Chapter 42

Under the big banyan tree at the entrance of the village.

Aunt Wang and the others would come here to chat for a while after finishing the seafood at home.

Just after saying a few words, someone stared at Aunt Wang's arm and said curiously: "Aunt Wang, what is that tied to your arm? Is there any ice inside? It's cool when you get close."

Aunt Wang proudly said: "This thing is called an ice pad. I stuffed a piece of folded thick cotton cloth in it. Just wet it, put it in the ice mirror for a while, and then take it out and tie it up. You see."

Aunt Wang took off the ice pad and showed it to everyone. Everyone came up curiously and touched it lightly with their fingers.

"Really, it's cool."

"How do you make this thing? I'll make a few myself when I go back."

Aunt Wang said generously: "Just choose the cotton cloth that is easy to soak in water and wrap it inside. The outer strap can be longer or shorter. It depends on where you want to tie it. It's very simple. After soaking in water, you can use as much ice as you want."Put it in the ice mirror for a while, take out the ice as soon as you don’t want it, it’s not that particular.”

Everyone took it and passed it on for a while, amazed.

Aunt Wang took the ice pad back, tied it on her other arm, and said with a smile: "You can also change the position to tie it, which is very convenient. When you are working on weekdays, you can tie it on one, and you can save some ice cubes."Woolen cloth."

Although everyone has no shortage of ice cubes now, it is always good to save a little.

"This thing is really not difficult, and it doesn't take much trouble. You said why didn't we think of it."

"Aunt Wang still has more ideas."

Aunt Wang waved her hand, "I have an idea, it's not Brother Yan, he came up with this idea."

Everyone was not surprised now, after all, Lin Yan was already as powerful as Zhang Moyuan in their hearts, and it was normal to do anything good.

"Brother Yan has a way."

"That's right, it's only been two months, and our Jiahe Village has changed. How do you say it in the words of scholars? By the way, it's not what it used to be."

"No, it's all thanks to Brother Yan and Scholar Zhang. In the past month, the relatives in Jiahe Village have almost leveled the entrance of the village. Who dared to think about it in the past."

"Yes." Everyone nodded.

"By the way, everyone went to see if it was on the other side of the sea, I saw that it looked good.

"I've been there. I heard from Scholar Zhang that as long as we find suitable rice seeds, we can plant them in the spring of next year."

"real?"

Everyone finds it incredible that generations of people in Jiahe Village have lived here for more than a hundred years, and no one has ever successfully farmed the fields. Their lives are miserable and they can't even eat enough.

The thought of growing rice soon made everyone feel like a dream.

"I saw Scholar Zhang going out with those water conservancy engineers this morning. Is he going to buy rice seeds?"

Aunt Wang is familiar with the Lin family, so she explained: "Scholar Zhang has gone to Yuan Province. It is said that there are suitable rice seeds there, which can save us a lot of time."

"Yuan Province? Isn't Yinzhou the closest to us?"

"What Scholar Zhang said could be wrong, it must be that the rice seeds in Yinzhou are not suitable."

"Yes, otherwise, how could Scholar Zhang run so far?"

While everyone was talking, Niu Guixiang hurried past with a basket. The person who usually likes to chat the most now lowered his head and wanted to avoid the crowd.

Aunt Wang lowered her voice and said, "I remember she hasn't come out for a while?"

In the past, Aunt Wang must have counted her days clearly, but she has been focusing on the Lin family recently, and she can't spare any energy to pay attention to the Tan family.

"I haven't seen them since Master Qiu left last time."

"I've seen it once. When I went to town, I saw Niu Guixiang making a fuss in the Qiu's shop. He said that Master Qiu played with Tan Xin, and he was going to the government to sue Qiu's family."

"Who doesn't know that the county magistrate helped Qiu's family, so she went to sue and was kicked out?"

"That's right."

Niu Guixiang just came back from the town, and she has been to Qiu's shop several times in the past few days.After going there many times, now as soon as she gets close to the shop, the guys inside will chase her away like a guy.

Every time get Niu Guixiang, feel disheartened.

But if she was asked to give up such a good brother-in-law as Young Master Qiu, she would not be reconciled.

So, after struggling in her heart for several days, Niu Guixiang finally made up her mind and came to the Lin family for help.

She also specially waited until after dark before going out, sneaking and hiding to the gate of Lin Yan's house.

When they heard the knock on the door, the Lin family was sitting and chatting together.

Father Lin glanced outside and said casually, "Who is it?"

There was no sound outside, Apa Lin asked again, but still no one answered.

He glanced at Mrs. Lin, "Did you hear any movement?"

Mrs. Lin nodded, "I seem to have heard it."

As soon as the words were finished, the knock on the door came again, this time obviously more urgent than before.

"Father, someone really knocked on the door."

Brother Lin got up, "Sit down, I'll drive."

Everyone didn't care, after all, it was very common for people to drop by in the village, but the person who came in after Big Brother Lin made everyone stunned for a moment.

Father Lin stood up vigilantly, "Niu Guixiang, what are you doing here?"

Niu Guixiang smiled, and said awkwardly: "Look at you from the Lin family, we are all neighbors in the same village, why are we still clinging to that trivial matter?"

Father Lin frowned and looked at her, "What exactly do you want to do?"

Niu Guixiang put the basket in her hand on the table next to her, and said with a smile, "The previous incident was my fault, but now that your elder brother is married to Scholar Zhang, don't be angry with me.I went to the town to buy the eggs specially, Brother Yan is working hard in business, let him nourish himself."

Niu Guixiang seemed to be here to apologize, and Father Lin relaxed a little, but he didn't intend to accept Niu Guixiang's eggs.

"No, you can take it back and feed it to your new brother."

"What happened to you before..."

Aunt Lin glanced at Lin Yan, seeing his indifferent expression, he softened his tone and said, "Since the matter is over, there is no point in holding on to it, as long as you don't act like the previous one, we willNothing else."

Niu Guixiang laughed immediately, and she reached out to pull Apa Lin, but Apa Lin avoided him.

Dad Lin doesn't care about it, but it doesn't mean he doesn't care about this person in his heart.

"Since we've all talked about it, then I will speak directly. You also know that my family, Tan Xin, made a marriage contract with Master Qiu before, but Tan Xin was young and ignorant, so he had a few words with Master Qiu.No, Young Master Qiu got angry with Tan Xin, and even said such angry words as not to marry Tan Xin."

"Originally, this is a family matter of our Tan family and Qiu family, but you also know that the Qiu family is different from ordinary people, so I came today to ask Scholar Zhang to help me say a few words in front of the county magistrate. Everyone is a villageYes, if this marriage is completed, you will have a bright face, won't you?"

Father Lin was speechless: "How can the magistrate be willing to take care of the marriage between your two families? Besides, my family Xiao Zhang is away and has gone away."

Niu Guixiang was stunned, "What, why did you travel far away?"

The Tan family was the only family in the village that did not participate in the land reclamation, and Niu Guixiang didn't dare to talk to Aunt Wang and the others, so she didn't know Zhang Moyuan's movements.

"From the Lin family, you shouldn't lie to me, how can Scholar Zhang travel far when he is fine?"

Brother Lin didn't want to interrupt at first, but he couldn't help but said coolly when he heard this: "I just left this morning, I'm really sorry."

Niu Guixiang looked at Lin Yan. Lin Yan spread his hands and said helplessly, "Aunt Guixiang, everyone in the village knows about my family's Moyuan travel. If you don't believe me, just go out and ask."

Niu Guixiang was disheartened. She thought that as long as she could find the Lin family and Zhang Moyuan, her problem would be solved.

For this, she even apologized to Father Lin and bought so many eggs.

"Then, when will he come back?"

"About a month."

Seeing Niu Guixiang's thunderous appearance, Lin Yan couldn't help but remind him, "Aunt Guixiang, Qiu Wenfu is not a good person, you'd better not get too close to him."

According to the progress in the book, at most three years, the Qiu family will be in trouble.

Unexpectedly, Niu Guixiang was not only ungrateful, but also glared at Lin Yan angrily, "What is he not a good person? If my family Tan Xin marries Young Master Qiu, he will go to the county to enjoy the blessings. I look at you and I will not see you well."

Lin Yan: "..."

Niu Guixiang left angrily, and took the basket of eggs away before leaving.

Lin Yan couldn't laugh or cry.

Father Lin was furious, "From now on, take care of her and don't allow her to enter our yard."

In fact, the Lin family didn't pay much attention to this matter. As soon as Niu Guixiang left, they closed the door and lived their lives as usual.

Hai Bei poked his head out to look, and when Big Brother Lin saw it, he covered his head with his big hand.

"Look what, read your book."

From Zhang Moyuan, Brother Lin saw that he was good at studying, so when the conditions at home improved, he moved to let Hai Bei study.

After consulting Zhang Moyuan, he went to the town to buy a few common books, from enlightenment books to the Analects of Confucius, and spent a lot of money.

Brother Lin and sister-in-law Lin didn't even think about letting Hai Bei take the imperial examination, but let him know a few words first so that he can understand some things in the future.

When Zhang Moyuan was at home, he would occasionally teach Hai Bei a few words, but he was too busy to take care of it on weekdays, so Lin Yan took the initiative to take this task.

Although he doesn't know many words, but he has read these books, half-baked, half-guessed, enough to enlighten Hai Bei.

Hai Bei retracted his head and sat back down again.

After Lin Yan came back, he immediately showed him the huge characters he had written, and said as if asking for credit: "Look, uncle, I just wrote it."

Lin Yan leaned over to take a look, nodded and said, "That's right, the writing is much better than mine."

"Little Su."

Just now, the two of them were teaching the other, but they didn't pay attention to Hi Shell who was sitting in the corner with his back to them. Now that Hi Shell turned around, they could see his appearance clearly.

Lin Yan almost laughed out loud.

Hai Bei exclaimed, "My ink."

Mrs. Lin is a frugal person. Every time Hai Bei finished grinding the ink, he would carefully put away the ink ingots and put them aside, for fear that Hai Bei would accidentally knock them off.

Hai Ke probably became curious when he saw it, and sneaked out to grab and play while no one was paying attention, making a dark face.

Lin Yan carefully looked at his mouth, but luckily he didn't eat it.

Hai Bei put away the ink ingot and said angrily, "Daddy will beat you later."

Hai Ke laughed heartlessly, and stretched out two jet-black little paws to ask Lin Yan to hug him.

Lin Yan pushed his little paw away, and said with disgust: "You wash it clean before coming back."

Hi Shell put his hand on his pants and rubbed them twice, then happily said: "It's clean."

Lin Yan suppressed a smile and carried him out. Aunt Lin's eyes widened immediately when she saw it, "Is this... the ink spilled?"

Before Lin Yan could speak, Hai Bei had already covered his fart with two small hands.share.

Mrs. Lin: "..."

Lin Yan couldn't help but laugh, "I'm afraid you might beat him up."

Sister Lin couldn't help but also laughed, and after laughing, she reluctantly took Hike to wash her hands, wash her face and change her clothes.

The next day a visitor came to the Lin family.

Lin Yan looked at the young man in front of him and asked doubtfully, "Are you looking for Moyuan? He's gone away."

When Jiang Tianzong heard that Zhang Moyuan was not at home, he was even happier, "It would be better if he wasn't here, I'm here to find you."

Lin Yan: "?"

Jiang Tianzong glanced at the servant behind him, and the servant quickly stepped forward, holding a black box in both hands and handing it to Lin Yan respectfully.

"what is this?"

"Open it and see."

Lin Yan opened it directly with the servant's hand, and the inside was full of broken silver, which should be quite a lot.

"Mr. Jiang, what do you mean by this?"

Jiang Tianzong smiled smugly, "The commentary book you helped me get earlier, I made some money with it, and it's all here."

Lin Yan asked casually, "How do you make money?"

"Did you hear about the sharing session last time?"

Lin Yan recently went to the town to do a delivery, and heard some things from the mouths of the customers, including Yan Ju.

He strung together the information a little bit, and he probably understood, "It turns out that you are the one who exposed Yan Ju in public."

Jiang Tianzong nodded reservedly, "I solved a big problem for you, shouldn't you thank me well?"

Lin Yan nodded, "Then how can you thank me?"

"It's very simple, ask for another commentary book for me."

"No." Lin Yan shook his head, "Mo Yuan traveled far away and won't be back until a month later. By then, you should have already set off for the provincial capital."

Jiang Tianzong: "..."

Lin Yan comforted him, "I remember Moyuan said that the last book is already the last one, if you read it a few more times, it shouldn't be a problem to pass the exam."

Jiang Tianzong walked away in a dazed manner.

He didn't take Lin Yan's words seriously at all. After all, who dares to say that it is not a problem to pass the exam?

Even the old scholars who have taught for many years dare not say it.

Still, he decided to read the last one a few more times.

In fact, what Lin Yan said was correct. Zhang Moyuan had read the test questions for this year in his previous life, and the last book of famous facts had delineated a rough range.

It's just that things like information can't be memorized just by looking at them. Only those who are interested can see the trick.