Mingmen Family

Chapter 134
Wen Tao said: "Twelve taels per mu for high-grade fields, eight taels for one mu for middle-grade fields, and six taels for one mu for low-grade fields. Including farmers, it cost a total of 200 taels of silver."

Mrs. Ye patted her chest: "Fortunately, I brought enough money."

Wen Tao laughed and said, "If I didn't bring so much, I wouldn't have bought it here. At that time, Fang Xing was still hesitant, worried that the girl owed too much, so he insisted on buying it next time."

"You are so generous when you spend my money. Usually, if you need some money at home, you shout every day that your account is running out of money." Mrs. Ye scolded with a smile.

Ye Yaming couldn't help laughing.

It seems that whether it is ancient or modern, financial personnel have similar virtues.

She said: "Grandmother, I will ask Bai Rui to give you 200 taels of silver later. I will lend you 3000 taels, and I will pay you back when I have money."

Although she later earned another 3000 taels of silver, but the end of the year was approaching, she had to save some money for herself and to buy gifts.

"No hurry, we'll talk about it when you have it." Mrs. Ye said.

Ye Yaming said to Fang Xing again: "The head of the farm over there can help you see if it works, if not, you can replace it. In addition, pay for the old farmer who can grow chrysanthemums to teach the farmer how to grow chrysanthemums. I will leave this matter to You have done it. You spend a good year at home first, and it will not be too late to go after the year."

After a pause, she said again: "Which two of the boys who worked with you are good, and they are willing, you will come to be your deputy. I have other things for you to do in the future." , here at Grange, you have to be able to lift your hands."

"Yes." Fang Xing said.

Zhou Xiang was standing behind Ye Chongming at this moment.Hearing this, envy flashed in his eyes.

Even though he and Meng Ji are the old master's followers, everyone in the house will come to curry favor with each other, even Li Fu butler dare not easily refute a word they say; the work they assign, the servants in the whole house dare not reject.

But their identities are still just servants after all, and their subordinates do not really belong to their own subordinates.

……

Capital, Princess Yuning Mansion.

After a few days of heavy snowfall, the plum blossoms were in full bloom, and the son-in-law Fan Yu, known as a great talent, invited seven or eight friends to the mansion to enjoy the plum blossoms.

The guests were led into the garden one after another.

Although Fan Yu didn't show up for a long time, the guests didn't care.There is a warm pavilion in this garden, a fire wall is burned, hot tea and snacks are available, and there are red plum trees outside the window.We are all close friends, and usually like to recite poems and paint.Even if Fan Yu didn't come, they drank and chanted poems, and they could spend a whole day playing by themselves.

Here they are drinking wine, admiring the plum blossoms, and discussing a topic. Everyone will compose a poem, the winner will get a branch of plum, and the loser will be invited to a feast of wine.

Everyone was having a lively discussion when they suddenly heard the clear sound of Xiao Yue coming slowly.Everyone turned their heads to look, and saw a group of people walking on the snow, the leader was the son-in-law Fan Yu.

He was wearing a white satin cloak with a circle of fox fur, followed by a maid in a white satin upper body and a red dress lower body. The most wonderful thing was that the maid was holding a vase with strong red plums in it.Behind them is a group of servants, each holding some items in their hands.

Fan Yu walked to the red plum tree that was in full bloom outside the window, and did not enter the house, but bowed to the left and right directions.

Everyone went to the window and stretched their heads to look out, only then did they see two men under the red plum trees on the left and right, one was standing on the right playing the flute, the other was sitting next to a table on the left. There is a piano in front of it.

The boys quickly put down the things they were holding, and after arranging them, they left everyone's sight.

The big house with a fire wall where everyone lived was specially built for plum appreciation. A big window was opened on the south side. not cold.When admiring plum blossoms, prop up the window, and you will be faced with the most blooming red plum trees in the garden.

At this time, outside the window frame, a servant girl put the vase on the right corner of the long desk, and followed the boy out of sight, while the remaining servant girl stood at the left corner holding the vase.

Friends who are good at painting are going to be overwhelmed.

The two red plums, one tall, one short, one moving and one still, are divided into two halves by a long horizontal line, forming a diagonal.Coupled with the utensils of different heights placed on several tables, and the window frames with carved decorations at the four corners, this is simply a wonderful composition for painting!

His desire to paint was simply overwhelming.

But before he could move, he saw Fan Yu, who had been standing there all this time, went to a few desks and sat down. The cloak on his body had been taken off at some point, revealing his moon-white brocade-forged robe.

At this time, water vapor suddenly appeared from a place next to the table, and everyone saw clearly that it was a red clay stove, and a clay pot was sitting on the stove. The water in the pot was boiled, and the water vapor was dense. The picture suddenly became vivid and full of vitality.

The sound of the flute that fell at an unknown time just now played again, and after a few times, the melodious sound of the piano also joined in.Fan Yu picked up the teapot and started making tea.

In fact, he is not far away from everyone, and everyone can see his every move.

At this time, everyone no longer cared what he was doing.

Tables made of red sandalwood, tea sets that are well matched with pottery or porcelain, a warm stove, dense water mist, strong red plums in bottles, elegant young men, and red plants in full bloom in the distance. Plum, white snow all over the sky, from time to time there are one or two snowflakes falling from the trees and the sky, and sometimes the fragrance of plum and tea...

This scene is amazingly beautiful.

"Quick, paper and pen." Someone told the book boy.

Everyone was awakened by the sound, and they walked to the large table in the house one after another, painting and writing poems, with inspiration springing up, pens and pens were like dragons and snakes.

After everyone finished creating, they put down the pens in their hands, and the servants brought cups of hot tea to them.

Everyone looked at the teacup, which turned out to be a plum blossom. Everyone was shocked, put the tea on their lips and took a sip, the fragrance of plum and tea filled their mouths, and immediately the bottom of their tongues produced fluid, and sweetness appeared in their mouths.

"Is this made from plum blossoms?" Someone was surprised.

A group of them are well-known literati, wealthy and idlers in Beijing.I saw that plum blossoms are good before, and it's not that I haven't used them to make tea.But the taste is not as good as imagined, plum blossoms are also unsightly after being soaked, and they are ridiculed as "cooking zither and boiling cranes".

But today's cup of tea completely overturned their impression.

"Haha..." Fan Yu came in at some point.

He laughed and said: "No, no. This is loose tea before the first harvest. After the tea tastes out, put a plum blossom on it. It's just for fun. The taste of tea depends on real tea."

"Loose tea?" Hearing this, everyone was very surprised.

In their view, loose tea is only a kind of tea used by traffickers to quench their thirst, and it cannot be considered elegant.Only group tea can show the richness and elegance.

(End of this chapter)