Seeing Huo Xi's question, Xiduo pursed her lips and glanced quickly at Mu Yan next to her.
Huo Xi turned her head and saw Mu Yan standing beside her with a straight face. She smiled helplessly and pushed him. Mu Yan lowered his head and glanced at her, then took two steps away.
Seeing that he refused to leave, Huo Xi had no choice but to smile at Xiduo and said, "It doesn't matter. His Majesty, he just looks serious, but in fact he is soft at heart and is not scary at all."
Xiduo didn't know whether the prince was soft or gentle. But the sight of the prince scared her. It wasn't that the prince was scary, it was just that he looked so majestic that people couldn't bear to look at him.
Seeing Huo Xi's encouraging face, Xiduo said bravely, "Last year I heard that Madam tried to grow grain for two seasons in the village. She planted wheat immediately after the autumn harvest, so my grandmother secretly followed her. There were several neighbors.
I also planted it together..."
"Oh?" Huo Xi was a little surprised, "Your grandmother planted wheat? She planted it after the autumn harvest? Is it done?"
Xiduo grinned and nodded repeatedly, "It's done!" Speaking of this, she started talking more and became less nervous.
"These days, the wheat has begun to be harvested. Grandma was very happy and finally breathed a sigh of relief. She looked at it more carefully every day than she did with our siblings. She just didn't know what to do next? She was afraid of losing the harvest, and she was afraid of missing it.
The planting of rice later. So, so..."
So I want her to ask Madam what to do next.
But she hasn't seen Madam after the New Year. She waited at the gate and didn't see Madam. She didn't dare to knock on the door to ask for permission. Today she finally saw Madam. Xiduo was so happy.
"So your grandmother wants you to ask what to do next?"
Xiduo nodded repeatedly. Madam is really amazing. She knew what she wanted to say without even saying a word.
Huo Xi smiled and praised: "Your grandmother is really powerful. She dares to use her own military land to conduct experiments, and she is not afraid that the harvest will be lost and she will not be able to pay the taxes of the guards."
As soon as he finished speaking, even Mu Yan turned his head and looked over.
Xiduo became a little nervous again, her head lowered and she didn't dare to look at the two of them.
He said softly: "It's all thanks to my wife. Last year, my family saved a few taels of silver, which gave us the confidence. My grandmother said, my brother is just a young man, and I have a job, but my grandmother alone can't cultivate much land. If we try,
If it fails, the money at home can also be used to pay taxes, but if it succeeds, we can harvest two crops of food a year, getting twice the result with half the effort, which is great."
Besides, since the family's life has improved, my grandmother has great respect for Madam. I heard that Madam personally guided people in Zhuangzi to try planting, so she followed suit. She said that it would definitely succeed. She also asked several neighbors who were close friends to plant it together.
Sure enough, what the lady said was right, and it was done. Grandma said that since the oars were filled now, there would be no need to delay the planting of the next season's rice.
Huo Xi was very pleased to hear this.
Last year, I saw that the soldiers were all owed military wages and their families were struggling to make a living, so I was thinking of some ways. In addition to opening workshops to solve some labor problems, I also wanted them to use their own military fields to grow more food to solve their food and clothing problems.
question.
But I didn't dare to try it rashly, so I tried it in Deyuan.
After the rice was harvested last year, people rushed to plant wheat, but now they are still filling the fields with no harvest. She cannot guarantee how much yield per mu can be achieved, and whether planting rice after harvesting will reduce the yield.
If you try it rashly, if the situation becomes worse than before, it will affect the livelihood of all the soldiers in the guard station. If someone incites you, something else will happen.
The most fearful thing is that the military situation will be in an uproar. If there is chaos, it will not end well.
Unexpectedly, Xiduo's grandma was so courageous that she secretly followed her.
"I will send someone to see the fields planted by your grandmother and your neighbors tomorrow. It will be the paddling season. Wheat needs a lot of water. It needs to be watered frequently and top-dressed to have a good harvest..."
Xiduo wrote them down one by one. Hearing that the madam would send someone to check the fields tomorrow, she was very happy and her eyes were bright: "If grandma knows, she will be very happy! I will tell her not to go anywhere tomorrow.
Wait at home!"
"Okay." Huo Xi nodded.
Looking at Xiduo in front of me, I still remember how she looked when I saw her for the first time... Looking at her now, she is taller, her face has flesh, and she is dressed more energetically. I feel happy, "You
You are still young, so don’t be greedy for work or tire yourself out until you grow up.”
Unexpectedly, his wife would still care about him, and Xiduo's heart was filled with tears.
"Don't worry, madam. The work in the workshop is not tiring at all. It is much easier than working in the field at home. We eat well and are full here. Everyone is grateful to madam."
Everyone likes to work here, and she also likes it very much. Every day when she goes to bed, she looks forward to the arrival of the next day. Everyone is just like her, feeling grateful in their hearts, but they just don’t know how to express their gratitude.
He looked at Huo Xi with a pious and grateful face, but also a little uneasy and uneasy.
Huo Xi couldn't help but wonder, was he afraid that he would send these half-grown children back?
Although they are half-grown children, there are several child laborers, but the world is like this. Children from poor civilian families have to help the family to earn copper coins before they can walk. They can earn copper coins in the workshop, and they are not beaten or scolded, but let them
Relaxed and happy.
"Okay, then you guys do your best." He encouraged me a few words.
"Yes, madam, don't worry, we will do a good job!" Xiduo and others breathed a sigh of relief.
Huo Xi received a packet of Dingsheng cakes from Grandma Xiduo and was given a handful of reward money. Xiduo accepted the offer but declined, thanked her again and watched Huo Xi leave the workshop.
"Very happy?" Mu Yan turned to look at her.
Huo Xi smiled and nodded, "Happy." There is nothing happier than seeing others getting through life with her help.
Seeing her looking slightly proud again, Mu Yan raised his lips. As long as she was happy, he saw her happy and felt happy in his heart.
He glanced at her belly, with a smile on his face.
Because of Xiduo's words, Huo Xi remembered the wheat planted by Deyuan last year, and stayed with Mu Yan for a few days in the village. They watched the growth of the wheat and saw that the head of the village and the servants were taking good care of it, so they let it go.
After a few words of explanation, the couple returned home.
After returning to the mansion, Mu Yan received a secret letter from the emperor.
After reading it, I breathed a sigh of relief.
"The Emperor liked the piece of imperial green we gave him very much. He praised me a few times for what I did in Yunnan. He asked me to help the Duke of Guizhou to guard the border. He also said that I could do things cheaply."
Doing things cheaply? This is good. Mu Yan felt relieved. With these words from the emperor, his layout became smoother.
Huo Xi couldn't explain how she felt, "The emperor didn't say how long he wanted us to stay?"
Mu Yan shook his head. Seeing that Huo Xi's face was calm and completely different from his own, he put away the joy in his eyes. He walked over and hugged her, "Do you miss Qi'er again?"
The emperor asked him to stay in Yunnan to assist in military affairs. But in this case, Xi'er could only stay in Yunnan with him.
He knew that she missed her son and her relatives in the capital, and she wanted to go back. But he couldn't let her go back, and he couldn't live without her by his side.
"When I finish these two years, can I go back to Beijing?"