Farming and teaching across different worlds

This kind of person doesn't like polite greetings, so Ji Xiuran stopped being polite to him.

"Brother Shu, why are you here at this time of year?"

"The scenery everywhere is divided into seasons. This time I came here to see the spring scenery. By the way, I will congratulate Brother Ji." After speaking, he took out a scroll and handed it to Ji Xiuran. Ji Xiuran took it and opened it. It was a painting by Mr. It is a landscape, not the scenery of Daqingshan, but it can also be seen that it is a masterpiece.There is also an inkstone, which is very useful for Ji Xiuran, Ji Xiuran smiled and said to Mr. Shu: "Brother Shu will spend the money."

Mr. Shu waved his hand indifferently, these things are nothing to him.He only heard about Ji Xiuran's Zhongju when he came here, and the ceremony is also the most suitable one that he can offer by his side now.

"Brother Ji likes it as long as he likes it. When Brother Ji arrives in the capital next March, I will treat him well."

"Oh? Brother Shu will go to the capital next year?"

"It's not surprising that next year, I will be in the capital next spring."

Ji Xiuran nodded to show that he knew it. He had heard Mr. Xi mention Mr. Shu's family background before. His ancestors once had "a family of four Jinshi, father and son both came from Jiangyin Shu's family". It was a well-known local family, but Mr. Shu The children of father's generation who were not outstanding have begun to show signs of decline, especially after the death of Mr. Shu's grandfather, this trend has become more and more obvious.

It's just that it doesn't have much influence on Mr. Shu. One is because of Mr. Shu's own talent, he has a high attainment in painting, and his reputation is also very famous. The other is that Mr. Shu's mother is from the Hou Mansion, the daughter of the Wu'an Hou family. There is a grandfather of Lord Hou, who is still very confident, and their family should have a house in the capital, so it is not surprising that he goes to the capital.

"I have something to ask for this time." Mr. Shu said his reason for coming, "I don't know if there is any wine that Brother Ji gave me before. I rented it in and out of Beijing for my birthday. I want to give him some." Shu The young master may not be very used to asking people directly for things like this, so when he said it, he was a little embarrassed.

Ji Xiuran nodded knowingly, and said, "It's easy to talk about, just talk about as much as you need." He still got the wine.And this year he wants to increase the amount of wine production, and now he has the opportunity to push his wine into the aristocratic circle of the capital, which he can't wait for.Although his family's wines are now well-known, they are mostly located in the cities on both sides of the river, where Zeng Junhui's business covers, and not many people know about places as far away as the capital.With Mr. Shu's help this time, things will be much easier when Zeng Junhui gets his business to the capital.

"This time there is a lot of quantity, I will pay for it, but I hope that Ji Xiong will give me some top quality wine, the quality should be at least equal to the ones Ji Xiong gave me last time."

Ji Xiuran thought for a while, then nodded, "How much do you need?" The wine that was given to him last time was indeed a batch of high quality, and there was still some in stock, and it was not the best wine here, so Ji Xiuran didn't feel bad.He said directly: "No need to buy it, I will give it to you."

Mr. Shu wanted to shirk, but when he saw that Ji Xiuran was really not reluctant, he agreed. Ji Xiuran also gave him a bottle of gin that he had stored for three years. This is the best wine in Ji Xiuran's hands. The son is very happy.Before leaving, he specially drew a panoramic picture of Qingshan Village and gave it to Ji Xiuran. The picture showed the stone bridge, the bustle of the bridgehead market, the Ji Family School and the foot of Daqingshan, which reflected the reality of Qingshan Village in the painting. On paper, Ji Xiuran likes it very much.

After sending Mr. Shu away, Ji Xiuran took the time to take stock of the properties under his name, thinking that he would be away for about half a year when he came to Beijing, so he had to explain these things clearly.The Shi family brothers are in charge of the mountain. Now that there is a big mountain, there are many more things. However, the five brothers of the Shi family have come to help, and they can still be busy, so the affairs of the mountain are still left to them. Let them come to Father Ji if they can't solve it.Now Ji Xiuran has handed over all the family affairs to Father Ji.Originally, Ji Xiuran didn't want Ji's father to be so tired, but Ji's father didn't want to. A person who has been doing farm work and hunting for a long time is very strong, and he doesn't feel tired at all.Ji Xiuran looked at Father Ji who was physically strong, and agreed to teach him everything.

The ten mu of land and the lotus pond circled by Ji Xiuran were taken by Senior Brother Lu. Ji Xiuran thought that he had done a lot of research on agricultural economics and water conservancy, so he gave it to him and let him do whatever he wanted.The rest of the fields were planted by Father Ji.

Liu Xiang is still in charge of the school, although now he has to be distracted to prepare for the next year's autumn, but Ji Xiuran thinks that after he passes this spring, he will come back no matter whether he wins or not.If he passed the exam, he didn't want to choose an official, just come back and be his teacher with peace of mind. If he didn't pass the exam, he would also come back to manage his own school, and prepare to take the exam three years later.So no matter whether he wins or loses Liu Xiang's time for another year, Ji Xiuran can take over the matter and manage the school wholeheartedly.

After such a long period of experimentation and improvement, the paper workshop can finally produce good paper of the same quality as the ones sold on the market, but Ji Xiuran's paper quality is still not good enough, and he has no competitiveness and no sales to the outside world. He has always produced it himself Self-selling, so although the paper mill has been producing, it has no income.Zhao Shan feels guilty, and has been working hard to improve the papermaking recipe, hoping to produce ultra-high-quality paper, which can be sold externally at that time.Ji Xiuran was also very relieved of Zhao Shan's work. During his absence, Zhao Shan was still in charge of the paper mill.

Lime kilns and brick kilns are completely different, because the building materials used in the new yard were all new materials produced by lime kilns and brick kilns. So even if Ji Xiuran didn't have anything to publicize about the lime and red bricks, the nearby villagers all knew about these new things produced by the Ji family.

During this period of time, orders from these two places have already been booked until the end of the year.Although the quality of red bricks is not as good as that of green bricks, the price is cheap. The conditions in the village have improved a lot, and people have long thought about building brick houses. With such good things, they are of course rushing to buy them.

For a while, the business of the brick and tile kilns was very good, but the manpower was limited and the output was insufficient, so they had to be booked in advance. In this way, the output of the brick and tile kilns before the year was all booked out.

Although there are a lot of things to do in the brick and tile kiln, Li Chen and the others are still doing a good job, so Ji Xiuran continues to let them take care of it.It's just that the accounts of these places are all handed over to the old accountant. Ji Xiuran's doing this is not because he doesn't trust them, but because he is afraid that the money will move people's hearts, just in case.

He handed over the matter of the laboratory to Zhou Jun, and Daoist Qingyue gave him some privileges so that he could study his own weird formula.

Chapter 66

After all this work, the annual busy farming season is ushered in. In the past few days, except for Ji Xiuran who has to study and teach, everyone else in the Ji family is busy working in the fields.When Ji Xiuran walked to the corner near his home after class, he heard the noise coming from the front.

Turning the corner, he saw a dozen people surrounding his house.At this time, everyone in the village was busy working in the fields, and those who didn't work in the fields had to go to the Qiaotou market to sell their stalls. Ji Xiuran couldn't think of anyone who would hang around other people's houses so leisurely.

He looked around, and found that most of them were people he was not familiar with. Although he had been in Qingshan Village for two years, there were still many aunts and aunts in the village that he couldn't name, let alone those young girls. acquainted.So these people he doesn't know should be people who don't have much friendship with his family.

I just don't know why they surrounded his house today.Looking at the women in a circle, he was in a dilemma for a while, and just when he decided to ignore these people for the time being and turned around to check the situation in the field, someone in the crowd called out: "Ji Ju is back. Well, Xiuping, don't cry, just talk to Ji Juren if you have anything."

The people surrounding him spread out, and it was great to reveal the person who had been surrounded before, a young woman.Ji Xiuran took a look and found that he didn't know him, so he frowned and said nothing. No matter what happened, it would always make people feel unhappy to be crying at the door blocked by strangers.

Surrounded by the crowd, the woman looked at Ji Xiuran, but didn't say anything, just watched him cry all the time, Ji Xiuran didn't feel as upset as he did.A stranger looks at you, doesn't say anything, and keeps crying, no matter how well-bred you are, you can't bear it.

The person next to the woman who had just spoken poked her and said, "Xiu Ping, don't keep crying. Tell me what you feel wronged. Ji Juren is standing in front of you. He will never let you feel wronged."

Hearing this, Ji Xiuran frowned, and said, "Sister, if you have any grievances, you can go to the village chief to make decisions. I don't care about village affairs, so I can't make decisions for you."

The woman who spoke just now heard Ji Xiuran's words, and said dissatisfiedly: "Hey, I said Ji Juren, this is your fault, you and Xiuping will soon become a family, who will she look for if she doesn't look for you?"

"Don't talk nonsense, old lady. I don't know this big sister. Don't talk about your family. I'm not afraid of a married person, but it's bad if it ruins other people's reputation." Ji Xiuran scolded .Everyone in the village knew about his relationship with Shi Jingchen, and the relationship was very good, so the whole family was talking nonsense.

"Hey, why don't you admit it, Xiuping, hurry up and say something, don't cry anymore." The aunt looked at Ji Xiuran