The Five Hundred and Ninetieth Chapters Are Great and Elegant
Princess Anya exclaimed softly and said, "Conservatory? Is it the legendary glass conservatory of your family?"
"What kind of legend?" Gu Ye was amused by her, "Don't everyone have a conservatory?"
"But I'm willing to use glass to build a conservatory. Apart from yours, I've never heard of a second one. Besides, for a small family like us, it's not bad to be able to buy a piece of glass. How dare you think about a house full of Made of glass?" Princess Anya deliberately said with an exaggerated expression.
The girls who didn't attend the Liuquan Villa banquet last time heard about the "glass conservatory" for the first time, and their eyes widened. Princess Heyang's boudoir, the most favored in the palace, used glass instead of window paper, which is luxurious enough to be envied. Duke Zhen Guo actually used glass to build a house for his daughter who just got back. Exaggerated!
A girl laughed and said to County Master Anya: "If your Qing palace is a small family, then we are all squatters!"
The one who spoke was a girl from the Guozijian Sacrificial Restaurant, and the only girl in the direct branch of the Jun family. She was right, if the prince's house was worth a small family, how could someone else's family live?
Gu Ye glared at Princess Anya and said with a smile, "Sisters, don't listen to her! If anything comes into her mouth, she's exaggerating!"
However, when it came to the conservatory, in the eyes of the ladies, Princess Anya did not exaggerate one bit. The conservatory is as big as five rooms, the main frame is made of steel, and the rest are large pieces of transparent glass. If the frame is ignored, the whole house is transparent and crystal clear, shimmering mesmerizingly in the sun...
A girl exclaimed in a low voice, "I thought it was bright enough to use glass inlaid windows. This glass conservatory is really all made of glass. It is estimated that only the Crystal Palace of the Dragon King of the East China Sea can compare with it, right?"
"Isn't it extravagant? Just this piece of glass costs thousands of taels of silver. If you add up this conservatory, you won't be able to build a few hundred thousand taels! When did Duke Zhen Guo's manor become so rich?" Suining The county owner also came, looking at the conservatory, his eyes flashed with jealousy.
The county master of Anya couldn't listen anymore: "Suining, what do you mean? Alluding to the source of the money of Duke Zhenguo is unknown? Didn't sister Ye'er say it when she was in Liuquan Villa? This greenhouse is for the owner of the glass house to thank her sister. The life-saving grace was built for her for free. It didn't cost a penny! You can't envy this, who made Younger Sister Ye'er so capable?"
Mo Yu said softly: "Compared to life, what is a glass conservatory worth? The county master is right, Sister Ye'er earned this conservatory by herself with her extraordinary medical skills and pharmaceutical skills. If you're envious, it's too late to go back to study pharmacy now!"
The county magistrate of Suining was disturbed by the two of them, and snorted coldly, "Who cares!" In her opinion, pharmacists are highly respected in the eyes of the world, but their social status is still behind the peasants. There are so many ladies in Beijing, but I have never seen anyone willing to degenerate to study medicine and pharmacy!
In the conservatory, there are paths paved with bluestone slabs. On the winter days when all things are chilling, the ladies see the lush green plants on the ground, and feel that they are in a good mood.
"Miss Ye'er, what kind of flowers are these grown?" Nangong asked softly, stroking the green leaves of a spinach tree. The other girls were also full of curiosity.
Gu Ye said a little embarrassedly: "Uh... The vegetables on the ground are all out of season. In the hands of Miss Nangong is a small spinach, which has a unique flavor in soup and cold dishes. Hehe..."
Nangong Jing withdrew his hand as if being scalded by hot water. Perhaps she felt that she was embarrassed in front of the ladies, with an uncomfortable expression on her face.
Lin Ruohan said with understanding: "Sister Ye'er is really unique. Who would have thought that vegetables would be grown in such a precious glass conservatory. Not to mention Miss Nangong, even I was deceived!"
"Sister Lin is going to laugh at me! When the snow falls and you can only eat radishes, cabbage and potatoes every day, you should praise me for my foresight!" Gu Ye took a weed out of the vegetables and threw it on the ground.
The girls have all tasted the lack of vegetables in winter, and imagine how refreshing and comfortable it would be to have a plate of green spinach in the winter! It's not that Miss Chu is vulgar, and people eat whole grains, who can avoid vulgarity?
"Sisters, guess what this is?" Gu Ye pointed at a vine and asked with a little interest.
These noble ladies, ladies and gentlemen, are indistinguishable from the four bodies and the five grains, how can they tell what is what? Yuan Haiqing pushed Gu Ye and said with a smile, "Don't sell it, is it vegetables or herbs? Looking at this form, it's not a flower, right?"
Gu Ye said mysteriously: "This is the cantaloupe we eat in summer! Think about it, how does it feel to sit in a room with a burning earth dragon and eat a cool and sweet cantaloupe during Chinese New Year?"
"Don't be shy! Be careful that they come to loot!" Lin Ruohan smiled and pointed at Princess Anya and Yuan Haiqing, who were glowing with dim light.
Yuan Haiqing jumped over, locked Gu Ye's neck with her arms, and laughed and said, "Rob the rich and help the poor! The melons will be distributed to me when the time comes!"
"And me, and me!!" Unwilling to be left behind, Princess Anya raised his hand high. Princess Shunrou and Mo Yunong didn't say it clearly, but the expressions on their faces already showed everything.
Gu Ye frowned and said: "There are not a few cantaloupe plants in total, and you all robbed them. I can only eat the melon seedlings... Each person can only have two cantaloupes, no more!"
She was talking about everyone, a few girls who were not familiar with her for the first time, and looked at each other. This "everyone" should include all the people here, right?
"What can't be more? Wow, you are all hiding here, no wonder no one was seen in the small flower hall!" Shangguan Feier's hearty voice came over.
The bitterness on Gu Ye's face deepened: "Sister Fei'er, you are here at the right time!"
"What's the matter? I'm not welcome? Then I'm leaving..." Shangguan Feier pretended to turn around and leave.
Yuan Haiqing grabbed her and said with a smile, "Sister Ye'er is feeling sorry for her melons! She planted some melons in this glass conservatory. She was just showing off to the outside, and she was robbed by us. She is distressed. It's on!"
"Come early, it's better to come by coincidence! It seems that I have a good taste! Where is the cantaloupe? Bring me to taste if it's sweet?" Shangguan Fei'er hurried over, her eyes looking for cantaloupe in the conservatory.
Yuan Haiqing pointed at the little melon seedlings on the ground, and laughed until she leaned back and forth: "Here! Sister Ye'er said that the fruit will not mature until around the New Year's, but I can't taste it now!"
"Hey! You guys are talking lively, I thought there was a cantaloupe to eat today... Hey! This champion red flower is so beautiful. This is... Eighteen Bachelor? This pot of crimson claw hibiscus, I have I have never seen such a good appearance. This season, it is rare to see camellias blooming so brightly!" Shangguan Fei'er likes camellias, and she was immediately attracted by the camellias on the flower racks on both sides of the conservatory.
Not only camellias, but also blooming or budding peonies, elegant and moving orchids, attracted little girls to stop and watch.
"Wei Zi, Yao Huang, Zhao Fen... Miss Chu actually got so many precious varieties. But what's even more surprising is that you can see the flowers blooming in winter." A girl couldn't help sighing.
She really deserved the trip today. Not to mention the one-of-a-kind glass conservatory, you can also admire flowers that can only be seen in spring. Worth it!
"Is this pot 'Suguan Heding'? I heard from my mother that this pot of orchid is a new product that Miss Chu found for Mrs. Zhen Guogong. I love bluegrass the most, and I stopped in front of Suguan Heding, reluctant to leave.
"Sister Su, there is also Qionglan here! There are actually two pots of such a precious orchid in the mansion of the Duke of Zhenguo!" The girl who has the same hobbies as her can't help but feel a little envious.
"Qionglan is the most difficult to raise. I looked at this pot, and it seemed that it was divided from another pot! There must be an incredible gardener in the mansion of the Duke of Zhenguo, who can successfully divide Qionglan into pots and raise them well. It's so good, it's really enviable!" Miss Su gently sniffed the fragrance of Qiong Lan, and there was nothing else in her eyes except orchid.
Gu Ye felt that it was a bit rude to let everyone stand here and admire the orchids, so he smiled and said: "If you like, you can choose the flowers you like, pick them off and put them on your heads..."
"No! How can you defile the precious flowers and plants that are hard to find?" Shangguan Fei'er shouted loudly, protecting the camellia behind her, with a posture of breaking anyone's paws if they dared to pick them.
However, Gu Ye quickly picked one of the most blooming flowers from the red claw hibiscus, put it next to Shangguan Feier's temple, smiled and said: "Look, there are several flowers in this pot, and there is one missing. It's nothing. Sister Fei'er really is more delicate and prettier than a flower!"
Shangguan Feier was trembling with distress. A pot of hibiscus hibiscus with excellent appearance like this sample cannot be taken down for a thousand taels of silver. In her heart, these treasures of camellias cannot be measured by money. Picking a flower is like gouging out a piece of her flesh!
Shangguan Feier pointed at Gu Ye and kept saying that she was "destroying things". The other little girls were also reluctant to pick off the flowers that rarely bloom in winter and put them on their heads.
Gu Ye said: "This flower, even if we don't pick it off, it will wither in just three or five days. Being able to decorate the faces of your sisters can be regarded as realizing their value. What's there to be reluctant to give up?"
Although she said so, there was still no girl to do it. It's not that they can't bear to pick flowers. In fact, the most suitable flower for hairpins is camellia. The peony flower is too big, and when you wear it on your head, you can't see the flower, it's too overwhelming. And orchids are too small and light in color, so they are not suitable for hairpins.