Only this green, not disappointing the spring

After the seventh day of the New Year, the festival is basically over.

In fact, only Zhao felt that everyone in the family was too tired before the New Year, so they rested for a few more days. Most people in the village started to get busy on the fifth day of the New Year.

The workers who were building an inn at the entrance of the village started work on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, and everyone was full of energy.

After listening to Zhou Xiaoxi's suggestion, Yang Zian and Fu Qiuyang paid the workers three times the wages before the eighth day of the first lunar month. If they were not stopped, some people would have wanted to start construction on the first day of the new year.

Yang Zian left early on the eighth day of the first lunar month, but he didn't expect Hao Shan to ride back to the village on horseback in the afternoon.

Zhou Xiaoxi was discussing the village planning issues after the spring with Li Shoucai at the entrance of the village. When he saw the newcomer, he was a little confused. Could it be that he had left something important behind?

Hao Shan jumped off the horse swiftly, took off a bag from his back and handed it to Zhou Xiaoxi.

"Miss Xiaoxi, this is a letter from the capital. The master thought you might have been waiting for a long time, so he sent me to deliver it immediately."

Zhou Xiaoxi was very surprised. It must be a letter from their General Hei!

After bidding farewell to Hao Shan, Zhou Xiaoxi resisted the urge to open the bundle and continued to discuss business with Li Shoucai.

Pointing to the location of the inn, Zhou Xiaoxi said:

"Grandpa, we have to keep this large piece of wasteland in front of us. If the inn business is good, we will continue to expand. But before that, the surroundings are too desolate, we have to plant some plants to beautify it. As for what to plant, I need your advice."

Li Shoucai only knows how to grow crops and vegetables, but he has no idea what to grow that looks good!

However, as a genuine farmer, he is quite experienced in growing all kinds of crops.

So he began to search in his mind what he had planted, the seasons, and what it looked like.

Then he slapped his forehead.

"Girl, how about planting all the Brassicas? Start breeding now, and burn the dead grass on the wasteland as fertilizer, and kill the insects in the field at the same time. Just scatter the seeds and a lot of them will grow, and they will be almost grown in February. By then, a large area will be full of yellow flowers, which looks very beautiful to me anyway!"

This Brassica is rapeseed. In his previous life, Zhou Xiaoxi had paid for a ticket to go and see it. It was really nice to see a large area of ​​it growing together, but the quality of the tourists was not very good.

The rapeseed oil consumed in the village is mainly from rapeseed, and its flowering period is basically the same as that of fruit trees.

Zhou Xiaoxi thought about it and thought that maybe it would work. It just depended on whether he could grow crops on this wasteland.

This matter was settled.

The two of them also selected a location for building the workshop and decided on the approximate area and rough layout.

Zhou Xiaoxi suggested that it would be best to build a two-story yard, with the front yard used for processing cotton, spinning yarn, and storing goods. These tasks would be left to the men.

The backyard is the female workers' work area, which is divided into small compartments for both confidentiality and quietness.

Li Shoucai nodded repeatedly. There is another most important benefit, which is that it is conducive to the protection of men and women.

After the two of them finally finished discussing some of the most pressing matters, Zhou Xiaoxi immediately ran home in a hurry with his bag on his back.

As soon as he entered the door, he shouted excitedly:

"Where's Daniu? Is he home? There's a letter from General Hei. Let's read it together!"

Zhao, who was preparing food in the kitchen, shook her head helplessly. What kind of nonsense was this? Could it be that General Black had crawled the letter himself? Return the letter to him!

I don’t know where that noble man came from. If you don’t know, you might think he is Xiaoxi’s relative. He dotes on the child so much!

Li Daniu rushed out from the main room and responded loudly:

"Ah, there's a letter from General Black? Where is the letter? Is it still a drawing? Don't write too many words!"

The two of them opened the package with a lot of noise, and inside there was a pile of drawing paper and a thin letter.

Zhou Xiaoxi gave the pile of comics to the impatient Da Niu and tore open the envelope first.

It was a letter from Mr. Shangguan. The wording was very easy to understand, and it was obvious that he took Zhou Xiaoxi's cultural level into consideration...

There wasn't much content, but Zhou Xiaoxi was still confused.

His little brother wanted to come here to play, why did he ask me to entertain him? Are they familiar with each other? And there was even a five hundred tael silver note in the letter!

What’s more, Li Dali is getting married on the 16th day of the first lunar month, and their family will have no place to entertain guests in the future!

In order not to cause trouble to the villagers, Zhou Xiaoxi did not plan to build a new house this year.

In short, I just feel confused.

Putting the letter aside, Zhou Xiaoxi and Li Daniu looked at the Black General together.

My goodness, this is really a wolf!

There is a painting of a man squatting on a mountain and howling with his head raised. The painting is particularly vivid, and the black general is majestic and domineering, as if he is the king of the world.

The two were still not satisfied and read it again from the beginning.

Li Daniu's mood suddenly became very low.

"Cousin, will I still have a chance to see the Black General in person? I miss him so much!"

Zhou Xiaoxi gently touched the little guy's head and asked:

"Do you want to study, Da Niu? If you take part in the imperial examination, you might have a chance to go to the capital. If you can get a position, it is not impossible to bring General Hei home, as long as he still remembers you."

Li Dali replied firmly:

"General Black is my best friend. He can't possibly forget me! What is the scientific examination you are talking about, cousin? Is it difficult?"

It is said that it is more difficult than the college entrance examination in her previous life. Zhou Xiaoxi was terrified just thinking about it. However, she couldn't just tell the truth to a child. She organized her words before speaking:

"Well, it depends on the individual. You won't know until you try it yourself."

Li Daniu already knew quite a few Chinese characters. Every time Zhou Xiaonan taught Zhou Xiaoxi, he followed along and didn't find it boring at all.

When asked why, he said he wanted to understand General Black's letter.

Another reason why Zhou Xiaoxi was anxious to build a village school was for Li Daniu.

After her observation, she felt that there was a good chance that their family would produce a juren or something like that.

If Zhou Xiaoxi wants to expand and strengthen the village business, it is far from enough to rely solely on his clever mind and the knowledge accumulated in his previous life.

To put it bluntly, if Li Shoucai was a black-hearted person, their family would have no chance of surviving in Xiangxue Village, let alone getting rich.

If Daniu can get a position in the future, their whole family will have real support.

The saying "scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans" is not just for fun. Is there any businessman who doesn't have a backer?

Daniu is already eight years old. It is a good time for him to learn knowledge. He can't just play with cats and dogs every day.

……

In fact, not only Zhou Xiaoxi received the letter, but Master Shangguan also wrote a letter to Yang Zian.

The content of the letter is roughly the same, but the explanation is clearer.

Are you already 70% to 80% sure?

Yang Zian knew best how unique Zhou Xiaoxi was, but he still found it hard to believe that there were such coincidences in the world.

Deep down, he didn't want this to be true at all!

He selfishly just wanted to keep Zhou Xiaoxi under his wing and didn't want anyone to interfere.