Cyan Lotus of Space Clearance

Chapter 8 Winter Vegetables
The old monk returned to his senses leisurely, and his pale face returned to luster, which was even several times better than before.

"Master, how are you?"

"For cause and effect in the world, it is true that there is something to be gained!" The old monk smiled slightly, "Today, I was kind-hearted for a while, but I taught the poor monk a glimpse of the way of heaven..." Unfortunately, it was not completed.However, this is also God's will...

"Master, how is this girl?" the young master asked, with doubts still unsolved between his slightly frowning brows.

"This woman has an extraordinary background." After the old monk said this, he paused for a while and finally said: "The poor monk's hundreds of years of pure Buddhist thoughts can only cover up her youth for a while."

After finishing speaking, regardless of everyone's thoughts, he turned around and confessed to the young monk: "Xingyin, as a teacher, you must close the test of life and death, and you don't have to come back in the future."

"Master!" Monk Xingyin watched the figure of the old monk disappear in place, with a look of sadness and joy on his face, never seeing his master again, Yan Decheng's teachings are naturally sad, but the master pursues the way of heaven all his life and can gain something. I feel happy again, and the feeling is hard to describe.

The young man patted him on the shoulder.

"master?"

"The master is an eminent Buddhist monk, so how can I blame him?" The young man said lightly, then turned to ask the middle-aged scholar: "Wang Lu, look?"

But the middle-aged scribes were delighted: "This woman has a noble face, she is a rare appearance with blessings, longevity, wealth and five blessings!" But he was quite puzzled in his heart, wondering how these four princes were interested in this woman , He even hesitated to invite eminent Buddhist monks to see him.

However, he is a very careful and cautious person, he knows what to say and what not to ask, so he doesn't pursue today's strange matter, he just thinks he has gained insight.

"She should be the reincarnation of a fairy from the upper world." Monk Xingyin couldn't help but said, although the master said that he had no relationship with Buddhism and Taoism, but was destined to live in a wealthy family, but he still learned a lot. "Can it bear the most refined and pure Buddha's thoughts condensed by my master for hundreds of years? Without the slightest damage, it means that her soul and even her body are extremely clear. I know that some people with great background often hide their original body after reincarnation. Spirituality, but if there is a great opportunity or a life-and-death moment that can stimulate the spirituality hidden in the depths of the soul, it can be reborn..."

Presumably her changes were brought about by that catastrophe.The fourth elder brother finally found a reason for his doubts. That's fine, if the world remains the same, what's the point of his coming? !

In any case, he was very satisfied with this trip. "Go back."

Xingyin and Wu Sidao, a middle-aged scribe, looked at each other and quietly followed him down the mountain.

What should I do, the fourth brother must have a good idea...

Su Yierha strictly ordered Chunyu Qiushi to disclose to anyone the matter of meeting the old monk and the fourth elder brother in the tower forest of Yunju Temple.She always felt that the encounter was not accidental. If it was intentional, who would go to that trouble?

Every time she guessed this, the figure of the young man would unconsciously appear in her mind, his deep dark eyes seemed to be able to see through her, making it difficult for her to breathe... palpitations and uneasiness.

Forget it, it's useless to think about it, she is not a person who is good at fighting with her heart, just live her own life, whether it is good or bad depends on God's decision, and the disaster will be solved when it comes.

After making up her mind, she devoted herself wholeheartedly to her daily study and life.

During the day, there are many things to learn and many things to do. Fortunately, she has sharp eyes and ears, and is in good health. Learning and remembering things is very easy.In addition, there is space, and there is a lot of time invisibly. In this way, it seems that the study is not so urgent. In her spare time, she takes care of the various crops in the East Garden and the space. She lives a fulfilling and comfortable life.

In the blink of an eye, a month slipped by like this.

Her study list is also constantly being adjusted, with some deletions and additions.

I don't know if Zhang Jiashi specially gave her extra lessons when she saw that she was studying fast, or did she need to learn so much in the first place? , Always bring people by your side when you are studying, for example, you bring Chunyu and the little girl Fangcha when you are studying housekeeping; when you are learning cooking or spice medicine, you ask Qiushi and the little girl Danmo to follow you.

It’s nothing more than spring rain and autumn fruits. I knew that Su Yierha had the heart to train him, and he usually learned to read characters from Su Yierha. Su Yierha looked at him with admiration, and with his unyielding energy, he also learned well.After asking Chun Yu, I found out that they were afraid of being sold again, and in private, they always practiced and memorized what they had learned on weekdays...

Su Yierha felt more and more that it was not easy for ancient women.

Let’s talk about the housekeeper first, you need a lot of knowledge, for example, you need to know how to choose servants, how to use the relationship between them to better arrange their positions, and make things more effective. There will be contradictions; for example, you need to know how to identify antiques, which requires a certain amount of historical knowledge and appreciation ability-don't underestimate this, it is often used for home decoration or gift-giving, and if you are not careful, you will be laughed at; Another example is how to decorate and furnish your home with style and not exceed the rules; another example, you need to know how to preside over the arrangement during New Year’s festival sacrifices, which requires you to learn various rules, etiquette and even local customs...

It is even more tossing than the modern college entrance examination.

Of course, she still likes some learning content.

For example, learning to make clothes.Especially when you can embroider and have seen all kinds of timeless or classic or gorgeous samples in modern shopping malls or TV movies, you can't help itching.

Another example is the study of spices and herbal medicines. Apart from the various uses that were cited for the battle in the backyard, Zhang Jia also found a lot of related medical books and books, as well as seeds and samples of herbs and spices. Show her, not only know a lot of herbs, but also secretly harvest a lot to plant in the space.

Among them are the flowers and seeds of safflower and saffron that Zhang Jiashi specially found in order to let her familiarize herself with the smell of safflower, which pregnant women are forbidden to take.

Saffron, "Food is about" said "The main heart is depressed, and the breath is lingering, and long-term food is gratifying." , take it for a long time to nourish the essence, make you look good, and cure typhoid fever for a long time." Modern women all know that this is a good thing to nourish the appearance.

It was so easy to get.

Not to mention other precious medicinal materials, Zhang Jiashi who can be used to identify them for her has been used to explain to her. Although the ancient counterfeiting is not as clever as the modern one, there are still some.

At first she wondered why she had to learn these things, but later she realized that human relations, filial piety to the elders, pity for subordinates, etc. are useful for medicinal materials, if the gifts given in this regard are medicinal materials that have lost their efficacy or the subordinates deceive the superiors and subordinates to use them The fraudulent use of counterfeit medicinal materials is not only embarrassing, but also enmity...

Hearing this, Su Yierha was stunned, not only did he study hard, but even the people around him were strictly ordered to steal his teacher seriously - some people who were invited to teach were unwilling to teach even servant girls, firstly they felt that they were demeaning, and secondly If you come to teach more people, you will be afraid that the more people will compete for food. Of course, the girls who teach those big families are for reasons that everyone knows, so they don't have that worry.

The maids who followed her were very grateful, and they became more attentive and thoughtful when serving Su Yierha. They felt that there was no such a generous and generous master in the world. He not only taught them literacy in his spare time, but also cultivated their expertise. Going out to match people or serving girls all the time is a useful skill.

Feeling the heart of the maid beside her, Su Yi Erha secretly laughed in her heart even though she didn’t say anything. There are many kinds of leadership arts in the 21st century. She just finds the simplest way to do it, cultivate talents, and then leave the affairs to the people below. Do, hehe, she just needs to manage her space and be a comfortable rice bug...

"Girl, Mother Li is here." The little girl Fang Cha was the most energetic, and immediately reminded Su Yierha when she saw someone coming.

In the past few days, Nanny Li rarely came to Dongyuan. Firstly, the new year was approaching the end of the year and she had a lot of affairs. She was busy cooperating with Zhang Jiashi while managing the inner courtyard of Zhuangzi and at the same time had to send some things to the capital mansion. Secondly, because of the winter, she was able to find Fewer and fewer species arrived, and they never came again.

On the contrary, Su Yierha saw that Zhang Jia was not feeling well and had been lying on the bed for two days, so he used the excuse of learning cooking skills to cook a lot of soup every day with the water in the space to serve around, not only Zhang Jia Their bodies and spirits improved a lot, and even Li Momo and Zhao Momo, who drank soup a few times, felt a lot lighter in body and bone.

Su Yierha looked up, who was the one standing by the courtyard gate, not Mother Li?Then he put down the wooden ladle in his hand, took the towel from Dan Mo and wiped his hands dry, and said with a smile: "Why are you here free today, is there anything good?"

"You guessed it, girl!" With a smile on her face, Nanny Li asked the woman next to her to drink water?Bring it up, "My family took advantage of the time to deliver the New Year's goods to Jingzhong Mansion, found a few rare-looking fish in the aquatic product market, and bought them for the girl!"

"Great, let me take a look—hey, this is, this is the Yellow River carp!"

water?The fish in it are not big, there are seven or eight tails, big and small, and four or five of them look like carps, but they have red scales and red tails. Su Yierha immediately thought of the legendary Yellow River carp, which was found in modern wild It is almost extinct, and some of them are artificially bred; the other three are somewhat similar to carp, with slightly smaller and flatter heads than the Yellow River carp, more developed lips, a pair of thick and long beards, and a layer of copper plating on the whole body that looks yellow. It's copper in color, so I don't know what kind of fish it is.

"The girl is really smart. The seller did say that this is a wild carp caught in the Yellow River!"

"Okay, I like it so much, thank you, ma'am, you must have asked Uncle Lin Wang to find it for me." Su Yier said in an intimate way, and she has realized Li ma'am's love for her these days when she came to the village. Her meticulous care is no less than that of Zhang Jia's. She truly treats her as a daughter and loves her with respect and protection for her master and girl.

Many of the things she did were inappropriate, and the crops she used for planting were not suitable for farming. Zhang Jiashi just indulged her. She also knew that there must be many servants in the village who would not take her seriously, secretly saying that she was a waste of things. Also, Nanny Li suppressed everyone so much that no one dared to say a word, and even tried her best to support her... This moved her the most.

"Just as long as the girl likes it." There was a gratified smile in Li Nanny's eyes. These days, the girl's temperament has become much brighter. She is also happy to see it. Like Zhang Jiashi, she hopes to let the girl live in this limited time. Feeling at ease and happy, she supports and satisfies the girl whatever she wants to do. After all, after the draft, life will be different. When she arrives at her in-law's house, she will never be comfortable as a girl again. It will not be easy for her to see the girl again.

When Nanny Li came, she saw Su Yierha watering the vegetables and fruits in the shed, and now she saw her stretching out her hand to tease her with great affection?The fish in the garden came over to have a look, but they were surprised when they saw it, but they did not expect that Su Yierha could actually grow vegetables and fruits that can only grow in spring and summer in late autumn, and they all looked plump and green. ——

Su Yierha naturally knew what Nanny Li was looking at, and she had intended to attract Nanny Li or Zhang Jiashi to see it.

It is better to be alone than to be happy alone. To improve life starts from the side. She is willing to use her ability to improve the quality of life of the people around her, ha ha.

This?The fish in the water were sent from a long way away, and they have long lost their freshness. In order to prevent them from dying, she had better give them some space to go underwater...

"I'll put these fish in the pond first...Fang Cha—Dan Mo, go and make a cup of tea for Mammy!"

"My girl, Fang Cha has already gone." Light Mo said playfully.

"Then you continue to water me first, it doesn't need to be too much... Mommy will watch first, I will be back in a while."

Nanny Li is studying the vegetable fields in the garden, so naturally she has no objection.

Call the rough envoy to carry the wood? , the two came to Xiyuan together, and Su Yierha insisted on putting the fish into the pond in front of Xiyuan with her own hands—in fact, it was convenient for her to secretly put the fish into the space.

She planted lotus roots in the freshwater pond in the space where the taste of aquatic products is somewhat different. Now the lotus flowers have bloomed half of the pond, and there are all kinds of common fish in it, such as carp, crucian carp, catfish, grass carp, yellow rice, etc. It has bred a lot, and the rare ones such as koi have also bred a lot. She took the opportunity to secretly release space for those that grew to a foot long and pour them into the pond in Xiyuan, leaving only a few small ones to continue raising.

Since Yunju Temple came back last time, the space has undergone further changes as she expected, and it is continuous. She has no choice but to pay attention to it from time to time, and occasionally give some crops that are hindered by the change of geographical shape in the space. Moved the location, picked, kept the seeds, branched and multiplied the maturing crops, and added new varieties from time to time, so there was no time to manage the changes in space.

The only thing is the original flower pond.

Not to mention the lotus pond in the middle, the salty ones of the other five ponds are already somewhat bitter; a small half of the cold ones are frozen, and the water that is not frozen can still hurt people's bones; the one similar to hot springs is not bad , only boiling and bubbling at noon, and the temperature at other times did not hinder her hobby of soaking in hot springs; the two that were thought to be freshwater pools, one has not changed much, and is still used for drinking, but she uses it to grow water. The water quality in the pond where Lian raised fish has become even worse, and now she can discern a faint smell of wine... She has a headache and thinks about where to change a pond to remove these things—but The space is still growing, and I don't know when it will be finished.

The only thing that can comfort her is the various fruit trees that are full of fruit, which really fulfills her dream of eating whatever she wants regardless of the season...

Back in Dongyuan, Madam Li couldn't hide her joy. After asking, she found out that someone had brought some mountain goods. There were two roe deer, three pheasants and a few hares, and she had already sent someone to deal with.

Because there are many mountains and rivers branched from the Taihang Mountains, the animal and plant resources are very rich.The tenants who originally only wanted to increase food and clothing heard that even the fish fry they caught could be exchanged for money, so they joined in one after another.Although it is late autumn and everything is bleak, I still can’t help but go deep into the mountains to collect some ginseng, ganoderma lucidum, Hericium erinaceus, mountain tower fungus and some wild walnuts, Chinese torreya, fir, etc. Although most of the years are not big, Suyier Ha still asked Nanny Li to give more money. She has space in hand, and even small crops can grow quickly, especially fungi. She only needs to sprinkle the spores under the fruit trees, and they will grow again in less than two days. grow out...

It's just been quiet for a few days, and I thought I was going to stop this matter, but today it suddenly popped up.

"Those tenants heard that Zhuangzi gave money, and at first they just asked their children to give them a few things for fun. How could they expect that the wife ordered them to pay generously, but within a few days, they all worked hard to drill into the rivers and mountains. I entrusted the girl The idea is that Zhuangzi has already collected a batch of high-quality mountain products, dried them in the sun, and it will be a good gift for others at the end of the year."

Su Yier laughed. She was also happy that this matter not only satisfied her own interests, but also added some extra income to the tenant farmers in the village. These days, she more or less understood that the ancient farmers really relied on It is good to eat every day, to be able to eat enough all year round and to be able to wear new clothes for the children, but when the times are not good, it is common to sell children and daughters when they are hungry.

Nanny Li said again: "Girl is also capable, it's almost winter, these vegetables and fruits can still grow so lush, it's amazing..."

"It's not my skill," Su Yierha stuck out his tongue inwardly, but continued with the earlier watering work with a faint smile on his face, "This is due to the credit of this shed. Cold vegetables and fruits can’t grow in winter. If there is something to keep them warm, they will definitely grow... Mommy, if all the vegetable fields in our Zhuangzi are covered with sheds, there will be no need to worry about vegetables in winter If you eat it, if you sell it, those dignitaries will rush to get it."

Zhang Jia’s family is very concerned about Zhuangzi, and the tax set for the tenant farmers is not high. In order to protect the drought and waterlogging, he also built canals and dug wells in Zhuangzi and the fields. Secretly put some space water into these water sources to improve the quality of the crops in the village, and to cover up the things grown in his own yard, so as not to go too far.

Not to mention, the citrus grown in Guangzhuangzi is much sweeter than in previous years.Zhang Jia was very happy, and asked someone to pick a batch of mountain products that were added, and Lin Wang led people to transport them back to Beijing and sent them to Niuhulu Mansion and her cousin's house who had a close relationship with her.

"Girl can come up with this... It's a shed to keep vegetables warm. No matter how many people have planted a field for a lifetime, they can't come up with it!" These words reached Li Mama's heart, just now she was waiting for Su Yierha to come back. I wonder if I can promote this greenhouse vegetable to the whole village.

Seeing that the girl planted these are not enough for the village for a few days, not to mention where the masters in Beijing can get their servants to taste more, but if Zhuangzi has planted them...it must be the next winter. There is no need to eat dried vegetables or radish pickles all the time.Moreover, there are few vegetables in winter, so this is a golden source of money!

"This is not the first one I came up with..." Su Yierha shook his head slightly. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi, farmers had already dug caves to grow vegetables in winter, but the ancients believed that the weather was against the weather, so these methods did not work. Just promote it. "Mother, what do you think of this idea?"

"Young lady's idea is not bad, I will go back to my wife, this slave." Nanny Li went to find Mrs. Zhang Jia full of energy.

This is half done!

Su Yierha pursed her lips, with a smile hidden in her eyes, and she was still pouring water with her hands unhurriedly.

(End of this chapter)