Chapter 349 Farm
Builus is a family of four. They were bought and sent to this village. They were very happy to know that their family would be in charge of this village from now on.
They were resold many times, and it was not easy for the whole family to buy one place. It is such a place where there is no need for intrigue, so I cherish it very much.
Therefore, although I never saw anyone coming from the master’s house, I never dared to be careless and took care of everything in Zhuangzi in order.
Liu Jiaxu never came to live there before, and they were all used to live by servants. The small courtyard on the village has no furnishings, except for a few rooms for people to live in. It is very empty.
After seeing it, Pomegranate felt that it was just right.
Thirty acres of paddy fields are adjacent to grassy slopes. There are cattle and sheep on the grassy slopes. Coming out of the yard to the west is a large vegetable garden, and to the east are patches of hills with various kinds of trees. There are all kinds of fruit trees, and there are rows of stone houses under the hilltops, with pigs raised inside and chickens and ducks penned outside.
There is a large pond at the back of the yard. The pond is connected to a small river and winds all the way to the paddy field.
Pomegranate looked at everything here and sighed, otherwise all these rich people want to have Zhuangzi. Look at the prospects of Zhuangzi, they will have everything they want and enjoy it more.
Her Erli Village does grow watermelons, but like Dazaozhuang, there are no fruit trees. I don’t know if the village in Fucheng has such fruit trees, so she only sent Jiang Bing to do it. Handover, I haven’t seen it yet.
Thinking that after this trip back, she would go to Zhuangzi in Fucheng on her next trip.
After looking at Zhuangzi inside and out, we spent a lot of time. When Pomegranate returned to the main hall of the courtyard to drink a cup of tea, Bupleurum's daughter-in-law Mao came in regularly and said that dinner was ready. I asked her if she wanted to serve the meal right now?
Pomegranate glanced at the sinking sky and realized that she was indeed hungry, so she nodded.
Soon, Mao and his daughter set out the food.
Pomegranate has the habit of drinking a bowl of soup before meals. Fu Dong had specifically told Mrs. Mao when she came to ask her what her girl’s favorite foods were, so a soup was served. Dongshang took a bowl and handed it to the pomegranate.
Pomegranate took it and took a slow sip, and couldn't help but shine. This Mao's craftsmanship is not bad.
After finishing a bowl of soup, Pomegranate asked Mao and her daughter to go down to eat instead of waiting here, and then asked Fu Dong to sit down and eat together.
When I am away from home, Fu Dong often sits at the same table with the girl, and he is not shy here. When the girl calls, he sits down generously, takes the serving chopsticks to pick up the food in front of him, and does not pick and choose. Yes, so as not to displease the girl, it is extremely appropriate.
After eating, Pomegranate walked in the yard to eat, watching Bupleurum orderly settling down the people she brought today, and then beckoned Bupleurum to come forward and speak.
"Chai Zhuangtou, early tomorrow morning, you will take Yang Li and the others to clean up all the rooms in this courtyard except the main hall, and then go outside to find a master who can build earthen stoves and fire pits. .Ask your wife to take people to the surrounding villages to collect more eggs and duck eggs.”
After giving her instructions, Chaihu didn't understand what she was going to do, but he didn't ask any more questions and nodded in agreement.
After eating, Pomegranate went into the newly decorated upper room. Hot water was brought in in the early winter. She washed herself, changed her clothes, and then used the stove as a bed to curl up and read a book. Sleep again.
The weather and nights in February are still quite cold, not much better than in the dead of winter.
Every year, more people are infected with wind cold during the late spring than during the twelfth lunar month of winter. This is the most important thing to pay attention to.
Fu Dong knew that his girl was afraid of the heat in hot weather and the cold in cold weather. He was afraid that she would not be able to sleep comfortably in a different place, so he specially bought a few extra soup dumplings and put them on the four corners of the bed, drying up the quilt. It's extremely warm inside.
Pomegranate nestled inside, so comfortable that she could only breathe.
Without reading two pages of the book, I yawned loudly, tilted my head, and fell asleep.
Fu Dong, who was sleeping on the small couch outside, looked over again. Seeing that the girl was asleep, he lifted the quilt and went to the ground. He came in quietly and blew out the lamp, and then returned to the small couch. , fell asleep peacefully.
The girl has no habit of getting up at night and always sleeps until dawn. It’s good that she can get a full night’s sleep.
Fu Dong often thinks that there is no better master than a girl.
When I returned to Zhuangzi during the New Year, my mother also said that she was so lucky to be chosen by a girl to take her with her at all times, so she would serve her with all her heart.
She certainly knows how lucky she is. If it weren't for her good hearing, the steady and clever Nian Xia would be more suitable to follow the girl and serve her closely.
Now that she thinks about it, she has to thank God for her extraordinary hearing. Fudong thought like this, turned over slightly, and slowly closed his eyes.
But soon, she suddenly opened her eyes.
Hearing that the girl was fast asleep, Fudong bit his lip, stepped off the bed lightly, put on his coat, and left the house.
He quickly walked to the house where Hu Zhen had been resting for a while. When he got to the door, Fu Dong raised his hand and knocked on the door.
The door opened quickly, and Hu Zhen and the others had not yet fallen asleep.
"Girl, do you have any instructions?" Hu Zhen asked hurriedly when he saw that it was winter.
Fu Dong shook his head, "The girl is asleep, Brother Hu, please be alert tonight, there seems to be movement outside Zhuangzi."
Hearing this, Hu Zhen's eyes narrowed. He knew that Fu Dong's hearing power was different from ordinary people.
Dang even decided not to sleep tonight, and arranged a shift with Zuo Cheng and others, asking them to patrol in two teams.
In the woods north of Zhuangzi, under the dark night, there were several torches shaking.
“Did you find it?”
“Do you have any over there?”
"Not found! It's weird, people obviously ran this way!"
"They couldn't run far because they were injured, keep searching!"
"Sir, it's two miles ahead. There is a Zhuangzi, are they hiding there? "
The night was deep, and the knock on the door woke up Bupleurum. He stood up, put on his clothes and went out.
I was stunned when I saw Hu Zhen and others in the yard. It was late at night. They were well dressed. Could it be that they were still awake?
"There's someone knocking on the door, Guard Hu, can you open it?" He asked subconsciously.
The knocking on the door became more urgent.
Hu Zhen motioned for him to open it, and Chaihu strode to the door, "Who is it?"
"We are from the government, it is a routine matter, open the door quickly!" There was someone outside. said.
Buihu was shocked, why are the officials here? What happened?
But he didn't dare to delay, so he quickly opened the door and looked up, only to see a group of people standing outside who were not wearing public uniforms. They were wondering.
“We are secretly arresting the imperial criminals, have you seen anyone suspicious?”
So it’s a secret case?
No wonder I’m not wearing official uniform.
Thinking about this, Bupleurum quickly shook his head, "Go back to me, I didn't see anyone suspicious!"
Seeing that his expression was normal and he didn't seem to be lying, the man in black raised his eyes and looked inside, then raised his hand and stopped.
Chaihu closed the door, turned around and went in. When he saw Hu Zhen, he said, "I don't know what case happened. These government officials are arresting imperial criminals."
Hu Zhenye He heard clearly, and there was a trace of confusion in his eyes. It was really not like the behavior of people in the yamen who knocked on the door. If you were really suspicious, why didn't you just rush in and search instead of just listening to Bupleurum and saying that you had never seen it? So gone?
Strange.