After spending a day on site, the basic outline has been set up.
Fang Qing wanted to go to the scene the next day, but Zhao Shi'an stopped her.
"I'll go out and keep watch."
Are you sure you can do it?
Zhao Shi'an raised an eyebrow and looked at her.
"What did you say?"
"Do you know the general situation?"
“I listened to you talk about it all day yesterday, so I roughly know what’s going on. If it still doesn’t work, I’ll come back and ask you for help.”
"Or maybe I should just stay with you..."
"It's gloomy outside, it might rain soon, let's stay home."
In the end, Zhao Shi'an went out alone.
After working outside the city for four or five days, Fang Qing went to check on the day she finished. It looked quite impressive. There were no heating facilities inside the greenhouse, but it was still warm inside.
Li Yuan meant to plant vegetables tomorrow, and Fang Qing had no objection. She explained to him the things that the people managing the greenhouse should pay attention to, as well as the daily maintenance of the greenhouse, etc.
After that, Fang Qing stopped managing things here.
The news about the greenhouses had already spread throughout the city.
Some people think that Lord Li did a good thing for the common people, while others think that these out-of-season vegetables are against the natural order and should not be eaten.
There are all sorts of people saying different things.
It wasn't until the Chinese New Year that Fang Qing received vegetables from the greenhouses outside the city, which were also available for sale in the market.
Opinions were divided, and in the end, neither side could convince the other, so they closed their doors and went about their own lives.
The last time I spent Chinese New Year was in Yangzhou, this time I'm spending it in Yongzhou.
Winters in Yongzhou are truly cold. The lake in the courtyard is covered with a thick layer of ice, and Fang Qing's daily pleasure now is ice skating with Xiao Liu and the others.
Of course, they played it behind Zhao Shi'an's back. After Fang Qing fell on the ice and bruised both legs the first time, Zhao Shi'an felt that it was a dangerous sport and only allowed Fang Qing to play when he was there with her.
Fang Qing didn't care about any of that. Zhao Shi'an was always in his study dealing with the letters from Fengyulou. Fang Qing would call Xiao Liu and the others to go ice skating. Anyway, it was far from the study, so even if someone was left on lookout duty, Zhao Shi'an wouldn't notice.
Fang Qing doesn't care about anything anymore, and Zhao Shi'an takes care of all the big and small things in the mansion. The New Year's goods and gifts to be sent to relatives have been sent out long ago.
Today is the Little New Year, and Zhao Shi'an is thinking of going back home. Maybe Fang Qing and the others are making dumplings right now.
But when they went to the dining room, they didn't see Fang Qing. Seventeen and the others, who usually played with the cats and dogs in the yard, were nowhere to be seen. The house was very quiet.
Zhao Shi'an sensed something was wrong, so he went to the artificial lake.
Then he saw Fang Qing and Shiqi playing ice hockey.
The tools are the same as those used for playing polo; each person wearing ice skates moves as smoothly on the ice as a fish entering water.
Zhao Shi'an spotted Fang Qing in red at a glance. She had just scored a goal and was happily celebrating with her teammate Xiao Liu.
Because of exercise, her cheeks and nose were rosy red, and when she smiled, she showed a row of teeth that were brighter than the winter sun.
Zhao Shi'an stopped in his tracks and watched Fang Qing walk on the ice.
The person who was originally on lookout duty rushed over.
He didn't know why Zhao Shi'an came over after he went to the outhouse.
Seeing Zhao Shi'an's changing expression, he quickly whistled to remind him.
Then Zhao Shi'an saw the people who were playing on the ice quickly slide onto the shore and pack up their tools in the blink of an eye.
Fang Qing tidied her clothes as she ran towards the backyard, telling Xiao Liu and the others not to give anything away.
Xiao Liu and Shi Qi spotted Zhao Shi'an faster, but they didn't dare to warn Fang Qing.
"If Zhao Shi'an asks where we went, just say we went to the park, but don't say we went ice skating."
"Did you hear me? I'm talking to you..."
Then Fang Qing saw Zhao Shi'an standing not far away.
She stopped abruptly and glared at the man on guard duty.
After calming her breathing, Fang Qing walked towards Zhao Shi'an.
"I thought you were busy. I'll play with them for a while."
She felt a little guilty.
Zhao Shi'an looked at her without saying anything.
Six and Seventeen have wisely run away, partly out of fear of being implicated.
"Say something, we don't do the Cold War."
Zhao Shi'an finally made a move. He stepped forward and, under Fang Qing's slightly wary gaze, touched her face.
Are you cold?
Fang Qing could tell from his expression that he wasn't angry.
"I'm not cold, I'm actually hot."
After sweating and in the cold weather, Zhao Shi'an saw steam rising from Fang Qing's head.
He couldn't help but chuckle softly.
“I don’t let you skate because I think the ice is dangerous, but why are you playing like a child behind my back?”
"What's so dangerous about this? Besides, Xiao Liu and the others are here."
Zhao Shi'an snorted lightly, "Call me next time."
"That won't do. If we invite Xiao Liu and the others, it'll just make us feel awkward. What's the point of having fun then?"
The tone was somewhat disdainful.
Zhao Shi'an laughed in anger, then turned and walked towards the backyard without saying a word.
Fang Qing hurriedly followed.
"Why are you still angry? You can't be like this. A man should be more magnanimous, you know?"
"I'm not angry."
"Why are you making a face if you're not angry?"
"I……"
"That's impolite. Now, straighten your expression and let's go make dumplings."
Fang Qing casually brushed the matter aside.
After Zhao Shi'an got over it, he didn't bring it up again.
They spent the eve of the Lunar New Year together that day, but after today, Xiao Liu and the others never went ice skating with Fang Qing again. Whenever they heard about ice skating, their faces would turn away as if they had seen some kind of monstrous flood.
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