My father-in-law is Kangxi

Chapter 1149 Practice

Everyone was exhausted, and there were no other arrangements in the afternoon.

The elder brothers, some had errands, and some were busy with other things, but there was no one there.

The younger ones are all idle, and they all come to Brother Jiu.

Ninth elder brother and tenth elder brother were bored.

It's rare to come here, and I also want to go around.

Brother Jiu saw that everyone was in good spirits, so he called everyone out of the palace.

He didn't ride a horse, so he asked someone to drive over the carriages of the fifteenth elder brother and the sixteenth elder brother. The brothers sat separately, and the eunuchs also crowded outside the carriage.

The other guards followed on horseback.

Going west all the way, about six miles away, I arrived at Brother Jiu's private plot.

The construction of the other courtyard has not yet started, but at the moment there are two hot spring holes at the foot of the mountain, and two rows of greenhouses have been built, one of which is as big as the three of the Prince's Mansion.

Adding up the front and back two, it is the size of six greenhouses in the Prince's Mansion.

It looks unremarkable, but looking at Mingwa, one knows that it is still expensive.

But there are hot springs flowing by, and in winter, it should save a lot of charcoal.

Because of Mingwa, the conservatory is very stuffy now.

When everyone came back from outside the Great Wall, they were all wearing quilted clothes, but they couldn't wear them.

There were eunuchs by his side, and when he saw this, he hurried forward to wait on him, and helped him take off the vest outside, so as not to sweat and catch cold when he went out.

Brother Fourteen had eaten mutton for more than a month, and even though he brought some local vegetables in the dining room, it couldn't compare to this kind of fresh meat.

He took a piece of cabbage, saw it was clean and free from dust, put it in his mouth, chewed it, and said, "Sweet!"

Brother Thirteen has seen a lot in the past two years, and the corners of his mouth twitched when he saw this.

He knows that the future of this land is inseparable from fertilizers.

There are many unspeakable things that can be used as fertilizer.

It's just that it's hard to say anything if you don't stop it.

Seeing Brother Sixteen squatting on the edge of the cabbage field with his little butt pouted, imitating the example, Brother Thirteen hurriedly took his little hand and said, "Since there are good things here, Brother Ninth, let's pay homage to Khan first." Ama, it’s not good to eat first.”

Brother Sixteen immediately put his hands behind his back and said, "Well, I won't take them off."

Elder Fourteen laughed and said, "I'm also filial, let me try first to see if it's good, and then we'll be filial."

The ninth elder brother saw the true intention of the thirteenth elder brother and didn't say anything.

But the sixteenth elder brother looked at the cabbage field helplessly, and it was quite pitiful.

Children are not necessarily greedy, but more playful.

He said: "Then you pick the vegetables yourself and honor Khan Ama and his brothers..."

That's what he said, but he was also afraid that everyone would spoil things, so he said: "The cabbage is fine, you can pick it next to each other, and the radish and the baby spinach should be picked next to each other."

The water radish is the thickness of a thumb right now. If you don't pick it, it will grow to the thickness of a child's arm in ten or eight days.

The same is true for small spinach, which is only three inches long at the moment, and it can only be regarded as a spinach seedling. It will take more than 20 days to grow into a large spinach.

I heard that he was asked to pick vegetables, not to mention that the sixteenth elder brother saw his teeth but could not see his eyes, even the fifteenth elder brother had joy on his face.

The two little brothers didn't do it right away, but looked at Elder Brother Ten.

Whoever is the master except Brother Nine, Brother Ten is the oldest.

Elder Brother Ten was very cooperative. When he came to him, he tucked up his clothes, squatted down, demonstrated, and said, "Just pull it off."

The fifteenth elder brother and the sixteenth elder brother squatted honestly beside them, pulling out cabbage together.

The thirteenth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother were slightly older, and had never experienced this, so they got curious and followed them to the ground.

It's just that the cabbages were picked next to each other, so they lost interest and went to pull the radishes.

After that, the two of them pulled out the obviously fat radish tassels like a beauty pageant.

As a result, the lower water radish is also slightly thicker than that of the same period.

The thirteenth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother have a little competition.

See who pulls the bigger radish.

Brother Jiu was beside him, very speechless, and went to the side.

This year the greenhouse is bigger, and there are more varieties to be planted.

There are also tomatoes that Shu Shu specially requested, and they have been planted in several ridges.

Now the seedlings are almost a foot high and look like flowers and leaves.

There are also peppers, which are the seeds of several kinds of peppers on the market. There are very spicy Chaotian peppers, and fist-sized, non-spicy bell peppers.

Brother Jiu was satisfied, and then looked at Ming Wa with a bit of regret.

It would be nice to find a cheap alternative.

Otherwise, at such a cost, he could afford to build it, but it would be too eye-catching.

Before that, I thought about showing my strengths with my back against the hot springs, and then set up two shops in the inner city to sell Dongzi vegetables in winter.

For the time being, there is no way out.

The supply of these two greenhouses, that is, the supply of the palace and myself, is a bit rich, not a lot, and it is not worth selling it for a while.

After he turned around, the younger ones had already picked several handfuls of vegetables.

Seeing the speed, Brother Jiu greeted the eunuchs and said, "You find another place to buy radishes and spinach, two handfuls for each person."

Everyone listened to the greeting and went to thin the seedlings out.

The little ones passed the initial novelty and lost interest.

Seeing that the amount in front of the imperial court was enough, Brother Nine said: "Okay, that's all, the filial piety from Khan Ama is enough, let's throw more money."

The fourteenth elder brother immediately said: "Ninth brother, what is our share?"

Brother Sixteen picked the mud on his hands, and looked at Brother Nine eagerly.

Brother Jiu pointed to the eunuchs who were working, and said, "Could it be that the master is stingy? Everyone has a share!"

Brother Fourteen immediately swallowed his saliva and said, "I want to drink egg and spinach soup, it's smooth and delicious!"

Elder Sixteen heard some yearning, nodded and said: "I also like to drink, I haven't drunk for several months."

There are no eggs in the little elder brother's share, but when he was in Changchun Garden a few months ago, Jiu elder brother scattered eggs for everyone a few times, and everyone has a share.

The sixteenth elder brother who lives in the No. [-] Institute by the poolside of the West Garden is no exception, so he has eaten egg and spinach soup.

After returning to the palace in July, the retinue came out again, and there were no such things.

Brother Nine said: "That's what we call adding vegetables in the dining room at night, spinach and egg soup, stir-fried cabbage, and radish dipped in sauce."

Everyone was spitting out their mouths, looking forward to dinner.

When everyone came out of the warm room after wiping off their sweat, Elder Fourteen said with emotion: "I never thought that eating mutton can hurt you, and there is still a day when I look forward to cabbage and tofu."

There is no mutton in their rations. They just said it for two days and thought it was delicious, but after eating it for a month and a half, they were a little bit ecstasy.

"I don't even want to eat lamb this year..."

Brother Fourteen came to a conclusion.

Hearing this, Elder Sixteen picked up the purse and poured out four "galaha".

Compared with the ordinary "Galaha", it is more than twice as small, only the size of a thumbnail, and looks exquisite and cute.

"Ninth Brother, Ninth Brother, I specially reserved this for my eldest niece to play with..."

Elder Sixteen said like a grown-up: "This is for the little girl to play with. Let Sister-in-law Nine sew a pocket to play with."

Brother Jiu picked it up, looked at it curiously and said: "This is good, it looks a lot smaller than Lugalaha, is this from a lamb?"

Brother Sixteen nodded and said: "Well, very small lamb, the kind that is eaten steamed."

Brother Jiu saw his eyes glued to Galaha, seeing that he was beloved, and said: "If you love her, keep it, Niguzhu is still young, you can just send her off for fun. "

Elder Sixteen shook his head and said: "I won't stay, this is for a little girl to play with, I'm a kid, I want to play with the whip, and I want to play with the ice..."

Brother Jiu saw that he insisted, so he accepted it, and said: "Then I will take it back, and I will ask your sister-in-law Jiu to prepare a return gift for you on behalf of your niece."

Brother Sixteen still shook his head and said, "No need to return the gift, that's not the case, we'll talk about it later."

Otherwise, if you give something and return the gift right away, it always feels weird.

Before they left the greenhouse, the sound of horseshoes was heard not far away.

It was the older ones, seeing that the younger ones would not go back, so they came to find someone.

Looking at the two rows of bright tile greenhouses, everyone couldn't help but be speechless.

Compared with the greenhouse in the Ninth Prince's Mansion, this place is much more grand.

The elder brother fell in love immediately, and one cannot do without eating and drinking in one's life, so he wanted to build one.

The third elder brother shook his head and said, "How much does it cost to eat and drink? These two rows of houses add up to about fifty rooms. How much are so many bricks and wood? Even with the geothermal assistance of the hot spring, but In winter, we still need to burn the stove, how many cars of charcoal are needed..."

The fourth elder brother was beside him, and he was also very excited.

But after hearing the third elder brother finish the calculation, he let go of this idea.

It's not a good reputation to be greedy for food.

The fifth elder brother has the same plan as the eldest elder brother, and must build a greenhouse.

He couldn't make up his mind about how big the building should be.

Two should be enough, right?

He wanted to pay tribute to Ningshou Palace and Yikun Palace, in that case, Qianqing Palace could not be left behind.

In this way, the quantity needs to be quite a lot.

The eighth elder brother was beside him, looking at the greenhouse in front of him, and then looking back at the direction of the palace.

Just now everyone rode over, and the sites they passed were all owned.

He thought about Brother Nine's previous reminder. At that time, he was thinking of asking someone to buy land, but he didn't know why it was delayed.

Next year everyone's other courtyard will be built, and he can't delay it any longer.

I heard that a few small ones were picking vegetables, and the elder brother and others were also interested.

I just planned to go in to see and see, and this vegetable picking was just right.

None of them were outsiders, and Brother Jiu didn't accompany them all, so he brought everyone in and came out after a brief introduction.

Next to the greenhouse, many fruit trees were transplanted.

Right now there is a row of persimmon trees and a row of crabapple trees still bearing fruit.

Brother Jiu took the younger ones and picked two baskets of fruit.

The eldest brother and the others are all young and strong. When they were angry, they stayed in the greenhouse for half a quarter of an hour, and then they all came out sweating.

Thinking about the temperature inside, Third Elder Brother felt a little moved.

If the greenhouse is not so big, but only two or three rooms, one spring is enough, and maybe there is no need to burn charcoal.

In that case, the cost of heating the house is reduced.

Dongzi vegetables outside in winter are extremely expensive, and around the time of the Chinese New Year, I can't wait to sell them for silver prices.

At this time, the third elder brother became bewildered and discovered something.

He didn't buy land!
(End of this chapter)