bookcurios Chapter 128 Start farming
Chapter 128 Start farming
In the blink of an eye, Yun Xi has been in this world for more than a month. The temperature continues to rise, and many people have taken off their padded jackets and changed into light clothes.
She began to spend more time in the yard than in the house every day.
When the temperature is just right, it is much more comfortable to be outdoors than indoors. The breeze blows on your face, and the bright sunlight shines through the gaps between the leaves and falls on the ground, leaving mottled shadows. What you see is the emerald green and azure blue colors, which makes your eyes feel very comfortable.
Early that morning, Father Yun sent Aunt Wang to tell her that the paddy field she wanted had been renovated and that Da Zhuang's seedling cultivation looked pretty good. A batch of early-maturing wheat had been harvested on the farm, and the land she wanted had been vacated and even plowed.
"Master asked me to ask, Miss, do you want to go and see it? It's okay if you don't want to go. We all remember what Miss asked us to do last time. We promise to do it for you. Master is watching over the farm every day. If Miss wants to see it, just go to the farm directly. No one is at home now."
Yun Xi was amused by Aunt Wang's flowery words. They used to get along like family members. Aunt Wang always called her Xixi, unlike now when she called her Miss. This should have been something her father had told her before she came.
"Auntie, please sit down for a while and have a cup of tea. I'll pack up and go with you."
Yun Xi asked the maid to serve tea to Aunt Wang and asked her to sit down and rest. Aunt Wang had met Chunmei and Qiuye before and was familiar with them, so she was not too reserved.
After coming back from the farm last time, Yun Xi sent someone to deliver corn, peanuts, potatoes and rice seeds, filling a large box. So, theoretically, it didn't matter whether she went or not, but since her father sent someone, he probably wanted her to go and take a look.
"Have all the seeds I left behind last time grown?"
"It has grown. The farmhands did as the young lady instructed. It is growing quite well."
"That's great. I can go over and take a look today."
Aunt Wang came at a good time today. Mu Sheng was having a day off, and Mu Jinyan was also taking a day off and staying at home. Mu Xuan was also here to join in the fun.
Hearing this, he asked, "Is it the same as what we grow on our farm?"
"Some are the same, some are different, and there are more than what we grow on our farm. We only grow a little, but my father grows several acres."
"Sister-in-law, I'll go take a look too, especially those I haven't seen before."
"Then let's go together."
She asked Mu Sheng and Mu Jinyan: "Are you two going?"
"go with!"
Mu Jinyan jumped high in the air, fearing that Yun Xi would not take him with her.
After a few people packed up, they went out together. The more masters who went out, the more maids and servants they brought with them, and it looked like a huge group.
Yun Xi walked out while smiling and said to Mu Sheng: "When my new crops are grown, if they are delicious, high-yielding, and easy to grow, I will ask my father to present them to the emperor. What do you think? Am I particularly broad-minded?"
Mu Sheng smiled and said, "Madam is so righteous."
Yun Xi whispered: "Then tell me, does the emperor want to give my father a small official position? I heard that the Sinong Temple is in charge of farming and granaries. Can my father be an official there?"
Mu Sheng thought for a moment and said, "These are all small matters. If my father-in-law wants to seek a government position, I can help."
Yun Xi waved her hand: "That's not necessary. Our Yun family must be self-reliant and strong. My father would never rely on his son-in-law to become an official."
Once a person has to rely on others for development, he automatically becomes inferior to others. This inferiority has nothing to do with status or position, but is inferior in personality.
According to her observation, Yun's father is not a person with this kind of personality.
Yun Zhen was grateful for saving General Mu's life, and the general helped him get his household registration and bought him 10 mu of land. But he didn't feel inferior. Even though he didn't take the life-saving grace seriously, it was paid for with his life after all. He didn't feel guilty about it.
Now that his only daughter has married into the Mu family, he will definitely be more careful about the degree of his interactions with the Mu family. He will not do anything that will make his daughter lose face in the Mu family.
Mu Sheng smiled, "Why are you so clear about it with me?"
Yun Xi said: "This has nothing to do with whether you can tell the difference or not. It's about the dignity of being a human being. My father is also a soldier, and he has the integrity and pride that a soldier should have."
"That's right. That's indeed the character of my father-in-law."
Back then, his father had wanted to help him find a position in the army, but was rejected. Now, it was even more impossible to accept.
Mu Sheng said, "If it's really like what you said, that the grains are high-yielding, delicious, and easy to grow, or if they are just high-yielding and easy to grow, whether they taste good or not is secondary, then His Majesty the Emperor will definitely reward them. It's also possible that they will be given a title of nobility."
In fact, it is quite possible, or it is a foregone conclusion. Which emperor does not want to ensure that the people under his rule can have enough food and clothing? If Xixi's seeds can really achieve this, let alone her father-in-law being conferred a title, it is also possible for Xixi to become a county lord or a princess.
“So generous?”
"Your Majesty has always been generous to his meritorious officials."
Yun Xi smiled and said, "Then I have to pray hard that the Hu merchant did not cheat me back then, and the seeds he sold me are really good."