There is a home in the depths of the white clouds

Wu Jun's is easy to say, it is said that the housekeeper of Wu's house personally sent it.

"Delivered in person?" Wu Youwei was taken aback, no wonder he didn't see the butler in Wu Mansion yesterday.

"I talked to the one in the stable in the outer courtyard for a long time." Butler Lin Su told Wu Youwei: "I also met the one who feeds the chickens in the back."

The horse stables in the outer courtyard were talking about the youngest son of the steward of the Wu residence.

The chicken feeder in the back is talking about the eldest granddaughter of the housekeeper of Wu's house.

So far, no one knows what the names of these two people are. Anyway, that's what the master calls them, and they also call them that.

"He really misses his son." Wu Youwei understood that the steward of the Wu residence saw that he didn't bring his youngest son to the Wu residence, so he simply came here by himself.

If he took it, it is estimated that he was not the one who gave the gift this time.

"It's just, why did you come here yesterday?" Wu Youwei was puzzled: "Is there a lot of time in the past few days?"

Butler Lin Su said helplessly: "My little one thinks that the Wu Mansion just remembered yesterday that they didn't give you a boxing gift...

On my own side, the boxing gifts were all in place a few days ago, and their home gave the boxing gifts a few days in advance.

After all, you have to give people time to react.

Besides, if things come to an end, if you arrange people to give gifts, there will not be enough manpower!

So the event of gift giving is arranged before the festival, and after the gift is finished, it will be fine.

People who are close to each other will give gifts on the same day, and stay for dinner by the way. Wu Mansion and Moling Villa are the closest blood relatives. That's it, gifts are given on the same day, and the two families are not close, so it is an arrangement OK, who will believe it?

The etiquette of festivals like the Dragon Boat Festival is usually delivered in the morning, not later than noon.

When the butler of the Wu Mansion arrived at Mo Ling Villa, it was already time for lunch.

It can be seen that this was a temporary decision, otherwise it would not be time for lunch when we arrived at Moring Mountain Villa if we set off early.

"Hehe!" Wu Youwei could only answer with these two words.

"Wu's house is really too much." Butler Lin Su has never seen such a brother.

"Forget it!" Wu Youwei told him about ordering a pair of "quaint" gold bracelets by the way, and then told him about Wu Qian'er's draft.

Basically, Steward Lin was not there at the time for everything that happened in the Wu Mansion, and Wu Youwei also brought him a scene to restore it.

Butler Lin knows why the master treats the Wu family like that. He just heard about it before, but only now did he find out that the rumor is really true!

"What about Mr. Wan? What should we do?" After Lin Butler talked to Wu Youwei for a while, it was the second family's turn.

Wantong, Wan Zhongming's family's... boxing ceremony.

The boxing gift given by Wantong is ten...expensive.

A set of official four books and five classics; a set of official pen, ink, paper and inkstone; four official blue and white porcelain vases; a pair of official cloisonné ornaments.

Four bolts each of emerald bamboo-colored silk, bright yellow silk, dark blue silk, and bright green satin, and four each of sky-white silk, silk, brocade, and silk.

The first four items can be used as an outer shirt, and the last four items can be used as an inner garment.

One or two gold nude pieces in the style of "Pending Ruyi".

Ten taels of silver in the style of "Three Friends of Sui Han".

Ten five taels of silver nudes in the style of "Eight Treasures Lianchun".

There are [-] newly minted copper coins, and [-] boxes of palace-made snacks.

"It's really rich...!" Wu Youwei sighed, "This guy won't accept bribes, right?"

"The Jinyiwei will not accept bribes for anything!" Lin Butler quickly retorted, and then said frowningly: "Master, is your concern wrong?"

"Then where should I pay attention?" Wu Youwei asked shamelessly. He was still learning about the ancient human relationship.

"Our family hasn't returned the gift yet!" Lin Butler reminded him: "Besides, the Dragon Boat Festival has passed, if you want to return the gift, you have to wait until Zhongqiu.

And this gift can't be returned too lightly, too light is not good.

Is it looking down on people?Still don't want to interact with people anymore?You made such a light return gift?

It's hard to say.

If you offend anyone in the world, don't offend Jin Yiwei.

"Oh, then just give gifts during the Mid-Autumn Festival." Wu Youwei thought for a while: "Just in time, I asked Master Mu to carve something as a gift."

Lin Su knew about Master Mu's superb jade.Material...a lot.

But he is smart, and he doesn't let his servants ask each other about the source of jade materials.

"That's fine, but it's too late. It's better to give one as a gift. Master Mu has all the top-quality jade materials." Lin Su suggested: "It's best not to show it to others."

He was afraid of being targeted by people with malicious intentions. They were a small family of people, but they couldn't bear the pressure of some high-ranking people.

"Yeah!" Of course, Wu Youwei still understands the principle of not revealing wealth, and this principle has been implemented throughout the ages.

Shen Wansan is rich, the richest in the world, what happened?

Wasn't it ransacked by Zhu Yuanzhang who started as a beggar?

The construction project of Wujia Village is under construction slowly, and Wu Youwei gave the housekeeper another blueprint, the blueprint of the school.

It’s just that his paintings are very old-fashioned. Apart from the three courtyards for teaching, there are four courtyards, two for the students, one for the gentlemen, and the other for the cafeteria.

Among the seven courtyards, a guest courtyard was added, and the eight courtyards formed a circle, forming a pattern of gossip, and Wu Youwei designed the playground in the middle to look like Tai Chi.

His college is very big, so he built it outside Wujia Village alone, and chose a place close to the lake. When there is nothing to do, the students can go out and play by the lake to see the scenery.

The main entrance of the college naturally faces south, but the side entrance faces Moring Lake.

The amount of this project is not small, butler Lin looked at the blueprint for a long time before sighing: "Master, you have built such a big college, and you want to teach and educate people, so you want to be the head of the mountain yourself?"

Well, but the teacher who teaches needs to be hired outside. "Wu Youwei nodded. The head of the mountain is equivalent to the dean. He understands this, but he is satisfied as the principal. The teacher who teaches must be hired outside. If he is addicted to teaching, he can go to a class but follow the steps. I don’t want to give lectures. He has been a full-time teacher for several years. He can give lectures in all subjects. He is very tired. Finally, he has such a chance to be reborn in ancient times and enjoy the blessings. How can he be so tired?

Wu Youwei saw Steward Lin's hesitation, and comforted him: "This project is a big one, and it will be good if it can be completed in two or three years."

"The little one is afraid that the family doesn't have that much money..." Butler Lin was worried about this.

"There is plenty of money!" Wu Youwei was least worried about money.

The jade in his space can be sold casually, and they can be exchanged for a large sum of money. Besides, although the family seems to have a large population, the monthly expenses are only that little. Every year, he still has land income, and the food is generally Self-produced, he is a juren, no tax, no military service, what else?

When giving gifts, there are also gifts in return. The host's gifts are broken up to match the west's gifts to the north family, and the north's things are mixed with the west's gifts to the south's family. In this way, he even saves the gift money.

If someone gives you an expensive gift, he can send back the top-quality mutton fat jade carving!

For example, Mr. Wantongwan, the gift he gave was indeed expensive, so he would give him a jade carving or something in return. It didn't cost a penny, and he got the gift for nothing.

The master said so, butler Lin had no choice but to handle it.

Building a house requires a deed, buying a field requires a deed, and building an academy also requires a deed.

Fortunately, this place belonged to Wu Youwei in the first place, and it was enough to apply for a lease.

The weather became hotter, and it was summer after the Dragon Boat Festival. There was no ice cellar here, so there was no ice available. Wu Youwei hurriedly asked Lin Butler to build an ice cellar.

"It's too late this year, let's use ice next summer!" Wu Youwei gesticulated with his fan: "I'll go to sleep in the ice cellar then!"

After saying this, Xiao Xiao, who brought him herbal tea, and Butler Lin, who was listening to his orders, all laughed.

"Master is talking nonsense, where does someone sleep in the ice cellar in summer?" Xiao Xiao poured herbal tea to him: "Then you must be sick from the cold?"

"That's right." Lin Butler also said: "Just take out the ice and cool off."

People in this era have already learned to use saltpeter to make ice. Big ice cubes are out of the question. For ice made with saltpeter, it is feasible to freeze the contents through a container.

His herbal tea is placed in a large copper pot on top of saltpeter, and it cools down in half a day.

In fact, the mountain is not so hot. There are trees all around here, the foundation and eaves of the house are also high, and there is a draft. As long as you don’t go out to bask in the sun, it’s not too hot.

It’s just that Wu Youwei is used to staying in an air-conditioned room in later generations. The first year’s bonus he earned was taken home to turn on the air conditioner at home, and then he installed an air conditioner in his house in the second year.

Feel hot, purely psychological.

"Then ask someone to dig an ice cellar, hey!" Wu Youwei lay on the soft couch and groaned, "Why isn't it raining in this weather?"

Just as I was talking, there was a "bang" outside, and there was thunder!

After a while, the cloudy sky filled, and Wu Youwei looked outside: "My words... are quite accurate!"

"It's going to rain soon!" Xiao Xiao took the opportunity to say something.

Sure enough, after a while, it began to rain "crash" outside.

The sweltering air swept away, and the rain was not heavy, but it was not light.

Wu Youwei was overjoyed: "The two of us are going straight to the point!"

Xiao Xiao shook his head even more, extremely proud.

"Pull it down!" Lin Butler hit the proud master and servant: "When Xiaoxiao went out just now, he must have looked at the sky. The clouds are so thick and dark. If it's not raining, is it snowing?"

"Hey..." Xiaoxiao smirked a bit, his little cleverness was nothing in front of Butler Lin.

It can also amuse the master.

"Maybe it will go down." Wu Youwei said casually, got up and took a sip of herbal tea.

This herbal tea is a recipe learned by Chef Fang's daughter-in-law, Geng Cuiniang, in the south. It tastes like the herbal tea of ​​later generations, but it is more refreshing.

Because in summer, this snack is no longer red date cake, but changed to red bean cake, mung bean cake.

Wu Youwei not only ate it himself, but also stuffed Xiaoxiao with two pieces: "Mung bean cake is quite delicious.

Compared with the cookie-cutter industrial pastries of later generations, this kind of purely handmade desserts is really rare.

Sweet but not greasy, salty but not colorful.

Butler Lin shook his head and drank green tea by himself. This is a good thing the master dug out from the box, five catties of green tea.

Wu Youwei grinned at him drinking tea, tea is a precious thing these days, most people can't afford it, and tea leaves can be sold for a price.

And this one was given to him by Li Dongyang, it is said to be good tea, top grade green tea!

The wind outside gradually increased, and there was a coolness in the air. Wu Youwei enjoyed the coolness, but Lin Butler stood up and looked outside with a serious expression.

"What's wrong?" Wu Youwei also stood up quickly.

"It's so cold, isn't it?" Butler Lin looked out the window.

A thin layer of window screen is very transparent, and the scenery outside can be seen at a glance.

"Huh?" Wu Youwei also remembered, it was so hot just now, but now it seems that the air conditioner has been turned on, and it's... sooner.

Sure enough, after a while, I heard the sound of "popping" outside, as if something fell into the rain.

"Let's take a look!" Lin Butler immediately raised his legs and walked out.

"I'll go with you!" Wu Youwei also followed, Xiao Xiaoran followed closely behind.

As soon as the three of them went out, they knew what was going on outside.

Butler Lin suddenly turned his head and looked at his master: "Master, you really...

Wu Youwei took the initiative to answer what he hadn't said: ...Zhang Crow...

Xiao Xiao stared dumbfounded at the falling... hailstones outside.

"History of the Ming Dynasty" records: In May, there was heavy wind, rain and hail, and the ministers were ordered to repair the province.