Perhaps after receiving Chu Yiqing's reply, Bai Yuanzeng was immediately overjoyed, hurriedly said some words of gratitude, and saw that it was getting late and left.

Chu Yiqing also wrote a letter by the way, including the intention of increasing the hundred yuan, and asked Shi Shi to take it with him and escort Jiang Yun to the capital.

In the following days, Dan Er and the wives of officials from various places came to report and visit one after another, and it took four or five days of busy work to finally feel calm.

On the fifth day, Chu Yiqing finally had some free time and took A Bao to Hua Mansion.

"Miss Chu, I've been waiting for you to come!" Huahai's face was filled with smiles as soon as he saw Chu Yiqing, and he hurriedly let Chu Yiqing in, "Miss Chu made it easy for me to wait!"

In fact, on the second day after arriving in Lucheng, Chu Yiqing received an invitation from Hua Mansion, saying that she was asked to come to the house for a talk, but there were so many things that she couldn't get away from, so she didn't come.

"Master Hua, I'm really sorry. As you know, everything is going on this time and I really can't get away!" Chu Yiqing apologized with a smile.

"Grandpa, grandpa, where are the blue roses?" As soon as Abao entered the door, he wanted to run towards the flower garden, but was restrained by Chu Yiqing and saluted. Now he couldn't bear it anymore and kept asking.

"We're in the flower garden. Why don't we be so anxious? These are the last batch of flowers. If you come a day or two later, you might not be able to see them!" Huahai said with a smile.

It turned out that Huahai was anxious to let her see the blue rose. Remembering that the blue rose was just to coax Ah Bao to play with, Chu Yiqing didn't take it too seriously. However, seeing that Ah Bao liked it, he accommodated him and followed him.

We went to the flower garden together.

"Chu Yi, you're back. Why did you stay away for so long?" Hua Lin ran out of the greenhouse, and as soon as he saw A Bao, he enthusiastically stepped forward and took his little hand.

Hua Qi stood behind Hua Lin and seemed to be much more stable.

Abao was all focused on the blue rose and ignored Hua Lin. He ran into the flower shed to take a look. As soon as he saw the bright blue rose in bloom, he happily shouted to Chu Yiqing: "Mother

Kiss you, come and take a look, it’s really beautiful!”

Chu Yiqing looked at the blue rose. After all, it was the first time he tried planting. The color was only slightly blue. It was not as dark blue as the modern blue enchantress. But based on this blue color alone, the rose was already

It's a rarity.

"A few days ago, all the people who came to ask for this blue rose have crossed my threshold. It's been three years now. The Hua Mansion hasn't been this lively in three years!" Hua Hai stroked his gray beard and said with a smile, "This flower

All the others have been sold, and only this one is left, and with this one, the king of the capital and Liu Shilang broke their heads!"

Chu Yiqing did not expect that a few blue roses would cause such a big sensation. With the five major families in chaos, it was not a good sign for the blue roses to stand out too much.

"Have Miss Chu considered continuing to cooperate with me in planting flowers?" Seeing the three children having fun, Huahai made a gesture of invitation and led Chu Yiqing back to the lobby.

"I'm not greedy for money. It's just that no one appreciates the flowers I've worked so hard to grow. It's a pity that I can only let them wither. I have five hundred acres of flower gardens. I go out to supply them in restaurants, and the rest are left to fend for themselves.

, if Miss Chu is willing to plant these blue roses in high value..." Huahai slowly explained his intention.

Chu Yiqing smiled slowly: "Master Hua, I don't know if you have ever thought about why blue roses are rare. There has always been a principle of rareness being the most valuable. If planted on a large scale, these blue roses will become

There is no difference between ordinary roses and these white roses and red roses!" Chu Yiqing said with a faint smile.

Hua Hai was startled and looked at Chu Yiqing in surprise, "People say businessmen value profits, but this sentence doesn't seem to fit Miss Chu!"

"Master Hua is wrong. I can't plant blue roses in a large area just because of heavy profits!" Chu Yiqing said with a smile.

After Huahai tasted it carefully, it seemed that she finally understood, and she could only stroke her beard and nod: "Miss Chu is definitely not a thing in the pool, and one day she will definitely become a dragon and a phoenix among people!"

"Master Hua, you're welcome. I just want to do what I can. After harvesting this season's roses, I will continue to cultivate them in that small flowerbed. As for the income, Master Hua and I will share half of it. How about that?" Chu

Yiqing also revealed his plan.

"Half for each person? Miss Chu, do you know how much these blue roses sold for?" Huahai's expression seemed a little excited.

Chu Yiqing smiled and asked: "Is it possible that Mr. Hua is dissatisfied with this share?"

Huahai shook his head, "Of course not, I'm just afraid that you will be reluctant to part with it after knowing the amount!"

Chu Yiqing smiled and said: "Master Hua is willing to discipline A Bao for me. Yiqing is very grateful in his heart. Money is just an external thing, Master Hua doesn't have to worry about it!"

"Okay, since Miss Chu said this, I won't be polite. I will send Huagan to deliver the banknote to the house in a while!" Huahai nodded.

Chu Yiqing also responded, and the two chatted some more. Seeing that the time was not up, Chu Yiqing wanted to leave, but A Bao, Hua Qi, and Hua Lin were having fun, so Ying Qian was left behind.

He and Ade watched over him and returned to the Chu Mansion.

After autumn, it was sweltering for a few days, and when the persimmons were ripe, Chu Yiqing went to order fifty water jars, and then asked Dan Er to find some young and strong men from Shanjiazhuang to start harvesting the persimmons.

At the beginning, Chu Yiqing planned to collect the scattered persimmons first, and then pick the persimmons from her four persimmon forests. Who knew that after one day of harvesting, she could only harvest a few baskets, which was different from the previous estimate of several thousand kilograms.

too far.

"What's going on?" Chu Yiqing looked at the deserted courtyard and frowned. It stands to reason that this persimmon is a heavy object. A knot is a tree, and a tree weighs dozens of kilograms. There are so many persimmon trees in Lucheng.

Maybe she only accepts these few baskets, and her price is already very reasonable, twenty cents per basket. Although the money is not much, it is better than hanging it on the tree for nothing and waiting for it to rot!

"Miss, someone is causing trouble!" Yingqian quickly told the news she had learned, "I asked a few people and they said that ten days ago, that is, the day before we came back, a big shopkeeper named Man had already

When we started to harvest the persimmons, the price was ten cents per basket. At that time, many people believed the rumor that you would not want the persimmons until you came back, so they picked all the unripe persimmons and sold them to the shopkeeper Man!"

"Is there such a thing?" Lady Lingdang was helping Guo Zheng. When she heard this, she felt a little uncomfortable. In any case, Chu Yiqing had left all the affairs in Lucheng to her. Someone was collecting persimmons.

It's a big deal, she doesn't even know!

"Do you know who did it?" Chu Yiqing originally thought that it was just some common people who were afraid that their work would be in vain, and they were just thinking wildly. When she came back, the rumors about her not wanting persimmons would slowly dissipate, so at that time

I didn't take it to heart, but I didn't expect that things were far from being as simple as I originally imagined.

"They all say they don't know. I only know that the big shopkeeper has a capital accent, and they all pick the persimmons into a big yard in the south of the city!" Yingqian couldn't help but said, "Miss, someone is trying to steal business from us! We

In the spring, I promised these people that I wanted persimmons, but why are these people so restless?"

Chu Yiqing is not complaining about these people selling persimmons to others. She feels sorry for the thousands of kilograms of unripe persimmons. They are still green and astringent even if they are more than ten days early. Even if they are ripe, they don't taste good.

I really don’t know what those people do with those unripe persimmons!

"Miss, how about I go find out the details of those people and who is stealing our business!" Yingqian said angrily.

"Forget it, I came back late. I was busy with things in the restaurant and the fields when I came back. I didn't arrange this matter in advance, so I lost the opportunity. Fortunately, we bought four persimmon groves at that time. We will harvest the persimmon groves first this year.

Persimmons! Anyway, it’s my first year doing this persimmon business and I don’t know how to get there. Maybe even the persimmons in this persimmon forest can’t be sold!” Although Chu Yiqing said this, he still felt distressed because it weighed thousands of kilograms.

The persimmon is going blind!

Yingqian could only nod her head after hearing this.

The persimmon grove under the care of Lao Zhutou was the largest and closest to Lucheng. Chu Yiqing asked people to start picking from that persimmon grove first. So in the cool autumn weather, Chu Yiqing took forty or fifty women with him.

, with hair wrapped around her head and a basket on her back, she arrived at the persimmon forest.

Most of the persimmon trees in Lucheng are low, have many branches, and produce densely packed persimmons. From a distance, they look like a patchwork of yellow and orange trees.

"Oh, I didn't know that this persimmon tree could bear so many persimmons before. Look at what a big success!" The women looked at the yellow-orange fruits with joy, their faces full of joy.

"That's natural. Who was willing to fertilize the persimmon tree in the past? Even if you pee, you won't pee under the persimmon tree. It's just something for your children to eat. No one will take it seriously. But Miss Chu is different. You see, not only is it a professional

We hired people to look after the forest, and there are people who specialize in taking care of it, so all this money was paid for!"

After Chu Yiqing looked around, he called these people together and ordered: "Everyone, please pay attention. When picking persimmons, you must use your hands to pick them one by one. Don't let the branches or persimmons poke the persimmons. They will crawl.

Climb the tree if it's a tree, and be sure not to hit it with a bamboo pole. Just keep the persimmons you can't reach!"

The women hurriedly responded. Unexpectedly, the persimmons that were usually so rare have now become treasures. However, they are not in a hurry. Anyway, they are paid according to the day. The more days they pick, the more wages they will get. This autumn, the countryside is

During the harvest season, women in the city had no jobs. Fortunately, the Chu government was willing to recruit women like them and did not dislike them for being slow and slow in everything, so everyone picked the persimmons carefully while laughing and talking.

They were piled up one by one and placed in a large basket made of straw and placed nearby, waiting for the cart to pull them.

Chu Yiqing was sitting under the shade of a tree nearby, watching as he supervised these people picking persimmons, but in his heart he was thinking about how to sell the persimmons. Lucheng is rich in persimmons, and even if the persimmons are harvested, everyone's enthusiasm will not be the same.

It is not high, so the price will definitely not go up. It is best to transport it to the capital. Although the market is chaotic now, the five major families do not have such good persimmons, so the price will definitely go up. But in this case, she is afraid

It's as eye-catching as a blue rose.

Chu Yiqing was making calculations when he saw Mrs. Bai, Mrs. Zhang, and Mrs. Li coming with their maids and wives. When he saw Chu Yiqing, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Oh, Miss Chu, this scene is really lively. Look,

People’s blood is boiling!”

Chu Yiqing glanced at them. Since the last time he went to the fields to look for her and experienced being bitten by bugs and having their clothes torn by branches, they all automatically changed into old clothes and satin shoes today.

Wearing cloth shoes and wearing less hairpins on the head and face, it looks very simple and pleasing to the eye at first glance, which is also very consistent with the scene of this bumper harvest.

After getting along with each other these days, Chu Yiqing became friends with these officials and ladies, so he smiled and greeted them.

"Miss Chu, you are busy with your business. We just want to come and see this scene and learn from you! My master often says that they are all women. Miss Chu is so capable. She is not idle all year round. My master asked me to follow

Miss Chu is studying a lot!" Mrs. Zhang smiled, but her eyes flickered a little, and she secretly winked at Mrs. Li.

Mrs. Li stepped forward with curiosity on her face and asked: "Miss Chu, we are just curious. These persimmons cannot be eaten unless they are hung on a tree and are ripe. They are very astringent in your mouth. Do you want so many astringent persimmons?"

What to do?"

Mrs. Bai was stunned, as if she didn't expect them to ask this, and immediately said: "Why are you asking this? If you ask, can you still compete with Miss Chu for business? Come on, let's play with us, Miss Chu is still busy.

, don’t delay Miss Chu’s work!”

Madam Zhang and Madam Li were a little unhappy because they didn't ask for the secret, but now that Chu Yiqing's power was not as powerful as before, they didn't dare to say anything and had no choice but to follow Madam Bai around.

"Miss, Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Li are really stubborn and always want to inquire!" Yingqian couldn't help but whisper.

"They are not the only ones who want to know what I want these astringent persimmons for?" Chu Yiqing sneered. The fact that these two ladies could ask in front of her would at least prove that they were really curious and were not causing trouble behind her back.

What she really needs to be wary of now is the shopkeeper Man who snatched the persimmons!

In the south of Lucheng City, in a low hut that was about to collapse, the Pan family, who had been kicked out by Chu Yiqing, were looking sad.

Pan Yanglei entered the house with a gourd and struggled to carry it in the jar for a long time before he took out half a gourd of white noodles. Then he walked to Mrs. Pan with a sad face and whispered: "Mom, look, this is all we have left.
To be continued...