The deliciousness of mandarin fish has raised the upper limit of Xiao Nianzhi's cooking skills.
Everyone enjoyed the meal and it also eliminated the fatigue caused by the busyness during this period.
In fact, the really tired ones are Xiao Nianzhi and Yan Nanrong. After all, Yan Nanrong cannot be treated as a salted fish or mascot when he comes here.
There has to be some sense of participation. If nothing else, he can even draw some of the current drawings.
However, he is really not very good at painting, so his paintings are not particularly good.
However, in Xiao Nianzhi's opinion, it is actually enough.
As long as the size is right, it doesn't matter whether it looks good or not.
I know it well and can follow the supervision during production. In fact, it is not a big problem.
Xiao Nianzhi was already considering the next route, so the two of them started working on it separately.
It is still a bit difficult for one person to assist four prefectures.
But what if two people divide the work?
Xiao Nianzhi felt that the problem shouldn't be big, as she had been taking care of Yan Nanrong more recently.
In this way, they can complete the task early and return to Beijing early.
Thinking of the capital, Xiao Nianzhi thought that he would have to write a letter to Yan Xingxuan when he went back today.
Because Xiao Nianzhi's whereabouts were uncertain, Yan Xingxuan directly sent someone over to deliver the message.
Wherever Xiao Nianzhi goes, the messenger will inquire about where he is and then follow him there.
The messenger hasn't left yet and is waiting for Xiao Nianzhi's reply.
After dinner, we relaxed for a while in the afternoon. In the evening, everyone had a simple bite and then went to find a place to enjoy the cool air.
Although it is still too hot today, it is actually a little better in the morning and evening.
However, it is still too hot for people who are very active.
Yan Nanrong ate a lot at noon and evening and consumed a lot. Now he was so hot that he was sweating profusely. He couldn't relax and the sweat stopped.
He simply found a pavilion and just held the ice cubes in his arms.
Xiao Nianzhi thinks it's not bad. After entering August, the temperature has actually dropped a lot.
She is currently writing a letter to Yan Xingxuan, mostly about daily matters.
There is no problem with the progress of the work, and there is no need to complain.
Even worse, there is still the prince Yan Nanrong. If the local officials really don't cooperate, Yan Nanrong is enough for them to deal with.
Although today's Magistrate Xu is a little colder, his attitude towards work is still serious.
Therefore, Xiao Nianzhi didn't mention much about work, but more about life.
Yesterday I saw flowers, today I played in the water, and I ate mandarin fish...
Xiao Nianzhi didn't write a word of longing in his letter, but in the daily sharing, it often popped up: If my brother was around...
A lot has been written about examples like this.
There is no mention of lovesickness anywhere, but there is always missing.
A few days later, when Yan Xingxuan, who was far away in the capital, received the letter, he couldn't help but read the letter over and over again.
This letter is different from the previous letters.
There are more daily sharings and more content mentioning Yan Xingxuan.
This made Yan Xingxuan's inner joy reach its peak.
In fact, he has not been idle in the capital recently, not caring about anything.
After Xiao Nianzhi left Beijing, Yan Xingxuan spent his remaining time counting the iron ore resources in various places in Jin Dynasty, apart from being busy with the Tang Shui Shop.
He doesn't understand geology or the distribution of minerals.
Some minerals are in the hands of the royal family, and Yan Xingxuan still needs to ask the emperor's brother to know the corresponding location.
Some are not recorded in the books and need to be re-calculated.
This requires on-site inspection, and Yan Xingxuan cannot leave yet.
Concubine Sun's several sevens have not been burned yet. As a filial son and grandson, he must stay in the capital and show his filial piety a little before leaving.
Moreover, Xiao Nianzhi might be back soon, and Yan Xingxuan was reluctant to leave.
However, Yan Xingxuan had such a plan.
He feels that he has little ability and no dreams.
Before meeting Xiao Nianzhi, the biggest ideal in life was probably to eat and drink enough and then lie down, right?
Of course, if you can enjoy all the delicacies from all over the world, that would be the icing on the cake and even better.
If not, then try as many as possible.
However, after meeting Xiao Nianzhi, Yan Xingxuan had no intention of comparison, but he also didn't want others to think that his sweetheart had found a particularly good-for-nothing husband.
Yan Xingxuan felt that he had to make some progress, not only for himself but also for the sake of his sweetheart.
I have never studied it systematically before, nor have I done it before. Now that I have started to learn it, I am actually still in the exploratory stage.
His Majesty deliberately arranged for someone to come over and teach, and Yan Xingxuan was very serious about his studies.
Although Yan Xingxuan was a poor student, he was quite good at reading and writing in the past.
Therefore, now that I have started using it, I will definitely recognize the words and understand the things.
Now the main thing is to learn how to manage and formulate corresponding plans.
After actually starting to study, Yan Xingxuan realized that there was really a lot more he needed to learn.
There is no limit to learning. He didn't understand the meaning of this sentence before.
Now I have a vague, somewhat clear understanding.
Yan Xingxuan has never experienced the hardship of studying before, but now he is slowly experiencing it.
However, now he does not feel bitter, but there is a hint of sweetness in the bitterness.
Yan Xingxuan, who received the reply, had written these in the letter and shared it quietly with his sweetheart.
When I received the letter again, Xiao Nianzhi had already arrived in Hezhou.
It is now early September, and autumn harvest has begun in various places.
Xiao Nianzhi was afraid that he would not be able to make it in time, so he separated from Yan Nanrong.
The two people were in charge of the remaining two states, but for fear of delaying the matter, Xiao Nianzhi specially sent people to send drawings and samples to the two states they had not yet visited.
You can't just follow the drawings, but you can follow the samples, right?
There are always great craftsmen from all over the world, right?
Hezhou is the ancestral home of Grandpa Feng. Nowadays, there are actually no particularly close relatives here, and most of them are distantly related.
The Feng family still has their own ancestral hall, ancestral tombs, etc., but they are all taken care of by the old servants who are used to it. When the Feng family has free time, they will send young people back to pay homage to their ancestors and burn incense.
Now that Xiao Nianzhi came back, because he was too busy, he did not visit these relatives as soon as possible.
After all, work is urgent.
His Majesty gave her a holiday and also gave her a mission.
She has to finish her work first.
This caused dissatisfaction among several distant relatives of the Feng family.
They felt that Xiao Nianzhi, a young junior, did not come to visit their elders immediately after arriving in Hezhou, but went to see the prefect first?
This won't work!
This is unfilial!
Xiao Nianzhi didn't know about it at first, but when he went to visit after finishing his work, he was rejected.
Xiao Nianzhi:?
To be honest, Xiao Nianzhi would really not be prepared to pay attention to her grandfather if he didn't see how kind he was to her.
After all, she still had one state capital left, and she didn't know how well the work was done there.
Before the work was completed, he had to deal with personal matters first. Xiao Nianzhi, who was very satisfied with the current job treatment, felt that she was sorry to His Majesty.
As a result, the clan members played this trick with her?