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Lin Jinrong glanced at Fangzhu lightly and turned forward.
Fangzhu hurriedly followed her, but after walking a few steps, she suddenly heard Guiyuan whisper: "It takes so long to thread a needle, how can I trick grandma into not knowing how to count?"
Fangzhu immediately stopped and looked back at Guiyuan. Guiyuan looked at her sideways with an expression that said, "Don't think you're hiding it well, but in fact I know it all." Fangzhu took a breath and smiled slightly: "In addition to wearing
Needle, I chatted a few more words."
Guiyuan sneered and quickly followed Lin Jinrong.
Fangzhu pursed her lips and followed with a smile as usual.
Aunt Fang stood at the door and scolded the little girl in a low voice: "Why don't you bring the hot water quickly?" Lu Yun came out and stood beside her: "What did you say?"
Grandma Fang sent the little girl away with her hand like a fly, and whispered: "Today we went to the tea shop, and we happened to meet Mr. Wu, who talked about how to run and decorate the tea shop. Mr. Wu
The second grandma had to borrow antiques to make decorations, but the second master refused. Later, the grandma asked Fangzhu to arrange for people to go to Wuzhanglou to buy banquets. She didn't hear anything. She didn't go anywhere after that and went back directly.
Home."
Lu Yun lowered his eyes and said nothing. Aunt Fang stood aside for a moment, but when she saw no further instructions, she bowed and quietly retreated. Lu Yun stood still leaning against the pillar, looking into the dim light.
The yard remained motionless for a long time.
Lychee carefully pushed through the snow-white incense ashes, and saw the curling light cyan cigarette rising up, filling the room with a sweet aroma. She then covered the gilt bronze furnace cover with satisfaction, walked to the side and asked Lin Jinrong: "Grandma, today
There are big loquats just delivered from outside. They are sweet and fresh. Do you want to try some?"
Lin Jinrong put aside the chess record he was reading, sat up and said, "Go to the study next door and ask the second master if he wants to eat?"
Li Zhi hurriedly responded, opened the curtain and walked out. Gui Yuan quickly cleaned her hands, stepped forward to peel the loquats for Lin Jinrong to eat, and whispered: "Grandma, Fang Zhu didn't go to thread the needle for Grandma Fang earlier, she lied.
Already."
"Yes." Lin Jinrong lowered his eyes, slowly inserted the silver skewer into a piece of loquat flesh, and fed it into his mouth.
Guiyuan saw that she was not disgusted, so he boldly said: "Grandma, this slave saw it. The two of them stood on the corridor and talked for a long time like thieves. Unfortunately, they were far apart and there were people watching and they didn't hear them.
What to say. But it is conceivable that everything in our yard must be exposed. Otherwise, there is no point in standing in the dark yard threading a needle? People are staring at it, for fear that people will listen.
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Lin Jinrong smiled slightly: "So you just thought about it."
The longan fingers that were peeling the loquats stiffened. He raised his eyes and looked at Lin Jinrong, and said with all his might, "Grandma, it's true. This slave has been watching her for a long time, and she runs there whenever she has free time. It's hard to trust this person."
You should pay more attention."
Lin Jinrong looked at her levelly: "If you want me to believe what you say, you have to provide evidence. Thoughts and guesses will not work. This applies to anything and anyone, remember?"
Guiyuan thought for a while, then a smile appeared on her face: "Yes, grandma, I have remembered it."
The sound of Lu Mian's footsteps was heard outside the door, and both the master and the servant fell silent in unison, one peeling and the other eating. They stopped only when Lu Mian came in and stood up to wait for him to clean his hands and eat the loquats.
Lu Yan sat upright by the couch: "These loquats taste good. I wonder if there are more. Pick some good ones and send them to Yue's family tomorrow."
Lin Jinrong smiled and said: "There's no need for loquats. I don't think I'll be without them at home. I'll also prepare this year's spring tea."
Lu Yan did not hesitate: "Let's spend it from my monthly salary." After thinking about it, he repeated: "In the future, all additional expenses in our yard will be spent from my monthly salary."
"Okay." Lin Jinrong would never refuse such a thing, "But this kind of thing just happened today. Do you think it is appropriate for us to go back to our parents' house tomorrow? Or, we can talk about it in two days?"
Lu Yan said without thinking: "It's appropriate."
After Lin Jinrong ate about seven or eight loquats, he stopped and took some tea to rinse his mouth. Lu Yan also put down his silver pick: "Have you ever calculated how many oxen might be needed for such a wide land?"
"Ang?" The topic changed so quickly that Lin Jinrong didn't react.
Seeing the confusion on her face, Lu Yan became interested: "Such a wide land will require a lot of cattle. The people you hired must not have many people who have cattle, right?"
"Yes." Lin Jinrong nodded: "I am prepared for this. I have asked my third brother to buy some cattle to raise in the village. I also told my parents' family that if they are not enough, I will rent them from them and rotate them. There should be no problem.
of."
Lu Yan said: "The cost of plowing cattle is too high, and they are used for chewing a lot. Even if you rent them, you still have to bear the risk of illness and fatigue. It would be cheaper to get some tread plows to use."
"What is that?" Lin Jinrong had indeed figured out all kinds of farm tools when he was in Tao's village. Although he didn't know how to use them, he had seen people use them and knew how to use them. He was the only one who said
She had never heard of or seen anything like this.
Lu Yan then led her into the study and took out two drawings: "This is a plow, made of wood, using human power instead of animal power. With it, four or five people can be used as a plowing ox, and it is better than
The excavator head is twice as effective in digging the ground. And this, this is a rice seedling horse, which is specially used for transplanting and pulling out rice seedlings. It can save leg strength, so that the rice seedlings can be transplanted without any mess, and get twice the result with half the effort."
Lin Jinrong sat under the lamp and looked at the two drawings for a long time, and sighed: "This is a good thing. Where did you know about it?" If he had known it in Jiangnan, Lin Shiquan would not have known it, and he would not have been dissatisfied with her.
Said, obviously he knew it from elsewhere.
Lu Yan seemed to have expected that she would react like this, and said calmly: "Since the dam was built the year before last, I have been thinking about how to plant these suddenly increased lands. One day, I was talking to a classmate who lives out of town. He said
He said that they all use this in their hometown. I asked him to draw a picture, but he said that he couldn't do it and that he would try to get it for me after he goes back. Unfortunately, his home is too far away, so this drawing was only delivered to me a few days ago. You can take it
Let the craftsmen learn how to make it, and not to mention our family, even the cattle in Pingzhou will not have to worry."
Lin Jinrong couldn't put it down and looked at the picture left and right. She really wanted to make this thing and sell it. How much income would it be? She didn't believe that these people didn't want something that saves manpower and material resources.
Lu Yan looked at her silently for a long time, and suddenly said: "If you want it, I'll give it to you, and you can dispose of it cheaply. I didn't get this picture for free."
Lin Jinrong hesitated for a moment and finally returned the drawing to him: "You can take it to my grandfather."
"You don't want it?" The corners of Lu Yan's lips slowly raised: "If you don't want it, I will copy the picture and make a few more to give to relatives and friends, so that everyone can learn to make and use them."
This means not wanting money. Lin Jinrong couldn't help but pour cold water on him: "Grandpa, I don't know, but I guess my second uncle will say that your book business is bad." She didn't make this money because she felt it was inappropriate.
She doesn't want to, but it doesn't mean that everyone thinks the same as her. Mr. Lu may not make this money, but is more concerned about the reputation of the Lu family and Lu Mian, but based on her understanding of Lu Jianzhong, she will never let it go.
If you have such an excellent opportunity to make money, even if you can only make it once, it is still money. To say that Lu Yan's book business is light, I'm afraid it will be said that he is not a rich man and does not know how expensive food and rice are.
Lu was silent for a moment, then said firmly: "I got this, and I have the final say on how I want to deal with it."
Their views on this matter were the same, so Lin Jinrong stopped trying to persuade him and instead said, "The carpenters working for the tea shop this time are pretty good. You can give them a try."
Lu Yan took the ink ingots and water and prepared to grind the ink: "I still need to tell my grandfather first. I will take advantage of this moment to copy a few pictures. If it is cheap, I can give a set of pictures to the Yue family tomorrow."
Lin Jinrong rolled up his sleeves and went to take the ink in his hand: "I'll grind the ink."
Lu Yan handed the ink ingot to her, laid out the paper, took out the purple brush, and began to draw, seemingly casually: "I have inquired about it, the saline-alkali land needs intensive cultivation. The water receded in about half a month.
, you need people to plow it deeply, dry it in the sun, and then rake it, and be sure not to let it harden, otherwise it will return salt. It’s okay to plant rice next year, but if you plant sorghum in the first year of this year, it may be difficult for the seedlings to emerge.”
Lin Jinrong said hurriedly: "What should we do?"
Lu Yan stopped writing, looked at her and said, "Remember to soak the seeds before sowing. Just scatter more seeds."
Combining what happened in the previous life, Lin Jinrong knew that he should have a thorough understanding of this, so he carefully wrote it down without mentioning it. Suddenly, he heard Lychee knocking on the door lightly: "Grandma? The third master has something to do, and he sent someone to find the second master.
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At this moment, where could it be that Mr. Lu San is looking for Lu Yan? It is clearly that Mr. Tu is looking for Lu Yan, and the thing he is talking about cannot be anything else. He must ask Lu Yan to put in a good word for her in front of the old man, okay.
Let her take care of the real things.
Lin Jinrong really felt that Mrs. Tu was very cold-blooded and out-of-control, but she really couldn't care less, so she looked at Lu Yan, who raised her voice and said, "Just tell me to take a rest."
He deliberately told people outside. Lin Jinrong thought for a while and advised: "Let's listen to what it is about. What if there is an emergency?"
Lu Yan stared at her.
Lin Jinrong smiled, lowered her head and continued to study her ink, while Lu Yan continued to draw his paintings. After just a few strokes, a low voice of begging came from outside: "Sister Litchi, please go and talk to the second master.
The third master is a little uncomfortable."
Lin Jinrong raised his eyebrows. First he had something to do, but now he felt uncomfortable. His father was not feeling well and refused to come to the door even if he was called. That was really inappropriate.
Lu Yan suddenly stood up, opened the door and walked out. Without looking at the little girl standing in the corridor, he said calmly: "Lizhi, take the lantern and lead her outside to talk to the mother-in-law at the second door, Third Master.
If you feel uncomfortable, ask them to send word outside quickly and ask someone to call a doctor."
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