Chapter 076, The Emperor's Mausoleum Farming Notes (Part 2)
In the 20th year of Kangxi, spring came late.
The persimmon trees in the garden sprouted. Dongyue, a little girl, spent half a day turning over the small piece of vegetable fields in the garden, and planned to plant vegetables such as cucumbers and beans when the weather was warmer.
Lin Xianyu took advantage of the warmth of noon and opened the window and embroidered the new spring clothes under the sun. Next to it was a pot of tea and a plate of vine cakes made in the winter months. Although it was not as delicate as the palace, it was also crispy and sweet, but it was too lard, which was a bit greasy.
Lin Xianyu said to Dongyue, who was busy outside, "In the future, make dim sum, put less lard!" - This girl loves to eat meat and drinks, and she has to put so many meat oils when making dim sum!
"Hey, okay!" Dong Yue responded well.
"If you want less sugar, add less! I said you won't feel too sweet when you eat it?" Lin Xianyu complained.
Dongyue's little face is blushing. How can children from poor families dislike sugar and oil?
However, Lin Xianyu really found a treasure. Dongyue, a girl, is proficient in washing clothes and cooking, and cleans the house cleanly and neatly. She is also a good farmer.
"It's done just by turning over the soil in the garden. Don't be so diligent!" If this girl said something bad, she was too diligent. She got up at dawn and worked. Even if she had no work, she could find some work for herself.
Lin Xianyu couldn't help feeling guilty when he saw it. This girl is not yet an adult!
"If you are idle, just clean yourself up with a spring clothes. The Songjiang cloth that the Empress Dowager praised me last winter was not very useful. You can pick one to make clothes!" Lin Xianyu said with a smile.
Dongyue looked embarrassed and waved her hands quickly: "Last winter, I collected my sister's fabric and cotton and made new winter clothes..."
Lin Xianyu smiled and said, "I can't use those Songjiang cloths, so it's a pity to put them out. Besides, your previous single clothes are too old and all have been patched!" - She saw Dongyue Powder washing and sewing the day before yesterday.
In this era, which children of poor families are not covered with patches?
Dongyue was so moved that her eyes were red with tears and she thanked her repeatedly.
Lin Xianyu looked at his yard and murmured, "It would be great if I planted a few flowers and trees..." The fruits and vegetables in the yard were full of fruits and vegetables. Although the farming was pleasant, I always felt that there was something missing.
Dongyue wiped her tears and said with a smile: "It's better to plant two roses."
Lin Xianyu showed a look of surprise. It was rare that Dong Yue, a down-to-earth little girl, was elegant.
But Dongyue pulled her finger and said, "Roses are good things. When the buds are dried, they can be made into rose tea. The petals can be made into rose rouge, rose sauce, rose dew, and flower cakes!"
Lin Xianyu:...Is this girl a foodie reincarnated?-_-||
Well, she was a little greedy when she listened so much.
After a few days, Dongyue started to dig holes and plant roses quickly. Of course, it was not the kind of bright and beautiful rose, but a special-purpose rose. The flowers were also single-petal when they bloomed. However, if they bloomed a lot, they were bright red and the bees and butterflies were dancing, which would be very interesting.
The remaining open space was full of cucumbers and eggplants, and no inch of land was wasted.
All work is taken care of throughout the winter months, and Lin Xianyu is only responsible for the command of eating melon seeds.
If you can raise another cat or dog, it will be a perfect and comfortable retirement career.
Although there is no glory and wealth, it can only be considered a low-end version of retirement, it is also a rare peaceful and pleasant time.
In the hot summer, there is an old persimmon tree shaded, and there are various fruits and vegetables to enjoy. Although Lin Xianyu doesn’t have many types of vegetables here, he can be exchanged with other eunuchs. This is something the palace is determined not to imagine.
Drinking rose tea and eating rose cakes, Dongyue is really invincible and versatile.
Looking at this small but prosperous courtyard, Lin Xianyu chose a bright place, stretched the plain white Songjiang cloth on the embroidery rack, outlined it with a charcoal pen, and then began to embroider the picture.
Persimmon means everything goes well, beans are "lucky beans", and the gourd that climbs in the corner of the wall means blessing and fortune. Lin Xianyu practiced Chinese painting for many years when he was Concubine Joan of Arc, so he naturally knew how to make composition and layout, which is very helpful for embroidery of large embroidery.
But embroidery is much more time-consuming than painting. Even though she has Wei Xianyu’s superb embroidery skills, she has only embroidered half a piece of persimmon picture after half a day of hard work.
She rubbed her neck and thought to herself, she still had to take it slowly.
By the end of the year, Lin Xianyu was late to embroidery. This embroidery picture with excellent meaning and full of agricultural interest was called Fu Lu Ruyi. It was carefully packaged and handed over to the eunuch who came to give it to the end of the year. As for the embroidery picture she had embroidered for two months, whether it was for the empress dowager or the concubine, let the two of them discuss it. Anyway, I don’t want to embroider the second one.
Who said that she is just a palace maid now, and she couldn't take out her calligraphy and painting skills in her previous life, so she only had this hand to embroidery work, which was pretty good.
The eunuch who gave the reward was the little boss in Renshou Palace who was in charge of miscellaneous things. The eunuch in charge also conveyed the recent situation in the palace to Lin Xianyu. Kangxi just issued an order not long ago that Concubine Tong was promoted to the imperial concubine, and the little Niuhulu was promoted to the imperial concubine, Huipin, Yipin, Depin, and Rongpin were promoted to the throne.
These are the four concubines of the Kangxi Dynasty.
The four concubines were headed by Concubine Hui, but they did not belong to Concubine De.
With Concubine Rong's origin and qualifications, if it were not related to the death of Prince Chenghu, it would not be ranked behind Concubine De, who was born in Baoyi.
But all this has nothing to do with her.
Lin Xianyu just needs to wait silently for the Empress Dowager to die, and then he can feel completely at ease.
She secretly looked through the information in the Mustard Seed Space. Xiaozhuang died at the end of the 26th year of Kangxi, and there were more than six years left.
At that time, she was twenty-six.
According to the rules of the palace, if the palace maid is over 25 years old, she can leave the palace and marry by herself. But I think it is clear that this kind of good thing has nothing to do with her.
Moreover... it may not be a good thing for her to leave the palace and marry.
Think about Wei Xianyu's biological father who sells women and seeks honor. If she really leaves the palace, Abunai will definitely be presented to a senior official of his age as a concubine.
Therefore, Lin Xianyu was ready to die for the imperial tomb.
Anyway, the Queen Mother and Tana lived quite long. The Queen Mother lived to the 57th year of Kangxi, and Tana also lived to the 52nd year of Kangxi.
The Liangfei in history was obviously a junior, but she only lived until the 52nd year of Kangxi.
I remember that Shunzhi had already planted human acne and avoided smallpox, but he only changed his way of death, but he died at the age of 24.
Lin Xianyu has reason to believe that she will also usher in a plot killing in the 52nd year of Kangxi.
Although she could no longer become a good concubine, she would not be implicated by Yinsi and died of depression.
But... the plot killing is hard to escape.
When she was Dong E Xianyu, the only reason she could escape the plot was because she took the initiative and killed the person who wanted to kill herself and her.
But Liang Fei... was most likely to die of illness.
More importantly, she didn't know what kind of disease Liang Fei died of!
What’s even more tragic is that the disease-like plot kills. Even if you know what kind of disease you die in advance, avoid it in advance. When the days come, it will be replaced by another fatal disease!!
Shunzhi is the best precedent!
So, she could only hope that by then, the disease she contracted was handled by the antibiotics in her space.
Well, even if it couldn't be done, she was still old at that time and there was nothing to regret.
Anyway, with the Queen Mother and Tana here, even if she is in the imperial tomb, she can still live a very comfortable life.
Chapter completed!