Wang Shijing still kept the posture of sitting there, watching Shao Yunan bring in a basin of water, he immediately went down to the ground: "There is no hot water, I'll boil some, the water is cold."
"It's for you. I don't think you're afraid of the cold." Shao Yun'an put the water basin directly beside Wang Shijing. Anyway, it was wrapped in bedding, so he wasn't afraid of getting the bed wet. He wrung out a cloth towel and handed it to Wang Shijing, saying: "In the future, don't wear blindfolds when there are no outsiders around. The blindfolds are airtight and not good for your eyes. You are the father of Wang Qing and Nizi, and they have to get used to it. You wipe your eyes and cover them for a long time, there is secretion in the corner of your eyes."
Wang Shijing squeezed the blindfold in his hand vigorously, then put the blindfold on the table, took the cloth towel and wiped his eyes. Shao Yun'an hurriedly said: "Wipe the cloth with a damp cloth, don't wring it too dry."
Wang Shijing wiped the corners of his eyes. He also knew that there were a lot of dirty secretions in the corners of his eyes every day. He never thought that Shao Yun'an went to fetch water for him to wipe his eyes. I don't know if the water was brought by Shao Yun'an, but Wang Shijing felt that the water was rubbed into his eyes, and his eyes felt cool, and the burning pain and swelling that had been bothering him since the injury had been relieved a lot.
"You wipe it a few more times, and I will continue."
"you say."
Wang Shijing obediently twisted the cloth towel again and wiped his eyes.
"I told Fourth Aunt Wang that the money I got from selling stones was not entirely a lie. I had a few rare stones in my hand, and I originally wanted to sell them for money, but I hid a few stones at Shao's house for a better price. Silver is more convenient. Those few stones were peculiar in shape, so I took them directly to the 'Diezhuang Pavilion' to sell them. Rare things are more expensive, and the shopkeeper of Diezhuang Pavilion offered 500 taels of silver to buy me three stones, and bought The style of the three stones, they think that the style of the three stones can be carved on jade, and the price will be high. I sold it."
Wang Shijing's one-eyed eyes were full of surprise. Shao Yun'an took out the meat stone that fooled Fourth Aunt Wang: "Here, I still have one in my hand, it's very special."
Wang Shijing took it over and was amazed: "Is this a stone?"
"That's right. Fourth Aunt Wang even took a bite, so I'm sure it's not meat." Shao Yun'an laughed.
Wang Shijing frowned: "It's a pity to sell such a strange stone. I should have given you the money earlier. Why don't you see if you can redeem it? Can you buy those jewels if you pawn them?" Less silver."
Wang Shijing's reaction was beyond Shao Yun'an's expectation, and his expression softened instantly. This person is actually a very down-to-earth, very sincere person.
Shao Yunan said: "The three yuan I sold is not as exotic as this one, so I will sell it. This jewelry cannot be regarded as an antique, and it will be very valuable in the future. If you say I am in charge, then listen to me." Please Forgive Shao Yun'an for unconsciously looking at jewelry thousands of years ago with the eyes of modern people.
Wang Shijing twisted the cloth for the third time and wiped his eyes. He was about to say something, but he was interrupted by Shao Yunan: "You have been in the army for three years, and it is a bit of an adventure. It is normal to pick up some rare things, and others will believe you when you tell them. I may use you as a cover in the future. Some things I will I can’t tell you now, but I’ll tell you the whole story when the time is right. So how do I explain it to outsiders? You just need to nod when people ask. If I say I picked up the stone, it’s inevitable that someone will ask where I picked it up. , it is most appropriate to push it on you. If there is something difficult to explain in the future, it can be pushed on you."
Wang Shijing nodded, indeed, and did not lose Shao Yunan's secrets. He believed that the other party would tell him as the days went by.
Shao Yun'an went on to say: "You said just now that you bought land to build a house. What I mean is that you can buy less land first. You can also buy the homestead we live in now. I may use it for other purposes in the future. But we will settle down in the future. I’d like to buy the house elsewhere. I think it can be larger and the surrounding area quieter, and I don’t want to have residents all around.”
Wang Shijing: "Listen to you. Then buy ten acres of land first."
"Well, if we buy too much, we can't take care of it, and it will cause gossip. After all, in the eyes of others, we have no income, um, income. If we spend too much money, they will also worry about whether we sold stones or not. How much is it? I’m not afraid of thieves stealing it, but I’m afraid of thieves thinking about it. The house will still be built according to the original plan, and I will build it after the spring, and I will make money in a fair manner before then.”
Wang Shijing said: "Just say what you want me to do. I don't have anything to do with you. Everything in the family is up to you."
Shao Yun'an restrained the corners of his mouth that couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, and raised the piece of paper he was writing just now: "I thought of a few small businesses to make money, but it's not my ideal way to make money. Let's do small business first, Accumulate some original capital, that is, earn some money first, and then do what I want when I have the opportunity.”
Wang Shijing immediately asked, "What do you want to do?"
Shao Yun'an is not shy: "I want to sell tea and wine. I have different tea-making skills, and I can brew different wines. But these all need timing and resources. You must have your own tea trees. Wine needs good grapes , I have to find seedlings."
When Wang Shijing heard this, he was very surprised: "You know how to make tea? Do you use grapes? I have seen people grow grapes in the border, and those beards can also use grapes to make wine, but it is very astringent. I tasted it and it was not good. .” He deliberately ignored the obvious suspiciousness of how people from a Qingshan village in Shaoyun’an could make tea and wine.
Shao Yunan was excited: "Have you ever seen wine?"
Wang Shijing nodded: "Huzi can drink, but it's not good. Sometimes the property we seized contained wine. It is said that only princes and nobles can drink this wine in Huzi's place. Although it doesn’t taste good, I heard it’s very valuable, and it’s only available in the capital. These are what I heard from others when everyone was chatting.”
Shao Yun'an became even more excited: "Then do you know where I can buy grape seedlings?"
Wang Shijing said: "There are some for sale in the north. The closer to the beard, the more places there are."
"I want to go..." Shao Yun'an was very excited. He has excellent grape seeds, but he couldn't take them out abruptly. "Brother Shijing, can you find a way to help me get a batch of grape seedlings, grape seeds are also fine?" .I have a way of growing more.”
Wang Shijing nodded vigorously: "I have a brother in the army over there. I will write a letter and ask him to help me get some. Seedlings are easy to die, but grape seeds should not be difficult. What kind do you want? There seem to be a lot of grapes kind."
Shao Yun'an wanted to yell, but he almost yelled: "Everything!"
"Okay, I'll write the letter tomorrow." There was a second of silence, "You write, I don't know many words."
"No problem!" Shao Yunan didn't expect it to be so easy. Immediately afterwards, Wang Shijing gave him another big surprise, and heard the other party say: "There are wild tea trees on the surrounding mountains, and the villagers will pick tea leaves to sell for a little money. You can move a few plants and cultivate some seedlings. There are not many people in the mountain village on the west side, and there are wild animals in the mountains, and I have seen wild tea trees there. You can remove all the ones there."
Shao Yun'an almost wanted to say [Wang Shijing, I love you], he really wanted what the other party would give him! He said impatiently: "Brother Shijing, can you take me to the west tomorrow? If we can pick enough tea leaves, maybe we will be able to use the money to build a house soon!"
"Okay, after breakfast tomorrow morning, let's go to Aunt Zhou's house to measure the size first, and let Aunt Zhou take care of Brother Qing and Nizi by the way, and I will take you into the mountains."
Shao Yun'an showed sixteen teeth: "Brother Shijing, you are my nobleman!"
Wang Shijing pursed his lips, and avoided Shao Yunan's scorching eyes by wiping his eyes, and there was a faint smile in his one-eyed eyes.
At night, lying on the kang, although the two were still in separate beds, the distance between them was shortened a lot. Shao Yun'an was very excited, and Wang Shijing was obviously not asleep either.
"Brother Shijing, I want to go to the county again the day after tomorrow."
"good."
"I want to buy two stone mills, one large and one small, useful. I also want to buy two new cast iron pots for making tea."
"Look for a villager to make the stone mill. Don't buy ready-made iron pots. Go to the blacksmith's shop to make them. The pots you make are more usable. The iron pots for tea-making should be the best."
Shao Yun'an suddenly felt that he was lucky to meet Wang Shijing when he first came here. Don't look at this person as big and three thick, but he has a very careful heart.
"Then you go and buy the land we live in first. I will decide how much to buy after I have seen the tea trees. If a certain amount of tea can be made, or the few small businesses I conceived can be done, You can buy more land, it is best to buy the homestead of our new house in the future."
"Okay, listen to you."
The boss feels really good. Shao Yun'an closed his eyes and became more motivated about his future life.
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Not long after the rooster crowed the next day, Wang Shijing and Shao Yunan got up. Shao Yun'an asked Wang Shijing to wash first, and after Wang Shijing finished washing, he brought Wang Shijing a basin of water to wipe his eyes. Wang Shijing slept well the night before, and was not unable to sleep soundly all night because of the discomfort in his eyes. Wang Shijing was not without doubts. The wet cloth pasted on the eyelids brought bursts of coolness. Perhaps, this is what Shao Yun'an said that he can't explain to him now. Wang Shijing wiped his eyes silently, looking at Shao Yunan who was busy in the kitchen with one eye.
"Brother Ishii, I don't know how to make pasta. If you eat pasta at home before I learn it, you can make it."
"good."
"Daddy, I will do it."
It was Wang Ni who got up early, followed by Wang Qing: "Daddy, I can do it too."
"You guys got up so early." Shao Yun'an, who was frying eggs in a big iron pan, poked his head out of the kitchen. Shao Yunan has the memory of the original owner to make pasta, but he has never made pasta himself, and the only pasta he can make is dim sum. But he will learn when he has time. As the owner of two restaurants, Shao Yun'an does not reject being in the kitchen at all.
"We used to get up early." Wang Qing and Wang Ni entered the kitchen, the two children wiggled their noses, smelling so good.
"Go wash, there is hot water in the basin, and breakfast is porridge, steamed buns, pickles and fried eggs. Wash your hands with bath beans." The leftover steamed buns from last night are enough for the four of them.
The two children went to wash up immediately, and obediently washed their hands with bath beans. Thinking of teaching the two children how to practice calligraphy today, Shao Yunan said apologetically, "Brother Qing, Nizi, my little daddy will go up the mountain with your daddy today to find something. The practice of calligraphy will have to wait for my little daddy to come back."
Wang Qing said sensiblely, "Young daddy, just go and get busy."
Wang Ni also said, "Teach us when little dad comes back."
Shao Yun'an put the fried eggs into a bowl: "Your father broke his promise, and he will cook you a big meal when he comes back to make amends."
Wang Qing and Wang Ni laughed. The father is back, and the younger father is also so good. The two children are also full of hope for the future life. The panic of being bullied by the "stepfather" before also dissipated in Shao Yun'an's goodwill.
The four of them ate breakfast, both Wang Qing and Wang Ni said they liked fried eggs very much, Wang Shijing didn't say whether he liked it or not, but he ate it in just two bites. After dinner, Wang Shijing washed the dishes and tidied up, then carried the cloth and took Shao Yun'an and the two children to Zhou's house.
Uncle Zhou and Aunt Zhou also woke up very early. When the couple came for dinner last night, they didn't bring Zhou Tianbao, and Wang Shijing left a special meal for them to take back for Zhou Tianbao to eat. Zhou Tianbao smiled foolishly when he saw the strange guest. To trouble others to look after the children, Shao Yunan brought over all the leftover snacks from yesterday. As soon as he came in, he took three yuan for Zhou Tianbao, which made Uncle Zhou and Aunt Zhou very embarrassed. Last night, I ate and took other people's food. What's the point of just helping to take care of the children.
Fearing that Zhou Tianbao would bump into Shao Yun'an and the two children, Uncle Zhou took his happy son down to avoid it, and Aunt Zhou took the measurements of the four of them. Except for the obscene trousers, Aunt Zhou needs to make the inner and outer clothes of the four of them.
Wang Qing and Wang Ni are still children, and Aunt Zhou doesn't mind being their underwear. Wang Shijing and Shao Yunan were the only ones who did it themselves. Shao Yun'an wondered how long the pile of modern underpants in his space would be enough for him to wear. While taking the measurements, Aunt Zhou taught Shao Yunan how to make the simplest pants. Shao Yunan was very helpless, and Wang Shijing listened carefully. Wang Ni also listened very carefully, and when she grew up, she would make the clothes for Dad and Dad.
Hearing that Aunt Zhou could also make shoes, Shao Yunan immediately said that the shoes of his family of four would also be handed over to Aunt Zhou, and Aunt Zhou agreed with a smile.
After Aunt Zhou finished measuring the size, Wang Shijing paid the money. They are all from the same village, so there is no need to pay for them and deliver the goods. Aunt Zhou didn't refuse either, and let Wang Shijing and Shao Yun'an just go about their business, and she would take good care of the two children. Shao Yunan specifically told the two children not to run around, and then went home with Wang Shijing, and went up the mountain together with a basket, bow and arrow.
Wang Shijing left the village for five years, but he is no stranger to the mountains around the village. He was treated harshly by his parents since he was a child, and he has never felt the warmth of his parents since he could remember. Half-child eats poor old man, Wang Shijing couldn't get enough to eat at home when he was growing up, and his second brother ate all the delicious mother. In order not to be hungry, Wang Shijing often sneaks into the mountains to look for food, and also learns to hunt by himself, so he is very familiar with the mountains here. Now that he has been in the army for another three years, he is even less afraid of going to the mountains.
There was no way up the mountain, Wang Shijing opened the way ahead with a machete in one hand, and tightly grasped Shao Yunan's wrist with the other. The dew that hadn't dissipated made the mountain road extremely slippery. Shao Yun'an's body was thin and small. When Wang Shijing went up the mountain, he grabbed his wrist without saying a word, and refused to let him break free. After walking for a while, Shao Yun'an accepted this kind of service, otherwise he would have had a very difficult journey.