Chapter 18
Shen San is studying behind closed doors, and wants to isolate the outside world, whether it is the invitation of relatives and friends or business discussions, he can only refuse to go out or the rivers take care of him, and live in the town, in fact, he is bored, so after the Mid-Autumn Festival, when he sent the old man Shen and Mrs. Shen home, they went back to the countryside together. Shen San didn't mention the scientific examination to his parents for the time being, he wanted some face, if he didn't win, he didn't mention it, and if he did, he would tell him. only went back to his hometown to help, and when the autumn harvest followed, the family was busy, and Mrs. Shen, the old man, was also happy.
This time I came back and encountered an autumn rain, and no one lived in the house for a long time, so it was a rain leak, so the Jiang family first took the two children to Shen to rest, and Shen San found someone to repair the roof. Jiang went to the county last time and bought some rouge gouache, and this son will also give some to the two concubines when he comes back, and the eldest sister has already sent it when she returns to the town, and the second sister, Jiang has no contact on weekdays, and he doesn't want to.
Women's nature has no resistance to them, and the three women get together to study the rouge, and the wooden Hua clan is also the head of the Tao on weekdays.
"It's different in this county, this fragrance is really good, gardenia. Hua happily sniffed the rouge repeatedly.
Huang: "This looks a lot better, and it is really for the nobles in the county." ”
Shen Xinghuai didn't see any difference, almost just those colors and tastes, his mother watched it for a long time, and asked him which one was better than Shen San, and the two really couldn't see any difference. This county is no different from what she used in the past, and this woman is really pursuing "brand effect". In modern times, women chased Armani and Dior, and in ancient times, it was estimated that they were in the city, county, and town. Xia Zhi took a box of powder and sniffed it again, looked at Jiang, couldn't open his mouth again, and rolled the edge of the clothes with his fingers, and his heart was really entangled.
Jiang's mind was meticulous, seeing that Xia Zhi was already more than ten years old, and he was also at the age of Aimei, he said with a smile: "Xia Zhi, this box of aunts will give you, our Xia Zhi is also a big girl, and we have to dress up." ”
Xia Zhi was overjoyed, but Hua said: "She is still young, where can she use these!"
Xia Zhi's face crossed and glanced at her mother sullenly. It turned out that the summer solstice was at an age, and Xu didn't usually pay much attention to it, and there were one or two acne on his face, and it was not okay to have these two flaws at the age of beauty.
Jiang touched Xia Zhi's face, which was not fully opened, and there was still a tender piece of fluff on his face, "Sister Da Niu (Hua's) can't say that, this girl's face must be protected when she is small, I look at those girls in the town, I began to wash my face with soap at the age of ten, and scribble simple flower dew, what about this powder, you can't use it much on the summer solstice, you are still young, you look good without powder, but Auntie still gives you to play." ”
Xia Zhi pinched the powder and smiled happily: "Thank you, Auntie!"
She happily fiddled with the powder, but Hua Shi didn't say anything, only said: "Si Niang is broken." ”
Xia Zhi secretly observed a few women, although the eldest aunt is good-looking, her skin is not very good, the pores are too thick, it is okay to rub the powder, and it is too old to look old if she does not rub the powder. Although her mother looks average, her skin is quite good, some yellow, but there are no flaws. Just the third aunt, not to mention that she is good-looking, her skin is fine, and she is so old that she is still white and tender. blurted out: "What did Auntie do, why doesn't she grow anything on her face?"
Hua and Huang laughed, and Huang said: "I saw that her aunt had good skin and wanted to steal some meridians, Xia Zhi, Nai is still young, and her skin is also good." ”
Xia Zhi was a little shy, but he showed a small pimple on the side of his nose, "No, I have acne." ”
Jiang Shi looked at her face closely, and said with a smile: "I guess, you always touch your face." Ah, it's a little oily on your face?"
Summer Solstice nodded.
"Sister Da Niu buy her a piece of soap, wash it occasionally, don't use it every day, you are still young, just use it once every two days, don't touch it with your hands, the dirty things will touch your face." ”
A few little female dolls watched the adults play with the beautiful boxes, and also came over to play.
"Smell it for me! I'll smell it too." "Little Winter Solstice is coquettish on the Huang family.
Huang was afraid that the expensive rouge would be dropped by her, so he was not happy: "Good girl, this thing can't be smelled by children." The autumn equinox found her sister, took a few sips of the fragrance, and looked at the beautiful box, a little envious.
Xiao Mi Niang tilted the Jiang family and looked at the beautiful box.
"Didn't Mom give you a few boxes?
Xiao Mi Niang thought about it and seemed to have this as such, "But this one is beautiful." ”
Jiang pinched her nose: "When Mom runs out, will this be okay for you?"
Xiao Mi Niang smiled and nodded, and climbed down from Jiang's body.
Xiao Dongzhi saw that Mi Niang had made a promise, and saw that her mother didn't even let her smell it, so she pursed her mouth aggrievedly and cried. Huang finally opened the box and put her under her nose: "Nuo Nuonuo, little ancestor, Nai smells, isn't it just the smell of rouge." Okay, don't cry. ”
Little Winter Solstice is still crying.
Mi Niang looked at her ignorantly, lying on Jiang's lap at a loss.
Huang said hatefully: "Little Ancestor, didn't you smell it for Nai, why are you still crying?"
Xiao Dongzhi choked up and said, "I also want a small box......"
"Okay, okay, I'll give it to you when Mom runs out. Huang was a little tired.
Little Winter Solstice: "I want it now." ”
Huang was furious, felt that the child had to inch in, put her on her lap, raised her hand and slapped her a few times, Xiao Dongzhifu cried again, howling and crying.
Both the Hua and Jiang clans persuaded her and pulled her back.
Huang threw the crying winter solstice to the chair next to him, and said angrily: "This child will get the most inches." Jiang took Xiao Mi Niang to Dong Solstice and squatted down: "Mi Mi, Sister Dong Solstice wants a beautiful box, you have a lot, can you give Sister Dong Solstice one?"
Xiao Mi Niang thought about it, and was fighting in her heart, but seeing that Dong Solstice was crying so miserably, and was beaten by her mother, she responded: "Okay." ”
"Good winter solstice, don't cry, don't cry, my aunt's house has a beautiful box, can I get it at my aunt's house?"
Xiao Dongzhi kept sobbing, his little body twitched and sobbed, tears and snot hung on his face, "I want that ......" really responded to Mrs. Shen's words, and her temperament was too twisted. Huang finally got her wish, put the box of rouge in her hand, and finally stopped crying on the winter solstice, and was very happy with the box of rouge, showing it in front of the autumn equinox and honey girl.
Xia Zhi secretly whispered in the ear of the autumn equinox: "Wait for Sister A's Benai Nai (wait for Sister A's to play with you." The autumn equinox pursed his lips and smiled, and he didn't envy the winter solstice.
A few girls played for a while, but Mi Niang didn't want to play, and ran to Shen Xinghuai's side, how could Ren Dong Solstice shout and didn't want to go over, Dong Solstice puffed out his cheeks and got angry.
Mi Niang was tired of being next to Shen Xinghuai, and she was willing to recite to him the disciple rules that she had never been willing to memorize.
Shen Xinghuai listened to her sweet little milk voice, rubbed her little soft hair, and asked quietly, "Why don't you want to play with the winter solstice?"
Mi Niang glanced at the winter solstice quickly, and pouted: "She always wants me to listen to her, I don't want to ......"
Shen Xinghuai didn't say anything, just smiled and pinched her braids, the winter solstice is too self-conscious, she likes everyone to revolve around her, and her temperament is twisted, and Mi Niang is also assertive, so she shouldn't be able to play together.
After Mr. Fan arrived in the village, he found a new pleasure in fishing.
Every morning, as soon as the sky was bright, they went to the lake to fish, and when the Jiang family got up, Mr. Fan came back with his trophies, and then left a few for his own family, and the Shen family and the Shen family also sent some.
At first, the family was quite happy to eat fresh fish, but as the days passed, the table was full of fish every day, and the fish tank was also full.
Mr. Fan himself was not happy to eat fish, but he was reluctant to throw away the trophy, catch it and raise it for two days, the tank was full, and then release the fish.
The life in this countryside is calm and comfortable, and Mr. Fan likes the village more than the town, and chats with the old people.
Shen San didn't care about the things outside, he studied hard, and he ignored the business things, and he also missed a lot of news, and when he heard that Jiang He came to tell him that the printing house that supplied the books was not willing to give them any more books, and wanted to open a bookstore by himself!
Shen San was furious, his business was just booming in front of him, and the snake in the back bit him. The printing shop that provided him with books was run by a family, and it supplied more than one town's books, and it was just to see that his business was booming, and he wanted to come and get a piece of the pie. The price had risen openly and secretly a month ago, and Shen San thought that the bookstore had just stabilized, and Quan didn't want to fall out with them, so he didn't think that this backhand was here. Jiang He found out that the couple in the printing shop had also bought a shop in the town and planned to open a bookstore.
Shen San has been taking books with his family all these years, and he has been in contact with him for many years, but he was bitten back by them, angry and angry, Shen San is quite resentful, and at this time, he will remember this one in his heart, wait for leisure, and then settle accounts with the husband and wife.
Fortunately, Shen San has the preparation of inventory, he is good at doing things, and those character books should be able to support more than a month, but at this moment he has to think about the future.
And it can only last for a while, and we have to find a new printing shop quickly.
Shen Xinghuai grabbed him: "And I have suffered a loss, who knows that the next one will not be like this?"
Shen San knew that this son had an unusual mind and had more ideas than ordinary people, and he didn't treat him as an ordinary child, and he even asked him how he was doing. When he said this, he must have had something in mind.
"What do you say?"
Shen Xinghuai: "This is better than asking for oneself, if this can be taken care of from papermaking to printing to selling books, and you don't have to be controlled by others." ”
Shen San sat cross-legged with him: "We don't have the technology, where did the paper start? There is no experience in printing," Shen Xinghuai glanced at him, as if to say how he was so stupid, and patient: "Won't you dig people? Specifically find those who know these skills to lure them with a lot of money, even the little apprentice is also surnamed, as long as you know that step, try a few more times, it is not difficult to do." This paper is put aside, and for that printing, I once read a printing technique in a book, called movable type printing. ”
Shen San was curious: "What is movable type printing?" "Engrave an anti-body sheet on the blank carved with cement, burn Lingjian, and place an iron plate ...... when typesetting" Shen Xinghuai tried hard to think about the content of "Mengxi Pen Talk", and in the end he couldn't say it, and said: "Ask Mr., maybe he knows." ”
"In which book did you see it?" "Where do you remember, wild books, or hearsay, I can't remember clearly. Shen Xinghuai said in a huff.
I asked Mr. Fan, and Mr. Fan really knew about it. "When I was in Huizhou a few years ago, I met a man whose surname was Bi, who had done this kind of printing, and the printing speed was extremely fast, and his writings describing printing also went into the coffin with him, and I did not know the details, and his printing skills had not yet been passed on to the world. I only know that movable type printing, the characters are engraved on the cement, and can also be made of iron and copper. Shen Xinghuai thought silently, if it was really movable type printing, it had come out. History has always had such striking similarities, even if it is no longer the Song Dynasty.
Shen San was a little surprised, thinking about it and wanting to give it a try, looking for Shen Er, he was the best at this handiwork, described to him, and soon used the cement to burn the embryo, this carving is indeed cumbersome, all of them are the small words, need to be done by the person who is dexterous in the wood work, make a few rows of movable type, put it in the iron frame, and print it once, the handwriting is clear and the engraving printing is not different.
It's just that this time it's an experiment, and it's a little rougher, but if you can study and improve it, it can be faster and more beautiful. Shen San made an idea, this method is feasible!