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Chapter 228: Greenhouse Seedling Cultivation

Liu San Niang was no coward; she slammed her hand on the table and exclaimed, "Fine! It's settled then!!"

"Next autumn, I'll go to the list of successful candidates in Yunzhou Prefecture and snatch them away!!"

"Okay!!" everyone cheered!

The entire courtyard was instantly filled with laughter and joy...

After dinner, the adults gave the children lucky money.

The children received lucky money and happily set off firecrackers in the yard.

The adults were drinking hot tea and eating melon seeds and dried fruit under the eaves.

Liu San Niang and Qin Youyou leaned against each other, both somewhat drunk, yet neither was willing to go back to their room to rest.

"Will she regret what she said today when she wakes up tomorrow?" Madam Qian asked Lu Tao.

Lu Tao glanced at Liu San Niang and shook her head. "No, she'll just remember these things better. When the autumn examination comes, she absolutely mustn't forget them."

"Hehe." Madam Qian chuckled. "Sister Liu is quite a wonderful person too."

"Second Miss, someone has delivered New Year's gifts outside." The gatekeeper came in and went straight to Tian Tian. "They're for you and the Eldest Miss."

The gatekeeper carried two small boxes, handing one to Tian Tian and the other to Tian Xiang.

Tian Tian took it suspiciously, "Can you tell me who it is?"

The doorman shook his head and added, "They just look like two young masters."

Two young masters?

Tian Tian glanced at Tian Xiang, the two young masters...

Is it Ling Yao and Wei Shaoyuan?

She couldn't think of anyone else besides them.

Looking into Tian Tian's eyes, Tian Xiang knew exactly who she was thinking of.

He nodded. "It should be them."

Tian Tian lowered her head and opened the box in her hand.

Inside the box was a simple jade hairpin, its white surface smooth and lustrous, clearly of considerable value.

On Tian Xiang's side, after opening it, there was a similar bracelet inside.

Tian Xiang glanced at it once and then closed the box.

"I'll have someone return it in a few days..." Tian Xiang looked at Tian Tian, ​​"What about you?"

Today is Lunar New Year's Eve, and Tian Xiang really didn't want to speak ill of Wei Shaoyuan, but she also couldn't accept this New Year's gift.

"After the New Year, I will prepare to go to the greenhouse to cultivate sweet potato seedlings. In about a month, the sweet potato seedlings will be harvested... and then they should leave Baishi County for the south."

"I'll help you return the things to them later."

Tian Xiang thought about it and agreed.

So she handed the box to Tian Tian.

Tian Tian took it and handed it to a servant to take to her own courtyard.

Qian Fulai had been keeping a close eye on what Tian Tian and Tian Xiang were doing.

Seeing the two boxes, he guessed who had given the gifts.

However, seeing that neither Tian Tian nor Tian Xiang accepted the money, he secretly curled his lips into a smile.

Madam Qian rolled her eyes at his appearance.

Some people, when they see others down on their luck, they feel smug.

Little did he know that by not daring to take the first step, he had completely lost the opportunity.

Even if this person were her son, she would still scold him without hesitation, calling him a good-for-nothing!

Outside the courtyard, the night watchman struck the gong at the third watch, officially ushering in the new year.

Drunk and perhaps dreaming, Liu San Niang and Qin Youyou suddenly stood up, supporting each other, and shouted, "Keep drinking!!"

Helpless, Tian Tian had her servants send the mother and daughter back home.

The others continued to stay up all night... only they moved indoors instead of outdoors.

The room is air-conditioned and warm.

In the latter half of the night, Qian Haiduo and his wife could no longer hold on, and neither could the children.

In the end, only Tian Tian, ​​Tian Xiang, and Qian Fulai remained to keep watch on New Year's Eve.

*

Tian Tian and her friends didn't visit relatives; they just stayed home eating and drinking every day.

Before we knew it, the Lantern Festival had arrived.

The workers started working, and the workers in the fields all returned.

Tian Tian couldn't wait to arrive at Qianjiazhuangzi. The vegetables grown in the greenhouses on the estate had already been harvested, leaving several greenhouses empty.

She can now grow potato seedlings in these greenhouses.

Before that, she went to the county town herself.

I heard that Tian Tian has arrived, and Ling Yao arrived even faster than Li Huaiyuan.

When Tian Tian saw him, she stood up from her chair; she had come specifically to see him.

"Young Master Ling."

"..." Ling Yao's aphasia has not yet recovered.

He pointed to the chair, gesturing for Tian Tian to sit down.

Tian Tian didn't sit back down. Before Li Huaiyuan arrived, she took out the box he had brought and placed it on the small table next to him.

"Young Master Ling, this gift is too valuable. I cannot accept it. Please take it back."

Upon hearing this, Ling Yao hurriedly stood up...

"..." Ling Yao couldn't say anything, but there was still time; he hadn't brought the booklet or charcoal pencil.

In desperation, he had no choice but to write on the small table, "This gift has no other meaning than to thank the Second Miss. Please accept it."

He took out the jade hairpin from the box and showed Tian Tian the small characters on the side of the hairpin.

Tian Tian leaned closer to take a look, and it said...

Imperial edict by the Great Prayer.

“This is on behalf of the people to thank the girl,” Ling Yao continued gesturing.

Having said that, Tian Tian hesitated.

Ling Yao put the jade hairpin back into the box and handed the box back to her.

Tian Tian thought to herself that she had indeed given something in return, so she could accept this jade hairpin.

So that... Ling Yao wouldn't have to find another way to thank her.

"Alright, I'll accept it. Thank you, Young Master Ling."

Seeing her being so polite, Ling Yao felt a pang of pain in his heart.

But he forced himself to look at Tian Tian a few more times.

Tian Tian sat back down in her chair and waited quietly for Li Huaiyuan.

When Li Huaiyuan arrived, he saw the two of them, one on his left and one on his right, one with her head down, the other staring intently...

With a silent sigh, Li Huaiyuan finally made a sound, "Miss Tian, ​​you've arrived."

Tian Tian then looked up, "Lord Li."

"Please have a seat, Miss Tian Er." Li Huaiyuan walked past the two and sat down in his own seat. "What brings you here today, Miss Tian Er?"

"Lord Li, I'm preparing to start cultivating sweet potato seedlings in the greenhouse."

"The seedlings can be cut and planted one month later."

"This matter...is related to Young Master Ling's schedule, so I came to inform him."

Ling Yao's pupils trembled slightly...

Last year, the seedling time was much later. Why is the seedling time so early this year?

Did she really want him to leave Baishi County?

Is it because you don't want him to bother you anymore?

Tian Tian continued, "Because...it takes about a month to travel south from Baishi County, and in order not to delay the planting in the south..."

"Furthermore, we will also need to cultivate rice seedlings for the entire population of Yunzhou Prefecture later on..."

"That's why we started seedling cultivation in advance."

Ling Yao wondered, is it true? Or is it just to comfort him?

“Miss Tian is very thoughtful. On behalf of the soldiers on the border of Daqi, I thank you, Miss Tian.” Li Huaiyuan stood up and bowed to Tian Tian.

Tian Tian also stood up and returned the greeting, "Tian Er wouldn't dare."

Li Huaiyuan glanced at Ling Yao.

"Then... let Heming contact the young lady about the potato vines."

"I don't really understand this either."