Chapter 85 The young lady is jealous?

Snow fluttered down. At the gate of the Xiao family's old house, Ji Fu boarded the carriage with his bookcase on his back. Xiao Jiayuan stood in front of the carriage. After saying goodbye to his mother, Xiao Jiayuan looked at Xiao Jiuyue with burning eyes and asked, "Sister, you, you won't take us there?"

"Jiayuan is eight years old now and has become a little man. Everything has been arranged for him in school, so I won't send him there." Xiao Jiuyue pinched his face. The little guy had grown a lot taller, and his originally chubby face had become much pointeder.

"Sister, I'm a man now, you can't touch my face." Xiao Jiayuan has fair skin, and when Xiao Jiuyue pinched his face, his face turned red like a cooked shrimp, and even his ears turned red.

"You're so stingy. I'm your biological sister." Even though she wasn't allowed to pinch him, she insisted, kneading his face until it was deformed. Seeing his pitiful and aggrieved look, Xiao Jiuyue generously gave him a few candies and said, "If you're scared, I'll give them to you."

"Who's scared?" Xiao Jiayuan grabbed the candy in her hand, turned around and climbed onto the carriage. His speed was so fast, completely different from the slow and sluggish pace just now.

"Pfft~" Xiao Jiuyue couldn't help laughing when she saw his appearance. The little guy was quite cute.

Xiao Jiuyue instructed, "Manager Jin, make sure to send them to school safely, and pick them up after school."

"Yes, Miss, don't worry. I will definitely bring the two young masters back safely." As Manager Jin drove away in the carriage, Lianxin whispered, "Yesterday, Manager Zeng asked Miss to meet him today."

Lianxin was afraid that the young lady had written too late last night and forgotten it.

Xiao Jiuyue looked back, watching the snowflakes falling on her body, and patted her shoulder gently, saying, "Didn't you ask Manager Jin to go to the restaurant?"

"Ah..." Lianxin looked at Xiao Jiuyue in confusion.

Xiao Jiuyue gathered his cloak and went straight into the house. Who said that it wouldn’t be cold when it snowed?

Lianxin followed. Xiao Jiuyue was inside checking the account books. Outside, Luokui and Lianxin were guarding the fire. "Lianxin, have you noticed that the young lady is becoming increasingly unpredictable?"

"What you said is true. If we can guess all the lady's thoughts, then why aren't you a lady?" Lianxin chuckled.

Luo Kui looked back at the room, and at Xiao Jiuyue who was concentrating on checking the account book, she whispered, "Apart from reincarnation, I don't think the young lady would panic like us when she encountered something. I was scared to death by what happened yesterday, fearing that something might happen to her."

"The young lady is naturally incomparable to ordinary people." Lian Xin looked proud. She and Luo Kui had a clear division of labor. She spent more time with Xiao Jiuyue and knew better that her young lady, in addition to being talented, had also made contributions that ordinary people could not.

Lianxin had heard that other young ladies were as diligent as her own young lady at home every day.

"Yes, it's good that the lady reads a lot of books. She even knows how to cook delicious food. I never knew that orange peels could be used to make delicious food." Luo Kui took out the orange candy made from orange peels. It was sour and sweet and tasted great.

"You're still eating?" Lian Xin looked at the orange peel she handed over, her eyes falling on Luo Kui's rounded face: "Have you gained weight again?"

When Luo Kui was first brought to Hongdu after his house was searched, his chin was still pointed, but now it has become round.

"Really?" Luo Kui touched her face and grinned, "I've gained weight, which means we're living a better life."

“…” Lianxin’s mouth twitched.

"Luo Kui." Xiao Jiuyue's voice came from the room. Luo Kui shuddered all over and replied before she even stood up, "Miss, I'm here."

Luo Kui quickly chewed the orange candy and walked into the house quickly: "Miss, are you hungry? Madam Geng said that the lady is making chicken soup today. It should be almost done by now. How about I go and get it for you?"

Luo Kui spoke quickly and urgently. His face had become fatter, and when he smiled, his eyes narrowed and looked chubby, which reminded Xiao Jiuyue of... steamed buns.

"Miss, is there something dirty on my face?"

Luo Kui wiped his mouth embarrassedly, thinking that he had gotten some dirt on his mouth while eating.

"Luo Kui, go to the kitchen and ask Mother Geng and the others if they can make vinegar." Xiao Jiuyue ordered. Now the 20,000 kilograms of radishes and cabbages in the field have grown up. If the vinegar cannot be made quickly, the radishes and cabbages will be delayed!

In addition, time waits for no one. In a few months, spring sowing will be here and cannot be delayed. What's more, she also plans to use the decomposed fertilizer to fertilize the fields.

"Okay, I'll go right away." Luo Kui took a few steps, then turned back and asked, "Miss, would you like some chicken soup?"

Seeing that she kept talking about food, Xiao Jiuyue could hardly suppress the smile on her face. She nodded and said, "Drink."

Not long after, Luo Kui came with chicken soup, and at the same time, Mrs. Geng also came.

"Miss, I was afraid that Miss Luokui wouldn't be able to explain herself, so I came here on my own." Mrs. Geng was still wearing an apron. She wiped her hands on it and said, "Miss, vinegar is easy to make, but we have to go to the county to buy the vinegar primer. We also need glutinous rice and japonica rice. If you want a lot of vinegar, these ingredients alone will cost a lot of money."

When it comes to making vinegar, Mrs. Geng knows a lot, but the cost of making vinegar is very high.

"So, the price of vinegar is very expensive?" Xiao Jiuyue was not very clear about the price.

Mrs. Geng nodded and said, "The weather has been good in recent years, and the price of vinegar has also dropped a bit, four cents per pound."

Xiao Jiuyue understood and said, "I need three to five thousand kilograms of vinegar. It's up to you."

"So many!" Mrs. Geng thought it would only be a few kilograms or a dozen kilograms, but who knew it would be three to five thousand kilograms.

"No, three to five thousand catties are not enough. At least five thousand catties or six thousand catties." Xiao Jiuyue thought of pickling sauerkraut, which also requires vinegar. Although not as much as pickled radish, a lot of cabbage is still needed.

"Ah..." Mrs. Geng was stunned.

Until she left the house and returned to the kitchen, Mrs. Geng was still wondering, is the eldest lady planning to sell vinegar?

Mrs. Geng hesitated for a while, then moved back and said cautiously, "Miss, this vinegar is not easy to sell."

Xiao Jiuyue watched her go and come back, and couldn't help but smile: "Don't worry, Madam Geng, I'm not jealous."

"That's good." Mrs. Geng didn't ask any more questions. As long as the young lady didn't sell vinegar, she could sell anything.

Xiao Jiuyue confirmed the raw materials and called Yu Ge over. When Yu Ge heard the eldest lady calling him, he went into the house without even changing his clothes. As soon as he entered the house, he smelled the fragrance in the house and stood far away feeling a little embarrassed.

Even from a distance, Xiao Jiuyue could smell Yu Ge's odor. She asked, "Are the manure, fallen leaves, and weeds piled up?"

"Don't worry, Miss. I made thirty-six manure pits according to your instructions. I put fallen leaves and weeds in them." Yu Ge was very serious when he replied. He explained clearly how each pit was made and the location chosen.