It's already June, and it's rare to encounter refreshing weather, so Lin Qingyun ordered to prepare a carriage, planning to go out to see the progress of the bookstore, and then visit other bookstores by the way, maybe you can find one or two rare good books.

The egret is used to it, and it is to follow, and the two lark thrushes are greedy for the freshness outside the capital, and they look at it, so they also bring it. Acacia is a stable one, has never liked to go out and shake around, and is doing needlework in his hands when he has nothing to do. Qingyun is not so picky about clothes and other things, a few sets added by the house according to the season are enough to wear, Acacia worked the decoration of the clothes, a piece of clothing is amazing, Qingyun likes it and thinks it is too luxurious, but she doesn't stop her from liking this.

The one who followed the car was my sister-in-law, in addition to the old Yu who was driving, and followed two young people.

The car was parked in its own library, not at the main entrance, but at the small gate in the backyard. Zhu sister-in-law knocked on the door, a twenty-year-old opened the door from the inside, recognized the person, and hurriedly shouted inside, and a clean and beautiful little daughter-in-law ran out to take the car curtain. This is Egret's brother and sister-in-law.

Because there were many craftsmen in front of him, Qingyun put on a hat when he got off the car.

After going around the store, all the large things have been gathered, all of which are decorated according to her previous explanation, only need to polish and paint to dry, install bamboo curtains, curtains, curtains, curtains, curtains, etc., and then decorate all kinds of flowers and utensils, etc., these are all the detailed work in the future.

Previously, Uncle Chen had already sent the first batch of books printed by the Song family carving workshop, and there were no other flaws except that the paper was slightly worse than the official engraving. Or I have repeatedly emphasized that the book is neatly typeset, the handwriting is clear, and there are no errors, but the illustrations in some of the books are slightly unsatisfactory. In a few days, the number of books requested will be complete, and the balance will be paid.

Although the store has been renovated, it is not cluttered, and the bits and pieces are neatly packed.

"You husband and wife are doing things right." Ye Song and his wife came on a cargo ship in Beijing a few days ago, and after signing the deed, she gave a few pastry recipes that she had prepared a long time ago to Ye Song's daughter-in-law and asked her to learn how to make them. Ye Song's daughter-in-law has some talent, and after practicing a few times and getting a few words of guidance from her, she can make pastries with good appearance and taste.

"Don't dare to be a big girl and praise, the minions are just doing their duty." Ye Song and his wife cherish their current errands very much, so they naturally dare not be lazy.

"I will not treat you badly if you do a good job. I asked Uncle Chen to find two delicate and exciting little guys, and sent them another day, and the guests in the store were entertained by them, and the addition of tea and other things belonged to them. You are the shopkeeper, in charge of the big and small things in the store, the people under you are all on you, you teach them the rules in advance, and you can't make mistakes when you officially open the door to do business in the future. Moreover, your daughter-in-law can make pastries, but the tea is not fine, I found another girl who specializes in cooking tea, and the small tea room in the store belongs to her, she only stays in the backyard and does not go to the front, even if she wants to go or there are guests in the store to call her, no! Keep that in mind. After all, she is in the bookstore business, but she doesn't want to have any romantic affairs in her store, even if this kind of thing is really pleasant, if one of them is not good, the reputation of the bookstore will be ruined.

"Yes." Ye Song naturally knew the severity and hurriedly responded.

Qingyun was about to leave, and saw the egret talking to a little boy with his head down, that was Ye Song's youngest son. Thinking that the egret couldn't leave on weekdays, it was difficult to get out, so he asked her to stay here and reunite with her brother and sister-in-law for a day. Although the egret felt that it was not very compliant, but in the end he thought about his family, so he thanked him.

Qingyun left the bookstore and toured in various bookstores, but also found basically rare books. After walking around for an hour in a row, even Qingyun felt tired all the time sitting in the car, not to mention others. I was looking for a place to rest, but I caught a glimpse of a strange building in the corner of my eye, and a flash of surprise flashed in my heart.

"What's that?" She asked, pointing up to a spire building not far away.

Zhu sister-in-law smiled and replied, "The eldest girl is asking where?" I heard that it is a foreigner's temple, what kind of church is called, strange. Big girl, do you want to go and see it? I've heard that many ladies and ladies have been there, but there are some novelties. ”

Bai Ling asked very curiously: "Sister-in-law Zhu, since it is a foreigner's temple, is there a foreigner there?" Do foreigners have red hair and green eyes, and look like monsters? ”

Thrush likes to raise the bar with Bailing, and when she said this, he replied: "What a monster, maybe people look at us as monsters." ”

Qingyun ignored the two of them playing, and became interested in the church, so he ordered to take a look.

When you get out of the car, you will be greeted by this Western church, a typical Gothic building. It is said that this church has existed since the previous dynasty, and the current dynasty renovated and built, the scale is not large, the middle one is the main building, the small courtyard on the left is the living room of the clergy of the church, and the courtyard on the right is a small library. The whole main building of the church has four pointed minarets, grinding bricks and joints, and three brick arches side by side, and exquisite brick carvings can be seen everywhere. The hall of the church is a dome design, the windows on both sides are inlaid with multicolored rose windows, the top is a Western-style glass chandelier, and the church is lined with benches, and in the front is the cross of Jesus and the pulpit.

"Girl, foreigner." Bai Ling suddenly tugged at her, pulling her back from the memory.

Qingyun looked up and saw that he was a Western priest, looking to be forty or fifty years old.

"Father."

"This young lady is good. God loves the world, and Jesus Christ saves the soul of a person who believes in God. The priest spoke very well in Chinese, and he gestured a cross on his chest and handed over the Bible he was holding.

"Thank you, Father." Qingyun opened the green veil in front of the hood, and saw that this Bible was a translated version, so she did not open it, but asked the priest with a smile: "I don't know what the priest is called?" ”

"Miss, you may call me Father Anderson." Anderson is just a transliteration of the priest's surname, and people here do not understand the awkward English, and because Anderson is very similar to the structure of the Chinese name, so many people who do not understand it call him Father An, and Anderson is not surprised.

"Father Anderson, this is the first time I have come back to the church, and I have heard that there is a small library in the courtyard next to the church, which is full of Western books that the priest brought from Europe, and I am very interested." Qingyun straight to the purpose.

Father Anderson looked at her with a slight surprise, not because she was curious about Western books, but because of her pronunciation. After all, Qingjun has received modern education, English is a compulsory subject, so shouting the surname "Anderson" is not as blunt as others, and even directly regarded as three-character Chinese, but her pronunciation is smooth and natural, quite the essence of English pronunciation.

Father Anderson was immediately very interested in this young lady, and treated her differently from ordinary believers: "Since young lady is interested, I will take her on a tour." ”

"My surname is Lin, and there is Father Lao." Qingyun came to the church on a whim, but at this time, she suddenly had many ideas. If you can maintain a friendly relationship with the priest, you may be able to rely on the priest's relationship to get a lot of new and interesting utensils and books from Europe, which is better than being a woman in the house who doesn't know anything about foreign affairs.

As soon as he passed the courtyard gate, he was greeted by two people dressed as guards.

"Father Anderson, my master is inside." One person opened his mouth to explain, but he was also worried about a female guest, and he was afraid that he would go in and collide without knowing it.

Qingyun paid attention to the clothes of the two guards, which was obviously not an ordinary mansion, and saw that the two of them were wearing a waist tag on their waists, which seemed to have the words "pure palace" on them. My heart moved slightly, and I immediately understood the identities of the two of them, and also knew who the "master" in the library was.

- Prince Chun, in vain!

When it comes to Prince Chun, I'm afraid that no one doesn't know, but only a handful of people have seen him. Prince Chun is the seventh son of today, born to the queen of the main palace, and has been favored by the emperor since he was a child, unlike his brothers. However, the reason for this favor is also quite embarrassing when you think about it. When Prince Chun was a child, he accidentally ate poisonous powdered sugar chestnut cake in the imperial study, and his life was in danger, although he was finally saved, his body collapsed, and he spent twelve months a year, and ten months were spent in medicine. Now he already loves the youngest son-in-law, and because he blocked a catastrophe for him, he is more and more distressed and guilty, and when he was fifteen years old, he decreed that he should be crowned a pure prince.

It's strange to say, this pure prince is easy to understand, but he is nearly twenty years old, but he has never heard any family affairs until today.

Lin Qingyun didn't think much about it, since there were nobles in it, then he would come back another day.

was about to say goodbye to the priest, but he saw a clever little guy running out of the library, and said: "This girl stays, it's not easy for the girl to go out once, you don't have to avoid it, my master is leaving." ”

As he spoke, a tall figure walked out, and Qingyun only glanced at it and then hurriedly stood sideways, even if he wore a hat, he habitually bowed his head slightly. Through the swaying green veil of the hat, I only vaguely saw that the other party was wearing a stone blue tuanhua brocade robe, and there was a moist and creamy auspicious cloud Ruyi pendant around his waist, and he stopped when he was discharged from the hospital, as if he was looking at it, as if she were in substance, which made her frown slightly.

This is not like the pure prince with a weak body and a gentle jade as rumored by the outside world.

It wasn't until the palace and his party walked away that Qingyun straightened up, only to hear the Bailing thrush beside her exaggerated breath, but made her laugh: "Look at your little bit of talent, can the prince eat you?" ”

Bailing Thrush's face turned red, and he didn't follow: "We are not girls, we are such grassy little people, where have we seen a big battle, but we are not bluffed." The girl laughed at us! ”

"Okay, don't babble when you enter the library in a while." Qingyun nodded to the priest and apologized, and said as she entered the door of the library, "Father Lao introduced me to you." ”

Anderson built this library in the first place to spread all kinds of Western knowledge here, and immediately introduced the books in the library. It is similar to a modern library, with large shelves, the books on the top are divided into types, and arranged in English alphabetical order, and there is a general catalogue of books, if you need any books, you can immediately find the location by looking through the booklet, which is very convenient and fast.

Qingyun used this method in the appreciation of the building, and specially instructed Ye Song several times for this purpose. One of the reasons why Ye Song was chosen to take care of the library was that Ye Song was literate. Ye Song is a diligent and hard-working person, just because he was on an errand in the Lin family at the beginning, and seeing that the account room only needs to sit and write accounts on the abacus, it is very idle and trouble-free, so he has the heart to learn, and he will eventually gain after many years.

"That's interesting." Lin Qingjun pulled out a book from the shelf, which was a book of mathematical geometry.

Anderson was even more surprised, he didn't think that a young lady would be interested in geometry, and even European women didn't read this kind of book.

Qingyun just has a feeling of being lost for a long time, as if seeing this, it is like returning to modern time.

He continued to browse next to the bookshelf, his eyes stopped, and he blurted out in surprise: "There is Shakespeare!" ”

"Miss Lin also knows Shakespeare? He is a very famous dramatist in my country, but unfortunately he has passed away for many years. I came with a lot of Shakespeare's plays, but I had limited energy, and there were too few people who could translate the two Chinese, so no matter how good these books were, they could not be translated and no one could understand them. Father Anderson said with a look of surprise: "Miss Lin actually recognizes English?" I've been □□ for so many years, and I can count all the people who are interested in English, and there is no woman. Miss Lin is amazing. ”

The previous geometry book had been translated, so they didn't pay attention to each other, and Lin Qingyun was too late to change his words.

"When I was a child, I met a missionary and I learned a little English from him because I liked to hear him talk about everything." Although it was a casual fabrication, the imperial court now traded with foreign countries, and religious control was not strict, and many missionaries traveled across the ocean to spread their teachings. These missionaries were like ascetics in China, who traveled all over the country to proselytize the people and spread Christianity, and only then did they choose a place and ask the imperial court for permission to build a church. So even Father Anderson doesn't necessarily know all the missionaries who have been to □□, let alone many years ago.

Bailing and Thrush looked surprised and worshipped, Qingyun looked funny, and was glad that it was the two of her who came with her, if the egret was changed, even if he didn't question it, he was afraid that he would feel weird.

Father Anderson didn't investigate whether it was true or not, anyway, it was a fact that she knew English, so she smiled and said, "In your words, Miss Lin is related to Christ." ”

Lin Qingyun didn't expect this priest to be so funny, and couldn't help but laugh too. Eventually, Lin Qingjun consulted with Father Anderson, and she helped translate the original document, and after the translation was completed, the priest presented the original document to her. Although she was not good enough to translate the original text, as long as she translated it roughly, she could ask Father Anderson to complete some difficult parts, so she immediately agreed.

She decided to put the translation in the library at that time, of course, some parts of the book needed to be cut in consideration of the national situation. This made her very helpless, as if she used to watch abridged foreign language films in modern times. If it is placed in another place, no one outside knows who she is, and there is no need to be so taboo. In the end, she is the girl's family who has not left the cabinet, representing the face of the Lin family, and she dares to be careless.

With Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice in hand, Lin Qingjun said goodbye to Father Anderson and left the church.

As soon as the carriage turned a corner, it suddenly stopped, Lin Qingyun was unexpectedly almost loaded on the wall of the car, and the two lark thrushes fell into a ball.

"What's going on?"

"Big girl, you didn't fall, did you?" Zhu Sister-in-law's worried voice came in, and she seemed to have said something to someone, and then she came back to answer, but there was a smile in her voice: "Big girl, you said that it was a coincidence, we almost collided with a car head-on, but it was Lord Zhang's car." ”

Lord Zhang? Zhang Ming? Such a coincidence.

Just as he was puzzled, a man's voice sounded outside the car window, which seemed familiar, and it was indeed Zhang Ming. When I lived in Zhang's house, I also met once or twice, and after talking, I had the impression that Zhang Ming was very polite and polite, and with the unique arrogance of a scholar. It's not annoying.

"Miss Lin is okay, right? It's all recklessness and almost collided with the girl. ”

"Don't mind, Lord Zhang, I didn't fall." Qingyun still remembered where he was, and knew that his residence was not nearby, so he casually asked, "Where is Lord Zhang going at this hour?" If you have something to do, just go first, don't delay. ”

"I just got off duty, and I was about to go to Lord Zhao's mansion for a banquet." Zhang Ming didn't know how to talk too much with a girl's family on the street, so after a few sentences, he retreated to the side of the road, and waited for Lin Qingyun's carriage to leave before re-boarding the car.

The two Bailing thrushes also heard the identity of the people outside, squeezed their eyebrows and laughed quietly, and carefully lifted the window screen to see what Zhang Ming looked like. Zhu sister-in-law followed outside, and when she saw the two of them, she coughed, and her eyes glared at each other.

Lin Qingyun didn't care about them, only wondered who the "Lord Zhao" in Zhang Ming's mouth was, and it seemed that he had a good relationship with him.