Koi baby helps his mother farm and becomes the richest man

Chapter 223 Busy Everywhere

Prince Jing'an personally delivered the gift list to Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu looked down and saw that in addition to the gifts on the surface, there were also deeds for a restaurant, an inn, and a silver shop.

It seems that Prince Jing'an's family is quite wealthy.

These deeds are not on the gift list, but are tucked inside it.

After reading it, Zhou Yu closed the gift list, said a few perfunctory words, and then made an excuse to go back to the inner house to visit his wife and beloved daughter.

Upon seeing this, Prince Jing'an tactfully took Lady Ronghua and said goodbye.

Princess Ronghua was still unconvinced, so Prince Jing'an said earnestly, "Silly child, are you waiting to suffer the consequences? Let's pretend to be a grandson for a while, and when His Majesty grants us a fiefdom, we'll move there, and everything will be fine!"

After seeing them off, Zhou Yu said to Mrs. Zhou Er, "Aunt, let's present all the gifts sent by Prince Jing'an to His Majesty, except for the shop that is not on the account."

Mrs. Zhou Er agreed very much: "Yes, keeping it in your hands is a hot potato. You don't need to tell me these things."

"You are the elder," Zhou Yu smiled, "Such a big matter naturally requires your consent."

Mrs. Zhou Er waved her hands quickly: "Forget it, forget it. We are a family of flesh and blood and we don't talk about those empty things. Auntie is not as quick as you in these matters.

"Besides, you are the legitimate head of the Marquis' Mansion. Naturally, you have the final say on matters like this."

The two of them went back and told Qin Ying about this, and Qin Ying also expressed her agreement.

Zhou Yu said, "You are still ill, so take a good rest first. I will go to the palace by myself."

Before he could leave, Mr. Zhou was escorted back by Mr. Zhou Er. It turned out that the old man was so angry that he "fainted" in front of the emperor.

Zhou Yu first helped to settle the old man, and it took him half an hour before he went out.

When he came back, he was in high spirits.

Everyone is clear about the punishment of Prince Jing'an: Prince Jing'an was fined three years' salary and confined to reflect on his mistakes for half a year; in addition to the previous punishment, Princess Ronghua was also sentenced to house arrest for one year.

The new emperor also sent a few servants to Prince Jing'an. Of course, they were called servants, but in fact they were there to monitor him.

Queen Liu sent a nanny to Princess Ronghua.

Mrs. Zhou Er laughed heartily: "This time, Princess Ronghua is going to suffer!"

Old Master Zhou waved his hand and said, "We don't need to bother with irrelevant people. Now that His Majesty feels very guilty towards our family, I took the opportunity to ask him for 300 acres of land in the suburbs of Beijing as compensation for his grandson's wife."

"His Majesty also said that I was timid and didn't dare to ask for more, so he specially increased it to 600 acres."

At this point, he couldn't help but curl his lips: "Actually, he is not very generous."

After the war, there was a lot of unowned land in the suburbs of Beijing, and most of it was abandoned.

Master Zhou Er said, "Your Majesty still wants to reward meritorious officials, so he must be very careful with his calculations."

Mr. Zhou gave the land deed to Zhou Yu and said, "In a few days, take your wife over to have a look and see how to use it properly.

“Besides, the results of what you are going to do will not be seen in a day or two.

"Your brother-in-law still has to work with you, and your mother-in-law will be lonely at home alone. I think it would be better to bring her over as well.

"If she feels uncomfortable living in the Marquis' Mansion, then we can buy her a nice manor in the outskirts of the capital.

"This way, it will be easier for them to reunite with their family."

Zhou Yu hurriedly thanked his grandfather and said, "I'll send someone right away. By the time my mother-in-law arrives, the weather will be warmer."

Mrs. Zhou Er smiled and said, "My mother-in-law is a very kind and simple person. She can get along with everyone, but she is not a person without temper.

"He has a very good temperament with everyone in our family."

It was not until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month that Qin Ying and An An started going out.

The first thing to do is to go to the pawnshop, as they have too few people available.

There are many former officials’ families and servants who were sent away because of their masters’ misfortunes in the pawnshop, and many of them have management experience.

With An An around, the selection process was of course very smooth. This time, the two of them picked ten people, five of whom had been managers, two had been compradors, and the remaining three were experienced accountants.

Immediately afterwards, he took over the shop owned by Jing'an Wang Pei and replaced the manager and accountant with his own people.

Then they went to the hot spring villa. The people employed in the hot spring villa were old people from the marquis's mansion. They did their work very carefully and properly, and all the tasks assigned by Qin Ying were completed very beautifully.

All the seedlings are growing well, but they cannot be transplanted outdoors because of the cold spring weather.

The mother and daughter settled down in the hot spring village and began to study grafting.

The reference materials used by Qin Ying were all purchased by An An from the system mall. The rootstocks used were purchased from Beijing, but the scion used for grafting was provided by An An.

In this way, the success rate is naturally 100%, and new buds will sprout on the scion in just a few days.

Qin Ying was naturally very happy.

There are a total of ten peach trees, ten apple trees, ten pear trees and ten apricot trees grafted this time.

By mid-February, when the weather outside turned warmer, all the fruit trees were transplanted outdoors.

Apricot blossoms are in full bloom on the branches of spring, and peach, plum and apple trees are in bud.

There seems to be a sweet smell in the spring breeze.

When Zhou Yu came to visit them, he saw this scene and couldn't help but marvel, "I haven't been here for just a few days, and there have been such big changes?"

"Of course!" An An rode on his shoulders and said with a giggle, "My mother works so hard!"

"I know," Zhou Yu took Qin Ying's hand, "so I took three days off this time and planned to take you guys on an outing."

Qin Ying thought about what she had to do and shook her head: "Forget it, there's nothing interesting around here, right?"

"No," An An shook his head, "Dad prepared a surprise for Mom!"

Zhou Yu was a little puzzled: "You even know this?"

An An covered her mouth and laughed secretly. As long as she wanted to know, there was nothing she couldn't know.

Zhou Yu persuaded Qin Ying: "If you are busy, there will always be things to do. Taking a break from your busy schedule is also a way to spice up your life."

"You're always working so hard, what if you end up breaking down? A good balance between work and rest is the long-term solution."

Qin Ying agreed: "You are all in such a good mood, how could I be the one to spoil the fun?"

So the next day Zhou Yu personally drove the mother and daughter to a small valley five miles away.

Qin Ying lifted the carriage curtain and looked out. All she could see was tender green, dotted with wild flowers of various colors, like a piece of fine brocade, constantly unfolding.

After turning a corner, the view suddenly opens up. A faint fragrance is brought by the wind, and falling petals dance in front of my eyes.

An An couldn't help but exclaim in surprise: "What a huge sea of flowers!"

There was a patchwork of red and white before my eyes, with occasional hints of green; it turned out to be a large apricot forest.

Several white and yellow butterflies chasing each other and flying, accompanied by the crisp bird singing, are really refreshing.

Zhou Yu turned his head and looked at the surprise on Qin Ying's face, and felt satisfied.

When they arrived at the apricot forest, Zhou Yu stopped the carriage, helped Qin Ying get out first, and then went to pick up An An.

As soon as An An landed on the ground, she broke free from his hand and said, "Just walk slowly! I want to catch butterflies!"

The couple hurriedly reminded her not to run too far.