The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 25
The first song was copied, of course, and the latter "Ode to the Duck", although borrowed from "Ode to the Goose", is also Jia Min's original.

Joli has some foundation in writing and can also calculate some basic accounts.For learning, he was relatively confident, thinking that he would not take much effort.

However, next, Jia Min taught him, and he felt trapped.

Why?If you don't follow the routine, it's just a ghost.

The first thing to teach is arithmetic.

贾珉在板子上写下了一、二、三、四、五、六、七、八、九、十后，就在下面写上了1、2、3、4、5、6、7、8、9、0。

What is this?Never seen it before!

"This is called Arabic numerals. In the future, when you learn to count, you will use this number. In the future, you will also use it. Now, you should write according to the pattern, and you must be familiar with it. Tonight's task is to put these ten I can write numbers. I will take the test in a while, and whoever can write will go back to sleep."

"Fourth Master, whose uncle is this Arab?"

Nan'er asked.

Jia Min was so angry that she wished she could kick Nan'er a few times.After thinking about it, he was not to blame, so he forcibly suppressed the fire and did not have an attack.

"Well, this Arab is a barbarian, far away from us, you don't know him."

Oh, what a time difference!
A few people learned it seriously, although they were clumsy at first, they gradually got on the road.

From time to time, Jia Min went down to have a look, pointing.Among several people, Gong Ping'er's writing is the best, and it seems that people are quite clever.Female workers do a good job, and it is also helpful to learn these things.

Writing in the future should be better than those beauties in the previous life.The beauties in the previous life, especially the entertainment stars, seem to seldom write well.That is to say, the signature is practiced enough to bluff people.

After nearly an hour, Jia Min called a timeout.He was going to conduct a drill with Gioli to prove the function of Arabic numerals and pique the interest of these people.

So, I found an abacus, Jiao used the abacus and the Chinese characters one, two, three..., Jia Min used the mental arithmetic and the Arabic numerals 1, 2, 3....Finally write it out at the same time.

Naturally, Jia Min always had a big lead over Jiao Li every time.

Jia Min took the test, and Jiao Li, Ping'er and Nan'er all wrote it down.Ning'er, Fenghua and Xueyue made a few mistakes, but it's still okay, tell them to write after they go back, and test them tomorrow.

For the first time in class, the difficulty should not be too high, and the amount of learning should not be too much.Otherwise, it will dampen their confidence.

Next is the literacy class, which is also the ghostly symbol that made Jiao Limeng circle: Hanyu Pinyin.

This time, Jia Min only wrote three vowels: a, o, e.The requirement is to be able to write and read.Read it out loud and write it over and over again.There is no other way but to strengthen training.

After another half an hour, Jia Min took the test again.This time is good, everything is done, and today is over.

While walking out, Jiao Li asked Jia Min if he had to buy an abacus to learn arithmetic. If he bought it, he could buy it when he went to the city tomorrow.

Jia Min said, we don't need that thing.What I want to teach is mental arithmetic, why do I need an abacus?It's troublesome.

What is mental arithmetic?
Jolly is in the dark again.

"How are you studying?"

Ping'er asked Jiao Li.

"Oh, although I understand a little bit, I'm still confused."

"Great." Ping'er became excited.

"Is this okay?"

"I'm also confused."

That's it!

After everyone left, Jia Min found "Thousand Characters" and "Hundred Surnames", spread out the paper and copied them with a large space, and then began to mark each character with Chinese pinyin.

In the future, he will use this as a model to compile a set of literacy textbooks and a dictionary.

This is a relatively large project. Jia Min has a lot to do and doesn't have so much time and energy.

Moreover, compiling a dictionary is a very professional matter, involving many issues such as political correctness and adapting to the characteristics of this era.Not something he can do by himself.He needs a suitable helper to realize his intention.

Alas, there is still a lack of talent.

The next day, raw materials such as coal and iron that had been ordered began to be purchased.The stove was set up the day before, and Blacksmith Liu started to light the fire.Since it is not completely dry, it is only baked slowly with a small fire.

Ping'er arranged a residence for Liu Tiejiang and told him that he would eat and live here in the future. Liu Tiejiang was very happy and agreed without hesitation.

Not only because you can travel less in the future, work more and earn more money, but also because eating here can save money for eating at your own home.

For a blacksmith engaged in heavy physical labor, eating is actually a considerable expense.

Jia Min took Ning'er and Nan'er to the half-built houses.

Ning'er mixed a pile of white ash, and then began to paint the walls.

Under Jia Min's command, Nan'er began to dig trenches on the ground in the house.

The two bricklayers hired by Gioli also came and began to raise the walls of the watermelon and orchard.When I saw a pressure well when I was fetching water, I was amazed, it was so convenient to say it directly, and I sighed that if I had money, I would also drill one.It saves me from carrying water in the well.In winter, every step is slippery, and the bucket may fall into the well.

The carriage from Wanjia Kiln came, and it was pulling fragments of porcelain.These fragments are useless and still take up space in the kiln. Jia Min went there yesterday and saw some, so he asked Boss Wan for some.

Boss Wan was very straightforward and told him to pull as much as he wanted, as long as he paid for the car.

These fragments are prepared to be glued to the fence to prevent people from climbing the fence.

Seeing that Jia Min was tossing about in the room again, Ping'er walked over and asked what he wanted to do.When Jia Min said that he wanted to raise pigs, Ping'er was surprised.

If you raise pigs, you can raise pigs, so why paint the walls?Why dig a trench?Besides, where is there a pig raised in such a nice house?

While he was wondering, the advertisement invited people to come to see the well, so Ping'er had no choice but to go back and greet Fenghua and Xueyue to receive the visitors.

While busy with work, he complained that Jia Min was prodigal again.

Pig raising in this era is actually relatively primitive.Most are free-range, that is, the pigs are driven outside to graze and then brought back.For this reason, there is also a special profession - swineherd.

The pigs were full outside, so they rushed back and put them in the pigsty.

This pigsty is also very primitive.The better ones are stone and brick walls, and the worse ones are made of some wood and boards to form a circle, called sticks.

Those who are more advanced build a thatched shed, but many don't even have a shed.It is normal for wind and rain to leak from all sides.Pigs eat, drink, and sleep here, and the stench is often suffocating.

The growing period of pigs is also long. Generally, it takes two or three years from birth to final slaughter of pigs.Some even come out in four or five years.

When slaughtered, they are generally relatively large, at least three hundred catties.Although relatively large, the growth period is too long.From the perspective of economic benefits, it is actually very uneconomical, but it is just a process of making up the whole money with small change.

What Jia Min wants to do is the modern method of rapid pig raising, and the pigs will be ready for slaughter in six months.

Letting the pigs out is exercise.Exercise consumes calories.Calories come from fat, and fat is fat.As a result, pigs are unwilling to grow fat, and their growth rate is slow.This is the main reason for the long pig raising cycle in ancient times.

Jia Min was raised in a house, and the amount of exercise of the pigs was very small.Moreover, the fodder he feeds the pigs is distiller's grains after brewing.This distiller's grains are different from other people's distiller's grains. They are not rice husks and sorghum husks like others, but something similar to corn gruel, which everyone can eat.

This distiller's grains are not only rich in nutrition, but also some alcohol remains in it, so after the pigs eat it, it is like a person who has drunk wine, and often falls asleep, preferring to gain weight.Not only does it grow fast, but it is also easy to grow fat, which is most suitable for this society.

In modern society, when pigs are raised, they are usually slaughtered when they grow to about 200-220 catties.The reason for this is not to let it grow to three or four hundred catties before it is slaughtered as before, because at this time, the benefits are maximized.

Pigs grow fastest before weighing 200 catties.After that, the speed slowed down.As pigs get bigger, they consume more and more feed, while meat production capacity decreases.Economically speaking, it doesn't make sense.

According to the law of economics, the marginal effect is diminishing.

It takes 200 months for pigs to grow to 6 catties, which is why they are usually slaughtered in 6 months.Most people call this the fast method of raising pigs, but it is actually unpleasant.

Laymen always think that pigs like dirty and messy environments. In fact, this is a complete misunderstanding.Pigs also like a clean environment, but people don't give it this environment.

In many physiological indicators, pigs are very similar to humans.In fact, the environment suitable for human survival is the environment suitable for pigs.That's why Jia Min kept pigs in the house, painted the walls, and dug ditches.Digging trenches is to discharge pig feces in a timely manner through flushing, keep the environment clean, and help prevent and treat diseases.

Ping'er didn't understand these principles, so he naturally thought that Jia Min was prodigal again.She will not understand until she settles the accounts in the future. In fact, this is not a prodigal fortune, but a fortune.

Jia Min was doing work here, and Ping'er came to look for him, and she encountered difficulties there.

It turned out that more than 20 people have come to inquire about well drilling. After seeing Pinger's demonstration and listening to the introduction, they are very interested and want to make an appointment for well drilling.

Just when it was time to register, Ping'er found out that he, Fenghua and Xueyue couldn't write, so he had to find Jia Min.

Jia Min finished registering one by one, and a dozen other people paid the deposit, Ping'er took it away, Jia Min issued a receipt, and then left.

Later, people came one after another, and Jia Min couldn't leave.When I was free, I told Pinger, do you know the usefulness of literacy this time?If I happen to be not at home today, these businesses might run away.

It made Ping'er blush a little, but he also knew that Jia Min was right, so it was hard to refute.

"Your servant knows, it won't work if you study hard in the future."

Just a little coquettish, Jia Min is no longer embarrassed to say it.

(End of this chapter)