Mu Qiyue left, leaving Mu Qingqi alone in the study digesting the fact that Chang Tianlei was still alive. Now he wanted to go to the palace immediately to tell the emperor, but he remembered Mu Qiyue's words and he was afraid that there would be a false accusation around the emperor.
General Chang's eyes and ears as the mastermind behind the scenes, if anyone found out, he was afraid of bringing danger to Chang Tianlei. After a loyal minister, something went wrong at the most critical moment, which would also cause the emperor to lose face.
So after thinking about it, Mu Qingqi decided to keep this secret.
Lin Zhu, who was far away in Linjia Village, didn't care about the affairs of the capital at all. At this time, she and Du Heng were surveying the terrain here in Zhuyuan.
The matters in Fuzhuang and Anyuan have been settled, and all the servants there have arrived in Zhuyuan. Although some people are crowded into multiple houses, the houses are built very quickly. Within a few days, more than a dozen houses were built.
, as their temporary residence.
Manager Song, the manager of Zhuyuan, hurriedly came to find Lin Zhu, who was observing the surroundings with Du Heng.
"I've met the girl." Guan Song paid homage to Lin Zhu in advance.
"Why is Manager Song so anxious?" Lin Zhu was still very polite to the people who worked for him.
"Girl, the Wu family next to our village has more than 200 acres of land here. I heard that it is going to be sold. The manager of their village knows that you are here today, so he specially asked the little man to ask the girl if she is interested?"
Manager Song was a little unsure. Lin Zhu had already sold Fuzhuang and Anyuan, so why would he buy another land? However, since the two of them had a good relationship on weekdays, Manager Song had no choice but to bite the bullet and come over to ask.
In fact, his behavior was somewhat inappropriate. If he were a strict master, he would at least be scolded a few times. Although Lin Zhu didn't want to scold him, he was a little unhappy and refused.
Du Heng pulled her sleeve and slightly motioned her to come to the side.
"Grandpa Du, what's the matter?" Lin Zhu followed his instructions and walked to a place about ten meters away from Manager Song.
"Actually, I am overstepping my bounds by bringing this up, but since you invited me here to make your garden better, I still want to remind you." Du Heng paused and pointed outside the bamboo garden.
The road said, "The road out from here is a bit narrow because of the surrounding fields. If we buy back all the fields here, we can build a new road, which will be of great benefit to the planning of the garden."
Lin Zhu looked in the direction he pointed and found that his farm was indeed surrounded by other people's fields. If it was some crops, it wouldn't matter. After all, the ridge road could be seen, but if it was turned into a courtyard according to Lin Zhu's idea, it would not matter.
If so, it would be somewhat inappropriate.
She nodded. Then she walked up to Manager Song and told him, "First talk to Uncle Chang Shi about this matter and ask him to go to the Wu family to ask." Lin Zhu knocked Song lightly but not too hard.
Take note of things.
"Yes." When Manager Song heard what Lin Zhu said, he felt a little uneasy. He already understood that although his master was young, he saw very clearly that it was not smart for him to go beyond the normal management and come to her directly. So,
He retreated a little embarrassed.
"Haha, I didn't expect you to have some tricks at such a young age." Du Heng saw everything and nodded appreciatively at Lin Zhu's method of handling things.
"Grandpa Du praised me too much. Compared with you, I'm still far behind." Lin Zhu said with a chuckle, but he had some concerns in his heart. It seems that Zhuyuan needs to be reorganized, otherwise there will be no tigers or monkeys in the mountains.
He will make a fuss and be called the king.
"Hahaha, you." Du Heng pointed at Lin Zhu and smiled. He stopped continuing the topic and turned to the design of the courtyard.
Ever since Mr. Du told Lin Zhu that this place was not suitable for pure-bred flower fields to decorate the courtyard, Lin Zhu thought about setting up a flower field on the periphery or in a separate area. He told Mr. Du this idea again.
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Du Heng thought for a while and said, "Your idea is okay, but the flowers should not be too expensive, otherwise they will be difficult to take care of and it will be difficult to feed them."
"I've thought about this too. If possible, separate these places into spring, summer, autumn and winter, or plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum. What do you think?" Lin Zhu thought of building a garden-style courtyard with various themes.
, it should be very nice to live there.
"Well, that's a good idea. The stream over there can also be brought over to build a small bridge between the house and the garden to create the artistic conception of flowing water. But you don't seem to want to use too many rockeries here, right?" Mr. Du was talking to me.
During the conversation, Lin Zhu vaguely guessed that Lin Zhu only wanted to decorate the courtyard with flowers, plants and trees, and did not want to put anything that would take a lot of time here. When he mentioned rockery and the like, Lin Zhu frowned.
"Well, these things are not so lucky. It is best to use local materials. Anyway, it is surrounded by mountains and rivers. It is enough to have such a big mountain behind it." Lin Zhu pointed to the big mountain to the east. "On the mountain.
There seems to be room for building some houses or something like that.”
Speaking of this, Lin Zhu suddenly thought that he was a bit too wealthy. Since he decided to live in the suburbs of the capital, and designed such a large courtyard here just for vacation and leisure, was it a bit too luxurious?
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"Grandpa Du, am I too conspicuous like this?" Lin Zhu looked at Du Heng shyly.
"It's true. I never thought of building such a garden." Du Heng nodded, then paused for a while and said, "However, there is nothing wrong with that. You can do whatever you want in your own place. There are still fields around the garden, and it can
Dividing it into several small gardens and not enclosing them with walls would not be considered out of bounds."
Lin Zhu only remembered that this ancient house cannot be repaired casually. But because she is in the countryside, it is not so strict. If it were in the capital, she might only live in a house with three or two entrances.
, I feel so frustrated just thinking about it. Fortunately, the new place I found is on the outskirts of the capital.
"Grandpa Du, if I go to the edge of the capital, shouldn't my house be too big?" Lin Zhu planned for a rainy day.
"Well, it doesn't matter if it's bigger than your yard in Linjiacun, but you can't use fifty acres just to build a yard like in Zhuyuan." Du Heng nodded.
"Oh," Lin Zhu said she understood. But although the regulations cannot be changed, she can change the way to decorate her future home. As long as she builds a vegetable garden, a wolfberry garden, a vineyard, etc. outside the house, anything that can bear fruit can bloom.
A garden is not enough. You can eat and see it, so you can kill two birds with one stone.
It didn't take long before Chang Shi came to find Lin Zhu. Lin Zhu happened to be tired too, and her small body really couldn't walk very far in the fields.
"Grandpa Du, let's go back first. We'll see the rest later. We're not in a hurry anyway." Lin Zhu felt that it was time for Du Heng to take a rest. No matter how strong the fifty-year-old man was, he should be tired after walking for a long time.
"Okay, let's go back first. From now on, we just need to take a look at the mountain. I've probably seen the terrain here pretty much."
So the three of them went back to the rest room in Zhuyuan.
"Girl, I went to ask about the situation of that family." Chang Shi first reported to Lin Zhu what he learned about the Wu family's land. "His family's land is more than 230 acres, which happens to surround Zhuyuan's land.
Yes, but outside of them is the official road, and there is a small lake in his land. The lake water is not dry all year round, so Mr. Wu priced one acre of land at 10 taels of silver. Since we are close, he came here specifically to ask.
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"Uncle Chang Shi, what do you think?"
"I think the land is good, but I don't know much about the details of the Wu family yet, so I need to think about it some more." Chang Shi was very satisfied with the land, but he was skeptical about people.
"Uncle Chang thinks that Mr. Wu is not the owner of this land?" Lin Zhu raised an eyebrow. If this is really the case, then there is something wrong with Manager Song who came to inform her.
"I don't think it's too late to make a decision too quickly. It's not too late to find out their details before making plans." Chang Shi's move was also for Lin Zhu's good, so Lin Zhu agreed.
"Uncle Chang Shi also wants to ask, why is such a good land sold? The previous incident with the Wang family is also a lesson." Lin Zhu did not want to come all the way from the capital to solve troubles like the Wang family in the future.
This is the place where she wholeheartedly wants to build a beautiful villa.
Chang Shi nodded and went out. He met Manager Song walking around in the yard. When he saw Chang Shi, he came up to meet him and asked with a salivating face, "Manager Chang, does the girl agree?" His voice was a little urgent.
Chang Shi frowned and looked at him, having some doubts about his behavior, "This is not your business, just do what you have to do." But he didn't want to let anyone know about the Wu family without finding out the details of the Wu family.
He knew he had doubts about him.
Seeing Chang Shi leaving, Manager Song had some resentment in his eyes. He was obviously the same manager, so why did he act so superior? Because Zhuyuan grew peppers and potatoes, they sold them at very high prices. Manager Song
Gradually, he became a little swollen, and after comparing himself with other people in the village a few times, he felt that he was superior to others. And because Lin Zhu didn't come to the village often, he actually took up the master's style outside.
Although other people in Zhuangzi couldn't stand it, they never deducted money or food from him, so they just turned a blind eye and let him go. No one thought about snitching on him.
He thought those people were afraid of him and felt even more superior. It wasn't until people from Fuzhuang and Anyuan came over that Manager Song restrained himself a little.
But now, the Wu family has promised him benefits when selling the land. The land price is a bit high, but as long as Lin Zhu agrees to buy it, he will seal Manager Song fifty taels of silver. The Wu family's idea is also very right.
The fifty taels given to Guanshi Song from the tooth shop can be considered a small amount.
That's why Manager Song was so eager, but he didn't expect that it was precisely because of this that Lin Zhu and Chang Shi would doubt his character.
Although Chang Shi did not find anything wrong with the Wu family in the end, the position of Manager Song was replaced by Zhao Da. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation, monthly vote, and your support