Starting from Zhenjiang, every docking point of the fleet, but in any larger town, the Xie family brothers and sisters would go ashore to go shopping, Xie Mulin used this method to carefully transfer some items such as paper and pens into the study space, and also stuffed some broken silver and a few hundred coins into it by the way, just in case.

At the same time, she also bought some old books in the local bookstore, some about medicine and health, but it was not limited to this, what customs, celebrity affairs, farming, anecdotes, etc., but whatever she felt could be used, the price was cheap, even if the books were in a bad condition and could be broken at any time, she could buy them. She even goes out of her way to buy books that are in bad condition.

When she got back to the ship, she would sort out the old books, put the useful ones in the box, postpone the disposal, and pick out the more valuable ones that were not of much use, take the newly bought pen and paper and copy them, and burn the old books.

In the process of excerpting and burning books, Xie Mulin unconsciously mixed the contents of the books in the study space, and sorted out the "notes" made of excerpts, which contained various prescriptions for health preservation and treatment, medicinal diets, as well as recipes and dim sum practices...... And so on and so forth. This is just the beginning, and what she is going to "copy" after that is also a lot of knowledge such as trauma first aid, crop planting, flower cultivation, livestock breeding, construction, etc.

Xie Mulin claimed that the excerpts had been translated and arranged by herself, and that they were certainly different from the words on those old books, but were more understandable to the reader. In this way, others will not be too entangled in why she copied the incomplete article.

Of course, in addition to those excerpted "notes", there are also manuscripts transcribed by Xie Mulin according to the original book, but for the time being, there is only one, and I copied it to the rest of the Xie family to show it, proving that she is indeed "copying books" - there is no way, with Xie Mulin's ancient level, it is not easy to "translate" a book in a slightly ancient vernacular. She has been doing this since she lived in Gongyuan West Street, and she specially picked out relatively simple and easy-to-understand food miscellaneous notes, but only today did she dare to transcribe the "copied" manuscript into a book and take it out for others to see.

Xie Xianzhi and Xie Jinzhi were full of praise when they learned that the shabby books that their sister bought from the bookstore could still provide so much useful information. However, their attention had already been attracted by the newly bought books, so they didn't say much after praising them, at most, when they went to the bookstore later, whether Xie Mulin accompanied her or not, they would help her pay attention to similar books, and even help her buy them.

Wen Shi liked the "notes" that her daughter copied very much, she found that there were many useful things in them, one by one she counted the types of dishes and snacks that she could make at home, and calculated which person in the family was suitable for which kind of medicinal diet, and even planned to copy two suitable for Xie Pu, and then send the family letter to Beiping to bring it over, and asked Zhao Fengnian and his family to make it for Xie Pu to eat.

In order to encourage her daughter to buy more such useful books in the future, she also subsidized Xie Mulin's pocket money a large amount, and allowed Xie Mulin to come back to her for reimbursement after buying expensive books.

She was just a little dissatisfied: "Although the old books I bought are damaged, it's not that I can't read them, so why do I have to burn them?" ”

Xie Mulin said in his heart, if you don't burn the original books, sooner or later you will find out that they are just a cover, am I so stupid?

But of course, she won't tell the truth, and only told Wen: "If it can be kept, I'll put it in a box." However, some old books are not only moldy, but also eaten by ants, and if you keep them, not only will you not be able to save them, but you may also destroy other books that are intact. I didn't dare to take any chances, so I burned the book. Anyway, I've flipped through all the contents inside, and all the useful ones have been copied down, and the rest is of little value, so I don't need to keep it. ”

Wen Shi listened, and he was no longer entangled: "I see, it is indeed more important to keep all the books." You should also pay more attention in the future and put more mothballs in your bookcase. When I return to my hometown, I have to find a day when the weather is good and take out these books to dry. ”

Xie Mulin responded with a smile. With the acquiescence and funding of Wen and her brothers, she did this job more easily.

No one in the family noticed anything wrong. The two girls beside her were also not suspicious.

If Li'er had accompanied her to go shopping ashore, she would have found out that the amount of money she spent and the amount of things she bought back were wrong. But Li'er didn't go out with her, and it was the obedient and easy-to-call Cuijiao who went out with her, and she could get rid of the Cuijiao at any time. The latter never suspected that she had reported the wrong amount of shopping, and returned to the boat to count with Pear, and the number of things and money were all right. As for the discrepancy between the unit price and the impression...... That's a mistake on the part of Cuijiao.

Xie Mulin also encouraged the two girls to communicate with other girls and mothers-in-law often, or visit other people's cabins. Li'er and Cuijiao thought that she was suggesting that they help take care of their younger siblings, but how did they know that Xie Mulin was just planning to break them up so that she could be busy with her copying work in the cabin?

The plan went smoothly, Xie Mulin was very satisfied, and began to plan again, and then he could find an opportunity to stuff other materials into the study space. There is no preservation function in that space, and some dry food water can be stored, but it needs to be changed every day or two, so you have to prepare the right type of food. At present, she only dares to put a few pieces of well-preserved dough in it, as well as a thermos cup of weak tea every day. However, she had all the clean white cloth and a few common medicines in several port towns along the way.

The flotilla had a smooth journey and arrived in Suzhou. They had planned to stay here for a day, but the firm they had promised to do business seemed to have something wrong and was unable to provide the goods they had agreed to do for the time being. The steward at the head of the fleet was anxious, but he still did not announce that he would stay in Suzhou for two more days.

Naturally, the Xie family will also stay. Although they chartered a boat at home, it was okay to leave the fleet and go on their own road, the boat boss and boatmen on the boat were skilled enough to send the Xie family back to their hometown safely without having to follow behind the large army. However, Wen discussed with his children, and they all felt that they should not be too anxious, they were a group of old and weak women and children, and they brought a lot of luggage, in case they encountered any water bandits and river pirates along the way, it was not fun, it was safer to act with the people of the fleet, but the fleet also hired strong and powerful bodyguards.

However, since they were going to stay in Suzhou for a few more days, they didn't need to stay on the ship every day, and they could move to an inn in the city. Wen sent Ma Lu Yao into the city to find an inn, rented a courtyard, left half of the servants to guard the ship, and then took his children and the rest of the servants ashore into the city.

The inn where they live is a very typical Suzhou building, with blue tiles and white walls, carved railings and leaky windows, and a few bushes of bamboo planted in the yard, which can not only add shade and make the guests listen to it when the wind blows.

This inn also has one of the biggest advantages, the path in front of the door goes forward, and you turn a corner to the famous Shiquanli - that is, Pingjiang Road. Living here, shopping is the most convenient, and it is better to be quiet in the middle of the noise, and you will not be disturbed by the hustle and bustle of the street.

I don't know if it's because of the residence, Wanqin finally relented and allowed a pair of children to go out for a walk, but they needed to bring enough entourage, and it was best to follow the brothers and sisters to act together, and they were not allowed to go out without permission. As long as Xie Yingfen and Xie Hanzhi can go out to play, everything else is trivial, how can they complain?

Xie Yingfen had already prepared pocket money, and came over to discuss with Xie Mulin what to buy, to make gifts for the sisters in the clan who had never met, and to bring a copy to the two sisters who stayed in Jinling City.

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