A retired aunt traveled through time and space, and her daughter became rich!

There are many people from other villages coming to Sujiazhuang.

You can tell something is unusual.

Only a few months have passed, and several tenants in Sujiazhuang have built new houses!

However, the noble old lady from the city was now practicing earth arts on the farm, building a greenhouse and raising chickens, ducks, sheep and pigs.

That greenhouse is better built than the new houses of ordinary people. I heard that the windows are all inlaid with bright tiles!

My goodness, even the rich families in their village can only afford to install one or two windows with bright tiles!

Looking at the appearance of the people in Sujiazhuang, regardless of whether they have relatives here or not, it is visible to the naked eye that these people have flesh on their faces. It is obvious that they can eat enough every day, and their clothes rarely have patches.

Not to mention, you don’t have to go into the city or walk a long way, you can watch the lantern festival right at your doorstep!

It would have been fine if they just watched the lantern festival, but they also saw the Moon Palace Fairy with their own eyes!

How can this not make people envious and jealous.

But people are different after all.

While most people are still envious and jealous, some smart people have already thought about the long-term.

Those who have relatives in the village would bring more gifts and visit them, and try to make excuses. Look at how many houses and pens have been built in Sujia Village. Don’t they need people to do the work?

Don’t be afraid if you don’t have any relatives in the village. There are many young men in Sujia Village who haven’t found a marriage yet!

It is said that on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, three strong young men performed a set of boxing on the stage. They were really good at fighting! Not only were they in good shape, but they also did not suffer any loss in the fight!

If I could find these three guys to be my sons-in-law, wouldn't we all be able to have a share in any good things that happen in Sujiazhuang in the future?

As a result, these three strong young men became very popular.

It hadn't even lasted half a month, and already she was talking about a good marriage that she had never dared to think of before.

As for other people in the village...not to mention the young guys, even the old widower whose wife had died more than ten years ago was said to be sleeping with a widow several years younger than him.

However, the girls in the village did not get married so quickly.

It’s not that no one came to propose marriage, but seeing that life in Sujiazhuang is getting better, who would want to marry out?

For Aunt Su, the most obvious benefit is that it will be much easier for her to do anything.

The greenhouse was completed more than half a month earlier than previously planned.

As soon as the greenhouse was built, Aunt Su had the peppers and strawberries moved in.

Also moved in were dozens of tomato seedlings growing on branches.

Of course, in addition to growing these three exotic fruits and vegetables, Aunt Su also had a lot of local vegetable seedlings planted there.

For example, spinach, radish, cucumber, beans, and even wild garlic and leeks.

When planting these vegetables, Aunt Su asked the children who had signed up for the second literacy class to go into the greenhouse for a tour and let the teachers explain to them the principles and common sense of greenhouse cultivation.

He Shan was naturally among them.

She felt that her visit to her grandmother's farm was an eye-opener.

Every winter, there was almost no green in the dishes served in the mansion, with only some garlic sprouts as garnish.

Naturally, winter vegetables would be grown on the farms of the top nobles, but the methods of growing these winter vegetables were each family's secret techniques, so how could they be passed on to outsiders?

For example, some families can grow garlic sprouts, some can grow spinach, and some can grow bean sprouts.

The cost of growing these winter vegetables is extremely high, and it is said that it costs more than ten taels of silver per pound.

But even so, there is a market but no supply.

The Heguogong Mansion also has a hot spring farm, and some winter vegetables are grown on the farm.

Unfortunately, the only winter vegetables are spinach seedlings, and the yield is very low.

There are many masters in the Heguo Mansion. According to seniority and status, there are very few people who can get He Shan's turn, right? That is, when there is a family banquet, she can get some.

The greenhouse built by my grandmother does not need a hot spring. It just needs to make full use of the sunlight and keep warm at night.

When she followed her friends from the literacy class to visit the greenhouse, she found that it was indeed much warmer and more humid inside than outside, and the seedlings that had been transplanted in were indeed growing well.

He Shan looked at the translucent lattice windows in the greenhouse, each of which was inlaid with bright tiles!

Just these tiles would probably cost nearly a thousand taels of silver, right?

Although He Shan had only looked at the accounts of the dowry shop managed by her own mother and had little understanding of the concept of money, she knew that this was a huge expense.

But if you can really eat freshly picked fruits and vegetables in the winter, and go into the greenhouse to admire these green leaves, flowers and fruits, it would still be worth it.

Doesn’t my mother also have a small farm in the capital?

Lin Yanniang, who was being thought of by He Shan, was currently in Weirui Courtyard, receiving the maid of Old Madam Su who had come to deliver something.

The people sent by Aunt Su to deliver the things this time were a couple in their early thirties, a driver, and a servant.

Since the things this time are not particularly valuable, sending these four people is enough.

Lin Yanniang took a quick look at the list and saw the 100 bottles of children's nutritional liquid.

I was immediately delighted.

That nutritious spiritual liquid has been out of stock for several days.

Seeing that her son's appetite seemed to be declining again, Lin Yanniang became anxious and angry.

What surprised her most was that in addition to the life-saving nutrient solution, her mother also gave her two fairy fruits!

They are two fairy fruits, not two fairy fruits!

The fairy fruit plant that my mother gave to the Ding family had produced quite a few fruits.

I heard that the Ding family gained a lot of favors just by giving away fairy fruits.

Whenever she met her sisters-in-law talking about the fairy fruit, and heard them say sourly that the fairy fruit came from Tongcheng, and that she had never expected that a small place like Tongcheng could have such high-quality fruit, she would have to suppress her secret pride in her heart.

The fairy fruit that you can't eat is produced on my mother's farm!

Of course, no matter how proud she was, she couldn't tell anyone.

What if they find out and think about asking for it back? Wouldn’t that be very troublesome?

I didn’t expect that my mother was so thoughtful and actually sent her two fairy fruits!

She couldn't help but glance at the two large baskets covered with black cloth placed at the door, and smiled and said a few words of praise.

"It's not easy to deliver this from a thousand miles away. Thank you for your hard work."

She arranged accommodation for these people and went outside to prepare a banquet and sent it over. Only then did she take the letter from her mother and read it carefully.

The handwriting on this letter looks familiar. Isn't it from Madam Jiao?

As Madam Jiao was her mother's confidante, it was common for her to ghostwrite for her mother, but Lin Yanniang didn't think it was unusual.

Nanny Zhong was watching on the side, and when she saw Lin Yanniang's mouth curled up, she couldn't help but ask with a smile.

"Did the old lady tell me how Shan Jie is doing there?"

Lin Yanniang smiled and replied, "Of course, everything is fine. The child also wrote me a little letter, telling me how naughty and playful he was on the farm!"

Nanny Zhong clasped her hands together and bowed to the sky.

"That's great. A girl of Sister Shan's age should be having fun and playing."

I heard some evil Taoist priest say that Sister Shan brought bad luck to her brother. Isn't it exhausting for a good girl to stay in the house copying scriptures all day?

Lin Yanniang continued to read, her brows slightly furrowed, her face showing deep thought.

Nanny Zhong asked hurriedly, "Madam?"

"Mother said that for a child like Hu Ge'er who has been sickly since childhood, we could try to change his residence and replace his commonly used utensils and household items. Throwing away those old items is also a way to get rid of bad energy and change his fortune."

My mother specifically explained this in the second half of the letter.

This child is sickly and weak, so he should not take overly tonic medicines, wear overly bright clothes, and avoid using incense if possible. If you really need to use it, just use simple old mugwort. Don't give Hu Ge'er colorful cups, bowls, plates, or toys. Try to let him get some sun and exercise... maybe he will get better.

When spring comes next year, if the time is right, she will come to Beijing to stay for a while.

Of course, since the mourning period has not yet ended, I will definitely not go to the Duke's Mansion. I can just rent an ordinary house in the capital. Therefore, I also attached a silver note of 500 taels with the letter.

After reading the letter, Lin Yanniang couldn't help but feel surprised and amused.

"Mother, you are so polite. I will arrange for my servants to rent a yard next year. Why would I need so much money?"

Nanny Zhong smiled and said, "The old lady also thinks that it is not easy for Madam to live, so she finds ways to supplement her!"

The old lady came to the capital to stay for a while. Even if she rented a courtyard in the inner city, it would only cost two or three hundred taels at most. Why would she need so much?

Lin Yanniang put away the banknote, but looked at the part that asked her to find a new place for Hu Ge'er to live. She handed it to Nanny Zhong thoughtfully and asked her to look at it.

"What does this mean, mother? Don't brightly colored objects make people feel happier?"

Nanny Zhong didn't understand what she meant either, and thought, "The old lady must have a reason for saying that."

After all, wasn’t the old lady enlightened by an immortal?

The old lady's knowledge must be better than that of ordinary people.

Lin Yanniang thought about it and felt that this method was not difficult to use. Wouldn’t it be better if it worked?

He then directed his servants to clear out a room in the sunny wing of Wei Rui Courtyard and place the two fairy fruits there.

My mother said in the letter that the fairy fruit is now out of season, but if it is taken good care of, it can produce two more crops of fruit. This fairy fruit likes heat and is afraid of cold, so just don't let it get frozen at night.

Lin Yanniang naturally knew that the nobles in the capital city in the past would rather spend thirty taels of silver to get one.

But I didn't expect that there would be something new in my yard!

Then he went to Hu Ge'er's room.

Hu Ge'er just drank the children's nutritional liquid and was very satisfied.

After finishing one bottle, I ate a whole small bowl of egg custard.

Now that he was in high spirits, he bent over the table and began to practice calligraphy.

Lin Yanniang looked inside through the window and saw Huger writing at the desk, revealing his thin neck, looking very fragile.

Lin Yanniang tiptoed into the room and waved her hand to keep people quiet.

She just stood in the room, looking around with a scrutinizing eye.

Her eyes first fell on the small bowl on the table, which was used to hold egg custard, and Huger's wet nurse was about to take it away.

This small bowl is a small pastel flower bowl.

Not only is the bowl painted with lively and bright flowers, but there is also a circle of lively koi fish on the inside of the bowl.

The spoon in this small flower bowl also has matching patterns on its body.

Lin Yanniang frowned slightly.

When did Hu Geer start using these bowls and plates with beautiful patterns and bright colors?

It seemed that since Huger was two years old, he started to be unwilling to drink his wet nurse's milk.

Because the child has a small appetite, everything he eats is like taking medicine. Therefore, people around him try their best to make him eat more.

This set of flower bowls was suggested by the wet nurse.

It is said that the colors and patterns are beautiful, and it can make boys feel better and have a better appetite.

When the wet nurse passed by Lin Yanniang with the empty bowl in her hand, she bowed silently to Lin Yanniang and went out without saying a word.

Lin Yanniang looked at the wet nurse's back and recalled her identity.

This person was not her companion, nor was he a servant of the Duke's Mansion, but was hired from outside.

Before Lin Yanniang gave birth, she found a wet nurse in the companion's room.

But when Lin Yanniang was about to give birth, the maid suddenly caught a cold and her milk stopped flowing.

Not to mention being a wet nurse, even her own four-month-old child had no food. In the end, she took pity on the young child and asked someone to buy a dairy goat, which allowed the child to survive safely.

The wet nurse is not an ordinary servant and cannot be found just by looking for her.

At that time, the second wife of the second house also sent someone to ask if it was necessary to find a wet nurse to give birth to the child at home.

Lin Yanniang politely declined.

The main thing is that Concubine Xiu is a house-born daughter, and the whole family works in the Duke's Mansion, so the relationship is complicated.

Lin Yanniang was indeed afraid that Aunt Xiu would have some evil ideas, so naturally she did not believe in the Duke's mansion's born child and would rather look for one outside.

By the time three wet nurses were found and brought into the mansion for her to see, she already knew that she was pregnant with twins.

If we don't decide on two, we will definitely be in a mess when the time comes.

She picked two of the three and naturally sent people to check their backgrounds. She was relieved to find out that they were both from honest and decent families.

Even after giving birth to twins, a boy and a girl, she was still not completely relieved.

Usually, it is her companions who are responsible for taking care of the children, while the wet nurses only take care of feeding the children.

Moreover, the wet nurses' eating and drinking habits have all been tested by the accompanying maids, and they can only start breastfeeding after they have confirmed no problems.

But over time, the two wet nurses became very careful and meticulous in their work, so she gradually relaxed.

When the children were three years old, Shan Jie'er's wet nurse resigned and returned home, saying that she had a whole family to take care of.

Lin Yanniang naturally gave her some clothing materials and other things, as well as fifty taels of silver, and sent them home.

But Huger's wet nurse, Nanny Zhao, had a miserable life.

When the child was born, it was a girl. The mother-in-law was fierce and despised the fact that she was a girl. She didn't even let Nanny Zhao take a look at her and let her urinate in the urine bucket.

Therefore, Nanny Zhao sold herself and entered the Duke's Mansion, and she didn't miss home at all.

After Zhao Nanny's husband got a sum of money, he bought a second wife and lived a carefree life for two years.

However, fate is determined by heaven, and Zhao Nanny's husband still died in an accident.

Now that her man is gone, Nanny Zhao has even less to worry about.

You wouldn't be begging to leave the house and rush to serve that vicious and black-hearted mother-in-law, would you?

It was for this reason that He Shan kept Nanny Zhao to take care of Hu Ge'er.