For three consecutive days, Xiao Nianzhi and the others were cleaning various vegetables and beans in the backyard.
After processing, the soil still needs to be plowed and fertilized in preparation for planting winter vegetables.
During these three days, in addition to late night snacks, Xiao Nianzhi also often prepared various meal packages, afternoon tea and the like for everyone.
Yan Xingxuan always feels that he seems to have gained a lot of weight.
Especially the face, I always feel that there is a lot of flesh when I touch it.
This gave him an inexplicable sense of crisis.
You know, Brother Huang is not that light, but Brother Wang is even heavier.
Come to him...
You can’t just become a ball of fat before you reach middle age, right?
In the past, Yan Xingxuan felt that it would not matter if he was fat.
However, now that I have a sweetheart, I want to appear in front of Xiao Nianzhi in the best condition and in the best form.
Therefore, being fat is not enough!
Yan Xingxuan, who has a sense of crisis, is already planning to get up early every day, practice Baduanjin or Tai Chi with the students, and then go for a walk in the mountains, trying to exercise more every day, so that he can eat more.
Don’t be afraid!
After the ground was cleared, they were ready to start planting the next wave of vegetables.
However, because fertilizer has been applied to the ground, it still needs two days of rest. In addition, it has been gloomy these past few days, so Xiao Nianzhi and the others took a comfortable vacation.
The days flew by and it was August 14th. Although Yan Xingxuan didn't want to leave, someone from the palace directly invited him to go back.
Doesn’t the Queen Mother still know her youngest son’s character?
When I get more and more crazy, I might actually be able to go to Xiao Mansion and spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with Xiao Nianzhi.
So, call people back in advance.
To avoid making a joke, he has nothing to fear as a prince, and this little girl still needs a reputation.
Yan Xingxuan could only say goodbye to Xiao Nianzhi reluctantly: "Think about it, I will be back after the Mid-Autumn Festival."
In fact, he is also planning to go to Xiao Mansion during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Of course, if he goes alone, it will definitely not look good, and it will also arouse a lot of suspicion among outsiders.
But what if he goes with a group of people?
Those princes and princesses who have nothing to do in the palace, or Yan Changxia, grab a handful of them.
By then, no matter how hard others try, they won't be able to guess what his intentions are.
Thinking about it this way, Yan Xingxuan felt that he was really a clever little guy.
Xiao Nianzhi and Aunt Yu sent people out of the academy. After returning, they also started to pack up and prepare to go back to their respective homes.
Courses on August 14th will only be held until the end of the semester.
This matter has been notified to all students two days in advance.
Therefore, carriages from various prefectures began to wait one after another down the mountain after noon.
Xiao Nianzhi is also packing up at the moment. She has a lot of things, some of which are not commonly used and can be put back into the Xiao Mansion temporarily.
Snacks such as newly made rice wine, strawberry milk biscuits, honey bean cakes, and peanut cakes are all carefully wrapped.
The wine was made in the past few days, and the biscuits were baked early this morning.
At that time, the fragrance spread throughout the cafeteria, and the students who were almost thinking about going home for the festival were completely distracted.
The problem was that by the time they went to the cafeteria for breakfast, Xiao Nianzhi had already finished baking and returned to the backyard with the biscuits.
At that time, there was only a wisp of residual fragrance left in the canteen, and nothing could be seen at all.
Students:?
Suddenly I felt that the honey pork chop rice, minced eggplant rice, braised pork rice and so on from the past few days were no longer fragrant!
Woohoo, so why can they only smell it?
In this regard, Xiao Nianzhi said that there was no way to make a return gift for the time being, so he could only bring some biscuits back to Yan Xingxuan.
Of course, not only the other party had a copy, but also Yan Changxia's. Knowing that Yan Xingxuan could meet Zheng Qingran, he also brought a copy to the other party, and the eldest princess also had one.
Xiao Nianzhi was busy all morning and baked a lot. Now there is still a lot left. In addition to sharing some with the rich aunt and the others, the rest will naturally be taken back to the Xiao Mansion and given to the two Xiao brothers.
She was even considering whether to send some past information to Xiao Ye, Xiao's elder brother, who was studying far away.
It’s just that I don’t know the other party’s location for the time being, and it doesn’t seem convenient to mail it.
Moreover, biscuits are not very durable. If they break over time, if the other party sees them, they may be disgusted.
After thinking about it, Xiao Nianzhi gave up temporarily.
Aunt Yu also received a lot of biscuits, wine, strawberry jam, peach jam, pomegranate gum...
Anyway, Aunt Yu was smiling when she got on the carriage.
Worried about Xiao Nianzhi, he opened the curtain and talked a lot to the little girl, and then waved at Xiao Nianzhi and left.
Xiao Nianzhi needs to wait for Xiao Siye to be with him, so the time will be later.
This time, Xiao Zhou did not go back home first, but waited for the two of them to come together.
There are three people sitting in a carriage, plus Uncle Zheng who is driving the carriage, and the horse pulling the carriage is quite stressful.
On the way back, Xiao Siye asked about Xiao Nianzhi's daily life, and also asked if the work in the backyard was tiring.
Xiao Nianzhi smiled obediently and replied: "Uncle, I'm just harvesting the land, so I'm not tired. After coming back from the festival, I might be a little tired from planting winter vegetables."
When thinking of growing vegetables, Xiao Nianzhi couldn't help but think of automatic seeders.
Well, although there is no kinetic energy now, but...
We don’t ask for more, we can do it with manpower, three to four ridges at a time, that should be fine, right?
Isn’t this easier than digging holes one by one and filling them with seeds?
Thinking of this, Xiao Nianzhi pursed his lips.
Xiao Siye was multitasking. He was thinking about things in the academy and caring about Xiao Nianzhi's daily life, so he didn't notice the little tangle on the little girl's face at this time.
On the other hand, Xiao Zhou, who was sitting on the other side and studying, looked up from time to time, and then realized that his sister seemed...
Something bothering you?
Xiao Zhou was puzzled. After thinking about it, he asked: "My sister has something on her mind?"
His question made Xiao Siye notice that Xiao Nianzhi did have a little tangle on his face at this time.
Xiao Siye couldn't help but smile: "We are all a family. If you encounter difficulties or anything, you can tell your uncle and brothers."
Xiao Nianzhi pondered for a long time, and then nodded: "I was just thinking about getting some tools to make growing vegetables more labor-saving."
Although growing vegetables today is not too tiring, compared to fully automatic or semi-automatic ones, it is still far behind.
Whether it is a small single-ridge push seeder or a large one that requires kinetic energy, it is more labor-saving and convenient than manual work.
Although there may be some differences in sowing seedlings, if they are just growing vegetables, it will be fine and there won’t be much difference.
For vegetables and grains such as garlic, you need to pay attention to the planting direction. If you use a seeder and plant it horizontally, the yield may be much lower.
In fact, other vegetables and grains are not significantly different.
Moreover, if the output can be increased, this difference will become less obvious.
In addition, if it really saves time and effort, everyone will have more energy to do other things.
For example, going out to do odd jobs, or going to open up wasteland.