Hearing that the jade pipa spirit told what Ji Chang did in Jinli, Qiao Kun admired it for a while, he couldn't do it.

If you want him to do it, I'm afraid it will be a mess, and he can't even do it well.

He walked out of the main house and saw Ji Chang sitting in the courtyard, divining with yarrow.

I saw Ji Chang holding a small handful of yarrow in each hand, and holding one between the little finger and ring finger of his left hand, dividing the yarrow in a group of four, changing three times in a row, and getting three numbers, the action was fast, and it was a little handsome.

Qiao Kun learned the art of Qimen, and he also dabbled in this skill of divination and fortune-telling, so he naturally saw some subtleties.

Ji Chang doesn't care, sometimes he will talk to himself, saying something like "two parts of heaven and earth, supplemented by three talents, accompanied by four hours" and so on.

Qiao Kun watched from the sidelines, and couldn't help but think about the comparison. Before I knew it, it was time for the children to read and write in the afternoon.

Only this time the children have changed. There are two less boys of eight or nine years old, and one more teenage girl. Presumably, these children need to work, and they are not fixed.

Qiao Kun, the extra girl, happened to recognize that it was the one he asked for directions that day.

She was dressed in tatters, her hair was disheveled, her limbs were thin, her cheeks were sunken, maybe she had eaten a few spirit fruits, and her face was better than yesterday.

It's just that for some reason, the other children are very repulsive to her, and their eyes are full of coldness and disgust when they look at her.

The little girl didn't care, just expressionless, silently alone in the small corner.

Qiao Kun looked really cold, so he sat next to the little girl, and the little girl turned her head to look at him, as if she was a little surprised, but she didn't dodge.

Ji Chang didn't care about this, and began to teach words again, but this time it was "Yin and Yang are separated, the heavens are in response, the five elements are clutched, and the universe is fixed".

All the children are writing and drawing, but Qiao Kun inevitably has to think more, and his heart says that this sentence should be explained in intertextuality, saying that the changes in the five elements of yin and yang correspond to the heavenly machine.

What does it mean? Is it really Qiankun? It could also be the relationship between man and heaven and earth.

Although there was no context to guide him, Qiao Kun thought about it a lot, constantly compared it with what he knew, forcibly interpreted it, and then he recorded these thoughts in the jade slip.

After the meeting, Ji Chang finished teaching and began to teach children some practical skills.

Half an hour passed, and the child reluctantly retreated, and the little girl with her hair was naturally the same, but she walked last.

Is there a hierarchy for this? Qiao Kun was a little disgusted, and when he looked at the little girl again, he couldn't bear it, and whispered to her, "Why don't you stay and eat with us?" ”

But when the little girl heard this, she was frightened by something, and she seemed to run away.

Qiao Kun felt strange, but he didn't care. Only started to have dinner, Ji Chang still had food, but there were not many vegetables, and there was a lack of salt and oil. Only porridge can be cooked.

He had no choice but to take out lard, meat, and white noodles from the Qiankun talisman in his sleeve, and took some cabbage chives from the courtyard, and made dumplings for Ji Chang and Ziyun.

There is no such food as dumplings in this world, Ji Chang and Ziyun feel that they are very fresh, and they feel that the taste of dumplings is very layered.

Ji Chang couldn't help but praise, "Your craftsmanship is really good." ”

Ji Chang is a nobleman, but he has been imprisoned for several years, and he does not reject Ku Ding. He doesn't think of him as a cheap job like other nobles.

Ziyun didn't speak, and the expression on her face didn't change much, but Qiao Kun saw that she was eating quite quickly, so he made another one for her, and she didn't reject it, she ate it all.

Then Qiao Kun took out some spiritual rice, grain, salt, cloth, medicinal materials and other materials from the "Qiankun Talisman in his sleeve", wanting to improve the lives of the people in Jinli.

But Ji Chang sternly refused.

Qiao Kun thought that Ji Chang was worried about the lack of supplies, so he said: "Don't worry, I can also go to Yinzhou and other places to buy supplies." "Anyway, there is money in the "sleeve charm".

Ji Chang sighed when he heard this, "Child, I know that you are a kind immortal, but you really don't need it." ”

Qiao Kun couldn't agree with this, "I am a human race, not an immortal." At most, he can only be regarded as an immortal cultivator. ”

Ji Chang showed a smile on his face, "That's too much, and you can't give it to these people, but you have to exchange it with them, and you must not suffer a loss yourself." ”

This point of view was very strange, and Qiao Kun asked, "Why?" ”

"Blind charity can't save people, sometimes you are kind, you may also do wrong things, to help more people, in fact, to make rules that benefit more people. If you want to get it, you must give, and if you do something wrong, you will be punished, which is the rule. ”

Is this the rule that Ji Chang set in Jinli? Qiao Kun reacted again, "Then isn't it wrong for me to help people farm in the morning and not receive pay?" ”

Ji Chang nodded, with a satisfied look on his face, "You can react, you are really wise." ”

Wise? Qiao Kun was stunned, why didn't I know?

It seemed that Qiao Kun was pretending to be stupid, Ji Chang smiled and said: "One article today, two articles tomorrow, four articles on the third day, eight articles on the fourth day, so ninety-nine eighty-one days, how is it not wisdom?" If I hadn't studied gossip, I would have almost deceived you. ”

It turned out to be this. Qiao Kunxin said, this is knowledge involving indices, not wisdom, if there is anything, I am just the accumulation of thousands of years of knowledge.

Ji Chang said: "This happened a few months ago, if the king is willing to abide by the agreement, he will already lose to you in this world." ”

How can this verbal agreement be counted? Qiao Kun didn't think so, and it was impossible for him to agree, "I'm afraid that the king is unwilling to abide by the agreement." ”

Ji Chang smiled, noncommittal, and said about farming, "Yesterday morning, I already agreed with seven or eight of them, you help them farm, and they contribute to help you build a yard." ”

Ji Chang said: "But now that you have linen, grain, and salt in your hands, you have more room to operate." He said that he discussed with Qiao Kun how to use the salt, cloth, and grain in his hand to trade with the people in Yili.

In short, there is one thing, that is, Qiao Kun himself cannot suffer.

"Don't you suffer?" Qiao Kun muttered to himself, but he didn't understand what it was for.

Ji Chang said: "Just because someone benefits doesn't mean that another suffers. Sometimes the exchange itself represents meaning and can be a win-win situation. ”

Does this mean that exchange creates value? Qiao Kunxin said, no, labor creates value.

However, he was as good as a stream, and expressed his willingness to follow Ji Chang's advice and would never suffer in the exchange.

On the second day, sure enough, a few families came to Ji Chang's side to help Qiao Kun build another small courtyard.

In the afternoon, children are literate, but what Ji Chang teaches is "the yin and yang of heaven and earth, the inner scene of people, not to push by numbers, but to the image".

After class, Qiao Kun did not let the children go away, but took out salt, cloth, and food in exchange for the help of these children.

The resources in his hands are very attractive, and the people in Yili are also very willing, adults and children are involved, and Qiao Kun distributes corresponding remuneration according to the amount of personal labor.

Everyone's needs are different, bartering involves multiple people, and there is no unified standard, which is very inconvenient.

At this time, Qiao Kun missed the role and value of money. It's just that there is really no money in Jinli.

But fortunately, Qiao Kun has Ji Chang, an old man, and Ji Chang uses salt and millet as the standard, and adds a scale to solve these problems.

After distributing the reward, Qiao Kun burned firewood to dry the house, and chopped wood to make a bed, so that he could already rest.

It was rough, but he felt at ease in bed, and no matter what, he had a home in this place.

In the future, he will be in charge of Ji Chang and Ziyun's food.

He is quite good at his craft, and although he is unable to show his strengths to the fullest due to the conditions, the food he cooks is already very delicious.

When Ziyun looked at him, his expressionless face became pleasant.

On this day, Qiao Kun finally reacted and asked Ziyundao, "Isn't your body a jade pipa?" Why eat? ”