Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 763 Sucrose

Xiaoyuan would come over from time to time and take Jinnian and Jinshi to play at their grandfather's house. Jinnian was living a very comfortable and happy life.

As for Jinshi, his life was not as smooth as Jinnian's. Because he was still young, he was very uncomfortable when he first went back.

He didn't eat well, and he didn't sleep well. In the morning, he often slept until the sun was high in the sky, and at night he kept asking for Hualei, Rongjin, and his own little bed.

After more than half a month of tossing and turning, Jinshi still couldn't adapt and lost a lot of weight. Especially at night when he went to bed, he would cry and make a fuss, and no one could comfort him.

However, one day, during a dinner party at the Marquis' Mansion, Jin Shi, who didn't like to eat, came up to Rong Jue, grabbed his trouser leg, and insisted that Rong Jue hug him.

Then he refused to get down from Rong Jue's lap, wanting Rong Jue to feed him when he ate and to coax him when he slept. As soon as Rong Jue put him down, he would cry heart-wrenchingly.

There was no other way. For the next period of time, Rong Jue was suppressed by the old Marquis Pei. He went to Songhe Hall every day to coax Jin Shi to eat and sleep. Don't say it, it really worked.

As long as she saw Rong Jue, Jin Shi would calm down and eat obediently. At first, Lord Pei and Madam Pei didn't understand what was going on.

After a long time, I finally discovered that Rong Jue, as an adult, had about 60% similarities with Rong Jin in terms of features and eyebrows. This was because Rong Jin had raised Rong Jue since he was a child.

Therefore, Rong Jue would occasionally show some of Rong Jin's habitual movements. Therefore, the young Jin Shi regarded Rong Jue as Rong Jin's substitute.

This is also reflected in Yun Siwan. Every time Xiaoyuan brings Jinshi home to play, Jinshi especially likes to cling to Yun Siwan.

However, Rong Jue was busy with government affairs, so he often came back very late at night. Moreover, his wife was pregnant and needed Rong Jue's care.

Therefore, Rong Jue could only come to comfort Jin Shi every now and then. This was not going to work, so in order to make Jin Nian adapt to the environment of the Marquis' Mansion and have a regular schedule, Marquis Pei came up with a solution.

Because Jinshi was not old enough to go to the clan school, a children's room was built in the side hall of Songhe Hall for Jinshi to play in.

In the room there were various jigsaw puzzles and toys like the nine-ring puzzle that Hualei had made for the two children, as well as building blocks of various colors, drawing books, and various goodies that Old Madam Pei had brought out.

The children's room was built, and Jinshi really liked it. However, there were other children in the mansion. Rongyu's son Jinchu, who was a few months younger than Jinshi, also liked to play in the children's room.

At first, they were playing their own games and had nothing to do with each other. But after a while, the two children started to fight with each other. Jin Shi sat on the side and stacked the building blocks one by one.

Jin Chu on the other side was watching with great interest at first, but after sitting for a while, he would stagger over and touch Jin Shi's building block tower, causing it to fall to the ground with a crash.

Jinshi, who was still a little upset, pushed Jinchu to the ground. Then Jinchu started to cry loudly, and then there was a commotion.

Sometimes, when Jinchu was playing with the tangram happily, Jinshi would come up to him without warning and snatch one or two pieces of the tangram from him, preventing Jinchu from playing.

So, Jinchu stepped forward and started to snatch the wooden board from Jinshi's hand without giving in, and then there was another round of chaos.

In Jinshi's impression, Jinnian always gave in to him because he was young, so he had no concept of giving in at all.

As Rong Yu's eldest son, Jin Chu was treated like the apple of his eye by Qian and Feng, so he was used to being pampered all the time.

Now both sides suddenly encountered the unreasonable person on the other side, and began to confront each other. Sometimes, when Zhenzhu's youngest son Qi'an came to play, it was even more chaotic.

Several children, who were only a few months old, were either pushing and shoving each other or fighting over things in the children's room. The picture book that Hualei had originally made and claimed to be indestructible had been torn into pieces by the children.

Therefore, Songheyuan was in chaos every day. However, as time went by, Jinshi also changed a little. Maybe because he had to compete with Jinchu for food, Jinshi also started to eat well.

Because I was tired from fighting and crying with Jinchu during the day, I started to sleep well at night.

One rare day, when Jinchu was detained by Qian and not allowed to go out, Jinshi came running to Jinchu with the jigsaw puzzle to play with him.

Unconsciously, Jin Shi had adapted to the life in the Marquis' Mansion through the quarrels and fights with Jin Chu.

Because the weather in Shangjing City is not as hot as Xichang, the two children are sleeping and eating well now, which makes Hualei and Rongjin feel relieved.

Every time she sees a thick stack of envelopes, Hualei always reads them carefully from beginning to end, not missing a single word. Hualei feels relieved but also worried about the daily lives of her two children. This is a very strange feeling.

Hualei often wondered if those working mothers in her previous life were also like her, torn between career and child-rearing.

Fortunately, she had Rong Jin who always cared about her. In the government office, Rong Jin took care of everything for her. In the Marquis' Mansion, Rong Jin also always protected her.

I am lucky enough to have found a partner who understands me and is willing to support me. Hualei is very happy.

Before I knew it, it was already mid-November. Prefect Zhao of Changtong Prefecture sent a letter saying that the sugarcane in Changtong Prefecture was ripe and ready to be harvested.

He asked Hualei what to do next. In fact, after Liang Xiangyi delivered the sugar press, Hualei sent people from the workshop to deliver the sugar press to Changtong Prefecture.

However, Changtong Prefecture had never grown sugarcane before, let alone made sugarcane, so Zhao Zhizhou was unsure, so he wanted to ask Hua Lei for help and go and take a look.

So, after arranging the matters at the yamen, Hua Lei and Rong Jin went there together.

At this time, the sugarcanes in the sugarcane field are already as tall as a person, and because of the sufficient fertilizer, they are still very thick. Moreover, the yield is also quite good.

In fact, it is not difficult to make sugar from sugarcane. Use a sugar press to squeeze the sugarcane into sugarcane juice, filter the squeezed sugarcane juice, pour it into a pot, and boil it over high heat.

When the sugarcane juice boils, a large number of bubbles will be produced. The bubbles can float up the impurities in the sugarcane juice. At this time, use a spoon to filter out the impurities.

Continue to boil over high heat and stir the sugarcane juice constantly to accelerate the evaporation of the water in the sugarcane juice. When the pot becomes thick, turn to low heat. Otherwise, too strong a heat may cause the brown sugar to taste bitter and burnt.