Farming and teaching across different worlds

Li Wen was the first to say impatiently, "What's going on with Brother Liu, why hasn't he arrived yet?"

Several people are not very clear about the affairs of Liu Xiang's family, even Wang Shuo, who lives in the same room, knows little about it.

I only know that the situation in his family is a bit complicated, as if the current mother is not his real mother.

"Maybe it's because of family affairs." Wang Shuo knew something about Liu Xiang's situation, so he couldn't help explaining to him.

"It's about this time, maybe it won't come, let's not wait."

In the end, it was Lu Yunze who made the decision.

Several people ordered and started eating.

Regarding Ji Xiuran's request, Lu Yunze did not forget, and when Xiao Er finished serving the dishes and was about to go out, he said aloud, "Xiao Er, can you let the shopkeeper come over?"

Xiaoer nodded in agreement, and after going out for a while, the shopkeeper came in.

Smiling and saluting, he asked, "I don't know what your orders are from all the guests?"

"The shopkeeper doesn't need to be too polite. We are all Brother Zeng's classmates. I came to you to ask about Brother Zeng's situation." Lu Yunze said back to the shopkeeper.

"Thank you for thinking about our third young master. Now the third young master is in the mansion. If necessary, I can help you pass the message."

Knowing that these people were looking for the third young master, the shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief.

"Then trouble the shopkeeper to tell the shopkeeper that Piaoxianglou will be waiting at noon tomorrow." Lu Yunze looked at Ji Xiuran, and Ji Xiuran took the conversation and said to the shopkeeper.

After the shopkeeper left, Lu Yunze raised his wine glass and said, "I would like to offer a toast to all of you. This time we are separated, it is not easy to meet each other. I hope that each of us will work hard in the future, and when we meet again in the examination room in two years, we will all succeed in one fell swoop."

Ji Xiuran also raised the teacup in front of him, and said to everyone sitting: "I will replace wine with tea, and I respect you all. Although I can't read with you at night and discuss knowledge together, the imperial examination in two years is waiting for your good news. mutual encouragement."

Everyone else raised their glasses and drank the wine.

After a few people finished their meal, they went back to the inn to rest, but Liu Xiang still had no news.

Ji Xiuran said to Li Wen: "Wen Yuan, please find someone to send a letter to Liu Xiang."

Li Wen nodded and went out to find someone to deliver the letter.

The next morning, several people wanted to thank their husband. Li Wencai received a reply before leaving, saying that Liu Xiang's family had something to do and couldn't come, so they were relieved to go about their own affairs.

Li Wen and the others learned from the same school, so they acted together.

And Ji Xiuran and Shi Jingchen went to visit Mr. Xi.

When we arrived at the husband's house, we first went to the main hall, met with the teacher's wife, and gave the candies he brought to the teacher's wife, and then Ji Xiuran went to the study to find his teacher.

Mr. Xi happened to be taking a rest today, so he was very happy to know that Ji Xiuran was here.

Before when Ji Xiuran came, he gave him a few books, hoping that Ji Xiuran would think about it and continue the imperial examination. Now that he came to the door, he must have thought it through.

After meeting Mr. Ji Xiuran, he didn't delay too much, and said straight to the point: "Teacher, the student intends to continue the imperial examination, but due to family reasons, he can't go to the academy for further studies. Teacher, please continue to guide the students."

After speaking, he made a long bow and gave a big gift to Mr. Xi.

Regarding Mr. Xi, there has been a lot of gossip circulating in the school;

Some people say that Mr. Xi used to come from a big family and was very knowledgeable.

Some people also said that Mr. Xi had passed the Jinshi examination, but he didn't want to be an official, so he became a teacher in this small place.

Ji Xiuran doesn't know whether these rumors are credible, but he knows that Mr. Xi's knowledge is really good, and he is indeed capable of guiding him to continue his scientific research.

Hearing Ji Xiuran's words, Mr. Xi stroked his beard, looked at him with a smile, motioned him to excuse himself, and then said: "I know you will figure it out. With your ability, there will be a place in the provincial examination two years later. That's it." It’s a pity to give up, but fortunately you figured it out, then the old man will definitely teach you with all his strength, and he will go to the city every month from now on, is it possible?”

"It's okay, teacher, don't worry."

"En." Mr. Xi nodded, and then began to test Ji Xiuran's study of the previous books.

Give answers to Ji Xiuran's unclear points.

After such an hour, the two of them ended the teaching.

Regarding this matter, the teacher's wife also sent someone to ask them to have dinner, but Ji Xiuran still wanted to make an appointment with Zeng Junhui at noon, so he had no choice but to refuse, and said goodbye to Shi Jingchen and left.

Chapter 18

After solving the problem of continuing to study in the future, it is time to solve the problem of money.

He and Shi Jingchen rushed to Piaoxianglou to wait for Zeng Junhui to attend the appointment.

Ji Xiuran and Shi Jingchen mentioned that they sat down in the box of Piaoxiang Building, waiting for Zeng Junhui's arrival.

Not long after, Zeng Junhui waved a fan and Shi Shi ran in.

Looking at this autumn man who is still waving his fan and acting like a playboy, it's no wonder that the original owner looked down on him.

Ji Xiuran didn't have any prejudice against him, but he thought it was silly to fan him around with a fan.

After Zeng Junhui came in, he raised his eyebrows, sat across from Ji Xiuran and said, "I'm looking for a talented man, what's the matter?"

Ji Xiuran didn't bother him, he took out the candy box and opened it, pushed it down in front of him, and motioned him to take a piece to eat.

Zeng Junhui looked at these unseen foods, which looked delicious, and immediately became interested, and without being polite to Ji Xiuran, he picked up a lollipop and ate it.

Ji Xiuran saw that he took the lollipop first, and didn't know what to say for a while, after all, when eating this lollipop, he had to hold it and lick it, which was a bit rude.

Although he added in the middle when he made it, and later picked wild raspberry jam, the middle has a touch of bright red, which looks good and tastes delicious.

But when they fed Li Wen and the others before, they all cared about the unsightly taste of the food, so they didn't try it.

On the contrary, with Zeng Junhui, he didn't pay so much attention. Speaking of which, this person is really informal.

Ji Xiuran picked up the teacup, drank it slowly, and patiently waited for him to taste it carefully.

Seeing that the man was eating more and more happily, but there was no sign of speaking, he put down his teacup and asked, "How does it taste?"

Zeng Junhui nodded while eating the lollipop. The taste is very good, especially the red sandwich in the middle, which tastes better in his mouth.

"Then, do you want to do this business?" Ji Xiuran didn't try to play tricks on him, and straightforwardly explained his intentions.

Zeng Junhui raised his eyebrows knowingly, it really is for this business, but it is indeed a good business.

Now that he has passed the scholar examination, he has fulfilled the agreement with his father, and he is free to do whatever he wants in the future.

And he didn't plan to continue studying, he didn't want to do that, he liked doing business more than studying.

But he didn't intend to take over the family's ancestral business, anyway, the eldest and second brothers in the family didn't want to go home and compete with them for the property.

So recently I was thinking about doing business, Ji Xiuran came at the right time.

"I'll take over this deal. I don't know what brother Xiuran plans to do?" Zeng Junhui is not a hypocritical person, he has made a decision in his heart, so he agrees directly.

"I'll buy you the prescription."

This was a decision made by Ji Xiuran after careful consideration.

These candies are exquisitely packaged and can go the high-end route.

But he himself lacks contacts to achieve this goal, so he has to settle for the next best thing.

And it's best to have a shop in this business, and he doesn't have one.

He didn't meet all of the above conditions, so he might as well sell Fangzi directly, get a sum of money, build the house first, and then make further plans.

And it doesn't hurt him to do so.

What he is making now is only a small part of the sweets he knows. As long as there is the first cooperation, after he develops a new product, this person will definitely ask him for a prescription. Such a cheap thing.

Zeng Junhui was a little surprised when he heard that he sold the prescription directly.

He could foresee that this new food would definitely become popular in the upper class, so he intended to buy out Fang Zi directly, but he didn't expect Ji Xiuran to propose it on his own initiative.

Of course he came without any objection, and directly wrote the contract, and the three prescriptions gave 350 taels of silver.

This number was set by Zeng Junhui, and it was a bit higher than Ji Xiuran's psychological price.

He didn't hesitate too much, so he agreed directly.

The value brought by these three prescriptions in the future far exceeds this amount, and Zeng Junhui is not at a disadvantage, so Ji Xiuran is not guilty at all of taking it.

Just writing down the method, some things are still unclear, so they stayed here for two more days, taught the people Zeng Junhui had found, and finally gave them the methods of making juice and jam, so they understood the matter.

Zeng Junhui was very satisfied, especially when Ji Xiuran finally gave him a jar of wild raspberry jam that he brought earlier.

These wild raspberries were specially picked by a few children for Ji Xiuran later on. There was only one basket, and the taste was very good, but the quantity was small.

Ji Xiuran only made three bottles of jam, one bottle was given to several children as a reward, the other bottle was kept for himself, and the last bottle was given to Zeng Junhui.

After Ji Xiuran was busy with Zeng Junhui's affairs, he had time to take care of his own affairs.

He took Shi Jingchen to the street to do some shopping, and was about to go home.

Now that he has a huge sum of money, he can naturally buy whatever he wants.

What kind of oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and meat are all must-buys. In addition, I bought some snacks, some tea and a few jars of wine.

After he became a scholar, the family thought about waiting for him to go home before formally entertaining guests. Unexpectedly, after he went back, he was ill, and it has been delayed until now.

Having made a lot of money this time, this banquet cannot be delayed any longer. These things are essential for entertaining the whole village.

Other than that, he didn't dare to buy anything else.

After taking back the cloth he bought earlier, Mother Ji distributed it to two sister-in-laws to make clothes for the family.