Due to time constraints, Daohua and his party did not 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 piece of sunflower is your birthday gift to me. Of course I have to come and receive it."

Daohua was stunned.

She did say before that this piece of sunflowers was given to Xiao Yeyang, but as a wealthy young prince, shouldn't his attention be on the sea of ​​flowers? Why did he notice the sunflower seeds?

She plans to sell melon seeds later!

When Xiao Yeyang saw her like this, he immediately guessed what she was thinking and said unhappily: "What, you plan to give half of this gift and receive half of it yourself?"

Daohua quickly shook her head and denied: "It's okay. I will send someone to tell you as soon as the sunflowers mature."

After hearing this, Xiao Yeyang showed satisfaction.

Naturally, all the gifts given to him must be taken back intact.

When leaving, Xiao Yeyang asked Defu to pick some sunflowers, saying that he wanted to take them back and put them in bottles to enjoy.

Seeing this, Dong Yuanxuan and others were also very moved. However, before they could speak, Xiao Yeyang directly refused: "This is my birthday gift, are you embarrassed to take it?"

How many sunflowers are there for each person, and there are more than ten people present? How many sunflowers will be harmed?

Dong Yuanxuan and others: "..."

One hundred acres of sunflowers, they are very willing to ask for it!

Dong Yuanyao curled his lips and whispered to Su Shiyu: "I didn't expect the young prince to be such a stingy person."

Su Shiyu understood quite well: "The young prince doesn't want everyone to pick flowers, which only shows that he cares about this gift. Think about it for yourself. If you want to receive a gift that suits your needs, are you willing to take it out and share it with others?"

Share with others?"

Dong Yuanyao immediately smiled: "It's okay to share it, but it's still okay to take a look."

Soon, the group began to walk back.

......

At the gate of Xingzhou City, everyone except Zhou Jingwan had to return to Mount Wuhua.

Daohua took over two exquisite wooden boxes from Qin Xiaoliu, who had returned to Yan Mansion in advance. They were simple cosmetic boxes imitating modern cosmetic boxes.

"This is a meeting gift from me to my two sisters."

Dong Yuanyao had been thinking about the lipstick. After hearing 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 sizes, the middle layer contains twelve colors of lipstick, and the bottom layer contains moisturizer, gouache, etc.

"So many?"

Dong Yuanyao looked delighted. The rouge and gouache in the box covered everything needed for daily dressing.

Zhou Jingwan stood aside and stretched her neck to take a look. When she saw that there were not as many things in the box as Daohua gave her, a happy smile suddenly 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 accepted the words, and then looked at Daohua with some embarrassment, "I like this very much, thank you."

At this time, Yan Wenkai's urging voice came: "Are you ready? If you don't leave, it will get dark."

Daohua immediately replied: "Okay." Then she looked at Dong Yuanyao and Su Shiyu, "Two sisters, walk slowly. Next time you have time, you must come to my house to sit."

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 left, Xiao Yeyang, who was standing aside, snorted and glanced at Daohua dissatisfiedly: "I thought you prepared a gift for me today?"

Daohua: "It's really just you. I prepared those two makeup boxes after the last horse ride. 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 face became a little better, but he felt that it was out of character for a grown man to care about such trivial matters, so he felt a little uncomfortable on his face.

Daohua didn't notice it, but just urged: "Let's go quickly, you are still having a banquet over there!"

Xiao Yeyang glanced at Daohua, and wanted to reach into his arms to take out the blindfolded handkerchief and give it back to her, but he hesitated, put his hand back, coughed, and said: "That's okay,

Let’s go.”

After walking a few steps, he turned back and said, "I like that... gift very much." After that, he left quickly.

Looking at Xiao Yeyang's back, which seemed to be running away, Daohua suddenly smiled happily: "This guy, don't look awkward, he is quite cute."

Hearing this, Zhou Jingwan frowned and then shook her head.

She doesn’t think the young prince is cute!

She was quite scared of the young prince, especially when he had a straight face. She really didn't know how Daohua had such long eyes that she found the young prince cute.

"Okay, let's go back too!"

When no one was seen anymore, 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 one after another.

The harvested watermelons, grapes, and rice flowers were not sold in the fruit and vegetable shop. Instead, they borrowed the Zhou family's boat and took them to the provincial capital, where they were wholesaled directly to Uncle Li's uncle.

The same is true for the produce in Yanjiazhuangzi’s fields.

The reason for this is that during spring plowing this year, Yan Zhigao distributed watermelon seeds and grape seeds at the prefecture government office. As long as families under the jurisdiction of Xingzhou have their household registration, they can receive about an acre of seeds from the prefecture office and go back to try planting.

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Because it is distributed free of charge, there are quite a few people who have received it. Nowadays, watermelon fields, grape sheds, etc. can be seen everywhere in Xingzhou.

In order not to seize the market with the common people, the Yan family also sells the same way as the Li family, so they simply don't sell in Xingzhou City.

After mid-June, many vendors came to Xingzhou City to buy watermelons and grapes.

In the past two years, the Li family took the lead in selling watermelons and made a lot of 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.

Ever since they knew that Yan Zhigao wanted to promote watermelons and grapes in Xingzhou City, the Li family intentionally helped promote them. As a result, the news that Xingzhou produced watermelons and grapes spread throughout Zhongzhou Province.

"There has been a lot of rain this year. I thought the watermelons would be less sweet, but I never thought that the watermelons in Xingzhou would not be affected at all."

"Yes, this tastes better than what I had in the south a few years ago. I can buy more and sell it in the north. It will definitely be particularly popular with wealthy families."

The traders made an on-site inspection and saw that the watermelons and grapes in Xingzhou were really good, so they all started to sell them.

In this way, the people who planted watermelons and grapes more or less earned some money.

Yanfu.

Everyone in the Yan family could clearly feel that Yan Zhigao was in a good mood during this period.

On the day of Yan Zhigao Xiu Mu, everyone gathered together. Mrs. Yan couldn't hold it back and asked: "Boss, have you picked up money these days?"

Yan Zhigao smiled, and just as he was about to say something, Yan Zhiyuan on the side spoke first: "Mom, you don't know, brother is even happier than finding money."

Mrs. Yan became interested: "Oh, tell me, what good thing happened?"

Yan Zhigao coughed a few times and cleared his throat: "There has been a lot of rain this year. I am worried that the grain production in the fields will decrease and the people's lives will be difficult. But wasn't the state government promoting watermelons and grapes before? Now traders from all over the country are pouring into Xingzhou.

, the people have extra income, and I can feel more relieved."

After hearing this, Mrs. Yan also smiled: "This is indeed a good thing."

Yan Zhiyuan answered with a smile: "This is my third year as the magistrate of Xingzhou. With this achievement, I will definitely be promoted again next year."

Yan Zhigao quickly waved his hand to stop him: "Second brother, don't say this nonsense. Appointing officials is a matter for the imperial court to consider. You only need to do your duty for me, and you can't make any rash comments in the future."<

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Yan Zhiyuan immediately responded with a smile: "It's my brother who talks too much."

Yan Zhigao didn't hold on, and quickly glanced at his eldest daughter, thinking of the difficult situation faced by several Linzhou magistrates, he sighed in his heart.

His eldest daughter is really his lucky star. If she hadn't proposed promoting watermelons and grapes, he would probably be in a state of despair now.

Due to heavy rains, it is certain that the grain production in the fields will be reduced. Now that the people of Xingzhou have money in their hands, they can survive this year.

When it was almost noon, the Yan family was preparing to have dinner, when Butler Sun hurried in.

Yan Zhigao put down his bowl and chopsticks: "What happened?"

Butler Sun: "Sir, Mr. Xiao just sent a message, saying that the dikes in Jiguang Province above Zhongzhou have burst, and he asked you to return to the Yamen as soon as possible."
Chapter completed!