When He Xiyuan came to look for Liu Yulian, he saw a little orange kitten. The kitten was very small, not very long old, and it was still meowing softly, "Meow."
Liu Yulian is holding a little orange cat. This little orange cat is so cute.
To care for this little orange cat, Liu Yulian purchased medications suitable for them from the mall. She also researched medications suitable for orange cats and plans to write a book on cat care. She also needs to vaccinate cats against parasites and fleas, and there are many things to keep in mind when raising a cat.
Liu Yulian hadn't kept a cat before, mainly because raising a cat wasn't a simple matter. If she didn't pay enough attention to the kitten, the kitten wouldn't be able to get close to her. She didn't keep a cat just to pet it, so she had to be close to the kitten too.
"I'll have to grind the medicine later," Liu Yulian said. "Cats are prone to fleas and other things. I need to give it some harmless anthelmintic."
"Didn't you say before that you didn't want to keep one?" He Xiyuan once wanted to prepare a cat for Liu Yulian, but Liu Yulian refused, saying that keeping a cat was a hassle.
"Maybe I was defeated by the kitten." Liu Yulian sighed. Grandpa Yuan also raised a kitten, and that kitten was very cute.
Even such a powerful boss couldn't escape the cuteness of the kitten. Liu Yulian thought she had tried very hard. She had worked hard for so many years, but in the end she was defeated by the kitten's claws.
"I always read those books, and sometimes I get a headache," Liu Yulian said. "I need a cat to calm my mind."
"Okay," He Xiyuan said. "Is one enough? Do you have any more?"
If Sister Lian needs him, he can find other cats.
He Xiyuan thought it was fine for Liu Yulian to have a cat, since he didn't come every day, only every few days. He wanted to come every day, but he had to study, and if he came all the time, others might say something.
He Xiyuan is not worried about what others say about him, he just doesn't want others to say too much about Liu Yulian.
"That's enough." Liu Yulian said, "Just one for now. If you raise more, I'll be partial."
Liu Yulian said she wasn't a very fair and impartial person, and that if she said she treated the kittens as equals, that was a lie. Most people treated the kittens as pets, and Liu Yulian thought if she had more, she might favor the rarer breeds.
Hello orange cats, little orange cats are so cute.
When the little orange cat grows up to be a big orange cat, and when the big orange cat no longer likes her as much, Liu Yulian thinks she can get a new cat. Let the big orange cat know that it has fallen out of favor, hum, and let it ignore her.
"That's good," He Xiyuan said. "Raising a cat requires meticulous care. Seeing you research these things, I know it's not easy."
Maybe after a while someone will say that Liu Yulian treats cats better than humans, and that Liu Yulian is actually researching drugs that are useful for kittens.
"Studying things for cats... people will get jealous," He Xiyuan joked, "and ask why you don't study things for humans."
"We need to research it. We are researching penicillin." Liu Yulian did not forget to research these things. She would tell others about the things she knew that were easier to research and had ideas.
Liu Yulian believed that she couldn't just let the research teams sit idle. She had to let them research more. The ancient people weren't stupid; they just didn't think of these things right away. Once they did, they would quickly continue their research.
"Penicillin is difficult to research. We don't know its purity or dosage," Liu Yulian said. "Any drug, if used excessively, can cause serious harm to the body. This is especially true for purified drugs like penicillin."
"Try slowly." He Xiyuan knew that there was no need for him to worry about Liu Yulian at all, as Liu Yulian would arrange these things herself.
Liu Yulian went to study those things. She was tired and knew she needed to take a rest.
He Xiyuan thought that it was good that Liu Yulian was like this. Some people worked day and night for research, but in the end, their health deteriorated and they could not continue their research.
"Do those books record this?" He Xiyuan was puzzled. He had never read these books.
"Yes." Liu Yulian couldn't say no. "It's in various books. Have you ever read any books on alchemy?"
"No." He Xiyuan had no intention of reading a book about Taoist alchemy. He felt those books were useless and that the Taoists were just playing tricks. "Alchemy is not a good thing. It can cause poisoning."
"Yes, there are heavy metals in elixirs. Haven't there been cases of people committing suicide by swallowing gold? Excessive amounts of heavy metals can cause health problems," Liu Yulian said. "But those books on alchemy do contain some information. They describe certain chemical phenomena, like how potions change color when they come into contact. Some people use this method to scam people, but it's actually a form of science."
Liu Yulian gave He Xiyuan an example: a lot of information had already appeared, but no one had studied it in detail. If someone had studied it earlier, they might have discovered more.
"When people reach a certain level of research and don't continue, they don't know what the final result will be, and they may miss the truth." Liu Yulian said, "We need to do more research. For example, if people can be vaccinated against smallpox, it may be possible to prevent smallpox."
Liu Yulian heard and saw a lot of information in the future, which was an era of information explosion. Even an ordinary person might know a lot. Nine years of compulsory education can teach people a lot, and people can also learn more online.
"I'm just one person, how can I research so many things? Some things should be studied by people from the Imperial Hospital, and only people from the Imperial Hospital should study them." Liu Yulian said that she did not want to take credit for anything, and did not think that she should handle everything by herself, as that was unrealistic.
Liu Yulian thought that she should let those people study more things. The power of one person is not that strong. The power is strong when everyone works together.
"Sister Lian..." He Xiyuan looked at Liu Yulian. Why did he like Sister Lian more and more? It was because Sister Lian had such a good temper. Sister Lian always knew when to give up and when to stick to. Sister Lian was not the kind of person who liked to quarrel with others. She was always so calm and composed, which made He Xiyuan think that Sister Lian was good.
In reality, there are not so many people who are always fighting with each other. Those who are always fighting with each other also have a very tiring life.
What He Xiyuan wanted was that ordinary and warm life. He was used to Liu Yulian and wanted to spend his whole life with someone like Liu Yulian.
"What's wrong?" Liu Yulian was puzzled when she heard He Xiyuan calling her, "Do you think what I said is boring?"
Liu Yulian also felt that she was sometimes very boring. When chatting with others, she always talked about these things. She didn't say anything story-telling or interesting, but only some theoretical things and some little knowledge.
If she were to live in the future, Liu Yulian would think that if someone kept saying these things to her, she would never spend much time with that person, and she would never let that person be her boyfriend. She needed someone who cared about life, who cared about her, not someone who only cared about research.
Liu Yulian thought that sometimes it was good to have a marriage arranged by parents and matchmakers, at least people like her didn't have to be single.
"No." He Xiyuan shook his head. "It's quite interesting. Isn't that how I read? If I told you about those articles and poems, you would definitely find them boring."
"Yes." Liu Yulian nodded. "Read a few lines. Maybe I will find those poems beautiful. If you read too much, I will just point at the door and tell you to get out. So... don't you want me to shut up?"
"No." He Xiyuan thought Liu Yulian's words were good. "I want to hear you tell me."
He didn't want to hear Sister Lian say to others that when two people are together, they have to tolerate each other.
Sister Lian is not a very vulgar person, it’s just that they are good at different things.
He Xiyuan doesn't think they have to be good at the same thing. They are good at different things, and they can teach their children different knowledge in the future.
"When you talked to me, you didn't say anything profound." He Xiyuan knew this. Liu Yulian only talked about simple things, which made it easier for him to understand. "If I don't understand, you won't scold me. It's not like at the research institute. If those people don't understand, you can just ask them to read more books."
"Yes..." Liu Yulian had to admit this. She had a bad temper several times when she was in the research institute.
Liu Yulian didn't like to repeat herself, so she asked them to take notes and read books. She did take notes, and besides her own, she also wrote some books written by others, which were very useful.
Those who do research need to keep learning and expanding their knowledge, lest they know too little and be unable to continue their research.
"I have a bad temper, and I can get really aggressive," Liu Yulian said. "But I won't threaten them by withholding their salaries. It's not me who pays them, and even if I did, I can't arbitrarily deduct their money. That would really hurt the researchers' enthusiasm."
Many people don't have that much money and their families are very poor.
Even though those people were allocated houses and their families had places to live, it was because they entered the academy and were given official titles. The emperor valued the academy, so he allocated houses to the people in the academy.
The houses they were given weren't very big, and some even had several families living in one house. After all, they weren't all leaders of a research team, and the emperor wouldn't give houses to low-level researchers who hadn't yet achieved any research results.
If the emperor rewarded houses to all these people, how much money would the Ministry of Revenue have to pay, and what would the other officials who did not get houses think?
"They know my personality and understand the need to read more," Liu Yulian said. "Since they've been recruited into the research institute, it's unlikely they'll be fired. But if they make a serious mistake, they could face punishment."
This was a feudal era, so everyone was more cautious.
Those people also wanted to bring honor to their families, and they all hoped to discover more. Some people were illiterate, so they went to study. Those who could read borrowed more books.
"I'm not a clay figurine." Liu Yulian chuckled. "It's just that in daily life, I never get so angry that you all always resolve the problem."
"Well, let's solve the problem early." He Xiyuan nodded. He didn't want Liu Yulian to be bothered by those trivial matters. He hoped that Liu Yulian could focus on doing those things.
At the Su family, Su Qiuya told Liu Yanbo about the matter of Mrs. Mei, the second young master. Mrs. Mei refused to divorce. Her sister-in-law said it was useless. Aunt Qing and Mrs. Mei had the same attitude. She also talked about what happened when they went to the Mei family.
At that time, Liu Yanbo was not there, but Su Qiuya was there, and she could feel Mrs. Mei's bad attitude towards them.
"Have you met your second brother-in-law?" Liu Yanbo asked.
"No." Su Qiuya shook her head. They had been at the Mei family for quite some time, but the Second Young Master Mei hadn't shown up. She couldn't possibly ask anyone at the Mei family where the Second Young Master Mei had gone. She still had to be careful and not say too much. She could only wait for someone at the Mei family to tell her.
No one in the Mei family would casually say where the second young master Mei had gone, and the second young master's wife didn't know where her husband had gone.
In this case, what's the point of Su Qiuya asking more questions?
"My second sister was just saying how bad the Mei family was. She said that not long after the incident at the Jingning Marquisate, they allowed Jiang, the concubine, to marry in and even let Jiang take charge of some things. When the Liu family regained their title, they initially thought the Liu family was in the northwest, and they were still so kind to Jiang." Su Qiuya said, "They clearly don't take the Jingning Marquisate seriously. They are not only insulting my second sister, but also the Jingning Marquisate."
Su Qiuya thought that if Madam Mei II divorced, the people in Jingning Marquis's Mansion would not necessarily ignore Madam Mei II. But Madam Mei II refused to divorce and even criticized others.
"I said divorce, but my second sister was unhappy." Su Qiuya sighed, "She refused to divorce, and mother didn't want her to divorce either. What else can I say? If I say more, it will be wrong. Madam Mei also said that mother is just a concubine. How can a concubine have the right to call her in-laws?"
Su Qiuya knew that some of what Madam Mei said was right, all because Qing Yi Niang was a concubine. This dynasty emphasized the distinction between wives and concubines, and Qing Yi Niang sometimes did not pay so much attention to the rules.
"You don't want to divorce?" Liu Yanbo frowned. "Then follow my second sister first. We've already arrived in the capital, maybe my second brother-in-law will slowly change."
"It's not that easy." Su Qiuya said, "It's easy to change the country, but it's hard to change one's nature."
Su Qiuya thought these people would only let go after they suffered a great loss, so she just watched. After all, it wasn't her who was getting divorced, and it wasn't that she was having a hard time. She didn't divorce Liu Yanbo because he treated her well. Even if Concubine Qing was not good, she didn't think about getting divorced.
Many women's mothers-in-law are not that good, Su Qiuya understands. Su Qiuya is pinching the money again. Liu Yanbo and the others need the money she earns, so Qing Yi Niang dare not be too arrogant.
"I'll go find my second brother-in-law another day." Liu Yanbo felt that he needed to have a good talk with the second young master Mei.
The Second Young Master Mei had no desire to see Liu Yanbo; he didn't think he was that capable. His parents wanted him to benefit from the Marquis of Jingning's residence, but the Marquis of Jingning refused to pay any attention to the Second Young Master Mei.
In the northwest, the Cen family, each of the Cen family's branches lived separately, not under the same roof. Without the elders around, they lived their own lives.
Mrs. Cen San had not forgotten Miss Cen's marriage. Before they could go find a matchmaker, a matchmaker came to their house. However, the families the matchmaker suggested were not very good. They were either the playboys in the town or the peasants in the countryside.
Miss Cen was not willing to marry such a man. She did not want to. And Mrs. Cen San was reluctant to let her daughter marry into such a family and suffer. The wealthy family in the town was a playboy, and her daughter might not have an easy life.
"These are all mismatched things." After the matchmaker left, Miss Cen said angrily to Mrs. Cen San.
"There are still some ugly ones now, but there may not be any in the future." Mrs. Cen San was helpless. She knew the situation of her own family and her daughter's reputation.
Her daughter's reputation was ruined in the northwest, and Mrs. Cen San wanted to find a good marriage for her daughter, so she thought of the wealthy families in the town. However, those families would rather marry the daughters of poor scholars or farming families than a woman like Miss Cen.
They believed that it was wrong to let someone with a bad temper like Miss Cen marry into the family, and that they should marry a virtuous wife, as people like Miss Cen would bring disaster to the family for generations.
"Mom..." Miss Cen didn't want to marry such a man.
"Let's wait and see." Madam Cen San said, "It's only a matter of one or two years. If we delay any longer, it won't work."
Mrs. Cen San thought that Miss Cen was better than those peasant girls in that she was educated. However, Miss Cen was from the Cen family, and the Cen family was a criminal.
Others may also feel that the Cen family has risen in the past few decades, and they do not think the Cen family is good, so they do not want to marry into the Cen family.
Mrs. Cen San knew all these things, but she didn't tell Miss Cen everything. She was afraid to tell her daughter, fearing that she would be unable to bear it.
"We must take another look." Miss Cen said.
In Shiyuan Village, Liu Yanqing watched Lin Xiaowan's belly grow considerably. She knew she would give birth around the beginning of next spring. It was almost the end of the year, so it was almost time.
"Just stay away from those things and don't work," Liu Yanqing said. "Just ask someone to wash the clothes at home. Don't touch the cold water. What if you make the child stupid?"
"Not really." Lin Xiaowan didn't think that touching cold water would do anything.
"It's better to be safe than sorry. What if this child is not as smart as his aunt, and becomes as stupid as us... and me? What should we do then?" Liu Yanqing looked at Lin Xiaowan cautiously. Lin Xiaowan was still glaring at him. She was really not that smart. Both she and her husband were not as smart as her younger sister.
"This is your child, not your younger sister's. Why do you always say he looks like your aunt?" Lin Xiaowan said with a smile.
"I'm your younger sister's brother, so at least we're related," Liu Yanqing said. "It's not a distant relationship. You don't want our children to be stupid, do you? If they are, we'll still have to worry about them. We'll have to make more money for them so they have money to spend in the future. If they're smart, then we can wait for them to make money for us."
"..." Lin Xiaowan's mouth twitched slightly. She really didn't think Liu Yanqing could make much money.
As Liu Yanqing was such a lazy person, Lin Xiaowan thought it would be better for him to say less of these things. She felt ashamed for him.
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