Chronicle of Farming in Muxianfu

Chapter 349 Small Villa

A few people chatted for a while, Mu Ai wanted to make a few dishes with her own hands, but it was a pity that Liniang and the two wives of Wei's family were worried about the affairs of their respective houses, so they couldn't stay outside for a long time. Reluctant to say goodbye and go back.

Mu Ai was helpless, seeing that they had all put on their embroidered shoes and arranged their dresses, she collected the peach trees and ordered Xiao An to open the gate of the garden. Materials, knick-knacks, and jewelry are all styles that are currently popular in Huadu.

Muai was not too polite, and told Xiaoan to accept it, and then each family returned four jars of fruit wine, four jars of jam, four boxes of snacks and four baskets of fruit in return.

Surprised that Liniang and the three said it was too expensive, Mu Ai pointed to the direction of the back garden, and said with a smile, "The peach blossoms that fell just now are enough to produce dozens of baskets of peaches. The fruits here are not worth much, sister-in-law Don’t be too polite, just send someone to pick it up after eating.”

That's all for Liniang and the three of them, brother Li doesn't understand the politeness of adults, he giggled happily when he saw several baskets of brightly colored fruits, Muai he liked kissed him several more times, and laughed with the two of Wei's family. The lady made an appointment to visit the old lady in the mansion in the first half of the month, and then sent them out.

Sitting in the car, Liniang hugged her youngest son and sighed. The younger sister and her husband are righteous brothers and sisters. When meeting the elders, they should also visit the old Hou Ye first. Unfortunately, she didn't mention the Hou's mansion at all. Instead, she made an appointment to go to Wei's mansion first. , This is obviously a grudge in my heart...

The children were not at home, and Mu Ai ate a few light dishes and a bowl of porridge by herself, which was regarded as lunch.Withdrew from the dining table and rested for half an hour, Mu Wu came to invite him, so he ordered Xiao An to take a moon-white dress, comb her simple but dignified hair, and left Xihua Xichun to lead the party. The original maids and servants in the yard were guarding at home, so they took Xiao An Xifu and the others out by car.

The carriage turned all the way out of the bustling West City Gate, and after only a dozen miles or so, Mu Wu, who was sitting on the shaft of the carriage, said, "Madam, the mountain on the left is where we are going."

Hearing this, Xiao An hurriedly picked up the green gauze curtains, Mu Ai put down the book in her hand, looked out, and saw a hill with a height of more than ten feet not far from the official road, and some trees were planted on the hill. In midsummer, the strange yellowish color is particularly conspicuous against the lush farmland and mountain forest.The halfway up the hill is about a gentle slope, revealing a gray tiled roof faintly.A small stream flows down from Shanxi, bypasses a small village with more than a dozen families, and finally merges into the big river beside Guan Road.

Mu Ai nodded slightly, no wonder Mu Wu searched for a few days and reported only this place, this place is indeed the most similar and consistent with her request.

"Mu Wu, what kind of tree is planted on that mountain, and why is it such a strange color?"

Mu Wu turned around, bowed slightly towards the car door and said, "Go back to Madam, the current master of the Hou Mansion is a dandy who doesn't know anything about farming. I heard that I heard some liar the year before last and wanted to plant mulberries on the mountain. Silkworms, after the mulberry tree was planted, it turned yellow and dried up for some reason, so he left it alone, and the harvest was delayed for two years. Farmers used to rely on [-]% of the harvest for food, and the old rules of the Hou Mansion did not allow them I went out to look for work, so now I can't even eat enough, and I have a lot of resentment."

Mu Ai nodded, as long as there is no problem with the mountain itself, as for what the original people planted, they will eventually be pulled out.

The carriage turned onto a small bluestone bridge, walked across the rushing river, and then stepped on a narrow sandy and gravel road, which became bumpy, and finally entered the small village in a short time.

A servant had already run in to report, and the farmers knew that the new owner's house had arrived, and they were half curious, half lazily standing by the side of the road and waiting.

Mu Ai got out of the car on a small stool, glanced at the houses on the side of the road, and couldn't help frowning.

It seems that the former master's family did not treat these farmers generously. The houses of each family are all thatched houses, and even the one or two houses with tiles are half-old. It is obvious that they are not living well.Looking at the men standing by the roadside, most of their clothes are made of linen, and the shy children in the back are even shirtless. Behind a yard door not far away, the wrinkled faces of a few wives protrude. It made her wonder for a while whether she had arrived in any tribe in Africa.

Mu Wu brought a neatly dressed middle-aged man over. The man knew the rules. He kowtowed to Mu Ai three steps away, then got up and smiled honestly, as if he didn't know what to say. What kind of appearance did he say after a long while, "Young Wang Youcai is the little steward of the village. Madam asks the younger one to do what she wants, and the younger one must do it well."

Mu Ai smiled and asked briefly how many people and how much land there were in the village, and then ordered Mu Wu to find someone to unload the rice noodles and meat from the car behind, and said, "I don't know what you used to do. How does the master set the rules, but it seems that your life is not good. From now on, this will be the boundary of our Muxian Mansion, and you are naturally the farmers of our Muxian Mansion. As long as you work hard for the mansion It’s not a problem to do things, eat enough and wear warm clothes, and build a new tile-roofed house.”

After finishing speaking, he ignored the half-joyed and half-doubting villagers, turned around and walked up the mountain along the path next to him, leaving two young men to distribute things.The villagers received a bag of fine noodles, five catties of vegetable oil, ten catties of rice, and five catties of meat according to each household, and they hugged them all in their arms before they finally realized that the new owner was not just talking in plain language, but actually sent so much as soon as they met. delicious food.

Everyone immediately exploded, one called his wife to come over to help get things, and the other surrounded the two young men to find out the details of the new owner's house.Of course, when they finally knew which Muxian Mansion was the familiar Muxian Mansion just now, they cried with joy, and the gods finally opened their eyes.

The children don't know why the elders are crying, they just drool around the pile of food at home, and they can eat meat at night...

Wang Youcai called his mother-in-law and children to take the things back, and then he took two younger children and followed him up the mountain.Seeing the new master wandering around in front of the dilapidated yard on the hillside, he thought they were going to stay, so he looked a little embarrassed, and hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down and said, "Ma'am, don't blame me, I haven't transferred a tael of money from the mansion in the past two years. Everyone can't eat enough, so they didn't repair the yard. If Madam doesn't mind, go to the little one's house for two nights first, and the little one will bring someone to clean it up immediately."

Mu Ai glanced at the dilapidated yard again, and said with a smile, "Don't be in a hurry, we have a place in the city." After speaking, he said to Mu Wu, "Send a smart steward over tomorrow to help Steward Wang as soon as possible." After the yard is repaired, the open space next to it should be leveled. When the time comes, villas will be housed. If there is not enough manpower, we can hire people around. Don’t lose money on food, and the wages will be higher. As for our own farmers, let’s count The number of people who can do things, men get two or two months of silver, women one or two, plus two sets of clothes per season, you can arrange the benefits of each festival."

Mu Wu bowed in response, pointed to the half-dead mulberry trees at the foot of the mountain and on the mountain and asked, "Madam, do you want someone to dig out these mulberry trees?"

"No, I have my own arrangements."
Wang Youcai brought two younger students to stand behind, seemingly listening carefully to the answers of the masters in front of him, but he didn't hear a word of it, his mind was like thunder, rolling over the words of the mistress just now, the man two or two months old Silver, one tael for a woman, that is to say, regardless of winter and summer, regardless of drought or flood, my husband and wife plus two 15-year-old sons will receive seven taels of silver every month. A new tile-roofed house can be built, and a son can marry a wife.Then I thought of those relatives and friends who laughed at them all day, and now I'm afraid I'm going to be jealous.

Thinking of this, his back straightened, and looking at the mistress in front, he wished he could rush up and kowtow a few more times.

Mu Ai looked around, and when she knew what was in her mind, she bathed in the fiery red sunset and returned to the city. Several children were waiting in the living room. When they saw their mother coming back, they immediately surrounded them. lively.

After dinner, Cheng'er and Tao'er reluctantly went back to their respective residences, and Dayu took out the ledger, caught the younger siblings who wanted to be lazy and helped him check them together.A few days ago, I was in a hurry to go on my way, so I didn’t even read the books that were collected. In addition, there are more than a dozen books here in Huadu. Simba and Xinger looked up and asked their mother to help with the matter, but found that their mother He took out the drawing board, so he took the opportunity to run over and asked, "Mom, what do you want to draw?"

Xinger even took a pencil sharpener and began to help sharpen the pencil, handing it over in a fawning manner, and said with a smile, "Mom, can you teach Xinger by the way?"

Mu Ai took the pencil and glared at the two slackers reproachfully, "Don't come to me to be courteous, how can I ask my brother to check all the books by himself, go back to work!"

Simba and Xing'er made faces at each other, then continued to sit at the table in frustration and fiddle with the abacus.

Mu Ai simply drew the terrain that he saw in the afternoon, and arranged the things to be planted in each plot one by one.The ten acres of paddy fields at the foot of the mountain are short and brittle because they haven't been well-maintained, and some spring water will be poured into them at some point, so as not to fail in autumn.

The mulberry trees on the mountain had to be dug up, peach trees were planted on the lower half of the hillside, and apples, Sydney pears and navel oranges were planted on the upper half.As for the gentle slope with a courtyard in the middle, grapes will be planted, and then a shed will be built, and it will be very cool and comfortable to sit under and drink tea and read a book.

Mu Ai raised her head, moved her slightly sore neck, called Dayu to come over, pointed to the picture and said, "Mom bought a hill in the west of the city today. After planting fruit trees, we will move there. This is Mom Draw the floor plan, can you see what else you want to add?"

Dayu was slightly taken aback, looked down for a while, and looked up with doubts in his eyes, "Mom, this arrangement...the flowers will be beautiful when they bloom..."

Mu Ai smiled slightly, patted his head, and said tentatively, "Mom just wants it to be beautiful and let everyone know, because mom...uh...waiting for someone to come back."

Dayu looked at the little uneasiness in the depths of his mother's eyes, and felt sour and warm, "Mom, our brothers and sisters will be very happy if someone is with you."

Mu Ai breathed a sigh of relief, stretched out her hand and pulled the most sensible eldest son into her arms, hugged him hard, Simba and Xing'er saw it, and ran over and shouted, "Mom is biased, I only hug the eldest brother. "

Mu Ai had no choice but to reach out and bring them in again, the four of them embraced like a big ball, warm and intimate...

　The weather is so cold, I have no food to eat when I get home from get off work, and I am making noodles while typing, so pitiful!

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