asked the three sisters: "Come and let me have a look, what good things did you pick?"

Zhizi laughed and said: "After all, the girls' vision is not comparable to that of the slaves, and they don't pick a few things. If the slaves think about it, since you are the concubine, you can be picky, and the slaves will definitely move the warehouse to themselves. It's in the house, but the three of us just picked out two or three sets of clothes. Only Princess Fuling picked out a few more screens, porcelain, calligraphy and paintings, and said they would be used in the teahouse later, but they were all of them. Some ordinary ones. The precious ones are only said to be put in the teahouse, and someone will steal them."

When the three of them opened the boxes they had chosen to show the old concubine, the old concubine nodded: "I still have some eyes, these kinds of jewelry are still when I was a girl at home when I was unmarried, my mother My concubine specially made them for my ceremony. They were all made by the best gold and silver craftsmen in the former imperial palace for more than a month. It is a pity that those craftsmen were lost in the war. Today's craftsmen But there is no such craftsmanship. Now you have picked them up. They are all good things, so don’t throw them away casually.”

All three answered yes.

The old concubine was a dignified princess of the royal family in the previous dynasty. Because her father was the only uncle of the former emperor and held a heavy army, she was respected and trusted by the former emperor. To be dignified, some good things are not surprising.

But the pink jade, purple jade and sheep fat jade heads they took were specially prepared by the old concubine and during the ceremony, so they are very valuable.

The three of them talked with the old concubine for a while, and then a little girl from Fucui Pavilion came to ask Qin Zhao to go back.Qin Zhao thought that there was a bamboo grove behind the old concubine's courtyard, and was afraid that the bamboo that Qin Lei and Qin Ming had found would not be enough, so he said, "Azhao needs some bamboo, and I have asked Qin Lei and the others to look for it. If it is not suitable, we will Cut some from the bamboo forest in grandma's backyard, okay?"

Zhizi was startled, that bamboo grove was the old concubine's favorite scenery, even in winter, she often went to sit there.Where can I ask her to cut down wildly?Just as she was about to speak, the old concubine laughed and said: "What are you doing harming my bamboo forest again? If you tell me what is useful, I will obey you. If there is nothing wrong with being mischievous, I will beat you."

Qin Zhaodao: "This time it's really a serious matter. I plan to build a warm shed. Isn't it winter at home and there are no vegetables? We can't beg for food from our grandmother, so we thought about building a warm house." With the method of shed, I can grow some vegetables at that time, which can be used just around the time of the New Year. Even if I send it to a few relatives, it is more popular than other New Year gifts. Besides, I want to honor my grandmother He Auntie, this bamboo is for building a greenhouse."

Not only the old concubine was shocked, but Changning and Yixing immediately showed interest, Yixing said: "I know about warm sheds, can't they only be built on villages with hot springs? You found a place with hot springs? "

"Where can I find a good place with hot springs? Even if there are hot springs, I can't grow everything. My warm shed is different from those. Don't ask the third sister right now. When I get it done, please ask the third sister." It’s not too late for my sister to visit.”

Yiren curled her lips and said angrily: "Even we keep it a secret, if you don't ask to watch it, don't call it to watch it. After the New Year's Day, if you don't have a few side dishes to honor your grandmother, then I won't be able to spare you. "

Qin Zhao didn't care too much, he couldn't grow anything else, but the green vegetables and spinach had a short growth cycle, but they could definitely be grown.

The old concubine didn't believe that she could really grow any fresh vegetables, so she just said: "If you need it, just pick a few. I usually love the scenery, so don't spoil the scenery."

Qin Zhao agreed, and then he said his farewell, and went back to Fucui Pavilion with the little girl who came to report the letter.

Yun Xiang and Zi Su both went back to Fucui Pavilion, A Shang and A Yi were also there, and they replied to Qin Zhao one by one.

In the tea shop, Chun Yushang felt that her idea of ​​using oilcloth as window screens and asking famous artists to paint was a great idea, so people began to dismantle the original carved windows, and let the carpenters install them again according to the drawings she drew. windows up.Counselor Xiao Qin also sent someone to pick up Li Huaida's two apprentices.As for the bamboo, Qin Lei also asked people to find a lot, and had people move it to the open space on the east wall.

This can be done.

Qin Zhao then asked Yun Xiang to go to the kitchen to have someone pick out the best soybeans, soak them in [-] or [-] kilograms, and it would be ready to use after soaking for twelve hours.He also asked Yunshang to find a few maids or mothers-in-law, and took some dry soil and crushed it for use, while he led Zigong and Yunyi to the open space on the east wall.

Both Qin Lei and Qin Ming are waiting there.

Qin Zhao asked to find tools such as shovels, and divided the land into fields about four to five meters wide, and dug shallow ditches with shovels in the middle for drainage, and left walkways.Then let Qin Lei and Qin Ming, together with the rough envoy's servant called from the front yard, start to tie bamboo and make a bow to form the skeleton of the greenhouse.

It was not until evening that the one or two plots of land were put on bamboo frames. Unfortunately, the tarpaulins made earlier were not enough, so only one fraction of the plot of land was covered with tarpaulins.Fortunately, it is divided into white gauze, white silk and white silk, just waiting to plant the seeds to see which one has better effect.

It was already freezing cold outside in winter, Qin Zhao stayed inside for a while and tried it out, and all the small greenhouses were really airtight.Just wait until the sun rises tomorrow to see how the temperature is.

Because the servants were not servants in Fucui Pavilion, after a hard day, Qin Zhao asked Yun Xiang to fetch some copper coins, each of them rewarded two hundred coins, and then sent them out, saying that they would continue to work the next day .

When the people left, Qin Zhao remembered the matter of the seeds. After dinner, he went to the warehouse and picked out a few seeds according to the list, but they were also common, such as spinach, radish, and womb. Vegetables, as well as the eggplant, which is now called courgettes, were lettuce sent by Ashu. Qin Zhao also shared some seeds, and the seeds left by the Nanfan who ate them, and planned to wait for the ground in the shed to be cleared. If it is, it will be planted.

After the greenhouse is built, how to grow vegetables is a problem.She has never farmed.Originally, I wanted to invite someone who was good at farming from the village, but Yun Shang volunteered: "Only these few common words, the servant will plant, the princess doesn't need to call someone else."

Qin Zhao thought about it, these few vegetables are common, since Yunshang said she can grow them, just leave them to her.

The next day, those young servants came to Fucui Pavilion early in the morning. They are the servants of the mansion, and they should do things as they should. They don't want to be rewarded by the Princess, and the two hundred coins are nothing to them. For the boy, it was a big fortune, so he was very courteous, so he entered the Fucui Pavilion. When he saw Qin Lei, he hurriedly asked what kind of work he wanted to do.

Qin Lei came to ask Qin Zhao for instructions, and Qin Zhao ordered the dry soil that was crushed yesterday to be sprinkled on the flat ground by the boys.And let the boys level the other ground well.

The servants got the order and started working in full swing, while Qin Zhao watched from the side.Although she has never planted land, it is not completely unintelligible how many years she has stayed in Zhujiazhuang.Yun Shang was also watching from the sidelines, just giving some pointers.

In the afternoon, Qin Zhao personally sprinkled the soybeans soaked yesterday on the fine soil, covered it with a thin layer of soil, and asked someone to use a pot for watering flowers to spray water carefully.

Because in the afternoon, when the sun was at its best, the heat in the greenhouse was already very hot, and all the people inside were covered in sweat.

Qin Zhao said happily: "In the future, we will build a larger greenhouse like a house, and then plant some flowers and plants in it. Why do we need to stay in the house in winter and light a silver charcoal stove? There is no need to waste money. It's not as good as boiling a pot of spring water, just in this warm shed, admiring flowers and plants, tasting fragrant tea, and killing time."

Everyone smiled and said hello.

The two apprentices of Li Huaida had also been sent in. Qin Zhao didn't summon them, and there were Li Huaida's apprentices on the left and right. He said that people were available, so Qin Zhao let him make the decision. She just watched result.Those two little apprentices are probably helping Li Huaida with work at the moment.

Because the previous oilcloth was only enough to build a shed, and there were two other places where the bamboo bones had been set up, but they were still empty. Qin Zhao said to Qin Lei: "You let your scoundrel rush to work, at the latest the day after tomorrow, you have to do it. Enough tarpaulins for the other two greenhouses."

Both Qin Lei and Qin Ming agreed.

(End of this chapter)