The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 57
When Jia Min came out of Tiekan Temple, he was very happy all the way.The figures of Miaoyu and Keqing were all over his mind, and his body felt a little hot.

So I wanted to go to Meiyue Tower to find Shen Bingyi.After walking for a while, he felt sorry for Miaoyu and Keqing again, so he steered his horse towards Yeduju.

It was almost at the gate of the city that I remembered that there was still something to do.So I turned around, found a restaurant, ordered two dishes, a pot of wine, and started eating.

The wine is from Hu's Winery, and once you drink it, you can tell it is high-grade wine.It is different from the rice wine in the past.It's just that the degree is still not that high, and it must have been mixed with water.

Hu's wine shop has just opened its business, so it is estimated that it will not just smash its own brand like this, it should be done by the store.If it goes on like this, it will not be a good thing after all.

Jia Min decided in his heart that at some point, he had to make a suggestion with Hu Yitong to carry out market surveillance, and for the adulterated merchants, they would either be out of stock or punished.Otherwise, after a long time, the sign of Hu's Distillery will definitely be smashed.

After dinner, Jia Min came to Shuiyuan Street, which is the place where he asked a calligrapher to make fake calligraphy last time.

It was the same broken house, the same person, Jia Min met him again.

This time, it's not fake, but engraved.

Jia Min wrote some words for him and told him to engrave them on tung oil cloth.I also told the quantity and scheduled to pick up the goods in ten days.Then he paid a deposit of 3 taels of silver and returned to Yeduju.

Now, Jia Min basically doesn't directly intervene in various matters of Yeduju.Nan'er's wine making, Ning'er's well digging, Jiao Li's house building, Wu Hongmei's pig raising, Fenghua's Ganoderma lucidum management, Fang Xiucai and other scholars, and Tongsheng's Chinese Pinyin teaching materials and dictionary compilation are all in an orderly manner. In progress.

The evening training has now been handed over to Fang Xiucai, and Jia Min occasionally goes to teach mental arithmetic.Now, I have taught them all the formulas, but it is just a process of proficiency.

What Jia Min has to do is to check some formulas frequently.For example, "the ones digit is a few, and the left side of the curved finger is the hundreds digit. When the curved finger reads 0, it is the tens digit. The rear of the curved finger is the ones digit" and so on.

At first, Fang Xiucai and the others were very disapproving of this mental arithmetic. They didn't believe that mental arithmetic would be so fast.Jiang Tongsheng knew how to calculate, so Jia Min organized a competition.Facts are the best proof. Seeing that Fenghua, a little maid, can calculate faster and more accurately than him, she is convinced.

As a result, this group of people also began to learn mental arithmetic.With these people, Jia Min made a list, and simply handed over the compilation of the mental arithmetic textbook to them.

Learning Arabic numerals has also gone through a similar process. Now, Jia Min doesn't need to worry too much.

Every two or three days, each stall would report to Jia Min the progress of their projects. After Jia Min gave some instructions, Ping'er took care of the rest of the daily affairs.

Ping'er originally followed Wang Xifeng, so she has some housekeeping common sense.Now that she has learned literacy and arithmetic, and she is the first group of people to come to Yeduju, she is very familiar with the process of all the projects carried out here. She has won Jia Min's trust and is caring, so Yiying Things are managed in an orderly manner.

Feng Ziying and others inspected several routes for three days. According to Jia Minlie's terms, they basically got a clear understanding of each project.

Previously, Niu Jizong and the others had already filed a record in the yamen, so when Feng Ziying went to file, there was a precedent to follow, and it went smoothly.

So I started to buy horses, customize vehicles, recruit car bosses and other things.As usual, Jia Min sticks to principles and leaves the specific errands to them.

When he first arrived at Yeduju, Jia Min bought a lot of colored thread for Ping'er and asked her to tie a lock.

At first, Ping'er was very resistant, but she just refused to do anything.Later, seeing that drilling wells, brewing wine, and raising pigs were all successful, and Jia Min fulfilled his original promise, he felt a little embarrassed, so he picked it up quietly.

She knew that fourth master must have a reason for telling her to do this.As for what it is useful for, we will know in the future.Actually, you don't have to worry about it.

Fang Xiucai's wife, Feng Sanniang, has nothing to do, so she often fights with Ping'er.After a long time, it turned out that Feng Sanniang was actually a master, and her level was higher than Ping'er, so Feng Sanniang was in charge of beating the gangsters.After going back and forth, there are now more than 20 kinds of tricks.

The so-called lock is actually the Chinese knot of later generations.It's just that the current locks are relatively small, and the scope of application is also very narrow, basically limited to some small personal belongings, hanging for decoration.

Jia Min's development idea is to diversify the shape and enlarge the size, and develop the lock as a kind of festive item.

While developing designs and colors, Jia Min also asked Feng Sanniang and Ping'er to standardize the weaving process, so that the efficiency of weaving would be greatly improved.

After the process is standardized, teaching materials must be compiled.Prepare for the future.

Ping'er and Feng Sanniang couldn't help guessing in private, and thought about some possibilities about what to do with compiling textbooks, but after all, they couldn't figure out Jia Min's thinking, and they couldn't ask if Jia Min didn't say anything.Therefore, I have never figured out how useful what I did will be in the future.

Yesterday, Qin Keqing sent Jia Rong's servant, Shou'er, to spread the word that he was going to dig a well for his father's house, and sent him 6 taels of money for drilling the well.Jia Min said that he would go to drill the well tomorrow, so he set off early this morning and went to Yeduju to dig a well.

The two laborers had already started to dig a hole, Ning'er supervised the work, and Jia Min chatted with Qin Ye in the room.

Qin Ye's illness was an old one. Although he would not die, he had to stay in bed often.There is a mother-in-law and a maid in the family, who cook and cook medicine all day long.

Qin Ye's main room smelled of traditional Chinese medicine, so Qin Keqing led Jia Min to a side room.This place is very clean, it used to be Qin Keqing's boudoir.Some old items are still here.

It is the hottest time of summer, and the doors and windows are open.Even though it was indoors, it was still a bit stuffy.

The two were sitting in the small living room outside the boudoir.

Baozhu, Qin Keqing's maidservant, came to pour tea, then retreated to watch the excitement at the well digging place.Only Jia Min and Ke Qing were left in the room.

Jia Min was a little surprised that Baozhu quit in time.I don't know if it was Qin Keqing who gave the order in advance, or Baozhu found something.

In fact, Jia Min was overthinking.Qin Keqing didn't give any instructions beforehand.

However, as Qin Keqing's most confidant maid, since Jia Zhen was injured suddenly, Qin Keqing often sent her to find out about Jia Min's news.

As a maid in a big family, she still has this kind of sensitivity.

Ever since we met at the Earth Temple that night, .This is the first time the two have met.

Qin Keqing was sitting opposite, not speaking, with a blush flying across her face, smiling.From time to time, he raised his head and glanced at Jia Min, then turned his gaze out of the window again.

These days, in fact, she really wanted to see Jia Min, and seemed to have countless things to say in her heart, but now that they met, she didn't know where to start.

It's just that in his heart, he was a little confused and flustered.I wanted to hear what Jia Min had to say, but I was afraid that he might say something ridiculous.At that time, I will not be a good person.

"Brother Zhen, are you okay?"

It was Jia Min who spoke first.

"It's still being raised by Doctor Zhang, and it's coming back soon."

"What does Brother Rong do?"

Regarding Jia Zhen's words, it is not appropriate to say too much, as we both know each other well, that's fine.

"What can he do? It's just drinking and playing around. He can't compare to Fourth Uncle Min. He does great things. Last time he returned the 1 taels of silver, he gave Uncle Min a face."

The voice is waxy, which makes Jia Min feel happy.

"There is no other way, the old man is pressing hard."

"Yi Nu's family sees that Fourth Uncle Min has many ways to do it, but the old man has nothing to do now, he hides at home and dare not come out."

As he said that, he smiled mischievously at Jia Min, stuck out his little tongue lightly, and flirted with a wink, sending infinite charm.

Jia Min's heart fluttered, and he felt a little flustered.

"Sister Qing, do you still remember what I said at the door that night?"

"What? I don't remember."

As he spoke, he quickly glanced outside, then glared at Jia Min with an angry expression on his face.

"Shall I say it again?"

"Hush..."

Qin Keqing hastily raised a jade finger and put it on her lips.

Jia Min smiled, but she didn't want to let Qin Keqing go, so she lowered her voice.

"But if you say it once, I won't mention it, otherwise, I will say it out loud."

Qin Keqing glared at Jia Min again, her face turned redder, and she looked outside, finally she couldn't hold back Jia Min.

"I traveled through endless time and space just to meet you here."

The more you speak, the lower your voice becomes, and in the end, the voice is almost inaudible.Still, it was said in full.

After finishing speaking, he glared at Jia Min again, both annoyed and angry, beautiful and beautiful.

"Does Qing know about the bet that Brother Rong made with me?"

"Brother Rong is ignorant, he's just messing around, Fourth Uncle Min shouldn't take it seriously."

"Brother Rong is in front of him. He has bet all his wealth, but who do you want to win?"

I want to see what your attitude is.

"Fourth Uncle Min bet with the Grand Master, who will win?"

Heh, Xiao Mao is very smart.This time, it really stopped me.

Qin Keqing showed a cunning smile, a little smug.

"I heard that Fourth Uncle Min wrote the song "Poppy" for Miss Shen in Meiyuelou, and it spread throughout the city. That's a very good word."

what happened?Is this a little jealous?

"Are you jealous?"

"I don't care about such nonsense."

Do you still mention it?

"Miss Ping'er has a very good character. What are the plans for Fourth Uncle Min in the future?"

"This... I don't have any plans. Ping'er is going back to Lian's second sister-in-law."

This guy, even Ping'er was included in the team of rivals in love.

"Fourth Uncle Min is going to be sixteen soon, and I think the elders are going to make arrangements for you to get married soon."

"It's not in a hurry, but has Qing heard anything?"

"That's not true, but the slave family is concerned. The slave family thinks that there is a woman who is quite suitable for Fourth Uncle Min."

"Oh? Who is it?"

"Baby girl."

Jia Min was taken aback and almost stood up.

How did she know?
No, I have never met Baochai, so it is impossible for anyone to know that I am interested in Baochai. A temptation must be a temptation.

No, I can't chat with her anymore.This little girl is too smart.If I keep on chatting, I'll have to let her get all of my veterans.

"You're joking, I don't even know Miss Bao."

When Jia Min was in a difficult situation, the outside shouted that there was water, so the two went out, which was considered to be a relief for Jia Min.

(End of this chapter)