Red Mansion Jia Lan: Do you want to run away tonight to visit your relatives? Chapter 53: Staying up late at night studying Chinese literature, chatting about opera caused misunderstandings
Chapter 53: Staying up late at night studying Chinese literature, chatting about opera caused misunderstandings
The weather in the northern land is dry, so bathing is naturally not suitable.
Jia Lan is from the south, so it is acceptable not to take a shower for three to five days, but it is really unbearable mentally to take a shower only once every ten days.
So I took a compromise and wiped myself while soaking my feet.
He asked a carpenter to make a foot bath bucket according to his height. The bucket was as high as his knees, so that he could sit aside and soak his feet while wiping himself with a towel.
Of course, Jia Lan will also clean his hands and feet with soap before doing this.
Yes, soap already existed in ancient times, and Jia Lan sadly lost a gold point.
Don't underestimate the ancients. They were actually very good at observing and making use of the things around them. "Qian Jin Yifang" records: "Fragrant clothes, bath beans, and officials are all desirable."
Bath beans have become popular in a small area during the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Later, pancreatic juice also appeared. The ingredients used in it are very particular, including various medicinal materials, spices, and animal fats. Among them, Angelica dahuricae, Atractylodes rhizome, and white moss bark are many in later generations.
Traditional Chinese medicine anti-dandruff shampoos are still in use, such as the one from Duang.
However, Jia Lan discovered that using soap to make money is not completely impossible, but there is just an intermediate link missing.
The only difference between classical society and modern society is the industrialized production model, and it is precisely industrialization that restricts production.
Lack of grease.
Among the raw materials for making soap, the ancients did not lack alkali, but oil.
As for oil, Jialan didn't have any good ideas for the time being. After all, the climate in the Middle Earth was not suitable for planting olive trees, and it was difficult to copy them. He could only plant some rapeseed flowers and peanuts near Beizhuang for experiments, and the harvest has just begun.
One season.
The harvest is okay, but the output is only mediocre. If it is used for large-scale production, the cost of the final soap will not be reduced much.
However, it is more than enough to supply Jialan for his own use.
The soap he uses now is made of peanut oil. At first, he didn’t know the proportion, but the finished product was soft. It took him several times to make it. It feels similar to the soaps of later generations. This is probably due to the accumulation of technology.
Of course, he has made a small profit so far. Just by using this batch of soap to supply Rong Ning's second house, he can get a lot of money from Sister Feng.
After washing up, Jia Lan asked Ling Guan to make a pot of tea and read in the study.
Outside the window, the rain was dripping, falling slowly from the eaves like a bead curtain, a bowl of tea, and a handful of books, but they also had a different artistic conception.
The small building listened to the spring rain all night. The sound of the rain was just right, covering up the noisy Guancheng outside the courtyard, and I suddenly felt quiet. It was the most perfect time to study.
With a thought in his mind, Jia Lan picked up the book on the desk and started reading.
Jia Lan had already memorized "Li Sao" and "Han Fu" by virtue of his outstanding memory ability, so Cheng Kewei gave Jia Lan a set of "Eight Great Masters' Texts", which were compiled by Mao Kun, a former Jinshi scholar and bibliophile in the Ming Dynasty.
, collects articles from eight great masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties, compiled into 160 volumes, divided into 50 volumes, and 1,371 articles.
The Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties, which are familiar to later generations, were formed from this person.
This is the legendary tome.
Jia Lan stayed up to read every night, but he could only read more than ten articles. This was not just reciting, but also carefully comprehending the grammar, which required both familiarity and thoroughness.
Cheng Kewei's evaluation of Jia Lan's article is reasonable, but the rhetoric is slightly lacking. The articles written by the Eight Masters are detailed and well-informed, and they have broad knowledge. Only by thoroughly reading the Eight Masters can the articles written be sophisticated.
The senior official stood aside, listening to Jia Lan reading the book with a still slightly childish voice, and couldn't stop admiring it in his eyes.
Sure enough, focused men are the most attractive.
After getting along with each other for more than half a month, Ling Guan has roughly figured out Jia Lan's temperament. He is really easy-going on weekdays, but he is not blindly indulgent.
For example, if little Zhaodi accidentally breaks something because she is lively, Jia Lan will still ask Zhaodi to compensate at a discount after checking it, and slowly deduct it from her monthly payment, even if she cries and moans, he will not let go.
"But she broke a wooden chair, why should she pay for it? Besides, I don't think this broken chair will last long." Lingguan advised.
Jia Lan disagreed, "This wooden chair is old. It can be repaired and still used. Why waste money? In this way of running a house, you should save money and spend money. Zhaodi always breaks things no matter what. It should be spent."
You still have to compensate, there are no rules, it can’t be a square or a circle, just let her compensate according to the price of the wood, and it will also make her character grow."
From then on, the senior official knew that Jia Lan was very opinionated. He saw that he was reading without any distractions. He did not drink or go to the theater. Even when it came to food, he did not have the charisma of those noble gentlemen who never tire of fine food and delicate food. In addition to paying attention to hygiene, he also asked others to do so.
Apart from paying attention to hygiene, there really isn’t much else to say.
It was only at this time that Ling Guan realized that there were people who lived a more boring life than him. He only read books every day and occasionally stretched in the courtyard.
Jia Lan's reading voice gradually became quieter, and Ling Guan knew that he was fascinated by it again.
The rain has slowed down, and the sound of rain is like dripping in a copper kettle. It makes Ling Guan feel sleepy.
Subconsciously, she recalled the scene when she was so sleepy that she almost fell asleep while practicing martial arts as a child, and couldn't help but blurt out a song.
After finishing the song, she suddenly realized that this was not the theater troupe where she had lived almost all her life, but Jia Lan's study. When she turned around, Jia Lan was looking at her intently, his eyes seemed a little surprised.
The young official quickly apologized: "I disturbed the young master from studying, please forgive me!"
Jia Lan shook his head, "It's okay. Just because I'm not keen on listening to music doesn't mean I hate it. The song you sang just now was impassioned and full of sadness. I'm not very familiar with the tone of my hometown. I wonder what song you sang?
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The young official lowered his head and said in a low voice after a long time: "The song is "Lin Chong's Night Run"."
Jia Lan was stunned: "But that Liangshan hero, the leopard-headed Lin Chong?"
The senior official lowered his head and nodded slightly.
At this time, legends such as "Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin" had been popular on the market for a long time, and even the theater troupes were not immune to the vulgarity and absorbed many of the stories into their repertoire.
Ordinary people still prefer to listen to these than those high-ranking ones.
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But "Lin Chong Runs at Night" is a bit taboo when it is sung among high-ranking people.
Are you trying to reflect on your master? Or are you dissatisfied and thinking about leaving?
Although Jia Lan was not disgusted, he misunderstood Ling Guan's thoughts and thought she still wanted to leave. However, Ling Guan fainted after mentioning it once before, so Jia Lan did not dare to bring up the topic casually.<
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[Jia Qiang, Jia Qiang, I haven’t even seen the end of my own emotional line, but I have to worry about you, a playboy...]
Seeing Jia Lan's silence, Ling Guan was even more certain that the song just now was indeed a taboo.
In the past, she was naturally fearless, but for some reason, now she is a little concerned about Jialan's thoughts.
"That's not the case!"
"Singing very well!"
They both spoke at the same time.
Senior officer: "Uh..."
Jialan: "It's not what?"
"No, no, no, I mean, no, nothing..."
Seeing the senior officer hesitating, Jia Lan didn't care. He laughed at himself and said that he didn't know anything about these songs, unlike the people in the mansion. He also mentioned Jia Qiang and said that he was quite proficient in all kinds of dramas.
Unexpectedly, Lingguan actually spat after hearing this and said disdainfully: "Master Qiang, does he know opera? Master, you are really a layman when you say this. What kind of opera does he know? The imperial concubine actually asked me to sing "Wandering in the Garden" and "Young Garden" during her wedding visit.
"Jingmeng", even I can't tell the difference between a serious dan and a small dan, he is just arty at best!"
The young official's rush for the white spot actually made Jia Lan miserable. The good things he had tried so hard to say for Jia Qiang were stuck in his throat, and he couldn't say them out. After sitting at his desk, he listened to the senior official criticizing Jia Qiang.
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[You are so dissatisfied with him, then what do you like about him?]
Jia Lan was speechless.
But my mind suddenly turned around, thinking that Lingguan was born out of love and hatred? He looked at her carefully, and the more he looked at her, the more she looked like her. He said hurriedly: "You're right. When he comes back from his errand in a few days, I will
I will definitely call him over so that you can have a good time talking to him."
After hearing this, the senior official's expression changed dramatically!