Xiaocheng is a peculiar city with extremely deformed development, and it will definitely be a heavily polluted place in a few decades. This is because already in this era, extremely large factory areas were established on the edge of the city.

The only advantage of these factories being the big factories of the early 20th century in Britain was that they were far from the city and formed a satellite town of workers around it, as distinct from the slums of the city, and were shrouded in black smoke every day.

This is the lifeblood of ensuring that the entire Xiaocheng maintains the current advanced urban economic level, steel plants, power plants, machinery factories, and various factories form a steel forest that resounded day and night. The narrow streets permeate the rusty smell of the great industrial age, the heaviness and the frustration of human consumption of resources.

Pedestrians on the road are in a hurry, and the occasional rugged worker in dirty bibs can be seen. The entire factory area is either the assets of the Xiao family or the Yao family, but these nobles almost never come to this kind of place, and they all hire special personnel to manage this place.

The industrialization of Xiaocheng led to a frenzied increase in population, and despite the large number of laborers absorbed by the factories, there were still a large number of slums and unemployed people in the city, which can only be seen in such areas.

In front of the door of Xiao Mansion, what you see is always the bustling and splendid neat streets and the full of foreign atmosphere.

Miao Feng, who was accustomed to wearing his traditional clothes, had to change into the clothes of the Central Plains people he didn't like very much at Xiao Nan's request, and sat in the back seat of Xiao Nan's convertible car.

Although he was not interested, he was actually very curious about these industrial buildings, and had already secretly observed all the way.

And Xiao Nan came out this time to find a machine processing factory with a good reputation.

At the same time, he made a Miao knife suitable for Miao Feng to use, after all, Fu Xi melted his treasure knife, so he had to compensate him for Fu Xi.

The factory is also more than ten years old, since Xiao Jingrui began to develop the city, he opened a factory here, of course, it is also rented by the Xiao family, now the factory has several warehouses as big, and the lathes inside have reached the international advanced level.

The boss is a fat uncle, his attitude is quite good, his qualifications are old, and he said that the old man of the Xiao family was polite when he saw him, and the price was frighteningly high.

Even so, Xiao Nan still hopes that he will process the central air conditioner that will be popularized a hundred years later, so as to achieve full coverage of air conditioning for his shopping mall, and some raw materials will be processed in chemical factories.

Since Xiao Nan can afford to pay for it, this boss sees that he is now the young master of the Xiao family's housekeeping, and through his own connections, he summoned the bosses of several processing factories to study the data drawings brought by Xiao Nan, although everyone is unbelievable about the principle of this new machine, but after research, it is not impossible to manufacture this kind of "item" that the United States does not have.

What's more, the price offered by Xiao Nan is extremely satisfying.

So the list of air conditioners was set, and if the other party worked overtime, it was estimated that it would be delivered in half a month.

As for the knife that was compensated to Miao Feng, Miao Feng insisted on using meteorite materials to build it, and there was basically no place to find this material for him, so the talks finally collapsed.

Nowadays, the decoration of "Meiyue Mall", the store, and the personnel are basically in place, as long as the air conditioning is in place, it can be opened.

Xiao Nan felt that his career was the first step to success.

And the next thing to do is to prepare her birthday gift for the eldest wife. In the Inner Mansion, the birthday of the eldest lady is an annual big day, no less than the influence of the eldest lord's birthday, and it is the moment when all the female dependents and young masters of the Inner Mansion cross the sea and compete for beauty.

Although the eldest lady is called "Taoguang Yanghui", but when she asks about the affairs of the Xiao family, in fact, her power is secretly all over the back house, and it is even said that her power is really above ten thousand people under one person, and sometimes the eldest master has to let her score seven points.

After all, the entire Xiao Mansion has today's achievements, and it is inseparable from the strong support of her mother's family at the beginning.

In fact, the eldest lord has patronized his own pleasure in the past few years, and he is elusive, and he basically doesn't care much about family affairs, and it is actually the eldest wife who really restricts the entire Xiao Mansion and makes people frightened.

The eldest lady still has to do superficial work, according to the family rules and women's training, her birthday insisted that she would never let outsiders join, and kept it a secret from outside the house, and only "quietly" purchased it in her own courtyard in the Xiao Mansion, in fact, countless dignitaries and nobles will hook up with various internal channels of the Xiao family at this time, hoping to present their "hearts" through a certain Xiao family's clan children or daughters.

Therefore, every time the eldest wife has a birthday, the "small gifts" received by the so-called "relatives" are often gold and silver.

Xiao Nan had already presented the "Cui Huang" before, which could be said to have won the favor of the eldest wife, but it was not a birthday gift after all, it was just a stepping stone to worship the mountain, so he wanted to present another gift-

Those are the four rare gold pearls found in the belly of the river mussel.

He found a skilled craftsman, and processed the four gold beads that could still faintly shimmer in the dark to make a pure gold phoenix hairpin full of precious stones, and the four gold beads were set in the most dazzling position.

Xiao Nan had complained about Fu Xi playing with his fate before, but now he still has to thank Fu Xi, without Fu Xi, he can't afford to give these gifts.

Ordinary gold and silver jewelry will definitely not be able to enter the eyes of the queen's wife.

Even if a superb craftsman was found to process this priceless phoenix hairpin, Furong said that it still couldn't work. Because the eldest lady is very superstitious and pays great attention to the lottery, it is definitely not okay to give only one gift, it must be in pairs. Xiao Nan thought about it, but he couldn't think of what he wanted to give.

Furong folded her fingers and calculated for him: "Generally, the nobles in this mansion give gifts to the eldest wife, the first one is gold and silver treasures, and the second one is something that can be eaten and drunk, which means that you don't have to worry about food and clothing." For example, the year before last, a young master sent 100,000 superb wild honey from the mountains, as well as mountain ginseng, bird's nest and the like. But these things can't be average, they have to be top-notch. The kind that you are used to seeing is not good, it is better to have new ideas. ”

Xiao Nan had a headache and said: "This is embarrassing, where can I find those tricky ingredients and supplements for her in such a short time." And most of the things I brought with me were distributed. ”

"You Central Plains people give gifts is trouble. I see that the so-called good things you are talking about are nothing in our mountains. Miao Feng said on the side, "I once climbed our most precipitous mountain, and I picked a purple-gold Ganoderma lucidum on the top of the mountain, which is an extremely precious medicinal material.

He dried and collected it as a treasure of the clan, and if he could find it, he might satisfy the old woman. ”

"Hmm...... Actually, I have an idea. Xiao Nan glanced at Miao Feng and said, "But you may be unhappy." ”

"What does this have to do with me, why am I upset?" Miao Feng frowned.

Xiao Nan raised his eyebrows and didn't say anything.

Soon it was time for the eldest lady's birthday banquet. Xiao Nan felt a toss for this Xiao Mansion, after the eldest lord's birthday, and then the eldest lady's birthday, he had to mobilize the public every time.

However, the nobles in this house have nothing to do when they are full every day, and they probably don't care about being turned upside down like this.

The eldest lady's birthday banquet is really low-key, the birthday banquet is held at night, and the Xiao Mansion is quiet during the day, how can there be a festive atmosphere of the birthday banquet.

But at night, her huge courtyard is brightly lit, and after opening the gate, the inside is as festive as the National Day ceremony.

Xiao Nan's gift was finally listed on the roster this time, and it was listed as a special gift, which was among the best, and it was to be personally sent to the eldest lady to display.

And the two things he sent, in addition to the phoenix hairpin, the other made Miao Feng roll his eyes angrily.

It turned out to be a very elaborate mahogany tray, with a handle, tied with a five-color brocade ribbon with big red flowers, which was neatly stacked with instant noodle cakes arranged like a tower, and dozens of white pearls with colorful streamers under the light were embellished among them, called the East China Sea beauty pearl powder longevity noodles.

When eating, pat the pearls into powder and eat them with instant noodles.

And these pearls are formed by the transformation of matter after Fuxi appeared on the Mizusawa Highway last time, causing the matter to be distorted.

Visually, the instant noodle tart decorated with pearls and gold leaf is extremely pleasing to the eye and eye-catching.

As for whether this pearl powder is poisonous? Xiao Nan really did the "living body" experiment himself, he asked Furong to secretly grind the pearls into powder and match them with bird's nest to replenish the body of Xiao Jixiang, who was seriously injured and bedridden, and surprisingly, the effect was unexpected. Xiao Jixiang, who was originally said to be lying down for a long time, took pearl powder, and after a few days, he was able to try to stand on the ground by himself for a while, and the effect of wound healing was significantly accelerated.

Seeing Xiao Jixiang jumping around, Xiao Nan thought to himself that this pearl powder should be fine after eating it.

After all, it is one of the "treasures" contaminated with the power of Fuxi.

According to the rules in the courtyard of the eldest lady, even if the young master comes to pay homage to his birthday, he can only bring his female dependents into the birthday banquet hall, and he cannot bring any large iron utensils, and he has to be searched when he enters the door. Xiao Nan was supported by Wanyue and Furong and entered the banquet hall on crutches, and his prosthetic leg seemed to be considered an illegal product, so he couldn't bring it in.

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Tonight's Xiao Mansion is more lively than ever, and you can see the sedan chairs of various mansions coming and going from time to time in the aisle outside.

Outside a side gate in the courtyard of the Thirteenth Youth, a young man with a gloomy face and cold eyes was leaning against a locust tree, watching the people coming and going in the aisle.

A little guy next to him persuaded: "Little master, when is this, you should go back and rest quickly." The doctor also told you to rest more. ”

"Rest? Hum! I've been lying down for half a month! The young man angrily suddenly pushed down a pair of wooden crutches leaning against the tree, and even wanted to kick the two feet of this hateful thing, but he subconsciously kicked and kicked, but only caused the stump of his thigh to shake a few times.

He grabbed his stump with both hands, and suddenly beat him angrily.

"I don't want to be like that dead cripple!!" He cursed viciously.

"Don't fight, don't fight! You've just had the stitches removed from your leg! You don't want to die! The little guy came to stop him, but he pushed him away, and because of this action, he also fell to the ground with an unstable center of gravity.

The young man fluttered on the ground a few times and didn't get up, at this time, a team carrying a sedan chair happened to pass by, and a maid smiled and said, "Yo, isn't this the auspicious young master?" Why haven't you seen you for a few days, but you and your brother-in-law have become a virtue? Have you become a one-legged grasshopper? ”

Xiao Jixiang raised his head and looked at it, and found that the one who was sarcastic was the water lotus who was driven out of the yard!

And the one sitting in the sedan chair next to the water lotus is Xiaoci!

"You have to take care of it! x people! Xiao Jixiang scolded.

Shuilian was not angry at all and said: "You have a hard mouth, but you can't tell who is helping you and who is harming you." If it weren't for Thirteen Shao, how could you become a cripple like him? Hey, you and I are both fallen people at the end of the world, and we were all miserable by him. I don't think you should be angry with me. ”

At this time, Xiao Ci's voice came from the curtain of the sedan chair: "Water Lotus, come here." ”

The water lotus leaned over and listened to her whisper. After that, Shui Lian smiled and said: "We still have something to do, little master, this little guy next to you is not bad, my master wants him to do something." ”

So she called the little guy over, and gave him a few dimes, as if to send him to do something, and the little man quickly ran away. After that, Shuilian came over and leaned down and whispered into Xiao Jixiang's ear, not knowing what to say.