Xie Mulin didn't care too much about whether Wen's attitude had changed.

To be honest, she was a little numb.

Wen is willing to change, which is of course good. If she can't change it, then Xie Mulin will just have a headache, but it won't affect her daily life, let alone prevent her from doing what she wants.

She went back to the dilapidated study courtyard to stare at people doing cement experiments.

Because it was still in the experimental stage and the time was tight, she only asked someone to collect some soil cement raw materials, which was not large. After people smash all the materials and grind them into fine powder, they should be heated and fried. She didn't have a kiln here, so some recipes had to be abandoned, but as long as the recipes could be used under simple conditions, she tried them all and made three kinds of cement powder in small batches.

Then, she asked people to wipe a piece of cement on the ground inside the house, the muddy floor in the yard outside the house, and the relatively dry dirt floor in the yard, which is not big, that is, one or two square sizes, and try to see how it works. The reason why even the indoor test was done was to ensure that once it rained, there would be test data to refer to, so that the whole army would not be wiped out.

After wiping these few plots of land, the next thing is to wait. Since the information says that the solidification speed of these kinds of soil cement will be slower, let's wait and see, how long it will take for them to solidify.

The result didn't come out so quickly, so Xie Mulin returned to Xie Jiajiao with the Wen family first.

The next morning, the mother and daughter got up early, freshened up, and gathered in the main room for breakfast.

Wen was still a little unaccustomed to living in the main house, but now she has a lot of worries, and she doesn't have the leisure to pay attention to these side things, and after two nights, she has adapted well. Of course, when the craftsman who repaired the old mansion settles in and repairs the main house, she should live more comfortably and habitually.

After breakfast, the mother and daughter went to the backyard to bid farewell to Mrs. Xie.

Mrs. Xie had just woken up, and she was still a little confused. She has been going to bed early and getting up late these days, so she doesn't plan to get up, and she has to lie in bed again. Wen and Xie Mulin came, she habitually scolded a couple of sentences, habitually saying things like "Hurry back and hug Song's thighs", "If you don't appear in front of me, I can live for two more years", "If you really have a little filial piety to me, get out of me quickly" and so on, and they were not even allowed to enter the house, saying that they didn't want to see their faces.

If it were the usual, Wen would have to go into the house and cry anyway, even if it was just standing by the door, maybe he would have to kneel. But today, after her eyes were red, she didn't insist on entering the door anymore, and just took her daughter to pray goodbye in the courtyard.

When she went out to get on the boat, she shed tears and cried to her daughter: "The old lady's words are stabbing me in the heart." What else did she say before, our mother and son rarely appeared in front of her, which is really filial to her. It can be seen that Old Man Du said something that we don't care if she lives or dies, and is not filial to her. If your brothers and sisters and I really don't appear in front of the old lady honestly, wouldn't that all the more prove that we are unfilial to her? At that time, even if we obviously acted according to the old lady's orders, we would have become unfilial descendants who disobeyed her. Today, I said goodbye to her, and she told us to get out of here, saying that that is filial piety. What do we have to do so that she can be satisfied?! ”

Xie Mulin helped her onto the boat: "The old lady's temper, isn't it clear to my mother?" Thinking about it is a play, even if the front foot just said a word, the back foot slapped herself in the face, and she didn't admit it, she wouldn't feel that it was her own fault, and she would just throw the pot on others. That's why I said that it makes no sense for my mother to obey her in everything. Because the old lady will always change her mind, if you follow her and change it, she will never be held responsible, but you will be responsible in the end.

"You obviously just obeyed her orders and acted, but in the end you became the target of her shouting and killing punishment, don't you feel wronged? In fact, at the beginning, you don't listen to her orders and only do what you think you should do, and that's fine. As long as you follow the rules, even if in the end, things go wrong, it's the rules. The old lady wants to scold you, but there is no reason. ”

Wen wiped away his tears and smiled reluctantly: "You can't say that. Although the rules are important, if everything is pushed to the rules, and I don't have to think about it at all, then what do I have to worry about? This is not a responsible approach. ”

The boat slowly moved away from the dock. This is the boat on the other side of the new house, and the boat is also the servant of the new house, which is considered the third room of the Xie family's own subordinates, but he has never been to Jinling City, and it is Xie Pu's new servant who concealed from his mother and the Cao family and was newly accepted in his hometown Huyin. Nowadays, there are many such male and female servants in the new house, and there are dozens of men, women and children, and the rules are all skillful. It's just that compared to the wealthy servants used in the Pearl Bridge Mansion, their rules and etiquette are a little lax, but they are not lacking in talent and technology, and their character and loyalty seem to be quite reliable.

Xie Mulin felt the smoothness of the boat as it sailed on the surface of the canal, and had a preliminary understanding of these strange servants under his own door.

She asked about the new house and the family.

The new house will arrive soon, and you will be able to see it with your own eyes when the time comes. Wen had already seen the drawings, and when she arrived at the place a few days ago, she found that the architectural layout was no different from the drawings, and the housekeepers and servants who stayed behind also managed the house better than she imagined, and she was quite surprised, so she smiled and said to her daughter: "You will know it with your own eyes, it is no worse than the house in the capital, it is as spacious, but there are many fewer people." I think it's better than being in Kyori. ”

Xie Mulin raised his eyebrows, and more curiosity arose in his heart.

The Wen family introduced her to the situation in the clan again, and the first one to mention was the clan.

The eldest lady of the sect, Xie Zeshan, is the eldest old lady Tu and has two sons.

The eldest son, Xie Heng, has the same reputation as his old father, and he has not taken the exam again, and now he helps the second room to preside over the affairs of Zhushan Academy, and I heard that he also helped teach primary school students in the early years, but now he has divided half of his energy to help his father preside over clan affairs. His wife, Du Shi, is Xie Mulin's eldest aunt and the eldest daughter of Du Fengchun, a famous doctor in Huyin. The couple has four sons and one daughter, the eldest son Xie Jinwen, the second son Xie Jinfang, the third son Xie Jinkun, and the eldest daughter Xie Yinglian. In addition, Xie Hui also has a concubine, surnamed Lu, who gave birth to a concubine, Jin'an, who is only seven years old this year.

The second son, Xie Mao, is a talent, but after failing in the township test several times, he gave up his studies, and now he helps to take care of the property under the name of the zongfang, it is said that the business is doing very well, and the zongfang and the clan can live a prosperous life, and he has a lot of credit. His wife's maiden name is Wang, and she is the second daughter of the chief bookkeeper of Huyin County. The couple have been married for many years, and they just gave birth to a daughter, named Xie Yingzhi, who is ten years old this year. It is said that Wang had a difficult birth when she gave birth to her daughter, which injured her body. Originally, Xie Mao intended to inherit the incense with a nephew, but the Wang family asked his mother's family to come forward and chose a concubine surnamed Zhou for him. After her daughter turned one year old, this Aunt Zhou entered the door, and in a few years, she had already given birth to two sons for Xie Mao, namely eight-year-old Xie Jintong and three-year-old Xie Jinli, both of whom were raised by the Wang family himself.

When Xie Mulin heard this, he felt a faint subtlety in his heart.

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