Since the second room of the Jia family in Guangzhou has returned, the big house has been a lot easier. Although Wang Xifeng is in power, he doesn't have the heart to fight for power and profit, so naturally he will not hold on to the power in his hand.

In addition, she also felt that the burden was too heavy, so on the second day after she came back, she called Zhen Yinglian over and pushed half of the errand to the second room.

Zhen Yinglian didn't dare to take it at first, for fear that her sister-in-law was testing herself. But sitting here is just a cup of tea, and there are four or five things outside, Wang Xifeng hurriedly sorted things out, and after sending people away, he was able to take a sip of tea and take a breath.

"You see, too, what am I doing here?" Wang Xifeng put down the tea bowl and sighed to Zhen Yinglian: "It's not that I'm lazy and want to hide from idleness, it's really not clear every day." Since my wife left, my factory didn't even dare to take orders of more than 500 pieces, because I was afraid that I would not be able to keep busy. ”

Zhen Yinglian hesitated and said, "It's not that I don't want to help my sister-in-law, it's just that I've been there for several years, and I don't know the situation at home." Seeing that the people in my family are not the same as I was then, I don't know what the specific situation is. I'm afraid that I won't help when I'm busy, but I'll make trouble for my sister-in-law. ”

Wang Xifeng hurriedly called Feng'er, took out the roster to show Zhen Yinglian, and said to her: "Although you don't know the people, most of them were sent by Yucai in the capital." You are Yucai's own aunt and grandmother, how dare these people fool you? I don't feel at ease when I hand it over to others, only if you come on an errand, I dare to close my eyes and not look at it. ”

When Zhen Yinglian heard this, she knew that there was nothing to shirk, so she smiled and said: "Then I will take care of the housekeeping for my sister-in-law, and I really don't dare to touch the shop Zhuangzi outside." ”

Wang Xifeng knew that Zhen Yinglian was respecting herself, so she handed over all the errands in internal affairs to Yinglian, and instructed her: "The key to this treasury was given to you, and it was inconvenient for me, so I stayed here." You only ask people to go to your place, and if you want something, you will take a slip and come to me to get it. ”

Zhen Yinglian said with a smile: "Why bother, besides, this article can also be forged, if something happens, who can say clearly." Anyway, my wife is not at home, and we don't have to settle down in the morning and dusk, so it's a big deal that I get up early every day and sit here with my sister-in-law, and I have the right to say hello to my sister-in-law. ”

Wang Xifeng saw that her arrangement was very appropriate, and repeatedly confirmed that Yinglian didn't feel troublesome, so she let her go.

From the second day, sure enough, Zhen Yinglian came over early in the morning, and Jia Lian and his wife got up early, which was not in the way. That Zhen Yinglian also came by coincidence, every time the uncle went out after breakfast, she arrived on her hind feet.

Wang Xifeng has someone to help, but it is a lot easier, the two concubines perform their own duties, Zhen Yinglian takes over the affairs of the inner house, and Wang Xifeng is in charge of the business transactions outside, and there is no conflict between the two sides.

At noon, Zhen Yinglian directly asked someone to set the meal here at Wang Xifeng, the two of them had lunch, Zhen Yinglian went back to take a nap, and came again in the afternoon.

A few days passed, Wang Xifeng saw her trouble going back and forth, and simply said to her: "There is still a vacant room in the East Chamber, I will let people clean it up and give you a lunch break." ”

Zhen Yinglian thought for a while and said, "If Sister-in-law Meng doesn't give up, then I'm not welcome." ”

So from this day on, Zhen Yinglian went back to her yard at night in addition to sleeping, and stayed with Wang Xifeng most of the day. The two of them ate and sat together, and their relationship quickly warmed up, and they soon returned to the way Zhen Yinglian looked before she went abroad.

On this day, Jia Jin found Wang Xifeng and asked her for two hundred taels of silver. Although Wang Xifeng knew that his uncle was sensible, he didn't dare to give him money directly, so he asked him where the money was spent.

Jia Jin said: "The tutorials have been distributed, and another batch will be printed." My brother has accepted another batch of students, and I'm afraid I still need a hundred books. I only have three or four copies left, and if I don't print them out, I won't be able to catch up with the tutorial. ”

Only then did Zhen Yinglian know that her uncle was so promising, and he actually started teaching at a young age. She was very surprised, and praised Jia Jin for being "promising".

Jia Jin said with a smile: "What is not out of interest, but help, what I have learned since I was a child is not Baguwen, but physics and mathematics, but to catch ducks on the shelves." ”

Zhen Yinglian asked again: "But these hundred or so books cost two hundred taels of silver, is it too much?" Is it possible that a book costs two taels of silver? ”

Jia Jin explained with a smile: "It's not all used to print books, what I have learned is limited, so I am afraid that I will mislead people's children, so I have to buy more books from foreigners for reference." Those foreign books are not used for trading, and they are generally rare in China, so they have to spend a lot of money to ask someone to bring them back from outside, and a copy can only cost a dozen taels of silver.

"This is only superficial, a few years ago I asked people to bring a few books from Cambridge that Mr. over there used to teach, and one book was dozens of taels."

Zhen Yinglian thought for a while and said, "Your second brother knows an art dealer and also sells books. It's just that most of the books he sells are in Latin. If you know Latin, I can help you find some books cheaply. But if you want English, I don't know if it can be cheaper. ”

Wang Xifeng said on the side: "No one knows Latin, but since the bookseller does the book business, the English books we want to get are much cheaper than buying them ourselves." ”

Jia Jin stood aside and smiled confidently, and said to Zhen Yinglian: "It doesn't matter if Latin, as long as the content of the book is deeper than ours here, the second sister-in-law just helps me find it, even Latin, I also have a way." ”

Wang Xifeng asked him: "What is your method, if you spend money to ask a businessman here to help you translate, it may be more expensive than you buy English books." ”

Jia Jin laughed: "Sister-in-law doesn't know? The literature that the eldest sister studies must also learn Latin. Cambridge literature textbooks are not all in English, and many are Latin models. If you don't learn Latin, you won't be able to read those books. ”

Wang Xifeng and Zhen Yinglian were both surprised, and hurriedly asked, "Is this serious?" ”

The two concubines didn't believe it, and it was difficult to say it, Zhen Yinglian only gave Jia Jin a hundred taels first, and told him to print the book first, as for the book that Jia Jin wanted, since she asked Zhen Yinglian to help find it, she naturally didn't have to give Qian Jia Jin anymore.

After Jia Jin left, the two of them talked about welcoming the Spring Festival, and Wang Xifeng told Yinglian what she had done after she came back, and said: "After marrying Benjamin, she didn't stop, and she was still translating something else." Nowadays, several of the most popular books in the capital are translated by Donglaike. ”

Zhen Yinglian admired from the bottom of her heart: "Who would have thought that among these sisters, she is the most promising. Not to mention anything else, I thought that Sister Lin was the most talented among the sisters. ”

Wang Xifeng smiled and didn't say anything, but said in his heart, how can several sisters be the same. In addition to Yingchun, the others are all concubines, although Yingchun's daughter is named Yan, but she is also different from others.

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