By Jia Xiuzhen

Li Wan took people to Caotianzhuang, where Nanny Xu had been waiting for a long time.Li Wan thought he had arrived at the place, and was about to get out of the car, but Madam Xu stopped her, and she said, "I'll lead the way, otherwise grandma wouldn't know how to get there."

Now Caotianzhuang is only called by the old people. People who come and go ask, they all call it Taoyuanzhuang, but I don’t know who got the name.The former Zhuangtou courtyard is now a workshop courtyard, and there are workshops next to each other.The Zhuang Ding who lived in it at first, since Li Wan gave a word to allow them to redeem themselves, within a year, they all got free.In addition, there are more and more workshops inside, and there are not many houses for people to live in, so they all go outside to find a place to live.

Qiqiaofang is famous for its glass, but in fact there is another thing, which is also fired, called plaster.It is fast and reliable for building a house, but it is more expensive.Ji Liang got such a big benefit from Li Wan, but he had no reason to be filial, so he was able to spend money on Caotianzhuang.At the beginning, he was asked to build the dozen or so small courtyards. After the courtyards were completed, he paved the road again, and then built the opposite houses along the road.

Most of the two-story buildings built in the capital are two or three rooms, and some have four rooms.Madam Xu stopped her at the beginning, saying she was wasting money, but Ji Liang said with a smile: "Just relying on the few workshops in mother's hands, when they start to work, there will be a lot of people coming. These people must have a place to live. Well, they don’t farm the land, and they don’t need to be close to the land, but it’s better to be close to the road.”

Sure enough, what Ji Liang expected was not bad, since the establishment of those food workshops, Xianglu workshops, and sauce workshops, the original manpower in the village is not enough.At first, Nanny Xu was looking for someone to buy, but later she realized that even if she bought Li Wan, she would have to find a way to release it, so it would be better to hire someone directly to save time.In this way, when those who fled from disasters and came to Beijing, when they sold themselves, the people in Caotianzhuang went to fight with them.

Just ask about the population of the family and the original craftsmanship, and then tell Zhuangzi's words about recruiting people.Hearing that he doesn't need to be a slave or a handmaiden, he can go to work and have a place to live and the whole family can stay together, so why not happy!Just like that, many people from all corners of the country gradually gathered in Caotianzhuang, and those buildings don't have to worry about being unoccupied.

After signing the deed, the house is considered to be rented to them. There is a canteen to eat, and the food is delicious and affordable. Everyone seems to have fallen into a lucky nest.Only then did the name Taoyuanzhuang gradually come into being.

In addition to the repair of this road, there are more small merchants and hawkers in the village going to the North Teacher's Mansion and the Academy, and the food in Caotianzhuang has gradually become famous.The technicians and apprentices in the Beijing Normal University, the disciples and gentlemen in the academy began to often go to the canteen of Caotianzhuang.

The farm has its own production, and there are also workshops such as food workshops. When people come, some farmers will start to set up small stalls by the side of the compound.Those who came to vote empty-handed found work and earned money, but they didn't have half of the land, and they had to spend money to buy food and drink.People from the technician's mansion and the academy came back and forth, and if they saw something suitable, they had to send back some.In this way, Caotianzhuang not only took the goods from several workshops and sold them all over the country during the slack season, but also opened many shops that are open all year round.This is much better than going to the market every Friday in the town.

The land on the Zhuangzi is still the same, but it is managed properly, and there are many clever methods before, raising an unknown number of chickens, ducks, cattle, sheep and pigs.Li Wan only asked Nanny Xu to reserve some land for use in the village, and let others buy the rest.As a result, the tenants of each family gradually bought their own land, and now they are all tending their own land at one end, and working in various workshops on the farm at the other end.Or those who don't like to listen to other people's management, they pick up a burden and carry it around to do small business.

Mr. Yu is still teaching Chinese characters, as before, only for half a day.They are all paragraphs of agricultural books, craftsmanship, and the weather of the four seasons, but they are very different from the poems of Ziyue in the serious school.Naturally, it is a wild fox Zen that makes people laugh, but it has benefited so many children.Let’s just say that Xiaosan and Xiaosi of Qiao Niangzi’s family were literate because they were young, and they didn’t want to take the exam to become an official. After passing through someone his second brother knew in the technician’s mansion, they entered the technician’s mansion as an apprentice. up.

The two of them knew that their life began to get better, and it was from the sock workshop that they were very fond of equipment.The one who led them was the technician Cui who used to ask the second child to bring the food and drinks, but now they can be considered as one. The master will follow his apprentice to Caotianzhuang when he has time, so naturally he will not worry about eating and drinking.He taught with all his heart, and the two of them studied with enthusiasm, and now they are all masters on their own.He had just passed the examination of the Ministry of Internal Works, so he might be able to work as an errand in the city.

Xiao Er studied business under Ji Liang, and now Yan Jun is in charge of the whole Caotian Zhuangzhuang's affairs, while Xiao Er manages the business.Which coincident lady can't boast a few words when talking about it?Only Xiaoer always compares himself to his master in his heart, so he is still far behind, so he is more modest and diligent.

The servants of Jia's mansion came to hundreds of people at once. Fortunately, it is the current Caotianzhuang.Only Mammy allowed each person's life deed to be returned, and another person gave a tael of silver to spend. After staying for only two days, they left a lot.

Some of them had married daughters, and when they heard that their parents were in distress, there was no reason to ignore them, so they naturally came to pick them up.There are also old friends who worked as errands in other wealthy mansions, which is better than hundreds of people crowded together here, so the whole family went to the city to join relatives and friends.Then I saw that I was in the Zhuangzi, and I didn't know how to do farm work, so I knew it was not a way out, so I wanted to take advantage of the New Year's Eve to increase the number of manpower at each gate to see if I could work in the gate of the mansion again.There were all kinds of things like this, so Nanny Xu naturally didn't stop her.

After Jia Zheng and others were released from prison and sold people in the mansion, they were really injured for a while after they were picked up. Li Wan was delayed for a while to come, and when she went to Zhuangzi, she was away from the servants sold by Jia's mansion. It has been two or three months since we came to Zhuang.Along the way, I heard Madam Xu say that many people had dispersed, and said: "They have all been given deeds of life, which means that each of them has their own way. It doesn't matter if they are separated, and the work on the farm is not done by everyone. You got it. If you really rely on here to support your life for nothing, you will be in trouble."

Mother Xu smiled and said: "That's what it means, even those who stay, if they can't work, I don't care, and they have to fend for themselves. It's just a temporary expedient to get them all here. It's because grandma is kind, afraid that they will suffer in it, let them find a place to settle down, so that we can talk about it in the future. Now that they are all raised, when will they go!"

Li Wan nodded: "That's what it means."

A group of people bypassed the Zhuangtou courtyard, went back to a sparsely populated road, and turned around a few flower bushes before entering the courtyard.Li Wan's courtyard is the largest one in the middle, with two small buildings inside and two rows of houses facing south and east at the bottom, surrounded by a small garden with a small lotus pond embedded in it.They are all rocky shores, the same as the foundation of the house and the roadbed.There are only three or two trees in the small garden, but there are two huge pagoda trees behind the house.

Mother Xu smiled and said: "Ji Liang read the drawings given by grandma, only the house is not nearby, and this garden was drawn by the craftsmen in the palace. He still thought it was not exquisite enough, so I hurriedly blocked it. As I said, our grandma is not good at those delicate things, just leave two not delicate trees, and then climb the loofah and beans."

The whole group laughed, Li Wan asked Yingchun again: "Where is your house?"

Yingchun pointed her head back: "I like quietness, so I asked the nanny to arrange for me a place close to the inside."

Li Wan smiled and said, "Like what you said. By the way, it was your idea to come in just now that twisted and twisted?"

Yingchun smiled and replied: "Sister-in-law see it? This has been changed twice. There are a lot of people coming and going here, so some people are curious. The people in the village and the workers know the taboo, but it's easy for foreigners to wander around. Our place is not a mansion, and there are not so many people guarding the house, so I asked someone to plant some flowers and plants as a cover."

Li Wan smiled: "You are too modest, it's not a cover, it clearly means the ecstasy array."

Mother Xu smiled and said, "Grandma is right, if it wasn't for the familiarity of those people, it wouldn't be easy to get out of those places."

Just as he was talking, a group of people came out from inside, rushing to salute Li Wan.Li Wan hurriedly smiled and said: "It's done, it's about this time, it's better not to talk about the red tape in the past."

I saw Aunt Chang, Aunt Yan, Mo Yuyunqiu, Suyun Biyue, all present.Seeing Li Wan, thinking about the news that came one after another these days, they were both happy and sighed, and they inevitably shed tears.Li Wan said quickly: "Look, I've been in the car for half a day, and I haven't even entered the house to have a sip of tea. Do you want me to comfort you local snakes first?"

One sentence made everyone laugh, and they crowded into the room.The inside was decorated according to the houses in Daoxiang Village, and Li Wan knew that this must be what Mother Xu meant.If it is according to Ji Liang, even if he dare not come like the palace, he still has to come like the house in the former mansion.Sure enough, Nanny Xu looked at Li Wan with a smile on her face, and they looked at each other and smiled.

They told about the time after farewell, and asked about the situation of the people in Jia's house. They said and sighed, and it was lively, but another person came outside, but it was Miao'er.Quickly kowtowed to Li Wan, Li Wan stood up and said with a smile: "Miao'er grows so fast, even the eldest girls dare not recognize her."

Yingchun said from the side: "Sister-in-law doesn't know, now Miaoer is helping in the restaurant, not to mention, she is also helping her mother to open a restaurant at the pier, she is very patient."

Miao Er thought that this part was familiar with the Yingchun Office, and said with a smile: "Didn't the girl say that she would go to visit our shop? When the girl is free, I will take the girl to have a look. I'm afraid the place is small and the people are rough. , don't scare the girl."

When Li Wan saw Miao'er, he thought of something and said: "By the way, this time there are two little girls who were with you in the past. They were all bought from outside that day. Now you have no relatives or trust. You can point them out and see what kind of errands are suitable for them to find on Zhuangzi."

Miao Er smiled and said: "Grandma is talking about Xiaoyan, right? I saw her, and I am about to take her to my house. I heard that grandma is here, so I will come over and kowtow to grandma first."

Li Wan nodded and said: "It was her, and there was another one who followed to Xue's house. This time, the master didn't ask to bring so many people to the south, so he followed here."

Miao Er nodded: "I didn't see it just now, I'll ask later."

Sure enough, when she left Li Wan's place and went to look for Xiaoyan again, she saw Xiaoyan standing with Jing'er, knowing that Li Wan was talking about Jing'er.He hurried up and said: "Grandma just told me about you two. Let's go, go to my house first, I'm the only one in our house today, let's have dinner, and I'll tell you about the things here."

Seeing Miao Er, the two were enthusiastic, and their confusion and embarrassment eased a little, so they went outside with Miao Er.After leaving the yard, Jing'er asked, "Your family doesn't live here?"

Miao'er shook her head: "This is the residence of the sisters and mothers who used to be close to my grandmother. There are also girls and brothers who have small courtyards inside. Our family lives in the back street of Zhuangtou courtyard, and they are all used to be merchants' yards. "

A few people passed by the backyard of Zhuangtou, and there was indeed a corridor with scattered courtyards on both sides, and the corridor turned around in the middle of the courtyard. Xiaoyan smiled and said: "This place is good, this road is a bit like when my hometown was not disaster-stricken when I was young. town."

Miao'er smiled and said: "I will find a job in the village later, if you like, you can live with me. My brothers are not at home, and my parents are busy with the restaurant. I am usually alone, and I happen to be with me. I keep company."

Xiaoyan smiled and said, "That's a good thing."

Jing'er walked on the gravel road without saying a word, thinking of the Qingshi Road in Rongguo Mansion and Xue's house in her heart, she didn't expect to go around and come back to such a place. ?Prosperity is just like stratus clouds, but it has nothing to do with me after all.