Chapter 37 Huangxian Xia Mansion
Zhao Lizheng discussed with Uncle Wang and decided to do a pedal overturn first. Although the ox turnover is more labor-saving, but the things that need to be built also occupy space, the pedal rollover is simple, easy to disassemble, and is more suitable for the use of Beigou Village.
Zhao Li is looking for two carpenters in the village, showing them the drawings, and then began to choose wood to build a dump, Zhao Li is so active, one is that he has a lot of fields at home; the second is for "political achievements", overturning is a good thing that is beneficial to the township, and it is also his merit to report to the county government if it is used well; The third is for the sake of their own children.
Zhao Lizheng's youngest son Zhao Liangcai was admitted to Xiucai at the age of fifteen, and now he is eighteen years old, and he is Zhao Lizheng's heart. Lan Yi drew drawings to build a rollover car and didn't want to be known, so Zhao Lizheng moved his mind and started his own little abacus. If the credit for the benefit of the township is counted on Zhao Liangcai's head, it will be beneficial to his future career, and Zhao Lizheng, a good thing that kills three birds with one stone, will naturally operate actively.
The overturning drawings are simple and clear, the carpenters in the village are handicrafted, the wheat harvest season is not over, a overturned car is done, Zhao Lizheng and a few people rang the hanging bell on the old locust tree in the village after the stream is real, and the villagers are gathered to discuss the overturning.
After the demonstration of the dump frame at the water's edge, Zhao Li was shouting the benefits of the rollover at the top of his voice, and the villagers were naturally elated. Zhao Lizheng also explained that the overturned car is divided according to the mu, and the payment is voluntary, and it is not allowed to be used if it is not paid.
The price of using a rollover is not too expensive. Each time the overturned car is used, five wen per mu of land within one zhang on the water, and five wen per zhang high is increased. Because after the height is more than one zhang, when the distance between the water surface and the field bank exceeds the length of the overturned car, it is necessary to transfer multiple overturns to operate, first transport the water to a small pool of a certain height, and then use another overturn to transport the water in the small pool upwards, so that the water can be lifted to the field bank of more than three zhang. Of course, this connection method is also a reminder from Lan Yi.
The silver collected was used for maintenance, construction, and improvement of the overturned car, and the rest of Zhao Li was sent to Lan Yi's house to subsidize her family, which could be regarded as a kind of compensation for Lan Yi by attributing the credit for the dedication of the map to Zhao Liangcai.
Lan Yi knew Zhao Lizheng's heart, and calmly accepted the copper coin to calm his heart. In fact, Lan Yi was not disgusted by Zhao Lizheng's approach, but on the contrary, he still had some appreciation. Just in case, Lan Yijian yƬ Zhao Li asked Zhao Liangcai to find books or go to Zheng Baiqu to learn about the use of the overturned car. After all, the overturned car she proposed is thousands of years later, and there should be a difference from the overturned car here, of course, this difference can only be an improvement, not a backward one.
The overturned frame was in the canal, and Lan Yi and Second Uncle Wang were the first to use it. Lin Xi and Lin Yuan took turns stepping on the overturned car, driving the continuous ribbon leaves in the trough to scrape the water and water the slope. The people in the village gathered at the edge of the field to watch the overturned cart continue to transport the water up, and they were surprised and laughed constantly.
Lan Yi's two acres of sloping land were watered in the first hour, and Lan Yi even felt that she could hear the click of bean seedlings drinking water happily. Second Uncle Wang asked Lan Yi to go home to rest, and he took his two sons to water the remaining fields. Zhao Lizheng also asked everyone to use the overturned car according to the situation of the villagers' fields, and everyone was full of enthusiasm, even taking advantage of the moonlight at night. According to Zhao Lizheng's requirements, the carpenter in the village worked day and night to build a dumped car, and if he couldn't use it up in his own village, he could sell it to other villages, right? As long as you have seen this thing, you will definitely want it, and you will soon be able to make a lot of money.
After watering the sloping land, Wang Lin went far into the soil and came out of the first seven, and Lan Yi planned to go to the county seat to visit Xia Wan. Reciprocating the favor, Lan Yi thought about it again and again, and wrote a summary of pregnancy and child-rearing. This summary lists the precautions that Lan Yi knows about pregnancy and taking care of the baby in accordance with the time stage, so that Xia Wan can check it.
Lan Yi wrote this summary for two nights, first writing it out with a charcoal pen, and then copying it neatly with a brush. Although her brush writing is not good, she can also see the eye, but she rarely wrote traditional Chinese characters before, and some words have to be turned to know the precise way to write, which took some effort.
Now that the weather is getting hotter, Lan Yi only took Yu'er to Xia Wan to take a look, and the baby was entrusted to Chen's care. According to Chen's instructions, Lan Yi and Yu'er were waiting for the progress of the ox cart under the big locust tree in the village, which was also equivalent to the ancient "bus", but the speed was a little worse.
Lan Yi wanted to go into the city to see Xia Wan, so she took off a black filial piety dress and put on a plain dress, which made her feel a lot more refreshing. Yu'er was wearing a new blue shirt and a small satchel, so nervous that she pulled Lan Yi and didn't dare to let go.
"Yu'er, let's go into the city to visit Aunt Xia Wan, and then my mother will take you around the city and come back, has Yu'er been in the county seat before?" Lan Yi tidied up the small hat on Yu'er's head and comforted him.
"Daddy took Yu'er to buy puppets." Yu'er grabbed her small satchel and smiled shyly. These four or five little puppets that can't see the primary color are Yu'er's favorite, he treasures it, cherishes it, there are his memories of his father, there is the love that his father passed on to him, it is one of the few warmth he has had since he was a child.
"Yes. Yu'er's father likes Yu'er the most and buys puppets for Yu'er. Lan Yi comforted him as he spoke.
"Brother and sister, are you waiting for the bus to enter the city?" The woman beside Lan Yi asked.
Lan Yi saw that it was a woman adjacent to her slope, so she nodded and replied, "Take Yu'er into the city to visit his aunt and buy some things by the way." Sister-in-law Zhou, what are you? ā
"Let's also go into the city to buy things, it's not just past the wheat ripe, and we're idle down." Sister-in-law Zhou looked at Lan Yi and asked tentatively, "Aunt Yu'er, is it the Xia family in the county?" ā
Several women next to her heard Sister-in-law Zhou's question, and they also listened carefully with their ears. Under the deliberate propaganda of Zhao Lizheng and Liuzi, the people in the village already knew that Lan Yi was a relative of the Xia family in the county seat, and they could not afford to offend. This also invisibly blocked some trouble for Lan Yi.
"Exactly. We had to take a look at the ground after we had finished watering it last day. Lan Yi didn't want to talk about talking about herself with the people in the village, so she changed the topic, "It does save a lot of effort with a rollover." ā
The women continued to talk about the overturned, and the chatter was very lively.
Thursday in the village drove an ox cart to beckon everyone into the car, Lan Yi and Yu'er sat on the side of the car after getting into the car, and then took him in their arms and listened to everyone's chat.
The women chatted about homely things, Lan Yi tilted her head and listened carefully, although she didn't say much, she would also say a few words in a timely manner, and she did not refuse people and thousands of miles away, looking high and cold. Along the way, several women were also a little eager for her, Lan Yi coped with it easily, Yu'er listened carefully with big eyes, and gradually showed a relaxed expression because of the harmonious atmosphere.
The ox cart stopped and stopped, and a few passers-by went up and down, and it took more than half an hour to reach Huang County. Lan Yi looked up at the blue-gray high city wall, and carved the word "Huangxian" with half-zhang long bluestone, which was simple and atmospheric. At this time, the city gate was wide open, all kinds of pedestrians came in and out, and there were soldiers guarding the city sitting and drinking tea and chatting under the pergola by the gate, looking idle.
Lan Yi pulled Yu'er into the city, she came all the way from Meixian, she had seen a lot of county seats, and she felt that there was no difference, but Yu'er pulled Lan Yi and saw everything fresh. He only heard his father say that he would take him to the county seat to buy puppets, but he didn't have any impression, and this time it was the first time he entered the city, so he was naturally nervous and novel.
Lan Yi inquired and arrived at the main gate of Xia Mansion, and gave the doorman a few pennies to let him report, not saying that he was looking for Xia Wan, but only that he was looking for Xia Nong and Xia Xiaoliu. Xia Nong is the name of the sixth son, Lan Yi couldn't help but laugh out loud when she heard him have such a poetic name for the first time, but the sixth son didn't like this big name, and only called himself the sixth son when he met people.
After waiting for about two teas, the sixth son came out of it and politely took Lan Yi's mother and son into the Xia Mansion. The Xia Mansion covers a wide area, Lan Yi followed the six sons through the two courtyards, and saw Chunlan coming out, and their mother and son followed Chunlan into the flower gate and into the inner courtyard.
Xia Wan still lived in the embroidery building before she got married, and Lan Yi followed Chunlan along the winding corridor through a large garden. The strange stones and green willows in the garden contrast with each other, the flowers and plants are mainly peonies, the peony flowers are in full bloom, but they are also sporadically opened, Lan Yi recognizes several kinds of peonies in the garden, which are purple spots, purple Zhonggui, Fengdan, champion red, Niu Jiahuang and so on. The Tang Dynasty appreciated the peony, and the peony was planted all over the country, and the grand occasion of moving the capital when the flowers bloomed. The Great Zhou Dynasty also inherited the Tang style and took peonies as the most expensive, so the planting area was only excessive.
Lan Yi looked at the two varieties of Purple Spot and Feng Dan, and her previous memories flashed in her mind. She traveled through the days before, the media was hyping about the use of peony oil extraction, it is said that peony oil contains what acid, is the best edible oil in the world, in short, all kinds of good, Lan Yi in the dormitory lying in the dormitory read several issues of the central seven sets of special reports on oil peony breeding and oil extraction, particularly impressive.
Her brain is running rapidly, now is the time for peonies to bear seeds, if you find a flower farmer to order peony seeds and try to squeeze oil, it will definitely be a big money.
Lan Yi entered Xia Wan's residence and took Yu'er to greet Xia Wan. Yu'er is a child after all, and when she suddenly saw such a group of gorgeously dressed people, she was already dazzled, and according to Lan Yi's instructions, she timidly pulled Lan Yi's clothes and didn't dare to move more.
Xia Wan listened to Chuncao talk about Yu'er in detail, and she felt kind when she saw it at this time: "Yu'er, come to my aunt." ā
Yu'er looked up at her mother, and when she saw Lan Yi nodding, she slowly walked to Xia Wan's side, looked up at the bright and moving Xia Wan curiously, and shouted obediently: "Auntie." ā
"Good boy." Xia Wan took Yu'er's hand, praised and praised, took out a finger-length jade pendant from her arms, and hung it around Yu'er's neck, Lan Yi only asked Yu'er to thank her aunt, and did not excuse herself.
Lan Yi took out a large cut book from the cross basket and said embarrassedly: "Sister, this is what I wrote down some precautions for pregnancy and raising children, and I think most of my sisters also know it." ā
Xia Wan happily took it and exclaimed: "The word sister is very stylish. ā
āā¦ā¦ Hehe, my sister's insight is really unique. Lan Yi was a little embarrassed, and the word "wind bones" seemed to be reluctantly selected because she couldn't find a suitable word to describe her.
Xia Wan squinted and smiled happily, and then carefully looked at the content of the book and clearly wrote some items in the entries, such as not drinking too much brown sugar water during confinement, otherwise it is easy to gain weight; Eating three eggs a day is enough, and too much can be digested; The baby's bath water must be hot water to boil and cool down, and it cannot be mixed with boiling water; Babies can eat egg yolks at six months, steamed eggs at more than nine months, etc. Lan Yi's care and thoughtfulness were all integrated into this matter, Xia Wan took her hand and was silent for a long time.
After knowing that Xia Wan only got up to go back to Meixian after the beginning of autumn, Lan Yi took Yu'er to leave Xiafu and go shopping on the street.
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