Chapter 228: Pastoral Life
Qian Jun's heart is full of sweetness, he has remembered all the memories of the past, although he is still a little worried about his old father, but the life in front of him is what he wants and desires the most, since he can't have both fish and bear paws, he has to choose the bear paws in his mind.
Walking to his wife with his son, Wen Jin stretched out his hand to hug Qian Qian over, the little guy twisted his body and lay on his father's chest, the little fat hand tightly pulled his father's collar, Qian Jun was strangled and coughed twice, and his mouth was just coaxing Xiao'er: "Your mother is busy, I don't have time to hug you, let go of my father's clothes, she won't rob you with my father." β
Qian Qian turned around, and saw that his mother had turned around and walked away, but instead showed a lost look, and his mouth was curled, very aggrieved.
Sitting on his father's shoulder, although he could see far away, but he didn't know how to appreciate the scenery, Jin Jin, soon got tired of it, and whispered begging to put him on the ground, Qian Qian was a fart, and his brother ran on the ground, so he followed, and their childish laughter sounded on the side of the field.
Qian Jun walked up to his wife and stood side by side with her: "No wonder you and Mrs. Jin get along well, they are really good at managing the family." β
Wen Jin smiled and turned his head: "Idle is idle, let's grow our own vegetables, and the food is fresh." β
Qian Jun nodded, and teased with a smile: "You dig such a big pond, plant lotus roots, raise fish and shrimp, our family can't eat enough." β
Wen Jin smiled: "You're right, this vegetable field is also more than two acres, and I plan to open some more, when your academy opens, there will be teachers and students there." β
"You're thinking so far ahead." Qian Jun suddenly realized, and felt that it was still a woman who was careful, otherwise the purchaser would have to walk more than ten miles every day to buy vegetables, which would be really troublesome. The sun finally set, and the mountain wind suddenly became cold, Wen Jin asked Chunming to send money to the workers, and she and Qian Jun carried a child and went home.
"Chunming and Xia Yang are not small, didn't you say that you would give them a proper placement?"
Qian Jun smiled: "I was about to tell you about this, the two martial arts people I subdued before have good martial arts and good literary talents, you say, is it appropriate?" β
Wen Jin shook his head and smiled: "It's not that I think it's suitable or not, but how they feel." β
Qian Jun nodded: "It's okay, let them go on a blind date by themselves, those two people are also righteous men, and they won't insult the two girls in front of you." β
"They won't dislike Chunming and Xia Yang for being a maid, right?"
"Don't worry, if those two dare to disagree, I'll go to the government and go through the formalities for them to become slaves."
Wen Jin had already forgotten that Qian Jun still had such a domineering moment, and couldn't help but be stunned when he heard the words, and then hurriedly said: "The twisted melon is not sweet, how can we pull Lang to match?" They like it in their hearts. β
"Well, yes, you're right!" Qian Jun glanced at his wife, and felt that he was fortunate to discuss this matter with the woman, otherwise he would inevitably be rude and make his subordinates sad.
The two of them held the child, while walking, they discussed family affairs in a whisper, behind them, there were a few maids and nurses, and then behind, there were two attendants beside Qian Jun, slightly damp and cool wind blowing gently in the evening, Wen Jin's scattered sideburns hair flew up, playfully dancing on her cheeks, with a hint of itching.
The spring has quietly come, and the green and fluffy grass on the ground has come out at some point, and it seems that it is also very envious of the family who has walked by, such harmony, such beauty.
Silkworm raising is about to start, Jin Dalang took his wife and children to come again, he finally succeeded in transferring Mrs. Jin's attention to his wife and daughter, Grandma Jin is now, not only is she still busy with family affairs as before, but also has a little time to teach her daughter-in-law all kinds of farming, how to deal with the affairs of the clan, and even how to behave in the world on weekdays. Grandma Jin used to be a boat girl, and she didn't understand anything in the eyes of Mrs. Jin, and such a large load of learning content made her a little overwhelmed, but fortunately, Mrs. Jin did not have a penchant for abusive daughter-in-law, and she was very concerned about Grandma Jin's life, and her attitude was relatively gentle, and Grandma Jin was not rebellious.
Jin Dalang felt very sorry for his daughter-in-law, so he took advantage of the few days to take the family out for a walk and let his daughter-in-law relax.
When Jin Jin and Qian Qian saw the pile of little radish heads of the Jin family, they cheered happily and immediately took them to play with their toys and eat their favorite pastries like Xianbao.
The nurses led the children out, and Jin Dalang and his wife, Qian Jun and Wen Jin were left in the house.
Jin Dalang took out the book given by Qian Jun, and asked the problems he encountered in self-study during this period of time, one by one, Qian Jun patiently explained, and Grandma Jin said to Wen Jin enviously: "Uncle Qian knows a lot." β
"We'll have to ask you if we're on the ship, but we're just a step ahead of schedule."
Grandma Jin shook her head: "My sister is good at talking, when my mother-in-law taught me, she often praised you for being smart, alas, I am far from you." β
"Sister, don't be presumptuous, you just don't get used to life on land, and you haven't seen such things as planting mulberry and silkworms, waiting for three or five years, you will get used to it, and you can learn anything."
"Hmm!"
The two gossiped, and after a while, the topic involuntarily turned to the child, and the woman who became a mother seemed to be like this, the topic was not the child, or the husband, and the troubles and sweetness of the previous girl were unconsciously thrown out of the clouds.
When it comes to making fish, Wen Jin doesn't have as many means as Grandma Jin, and her knowledge of fish, shrimp and aquatic products is not as rich as hers. Wen Jin's pond has not yet started breeding, so Grandma Jin volunteered to accompany her to buy vegetables, and seeing that she wanted to show her hand, Wen Jin said hello to the man and went out in a carriage with the child.
At this time, there is no fixed vegetable market, more than ten miles away from the town, most of the sellers are not professional vegetable sellers, but their own mountain picking and fishing in the river, and then take out to sell, the price is not high, and it is also very fresh, no one can estimate what dishes there are.
Grandma Jin and Wen Jin walked all the way, she only cared about aquatic products, first bought a string of fish sold with straw ropes, then saw a crockpot selling shrimp, and finally, she also bought a few loaches and tofu.
Wen Jin bought a handful of mountain mushrooms, a basket of wild vegetables, as well as ground soft and fungus. This trip back and forth is an hour, it's time to make lunch when you come back, there is a cook at home, some dishes are still made by her, Grandma Jin made garlic shrimp, steamed fish, loach tofu soup.
The people of the two families ate at the same table, Grandma Jin's fish was very delicious, Wen Jin praised and praised, although she was so ashamed that her face was red, but she was very proud and satisfied.
During this period of time, Grandma Jin was hit by her mother-in-law and felt a little inferior, so she stayed here with Wen Jin for a few days, and it was easy to pick up some.
Jin Dalang has learned abacus addition and subtraction, Qian Jun taught him multiplication and division, he has a textbook in his hand, has been thinking about it for a long time, Qian Jun dialed this point, he suddenly realized, did some exercises, and carefully wrote out the steps with a pen and sandwiched them in the book, and then returned with his wife and children.
Wen Jin found the little guy for Jin Jin, but now he hasn't settled yet, he took his sister away in the next life, Jin Jin was lost and sad for a while, even Qian Jun was touched by his son's resentful eyes, and he played with the two children for a long time before he was appeased.
Time passed day by day, the house of Qian Jun Academy was built, and the gentleman who went to Jiangnan to hire also arrived, and the next step was to start recruiting students in the entire Nanlin Mansion. Regardless of whether they are rich or poor, as long as their children are talented, they can come to the college to study for free.
The name of the academy is Yucai, and Qian Jun is Xiao Yi's son-in-law, in the eyes of ordinary people, he is a character who can reach the sky, not to mention those ordinary ordinary people, even the rich who live temporarily with money investment, many of them take their children to interviews.
The first level is that several martial artists choose people according to their bones and children's strength, the second level is to teach children a poem to see if he can remember it in a short time, and the third level, there are some small games to see the child's judgment and adaptability.
In the end, Qian Jun also increased the number of places again and again, and only accepted thirty students, he encouraged the unsuccessful children to study hard after going home, two years later, there is another selection, and then it will be the exam, to see who knows more words in the past two years, and reads more books. Students who enter the academy are ready to be selected from the road of both civil and military skills, and Qian Jun leaves space for the unsuccessful students, which is the future selection of readers, perhaps two years, there are not good young people with good talent by virtue of hard work, admitted to this academy, such children will have the same future in the future, memory, adaptability, and perseverance, these are indispensable for a person to become a talent, the latter can make up for the lack of the former to a certain extent, but smart people have no perseverance and determination, and there is much more to achieve nothing in their lives.
In the following days, Qian Jun was extremely busy, in addition to recruiting this group of teenagers, he also recruited a group of young people from Jiangnan, from ten *** to twenty-five or six, and even a few of them were almost thirty, Wen Jin judged from their extremely light and agile posture that these people all have martial arts, and it is not clear as to the level.
Probably these people were also screened, some people left again after a few days, Wen Jin didn't ask Qian Jun about these things, Qian Jun occasionally said, it turned out that the thirties were ready to be Mr., and they didn't talk about it.
All people come and go to pay for the journey, and when some people leave, Qian Jun even gives silver tickets, thousands of taels. Building schools, hiring teachers, and these people walking, Wen Jin's money on hand was spent like a stream.
There is something strange in this, but when Qian Jun didn't plan to say it, Wen Jin didn't ask, she knew that men had something to hide from themselves, she wasn't angry, knowing more was not necessarily a good thing, they had been married for so many years, they had two children, and the emperor couldn't have no news at all, but their days were still quiet and happy, this must be the result of Qian Jun's efforts, for this family, the burden on his shoulders was heavier, Wen Jin didn't need to let men be in a dilemma for his own little curiosity, unable to choose.
On this day, when Qian Jun went home, he brought two large baskets of pineapples and made Wen Jin rare: "Yo, where did you come from?" β
"From the south, in fact, we can also grow here, the Jin family took the lead in planting mulberry, and some people planted tea, but no one planted fruits. This thing is not easy to keep, and it will break before it is shipped out. β
Wen Jin suddenly had an idea: "Do you remember when I made jam and canned food?" Many people in the capital have never heard of the fruit, so it is better for us to process it and sell it to make money. β
"Making jam? Is pineapple OK too? β
Wen Jin smiled: "It's best to make canned pineapples." β
She found two porcelain jars at home, peeled and cut the pineapples, added sugar water and put them in the porcelain jars to steam, Qian Jun hugged her little son, watched his wife busy, and asked strangely: "Is it delicious after steaming?" β
"It's delicious, it's not worse than fresh at all, and it's not bad if you cover it with a lid and seal it with beeswax for a year, so you can ship it to the capital." I've done this before, don't remember? Suddenly remembering that Qian Jun rarely came to the Xiao family at that time, Prince Ren was also very wary of himself, and Qian Jun had never eaten the canned peaches and canned pears she made, Wen Jin's heart was sour.
"What's wrong?" Qian Jun asked with concern.
Wen Jin shook his head: "It's nothing, think of the past, hehe, wait a while, you can taste my craftsmanship when it cools." "Eating too much pineapple is easy to get angry, after processing, children can eat as much as they want, and Wen Jin doesn't have to worry.
Qian Jun was very surprised to see that her method was so simple, but he had always believed in his wife, and when he tasted it for a while, he still had some doubts in his heart, but when he took a bite into his mouth, he couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise - it was really delicious.
Wen Jin smiled and watched the father and son eat a lot, especially Xiao Qianqian, the teeth in his mouth were not so strong, he ate very slowly, his face was covered with sugar water, and the clothes on his chest were spilled everywhere, the more anxious he was, the more he insisted on eating by himself, his fat hand held the small wooden spoon tightly, and the nurse was not allowed to feed him, and in the end, the whole family stopped eating, and they all looked at Qian Qian and laughed.
"Come, Qianqian, my mother will change your clothes, and I'll eat later, and look at my little belly, like a watermelon." Wen Jin coaxed his son.
Qian Qian was unwilling, twisting his small body to protest.
"Money, no matter what it is, I can't eat it, my mother promises, I will often make pineapple syrup for my baby in the future, and continue to eat it for the next meal, okay?"
"Good!" Qian Qian finally nodded, but still picked up the small wooden bowl and poured the last sip of sugar water into his stomach, then he grinned and patted his little belly with satisfaction: "Full!" β
The family was amused.
The nurse asked the maid to bring hot water from the kitchen, and simply took a bath for Qian Qian in the side room, changed her clothes, and then hugged her out again.
Jin Jin's surgery was also sticky, and seeing that there were also sugar stains on his clothes, he automatically asked the nurse to change and wash them.
The servant cleaned up the dining room and withdrew, and Qian Jun and Wen Jin sat across the table.
"Jin'er, the money has been spent too much recently, I need your help."
"Okay!" Wen Jin smiled: "I'm happy." β
Qian Jun was a little ashamed, and held Wen Jin's hand across the table very gratefully: "Daughter-in-law, you are so good!" After waiting for a while, I will not let you have the slightest hardship. β
"That's not going to work!"
Qian Jun was stunned for a moment, not understanding what his wife meant.
"My husband has a thousand pounds of burden, and I, as a daughter-in-law, have to pick up eight hundred pounds, otherwise, how can I advance and retreat with you? I don't want us to be in our forties or fifties and be as indifferent as passers-by. β
"No, no!" Qian Jun hurriedly promised, "As long as I have you in my life, the two of us will definitely eat sugarcane in our days, and it will become sweeter and sweeter." β
Wen Jin smiled, but when she saw the seriousness in her husband's eyes, she couldn't help but become serious - he wasn't sweet, he wasn't poor, at least now, he really thought so, and really planned to spend his life hand in hand with him.
Qian Jun saw that Wen Jin believed his words and understood his heart, and couldn't help but feel emotional, he stretched out his other hand and put Wen Jin's little hand in the palm of his hand: "Jin'er, we will get through this difficult time, and we will be better in the future." β
"If the matter of your deployment of us is exposed, how should we deal with the emperor, isn't it?" Wen Jin unconsciously said the conjecture in his heart.
Qian Jun was stunned for a moment and nodded: "You can also say the same." You have suffered too much for me, and it is like that when you get married, it is I who have burdened you, I have no memory of the past, and I hope that you and your children can be quiet and happy, but in the past two years, the more things I remember, the more guilty and ashamed I feel, I can't stand you. β
"Don't say that, when you got married, you didn't know anything, it was me who cheated on the marriageββ, hehe, it was me who was wrong."
Qian Jun saw that so far, Wen Jin still excused him, and his mood was agitated: "Jin'er, don't say that, are you ashamed of me?" At that time, without your help, I still don't know what life would have become, and it's hard to say whether I would have my life or not, but fortunately, with you and my father-in-law, who were tolerant and considerate to me, and met a good person like the Jin family, I remembered the past little by little, and I came to this day step by stepββ" He couldn't go on, and the years of peace and tranquility were stolen from the hands of the emperor and his father, and it was really not easy.
Wen Jin saw that her husband was seriously shining, and hurriedly changed the topic: "The income from my stone village orchard is all stored in the capital pomegranate money village, you can send someone to take the seal letter to withdraw the money, tens of thousands, it should be able for you to cope for a while." β
"Okay! Good daughter-in-law, after this while, I will definitely compensate you doubly. It's all because I woke up too late, I didn't prepare for it earlier, and I'm going to be nervous now. β
"Don't blame yourself, you have a way to deal with it, you have done a good job. I think that your deployment in this area will definitely be limited by financial and human resources, and I know your ability. β
Qian Jun was a little surprised, this is indeed the case, if he was in the capital, if he had intervened with the power of the imperial court earlier, maybe the situation would have been completely different. But now, it's not that he can't do that effect, it's just that it's a little difficult at the moment, if the thing is done, he will complete it, and the cost is much less than the power of the imperial court to promote it, and the difficulty is not much less. "Jin'er, you really understand me." Qian Jun felt that the tiredness of these days suddenly disappeared. From the first time he saw Wen Jin, he was deeply attracted to her, at the beginning, because of the disparity in the family, he also hesitated, but he couldn't resist the desire in his heart, and tried every means to make friends with Qian Wenhan, as he got to know Wen Jin, he liked her more and more, and he couldn't let go of her more and more.
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