As May draws to a close, the weather gets even hotter. The rising temperature and date pushed the city step by step into the dog days. In previous years, Su Taner would have to move upstairs a month earlier. Although it was hot during the day, if the windows were opened at night, the second floor would still be much cooler. But this year, she didn't order to move the room, and Ning Yi moved with her. She didn't say, Ning Yi doesn't care, and naturally no family members will come to help and move the furniture up.
In the evening, I ate in the living room—sometimes I moved to the small pavilion in the yard to eat. The five people were just a small family. They were familiar with it and the atmosphere was good, and they didn’t need to pay too much attention to the rules. Ning Yi is easy-going, and Su Tan'er will probably pay more attention to those red tapes than him in many aspects, but at home, she also likes this feeling. After the three maids had adapted to Ning Yi's style, they would occasionally say that the stories Uncle told in the school today were unpleasant, and most of these stories were recounted from Xiaochan's mouth.
When the weather is hot, I won't stay in the room after dinner, and I'll probably go out for a walk. The Su Mansion is quite large, and it also has its own small garden. Most of the time, I still stroll here to enjoy the shade. Su Tan'er talked and chatted with the women in the other rooms. She used to be a relatively serious person. She brought her maids in and out every day. Most of the men in the other rooms couldn't chat with her. Those women just It was even more difficult to get close to her. At this time, she was probably a woman, and she occasionally added some topics. Others said that Su Tan'er became softer after getting married, so she admired Ning Yi somewhat.
Now in the Su Mansion, there are not many people who are really stupid to give Ning Yi a face. He has a name, and the old lady also attaches great importance to it. The rumor that he went to Wenmolou in the oiran competition so that others dare not write words has also spread, and he himself seems to be easy-going and calm, guarding the school and not setting foot in it. Business. Others thought that after getting married, Su Tan'er had a married husband, and he would only become more powerful. When I met Ning Yi, I had to say hello and a few words of greeting, such as Wen Ding Wen Fang and others, and they were even more respectful. Of course, it would be difficult to say that they are warm. They are not people of the same level. It can only be said that it seems to be close.
In short, by the summer, he and the entire Su Mansion became more or less acquaintances.
In general, Su Tan'er is still busy, but Ning Yi doesn't need to worry about these things, and she doesn't need Ning Yi to worry about it either. She meets every few days on the second floor, eats food, and complains to express her stress. She is still in a good mood, she is just busy. Occasionally Ning Yi would go out for a walk in the evening, and sometimes Xiaochan would follow along and go around the Qinhuai River. If Xiaochan didn't follow, he would go to the small courtyard over the school to meet Lu Hongti. .
After returning home at night, Su Tan'er would have someone bring a few bowls of ice bean paste or other iced snacks. The Su Mansion stores ice cubes every year for summer, and only the masters can eat it. Su Tan'er is here. The small courtyard on the side can be regarded as the best treatment. After all, she is the only one who takes over the big house. These little chan and the others often don’t leave. Eating this iced snack together with Su Tan’er and Ning Yi at night is probably the best meal of the day. When comfortable. If it is the rest of the people in the palace, even the main family, every time they want to eat a bowl, they have to think carefully.
After eating, the temperature has actually dropped, occasionally chatting, occasionally playing chess, and occasionally each have their own things to do, until the lights gradually went out at night, and after the lights in Su Taner's room went out, Ning Yi also went to bed and let him go to bed. Quiet in the yard.
The running and exercising every morning before dawn has never stopped, and probably not many people will notice that he has such a habit. When he ran to the riverside where there was a small building, Nie Yunzhu sat on the steps and waited for him. The business of Zhuji was going well. There were already some obvious regular customers and repeat customers at the main store, and four small cars were dispatched. The way of cards is also interesting. Some people have been looking for a long time in the city in order to collect all four wooden cards. This is probably some kind of card-collecting fun.
Of course, at present, the main income is not provided by the head office and the four cars, but Zhuji Songhuadan is still being rolled out at high speed to various restaurants in Jiangning. At this time, it is no longer necessary for Nie Yunzhu to personally go to talk about these businesses. Her subordinates have already hired a lot of employees. Ning Yi has formulated some relatively mature rules and regulations for the operation of these employees, which can greatly reduce the burden of control. According to the propaganda at the Oiran Competition, many restaurants and tea shops in Jiangning already have consignment of Songhua eggs, and among the high-consumption brothels, they are also opening up. Everything is developing rapidly, but it is surprisingly stable.
Of course, most of the time, Nie Yunzhu would not report these business-related things to Ning Yi. She likes to talk about new and trivial things. The store opened, and new things happened every day. She had never seen or heard things before, and it was quite interesting to say. Sometimes, the marriage between Hu Tao and Er Niu will be mentioned, and I will do it with them after a period of preparation, which is also a concern.
Still maintaining the habit of just sitting and chatting on the steps, the lights in the back room were dimly lit. Nie Yunzhu would take a plate to make a pot of tea, and put it on the steps like that. When Ning Yi came over, he drank a small cup, said something, and watched him leave. It was the morning light, and the city was there. When leaving, the outline gradually appeared.
Due to Lu Hongti's relationship, Ning Yi didn't go to the riverside to play chess very often this month, but of course he went there a few times. Mr. Qin was concerned about the flood recently. Now it's the flood season. It is said that the situation in several places is in a hurry. , There are several rivers bursting, I don't know what will happen.
"This year is not a good year..." The old man sighed like this. If Kang Xian came over, he would often say the same.
"If it continues like this, I'm afraid that in July, there will be another wave of disaster victims..."
Droughts, floods, winter ice disasters, and bandit troubles in some places. With today’s social structure, it is difficult to overcome these hurdles. Every few years, some disasters often occur. If the refugees are homeless and cannot be controlled, they will go east to the rich places such as Bianliang, Jiangning and Yangzhou. Come over, Qin Lao often thinks about it and puts down his chess pieces: "Maybe there will be military disasters..."
The situation in Liaoning and Jin seems to be on the verge of breaking out. Of course, it is difficult to say if it is really going to be completely turbulent, in terms of months and years. When it collapses, the Wu Dynasty will have an attitude no matter what, if this time a fight occurs, it will also be related to the national fortune of the Wu Dynasty. It's another test.
"In any case, after the fight is over, it should get better." The two old men were relatively optimistic about this matter. In fact, the entire Wu Dynasty was very optimistic. The economic and agricultural foundation of the Wu Dynasty is still there. Although the entire structure is bloated, a big burden comes from the north. If the north can be settled, the entire court can be greatly relieved. When it comes to rectification and reform, there is hope. and surplus.
Every afternoon, I do experiments in the small courtyard and talk about things with Lu Hong. If it involves martial arts, he occasionally takes notes and Lu Hongti laughs at him. In fact, Lu Hongti has often mentioned him as a starting point recently. Looking at the weird containers and devices he designed, what she can help is not the chemical reaction, but the equipment related to the production of high-quality wine. He has already started to get on the track, and he has to brew the high-quality wine. After completing it, he will set up a small workshop and launch it as a sign of Zhuji.
Distilling wine, which is not complicated for him, started in March. At the beginning, I made a small device, and then I began to enlarge and improve it. This is the basic technology. What changes to these distilled liquors in the future is not my own business, and it is left to others to do. Lu Hongti can drink. Although she doesn't look rough, she is not slow to drink. However, after drinking the first drinkable white wine, she still frowned: "This wine... so strong..."
Since she is interested in wine, she is more eager to help. Occasionally when she asks some questions, Ning Yi will tell her about distillation, vaporization and liquefaction. The other party still regards these things as crooked, but his attitude has changed a lot: "You these things... are still somewhat useful..."
"It's not perfect, it's barely usable, you can make a copy when you leave, but..."
"There's not much grain in the mountains that can be used to make wine... Sometimes when some merchants are robbed, the wine is drunk in a short time. The big bowls seem to drink a lot, but if you steam it, there will be not much..." Lu Hong A slight sense of melancholy.
"You can still consider steaming a batch. It can be used for disinfection after being injured. Those with low degrees are useless." When it came to disinfection, Ning Yi was quite condescendingly talking about concepts such as infection and bacteria. Speaking of those little bugs that are invisible to the naked eye, thousands of them crawled into the body, some with eight hands, some with hairy, and Lu Hongti frowned when he heard it. Then he asked: "Your medicine is very good, it doesn't seem to leave scars, how did you do it?"
"Part of it is because of martial arts. Of course, if you want it, you can copy it when you leave. It's hard to find a few herbs." Lu Hongti glanced at him, "However, are you planning to ask for martial arts secrets? Or are you going to ask for a recipe?"
"Aren't you going to teach me martial arts... Cough, I have to think about it."
"I still don't plan to teach." Lu Hongti said, laughing, "It's useless for you to learn. When you are a gentleman, those students are not afraid of you."
"But they love me."
"You are a good person... Although a little weird, you are indeed a good person."
"Cough, you don't have to stress it once."
As time passed, her injuries were gradually getting better, and the Dark Whistle in Jiangning City should have begun to relax. It was hard to say when she would leave: "Tianlong Babu, should we be about the same?" She asked about the progress these days, "I want to finish listening to it before I leave." Ning Yi understood her character. Although she seems to like listening to these stories, drinking white wine and eating snacks, once it's time to leave, she will definitely leave. Because on Lu Liangshan, she still has a lot of things to do.
Ning Yi was a businessman in his last life, but he was not a ruthless person. Now he regards her as an interesting friend to some extent. He can brag about atoms and molecules with her, and take some things to chat for a while at night. The days were leisurely, there was nothing to do, and there were not too many burdens, and so on, until the evening of the fourth day of June.
Xiaochan had something to do tonight, so she said hello to Lu Hongti. She will bring some wine and vegetables in the evening. After dinner, she will leave Su Mansion and prepare to buy some food on the way. Passing through a secluded street, a horse-drawn carriage followed, and the big man above greeted him, "Hello, Ning Yi, Ning Liheng?"
The big man was really burly, sitting on the carriage, causing Ning Yi to raise his head, a trace of something wrong flashed in his heart, because in the eyes of the other party, it was not good intentions that flashed. His vigilance was surging up, and before he had time to start thinking about this look, the wind whistled and hit him from the back of his head.
"Weak scholar..."
As night fell, Lu Hongti was waiting in the yard for Ning Yi's arrival, the wind chimes rang softly.
It has been nearly a month since I stayed here to recover from the injury, and I feel a little nostalgic when I think of it. In the past, this was probably unimaginable. The life of the past month has been very interesting, but in a few days, she should return to Luliang. After that... I probably won't have a chance to come here again.
Time gradually passed. Maybe something happened to him... she thought to herself. This is not surprising. Although he has never missed an appointment a few times before, he already knows his specific identity. If something happens, it is normal that he can't come. It's just a pity that I can't hear the story tonight. Just listen.
So she waited for a while longer, and then walked into the room with a slight disappointment, and started to eat the cold steamed buns with the lunch dishes that were cold in the water basin. For her, there is nothing to be picky about, what is in front of her is delicious food...