Chapter 3416 Extra Yin or 4
The female official said, "Officer Zhou, this is an official document from the Ministry of Revenue."
"Leave it there," Zhou Man continued to write. Seeing that she didn't move, she looked up. Seeing that it was a female military officer, she put down her pen and said with a smile, "So it's a female military officer. Why do you have to come and deliver the documents in person?"
The female officer smiled and said, "Officer Zhou, this is a document written by Minister Bai himself, and he asked me to deliver it to you."
Zhou Man was stunned for a moment before taking it. She opened the document and saw the letter inside. She opened it and took a look before smiling and saying, "Excuse me, Wu Neiguan. I have received the document."
The Wu Nei official saluted and withdrew.
Zhou Man glanced at the unprocessed documents on the table, flipped through them and selected them, then stuffed the documents that could be taken out of the palace into his wide sleeves and left.
Oh, I have to work overtime when I get home. I’m so tired.
Yin Huo and Bai Shan had already moved their positions, and the carriage stopped at the palace gate from the door of the household department, so Zhou Man could see them as soon as he came out.
She came to the yamen on horseback today. Bai Shan had led her horse out in advance. When he saw her coming out, he waved and said with a smile, "Yin Huo will treat us to dinner."
Zhou Man clasped his hands in front of him and walked forward slowly. "It's a period of national mourning. What should we eat?"
Yin Huo stepped aside and let her get in the car, "Eat vegetarian food."
Zhou Man held Bai Shan's hand and got into the car first. After the three of them sat on the left and right sides of the car, she asked, "Is this vegetarian food made by Jie Tan?"
Jie Tan was a monk in Huguo Temple. He had been cooking in the kitchen. One day, he felt aroused and wanted to get married and have children. Yin Huo didn't know how he got to know this, so he invited Jie Tan to come down the mountain to be his cook. They only signed a labor contract, and Yin Huo also kept his new wife in his mansion.
But the vegetarian dishes he cooked were really delicious, so Zhou Man and Bai Shan often went to his house to eat.
The plaque of the county government office had been taken down, and now it was empty. The main gate was closed, but the east and west corner gates were open, and many people were coming in and out of the east corner gate.
They entered through the west corner gate. The mansion was quite quiet. Bai Shan said, "I thought your place was bustling. You always like quiet. Manbao and I were wondering if you would move to the temple to live for a while."
Yin Huo said, "I originally had this plan, but you don't know that my sisters have been keen on adding things to my mansion recently. I'm afraid that when I leave and come back, this mansion will no longer be like the one I live in now."
He still prefers his current arrangement.
Yin Huo asked, "Are you going to see the mansion that came here?"
Zhou Man agreed immediately: "Okay,"
Yin Huo led them there. "The house we're in hasn't been occupied for many years. Many parts of it need repairs. Since the house isn't occupied, simple repairs will be enough. But I want to use the corridors along the way, the garden, and the back garden."
Although Yin Huo likes quietness, he would occasionally go out for a walk. A large mansion also has great advantages. When the time comes, the gardens on both sides will be connected and decorated, and there will be more places to enjoy.
Seeing the broken wall they had demolished, Zhou Man exclaimed, "Wow!" "This broken wall looks so nice! We can plant flowering vines on both sides."
Bai Shan also nodded, "You can also match the colors, all kinds of colors, I vaguely remember there were purple and blue vines."
Yin Huo nodded, "I also like that kind of cool color, so I wanted to ask Ziqian."
When it comes to knowledge of plants, no one in the court, whether civil or military, could match Zhou Man.
Zhou Man's eyes sparkled as he said, "I know. I still have some. I'll get them for you to choose from later."
Nowadays, the genes of the plants in the mall have become much more stable, and there are fewer directions of mutation. Her garden also has many flowers and plants that she dug up, including some that meet Yin or her requirements.
but……
Zhou Man asked him tentatively, "Do you want regular flowers and plants, or do you want unconventional ones?"
Yin Huo laughed out loud, "You two know me well. I really want something unconventional. I wouldn't mind getting a few of those peony trees you gave to Brother Tang before."
Zhou Man understood immediately, "Are you planning to turn your garden into a strange garden?"
Yin Huo smiled and said, "It's just for relaxation. There are few outsiders in my house, so it doesn't matter if it's a little messy and strange."
Whenever Yin Huo had a family gathering, he would go back to the Yin Mansion. He didn't hold banquets and didn't have many friends, so apart from Bai Shan and a few others who would occasionally come to his mansion, even his father and sisters rarely came.
The mansion next door has been abandoned for many years. Except for a few large trees, the rest of the place is overgrown with weeds, and most of them have to be pulled out and replaced with new ones.
Zhou Man stopped at a cleared plot of land and pointed, saying, "Let's plant a patch of peonies here. They will bloom next spring and be absolutely beautiful."
Yin Huo nodded. "I like big peonies. I remember you have a lot of them in your garden."
Zhou Man waved his hand generously and said, "I'll dig it up and send it to you later."
"And that strange thing, the peony tree, which can transform into an indestructible tree..."
"Here, all for you." Zhou Man smiled. "I also have a plum tree that can mutate. Do you want to try it?"
Bai Shan couldn't help but touch her head. Zhou Man liked plum blossoms and once brought back a plum blossom with interest. It was said that when the flowers bloomed, the colors were diverse, covering all the colors of plum blossoms, which was extremely gorgeous and rare.
This was true in the first year, and the second year was also okay, but in the third year, the flowers on the plum tree became increasingly peculiar, perhaps because it was a tree that had once been planted in the underworld, and so there was always something strange about it.
It happened that the late emperor was seriously ill at the time, and it was not a good thing to have such a strange tree growing in their backyard, so Bai Shan and Zhou Man cut down the tree overnight.
Fortunately, there were few servants in their family, and the garden had always been taken care of by Zheng herself. The servants kept their mouths shut, so the secret was not leaked.
Now that the late emperor has passed away and everything has been settled, it is obvious that Zhou Man has started to think about planting plum trees again.
"When the time comes, I'll plant one at home and you'll plant one at home, and we'll see if there are any differences in their development," Zhou Man said. "Don't worry, I've already found a reason for their strangeness. Species in this world, just like rice, hybridization and mutation are normal."
Yin Huo couldn't help but be curious, "Is it the plum tree in your backyard that has been blooming colorfully for two years in a row? Didn't it die?"
“Oh, there are still seeds.”
Yin Huo nodded, "Okay."
The next day, Zhou Man brought people to deliver various flowers, plants and trees. The six sisters of the Yin family watched silently and had to admit that they really could not catch up with their brother's aesthetic taste, and they were unable to intervene for a while.
The tree was still a tree at this time, and there was nothing special about it. Yin Huo had not yet imagined that he would like the plum tree he planted by chance so much in the future, and even lie under the tree and leave this world peacefully when its flowers were in full bloom.
At this time, they were still carefully planting flowers and trees. Three months later, the national mourning period ended, and each family held the wedding banquets, birthday banquets, etc. that had been piled up for half a year.
(End of this chapter)
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