To Rule in a Turbulent World

Li Zhuang packed up his things and took them outside the courtyard. The furniture in the room was made of birch and another kind of wood. You Miao knocked one by one to confirm that the furniture in the master bedroom was all made of pomegranate wood.The pomegranate wood was worth a lot of money, heavy and immortal, while the birch wood cabinets were rotten and piled up in the corner of the yard, just to be used as firewood.The door is made of pear wood, which is also good and strong. At least the doors and windows don’t need to be replaced. The rivets are knocked on again, planed once, and painted again.

You Miao cleaned up the room, put away a few boxes, Li Zhuang scrubbed the room, and You Miao took Zhang Er to the study.

The bookshelves and desks here are also made of pomegranate wood. The decorations in the whole house are at least worth a few hundred taels of silver. It is strange that no one came to steal them after nearly a hundred years. Is it because the thieves don't know the goods?

"It's really strange." You Miao smiled at Zhang Er, "No thief has come here for hundreds of years."

Zhang Er worked together to open the boxes. There were ten large boxes, all of which were books—stacks of books.

"These are all yours?" Zhang Er asked, immediately realized the address, and hurriedly said: "Young Master has a really large collection of books."

You Miao hummed, swept the dust off the bookshelves, sneezed a few times, and said, "Some belong to my mother, and some belong to my uncle."

"They are all scholars." Zhang Er put the books on the shelf, and You Miao pushed the window. The back window of the study is facing the garden. The rockery inside is full of weeds, and the water in the garden is covered with algae. Please ask a gardener to clean it. Think about it, it's a great sight.Zhang San put the books away after being criticized, and said: "There are so many books, don't let them get wet."

You Miao sat on the big chair and opened the drawers one by one to look. Inside were the Four Treasures of the Study, the Pen Holder made of Porcelain after a rainy day, the Inkstone made with Crow Ink Dotted with Crimson Clouds, and there was even peony and cinnabar inkpad.

The ink pad was dry, You Miao wiped the table clean, laid out the things one by one, and said, "I'm not afraid of rot, but I'm afraid of being stolen."

Zhang Er said: "No one will come here to steal things."

You Miao also found a jade bracelet that was broken in two from the drawer, tried to put it back together, and said, "There is not even a watchman in Jiangbo Villa, and there is no one to take care of Shen Garden, why..."

Zhang Er stood up and said, "Because there are ghosts here."

You Miao: "..."

Zhang Er said: "A woman died of illness in Shen Yuan."

You Miao's complexion became ugly, and Zhang Er said again: "Later I heard that the person who bought this garden also died..."

You Miao: "That's my mother..."

Zhang Er realized that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly said: "Slip of speech, slip of the tongue."

You Miao said again: "The reason why there are no tenants in Jiangbo Villa is because you are afraid of ghosts?"

Zhang Er replied: "No, it's not because of this. Later, a few bold people came in and took the things in the Shen Garden home for use, and as a result, one by one in the family died..."

The corner of You Miao's mouth twitched uncontrollably, and said, "You're just kidding."

Zhang Er lowered his voice and said, "Liang Bo has three sons, and the eldest son went to the villa to steal things... As a result, the couple both died of illness, and Liang Bo sent the things back himself."

You Miao felt horrified and her facial nerves twitched. She didn't know whether what Zhang Er said was true or not, but she didn't ask any further.

Talented man and beautiful woman, after a farewell in the past, now the beautiful woman has become a female ghost. If there are really ghosts in the world, You Miao would rather believe that she is nostalgic because she misses her lover.

Zhang Er went out to get water to wash, and You Miao said while arranging the books: "I have never done anything to offend her, and I have never done anything wrong in my life, and I am not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night."

Zhang Erdao: "The young master is a wealthy man, he has been protected by lucky stars since he was a child, so he is not afraid of these things."

You Miao flipped through the book, and there were a lot of things in it that he hadn't even read. He thought that Zhang Er was going to Beijing, so he asked, "Do you want to go to Beijing to catch the exam, or go to Beijing to find an errand?"

"My father and my mother." Zhang Er said: "They all want me to be a scholar. In a few years, I will wait for Enke, or the imperial examination once every three years. It's time to take the exam. The master of Anlu Village asked me to take the provincial exam first. "

You Miao nodded and said, "If you don't rush to leave, you can come to Shen Garden to study at any time."

Zhang Er's eyes were full of surprise, and You Miao said again: "I don't think you will be able to go to Beijing for a while. Before you go to Beijing, remember to say something. By the way, bring me a letter. I have many friends in Beijing. It's a good thing to have someone to look after you, right?"

As soon as Zhang Er heard it, he knew that You Miao wanted to support him, so he quickly knelt down and said, "Thank you, young master!"

You Miao hurriedly helped him up, indicating that you are welcome, and Zhang Er went to tidy up the study. You Miao flipped through the books and opened the last small box.

Inside the lid of the box, there is a line of beautiful handwriting: "The book has its own golden house, and the book has its own Yan Ruyu."

You Miao laughed, remembering that when her mother was holding a pen and teaching herself to read and write, Qiao Keer liked the Mohism's "both love and non-attack", and the idea of ​​respecting Confucianism and Buddhism in Jiangnan and other places, and even the whole court different.The Mohists are extremely familiar with the art of war, engineering, and farming, and the technique of "moh debate" can make You Dechuan speechless.

You Dechuan believed that studying the Four Books and Five Classics, the etiquette of Confucius and Mencius is the right way, so he looked down on Qiao Keer's favorite Mohism, and later often taught You Miao, saying that your mother is eccentric, and also taught you, a quirky little bastard, to come out .

You Miao opened the box, trying to find some useful information from her mother's collection of books when she was alive, when she suddenly saw a copy of "Qi Min Yao Shu", her eyes lit up immediately.

"Heavenly Creation", "Mengxi Bi Tan", "Shen Nong", "Ye Lao"...

There is actually a "Mo Jing"!

You Miao is like a treasure. The box of books left by her mother is the precious treasure for managing the villa!Immediately, he didn't even tidy up the study room, and sat down on the porch with a book in his hand to read it like a fascination.

The first is "Tiangong Kaiwu", which records how to make waterwheels, Danqing, sugar, salt refining... making canals, making hardware, etc., even the size and weight are clearly written.

You Miao looked at the waterwheel carefully, and after a while, she got up and went to read the Mohism, comparing the Mohism's mechanism techniques, and after comparing the two, she went to get a stick of charcoal, and sat on the ground, writing and drawing.

Gradually slanting to the west, Li Zhuang said in the main courtyard: "Young master, the main room and the main bedroom have been cleaned, please give orders, young master."

Zhang Er also cleaned the study room, and stood in front of the bookshelf to read You Miao's book.

You Miao hummed without raising her head, and said, "Bring the money bag on the top of the cabinet."

Li Zhuang hurriedly refused to accept the young master's money, and You Miao said again: "It's okay, you go and get it, I still have some things for you to do."

Less than ten days before the Chinese New Year, when the tenants are slack in the fields, it is better to sit at home and help You Miao with work. You Miao gave him the consistent money, split twenty copper coins, and handed it to Zhang Er: "You take it."

Zhang Er: "I can't accept the young master's money. I am already grateful to the young master for allowing me to read books."

You Miao thought about it for a second, since she insisted so much, she had the integrity of a scholar, so she didn't force him, so she gave the twenty coins to Li Zhuang, and said to Li Zhuang, "I'll give you twenty coins as today's wages, Give you another hang, and tomorrow you go to the town to run for me, and I will buy all the little things on it. Remember how much it cost, I want to ask. "

You Miao handed Li Zhuang a piece of kraft paper written with charcoal sticks, and said, "For wood, you just need to inquire about the price. Li Zhifeng is not familiar with the town, so don't be deceived."

Li Zhuang hurriedly said yes, and You Miao said, "Let's all go home and eat."

Li Zhuang said: "I will ask my daughter-in-law to come up later and cook for the young master."

You Miao said: "No need, Li Zhifeng should be back, we can just eat whatever we want, and hire a woman to cook in a few days."

You Miao sent Li Zhuang and Zhang Er home for dinner, and sat in front of the porch, continuing to read without raising her head.Knowing that Li Zhuangyu changed his appearance when he came here in the morning, it was because he was rich.

Money can make ghosts turn the millstones, go out to do small labor, only ten Wen a day's wages, do things for him, Young Master You, get twenty Wen.

Gradually slanting to the west, there were sounds of carriages and horses outside, You Miao raised her head to shout, calling Li Zhifeng's name, and felt weird again, and suddenly realized that she had bought this dog Rong slave for so long and hadn't given him a new one. The first name still follows Li Yan's surname.