Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Zhou Banxia wonders if her aunt will be able to hold back tomorrow. Having a child is definitely different from before. There are many people who say they will stay with their children.

The child can recognize people now.

When the child woke up early in the morning, he saw his father and realized that someone else was missing. He started looking for his mother, and once he found her, he wanted to go out for a stroll.

His father, on the other hand, had to read and exercise every morning, so she, as his mother, had to take the child out for walks and carry him around the front and back yards by herself.

Then, after taking the child back into the house and handing him over to the wet nurse and maid, he had breakfast and then had something else to do, so he went to the council hall in front.

After meeting with the manager and handling the general affairs, I still had to personally go to the soap workshop this morning. Why? Because some "research results" have been produced.

—The research team has made a breakthrough in the printing technology that they have been working on.

This is a significant step forward in color overprinting technology, eliminating the problem of mixed and diffused pigments in multi-color printing, which results in a dull appearance.

The "Research and Development Team" was still located in the inner workshop of the soap workshop, a place off-limits to outsiders. However, as other workshops moved out, the space became larger, and the team quietly expanded.

The research team, which originally consisted of only eleven people, has more than doubled in size, now totaling thirty people, including the current apprentices.

At the same time, the thirty people were divided into groups, each with its own research focus, and the research group on paper was in the first group.

The reason it's listed in the first group is not because it's the most important, nor is it used to overshadow other research groups; it's simply because it hasn't been moved from its original location.

Similarly, it is also the group closest to the incense-making workshop in the most strictly controlled process of pancreas production, and you have to go around to get in through the back door.

Of course, it's also possible to get there without going around in circles. As the employer, I have my own shortcuts, but that would greatly affect other people's normal work. Fortunately, even if I go around in circles, it's not far.

Zhou Banxia deliberately took a roundabout route, seemingly heading to the incense-making workshop. When she arrived at the first checkpoint in front of the first group's courtyard, the gatekeeper, as she expected, was still an "old man."

—Mai Huang's mother, also known as the mute aunt!
Speaking of this person, their contribution is immense. This person is not only Zhou Banxia's eyes and ears on the outside, but also Zhou Banxia's most indispensable mouth.

Whenever Zhou Banxia intentionally spread rumors, this person would inadvertently reveal clues through ambiguity, such as waving her hand or shaking her head.

After all, outsiders didn't know what important position this man held in the workshop, but everyone knew that his daughter was Zhou Banxia's number one maid.

As soon as she leaves the workshop and strolls around the official road market, even if she has difficulty communicating with people, there are plenty of people on the street who want to strike up a conversation with her.

She also gestured to others that she was only mute, but actually not deaf; she could hear clearly and clearly, and then she spread the message.

Moreover, who dares to say that what she gestured meant exactly what the other person understood? But in front of Zhou Banxia, ​​she not only gestured, but also secretly passed notes.

Don't ask why this woman can write. Human potential is limitless. With enough food and clothing, as long as you have the will, it's not hard to learn.

Especially since the master also runs a school in the workshop, any smart person knows exactly what kind of manpower the master wants. Obviously, he's not stupid.

This time, the not-so-stupid woman didn't go directly through her daughter. Instead, she waited here early in the morning and secretly slipped the note into her master's hand.

The long, thin strip of paper contained only a single line of small characters. — A secret conversation between Tian's mother and daughter. The mother said that her daughter was now married and had no worries, but she dared not let her parents get sick, so she advised her daughter to take on the responsibility of managing the household as soon as possible and to be filial to her parents.

Look!
They've caught it!
After witnessing the relevant personnel demonstrate the existing color overprinting technology on-site, and after Zhou Banxia offered two or three suggestions, she was finally able to avoid a third person seeing the small print. At the same time, she couldn't help but smile.

As expected, the Tian family, well, the old lady's mother set a good example; the women were all remarkable, and she even wanted her husband to perform great filial piety.

Exactly! The provincial examination is just around the corner, but there are still several months to go. The eldest son's family keeps making a fuss. No elderly person can stand it. The elderly person might actually die of anger before the provincial examination!
Hey, who's here?

Gu Liusun, you've come at just the right time!
Before Gu Wenxuan could say anything, he suddenly heard the "bad news," leaving him speechless and looking up at the sky, yet also amused: "Don't bother with them. As long as they didn't poison you, it won't be the old man and woman who get angry to death."

What?
"Relax. If they were going to be angry to death, they would have been long ago. Why wait until now? They are reluctant to leave. Selfish people will only ever love themselves. No matter who is the eldest son or grandson, who can be ranked ahead of them?"

Besides, how could I not have taken precautions against the eldest son's family? There's your aunt's roadside inn, the oil paper processing workshop that moved to Hexi, and Taozhuang, which the old folks have never even been to.

Indeed, if you don't even take precautions in advance regarding the most crucial point—the prohibition against participating in the imperial examinations during the mourning period—what are you planning to do with this year's provincial examinations?
Even though Gu Wenxuan didn't say what he wanted to say aloud, Zhou Banxia silently filled in the blanks in her mind and nodded as he wished.

"If you really want to separate them for three to five months, it's not difficult. There are ways to make the elderly anxious to go somewhere to live and enjoy their retirement for a while."

Where is Dad?

"It's alright!" Gu Wenxuan waved his hand and said with a smile, "As long as you don't sell my parents, it's not a big problem. I know what I'm doing, so you can go and have fun."

Play?
Zhou Banxia chuckled and shook her head. "Alright then. Don't mention Aunt Ya to Mother. Just tell her that if the two elders get upset by someone, it might affect your participation in the provincial examination."

"I know." How stupid must your man be to expose your "spy"? Gu Wenxuan chuckled and glanced at her sideways. "Then I'll go find my mother?"

"Go ahead, I won't go back yet. I still need to go to Hexi Paper Mill first. Oh, and if Mother goes to the Liao family in town today, just tell them I can't leave."

"I know, even if you can leave, your mother won't let you go. Just stay there and keep watch, but whatever you do, don't do anything yourself, understand?"

Too much talk!

Zhou Banxia was afraid that he would give her another long lecture, so she quickly reached out and pushed him to go back, and emphasized that she was entrusting her son to him.

really!

When it comes to his son, he's quick to react as if his son would be mistreated if he wasn't under your watchful eye. He's a heartless jerk who forgets his mother once he has a son!
"Who?"

After parting ways with Gu Wenxuan, who couldn't find his wife at home and rushed to the workshop, Zhou Banxia said she still needed to go to the paper mill in Hexi first. Before the carriage even reached Hexi, it was intercepted halfway.

"Family Prosperity".

The master had only been gone for less than a quarter of an hour when he sent his trusted page again. How much did he not trust her? Was she capable of doing the work himself in the paper mill?
"...They said the distinguished guest was inside and hadn't come out. She didn't seem to enter any post stations along the way, and even at the inn, she was blocked by old women and maids. All I heard was that she was the eldest young mistress." (End of Chapter)