The beautiful pastoral field of Jiangmen girl

Chapter 442 Candidates for Stewardship (2)
At this time, Chen Qiaojiang and the others, who had taken a breather, got off the carriage lively again.Because they thought it was fun, they gathered around the fire and rushed to roast the rabbit meat by themselves.

Manager Ding has a way to deal with them.He cut the branches, cut the rabbit meat into small pieces with a knife, skewered them on the cut branches, and let each of them take a skewer to roast.

When they shouted in surprise whether they were mushy or hot, the two eagle guards who had left behind to hunt came back.One of them carried two rabbits in his hand, and the other carried three pheasants, one of which was alive.

Maizi and Shengge stretched out their hands for the live pheasant, clamoring to take it back and raise it instead of eating meat.

The guard agreed, got a piece of rope, tied one leg of the pheasant, and handed the other end of the rope to the two of them.

Chen Qiaojiang leaned over and stabbed the pheasant with a branch, which made the already frightened pheasant thump about desperately, and nearly fell down while grabbing the wheat at the end of the rope.Seeing him, Qingyang snatched the branch from Chen Qiaojiang's hand and coaxed Maizi who was about to cry.Although Chen Qiaojiang was still that mischievous boy, but now he has grown a lot compared to before, so he also coaxed Maizi a few words.Maizi stopped crying, and the matter was over.

Qing Shu just stood aside and watched their interaction with a smile, not participating at all.

On the other side, the servant had already taken the two rabbits and two pheasants from the guards, and took them to the side to clean them up.After they cleaned up, Xiaojuan took the pheasant over.

Xiaojuan followed Qingshu's example and stuffed seasoning into the pheasant's stomach.However, due to the limited amount brought out, there are not many seasonings left, only enough for one.She ran to ask Qingshu for instructions, "Miss, the remaining seasoning is only enough for one, but not for the other, what should I do?"

Qingshu sat upright, "Is there enough salt?"

"There is enough salt, there is half a jar."

"Then roast one, and stew the remaining one with the two rabbits just brought back."

Xiaojuan agreed and ran back to make arrangements.

When the simple lunch was ready, Qingyang and the others said they would not eat it. They wanted to wait for the pheasant meat buried under the fire to be roasted.Seeing that they didn't eat, Qing Shu gave the porridge and a large pot of stewed broth to the guards and servants, and asked someone to fill a few bowls for Master Liu and others to try.

Qingshu ate a piece of dim sum, a piece of jerky, and several skewers of rabbit meat that Qingyang had grilled for her.When the time was almost up, she asked people to remove the embers of the fire, and pulled out the four pheasant steaks that had been buried earlier.

Looking at the four dark lumps, Chen Qiaojiang said with disgust, "Can this be eaten?"

Qingyang immediately retorted, "Of course you can eat it." He was supporting his sister, but he was actually very skeptical.

Hao took his finger and pointed it up, then immediately retracted his finger, and let out a soft cry.

Qing Shu wasn't sure if it was delicious or not, so she took a dry branch and beat it.The outermost layer of mud peeled off, and the fragrance wafted out, which attracted the eyes of the owners of seven or eight small heads in a circle.

Then, peel off the lotus leaves, and the fragrance that floats out is stronger.Mr. Lu followed the scent and came over.

Xiaojuan started and tore off the pheasant legs one by one.After the heat dissipated a little, she first handed one to Mr. Lu who came to join in the fun, and then handed the other seven pheasant legs to Chen Qiaojiang and Qingyang respectively.

Mr. Lu's majesty only stays in the classroom, here, he has no sense of being a gentleman.He only took a bite of the pheasant leg meat in his hand, then drove Qing Shu and Xiao Juan away.He led his disciples around the roasted pheasant, put his hands together, and competed with his disciples to eat.

Qing Shu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and when she walked away, she told Guard Du that when the last buried pheasant steak was pulled out, take it farther away and share it with the guards to taste, and don't let Mr. Lu snatch it away.

After more than half an hour, Qingyang, who had no serious meal but only ate roast pheasant, and the eight of them ran and danced around for a while, and got tired, so they returned to the carriage and agreed to go back.On the way back, they spent half of their time sleeping, and the rest of the time basically talking about hunting and eating pheasants.

When passing by Zhuangzi, Guanshi Wu led the people to stop.Qing Shu and the others didn't stay, because it was getting late, and they were afraid that they would be too late to enter the town.

Back to the mansion.The adults were all a little tired, but Qingyang and the others, who had fallen asleep halfway, were all very energetic.The meals in the mansion were all ready, everyone hurriedly ate their dinner and hurried back to rest.

After a night of nothing, the next morning, the butler Gu came to report to Qingshu about the big and small things that happened in the mansion yesterday, and reported that the gang leader came early this morning, and the size of the shoes had been packed and sent up.In fact, the gang leader handed over thin branches of different lengths, seven in total.These twigs are all compared to measure the beggar's feet, and the number of pairs of shoes corresponding to each twig is dictated.

Qing Shu then said, "Leave this to Mama Su, and Mama Su will hand over this matter to Aqin's aunt." She had said hello to this matter in advance.The size of the shoes was good, so Aqin's aunt, Gu Chen, took them back, and brought the elder girls and daughters-in-law of the village to drive out a hundred pairs of shoes as soon as possible.These shoes are spring shoes, that is, when the seasons change.After the shoes are finished, Mrs. Gu Chen is also responsible for sewing a hundred sets of men's coarse clothes with the elder girls and daughter-in-laws in the village.

Steward Gu agreed, and left to find Mama Su.

Not long after, the front came to report that Zhang Da, who was named by Qingshu yesterday, had arrived.

Qingshu asked Qingyang to come over, and then called Zhang Da to come in.

Zhang Da had seen the ceremony, and stood there respectfully.

Qing Shu didn't look at him, and fiddled with the papers on the table, "What do you do in Zhuangzi?"

Zhang Da didn't expect to ask this question, but he answered respectfully and earnestly, "The little one does the work in the field when there is farming work, and helps feed the animals when the farming work is not busy. There is no fixed errand in winter, and everything is at the disposal of Manager Wu."

"How much is your monthly payment?"

"Three hanging coins."

Qingshu motioned Qingyang to speak.

After Qingyang received the hint, he asked, "Call out the farm and send it to open up wasteland thousands of miles away, would you like it?"

Zhang Da was surprised, but he wasn't very surprised, "Everything is under the arrangement of the young lady and the young master, and I am willing to work anywhere." He also knew that the thousand miles of wasteland needed a lot of manpower.

Qingyang turned his face to look at Qingshu, and seeing Qingshu nodding, he turned his face back and stared at Zhang Da who was standing below him, "You will be promoted to be in charge, and you will be transferred to Qianli Wasteland to be in charge of land reclamation."

Zhang Da was greatly surprised now, "Steward?"

Standing behind Qingshu, Xiaoyu who kept his head down seemed shocked, and raised his head to look at Zhang Da.

Xiaojuan had been observing her reaction quietly, so she saw her move seriously.

(End of this chapter)