Li Zhuang packed up the things and took them out of the courtyard. The furniture in the room was birch and another kind of wood. You Miao knocked one by one and confirmed that the furniture in the master bedroom was made of pomegranate wood. The pomegranate wood is worth a lot of money, heavy and immortal, and the birch wood cabinets are rotten and piled up in the corner of the yard, just as firewood. The door is made of pear wood. This thing is good and strong. At least the doors and windows don't need to be replaced. The rivets are re-knocked, planed once, and repainted.
You Miao tidied up the room, put away a few boxes, Li Zhuang scrubbed in the room, and You Miao took Zhang Er to the study.
The bookshelves and desks here are also made of pomegranate wood. These decorations in the whole house are worth at least a few hundred taels of silver. No one has stolen them for nearly a hundred years.
"It's really strange." You Miao smiled at Zhang Er: "No thief has come here for hundreds of years."
Zhang Er cooperated to open the boxes, ten large boxes, and they were full of books—stacks of books.
"These are all yours?" Zhang Er asked, and immediately realized the name, and hurriedly said: "Young master has a lot of books."
You Miao snorted, swept the dust off the bookshelf, sneezed a few times, and said, "Some belong to my mother, and some belong to my uncle."
"All of them are scholars." Zhang Er put the books on the shelf, You Miao pushed the window, the back window of the study was facing the garden, the rockery inside was overgrown with weeds, and the water in the garden was covered with green algae. Come to think of it, it's a sight to behold. Zhang San put the books away after being criticized and said, "There are so many books, but don't let them get rotten."
You Miao sat on the big chair and opened the drawers one by one to see that there were the Four Treasures of the Study Room, a pen holder made of porcelain in the rain and the sky, an inkstone with crow and ink dotted with clouds, and there was actually a peony cinnabar ink pad.
The ink pad was dry, You Miao wiped the table clean, put out the items one by one, and said, "I'm not afraid of rot, but I'm afraid that someone will steal it."
Zhang Er said, "No one will come here to steal."
You Miao also found a jade bracelet that was broken in two from the drawer, tried to put it together, and said, "Jiangbo Villa doesn't even have a sentry, and there is no one to take care of it in Shenyuan, how can it be..."
Zhang Er got up and said, "Because this place is haunted."
You Miao: "… "
Zhang Er said, "A woman died of illness in Shenyuan."
You Miao's face became unsightly, Zhang Er said again: "Later I heard that the person who bought this garden also died..."
You Miao: "That's my mother..."
Zhang Er realized that he had made a mistake, and hurriedly said, "Slip of speech."
You Miao added, "The reason why there are no tenants in Jiangbo Villa is because you are afraid of ghosts?"
Zhang Er replied: "No, it's not because of this. Later, a few daring people came in and took the things from the Shenyuan Garden for home use, and they all died one by one..."
You Miao's mouth twitched and said, "You're joking."
Zhang Er lowered his voice and said, "Liang Bo has three sons, and the eldest son came to the villa to steal something... As a result, both the husband and wife died of illness, and Liang Bo personally brought the things back."
You Miao felt horrified and his facial nerves spasmed. He didn't know if what Zhang Er said was true or not, but he didn't ask any further questions.
The talented and beautiful woman, after the goodbyes in the past, now the beautiful woman has actually become a female ghost. If there is really a ghost in the world, You Miao would rather believe that she is because she misses her lover and cannot be missed.
Zhang Er went out to fetch water and scrub, You Miao said while arranging the books, "I didn't do anything to be sorry to her, I didn't do anything wrong in my life, and I wasn't afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night."
Zhang Erdao: "Young master is a rich man. He was protected by a lucky star when he was a child, so he is not afraid of this."
You Miao flipped through the book, and there were a lot of books in it that he hadn't even read himself. He thought that Zhang Er was going to go to Beijing, so he asked, "Do you want to go to Beijing to take the exam, or do you want to go to Beijing to find an errand?"
"My father and my mother." Zhang Er said, "They all want me to be a scholar. In a few years, I will wait for Enke, or the imperial examinations will be held every three years. It is time to take the examinations. The master of Anlu Village asked me to take the township examinations first. "
You Miao nodded and said, "If you are not in a hurry, you can come to Shenyuan to read at any time."
Zhang Erdeng's eyes were full of surprise, and You Miao added: "I see that you won't be able to go to Beijing for a while. Before you go to Beijing, remember to tell me and bring me a letter by the way. I have many friends in Beijing. It's a good thing to have someone to look after, right?"
As soon as Zhang Er heard it, he knew that You Miao was going to help him, so he hurriedly bowed and knelt down, saying, "Thank you, young master!"
You Miao hurriedly helped him up, indicating that there was no need to be polite, Zhang Er went to tidy up the study, You Miao flipped through the book, and opened the last small box.
Inside the lid of the box, a line of graceful handwriting reads: "The book has its own golden house, and the book has its own Yan Ruyu."
You Miao laughed, thinking of when her mother taught herself to read and write with her pen in hand, Qiao Keer liked the Mo family's "universal love, non-attack", and the idea of respecting Confucianism and Buddhism in Jiangnan and other places, and even the entire dynasty. different. The Mohists were extremely familiar with the art of war, engineering, and agricultural practices, and the technique of "mob debate" could even refute You Dechuan speechless.
You Dechuan thinks that studying the Four Books and Five Classics is the right way to learn the etiquette of Confucius and Mencius, so he despises the Mo family that Qiao Keer likes. Later, he often taught You Miao a lesson, saying that your mother is quirky, and he also taught you this quirky little bastard. .
You Miao opened the box and wanted to find some useful information from her mother's collection of books before she died. Suddenly, she saw a copy of "Qi Min Yao Shu", and her eyes lit up immediately.
"Tian Gong Kai Wu", "Mengxi Pen Talk", "Shen Nong", "Wild Old Man"...
There is actually a Book of Ink!
You Miao is like a treasure, this box of books left by her mother is a precious treasure for the management of the villa! Immediately, he didn't even clean up the study, he took the book and sat down under the eaves porch to read it in a fascination.
The first is "Tian Gong Kai Wu", which records how to make waterwheels, danqing, sugar, refining salt... making canals, making hardware, etc., even the size and weight are clearly written.
You Miao looked at the waterwheel carefully. After reading it for a while, he got up and read the "Ink Classics". He compared the two with the mechanics of the Mo family. After comparing the two, he went to get a charcoal stick and sat on the ground, writing and drawing.
Gradually leaning westward, Li Zhuang said in the main courtyard: "Master, the main room and the main bedroom have been cleaned, please instruct the master."
Zhang Er also cleaned the study room and stood in front of the bookshelf to read You Miao's books.
Youmiao hummed without raising her head, and said, "Bring the purse on the top of the cabinet."
Li Zhuang hurriedly asked him not to accept the young master's money, and You Miao said, "It's okay, you go get it, I have some other things for you to do."
There are less than ten days before the Chinese New Year. When the tenants are in the slack of farming, it is better to sit at home and help You Miao to work. You Miao gave him the consistent money, took out twenty copper coins, and handed it to Zhang Er: "You take it."
Zhang Er: "I can't accept the young master's money. I am grateful that the young master let me come and read."
After a second thought, You Miao thought that since he was so persistent, he had the integrity of a scholar, so he did not force him, so he gave Li Zhuang the twenty cents, and said to Li Zhuang, "I will give you twenty cents as today's wages, I'll give you another hang. Tomorrow you go to town to run for me, and buy all the little things on top of it for me. Please remember how much it cost, and I'll ask. "
You Miao handed Li Zhuang a piece of kraft paper written on charcoal strips and said, "You just need to ask about the price of the wood. Li Zhifeng is not familiar with the town, so don't be fooled."
Li Zhuang was in a hurry to decide whether it was true or not, and You Miao said, "Let's all go home for dinner."
Li Zhuang said, "I'll ask my daughter-in-law to come up and cook for the young master."
You Miao said, "No, Li Zhifeng should be back too. We can eat whatever we want, and we'll hire a woman to cook in a few days."
You Miao sent Li Zhuang and Zhang Er home for dinner, and sat in front of the porch, continuing to read without looking up. Knowing that Li Zhuangyu changed his appearance when he came over in the morning, it was because he was rich.
If you have money, you can run a mill and go out to do small jobs, and you will only be paid ten cents a day, and you will get twenty cents when you do errands for him.
It was getting westward, and there was a sound of carriages and horses outside. You Miao raised her head to shout, calling out Li Zhifeng's name, but she felt awkward, and suddenly realized that she had bought this dog and came back for so long, and she didn't give him another call. The name is still followed by Li Yan's surname.