The carriage stopped at Zhuangzikou, and Qu Jingxi and her sister jumped out of the carriage and ran towards the shed, "Sir, let's go play!"

  Li Baolu also jumped out of the carriage, "I won't enter the village anymore, let's also go to see the greenhouse."

  Gu Jingyun let Erlin drive in, took Baolu's hand and followed behind Qu Weizhen and his brother.

   It snowed heavily two days ago, so there was still snow on the ground. There were only rows of greenhouses standing not far from the vast land, and the rest of the place was completely white.

   "Uncle Biao!" Qu Weizhen and Qu Jingxi respectfully saluted Fu Dalang.

  Fu Dalang who was in the greenhouse was startled and quickly came out, "Why are you here?" After he finished speaking, he realized that Gu Jingyun and Li Baolu were walking this way. He quickly wiped the sweat from his face and went into the greenhouse and put on a cotton-padded coat to meet them.

   "Cousin."

  Li Baolu saluted with a smile, "What are you doing, cousin?"

   "There's some grass growing in the greenhouse, I'm weeding," Fu Dalang said a little embarrassedly: "I didn't know you and my brother-in-law were coming, or I'd go out to pick you up."

   "I'm not an outsider, so where can I pick you up?" Li Baolu followed him into the greenhouse. Seeing the greenery inside, she nodded with satisfaction, "This year's greenhouse vegetables are even better than previous years, and my cousin is really good at planting."

   Fu Dalang's eyes brightened slightly, and he said with a blushing face: "The farming is the same everywhere, as long as you get used to the climate."

   When he saw Gu Jingyun untied his cloak, he quickly said, "It doesn't taste very good in the greenhouse. You should not stay here. Tell me what you want to eat, and I'll pick it up for you."

   Gu Jingyun smiled and said: "Cousin, you don't have to be so careful, Baolu and I have also planted things in the ground."

  Fu Dalang just smiled and stopped insisting. He was struggling in exile, thinking that he really didn't care.

  Gu Jingyun hung the cloak on the wooden nails at the entrance of the shed, and then led the crowd in.

   They have two greenhouses, each of which is only about two acres. This is because Fu Dalang helped to expand it this year. It used to be only half of the current size.

  Each greenhouse has two shed entrances, which can only allow one person to enter and exit, and the rest of the place is completely closed. The air inside is not very good, but the temperature is much higher than the outside, and the vegetables are growing better than in previous years. There are still more than a dozen small cucumbers hanging on the shelf of melon seedlings. Gu Jingyun looked at it and nodded slightly. Dao: "Although it is smaller than the season's, it is more energetic than the ones sold outside."

  Fu Dalang explained: "I occasionally bring a red-burning stove here to raise the temperature of the shed, otherwise the heavy snow a few days ago would definitely freeze to death a lot."

Their greenhouses are all built with tarpaulins, and the sunlight cannot penetrate during the day. In order to allow them to receive sunlight, the roof is tied with a slipknot. As long as the sun is good, they will lift the roof at the best time of noon sunshine. Let the sun shine in.

  No way, they really don’t have the money to use glass as a roof, so they can only waste manpower. Fortunately, the people in Dongzhuangzi are free to take care of the two greenhouses.

  Basically, the vegetables they eat every day come from here.

   And the price of tarpaulin is not cheap, at least the current income is difficult to offset the cost. Fu Dalang does not understand why they waste so much tarpaulin to grow vegetables. How much is the tarpaulin alone every year.

   In order not to lose money, Fu Dalang can only find a way to increase the income of vegetables in the greenhouse, at least not to lose too much.

After walking through both greenhouses, a few people rolled up their sleeves to work. Gu Jingyun and Li Baolu were both people who had done farm work and had been in the fields. Not to mention Qu Weizhen, she had to help in the vegetable garden since she learned to walk. .

   On the other hand, Qu Jingxi has never done it himself, but he has seen a lot of it, so he can get started quickly.

When Zhuangtou brought someone to rush over, what he saw was everyone squatting in the field with their sleeves rolled up and pulling weeds. Please punish the old lady."

  Gu Jingyun ignored him and just bowed his head and pulled the weeds.

   Qu Weizhen looked at the indifferent teacher, and at the expressionless gentleman, and decisively pulled her brother to continue working.

  Fu Dalang hesitated, but seeing Li Baolu shaking his head slightly at him, he could only lower his head and continue to work.

   Zhuangtou shivered, and the people he brought behind also knelt with their heads buried in their heads, almost living like a year.

  Because they were running over, the temperature in the greenhouse was higher than outside, and the group of people was sweating constantly on their foreheads, looking embarrassed.

   It wasn't until all the weeds were removed that Gu Jingyun got up and looked at Zhuangtou, smiled and said, "Since you're here, go pick some green vegetables and make lunch at noon."

   Zhuangtou responded with a trembling voice, and got up with a hunched waist to pick vegetables. He took a peek at Gu Jingyun and Li Baolu, and cautiously stepped forward to ask Fu Dalang for advice, went to pick several kinds of vegetables, and then followed Gu Jingyun and Li Baolu to Zhuangzi in cold sweat.

   Gu Jingyun acted as if nothing had happened just now. After washing his hands and drying them, he put on his cloak and turned around and smiled at Fu Dalang: "Cousin, let's go, it's getting late, it will take some time to go back to cook lunch."

   Although Fu Dalang was ignorant and didn't understand what was going on, he knew that it was right to listen to his cousin and brother-in-law, so he responded with a smile and turned around to pick up the vegetable basket.

   Zhuangtou dared to let him carry it, bowed his waist to indicate that he would come, and respectfully sent the group to the main courtyard.

  This house was built by the Marquis of Zhongyong. It was originally intended for the masters to live in when they came to Zhuangzi to relax. Unfortunately, there is no good scenery here, so it has been vacant. Li Baolu brought Qu Jingxi and the others to live there, and now it is lived by Fu Dalang.

   But he does not live in the main house, but in the east wing.

  Fu Dalang and Li Baolu stayed in the Gu Mansion for a while after returning to Beijing. Because he couldn't be idle, Li Baolu asked him to come to the farm after burying the ancestors of the Fu family.

   At that time, the autumn harvest had just ended, and it was the slack season. Fu Dalang had nothing to do when he went to the village. Li Baolu was afraid that he would think too much about the vegetables in the greenhouse, so he handed over the vegetables in the greenhouse to him.

   In the greenhouse today, seeing him busy alone, she knew that he was excluded and isolated, but Fu Dalang obviously didn't take it to heart, or he didn't notice the abnormality at all.

  Because he has been isolated since he was a child, he is used to being alone. So I don't feel like I'm being neglected.

   But Li Baolu sent him here to let him integrate into society and learn to communicate with people.

Zhuangtou caught Fu Dalang a chicken, and he was sweating profusely in the kitchen to cook the fire. Can only swallow the words.

   He wiped his sweat and turned his head to see his wife watching them in the yard. He was startled, and he didn't dare to ask Fu Dalang to help him to intercede.

  Gu Jingyun was sitting in the main room flipping through the books brought by the two younger disciples. Seeing Baolu frowning, she took the book and patted the two younger disciples on the head, "Go to the kitchen to help, you can't let the elders serve you."

   Qu Weizhen and Qu Jingxi immediately ran to the kitchen to help, and soon the two children were chattering from the kitchen. Occasionally, they could hear Fu Dalang's reply, and even Zhuang Tou interjected a few words.

   Gu Jingyun raised his eyebrows and smiled at Li Baolu: "How?"

  Li Baolu stretched her brows and said with a thumbs up, "You are amazing."

   "If you don't worry about it, let Weizhen and Jingxi come to the farm from time to time to play in the past few days, and let them go to the field to work and exercise, don't forget the basics." The most important thing is not to disturb them all the time.

Li Baolu thought about it for a while and agreed, so after completing their reading and writing tasks every day, Weizhen and Jingxi were driven by Erlin to the farm and handed over to Fu Dalang, who led them to weed and fertilize the vegetable garden. Due to the increase in the labor force, both of them have a longer appetite.

   On the other hand, Gu Jingyun and Li Baolu visited the hot spring courtyard, played chess and played the piano every day, and occasionally walked up the mountain road holding hands. They lived happily ever after.

   If it wasn't for New Year's Eve, they really didn't want to go home.

   On the 30th day of the new year, everyone started to pack up and leave. The carriage went around Zhuangzi to pick up Fu Dalang, and returned to the capital with two baskets of vegetables.

  Li Baolu and Fu Dalang explained: "Brother Jingyun and I are going to the palace to attend the palace banquet at night, but we will be back soon. After you and Zigui have eaten the New Year's Eve dinner, wait for us to come back and watch the night with you."

   It was the first time for Fu Dalang to spend the New Year with so many people, so he nodded nervously.

  The Gu Mansion was full of joy, Li Baolu let out a "huh" and looked at Zhao Ning who was smiling, "Is there a happy event for Zigui?"

  Zhao Ning laughed so hard that his eyes were almost out of sight, "Master, Mother Yuan is pregnant, I'm about to become a father, hahaha..."

  Li Baolu was slightly surprised, then became happy, "This is a good thing, when did you know?"

   "It's just now!" Zhao Ning was foolish and said with a big smile: "I just sent the doctor away. If you don't believe me, I will invite him back."

   Li Baolu was stunned, she didn't say she didn't believe it.

   Seeing his apprentice being so stupid, Gu Jingyun rolled his eyes quite speechlessly, and waved his hand: "Okay, you can go back and accompany your daughter-in-law." Don't get in the way here.

   Zhao Ning immediately turned around and ran away, "I just forgot to pick you up, and I haven't told Yuan Niang not to come out. There's still ice and snow on the ground outside, so don't slip."

  Gu Jingyun was very sad when he saw the disappearing back of his eldest apprentice, "Can he really enter the examination room like this?"

  Li Baolu hesitated and said, "It should be fine, it's more than a month before he enters the arena, so he should be able to regain his composure."

   Zhao Ning became a father for the first time in his life, so he couldn't help but get excited, but he soon woke up and devoted himself to reading with greater enthusiasm.

   In his words, he is going to give his future son or daughter a great gift—the jinshi exam!

   His level of diligence directly made the nine people in the same class feel like a great enemy, and he could no longer care about being in the middle of the year. After the second year of junior high, he started to ask Gu Jingyun all kinds of questions with books in hand.

Seeing that they came frequently, Gu Jingyun was too lazy to set up access control, so he directly asked them to come to Gu's house to study every day. He packed a room in the Shi'an Courtyard, put blankets and mats in it, and put a few low tables in it. became a classroom.

   They study by themselves. If there is something they don’t understand, they discuss it by themselves. If they can’t solve it, they go to the study room at the back to find him.

   In this way, it saves them the time of running back and forth, and the learning time increases a lot.

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