A Blessed Daughter

by Usui Takumii

not mine, Moonlight Teatime until chapter 43, after that is MTL from novel cool. 583 chapters and ongoing.

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Chapter 261 Invite to meet

Shopkeeper Shen thought that the tea leaves are not worth much nowadays, so it would be fine to give Mr. Xu a few catties of tea to toss.

"All." Wei Ruo replied.

"All... all?" Shopkeeper Shen showed a surprised expression.

"Well. To be more precise, leave as much tea as you can put down without frying." Wei Ruodao, if there are not so many dustpans or not so big a place to store, then there is no way.

"This..." Shopkeeper Shen looked embarrassed.

If you leave them all alone, you will lose a lot of money.

"It's okay, you can ask your son for instructions first, and we will do it after he agrees." Wei Ruo said.

"Xu Gongzi Haihan, wait for me to ask my son before replying to Xu Gongzi." Shopkeeper Shen said.

"Well, don't be in a hurry now, first walk around with me, and when I have seen it almost, you can go to the young master of the Yi family." Wei Ruo said.

Wei Ruo still needs to have a more comprehensive understanding of Yusheng Tea Garden.

"Okay." Shopkeeper Shen agreed with a smile, and then continued to lead Wei Ruo to visit the tea garden.

While Wei Ruo was visiting the tea garden, Fan Chengxu was entertaining an "uninvited guest" somewhere in the Yusheng tea garden, in a chic courtyard among the tea mountains.

It was Chu Lan who was unwilling to live in the official residence.

Chu Lan didn't want to live in the official residence, but also wanted a clean place, so Fan Chengxu vacated this small courtyard on the tea mountain and made it a temporary residence for Chu Lan.

At this time, the two were sitting and drinking tea in the pavilion in the small courtyard.

Chu Lan put down her teacup, her eyes fell on Fan Chengxu: "You seem a little absent-minded."

"Absent? No, it's just a little lazy." Fan Chengxu denied.

Although he didn't admit it, he was actually a little absent-minded, because Fan Chengxu wanted to know Xu Heyou's situation more than being with Chu Lan.

Originally, he planned to accompany Xu Heyou in person today, and he also wanted to hear what extraordinary opinions Xu Heyou could put forward on the spot.

However, Chu Lan wanted him to accompany him, and he couldn't refuse, so he sent his subordinates.

Afraid that Chu Lan would see something, Fan Chengxu took the initiative to find a topic: "Your Highness, I heard that Mr. Wei has a great fortune, and he was rescued after being closed for a while."

"Well, he is fatal. The injury was thought to be incurable at the time, and the military doctor accompanied him back to Wei's house. He wanted him to see his family for the last time." Chu Lan told the real situation at that time.

"As the saying goes, if you survive a catastrophe, you will be blessed. I don't know if Mr. Wei still has a chance to be promoted after this battle."

Although Wei Mingting was promoted two ranks in a row last year and very quickly, military attaches in wartime are promoted based on their merits. As long as they do well, no one will object to the promotion no matter how fast it is.

"It shouldn't happen this time." Chu Lan denied Fan Chengxu's conjecture.

"Why? Because of the heavy losses in this battle?"

"This battle was not fought beautifully. It was a narrow victory, and the imperial court had quite objections to the lack of defense of our army when the Japanese invaded this time." Chu Lan said.

"How can you blame your lack of defense? The coastal defense of Taizhou Prefecture lacks manpower, medicine, and weapons. It is very difficult to achieve this level." Fan Chengxu couldn't help but said.

"Then you have to ask your good uncle. In this battle, your uncle took the lead in the court to blame the Taizhou Army's weak defense." Chu Lan said.

Hearing this, Fan Chengxu touched his nose disheartened and stopped talking.

He is also aware of his uncle's temperament, and he is indeed a person who can do such things.

At this moment, shopkeeper Shen came over and whispered a few words in Fan Chengxu's ear.

"Oh? Did he say that?" Fan Chengxu said with great interest.

"Yes, he did say that." Shopkeeper Shen said.

"Then listen to him. Anyway, the tea at this time is not worth much, I want to see what tricks he can play." Fan Chengxu made a decision immediately without hesitation.

"Then I will tell the people in the garden to do it."

Shopkeeper Shen Deling was about to leave, but was stopped by Chu Lan.

"You wait first."

Shopkeeper Shen stopped immediately.

Immediately afterwards, Chu Lan looked at Fan Chengxu and asked, "Did you just say Xu Heyou?"

"Your Highness, you are too smart. Shopkeeper Shen and I didn't mention anything related to Mr. Xu. You can guess that the person we are talking about is Mr. Xu?" Fan Chengxu couldn't help but exclaimed.

Chu Lan doesn't know why, but just has such an intuition, and recently Fan Chengxu and Xu Heyou have indeed moved closer.

"You two seem to have a good personal relationship," Chu Lan said.

"Your Highness, don't misunderstand me. I have a business relationship with Mr. Xu." Fan Chengxu explained.

"Since you are discussing business with him, why don't you discuss it face to face?" Chu Lan said.

Fan Chengxu murmured in his heart: What do you mean to talk about business in person? I'm afraid it's not your seventh prince who wants to meet Mr. Xu, right?

But Fan Chengxu could only think about it in his heart, and he had to say it according to Chu Lan's intention.

"Your Highness is right, shopkeeper Shen, please go and invite Mr. Xu." Fan Chengxu ordered shopkeeper Shen to invite someone.

"Yes, son."

Shopkeeper Shen hurriedly turned back to find Wei Ruo.

Wei Ruo is squatting on the ground of the tea garden at the moment, checking the soil and the branches and leaves of the tea trees.

Shopkeeper Shen came quickly, and only saw Xiumei from a distance, and when he ran up to him, he saw Wei Ruo squatting on the ground.

"Master Xu, my son invites you to have tea and discuss in detail."

"Isn't your son busy with other things?" Wei Ruo asked.

"This..." Shopkeeper Shen didn't know how to explain this question. He couldn't guess what the Young Master and His Royal Highness were thinking.

After thinking for a while, shopkeeper Shen explained: "My young master did have some important matters just now, but he is free now. Knowing that Mr. Xu is still in the tea garden, he hurriedly asked me to invite Mr. Xu to come over."

"Okay then, I'll go with you."

Wei Ruo also knew that it would be more straightforward to talk directly with Fan Chengxu about this matter, and besides the withering of the tea leaves picked today, she also needs to explain other matters related to making black tea, which involve many things, if all the information is conveyed through Shopkeeper Shen On the contrary, it is troublesome.

Wei Ruo followed shopkeeper Shen to the small courtyard in the middle of the tea mountain.

The small courtyard is built in the shade of greenery, and you can see the rolling tea mountains when you go out, which is quite poetic and picturesque.

Entered the yard, walked through the corridor, and came to a pavilion.

Seeing two figures sitting in the pavilion, Wei Ruo stopped in his tracks, and after a closer look, he found that the other person sitting was Chu Lan.

Wei Ruo's heart shook, and she subconsciously wanted to turn around and leave.

However, Chu Lan had already looked at her at this time, and it was too late for Wei Ruo to escape.

Seeing Wei Ruoli standing still, Fan Chengxu got up and greeted him: "Mr. Xu, please come inside."

Wei Ruo took his eyes off Chu Lan and followed Fan Chengxu into the pavilion.

There are new teacups on the table, obviously for her.

Chapter 262 Three people talking

"Mr. Xu, please sit down." Fan Chengxu invited Wei Ruo to take a seat.

Wei Ruo sat down in that seat.

Before taking his seat, Wei Ruo didn't specifically greet or salute Chu Lan. Her current identity is Xu Heyou, and Xu Heyou doesn't know the Seventh Prince, so before Chu Lan took the initiative to reveal her identity, it was the right choice for her not to be polite.

"You don't know me anymore?"

As soon as Wei Ruo sat down, Chu Lan's questioning voice sounded.

Wei Ruo's heart shook again, that bad guess was almost completely confirmed.

"Who is this son?" Wei Ruo asked pretending to be puzzled.

"Zhu Zongyu." Chu Lan said.

"It turns out that Mr. Zhu looks like this." Wei Ruo pretended to be surprised and said.

"Thanks to you, my face is almost invisible." Chu Lan said.

There are still very shallow scars on Chu Lan's face now, but if you are far away, you won't be able to see it.

"Master Zhu, after using it for another half a year, the remaining traces should be eliminated." Wei Ruo replied, trying his best to behave as normal as possible without showing any flaws.

At this moment, Wei Ruo had only one thought in mind, that Chu Lan should not discover her true identity.

"Yes. The medicine will run out in a few days, so I have to ask Mr. Xu to prepare some medicine for me." Chu Lan said.

"I'll put it in Zhuangzi ready when the time comes. Young Master Zhu can just send someone to pick it up from Zhuangzi as before." Wei Ruo said.

It is best not to meet if you can not meet.

"Okay." Then Chu Lan asked Wei Ruo: "Do you want to discuss business with Brother Qingyuan?"

"yes."

Wei Ruo avoids Chu Lan's gaze. At this moment, he misses the time when he was wearing a bamboo hat and the veil covered his eyes. At least he didn't have to face him directly.

"If you need my help, just ask. I owe you the grace of saving your life. If you have a chance, let me pay you back."

"Young Master Zhu, you don't need to be so polite. I treat Young Master Zhu for medical treatment, so you don't have to take it to heart." Wei Ruo hurriedly explained.

If she had known that he was Chu Lan, she would definitely not have saved him!

Hearing this, Chu Lan's eyes darkened. Others tried their best to describe their actions of saving lives as selfless and noble, but Xu Heyou wanted to do the opposite. Every time he mentioned it, he would say that he was doing it for money. .

Chu Lan didn't know if he was really such a temperamental person, or if it was just for him.

Seeing that the two mentioned him, Fan Chengxu interjected at the right time; "Mr. Xu, since you met brother Zong Yu today, why don't you take a look at brother Zong Yu's injuries? He was injured a few days ago. Days have passed and it's still not all right."

Fan Chengxu doesn't care much if Chu Lan dies somewhere else, but it won't work if he dies here.

Wei Ruo was not surprised that Chu Lan was injured. The battle suffered heavy casualties, and Chu Lan also participated in it.

But Wei Ruo didn't want to treat Chu Lan's injuries again, so he made an excuse and said: "Now Mr. Zhu should have a doctor with excellent medical skills to treat his injuries, so I won't do it."

"How can it be said that he is a master? Mr. Xu's medical skills are obvious to all. At the beginning, Mr. Zhu was so seriously injured, Mr. Xu rescued him. Later, the disease broke out in the city and almost spread, and finally managed to control it in the city. Mr. Xu is also responsible for not causing a large-scale plague. With such medical skills, who can say that Mr. Xu is a gangster?"

Fan Chengxu hastily praised Wei Ruo's medical skills. In order to ensure that Chu Lan's health is safe, he has gone to great lengths.

Wei Ruo secretly scolded the talkative Fan Chengxu several times in his heart, but the expression on his face remained unchanged, and he couldn't let the two in front of him see the flaw.

Then Wei Ruo made an excuse again: "Young Master Zhu looks rosy now, and I think there is no serious problem."

Chu Lan followed suit and said, "I'm fine, don't bother Mr. Xu."

Chu Lan didn't want to bother Xu Heyou again, and didn't want to always be in a state where Xu Heyou owed favors and was treated by Xu Heyou.

He is a proud person in his bones. He doesn't like to always be weak in front of Xu Heyou, and he doesn't want to be in Xu Heyou's impression that he has always been a person who needs to be taken care of.

Fan Chengxu thought in his heart, is he the only troublemaker?

Immediately afterwards, Fan Chengxu heard Chu Lan say to him: "Brother Qing Yuan wants to discuss business with Mr. Xu?"

"Yes." Fan Chengxu had a smile on his face, but he was muttering in his heart, it is clear that you want to see Xu Heyou, why do you have to shirk it on me?

That's all, he does have something to talk to Xu Heyou.

Then Fan Chengxu asked Wei Ruo: "Mr. Xu just suggested that the tea leaves picked today should be spread out in a dustpan. It is best to fry the tea leaves quickly after picking them. After a long time of storage, the tea leaves are not fresh. The color and aroma of the tea leaves will be affected."

"I don't intend to fry the tea directly." Wei Ruo replied.

"Aren't you going to roast it?" Fan Chengxu asked curiously, "Then what are you going to do with these tea leaves?"

"I plan to ferment the tea." Wei Ruo replied.

"Fermentation?"

Fan Chengxu was a little surprised.

Chu Lan also looked at Wei Ruo with probing and curious eyes.

"Yes, it's like using grain to make wine and soybeans to make soy sauce. After a period of fermentation, the taste of the crops will change." Wei Ruo explained.

Wei Ruo's statement made Fan Chengxu feel very novel. It was the first time he had heard that tea leaves could also be fermented.

"Do you think the taste of fermented tea will be better than directly roasted?" Fan Chengxu asked again.

"That's hard to say, I can only say that roasted tea leaves and fermented tea leaves are two different flavors. Nowadays, these tea leaves in the tea garden can't be sold at a high price by traditional roasting methods. It's better to change the method and change the flavor. This kind of flavor, maybe there will be unexpected effects and harvest?" Wei Ruo said.

"Interesting and interesting, I want to see what the tea leaves will look like after fermentation." Fan Chengxu's tone was full of expectation.

Wei Ruo continued: "If you want to ferment, there are a few follow-up processes. I will write it on paper for a while, and ask Boss Fan to order the people in the tea garden to do it."

"Okay, whatever you want to do, the people in the tea garden will do." Fan Chengxu turned his head and said to shopkeeper Shen, "What Mr. Xu wants to do later on, you can do as he said. You don't need to ask me for instructions. To cooperate with Mr. Xu is to trust Mr. Xu."

"Yes, young master." Shopkeeper Shen hurriedly responded.

Immediately afterwards, Fan Chengxu ordered someone to bring paper and a pen, and put them in front of Wei Ruo, so that she could write down the next process of tea processing.

Wei Ruo didn't pick up a pen, but said to Fan Chengxu: "I don't know much, why don't I read it, and Boss Fan will help me write."

Hearing this, Fan Chengxu was surprised and said, "Mr. Xu can't read much?"

Chapter 263 Try to ignore Chu Lan

"Well, I haven't studied for a few years." Wei Ruo replied, "I'm not expected to study, otherwise I would have passed the exam."

"Mr. Xu's medical skills are so high."

"I know the name of the medicine, and the rest are taught by the master himself." Wei Ruo replied.

The implication is that I can't read medical books, so I can only write prescriptions and recognize a few commonly used words.

"In this case, I can only do the ghostwriting." Fan Chengxu didn't think there was any problem, everyone has strengths and weaknesses, and Xu Heyou already has many strengths, so it's not a big deal to have this one shortcoming.

If he really knew everything he wanted, he would think it was too strange.

So Wei Ruo began to dictate, and Fan Chengxu began to write.

"The tea leaves are ventilated for two hours, and when they are half-dry, they need to be kneaded to knead the tea leaves into strips. This process takes about a quarter of an hour to two quarters of an hour. Then put the kneaded tea leaves into a bamboo basket and place them on the Cover with a damp cloth and put the basket on top of a soup bowl filled with water. This process is the fermentation process of the tea."

Fan Chengxu wrote down one by one, and at the same time was full of curiosity about what Wei Ruo said.

Chu Lan was also listening with great interest, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

Wei Ruo continued: "Afterwards, the tea leaves will be dried. Just use the baking vats used by the people of Taizhou Prefecture to dry bamboo shoots. After drying, they can be put into containers."

Although what Wei Ruo said was simple, for Fan Chengxu and Chu Lan who had seen tea handled in this way, what she said was full of novelty.

After listening to what Wei Ruo said, Fan Chengxu asked Wei Ruo some detailed questions.

"Master Xu, one of the processes you just mentioned is baking. I wonder how the baking should be done?" Fan Chengxu asked.

"It's better to bake slowly on a low fire. The drying process needs to be slow. Don't be impatient, so as to avoid the tea leaves from being burnt and affecting the taste." Wei Ruo answered.

"I don't know if Mr. Xu can teach you about the kneading technique in detail, otherwise I'm afraid that the people in my tea garden are not doing well enough."

"Then please trouble Boss Fan to call a few tea makers who have quick memories and learn quickly, and I will demonstrate it to them."

"No problem." Wei Ruo agreed.

The two chatted happily, leaving Chu Lan aside.

Wei Ruo, who had a serious discussion with Fan Chengxu, was much more relaxed than when he first faced Chu Lan.

Looking at Wei Ruo's side face, Chu Lan remembered the time when he was seriously injured and lived in the other's village, and he chatted with him so easily at that time.

He doesn't know why he misses getting along with him at that time, obviously it was the most difficult time for him.

After confirming the details, Fan Chengxu put down his pen and said to Wei Ruo: "Whether it is successful or not, I am really surprised that Mr. Xu can come up with such a method for processing tea."

"Boss Fan is overrated. I didn't come up with this method. It was taught to me by an old woman I met before." Wei Ruo replied.

"Oh? I see. It seems that the people Mr. Xu met in the past were not lacking in talented people." Fan Chengxu said.

Xu Heyou's medical skills are so good, his master must also be an expert.

"Boss Fan is absurd. I am a countryman, and the people I meet must not be comparable to those around Boss Fan." Wei Ruomong said modestly.

Fan Chengxu said: "You don't have to be so modest, you see, Mr. Zhu, like me, admires you."

Chu Lan said: "When Mr. Xu's fermented tea is made, I wonder if I will be lucky enough to ask for a drink?"

No luck.

Wei Ruo replied in his heart.

"Young Master Zhu is Boss Fan's distinguished guest, you can come to Boss Fan's place for a drink at any time." Wei Ruo replied.

She and Fan Chengxu both share this tea, if you want to drink it, just ask Fan Chengxu, why ask her.

"Yes." Chu Lan responded.

Fan Chengxu was snickering in his heart, it's really funny that Xu Heyou can make the proud Seventh Prince so deflated.

Not long after, Shopkeeper Shen brought two tea makers over. Wei Ruo demonstrated the rolling process to the two in person. The two were skilled tea makers and quickly mastered the art.

After making sure that the two had learned it, Wei Ruo didn't stay long, and left the two of them on the pretext that he still had something to do in his village.

"Let me see Mr. Xu off." Fan Chengxu said.

"No need, Boss Fan still has Mr. Zhu as a distinguished guest, so he should stay with the distinguished guest and let shopkeeper Shen take me down the mountain." Wei Ruo declined.

"I just plan to walk around, let Boss Fan take you down the mountain together."

Chu Lan stood up after speaking.

Seeing this situation, Fan Chengxu could only follow Chu Lan's words and say: "Yeah, brother Zong Yu is also very bored in my small courtyard in the mountains these days, so I just need to walk around."

If Wei Ruo couldn't say no, he didn't say anything else.

Then let the two of them accompany me down the mountain together.

On the way, Wei Ruo looked at the scenery around him, and tried to avoid talking with Chu Lan or making eye contact.

Fortunately, although Chu Lan hates it, she is not a talkative person, so she didn't catch her asking questions.

Several people walked to the foot of the mountain together, where the carriage that sent Wei Ruolai stopped.

Wei Ruo bid farewell to the two, then got into the carriage, and the coachman who sent Wei Ruolai drove Wei Ruo away from Yusheng Tea Garden again.

After the carriage traveled a certain distance, Xiumei who was sitting in the carriage let out a long sigh of relief.

"I was scared to death just now, I was by Miss's side, my palms were sweating."

"Before he left Taizhou Mansion, we stopped personally communicating with Boss Fan." Wei Ruo said.

Xiumei nodded her head like a pest: "That's good! I can't meet him again, it's too dangerous!"

On the first day of May, Wei Ruo received an invitation from Xu Yaojun, a lady from the Xu family, who invited her to watch the dragon boat race on the fifth day of May, the Dragon Boat Festival.

If the Dragon Boat Festival last year was held in Xingshan County, although there would be some rituals in Xingshan County, there would be no dragon boats to watch.

In contrast, the Dragon Boat Festival in Fucheng, Taizhou is much more lively. A dragon boat race is held every year, and this year is no exception.

"Miss, why did Miss Yaojun invite you? You are not familiar with her. You only met once when Mrs. Xu invited the wives and ladies from various families for an outing." Xiumei was curious and worried.

This Miss Xu family is not familiar with their young lady, but she is familiar with the second young lady! I'm afraid they have something bad in mind.

"Who knows what this girl is thinking." Wei Ruo couldn't tell.

"Miss, do you want to go?" Xiumei asked.

"No, I won't go if I can." Naturally, Wei Ruo didn't want to join in the fun.

From the day she returned to the Colonel's Mansion, she tried her best to avoid having too much contact with these young ladies from aristocratic families.

Wei Ruo decided to reject Xu Yaojun's invitation, so he planned to ask Xiumei to go to Tongzhifu the next day to pass on a message.

In the evening, when everyone was eating together, Wei Yichen also appeared.

Chapter 264 Then go together

Because today is the first day of junior high school, the academy gave the students a day off. And Wei Mingting is still resting at home because of his injuries.

Now the Yun family has begun to have different seating rules for men and women, so they have two tables for dinner, separated by a screen.

After dinner, when everyone sits down to drink tea and chat, the female relatives can talk to the men in the family.

Wei Qingwan first asked about Wei Yichen's situation in the academy these days, and was concerned. Then he told Wei Mingting about the fact that he received an invitation from the Xu family to watch the dragon boat today.

"Father, Miss Yaojun invited me to watch the dragon boat race on the Dragon Boat Festival."

"Well, it's a good thing, Wanwan should be more careful." Wei Mingting nodded.

"I'm going that day too, and I'll send Wanwan over there then." Wei Yichen said.

"Is the eldest brother going too?" Wei Qingwan looked happy.

"Well, I have made an appointment with Feng Yuan and the others, and Anzhou College will select some students to form a team to participate in the dragon boat competition every year." Wei Yichen explained.

"Will the big brother not participate?" Wei Yilin asked quickly after hearing the words.

Wei Yichen smiled and said, "I'm not good at doing this."

Wei Yichen is good at writing but not good at martial arts, and dragon boat rowing is a very strenuous task, so Wei Yichen naturally did not participate.

Speaking of it, Wei Yichen said again: "Brother Feng Yuan participated, he has both civil and military skills, you can see his performance that day."

Wei Yilin said sullenly: "We also formed a team in the martial arts school. I wanted to join, but the master said that I was too young, and it would be my turn in a few years. Now only the older brothers are allowed to participate. ."

While talking, Wei Yilin asked Wei Mingting: "Father, can I watch it that day?"

It's a bit disappointing that I can't participate, but it would be nice if I could see it for myself.

"Yes, you can travel with me on the Dragon Boat Festival." Wei Mingting said.

"Okay!" Wei Yilin's small face immediately showed an excited expression.

Immediately afterwards, Wei Yilin's eyes fell on Wei Ruo: "Where is Big Sister? Will Big Sister go too?"

Wei Ruo deliberately didn't interrupt, and quietly sipped tea, but didn't want to be called by Wei Yilin.

Yun said: "Your elder sister can't go out with you and your father, she can only go with mother."

Wei Ruodu is fourteen years old, so he can't be taken out by his father to play alone, which is against the rules.

"Is that so... Is the elder sister going with mother?" Wei Yilin asked again.

"No, I sent a post with the magistrate today, and Miss Xu's family also invited your elder sister to go with me." Yun replied.

The post was sent directly to Xiaowei's mansion by someone sent by the Xu family, so it couldn't be hidden from Yun's.

Hearing this, Wei Qingwan's expression froze slightly, then she looked at Wei Ruo, and said with a smile: "It turns out that my sister is also going, that's really great."

Wei Ruo replied unhurriedly: "Actually, I planned to reject the invitation. I am not familiar with Miss Xu's family, and I don't really like to join in the fun."

Hearing this, Yun hurriedly said: "You must not push it away. Mrs. Xu mentioned this to me a few days ago, and my mother has already promised it for you."

Immediately afterwards, Yun said: "Ruo'er, walking around with other girls from other families in the city will do you more good than harm."

Wei Ruo's face was a little dark, and Mrs. Yun helped her agree in front of Mrs. Tongzhi without asking her opinion.

Finding that Wei Ruo's expression was wrong, Yun was a little embarrassed and guilty.

Others have also noticed this, Wei Qingwan hurriedly said: "Sister, Madam Tongzhi likes you very much, that's why she wants you to watch the dragon boat race together, so go together, don't let Madam Tongzhi down kindness."

Wei Ruo glanced at Wei Qingwan, but then ignored her.

Because Wei Ruo knew that Wei Qingwan's opening at this moment was mostly to show that she was a caring and good daughter, and if she argued with Wei Qingwan more at this moment, it might give Wei Qingwan a chance to be innocent and wronged.

Plus she had just slapped her a few days ago, and now there is another dispute, which will make other members of the Wei family suspect that she is targeting her, and instead make her suffer.

Seeing that Wei Ruo didn't refute, Wei Qingwan pursed her lips, feeling a little disappointed.

She didn't want Wei Qingruo to watch the dragon boat race on the Dragon Boat Festival. The last time we went out together was still vivid in my memory...

If Wei Qingruo started arguing with her right now, maybe...

Wei Ruo didn't speak for a long time, and Yun couldn't bear it anymore and said: "Ruo'er, you haven't been back home for a long time, and there are some people who don't know the world, so just believe it, it must be for your own good that mother agrees for you."

"I see." Although Wei Ruo was dissatisfied with Yun's behavior, he still had a sense of proportion.

Mr. Yun is the mother, and she can make decisions for her daughter in some matters.

Wei Ruo was relieved, not only Yun Shi, but Wei Yichen and Wei Yilin were also relieved. The two brothers were worried that Wei Ruo's temper would come into conflict with his mother again, which was the last thing they wanted to see.

The fifth day of May.

Early in the morning, Xiumei got up to help Wei Ruo dress up, because they were going to watch the dragon boat race soon.

"Give me the most common hair bun, and choose an old dress that I have worn. The style is older and more plain." Wei Ruo instructed Xiumei.

"Why? Miss, you still have several new clothes in your closet. Recently, I also learned a lot of hair buns that are popular among young girls in the city." Xiumei said.

"Your lady, I don't need to look good today. I won't compete with them. It doesn't do me any good to be attractive. If I can get rewards for being attractive, I can consider dressing up." Wei Ruo replied road.

How is it that she is more beautiful than other ladies from aristocratic families? So what if people say it looks good? As for her, she has no income of half a penny or silver.

"Miss is right, so I'll make her look more ordinary and make her makeup rougher!" Xiumei said.

"Well, my good Meimei understands me!"

After dressing up, Wei Ruo looked the same as usual, or even worse than usual.

When we came to the door, two carriages had been waiting for a long time.

Wei Qingwan, who came out at about the same time, was slightly taken aback when she saw Wei Ruo's outfit, and then lowered her head.

Wei Ruo's gaze also swept over Wei Qingwan. Wei Qingwan was wearing a new dress made at the end of last year, a goose-yellow skirt with flowers embroidered on it, which made her skin extraordinarily delicate, and her figure was exquisite and bright; The bun is the most popular nowadays, and it complements her delicate face, making her look like a lotus emerging from water.

In such a comparison, Wei Ruo's attire is not only mediocre, but even crude.

Seeing the outfits of the two, Yun frowned slightly, his eyes lingered on Wei Ruo for a while, hesitant to speak.

Chapter 265 Yu Sheng Tea House

But Yun still didn't say anything in the end.

After everyone arrived, everyone in the Wei family was about to set off.

Going out today, everyone in the Wei family has to divide their troops into several groups.

Wei Yichen will go to find his classmates, Wei Mingting will take Wei Yilin on horseback rides, and Wei Ruo and Wei Qingwan will travel in the same carriage with Yun.

The carriage headed towards East Lake. Today's dragon boat race was held in the west area of East Lake.

And what Wei Ruo and the others are going to is the Yusheng Tea House next to the East Lake.

This tea house has been reserved by Tong Zhifu today, and it only accepts the ladies who accept the invitation of the Xu family.

After arriving, Wei Ruo, Yun Shi, and Wei Qingwan entered Yusheng Teahouse together.

The tea house is built near the water, with pavilions, terraces, pavilions, carved railings and painted buildings. Every scene and everything is very delicate and elegant.

Tea House usually receives elegant people, who burn incense, play the piano, taste tea and enjoy the scenery.

It's just that the name of Yusheng Tea House reminded Wei Ruo of the Yusheng Tea Garden she visited not long ago. I don't know if there is some connection between the two.

The Xu family arranged different tearooms for the wives and young ladies, so not long after entering the teahouse, the Yun family, Wei Ruo, and Wei Qingwan separated, and each was led to a different teahouse by the tea attendant of the teahouse.

Wei Ruo and Wei Qingwan came to the tea room reserved for the ladies at Xu's house. As soon as they entered the door, the dazzling Wei Qingwan attracted everyone's attention.

After seeing Wei Qingwan's outfit, Xu Yaojun's face changed. He glanced at the yellow skirt on his body, and gritted his teeth unconsciously.

Looking at Wei Qingwan's side again, Wei Ruo's attire looked very mediocre. Although her original appearance was outstanding, it didn't stand out when she stood with other ladies who were not as good as her. At least the first Eyes do not make people feel bright.

When Xu Yaojun looked at himself, Wei Ruo also looked at Xu Yaojun, and saw that Xu Yaojun was also wearing a goose yellow dress today, and the style of the clothes was somewhat similar to Wei Qingwan's.

Wei Qingwan's coat is covered with a layer of light gauze, which looks softer; the embroidery on Xu Yaojun's skirt is relatively simple and looks more capable.

Then I saw Xu Yaojun walking towards him with an eager expression: "Qing Ruo, you are here, I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Xu Yaojun's enthusiastic appearance made Wei Ruo want to run away in place.

Wei Ruo glanced at Xu Yaojun's expression again, and found that although she was holding his hand, she was looking at Wei Qingwan.

In an instant, Wei Ruo understood that Xu Yaojun was using her as a weapon again.

This is not familiar with her, it is using her to embarrass Wei Qingwan.

Wei Ruo only feels that his head is big. I don't want to be involved in the dispute between these two people at all, and I don't want to be used by Xu Yaojun.

Wei Ruo saw the three sisters of the Yuan family, and was about to go and sit at a table with them, but Xu Yaojun pulled her to the seat closest to the window.

"Let's sit over there, I have reserved a seat for you."

There are several tables in this tea room, but only two are next to the windows.

After a while, the dragon boat passed by the lake, and the position by the window can obviously see more clearly and carefully.

Xu Yaojun poured tea for Wei Ruo again, and greeted Wei Ruo for tea, but Wei Qingwan was left out in the cold.

Xu Yaojun deliberately left her in the cold, and the others acted accordingly, not daring to take the initiative to approach Wei Qingwan, which caused Wei Qingwan to stand in place after entering the door, at a loss for what to do.

Wei Qingwan looked at Wei Ruo in embarrassment, but Wei Ruo was unmoved after receiving her gaze.

Although she didn't quite agree with Xu Yaojun's behavior, she was even more unwilling to help Wei Qingwan out of the siege.

As for whether Wei Qingwan would hate her for this, Wei Ruo didn't think about it at all, because no matter what she did today, whether she helped Wei Qingwan or not, Wei Qingwan already regarded her as an enemy.

Wei Ruo turned his gaze out of the window. There were no dragon boats on the lake at the moment, but this did not affect Wei Ruo's enjoyment of the lake view at all.

Wei Qingwan clenched her fists tightly, walked to the nearest empty seat and sat down under the gloating eyes of everyone.

Seeing her like this, Xu Yaojun was a little happy, and became more enthusiastic towards Wei Ruo.

"Qing Ruo, which team do you like?" Wei Qingwan asked enthusiastically.

"I don't understand very well. I don't know what teams there are, let alone their strength." Wei Ruo didn't want to say anything, just wanted to be alone in a daze.

"Your eldest brother is also from Anzhou Academy, so you should also be optimistic about Anzhou Academy." Xu Yaojun said.

Wei Ruo smiled lightly, but did not give a clear answer.

Xu Yaojun said again: "My brother will represent Anzhou College in this competition, and you will be able to see him then."

Wei Ruo smiled again, being polite and at the same time showing alienation and indifference.

Xu Yaojun didn't care about Wei Ruo's alienated attitude. She didn't really want to have a good relationship with Wei Ruo, she just used Wei Ruo to embarrass Wei Qingwan.

Wei Ruo took a sip of the tea in front of him, the taste was not too good or bad.

"This Yu Sheng Tea House is the best tea house in Taizhou Prefecture, and this tea is also the best tea. How do you feel about drinking Qingruo?" Xu Yaojun asked Wei Ruo.

"It's okay." It's not good to compare with other things. If you compare it with the Longjing that Fan Chengxu gave her that day, the tea in the teahouse today is still a bit inferior.

"What good tea did Qing Ruo drink before?" Xu Yaojun asked casually.

"I prefer to drink milk tea." Wei Ruo replied.

"What? Milk tea? What is that?" Xu Yaojun looked at Wei Ruo with a puzzled expression.

It was just a casual question, but Wei Ruo's answer was beyond her expectation.

"Well, a kind of tea made from milk and tea leaves." Wei Ruo explained.

"Can milk and tea taste good together?" Xu Yaojun didn't quite believe Wei Ruo's words.

"It just so happened that I brought some over today, how about cooking them for you on the spot?" Wei Ruo said.

"Then try cooking it." Xu Yaojun said.

Xu Yaojun thought, anyway, the dragon boat race has not started yet, and everyone has nothing to do, so she will see what new tricks Wei Qingruo can come up with.

Other people also gathered around to watch, especially the three sisters of the Yuan family. They were full of curiosity about Wei Ruo's new tricks after seeing the amazing loquat cream made by Wei Ruo.

Wei Ruo beckons Xiumei to come over to her.

Xiumei carried a small embroidered cloth bag, which contained many good things.

As if by magic, she took out from the cloth bag a small jar of tea leaves and a cowhide bag of milk, which Wei Ruo and Xiumei went to express last night.

There is also a small jar containing fried caramel.

There are tools for making tea in the tea house, Xu Yaojun asked the maid of the tea house to fetch the small stove that Wei Ruo needed.

After preparing all the equipment, Wei Ruo began to make tea in front of everyone.

Chapter 266 Promotion of black tea

I saw Wei Ruo opening the small pot and scooping out the black tea leaves inside with a small spoon.

When they saw the color of the tea leaves, everyone's faces showed varying degrees of doubt.

Why is this tea black?

Generally, the tea leaves will be black if they are not stored properly, or if the heat is not well controlled during frying, right?

Wei Ruo knew what everyone was wondering about, she didn't explain, but concentrated on operating the work in hand.

The process of making milk tea is not complicated. Caramel is pre-fried, put it in, add water to boil, put in black tea, boil for a while, then add milk, and then remove the teapot from the stove after boiling again .

Wei Ruo placed the teacups and poured the milk tea into them. The teapot already has a filter, so you don't have to worry about the tea leaves pouring out, so you don't need to prepare extra filter steamer cloth.

Wei Ruo poured out six cups and gave each of Xu Yaojun and the five closest girls a cup.

Xu Yaojun looked at the teacup in his hand, hesitating whether to try it or not.

Yuan Jiuniang also got the milk tea from Wei Ruo. Out of trust in Wei Ruo, she took a sip first.

When she first entered, Yuan Jiuniang didn't respond.

Everyone looked at her curiously, even Wei Qingwan, who had been refraining from coming over to watch Wei Ruo make tea just now, couldn't help poking her head out.

After a while, Yuan Jiuniang's face showed a look of joy, and then gave a good review: "It's delicious! It has a milk fragrance, sweet, and a tea fragrance, and the taste is very rich!"

Hearing what Yuan Jiuniang said, Xu Yaojun's curiosity was also aroused.

In addition, she also saw that Wei Ruo was making tea just now, and the things that were put in were all common things, except that the tea leaves were a bit dark, which didn't seem like good tea.

Xu Yaojun took a sip and put it into his mouth, savoring it carefully.

Feels good! Xu Yaojun was a little surprised, and then took another sip, wanting to taste its taste more carefully.

"It's really delicious!" Xu Yaojun commented.

After speaking, Xu Yaojun looked up at Wei Ruo. It can be said that this was the first time she really looked at Wei Ruo with appreciation.

Although she said many nice things to Wei Ruo before, none of them were sincere.

Even though Wei Ruo's poems won praises from everyone during the outing last time, she didn't think that Wei Ruo had much ability, it was just that she could use it to take advantage of Wei Qingwan's existence.

Xu Yaojun said so, and the few who got the milk tea began to taste it politely.

After the tasting, several people also expressed their opinions. Some people think it is good, some people think it is novel, but no one said that it tastes bad.

Yuan Jiuniang asked Wei Ruo: "Ruoruo, what's the matter with your tea? Why is it black?"

Yuan Jiuniang asked everyone's confusion, and everyone was also curious about this question.

"This is black tea. It's made in a slightly different way from the green tea you usually drink. It tastes less astringent than green tea and has a softer taste, making it more suitable for making milk tea." Wei Ruo explained.

"Black tea? It's the first time I've heard that there are tea leaves and black tea." Yuan Jiuniang said.

"This tea just came out not long ago. It is said that some hermits came up with a new way to preserve tea more conveniently. It was slowly spread this year, so not many people know about it." Wei Ruo replied.

Wei Ruo thought of a source for black tea, and specifically said that it was invented by a hermit, in order to add some elegance to black tea. If it was invented by a country woman, I am afraid that some pampered people will have some feelings of disgust in their hearts, which will affect them. Mood for tea.

"Miss Wei, where did you buy this black tea? I also want to buy some so that my family can try it." Yuan Jiuniang said.

Yuan Jiuniang made a start, and then a few people seconded and wanted to buy some.

"I also want to buy some, and I will learn how to make milk tea like Miss Wei when I go back."

"There are milking buffaloes in my ranch, and they bring me milk every day. I'm tired of drinking it. It just goes with this black tea for a change of taste."

Wei Ruodao: "I also bought it from others, but I heard that Yusheng Tea Garden is making a large amount of black tea, and I guess I can buy it after a while."

Of course, Wei Ruo can't sell tea as the daughter of the captain's mansion. Pipa paste is medicine, and it's reasonable for her to make some and sell it herself. Selling tea leaves can't be justified, so at this time, Wei Ruo just needs to tell everyone where to buy it. Just buy it.

"Yusheng Tea Garden? Isn't that the tea house?" Mr. Xu Yao said.

So Xu Yaojun called the maid over to ask about the situation: "Does your tea house sell black tea?"

The maid hurriedly shook her head and denied: "Our teahouse never sells black tea, and I don't know what black tea is."

Hearing this, Xu Yaojun turned to look at Wei Ruo: "There seems to be something wrong with Miss Wei's news."

Wei Ruo smiled slightly: "It may be that I made a mistake, and it may be that some other tea garden is doing it."

It doesn't matter whether her news is accurate or not. What matters is that someone is tempted to buy black tea.

Then Wei Ruo said again: "Let me make some more milk tea for everyone."

I only made six cups just now, and many people didn't taste it.

Hearing this, Yuan Shiniang hurriedly said: "Yes, I want to try some more."

Several other people also seconded the proposal.

Whether there was something to drink or not, Wei Ruo made a cup for them all, even if they showed a lack of interest, Wei Ruo didn't let go.

Anyway, the milk has already been obtained. Under the current conditions, this thing can not be stored for a long time. If it is not used, it will be wasted.

A cup was also placed in front of Wei Qingwan, looking at the milky brown liquid in front of her, there was no look of expectation on Wei Qingwan's face.

YouQi still heard praises for Wei Ruo from time to time.

Xu Yaojun has been paying attention to Wei Qingwan's expression, and came over at the right time and teased: "Why doesn't Wei Qingwan drink it? Your sister made it herself. It's very delicious. We all like it very much."

Wei Qingwan's face became even uglier, and she forced a smile to answer: "I'm not very thirsty."

"Tasting tea is not to quench your thirst. This tea is sweet and tastes better than soft and sweet osmanthus cake. By the way, do you know what osmanthus cake tastes like? I remember that you used to be the best at making osmanthus cake."

Xu Yaojun deliberately compared Wei Qingwan's sweet-scented osmanthus cake.

"Well, my sister has learned a lot of crafts in the country for many years, and I can't compare them." Wei Qingwan hurriedly said modestly.

While being modest, I did not forget to mention that Wei Ruo was raised in the countryside since he was a child.

Xu Yaojun sneered: "But your sister's talent and learning are not inferior to yours. How come you haven't learned better than those who grew up in the countryside for so many years in the school captain's mansion?"

Wei Qingwan's face turned ashen for a while, bit her lip, and replied softly: "I'm stupid, not as smart as my sister."

Chapter 267 Chu Lan is in the opposite tea room

Xu Yaojun snorted softly: "It's good that you know."

Wei Qingwan bit her lip, did not continue to argue with Xu Yaojun, turned her head to the other side, and quietly did her own thing.

At this moment, there was a sudden huge movement in the courtyard, which caused doubts to appear on the faces of all the women in the tea room.

Everyone turned their heads and looked through the window leading to the courtyard, only to see a man who had been beaten into the courtyard.

The assailant was the person in the opposite tea room.

Judging from the clothing of the beating person, he should be an attendant from a high-ranking family. As for the person being beaten, he was also well-dressed. It is not known what kind of conflict has arisen for a moment.

There is a spacious courtyard between the two tearooms. The flowers and plants in the courtyard are very delicate, but they have been damaged a lot at the moment.

"Miss Xu, who is sitting in the tea room opposite?" Someone asked Xu Yaojun.

Xu Yaojun is also not clear: "I heard from the store that he is a noble person and will not disturb us."

I don't know which family's young master actually connives at his subordinates beating people so recklessly.

Everyone was wondering, when they saw Chu Lan walking out of the tea room.

"Isn't this His Royal Highness?"

All the ladies present were from aristocratic families, and some of them had seen Chu Lan before.

Chu Lan's face like a banished fairy is hard for anyone to forget once they have seen it once.

"It turned out to be His Royal Highness, so the person who was beaten must have a problem."

"I heard that His Highness the Seventh Highness was injured on the battlefield a few days ago, and I don't know if it's all over."

"It's really not easy for His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince to be the warlord this time. He personally went to the battlefield to kill the enemy."

Everyone was discussing things related to the Seventh Prince in extremely low voices.

Wei Qingwan originally sat on the side of the courtyard because Xu Yaojun didn't want to see her, but now it's just right, she can clearly see what's going on in the courtyard.

She, like everyone else, stared at Chu Lan, with different identities. The number of times she saw the Seventh Prince was very few, but every time she saw her, she could feel a different beating in her heart.

Contrary to the others, Wei Ruo turned his head away early and looked out the window on the other side to see the scenery in the lake.

Because the original owner also committed a **** to Chu Lan, Wei Ruo can understand how other people feel when they see Chu Lan, but for her now, Chu Lan is a **** and a disaster.

Chu Lan stood at the door of the tea room, looking coldly at the man whose nose was bruised and face swollen by his subordinates.

This person has been following him since he left Yu Sheng Tea Garden, and followed him to Yu Sheng Tea House. Chu Lan didn't believe it was a coincidence.

He knew that many people wanted his life recently, and among them, his Sixth Brother was the most anxious.

Recently, Xu Guogong's case is being overturned. He has a vague feeling that the Ninth Prince is still alive in this world and is promoting the development of this matter.

It's just that so far he hasn't had any evidence to prove that this person is alive.

The identity of the person following today may have something to do with one of these two people, and he needs to question him carefully.

After the beaten man fell into a coma, Chu Lan ordered him to be dragged back to the tea room for interrogation.

At this time, Chu Lan also noticed that the female relatives in the opposite tea room were watching here.

Chu Lan asked the people around him: "Who is in the tea room opposite?"

"Returning to Your Highness, for today's dragon boat race, the lady from Tongzhifu booked the tea room opposite, and all the ladies from famous families in Taizhou were invited."

Hearing this, Chu Lan's eyes swept across the tea room, and stopped for a moment when they fell on Wei Qingwan.

Wei Qingwan's heart trembled when she received the gaze, and she clenched her fists nervously.

Chu Lan quickly looked back, and then brought her people back to her tea room.

The person who was beaten was also escorted into the tea room.

There was no more drama to watch, and everyone turned their eyes back.

After a while, a person came from Chu Lan's tea room opposite, and handed something to the maid at the door.

After entering the door, the maid conveyed: "Just now the nobleman in the opposite tea room sent a pack of Wufeng tea, saying that he apologized for disturbing everyone just now."

Wufeng tea, that is tribute tea, only a small amount is produced every year, and they are all paid tribute to the palace.

Ordinary people let alone drink it, even if they have never seen it.

The seventh prince actually gave them Wufeng tea! Everyone was overjoyed.

Xu Yaojun hurriedly ordered the maid to soak it and share it with everyone.

After drinking the tribute tea, all the people expressed their emotions, feeling grateful for today's adventure, and they were able to drink tribute tea that many people would never drink once in a lifetime.

Wei Ruo was also given a cup, but Wei Ruo didn't drink it. It wasn't that the tea was bad, but he simply didn't like Chu Lan, and he couldn't even like his things, except of course money.

After a while, the sound of gongs and drums came from the direction of Donghu Lake, and the dragon boat race was about to start.

In the distance, there are more than a dozen dragon boats lined up in a neat row, and each dragon boat has two neat rows of people sitting on it, and there is a drummer at the bow.

Xu Yaojun recognized the boat of Anzhou College at a glance, pointed to that boat and said to everyone: "Look, that is the dragon boat of Anzhou College. My brother is sitting in the first row!"

There is pride and pride in the tone.

Xu Yaojun specifically asked Wei Ruo again: "Qing Ruo, what do you think of my brother?"

"Mr. Xu is a successful young man, so he is a dragon and phoenix among people." Wei Ruo replied.

Actually, she didn't even observe Xu Fengyuan's appearance carefully, but Xu Yaojun said so, and she followed suit.

"Really? My brother is really good. My mother said that people in Taizhou who want to marry my brother to be my sister-in-law can line up from the east gate to the west gate."

Wei Ruo believed this point, the Xu family was one of the largest big families in Taizhou Prefecture, and several members of the Xu family were officials in the court, among them Xu Fengyuan's father served as the Tongzhi of Taizhou Prefecture, and his uncle Ren Chengxuan announced the political envoy and governor Liangdao.

Thus, compared to the declining Wei family, the Xu family is like a rising sun, and more people want to get married with it.

Xu Yaojun said again: "What I said last time that my mother prefers you is true, and I heard that my mother has already expressed this intention to your mother."

Xu Yaojun intends to disclose this information to Wei Ruo.

"I am not good enough for your brother. Mr. Xu's beauty should be found among more outstanding ladies from aristocratic families. Miss Xu should not mess with the mandarin ducks." Wei Ruo replied.

"Indeed, in terms of your Wei family's situation, you are indeed not a good match for my brother. But you are really lucky. Your loquat paste is very popular with my grandparents, and you are also very popular with my mother, so You are still very likely to become my sister-in-law." Xu Yaojun said confidently.

She spoke so loudly that everyone in the tea room could hear her.

Wei Ruo frowned slightly, and then corrected: "Miss Xu, I haven't written anything about this matter yet. I haven't discussed marriage yet, so don't talk nonsense."

Chapter 268 Inviting Ms. Wei to cast a pot

She hasn't discussed marriage yet, and if Xu Yaojun makes such nonsense, her reputation will be bad if it is ruined.

So in front of everyone, Wei Ruo made it clear that he and Mr. Xu's family had no marriage proposal, which was purely Xu Yaojun's joke.

Although Wei Ruo didn't intend to marry any good family, he didn't want to get a reputation that he didn't need.

"Why are you talking nonsense? What I said are all facts, what? Could it be difficult for you to discuss marriage with my brother?" Xu Yaojun was a little unhappy.

Wei Ruo said lightly: "Marriage is an important matter, not to be trifled with. If you haven't accepted the lottery or asked about your name, you haven't discussed your marriage. You can't take the jokes among the elders seriously."

Xu Yaojun's face suddenly sank, feeling offended.

Others saw that Xu Yaojun's face darkened, so they didn't dare to say more.

Yuan Qiniang and the three of them were a little worried about Wei Ruo at the moment, and they didn't want Wei Ruo to offend Xu Yaojun. In this Taizhou mansion, offending Xu Yaojun would probably not have a good time.

Wei Ruo went on to say: "Mr. Xu has both talent and learning. He is a dragon and a phoenix among people. He should have a better match. He is very likely to marry a daughter of a high school in Beijing. If this matter has already been decided, it doesn't hurt to talk about it, but There is no definite number yet, so casually spreading rumors is not only not good for me, but also not good for Mr. Xu."

"There is some truth in what you said." Xu Yaojun calmed down a little bit, "Originally, a woman from your Wei family who matches my brother belongs to Gao Pan. Surprisingly, when my elder brother takes the high school exam this fall, he is worthy of being the Princess of Jingzhong!"

Then Xu Yaojun said again: "Although your Wei family is said to be a lord's family, everyone knows the actual situation very well. You are okay, you are self-aware, and you don't always put on airs like the daughter of the Earl's Mansion, unlike some people."

After Xu Yaojun finished speaking, he glanced in Wei Qingwan's direction out of the corner of his eye.

Wei Ruo sighed slightly in her heart, this Xu Yaojun is really outspoken and dares to say anything, which coincides with the original setting of her character.

If Wei Qingwan's heroine aura is still there, Xu Yaojun's operation will definitely plant the root of disaster for herself.

But if Wei Ruo is too lazy to say anything to Xu Yaojun, firstly, Xu Yaojun is not sincere towards her and has some disgust. If she doesn't get angry with her, it doesn't mean that she likes her like this;

Wei Qingwan, who was pointed at by Xu Yaojun and scolded Huai, lowered her head and sipped the Wufeng tea that Chu Lan had just sent over to herself, pretending not to hear it.

Xu Yaojun was very satisfied, and then his attention was attracted by the noise outside.

The dragon boat race is in full swing, the lake is crowded with people, and many dragon boats on the lake are vying to be the first.

The sound of gongs, drums and shouts came and went.

Wei Ruo sips tea and looks out of the window with a lazy expression. In the middle, Wei Qingwan left the tea room with the excuse of going to the toilet, and Wei Ruo didn't notice.

After a while, someone told Xu Yaojun that Wei Qingwan hadn't come back for a long time.

Xu Yaojun sneered slightly: "Let her go, maybe she has eaten up her stomach."

Now is the exciting time for the dragon boat race. The dragon boat of Anzhou College and the dragon boat of Weiyuan Escort rushed to the front. The distance between the two dragon boats was very close. No one knows who will win.

Xu Yaojun was watching nervously, so he had no time to talk to Wei Qingwan.

The others said nothing, and continued to watch the dragon boat race seriously.

At the last moment, the dragon boat of Anzhou College was slightly better, and crossed the finish line first with a very small advantage.

Xu Yaojun was so happy that she immediately took off the purse from her waist and handed it to her personal maid, asking her to reward the servants of Yu Sheng Tea House.

Xu Yaojun said to everyone: "My elder brother will come to Yusheng Teahouse to rest with his classmates in a while."

As she said that, she led her servant girl out, preparing to meet her triumphant brother in person.

After the time for a cup of tea, Xu Yaojun's maid came back to the tea room to invite Wei Ruo.

"Miss Qingruo, my lady invites you to come over."

"What's the matter?" Wei Ruo asked.

"My young master, miss, and the young master of the Wei family are going to play a game together, and I specially invite Miss Qingruo to join me. Look, it's in the courtyard, the young master and miss are already waiting."

Wei Ruo squinted his eyes, then raised his head and looked towards the courtyard. Wei Yichen, Xu Fengyuan and others could be vaguely seen standing in the courtyard, and throwing pots were placed on the open space of the courtyard. It seemed that they were about to compete in throwing pots.

Because they are outdoors and their brothers are present, it is still possible to play some small games together.

Wei Ruo declined: "It's the same to go to my sister, you should go to her, she is better at this than me."

Wei Qingwan is good at it or not, Wei Ruo doesn't know, anyway, she doesn't really want to go.

The servant girl looked back at the place where Wei Qingwan was originally sitting: "Miss Qingwan doesn't seem to be back yet..."

Wei Qingwan didn't know where she went. She disappeared in the middle of the dragon boat race. Now that the dragon boat race is over, all the participants have arrived at the tea house, and she is still missing.

Wei Ruo frowned.

The servant girl said again: "Miss Qingruo, don't worry, these are small games to pass the time. If you play well, you will get a lot of money. It doesn't matter if you don't play well, you don't have to worry."

"I see." Wei Ruo saw that he couldn't refuse, so he got up and went out with Xu Yaojun's maid.

Crossing the corridor and coming to the courtyard, Wei Ruo could clearly see several people standing in the courtyard at a distance of seven or eight meters.

In addition to the Xu family brothers and sisters and Wei Yichen, there are also several students from Anzhou College, as well as Lu Yuhong.

It is said that the Lu family recently arranged for Lu Yuhong to study in Anzhou College, so he often hangs out with Xu Fengyuan and others these days, and he is also a part of today's Sailongzhou.

Wei Yichen took the initiative to greet him and greeted Wei Ruo: "Big sister."

Seeing Wei Ruo coming out, Wei Yichen was very happy, because Wei Ruo had ignored him for a long time. When Xu Fengyuan proposed just now, he was really worried that his eldest sister would refuse to come over.

Wei Ruo nodded in response. In front of so many people, she didn't do it too badly. After all, making Wei Yichen look bad at this time is also making herself look bad.

"Miss Wei." Xu Fengyuan took the initiative to greet Wei Ruo with a gentle smile on his face.

"Meet Mr. Xu." Wei Ruo blessed himself according to the etiquette.

"Miss Wei, Mr. Yao and I proposed to play Touhu, and Brother Wei happened to be there, so he wanted to compete with Brother Wei and Miss Wei, what do you think?" Xu Fengyuan asked Wei Ruo politely.

"I'm not very good at it." Wei Ruodao, trying to tactfully express that he doesn't want to play this game.

Chapter 269 Seductive lottery

Xu Yaojun said: "The rules of this competition are very simple. Have you seen the amphora? You just put the chip into this pot."

Xu Fengyuan smiled and said: "Miss Wei, don't be nervous, it doesn't matter if you don't, it's just for fun, it doesn't get in the way."

Lu Yuhong crossed his hands in front of his chest, and watched with great interest: "Miss Wei, don't be nervous, I will give you the lottery if you win, and you don't have to be ashamed if you lose. Brother Feng Yuan is a good player in throwing pots. In Anzhou College, there is Few people can beat him, and I also lost to him last time I competed with him."

Said that Lu Yuhong ordered his entourage to take out the lottery he had prepared.

Two large brocade boxes were opened, one contained a Ganoderma lucidum that was bigger than the palm of your hand; the other contained an old mountain ginseng full of roots.

Wei Ruo, who was originally lacking in interest, lit up more than one degree the moment he saw these two things.

Wei Ruo loves money and also loves medicine, Lu Yuhong's prize is the best medicinal material that even money can't buy! It really hit her heart!

Wei Ruo replied with a slight smile: "It's hard to turn down the kindness, and I don't want to spoil everyone's interest, so I can only make a fool of myself."

Hearing this, Wei Yichen couldn't help heaving a sigh of relief, then handed the eight chips to Wei Ruo, and explained the rules to Wei Ruo.

"Let's play the simplest rules, just enter the mouth of the pot, each person has eight chips, and the one with the most wins. I will be in a group with you, and Mr. Xu and Miss Xu will be in a group. Finally, calculate the sum of the chips they each get."

The rules are very simple, the hard part is to put the chips into the pot.

Wei Ruo saw the line drawn on the ground and the pot in the distance. There were seven or eight steps away.

Wei Ruo weighed the chip in his hand, and made gestures again.

Seeing her playing pitch pot for the first time, Xu Yaojun couldn't help laughing.

Although she is not as good as her brother, she is also a good player in throwing pots among women.

In this way, she and her brother are sure to win this competition.

Wei Yichen also saw that Wei Ruo might be playing throwing pots for the first time, so he comforted him: "Ruoer, don't be nervous, we're just playing, don't care about winning or losing, it doesn't matter whether you can throw in or not."

Wei Ruo nodded slightly, then turned to ask Xu Fengyuan: "Can I try it first?"

"Naturally, it's okay for Ms. Wei to try a few more times. We'll start when we think it's okay." Xu Fengyuan replied with a smile.

Then Wei Ruo stood in front of the drawn line, with one foot in front and one foot back slightly, bent his arms, took a good posture, and threw a shot in the direction of the pot.

The chip fell two or three inches away from the mouth of the pot, without touching the pot.

Wei Yichen on the side quickly encouraged: "If Er'er is playing like this for the first time, it's already very good."

Wei Ruo didn't speak, and continued to cast another one. This time, the chips touched the mouth of the pot, but the entry angle was wrong, and the whole thing fell outside again.

Xu Fengyuan said: "Miss Wei can just change the intensity a little bit."

Wei Ruo nodded and tried again.

This time, Wei Ruo's strength was obviously too much, and the chip was thrown far away, directly over the pot.

It seems that the previous time was fooled, not that Wei Ruo grasped it quickly.

"Okay." Wei Ruo said to everyone after three trials.

Xu Fengyuan said: "We are not in a hurry, Miss Wei can try a few more times."

Wei Ruo refused: "No need, it's getting late, so don't delay everyone, you can start."

After Wei Ruo said so, Xu Fengyuan didn't say much, invited Lu Yuhong to be the referee, and announced the start of the competition.

First, draw lots to determine the order of throwing pots, which are Xu Fengyuan, Wei Yichen, Xu Yaojun, and Wei Ruo.

Each person casts one chip for one round, a total of eight rounds.

At the very beginning, Xu Fengyuan made a good start and hit the mark with one shot.

Then there is Wei Yichen. Wei Yichen is not a master in this area, but as a child of a family, he has been exposed to pitching pots since he was a child. Practice makes perfect, and he often wins more than half of the eight chips.

He also won the first bet today.

Then there was Xu Yaojun, she made a confident shot, but she didn't want to pass by the pot and didn't enter the pot.

Xu Yaojun was a little upset, but when he turned to look at Wei Ruo, he felt relaxed again.

Although she didn't make it, Wei Qingruo made her last.

Finally it was Wei Ruo's turn. After standing still, Wei Ruo cast her first chip in the competition under the gaze of everyone.

With a sound of "boom", I saw that the chip was firmly put into the pot.

Everyone was amazed, this Miss Wei family clearly said that she had never played before, she was still familiar with the rules just now, she never thought that she got in the first place!

Xu Yaojun pursed her lips and muttered, "You're lucky."

Wei Ruo didn't answer, and walked back silently, waiting for the second round.

Wei Ruofang just said that if he has never thrown a pot, it can only be counted as half.

She has never played pots before, but she played similar games with Xiumei and Brother Xiaoyong when they were in the countryside, but the conditions were not good at that time, and there were no decent chips and pots.

The "chips" used at that time were chipped by Uncle Xu with bamboo, and the pot was a clay pot he found.

Once, she, Xiumei, and Brother Xiaoyong accidentally smashed the clay pot, which made the nanny feel bad for a while.

Therefore, Wei Ruo's pot-throwing technique is not bad, but he doesn't know much about the formal chips and pots, so he needs to get used to the weight, distance, and height in advance in order to adjust his strength and angle.

The three chips tested before the competition were used for the test.

The second round started, Xu Fengyuan won as usual, Wei Yichen made a mistake this time, raised into the pot but failed to get in all, which was a bit short.

Xu Yaojun also won the second bet.

Seeing this, Xu Yaojun was delighted, this time it should be safe, Wei Qingruo couldn't be so lucky every time.

Wei Yichen walked up to Wei Ruo: "I'm sorry, brother didn't make a shot. It's his fault if he lost today."

Wei Ruo didn't speak, but calmly walked to the front of the line, and calmly cast his second chip.

There was another "boom", and the chip was put into the pot firmly again.

Everyone was surprised again.

If Wei Ruo was lucky to win the first chip, what about winning two chips in a row? It can't be all luck, can it?

Xu Yaojun looked at Wei Ruo in disbelief: "How did you do it?"

Wei Ruodao: "Maybe it's my luck."

Really luck? Xu Yaojun frowned.

After two rounds, the brothers and sisters of the Xu family got three chips, and the brothers and sisters of the Wei family also got three chips, a tie.

Then the third round begins.

Xu Fengyuan: Medium;

Wei Yichen: Medium;

Xu Yaojun: Missed;

Wei Ruo: Medium.

Fourth round:

Xu Fengyuan: Medium;

Wei Yichen: Medium;

Xu Yaojun: Medium;

Wei Ruo: Medium.

Fifth round:

Xu Fengyuan: Medium;

Wei Yichen: Missed;

Xu Yaojun: Missed;

Wei Ruo: Medium.

Most of the schedule has passed, and both Xu Fengyuan and Wei Ruo have maintained a record of all. All the onlookers couldn't help but stared at the two in amazement.

Chapter 270 Won the competition

Especially for Wei Ruo, everyone knows about Xu Fengyuan's ability. It's not surprising that he hit all the balls, but Wei Ruo, as a woman, also hit all five times!

Not to mention that she said that she played for the first time today, but she has been playing all the time. As a woman, the accuracy of throwing pots is amazing.

Regardless of today's final victory or defeat, this Miss Wei family has been in the limelight.

Xu Fengyuan, like everyone else, looked at Wei Ruo with amazement and appreciation.

Wei Ruo also had a faint smile on his face, looking at the attendant next to Lu Yuhong—the brocade box in his hand from time to time.

Ganoderma lucidum and wild ginseng are extremely rare and top medicinal materials. With them, many top medicines can be formulated.

Xu Yaojun felt a little anxious at the moment, and when he saw Wei Ruo's smile, he felt particularly glaring.

Xu Yaojun murmured in his heart: It's not over yet, isn't it too early to be happy now?

Although Xu Yaojun was very unconvinced in his heart, he had to face the reality that the Wei brothers and sisters were ahead of her and her elder brother by a margin.

Sixth round:

Xu Fengyuan: Medium;

Wei Yichen: Missed;

Xu Yaojun: Medium;

Wei Ruo: Medium.

Seventh round:

Xu Fengyuan: Medium;

Wei Yichen: Medium;

Xu Yaojun: Missed;

Wei Ruo: Medium.

It was another two rounds of competition, but the results still haven't changed much. The Wei brothers and sisters still have an advantage.

There is only the last round left, Xu Yaojun became more and more nervous, her strong competitive spirit made her not want to lose the competition.

Xu Yaojun looked worried, and asked Xu Fengyuan sullenly: "Brother, what should we do, will we lose?"

Xu Fengyuan smiled and said in a relaxed tone: "If you lose, you lose. It's not a big deal."

"I don't want to lose to their surname Wei!"

"Didn't I say it at the beginning, it's just for fun, it doesn't matter."

"But brother, you have never lost in pitching pot!"

"The competition is fair and just. Winning or losing depends entirely on ability. There is no general victorious, and your brother and I will naturally be no exception. Besides, Miss Wei is so capable, even if she loses to her, there is nothing to be ashamed of. You just calm down That's it." Xu Fengyuan said.

Although Xu Fengyuan has tried his best to persuade and appease, the dissatisfaction in Xu Yaojun's heart is still not relieved.

In her heart, the limelight of Wei Qingruo and Wei Qingwan should not overwhelm her.

The last round began, and Xu Fengyuan cast his last chip.

No accident, hit.

Immediately there was applause and praise from the crowd:

"Brother Xu is very capable!"

"Brother Feng Yuan's skill in throwing pots is still as good as ever!"

"Brother Feng Yuan is both civil and military!"

Facing the compliments from everyone, Xu Fengyuan said modestly: "Today is also lucky, so I was able to hit all the marks."

Then Wei Yichen made his last move, and he also won.

After winning this chip, Wei Yichen breathed a sigh of relief. At first he didn't care about winning or losing this competition, but until now, if he didn't win this last chip, he would be holding back his sister. The situation Wei Yichen naturally did not want to happen.

So far, Wei Yichen won five out of eight chips, more than half of them, which is also his normal performance level.

Then it was Xu Yaojun, Xu Yaojun looked a little nervous, she held a chip in one hand, stared at the direction of the pot, and did not make a move for a long time.

Everyone looked at her and couldn't help but feel nervous for her.

After waiting for a long time, when everyone was getting impatient, Xu Yaojun finally made her last move.

There was only a "boom", and the chip was thrown into the pot exactly as Xu Yaojun wished.

At this moment, a smile appeared on Xu Yaojun's face.

Then she suddenly turned her head to look at Wei Ruo, who was walking over unhurriedly.

Xu Yaojun glared at Wei Ruo and warned Wei Ruo with his eyes.

Wei Ruo felt the unkindness in Xu Yaojun's eyes, and guessed that she probably didn't want her to lose face if he won the shot.

As long as Wei Ruo misses the last move, the two of them will be able to draw.

But Wei Ruo ignored Xu Yaojun's warning, and after standing still, he focused on his hands and eyes.

Without the slightest hesitation or procrastination, Wei Ruo made his last move neatly.

Accompanied by the crisp sound of chips being put into the pot, it was announced that Wei Ruo's last chip was also successfully cast. Like Xu Fengyuan, she hit all eight chips.

At the same time, it also announced the end of the competition. The Wei brothers and sisters won today's competition by a single margin.

Seeing this, the crowd once again burst into applause and praise.

People's praise for Wei Ruo was even more enthusiastic than that for Xu Fengyuan just now.

Because Xu Fengyuan's excellent performance was within their expectations, but Wei Ruo's was not.

Xu Fengyuan walked up to Wei Ruo and sincerely congratulated her: "Miss Wei, you won, and I am convinced that I lost."

Wei Ruo replied with a slight smile: "Mr. Xu did not lose to me. Mr. Xu won all eight chips. As far as the current battle situation is concerned, you and I are considered a tie."

Xu Fengyuan said: "Today is the brother-sister game. My sister and I did lose to you and Brother Wei, so I also lost."

Xu Fengyuan always had a slight smile on his face, with a gentle expression, and it seemed that he was very convinced of the loss.

Lu Yuhong stepped forward and said to Wei Ruo, "I didn't expect Miss Wei to not only cook...not only have a delicate mind, but also be good at throwing pots."

Lu Yuhong was almost about to say that Wei Ruo was a superb cook, but before he blurted out, he remembered what Chu Lan had said before and changed his words temporarily.

"Young Master Lu praised it absurdly. I'm just lucky, so it's not worth mentioning." Wei Ruo said.

"It can't be luck to hit eight in a row. It's the same as hitting the bull's-eye when we ride and shoot. It may be luck once in a while, but it must be skill."

After speaking, Lu Yuhong asked his followers to give Wei Ruo the lottery he had prepared: "Today my lottery belongs to you brothers and sisters."

Wei Ruo stared closely at the two brocade boxes that Lu Yuhong's entourage brought over.

Lu Yuhong's entourage handed over a brocade box to Xiumei, and the other to Wei Yichen's entourage.

Wei Ruo turned his gaze back, and said to Lu Yuhong, "Thank you, Mr. Lu, for your kind gift."

"You don't have to be polite, you got this by your ability." Lu Yuhong said.

Seeing this, Wei Yichen also expressed his gratitude to Lu Yuhong, and then suggested that Wei Ruo and Xu Yaojun go back first.

Xu Fengyuan agreed, and said to Xu Yaojun who was still sullen: "Mr. Yao, you and Miss Wei go back first. Brother Wei and I have some things to do with our friends."

Xu Yaojun was still immersed in the anger of losing the competition, and did not hear Xu Fengyuan's voice for a while.

"Mr. Yao?" Xu Fengyuan called to Mr. Xu Yao again.

Xu Yaojun finally came to his senses.

"You and Miss Wei go back to your tea room first." Xu Fengyuan repeated.

Chapter 271 is also worthy of your happiness?

Xu Yaojun nodded sullenly, then walked to Wei Ruo's side, with a subterranean smile and said: "Miss Wei, let's go."

Today's tea room was still "Qing Ruo" when I first saw it, but now it has become "Miss Wei".

Wei Ruo didn't care about Xu Yaojun's attitude, and followed her footsteps.

When Wei Ruo returned to the tea room, no one dared to greet Wei Ruo except the three sisters of the Yuan family to congratulate him.

They saw through the window what happened in the courtyard just now, and they knew that the brothers and sisters of the Xu family had lost to the brothers and sisters of the Wei family in the pot throwing competition.

It stands to reason that this is just a game, and most people would laugh it off regardless of winning or losing, but obviously Xu Yaojun doesn't think so.

Everyone can see that Xu Yaojun's complexion is not good. If they congratulate Wei Ruo at this moment, they are pouring salt on Xu Yaojun's wound. They don't want to provoke Xu Yaojun's dissatisfaction for nothing.

The three sisters of the Yuan family pulled Wei Ruo aside and praised her pot-throwing skills in a low voice.

Although the three of them did not dare to provoke Xu Yaojun, they were not as afraid of Xu Yaojun as others. In any case, the influence of the Yuan family in Taizhou Prefecture is still very large, and they can also gain some glory as they are on the side.

"Ruoruo, have you never played pitching pot before?" Yuan Jiuniang asked curiously.

"I used earthen pots and bamboo sticks to play similar games in the countryside before, so I got started quickly." Wei Ruo explained.

"So that's the case, then you are also very good. Earthen pots and bamboo sticks are somewhat different from this throwing pot." Yuan Jiuniang said.

"That's right, that's right, I haven't played less in throwing pots, but I still can't throw well." Yuan Shiniang muttered.

Wei Ruozheng was talking with the Yuan family sisters, Xu Yaojun snorted abruptly: "Isn't it just a pot, and it deserves your happiness?"

At this moment, there is no one else in the tea room talking, and Xu Yaojun's voice can be heard very clearly.

Wei Ruo was not used to it, and immediately asked Xu Yaojun: "Isn't it worth your displeasure just to throw a pot?"

"I just can't bear your appearance." Xu Yaojun gritted his teeth.

"Which of my appearance makes you uncomfortable? The appearance after winning the competition? Because I have a look of joy on my face? Is my unhappiness poking Miss Xu's sore spot?" Wei Ruo asked.

Not to mention that she is not proud, and she is not showing off, even if she is happy, how can she hinder others?

"You..." Xu Yaojun was momentarily at a loss for words, so he could only stare at Wei Ruo fiercely.

"Miss Xu, there are winners and losers in the competition. If you lose the competition and start to sneer, it will be somewhat unbearable to lose. But I believe that you are a lady of everyone, and you are from a famous family, so you shouldn't be so small-hearted, right? ?" Wei Ruo said with a smile.

"Who do you think can't afford to lose? How could I be angry because of such a competition?" Xu Yaojun immediately retorted.

"If it's not, then it's best. After all, you and I have never had any other unpleasantness in the courtyard in front of all the students of Anzhou College. Miss Xu shouldn't be angry with me, unless she has a grudge in her heart." Seeing that I won the contest."

Wei Ruo smiled brightly, with deep smiles in her eyes.

Xu Yaojun was so angry that he didn't know how to break out.

She used to taunt Wei Qingwan, but Wei Qingwan always lowered her head and looked aggrieved. Although it also annoyed her, it was not so angry that she didn't know how to reply.

The others were very careful at the moment, and even their breathing slowed down. At the same time, there was also some admiration for Wei Ruo in his heart.

It was the first time for them to see someone so angry in front of Xu Yaojun that Xu Yaojun couldn't speak.

When Wei Qingwan returned to the tea room, the atmosphere in the tea room was very bad.

She thought that Xu Yaojun, who had always hated her, would definitely take the opportunity to embarrass her when she reappeared after being gone for so long.

As a result, Xu Yaojun didn't notice her at all, and Wei Qingwan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Opposite the tea room.

After the pot throwing competition, Lu Yuhong separated from Xu Fengyuan and the others, and turned around to enter the tea room where Chu Lan was.

As soon as Lu Yuhong entered the door, he saw a man who had been beaten half to death on the ground.

"What's going on? Why is there a half-dead lying here?"

"Don't worry about him, just do it carefully." Chu Lan replied with a calm expression.

Lu Yuhong withdrew his probing eyes, sat down on the seat opposite Chu Lan, and poured himself a cup of tea unceremoniously.

"Brother Chu, did you see the competition just now?" Lu Yuhong asked.

"I see."

"I really didn't expect that the eldest girl of the Wei family is not only good at cooking, but also very good at throwing pots. I just don't know when I will have the opportunity to taste the meals made by her and her maid again."

When it came to the dishes made by Wei Ruo and Xiumei, Lu Yuhong felt like he was articulate.

"Well, she is indeed quite talented." Chu Lan gave a positive evaluation, but her expression was extremely calm.

Chu Lan's impression of Wei Ruo is neither deep nor shallow, as if she is alienated and indifferent every time she sees her.

But this person is indeed talented, and the improvement of the wasteland has solved a big problem. If there were no accidents that day, he would have to explain her role in this improvement in front of the emperor, and suggested that she More places are promoting land improvement.

Although she is a woman, if she can solve the urgent needs of the court, she might as well make an exception.

Immediately afterwards, Chu Lan looked at Lu Yuhong's excited appearance and said, "You appreciate her, you appreciate her, don't give birth to other thoughts. No matter what, she is the daughter of the lord's family, so she can't cook for you if she has nothing to do. ."

Lu Yuhong, whose mind was seen through, asked, "How do you know my mind?"

"Your mind is never difficult to guess."

"Since I can guess it, I should help me think of a way instead of pouring cold water on me. How could I not know that she is the legitimate daughter of the lord's family, and how could I not let her cook for me at will?"

"If you really want to say something, you have a way. You can marry her home and eat as many delicacies as you want." Chu Lan said.

"You might as well come up with this idea."

Not to mention that he can't decide Lu Yuhong's marriage. Even if he could decide, he wouldn't get married for the sake of delicious food.

According to Wei Ruogi's production method, the first batch of black tea from Yusheng Tea Garden was produced.

Looking at the blackened tea leaves, shopkeeper Shen was extremely worried.

"Master, this tea is dark in color, how can it be sold at a good price?"

Green tea is best in green color, the darker the color, the less expensive it is to sell. Now Mr. Xu is lucky, he directly made the tea black.

"That's not necessarily the case. When you smell the tea, does it have a unique tea fragrance?"

Fan Chengxu had a smile on his lips, full of interest.

Shopkeeper Shen was suspicious, stepped forward, took a handful of tea leaves with his fingers, put them in the palm of his hand, put them in front of his nose, and sniffed them carefully.

Chapter 272 Selling Black Tea

"It really smells good, it's very different from green tea." Shopkeeper Shen felt the novelty.

"Go, boil a pot of mountain spring water, I want to try this tea myself." Fan Chengxu had great expectations for the taste of black tea.

Shopkeeper Shen hurriedly asked his attendants to boil mountain spring water and bring it to Fan Chengxu.

Fan Chengxu brewed a cup of black tea in the same way as green tea. As the name suggests, the color of the brewed black tea is reddish brown.

This color looks a little worrying, a bit like green tea left overnight.

Fan Chengxu picked up the cup, and before he put it to his mouth, shopkeeper Shen stopped him: "My lord, why don't you let me try it first."

Shopkeeper Shen was a little worried that this kind of tea would spoil his stomach.

"I don't need you, I'll do it myself." Fan Chengxu didn't listen to shopkeeper Shen, put the cup to his lips, and took a sip.

Shopkeeper Shen looked nervously at Fan Chengxu, seeing that his brows were furrowed, and his heart couldn't help but hang high.

After a while, Fan Chengxu's brows relaxed, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "Interesting, really interesting."

"Master, this tea..."

"The taste of this tea is very different from that of green tea. The taste is softer. It lacks the freshness of green tea, but it is a little more sweet." Fan Chengxu commented.

"Does the young master think this tea tastes better than the tea we usually drink?" Shopkeeper Shen asked.

"Not necessarily, each has its own merits."

"My lord, should the tea leaves picked in the past few days still be processed into fermented tea according to the method that Mr. Xu explained?" Shopkeeper Shen asked.

"Continue, the current tea leaves are losing money selling green tea. If you can make this kind of tea, you can still make a profit. Since you want to gamble, you must gamble thoroughly. Don't be intimidated." Fan Chengxu said.

"Yes, young master." Shopkeeper Shen replied.

"Also, from tomorrow onwards, black tea will be sold in the tea shop, and it is said that this tea is good for health and can strengthen the body." Fan Chengxu ordered.

Fan Chengxu doesn't know if black tea is good for health, but it doesn't prevent him from making publicity like this.

"Yes, Young Master." Shopkeeper Shen replied, "By the way, Young Master, His Royal Highness Seventh Prince and Young Master Lu are both in the tea house at the moment, and I heard that they also grabbed a spy and beat them half to death."

"Let him go. He won't be able to send this great Buddha away for a while. We just need to take care of ourselves and satisfy him as much as possible without offending him."

Fan Chengxu had no other choice. His uncle had already sent him more than a dozen letters to warn him, which made his head dizzy.

Now, as long as Chu Lan doesn't come to see him by name, he will try to avoid seeing him as much as possible. With this kind of effort, it's more enjoyable and interesting to study business classics with Xu Heyou.

As for the fine work, it has nothing to do with him. He didn't enter the official career because he didn't want to participate in these things.

"Yes, son."

After Yu Sheng Tea House launched the new black tea, it attracted many tea drinkers to taste it, and the word-of-mouth also became polarized.

Some likes and some don't.

For most people who are used to green tea, they are not very accepting of the taste of the new black tea. Although not many people find it unpleasant, many feel that it is far inferior to green tea.

Losing the sweet and bitter taste of green tea means losing the most important thing about tea.

But there are also people who like this taste after tasting, and feel that the taste is very soft.

There are people who don't know where to learn it, but boil it with milk and drink it together, which is called milk tea.

Yu Sheng Tea House didn't introduce this method at first, but after discovering that some ladies from aristocratic families like to drink it this way, Yu Sheng Tea House immediately made milk tea by itself, which attracted many people who came to try it out.

But no matter what, due to the novelty of black tea and the health-preserving benefits of the publicity, the sales of black tea at Chaxuan are also very good, and the number of customers is 30% more than usual.

Listen to Songyuan.

Xiumei told Wei Ruo about the black tea she had heard: "Miss, black tea is selling very well at Yusheng Tea House, but this Boss Fan is too treacherous, and even claimed to drink black tea to keep healthy and strengthen the body, isn't that true?" Fool people?"

Wei Ruo smiled: "He's a businessman, so there's no reason not to do profitable things. And what he said is not entirely wrong. Black tea does have some health-preserving effects. Compared with green tea, black tea is more friendly to the spleen and stomach. "

"So, did Boss Fan get you wrong?"

"Yes. But he probably doesn't care whether black tea really has this effect. This so-called health-enhancing effect is also difficult to verify. Others can't catch his fault. He just attracts people to buy it. His black tea is ready." Wei Ruo said.

"Then why didn't he use this trick before? As soon as Miss made this black tea, he said it has health-preserving effects." Xiumei asked.

"Because the tea in the past was not only owned by his family, but it has been passed down for thousands of years. He has nothing to make up. This black tea did not exist before, and now only his family owns it. Let him say whatever he wants." Wei Wei Ruo explained.

"That's right!" Xiumei suddenly realized.

"Okay, leave him alone, let's get these medicines ready first, and send them to Brother Xiaoyong."

While talking to Xiumei, Wei Ruo didn't stop working.

She sorted out a batch of new medicines and planned to send them to Xu Zhengyong.

It was thanks to her second brother that she was able to make these medicines. After receiving the letter that day, she went to Fengyue Tea House and successfully got a batch of medicinal materials from the boss there.

The quantity of this batch of medicinal materials is very considerable, Wei Ruo only used a part of it this time, and the rest was stored in the Four Treasures Zhai in Fucheng, and let the wet nurse and Uncle Xu take care of it.

As for the Ganoderma lucidum and old wild ginseng won at Yu Sheng Tea House two days ago, Wei Ruo has already made them into pills and concoctions.

At that time, Lu Yuhong gave the ganoderma lucidum and the old wild ginseng to Wei Ruo and Wei Yichen respectively, but after returning home, Wei Yichen sent the old wild ginseng to Wei Ruo.

Wei Ruo was not polite at all, and just accepted it, so these two medicines were in Wei Ruo's hands in the end.

The pills made by Ganoderma lucidum are Ningshen Yangqi Dabu Pills. They made a total of 20 pills. Wei Ruo packed six pills for Xu Zhengyong this time, and Wei Ruo planned to give Wei Jinyi the rest when Wei Jinyi came back.

In contrast, Wei Ruo felt that Wei Jin also needed this tonic more.

While helping Wei Ruo to pack the medicine, Xiumei muttered: "Miss, my status in your heart is getting worse and worse. You see, I am preparing medicine for Brother Xiaoyong and Second Young Master. Medicine, but I didn't drop any of them."

Wei Ruo stretched out his hand and flicked Xiumei's forehead, then said in a bad mood:

"You stinky girl, why are you jealous with the two of them? You are always by my side. If you have a headache, I will treat you at any time. They don't know how long it will take for them to see each other. Prepare so many medicines."

"Miss, I'm just joking! How could I really be jealous of them!" Xiumei said with a busy smile.

Chapter 273 New Seed of Space

"I think you haven't quarreled with Brother Xiaoyong recently, you're free." Wei Ruo laughed.

"Miss, you are not allowed to bury me. I don't like bickering with him. I don't even want to see him. He's annoying." Xiumei said disgustedly.

"Then you won't accompany me to Sibaozhai today? If you go, you will meet Brother Xiaoyong. Speaking of which, Brother Xiaoyong doesn't know how long it will be before returning to the barracks this time." Wei Ruo deliberately said .

"Of course I want to go with Miss, but I'm not here to meet him. I want to protect Miss. It's not very peaceful outside now. I don't worry about you running outside alone." Xiumei explained.

"Okay, okay, you are for me, Meimei knows how to love me the most!" Wei Ruo said with a smile.

Xiumei blushed slightly: "I won't tell the lady anymore, I'm going to have some snacks, and I'll eat it on the way out later!"

Wei Ruo smiled, and didn't tell the truth, anyway, they went to Sibaozhai very short distance, so they didn't need to eat anything, and most of the snacks they made would go to Brother Xiaoyong's Wu Zang Temple.

Dragon Boat Festival just passed, and it was a hot day, but I didn't want a sudden drop in temperature to catch everyone by surprise.

The temperature dropped sharply for several days, and hoarfrost appeared in some mountainous areas, which was very rare in previous years.

Although there is a saying in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas that rice dumplings should be frozen three times after eating the Dragon Boat Festival rice dumplings, but it is not so cold that there will be another frost.

The sudden drop in temperature this time caused damage to the crops, and many growing crops froze to death.

Wei Ruo's rice seeds are already considered to be more resistant to cold, and the losses are not that great. It is said that the rice fields in some places were completely wiped out.

Those farmers who planted Wei Ruo's late rice seeds were blessed by misfortune, and the losses were not so heavy.

Wei Ruo's Zhuangzi was naturally affected, and part of the seedlings raised in advance were lost.

Fortunately, before the Dragon Boat Festival, all the wheat in Wei Ruo's fields had been harvested, and the land began a new round of renovation, which was not affected by this cold wave.

After counting, Manager Yu found that the remaining seedlings were not enough to fill the field vacated after harvesting the wheat, so he sent someone to send a letter to Wei Ruo.

After receiving the letter, Wei Ruo sneaked off to Zhuangzi to check the situation,

Manager Yu asked Wei Ruo for instructions on how to deal with the current situation.

"Miss, what should we do now, the seedlings should be full of planting, is there still time to raise seedlings now?" Steward Yu frowned, very worried.

"How much land can the remaining seedlings be planted?" Wei Ruo asked.

"Probably 80% of the field can be planted, and the remaining 20% is vacant." Yu Guanshi replied.

"80% of the land will be planted with rice seedlings, and the remaining 20% will be kept. Don't worry, and don't need to prepare new seedlings. I plan to plant taro in a few days." Wei Ruo said.

"Taro?" Guanshi Yu looked at Wei Ruo in surprise.

"Well, taro, I believe Guanshi Yu has also eaten taro."

"Of course I have eaten it. There are also people in Taizhou who grow it, but these years are not good. Everyone grows rice when they can, and there are fewer people who grow taro." Yu Guanshi replied.

When there is enough rice and noodles, people will want to order a variety of other fruits and vegetables, or some fields are not in good condition, so they will plant other things.

Although taro can also fill the stomach, the overall output is somewhat behind.

"Just plant taro." Wei Ruo has a clear attitude.

"Okay, then listen to the lady, I will send someone to change the 20% of the paddy fields into dry land." Yu Guanshi replied.

"There is no need to change it. What I want to plant is calla taro, not dry potato. The field needs to store water." Wei Ruo explained.

"Calamus?" Yu Guanshi showed a surprised expression.

"Well, it's planted in water." Wei Ruo said.

Wei Ruo knew that all the taros planted in Taizhou Prefecture in the past were dry yams. They were planted on dry land with large petioles and small yams. The taste was mediocre and the yield was not impressive.

But Wei Ruo is going to plant multi-headed taro this time. The mother taro is large and has many sons. It is a sticky taro with good taste and high yield.

"Then where can I find this kind of calla taro?" Manager Yu asked.

"You don't have to worry about this. You can get someone to plant the seedlings in the next few days, and leave the 20% of the paddy field to me. When the rice is planted, I will send someone to send taro seeds, and then I will plant taro."

Compared with rice, the cultivation of taro is not in a hurry.

And the taro seeds that Wei Ruo wants to give to Manager Yu are new seeds that have just been unlocked in her space, and she still needs to plant them in the space for a period of time to store enough seeds to plant 200 acres of land.

"Okay, then I'll give the order." Manager Yu trusted Wei Ruo 100%, but any decision made by their boss would not be wrong.

Because there was no cross-dressing today, Wei Ruo didn't stay at Zhuangzi for a long time, and left after explaining the matter to Manager Yu.

On the way back, Xiumei asked Wei Ruo: "Miss, will it affect us a lot if we plant less rice by 20%?"

"Don't worry, it won't affect us much. Firstly, we have a bumper harvest of wheat this year, and the output of wheat alone is enough for us to eat for two years; secondly, I want to plant this taro now not only because the seedlings freeze to death." , In fact, even if there is no such thing as seedlings freezing to death, I am also considering setting aside a part of the land to grow taro."

"Why?" Xiumei didn't quite understand, "The taro is not as filling as rice."

Wei Ruo explained to Xiumei: "Planting the same plant on a piece of land for a long time will lead to a loss of soil fertility. Although I will ask the people in the village to top-dress after each harvest, this method is costly and laborious."

"Alternate planting is a very good way to improve soil fertility. Taro and rice are just two crops that can form a complementary relationship. Planting taro this year and rice next year will yield higher yields than growing rice all the time."

"There is such a thing? That's great!" Xiumei said happily.

"Besides, this taro is also very filling when grown. Taro can also make a lot of delicacies. You forgot, Meimei. We used to make a lot of delicacies made of taro. The variety of taro used was not very good at that time. Wait When my batch of taro is planted, it is guaranteed to taste better than the ones we made before."

"Miss, stop talking. It's almost time for dinner. I'm already hungry. I'm drooling after hearing you say taro."

It was already dinner time when Wei Ruo returned to Xiaowei's Mansion from Zhuangzi.

As soon as Wei Ruo entered, he was invited to Cangyun Garden by Cuiping who was waiting.

Wei Ruo also vaguely guessed the reason in his heart.

After entering the main room of Cangyun Garden, I saw Mrs. Yun sitting on the grand teacher's chair directly opposite the door, frowning, talking with Nanny Li.

Wei Ruo stood by the side after entering the door for a while, Yun and Nanny Li asked Nanny Li to step back after explaining the matter, and then called Wei Ruo to her side.

"Ruo'er, I have something to trouble you for my mother."

Chapter 274 Ruoer has a solution?

"Mother, please tell me." Wei Ruo vaguely guessed something.

"It's like this. Recently, Taizhou Prefecture and even the whole of Jiangsu and Zhejiang have suffered a sudden drop in temperature, and many crops have been frozen to death." Yun said, sighing, with a gloomy face on his face.

"Daughter heard something." Wei Ruo replied.

"Yeah, you care about farming the most, so you know about these things." Yun said.

Wei Ruo didn't answer, and waited for Yun to continue.

Yun looked at Wei Ruo, thought for a moment, and then said: "Our family has two properties in Taizhou Prefecture, one is in Xingshan County, as you know, I planted sweet potatoes in that mountainous area, and the other is in Xingshan County. One is the land that was bought after coming to Fucheng, and now it has been affected, and the two places have been discounted by 30%."

I don't know if it's because the people under Yun's subordinates didn't manage properly or what, but the percentage of crops damaged on the Wei family's fields is higher than that on Wei Ruo's own fields.

Wei Ruo is not surprised by this. After this wave of cold wave, it is considered good to be able to save 70% of the people in Taizhou Prefecture.

Yun then asked Wei Ruo: "Ruo'er, is there a way to get some more seedlings now?"

Sure enough, she was looking for her because of the rice seedlings, Wei Ruo guessed right.

"Mother, I have no place to get you seedlings at this time. Even if there are seedlings that have not been divided, they must have been frozen by now." Wei Ruo replied.

She really doesn't have any extra seedlings. The batch on Fucheng Zhuangzi is already the last batch, and they were planted so late in order to wait for the wheat to be harvested.

Those who don't have enough crops in their own fields can't be allocated to others.

Wei Ruo still had the rice seeds, but Yun didn't ask her about the rice seeds, so Wei Ruo didn't mention them.

Hearing Wei Ruo's answer, Yun's eyes flashed with disappointment.

"Hey, there is no way to do this." Yun sighed.

"Um."

Yun said again: "If you know, is there any remedy for those sweet potatoes? Is it too late to separate the vines and plant them now?"

Sweet potatoes don't need to grow seedlings in advance like rice, they can live by cutting vines, and sweet potatoes are not short of vines. Yun knows that the earliest sweet potato planters in Xingshan County often cut vines to sell. It can be seen that cutting off some sweet potato vines had little effect on growth.

I just don't know whether the vines cut now can still grow as well as those cut earlier.

"There should be no problem with good management." Wei Ruo replied.

The sweet potatoes she planted on Xiaoyang Mountain are the same as the sweet potatoes that were recently planted on the sand near Shitou Village. Some of them were damaged. The reason why it didn't become a problem was that Wei Ruo knew how to remedy it.

With Wei Ruo's remedial measures, as long as the follow-up weather is normal, the sweet potato harvest will basically not be greatly affected.

Hearing Wei Ruo's affirmative answer, Yun was a little relieved, and she said frankly to Wei Ruo: "Ruo'er, the cold wave of these few days has had a great impact on Taizhou Prefecture and even the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas. The court attaches great importance to it. Said that the imperial envoy was specially sent to inspect."

"Yeah." Wei Ruo's expression was calm, and his answer was very simple.

"According to this situation, my mother is very worried that this year's schedule will not be better than last year's. By then, the grain harvest will not be harvested, and I am afraid that there will be trouble again." Yun's face is full of sadness.

On the one hand, there is a war that may resume at any time, and on the other hand, there is unpredictable weather.

If this tossing continues, not to mention ordinary people can't stand it, even people like them will be hit hard.

"Um."

Of course Wei Ruo knew what Yun said. Last year's season was not good, and the lack of grain harvest was due to the low temperature throughout the year, insufficient sunlight, irregular wind and rain, and extreme weather only appeared after the autumn harvest.

However, the extreme situation occurred just after the Dragon Boat Festival this year, which directly had a huge impact on agriculture, which is not a good sign.

But facing Yun, Wei Ruo didn't say much.

Yun Shi looked at Wei Ruo's indifferent face, and said, "Ruo'er, you have always had a lot of ideas in this regard, do you have any good ways to help everyone increase food production?"

"I don't know too much, and I don't have a particularly good way at the moment." Wei Ruo declined.

"That's right. This is a natural disaster. It's a big problem that the imperial court can't solve. How can you, a woman, say that you can solve it? Mother is thinking too much."

Mr. Yun was a little disappointed, but she also felt reasonable. It was already a very lucky thing for the eldest daughter to be praised by the Seventh Prince for improving the soil. There may not be a solution for everything.

Thinking of this, the Yun family didn't want to keep Wei Ruo any longer, "Forget it, let's think about this matter yourself, you must be tired after class, go back to Tingsongyuan to rest first, and come over later for dinner ."

"Um."

Wei Ruo left Cangyun Garden and quickly returned to Tingsong Garden.

As soon as he stepped into the gate of the courtyard, Wei Ruo told Xiumei: "Meimei, please help me ask Mr. Wang for leave tomorrow morning, I plan to buy another Zhuangzi."

"Miss is going to buy Zhuangzi again?" Xiumei asked.

"Well, in the past few months, Sibaozhai, Lomei Shop, Grain Shop and the cooperation with Zuixianju have earned me a lot of money, which is enough for me to buy another Zhuangzi." Wei Ruo said.

Wei Ruo had just saved one thousand taels, and wanted to replace it with land so that he could grow more crops.

One is because it is easier to buy Zhuangzi at this time, and secondly, buying Zhuangzi at this time still has a chance to get more grain. Wei Ruo thinks that the worse the age is, the more he should find a way to get more grain. Come on, it's not just money, it's life!

"Miss, it's no problem if you want to buy the Zhuangzi. The servants are afraid that you won't be able to manage it. The two thousand acres of land that Yu Guanshi manages is about the same. The nanny and Uncle Xu have to take care of it. No matter how much you have, you have to find someone else. " Xiumei said.

"This time, Zhuangzi, we don't hire long-term workers. Like most other Zhuangzi, we use tenants and collect rent." Wei Ruo said.

The way of hiring permanent workers is relatively troublesome to manage, but Wei Ruo can change the crops to be planted at will, which is convenient for her to do trial planting and experiments on Zhuangzi.

It is relatively simpler to collect rent directly, and it is also easier to manage. Many large families with a lot of land use this method.

"That's fine, as long as it doesn't tire the lady, anything is fine." Xiumei never questioned Wei Ruo's decision, but worried that Wei Ruo was too tired.

"Don't worry about it. Miss your family, I love money, but I cherish my life even more. You have to save your life to spend money well. The greatest tragedy in life is that money is still there after death. I'm not such a stupid person." Wei Ruodao .

"That's good!" Xiumei laughed.

At night, Wei Ruo stretched himself after reading the account books of the past few days, and when he looked at the dim oil lamp at the corner of the table, Wei Jinyi suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.

Handsome and beautiful face, cold and distant expression, but with a pair of gentle eyes.

I don't know how the second brother is doing now.

After thinking for a while, Wei Ruo took out the stationery, picked up a pen and started writing.

Chapter 275 Looking for a farm

Wei Ruo wrote down some recent events, including the events of the Dragon Boat Festival and the cold wave of the past few days.

The cold wave this time also reminded Wei Ruo of the heavy rain in Xingshan County after the autumn harvest last year.

That day when she went to the south of the city to rescue people, the second brother braved the rain to pick her up, and then helped the affected people with her.

After that, they went to Xishan Village to rescue their father together, and they stayed in the mountains together overnight.

Thinking about it this way, the second brother actually experienced many difficult and dangerous things with her.

I don't know where the second brother is doing now, whether he should wear clothes when the weather turns cold, and whether he is cold.

Thinking of this, Wei Ruo wrote down his greetings and concerns on the letter paper.

After finishing writing, Wei Ruo looked at the letter paper, and did not ask Xiumei to hand it over to the guard Jing Hu, but put it under the account book.

Although I miss my second brother a bit, it's better not to bother him too often. I don't want to send people over for some trivial matters. I will send them over when I save more next time.

Early in the morning of the second day, Wei Ruo went outside the city early.

Wei Ruo did not go to his own village this trip, but went to Stone Village to find Shi Dayou.

The villagers of Shitou Village were very happy to see Wei Ruo, and greeted Wei Ruo one after another.

Someone took the initiative to lead Wei Ruo to find Shi Dayou.

Dayou Shi is now in his own field. Wei Ruo walked over and found that there was not a single blade of grass left on the field that should have been planted with rice, revealing the naked Tianban.

"What's the matter with your field?" Wei Ruo asked.

Even if there was a cold wave, some of the rice would freeze to death sporadically, and Wei Ruo hadn't seen a single piece of the field freeze to death along the way.

"Didn't the temperature drop a few days ago, and some rice was frozen to death? I replanted the remaining rice in my field to other villagers, so that the output of those villagers with few fields could be guaranteed. "Shi Dayou explained to Wei Ruo with a silly smile.

Wei Ruo once again understood why Shi Dayou was elected as the village head by the villagers of Shitou Village at a young age. He has a heart for the villagers wholeheartedly.

"Then if you finish your own harvest this year, won't it be guaranteed?" Wei Ruo said.

"I'm fine. My family has a lot of fields. As long as the rice fields can be harvested normally this year, my family will have enough food without this field." Shi Dayou explained.

"Then what are you going to do with this vacant field?" Wei Ruo asked.

"I still have some of the late rice seeds that you gave me last time, Mr. Xu. I plan to throw them into the fields in the next few days. Maybe the seedlings can be successfully raised now and catch up with the autumn harvest." Shi Dayou replied truthfully.

"Since you don't know if it can grow, why don't you come and ask me."

"How dare you trouble Mr. Xu." Shi Dayou said very embarrassedly, "Mr. Xu, you have helped us a lot. Besides, I am idle when I am idle. It doesn't hurt to try."

Wei Ruo smiled and said: "Keep your paddy field, and I will transport you some taro seeds in a few days, so you can grow taro in your field."

Shi Dayou was a little surprised, but seeing Wei Ruo's determined eyes, Shi Dayou chose to believe it.

"Okay, listen to Mr. Xu." Shi Dayou agreed without hesitation.

"How about the sweet potatoes grown on the sand?" Wei Ruo asked.

"It was damaged by the frost, but the person in charge of the sweet potato field has already added new ones. I think the vines are taking root very well. I think it should be in time. I'll see when the weather warms up. I'll think about it if it doesn't take root. Another way."

Relying on his years of farming experience, Shi Dayou made remedial measures in advance.

"Well, you've done a good job. If the weather can warm up in the future, it won't be a big problem. If you really want to freeze again, it's a natural disaster. It's not your problem. I won't blame you." Wei Ruo praised .

"Thank you Mr. Xu, Mr. Xu, don't worry, we will do our best." Shi Dayou said.

Immediately afterwards, Shi Dayou asked Wei Ruo: "Is Mr. Xu here to inspect the brewery today?"

"Not today, I'm here to see Zhuangzi. If there is a suitable one, I will buy it, and I will come over to see the situation in your village." Wei Ruo replied.

Now it seems that Stone Village is relatively good. Firstly, it is because all the late rice seeds provided by her are planted, and secondly, Shi Dayou has good leadership and proper management.

"Master Xu wants to buy Zhuangzi?" Shi Dayou asked.

"Yes."

"There is a large farm in Lianshan Village, ten miles to the east. The owner of the farm was originally a big family in the city. It seems that the farm is about to be sold recently."

As the village head, Shi Dayou knew more or less about the affairs of these ten miles and eight towns.

"What is the situation to sell?" Wei Ruo asked.

"I heard that the land in that village is relatively poor, and the grain production in previous years was not very good. Last year was especially bad. The tenants in the village couldn't pay the rent, and the owner's family naturally didn't have much harvest. The freeze a few days ago, and again The hope for this year is gone, and the owner probably thinks that this year is another bad year, so it would be better to sell it for some money."

"Then I'll go and have a look." Wei Ruo doesn't care whether the land is barren or not. In her opinion, there is no real barren land, only land that is not handled properly.

"Well, Mr. Xu, be careful on the road."

After Wei Ruo finished the conversation with Shi Dayou, he and Xiumei re-boarded the carriage and went to the Lianshan Village that Shi Dayou mentioned.

When I arrived at the place, I met the steward, and after asking about it, the situation was exactly what Shi Dayou said. Zhuangzi's grain was not harvested year after year, not only the tenants could not survive, but even the host's family could not bear it.

After questioning, Wei Ruo learned that the owner who sold the farm belonged to Fei Yipan.

The official position of Judui is of the same level as that of Tongzhi, but unlike Xu's family, which is a famous family, Fei Tuidan came from a poor family, and his family background is not rich. This Zhuangzi was also bought by him after he came to Taizhou to work.

Even Fei Juan can't bear it anymore and wants to sell Zhuangzi. It can be seen that this age has a great impact on everyone. Yun's worries are justified, the situation of the Wei family is not good, and they might not be able to handle it anytime soon.

Then Wei Ruo obtained the consent of Zhuangzi's supervisor and visited the internal situation of Zhuangzi.

Zhuangzi is in line with Wei Ruo's wishes, but the other party is an official, Wei Ruo dare not negotiate business with the other party easily, if the other party checks the household registration and finds that there is no such person as Xu Heyou, he will suffer.

So Wei Ruo planned to leave today after asking about the situation, and planned to let the nanny and Uncle Xu go to another day to buy Zhuangzi in their name and hang it under their name.

While leaving Zhuangzi, Wei Ruo met an acquaintance.

Fan Chengxu even came to see Zhuangzi.

Seeing Wei Ruo, Fan Chengxu laughed: "Does this mean that heroes see and agree?"

In terms of making money and storing food, Wei Ruo and Fan Chengxu have the same ideas.

Chapter 276 Talking about business with Fan Chengxu

Wei Ruo also responded with a smile: "Boss Fan, what a coincidence."

"It's a coincidence. I planned to go to Brother Heyou's village to talk to you about things in the past two days. Since we met today, why don't we sit down and chat?" Fan Chengxu was more interested in Wei Ruo than in the farm for sale. interest of.

"good."

Wei Ruo agreed, turned around and ordered Xiumei to drive their carriage to follow, and then followed Fan Chengxu into his carriage.

Different from Wei Ruo and Xiumei's light and simple clothes, Fan Chengxu even went out with great fanfare, followed by several attendants.

Besides, his carriage is also much bigger than Wei Ruo's. It is not only spacious inside, but also has a table with refreshments.

After Wei Ruo sat down, Fan Chengxu poured her a cup of tea.

Wei Ruo took the teacup Fan Chengxu handed over, and took a sip carefully. It was black tea, and it was freshly made.

Wei Ruo has tasted the black tea made by Yusheng Tea Garden a few days ago.

After the black tea was made, shopkeeper Shen sent samples to Wei Ruo as soon as possible. After Wei Ruo said that there was no problem, it was sent to Fan Chengxu, and then it was promoted in Yusheng Tea House.

"In a few days, I will send the relevant account books of Yusheng Tea Garden to Brother Heyou for review. From now on, I will show the account books to Brother Heyou once a month. After Brother Heyou confirms that there is no problem, then I will Give the corresponding dividends to Brother Heyou." Fan Chengxu said to Wei Ruo.

Fan Chengxu kept his word. Since it was agreed that Xu Heyou would share the share, naturally the relevant account books would be transparent to him.

"It's time to work." Wei Ruo said.

"Brother Heyou, aren't you worried that I'm doing something wrong? Yusheng Tea House is also my property, and I can make a big fuss about it." Fan Chengxu looked at Wei Ruo with great interest, with a smile on his lips.

"Is it useful to worry? From the moment I agreed, I should have thought of the possible situation. If I was timid, the business would never be done." Wei Ruo said frankly.

Fan Chengxu said with a smile: "As expected, he is the person I fancy, and his thoughts are very consistent with mine."

If Wei Ruo didn't refute, she could feel the similarities between herself and Fan Chengxu in some aspects.

"Brother Heyou's black tea is selling well, and now it's selling well in Yusheng Tea House. I even sent some to my hometown to give them a taste."

Wei Ruo knows that Fan Chengxu's hometown refers to the capital, and his purpose is not simply to give his family a taste of the early adopters, but to open up the market in a different way.

And this kind of thing is currently impossible for Wei Ruo to do by herself, which is also the benefit of her cooperation with Fan Chengxu.

"It's good that the sales volume is good. It's too late to make higher quality tea this year. If Boss Fan intends to continue making black tea, he can set aside a batch of tea leaves to make black tea next year. Select young leaves to make it, and the taste will be more delicate." Wei Ruo said.

"I'm looking forward to it." Fan Chengxu said with a smile on his lips.

Wei Ruo said again: "I'm a bit busy these few days. I will go to Yusheng Tea Garden again in a few days. Then I will arrange top dressing according to the actual situation of the tea garden to ensure that the tea grows better in the coming year. , and there are still some tasks that Boss Fan has to arrange for his subordinates to do."

"If you have anything to do, just tell brother Heyou." Fan Chengxu said.

"I hope that Boss Fan will order someone to dig a pond on a flat place in the Yusheng tea garden. It will be about one foot square in size and three to four feet deep."

"No problem, but I don't know what Brother Heyou wants such a pond for?" Fan Chengxu asked with great interest.

"After the pond was dug, Boss Fan transported all the daily leftovers and rotten fruits and vegetables from Zuixianju to the pond, and then sprinkled a large amount of black charcoal on top of it. powder, and then bury it with soil. After half a month of fermentation, you can get the fertilizer for the tea garden." Wei Ruo explained.

Fan Chengxu looked at Wei Ruo with admiration: "Brother Heyou is really knowledgeable and knowledgeable."

"Boss Fan's reputation is too high, but it's just some country folk's tricks, and Boss Fan's circle of life doesn't often come across." Wei Ruo replied.

"In my opinion, brother Heyou's knowledge is definitely not comparable to ordinary country people." Fan Chengxu did not hesitate to appreciate Wei Ruo.

Immediately afterwards, Fan Chengxu asked Wei Ruo: "Master Xu, do you think the weather will be good for the rest of this year?"

"Boss Fan, I'm just an ordinary citizen, I can't pinch or count, and I can't predict the next weather change."

Wei Ruo was indeed unable to predict the weather, but she probably had an impression in her heart, which came from the memory of the original owner. Although the original owner was already in the capital at that time, she vaguely remembered that the weather was not very good at that time, and food seemed to be a big problem all the time.

Of course I couldn't tell Fan Chengxu about this.

Fan Chengxu asked again with a smile: "Then, what is Mr. Xu's plan for this year's situation? If there is a good way to deal with it, please remember to tell me."

"There is no good way to deal with it. It's just to buy more land and grow more food. The weather is not good and the rice is not allowed to grow well. Then try to change something else." Wei Ruo replied.

Fan Chengxu is too shrewd, and there are too many calculations hidden in his eyes. Many times when he asks questions, Wei Ruo has to answer carefully, for fear of being noticed.

"It makes sense. I wonder if Brother Heyou recommends any crops that can be grown instead of rice?"

Fan Chengxu said with a smile, his eyes were as cunning as a fox, as if he wanted to see through Wei Ruo.

Fan Chengxu had a vague feeling that the person in front of him hadn't completely told him the truth, but he couldn't tell what he didn't say.

Xu Heyou gave him a depth and introversion beyond his age, so much so that he couldn't understand him after dealing with him so many times.

"Sweet potatoes that have just been planted in recent years are good, but this crop is not very frost-resistant. I can only hope that there will be no more extreme weather in the future." Wei Ruo replied.

"In this way, I will instruct my subordinates to plant this kind of sweet potato on the vacant land." Fan Chengxu said.

Then Fan Chengxu chatted with Wei Ruo for a while, and when they talked about how to make money, the two had a lot to talk about, and the topic was relaxed and happy.

Soon the carriage arrived at the gate of the city, Wei Ruo got off Fan Chengxu's carriage and returned to his own carriage.

After bidding farewell to Fan Chengxu, the carriage of the two entered the city gate.

Because it's still early, going back to Wei's Mansion at the school is equivalent to telling her family that she didn't go to Tianqin Garden for class today, so Wei Ruo walked around the street again.

During this stroll, Wei Ruo found that there were many more beggars in the city than before.

Wei Ruo also saw people selling their sons and daughters on the street, and some even sold their wives.

Chapter 277 Chu Lan has something to look for her

Those children who were up for sale looked at a loss, their eyes did not have the clarity of children of this age, and some were helpless and hesitant.

"Meimei, is it my illusion? How do you feel that there are a lot more homeless people on the street recently?" Wei Ruo raised the curtain and said to Xiumei who was driving.

"It's not Miss's delusion. Not every county in Taizhou Prefecture is as lucky as Xingshan County. The people in some counties didn't have a good harvest last year, and the food they saved could last until this year at most. Even if they sold their homes, they wouldn't be able to last for a few more months." , I heard that many of them borrowed money from the landlord to plant this year's land, but they encountered a cold wave a few days ago, which completely cut off their hope, so the number of homeless people on the street has increased these days. "

Speaking, Xiumei sighed: "I guess there will be more in the next few days. If there is no good harvest this year, everyone really doesn't know how to live."

This is the case even in Fucheng, and the county below does not know what it looks like.

Wei Ruo's expression was slightly gloomy. Although he had already guessed that such a situation might happen, his mood would still be affected after seeing it with his own eyes.

After wandering around the city for a while, when it was almost time, Wei Ruo asked Xiumei to drive back to Xiaowei's Mansion.

Wei Ruo entered the mansion through the small door on the side. Before going home, Wei Ruo had already changed his outfit in the carriage.

When getting off the car, Wei Ruo saw a carriage parked in front of the main entrance, and several strange guards were guarding it.

Intuition told Wei Ruo that someone with an unusual identity came to the mansion.

Xiumei was a little worried when she saw it: "Miss, is there something wrong in the mansion?"

"The soldiers come to cover the water and cover it with soil, and we can talk about it when we go back."

When Wei Ruo and Xiumei entered Tingsong Garden, they saw a familiar figure.

Nurse Qin stood at the door of Tingsongyuan with a smile on her face, waiting for Wei Ruo respectfully.

Wei Ruo's heart sank slightly. When he saw the battle at the door, Wei Ruo already guessed that it might be Chu Lan who came to the house.

Now that I see Mother Qin, I can be sure that it is Chu Lan.

It's a blessing, not a disaster, and it's a disaster that can't be avoided.

Wei Ruo stepped forward and said hello to Nanny Qin: "I have met you."

"Hi, Miss. It's been a long time since I saw you. The girl is getting more and more charming." Mother Qin praised.

Wei Ruozhi just smiled and didn't take it seriously when he knew it was a compliment.

"It must not be a coincidence that Nanny came to the house today. Since she came to look for me, she must have something to do. Please come to the house and let's talk slowly." Wei Ruo said.

Nurse Qin replied with a smile: "Young lady has such a delicate mind, you really can't hide anything. I really came to find young lady for something."

Wei Ruo nodded and smiled, and then invited Mother Qin into Tingsong Garden.

Arriving in the house, after taking a seat, Wei Ruo asked Mother Qin about the specifics of coming to find her today.

If Wei Ruo was straight to the point and didn't drag his feet, Mother Qin went straight to the point: "Actually, it's His Highness the Seventh Prince's intention to come here."

"I don't know what orders your Highness has?" Wei Ruodao, with a calm face, calm and unhurried, already had guesses in his heart, but he was not in a hurry to speak, waiting for Mother Qin to clarify.

"The eldest girl is smart. Thanks to the eldest daughter, the wasteland in the south of Xingshan County ushered in a bumper harvest of wheat, and the rice planted now is growing gratifyingly. According to the situation, this is the most worrying development in Taizhou Prefecture's grain production." Shan County may be able to match other counties this year."

Nurse Qin is also an old man. Before hiring someone to do something, she still did not forget to praise Wei Ruo first.

Wei Ruo smiled and remained silent.

Mother Qin went on to say: "The current situation in the Jiangnan area is known to the eldest girl. If this situation continues, I am afraid that this year's grain harvest will be short again, and the life of the people will be miserable day by day. War, heavy taxes."

This is to reason with Wei Ruoxiaozhi.

Wei Ruo answered: "Yes, food is the most important thing for the people. If there is no food, everyone's life is sad."

Nurse Qin said: "That's why His Highness the Seventh Highness hopes that the eldest girl can act again and help the people in other places in Taizhou Prefecture to expand their farmland to relieve the suffering of the people."

In addition to the saline-alkali land in Xingshan County, Taizhou Prefecture also has a lot of such land in other counties. If it can be used like Xingshan County to increase the area of cultivated land, even if the grain yield per mu decreases, the final output can be guaranteed.

Wei Ruo didn't answer immediately, but just sighed lightly.

Mother Qin was a little worried when she saw this. She knew about the incident in the south of Xingshan County. When His Highness reported to the court, he did not mention that the eldest daughter of the Wei family had treated the eldest daughter badly. Now she wants someone to help improve the wasteland. Some opinions are also human nature.

Mother Qin waited for a while and then said to Wei Ruo earnestly: "Miss, there are many things in the court that women in the court can't think about. Since the founding of our dynasty, there are very few clan women who have been publicly rewarded. , Your Highness can't set a precedent for the eldest girl."

Nurse Qin said again: "But your highness has always remembered the talents and achievements of the young lady, and the grace that should be given will not be less than that of the young lady."

Nurse Qin has made it very clear. If Wei is a girl in a boudoir, it will be difficult for her to be publicly praised for doing something meaningful to the people of her country.

Although Chu Lan can't help Wei Ruo report his achievements, he will reward Wei Ruo himself and give Wei Ruo his reward grace.

Wei Ruo answered unhurriedly: "It's not that I don't understand what Mammy said, but Mammy also knows that I'm just a girl in a boudoir, and I've reached the age to discuss marriage. Even if I can't honor the lintel, I shouldn't embarrass the Earl's Mansion. If I go out all day, do farm work, and hang out with men, I may be inappropriate."

Wei Ruo rejected Nanny Qin by quoting the words that Mrs. Yun did not allow her to go out.

Qin Nanny continued to persuade: "Miss, in fact, although His Highness can't ask the court for rewards for you, there are many officials in the Wei family. An opportune time."

Wei Ruo could tell that Nanny Qin was telling her that her deeds could help the men of the Wei family. If her father was promoted to a noble, her status would naturally rise accordingly.

This would work for ordinary people, but Wei Ruo never intended to rely on the Wei family.

Growing up in modern times, she has firmly believed that women should rely on themselves, not on their parents and elder brothers. Even though she is now in a world that is very unfriendly to women, her idea has not wavered Pass.

Wei Ruo answered Nanny Qin calmly: "I understand what you mean, but I really don't have much time to do these things for the time being, and my ability is limited. The last incident in the south of the city was due to a certain amount of luck. I may not have such good luck once."

Chapter 278 The Wei family father and daughter look exactly the same

Nurse Qin could tell that this was Wei Ruo's evasion. If Miss Wei was really a well-behaved girl as she just said, she would not have cared about the affairs of Xingshan County.

As for luck, it is even more nonsense. At that time, the eldest daughter of the Wei family passed on many instructions from her. She naturally knows whether it is luck or skill.

However, Nanny Qin also knew that she was asking for help on behalf of the Seventh Prince, not to offend others, so when Wei Ruo repeatedly showed reluctance, Nanny Qin knew that it would be wrong to force him to make him unhappy.

"Don't be in a hurry to reject me, Miss. You can think about it again in the next few days. If you change your mind, send someone to send a letter to His Highness the Seventh Prince." Mother Qin said.

"Okay, I will consider it." Wei Ruo agreed.

While Mother Qin and Wei Ruo were talking in the backyard, Wei Mingting in the front yard was also entertaining Chu Lan.

Wei Mingting has not been to the barracks for several days because of his injury.

Chu Lan came here today, one is to visit him, and the other is to talk to him about recent affairs in the army.

After discussing related matters, Chu Lan informed Wei Mingting of another purpose of the day—asking the eldest daughter of the Wei family to help continue soil improvement.

"I can't answer Your Highness for my family, Ruo'er," Wei Mingting said.

"But I still hope that Mr. Wei can help to mention this matter with the eldest girl." Chu Lan said.

"Didn't His Highness send someone to meet the little girl in the backyard? Presumably the nun will explain the relevant matters to the little girl, so I can't say anything more. Your Highness also knows that I am familiar with things in the barracks. I really don't know about it. Since I don't know, it's inconvenient for me to make a decision for my little girl."

Wei Mingting's attitude is very firm, and he doesn't intend to interfere with any of his daughter's decisions.

Chu Lan no longer insisted, but just mentioned: "Master Wei, you haven't been back to the capital for many years. Recently, there is a vacant position in Beijing to direct affairs."

Wei Mingting's face remained calm: "It's true that I haven't been able to go back for a few years. It's my unfilial son."

From Wei Mingting's face, Chu Lan couldn't tell whether he really didn't understand or pretended not to understand.

Seeing that there was no conclusion to be reached on this matter, Chu Lan didn't bother anymore, and said: "Then let's do this for today, and don't continue to disturb Master Wei's recovery."

Wei Mingting stood up: "Send your Highness to a humble position."

"No need, Mr. Wei's old injury has not healed, please rest more, the anti-Japanese army still needs Mr. Wei."

After Chu Lan finished speaking, she left the Captain's Mansion with her attendants.

The mother Qin who came out last caught up with Chu Lan's sedan chair and returned to Chu Lan through the sedan chair.

"She refused?" Chu Lan asked.

"Yes, the eldest daughter of the Wei family declined." Mother Qin replied truthfully.

"Have you told her everything you need to say?"

"I said, the old slaves who should mention something have mentioned it."

"The father and daughter of the Wei family look alike."

Across the sedan chair, just listening to the voice, Nanny Qin didn't know if His Highness was angry with the Wei family father and daughter.

After a while, I heard Chu Lan's voice coming from inside the sedan chair again: "You come back in two days, bring me some gifts, and persuade me more. Although the father and daughter are stubborn, but They are both talented people, and at this time of internal and external troubles, both his father and daughter can be of great use."

"The old slave knows." Mother Qin took the order.

Here, Mother Qin had just left on the front foot, and Qingyi, Mrs. Yuan's personal servant girl, arrived on the back foot. According to Mrs. Yuan's order, Wei Ruo was invited to the mansion to have a talk.

So Wei Ruo took Xiumei into the carriage from the prefect.

Wei Qingwan stood at the side door, watching the carriage that picked up Wei Ruo leave.

Beside her, Nanny Li said to Wei Qingwan softly: "Our eldest lady is really getting more and more capable now, she is the Seventh Prince's man for a while, and the Jingmin Princess for a while. In our Captain's Mansion, there are still There is no one more beautiful than her!"

Listening to Nanny Li's words, Wei Qingwan didn't get angry, but replied in a low voice: "Sister has this ability, it's only because I'm not as good as others."

"It's not a good time yet. If today's business is not beautiful, the crops are not grown well, and the food is not enough to eat, it seems that her little ability is useful. If it is left in the past, how can she be on the table?"

In the past few days, the Yun family has reactivated Li Nanny because of Zhuangzi's affairs.

Therefore, Nanny Li is very clear about the situation outside recently, so she naturally knows why Wei Ruoneng has become a favorite in the eyes of all the nobles.

"It's my sister's ability to be lucky." Wei Qingwan said.

"Miss, you can't think like that. If you think like this, you will lose completely." Nanny Li said worriedly.

"I don't compare this with her." Wei Qingwan said calmly.

Nurse Li looked at Wei Qingwan in puzzlement. Since the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, their young lady has lost interest in the matter of the young lady, and she didn't respond to seeing the young lady favored. This appearance made her very worried.

Her daughter is the young lady's personal maid, and most likely she will be the young lady's dowry in the future. Whether the young lady gets married will directly affect her daughter's future. She doesn't want the young lady to just give up and become depressed.

"Miss, you must not be discouraged. You are much better than her, and you will definitely find a better husband-in-law than her in the future." Li Nanny hurriedly persuaded.

"It's okay, who my sister wants to marry is her business, and it has nothing to do with me." Wei Qingwan's tone was calm, without any hint of jealousy.

After finishing speaking, Wei Qingwan turned around and walked into the mansion, leaving Nanny Li with a dazed expression and wondering why their young lady had such a change.

Wei Ruo arrived at the magistrate's mansion, and accompanied by Qing Yi, went straight to the backyard where Mrs. Yuan lived.

Inside the room, Brother Sheng was staggering towards Mrs. Yuan.

The little guy is more than one year old and can already walk, but he is still a little wobbly when he walks, like a little penguin, and he is indescribably cute.

Wei Ruo didn't bother, and watched Brother Sheng throw himself into Madam Yuan's arms.

Madam Yuan hugged Brother Sheng and walked towards Wei Ruo: "Sister Ruoer, you are here."

"Yes." Wei Ruo smiled and nodded.

Brother Sheng is also smiling at Wei Ruo, with a small white face and a pair of big round eyes, he looks like his mother when he smiles.

Madam Yuan smiled and said, "Brother Sheng always smiles when he sees Sister Ruoer, probably because he remembers that Sister Ruoer is his savior."

Wei Ruo teased Brother Sheng, and praised: "Brother Sheng is really handsome, like a madam."

"Only these eyes look like mine, and everything else follows his father." Mrs. Yuan laughed.

"all good."

After chatting about Brother Sheng for a while, Mrs. Yuan asked someone to carry Brother Sheng down, and she pulled Wei Ruo aside to talk about business.

Chapter 279 Advice to Mrs. Yuan

"It's getting late, I shouldn't have disturbed you at this time, but I was afraid that you would have something to do during the day and you wouldn't be free, so I took the liberty of asking Qingyi to invite you to the captain's mansion." Madam Yuan apologized .

"Ma'am, don't be polite to me."

"I'm already acquainted, so I won't play tricks with you anymore. Sister Ruo'er is smart enough to guess why I invited you to my house today." Madam Yuan said straight to the point.

"Probably guessed something, the damage to crops caused by the recent weather changes seems to worry Mrs. Yuan and Mrs. Yuan." Wei Ruo replied.

"Sister Ruo'er is right. The food production in various places has been poor these years, and the national treasury is empty. The issue of food has long been the top priority of the imperial court. It is the most important item in the evaluation of officials in various places. Therefore, this cold wave has affected It affects the hearts of the people in the government office, and it also affects my husband's promotion next year."

"But this is one of the aspects. Apart from considering my husband's official career, I also sincerely do not want the people to suffer. What's more, if starvation is everywhere, it will be the beginning of turmoil, and it will not only be the people who will suffer? So whether it is Personally, I still stand from the perspective of my husband's parents, and I don't want to see this situation now."

Mrs. Yuan said that Wei Ruo believed what she said. When an infectious disease appeared in the capital of Taizhou, she convened the doctors in the city to discuss countermeasures and contributed money and effort without being stingy.

"I understand what Mrs. Yuan means. Actually, before Madam invited me here today, His Highness the Seventh Prince has already been here." Wei Ruo said.

"This is why the Seventh Prince came to you?" Mrs. Yuan asked hurriedly.

"Well, His Highness means that there are many other saline-alkali lands in Taizhou Prefecture. I hope I can help him improve other barren lands, open up cultivated land, and increase production." Wei Ruo replied.

Madam Yuan thought for a moment and said to Wei Ruo: "This is indeed a solution. Sister Ruo'er can try this, and it will be of great benefit to you and the Wei family after it is done."

"Madam, do you think I should agree?"

"You help His Highness the Seventh Highness do things, although His Highness the Seventh Highness may not be able to invite you any favors because of your female status, but for your Wei family, it is definitely beneficial and harmless." Madam Yuan analyzed for Wei Ruo .

As long as you can treat the Wei family well, that is to say, treat Wei Ruo well, as long as Wei Ruo is a member of the Wei family, this relationship will not change easily.

"I understand what Ma'am said, but I don't want to have too much interaction with His Highness the Seventh Prince. Now that the crown prince is undecided, if you get too involved with any prince, you may get involved in right and wrong. This is not something the Wei family can afford."

Whether it is out of overall considerations or personal emotional considerations, Wei Ruo resists from the bottom of his heart to have too much interaction with Chu Lan.

The last land improvement in Xingshan County was initiated by her, and Chu Lan stepped in behind, leaving her with no choice. Now that she has a choice, she can hide when she can.

"You are right, it's rare that you still have such considerations."

Mrs. Yuan was quite emotional. Wei Ruoneng had such thoughtfulness and was not blinded by the petty profits in front of her eyes. Compared with the women she usually saw in her boudoir, her horizons were somewhat broader.

Madam Yuan continued: "I came here today to ask you to help me, but if you reject His Highness the Seventh Highness, it will be difficult for me to ask you to advise me."

No matter what Mrs. Yuan is, she cannot openly confront the Seventh Prince, let alone consider Wei Ruo's situation.

Wei Ruo politely rejected the Seventh Prince, and at the same time did things for her, which is to slap the Seventh Prince in the face, and thus put Wei Ruo in danger. Madam Yuan naturally did not want such a thing to happen.

"Ma'am, don't worry, I have thought about some things on the way here, and I know how to deal with it without offending the Seventh Prince, and can solve problems for Madam and adults." Wei Ruo said.

"Really?" Madam Yuan was overjoyed.

Wei Ruo explained: "I can provide Madam with some solutions to the problem. If Madam and Your Excellency think it is feasible, they can implement it according to the method I said, and I don't need to come forward during the period, so it will not be considered as deceiving the Seventh Highness. "

Chu Lan asked her to improve the land, which required her to carry out according to the actual situation. It was necessary to go to the field to understand the situation, to conduct real-time exploration, and to deal with people. She used this as an excuse to refuse.

Now she is only advising Mrs. Yuan, which is of a different nature.

"In this case, I will listen with all my ears," Mrs. Yuan said.

Wei Ruo began to state his plan: "Although we can't predict the weather this year, we also know that it will not be too good in the future. The Seventh Highness wants to develop more cultivated land is the first method; and increasing the yield of the existing cultivated land is the second method. ."

"Yes, what sister Ruoer said is absolutely true."

"The area of cultivated land in Taizhou Prefecture is not much. There are saline-alkali land, sandy land, and a large amount of mountainous land. Among the existing cultivated land, most of them are poor. Soil improvement is a big project, and The time will not be so fast. The improvement of the saline-alkali land in the south of Xingshan County has lasted for half a year, so it may not be able to catch up with this year's autumn harvest after the improved soil is planted. The fastest can only be planted in August or September this year. Get the wheat and wait for the next year to harvest." Wei Ruo analyzed.

"This is indeed a problem." Madam Yuan agreed.

"So I think that if we want to guarantee the output of this year's autumn harvest, we must protect the existing arable land and the crops that have been planted."

"Sister Ruo'er, please tell me, how can I protect my delivery?"

Wei Ruo talked to Mrs. Yuan unhurriedly about the solution he had conceived: "First, topdressing the land requires the government to take the lead in this matter. I hope the government will take the lead in building a large-scale composting field to purchase sheep manure, Cow dung, straw, straw, and even some rotten fruits and vegetables."

Wei Ruo continued: "The government government pays money for the purchase, and the farmers can exchange the money, which can relieve their pressure for a while. After the composting is successful, the government government can sell it at an appropriate price, and it can be sold to the farm. People, at this time, adults need to persuade a large number of wealthy landowners and landlords in the city to pay for these heap filled fertilizers and teach them the skills of reasonable top dressing."

Madam Yuan listened with gusto: "Sister Ruoer's idea kills two birds with one stone. It can not only give money to the farmers, so that they can temporarily have money to tide them over, but also increase the production of the fields of the wealthy landlords."

Wei Ruodao: "This is the first, and the second is the remedial method for the seedlings that have been frozen to death; I have two remedial measures for different lands."

"Which two remedies?" Madam Yuan asked hurriedly.

Chapter 280 Promotion of late rice seeds and sweet potatoes

Wei Ruo replied: "First, replant late rice species. When bakanae disease appeared in some rice fields near Fucheng earlier, I asked them to replant late rice species. I did experiments on this late rice species in Xingshan County earlier. I tried planting it when I was young, and the seeds sown on the tenth day of May will grow into seedlings in early June, and they will have a good harvest in autumn, and the yield is not low."

"It would be great if we could replant it in time. I will talk to my husband about it, and let him promote the planting of this late rice seed for the people." Madam Yuan said hastily.

"But there is a premise, don't have the cold wave like the previous few days, otherwise, even if it is a late rice plant, such climate change will cause problems in raising seedlings." Wei Ruo said frankly.

Although her space rice seeds are good enough, they are not yet to the point where they can withstand the cold wave and germinate into seedlings.

"Now I can only ask for God's blessing." Mrs. Yuan sighed, and then asked Wei Ruo, "Sister Ruo'er said there are two kinds, is there another one?"

"There is another kind of sweet potato in summer. Sweet potatoes can be planted in multiple seasons. Spring, summer and autumn seeds can all survive. Among them, sweet potatoes planted in summer are generally planted after the wheat is harvested in May and June every year. For autumn planting It is suitable for regions with a warm climate, and if the climate is stable, it can be planted in the area of Taizhou Prefecture, but under the current weather conditions, it is safer for us to do spring and summer planting, and summer planting is now the right time."

Late rice seeds and sweet potatoes have been planted by many people since Wei Ruo arrived in Taizhou, but so far they are still on a small scale.

Just taking advantage of this time, Mr. Yuan and Mrs. Yuan were asked to carry out a large-scale promotion and planting in the name of the government.

Wei Ruo dare not say that planting her late rice seeds and sweet potatoes will definitely usher in a bumper harvest, but because of the excellent varieties, they perform well in all aspects, and no surprises can bring higher output value than planting existing ordinary crops.

"I have eaten sweet potatoes. They taste sweet and make you feel full. However, not many are grown in Taizhou Prefecture now. If the planting can survive now, it will be a great thing." Mrs. Yuan said.

Wei Ruo added: "These two remedial measures should be different from place to place. If the soil is originally paddy and the soil is relatively fertile, we will plant late rice; if the soil conditions are poor, and the original rice yield is not high, we will change to plant sweet potatoes. It is surprising that nutrition is needed, and alternate planting is more conducive to crop growth."

This method can also make up for the problem of insufficient soil fertility and low rice yield to a certain extent.

Listening to Wei Ruo's description, Mrs. Yuan was in a great mood: "My husband and I have been in a heavy mood for the past few days, until now when we heard what sister Ruo'er said, most of the fog in our hearts dissipated, and we felt a lot more relaxed. ."

"If you can do what Sister Ruoer said, don't worry, I will never treat Sister Ruoer badly." Madam Yuan assured Wei Ruo.

"Ma'am, you're welcome. I'm just offering an idea. It will be Mr. Yuan and everyone in the government office who will be tired." Wei Ruo said.

"It's their job to eat the king's wealth and worry about the king's worries, and they should run around again. Although sister Ruo'er just came up with an idea, as long as the idea is useful and can make Taizhou government produce more food, it will be worth a thousand dollars Wanjin."

Madam Yuan doesn't think that Wei Ruo's words are just a few words. If they really want to accomplish something, their value is incalculable.

"My Madam trusts me, so I discussed the implementation with the adults. I also hope that everyone can have enough food." Wei Ruo said frankly.

"Well, okay, what sister Ruoer said today, I will repeat it to my husband verbatim, and discuss with him how to promote late rice seeds and sweet potatoes." Madam Yuan attaches great importance to Wei Ruo's words.

After talking with Madam Yuan, Wei Ruo was stayed by Madam Yuan to have dinner together. When she left, it was already very late, and the new moon hung high in the sky.

For this reason, Mrs. Yuan specially sent guards to **** Wei Ruo's carriage back to Xiaowei's Mansion, and only went back to report to Mrs. Yuan after Wei Ruo entered the mansion safely.

Wei Ruo, who returned to Xiaowei's mansion, did not take a rest immediately. He was busy in front of the desk in his room for a long time, finishing and writing the method of composting, follow-up fertilizer of rice, methods of weeding management, methods of planting and management of sweet potatoes, etc.

These will be used in the future. She wrote them out in advance and sent them directly to Mrs. Yuan.

It was already midnight after writing, Wei Ruo fell asleep immediately after touching the pillow.

In the morning of the second day, Yun called Wei Ruo over and asked her about the Seventh Prince and Madam Yuan looking for her yesterday.

Yun did not say much. Although it is a good thing for her daughter to help the Seventh Prince and Mrs. Yuan, she is also worried that her daughter is not capable enough, and if she makes them unhappy, it will also bring disaster to the Wei family.

So it's a good thing for my daughter to directly explain her limited ability, at least it won't cause trouble.

The government office took action on the second day and began to implement Wei Ruo's suggestion yesterday: buy agricultural fertilizer from others and open up a suburban area as a centralized composting field; Every household is planted.

At the same time, Master Yuan also invited famous local people from Taizhou Prefecture to visit him. It is unknown to outsiders what he said specifically.

After that, I personally visited the counties, negotiated with the magistrates of the counties, and assigned tasks.

Such a big move by the government has caused quite a stir in the government.

The people who got the cuttings and vines of rice seeds and sweet potatoes were enthusiastic and responded positively.

The country gentry and celebrities discussed this a lot, some praised the government, and some waited and watched and questioned.

Chu Lan also got the news very quickly, and sent someone to inquire about what Yuan Zhengqin invited the local celebrities to talk about.

In the tea room of Yu Sheng Chaxuan, the subordinates reported the recent news to Chu Lan:

"Master Yuan invited those people because he hoped that those people would take the lead in planting late rice seeds, and he also mentioned to them how to top-dress the fertilizer later."

"Understood." Chu Lan waved her hands to make her subordinates back down.

Lu Yuhong, who was sitting opposite Chu Lan, said with a smile, "It seems that Brother Chu won't need to take action on this matter. Yuan Zhengqin already has a countermeasure."

"That's fine." Chu Lan was not angry.

It is the icing on the cake that this matter is done by him, if it cannot be done, there is nothing to be angry about.

"You don't need to be angry."

"The late rice seed seems to be the rice seed that Wei Qingruo first planted on the improved fields in Xingshan County. Sweet potatoes first appeared in Xingshan County in Taizhou Prefecture." Chu Lan thoughtfully.

"Is there any connection?" Lu Yuhong asked.

"It's nothing, I just said that." Chu Lan didn't continue the topic, and asked Lu Yuhong instead, "Did you find anything in Anzhou Academy these days?"

"Nothing was found. I think you must have thought too much. The Ninth Prince did not exist at all. It may be just a coincidence that Xu Guogong's mansion was overturned." Lu Yuhong said.