Chapter 35: Participation
After Xia Changyan left, the Lin family's courtyard suddenly became lively again.
Wang and Lin's father were also sent back by Zhao Chengfu, and at the same time, Zhao Chengfu also sent a congratulatory gift of five taels of silver, a list of all the people in the village, the number of fields, and the amount of land rent that should be paid this autumn.
Lin Banxia accepted the roster and resolutely refused Zhao Chengfu's congratulatory gift of five taels of silver.
Before Zhao Chengfu left, Lin Banxia didn't have time to talk to Wang's Lin father, and the villagers came to congratulate one after another, either carrying half a basket of eggs or carrying hens, all of them were empty-handed.
Lin Banxia received a reward from the saint, and they all became Lin Banxia's tenants and had to pay rent to Lin Banxia.
In their eyes, Lin Banxia turned into a nobleman.
Lin Banxia couldn't help it, seeing that there were eggs piled up in the yard, and more than a dozen hens were clucking.
"Banxia, this ......" Wang looked at the eggs in the yard at a loss.
"Mother, you and your father should send everyone back first." Lin Banxia said helplessly, "It's not easy for everyone in the township. ”
Wang nodded busily, grabbed the chickens and eggs with Father Lin, and sent them back one by one, Lin Banxia looked at the small courtyard that suddenly quieted down, and only felt that the experience of this day was like a dream.
Ascension to heaven in one step.
Outside, Lin Da and Li were probing their brains, and the two of them waited for a while, and finally waited until Lin Banxia was no one here, and then pushed each other and walked over.
Li Wei looked at Lin Banxia's expression at the gate of the courtyard and did not stop him.
"Banxia." Li smiled and handed over half a basket of eggs, "Congratulations, uncle and sister-in-law don't have any good things here, these eggs are saved for half a month, and they will make up for you." ”
Lin Banxia waved his hand and said lightly: "Uncle and aunt's eggs, I don't dare to accept them." ”
"Oh, it's all a family, a family, you must not be polite in Banxia." Li said, elbowing Lin Da.
Lin Da was also busy laughing, bent his waist and said, "That's it, that's it." ”
"Uncle and sister-in-law go to the field to pick up the grandparents back, and also tell the grandparents, there is no next time."
"This egg ......," Lee handed the basket forward.
"If the uncle and aunt have the heart, it would be good to honor the grandparents."
Suddenly standing in a high position, the status of each other was very different, Lin Banxia calmly reviewed their relationship with grandma, uncle and aunt again.
From her, she was willing to cut off contact with each other.
But as a "country gentleman", everything she does will be seen by others.
The simple and crude methods of the past are no longer working.
But repaying grievances with virtue is something that Lin Banxia will not do.
In her previous life, she admired many wise sayings, one of which was "repay grievances with virtue, how to repay virtue." ”
"Ah, then we'll pick up your grandparents." Li Shi said, to put the egg basket on the ground, and when he turned around, he was about to pull Lin Da away.
Lin Banxia glanced at Li Wei, who grabbed the knife and stepped forward to stop it.
"It's better for the aunt to take the eggs." Lin Banxia said slowly, "The eldest lady loves her niece, and her niece understands it." But isn't the aunt afraid that others will misunderstand the aunt and the aunt tend to be inflammatory, and the snobbery? ”
What does it mean to be inflammatory, Lin Da Li doesn't understand, but the snobs understand.
Both of their faces changed.
"Uncle and aunt don't have to think about asking my father and mother to send it over. If I don't take this basket of eggs with me, I'll give them to the people who are working outside for the two of them, and I'll say......"
Lin Banxia saw the disbelieving eyes of the two as she wished, "Uncle and aunt are kind-hearted, and I can't bear to let everyone be tired." ”
In all fairness, not to mention this half basket of eggs, it is a basket full of eggs, and it is worthy to accept it.
However, she can't give the uncle and aunt any excuses.
I'm afraid that if she accepts the egg with her front foot, the uncle and aunt on the back foot will publicize it everywhere, forcing her father and mother to come to the door to be pinched.
Besides, is the Lin family short of this half basket of eggs now?
Every day when the housekeeper comes, she will bring a bunch of fresh ingredients, meat, eggs, rice, noodles, and now she has nothing to do at home.
When I think of the housekeeper, I think of Xia Changyan again.
Lin Banxia recalled everything that happened today from beginning to end.
It is rare to "die for those who are confidants".
Although this literary and martial arts is not learned from the emperor's family, if it is to be carried forward in this world, it must also be carried out with the emperor's family.
The brick kiln is built in front of a clay slope at the foot of the mountain, and the mud is taken on the spot, beaten into mud blanks, and it can be built in the brick kiln for one or two days, and it is fired by firewood in the mountain.
The charcoal kiln was built not far from the brick kiln, and a batch of charcoal has been burned and stacked neatly in a cool and dry place.
The iron pot of the stove used to fire activated charcoal was also prepared, and Lin Banxia instructed a furnace, followed another furnace, and let it go.
Lin Banxia asked for the drawings of the sugar factory, and added a kitchen and a toilet.
The toilets are provided with drainage ditches that lead to a simple septic tank outside the factory and are cleaned regularly.
For the time being, there is no water supply device, and only a manual water intake pool is set up in the toilet.
I also proposed the idea of setting up a flush tank with the person who designed the drawings.
On the second day, the housekeeper brought a potter to discuss with Lin Banxia the structural principle of the water tank and the flushing structure of the urinal.
Lin Banxia had to search his intestines and scrape his stomach, and recalled the few structures in the pumping tank in his mind, including the principle of anti-bending and siphoning.
Lin Banxia got busy.
She wasn't going to be involved in the management of the plant designers.
But unconsciously not only participated, but also deeply involved.
Even a set of assembly line operations was designed for pressing syrup to refine white sugar, with activated carbon production as the standard, how to reasonably arrange labor.
During this period, the housekeeper also brought a house drawing, thinking that Lin Banxia and his parents were in a new home, but Lin Banxia pressed it on the grounds that winter was coming soon and a new house would be built in spring.
The first batch of red bricks came out of the kiln.
The sugar mill was built at a breakneck pace.
"Miss Lin, this is a dim sum from the Juxian Residence in the city, the prince invited the girl to taste it, and brought a portion to the two little masters and girls."
The butler came again early in the morning.
The little stone and the little angelica were familiar with the housekeeper, and when they saw the housekeeper, they rushed over with the "uncle of the housekeeper".
The Wang family was busy boiling water and making tea, and Lin Er also adapted to many people in the family.
He could not be idle at home, so he went up the mountain to chop wood.
Lin Banxia smiled and said, "Thank you for me, His Royal Highness." ”
He took the snack and opened it, gave the little angelica and a small stone, and let them play while they said to the housekeeper: "The sugar factory will be on the beam today, capped tomorrow, and the wall will be built the day after tomorrow."
Once the walls are masonry, they can be put into production. The housekeeper will be able to rest for a few days. ”
Wang also brought hot water to make tea and said: "No, this day is getting colder and colder in the morning and evening, and there is a big family in the palace, where can I leave the housekeeper." ”
The housekeeper smiled and stretched out his hand to take the teapot: "Madame doesn't know, the prince is a master inside and outside the palace, the prince eats and uses it simply, my housekeeper is in the palace, and he is so idle that he is uncomfortable." ”
smiled and said to Lin Banxia: "Miss Lin, when you meet Liang, the prince will also come." ”