Sweet Garden Sands

Chapter 493

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"Young Master Ge is right, this imperial wine is going to be sent to the palace for the emperor's concubine to enjoy, so you must be careful." The village chief frowned, and suddenly he felt that accepting the imperial decree was not a good thing.

Seeing the village head pondering, Ke Shuisheng worried again: "But will the folks agree to plant mulberry trees on the whole mountain? There are mulberry trees planted on the top of the mountain. Where will the firewood for the family come from?"

"Father, are you afraid that you won't have firewood if you have money?" Ke Hanxue pushed open the door of the study and walked in.

"The village head," Ke Hanxue said to the village head: "The paper we make is selling a lot now, and I believe we will need more in the future. I am also planning to make mulberry leaf tea, raise chickens, and now I want to brew imperial wine." , we need a lot of manpower. If the folks agree to give us the mountain, we can ask the folks to help us. I believe it will not be less than the money we earn from silkworm farming. When we need firewood, we can buy it from people in nearby villages. .”

"Girl Xue'er, are you so confident that you will be able to make money?" The village head asked very seriously. This is related to the interests of the entire village, so he had to be cautious.

"Village chief, it's so cold under the big tree, what's there to be afraid of with the emperor as your backer?" Ke Hanxue blinked slyly.

The village chief was taken aback for a moment, then laughed loudly: "You girl reminded me."

"You kid is always outspoken, how dare you say such a disrespectful thing?" Ke Shuisheng frowned and scolded lightly, saying that the emperor is a big tree, is it worth spreading the word?
"Father, I'm praising the emperor!" Ke Hanxue looked at Ge Yunzhang with a smile: "Husband, am I right?"

Ge Yunzhang smiled: "Yes."

"Okay, okay, I'm going to call a meeting with the villagers now and ask for their opinions." The village head walked out with a smile.

Ke Shuisheng shook his head helplessly at the little daughter, and followed the village chief.

"Husband," Ke Hanxue walked towards Ge Yunzhang: "Mrs. Ling came to see me just now."

"Oh?" He pulled her to sit on his lap, and habitually covered her slightly raised belly with his big hand: "Did she ask you for something?"

"She knows that you have accepted the imperial decree, so she came to ask us if there is anything we need to help. If so, please ask us to do something for her fellow villagers."

"what do you say?"

"I said to ask and you will give her an answer." Ke Hanxue paused, and said: "Husband, I think if we can really help a group of Mr. Ling's fellow villagers, maybe Mr. Ling's family will agree to stay when they are moved! "

"Xue'er, I don't want Mrs. Ling to stay because of gratitude." Ge Yunzhang said.

Seeing the puzzlement in Ke Hanxue's eyes, Ge Yunzhang said again: "Xue'er, I know, it's not difficult to find another teacher for the private school, but can we guarantee that we can find a better teacher than Master Ling? Master His character will directly affect the children in the private school, Master Ling is a person who values ​​love and righteousness, and it is best for the children to find a way to let him keep his heart."

"so what?"

"So it's up to you." Ge Yunzhang nodded her nose and said with a smile.

"Look at me?" Ke Hanxue was still more confused.

"Didn't you say you can make mulberry leaf tea?"

"You mean to let Mrs. Ling's fellow villagers help me?" Ke Hanxue rolled her eyes: ""That's what I meant. "

"No." Ge Yunzhang looked at her: "I want you to teach them how to make mulberry leaf tea."

"why?"

Ke Hanxue almost jumped up when she heard it, but Ge Yunzhang was already prepared, hugged her tightly, and comforted her with a smile: "Listen to me first."

"Say it!" Ke Hanxue stared at him stubbornly.

The reason why she agreed to help Ling Qinxian's fellow villagers was because she felt sorry for them on the one hand, and on the other hand, it was because of the face of the Ling family. There is nothing wrong with doing things for them, but how is it possible to teach them this money-making craft?

Ge Yunzhang kissed her on the lips, and coaxed softly, "I'll tell you if you're not angry."

Ke Hanxue snorted, her face softened.

"Xue'er, now that we're married, I don't want to see you suffer for money anymore," he paused, "Of course, I won't deprive you of your hobbies."

"You like playing with paper, tinkering with mulberry leaf tea, and raising chickens and ducks. I won't stop you, but the prerequisite is that you don't tire yourself out. Don't forget, you are pregnant now."

"The most important point is that if Mrs. Ling and the others have a stable life here, and feel that our place is better than their hometown, and have the idea of ​​putting down roots, they will not easily want to leave."

"Also, if you really like tinkering with mulberry leaf tea, even if you teach Madam Ling and the others how to make mulberry leaf tea, you can still help them occasionally, so that you won't be tired and don't have to worry about it. Why not for?"

His voice was extremely soft and gentle, but he suppressed Ke Hanxue's rage just now.

The look in her eyes that stared at him slowly changed from glaring at first to mourning.

"Are you worried about the child or me?" She looked at him resentfully.

"Worried about the child, more worried about you."

Facing the strong smile in his eyes, Ke Hanxue curled her lips, unwillingly said: "You let me think about it."

"I'll take it as if you agreed?" Upon hearing her words, Ge Yunzhang knew that she had let go.

"Humph!"

"Okay, don't be angry," he pinched her still bulging cheeks, and said with a smile, "Let's go see how the village chief discussed with the villagers?"

Before the two of them approached the village head's house, they saw the villagers coming out of the village head's house.

"Village Chief, the meeting is over so soon?" Ke Hanxue asked in surprise, how long did it take.

"It's over, it's over." The village head said cheerfully.

When he came out of Ge's house just now, he happened to see all the villagers gathered at the gate of Ge's house, which saved him the effort of running from house to house.

"Village chief, what do the folks say?" Ke Hanxue asked eagerly.

"I will tell you what you want, and the big guy agrees without a second word. Starting tomorrow, each household will select one person to go up the mountain to cut trees and gather firewood for the family. After the trees are cut, the mountain will be destroyed." I'll leave it to you." The village head said happily, he didn't expect the villagers to be so happy this time.

Ge Yunzhang thought for a while, and said, "Village Chief, then I will ask Gao Fei to go to the town to ask some people to help, so it will be faster."

"That's fine too."

It is not as simple as Ke Hanxue imagined to sort out the entire mountain to plant mulberry trees. This is ancient times, and every bit of it depends on manpower. Looking at the situation, there is no way to cut down the entire mountain's trees in a month or two.

However, fortunately, they also planned to wait for the next spring to plant mulberry branches. It was only November, so there was more than enough time.

(End of this chapter)