Love in the Red Chamber

Chapter 68 A Drop of Scarlet 【First Order】

Steward Liao got the job, walked out of the Chuhuamen gate calmly, and pulled a little guy by the mansion gate to ask about it.

And let the little ones always pay attention, if there is no order from the uncle, they are not allowed to go out to mix, and if the uncle speaks harshly, they will go out to protect the Lord.

The question probably reached Qin Keqing's ears, and Qin Keqing hummed strangely.

"If I open my mouth today, how will outsiders look at Jingqing? How will Jingqing look at me? Although I am in charge of the house, Jingqing is in charge of outside affairs."

As Qin Keqing spoke, a rare coldness appeared on her face.

"It's the field that Jing Qing takes care of outside. He personally asked me to take care of it. There is a clear distinction between the inside and outside of the mansion, and each other can't go beyond the rules."

Baozhu also hummed: "This person who thinks he should play the board, actually thinks that the young lady of the family is a person who confuses yin and yang and covers the sky with one hand."

Qin Keqing looked at Baozhu carefully, and then at Ruizhu who was silent.The two men each wore a wooden hairpin on their heads.

She said: "The inner house also has the rules of the inner house. If anyone can't abide by the rules, don't blame me for disregarding the friendship for many years."

Baozhu trembled, her face turned pale; Ruizhu's face turned red.

Since the uncle's birthday, although the young lady is still a daughter-in-law in name, she has more and more the character of the mistress.Both Baozhu and Ruizhu felt the urge to kneel at this moment.

Qin Keqing let them go, and just asked: "Have you finished the things in the fields outside that the uncle ordered?"

Only then did Ruizhu open her mouth to tell the story.

It's a pity that Uncle Qin Zhong and the seventh-rank Lingtai Lang Xu Xingrui are still seeing each other outside.

Xu Xingrui thought that Qin Zhong would go to Xu's house quickly to appease his uncle Xu Yuanyi.

Qin Zhong was thinking about the bathtub at home, and...

He sneered: "I don't know if it's true or not. Lord Lingtailang has targeted me a lot in the past few days. If you make up an excuse to coax me out of the house and push me halfway down Guangji Bridge, who am I to ask for an argument?" go?"

Xu Xingrui was also depressed.

After all, he is also Lingtai Lang, the Qintian Supervisor. Although his rank is not high, his future is not small.He thought it was true that Qin Zhong was unhappy, but how could he harm his future because of this? !

In Xu Xingrui's heart, Qin Zhong is a scourge.From his point of view, he only knew that Qin Zhong had used some kind of trick to coax his uncle, who was the servant of the household department, into paying homage to his teacher.

An old servant in his 70s wants to worship a [-] or [-]-year-old kid as his teacher?It's not even done yet!
The Xu family is almost becoming the laughing stock of the capital.

What's more, Qin Zhong came up with a weird trick, coaxing the precious glass windows that his uncle had removed to build a greenhouse.

Not only did Xu's family's reputation be ruined by [-]%, but he also lost a lot of money.

How could it be that Xu Xingrui didn't have any idea in his heart, it's not easy to be picky and controversial all the time.

If it wasn't for his uncle's pressure and hearing that Qin Zhong was connected with the Rongguo Mansion, he would have thought of beating Qin Zhong up.

"How do you trust me?"

"Unless you swear."

"swear?"

"Correct."

"Swear that you will never harm my heart, otherwise you will not be able to lift your second head for the rest of your life."

"Second... good! I swear."

"I swear I went to Xu's house, what I say is what I say? You can't talk back to me anymore, and you have to arrange someone to serve me comfortably."

"Huh? Are you comfortable serving me?"

Qin Zhong said again: "Don't get me wrong, I'm not a womanizer. I just like to take a bath, and your family has to prepare hot water for me every day..."

Xu Xingrui didn't expect that Qin Zhong was not polite at all, and could really make a request.At this moment, he even really wanted to do what Qin Zhong said before, halfway to find an opportunity to push Qin Zhong down the Guangji Bridge.but……

"Okay, I agree."

But seeing Qin Zhong grinning and calling out to the gate of the Qin mansion, a few servants came out immediately.

Qin Zhongdao: "Today Master Xu has something urgent to invite, so I won't go in. You two should prepare a carriage, and we will go to Shenjing City to taste the food at Master Xu's house. Then send someone inside to say, I recently As I grow taller, the bathtub at home should be replaced with a bigger one.”

"..." Xu Xingrui let out a long sigh of relief as he watched Qin Zhong get into the Qin family's carriage.

……

In the greenhouse in Xujiayuan's house, some ears of corn did unfold, but they were only unfolded.Xu Yuanyi walked around the greenhouse excitedly like a child, observing each plant carefully.

"Mr. Qin Xiao, look quickly. It's blooming!"

Qin Zhong also observed carefully for a while, and gradually frowned.

After all, the Xu family does not have professional greenhouse talents, and the control of the temperature of the greenhouse is not very precise.The flowering of plants is affected by temperature, and high temperature will naturally flower.But it is extremely difficult to maintain it to an appropriate degree.

This is one of the reasons why greenhouses were so rare in an era without thermometers.Even if you can have glass and know how to make a greenhouse, there are very few people who can accurately control the temperature.

Such talents are basically in Huangzhuang or flower art families.

"The greenhouse is hot." Qin Zhong approached Xu Yuanyi and told him the suitable temperature for corn.

The most suitable temperature during the flowering period of corn should be around 26 degrees Celsius. 26 degrees Celsius should be because it is too hot to wear, and there is still a little dryness after moving a few times. If people are in a quiet state, then this temperature is the most comfortable.

Xu Yuanyi hurriedly asked someone to write it down, and then asked worriedly: "Will it damage the corn now?"

"No, just be careful."

26 degrees is the best temperature, but a little fluctuation up and down is not too big a problem.If it exceeds 35 degrees or is lower than [-] degrees, it will have a great impact on the development of corn.

Qin Zhong was really reluctant to come at first, but after he came, he was also influenced by Xu Yuanyi, and stayed with Xu Yuanyi in the greenhouse all day long.

[Xu Yuanyi favorability +5, Yangshou increased by 5 days]

In his spare time, Qin Zhong moved a couch by the greenhouse to lie down. The air conditioner in the greenhouse with a temperature of more than 20 degrees is not cold or hot, which is much more comfortable than outside.

As for the things in the greenhouse, he only needs to be on the sidelines to guide, and more active people will do the specific things.

After two days of waiting, it was finally time for the ears of corn to be powdered.

Pollination, cutting off long inflorescences, artificial pollination, secondary pollination...

"So there are so many skills in it!" Xu Yuanyi looked at Qin Zhong with more and more fiery eyes, and every time he saw and listened to new knowledge, his breathing was unavoidable.

[Xu Yuanyi favorability +10, Yangshou increased by 10 days]

The most exciting thing is to be exposed to more advanced knowledge on the same understanding.More importantly, Qin Zhong's self-confidence and concentration when he talked about the principles made Xu Yuanyi, who was over seventy years old, feel like he was studying at home when he was a child.

Although Qin Zhong didn't want to accept him as an apprentice, he already regarded Qin Zhong as a teacher in his heart.

Xu Yuanyi has even diverged his thinking, thinking that since corn can do this, can others?
He changed the address for Qin Zhong, and asked humbly: "How does Mr. Qin know this?"

"Because I have a pair of eyes that are good at discovering." Qin Zhong laughed.This knowledge has been explored and observed by generations of previous generations.

Moreover, for crops like corn, if it is not for hybrid seed production, there will be very little artificial pollination in later generations.The main reason is that after the variety of corn became more abundant, the price of labor also rose sharply. As a result, the value of artificial pollination to increase production may not exceed the price of hiring labor.

As for cutting the inflorescences of female flowers to make pollination easier for female flowers, few people do it in later generations except for scientific research.

On the contrary, in this era, labor is the least valuable, so Qin Zhong simply mentioned all the methods of artificially increasing production.

Xu Yuanyi also laughed and stopped asking about the source of knowledge, just like Qin Zhong didn't ask him about Uncle Chen and Fifth Master Chen's identity, some things should not be inquired too clearly.

What he was curious about was how many such methods Qin Zhong had.

After spending half a month together, Xu Yuanyi also got to know Qin Zhong better.

Although Qin Zhong was lazy in everything, he observed every detail carefully and was extremely rigorous in his work.

Originally, he had always doubted whether what Qin Zhong said was true or false, but every time Qin Zhong explained the details and principles with confidence, and compared the state of the plants in the two greenhouses.

Now he believes it.

"Such a person is born to be a master of agriculture." Xu Yuanyi bowed again to Qin Zhong's back.But he felt embarrassed in his heart, not knowing what kind of official position he should seek for Qin Zhong.

Now just wait a month for the corn to mature!
Xu Yuanyi straightened his chest, took a deep breath, and ordered: "From now on, when the Xu family members see him, if they see a teacher, they must treat him with the courtesy of a teacher."

Xu Xingrui didn't say much, instead, when he looked at the back of the figure who was walking away with his head held high and his chest held high, there was a hint of inexplicable color in his eyes.

[Xu Xingrui's favorability degree +3, Yangshou increased by 3 days (current favorability degree: 3)]

"I wish I had a daughter!"

Hearing the murmur, Xu Yuanyi gave him a sharp look, and Xu Xingrui hurriedly lowered his head and laughed.

Besides, when Qin Zhong came out from Xu's house, he was also in a good mood.It's not because of gaining favorability, it's more like completing the task entrusted to him by heaven.

"Even if I die one day, at least I will open a window of scientific breeding for the world. Those who stay in the Qin family will open the door of breeding."

"Even if I don't exist in the future, with the existence of these things, someone will definitely step into the door of scientific breeding in the near future."

"Is this my mission?"

Qin Zhong smiled and shook his head. "My mission should be to give them a warm home!"

The carriage sped away and returned to Qin's house in Qinghe Town at noon.

"Sister, I'm back!"

"Come back when you come back, what are you calling for?" Qin Keqing frowned lightly, and the embroidery needle in her hand pricked her finger.But her heart was beating wildly, she didn't feel the pain in her fingers at all, instead her eyes couldn't help looking towards the door.

"I haven't seen you in half a month. My sister has become more beautiful again." Qin Zhong happily entered the room and saw Qin Keqing sitting beside the bed embroidering a pair of wild ducks.

"Jingqing is even more slick." Qin Keqing felt the pain in her fingers at this moment, and her brows furrowed even deeper.

A drop of scarlet suddenly appeared on the belly of Qin Keqing's right index finger.

"Sister is injured!" Qin Zhong cried out in alarm, grabbed his injured hand and squeezed it.

"Jingqing~" Qin Keqing yelled anxiously, but the strength in her body seemed to be taken away from her fingers.A sense of numbness and warmth penetrated from the fingertips into the bones and spread throughout the body.Hastily withdrew his hand, winking like silk. "What did you do?"

Qin Zhong grabbed that hand again, nervously said: "Look, is it still bleeding? Does it still hurt?"

Ruizhu and Baozhu in the room looked like they were watching a show.Before the uncle came, the young lady had lectured them while embroidering, but now she looked delicate and shy.

"It's not that you're scaring me... um..."

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