The pasture in midsummer is full of green, which is much more beautiful than the bleak scenery in winter. A group of ladies and ladies in bright and gorgeous clothes shuttle through the pasture, adding to the scenery here.

It's just that the scenery is a little strange.

Generally, this kind of banquet for women will choose a pleasant scenery, with all kinds of colorful flowers as a backdrop. Some banquets are even called flower-appreciating feasts, chrysanthemum-appreciating feasts, etc., but this one can only be called a fruit-appreciating feast?

Or should it be called a fruit picking feast?

"This fruit is different from the fruit we usually eat. It is picked and eaten now, and the taste is more delicious. If you wake up early, it is still stained with dew..." Li Qingyou walked in front, pointing to the trees that were either bright red, emerald green, or green.

The pink and white fruits are introduced one by one.

She had specially dug fruit trees for this fruit forest, and planted some more delicious wild fruit trees on the mountain. It would take several years for the existing fruit trees to grow fruit, and Li Qingyou couldn't wait.

She also thought about planting some flowers and plants, which would be more attractive to the ladies, but firstly, it was a bit tacky, secondly, there was no professional gardener to take care of it, and thirdly, and most importantly, it was useless.

You can only look at the flowers but not eat them, they are not even like seeds.

Each of these boudoir ladies and ladies has a garden at home, and they all have many flowers planted in it, so this is nothing surprising to them.

But appreciating fruit, or picking fruit, is different.

These are all ladies and ladies from wealthy families. Not to mention the married ones, even the unmarried ones cannot pick the fruits themselves. They don't even have to cook, and they have servants to help them dress.

Picking fruits is new to them.

Just like modern city dwellers who are used to seeing steel and concrete buildings, they occasionally want to taste the pastoral life of chasing chickens and ducks and picking fruits.

In addition, in the last autumn, these fruits can be picked to make fruit wine, which can also be used as a source of income. Moreover, the fruit wine can be drunk, and the lees can be fed to pigs and livestock.

In addition to the fruit trees, Li Qingyou also built several boats on the river, which were built by Zhao Xiaoshan and several carpenters. Although they were not as luxurious as the boats, they were big enough, and some silks and satins were hung on them.

It looks quite similar to that.

The female relatives were very novel about this form of banquet. They were quite excited to see the red, green, pink, white and golden fruits on the trees.

Not to mention Li Qingyou, not even Mrs. Xu expected this result, especially when she saw her two children pointing at a red fruit with high spirits and asking the servants on the side to pick it for them, she couldn't help but laugh.

Ear your lips.

"It seems like you don't have to worry this time." Mrs. Xu smiled and looked at Li Qingyou. Although she took the initiative to book the banquet here today, she didn't spend a penny. Of course, Li Qingyou couldn't ask for her money.

Mrs. Xu is basically using Li Qingyou to make a face for herself, and to connect with the feelings of the female relatives of each family.

Not only did Li Qingyou have no objection to this, but she welcomed it very much. With Mrs. Xu helping her advertise and attract customers for free, she only needed to be responsible for showing up at the venue and preparing some drinks and food. What else could she be dissatisfied with?

No one asked her for advertising or promotion fees.

This is considered a matter of getting what you need.

"Yes, but I have to thank my sister, otherwise I don't know how I would be worried." Li Qingyou also smiled.

"Thank you, you and I don't need to talk about this between sisters. Besides, you have done a good job in this place, otherwise I wouldn't be able to do it even if I thought about it, right?" Mrs. Xu also smiled at Yan Yan.

When it comes to picking fruits, compared to the enthusiasm of children, the wives of each family are much less enthusiastic. Most of them just stand here and watch their own or other families' children playing under the trees.

Even so, people were having a great time, the children were running and making trouble, and the adults were talking and laughing.

After playing in the orchard for a while, Li Qingyou and Mrs. Xu went to the horse farm on the other side. Li Qingyou raised many kinds of horses, donkeys, pigs, chickens, ducks, and geese.

Of course, they are all raised separately, each has its own territory, and no one can cross the boundary.

Chickens, ducks and geese are not interesting to look at, nor are pigs and donkeys, and they smell bad. Only horses can arouse people's interest.

Especially at this time, horses are very noble and a symbol of status. Anyone who has a horse or carriage at home must be a member of the government, and if the rank is low, they are not eligible to use it, and only military commanders with a high enough rank are eligible.

horse riding.

Although there are many official ladies and wives among these female relatives, no one in their family is qualified to own a horse. Except for County Magistrate Xu and County Magistrate Zhao, only these two can use it. There are very few opportunities for the female relatives in the family to use it.

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Here you can see groups of horses. Although they are small ponies, they are quite spectacular.

A few brave young men wanted to get through the fence to see the foal up close, but their servants stopped them and refused to let them go.

"It's okay, just don't get too close." Li Qingyou said.

These horses are different from other pigs and donkeys. They are specially trained by the Wei family. After all, they are raised as war horses. These dozens of horses are equivalent to the soul of the entire ranch.

When Li Qingyou said this, several people sent by the Wei family to train horses turned their heads and looked at her. They were not willing to raise horses and be watched, even if they were watched in this small Qingshan County.

Even then they don't care.

But still don't like it.

War horses are sacred. Cavalry is much more valuable than infantry on the battlefield, and war horses are the key to victory or defeat. They represent half or even more than half of the combat power. Being watched like monkeys, they feel anxious in their hearts.

uncomfortable.

But, who is the rancher? Not to mention that Young Master Wei had told them all to listen to Li Qingyou before coming.

Although I was very dissatisfied that a bunch of big men wanted to listen to a little girl's movie, there was nothing I could do about it.

Li Qingyou ignored these people. The Wei family only had a reputation for this deal, and it was not like her. After all, she was busy with everything, and the Wei family did not take a penny but did nothing.

Why should people who have benefits listen to them?

A beggar has no right to complain that his rice is sour.

A few brave children, accompanied by servants, got into the fence to play. Fortunately, they were all ponies, and there were people watching, so there was no danger.

Seeing that it was almost noon and it was time to eat, Li Qingyou led everyone to move their positions and returned to the half-built row of houses that were not yet completed but were disguised to look very stylish.

"Everyone, please wait a moment. I will go to the back to see if the meal is ready." Li Qingyou said and gave a salute to Mrs. Xu, "Sister, please help me entertain everyone."

Mrs. Xu nodded and told Li Qingyou to go ahead and leave the place to her.
Chapter completed!