Love in the Red Chamber

Chapter 84 Betrayed by the Body

A visit to Rongguo Mansion?
The second day of September is Wang Xifeng's birthday, Qin Zhong knew this, but the point of doubt was why Wang Xifeng would send a post to invite Qin Keqing to come over?
Wang Xifeng's next post is not an easy task, she can't read a few words, so I thought I had to ask someone else to write this post.Posting in such a serious manner, it looks extremely grand.

Qin Keqing was not worried about going to Rongguo Mansion.Anyway, men in Rongguo Mansion are usually impossible to meet, and he must have accompanied them.

At most, he might meet Jia Baoyu.

Apart from this point, Qin Zhong has another dilemma.

The so-called social interaction has always had a hierarchical structure.Just like Jia's mother is always respected in the inner house of Jia's family, the two wives of King Xing are the main companions, and Wang Xifeng and other young sisters are the second companions.

This pattern is also suitable for any private party.

The so-called king does not see the king, there will never be two kings in a party.Otherwise, not only will the two kings be uncomfortable, but all the accompanying guests will also not know who to praise.

When Qin Keqing went to Rongguo Mansion to visit the garden, she was afraid that she would become a compliment.After all, the differences in seniority and status were obvious, and he was afraid that Qin Keqing would feel uncomfortable if he left.

As soon as Qin Zhong looked up, he saw Qin Keqing's half-smile expression.

Ke Qing asked, "Jing Qing doesn't want me to go?"

"Go. Now that the post is posted, it will pass naturally. My sister stays at home all day, so it's good to go out and visit with me." Qin Zhong smiled, and naturally he would not interrupt at this time.

The daughter of the Qin family is more embarrassed.

The Qin family does not have many sisters like the Jia family, and Sanchun also has partners at home; and unlike the Shi family who is in the center of power, Shi Xiangyun can visit the homes of colleagues, relatives and friends.

The Qin family has no close friends, Qin Keqing rarely needs to go out, and there is no sister in the family who can tell her her best friend.

Of course, he also wanted Qin Keqing to make some sisters outside, and it would be great to even invite more sisters to come to Qin's house to have fun in the future.Firstly, it saves the loneliness of being alone at home, and secondly, this is also a must-do house social for any grandma who is a Beijing official.

Men have a man's world, and women have a woman's circle.

For example, the usual contact between the Jia family and the Wang family is mostly through letters between Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Wang Ziteng.Even Wang Xifeng often communicates with the wives of the princes' mansions.Not to mention Shi Xiangyun, who has known Nan'an Princess and Beijing Princess at a young age, Xiangyun's encounter is rare even in the Jia family Sanchun.

Qin Keqing will be the grandma of the Qin family in the future, so she should get acquainted with the wives and grandmas of the Rongguo Mansion first.

Qin Zhong even thought evilly: It would be better for Qin Keqing to get acquainted with them first, so as to save the incident of burning the backyard later.

Qin Keqing was different from what Qin Zhong thought.After hearing what Qin Zhong said, she was naturally delighted, and even attached great importance to this trip to Rongguo Mansion.Qin Zhong was actually asked to introduce the situation of the female relatives in Jia's mansion.

For this reason, Qin Keqing sent the little maids away on purpose, for fear that the maids would spread the word.

Qin Zhong scratched his head, he couldn't tell what he knew from books.He only said that he himself only recognized his relatives and met once that day, and knew that there were several girls living in Rongguo Mansion, but he didn't know their names.

"How can anyone tell the name of the girl's family except her close relatives." Qin Keqing snorted, as if she was very satisfied with Qin Zhong's performance at the moment.

Even if Qin Zhong is holding her waist at this moment, and there are bad guys holding her to the place of the soul, she just raises her eyebrows.

"Are you uneasy again?"

"..."

Qin Zhong shook his head secretly, some things are not determined by will and thought all the time.Betrayal does not only appear in the relationship between people, but even in oneself.

Even though he knew it so well, he didn't explain it to Qin Keqing, instead he said, "It's not that Ke'er is so charming, I was worried about how much shock my sister would cause when she went to Rongguo Mansion that day."

Qin Keqing spat softly.Hold this bad guy with one hand, "Say less deceitful words, no matter how much you say, you have to wait until you get married."

Qin Zhong nodded again and again, how could he be presumptuous at this time.

Just steal fun!
My sister's hands are so soft!

In the next two days, the relatives and matchmakers of the Qin family continued to come and go, but they all returned in vain.

On this day, however, Qin Ye didn't come back until late in the evening, so he invited the housekeeper and his wife and Qin Keqing to speak in the hall of the main room.

"Master Zhen of Ningguo Mansion suddenly fell ill, and it seems to be very serious. Although our two families are not married, the relationship between Jingqing's mother and the former wife of Ningguo Mansion cannot be broken, and the family must prepare a gift to visit. If Master Zhen ascends to the sky, the relationship between the two families will be severed."

On the second day, Qin Keqing relayed Qin Ye's words to Qin Zhong.

"Sick all of a sudden? So serious?" Qin Zhong wondered.

This is something that is not in the original book. Where has it changed?
He thought to himself: I, a traveler, didn't deal with Jia Zhen, who would come forward to punish Jia Zhen?And he looked like he was going to die!

Qin Keqing hummed twice, and replied: "The master didn't say anything, he just let me pick a generous gift from the treasury, and this morning the master came back from business and brought the gift to Ningguo Mansion."

"That seems to be really serious!" Qin Zhong sighed softly.

He had thought about dealing with Jia Zhen before, and even wanted to encourage Jia Rong to fight against Jia Zhen more, but it was a pity that Jia Rong couldn't afford it.

This thing is really weird.

Qin Zhong thought for a while. In the first eighty chapters of the original book, Jia Zhen was in excellent health, and it is possible that she suddenly fell ill.If you really want to say that someone will attack, the only possibility is...

Xia Jingui?
hiss~
He took a deep breath.It's not possible, but very likely!

Xia Jingui, this woman is reckless in her actions.If Jia Zhen really pissed her off, this sudden turn of events really looked like Xia Jingui's method.

Thinking of this, Qin Zhong felt even more emotional.

When he introduced the Xia family to Jia Rong, he simply wanted to sever the marriage between the Qin family and the Ningguo Mansion without destroying the relationship between the two families. He did not expect Xia Jingui to be so brave in the end.

Pity.

Without Jia Zhen, Ningguo Mansion has been completely defeated ever since.

Although Jia Zhen is a lecherous and promiscuous thief, she can't find too many faults in her external behavior.Although he is also Gao Le's master, his foreign affairs are far inferior to that of his uncle Jia Shelai.

There will be a period of turmoil in the Ningguo Mansion and the Jia family.

But... none of my business!
Qin Zhong pursed his lips secretly, thinking only: I have to hide from Xia Jingui in the future, and if I really can't hide, don't let her be hostile.This woman doesn't follow routines at all, and doesn't talk about martial arts...

He doesn't want to mess with this kind of person who is behind the scenes!
Qin Keqing frowned and said, "Master and that Master Zhen are brothers-in-law. When we go to Rongguo Mansion in a few days, do we need to go to Ningguo Mansion to meet Grandma Zhen?"

Yes, this is embarrassing!
The Qin family are indeed relatives of Ningguo Mansion, but they are relatives of the former Grandma Zhen of Ningguo Mansion.The current Grandma Zhen is Youshi, and has nothing to do with the Qin family.

don't go!It seems that their siblings don't understand etiquette.

go!Would Youshi feel that he was giving her eye drops?After all, if Jia Zhen really leaves, Youshi will be very embarrassed in the position of the wife and grandma!

For one thing, Jia Rong was not born to Youshi, and Youshi never gave birth to any children at all.

Secondly, You Shi was only in his 20s when he was young, and he experienced the remarriage of his father and mother, and soon he will experience the death of his husband and no children.

Three times, the power of the housekeeper of Ningguo Mansion has never been in the hands of Youshi.

Youshi is really pitiful!

Qin Zhong suggested: "My sister is going to go that day, just stay in Rongguo Mansion, I will visit Master Zhen then. If my sister meets Grandma Zhen in Rongguo Mansion, it will not be too late to say hello to her."

"That's the only way to go!" Qin Keqing sighed quietly.

When Qin Ye came back in the afternoon, Qin Zhong realized that Jia Zhen had been lying down and unable to get up, talking nonsense.

"Ruthless man!"

Qin Zhong let out a long sigh, and looked at the vast cornfield in front of him again.

He was dragged away by Xu Xingrui from the Qin family in Qinghe Town again today, but this time he did not enter Shenjing City, and spent most of the day arriving at a place outside the city.

When I arrived here, I was shocked by the cornfield of Xu's family. It really has ten acres!

"Old Xu is really a ruthless person!"

Qin Zhong swallowed, and asked, "You didn't bring me here to break the corn, did you?"

Do you know how big ten acres of land is?Normally, 12 corn plants are planted on one mu of land, and [-] corn plants can be planted on ten acres of land.On average, two corn plants break three cobs, and [-] corn plants need to be broken [-] times.

To death!

Xu Xingrui pouted: "There are farmers harvesting, so you don't need to work hard."

Fortunately, fortunately!
Qin Zhong secretly rejoiced that he had already made up his mind that even if the Xu family really wanted him to contribute, he would definitely not.He went down to the field and observed it carefully, and found that the corn fruits in this field were all decent, and the tassels had been removed from the plants.

"Your family spent a lot of money!" Qin Zhong exclaimed, without meticulous care, it would not have grown like this.

Xu Xingrui said helplessly: "It has cost a lot of money, and the family is going to be poor."

Qin Zhong would not believe this, how much money would it cost to take care of ten acres of land.The most worthless thing in this day and age is wages. Hiring a farm worker is nothing more than two meals plus a few pennies per day.Ten mu of land, only planting requires a lot of manpower, and other processes can be completed in a few days by hiring a dozen or so agricultural workers.

Qin Zhong made a rough calculation, this salary is not as valuable as Xu Xingrui's fine clothes.

He rolled his eyes, Xu Xingrui showed others that one day was enough to support many farmers for a year.

Xu Yuanyi heard that Qin Zhong had arrived, so he hurried over.

"Mr. Qin, it's time to come."

Qin Zhong turned around, feeling a little puzzled. "Mr. Xu is in trouble again?"

"It's not me who is in trouble, but the people are in trouble." Xu Yuanyi sighed, "Planting according to Mr. Qin's method, the corn yield has indeed increased a lot. But the planting time of corn and rice overlaps, and if corn is planted on a large scale, it will squeeze the rice .Moreover, this precise planting takes a lot of time. If a family of five grows both rice and corn, it may be difficult to take care of it like this.”

Qin Zhong was dumbfounded, is this a problem?

After thinking about it, he suddenly realized that Xu Yuanyi thought of corn as a substitute for rice.However, Xu Yuanyi's ability to start from the perspective of a farmer's farming is indeed a rare character in ancient times.

He laughed, "Old Xu, don't worry, I'm afraid you misunderstood me before."

Although corn production has increased, it still cannot replace rice and wheat.Corn is an atypical short-day crop, and its growth requirements are not as harsh as those of rice and wheat.

In other words, as long as there is enough light and temperature, corn can grow anywhere.If you take care of it more carefully, you can increase production.So an excellent supplementary crop.

And another such complementary crop is the sweet potato!They are not very picky!

Not picky is the best quality of corn and sweet potatoes.

Qin Zhong looked at Xu Yuanyi's puzzled eyes, and explained: "Rice and wheat have always been the main crops, and farmers' good fields are naturally rice or wheat. But the barren wasteland near the farmers' houses cannot be irrigated cheaply. Corn can be grown where wheat and rice can be grown.”

For smallholder farming, farming on poor land is the best destination for corn, and it is also the method for farmers to maximize their benefits.

Xu Yuanyi said: "That would be grabbing land with sweet potatoes. How can corn produce as much as sweet potatoes?"

"If you only measure the weight of the fruit, the yield of sweet potatoes is naturally heavier. One of the sweet potatoes has a much higher water content than corn, and if they are all dried, the yield of corn can be higher than that of sweet potatoes." Qin Zhong explained, "You don't need more sweet potatoes. It is less difficult to take care of than corn, and even dry mountains and barren hills can grow sweet potatoes with higher yields."

"This……"

"Xu Lai, don't worry, you only need to plant rice and wheat in good fields, corn in thin fields that lack water, and sweet potatoes in barren hills and sandy soil." Although sweet potato planting requires a certain amount of water, too much water will harm the growth of sweet potatoes, and even rotten root.

"Sweet potatoes like sandy soil the most, and the soil is loose and dry, which is most conducive to the growth and development of potato cubes underground." Qin Zhong explained again.

[Xu Yuanyi favorability +13, Yangshou increased by 13 days]

Xu Yuanyi's eyes brightened, and he asked joyfully, "Is...is that so?"

But Qin Zhong said: "Mr. Xu will know when he will plant a few acres of sweet potatoes again."

Xu Yuanyi patted his thigh and said, "Okay...we will plant another ten acres of sweet potatoes next year."

hiss~
Qin Zhong's eyes widened, and he only gave Xu Yuanyi a thumbs up.I thought to myself: I hope next year I will get an official position, and I won’t be invited by him to make sweet potatoes!
Otherwise... ten acres and ten acres would be exhausting!
However, the increase in Xu Yuanyi's favorability this time is a bit abnormal. No one has ever exceeded ten points at once before.

"Actually, it's enough to plant one or two acres for comparison!" Qin Zhong said awkwardly.

But I don't know if Xu Yuanyi listened or not.

After finally spending a few days in the southern outskirts of the city, Qin Zhong went back to Qinghe Town to take a bath without stopping.

Tomorrow, Qin Keqing and Qin Keqing are going to Rongguo Mansion, tonight...

(End of this chapter)