Chapter 449： vegetables

If his other two sons are successful, with Qi Feng's character, they will naturally not bow to the two sons, but Qi Shaosheng fell off the list again this spring. Although there will be another Enke next year, but judging from his increasingly impatient state, The chances of getting in the exam next year are also very small.

As for the third son, Qi Shaotai, you don't need to think about it. Although he is much more diligent than the fourth child, his talent for reading is not much better than the fourth one. Let the four brothers live in harmony, at least not allow the eldest and the fourth to deal with the second and the third in turn.

At that time, he could endure the humiliation and burden of marrying Zhu Wan in order to obtain the protection of the Zhu family. At this time, he could naturally continue to tolerate the arrogance and domineering of his two sons in order to protect the other two sons.

Qi Haoran didn't know what his father was thinking, otherwise he would have to make trouble. Because of Qi Feng's suppression and Qi Shaosheng's failure, the east side was very quiet for a while, and no one came to harass the west side.

I don't know when, because the wells on both sides did not cause the river to overflow, so the servants gave them the names of Dongxifu.

Because Zhaodetang and Zhaohuayuan are in the west of the main courtyard, the big room and the fourth room are called Xifu, while the main courtyard and the place where Qi Shaosheng and his wife live are generally classified as Dongfu.

The masters above also know the names of the people below, and they all acquiesce.

After Mu Yangling saw that the salary was handed in, Qifeng Wu's side almost stopped interfering with their lives, and even the little Wu's who made a sour sentence from time to time disappeared. Mu Yangling was satisfied and turned his head to Qi Haoran and said: "I knew that before I handed over my salary, I would have said it earlier, and I would have given it to both hands a long time ago."

Qi Haoran knew that his father was intimidated by his eldest brother's means, sneered in his heart, but complimented Mu Yangling on his face.

Mu Yangling said happily: "Zhuangzi has passed the word that our first batch of vegetables is ripe. After you finish the confinement, I will take my sister-in-law to Zhuangzi to live for a few days."

Qi Haoran was taken aback and asked, "Are you not going to accompany me?"

"Come with me," Mu Yangling said: "Anyway, you have nothing to do. Come and play with us. We can go fishing in the river. Zhu Liang said that there are a lot of fish in the Qing River. They sent them to the house last time. The ones who came were caught by themselves, and I thought it was delicious after eating them."

"Don't we have our own fish? Why go to the river to catch them?"

"How can it be the same? The ones we raise ourselves are only the size of two fingers, and the domestic ones are not as delicious as wild ones."

Qi Haoran looked at Mu Yangling speechlessly. He didn't think there was any difference between domestic and wild ones. He heard the words and said, "I think you are just greedy."

Mu Yangling said complacently: "What's wrong with being cheap, I have to take advantage of it. Are you going to Zhuangzi with us? It's not far from Daming Mountain, maybe you can go to the mountain for a walk, isn't it? Did you say there are many temples on the mountain?"

Qi Haoran was excited, nodded and said, "We'll go when I finish the confinement."

But after three days of confinement, Qi Haoran was called into the palace, and then he officially entered the military department to work. Mu Yangling had to abandon him and take Li Jinghua and the two to Zhuangzi alone.

Zhuangzili built a kang bed according to the habits of the North. Li Jinghua sat on the kang and looked at the green mountains of Lishui outside the window, and said with a smile: "The scenery of this place is really good. When I woke up and looked out of the window, it was Daming Mountain, surrounded by clouds and mist. It would be even more beautiful if you could live on the top and look down.”

"It won't feel beautiful when you go up and down the mountain."

Li Jinghua was stunned for a moment, then thought of the height, laughed, shook his head and said, "You are also saying, if you really want to climb such a high mountain and go down every day, the beautiful scenery is not beautiful."

Li Jinghua is now five months pregnant, and she gets a little sleepy at noon, so Mu Yangling let her rest while he took Lichun and Guyu up the mountain to see the vegetable fields.

All the fruit trees have been planted at this time, and they are still small, only reaching the height of the calf and knee. Mu Yangling asked Zhu Liang to find several fruit farmers, and increased the original plant spacing. In this way, The plant spacing and row spacing of fruit trees have been increased to ensure that they are more fully exposed to sunlight and absorb enough nutrients.

All three hilltops were planted with fruit trees. On the hilltop above Zhuangzi, people planted soybeans and peanuts between the trees, while the next hilltop was full of vegetables, and the farthest one kept chickens. There are also some vegetables for feeding chickens and ducks.

Mu Yangling went to see the hill where vegetables were grown. It was still spring and there were few vegetables. When they were preparing to plant the fields, Mu Yangling asked Zhu Liang to arrange some people to plant some spring vegetables.

Vegetables have always grown and matured relatively quickly. Zhu Liang originally wanted Mu Yangling to come and see the white endive (lettuce) and green onions that they planted. At present, only these two can be collected, but Mu Yangling took people up there. When turning, he said, "The cabbage and radish seedlings can all be collected. Take some and ask at the restaurant. You don't have to stick to Lin'an City. We grow a lot of vegetables, and Lin'an City will definitely not be able to eat them."

Zhu Liang opened his mouth slightly and said hurriedly: "Fourth grandma, although we grow a lot of vegetables, how could Lin'an City be so big that we can't eat it?"

Not to mention, just how much the consumption of restaurants and restaurants is, not to mention that there are so many large families, Lin'an City looks small, but there are more than 600,000 people living in it.

"You can't make all the money. Don't forget, the vegetables and vegetables in Lin'an City have always been provided by the surrounding people. Our vegetables are earlier than the seasonal ones, tender and small, so at the normal price, we will It's a loss, so raise the price a bit, and then you and the manager of the restaurant negotiate a suitable price."

Zhu Liang is silent. If the price increases, the sales will definitely drop a lot. After all, except for the rich, who would spend extra money on vegetables?

The middle-rich and the little-rich would rather use the extra money to buy meat, okay?

Mu Yangling determined the general direction and left the matter to Zhu Liang. It has been a bit cold in spring recently, and I don't know how the rice and wheat in the experimental field are doing.

Mu Yangling went to see her experimental field. After struggling for a while, Zhu Liang each picked a small basket of vegetables and went to the city to find the restaurant manager Qian. Manager Qian handed over the vegetables to the kitchen and hung up today's special offering outside. After carefully observing the satisfaction of diners, I negotiated with Zhu Liang, and finally doubled the price.

Zhu Liang was speechless, "It's so tall, can this dish be sold?"

Qian Guanshi said confidently: "I hope my brother can rest assured, you just take things to find someone, you will definitely be able to sell them, remember, you must insist on this price and don't give up, our dishes are fresh and tender, not to mention, today's market The only vegetables served were cabbage and radish seedlings. Most of the cabbage was stored in the cellar last year, and the radish seedlings were all sun-dried. I suggest my brother to wait for the vegetables to come out and plant new vegetables immediately, as long as you can always be faster than others One step, no need, only half a month or so, you will be guaranteed no loss.”

Zhu Liang had to admit that Steward Qian was indeed the material for doing business, and he was much worse in this regard. No wonder the fourth grandmother asked him to discuss with Steward Qian.

Zhu Liang thought for a while and said, "It's too wasteful to just pull out those cooked vegetables like this?"

Qian Guanshi smiled and said: "If you don't pull it out, you will only sell two or three coppers per pound. You have to spend time to sell it, and it will cost a lot of manpower. It's better to sell it fresh. Take one out and one less, as long as you sell them all within half a month, won't it be a waste?"

Zhu Liang became a little more urgent. Lettuce and cabbage took up one-third of the mountain, but there were quite a few. It was too difficult to sell out in half a month.