The two walked all the way to Xu's house. The red silk had been removed from the yard of Xu's house, and the newly transplanted potted plants were growing just right. The yard seemed to have a bit of life.
"I plan to have someone plant a grape plant next to it and make a grape trellis. It will also be a good place to enjoy the cool weather." Sun Xiang likes the grape trellis in Suwan's yard very much, but her yard is too small and looks a bit awkward when put down. It’s crowded. "
"The yard next door is already being roofed. In a few days, the tiles will be built. If the two yards are connected, there will be room for this grape trellis. If possible, dig a pond and raise a few fish. .”
The corner of Su Wan's mouth twitched, thinking that this was really Xie Si'an's idea of a second yard, and she even planned what to plant, but she didn't say anything.
If the two of them pay to exchange for Xie Sian, and Xie Sian is happy with it, then one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer, and it has nothing to do with others. If Xie Sian refuses, she is not being arrogant, and she will not be bullied.
"It's already summer, so it's not easy to transplant flowers and plants. If you see what potted plants you like in the garden behind, you can move more."
The yard is only so big, so we can't plant flowers all year round, but if we don't, it would be too monotonous, so the usefulness of these potted plants comes to light.
In the yard where Su Wan lives, in addition to the flowers and plants she planted herself and a small flower bed, the rest of the flowers and plants are brought in from the garden at the back every month. They are all potted plants grown in earthenware or white porcelain. Planted with flowers and plants of all seasons.
Sun Xiang stopped and said, "I don't like those flowers and plants. I'll plant some myself later."
Su Wan paused: "...the ones you planted are probably not meant to poison people, right?"
"You can't die." At most, it just has some medicinal properties. It's too poisonous and she didn't dare to plant it for a long time. Even if she wanted to plant it, she would have to find an inaccessible place, right?
"I will also give some to Madam then."
"No need." Su Wan declined. She didn't want strange plants to appear in her yard. If she accidentally touched them, they would have to shed a layer of their skin.
Su Wan sat at Xu's house for a while. Seeing that the yard was well tidied up inside and outside, he drank a cup of tea and left.
She thought to herself that only Jiubian was getting married now. If all these people got married and started families in the future, she would be very busy.
As a mistress, she can't take care of too many things outside, but these women always have to take care of them. When men work outside, they always have to let their wives and children live peacefully at home.
When it got dark, the lights in the yard were lit, and the banquet in the garden dispersed. Li Lin took Shi Chongshan to the Guest Garden and gave him the layout of the academy originally drawn by Su Wan.
He added a little bit to improve the picture himself, and it was almost there.
In addition, he also gave him the college plans he had made in the past two days and the banknotes he had prepared.
"About the library matter, I will go to Hongyan Academy to discuss it. I will ask for a copy of each book. When the time comes, I will ask students to copy it. I will pay them according to the price of the books. Hongyan Academy will not refuse."
Unless Hongyan Academy wanted to burn bridges and fall out with Stone Bridge Academy, it would not dare not agree.
Today's Hongyan Academy naturally does not dare to fall out with Stone Bridge Academy, and they are even more afraid that Stone Bridge Academy will break the agreement.
Moreover, those books can also be bought outside. They are not considered precious, but they just require a lot of effort.
"I can't wait for you to collect the money, so I gave three thousand taels first, half of the amount agreed that day. If it's not enough, I'll add some more. If it's more, I'll just add some pens, ink, paper, and inkstones for the academy. "
Shi Chongshan moved his lips. In fact, he didn't want the money, but he also knew that it would be difficult for people like the Shi family to collect the money to build the academy. Moreover, the academy could not be run and there were not many students. Money is like being thrown into the water and you can never get it back.
If he were asked to ask for money, he would naturally not be able to ask for it, but if Li Lin himself was willing to give it, he would not be able to say no.
After all, this little money was a huge sum of money to them, but nothing to Li Lin.
After a long time, Shi Chongshan accepted the banknote: "Then I will accept it. Thank you for taking the trouble."
Li Lin also handed him some materials he compiled for teaching students: "I won't be in the academy in the future, so please ask my uncle and the dean to take more trouble."
Shi Chongshan felt regretful: "You really don't want to be a teacher anymore. According to your ability, if you teach a few students, you will have many students all over the world in the future. It is possible to become a famous teacher in the world."
"No."
Shi Chongshan sighed: "But that's right, even if you want to be a husband, you won't be able to be a husband for a few years. Just like your father, you will always have to leave. You guys always have more important things to do. Being a husband will only make you a husband." Leave it to us guys.”
"I don't know how long you will stay here?"
Li Lin paused and did not answer this. He didn't have a very accurate time here for the specific time, and if Su Wan felt tired of staying here, they couldn't tell if they would move to another place.
"When will uncle go to the Imperial City?"
"I originally planned to go there in the next two days, but there are too many things going on in the academy, and the dean is old, so I can't get away from it."
Dean Shi was not only the dean of Shiqiao Academy, he was also a member of the Shi family and the uncle of Shi Chongshan. Shi Chongshan really couldn't leave the matter to Dean Shi and ran away.
If nothing else happens, the next dean of the academy will be Shi Chongshan.
"I told your aunt to go take a look first and meet with the Cao family, but your aunt didn't dare."
In fact, if Su Wan could accompany him, everything would be safe, but the Shi family didn't have such a big reputation, and the two families didn't have such a big friendship for Su Wan to accompany them.
When Mrs. Zhou heard about the affairs of the Song family, she felt that marrying an official's daughter-in-law would be a glorious thing, but she was also worried that she would be humble in front of her daughter-in-law in the future, which made her very worried.
"I wrote a letter yesterday and asked someone to send it to the Imperial City to ask your cousin what the Cao family's plans are. We can meet at a later date. After I have finished some college affairs, I’ll go there with your aunt and Yun Pu.”
After all, Ji Yunpu used to be a clan master, so he could understand some of the things involved. With him, Shi Chongshan felt more at ease.
"That's fine." Li Lin thought for a while and told what Su Wan mentioned earlier.
"When my mother was alive, my father bought her a lot of jewelry and left a lot of it. The princess mentioned this a few days ago and said it would be of no use leaving it alone. She asked me to pick some for my cousins. A few things can be regarded as gifts from mother to nephews and nieces."
