After receiving Lin Yan's guidance, Wei Chen finally understood how he wanted to go next.
In order to make it easier to search for books, Wei Chen simply moved to the library of Yi Xue.
The handyman of the Library Pavilion followed Lin Yan's instructions and set up a clean small room for Wei Chen in the pavilion, and at the same time took care of Wei Chen's meals and daily life.
These days, when Wei Chen was sleepy, he would fall asleep next to a pile of books. When he woke up, he would continue reading with his books in his arms. Except for asking Lin Yan for advice every few days, he almost never left home.
When the handyman in the library was delivering meals, he saw Wei Chen holding a book and reading very intently every day, as if he was possessed by an evil spirit. He was worried that Wei Chen had lost his mind in studying, so he specifically reported to Lin Yan and asked him to take a look at Wei Chen. .
Unexpectedly, when Lin Yan saw Wei Chen eager to learn and unable to let go of the scroll, not only did he not stop him, but he also laughed happily: "When I was in Qi Wenshao, I didn't know the taste of meat in March."
Then he turned around and left.
Only the confused servant was left.
Don’t you know the taste of meat in March?
Mr. Lin is saying don’t forget to add meat to your meals?
But the meals he prepared for Wei Chen were always very rich, both meat and vegetables, right?
The handyman was puzzled, but in the end, out of caution, he spoke to Zhai Fu in the kitchen and raised Wei Chen's food to another level.
In this way, Wei Chen ate and lived well in Zangshuge, lived a fulfilling life of studying every day, and happily became an ancient otaku.
While Wei Chen was busy absorbing nutrients in the library, Sheng Wei, the eldest son of the Sheng family, was already like an ant on a hot pot, anxious.
After Sheng Wei acquired a fruit wine workshop, he began to purchase fresh fruits to brew fruit wine, and then added glycerin to the fruit wine in proportion according to the method taught by Wei Chen to make a brand new fruit wine.
Because the new wine was dark red and translucent in color and shaped like amber, Sheng Wei named it "amber wine".
Sheng Wei sent samples of amber wine to major restaurants in Youyang, which received unanimous praise. Managers at various restaurants asked Sheng Wei about the origin of the wine.
Seeing the popularity of amber wine, Sheng Wei was delighted, but fell into new troubles.
Because Wei Chen did not teach him the method of preparing glycerol before he left, he only had eight taels of glycerol given to him by Wei Chen. After mixing eighty kilograms of amber wine and giving it to major restaurants for tasting, he only had one drop. No more left!
On the one hand, orders were flying in like flakes, and on the other hand, he was in a dilemma of not being able to produce new wine at all. Sheng Wei was simply anxious. No matter how good he was at cultivating his character, he finally couldn't sit still at this time.
He went to Sheng's Free School to ask Wei Chen for advice on how to make glycerin, but he hit a wall with Lin Yan before he met Wei Chen.
As soon as Lin Yan saw Sheng Wei in a hurry when he came to find Wei Chen, he knew that it must be related to the business affairs.
Lin Yan understood that it was very rare for Wei Chen to be in such a learning state that he forgot both things and me. He didn't want him to be disturbed by Sheng Wei, so he immediately stopped Sheng Wei with a straight face and told him that Wei Chen was in retreat at the Cangshuge Pavilion. Not suitable for meeting guests.
In this way, Sheng Wei, the founder of Sheng's Yi Xue, was sternly blocked from the door of Yi Xue by Lin Yanyi.
Seeing the scene in front of him, Sheng Wei couldn't laugh or cry. He felt angry and funny, but he couldn't get angry.
Who made him promise that when he invited Lin Yan to come to the free school to be a tutor, he would not interfere in any affairs in the free school and let Lin Yan make the final decision?
With no other choice, Sheng Wei had no choice but to take a curveball path to save the country and sent people to Xiyin Village to fetch Wei Ruyi and Zhang Ming.
Wei Ruyi and Zhang Ming arrived at Youyang County and listened to Sheng Wei's explanation of the cause and effect, and then they understood the wonderful use of glycerin.
Both of them couldn't help but sigh: "It turns out that the things Brother Chen made are so useful!"
Sheng Wei asked them again if they knew the formula of glycerin, and the couple naturally shook their heads and said they didn't know.
They only knew that Wei Chen made this thing from lard, but they didn't know the specific steps.
Maybe Zhang Xu knew. He had been following Wei Chen in the kitchen and saw the whole process of Wei Chen making glycerin.
However, even if they knew the glycerin formula, Wei Ruyi and Zhang Ming would not tell Sheng Wei.
They now know the use of glycerin, and they can see the value of this thing from Sheng Wei's eagerness, so naturally they will not say it easily.
In the minds of ancient people, a secret recipe is worth thousands of gold and is a treasure that can be passed down for generations. It is worth guarding even with one's life.
Although the Zhang family and his wife were villagers with little knowledge, they also knew that even if Sheng Wei had been kind to the Zhang family, it would not be worth the value of such a secret recipe.
What's more, this secret recipe belongs to Wei Chen and does not belong to the Zhang family. Everything about it must be decided by Wei Chen.
Seeing that the Zhang family couple was tight-lipped and unwilling to reveal anything, Sheng Wei had no choice but to retreat and do the next best thing, asking Wei Ruyi to go to the Sheng Family Volunteer School and call Wei Chen out.
In Sheng Wei's view, if Lin Yan can stop him, he can't stop Wei Chen's family from meeting them, right?
Sure enough, after Wei Ruyi revealed his identity, he entered the free school unimpeded and met Wei Chen.
Wei Chen finally broke away from his crazy reading state and bathed in the sunshine outside the library.
After Wei Ruyi explained the situation, Wei Chen knew what was going on. He immediately asked Lin Yan for leave and went to Sheng's house with Wei Ruyi.
As soon as he saw Wei Chen, Sheng Wei held Wei Chen's hand tightly, his eyes full of resentment.
"My dear nephew, you have read so well that you have never known the sun and the moon, but you have brought great harm to me. If you don't come out of that library, I will have no choice but to have the library set on fire!"
Wei Chen teased: "My uncle built that library with all his hard work. How can he be willing to burn it down like this?"
"What is there to be reluctant to part with!"
Sheng Wei said disapprovingly: "As long as this fruit wine business starts, it's no problem to build ten more libraries!"
"oh?"
Wei Chen also corrected himself when he heard this. Although Sheng Wei was joking, it could also be seen from this that he was optimistic and enthusiastic about the fruit wine business.
It seems that this fruit wine with added glycerin is really popular!
Wei Chen didn't beat around the bush and said straight to the point: "Uncle, now that things have come to a point, I have made it clear that I will only teach the secret recipe of glycerin to people I trust. To put it bluntly, that is my aunt and uncle."
"Only teach to people you trust?"
Sheng Wei immediately understood the implication of Wei Chen's words, that is, Master Shanda was not among them!
However, Sheng Wei was mentally prepared for this and was not too surprised.
Today, the power gap between Wei Chen and himself is not as big as usual. What Wei Chen can rely on, apart from the vague academic and political favor, is the secret recipe in his hand. It is human nature to hold the secret recipe tightly. .
Perhaps when Wei Chen succeeds in his studies and becomes an official, he will feel free to hand over the formula in his hand to him.
But this day, I don’t know how long it will take.
What if Wei Chen fails the exam in ten or twenty years, should I...
Sheng Wei quickly interrupted his evil thoughts, looked at Wei Chen who was waiting eagerly in front of him, and sighed: "As long as the launch of the new wine is not delayed, everything will be done as you said!"
Seeing Sheng Wei agreeing so readily, Wei Chen was a little surprised. He thought to himself that Mr. Sheng was really a bright-sighted person. He understood the difficulties he was facing at the moment, and he really made the right choice in choosing him as his partner.
Immediately he cupped his hands and said, "Thank you uncle for your understanding."
