The upgrade of Concubine Xian in Qing Dynasty

Chapter 33
At the foot of the West Mountain, pink peach blossoms were blooming in the orchard, and the carriages stopped in the garden. The owner and family members of the orchard knelt at the gate of the garden to welcome Yinzhen and his party.

Approaching the garden, Hongli patted Zarafin to wake her up first, Zarafin looked up at Hongli with a wrinkled face.

"Ah Hun." Zarafin was still dazed, "Have we arrived yet?"

"Well, take it easy," Hongli said softly, and brought a cup of warm honey water from the kang table, "Drink some water first, you're sleepy."

Zarafin held Hongli's hand and took a sip, only to find that it was honey water.

"I asked Gao Wuyong to bring it specially. The honey is peach blossom honey, your favorite." Hongli watched Zarafin use up half a cup, stopped drinking, and quickly drank the rest.

After putting the cup on the Kang table, the carriage stopped.

After the two got off the carriage, they saw Yinzhen and Sifujin, quietly caring about the life of the owner's family.

Zarafin twisted her body to go to the ground. After Hongli put it down, she looked at the two little girls beside the garden owner. They seemed to be in the same grade as her. Could it be that they came here to play with her specially?

"Master, the servant heard that Gege was coming, so he asked the servant's little girl to come and accompany him." The garden owner hoped to use this opportunity to let the two girls come into Hongli's sight.

Hongli looked at the two girls, both of them looked shy, as if they were innocent, and there was a trace of calculation in their eyes.

"No need, as long as Jiaojiao stays with me." Hongli found out the other party's plan, and of course he didn't want Zarafin to be used by others.

The owner of the garden was instantly embarrassed, Yinzhen looked at Hongli, the father and son exchanged a look in mid-air, and finally chose to agree.

"It's good to have Jiaojiao, but if there are more, it will be a bit bad." Yinzhen agreed with Hongli's idea.

He didn't want his children to be calculated by others, although they should be allowed to face more people.

The group of four went to the gazebo in the garden, sat on it, and could see the peach blossoms all around. Zarafin sat on the stone bench, looking around all the time with his small face.

"Uncle, can you go downstairs to play?" Zarafin still couldn't sit still, and wanted to go down to have a look.

"No, what should I do if I meet a bee while sitting here?" Yinzhen flatly refused.

Fujin looked into the distance, some people were squatting on the hillside, not knowing what they were doing.

"Jiaojiao, look over the hillside, there should be someone working." Fujin pointed to the distance.

The owner's wife looked at the direction Si Fujin was pointing at, and hurriedly told the truth that wild vegetables were being dug over there, hoping to add a touch of green to the family.

"Wild vegetables?" Zarafin's eyes sparkled, as if he was attracted.

"Jiaojiao hasn't seen wild vegetables yet, Lord, let's dig together." Fujin's words made Zarafin feel as if he had been splashed with cold water.

Zarafin quickly changed his attitude: "Auntie, let's go, I look very interesting."

Hongli didn't care, and was going to let Zarafin decide.

Yinzhen nodded, and the group of four walked towards the foot of the mountain.

At this time, the spring is bright and beautiful, and the common people who work in the garden often bring back some wild game. On both sides of the garden, Yinzhen ordered people to plant a lot of elm trees, and the elm money on the trees became the object of their snatching. , the location of the hillside, there are many wild vegetables infested.

"Ah Hun, look over there." Zarafin shook Hongli's hand, making him look into the distance. There were a few people over there holding sticks and hooking things on trees.

"I don't know what I'm hooking." Hongli knew very little about these things. Although Yinzhen often took him out, he rarely let him eat these things.

"It's for money, you two, be good, until today, I will let you taste the home-cooked food of the common people." When Yinzhen went to Zhili for disaster relief, he had eaten these things. I have to say that the poor people there Will eat anything.

"Ama, what do you think of the taste?" Hongli's Danfeng eyes flashed with curiosity.

"The taste is not bad, sir, can we still eat Sophora japonica rice this time?" Fujin accompanied Yinzhen once, and he still has some impressions of the local food.

Every year in late spring, Yinzhen would bring Fujin here to eat some wild vegetables in spring, and it was indeed the first time for the two children to come here.

Zarafin adhered to the principle of saying less and making less mistakes, and was held in Yinzhen's arms.

Although Hongli often held her in his arms, he would get tired if he walked around for too long. Seeing that Hongli was tired, Yinzhen directly took Zarafin from his arms. placed on the ground.

Si Fujin said several times on the road, don't spoil Zarafin like this, let her walk around on the ground, but Yinzhen refused, saying that she was still too young.

"Uncle, do we want to eat those?" Zarafin finally asked.

"Yes, there is also roast duck, which has already been chosen by Su Peisheng." Yinzhen looked at Zarafin and said.

He will try his best to bring the children out, and when he really reaches a certain position, there will be more things on his shoulders, so he will have much less time to spare.

"Jiaojiao, I'll go dig wild vegetables later, you have to dig some by yourself." Yinzhen hoped that Zarafin would have the ability to discern, at least, when he went out, he wouldn't be hungry.

"Okay." Zarafin nodded, very happy in his heart.

When the group arrived at the place where the wild vegetables were dug, Su Peisheng hurriedly brought them over and handed Hongli a small basket with two small shovels inside.

"Hello, can you tell me, which is a wild vegetable?" Zarafin had never dug wild vegetables in his life.
The little girl looked at Zarafin's well-dressed clothes and stuttered when she spoke. Seeing Zarafin's very good attitude, she instantly relaxed.

"Okay, this one is shepherd's purse and this one is Grandma Ding." The little girl said quickly.

Zarafin looked at the two wild vegetables given by the girl, and began to look for the same ones.

Hongli stood by her side without saying a word, and some boys in the distance dared not approach her.

"Ah, let's dig together." Zarafin waved a small shovel and began to illuminate the pile of weeds. Looking at the pile of sentiments in front of her, she had to say that she didn't even know them.

"Okay, let's just do our best." Hongli comforted.

Zarafin had no choice but to start working silently. After digging for a while, she felt a little pain in her right hand holding the shovel, so she quickly turned her palm up.

Seeing that the place where she held the shovel was covered with blisters, she felt sad, her hands were still too tender.

"Jiaojiao." Hongli looked at Zarafin's hand, and threw the shovel in her hand without saying a word.

The girls looked at Zarafin's actions and didn't say much, just continued to work beside them.

(End of this chapter)