Pearl also smiled and said to Qin Min, "Min'er is very capable today, not only can she clean her yard again, put away the luggage she brought back, but also help your second brother clean up, at such an age, it is already very rare, my two younger sisters can't do it at Min'er's age!" Pearl tilted his head sideways and said to Qin Hui, this is praising Qin Min, Qin Min has never been praised by pearls since he changed the pearls! Now not only did she say that she was better than her two younger sisters, but still in front of her father, Qin Min's little face turned red, and then hurriedly said,

"I don't deserve my mother's praise, it's my mother's thorough preparation, and she teaches well on weekdays, and Min'er knows how to be flexible." Qin Min walked out and saluted the pearl, which was the result of Mama's teaching in the past few months.

Qin Hui felt very happy, although he didn't have many opportunities to meet his daughter, but he definitely knew his daughter, if it was in the past, when someone praised him, his daughter must have lowered her head, or hid behind the nurse, where would she have the courage to stand up and say this, for the decision to hand over his daughter to Pearl, it was really wise, he touched his beard proudly, Pearl looked at it at a glance, no matter how he looked at it, it was not pleasing to the eye, it was obviously in the prime of life, the most attractive age for a man, I have to grow a beard, it really makes people think, destroying the scenery!

The family was talking, and soon Qingfeng came in and said, "Mrs. Hui, after the person who delivered the food in Zhuangzi at noon went back, he immediately sent the things that Mrs. wanted, and the slave maid just picked a set of six white porcelain tea bowls, six colored porcelain tea bowls, six blue and white porcelain tea bowls, six glass teacups, and a complete set of purple sand tea sets. I sent it to the third lady, and even the blanket sent from Zhuangzi also sent four beds, as well as four down quilts, the quilts are all with the original quilt covers, silk embroidery materials, which is very in line with the third lady's heart, and gave us two silver nudes for a reward! It's just, old lady, there ......"

"I don't need this, I gave it the first time I gave a gift, and the old lady didn't like it. Useless. If you give it away, we don't have to send it anymore. Is the stove ready? And the stove barrel? ”

The brazier in the house always makes Pearl worry about carbon monoxide poisoning, and when there is a fire kang on the northeast side, there is not only a fire kang. They also have walls of fire. It's not going to be very tiring in the house. It's different here now, the window gaps are not sealed, and if there is no stove. I'm afraid it's really frozen. The cold here makes people feel clammy and uncomfortable.

"Mrs. Hui, there is just one on the Zhuangzi, which was originally prepared for the vegetable shed, but now it is brought to us first, as well as the best coal, silver frost charcoal, and the new hand and foot stoves for the masters. In addition to this, I knew that Mrs. had no one to live in the house for a long time, and the smell in the house was not good, and I knew that Mrs. didn't like incense, so I used the carriage that delivered vegetables to the capital on weekdays, and moved two carts, with a total of more than 40 pots, some large and small, including peonies, roses, buttercups, junzi orchids and bamboo, etc. ”

Pearl smiled and said, "Send two pots of this flower to the old lady, the third lady, and the young master, and keep the rest." In the house, you will put Junzi Orchid and Wenzhu, and the others will be placed in the hall and study. ”

"Yes, ma'am. The kitchen is ready, isn't it time for dinner? ”

Pearl turned to her husband and asked, "What did the master say?" ”

"I'm not feeling comfortable eating in the palace today, let's have some serious food! Are you two hungry? Qin Hui asked his two children,

After talking for a long time, I saw the fighting methods of the two Mrs. Qin in the family, and everyone was tired, so they all agreed to start the meal immediately. Taking advantage of the master's efforts to eat in the hall, the subordinates installed stoves in the bedrooms of several masters, and pressed them in the study, and Pearl asked people to send one to the third young master Qin Dening, but unfortunately there was only one left, and Pearl asked people to send it to the third lady, and told her that when the new one came up, it would be made up immediately, as for the old lady's, Pearl told Qin Hui, or let Qin Hui come forward and ask the old lady what she meant, whether to press it or not, it depends on the old lady's own meaning.

As soon as the pot came up, everyone stopped talking, and began to concentrate on eating, it was really how many days in a row, and the food was very rough, and now that they can eat the food at home, how can they not concentrate? After eating, the family put on a canopy and went to the yard for a walk, Qin Dezhang took his sister to step on the snow, and the pearl did not stop him, knowing that they were going to come to the yard to play in the snow, the yard is not small, so the snow was swept near the wall, and when the car in the house was convenient, it would be transported away. So after eating, Pearl quickly asked the girl to change the two of them into leather boots, a hat and a fox skin scarf, a deerskin face, and a rabbit fur liner gloves. Let them have enough fun.

Qin Hui followed, walking very slowly, there seemed to be something in his heart, Pearl didn't ask, waiting for her to take the initiative to say, Qin Hui took a long time to say, "The emperor trusts me very much, but the officials of the imperial court are not very optimistic about the matter of the firearms factory." The Ministry of Household allocated money for all sorts of reasons, and listed the funds of the firearms factory as the least important. Plus...... The maritime trade in the four northeastern provinces is so well developed that some people even say that I am doing business. The glass factory is very profitable now, and the nobles have nothing to do with it, but they will not speak for me. My teachers were supportive, but this support was not because they believed that I would have a big war soon, nor because they knew that there were too few soldiers in the Northeast, and their support was just because I was a member of their party. Alas......"

"What did the emperor say?"

"The emperor feels that it is necessary to prepare for war, but no matter how I lay out the facts and tell the evidence, the emperor will believe me at most seventy percent, seventy percent! I don't dare to guarantee that the land will not be lost, and I dare not guarantee that Yidi will not go straight in, not to mention that it is still seventy percent, the current production efficiency of the firearms factory is not high, the quality is good, and the mortar, those soldiers and generals feel that the huge red-coated cannon is more powerful. Coupled with the need for firearms factories to import ore from overseas, they did not agree. "Qin Hui not only met the emperor, but also met his teacher, his best friend, the situation is not optimistic! When Qin Hui came to the court, the first thing he had to face was everyone's questioning.

Also, there is so much grain that was bought, and the money spent was borrowed, where did this money come from? How are you going to pay it back? Now the adults of the household department regard this money as a big knife, just waiting for Qin Hui to stick out his head! Also, the firearms factory often asks for money, and it costs so much, and their entire household department has a very bad impression of Qin Hui. What a problem!

Pearl laughed and said, "It's not worth it for adults to bother with these things. Those generals felt so, but because they didn't really see the benefits of these weapons, the red-coated cannon, very powerful, but in addition to the great usefulness of siege, its shortcomings are also fatal, the cannon is too heavy, and it is difficult to consign, if the Yidi people bypass the Great Wall, the red-coated cannon is useless at all. Once in the grassland, or elsewhere, mortars are the best weapon of destruction. And the firecracker, they wouldn't be unaware of the benefits of this thing, would they? Besides, although they stopped it, they also produced a lot, and it was enough to form a new army, as long as they could form an army and train properly, they were not afraid that they would not approve of it. Although there are criticisms, didn't the emperor stop building weapons? This is waiting for the new army to be able to make a big difference! The master has been studying the formation of firearms and mortars for a while, and I have also translated the combat methods of foreigners with you, so it should be a bit eyebrow-raising, right? ”

Qin Hui raised his head, looked at the sky, and said, "Although the things you gave me are scattered, I have almost sorted them out, and it is rare that I am willing to look up useful information in those parchments for me." Having a wife like this, Qin Hui is very lucky! ”

Pearl smiled, but there was some helplessness and sadness in her heart, planning for Qin Hui, why not for herself and her children? It's just that she is a woman after all, what does a woman desire most in her life? There is a man who is worthy of your love and loves you, touching a woman's heart, or pure love in ignorance, or a confidant who is in love with each other and has the same heart, or a flame of love that you know you can't do without hesitation.

However, this kind of love is hard to find, pearls can no longer have that kind of pure love, confidants are hard to find, and people who are willing to burn themselves for their own flames and love themselves without hesitation, where will there be this time? Even if there is, I am afraid that there is a shelf life, countless predecessors told us that the shelf life of love will not exceed two years, and if you don't forget it in your life, it must be that you don't get it, a confidant with the same heart, a person who is crazy about it, these two are possible, unless he can be smart, or has unrivaled courage and strength. He and Qin Hui may be the second kind, they have the same mind, but now, they are far from reaching that level, at most they only have a tacit understanding, they know that the other party has a little fur, something profound, but they have not touched it, Pearl doesn't know the deepest secret in Qin Hui's heart, and he doesn't know what can deeply touch him, and Qin Hui is the same, but at the moment, Pearl is not in a hurry, everything but his own mind.

Pearl looked ahead and said, "As for the money, in my opinion, it is all outside the body, and I have the ability to earn it again, so what if I tell those people that I donated it?" What's more, Zhuozhou Wharf has no formal management, no investment promotion, no contact with commercial banks around the country, but a small fight, once the tax is collected, the silver, I'm afraid even you can't imagine it! ”

Qin Hui turned his head sideways to look at his wife, he didn't expect that the pearl would think like this, donate? It's rare to spend a lot of money, these hundreds of thousands of silver, don't want it, such a woman, either too stupid, too simple, or really have great ability, if you don't have to rely on, how dare you say this? Or, from this, it can be imagined that her wife's means of earning money, or the gold and silver in her hand, are far more than those hundreds of thousands of taels. Looking at her usual way of doing things, she is all thoughtful, take one step, look at three steps, just like coming back this time, who would have thought that she would bring so many things that she is used to on weekdays and so many subordinates, and also notified herself in advance of the preparation of Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing, Qin Hui believes that his wife is holding a sea of gold and silver in her hand, or she is sure enough to have a sea of gold and silver. (To be continued.) )