Everyone was tired from traveling and had no other plans for the afternoon. Some of the older brothers had errands, and some were busy with other things and were nowhere to be seen.
The younger ones were all idle and gathered together with Brother Ninth. The ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother were bored.
This is a rare trip, so I wanted to take a look around. Seeing that everyone was in high spirits, Brother Jiu called everyone out of the palace.
Instead of riding a horse, he directly asked someone to drive the carriages of the 15th and 16th princes. The brothers sat separately, and the eunuchs also sat crowded outside the carriage.
Other guards followed on horseback. All the way to the west, almost six miles away, we arrived at Brother Jiu's private land.
The construction of the villa has not started yet, but there are currently two hot springs at the foot of the mountain, and a two-foot greenhouse, one of which is three times as big as the Prince's Mansion.
The two in front and back together are as big as six greenhouses in the Prince's Mansion. It looks unremarkable, but looking at the clear tiles, you can tell that it is still expensive to build.
But there are hot springs flowing through it, which should save a lot of charcoal in winter. Because of the bright tiles, it's very stuffy in the greenhouse now.
Everyone came back from outside the Great Wall, all wearing quilted clothes, some of which were hard to put on. There were eunuchs following him around. Seeing this, they hurriedly stepped forward to serve him and helped him take off his outer vest, so as not to sweat and catch a cold when he went out.
The fourteenth elder brother has been eating mutton for more than a month. Although the restaurant also brings vegetables, they can't compare with this bright one.
He took a piece of cabbage and saw that it was clean and free from dust. He put it in his mouth and chewed it, saying: "Sweet!" The thirteenth brother has seen more in the past two years. The corners of his mouth twitched.
He knew that this land cannot be productive without fertilizer. There are many unspeakable things about this fertilizer.
It’s just that I didn’t stop him, so it’s hard to say anything. Seeing Brother Sixteen sticking out his little buttocks and squatting on the edge of the cabbage field, imitating the same pattern, Brother Thirteen hurriedly took his little hand and said: "Brother Ninth has good things here, let's respect him first." Ah Ma, why don't you eat it first?" Brother Sixteen immediately put his hands behind his back and said, "Well, I won't pick it." Brother Fourteen smiled and said, "I am also filial. I want to taste it first, okay? Filial piety." The ninth elder brother saw the true intention of the thirteenth elder brother and said nothing.
But Brother Sixteen looked at the cabbage patch helplessly, which was quite pitiful. Children are not necessarily greedy, but more playful.
He said: "Then you pick vegetables by yourself and honor Khan Amma and your brothers..." He said this, but he was also afraid that everyone would waste things, so he said: "It's just the cabbage, you can pick it next to each other. The radish and spinach should be picked at intervals." The radish is about the thickness of a thumb right now. If you don't pick it, it will grow to be as thick as a child's arm in ten or eight days.
The same goes for baby spinach. At three inches long, it can only be regarded as a spinach seedling. It will take more than twenty days to grow into a big spinach.
When I heard that I was asked to pick vegetables, not to mention the sixteenth elder brother, even the fifteenth elder brother had joy on his face.
The two little brothers did not take action immediately, but looked at the tenth prince. Apart from the ninth elder brother, the tenth elder brother is the oldest.
The tenth brother was very cooperative. When he arrived, he tucked up his clothes, squatted down, and gave a demonstration, saying: "Just pull it out." The fifteenth brother and the sixteenth brother just squatted next to them and pulled out the little ones together. Chinese cabbage.
The two slightly older brothers, Thirteenth Brother and Fourteenth Brother, had never experienced this, so they followed him to the ground out of curiosity.
But when they were allowed to pick cabbages next to each other, they lost interest and went to pull radishes. Then, like a beauty pageant, the two of them picked up the obviously fat radish tassels.
As a result, the lower water radish is slightly thicker than the same period. There is a small competition between the thirteenth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother.
See who can pull out the bigger radish. Brother Jiu was beside him, very speechless and went to another place. The greenhouse is larger this year, so there are more varieties to grow.
There were also several ridges of persimmons specially requested by Shu Shu. The seedlings are now almost a foot tall and look like flowers and leaves.
There are also chili peppers. I collected the seeds of several types of chili peppers on the market, including the very spicy Chaotian pepper and the fist-sized, non-spicy bell pepper.
Brother Jiu was satisfied, and then looked at Ming Wa with a bit of regret. If only I could find a cheaper alternative.
Otherwise, he could afford to build it at such a cost, but it would be too annoying. Before, I thought about flexing my muscles with the hot springs at my back, and then setting up two shops in the inner city to sell Dongzi vegetables in winter.
It seems that there is no way out now. These two greenhouses, that is, the supply of the palace and myself, are a little rich, not very much, and not worthy of a special sale.
After he turned around, several young ones also picked several handfuls of vegetables. Seeing the speed, Brother Jiu called to a few eunuchs and said: "You find another place to grow radish and spinach, two handfuls per person." Everyone listened to the greeting and went over to grow seedlings.
After a few kids had passed the initial novelty, they also lost interest. Seeing that the amount in front of the emperor was enough, the ninth elder brother said: "Okay, that's it. The filial piety from Khan Ama is enough, no more waste." The fourteenth elder brother immediately said: "Ninth elder brother, What's our share?" Brother Sixteen picked at the mud on his hands and looked at Brother Ninth eagerly.
The ninth elder brother pointed at the eunuchs who were working and said, "Are you stingy? Everyone has a share!" The fourteenth elder brother immediately swallowed his saliva and said, "I want to drink egg and spinach soup. It's so smooth. It tastes good!" Brother Sixteen listened with some yearning, nodded and said: "I like to drink it too, but I haven't drank it for several months." There were no eggs in the little brother's order, but the one in Changchun Garden a few months ago At that time, Brother Jiu scattered eggs for everyone several times, and everyone had a share.
Brother 16, who lives in the fourth house by the West Garden Pool, is no exception, so he drank egg and spinach soup. When he returned to the palace in July and came out with his concubine, there would be no more of these.
Brother Jiu said: "Then ask the chef to add vegetables in the dining room in the evening, spinach and egg soup, stir-fried cabbage, and radish with dipping sauce." Everyone was excited after hearing this, looking forward to dinner.
After wiping away their sweat and everyone came out of the greenhouse, Brother Fourteen sighed with emotion: "I never thought that eating mutton would hurt me, but I was still looking forward to the day when I would have cabbage and tofu." There was no mutton in their portions. Two days after I first started eating it, I thought it was delicious, but after eating it for a month and a half, I felt a little bit ecstatic.
"I don't want to eat mutton this year..." Brother Fourteen came to the conclusion. After hearing this, Brother Sixteen took off his purse and poured out four
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Compared with "Galaha", it is more than twice as small, only the size of a thumb cap, and looks exquisite and cute.
"Brother Ninth, Brother Ninth, I reserved this specially for my eldest niece to play with..." Brother Sixteen said like a young adult: "This is what the little girl plays with. Let Sister Ninth sew a pocket and you can play with it." ." Brother Ninth took it, looked at it curiously and said: "This is good, it looks smaller than a deer Galaha. Is this a lamb?" Brother Sixteen nodded and said: "Well, it's very small. It's a small lamb, the kind that is eaten steamed." Brother Jiu saw his eyes glued to the Galaha, and saw that he was beloved, and said: "If it is your beloved, keep it, Nigu Zhu is still young. You can give her some fun to see her off." Brother Sixteen shook his head and said, "I won't stay, this is for little girls to play, I am a little boy, I want to play with whips and ice balls..." Jiu Seeing his insistence, the elder brother accepted it and said: "Then I will take it back and ask your ninth sister-in-law to prepare a return gift for you on behalf of your niece." The sixteenth elder brother still shook his head and said: "There is no need to return the gift, that's not the case, go to We’ll talk about it later.” Otherwise, it would always feel weird to give something as a gift and immediately return the gift.
Before the few people left the greenhouse, the sound of horse hooves was heard not far away. It was a few older ones who came to look for someone when they saw that the younger ones didn't go back.
Looking at the two rows of open-tile greenhouses, everyone was speechless. Compared with the greenhouse in the Ninth Prince's Mansion, this place is much more elegant.
The eldest brother fell in love immediately. Life is inseparable from food and drink, so he wanted to build one. The third elder brother shook his head and said: "How much do you have to spend just to eat and drink? The two rows of houses combined are equivalent to about fifty rooms. How much does it cost for so many bricks and wood? Even with the geothermal assistance of the hot spring, but We still have to burn the stove in winter, how many carts of charcoal are needed..." Si Age was beside him, and he was also very excited.
But after listening to the third elder brother settling the accounts, he gave up this idea. Being greedy is not a good reputation.
The fifth elder brother has the same plan as the eldest elder brother, and must build a greenhouse. He couldn't decide how big to build it.
Two should be enough, right? He wanted to honor both Ningshou Palace and Yikun Palace. In that case, Qianqing Palace could not be left behind.
In this case, the quantity needs to be quite large. The eighth prince was standing by, looking at the greenhouse in front of him, and then looking back in the direction of the palace.
Everyone came here on horseback just now, and all the lands they passed by were owned by their owners. He thought about Brother Jiu's previous reminder. At that time, he was thinking of asking someone to buy the land, but he didn't know why he was delayed.
Our villa will be built next year, and he can't delay it any longer. I heard that several of the younger ones were picking vegetables, and the eldest brother and others also got interested.
I was just planning to go in and see a lot of things, and picking vegetables was just the thing for me. None of them were outsiders, and Brother Jiu didn't accompany them all. He took everyone in, gave a brief introduction and then came out.
Next to the greenhouse, many fruit trees have been transplanted. There are currently a row of persimmon trees and a row of crabapple trees still hanging fruits.
Brother Jiu took the younger ones and picked two more baskets of fruits. The eldest brother and the others were all young and strong, and when they were very angry, they all came out covered in sweat after staying in the greenhouse for half a quarter of an hour.
The third elder brother felt a little excited when he thought about the temperature inside. If the greenhouse was not as big as two or three rooms, a spring would be enough, and there would be no need to burn charcoal.
That way, the cost of conservatory comes down. Dongzi vegetables outside in winter are extremely expensive, and around the time of Chinese New Year, you can’t wait to sell them for a penny.
At this time, the third elder brother realized something later. He didn't buy the land!
