The idea is good, but should this private school be located in Changping Village? Or in the Prince Yu's Mansion in the capital?
"Let's set up the private school at home. The east courtyard is spacious enough to accommodate another private school."
The Chen residence was much more peaceful than the Yu Prince's residence in the capital. No aristocratic families came to disturb them. The main reason was that Su Luo felt that Nangong Chiyu's life was unstable.
He is Prince Yu, and also a general in Nanning. The current truce between Nanning and Beiliang is only temporary, and they may have to go to the battlefield again someday.
With me here, only the Chen residence is safe, and Zhao Ruyun is also here.
Since recognizing Nangong Chiyu, Su Luo had privately asked Zhao Ruyun if she wanted to go to the capital with Nangong Chiyu to see the outside world.
She had also clearly told Su Luo that she could stay there for a while, but she liked Changping Village, which was her root, and she wanted to stay here and live her whole life in Chen Lao Er's hometown.
Therefore, it can be confirmed that my mother-in-law will definitely live out her retirement in Changping Village, where her good friends Zhang Xiujuan and others live.
"Okay! I'll do as you say."
Nangong Chiyu thought it would be good to leave the child here for now. After all, it was just a private school, and they could decide based on the situation. If it didn't work out, going to the capital with him was also an option.
“From now on, you’ll be traveling back and forth between the two places, and the children can’t always be moving around with you.”
"Hmm! I'll leave Yi Huan's matter to you. You're a prince, and there are countless people in this world who want to join your family. Go and find someone knowledgeable for Yi Huan."
After being praised by Su Luo, Nangong Chiyu's expression softened. Many people wanted to get close to him, and even His Majesty had to give him some face, but Su Luo was an exception.
"Luo Luo, everyone else is eager to get close to me, but what about you?"
Su Luo picked up a bit of pickled vegetables and put them into the porridge, saying without even looking up, "We're husband and wife, aren't we close enough?"
Although they are only husband and wife in name only, outsiders don't see it that way, and Su Luo thinks it's quite good for them to get along this way.
"Luo Luo, you admit it."
This was the first time Nangong Chiyu had heard Su Luo acknowledge their relationship, regardless of whether she called them a couple in name only.
With just one sentence, Nangong Chiyu was able to sweep away the gloom in his heart.
"I've always admitted it."
If I don't admit it, how can I act in this play?
Moreover, Su Luo clearly knew that she had developed a slight liking for him, and she tried her best to control herself from showing it.
In the future, this man will marry three wives and four concubines, and I must not let a man affect my mood.
This feeling of affection is just dopamine released by the brain; it will subside after a while. As long as you control it well, you can personally arrange for him to take concubines in the future.
Nangong Chiyu's eyes lit up with joy, and just as he was about to say something more, Butler Shi arrived.
"Madam Su, we have cultivated a lot of eggplant and chili seedlings this year, and they can be planted right after today's rain."
But what should we do with these extra few thousand plants?
Last year, almost all the seeds were used for seedling cultivation. In addition, I went to Beijing, where I also have a farm, so I cultivated the seedlings first. Now, cotton covers most of the land.
"When the seedlings were being cultivated, I didn't have time to tell you, based on the seeds I distributed from the Ministry of Agriculture and the data from various places."
We don't need to plant eggplants this year. Eggplants won't earn us much money this year. We might as well change all the land that was originally meant for eggplants to chili peppers.
Now that the eggplant seedlings cultivated on that one acre of land are no longer being planted by Madam Su, Steward Shi still feels it's a bit of a pity.
However, what Lady Su said is also true. They rely on the land for their livelihood. Eggplants have a two-year shelf life, and now they can be grown in almost every place.
Given that eggplant prices were halved last year, and with others already planting them this year, prices may drop by more than five times.
It's really better to grow chili peppers. At least chili peppers can fetch a good price now, but in a few years, their fate will be the same as eggplants.
While they can still earn money, plant more of them.
"Yes! Then we'll sell the smaller eggplant seedlings we've cultivated this year."
"Yes! My mother-in-law left her twenty pearls for the vegetable garden in the west courtyard, and she also planted eggplants on the dry land under the kiln this year. That's enough for our whole family to eat."
Fu Man Lou can buy eggplants from outside this year. Last year, several families wanted to sell to them, but Su Luo's estate already had them.
Last year, eggplants cost 500 coins, and she expects them to cost at most 100 coins this year. Given this trend, coupled with the fact that the weather in Nanning is suitable for eggplant cultivation, she believes that eggplants will continue to grow.
In three years, there will be so many eggplants that we can't eat them all, and since we can't sell them, we'll have to feed them to the pigs.
"Yes! I'll take care of it right away."
Seeing that Steward Shi was taking his leave, Nangong Chiyu called him back. From what he and Su Luo were saying, he could tell that the reason they weren't planting eggplants was simply because they had no more land.
"Wait a minute, Luo Luo, if this eggplant seedling survives for ten days after it's dug up, we can take it to the estate in Beichuan City to plant."
The area north of Beichuan City was conquered by me. Although the people there are poor, Beiliang and Nanning will soon be intermarrying, and they will definitely start trading together.
There are no eggplants there. If you take them and plant them there, you could make a fortune in Beiliang this year.
Seeing Su Luo staring at him, Nangong Chiyu smiled wickedly.
"Luo Luo, what's mine is yours. I won't charge you rent anymore. You can plant whatever you want on all my estates, and I'll leave it all to you to manage."
On second thought, this was also a good idea. Su Luo asked Butler Shi to leave first, and she would discuss this with Nangong Chiyu herself.
"Nangong Chiyu, since we've signed an agreement, let's stick to it. If I farm any of your land, I'll still pay you the market rent per acre. What do you think?"
Su Luo didn't want to plant eggplants anymore, but there were still quite a few chili pepper and cotton seeds left after Changping Village and the capital city had finished planting them.
Fortunately, Nangong Chiyu has a farm in Beichuan City. Planting another farm of cotton and chili peppers will be enough.
"Luo Luo, why do you have to be so clear about things with me? I can give you the seeds, but I will never rent them out."
Back in Beijing, we got along just fine, so why is he getting angry with me over this?
"Thank you!"
Why not plant it? This kind of good thing doesn't happen every day.
Su Luo still had to check the accounts and couldn't do anything else, so she told Nangong Chiyu to go back to the East Courtyard to watch Yan Chuan and Yi Huan practice calligraphy.
The two children have improved their skills a lot recently, thanks to Nangong Chiyu's professional instruction, which makes them even better than when they learned from Su Luo.
Nangong Chiyu personally brought her lunch to the study. Seeing that the couple could finally spend time together and talk, Zhao Ruyun instructed the servants not to disturb them.
As the afternoon sun began to shine, Su Luo leaned against the window, watching the three eagles circling above the roof.
It's obvious that Nangong Chiyu is teaching two children to tame eagles again.
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