Wang came with anger on his face, but he left happy.

It's not just her, Zhou has a smile on his face when he leaves.

Jiang Ying sent the two away and laughed when he closed the door.

"There are no eternal enemies in the world, only eternal interests, and this is not a deception to me."

Jiang Ying promised Wang and Zhou that after she built the house and moved back to the village, she would teach the two of them how to weave muslin, and her promise made Wang overjoyed.

In fact, the price of muslin cloth in this world is not much worse than that of silk.

All dynasties and dynasties have been heavy on agriculture and suppressed commerce, and all merchants, no matter how much money you have, are not allowed to wear silk.

Earlier, there was a wife of a wealthy merchant who didn't believe in evil and wanted to wear it, but she was reported by the opponent and made a result of raiding her home.

Since then, no matter how big the merchants, even the salt merchants of Jiangnan have dared not take the risk of wearing silk.

But in addition to silk, those cotton and linen products are too rough and thick, and they are really uncomfortable to wear.

This is where muslin was born.

This type of cotton cloth is sold exclusively to wealthy merchants.

As long as the merchants of all sizes want to wear comfortable and beautiful, they will find a way to make muslin.

But the yield of muslin is really low.

The main thing is that cotton spinning is very troublesome, and it is nothing to spin coarsely, but if you want to spin a thin and long thread, it is really laborious, and ordinary craftsmanship cannot be spun at all.

After spinning fine threads, you have to weave cloth.

Because of the thin thread, if you want to weave a cloth, you have to work hard, and it often takes three or four times as long to weave a muslin as an ordinary cotton cloth.

The process requirements are high, and the time required is also long, so the price is definitely not low.

There are few muslins, and there are many people who need them, and over time, the price of muslin is speculated, especially in the Jiangnan area, where it is said that sometimes a muslin is more expensive than silk.

Earlier, Wang's eyes were hot and muslin could be sold at a high price, and he also wanted to learn from it.

But in this kind of small place, you can't find a skilled weaver girl, even if you can find one or two, but the craftsmanship requirements are extremely strict, and Wang can't learn it.

This made Wang only watch others make a lot of money, which made her very unwilling.

Now that she knows that Jiang Ying can weave muslin, no, there is hope in her heart again.

She made up her mind, she must be very good to Jiang Ying before she finishes learning, and coaxes her to learn the craft first.

Wang thinks so, and Zhou thinks so too.

Of course, the Zhou family is a little kinder than the Wang family, she is grateful to Jiang Ying, and she sincerely hopes that Jiang Ying can do well.

When the two returned home, they only said that they had come back from the town and did not disclose a word about learning to weave.

Jiang Ying waited until it was almost dark before Tan Qi came back.

As soon as he entered the door and pulled Jiang Ying to sit down, he took out a box from his luggage and handed it over.

Jiang Ying took it and opened it, and there were two books and a silver ornament in it.

She put the silver ornaments aside and took a history book to look through.

The more he looked at it, the heavier Jiang Ying's face became.

Tan Qi should have read this history book.

His face was also a little bad.

"Where did you get this book?"

Jiang Ying asked in a low voice.

Tan Qi's expression was very solemn: "I picked it up in a bookstore in Fucheng, this book fell in the corner and became dusty, I happened to see it, so I wanted to pick it up and take a look, and when I saw it, I saw it." ”

Jiang Ying flipped through the book and turned to the pages about the previous dynasty, and she pointed to one of the pages: "In the last years of the previous dynasty, some people of the Tan clan fled the capital with their wives and children, and some of them were missing......

After a long time, Jiang Ying raised his head and his eyes shimmered: "Your family can't be a descendant of the royal family of the previous dynasty, right?" ”

Tan Qi was silent for a long time and sighed: "Yes, yes." ”

That's not too bad, worse is yet to come.

Jiang Ying quickly turned the pages of the book, and soon, she turned to a page.

"Look." Jiang Ying pointed to the page: "Eight great families...... How did these eight great families come about? Why do these eight families take turns to sit in the bank? ”

Tan Qi shook his head: "I don't know." ”

Jiang Ying furrowed his brows: "The Jiang family used to be the national teacher of the former dynasty, you say, our family won't be this Jiang family, right?" ”

Not necessarily.

Tan Qi didn't dare to say yes, and he couldn't say no.

Jiang Ying finished the book quickly.

She closed the page and set it aside: "If it's as we suspected, your father and my father are defiling ourselves." ”

No matter how big the thing is, it's not as big as eating.

Tan Qi watched the sky darken, and there was a cold wind outside.

He hurriedly put on a thick coat and went to the kitchen to boil water for cooking.

Jiang Ying couldn't sit still, so he went to the kitchen to give him a hand.

Tan Qi came back to stay for a few days, and then hired a car to take him back to Xiaoshe Village.

Now that the weather is warm, the family house has to be built, and he has to go back to find someone to build the house first.

When Tan Qi returned home, he met Tan Bi head-on.

Tan Bi was quite happy to see Tan Qi: "Second brother, I have something to discuss with you." ”

Tan Qi got off the ox cart: "Brother, I also have something to discuss with you." ”

It takes time to build a new house, and someone has to come and watch it every day, and you have to be in charge of the progress or something.

If you want to build a house, you have to have people, and you have to find people from the village to help, and you have to have someone to watch the construction site, and if there is anything missing, he has to hurry to find it, and then see if everyone is lazy, and see if the mason's work is fine.

Tan Qi had to go to the academy to study, and Jiang Ying had a big belly, and it was impossible for either of them to come back to supervise the coal.

Then you have to find a trustworthy person to keep an eye on.

The first thing that came to his mind was to talk about Bi.

He and Tan Bi entered the door and said his thoughts: "Brother, you have to help my brother in this matter." ”

It's a bit difficult to talk about Bi.

He originally wanted to find a job in the town or county to earn some money to support the family first.

The Zhou family is clamoring to live in a new house, and the money obtained from the division is also planned to be used to build a house.

But if the money is used, the family will have no money to live in the future.

Tan Bi didn't want to sit and eat empty, so he wanted to discuss with Tan Qi to see what kind of work was suitable for him.

If he was to help Tan Qi oversee the work, he wouldn't have time to make extra money.

Tan Qi saw the reason and said with a smile: "Of course, I will definitely not let my eldest brother work in vain, don't worry, my eldest brother will pay the salary, according to the mason's salary." ”

Tan Bi was startled, and after waking up, he quickly waved his hand: "My own brother, if I want your money, what will it be, no, no......"

Tan Qi didn't wait for Tan Bi to finish speaking, and said: "My brother still settles the accounts, we have already separated, and we will live our own lives in the future, my brother can sincerely help me I am very grateful, if I don't want money, I will feel guilty...... Brother, if you want me to feel better, people have to be paid. ”

Tan Bi hesitated for a long time, and finally slapped his thigh: "Okay, that's it." ”

In addition to asking Tan Bi to supervise the work, Tan Qi also asked Zhou to help cook for the helper.

Tan Bi also agreed for Zhou.

Tan Qi went into the house and rested for a while, then went to the elders in the village, and asked them to come forward to help find some helpers, Tan Qi first invited everyone to have a meal, and after setting the time of the helpers, he went to find a good mason, showed the drawings to others, and then discussed how to build the house.

When he's done, it's time to go back to town to study.