By Jia Xiuzhen

Before Suyue woke up, she got out of bed and sat in front of the dressing table, it was just dawn.Thinking that now that he has entered the Pearl Realm and slept for an unknown amount of time, he is really at ease, and then he thinks that Sister Feng may have already started to do something wrong at this time. If it is like this for a lifetime... Li Wan shivered.This is how people are, and they become numb after being imprisoned all the time. Once they know the taste of freedom, they will never go back to those prisons.What a blessing.

When greeting Mrs. Wang, she saw that her face was pale. If she had changed before, she would naturally have to think about it with sincerity and fear. At the moment, Li Wan didn't care about it. She thought that Madam Xu should come in these few days. It just so happened Tell me about the fungus.When we arrived at Jiamu's place together, I realized that Baoyu had gone crazy yesterday, making a fuss about smashing jade, and only said that his sisters and sisters were going to leave him.

Fortunately, it was the maid who was originally called Pearl and gave it to Baoyu and then changed her name to Xiren to persuade her.The trouble made Jia's mother feel uneasy, and she was so coaxing.Today, when Jia's mother got up, she was not very energetic. Everyone invited Ann, said a few words, and then went about their business.Li Wan was still thinking that he might be asked about yesterday's ingredients, but he didn't mention a word, which was just to save his worries.

On the contrary, Mother Jia looked at the sauce-colored cassock on Li Wan's body, and asked about the materials of Li Wan's mother and son's clothing after the clothes were removed, and said, "This matter is different from the usual rules, and there are old rules. I was not comfortable a few days ago. You guys I can't take care of it, so hurry up and send it over." Wang Xifeng quickly agreed.

When Li Wan returned to his room, Jia Lan was making a fuss, he had long refused to breastfeed, Li Wan didn't care about him, he had breakfast today, he was arguing not to eat sweets, and he was having trouble with Madam Yan.When Li Wan came in, Jia Lan peeked at him, pinched his fingers and stopped talking.Li Wan looked at the two or three plates of cakes and a bowl of porridge on the table, and touched them with his hands, they were a little cold.

Then she motioned Yanmama and the others to go out, and asked Jia Lan, "What's the trouble? If you don't like food, wait for me to come back. What else is not easy?"

Jalan remained silent.Li Wan said again: "Now you can read and hear a lot of stories, and there are still people who can't eat anything outside. Are you spoiled like this?"

Jia Lan raised her head suddenly and said, "Second Uncle Bao has everything he wants to eat, and he cooked sweet porridge with almonds in the middle of the night last night!"

Li Wan knew that it must be those talkative women and maids who let him hear the news, so he also started to make trouble, and couldn't help being a little angry, and said in a deep voice: "One thing is that your second uncle Bao lived with the old lady, that is The meaning of the old lady is not your second uncle's division. The second is that you are young and have just learned a few books. You don't know how to learn etiquette and rules, but you have to learn to compare food and drink. Eat more cakes and drink more bowls of porridge , if you make a fuss about these things all day long, what will you do when you grow up?!"

Jia Lan bowed his head and said nothing, Douda's tears rolled down his face.Li Wan was helpless, even though he had taken the Qiling Pill, the governor was earlier than others, but he was still ignorant.The gap between wisdom and wisdom is still too far.I don't know how much he can understand now, so I had to be patient and said slowly: "Your father is the eldest son, and Uncle Bao is your uncle. You don't respect him, but compare yourself to him. If your father is here, could it be Are you going to lose your temper because your father ate too much cake?!"

Jia Lan was slightly taken aback, because he was a child at heart, and he only thought that Baoyu was a child like himself, so this generational matter was naturally unexpected.Now that Li Wan is more embarrassed than his deceased father, he feels embarrassed.I couldn't help but stop crying, and my little face was slightly red.

Li Wan was happy to see him, and said with a light smile, "You are still young, and you don't know what's going on outside. If you have such a heart of comparison, you will never have a smooth time in your life. People are different from each other. It's very different. For example, aren't the royal relatives and the common people all human beings? One spends a whole day in rich clothes and fine food, and the other does not eat three meals a day. If the common people think about living like that, I am afraid that even today's You can't live a life. If you see that your second uncle Bao is about the same age as you, you think that you should live with him. Then there is a little prince in the palace and a little prince in the mansion. How can you compare? "

After hearing this, Jia Lan said softly, "That's not from our family."

Li Wan laughed and said, "That's still in the same country as us."

Jalan had nothing to say again.Li Wan said again: "Lan'er, you are already a great blessing to be born in a mansion like ours. If you don't think about how to study and improve, or what you can do, you just want to compare yourself to this one today. Comparing Ming'er with that one is such a jerk. People are born to have their own place, and there is nothing to compare with. You see, the old lady dotes on your second uncle, so doesn't your mother dote on you? Is it because you don't care about your mother? Do you love me?"

Jia Lan was anxious, and immediately jumped up and burrowed into Li Wan's arms: "No, mother, Lan'er is wrong, Lan'er is no longer compared to Uncle Bao."

Li Wan hugged him lightly, lifted his head from his embrace, looked into his eyes, and said solemnly: "Lan'er, you have to remember that the only way out is to know what you have and what you can achieve; It’s too tiring to look at what you lack and what you want to fight for.”

Jia Lan couldn't understand for a while, so she nodded honestly: "Mom, I wrote it down."

Li Wan patted his face: "Okay, you've become a cat, I'll let Primrose clean up for you again, if you don't like it, don't eat it. Mother will buy you something else later."

Jia Lan lowered her head and whispered, "Mother, Lan'er should eat these."

Li Wan turned around and looked at him for a while, then tapped him on the head, and said, "There are things you like and don't like, that's all right. If you tell me, Mother will try her best to help you out. Mother was angry just now, it was you Whether you like it or not is because of comparison with others. After going to this, the food is cold, and you don’t like sweet and greasy in the morning, so go to the east room to eat later. In terms of food, mother can still lose you ?!" Jia Lan smiled and happily agreed.Li Wan called Yan Nanny and Primrose to clean up for Jia Lan.

In Mrs. Wang's courtyard, Sister Feng went back to some chores and talked about Jia Mu's orders. "The old lady said today about the clothes that the sister-in-law and Lang Geer used after removing their clothes. I just checked the old rules and reckoned that it would be enough to send five or six horses over. Now they must use autumn and winter materials. What are they? I also ask my wife to give me some advice."

Mrs. Wang didn't speak, and Sister Feng said again: "The old lady sent people to pick up the Lin family girl. I don't know how many people will come and how long they will stay. The old lady didn't mention it. My wife sees how to arrange it."

Only then did Madam Wang raise her head, twiddled the Buddhist beads on her wrist, and said: "Besides clothes, I am a widow, what other colorful things can I change? Now I can pay for the old lady with money, people don't wait for these materials Yes. Although there are old rules, our mansion is not in the early years, and those who can be frugal should be frugal. If she is in trouble, she will naturally tell you, and it will not be too late to talk about it."

Sister Feng lowered her head and responded with a low voice, and Mrs. Wang said again: "Since the old lady didn't mention the matter of Miss Lin's cousin, I'm afraid she has her own plans, so let's stop talking about it. There are not many people here. If you pass by us, don't do your best and be dismissed as troublesome. A little girl's house, even if it comes to her, she will arrange it and she won't rush her. If you go to relatives and friends, you can bring ten or eight waiters." Sister Feng said again. After talking about a few things, Mrs. Wang let her decide on her own, so she took care of herself.

Sure enough, Nanny Xu came in to say hello that day.It happened that Jia Lan was taking a nap, so Li Wan asked Nanny Xu to have dinner before going back to the room to talk.After Su Yue poured tea and came in, she went out, leaving only a few nuns talking inside.Mother Chang said: "It can be seen that you are restless. Grandma is worried that you will be tired outside all day long, but seeing your face, it is more moist than when you are inside!"

Li Wan knew that it was the effect of the spirit spring and the pills that he had given. Nanny Xu was different from others. She had no children, so it would be bleak to suffer from three disasters and two diseases. Now it seems that Nanny Xu took the medicine according to the words. This effect is gradually revealed.But maybe Madam Xu really likes the busy days now, after all, she was the nanny in charge of the grandma in charge of the Duke's mansion back then.

Mother Xu was also happy when she heard this, and said: "Thanks to grandma. Now the village is doing well in raising chickens and pigs, raising several times more than usual, and it costs less food. Everyone in the village is also grateful for grandma." The advantage. I went to inquire about the hill next to the one I mentioned when I came last month. Want to buy, 800 taels of silver will be given to us by the small village in Lianshan.

That family is also the root of the south, and now all the officials in the family are in Quanzhou and Guangzhou, and there are a few Dazhuangzi in Beijing. This was originally a dowry of a grandmother in the early years. The family is too remote, but there is no shortage of money. They didn't make any fuss.This time I happened to inquire about it, so I said it was sold.I checked with a middleman, and the price is a real one. "

Li Wan nodded frequently after hearing this, Madam Xu said: "It's just that grandma gave me this stupid job, but I don't know what grandma wants that mountain for."

Li Wan pursed her lips and said with a smile: "I'm looking for a plan to make money for the nanny."

Sure enough, Nanny Xu looked at Li Wan with bright eyes: "Could it be?..."

Li Wan said: "It's something left by my mother. There is a way to grow fungi. The mother said that there are no useful trees on the hill, but there are many mulberry trees and the like, which are suitable for growing fungi."

Several nuns were shocked and said, "Grow fungus?"

Mother Chang said: "I've heard of this kind of fungus before. It's just cutting down a tree on the mountain, chopping it with a few knives, covering it with vegetation, and waiting for the fungus to grow. It's just that this method is not safe, either there is or it is not. , not all in place. And it’s not easy to send someone to watch over it, and it’s also not suitable at this time, it must be after the beginning of spring.”

Yan Momo said: "You are really familiar with these things."

Everyone made fun of it again.Li Wan said: "My method is not like this. The cave can also be built with a large shed. First cut down the trees, cut them into sections about half a zhang long, and then pile them up like piles of firewood to form Huizi Mountain. Or It is also fine to stand in the soil one by one. Then find the wet soil logs with fungus on the mountain and come back, cut grooves on those wood sections, mix the wet soil logs with clean soil, and then use wet Seal it with a thin layer of mud. It will grow out in ten days and a half months, and it will be harvested in about a month, and as long as the piece of wood is not rotten, it can continue to grow."

Several people were dumbfounded when they heard this, and Nanny Chang said: "This method is too clever, this fungus picker will be so happy."

Madam Yan said: "Tang people say that the wax surface is yellow and purple, and the light is wet, and the crispy stems are delicate and fragile, which is really hard to imagine."

Mother Xu said: "It can also be born in winter? Do you have to build a greenhouse or face the spring?" Li Wan said: "It doesn't matter whether it's cold or warm outside, as long as it's a well-rounded house. It's just that it's more difficult to pick. , Ordinary fire lighting will not work, if it is in a cave, it will have to spend some wax."

"Oh, my grandma," said Madam Xu, "if fungi can grow in winter, why would you still care about the little wax money!"

Li Wan said: "If you want to sell it, you have to think about the utensils to hold them. It's better to be grass and trees, and it should be smaller, so as not to be crushed."

Mother Chang said: "It's the season when the grass is declining, and you don't want to be so delicate, just weave some straw baskets. If you sell them in winter, a palm-sized basket will suffice, otherwise it won't look expensive."

Mother Xu said: "That's the reason. The tree felling and the building of the house started at the same time. There is no delay in the two. Once the trees are planted, we start to weave the baskets. But I don't know how many fungi will grow and how many baskets will be weaved."

Li Wan said: "You can hire some people from the surrounding villages to weave the baskets."

Yan Momo said: "Then it's better to simply save trouble, just collect small baskets from the farmers. We only pay for the inspection of the goods by ourselves, which is much less troublesome than hiring someone." Everyone was reasonable.After talking for a while, when it came to money, Li Wan asked Mammy Xu to follow her into the West Room, and the other mammies also dispersed.

After entering the West Room, Li Wan took out three array disks from his sleeve, showed them to Madam Xu, and said, "Mommy, the key to that fungus method is this thing. It's called Junyu, and I only have three here." One. One can control two acres of land, and you can follow this when you build a house." Actually, the book didn't mention the range, Li Wan tried it out in the Pearl World, and now she can sense the breath. Unexpectedly, the size of these two acres of land is relatively small.

Nanny Xu took it over to look at it, and said, "It's strange that grandma is so sure, such a rare thing, I'm afraid there are only a few of them in this world."

After looking at it for a while, he handed it back to Li Wan, saying: "I'm afraid it will take a few months if I go back to buy mountains, cut trees and build houses. Grandma will keep this one first, and I will pick it up when I have it there. It's just this." Does the house say anything? There must be a place for this plate."

Li Wan said: "It's fine to bury this plate in the middle of the house, and a few pieces of bluestone should be buried in the four corners of the house. I have all these ready-made here. There is no other taboo when building a house."

Mother Xu said again: "How deep should this jade plate be buried? The idea of ​​this old slave is that the deeper the better, we can do this, if we can't keep it all, someone will come to spy on it."

Li Wan nodded, and said: "I've seen this too, it's okay to go down three feet, and it doesn't matter if the top is covered with stone, wood, and iron."

Nanny Xu chanted to Buddha repeatedly: "My Buddha is really a good thing."

Li Wan said with a smile: "Don't bury it too deep, nanny, if you find someone to dig such a deep hole, it's not that there is no money here."

Mother Xu said: "Grandma is very worried."

Li Wan saw that Madam Xu was waiting in such a serious manner, and thought about it carefully, and said: "If you don't worry, Mama will bury a drop of blood from the finger of the former mama. In this way, if it's not Mama herself, no one will I can’t get it out anymore. Even if I try hard to find it, I can’t find it.”

Nanny Xu took the tray again, her fingers trembling slightly, and said, "Grandma, this... old slave..."

Li Wan knew what she meant, stretched out his hand to press her, and said, "Don't be like this, mammy, I don't believe you believe anyone. So mammy should take care of her health, even if someone really likes our small business, it's really It's okay to get entangled, let it go out, Mammy, don't be too serious. My original intention is to find something to do, if Mammy is worried about this, I will be very uneasy."

Mother Xu smiled and said: "Grandma has this thing, and it's so miraculous, I'm afraid it's my wife's blessing. Mother is only careful at first, but she won't be afraid. Besides, there is the Duke's Mansion here after all. Who cares about our small business."

Li Wan said: "It's good for Mammy to think so. I just want to know the truth with Mammy. I don't need any money now. My mother has more things than I thought. People are the most important thing. Mammy is outside. It's just a cover for my coming in and out in the future, people only say that my companion is capable."

Nanny Xu looked at Li Wan in a little surprise.Li Wan smiled, turned around and opened the Qiqiao lock on the gold-painted cabinet behind him, took out a black lacquer box with a plain surface, and pushed it to Mammy Xu, "Take this first and go buy Zhuangzi." Nanny Xu opened the box At a glance, there are about twenty neat gold cakes.

"Grandma, this..." Madam Xu's eyes turned red, "Bodhisattva bless you, first wife bless you!"

Li Wan said: "Now Mammy knows what I mean."

Xu Momo wiped the corners of her eyes, said with a smile: "Now my heart is very secure."

Li Wan said: "May I take this? It's really heavy."

Mother Xu said: "Grandma, when did this old servant think money is too heavy!" Both of them laughed.

Li Wan thought of something again, so he asked Nanny Xu: "Mommy, what I've found now are all ingots, but they're not as convenient as bank notes. What's your idea?"

Mammy Xu said: "There is a library in this house, and grandma is inside the inner door, and she puts it beside me. It's fine even if it's a spindle. But..." Mammy Xu looked up at Li Wan ponderingly, and said, "Mr. It’s not pleasant to say that the slave has crossed the border. If someone thinks about it, I’m afraid it’s not easy to cover up the spindle. If you want to exchange it for silver bills outside, you have to go out a little at a time, so as not to be conspicuous.”

Li Wan nodded, thinking that he was not afraid of people finding out, so he kept both left and right in the ring.It’s just that it’s very inconvenient to take it out and spend it. Fortunately, this time it’s only a thousand taels.After saying a few more words, Mammy Xu rushed back to buy Hill Land and build a house, and Li Wan asked the little maid outside to take her out.