By Jia Xiuzhen

Li Wan didn't know what was going on outside. Apart from greeting Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang, she spent most of her time in her yard, doing some needlework, or using the books outside as a cover to watch the Pearl World. The jade slips and bamboo pieces brought out of the house, life is not easy.

In the blink of an eye, autumn came, and Ji Liang was busy harvesting autumn tea in the south, following the new prescription given by Li Wan. The plain weave, the twill weave, and the knitting ones are piled full of pits, but the master hasn't given a regulation yet.Every time I hear Madam Xu talk about how bold and careful Ji Liang is, and how he can expect a lot of money, I don't want to mention the anger in my heart.

Fortunately, after Mother Xu came back today, she told her grandma's arrangement that she only gave up a few hundred pieces of goods, and even made a few trips to transport them all to the south without going through Ji Liang. English merchant.Unexpectedly, tens of thousands of taels of silver were exchanged.If it was someone else, I might not be able to find the north for a while, but this high-ranking person is calm by nature, and if he gets the payment and saves enough to buy wool outside the mouth, it will be handed over to Madam Xu.He wrote a few more pages of notices overnight, and discussed each sentence with Madam Xu before letting Madam Xu go to the mansion.

Li Wan was bored.

Jia Lan followed Mr. Zhu to study, and Mr. Zhu praised him more at first, but gradually he praised him less in front of Jia Zheng, but the teaching became more severe.Jia Lan came back to learn from Li Wan, and Li Wan wondered if Mr. Zhu had heard about the back house of Jia's mansion?Whether it is true or not, this time he is teaching Jia Lan seriously as his own disciple, not the attitude of being a teacher, so he only tells Jia Lan to listen carefully to what the teacher says.

Jia Lan has always been a peace of mind when it comes to reading and writing, so there is nothing else to bother him.The bone soup bath had already soaked to the last party, and only two or three of the previous medicine packs were left to make sachets, and Mrs. Wang sent the rest to Zhou Rui's family to go.I don't know how many doctors I have searched, but it seems that I have come up with a prescription. After the midsummer, I heard that Baoyu has also started to fall apart. Some materials have been searched in the warehouse, but they can't find it. In the end, it was Jia Mu who used the ladder.

Miaoer told Biyue while chatting, and when Biyue said it with a smile to everyone, Nanny Chang said in amazement: "You have always been a hotheaded girl, but this time you are smiling, which is very rare."

Biyue thought for a while, and said, "Hey, we've all changed medicine packs of three colors here, and a group of bearded old doctors from them spelled out a prescription, and it's thanks to my wife who dared to use it. Besides, last time Didn’t I say that the medicinal materials are not fully recognized, and the ones that can be recognized are ginseng and ganoderma that are more than a hundred years old, not ordinary ganoderma, and we, Brother Lang, are blessed with this..."

Li Wan heard it funny at first, but after hearing what she said didn't sound like it, he couldn't help but pat her and spit, "Little hooves are killing you! Baoyu was born with jade in his mouth, and that's a great fortune. I brought I don’t know when these medicine packs were prepared, and I don’t know how effective the medicine is. It’s because Lan’er’s body is too weak, so I just have to try it. Now Baoyu’s prescription must be taken by a famous doctor. There are several really effective materials in the medicine bag, but the prescription made by Baoyu's body, how can Lan'er use it?!"

Nanny Chang also shook her head and sighed: "This girl is really ignorant, she only knows the color of the medicine bag."

Biyue knew she had said something, so she just lowered her head and muttered: "It's different in the first place." Suyun gave her a glare, that's all.

If it had changed from the past, Li Wan would feel sad for a long time.Jia Lan, the grandson of the eldest family, has always been unable to compare with others, and talking about his succession is not as good as talking about his favor.Now my heart is indifferent, maybe if I got the Pearl Realm, everything in the mortal world would be inconspicuous, without the heart of comparison, naturally there will be no sadness or resentment.Or the state of mind is already different. Counting the time in the Pearl Realm, I don't know how many years I have lived. I have seen and heard countless stories of grievances and grievances in the immortal world.

No matter how big the matter is, it is like a gossamer falling into the water, and there is no splash.Whether he lives or dies, whether he fights or calculates, it's all like a cloud of smoke.It is Jia Lan, who has a certain number of karma in the world, and I am afraid that there are things that he cannot do.Everyone bears their own cause and effect, and no one can replace anyone else.The current state of mind is exactly the same as the phrase "it's not to stop the mind and get rid of delusions, but because there is nothing to think about".

It just so happened that Madam Xu came to deal with the matter, and with Duan Gao's thoughts in every possible way, Li Wan had no choice but to return to this extraneous matter.First of all, I was shocked when I learned the money sold for those hundreds of pieces of material.Xin said, how difficult it was to save some money back then, what happened now, any idea would earn tens of thousands of taels, it really is money for money? !Hearing the discussion between Nanny Xu and Duan Gao, he was stunned for a moment.

Nanny Xu looked at her in a panic, "Grandma doesn't think this is a good idea?"

Li Wan came back to his senses, and said with a smile: "What's wrong, I really... I just sigh that I'm not that kind of material. So I followed Duan Gao's idea. At that time, I never thought that this business would be so profitable Ju, it’s become a hot potato now. You are so worried, you have to continue to make this thing, but you can’t let others know, otherwise it will be a disaster!"

After pondering for a while, he said again: "Mommy, what do you think, what if we just stop this thing?"

Mother Xu smiled and said: "Oh my grandma, who was the one who vowed to earn my brother's family business at that time? How could this be so frightening! Follow Duan Gao's method to comb the hair of these people. For the work, people from the nearby villages were found to do it, and they were divided into several fields. In this way, no one but us can tell how much wool was imported.

Furthermore, Mrs. Xian's machine is very powerful. Originally, there were not many people who got on the machine and most of them belonged to Zhuangzi. The rest of them signed a death contract with them.If they don't agree, we don't force them, just let them do the grooming job.If we can do it, we will not put it together.What Duan Gao meant, if we say that our materials are new and novel, although there must be someone to inquire about them, if we only keep some bamboo needles and old looms as a cover, the materials can be fooled.

The most important thing is the machines left by the first wife. If anyone finds out about this, they will probably rush to the door with their own faces.I only kept this one, and the others are fine.Fortunately, grandma only gave up a few hundred horses this time, and they went directly into the hands of foreign merchants. If this is the case in the future, it probably won't be considered an eye-catching. "

Li Wan was so distressed that she couldn't tell, how could she care about the little money now, but this matter has already been placed here, and how many people are involved in making a living to support their families, it's not just a refund.Even if it is withdrawn, if it is not clean, it is still a disaster.After thinking about it for a while, he said, "Mommy, we can't hide the matter from other people, but also Zhang's family. If they don't care, it's fine. Just say that you don’t know, just let them find me.”

When Mother Xu heard this, she was shocked and said, "Grandma, this..."

Li Wan stretched out his hand and rubbed his temples, and said slowly: "Mama, do your calculations carefully, this material has just started to be made this year, and thousands of batches have been stored, plus Ji Liang's tea and dried tea in the south Fungus, this year, our village has freed up several 10 taels of silver. This is the first year. We don’t have the manpower to sell it everywhere, and we don’t have a network of big merchants. It’s the most convenient way to buy goods and foreigners. Yes. It's just that if you have to deal with foreigners, you have to hide it for a while. After a long time, the Zhang family will definitely find out.

Instead of asking the people under them to find some crooked ways to inquire, it is better to directly poke at the elder sister of the Lao family. If they want to find me, she has to come forward.I told her that even if I shared some profits with her, it would be considered a big backer.Mammy, what do you say? "

After hearing this for a long time, Mother Xu sighed and said, "That's all I have to do. This old slave is an ignorant person. At that time, grandma laughed at her nonsense when she said that she earned ten thousand taels of silver a year, but now she is too capable. Getting worried."

Li Wan said with a smile: "How much life will enjoy the great blessings. If I am like this, if I have more money, I will be my life."

Mother Xu hurriedly said: "Don't talk nonsense! If you want me to say, we have earned enough for this year, grandma can make up her mind, even if it's all with someone else. Alas, it's a pity that Mrs. a lot of thought."

Li Wan said: "Nurse, there is no need to worry. We are just planning for the rainy day, and the matter is far from reaching that point." The two talked a few more words, and sat down outside to drink tea, their brows were full of thoughts.Alas!It is rare to see people frowning more because of making a lot of money than losing a lot of money in this business!

In a blink of an eye, it was the time when the full moon was setting and the osmanthus seeds were falling. Sister Feng was so busy that she hit the back of her head with her heels, so she took a post to find Mrs. Wang. "The Zhang family of Lifan Academy? We have never had any contact with them, and I have never dealt with their wives."

After hearing this, Sister Feng said, "I'm also at a loss. I sent some gifts from women. The list doesn't look like a Mid-Autumn Festival gift."

He paused for a while, glanced at Mrs. Wang, and said in a low voice, "I thought so, could it be that the eldest sister is in the palace... so I came to make friends?"

Mrs. Wang was taken aback when she heard this, and she was overjoyed again. She calmed down a little, and said with a smile: "This is not a nonsense, Yuan'er is just a female historian in the palace, how can she have such face. I have no idea , what did those women say?"

Sister Feng said: "I'm meeting people sent by the eldest princess's mansion. I haven't seen them in person. It is said that the second wife of Zhang's family is greeting the wives and grandmas in our mansion."

Mrs. Wang said: "This is a strange thing. Let's talk to the old lady at dinner." Sister Feng was about to speak after she answered, when she came outside to report that the town government had sent someone, and went out to meet again in a hurry.

In the evening of that day, after serving the old lady's food, Mrs. Wang took the tea from the maid and gave it to Jia Mu herself. Yes, we two have been right for a long time, and we don’t know what it means.”

After hearing this, Sister Feng quickly took out the post. Yuanyang took it and brought reading glasses for Jiamu.Jia Mu looked at it carefully, and said in a deep voice, "the Zhang family of Li Fanyuan has no contact with us. I don't know what it means." She looked at Sister Feng again and said, "did you say anything?"

Sister Feng replied: "Sent a few women here, saying that it was the wife of his second room who greeted the wives and grandmas in our house, and said that they would come to visit in a few days." When Li Wan heard this, he knew that he was looking for himself. up.

Mother Jia seemed to be aware of it, and asked: "This is not a post from Zhang's family, but the meaning of his second wife. It doesn't look like a gift, but a visit to an old friend. The second wife of Zhang's family, I I remember that she is also the young lady of Jinling's scholarly family."

Then he looked at Li Wan, Li Wan hurriedly stood up and replied: "If it's the second wife of Zhang's family in Lifan Yuan, I met him when we were in Jinling. She is the lady of Lao Hanlin Lao's family. She went out a few years earlier than me. , I still had some contacts with her when I was at home, and after I got married, I heard that she went to the south with Ren Ren, and there was no news for many years."

Only after hearing this did everyone understand, Mother Jia laughed and said, "Young girl Feng was in a mess for a while, but now she has found her roots."

Sister Feng also laughed and said, "The real master is here, and we have all guessed."

Li Wan said with a smile: "Although we met before, it's not necessarily that they came to look for me."

Mother Jia nodded and said, "That's the same reason. The Zhang family has been in charge of the Lifan Academy for several lifetimes. Because of the affairs they manage, they often deal with foreigners and merchants. Our family started with military exploits, and each belongs to one end. With little contact."

Sister Feng laughed and said: "Now the Zhang family is in charge of several places in Quanzhou and Guangzhou, and I only heard it from my aunt when I returned home. Anyway, I will come to visit in a few days. What kind of medicine is buried in the gourd? I will tell you when the time comes." Got it." Everyone said yes one after another, without mentioning it.