Chapter 236, Good Things
Due to time constraints, Daohua and his group didn't play for long before preparing to go home.
"When will these sunflower seeds be harvested?" Xiao Yeyang suddenly asked before leaving.
Daohua wondered, "Why are you asking this?"
Xiao Yeyang: "This sunflower is your birthday gift to me, so of course I have to accept it."
Daohua was stunned.
She had indeed said before that this field of sunflowers was a gift to Xiao Yeyang. However, as a wealthy young prince, shouldn't his attention be on the sea of flowers? Why did he also notice the sunflower seeds?
She also plans to sell melon seeds later!
Seeing her like this, Xiao Yeyang immediately guessed what she was thinking and said unhappily, "Why, you plan to give half of this gift away and keep half for yourself?"
Rice Flower quickly shook her head and denied it: "That's not true. I'll send someone to tell you as soon as the sunflowers are ripe."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yeyang looked satisfied.
Of course, the gift you gave him should be taken back intact.
Before leaving, Xiao Yeyang asked Defu to pick a few sunflowers, saying that he wanted to take them back and put them in a vase for appreciation.
Seeing this, Dong Yuanxuan and the others were also very tempted. However, before they could open their mouths, Xiao Yeyang directly refused: "This is my birthday present, do you have the nerve to accept it?"
Each person has several sunflowers, and there are more than ten people present. How many sunflowers will be damaged?
Dong Yuanxuan and others: "."
One hundred acres of sunflowers, they are so generous to ask for it!
Dong Yuanyao curled her lips and whispered to Su Shiyu, "I didn't expect the young prince to be such a stingy person."
Su Shiyu understood: "The young prince doesn't want people to pick the flowers, which only shows that he cares about this gift. Think about it yourself, if you receive a gift that suits your heart, would you be willing to share it with others?"
Dong Yuanyao immediately smiled and said, "Forget about sharing, but it's still okay to take a look."
Soon, the group began to walk back.
At the gate of Xingzhou City, except Zhou Jingwan, everyone else had to return to Wuhua Mountain.
Daohua took two exquisite wooden boxes from Qin Xiaoliu, who had returned to Yan's house in advance. These were simple makeup boxes made in imitation of modern makeup boxes.
"This is a meeting gift from me to my two sisters."
Dong Yuanyao had been thinking about the lipstick. When she heard Daohua's words, she quickly took the box with a smile and opened it.
The makeup box has three layers. The top layer contains makeup brushes of various models, the middle layer contains twelve colors of lipstick, and the bottom layer contains moisturizer, gouache, etc.
"so much?"
Dong Yuanyao looked delighted, as the rouge and powder in the box covered everything she needed for daily dressing.
Zhou Jingwan stood aside and stretched her neck to take a look. Seeing that the things in the box were not as much as what Daohua gave her, a happy smile immediately appeared on her face.
Sure enough, she is Daohua’s best friend.
Su Shiyu didn't expect that she also had a gift. She smiled shyly and shyly took the makeup box from Daohua's hand: "Thank you, Sister Yan!"
Daohua smiled and shook her head: "You're welcome, as long as the two sisters like it."
"I like it!" Dong Yuanyao immediately took over the conversation, then looked at Daohua a little embarrassedly, "I like this very much, thank you."
At this time, Yan Wenkai's voice came urging: "Are you ready? If you don't leave now, it will be dark soon."
Daohua immediately replied, "Okay." Then she looked at Dong Yuanyao and Su Shiyu, "Take care, sisters. Next time you have time, please come to my house and stay."
Dong Yuanyao and Su Shiyu both nodded quickly, said goodbye to each other, and then walked towards Dong Yuanxuan and others with their makeup boxes.
After the two of them left, Xiao Yeyang, who was standing aside, snorted and glanced at Daohua in dissatisfaction: "I thought you prepared a gift for me today?"
Daohua: "Indeed, it's only you. I prepared those two makeup boxes after my last horseback riding trip. I had wanted to give them to Sisters Dong and Su for a long time, but I just didn't have the chance."
Hearing this, Xiao Yeyang's expression improved a little, but he also felt that it was unmanly for a grown man like him to care about such trivial matters, so he looked a little uncomfortable.
Daohua didn't notice and just urged, "Hurry up and go! You guys are still having a banquet over there!"
Xiao Yeyang glanced at Daohua and wanted to reach into his arms to take out the handkerchief that had covered her eyes and return it to her, but after hesitating for a moment, he put his hand back, coughed, and said, "Okay, let's go."
After walking a few steps, he turned back and said, "I like that gift very much." Then he left quickly.
Seeing Xiao Yeyang's fleeing figure, Daohua suddenly smiled happily: "This guy, even though he looks awkward, he's actually quite cute."
Hearing this, Zhou Jingwan frowned, looked at him, and then shook her head.
She doesn't think the little prince is cute!
She was still quite afraid of the little prince, especially when he had a stern face. She really didn't know what was wrong with Daohua's eyes that she thought the little prince was cute.
"Okay, let's go back too!"
When they could no longer see anyone, Daohua and Zhou Jingwan got on the carriage and returned to the city.
After entering June, the weather improved and it stopped raining. The watermelons and grapes on the farm began to ripen.
Daohua did not sell the harvested watermelons and grapes in the fruit and vegetable shop. Instead, he borrowed the Zhou family's boat, took them to the provincial government, and directly wholesaled them to his uncle Li.
The same is true of the produce from the fields of Yanjiazhuangzi.
This is because during the spring plowing season this year, Yan Zhigao distributed watermelon seeds and grape seeds at the state government office. As long as families in Xingzhou had their household registration, they could receive about one acre of seeds from the state government office and take them home to try planting.
Because it was distributed for free, many people received it. Now watermelon fields, grape trellises, etc. can be seen everywhere in Xingzhou.
In order to avoid competing with the common people for the market, the Yan family also had the Li family as a sales channel, so they simply stopped selling in Xingzhou City.
After mid-June, many vendors came to Xingzhou City to buy watermelons and grapes.
Two years ago, the Li family took the lead in selling watermelons and made enough money. Later, they opened a winery and made another fortune. Some businessmen who were sensitive to business opportunities saw the huge profits brought by watermelons and grapes and began to pay attention to them.
Ever since the Li family learned that Yan Zhigao was going to promote watermelons and grapes in Xingzhou City, they intentionally helped with the publicity. As a result, the news that Xingzhou produced watermelons and grapes spread throughout Zhongzhou Province.
"There's been a lot of rain this year, so I thought the watermelons wouldn't be sweet. Unexpectedly, the watermelons in Xingzhou haven't been affected at all."
"Yes, this tastes even better than what I had in the south a few years ago. We can buy more and sell it in the north. It will definitely be popular with the wealthy and powerful."
After some on-site inspection, the vendors saw that the watermelons and grapes from Xingzhou were indeed good, so they all started to buy them.
In this way, the people who planted watermelons and grapes earned some money, more or less.
Yan Mansion.
Everyone in the Yan family could clearly feel that Yan Zhigao was in a good mood during this period.
On the day Yan Zhigao was on holiday, everyone gathered together. Old Lady Yan couldn't help but ask, "Boss, have you picked up any money these days?"
Yan Zhigao smiled and was about to say something when Yan Zhiyuan beside him spoke first: "Mom, you don't know, big brother is happier than if he had found money."
Old Lady Yan became interested: "Oh, tell me quickly, what good thing happened?"
Yan Zhigao coughed a few times and cleared his throat. "It rained a lot this year, and I was worried that the crops in the fields would be reduced, and the people would have a hard time. But didn't the state government promote watermelons and grapes before? Now merchants from all over the country are flocking to Xingzhou, and the people have extra income, so I can rest assured."
After hearing this, Old Lady Yan also smiled: "This is indeed a good thing."
Yan Zhiyuan smiled and continued, "This year marks Big Brother's third year as the prefect of Xingzhou. With this achievement, Big Brother will surely be promoted again next year."
Yan Zhigao quickly waved his hand to stop him: "Second brother, please don't say such nonsense. The appointment of officials is a matter for the court to consider. I just need to do my job well. Don't make any more irresponsible remarks in the future."
Yan Zhiyuan immediately responded with a smile: "My brother is too talkative."
Yan Zhigao didn't hold on to it. He quickly glanced at his eldest daughter and thought of the difficult situations faced by several Linzhou prefects. He sighed in his heart.
His eldest daughter is really his lucky star. If she hadn't suggested promoting watermelons and grapes, he would probably be in a mess now.
Because of the heavy rain, a reduction in grain production in the fields is a foregone conclusion. Now that the people of Xingzhou have money in their hands, they can survive this year.
It was almost noon and the Yan family was preparing to eat when Butler Sun hurried in.
Yan Zhigao put down his bowl and chopsticks: "What happened?"
Steward Sun said, "Master, Master Xiao just sent a message saying that the dike in Jiguang Province above Zhongzhou has burst, and he wants you to return to the provincial government as soon as possible."
Upon hearing this, Yan Zhigao immediately stood up and left with Butler Sun without saying anything.
(End of this chapter)
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