Mother Xia came here today for two purposes.

One reason was to thank Li Jinglan.

The second is to test what the grudge between Li Fengxian and Li Jinglan is.

Why did Li Fengxian scold Li Jinglan?

Could it be that Li Jinglan really was the one who harmed her son?

Li Jinglan performed Tai Chi with a smile, without any mistakes.

Mother Xia didn't ask anything and was worried about things in the capital. She talked for a while and then left.

After leaving the Wang family’s gate, Xia’s mother fell into deep thought.

When Li Fengxian and Xia Jifang first got married, they were gentle, considerate, decent and generous.

When the Wang family said they wanted to meet Li Fengxian some time ago, Li Fengxian even asked her about etiquette.

How nice Li Fengxian was back then.

How did it become like this?

Could it be that he had been behaving himself in the past, but now his true nature is showing?

Mother Xia was filled with hatred when she thought of her son being kicked out of the examination room.

If Li Fengxian had not gone to the capital with them, this would never have happened.

Her son has always been well-behaved and obedient. Apart from his love of drinking and listening to music outside, he has no other bad habits.

It must be Li Fengxian who led him astray!

Thinking of this, Mother Xia turned to look at the maid beside her:

"After my grandmother came back, she asked her to do the housework in my courtyard every day. I was afraid that she was young and ignorant, so I had to teach her well."

"Yes."

……

Regarding the matter of soap and glycerin, Li Jinglan dared to take them out even though she knew that Li Fengxian was also a reborn person.

I’m just not afraid that Li Fengxian will tell others.

She had already prepared a way to deal with it.

Li Jinglan and Liu talked about farming: "The spring sun is strong and everything starts to grow. After April, the weather gradually gets hotter and it is time to harvest."

Liu also attaches great importance to the fields. "During this period, you should send people to patrol the fields to prevent livestock from trampling on the farmland and affecting the summer harvest."

The wheat harvest season near the capital is around the Grain in Ear period.

"My niece's wife has been watching over the family recently and found that the tenants are not doing a good job of farming."

Li Jinglan talked about the harvest, "The highest yield was only two shi."

One stone of grain is approximately equal to 120 kilograms.

The highest yield is only two stones, which means that the yield of one acre of land is only more than two hundred kilograms.

This was already very good. Liu felt that Li Jinglan did not know the suffering of the farmers: "Being able to harvest two shi proves that this farmer knows how to take care of the fields. You should take good care of them."

Li Jinglan smiled and nodded: "Aunt is right, but my niece-in-law is also ambitious and always wants to increase the yield a little bit."

"So, my niece-in-law wants to read "The Book of Fan Sheng" and "The Essential Techniques for Managing the People" to the tenants."

Liu disagreed: "The people are illiterate. Even if I read to them, how can they understand?"

"How can you know if you don't try? My niece-in-law is still young, so just let her hit the wall once!" Li Jinglan said coquettishly.

Liu burst into laughter and said, "Girl, if you want to do it, just do it."

Just thought Li Jinglan was just a child playing tricks.

Farmers are illiterate, and "Fan Sheng Zhi Shu" and "Qimin Yao Shu" are written in a very profound way. Who can understand them?

What Li Jinglan wanted was for Liu to endorse her.

He smiled upon hearing that.

It doesn’t matter if the farmers don’t understand, can’t we just find someone to translate it into vernacular?

Some old students come from poor families and are definitely willing to earn this money.

First find someone to translate, and then slowly find someone to teach the farmers to read and write.

In practical terms, she is teaching farmers how to farm.

From a utilitarian point of view, this is the achievement of education.

Why was Lu Bozhou abused for four years without any educated person speaking up to save him?

Because Lu Bozhou has no reputation.

If a celebrity falls into trouble, there will be millions of people in the world who will reach out to save him.

Because they have a reputation, others will not dare to attack them easily.

After chatting with Liu for a while, he felt that there would be no news from the capital today, so he said goodbye with a smile.

After Li Jinglan left, Liu's eldest daughter-in-law Yan Fuyu asked softly.

"Mother, why doesn't Sister Jinglan pick people from around the manor to be guards? Why does she have to ask the head of the yamen to find people for her? The people the head of the yamen will find will definitely be idle and difficult to control."

Yan Fuyu was indeed a little confused.

The farmers around Zhuangzi are all from the family of Xu Xianzhi, the county magistrate's wife.

It would be more appropriate to let them be security guards.

Liu felt that her eldest daughter-in-law was really not as good as Li Jinglan. "This is called checks and balances. It's for everyone's peace of mind."

The guards were hired by the head of the yamen runners and represented the clerks in the yamen.

The workers were from Li Jinglan and Liu's family.

The farmers outside are the people of the county magistrate's wife, Xu Xianzhi.

When it was time to divide the money, the clerks would ask the guards and they would know how much goods had come in and out, so they would have a rough idea of ​​the amount.

As for Xu Xianzhi, he only needed to ask the head of his own farm to find out how much goods had been sold.

Everyone is there with others, so there is no need to worry about being fooled by others.

The workshop is small.

It is also a small world.

Li Jinglan is really good at managing people.

Also good at winning people's hearts.

"It's amazing that she has such knowledge and ability at such a young age." Liu sighed.

The eldest daughter-in-law Yan Fuyu added: "Someone came to me yesterday and wanted to invest money in the workshop."

Liu smiled and said, "We are not in charge of this workshop, let them go to the Xu family."

Liu gave Xu Xianzhi the lion's share in order to borrow the name of Duke Xu's family.

If this company invests some money, that company will invest some money.

It is still unclear whether the workshop will belong to her in the future.

It is very likely that someone will use his power to snatch away their recipes and workers in the future.

They also ended up with their families broken up because of offending the powerful.

She and Li Jinglan are children, and the workshop is gold.

What will happen if a child carries gold in a busy city?

Liu knows it better than anyone else.

Now each person can get 20%, which is a stable way to earn some money per year.

That's pretty good.

Yan Fuyu hummed: "My wife said the same thing, saying that this workshop belongs to the county magistrate's wife, and we are just trying to earn some pocket money."

"This workshop has only been open for a few days, and someone has already been eyeing it." Liu shook her head slightly.

……

Li Jinglan got on the ox cart and returned home.

When she got home, she was shocked.

"Ningxin ran away?" Li Jinglan frowned.

Lu Guanyu stared at the crying little girl standing next to him, "Tell my sister-in-law, how did Ningxin run away?"

The little girl was the one who had been staring at Ning Xin.

Thinking that Ningxin had run away, she would be returned to her indentureship and sent back home.

Heartbroken.

She cried and said, "Ningxin said she had something bad to eat last night and wanted to sleep in the room to rest. I was worried at first and went back to check on her two or three times, but she was always lying quietly in the room."

"Later, when I went to get lunch at noon and brought it back to the house, I found that Ningxin was gone."

"After searching the yard for a long time, I saw traces of a ladder at the back wall. A security guard jumped onto the wall and took a look. He said the ladder was outside..."

Li Jinglan understood.

Ningxin climbed out of the ladder and then pulled the ladder up and placed it outside the wall.

She was indeed not strict in managing the household.

Such a big living person could actually run to the back wall with a ladder on his back without being noticed.

In the final analysis, it was Ningxin who found the loophole in her management of the household.

Seeing that Li Jinglan had been silent, Lu Guanyu felt a little uneasy, "Sister-in-law, it's all my fault for not choosing the right person."

"It has nothing to do with you. No one can stop her if she wants to run away." Li Jinglan first comforted Lu Guanyu, and then pointed at the little girl.

"Return her indenture and let her go home."

When the little girl heard that this was the outcome, she burst into tears and said, "Madam, please give me another chance. I don't want to go home."

Lu Guanyu couldn't bear it.

Although she said that she would return the indenture, the little girl was still very pitiful.

Seeing that Lu Guanyu looked like he wanted to plead for the little girl, Li Jinglan glanced at Lu Sheng's family and said, "Take her out."

Lu Sheng's family stepped forward and picked up the little girl.

After the little girl was pulled out, Li Jinglan spoke to Lu Guanyu.

"If you want to keep her, tell her that as long as their family can capture Ning Xin, she can be allowed to come back even if her merits are used to atone for her crime."

"But you must abide by what you said before. If you take the lead in breaking the rules you set, no one will abide by your rules in the future and will not take your rules seriously."

Lu Guanyu didn't expect that Li Jinglan not only didn't scold her but also took care of her face. Tears came out all of a sudden: "Sister-in-law, I'm so stupid."

Li Jinglan handed the home over to her, even the silver box. Whenever money came into the house, she would pass it through her hands and put it in the silver box.

But she couldn't even keep an eye on Ning Xin.

She is sorry to her sister-in-law!

Lu Guanyu bit his lip.

She must learn how to be a housekeeper.

There will never be another incident like Ning Xin's.

Li Jinglan was already giving instructions to Lu Sheng's family and Zhao Zhengyi's family.

"Pick some from these girls' homes and let their fathers, uncles, or brothers take on the job of patrolling the courtyard."

“Walk around the yard a few times every day.”

In the past, patrols were only done at night, but now we have to find people to patrol the hospital during the day as well.

Soon, the turmoil at home caused by Ningxin's escape gradually subsided following Li Jinglan's instructions.

And Ningxin was on her way to the capital.

Along the way, Ning Xin only dared to take remote paths and did not dare to take the main road.

She had escaped before and knew how to hide.

Cover your hair with a floral cloth.

Blackened face.

There were already whip marks on her face, and after painting them black, she looked even more terrifying.

People who met along the way took one look at her and didn't dare to look at her a second time.

This time away.

We walked until it was completely dark at night.

Climb up a big tree and unfold the bag.

Her baggage was a sheet, which she unfolded and wrapped around herself, then hung from the upper branch.

This way you can not only sleep peacefully, but also not be afraid of wild animals.

This was the life-saving method she came up with during her last escape.

This night.

She slept restlessly.

The sounds of insects and birds intertwined in the dark night, which was a bit scary.

But thinking of Lu Bozhou, Ning Xin regained motivation.

Lu Bozhou can't be deceived by Li Jinglan anymore.

We must get to the capital as soon as possible.

I must tell Lu Bozhou the true face of Li Jinglan.

It's still dark.

Ningxin continued on her way.

After dawn, the capital city came into sight.

Fearing that she would be caught by the Lu family, she deliberately took a detour and entered the city from another gate.

As soon as I entered the city gate, the noise flooded into my ears.

The hawkers' cries and the laughter of passers-by rang in Ningxin's ears.

"Is this the capital? It's so prosperous."

Ning Xin couldn't help but raise her head and look around the capital.

In a restaurant not far from the city gate, Mr. Zhang lifted up his robe and walked upstairs.

"This restaurant was opened deliberately near the city gate, and its specialty is Huaiyang cuisine. All the gentlemen who come to Beijing from the south love to stop here and have a bite of hometown food, just like being at home."

Mr. Zhang’s friend said.

Several people went up to the second floor.

Mr. Zhang's friend smiled and spread his hands: "Please!"

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