By Jia Xiuzhen

Let's say that Mrs. Wang has laid a solid foundation in Jia Zheng's office, and she hastily wrote a letter to the sister in Jinling to explain it.Jia Zheng's Spring Banquet was even more arranged, and he said that the cooks in the mansion might not be used to this kind of banquet, so he specially invited chefs from "Tianhualou", "Jingzhuang" and "Jiangnan Yun" to prepare a list and set dishes And he was in charge that day.

He also listened to the suggestion of Zhan Guang, Shan Pingren, and other Qing guests, instead of setting up a stage, just set up a circle in the big flower hall, and did not invite the whole theater troupe, but only invited a few actors, each with their own specialties A few of them come out, and they are close, so it is convenient to listen and enjoy.When literati get together, they don't like those too lively dramas. This kind of arrangement is very suitable for Jia Zheng, so he hurriedly ordered Jia Lian to do it.

The other end was lively, this end Mrs. Xia waited for Mrs. Xing's companion to watch, feeling annoyed, so she couldn't help but learn a few words in front of Mrs. Xing.The first member of Wang Shanbao's family saw that Zhou Rui's family was also a companion, but he was far inferior, and felt very jealous.

I just stared at that end every day, knocking my teeth to find someone to inquire, and said after a while, "That wine cost thousands of taels of silver, and I found wine that couldn't be bought in a big restaurant." It’s the Grand Master’s birthday, so it’s just a troupe. It’s really not money in the second room, but it’s enough to invite famous actors from various troupes!”

For a while, he said: "The chef has made such a long list in the past few days, and they are all dishes that I have never heard of. I even invited the chef from a big restaurant outside to come in and cook! Is this a banquet for some prince?"

Although Mrs. Xing didn't care about things, she felt uncomfortable after listening to these all day long, and she wanted to say a few words in front of the old lady, but she didn't have a chance to speak.But in front of Jia Amnesty, some did not complain.After hearing this, Jia Amnesty naturally had another plan in mind.

All the machines on Li Wanzhuang were ready to be installed, and a few of them were quick to learn it first, and then they were busy teaching the others.This day, Nanny Xu came here in a hurry, cleared up the people, and said to Li Wan, "That machine is really amazing." Li Wan himself only tried it once, so he didn't know how powerful it was, and the rest was what he read in the book.Madam Xu then elaborated.

It turned out that according to the estimates of the few people in charge outside, this job would require a lot of people, so the location was also chosen on the Zhuangzi near the river in the south.It is because there are several villages not far from the river, so it is easier to recruit people.Who would have thought that once this machine is used, it is more than ten times faster than the original handwork, especially the spinning and weaving, which are both accurate and fast.

Now, not only the original manpower of the village is sufficient, but the wool materials that were counted at the beginning may not be enough, and some people are assigned to buy them outside the mouth. Now there are not many new materials received, and it will be the big wool season in April and May. Nanny Xu came to Li Wan to get money to buy goods.From last winter to the beginning of spring, the mushrooms in the past few months were sold for more than 1 silver. Li Wan took [-] and gave it to Madam Xu, which caused a lot of anger, saying that only [-] is enough.

Hearing Xu Nanny's words, Li Wan felt so itchy that he wanted to go to Zhuangzi to have a look, but he couldn't get out.Nanny Xu took out a piece of off-white cloth from the basket she brought, handed it to Li Wan, and said, "Let's have a look, but what did the wife say? At first, it was really hard to understand, so there must be a few They are all literate, and the method left by my wife is also interesting, and they all took the picture with them, and it took five or six days before they finally understood it. This is how it is woven, and the color has not been dyed."

Li Wan saw that the woolen cloth was soft and fine, and it was no worse than the ones from the mansion as tribute, so he was happy and said, "What else can I do, it's not good enough?"

Mother Xu said: "Grandma said this, you gave it to me, but you asked me about it. There are more than this kind of shape, there are also twill ones, the thread material is thicker than this, and finer than this. The weavers are still thinking about using our brocade jacquard method to try. Now the spinner is the fastest, and the comber at one end is pushed to the limit, and will be finer and rougher at a time. I hate them so much. The knitter at the other end, seeing so many threads, is also trying hard to figure out new patterns."

Although Li Wan didn't want to accept this, he just looked at Madam Xu's excited face, and it seemed impossible to justify it without a little effort, so he said: "I still have a few small machines, next time I will give them to Madam. Let’s see if we can come up with some tricks.”

Nanny Xu widened her eyes and said, "Oh, grandma, you are too careless. If I hadn't mentioned it, you wouldn't have mentioned it."

Li Wan said honestly: "At first, I just thought it would be good if I could make it, especially the knitted ones, and I didn't see it elsewhere. It's not sure whether it can be made, so I dare to think too much."

Nanny Xu knew that Li Wan used to be someone who was more concerned with one thing than the other, so she didn't say anything about her, and said, "I haven't figured out how to use the machines you mentioned. Duan Gao is watching alone. Is there any other way to explain it to him?"

Li Wan thought for a while, took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, and said: "That machine was originally made according to the principle of bamboo needle handwork. I have a few pictures of bamboo needle handwork here. You can show it to Duan Gao." , I don't know if it will be useful." Mother Xu took it and looked at it twice before putting it in her sleeve.

He took out two paper bags from the basket and handed them to Li Wan, saying: "This is black tea made according to the method grandma said. Ji Liang said it was very distressing. It is true that the tea made before the rain tomorrow is used to make black tea." Something I've never heard of."

Li Wan took it over and opened it for a closer look, and saw that the tea stick was extremely thin, the tea hair attached to the back of the leaf where it was twisted was golden, and the leaves were black and brown, like tiger skin.Sniffing lightly, there was a honey fragrance in the tea fragrance, he was very satisfied, and said to Madam Xu: "The 'Golden Soup Jujube' that he showed to Ji Liang last time, he has learned that it is almost inseparable. It’s just that it’s not made into that shape. This tea must be good, but it’s a pity to make it as a tea.”

Mother Xu said: "Ji Liang and the others also mean the same thing. This tea will not be made as tea, nor will it be sold. Because it is so rare, it is good to give it to people to unclog the joints. If you have never seen it before, it is easy to leave an impression on people. Ji Liang seems to be online with the real Chinese people over there, but he is not sure yet. Pincha is going to make two teas and three teas, and all the fruit materials are ready now. The citrus grapefruit flavor , He found a large mountain of pomelo with thick skin, and they dried the pulp to make medicine, so he rented his own drying room for others at a lower price, and got all the pomelo peels without spending a penny, this is a good plan."

Li Wan was also dumbfounded.Mother Xu said again: "Now those tea farmers have also seen his methods, and they are all at ease. The funniest thing is that the group of small stewards left behind by the Zhang family said that there is no big success after returning to the Zhang family, and It's not that they have important positions and no credentials, so they simply stayed and worked with Ji Liang to make new tea samples. At first I was afraid that people would come to steal the law, but after thinking about it, we are the only ones who believe that this thing will happen. Others don't worry about it. If there is no food, I am afraid that I am really willing to work with Ji Liang."

Li Wan nodded and said: "People who are really good at this way, I'm afraid they want to make new styles of tea, not for anything else."

Nanny Xu nodded and said, "That's the truth."

Li Wan asked again: "Is there enough money in the south?"

Mother Xu smiled and said, "I've never seen such a master. Grandma doesn't ask how much money Ji Liang can make for you, but always wants to make up for him. If he finds out, he must be impatient, and says that grandma treats him as unreliable." Spectrum."

Li Wan said awkwardly: "I'm not worried, the sky is high and the earth is far away, if something happens, I can't ask anyone. It's always good to have more money. The poor will get rich."

Nanny Xu took a deep look at Li Wan, and sighed, "Grandma is really similar to Mrs. Xian. At that time, everyone said that Mrs. Xian was too charitable, and she was afraid that she would suffer a loss. But good people are rewarded, and Mrs. Xian sees it." Now, who dares to move? Even if there is something else, even if you coax Mrs. Xian, you will not be able to pass the old lady. It is a blessing that Mrs. Xian can go before Mrs. Xian.”

Li Wan knew that Nanny Xu was always upset about Li Shouzhong marrying Erfang in time for filial piety, but this matter was advocated by people in the clan, so it's no wonder who said it.Coupled with the fact that my mother had been bedridden for more than five years before her death, the Li family had done their best for this sake.Therefore, Li Wan didn't have any resentment in his heart, it was just his life, and since he was gone, his mother probably didn't want anyone to guard her.The two of them talked about some old things again, and Madam Xu went out.

Li Wan sat thinking for a while again, Jia Lan came back from school, came in to greet Ann, and was held in Li Wan's arms and stroked.Ask him again: "What have you learned today? Have you ever made your husband angry?" and so on.

Jia Lan answered one by one, and then said: "I have finished reading all the previous books. The master said that I can go to Meng Po Zhai to read them. I really don't like those gentlemen who are clean. Mother should buy some books for me. .There is no need for pictures, just words will do.”

Li Wan asked with a smile: "What do you think of those gentlemen of Qing Dynasty? Why don't you like it?"

Jia Lan said: "It's not a big deal, it's just that these people seem to be anointed with oil in their speech. Even if they boast in their mouths, they don't know what they think in their hearts. I haven't seen anyone who is really educated, and they are all inferior to Mr. I took a closer look, and the husband doesn't deal with them, and they don't like him either."

Li Wan said: "Is it because of my husband that Lan'er doesn't like them?"

Jia Lan shook his head, "No, I don't like them, and after a closer look, I realized that Mr. doesn't like them very much either. It's just that it's troublesome to be an adult, and I always have to socialize a few words. I'm tired after reading it. Mother, I don't want to Be an adult."

Li Wan listened to it, and smiled, "Lan'er can be an adult who doesn't bother me. Isn't Ruan Ji in Jinshu can be blue-eyed? Lan'er can do the same."

Jia Lan frowned and said: "Sir, the world has changed with time, and the ancient way of a gentleman is very difficult to practice now, let alone what Ji Kang and Ruan Ji did?"

Li Wan nodded, and said: "You are still young. People always have to understand what they want before talking about how to do it. If you don't ask first, you will only be a person who is tired of you in the world. Why not?" Isn't it pitiful? Now there are people like Mr. Qing Ke, and there are people like your husband, everyone is different, Lan'er can be whoever she wants to be."

Li Wan also casually said that Jia Lan's child under the age of four, how could he understand these things, only left a mark in his heart, and he might wake up when he hesitated in the future.

In a few days, Jia's mother was not well again. Li Wan thought it was a seasonal illness, but later heard the gossip of the women and found out that she was angry.It turned out that Jia She heard Mrs. Xing say that Jia Zheng's literati spring banquets were extravagant, and he only thought that he was at a loss, and that they were all things from the public, so why did the second wife toss about them.

After a few days, Jia Lian was asked to pay for a set of Arhat porcelain statues in Ding Kiln. Jia Lian was dumbfounded when he heard that it cost more than 2 taels of silver. , Still can't run away.Then she went back to discuss with Sister Feng. Sister Feng knew that Jia Amnesty was to make money for Jia Zheng's spring banquet, so she just told Mrs. Wang directly.Mrs. Wang just happened to be in the past few days. When she heard about dozens of altars of Yulouchun, she couldn't help but get angry.

I didn't care about anything for a while, so I took the bill and went to Jia Mu directly.When Jia's mother heard that Jia Amnesty wanted to spend more than 2 silver to buy antiques, she asked someone to pass him on.In the evening, Jia She came to greet Jia Mu, and Jia Mu reprimanded her. Jia She refused to accept it, and said that he spent money to buy things, but at least it still fell at his own home. Say something.It's just deceiving myself not to be in charge of the house. Others can make money in the account, but I can't.

In this way, the matter of "Yulouchun" had to be involved. Jia Mu knew that Jia She was alone, and she couldn't finish drinking so much wine no matter what, but the boss was actually him. What's so tricky about it.The eldest son of the prince who was attacked by the dignified Duke's mansion did not grow up to such a level. Jia's mother was furious for a while, crying and shameless to see the Jia family's ancestors.

When Jia She and Jia Zheng saw this, Fang panicked and kowtowed to admit his mistake.Jia's mother wanted to teach a few words, only her son has grandsons, and the intention of fighting openly and secretly cannot be put on the table, so she fell ill after choking.Jia Amnesty turned around and became a filial son. The soup and medicine were served very carefully, and he only said that he was a jerk and shouldn't make the old lady angry and sad.Jia Zheng also admitted his mistake.Seeing the two of them like this, Jia's mother was not angry anymore, she just kept it quietly, occasionally thinking of the grand occasion when the old man was there, she couldn't help feeling sad.

Li Wan took several girls to play with him every day, so as not to disturb Jia Mu's peace.Daiyu has a delicate mind, and she is very concerned about Jia Mu's illness, and she is more meticulous and appropriate than an adult.It was rare for everyone to see it, no wonder the old lady loved her.When Xichun meets Jia Lan, she becomes more mischievous.When Yingchun met Jia She, she acted less and said less, just wishing that no one could see her.Li Wan looked at it and knew it well, so he had to explain something.