Farmer's Favorite

It's not that Yu Ning has never been to Xiao Yi's house.

After getting off the carriage, he rushed out and saw the house that was about to be built next to him, so he couldn't help being happy for Xiao Yi.

He had been here a few times before, and when he saw the place where Xiaoyi lived, he felt extremely uncomfortable. He wished he could take Xiaoyi home directly, but such a thought could only be thought about.

Fortunately, Xiao Yi's life is getting better and better now, Yu Ning thought, it would be even better if they could meet every day.

After entering the house, after greeting Xiaoyi's mother and delivering snacks from her shop, Yu Ning pulled Xiaoyi aside and asked, "When are you going to the school? The master always talks about you, The master also said that your handwriting must have deteriorated again."

Xiao Yi, who was still very happy, immediately boasted the corners of his mouth, raised his toes, touched the ground lightly, and muttered: "This must not be what the master said."

Yuning covered her mouth and smirked, this is really not what the master said.

Because the master has said more than once that Xiaoyi's handwriting is so bad that there is no possibility of regressing at all.

He said: "Then you go and write it quickly, show it to me, so I can go back and do business with my master."

Xiao Yi dawdled, he picked up a piece of pastry and put it in his mouth, said nonchalantly: "What kind of pastry is this, it tastes really good, you should try it."

Yu Ning folded his hands on his chest, unmoved.

Xiao Yi immediately reached out and handed it over, and stuffed the pastry into his mouth, "Try it."

Yu Ning, who was stuffed into his mouth, was extremely impatient on his face, but in his heart he couldn't help liking it.

The pastry, which he thought was a little sweet, suddenly felt extremely delicious. He thought that after returning home, he must tell his parents that this pastry tastes very good, and it will definitely sell well in the store.

The two chatted and ate, and the time passed very quickly.

It's just that when Xiao Yi was talking, he always shifted his gaze from time to time and landed on E'Mu, who was painting beside him.

Yuning looked at it and asked, "When are you going to the school, the table next to me is empty, it looks so empty."

Xiao Yi frowned, with a sad look on his face, he said: "Wait another month, there will be a book school in our village, I don't plan...to go to Master's again."

"What did you say?!" Yu Ning stood up abruptly, his face extremely surprised.

Xiao Yi pursed his lips and remained silent.

If he was hesitant at first, then after the loss of Ah Mu, he made a thorough decision that there is still some distance between Xishan Village and Xian Village. peace of mind.

That being the case, he might as well stay in the school in the village, and the place where the school was built is not far from his home, so that he can go home to have a look when he is resting, even if he asks Ah Mu to accompany him.

Just though it has been decided.

But in the end there is still some reluctance.

Not to mention his wife is very kind to him, his classmates and playmates are also easy to get along with.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have helped him hide among the clutter and eavesdropped on the class for so long at the beginning.

Naturally, there is also Yu Ning in front of him.

Although Yu Ning is tall, big, and handsome among his peers, he has an extremely arrogant personality. Apart from him, he doesn't have many playmates at all. Without him, Yu Ning might be very lonely. .

Xiao Yi stretched out his hand and put it on the shoulder of his playmate opposite, he said: "You can come and play with me when you have nothing to do, our house has planted a lot of flowers and plants, and Uncle Wu even built a swing for me in the yard, the two of us We can play together."

For the future, Xiaoyi also has expectations.

And his expectation is not that he wants something more, but that he can be like this in the future.

There are Emma, ​​Uncle Wu, and Yuning by my side, and there are Brother Zhuang and Brother Lin in the village.

With these people by his side, he feels very happy.

Yu Ning was still a little unhappy, he stretched out his hand to hold Xiao Yi's hand tightly, and he suddenly made a decision.

……

Time goes by and changes every day, Zhuang Xinyan's favorite thing to do these days.

It was to observe the little husband's stomach in the early morning.

This day, he stretched out his hand to rub the belly of the person around him, he didn't feel it before, but now he pays attention, he really feels that every day is changing.

"Have you touched enough?" Lin Qi squinted his eyes, moved his body slightly, and leaned closer to the people around him.

Zhuang Xinyan embraced the situation, and he said: "Do you feel that your stomach is getting bigger?"

Lin Qi still closed his eyes, hummed lightly, and didn't know if it was a response or an unintentional sound.

The outside sun shines through the window into the house.

Obviously no longer sleepy, Zhuang Xinyan was not in a hurry to get up, and continued to nest in the bed with his little husband in his arms.

After half an hour, Lin Qi had to wake up.

Because he was hungry.

On the table, a bowl of meat porridge and a plate of sauced beef.

Lin Qi took a sip of porridge with a spoon, then switched to chopsticks to pick up a piece of beef and handed it to the man opposite.

Zhuang Xinyan didn't use his hands, just leaned over and took it with his mouth, he said: "It tastes really good."

Lin Qi was funny, he took another piece and stuffed it into his mouth, it was tender and refreshing, but tasted good.

He smiled and said, "Are you boasting about your good cooking skills?"

Zhuang Xinyan raised his eyebrows, and said, "Isn't it delicious?"

Lin Qi smiled and narrowed his eyes, "It's the best food I've ever eaten."

Zhuang Xinyan got up and bent over, leaned forward, and kissed Lin Qi on the mouth.

Immediately, the two looked at each other and smiled.

After eating, the two wanted to go out and wander around the village.

But he didn't want to, as soon as he stepped out, he saw several carriages approaching.

Before seeing the people in the car, Zhuang Xinyan knew who it was.

Because the leading carriage came to the village too many times, even if it wasn't for him, the rest of the village might know who it was.

"Treasurer Yuan came back from Shangjing?" Lin Qi asked with his head slightly.

Zhuang Xinyan nodded, and he said: "The people from Bafang Pavilion said earlier that Treasurer Yuan will be back in a while."

The voice fell.

Before the carriage came to a complete stop, a corner of the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and Yuan Yi shouted: "Little Brother Zhuang."

Immediately, a little baby emerged from his arms, looking in their direction with wide eyes.

Then I don't know what Xiaowa raised her head and said to Yuan Yi, causing Yuan Yi to touch his head and laugh.

Zhuang Xinyan and his wife came forward, the carriage stopped, Yuan Yi got out of the carriage with the child in his arms, and a woman, a boy and a girl got out of the carriage behind.

Yuan Yi introduced to Zhuang Xinyan: "This is your sister-in-law Ren Shu. These three are my children. They were brought here from Shangjing, and they plan to live in Genshan Town temporarily."

Moving from the prosperous Shangjing to a small town, Yuan Yi didn't have any resentment on his face, but more smiles on his face.

Ren Shu is an extremely kind woman, she greeted with a smile, looked at Lin Qi's appearance, and asked, "But there is?"

With red cheeks, Lin Qi nodded.

Zhuang Xinyan continued: "It's been more than four months."

"Good thing." Yuan Yi shouted, sincerely happy for them.

Ren Shuben is a very good talker, so she pulled Lin Qi and talked about pregnancy and childbirth, and Lin Qi couldn't stop nodding.

Zhuang Xinyan brought Yuan Yi to the main room, and the two sat down and talked.

After careful calculation, the two haven't seen each other for three or four months.

A lot of things happened to Zhuang Xinyan, and a lot of things happened to Yuan Yi in Shangjing.

From the moment he saw someone, the smile on his face never fell, "When I came back this time, Xinlu had already told me some things. In fact, when I was in Beijing, I really thanked you for your relationship with Shi Yuan." Now, you don't know, I have made a big splash with my master."

Before Yuan Yi left, he really didn't know that little brother Zhuang and Shi Yuan had such a close relationship, or he just thought they were just ordinary friends.

When he went to Shangjing, the master praised him for the cakes and salted eggs. What he said even meant that if he was willing to stay in Shangjing, he would have a good place for him.

He wasn't without hesitation then.

It's just that he didn't expect that on the second day, he received an invitation from young master Shi Yuan.

This time, it made him look even more fancy in front of the master.

At the same time, it also strengthened his desire to come back.

He always had a thought that if he didn't return to Genshan Town, he would definitely regret it in the future, so he might as well work hard for a few more years, maybe he could have a bright future.

Of course, the premise of these is naturally the person in front of him.

Immediately, he said again: "Little brother Zhuang, do you have any plans for this year? If you need to, just ask, but I will definitely not refuse anything I can do. Even if I can't do it, I will also think of some ways for you." .”

Such a promise.

It can be said to be Yuan Yi's greatest limit here.

Zhuang Xinyan picked up a fruit, but did not eat it, but rubbed it in his hand.

He nodded and said, "How did Shopkeeper Yuan know that I have plans?"

"Hey, you built such a big workshop, is it possible that it is for pickling salted eggs? I must have other plans." Yuan Yi said, when he was still in the carriage, he saw the newly built workshop, I immediately had an estimate in my mind.

Even before Brother Zhuang said anything, he already had expectations.

Zhuang Xinyan didn't hide it either, he said: "Next, I have an idea, but it's not about food. I wonder if Bafang Pavilion is in the paper business?"

"Paper? Rice paper?" Yuan Yi straightened his back, his face was a little dignified, "Bafang Pavilion contains a variety of businesses, ranging from oil, salt, firewood, rice, to rare treasures, Bafang Pavilion has business. But It's not that we don't have the rice paper you mentioned, it's just that it's a minority, or it can be ignored."

Yuan Yi followed up and said: "Brother Zhuang may be a little unclear. Among the scholars, farmers, businessmen, and merchants, the merchants are the lowest, but there are also some differences among the 'merchants'. Among them, the shops that are stained with 'morale' are a little bit higher, such as libraries, Bookshops and shops dealing in pens, inks, papers and inkstones."

Zhuang Xinyan's face was impermanent, he said: "What does Shopkeeper Yuan mean?"

Yuan Yi smiled wryly: "Ignore the first two, let's just talk about pen, ink, paper and inkstone. No matter which of these four things, none of us in Bafang Pavilion can get our hands on them."

"Why?" Zhuang Xinyan was a little puzzled.

"One of them is Fang Zi, but more importantly, the pen, ink, paper and inkstone in Jiangzhong Prefecture have already been monopolized by the four aristocratic families. Even if you want to do this business, you are nothing more than doing their job." Yuan Yi explained. .

In fact, prescriptions are not troublesome, the world is so big, it is impossible for all the prescriptions with pen, ink, paper and inkstone to be in the hands of these four aristocratic families.

It's just that these four aristocratic families have gone through a hundred years, and none of the objects made by Fangzi outside can be compared with those in the hands of the aristocratic families.

Take paper for example.

The best rice paper always comes from the Jing family in Jiangzhong Prefecture.

There are five grades of paper made by the Jing family, among which the highest grade is tribute, and the other rice paper is sold in various places, basically monopolizing the business in this area.

Yuan Yi straightened his face and said, "Having said so much, it's not that this business can't be done, it's just that it's not easy to do. Unless your price is much lower than those outside, it won't be easy to sell. There are many scholars in the world, among them Most of them are a bit stubborn, the Jingjia paper is a tribute to the offering, and at a similar price, they will often choose the Jingjia."

Zhuang Xinyan kept it in mind.

What shopkeeper Yuan said was really useful to him.

When I decided to make paper before, it was nothing more than flower cakes and salted eggs, and I didn't think too deeply.

But now, as shopkeeper Yuan said, it needs to be weighed carefully.

The old man in the previous life made paper for generations, among which he made the best rice paper, which is definitely not comparable to the current rice paper. If the rice paper he made from the beginning is the best, it will definitely usher in the concerns of various forces. It will be difficult to think about such a peaceful and peaceful life.

Moreover, what Shopkeeper Yuan said now.

It is enough to show that the Jing family in Jiangzhong Prefecture is definitely not something that the Bafang Pavilion can defend, and even the meaning of fear can be heard from the words. If something happens because of the papermaking, the Bafang Pavilion will definitely not be able to protect him.

But even so, Zhuang Xinyan never thought of giving up papermaking.

Instead, I intend to give up the idea of ​​reaching the sky in one step, and decide to boil the frog slowly in warm water from the bottom up.

to be honest.

How could he be a big man without any ambitions.

It's just that Zhuang Xinyan never thought of realizing his ambition immediately, it's not that he doesn't have the ability.

Rather, he enjoyed the process.

Anyway, he has plenty of time, he can spend several years, ten years or even decades to slowly complete this process, and he hopes that his husband and his future children can also participate in it in the future.

So, he said with a slight smile, "Since that's the case, then I'll start with the price."