The farmer has a mall

Chapter 312 The Dowry
The wind at the beginning of December was as cold as a knife, and it made Liu Zhenzhen shiver, but Qu Zifeng was sweating profusely.

He boldly approached Gu Nanyan, trying to get past her and drag Liu Zhenzhen away.

Gu Nanyan narrowed her eyes, considering whether to discount his arm.

However, before she could make a move, Liu Zhenzhen behind her dodged to avoid Qu Zifeng's reaching hand.

Seeing him stunned in place, Liu Zhenzhen pursed her lips and said, "Thank you, General Qu, for your kindness, but Zhenzhen still has to prepare meals for the princess, so I'm afraid she can't go with you."

She raised her eyes and glanced at him, her expression complicated and indistinguishable.

"It was Zhenzhen's fault for stealing the token that day, and it was also my fault for disappointing the little general."

"It's just that you and I are not fellow travelers, and we shouldn't meet again. Zhenzhen, who has no father and no mother, is an ominous person, not worthy of a general."

After finishing a few words, Liu Zhenzhen dragged Gu Nanyan around and left, leaving Qu Zifeng stunned.

The two went to the kitchen and were relatively silent. Gu Nanyan squinted at Liu Zhenzhen who was in a hurry because of her worries, and smacked her back molars.

"Then I fell in love with you?" She asked bluntly.

Liu Zhenzhen, whose back was facing her, stiffened, and then calmly said: "At the beginning when I approached him as Ning Zhen, he said he wanted to marry me."

"You don't like him?"

Liu Zhenzhen lowered her head and said nothing, after a while she murmured: "I have no face to face him."

It was a scam from the moment she met him, and she felt ashamed thinking about it, so why would she like him.

Hearing that she was subconsciously avoiding her own question, Gu Nanyan raised her eyebrows and didn't ask any more questions.

Qu Zifeng looked at the direction they were leaving, stood in the cold wind for a while, and then walked back in a daze.

He couldn't understand why she suddenly appeared beside Gu Nanyan after she suddenly disappeared, and he didn't want to think about it, for fear that the answer would still disappoint him.

It's just that he will not allow her to stay in the barracks, no matter what her purpose is, he doesn't want her to continue to make mistakes.

Due to the urgent situation in central Beijing, and considering the slow march of tens of thousands of troops, Gu Yao led the Zhenbei Army to set off that night, while Gu Nanyan and Li Yi left two days later.

The next day, the two went back to Shangshan Village to see Mrs. Liu.

Mrs. Liu was very happy to see Li Yi, and dragged him to talk for more than an hour. Hearing that he intended to marry his granddaughter, the granddaughter didn't object, and she was even more happy from ear to ear.

She took out a small box from under the bed in the bedroom and handed it to Gu Nanyan, and patted her head lovingly.

Gu Nanyan took it suspiciously, and when she opened it, she found a box of banknotes of different denominations, as well as some broken silver.

"You gave these to Grandma, and Grandma saved them for your dowry."

After finishing speaking, she smiled and took out something wrapped in a handkerchief from her sleeve, and when she opened it, it turned out to be a gleaming golden bracelet as thick as two thumbs.

"Grandma bought it with the rent she saved and the money she got from selling flowers. It's easy to wear when you get married."

"Selling flowers?" Gu Nanyan was stunned.

"No!"

Speaking of this, Mrs. Liu clapped her hands together, and said proudly: "When I was in Beijing, I learned how to plant flowers with Concubine Cui. I wanted to pass the time. Who would have thought that there would be a flower festival in the town? Grandma felt that Interestingly, I took a few pots with me."

She cheerfully pointed to a pot of orchids on the shelf: "Just that pot of five-color orchids has become an oiran."

Gu Nanyan looked in the direction of her finger, and saw a pot of orchids that bloomed just right. There were only five flowers on it, and each flower was a different color.

She remembered seeing this thing in Li Mi's imperial garden. It is said that it was cultivated by the gardener in the palace two years ago, which is very rare.

Apart from the palace, there are only a few plants in Li Mi's mansion, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is priceless. Once a wealthy businessman offered 100 million taels of silver to buy a plant from Li Yi, but they couldn't get one.

Concubine Cui Guifei is a flower lover, and she planted several pots in her bedroom, and later taught Liu how to cultivate them.

Li Yi was also very surprised. The few pots of orchids given to him by the emperor's brother were very difficult to feed, and they were probably raised to death by him. He specially asked the gardener from the mansion to study in the palace for nearly a month. Even so, he was still sick. It's not as fresh as Liu's pot.

Besides, it's already winter, and the plants in Shengwang's mansion may have withered long ago, but this pot is still in flowering period.

Li Yi was amazed in his heart.

Unlike him, Gu Nanyan looked down at the gold bracelet with the thickness of a thumb in his hand, and asked in a trembling voice, "How much silver did Grandma sell?"

Listening to her granddaughter's question, Mrs. Liu stretched out a finger and leaned her head towards it, and said in a low voice mysteriously: "It's a full 1000 taels!"

Gu Nanyan: "..."

Heart hurts!
She opened her mouth, and seeing Liu's appearance of taking advantage, she really couldn't bear to tell her that someone bought flowers for 100 million taels.

The wrinkles at the corners of Liu's eyes were all squeezed together when she smiled, and she looked at her granddaughter with burning eyes, as if waiting for her praise.

Gu Nanyan pondered for a moment, then nodded affirmatively at her.

"The price is very fair, don't sell it in the future."

Liu: "..."

She cleared her throat and explained: "It's not easy to cultivate five-color orchids. You are already old, so you don't need to work hard for this little money. Besides, those people don't know if they can support them when they buy them back. It's just a waste of good things."

Mrs. Liu thinks it makes sense, orchids are indeed difficult to raise, and it takes a lot of energy to cultivate them.

She nodded and agreed: "Grandma knows, she sold it because she wanted to save some dowry for you, and if someone asks you in the future, just refuse."

After she finished speaking, she sighed at the pot of orchids, feeling quite lonely and self-admired.

Seeing her lost, Li Yi thought for a moment and said, "If grandma is bored at home, why don't you plant some flowers that are easy to feed, my king still has a few vacant shops in Mingshan City, when the time comes, someone will clean up one of them for you to bloom Is the shop okay?"

He looked at the five-color orchid: "When the time comes, put it in the shop as the treasure of the town shop, and it will definitely attract many customers."

At Liu's age, he doesn't pay as much attention to food and clothing as young people. He just wants to be comfortable, and it's not good to stay in the house all day.

Gu Nanyan's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he nodded in agreement.

"That's a good idea, but you don't have to use the prince's shop. If grandma is interested, you can go around the city when you have time, and let someone buy one of the places you like."

Seeing that she was so close to him, Li Yi raised his eyebrows, but didn't say anything, just glanced at her faintly.

Mrs. Liu was a little moved, and hesitated: "Will this be too much trouble, how can I, a country woman, know how to do business..."

Having said that, her eyes lit up, and her spirit came up immediately.

Li Yi withdrew his gaze from Gu Nanyan, and said with a warm smile, "I just wanted to entertain you, so it doesn't matter if you earn money or not."

"Besides, flower seeds are very cheap, but it takes a lot of effort to grow them, and even if you don't make money, you can't lose a few copper coins."

Mrs. Liu thought about it too, and happily agreed, and discussed with the two of them where to open the store and what flowers to sell.

What Gu Nanyan meant was that sooner or later they would go back to live in the Princess Mansion in Mingshan City, so it would be better to live in a flower shop nearby. Not only is it close to home, it is convenient to take care of them, and there is also a lot of traffic there.

Li Mi also agreed, and if Liu didn't understand these things, he would naturally listen to them.

The three chatted about the flower shop until dark, and because they had to leave for Beijing the next day, they rushed back to Wuyin County overnight.

This time, the journey back to the capital was dangerous, and Gu Nanyan did not let Mrs. Liu go with her. After all, Mingshan City was her lair, and she would come back after finishing the affairs in Beijing, so there was no need for Mrs. Liu to go back and forth.

Besides, she wasn't used to life in Beijing, so she still felt more comfortable staying in Mingshan.

After ordering the nanny beside her to take good care of her, Gu Nanyan and Li Yi hurried back to Wuyin County, and set foot on the road back to Beijing the next day.

(End of this chapter)