Now that there is no one holding him back, Tang Shiyue feels more relaxed.

Although she was being lazy all the time, in the eyes of outsiders, she was already very fast in making Fushou wine, Tang family fruit wine, cold noodles, yuba, Yuefang... and now that she had apprentices to enslave, she just stayed at home during the winter with a carefree attitude.

Tang Shiyue has never been afraid of heat, but she is afraid of cold.

Now the room is heated mainly by a brazier, and at most a hand warmer, which is totally useless to her. After shivering in the room for a few days, she had a crazy idea to give the heating to Butterfly.

The earliest earth heating in the countryside did not actually require a circulation pump or anything like that, or even a special stove. It just used a certain slope to achieve water circulation.

Tang Shiyue stayed in the room to paint for two days, but still felt there were many difficulties. First of all, there were no pipes, valves, and water temperature gauges... Besides, coal was not widely used yet, and most people in the countryside still burned wood. Although there was no shortage of wood, the heat could not be achieved!

I could only give up in frustration.

Moreover, she also discovered that there was no cotton in the Dayan Dynasty!

In fact, it is not impossible. In that era, cotton was called white cotton and was also a kind of flower.

She actually forgot that cotton was first planted in China during the Song and Yuan dynasties! It was not until the early Ming Dynasty that it was popularized. We have to thank Zhu Yuanzhang for this!

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But fortunately, in this era, there is still silk floss, which is the raw material used by modern people to make silk quilts. It is light, thin and warm, but very expensive.

But she is not afraid of the price!

So she immediately asked someone to buy a batch of them, and stuffed them thickly. Each family member had one, and she also stuffed one into a quilt for herself.

When Qi Jing arrived, he saw her wrapped in a cotton coat, with a lynx leaning against her back and another lying in front of her. She had stuffed her feet under the lynx's belly, curled up into a ball, and was knitting a sweater in her hands.

Qi Jing was speechless and amused: "Is it really that cold?"

He still only wears a single layer of clothing. He never sweats when it is hottest, and never shivers when it is cold. His small waist and long legs are particularly attractive.

Tang Shiyue glanced at him with envy and jealousy: "You are hiding something!"

Whenever he came over these past two days, she would say this. Qi Jing smiled and sat down, pouring himself a cup of tea and drinking it, while saying to her, "It's not easy to lay a floor heating or a fire wall here, but you can make a heated kang. I'll ask someone to find a few craftsmen to build one for you later."

She asked: "When is it?"

Qi Jing laughed, thought for a moment and then said, "I may not be able to come tomorrow, maybe the day after tomorrow. I will help you build it the day after tomorrow."

Tang Shiyue suddenly felt that she could still hold on: "You said it! If you don't come the day after tomorrow, I will...I will beat you!"

Qi Jing laughed without saying anything, and Tang Shiyue said, "Oh, by the way, ask someone to find out where there are seeds of the white sedge. I will take as many as you can get. Bring them all to me."

"Bai Di Zi?" Qi Jing was a little surprised and put down the tea bowl: "What do you want this for?"

Tang Shiyue said: "It has high yield and is cheap. It can replace silk floss."

Qi Jing frowned and thought for a while, then nodded: "I'll ask someone to find out first. If there is any, I'll collect it for you."

"Well," she nodded, "Actually, if there are any rare seeds you haven't seen before, you can buy some and see. Who knows what good things will grow out of them."

Qi Xiaolang looked at her and nodded: "Yeah."

Seeing that he was getting whatever he wanted, she held out her hand arrogantly: "I want some tea!"

He poured a cup of tea, walked over, and put it in her hands. She drank it with both hands. He stood there until she finished drinking. He took it and threw it back on the table, asking, "Anything else?"

His tea-throwing action impressed her, so Tang Shiyue flirted with him with curved eyebrows: "I also want two Qi Xiaolangs! One to work outside, and one to stay at home and talk to me."

Qi Jing looked at her for a while, then suddenly reached out his hand and gently tapped her forehead: "If you want me to be at home, just tell me."

She asked with a smile, "Just tell me you're here?"

He was silent for a while: "You can stay as long as possible."

Then he sat down beside the bed, looking extremely calm.

She had never seen such a person before, sitting with his back to others while chatting. But looking at the table several steps away, Tang Shiyue felt that she understood.

Compared to her staggering, Qi Xiaolang really kept his back straight at all times, his hands on his knees, and stood upright... This strict and abstinent style was really attractive.

He is very attractive, yet not easily teased. This is what makes him the most charming and attractive.

She couldn't help it, so she reached her hand out from under the lynx's belly and secretly poked him in the back.

He tilted his head and asked, "Hmm?"

She looked innocent: "What's wrong? What happened?"

He said nothing and turned back. Then she poked him again. He turned back helplessly, and she scolded him: "Dao Guang, why are you like this? How can you touch me? It's outrageous!"

Qi Xiaolang looked at her without saying anything. When she poked him again, he quickly turned his hand and grabbed her hand.

She uttered a low "ah", and Qi Xiaolang somehow turned his wrist, then turned back, smiling, and gently scolded: "You are naughty again!"

She felt the thin calluses on his hands from sword practice and couldn't help but turn his hand over to take a look.

His hands were slender, beautiful, smooth and elegant, and at first glance, they looked like the hands of the legendary piano player...but his palms were dry and rough, with thin yellow calluses, and he looked strong and thin.

She looked at it over and over for a long time, her heart filled with a mysterious feeling of "he has been working hard when she can't see".

When she looked up, he was looking at her quietly.

The surroundings seemed to be quiet all of a sudden. She didn't know why she felt a little panicked. Although she felt that this situation was nothing to be panicked about, she was still very panicked and her face felt hot.

He just looked at her quietly.

She used to flirt with him every day, smiling like a little fox, but now her face turned red and she didn't dare to look at him...

He chuckled softly, his fingers tightening around her hand.

He called her: "Ayue?"

She was panicking: "Huh?"

She thought that if he wanted to kiss her, she would never agree...but she couldn't beat him!

But he said nothing, just held her hand tightly, as if he was satisfied just by holding her hand.

Neither of them spoke for a while, and the air was filled with pink bubbles.

At this moment, someone outside suddenly called out, "Sister! Sister!"

The two separated quickly.

When Xiao Yaoer came in, Tang Shiyue was still sitting on the couch, hugging the lynx on both sides, while Qi Jing was standing upright by the wall a few steps away, with his hands behind his back, looking at the wall very seriously.

Xiao Yaoer said, "Sister! Master wants you to come over."

"Hmm?" Tang Shiyue calmly got out of bed and put on her shoes: "What do you want me to do?"

Xiao Yaoer was also wearing a small padded robe, and she said seriously like a little adult, "A friend of the master came and said he was the master he invited for you."

"Oh!" Tang Shiyue understood and went over with Qi Jing.

There were two carriages parked in Xu's yard. Xu Wenqu was talking to someone. When he heard the voice, he turned around.

The man looked to be about thirty years old, wearing a blue quilted robe, with his right arm bare and the sleeve tied at his waist. He looked clear-headed and bright, without the slightest sign of decadence. When he saw the two of them, he smiled and said, "I guess this must be Miss Tang." He bowed slightly and said, "My surname is Xia, my given name is Mo, and my courtesy name is Yuhui."

Tang Shiyue smiled and saluted: "I am Tang Shiyue, this is Qi Jing, Mr. Xia is polite."