The Chronicle of the Rebirth of the First Daughter

Chapter 82 The Mid-Autumn Festival
"Miss, this is what people often call diamonds, right?"

Seeing a diamond in Yuechan's hand, Huang Ying couldn't help asking, looking at her face, she seemed a little envious.

Yuechan nodded and smiled lightly: "Hold it and see, this is a diamond. Our Jokhang Kingdom hardly produces anything, but a very small country in the south of the Jokhang Kingdom does produce this kind of thing. Most of these objects are sent to the palace as tributes. There are also those rich and powerful people who buy some for their heads in order to keep them fresh."

Huang Ying took the diamond and carefully put it in the palm of her hand, and looked at it happily. While looking at it, she put it under the sun to shine. She couldn't see anything at first, but after drying in the sun, the diamond looked much more beautiful. , reflected the sunlight, and emitted many colorful rays of light. Seeing it, Huang Ying exclaimed: "This is too beautiful, miss, you have to keep it well. When you make a good show in the future, you can't compare it with others."

Yuechan only smiled, put the diamond back into the box and put it away, and tapped Huang Ying's forehead: "You girl, you are so careful, you have to guard this diamond well, when my brother gets married in the future, it is also good as a dowry gift Toy."

Huang Ying originally thought that Yuechan would leave diamonds to make jewelry, and was imagining how beautiful the jewelry would be, but when she heard Yuechan's words, she was a little disappointed, but on second thought, even if the young master marries the young mistress and made it with diamonds The betrothal gift, but in the future when the young mistress enters the mansion, she will always have to wear it, so that she can also see it, so she can feel at ease when she thinks about it.

Holding the box, Huang Ying put it in one place, and then came to pack other things with Yuechan.

It's also because Su's dowry is too much, Yuechan took the girl to tidy it up for a whole day and didn't finish ordering it. Some trivial things were cleared up, and the clothes and some accessories were also boxed and put away. There are only a few shops and Zhuangzi left without inventory.

Yuechan thought that it was not suitable for her to come forward to check these things, so she went to Meng Haoyu and handed over the account book to Haoyu, asking him to take a look at the production and business of Zhuangzi's shop, whether it was a loss or not. surplus.

Haoyu was also tired after thinking about Yuechan, besides, he is a man, and he was supposed to set up a household, so he collected the account book without thinking about it. Friends, those friends are very business minded. Although they are not very good at studying, they have made a lot of money in business. Haoyu wanted to learn from others, so he had to start his own business no matter what.

Yuechan didn't know what Haoyu was thinking, so she just handed over the account books, no matter what, Haoyu would inherit the house in the future, and Haoyu's ambition was to become an official, now Quan should let him exercise a lot. A man should beat and beat a lot. If he is used to holding him like Liu Mei did in his previous life, he might be useless even if he is a good person.

The old lady handed over Su's dowry here, Liu Mei was beaten, and thinking of the old lady's cruelty and Meng Zhiwen's ruthlessness, she became somewhat disheartened, went back to her room, and cried bitterly for To avoid being picky by the old lady, I hurriedly asked someone to count out the dowry Su's put on her, and if there was anything missing, I would exchange money to make up for it.

After she finished her work, she handed over the things to Yuechan, and when the handover was over, Liu Mei saw that so much gold and silver was missing from her private account, and her flesh ached, and she hated Yuechan even more, lying down. Agreeing to recuperate on the bed, he regained his energy and began to think about how to get the money back.

She was thinking about it here, Yue Ting was learning etiquette from the nanny while taking care of Liu Mei, Yue E was busy learning how to be a housekeeper, she didn't see anyone for half a day, Yue Ting gritted her teeth and scolded She always told Liu Mei that Yue'e was not filial.

As a result, Liu Mei'er couldn't live in peace at all, and she had other worries, and her injuries were also quite serious, and she actually fell ill.

When Liu Mei fell ill, Yuechan also became flustered. Although the old lady asked Aunt Liu to help Yuechan as a director, she also asked Yue'e to help, as well as Pearl, the old lady also said, let her do more work. Make a point.

However, others don't know who these three people are, how could Yuechan not understand.

Let's talk about Aunt Liu first, she is the most honest and useless person, she is a transparent person in the house, she can't beat a fart with three sticks, if you ask her what's going on in the house, it's better not to ask her, she doesn't know at all , always let yourself make up your own mind, making people feel depressed.

Pearl is clever, but she is pregnant now, and she has a big belly all day long, either this pain or itching, until she can't wait to confess, how dare Yuechan bother her.

Although Yue'e is eloquent and smart, but she is young and ignorant, and she is used to Liu Mei. After all these things, she can't read a few words, can't read the account book, and can't understand the old rules of the past years. I know, plus she is too egotistical, always thinking that what she says is right, and wholeheartedly fighting against Yuechan, it would be better not to have her, and it would only add to the chaos.

Because of the tempers of these three people, all matters big and small in the Meng family fell on Yuechan alone. Not only did she have to count Su's dowry, but she also had to learn etiquette and rules from Nanny Gu, and she also had to memorize those things that were on the table in Chang'an City. The family relationship, the important people of those families, and the preferences of each person, so that there will be no mistakes in gift giving during the Chinese New Year.

In addition, because Yuechan is valued by the emperor, Nanny Gu consciously added the study of palace rules and customs to her homework. In addition, the interpersonal relationship in the palace is also what Yuechan needs to learn, which makes her busy for a couple of days. big.

For Liu Mei's illness, Yuechan had to ask the doctor to deliver the medicine. Anyway, Liu Mei is the head of the Meng family. Although she doesn't care about things now, her name is still there, so she can't be left out in the cold. Let's put it off, Yuechan is not stupid, there are thousands of ways to fight against Liu Mei, why should she disrespect and play with these obvious things, so she also pretended to be concerned, Worrying about everything, asking about everything, and going to sit in Liu Mei's room from time to time, sending some tonics and the like, on the surface, it seems that they are very friendly.

After a few days of busy work, it happened that Su Shi passed away for three years. Yuechan and Haoyu had already completed their filial piety, and it was time to take off their filial piety. He and Haoyu licked their heads in front of Su's spirit, and kept their filial piety for another day, and then changed into plain clothes and head, and put on bright clothes.

It just so happened that their brothers and sisters took off their filial piety, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, so there is no need to keep their filial piety, and the old lady seems to be in a good mood, and Meng Zhiwen did something in the yamen that got the attention of his boss and was praised Once the news is passed, it is very likely that the official position will be promoted to another level. Everyone in the Meng family is happy, and this Mid-Autumn Festival will naturally be celebrated.

Let’s talk about the affairs of Meng Zhiwen’s yamen first. Meng Zhiwen was the head of the yamen of the official department because he was a bit noble. Ministry, Meng Zhiwen, who has a title like this and grew up with a golden spoon in his mouth, has never been in the field or seen growing crops.

He was just a decoration in the Ministry of Agriculture, and he was never taken seriously. He has a title, is not short of salary, and doesn't like the affairs of the Ministry of Agriculture, so he doesn't take it seriously. , Seeing that autumn is here, there is a heavy rain in the south, flooding many prefectures and counties, and there is not enough food for disaster relief.

Emperor Tianchen also expressed his emotions at the Great Court Meeting, saying that the imperial court has a lot of acres, but the output is too little. The reason is that the grain output is not high, so that the common people do not have much rich grain after working for a year. If there is a high yield The products will be fine, and when the time comes, the people will have enough food and clothing, and the court will be able to store more food, so that they will not be caught blind when they encounter disasters and man-made disasters that day.

Emperor Tianchen just sighed with emotion, but the Shangshu of the Ministry of Agriculture is a good official who does things well. Others don't care, but he does. A few days of deliberation how to increase food production.

Naturally, Meng Zhiwen also knew about these things. Although he didn't care too much, he was still a little passionate. He also knew that food was the most important thing in the past dynasties. Once, when Yuechan went to the study room at night to give him bird's nest porridge , couldn't help but sigh with emotion to Yuechan.

He didn't feel it himself, but Yuechan remembered it in his heart. After thinking about it all night after going back, he remembered that when she was a ghost in her previous life, she was wandering around in a small country in the far south, where it was summer all year round and the climate was hot. , the people there are also very lazy, and they don't know how to take care of the food, but that's it, the people of that country never have to go hungry. In some places, two or even three crops can be grown a year.

Yuechan thought, in the north, this kind of grain can be harvested once a year, but in the south, it can be harvested twice a year. In terms of the yield of that kind of grain, it is even more frighteningly high. Why don't you mention it to Meng Zhiwen, let The Ministry of Agriculture sent people to that country to try to grow some grain seeds. If successful, it would be a great thing for the country and the people.

Early in the morning of the second day, Yuechan talked about this matter with Meng Zhiwen. Meng Zhiwen didn't believe it at first, but seeing Yuechan's words were convincing, he thought that her daughter was someone who was valued by the emperor, so she couldn't just talk in plain language. , I believed it, and when I went to the yamen to mention it to the Shangshu of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Shangshu suddenly became happy and praised Meng Zhiwen very much.

What's more, the Ministry of Agriculture sent people to visit that small southern country. If the grain seeds can be recovered and planted successfully, Lord Shangshu has already promised that he will ask the emperor for Meng Zhiwen's credit.

Meng Zhiwen has also learned a lot during this time. Naturally, the monk was polite for a while, and distributed the benefits to the head of the Ministry of Agriculture and colleagues, and everyone was grateful. He also had a certain status in the yamen. Naturally, I was very happy, and when I went home and told the old lady, the old lady was also very happy, she praised Yuechan greatly, and even handed over the Mid-Autumn Festival matters to Yuechan, so that she could handle it well.

This made Yuechan feel worried, since the Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated every year, there are no rare things to do, and it is really not easy to do well.

(End of this chapter)