Chapter 134 Settled
After Zhao Lingmeng and the others had eaten and drunk their fill, and Zhao Houyang had eaten some complementary food and fallen asleep, he took the two children to look after the yard.
"Mom, you choose first!" Zhao Houjing had no idea where to live. Anyway, he was very happy to live in his mother's yard.
"Then I'll give you two choices, brothers?"
When Zhao Houjing and Zhao Houming heard their mother was going to choose for them, they nodded happily. They really didn't know where to live.
Zhao Lingmeng chose four rooms across from the main house for the two brothers. She connected the two middle rooms to create a study for each of them, allowing them to walk directly from their bedrooms. The key point was that the courtyard in the middle was large and there were many trees. If she made any noise on her side, the other side wouldn't see it, giving her better privacy.
Moreover, the windows of the two rooms in the middle are opened at the back and the front respectively, so they may not be able to hear each other's movements, so there is still a little privacy.
In the end, Zhao Houjing chose the room on the side, and Zhao Houming chose the room inside. They were both quite satisfied with their mother's idea, as they could go directly from the bedroom to the study to read.
"Do you two like it? When you grow up, choose a yard of your own to live in."
Zhao Lingmeng was still looking forward to them choosing their own courtyard to live in, so that they could each have their own privacy. Living in the same courtyard like this, Zhao Lingmeng sometimes wanted to do something, but she was afraid that the two children would notice, as they were very smart.
"We like the place Mom chose for us best." Zhao Houjing really liked living close to Mom; it made him feel more secure. Perhaps because Sun Tu no longer wanted him, he felt a little insecure and clung to Zhao Lingmeng.
"Then you can take a nap. You still have to go learn to read with Master Wu in the afternoon. I will test you then."
Zhao Lingmeng sent the two little ones off to nap, so she could wander around her main courtyard. Then she chose a spot for her study and, in an unspecified area outside the courtyard, she planted vegetables. She also selected three smaller plots nearby, one for each of her three sons, ensuring no one was partial.
Then Zhao Lingmeng instructed Nanny Sun to give two months' salary to each servant in the mansion. Only then did she slowly go back to take a nap. She was tired after walking so much today.
In the next few days, the lives of the two little guys returned to normal, just like they did in the previous mansion. Now the mansion has become bigger and newer, and they even take people to explore and play everywhere. Apart from not delaying their studies, they are rarely seen at other times. Sometimes they even have lunch in Master Wu's yard.
Zhao Lingmeng would just test them every night on what they had learned that day. If they passed, she would leave them alone. Children this young needed to move more to be healthy. She only told the people who served them to pay attention to safety and to follow closely.
Zhao Lingmeng is very busy every day now. She has to meet with the people in the princess's mansion every day and re-establish the management rules of the mansion. She doesn't want her mansion to be like a sieve, where any slight disturbance in the mansion will be known to everyone outside.
She also had to meet with the stewards outside. Now that she had moved to a larger princess mansion, the monthly allowance alone was enormous, so Zhao Lingmeng had to find a way to make money. If she only relied on the salary she earned as the eldest princess, the princess mansion would probably be deserted.
She had moved into the Princess's Mansion and was planning to send invitations to some people. She was also planning a small housewarming celebration. After all, she would be living in Yuanjing, so she needed to get to know some of the powerful people there. So she had to discuss with Nanny Sun who to invite, and finally write to ask the wife of the Marquis of Wu'an.
That day, Zhao Lingmeng had not yet woken up, or to be more precise, was still in a dream, when the two brothers Zhao Houjing and Zhao Houming broke in.
In particular, the youngest Zhao Houyang pressed on Zhao Lingmeng and almost sent her away.
"Mom, get up quickly. Didn't you say you would go plant vegetables with us today? We have been back for a long time, but the vegetables haven't been planted yet." Zhao Houming kept muttering in Zhao Lingmeng's room, like chanting a sutra.
Zhao Houjing echoed beside him, "Mom, my brother is right."
Zhao Lingmeng's mind was filled with "Mom, Mom, Mom..." She was almost defeated, so she had no choice but to get up and accompany the two of them for dinner. Then the three of them each carried their own small hoe to plant vegetables.
When Zhao Lingmeng and the others were about to leave, Zhao Houyang refused to go, saying, "Ahhhhh!" He wanted to go too. Zhao Lingmeng had no choice but to order Zhao Houyang's wet nurse to fully arm him and take him with her.
"Mom, what vegetables do you want to plant?" Zhao Houjing was choosing seeds nearby and asked Zhao Lingmeng and his brother what they wanted to plant.
"I want to grow one that is easy to grow." Zhao Lingmeng would not discourage Zhao Houjing by saying that he wouldn't know even if she asked, but instead told him her thoughts.
When Zhao Houjing heard that his mother wanted to grow crops that were easy to grow, he immediately asked the person serving him which kind of crops were easy to grow and how to grow them. He asked in great detail.
After a long time, Zhao Houjing selected the seeds of the kind of green vegetables that he thought were easiest to grow and put them aside.
Then he turned to Zhao Houming and asked, "Brother, what do you want to plant?"
"Is there any that can be eaten without cooking? Then I can just pick it, wash it and eat it. How comfortable. Brother, do you have this?" Zhao Houming looked at Zhao Houjing expectantly after he finished speaking. Zhao Houjing had just asked about all the seeds, so he picked out the one his brother wanted to plant.
"Yes, I'll get it for you."
"It's great to have a brother." Zhao Houming's main feature is his sweet talk.
Zhao Houjing smiled sheepishly and took out the plants he wanted to grow. He chose a vegetable that was delicious for wrapping roast duck. He liked it very much. It was similar to the lettuce that Zhao Lingmeng had grown in her previous life.
Zhao Houjing had finished selecting the seeds. He looked at his third brother's barren land next to him and asked, "Mom, what should we do with my third brother's land?"
After Zhao Houjing finished speaking, he looked at the little kid who was still crying in the nanny's arms, and felt that he would definitely not be able to have children.
"Don't worry, wait until he grows up and grow it yourself." Zhao Lingmeng said without hesitation.
The main reason is that Zhao Lingmeng thinks it is good enough for her to manage her own piece well. This is a hobby, not something she has to farm to support her family, so she doesn't need to plant all the crops.
"Second brother, do you want to help third brother plant the crops?" Seeing that his mother didn't want to move, Zhao Houjing had no choice but to look at Zhao Houming.
Zhao Houming thought for a moment and said, "Let's plant some! The old farmer on the farm said last time that the land will deteriorate if it's not planted. Let's help my third brother plant some for a few years."
"Okay." Zhao Houjing picked out another vegetable seed that Zhao Houyang could eat with his current supplementary food, and went back to plow his own land with a small hoe.
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