Liu Rumei's expression changed suddenly after taking the letter and reading it.

"We have just settled down here in Qingniu Mountain. Why does His Highness the Crown Prince suddenly want to come? Who gave him this bad idea?"

Liu Ce bowed, "Miss, maybe His Highness the Crown Prince heard some news and was worried, so he came here."

Liu Rumei nodded, "The prince has already set off, and it's too late to stop him. We can only make complete preparations to avoid any accidents."

"Okay, I will personally take charge of welcoming the prince. You can go ahead."

Chen Xiaobei was confused when he saw Liu Ce coming to ask about Chen Ermao, "Steward Liu, Chen Ermao has absconded, why are you suddenly interested in him?"

Liu Ce nodded slightly, "To be honest, Chen Ermao may have gone to the capital, and my Lord Marquis suddenly came to ask about Chen Ermao's situation."

Chen Xiaobei was shocked when he heard this. Chen Ermao could do it and ran to the capital.

But this kid seemed to have forgotten that he was a prisoner of the imperial court. He was released after his parents died and they returned home to observe mourning for three years.

After listening to Chen Xiaobei's explanation of Chen Ermao's specific situation, Liu Ce knew in his mind, "I will report it to the Marquis truthfully. Don't worry, Chen Ermao can't escape."

While they were talking, Chen Xiaobo came back. Recently, Chen Xiaobo has been responsible for delivering food to the county town and Xiaojia Town.

"Chief Xiaobei, Lao Wu, the vegetable seller, asked you to come by any means in the next two days. He has something to discuss with you."

Chen Xiaobei nodded, "Yes, it's been a long time, so I should go see Lao Wu."

Early the next morning, Chen Xiaobei packed up apples and vegetables and rushed to the county town. Chen Xiaobei may not have realized that this trip to the county town would bring about a huge change for him.

After entering the county town, Chen Xiaobei walked around and finally came to deliver vegetables and apples to Lao Wu.

As soon as he saw him, Old Wu beamed with joy.

After unloading the vegetables and apples from the carriage, Chen Xiaobei was not polite. He sat down on Old Wu's stool and said, "Brother Wu, what's the matter? You have to call me."

Old Wu frowned slightly, and the smile on his face disappeared. He raised his finger and pointed at his vegetable stall, "Do you see any difference between my stall and the previous few days?"

Chen Xiaobei glanced around and realized that there were not many green vegetables in Lao Wu's vegetable stall, replaced by some vegetables such as pumpkins and winter melons.

"Old Wu, it's already early autumn, so it's normal for the vegetables to be gone."

Old Wu nodded, but looked at Chen Xiaobei expectantly, "Is there any way you can grow more vegetables? The price of vegetables has increased significantly now. If you can get the vegetables in winter, you can sell them for at least three cents."

One pound."

Three cents per pound, Chen Xiaobei was stunned when he heard the price.

But having said that, given the current conditions, how can we grow vegetables in winter?

"Old Wu, let me go back and think about this."

After hearing Chen Xiaobei's reply, Old Wu smiled happily and said, "Okay, if you can accomplish this, we will make a fortune."

On the way back from the county seat, Chen Xiaobei had been thinking about this issue.

In my previous life, I had to grow some vegetables in the winter. That would have been no problem. Building a few plastic greenhouses would have solved the problem. But under this technological condition, there are neither plastics nor greenhouses. What should I do?

In winter, if you want to provide both warmth and light, plastic is the best choice. If it is not possible, you can get some glass, but obviously under the current circumstances, glass is also impossible.

After returning home, Chen Xiaobei leaned under the big locust tree and said nothing.

Cui Hongyu didn't know what happened, and he didn't dare to ask rashly this time, so he could only let it go.

After staying there until noon, Chen Qiaoer came back from school.

But what surprised Chen Xiaobei was that only Chen Qiaoer came back this time.

Cui Hongyu also looked behind Chen Qiaoer with a confused expression, "Qiaoer, where are your sisters Ziyan and Huangying?"

"The two sisters said they would cook for themselves and stop coming to eat."

this.

Cui Hongyu frowned, but after looking at Chen Xiaobei, she didn't say anything else.

But Chen Xiaobei felt that something was wrong. He came here to eat every day, why didn't he come now? Who else would have felt something was wrong.

"Kuyu, why don't you go and take a look later? Why did you suddenly stop coming? Did I offend them?"

The atmosphere of this meal seemed a bit dull.

Even Pistachio Chen Qiaoer just lowered her head to eat her rice without saying a word.

After finishing the meal, without even having time to clear away the dishes, Cui Hongyu took Chen Qiaoer to the school.

There was laughter and laughter inside Shen Ziyan's residence.

Cui Hongyu pushed the door open and entered. Shen Ziyan and Huang Ying looked at each other, looking a little surprised, "Sister, send Qiaoer here now, it's still early."

Cui Hongyu looked at the two dishes on the table, one meat and one vegetarian, and couldn't help but said, "Why don't you go to my place to eat? I've prepared all the dishes."

Upon hearing this, Shen Ziyan stood up hurriedly, stretched out her hand and pulled Cui Hongyu to sit in front of her, "Sister Hongyu, we have no other intentions. We agreed at the time that the ten taels of silver included food money, so we couldn't. I always go to your house to eat."

Huang Ying also quickly took over the conversation, "Yeah, how can my sister go there every day? Xiaohua and Du Juan are idle anyway, so let them cook."

"But, you have to buy vegetables and also need oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, so that's a lot of trouble." Cui Hongyu still looked concerned.

"We didn't buy vegetables, we grew them ourselves."

After saying this, Shen Ziyan pointed to the window sill of her house and Cui Hongyu looked over. Only then did she realize that the window sill was filled with several flower pots, and the green leafy vegetables growing in them were lush and green, which was really gratifying.

"Sister, look at us growing vegetables in flower pots. When the weather is nice, we will move out to bask in the sun."

Cui Hongyu also understood when he saw this. This was making it clear that he didn't want to eat at his house again.

"You guys, I really can't do anything about it." Zui Hongyu shook his head helplessly.

Shen Ziyan took the opportunity to propose, "Sister, Qiaoer will eat here at noon from now on, and there is no need to go home."

Cui Hongyu quickly shook his head, "This is not okay. Qiaoer is my husband's eyeball. Zuojun will not agree to letting him eat here."

"Oh, sister, just tell Brother Xiaobei, it's the same no matter where you eat it."

Cui Hongyu said no more and turned around to return to her home.

As soon as she saw Chen Xiaobei, she sighed.

"These two little ladies will have to cook for themselves from now on."

Chen Xiaobei hurriedly asked, "Didn't we offend them somewhere?"

"No, it's just that the ten taels he said he was given is already too much money, and he can't come back to make ends meet. Not to mention, these two little girls are very smart and have grown a lot of vegetables in flower pots."
Chapter completed!