Villager of Daming

Chapter 227 There is a pregnant woman in the village who is compatible (fifth change)
The stars in the sky flicker and dim, and the lamps of rich people are lit.

The 260 scholars in the library ate the New Year’s dinner under the glazed lamp. There were ten people at a table. There were fish, chicken, fresh vegetables, braised radish braised in braised pork, and fried cabbage with shrimp.

The rich students ate the same meal, and it was a table for ten people. Today's dish was good, and they would not refuse it.

In the past, they disliked it, and they felt ashamed to eat food given by others.

Ever since Zhu Yuanzhang finished mentioning the words and the engraved plaque was hung on the wall opposite the main entrance, they occasionally asked what food was available and decided to order it.

The library treats all scholars equally, including paper, ink, and pens, all of which are cheap.

Those with money look down on them, don’t want them, and those without money want inkstones as if they have found a treasure. Their own inkstones are not good at producing ink, which is a waste of ink.

For Xiaqiu Village, there are inkstones in Shexian County, which are too good to be worth buying. Xiaqiu Village buys a bunch of stones from Shexian County. They don’t pursue shapes and patterns. They see that the stone quality is better, so they cut them into inkstones.

In fact, the inkstone is like sand. The smaller the number of sand, the larger the particles. When grinding the ink, the ink on the ink stick is ground into large particles, which will not dissolve.

The speed of insoluble ink is slow, and the large particles will be wasted, and a piece of ink will be useless once it is used.

A good inkstone has a large number of meshes. When grinding ink, the ink stick is quickly ground into a fine powder, and the ink will come out after a few strokes, and it is enough.

"I changed to a new inkstone, which really saves ink. I had to find other stones on the inkstone to grind the lost toner slowly."

A student was eating while looking at the new ink ingots placed next to him. The ink ingots were not good ones, the ashes and oils he chose were not precious enough, and the production time was short.

Even so, he was very satisfied, and it cost a lot of money to buy it himself.

"I have to find a way to carve my inkstone. The inkstones sent by Xiaqiu Village are all square, and the middle is ground a little, which is not good-looking."

Another student said that the inkstones are ugly, but the key point is that everyone's inkstones look similar and it is easy to confuse them.

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"When I gave them ink today, they were very happy. It's a pity that we don't know how to make ink. Otherwise, we can give them the finished ones, and they can't buy expensive ones. Sigh!"

At dinner, the village chief mentioned this matter, and he felt a sense of accomplishment, but he was worried about the quality of the ink and the price.

It's not that he can't afford good ink, but he can't buy it for poor scholars, otherwise he may harm the other party.

"Ink is easy to make. Find a house, light a bunch of tung oil lamps, collect lamp putty, and add some other things to make it.

The quality of the ink is the same as the quality of the inkstone. The finer the particles, the better, and the tighter the pressure, the better. It is a matter of compactness.

We can make good ink, but no one is doing it, and it is not worthwhile to waste time.

At the same time, the money we get from making ink, such as doing other things, can then buy hundreds of times the ink made in this time.

If you want to do it, wait until you return to the village. There is a water wheel in our village. I add some tools and let the water wheel beat and knead, so people don't have to worry about it.

Like clay, the more you beat it, the tighter it becomes. With the addition of temperature and humidity, we can control it artificially. "

Seeing the regretful expression on Li Chang's face, Zhu Wentian told the other party aloud, we must be firm in our beliefs, we can do whatever we want.

"Forget it, buy it, listen to you, trouble, if it's not for training and helping some people, we won't sell lunch boxes."

The head of the village refuses to make ink, as long as he knows that Hanhan can do it, he is satisfied. We understand, but he just doesn't touch it.

"Yichang, in the future, when you encounter something, ask Hanhan first, don't let it go if you think you can't do it, Hanhan is the guardian of our village."

A village elder who was eating together said the head of the village, why are you sighing?

"We are a village with village guards, Yichang, don't always try to do everything by yourself," another village elder said.

"Yes, yes, drink, the medicinal wine that Hanhan made for you."

The chief hurriedly changed the subject, otherwise we would not be able to have a good dinner today.

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Woke up early the next day, the children were with their families, had a good rest last night, and got up for morning reading today.

Now I am learning the Analects of Confucius, but I still have to memorize the previous three hundred thousand, and at the same time, I don’t know the content to communicate with other people.

The others were making breakfast, and just after it was ready, Zhu Biao came with someone: "There is no need to be polite."

He felt that the people in Xiaqiu Village were invited by his father and mother to celebrate the new year. There were old people, children, and pregnant women.

I came here to ask for it myself, and let people kneel down every time. Isn't this coming here to torment others?

"Hello, Your Royal Highness!" "Okay!" The children came over and shouted, it would be great if they didn't have to kneel.

"Hello everyone, Hanhan! Hehehe!" Zhu Biao greeted: "What's for breakfast this morning?"

The little girl shouted: "I know, vegetable and lean meat porridge, fried eggs with tea seeds, steamed buns with sauerkraut lard residue, and some side dishes are meals for pregnant women. Some pregnant women can't eat. We have marked them out and added a big one for pregnant women." salted goose eggs."

"Is it for pregnant women?" Zhu Biao asked.

"Yes! We have them in our village!" The little girl replied.

"Great, come, let's eat." Zhu Biao asked the people who came to eat to test the poison!

He came here just to take food back to eat, the princess is pregnant, he thinks the food in Xiaqiu Village is delicious, and it is so close and convenient.

I didn't expect that what people ate was the meal for pregnant women, it was so considerate.

The people he brought were not polite, they went to find food by themselves, sat down and ate, and the people in Xiaqiu Village ignored them and ate their own food.

By the time the people brought by Zhu Biao had eaten half of the meal, the chief had already prepared breakfast for two for Zhu Biao.

A bamboo basket, divided into upper, middle and lower layers, wrapped with a quilt, and given a cart, Zhu Biao pushed it away, and the diners finished their porridge, stuffed the unfinished buns into their mouths, and chased after them To cart.

"Bengong Tui, eat faster next time, come at mealtime, the princess is hungry!" Zhu Biao refused to let others do it.

From here to Donghua Gate and Chunhe Hall, there are cement roads, and the car does not bump at all.

Zhu Biao entered the palace, and the princess was waiting!
"Bring it back. There are pregnant women in Xiaqiu Village. I made a meal for pregnant women. I brought you a double-yellow goose egg."

Zhu Biao said as he took out: "The eggs are fried in tea seed oil, and this is vegetable and lean meat porridge. If you don't have an appetite, try some steamed buns with pickled cabbage and lard residue? There are also garlic eggplants, and their own fermented bean curd... ..."

The Crown Princess looked happy, and the Crown Prince went to fetch food for himself. It's great to have pregnant women in Xiaqiu Village.

"Your Highness, how do you know that this goose egg has two yellows?" The princess picked up the goose egg and looked at it, but she didn't understand.

"It's written on it, double yellow. You can't see it when it's cooked, but you can see it in the light when it's raw. Such ones can't hatch goslings."

Zhu Biao arranged everything and took the princess to wash her hands.

When I came back, I poured the dipping sauce on the plate: "There is less salt in the buns, and there are minced garlic, soy sauce, vinegar, chive flower sauce, and fermented bean curd juice."

"Yeah!" The princess felt that she had a lot of appetite and wanted to eat.

　There is another chapter, also counted as July [-]th.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)