Chapter 38: Firebed
They can be seen inspecting farmland, personally applying fertilizer and planting rice, and repairing river embankments.
This is also the reason why the local people speak of County Magistrate Zhou, the fatherly official, with all his praise. Qi Moxuan is also a scholar. Compared with ordinary people, he knows more and more deeply about the Jin Dynasty. Therefore, he is more fortunate that Dongping County has a fatherly official like Zhou Yanxiu.
At this time, County Magistrate Zhou was not there, and County Magistrate Ji Yun was the role model here. Soon, the news of his visit to Moxiangzhai spread among the crowd.
Seeing that more and more people were entering the bookstore, and there were even more people gathered around Mr. Nancheng's area, Qi Moxuan couldn't help but smile.
After looking around, Ji Yunzhi found that there was only the first volume of Qingtian Ji in Moxiangzhai. He was not annoyed and took the initiative to go to the counter to talk to Qi Moxuan.
Seeing the county magistrate walking towards him, Ji Yunzhi felt a little nervous. In fact, he had never thought that he would have such close contact with a government official in his life.
"Boss, is there a sequel to Qing Tian Ji?"
Although he knew that County Magistrate Ji was not a bad person, Qi Moxuan still felt flattered to hear him speak to him in such a calm tone.
"There are still two volumes, the middle and the third. The middle volume won't be on the shelves until next month, so please wait a little longer."
Ji Yunzhi had been mentally prepared for a long time, so he was not too disappointed at this moment. Rather than waiting, he was more afraid of not being able to see the subsequent story of Qingtian Ji, which would be too uncomfortable.
This is probably the fear that a bad ending brings to readers.
Although he had already finished reading the first volume of Qing Tian Ji, Ji Yunzhi still bought a copy to take home and read it several times. When paying, Qi Moxuan lowered his voice and said, "Master Ji, when Mr. Nancheng sends the second volume over, can I give you a copy?"
Ji Yunzhi was looking at the gadgets on the counter. His attention was all on Qingtianji, and he didn't notice that there were many differences between Moxiangzhai and other places. For example, the rag doll on the counter was very interesting. It looked like a cat official, but it was strangely cute and rare.
He thought of his younger sisters at home, who would surely like little things like this.
Qi Moxuan's words were not very subtle, so Ji Yunzhi naturally understood. This person wanted to open a backdoor for him, but Ji Yunzhi thought it was no big deal.
He wasn't surprised that the bookstore owner knew him; after all, he was a prominent figure in Dongping County. Besides, he couldn't curry favor with him with just a book.
"Well, I'll trouble you, boss. Just deliver the book to the county yamen and hand it over to the yamen runners."
Qi Moxuan cried out silently in his heart. He just wanted to give it a try, but he didn't expect that County Magistrate Ji would agree. He didn't expect that he would be able to establish a relationship with the County Magistrate from the capital, but it would be possible to make him familiar and let the County Magistrate remember him.
When Ji Yunzhi came out, he was holding a book bag with the plum blossom logo of Moxiangzhai printed on it. In addition to a copy of Qingtianji, there were also a few cute rag dolls in it.
Qi Moxuan stood at the counter, watching the person walk away, and touched his frightened chest. He had just wanted to give the book and doll as a gift to County Magistrate Ji, but the cold glance he gave him frightened him so much that he dared not breathe.
Qi Moxuan secretly warned himself in his heart that he must not act too hastily in the future.
Moxiangzhai reopened, and because of Ji Yunzhi's arrival, it attracted many customers. Looking at the few books left in Mr. Nancheng's special area, Qi Moxuan was satisfied.
Looking at the sold-out dolls, Qi Moxuan was silent.
Thinking of his reluctance when Cui Qingyi suggested making some small things to sell in the bookstore, Qi Moxuan secretly despised himself for being so pretentious at that time.
In mid-October, Dongping County became cold very quickly, probably because of the abundance of water.
The territory of the Jin Dynasty was quite vast, and the climate environment in various places was very similar to that of Cui Qingyi in her previous life, but perhaps due to the different latitudes, there were also some differences.
Although Dongping County is located in the south and close to the sea, the winter here is very cold, and it is the kind of cold with abundant water vapor. When it is the coldest, Cui Qingyi often feels the chill in the bones.
During the years she was in the Cui family, Yuan was very strict with her. She could not stop embroidering even in the middle of winter. Fortunately, the charcoal stove was lit in the house, so it was not too difficult to endure.
The really hard time was when I was at the Chen family.
Because Cui Qingyi, the new bride, was not favored, and her parents' home was three days away from Qinghe City, Cui Qingyi, who had no one to support her, suffered a lot of unspeakable hardships.
The charcoal delivered to her from her yard in the middle of winter was of the lowest quality. After it was lit, it choked people in the house and made it impossible for them to sit still. Or they often missed mealtimes and sent cold food. The winter clothes sent to her to keep warm were all good-looking but useless.
The servants of the Chen family were probably instructed by the mistress of the house. They did not want her to be known for mistreating her daughter-in-law, so they resorted to some shameful means in secret.
Whenever Chen Linan came to her yard, the food in the kitchen was always exquisite and delicious.
Chen Linan's original sense of guilt towards Cui Qingyi was completely destroyed by these face-saving projects.
Although only a few months had passed, Cui Qingyi felt as if these things had happened a long time ago, so long that she could hardly remember what the mistress of the Chen family looked like.
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"I want to build a kang in the back room of the backyard."
Cui Qingyi held her cloak tightly and drank the hot soup mouthful by mouthful.
Winter is approaching and the air is filled with damp chill. They no longer eat in the yard, but eat in the living room in the front yard over a charcoal stove.
"What is a kang?"
Konjac didn't know what a kang was, so when Cui Qingyi mentioned it, she looked over with curiosity. Ever since Cui Qingyi's storybooks started selling at Moxiangzhai, Konjac had been adoring his daughter.
Every new term that comes out of her mouth will be carefully considered by Konjac.
"The kang is used for heating in the winter in northern China. It is built with adobe bricks and is hollow inside. In winter, charcoal fire is placed inside. It only takes a little time to keep the kang warm all night long, and people sleeping on it will not feel cold.
You can also sit on it and do embroidery during the day without getting your hands cold."
Konjac was amazed when he heard this. "There's such a good thing. Did you read it in a book?"
Cui Qingyi nodded without further explanation.
"Tomorrow we'll find some skilled builders. This thing will be finished in a few days."
Konjac didn't object. "Okay, I happen to be going to Moxiangzhai to deliver something tomorrow. I'll ask Shopkeeper Qi about finding some craftsmen."
Cui Qingyi thought the kang was simple, but she was still afraid that she would not be able to explain it clearly to the craftsman, so she drew a simple sketch based on the structure of the kang in her memory.
The difficulty in building this thing lies in the load-bearing and flue. As long as these two things are done well, the adobe kang can be used for more than ten years without any problem.
Moreover, the Jin Dynasty already had official kilns, and those built with blue bricks had a longer lifespan.
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