Before Zhang Xingyi met Li Tong, she thought that as Li Mu's younger brother, he would not be that bad after all. She never thought that when he saw the real person, he looked so timid and timid, and he underestimated him at first.
Seeing his lost expression because of seeing her again, Zhang Xingyi frowned slightly and looked down upon him again: This Li Langjun looked no different from those young men in Jincheng.
It is really unexpected that such an outstanding woman like Li Muna has such a younger brother.
Li Tong has grown up in the shadow of Li Mu since he was a child. He has been beaten and scolded for a long time, so he is naturally more sensitive than others.
Now he felt Zhang Xingyi's displeasure keenly, and he quickly lowered his head and said, "Back to Madam Zhang, I came here to give something to Madam."
"Send things?"
Zhang Xingyi asked a little strangely, "Why?"
These days, almost everyone who comes to my door will give me something, but they all want to establish a relationship with the unfaithful man through me.
But not to mention that Li Tong is Li Mu's younger brother, the Li family's Zhuangzi in Jincheng is still close to Fengzhuang. It is said that there is a lot of contact between the two families, so there is no way he will give it to that person through himself. Guys, are you sending a message?
"The Li family has received a lot of kindness from Feng Langjun, especially our sisters and brothers. We have been deeply favored by Feng Langjun and have never been able to repay it. Therefore, this time, I just express my gratitude a little."
Li Tong cautiously thought he was saying nice things, but he didn't expect to make Zhang Xingyi furious: "What a bastard!" He is him and I am me. If you want to thank me, go and thank him yourself. What does it mean to come and thank me!
Thinking again of Nanxiang County Magistrate Li Qiu's attitude towards him, Zhang Xingyi couldn't help but deeply doubted. Could it be that everyone in Nanxiang misunderstood her relationship with him?
Thinking of this, the young lady of the Zhang family couldn't help laughing angrily, "I wonder what Li Langjun wants to give?"
At the same time, she was thinking in her heart, if you can't come up with something good, let's see how I'll make you lose face!
"Ms. Zhang, please take a look."
Li Tong took out the small jar that he had prepared long ago.
Zhang Xingyi motioned to the maid beside him to go over and get it.
The maid took the small jar from Li Tong's hand, opened it and handed it to Zhang Xingyi's desk.
Zhang Xingyi felt a sweet aroma coming to her nose. She looked into the jar and saw that there seemed to be thick liquid inside.
"This...is this honey water?"
Zhang Xingyi looked at Li Tong in great surprise.
"Back to my little lady, that's right."
Li Tong replied respectfully.
In fact, it is honey.
"It's such a rare thing!"
Zhang Xingyi was born into a powerful family of the Han Dynasty and was the younger sister of the queen. She had seen a lot of rare things.
But she had only tasted the honey produced by bees two or three times, and it was a treasure that the late emperor collected from the treasury when he newly established the land of Shu and made a large number of ministers.
In the past few years, I have not seen it again.
From this we can imagine how precious honey water is.
I heard that although honey water was not common a few decades ago, it could still be found occasionally in wealthy families.
It’s just that in recent decades, the world has been in chaos, and even eating has become a problem. In addition, the Han Dynasty has advocated frugality in recent years, so this honey water has disappeared.
Unexpectedly, Li Tong had such a jar in his hand. It was worth a lot of money. If such a small jar was sold, it could be exchanged for three to five hundred coins.
"Back to my lady, it's honey water. I heard that Feng Langjun first made the ice cheese as a gift to my lady. I've tried it together. If you mix some honey water into the ice cheese, it will taste much better."
When Zhang Xingyi heard that Li Tong kept saying "Feng Langjun" like others, he felt impatient, but when he heard Li Tong talking about this ice cream, he was startled.
Isn't it? Back then, that person often made ice cream and delivered it to his house.
Thinking of how kind he was to her in the past, Zhang Xingyi's heart suddenly became sour and sweet, and she felt a little lost.
"How...how did you find such a rare thing?"
Zhang Xingyi didn't want to show his sadness in front of outsiders, so he calmed down and asked.
"Back to you, little lady, this is the product of the bees I raised myself."
"Did you raise it yourself? Keep bees?!" Zhang Xingyi lost his voice, "You actually know the art of Jiang Qi?"
Jiang Qi is a person from the Later Han Dynasty, a reclusive person who makes his living by raising bees and hogs.
Li Tong nodded and explained, "Jiang Qi was originally from Shanggui. He lived in seclusion and taught people the art of raising bees. Since Hanzhong is not far from Shanggui, his skills were also spread to Hanzhong."
"Although his technique has been lost for a long time, there are always rumors about him in Sichuan. According to the same rumors, I also looked closely at bees and found that they like to build their nests in tree trunks and other places, so I tried to cut down the trunk of the hive and move it to the eaves. under."
"Only one of the dozen or so times was successful, so this jar of honey was produced by that nest of bees."
Li Tong said, actually feeling a little distressed in his heart.
Such a small amount of honey is a whole year of hard work. Just like raising geese, the record alone is enough to fill a thick book.
During this period, I didn't know how many times I was stung. The pain and fatigue involved were really hard to explain to outsiders.
Although this time I only scraped the honey water on the honey spleen and did not wring out the honey water inside, it has already affected the bees in the nest.
But in order to save his hard work, he had to do this.
Fortunately, spring is here now, and the grass and trees have begun to bloom, so there is no need to worry about the bees starving to death.
After listening to Li Tong's words, Zhang Xingyi finally looked at him differently in her heart: I didn't expect that he not only had such thoughts, but actually developed them seriously?
Is it true that he is worthy of being Mrs. Mu’s younger brother?
"I see, Li Langjun's ingenuity is really rare."
Zhang Xingyi said sincerely.
In the past few years, Li Tong has been closely guarded by Li Mu. If he doesn't go his way, he will either be beaten or scolded. Even the servants are ordered by Li Mu to be careful about their husband.
Li Tong also knew that in the eyes of his sister, he was really like a waste. He could not do anything and would only make her worry. If he could settle down, that would be the best outcome for her.
After being captured by the barbarians and almost becoming a food ration, Li Tong finally admitted one thing: compared with his sister who had only been in Hanzhong for more than a year and gained the reputation of "Nanxiang Mu Niangzi", he was originally the What a waste.
That's why I was willing to admit my mistake to my sister, and at the same time I wanted to work hard to prove myself.
It's a pity that my sister has always looked at him in an old light, and her hard work in the past two years has never been ignored by her.
To say that I don’t feel aggrieved would be a lie.
Now that Zhang Xingyi praised him, Li Tong felt moved in his heart: someone finally recognized him!
"Ms. Zhang is so grateful."
Li Tong was humble, but he couldn't suppress the joy on his face, "Tong also has other things to give to the little lady."
"Oh, what else?"
Zhang Xingyi asked curiously.
"Little lady, please look, this is a goose egg."
Li Tong took out a goose egg the size of a small fist from the basket he brought, "Feng Langjun's technique of wishing chickens and weng only raised chickens and ducks, but did not mention geese."
"So I also tried to raise geese, and found that although these geese don't lay many eggs, they are easy to raise. They only eat some bran and like to eat weeds, but they don't take up food. If they are carefully raised, they will grow very fast. There is a lot of meat, which is one of the benefits of raising geese.”
"Ms. Zhang, my sister also gave me a down jacket from Jincheng last year. I found that although the duck down used in it has been deodorized, if you smell it carefully, you can still smell a faint fishy smell."
"This goose down is different. Goose down has a bland taste, almost no flavour, but its velvet pieces are much larger than duck down. Goose is bigger and produces more down. This is the second benefit of raising geese."
"Also, Madam Zhang knows that there is a kind of pen in Nanxiang called charcoal pen, which can write very quickly. If it is an informal document, it is convenient to use it to write. But there is one disadvantage, that is, the ink marks are easy to disappear."
"So I was inspired by this charcoal pen and used goose feathers dipped in ink to write. Not only is it fast, but the ink can also be preserved for a long time. It has the best of both worlds. Raising geese has three benefits."
Zhang Xingyi's eyes widened. After listening to what Li Tong said, she could only sum up one sentence, that is: raising geese is great!
It's just that Zhang Xingyi is not a three-year-old child. How can he believe whatever others say?
So she asked, "It sounds like raising more geese is a good thing, but Li Langjun said this to me, why?"
Everyone who comes to Nanxiang will deeply feel the power of Li Mu in Nanxiang.
Zhang Xingyi is naturally no exception.
This Li Tong is Li Mu's younger brother, and he also knows the benefits of raising geese. As the head of the workshop, Li Mu should strongly support him.
You should talk to Li Mu about this kind of thing. What does it mean to talk to yourself?
When Li Tong heard Zhang Xingyi's question, he was a little embarrassed at the moment, "Mrs. Zhang, I don't know that the Li family's village in Nanxiang provides vegetables and food to the workshop ranch."
"And my sister, who only cares about the workshop, had previously received the technique of Zhu Ji Weng from Feng Langjun, so she asked me to practice it wholeheartedly."
"She was afraid that I would delay running the manor because of raising geese, so she controlled me and didn't let me think too much about raising geese."
Although Li Tong didn't speak very clearly, Zhang Xingyi understood.
It was just the first time Li Tong met her that he mentioned such a thing, which made her feel a little weird.
Li Tong naturally knew that he was too impatient, but the opportunity only lasted once. If he failed to persuade Mrs. Zhang this time, it would be a question of whether he would have the chance to see Mrs. Zhang next time.
If I let my sister know that he still doesn't give up and wants to continue trying to raise geese and bees and doesn't do what she wants, I'm afraid those geese and bees will all be killed.
In my sister's eyes, the workshop is the most important thing. The Li family's village in Nanxiang must follow Feng Langjun's wishes and concentrate on growing vegetables and raise chickens and ducks to supply the workshop. .
I have no experience in raising a large number of geese, so who knows if I can succeed?
If it fails and Feng Langjun's affairs are ruined, it will be a disaster for the Li family.
But how could Li Tong be willing to let his hard work go to waste?
More importantly, every time he passed by the fields and saw Xu Erniang working in the fields, Li Tong felt as ashamed as a knife.
At first, I looked down on this low-income job, but look at Er Niang, she is now quite famous in the workshop.
Only you can achieve nothing.
I remembered that I had vowed to be successful and to make my sister and my second mother look at me differently. Unexpectedly, reality slapped me several times. The two women I valued most in my heart were both suppressing me. How could I not be ashamed?
Moreover, my sister and my family have many restrictions on me now. If I follow my sister's wishes, even if I succeed in the future, in the eyes of others, I will just be taking advantage of my sister.
If you want to prove yourself now, you can only find your own way under the current conditions.
Raising geese, livestock and bees is a method that Li Tong has finally figured out in the past two years.
So how could he give up so easily?
Anyway, Er Niang likes to work in the fields. I am raising geese, livestock and bees, so it is not a shame in front of her.
To put it bluntly, I am still young and admiring, passionate and passionate, and want to work hard-it is best to be able to work hard and be accompanied by the one I love at the same time.
I saw Li Tong bite the bullet and said to Zhang Xingyi, "Mrs. Zhang, this honey water is a treasure, and raising geese is also very beneficial. So I was thinking if I could ask the little lady to help Feng Langjun pass it on." If so, would you allow me to try it in Nanxiang?"
In Li Tong's view, he had offended Feng Yong before, so Feng Yong must not like him.
If he comes to ask for help, let alone whether he can persuade Feng Yong to agree. It is still a question of whether he can see people. The most likely thing is that he is just humiliating himself.
But it would be different if it was Miss Zhang.
Didn't Lord Mengchang escape from danger by bribing King Qin Zhao's concubine with a white fur coat?
Feng Langjun wrote an article specifically for Mrs. Zhang, praising her beauty, and presumably he loved her very much. I went to Mrs. Zhang to talk about this matter, and the reasoning was similar.
When Zhang Xingyi heard the words "Feng Langjun", he suddenly realized that it was because of him!
At the same time, he was filled with anger and was about to rebuff him, but when he saw the honey on the table, he rolled his eyes twice and suddenly came up with an idea.
"Li Langjun wanted to raise geese in Nanxiang, did he come to me because Mrs. Mu refused and he couldn't find Feng Langjun?"
"Exactly."
After experiencing setbacks, Li Tong finally understood the truth that people have to bow their heads under the roof, and at the same time he became much thicker-skinned.
This "exactly", although it made my face a little hot when I said it, I could say it without any hindrance.
"It's such a trivial matter, why bother asking Feng Langjun, I can make the decision. Well, the Zhang family has many villages in Nanxiang. If you are willing, I can set aside a village for you so that you can concentrate on raising bees. What do you think about raising geese?”
Although Zhang Xingyi never had to pay for the sweaters and down jackets she wore, this did not prevent her from knowing how expensive these things were.
If the goose feathers are as Li Tong said, with large yields, large fluff, and no odor, then it is really much better than duck feathers.
Even if someone really wants to make a down jacket, they may not be able to make it because there is no duck down. Even if they do make it, they may be suppressed by people from the Xinghan Association.
But who is she? Is she afraid?
If anyone really dared to cause trouble for her, she would dare to cause trouble for that unfaithful man!
Li Tong was really surprised and happy when he heard this. He didn't expect things to go so smoothly.
"I don't want to be like Mrs. Zhang. I can just find a place to try on my own, and I need my sister's consent for this..."
"Don't worry, I will go and talk to Madam Mu about this in person."
Zhang Xingyi said with confidence.
"Thank you, Miss Zhang!"
Li Tong quickly stood up and saluted and thanked him excitedly. Finally, someone was willing to support him.
At this time, looking at Miss Zhang sitting on top, I really felt that she was like a fairy.
Zhang Xingyi had other plans in mind, so she sent someone to send Li Tong away, and prepared a famous post and sent it to Li Mu.
When Li Mu received the invitation, he didn't dare to neglect it, and he didn't wait for Zhang Xingyi to come to the door. He directly led people to the small courtyard where Zhang Xingyi lived.
Zhang Xingyi naturally didn't expect that the famous Lady Mu would come to her door as soon as she received her post. It was a big surprise at that moment.
I was even more surprised when I saw her respectful and responsive attitude.
"If Mrs. Zhang wants to let my incompetent younger brother help herd bees and raise geese, there will be no problem. But do we need to ask Feng Langjun about this matter?"
After Li Mu learned about Zhang Xingyi's thoughts, he gave a reminder.
"Why do you need to ask what he means?"
Zhang Xingyi now feels annoyed when she hears these three words, "Aren't you his sister?"
As soon as she said the words, she saw a strange look from Li Mu, and suddenly woke up. She could only say, "Okay, I understand. I will write to him about this when the time comes."
At the same time, the silver teeth bite secretly, this person is very annoying, he is everywhere, he is everywhere!
