When Xie Yinghui's letter arrived at Xie's house in Huyin County again, the time had already entered the wax moon.

Inside and outside Huyin County, as well as in the area of Xiejiawan in Xiejiajiao, the traces of the flood have gradually faded, and people have recovered from the past disaster and returned to normal life.

The cement workshop on Xie Jiajiao worked overtime, and the cement produced was immediately pulled away by craftsmen hired by the county government to repair the river embankment around the county seat. Xie Jinhua also picked a hill with clay production within the boundaries of Huyin County, and built several large kilns there, and more cement will be produced soon. But faster than him, several large families in Huzhou have built their own cement workshops in several places, and the cement produced has given priority to building their own embankments next to the river, and then they will also repair their houses in the countryside, pave roads and so on. In order to learn the various uses of cement, the old house of the Xie family in Xie Jiawan has often been patronized by guests recently, and Jia Da can only continue to stay there for this reason, specializing in reception, and I don't know if he can get out during the New Year and be transferred back to Xie Jiawan to work as an errand.

After discussing with his mother Wen and the two brothers, Xie Mulin handed over all the cement formulas to his grandmother Song in the second room, including what they can and can't use at present, and some of the local cement formulas that are not very useful in Jiangnan. Song sent the recipes to Zhushan Academy, so that the teachers and students of the academy, alumni and relatives of teachers and students can all get these formulas for free and use them freely.

The two clansmen in the fourth and fifth rooms of the Xie family all got a family letter, which contained a cement formula. Song also contacted her deceased father's close relatives, friends, and protégés, even if it was a central official like Jiao Yintai who did not serve in the local government, she still sent the cement formula as part of the New Year's gift. Even if the person himself can't use it, he always has family and friends. As long as some of them use cement and get benefits, they must remember the favor between the Xie family and the Song family.

Xie Mulin generously sent formulas everywhere, not planning to take a penny from people, but she needed the connections of these people. At present, the Xie family has only one high-ranking official, Xie Pu, who still serves in the local government, and the two uncles of the fourth and fifth rooms have relatively low official positions and too little influence. Since the Xie family's own strength is limited, it is necessary to organize a huge network as much as possible, even if the Xie family can't get exact benefits from this network in normal times, so that when they face difficulties, someone can pull them along.

The Song family has been in Huyin for many years, although they can still borrow the power of their father's connections during his lifetime, but what they can do is still limited. If it weren't for the emperor's intention to deal with the Cao family, Xie Pu would not have been able to get out of the prison of Dali Temple so easily this spring. Xie Mulin understands what is the truth of people taking tea and cooling, and also knows the embarrassing position of the Song family's deceased father Song Sacrifice Wine among the old people in the current Shangqian Mansion, but this does not mean that she can't consolidate the Song family's connections, expand them again, and then turn them into the Xie family's connections.

In the future, whether it is Xie Pu's career or the future of Xie Xianzhi, Xie Jinzhi's brothers and others, there are many places that need these connections.

Xie Mulin looked at the people who wrote one letter after another from the Song family, and helped to polish the ink diligently and filtily, paying attention to the addresses and official positions of these recipients, and learning about their family history by the way in the small talk with the Song family. She found that the Song clan could use these connections to organize an intelligence network, and news from all over the country could reach Huyin. In the past, the Song family was so indifferent and rarely interacted with the old people, at most, they wrote a letter every year to greet them and give a small gift, which was really a waste!

Xie Mulin sighed secretly, but looking at the noble and indifferent posture of the Song family, he never dared to say such a vulgar and snobbish suggestion, which stained the ears of his grandmother.

At most, she mentioned it to her second brother Xie Jinzhi in private.

Xie Jinzhi didn't say anything, only reminded her: "Don't talk nonsense in front of your grandmother, just serve carefully." However, he himself also participated in his sister's work, accompanying Song to write letters, Xie Mulin helped polish ink, and he helped pack envelopes, write envelopes, and send letters. In this process, he will also ask the Song family for advice, what are the identities of those messengers, and what are their dealings with the Song family.

The Song family probably likes this pastime of reminiscing about the old people, and they talk about it in their spare time, sometimes when they are interested, they will talk to Xie Jinzhi and Xie Mulin about the small affairs of a certain deceased when he was young, and by the way, he will also talk about the old news and officialdom stories in the capital ten or twenty years ago, Xie Mulin and Xie Jinzhi both found it eye-opening and very interesting.

They went to the second room every day to report, and they went early and returned late. Even if the Song family sent out all the letters that needed to be sent, they still went to the second room to chat with the Song family every day, but they didn't stay that long.

Mrs. Xie was sour in her heart, and she had to say countless cool words every day. The Liu family in the ninth room in Layue is also busy with their own New Year's affairs, and they don't have time to accompany her every day, and Mrs. Xie is now free, so she naturally has time to pick on the concubines of the sect room and the second room again.

Wen was embarrassed to persuade peace, but she also had a lot of things to do, and she couldn't accompany Mrs. Xie to joke and have fun every day.

Xie Xianzhi and Xie Huizhi's brothers also have studies to worry about, Wanqin is also busy giving the Wen family a hand, fighting for more authority by the way, who has time to entertain the old lady?

Mrs. Xie's mood is getting worse and worse day by day, and she doesn't know when she is about to explode. Xie Yinghui came to the letter at this time, which immediately attracted her attention, and the whole family was immediately relieved.

Everyone sat around again and read Xie Yinghui's letter. This time, Wen gave up the right position to his mother-in-law, Mrs. Xie, and sat aside. However, the person who read the letter is still Xie Xianzhi.

Xie Yinghui's letter this time seems to be less than the previous times. She mainly explained the condition of her third sister Xie Yingrong, saying that Xie Yingrong had another fever not long ago, and the fever subsided after taking medicine, but she coughed very badly. The doctor said that she had damaged her foundation and needed a long time to recuperate before she could make up for it, and repeatedly told her not to get cold, let alone tired, and even to be careful with her diet, and she was very easy to pass the disease, so it was best not to even go out of the door, and not to see outsiders, so as not to get sick and affect others. Now not only will it be impossible for their sisters to return to Huyin before the Chinese New Year, but they are afraid that after the spring of next year, they will have to wait for the weather to completely warm up before they can consider going a long way.

Because Aunt Dajin didn't trust Dr. Yan's medical skills, she always wanted to invite a doctor, so Xie Yinghui still couldn't resist her, so she invited a doctor with a relatively low official position and was easy to talk to, and prescribed a prescription for Xie Yingrong. It's just that after Xie Yingrong took his medicine, his condition did not improve significantly. Later, Cai Laotian took the prescription prescribed by the imperial doctor to ask Dr. Yan to take a look, only to know that it was a peaceful prescription, and the medicine was stable and stable, and it could not cure stubborn diseases, but it could not eat bad people. This is a common trick of people in the Tai Hospital, the imperial doctor is estimated to see that Xie Yingrong is just a concubine, Xie Yinghui is now in a state of not being valued by the Cao family, only relying on the dignity of the eldest princess's mansion to maintain her status in Beijing, so she did not bother to diagnose and treat Xie Yingrong.

Aunt Dajin came to her senses and no longer blindly trusted the imperial doctor, but honestly asked Dr. Yan to treat her daughter.

But at this time, Xie Yingrong's condition had been delayed, and it was not easy to even finish a sentence. If she wants her body to improve to the level of a normal person, she doesn't know how long she will have to recuperate!