Chapter 203: Twelve Lady Becomes Female Dean
Grandpa Ling rolled his eyes at Jin Sui in a very un-Taoist manner. He even wanted to inlay colored glaze on the windows. How dare you! Even if colored glaze was cheap, ordinary people couldn't afford it.
But it is still good to have a glazed skylight for stargazing in my Taoist temple. It fits the Taoist's demeanor.
Grandpa Ling originally wanted to find a good livelihood for the Taoist temple, and then earn money from the people of Northern Xinjiang. Don't think that the expenses of the Taoist temple are small, they are very large! He also wanted to give alms to the poor frequently, which required even more money. In addition to earning money from the Yandi nobles, it would be even better if he could earn some money from the people of Northern Xinjiang.
But when he heard that the favorite thing of the people in Northern Xinjiang was the colored glaze made by his granddaughter using sand, Grandpa Ling instantly didn't want to get involved in this business anymore.
He was afraid that he would be beaten by people from northern Xinjiang who knew the truth. His granddaughter could run away, but he could not escape the Taoist temple even if he ran away. He dared not get involved in this business.
Jin Sui gave him an idea: "I have already helped Grandpa to build a reputation by selling medicine!"
"It's not a dog-skin plaster or a powerful pill. Just by selling penicillin and developing some medicines to treat livestock diseases, I guarantee you can build a golden palace with the money you earn."
Grandpa Ling was delighted: "This is reliable! Better than selling glass. From now on, I will sponsor the medical students in your college to go to school."
Yan Shier Niang finally came to Jinsui to take a bath, because she had a lot of things she wanted to say to Jinsui alone. She knew that Jinsui was busy and they didn't have many opportunities to talk in private.
Of course, what she wanted to talk about was Han Xing. In the hazy smoke, her voice was a little sweet: "Brother seems to have noticed that I like Han Xing."
Jinsui: ...Anyone with eyesight can see it, okay?
When you like someone, you act like a flame. In the past, it was to the fake Li Wang, that is, me. You express your love with the momentum of a moth flying into a flame.
People also say that it is hard to find another woman like me in the world, so how can we find another Twelve Lady? Which girl would go to the Northern Frontier alone to meet a "man" who rejected her many times? Although you have restrained yourself a little towards Han Xing now, even in the crowd, your eyes are on Han Xing, who can't see it?
"What did your brother say?"
Twelve Niang was a little frustrated: "Big brother said that although the Yan family does not need me to marry, I cannot marry someone of lower status. Han Xing's official position is too low."
Jin Sui asked softly, "Did you tell Han Xing this?"
Twelve Lady hurriedly shook her head: "Of course not! What if he thinks I dislike him?"
"Are you ready to marry him now?"
Twelve Lady actually became shy: "It's too early for me to get married now."
Jin Sui clapped his hands: "That's fine! Since you're not in a hurry to get married, just wait. Han Xing will definitely get promoted."
Of course, under the command of the King of Border City, he could only be promoted to the fifth rank general at most. Jin Sui asked her to wait until Gu Changxiao returned to Chang'an, and then it would be possible to confer a title on Han Xing.
Twelve Lady seemed to suddenly come to her senses and realized, "That's right! Why didn't I think of that? I'm not in a hurry to get married anyway, and I have a lot of things I want to do.
I want to run Yanzhizhai well, earn more money from the people in Northern Xinjiang, and redeem those Han slaves. When Han Xing is able to marry me and my elder brother agrees, I will get married!"
“But Suisui, what if Han Xing is snatched away by another girl?”
"Break your legs!"
"No! I don't hit women!"
"What are you thinking? I mean to break Han Xing's legs! Just tell him that you will wait for the day when he comes to ask for your hand in marriage, but if he dares to change his mind, break his legs! I'll help you do that then!"
Twelve Lady chuckled: "Sui Sui, you are so nice!"
Jin Sui stepped forward and kissed her on the cheek, then said in an exaggerated tone: "You almost became my woman! It's my duty to protect you."
Twelve Lady became shy again: "Don't be like this, Sui Sui."
She couldn't help but think of the time when Sui Sui was still the Prince of Li. Oh my God, if the Prince of Li at that time had kissed her like this, no matter whether she was a man or a woman, she would have married into the palace long ago.
Jin Sui chuckled and said, "I just happen to need your help with something, Twelve Lady. In addition to running Yanzhizhai, come to my academy to be a teacher!"
"Master? Me? I don't know anything!"
After hearing Jin Sui explain the concept of the academy, which would also accept female students to study textiles, medical care, embroidery, food processing, etc., Shi Er Niang felt even more guilty: “I, I really can’t do it.
I don’t know how to play the piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, needlework, cooking, or tea ceremony, which are the skills of the ladies of noble families!”
Soon, Twelve Lady became energetic again: "If you teach them how to defend themselves with fists and legs, I can do that!"
Jin Sui laughed: "You don't have to really teach me anything, just let your Yan family's embroiderer teach me, I'll pay you well.
As long as you are willing to serve as the dean of the Women's College, just take on the title, and then others will not look down on the Women's College. "
The Twelve Lady agreed: "That's no problem! What do you need me as the dean for? My second brother is a salt merchant in the border town, and he delivers a lot of salt to the border town every month.
If I become the dean, do I need to pay for building the college?"
Jin Sui was afraid that she would go home and tell Yan Jiuyi, and then Yan Jiuyi would not allow her to come. We can't just take advantage of everyone!
"You don't have to pay, I will even give you a salary! I can still recruit teachers for other subjects, but for the Women's College, I definitely need you to help me recruit some female teachers in Yandi."
The two talked about what happened after they separated in Northern Frontier. Twelve Niang and the others walked slowly, and the name of Ji Xiangu had spread throughout Northern Frontier. The medicines she left behind were also sent to the royal court.
"At first, the powerful were unwilling to build a Taoist temple for you, but now they have relented. They said that if you return to the royal court and stay in the Northern Frontier, they will agree to build a Taoist temple for you, as long as it does not surpass the Divine Palace."
Jin Sui laughed: "I'm not going back!"
"Batel even asked Tore to chase you. After catching up with our team, he turned back. The tribes we passed by were all talking about you. They said you were like a god."
Twelve Lady thought of the thing she was most curious about: "Is the thing you flew down from the Divine Palace Sui Sui still there? I want to fly it once, too."
Jin Sui thought of what he had promised Hei Hu and the others, and said with a smile, "After the spring, we will study hot air balloons together. By then, I guarantee that you will all be able to fly once."
If Border Town had hot air balloons for transportation, wow, after the news spread all over the world, would Border Town really become a legend? It would be in a completely different dimension from other state capitals!
If Gu Changxiao returns to Chang'an, we will go ahead with the hot air balloon and drop leaflets in the sky. Even if Prince Yu blocks both the land and water routes, he cannot block the sky.
The more Jinsui thought about it, the more motivated he felt. He wished spring would come immediately. This winter was too long and it affected his progress.
The two added boiling water twice, and they got up only after they felt dizzy. Twelve Niang stayed at Ji's house at night, and Jin Sui did not dare to enter the space, and kept chatting with her.
But I showed her the concept map of the college that I had drawn. She had drawn it in charcoal. Medical students are all painters. The concept map drawn by quick sketching has a more realistic feeling than watercolor painting.
Shi Er Niang was stunned by the grandeur of the academy: "Yanzhou also has an academy, which is just like playing house compared to Sui Sui's academy. Oh my God, Sui Sui, can I really be the dean?
No, no, I have to learn something, otherwise I will be laughed at by my students and teachers."
Jin Sui smiled and said, "You know how to make rouge and powder! You are a master at this!"
Twelve Lady nodded: "You are right! Then I have to do better! I want our Rouge House to become the most famous rouge brand!"
Jin Sui laughed. This girl is so easy to please. Yan Shiyi is also easy to please. In a way, it is not easy for Yan Jiu to be the eldest brother.
Jinsui slept too much during the day, and Shi Er Niang was too excited. The two girls talked in bed until midnight and still weren't asleep. Jinsui even wanted to have a midnight snack.
"Is it time for dinner? I'll make something to eat."
"It's very strange. I'm not hungry, but when you mention food, I feel very hungry."
"Haha, you've realized the true meaning of midnight snack."
Of course, the best midnight snack is barbecue. Shi Er Niang grilled the skewers of meat and sprinkled cumin on them. Jin An stuck his head out of the door and said, "Sister, I got up to go to the bathroom. I smelled something delicious."
Jin Sui smiled and waved: "Come on, we haven't started eating yet! Go get the tea stove, I'll make another milk tea."
In addition to bringing the tea stove, Jin'an also brought a bag of potato flour: "Let's make a mutton pot. Potato flour is so delicious."
Jin Sui thought of something and went to the big kitchen in the front yard to find ingredients. She thought she was doing it secretly, but in fact all three apprentices in the front yard were awake.
No one dared to speak, fearing that Miss Ji was shy and thought they would mock her for eating at night.
Jinsui found the casserole, cut a piece of ham, took three eggs, a handful of sauerkraut, shredded kelp, bean curd sheets, and a handful of coriander and garlic sprouts.
Make fried eggs with eggs, stir-fry ham until fragrant, add chopped sauerkraut and stir-fry until dry, add boiling water and softened potato starch, kelp shreds and bean curd sheets, simmer on low heat, adjust the taste with a little salt, sauce wine and balsamic vinegar, and finally add fried eggs, coriander and garlic sprouts.
The casserole potato noodles are ready: "Try it! I'll make hot and sour noodles with sweet potato noodles for you tomorrow night."
Since we have noodles first in our border town, the recipes of various noodles should naturally be spread out. I will try snail noodles some other day.
The mutton skewers had been grilled long ago, and milk tea had been poured into cups. The three were about to eat when Grandpa Ling said outside the yard, "Jin'an."
Jinan was shocked: "It's over!"
Jinsui understood very well that the old man was also awakened by the fragrance, but he thought that there was a female guest living in the backyard, so he definitely couldn't come in.
She hurriedly asked Jin'an to send a copy to Grandpa as well, but then she heard a whistle coming from the other side of the courtyard wall again.
I raised my eyebrows. Is this the end? How much noodles do you want me to cook?
In the end, he couldn't bear it, so he cooked a casserole, climbed up the ladder and put it on the wall. In an instant, Gu Changxiao jumped up and took it away: "Sui Sui, don't let her live in your house anymore."
Jin Sui deliberately said: "No! I want Twelve Lady to live here for a long time!"
After the midnight snack, it was already late at night. Twelve Niang was full and sleepy. When she was about to lie down on the bed and go to sleep, she suddenly thought of something and got up and asked:
"Sui Sui, there's something I know I shouldn't say, but my elder brother is a person..."
Jin Sui interrupted her: "Your Highness Prince Li and I exchanged tokens."
Twelve Lady was stunned for a moment: "Ah? That fox... His Highness the Prince of Li... Well, is that so? Then I'm fine."
She pulled the quilt over her head, feeling a little regretful. She shouldn't have mentioned it, but what about her elder brother? Her elder brother was so stupid! He had traveled all the way to the northern border with Sui Sui, but he had never expressed his feelings.
Should we let the eldest brother fight with the King of Li for Sui Sui? At present, the eldest brother still has a chance of winning, but will the eldest brother fight for it?
Jin Sui turned around and let out a long sigh. She hoped that Twelve Niang could convey this matter to Yan Jiu, even though Yan Jiu had never said anything.
Maybe she was just being sentimental! So she couldn't say anything.
It would be good for Shi Er Niang to pass on the message. She will have a lot of cooperation with Yan Jiu in the future, and she doesn't want their relationship to become awkward.
Yan Jiu is such a good man, he is just like a banished immortal. She is not suitable for him. She is just a troublemaker in the world, a monkey's sister.
Yan Jiu should be paired with a cool and noble girl. The two of them should be in harmony, drink tea and enjoy the snow together, carry a luxurious carpet wherever they go, and love to wear hard-to-wash white clothes...
Instead of being like her and Gu Changxiao, climbing over the wall to have midnight snacks.
The next day, she woke up earlier than Twelve Lady. Just as she was about to go to the front yard to prepare breakfast, Butler Yan came with his men.
The cook who cooked breakfast, the maid who dressed Twelve Niang, and the brand new clothes and jewelry.
Grandpa Ling quietly asked Jinsui: "Is this how wealthy families go out?"
Jin Sui nodded: "Yan Jiu is even more exaggerated than his sister! Before, he came to the border town to stay for one night and asked people to sprinkle water and wash the ground. Do you believe it?"
Grandpa Ling gritted his teeth: "It's hard to entertain distinguished guests!"
Jinsui looked at the cooks busy in the kitchen. They brought their own ingredients and seemed to be preparing dozens of breakfasts.
The three apprentices stood outside the door, glancing at the food from time to time, feeling guilty about the exquisite food. They were all young ladies, and our Miss Ji ate too ordinary food.
Grandpa Ling smiled again and said, "We got a good breakfast for free, that's great!"
Then he asked Jin Sui, "Do you want a maid? Look at other maids. They dress, put on shoes, and comb hair separately."
Jin Sui smiled and said, "I heard that some families clean the stone lions at the door, one person cleans the left ear and one person cleans the right ear."
"I don't need a maid, but I would like someone who can read and write to help me sort out the information. Don't worry about it, Master. I will pick two smart girls from the Tuntian Camp."
She has a night-climbing girl over there. What if she really sends a maid to scare her? Twelve Lady was embarrassed: "They were all sent by my second brother. He did it on purpose. I didn't stay at the house he bought yesterday, so he did this."
Jin Sui smiled and said, "It's okay! Just like Grandpa said, we can also enjoy a hearty breakfast."
After dinner, Grandpa was going to the Taoist temple construction site to see the road construction. Jinsui was going to look for Gu Changxiao, but housekeeper Yan said that the master of the family was waiting for her to discuss the wool workshop.
She and Twelve Niang went together to the Yan family villa bought by Yan Shiyi. Fortunately, the villa was not too big. It seemed that Cheng Yu knew that they, the children of the aristocratic families, would not be given any special treatment in the border town.
The largest mansion was like the Ji Mansion, with three courtyards. However, the decoration of the Yan family was exaggerated. The whole house was covered with carpets, and gold and jade utensils could be seen everywhere.
There was a huge copper stove burning there, and it felt very hot even before you got close to it.
Yan Shiyi was shouting and accusing people, cleaning up the girl's embroidery building. When Shier Niang came back, he dragged her to see the bathroom: "How can our house be inferior to Ji's house? Why do you have to live with her?"
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