Early the next morning, after breakfast, Wang Yuan followed Huang San to take a look at the newly dug well.

The water used in the house has always been the water from the pond in front of the door, although it is also a clear and unpolluted water source, but Wang Yuan always felt that it was not hygienic and convenient, so Huang San gave up the progress of repairing the inner walls of several houses in the house, and instead dug a well in the patio of the back house.

When he finished work last night, it was said that water had come out of the well, and early in the morning, Huang San shouted for Wang Yuan to take a look. Wang Yuan followed Huang San to the corner of the side courtyard of the inner house, and saw that a derrick had been erected above the bluestone wellhead, and a long rope had been hanging on the top of it.

"Brother Wang, come and see, after a night's work, the well water has risen so much, and it is still steaming." Huang Ying shouted with a grin.

Wang Yuan hurriedly walked over and looked down the well, only to see that the water in the well was only three or four feet high from the wellhead, and it was indeed bubbling with a rising mist, but Wang Yuan knew that this was just a natural imagination of early spring.

Wang Yuan took it upon himself to hit a bucket of water with a wheel, only to see that the water in the wooden bucket was clear and thorough, without any debris, so he took a wooden spoon and scooped it up and drank two sips, which was sweet and refreshing, without any bitterness. Wang Yuan was relieved, a lot of groundwater contains a lot of salt and impurities, and there will be a faint bitter taste in the mouth, but the water here has no astringency at all, this is a good well.

Wang Yuan picked his fingers and praised and laughed. Huang San was also very happy to see Wang Yuan's praise, and said with a smile: "Erlang, do you know?" That's a good sign. ”

Wang Yuan smiled: "What is a good sign? ”

Huang Sandao: "Last night I told my dad about digging a well to get water, and my dad told me a story. ”

Wang Yuan said: "It's strange when Uncle Huang will tell a story. ”

Huang San said: "Don't look at my dad who is old and can't move now, he was also the number one person when he was young." Three bowls of yellow rice in one meal can knock down a cow with one punch. ”

Wang Yuan couldn't help but laugh and said, "So powerful, what did Uncle Huang say?" ”

"My dad used to go to the south when he was younger, and he also helped people dig wells. In the south, he said, the custom is that if there is no water within 10 feet of the well, it is a sign of bad luck. We dug down yesterday and came out of the water only seven feet deep, which is a sign of great luck. What's more, this nozzle is so good. Isn't it a good sign that people in the south regard water as wealth, and if the water mouth is so good, that is the meaning of the abundant source of wealth? ”

Wang Yuan nodded and smiled: "Accept your auspicious words, if our family sends it, you will also have a share of it." ”

Huang San said energetically: "Continue to make a hole in the front yard today, a house as big as ours should be built with three or five wells, so that everyone has a place to use water, so that there is no need to run around the front yard and the back house without rules." ”

Wang Yuan's heart moved: "A well is said to be enough for a large house, and it is laborious and dangerous to dig a well. I had the idea that the water from this well could be pumped up at once and supplied to all the places in the front and back yards that needed water, without even moving my body. ”

Huang San was stunned and said, "Then how to get it?" Are you kidding? ”

Wang Yuan smiled: "No kidding, it's very simple, there is water in the high place, and it naturally flows to the low place." If we draw water from the well and put it in a large wooden barrel, the rack is high. Then use a bamboo tube to direct the water to the yard where water is needed, install a wooden valve, and when the water is used, the wooden valve will be opened and the water will flow. Got it? ”

Huang San patted his head and said, "Oh, it's a good way." Erlang's brain is extremely smart. This requires a carpenter's hard work, so I will go to the market today and ask a cooper and a few carpenters to come back, and buy some sturdy logs and long bamboo tubes, and we will do what we say. ”

Wang Yuan said: "Hard work Saburo, these things at home can only be explained to you, I can't do it." I made more money in Ming'er, so I invited more people to come back and let you take care of it, and you will be the general manager, and you don't even have to stretch out your hand when the time comes, just move your mouth. ”

Huang San laughed and said, "Erlang is afraid that I will complain, give me a jelly bean to eat." You can rest assured that I love to work for three days, and if you tell me not to work, it is better to kill me. That's it, I'll go to the city and ask someone to go. Big sister and little sister, watching those lazy people work, those guys will all be lazy, and if they don't pay attention to it, they will be lazy, and the big leather whip whips them, you know? ”

Huang Xing shouted: "Brother go by himself, they dare to be lazy, and my sister told them to eat hemp rope rings dipped in water." ”

Huang San laughed and left in a hurry.

Wang Yuan looked at Huang Xing, the little sister of the Huang family, in amazement and said, "You dare to attack those people?" ”

Huang Xing pouted and said: "I have been following Brother Ah to watch them for seven or eight days, Brother Ah takes them to work, and I am responsible for seeing which of them is lazy." I've broken several pieces of hemp rope. ”

Wang Yuan smacked his lips and said, "It's amazing." ”

Huang Ying frowned and said, "Xing'er, don't be so fierce in the girl's family, be kind to them." ”

Huang Xing shook her hair and said, "What's wrong with the girl's family?" Smoke them the same way. ”

Huang Ying glanced at Wang Yuan worriedly, and saw that Wang Yuan didn't blame his sister at all, but smiled at all, and was relieved.

Wang Yuan has nothing to do around, he can't interfere in the affairs of this house, since these coolies were sent to the door, Wang Yuan has hardly done heavy work, and now with fewer and fewer things in the house, he doesn't have to do anything.

There are big and small sisters in laundry, cooking and cleaning, Lan Xinhui and Li Xin'er make cameos from time to time, there are Huang San and a coolie in the work, everyone is busy with their feet facing the sky, but Wang Yuan is idle. Also idle with Wang Yuan is Gongsun Lan. But Gongsun Lan has a grand goal, that is, to transform the back garden into exactly the same as she imagined, so she often buys some flowers and trees to come back and plant them, which can be regarded as something to do.

Wang Yuan walked around for a while, couldn't intervene everywhere, thought about it a little boring, and planned to go back to the room to sleep and feel that he was going back. When he was walking towards his residence, he suddenly saw Huang Ying running into the patio of the back house, and said loudly: "Brother and brother, it's amazing, there are a lot of people outside the house." ”

Wang Yuan frowned and said, "Who is here?" ”

"I don't know, there are more than a dozen men and women's women, like people from big families, and they didn't dare to wait when they saw me from afar, so they hurriedly came to report the news."

Wang Yuan was full of suspicion, thought for a while, and said, "Go tell my cousin and Twelve Niang and ask them to come to the front hall." ”

Wang Yuan is afraid that someone will come to find trouble, if it is not good for him, Li Xin'er and Gongsun Lan may be able to resist for a while.

"Okay." Huang Ying lifted his feet and left.

"By the way, by the way, let the little sister lock up those coolies so that they don't be seen."

"Yes, yes, I'll go." Huang Ying ran away.

Wang Yuan straightened his clothes and walked briskly to the front house, and in the front yard, he could already hear the neighing of horses and the sound of miscellaneous footsteps outside the yard. Wang Yuan moved a ladder and put it on the wall to look out, but saw more than a dozen people riding horses towards the courtyard gate, followed by a carriage.

The black steed walking in front of him was actually a child, with purple and gold crowns, a fair and immature complexion, and a thoughtful appearance, but with a serious expression, looking like a rich boy's brother.

Wang Yuan didn't know these people at all, and when he was puzzled, he only heard a voice sounding in the team: "Dare to ask if it is Wang Yuan's mansion?" My little master came to visit. ”

Wang Yuan hurriedly got down the ladder, although he didn't know why there would be strange guests visiting, but he couldn't turn him away, so he quickly came to the courtyard gate and opened the door, and slowly came to the door.

Outside the door, a group of people and horses had stopped in the open space at the door, several men dismounted, a tall man walked to the black horse and bent down, and immediately the child stepped on his back and turned over and dismounted.

A black-bearded man had already walked to the door, and when he saw Wang Yuan standing under the gatehouse, he arched his hand and shouted, "Dare to ask if this is the residence of Wang Yuan's prince?" ”

Wang Yuan bowed his hand and saluted: "Exactly." ”

The black-bearded man nodded and said, "Please report to your prince, and say that my little master has come to visit." ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said: "No need to report, there is Wang Yuan below, forgive me for my clumsiness, I don't seem to know you, may I ask who you are?" Who is your little master? ”

Before the black-bearded man could answer, he heard a crisp voice say, "Don't you know who the master is?" It doesn't hurt to tell you, your majesty is the uncle of the young master, my little aunt is the concubine today, and my mother is the lady of the Qin State who was personally crowned by His Majesty. I am also the Earl of Changning personally conferred by His Majesty. Now you should know who the master is. ”

Wang Yuan looked up, and saw that the child on the horse was walking towards him surrounded by seven or eight men, and the cloak behind him swayed in the wind, although it was a childish face, but it was cold and a little terrifying.

"Liu Jun, the son of Mrs. Qin Guo, is the one she asked you to teach him, this child is imposing, it seems that you are not a good teacher." Behind him, Gongsun Lan's voice sounded faintly.

Wang Yuan turned around and looked, and at some point, Gongsun Lan Li Xin'er's master and apprentice, Lan Xinhui, Huang Ying and others had heard the news and stood on the steps behind him.

Wang Yuan smiled and said: "Cousin, don't gloat, anyway, I don't have much interest in being a teacher, so I won't teach if I can't teach it." ”

Gongsun Lan sneered and said, "Wouldn't that live up to the expectations of others." ”

Wang Yuan didn't want to quarrel with Gongsun Lan, and besides, the child had already come to the bottom of the stairs, so he hurriedly walked down the stairs with a smile on his face, and arched his hand: "It turned out that the young prince of the Lady of Qin State's Mansion was here. I'm sorry for the disappointment. Liu Gongzi, Wang Yuan is polite. ”

The child stopped, looked Wang Yuan up and down a few times, and said coldly, "Are you Wang Yuan?" ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "It's exactly below." ”

The child said, "Is my mother asking you to be my husband?" ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "Mrs. Meng Qinguo values it, and she did invite a son in her house, and I don't know if it is you." ”