After chatting for a while, the brother and sister went their separate ways.
Zhou Yu went back to the house and sat on the recliner in front of the window. His right index finger tapped the armrest of the recliner rhythmically, and he kept thinking about the structure of the rice mill.
She couldn't build that kind of large machine, but she still had some memories of the rice milling machine used by the older generation in the countryside.
The top is made into the shape of a bamboo hat. After the rice is poured in and shaken by hand, the two iron pieces inside will rub against each other and separate the rice husk from the rice.
She had seen that thing before at her grandma's house. At that time, she was curious and took it apart to take a look. Her grandpa chased her through half the village.
But that was all when she was very young, and her impression was a little unreal now. She had to think carefully, otherwise the speed of grinding it with a stone would be too slow, and almost half of the rice would be broken.
The maid Ye'er went out and ran to the place where the ducks were raised. When she got there, she was very happy to see so many ducks. The most important thing was that there were a lot of little ducks.
She had seen ducklings when she was very young. Haven't seen him in years.
Although the Prince's Mansion has a lot of ducks, more than 10,000 in total, there is no need for anyone to take care of them because this section of the river is surrounded and the water is flowing.
One person only needs to cut some aquatic plants in the morning and scatter them in the river. The aquatic plants will float on the river. There is a shelter blocking the water downstream, so there is no need to worry about the aquatic plants floating away.
In fact, more than 10,000 ducks do not need to feed much aquatic plants every day, because this area is rich in underwater products, and these ducks have enough to eat just those small fish and shrimps.
Then clean up the feces in the duck pen and collect the duck eggs. At night, the ducks will return to the pen on their own.
Ye'er played for a while and then returned to Zhou's house. She didn't forget that the young lady still needed her to serve.
But when he got home, he knew that the girl was thinking about something in the house, so he went to the kitchen to help Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Deng.
Some time ago, Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Deng were really not used to having free time at once. They cooked meals for them every day. They didn't need to feed the cows and ducks at home, so they simply went to the workshop to help and followed the two women. Braised braised flavor.
Although the family does not kill pigs now, the braised meat business has never stopped. The nearby butchers bring the pigs to the house.
The daily volume is also quite large. There are more than a dozen pairs of pigs in the water. After they are finished, some are sent to the Imperial College, and some are sent to restaurants. No one bought the pigs in the water before, and no one buys them now. Mainly I won’t do it even if I buy it back.
But at the moment, they are not too busy to cook for more than thirty people every day. The main thing is that the masters are more meticulous, and the other servants can just steam a pot of rice and cook three or two dishes.
In the past, they all ate together with their master's family, and they ate whatever the master's family ate, but that was no longer possible. Now that there are many servants in the family, and the county palace belongs to the royal family, it is even more important to pay attention to the rules to avoid being sued by other interested people.
The days when I returned to Jinjiacun seemed to be the same as before, no different.
Zhou Yu thought about it in the house for a long time, and finally finished the drawing. He was thinking about looking for anything wrong, when there was a knock on the door outside the house.
"Girl, Mr. Chang is here."
After hearing this, Zhou Yu suddenly remembered that he wanted to teach Chang Fang how to read.
"Ask him to wait in the study, and I'll be right over."
"Yes, girl."
Ye'er brought Chang Fang to Zhou Yu's study and waited quietly.
It was Chang Fang's first time to visit Jinjia Village, and it was also his first time to visit the place where the Prince's family used to live. It would be a lie to say that he was not surprised.
The only impression he had of the village was that it was dirty and messy, and most of the villagers had sad faces.
But the villagers in Jinjia Village were different. Whether they were old people or children, everyone he saw along the way had smiles on their faces.
Most of the houses in the village are newly built, all are exactly the same, well planned and very neat.
Chang Fang was just thinking when he heard the movement from the door of the house and stood up immediately.
Seeing Zhou Yu come in, he bowed respectfully.
"County Lord."
"Sit down. I heard that you studied in school before. Tell me what you learned?"
Chang Fang felt a little embarrassed when he heard Zhou Yu's words, but although he had a rich heart, he didn't show it on his face. He was no different from those rough guys who practiced martial arts.
"I studied for a year before and could write my name and some simple words, but not many, just dozens."
Hearing this, Zhou Yu couldn't help but admire him a little. What kind of stupid person is this guy? He learned dozens of words in a year, and his father was not angry to death. Zhou Yu thought it was an accident.
"Okay, let's start learning from the simplest Three-Character Sutra today."
With that said, Zhou Yu took out a three-character scripture and placed it in front of Chang Fang.
In fact, Chang Fang had studied the three enlightenment books for almost a year, the Three-Character Classic of Hundred Family Surnames and The Thousand-Character Classic. He had never seen the latter two, and had only been exposed to the Three-Character Classic.
So when he saw the Three Character Sutra in front of him, he couldn't help but yawn. This was his body's reaction and there was nothing he could do about it.
Seeing Chang Fang's appearance, he began to squint his eyes and doze off, so Zhou Yu took back the three-character scripture in front of him.
It seemed that this person's aversion to learning was not as serious as usual, and she had to find another way.
"Let's go, I'll take you to another place, and let's study in another place."
Zhou Yu didn't take the Three-Character Scripture with him when he went out, nor did he take anything else with him. He just took Chang Fang and asked Yin Jian and Wu Lang to follow him out of the house.
Chang Fang didn't ask Zhou Yu where he wanted to take him, as long as he didn't let him read the Three-Character Classic, he dozed off when he saw it.
Zhou Yu led the people out of the village and walked toward the foot of the mountain behind the village. After reaching the foot of the mountain, they followed a trail and turned to the other side of the mountain. In front of them, a waterfall appeared from above. Although the waterfall was not big, , but it looks very artistic and is really a good place with excellent scenery.
Chang Fang's eyes lit up. Why didn't he know that there was such a beautiful place around Kyoto City?
In fact, it’s no wonder. Jinjia Village used to be too poor. There was nothing else in the nearby villages. Whenever people from other villages mentioned Jinjia Village, there was only one word: poor.
Therefore, few people come to Jinjia Village, and those young masters from aristocratic families in Kyoto City look down upon him even more.
But who would have thought that there is such a small waterfall in the valley behind Jinjia Village. There are some maples growing next to the waterfall, and there are also pine trees in it.
Don't talk about others, just Zhou Yu, who came from modern times. When he first discovered this place, he thought it was a place with excellent scenery.
