Happy peasant girl

Chapter 36 Meet the Master
Lin Qingxi originally wanted to bring Lu Zhiming and Master Jiang to his home, but they refused, so he asked Lin Qingxi to buy them a few pieces of tofu, and then bypassed the villagers and left in another direction.

Before leaving, Lu Zhiming told Lin Qingxi where he lived, and asked her to go to him early tomorrow morning to pick up a few books and come back to read. At the same time, he taught her to write with a brush.

However, when Lin Qingyun, Lin Qingfei, and Lin Qingxi came to the door the next day with gifts, they found that they were going to enter the backyard of the county government in Fu'an County, and the person who went out to greet them was Master Jiang.

The three brothers and sisters of the Lin family followed behind Master Jiang with some trepidation. When Lin Qingxi learned that the master she recognized was the new county magistrate, she was also shocked, but more confused, she was guessing that Lu Zhiming was the new county magistrate. What is the real purpose of her apprenticeship.

However, Lu Zhiming didn't confuse her for too long. After meeting the three brothers and sisters, he asked Master Jiang to accompany Lin Qingyun and Lin Qingfei, and then took Lin Qingxi to the inner room to meet his wife Huai.

When Huai heard Lu Zhiming said that she had accepted a disciple last night, she was still a female disciple, and she was still very surprised and curious. When she saw Lin Qingxi today, she immediately fell in love with this charming little farm girl.

"Xi'er, I will often come to accompany my mistress in the future. Your master is busy with business, so my mistress will come and teach you piano, chess, calligraphy and painting?" Huai pulled Lin Qingxi to her side, and the more he saw her, the more he liked her.

"Qingxi is very grateful to Master, if she doesn't bother her, Qingxi will definitely bother her more in the future, and when she grows up, she will become a gentle, elegant and talented woman like Master." Lin Qingxi also likes Huai family very much, although "Master "It wasn't called out voluntarily, but "Teacher's Wife" is what she likes.

"You little sycophant, you just looked reluctant to see me as a teacher, why is it different when you come to your teacher's wife?" Lu Zhiming said with some taste.

"Who told Master that you lied to me as an apprentice, and I don't know what good things Master did in his previous life to marry such a beautiful woman as Master's Wife." Lin Qingxi found that Lu Zhiming made people feel closer in front of the Huai family. Less, she became more courageous.

Feeling that Lin Qingxi's estrangement from him was much less, Lu Zhiming was very satisfied in his heart. In private, he is a person who doesn't pay much attention to rules, and he doesn't like his apprentice who is rigid and respects him too much. He is also a teacher and a friend. It has always been one of his criteria for finding apprentices, and Linqingxi did not disappoint him.

"Xi'er, since my teacher accepts you as an apprentice, I will naturally treat you honestly. Don't be strangers to my teacher and your teacher's wife. From now on, we will treat you as one family. I will not lie to you as a teacher. I went to Linjia Village yesterday. It is really for you, ten thousand mu of purple soil and five thousand catties of sweet potatoes is not a trivial matter, but I didn't expect that you still have some spirituality, and you are also interested in being a teacher, so I accepted you as an apprentice." Although Lin Qingxi was only eight years old, but Lu Zhiming didn't treat her as a child who didn't know much about the world, he treated her as sincerely and attentively as a junior.

Lu Zhiming's frankness made Lin Qingxi's heart a lot less vigilant, and he doesn't look like a bad person. Anyone who puts five thousand catties on an acre of land will be curious.

Lin Qingxi said that she could understand Lu Zhiming's approach, and by the way explained the sweet potato problem to him and Huai again: "Master, master wife, this sweet potato will not be harvested until September, can it be five thousand catties? Not guaranteed."

"Xi'er, you are such a clever boy. No matter how many catties this sweet potato weighs, as long as it can grow and fill the stomachs of the common people, you have done a great deed. Madam, I am really glad that your master has accepted you like this." A good apprentice." Huai said sincerely.

Lin Qingxi was an orphan in her previous life, so she is very sensitive in her heart, and she can best feel whether a person treats her with kindness or malice, whether she is sincere or pretending, and the Lu couple in front of her is really treating her.

"Xi'er, what your wife said is right. Tell me, besides this kind of sweet potato, do you have other ways to increase food production? Xi'er, don't hide your clumsiness. There has been a severe drought in Chu State for three years, and the people are dying. Shi Jiukong, you have never left the Yunzhou Mansion, and you don't know that there are already many mourners outside, and it is really heartbreaking to be a teacher." Lu Zhiming didn't want to embarrass a child, but the one who can save the people in the world now may really be the child in front of him .

"Xi'er, do you have a magic method?" Huai and Lu Zhiming have been husband and wife for ten years, and she understands his thoughts best. Seeing him anxious, she also feels uncomfortable.

The day before yesterday, I told my family that the yield per mu of grain could be increased. Today, Lu Zhiming asked her that Lin Qingxi was not a fool. She thought that after Lin Qingfei left the county government that day, her family would be killed by her "Master Fox." "It's been watched.

However, she is still a member of Chu State. If what she knows can help Lu Zhiming and others, she has nothing to hide. She still has a conscience.

Therefore, Lin Qingxi asked Lu Zhiming to take out a pen and paper, and she explained some of the methods she knew to increase food production, such as the method of selecting wheat and rice seeds, the correct measures for field irrigation, and rice transplanting. Tell him and Huai in detail.

It's been a long time since Lu Zhiming wrote, but he was afraid of missing a word in Linqingxi's mouth. After finishing writing, he asked Huai Shi, who had a good memory, to read it over for him.

By the time Lin Qingxi finished talking dryly, an hour had already passed for lunch, and the three people in the inner room also forgot to eat and just drank some tea.

"Master, these are the most basic things. If you explain them clearly, I'm afraid you won't be able to finish them in three days and three nights. Why don't you let the officials who understand farming use a few acres of land to try it out, and if you succeed, then spread it on a large scale. The apprentice also came here by groping, and the old man who taught me these things also said that you can only know if you can do it after you try it.” Lin Qingxi told Lu Zhiming and his wife from the beginning that all these things she knew were from a previous mountain. The Lu family didn't have any doubts about the old man's church.

"Xi'er is right, husband, why don't you try it first." The Huai family also thought that Lin Qingxi's idea was good.

"Okay, I'll ask those officials to work harder on seed selection, fertilization, irrigation and pesticides." Lu Zhiming didn't know much about farming, but Lin Qingxi spoke clearly and clearly, and he quickly grasped the point.

After the main matters were dealt with, Lu Zhiming realized that Lin Qingxi must be hungry, so he immediately sent someone to pass on the meal, and Master Jiang had already had lunch with Lin Qingyun and Lin Qingfei.

During the meal, the happy Lu Zhiming drank a jug of wine for the first time, while Huai kept adding vegetables to Linqingxi's bowl.

After dinner, Lu Zhiming went to discuss things with Mr. Jiang, while Huai led Lin Qingxi to the study, found some enlightenment books for her, and asked her to take them back to read. she.

Then Mrs. Huai taught her how to write with a brush, and gave Linqingxi a set of the Four Treasures of the Study.In addition, he gave her the jasper bracelet that he had been wearing all the time, saying it was a meeting gift.

(End of this chapter)