The sun has been shining brightly for several days, and the progress in Ou Pond has been going smoothly.
Cheng Wanwan stood by the pond and calculated. In three days, it would be almost completed.
When the weather gets a little warmer, we will start fertilizing, then transplant the wild lotus seeds from the mountains, mix them with some lotus seeds bought in the mall, and sparsely plant the bottom of the pond. The lotus pond is complete.
When she was thinking, she looked up and saw not far away, the four members of Master Yu's family sitting on the edge of the field, painting.
Master Yu was painting, Mrs. Yu was polishing, and the two children were reading quietly. It was a quiet and happy scene.
"It's so cold..." Mrs. Yu suddenly threw away the ink and rubbed her arms, "Old Yu, you can paint by yourself, I'll take a walk... Sui Ruren!"
When she looked up and saw Cheng Wanwan, she quickly walked over.
Cheng Wanwan wanted to escape.
This Mrs. Yu is really overly enthusiastic and completely different from women of this era.
"Sui Ruren, you look like you are glowing when you stand here, you are too white." Mrs. Yu Zilaishu took Cheng Wanwan's wrist, "Also, your skin is too good. I am twenty-nine this year. It doesn’t feel as smooth as your skin. How do people in Suiru take care of their skin on daily basis?”
Cheng Wanwan smiled and said, "I'm a few years older than you, so please call me sister."
The main reason is that she is younger than Mrs. Yu, so it doesn't feel right for Mrs. Yu to call her sister-in-law. Calling her aunt is too senior, so they can only be called sisters.
"Okay, then I'll call you Sister Wanwan." Mrs. Yu blinked, "My surname is Lu, and my maiden name is Yingxue. You can call me by my maiden name. Sister Wanwan, I really like you. , I heard about your name when I was in Huzhou, and I have always been curious about what kind of woman you are. It turns out... she is much more beautiful than I imagined, and she is also more approachable than I imagined. "
Cheng Wanwan was embarrassed by the praise and immediately changed the subject: "Yingxue, you are more than ten years younger than Master Yu. How come you two..."
"He was just a down-and-out scholar who lived in Huzhou and was rescued by me. The first time he was alive, the second time we were acquainted, and the third time I had to marry him." Lu Yingxue said in a hearty voice, "But there are some issues with his identity... My father He didn’t agree with us being together, but he always felt that he was older and had no achievements, and he didn’t want to delay me. I thought, that’s fine, if you don’t want to marry me, then I won’t marry. I have been since I was fourteen years old. When I was eighteen years old, I became an old girl in our area. My parents were so anxious that they had no choice but to go to Lao Yu to discuss marriage. Isn’t that what happened? "
Cheng Wanwan was a little stunned.
There was such a bold woman in ancient times. She was really short-sighted.
She stayed in Dahe Village every day, and she knew all kinds of trivial matters in Dahe Village. The people in the village were a little reserved about marriage, which would make her feel that this was a reserved era.
Lu Yingxue refreshed her knowledge.
"Sister Wanwan, you are so young, why haven't you ever thought about getting married again?" Lu Yingxue blinked, "You are only thirty-four years old this year. You are so young and good-looking. How can you do it alone? I know many people in Huzhou. Otherwise, I will introduce you..."
"Stop!" Cheng Wanwan had a headache, "Yingxue, you just came here, so you may not know how much love I have for Dad Dashan. I swore on his grave that I would stay with him for the rest of my life. If I remarry, don't talk about it again." .”
Lu Yingxue was stunned for a moment: "I would definitely not be able to hold on. If Lao Yu dies before me, I will definitely find another man to marry!"
"What did you say?" Master Yu stood behind her with a stern face, "Say it again?"
"You heard me wrong..." Lu Yingxue hugged Master Yu's arm, "Are you finished painting? Let me see what you painted?"
Master Yu rolled his sleeves and said, "Pull, pull, pull, pull, pull, pull, pull, pull, pull, pull, pull, pull, what's the point?"
After saying that, he turned around and left.
"That's how virtuous he is." Lu Yingxue whispered, "I'll go back and coax this old man, and I'll see you again in the evening."
She lifted up her skirt and followed, and the two children jumped up and down behind Master Yu.
Cheng Wanwan couldn't help but laugh.
Master Yu has been in Dahe Village for a few months. She always feels that Master Yu is like a pool of water, unfathomable, and it seems like there is twilight in his early forties.
But as soon as the beloved wife and children arrived, the pool of water began to ripple and become lively.
She actually envied this kind of love.
As expected, he was single, and he was abused casually, and he started to have delusional thoughts about love.
Cheng Wanwan shook his head and went home to continue practicing calligraphy.
As soon as I laid out a piece of paper, I heard movement outside, as if a carriage was entering the village.
She thought it was a customer coming to pick up the goods, but when she walked out, she realized that the person coming was actually Magistrate Shen.
Four or five carriages drove in from the main road.
The carriage stopped at the entrance of the village. Magistrate Shen got out of the car first, then walked to the second carriage and welcomed the people inside with his hands.
"Master He, Dahe Village has arrived."
Magistrate Shen reported, and then the carriage curtain was opened, and a man in his thirties walked out of the carriage.
He stood at the front of the carriage, looking at the dirt with a bit of disgust. At this moment, two boys got off the carriage at the back, came over carrying the carriage, and helped him sit on the carriage.
"Master Shen, ask someone to lead the way and go to Meishan to have a look." Master He squinted his eyes and fell asleep, looking contented. "If the coal reserves in this village are similar to those in Xicheng, then I will reluctantly stay here and suffer. Well, if it’s just a small hill, then it’s really a waste of time.”
Magistrate Shen sent someone to invite Li Zheng, and he carefully accompanied Mr. He.
This Lord He is the salt and iron envoy of the imperial court. Coal, copper and iron, etc. are all under the control of the iron officer. This department is very rich and everyone wants to get in. Although he is only a sixth-grade official, his reputation is no less than In a positive fifth grade.
In particular, this Master He, whose surname is He, belongs to the He family in the capital. It is a big family with great support. With the support of the family, Master He left the capital to do business. He walked sideways and ignored everyone. Yesterday in Huzhou When meeting with the prefect, a fourth-grade prefect must show courtesy in front of a sixth-grade official.
It was not Mr. He who gave way, but the He family behind him.
Thinking of this, Magistrate Shen's attitude became more respectful.
Not long after, Li Zheng, wearing clean clothes, hurried over and knelt on the ground with a plop: "Common people, come and see Mr. He, come and see the county magistrate!"
The officer who went to inform him had already told him the identity of the visitor, a sixth-rank official. Li Zheng raised his head quietly and saw the county magistrate, whom he had always admired and respected, standing humbly beside Mr. He. He couldn't help but feel He was shocked. This Master He has a great background. Can their Dahe Village accommodate this giant Buddha?
Li Zheng walked tremblingly in front and led the group to the desolate low mountain behind Dahe Village.
This stretch of low mountains was a reward from the imperial court last time. There is no vegetation growing on the mountain, and the foot of the mountain is barren. With other choices, no one in the village looks down on this piece of wasteland, and there are few people there. come over.
The professional technicians who followed us went up the mountain to check the conditions of the coal mountains. They checked all the dozens of low mountains. After a busy day, they finally came to the conclusion that all the land under this land is coal, which is almost one. Medium coal mine.
"God is really helping me." He Yan laughed, "After this coal mine is officially completed, my official position can be promoted again. It's getting late, so let's find a place to settle down."
The coal mine needs to be further carefully surveyed, and a mining shaft must be built, and a transportation channel must be built. This cannot be completed in ten days and a half. It requires temporary residence in this village.
Li Zheng was already prepared in his heart and lowered his head and said: "Please, Sir, please stay at the Cao Min's house. Although it is an adobe house, the quilts and sheets on the bed are all new. Please accommodate me."
"Adobe house? Doesn't that insult my status?" He Yan raised his finger, "Isn't there a brick house over there? I have requisitioned it."
Li Zheng looked up and saw that it was Shopkeeper Yan's house. It had been built. Shopkeeper Yan and his family were planning to move here on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, which is tomorrow...
