I pretend to be a fairy in ancient times

Zhao Ji wanted to find something meaningful for Mrs. Xiao to do, so that she would not be thinking about the grandson she would never be able to hold, or counting the eggs at home.

But he racked his brains, but he just couldn't figure out what to ask Mrs. Xiao to do.

The point is not that there are unexpected things to pass the time, the point is that it must be meaningful.Mrs. Xiao does things that simply kill time, such as going to Xia's house to play cards, such as holding an embroidery frame, saying that she is embroidering, but in fact she doesn't make stitches for half a day.

The so-called much ado about nothing is to describe Miss Xiao's current state.In the past two days, things at home have been straightened out. Apart from preventing the servants from stealing, she doesn't allow the servants to rest. As long as she sees them, she doesn't beat and scold and punish them. She just orders them to sweep the floor and clean the table.

Recently, the house has been cleaned up spotlessly, but the servants are avoiding Mrs. Xiao, Zhao Ji also sees it, and thinks this is not good.Even if you treat servants, you should be lenient and strict, and you should give them some sweetness occasionally, and let them rest when it's time to rest, so that they are willing to work happily.

Successful managers in modern society know that only by letting employees have a sense of belonging and honor can they generate greater benefits for the company.Zhao Ji feels that this theory is applicable no matter what kind of social background it is in.Only when the servant loves the master's family, will the servant consider everything for you.If the master treats the servants too harshly, even if they have no ability to retaliate positively, but you will definitely not find out if they secretly spit in your food.

Granny Xia was a little better, because she had some Taoist beliefs. On the day she moved to this house, she went to invite the Sanqing Statue back.Taoism in this era seems to be more prosperous than Buddhism. As a lay Buddhist who converts to Taoism, Mrs. Xia has to do the same things as those old ladies who believe in Buddhism. On the fifteenth day of every lunar month, a volume of the "Qing Jing Jing" should be copied and burned when burning incense in Taoist temples.Every year during the Sanyuan Festival, I will go to a nearby Taoist temple to participate in the Fa Conference.

It’s the end of June now, and it’s not far from the Ghost Festival. Father Zhao died this year, and Mrs. Xia has already made an agreement with Daoist Liu at the Zhenwu Temple outside the city. , has already donated 20 taels of sesame oil money, and asked Zhao Ji to copy a volume of "Taishang Lingbao's Rebirth and Rescue Suffering Sutra" to be incinerated at that time. For this, Zhao Ji is practicing calligraphy hard, so as not to have time to write it out The handwriting is too ugly to be seen by others.

Granny Xia usually has entertainment and the support of her faith. After getting out of the precarious state of suffering, she has calmed down recently.

But Zhao Ji didn't want to persuade Mrs. Xiao to believe in religion. According to the legendary experience he fabricated and Mrs. Xiao's trust in her son, as long as he persuaded Mrs. Xiao to convert, she would definitely be willing.

It must be admitted that religion has a soothing effect, but it is an indisputable fact that religion makes money. 20 taels of sesame oil is not cheap.

The last time he saved Master Jiang's life, he only received 20 taels of silver. Zhao Ji felt that he might not be able to afford two women with faith.

Speaking of meaningful things, the first thing he thinks of is hobbies such as piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

But Mrs. Xiao doesn't look like a person interested in art. In Zhao Ji's original memory, Mrs. Xiao could also play two-handed chess and draw some embroidery patterns, but she was not keen on these things, and If you haven't been praised by others, you don't have much talent.

If you have neither talent nor love, there is no need to force it.

In fact, according to Zhao Ji's idea, letting Miss Xiao find a second spring is the best solution.

It's a pity that Mrs. Xiao will definitely not be willing. Apart from the influence of the Confucian chastity concept, there is another layer of practical thinking.If Zhao Ji was really a 16-year-old boy, he might not understand.But combined with the reasons why older single young women in modern society are unwilling to get married, Zhao Ji actually understands Miss Xiao's subconscious thoughts a little bit.

She had never had love in her life, and marriage was just a career for him.After Zhao's father died, she entered an early retirement state.If the family is in a difficult situation, Miss Xiao may choose to remarry in order to survive.For population issues, the imperial court also encouraged remarriage.

But now that her family is rich, she doesn't need to wrong herself at all, so why should she remarry?

People who marry for love rather than for life are rare even in modern society with abundant material, let alone in ancient times when women had no economic autonomy.

Of course, there will be physiological needs, and there are various ways to solve them in modern society, but women in this era, apart from getting married, seem to have no choice but to endure.

Mrs. Xiao is already in her 30s, she is not young and young, she is more obsessed with the authority of the mistress of the Zhao family than to endure loneliness.After many years, a daughter-in-law has become a mother-in-law. She has already succeeded more than half, why start all over again.

There are some things that don't need to be said clearly, Zhao Ji has already seen Xiao Niangzi's choice.

If she is lucky enough to meet someone she admires in the years to come, her thoughts may change.But this is very difficult. As people grow older, an invisible cocoon will slowly grow in the heart, and the cocoon will become thicker and thicker and become a shell until the heart is completely closed.

After rejecting several proposals in a row, Zhao Ji felt a little discouraged.

Jiang Xu chose a piece of light purple cloth, and said timidly to Mrs. Xiao, "Grandma Xiao, I have chosen it. You can make my skirt bigger, so that I can wear it for two more years."

Mrs. Xiao smiled and said, "Xu'er is so good. She knows how to be frugal at a young age. You can't learn from your master and spend money lavishly. You don't have any calculations in your mind. You must have thought I was petty just now."

Zhao Ji apologized with a sly smile, his expression just now was so obvious that Mrs. Xiao could see it.

Mrs. Xiao shook her head, "Women learn to host the middle school. Our Baoer is a man. He thinks it's not worth calculating trivial things, and disdains such small things. I don't have to make it difficult for you as a mother. I'd better teach you." Xu'er, when you get old in the future, let your apprentice take care of you."

Hearing her words suddenly inspired Zhao Ji.When Mrs. Xiao talked about calculations, he thought of mathematics.

He can teach Xiao Niangzi and Jiang Xu mathematics and statistical methods, and let them use them to keep accounts.When it comes to bookkeeping, he thinks of a handbook diary again.

Zhao Ji remembers that there used to be a female colleague in the same department who liked to keep a journal to record her life trajectory, and even made a three-dimensional one, which was very beautiful.

Zhao Ji was still worrying that he couldn't teach Jiang Xu's cultural lessons at his level, so he wanted to ask Master Jiang to do it for him.But if you think about it carefully, his purpose of recruiting young children as apprentices is to keep them from being influenced by traditional ideas.Wouldn't it be contrary to the original intention of recruiting young children if Master Jiang was to teach it?

Today, he suddenly thought that Jiang Xu could complete her cultural education by letting Jiang Xu write a diary.

Let Jiang Xu record his life trajectory every day while reading by himself, and complete cultural education through continuous writing training.At the same time, teach her medical knowledge, ask her to take notes at any time, and then ask her to write a study report every month. Speaking of which, this is a self-study process.

The same method can also be used on Mrs. Xiao, allowing her to record her life every day.

In order to make this kind of record not too boring, you can let several people write diaries at the same time, and then exchange and watch each other, just like posting on Weibo or Moments.

In fact, this method existed long before the advent of mobile phones, and it was called making pen pals.In addition to communicating with strangers, there are also people who have known each other before, passing each other to read each other's diaries. Zhao Ji's uncle had an exchange diary written when he was young. One day, his cousin Zhao Qing accidentally dug it out. After that, the two siblings secretly watched it, only to find that the uncle was still a literary youth when he was young.

Later, Zhao Ji knew that the uncle may not be a literary youth, he just wanted to show a better version of himself in front of others, just like later on people like to show a better version of themselves in the circle of friends.

In any case, Zhao Ji felt that he had come up with a good idea.

In order to lead by example, he decided to write a diary himself. In order to expand his influence, Xia Peng Xia Xiao and Xia Lian'er of the Xia family can also join in. As for Mrs. Zhou, Mrs. Xia, and Uncle Xia, Zhao Ji It cannot be forced.

The current Zhao Ji still doesn't know that this act of his on the spur of the moment will spark a trend of exchanging diaries in Jian'an City. As time goes by, it will be gradually imitated by people who follow the trend in other places, and finally evolve into a trend that sweeps the entire continent. Jin trend.Many years later, many great writers who are famous for their diaries have even emerged, but that is all a hundred years later, and it is still in the initial stage.

Zhao Ji asked Jiang Xu to write a diary, which was regarded as an assignment, and she dared not have the slightest opinion.

In fact, the diaries, travel notes, and notes all existed a long time ago, but the practice of passing them on to each other is still a bit novel to Mrs. Xiao, which makes her a little eager to try and a little embarrassed. "Bao'er, mother hasn't read or written for many years, I'm afraid it will make people laugh."

Zhao Ji smiled and said, "Jokes are passed on among relatives, which is similar to our usual chats. Isn't this going to set an example for Xu'er and the Xia family children, mother, please help It is impossible to treat Mrs. Xiao with the same attitude as Jiang Xu. Of course, what Zhao Ji said this time was not to assign homework, but to ask her for help.

Since it was Zhao Ji who asked, and this form of exchanging diaries did arouse Miss Xiao's interest, she quickly agreed to Zhao Ji's request.

As for teaching mathematics, let’s talk about it tomorrow. Zhao Ji thinks he still needs to write some lesson plans and write a comparison between Arabic numerals and Chinese characters. It is relatively troublesome to write it out, and I have to be a guest at the National Teacher's Mansion today, so it should be too late to sort it out.

So, let Jiang Xu and Lady Xiao write out the diary for the time being today.

After Mrs. Xiao promised to start writing a diary today, Zhao Ji went to measure Old Madam Xia's blood pressure again. It was indeed a bit high, but not enough for medication.

When people get old, they are prone to be plagued by various diseases. Zhao Ji has no good way to do this. He can only tell the maids in charge of cooking, Zhang Ma and Li Ma, to make the dishes at home as light as possible.

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