Lady of the Lord From the East

Knowing that there was a dance going on in the castle, and she also needed to attend, Dolores was very nervous. She was so nervous that she couldn't even concentrate in class. Of course Wei Wei noticed this. She felt that it was not good for the little girl to be so nervous. , I plan to find something for her to do to distract her.

It happened that the tailor invited by Felix came to make tailor-made dresses for them. After Wei Wei made the measurements, she bought another batch of fabrics and planned to teach Dolores to make dresses.

Of course, since the little girl is still young, it is not suitable to make big clothes as soon as she comes up, so Wei Wei took her to make baby clothes.

What little girl doesn't love doll dress up games?

It was obviously a good idea to distract Dolores, and by the time Wei Wei started making ragdolls, she couldn't remember the prom anymore.

The rag dolls made by Wei Wei are not chubby dolls, but are somewhat like Barbie dolls, which are small girls shrunk according to the real size. They have a slender body, long hands and feet, a round head, and their facial features are drawn with brushes. Anime Style big eyes, smiling mouth, cute and cute.

Anyway, when Dolores saw Wei Wei make the round head, she couldn't wait to sew the parts of her hands and feet. She wanted to see the final product earlier.

Of course, Wei Wei is willing to ask her to help. Dolores is very good at embroidery recently, and she can do the job of sewing the hands and feet of the doll.

Then she did the more difficult hair herself, using dyed wool thread to sew long hair on the doll so that Dolores could comb her hair and braid her hair later.

There is one thing Felix does not feel wrong. Compared with him, Wei Wei really likes Dolores more. Who makes her a face control, and she likes women more than men's faces, especially the little loli's. !

Wei Wei, who will inevitably become a strange aunt in the future, made Dolores a rag doll with blonde hair and blue eyes, very similar to her.

The finished rag doll is about 60 centimeters high, and the inside is stuffed with cotton, so the hands and feet are very strong, and it can even stand against the wall. Considering that this is a dress-up doll for the little girl, Wei Wei deliberately sewed a small vest and shorts for her that could not be taken off, so that it would not disappear.

Dolores was completely reluctant to let go of the rag doll, and announced to Wei Wei in a much happier and higher voice than usual: "I want to call her Amy, she is my cutest Amy! "

Amy, which means the most beloved.

A completely different name from Dolores.

Wei Wei was stunned, and then touched her head with a gentle smile: "Okay, she's your Amy, so how about we make her clothes?"

"Ok!"

Dolores' embroidery is good, but she doesn't know how to type and cut. In fact, as a young lady of the Earl's family, no one thinks she needs to learn this. As long as she can embroider some beautiful patterns to make handkerchiefs, ribbons, etc. enough.

At this time, Wei Wei was able to teach her how to type and cut.

Wei Wei drew a few common styles of baby clothes with a pen and paper, and then let Dolores choose which one she wanted.

And then Dolores, who had never seen those beautiful dresses with big skirts, looked at this and then at that, she was reluctant to want any of them, and finally pulled Wei Wei's sleeve with a look of anticipation and acted like a spoiled child: "Can I have it all? ? Please, Amy can't just wear one dress, I can do it slowly and make them all!"

Wei Wei, who couldn't resist the little girl's coquettish behavior, agreed dizzily.

After drawing the shapes on the fabric, she told Dolores to cut them out with scissors, and she was ready to sew.

Dolores was also accustomed to Wei Wei's teaching method. After cutting it, she tried to sew it into the parchment by herself. When she didn't know what to do, she would ask Wei Wei for advice.

Wei Wei drew five or six sets of baby clothes in one breath, enough for Dolores, who was a beginner, to be busy in the past half month.

The castle was busy preparing for this dance. Because there were not enough manpower, even their maids were called to help. Wei Wei thought that there was nothing for her in this place, but the housekeeper seemed to recognize her. She came to her for anything that needed a choice, which made her inexplicably busy.

(Butler Patton: Since you are the future hostess, you should be responsible for preparing the dance.)

There was a big cleaning in the castle, because Butler Barton always asked her about various things, Wei Wei finally had the opportunity to ask someone to clean up the cesspool under the castle!

Yes, there is a huge cesspool at the bottom of Sardinson Castle, which was dug when the castle was built, so the people in the castle didn’t excrete dirt directly into the moat at the beginning.

But for a castle with a large population and a century of history, the dirt in the underground pits has basically not been cleaned up, plus the blockage problem caused by disrepair and disrepair, it is conceivable what it will become in the end.

The stench that Wei Wei smelled when she first entered the castle came from there. Fortunately, she thought it was the pot of the moat at first, but it was not, because the sewer leading to the moat had been blocked for many years.

However, the filth in the cesspit that has existed for a hundred years and can no longer be used for many years, I think it can be used directly as fertilizer, right?

It's just that this is a heavy job and it has certain risks, so it requires not only manpower, but also a large number of manpower.

Felix has no objection to Wei Wei's suggestion to clean up the dirt underground. He is very happy that Wei Wei is finally willing to intervene in the affairs of the castle, not only agreeing to arrange serfs to serve, but also to give them enough time to clean up the castle , The dance originally scheduled for half a month has been postponed to a lot, and it is scheduled for mid-June.

At this point in time, the winter wheat planted last year has almost entered the harvest period. No matter whether it has been cleaned up or not, the serfs will go back to their own land to work, so they don’t have to worry about the guests coming in and out with the dirt. When the serfs of the castle met, there was a disrespectful situation.

Wei Wei has no objection, of course, but she repeatedly told the steward in charge of this matter that there must be no fire inside when cleaning up, otherwise there may be an explosion.

Felix, who was in the audience, nodded his head and said, "Listen to her, there has been a similar explosion in the capital, and some people have even lost their lives."

This is not an alarmist, but a real person went to the toilet because the toilet was not properly ventilated, and he brought a torch in, which eventually led to the tragedy.

Fortunately, this kind of thing is probably not unique now. When the people who built the castle built the toilet, they made a lighting design for the public toilet used by the servants at the bottom, so if you want to clean the cesspool at the bottom, just Open the holes in the long wooden boxes, and you can still see the bottom clearly.

They can also start cleaning here, because if the clogged sewers are cleaned first, the filth that drains out will probably block the moat outside as well.

As for where to transport the cleaned up dirt, Wei Wei asked them to send it directly to the field to add some nutrients to the fallow land. Anyway, there are no crops planted on it now, and they will be empty before next year, so they are not afraid of watering. What's wrong.

In the middle, she also met the merchants Pierre had found, and bought various building materials at the right price. It happened that one of the merchants was buying and selling plaster, and she also ordered a batch. In addition to the construction needs, it can also be used as medicine. And try to make some plaster of paris for tofu.

And Steward George's side has already found people, and when the businessmen send the materials, they can start work.

Wei Wei touched her purse, although she felt distressed after spending a lot of money, but thinking about what the house will look like in the future, she doesn't feel the pain anymore.

As the day of the prom was getting closer, Wei Wei's corn finally grew out of the cob after being pollinated and began to enter the milk maturity stage. At this time, the corn was wrapped in a green coat, and the situation inside could not be seen. But it's almost grown in size.

Wei Wei guessed that it was time to choose a corn and peeled off its leaves to reveal the corn inside. When the bright yellow corn kernels were pinched with her fingernails, milky white pulp flowed out, and it would be fully mature in a month.

After confirming that the corn had entered the milk-ripening stage, Wei Wei plucked all the leaves on the corn stalk below the ear of the corn cob, leaving only the one closest to the corn cobs, so that the entire corn field was bare and airy from the bottom.

Doing so not only increases light and ventilation in the cornfields, but also increases corn yields by at least 15 percent.

As for the corn cobs she chose, she naturally picked them off and took them to the kitchen to make them into gourmet food.

There was an extra pork rib corn soup on the table that night.

The corn at the tender stage is so tender that it can be squeezed out of water. The only corn cobs were cut into four pieces. Together with the ribs and carrot pieces, they were placed in a clay pot and simmered until the ribs were soft and rotten, and there was a hint of corn in the fragrance. Sweet is a soup that Wei Wei has always liked very much. She especially likes the sweet and soft corn in the soup that even the cob in the middle can eat. Unfortunately, the rest of the corn will be kept for seeding. This corn is likely to be her only chance to taste this year.

This is also the first time she has eaten food produced by the system. Corn is sticky and fragrant glutinous corn. It is not as high in sugar as sweet corn, but in an era when most people can't afford sugar, its sweetness is enough. Surprisingly.

What's more, the system is probably specially optimized. Its taste is very good, better than any kind of corn Wei Wei has eaten before, and she was amazed at the first bite.

It's really fragrant! !

Even Wei Wei was amazed by the smell of the corn, and the other three people had never eaten corn before.

"What is this?" Felix's eyes lit up when he ate corn. Although it was the first time he had eaten corn, he instinctively realized that it was a food that could fill his stomach.

And the young Dolores was naturally overwhelmed by this sweet food, and even Father Matthew was curious. This was food they had never seen before, but it really tasted very good.

Wei Wei: "Corn, I plant it in the garden, the stalk is very high."

They may not know what kind they are just by the name. After all, Wei Wei has grown too many things. There are many plants in the garden that they have never seen before, and everyone doesn't care much about why she planted them, but as an independent seed crop. One, the appearance of the corn still left a lot of impression on them.

Unlike the little girl who fell in love with corn just because of its taste, the two men at the table realized a very surprising message when they thought of the corn field.

They hadn't seen the real look of the tightly wrapped corn - oh now - but they knew the overall size of the corn in the field, and compared the size of the corn nuggets in the soup bowls of four, and the obvious edges on the corners. The cutting marks, Felix was the first to think that they should be from the same corncob.

This realization made Felix shake his hands and almost threw out the corn in his hand.

But he held firm, and there was no such stupid waste of precious food.

"Dear Weiwei, are the corn we eat now from the same corn? I mean they grew together, right?"

"Well, yes, these four are the same corn on the cob." Wei Wei put down the corn on the cob that she had eaten, and said with a little regret, "It tastes good, but unfortunately the rest have to be kept for seeds. , If you want to eat again, you may have to wait for the harvest next year."

Speaking of this, Wei Wei suddenly thought that in the northern part of China in later generations, it seemed that a crop of corn would be planted after the winter wheat harvest to increase the yield.

But she doesn't have this condition now. When her corn is harvested and dried into seeds that can germinate, she won't get it in August, and in September, Sardinson will again cultivate winter wheat. Only one month is not long enough for corn. of.

Restraining his excitement, Felix looked at the half-eaten corn in his hand and asked, "Are the corn kernels above the seeds? How's the germination rate? How's the yield?"

When Wei Wei heard this, she knew why he was excited.

At this time, the yield per mu (non-acre) of European wheat is 200 catties, even if it is a bumper harvest, while the constant of other crops will be higher, but it will not exceed too much.

However, the seeds at this time did not have the high germination rate of later generations. The germination rate of qualified seeds in later generations was above 85%, but at this time, it was impossible to reach this standard.

In the historical records of her world that Wei Wei has read, during the Frankish period in AD 700, it is clearly recorded that they planted 1 bushel of seeds and could only reap 2 bushels of yield.

Of course, in the current Sardinson County, this ratio has risen to 1:10. Although it is still incomparable with later generations, it is already a very high increase.

But is the crop of five hundred years ago really that low in yield?

No, it's just that the germination rate of seeds at that time was even more terrible, and the crops were indeed not as good as they are now, so there was an unbelievable ratio of 1:2.

In comparison, the current 1:10 is really good.

But at this time, there will basically be about 15 grains of wheat on the ears of wheat, but the ratio is only 1:10. The reason for the low rate of germination is naturally the germination rate of the seeds.

In later generations, using 10 to 20 catties of seeds to plant 500 catties of wheat can only be regarded as an ordinary harvest, but at this time, it is necessary to plant about 25 catties of seeds to harvest 200 catties of wheat, and in many cases they even even Two hundred pounds is not guaranteed.

The same is true for other crops.

Under such a large environment, it is strange that Felix is ​​not excited when a corn that can grow hundreds of grains from a single seed suddenly appears.

After thinking about this, Wei Wei explained seriously: "It is true that all seeds can be saved, and the germination rate is basically above 85%. If it grows smoothly, an acre of land can produce at least 6,000 kilograms, and if you take good care of it, you can also To seven or eight thousand…”

"Boom"

The sudden falling sound startled Wei Wei. She turned her head and found that Father Matthew accidentally dropped the tableware in his hand onto the table and hit the plate on the table.

But the priest didn't bother to apologize for his rudeness at this time. He was shaking like he had Parkinson's, and he was talking shiveringly. He could vaguely hear "Six thousand... seven or eight" Thousands..." such numbers.

Obviously, the output that Wei Wei said frightened the always calm old man.

Not to mention him, even Felix and the surrounding servants were shocked. If it wasn't for the quality of the servants that kept them quiet, Father Matthew and Felix wouldn't be the only ones who lost their temper at this time—oh, When the latter heard the numbers, if Father Matthew jumped up with excitement—but at the moment Wei Wei said the numbers, it was true that all those who knew about land production fell in unison. gasped.

My God, at least 6,000 catties, and even more than 7,000 or 8,000 catties. Are those crops grown in God's fields? Why is there such a terrifying harvest?

In contrast, the harvests of more than 1,200 kilograms per acre they knew in the past were simply incomparable.

Wei Wei looked at their reactions amusingly, and felt that if this acre appeared in the comics, everyone's eyes would probably fall out.

I don’t know if she told them at this time that the yield of corn is not the highest, the average yield of potatoes can reach 18,000 kilograms per acre, and the lowest sweet potato can be 36,000 kilograms. I wonder if they will be scared on the spot. died.

Well, in order to avoid accidents, she should not talk about it. Let them discover this little surprise when the potatoes and sweet potatoes are mature. Anyway, the potatoes she planted are early-maturing varieties, and the growth cycle is basically about three months, while the sweet potatoes are four The five-month growth period, so although potatoes are planted later than sweet potatoes, they will ripen earlier than sweet potatoes, and are expected to be harvested in mid-to-late July.

It’s almost a month away from now. When the time comes, we will collect corn first, then potatoes and sweet potatoes, and surprises will come one after another, to ensure that they will be very happy.

Wei Wei thought wickedly about how everyone would react in a month, and happily cared for Father Matthew, who was still shaking: "Father, are you alright?"

"I, I'm fine, Miss Weiwei."

Under her concern, Father Matthew finally recovered, but his eyes looking at Wei Wei became very eager.

He looks like he's going to preach like me! Wei Wei became vigilant. She was not unfamiliar with this kind of look. In college, those senior brothers and sisters who were in charge of recruiting clubs used this look to look at the freshmen who just entered the school.

Fortunately, Father Matthew still has some sense, knowing that it is not suitable to say anything at this time, he took a few deep breaths, and finally lowered his head and continued to eat, but at this time, I am afraid that no one can concentrate on enjoying the delicious food.

In the next time, everyone was absent-minded. Felix obviously had a lot of questions to ask Wei Wei, but he didn't speak at this time. Father Matthew's reaction made him think of a lot of questions, especially about the church. of.

Felix doesn't like the church very much. This probably has something to do with the environment in which he grew up. His knight master, as well as the loyal king and queen all have a certain resistance to the church, which also leads to his subconscious feeling towards the church. If there is no hostility.

Although Father Matthew is a priest in Sardinson County, he has only been here for five years, and Felix has little contact with him. Although he can choose to trust him because of his father's relationship, this trust does not Not unreserved.

He now regrets asking Wei Wei's corn yield just now. If he hadn't said it, Father Matthew wouldn't have heard of those amazing yields, and others would naturally keep this secret if he had orders from him.

Not only is it a matter of interest, but also because he is worried that Father Matthew will report this to the church after he knows about it, so that the church and others will notice Wei Wei, which will cause unnecessary trouble.

Although it is impossible to hide this kind of thing for too long, Felix hopes that after he establishes a relationship with Wei Wei, he can justifiably bring Wei Wei under his wing for protection.

He admits that the things Wei Wei brought have doubled her worth. If it is made public, there will be many people willing to marry her, but he can guarantee that what he values ​​is not only these things—that he would not want to marry her more because of this. It's a lie - he can generously admit that although now he can say that he doesn't have those external conditions, just her own excellence can make him fall in love with her, but what he fell in love with at first was indeed Wei Wei's face and temperament.

Would Felix fall in love with her if she wasn't like this in the first place?

He thought about it for himself, maybe, because now he is more in love with her unique shining points than her looks, which are completely different from other noble girls.

Maybe not, because if he hadn't caught his eye and heart, with Felix's busyness at the time, he wouldn't have spent much time with Wei Wei, and Wei Wei wouldn't have given him this chance, I'm afraid Before he was done with everything, she had moved out of the castle, and the two would not have too much contact from now on.

Therefore, there may be both possibilities, and he is glad that Wei Wei looks completely in line with his aesthetic standards.

In this way, he can fall in love with her at first sight at first sight, then take the initiative to approach, and then in the time of contact, finally catch the thread of love.

The more I think about it, the more I feel that they are indeed a couple favored by the **** of love.

Felix firmly believes that Wei Wei must be the rib that God took from his chest, but she was accidentally left in the far east, that mysterious country, but fate made her go through all kinds of difficulties and finally safe. back to him.

Felix smiled gently at Wei Wei, who bowed his head to eat, but turned to look at Father Matthew, but his eyes became a little indifferent.

Therefore, he will definitely protect her.

The author has something to say: Felix Love Brain Williams: Vivi must be my rib, my destined partner!

Wei·Rejected Love·Wei: ...you'll be happy.