Fan Ning returned to Mudu Town that night. As soon as he returned home, his mother Zhang Sanniang came up to complain and said, "Why are you back now? Have you had a meal?"

"Not yet!"

"You wait, I'll give you a bowl of noodles."

Zhang Sanniang walked quickly towards the kitchen. Fan Ning walked around and saw her father without seeing her. Then she asked, "Mom, where is Daddy?"

"He and your third uncle are back to the old house and are preparing to ask someone to rebuild the house."

Fan Ning returned to his room and put the Taihu stones in place, but he unexpectedly saw an invitation on his desk with very exquisite workmanship.

On the front of the invitation is a gold-plated longevity character, surrounded by gold threads on all sides. He opened the invitation and it turned out to be an invitation for Zhu Yuanfu's 60th birthday.

When Fan Ning saw the handwriting, he laughed. It was Zhu Pei's handwriting. He hadn't seen this little girl for several days, and I don't know what she was busy with?

Looking at the time again, he was shocked. His birthday was the day after tomorrow, and Fanning was not prepared at all.

"Ning'er, come down and have dinner!" The mother's shout came from the yard.

"Here you come!"

Fanning rushed downstairs with the invitation, "Mom, when did this be delivered?" Fanning shook the invitation in her hand.

"At noon, the young lady of the Zhu family sent it personally, please go."

Zhang Sanniang brought a bowl of hot noodles and placed it on the table, with a poached egg on it.

Zhang Sanniang sat at the table, looked at her son for dinner, and said with a smile: "Miss Zhu is really well-educated and well-educated. With such a high status, she actually came to give you invitations. Not only that, she hasn't forgotten to bring me a gift."

"Is it a gift to buy my mother?"

Zhang Sanniang suddenly looked unhappy, "What are you saying? If someone has this kind of heart, have you done something wrong?"

"Mom, just pretend I didn't say it, you old man will continue!"

Zhang Sanniang glanced at Fan Ning and smiled and said, "In my eyes, she is really similar to a fairy. I like her little mouth the most, it is chubby, red and tender, and the most beautiful one is her eyes, as if there is a shiny gem hidden."

"Looking at the skin of others, it's white and thin, it's like... it's like a peeled egg."

Fanning was eating the poached egg in the noodles. When he heard this, he choked on the egg and quickly put down his chopsticks.

Zhang Sanniang was startled and quickly got up and brought her a glass of water to her son.

Fanning felt better after drinking the water in one breath.

He didn't want to hear his mother talk about Zhu Pei anymore, so he looked at the house and asked, "Since the old house has been rebuilt, is the mother planning to sell this house?"

Zhang Sanniang shook her head, "I have discussed with your father. I will leave this house for you. We will build another yard in the countryside."

Fan Ning was moved and shook his head quickly and said, "Mom, I don't need it."

"Stop talking stupidly. You are nine years old this year. In another seven or eight years, you will have to consider lifelong affairs, blind dates, engagement and so on. If you don't have a house, who dares to marry your daughter to you? Don't worry about this, your father and I will make the decision."

Although Zhang Sanniang praised Zhu Pei as a fairy, she also knew in her heart that the gap between the two families was as deep as a gap. Her longing was her longing, but reality was her reality.

Fanning ate a few more noodles and asked hesitantly: "Is there enough money to build a house in the countryside?"

"It must be enough. Our family has a little savings. Your father has earned more than 40 guan in the past few months. With this reward for your child prodigy, our family now has 150 guan. It is up to 60 guan to build a big house in the countryside."

"I can't ask for sixty cents!" The voice of my father Fan Tiezhou came from the yard.

"Your father is back!" Zhang Sanniang quickly got up to greet him.

"Did you have a meal?"

"Not yet! I've been busy all day and I don't have time to eat."

"I'll go downstairs for you." Zhang Sanniang went to the kitchen again.

After a moment, Fan Tiezhou walked in quickly with his brother Fan Tieniu. Fan Tiezhou smiled at his son and said, "Today we spent fifty-five jin of money to get everything done."

"Including the money for buying land?" Fan Ning asked with a smile.

"The two acres of land on the west side of our old house belong to your Uncle Liu. We agreed today to buy it with twelve guan and then build a two-in-one blue brick house. The Wang brothers in the village have paid 40 guan and got a wallet. I plan to spend a few more guan to build a small pier at the door, so it is convenient to park the boat."

Fan Ning remembered something and hurriedly said, "Dad, there is a stone in the kitchen of the old house. Then don't throw away my Taihu stone, Dad."

"Of course I know it's your stone. Your third uncle helped you carry it back and it's in the yard."

The day after tomorrow it was Zhu Daguanren's birthday. Fan Ning planned to go to the old house tomorrow to hire someone to move the Taihu stone back, but he didn't expect that the third uncle would actually carry it back for him.

He was immediately overjoyed, "Thank you, Uncle San!"

He was anxious, put down his bowl and ran towards the yard, almost colliding with his mother who was coming into the house.

Zhang Sanniang was so scared that she took a step back. The hot noodle soup splashed on her fingers, which made her almost throw away the bowl.

Zhang Sanniang was so angry that she cursed: "You little brat, you are so irritable. When will you change it?"

Fan Ning stuck out his tongue and ran to the yard. He saw a Taihu stone standing under the plum tree, which was not the "Jinniang dance stone" he found in the bamboo forest.

"Jin Niang Dance Shirt" is the name Fan Ning gave this stone. This stone looks exquisite and translucent, elegant and stretchy, and looks very much like a dancing Wei and Jin dancer.

Fan Ning characterized this stone as a fine product, and the day after tomorrow he planned to take this stone to Zhu's mansion to participate in the stone fighting.

For Fanning, it is still unknown whether there is a golden house in the book, but he believes that there must be brilliant gold hidden in the strange stones.

The wonderful stones are the opportunity to change the life and destiny of his whole family, and the acquired stones mean that he will have the opportunity to step into this threshold.

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The day after the child prodigy competition ended, Fan Ning was officially admitted to the county school, and Master Liu specially gave him five days off.

In fact, he has finished his studies at Yanying School, and it doesn’t matter whether he goes to Yanying School or not.

Early in the morning, Fan Ning came to the porcelain shop in the town. Since he was going to attend Zhu Yuanfu's birthday tomorrow, he had to prepare a birthday gift. Of course, Fan Ning would not give his own mountain travel stone to Zhu Yuanfu.

The birthday gift he was going to give to Zhu Yuanfu was a jar of high-end wine, which was Pingjiangqiao wine that he distilled and purified at the end of last year.

The wine in the Song Dynasty was very light, mainly because the ethanol content was too low.

Fanning purified the wine by a very simple distillation method.

But he could not make money in this way. The wine was a specialty for the imperial court, and the government sold wine and sausages. Only by having the right to make wine could he buy cakes and make wine, and then wholesale the wine to other restaurants.

It is a crime to make wine and sell money and sell salt privately. You can be arrested in prison and you will never think of it within three to five years.

Although he cannot make wine, it does not prevent him from using this technology to make money.

Fanning needs to buy two good-looking bottles for wine. He can't carry a mud pot to Zhu's house to celebrate his birthday. That's not called being innovative, but disrespectful to his master.

The best porcelain shop in Mudu Town is called Longji Porcelain Store.

As soon as Fan Ning walked out of the alley at home, he turned his head and saw Zhu Pei coming from Zhao Yuanqiao.

Zhu Pei changed into men's clothing today, wearing a black gauze hat, a white satin scholar's suit, a gold silk belt around her waist, and an ivory folding fan in her hand, which was particularly elegant.

Although she was wearing men's clothing, the little lady's expression and appearance were even more obvious. Her little face was as round as a full moon, and her eyes were as bright and vivid as autumn water.

“Huh?”

Fanning asked in surprise: "Why didn't you go to school today?"

Zhu Pei gave him a blank look, "What does it have to do with you whether my yamen goes to school?"

Fan Ning scratched his head and smiled, "I understand, tomorrow is your grandfather's birthday. You are too busy to go to school for the time being."

Zhu Pei unfolded the ivory folding fan and gently slapped it, "You are not stupid, you will not be helpless."

Zhu Pei looked at Fanning again, "If you only talk to me, why don't you go to school?"

"Official Master Liu gives me five days off, and I'm working on some chores."

"For example, what are you busy with today?" Zhu Pei asked tentatively without saying a word.

"Isn't tomorrow your grandfather's birthday? I have to prepare my birthday gift and want to go to the porcelain shop to check it out."

"Do you want to give my grandfather porcelain?"

Zhu Pei laughed, her little mouth reminded Fanning of her mother's evaluation of her. She was chubby, red and tender, and that's true.

Fan Ning shook his head, "I probably may not be able to buy the porcelain used by your grandfather. Actually, I'm going to buy two bottles of wine?"

"A bottle of wine?"

Zhu Pei's eyes became more interested. She smiled and said, "You reminded me that I also want to buy a vase at the porcelain store. Why not go together?"

Fan Ning pinched the few taels of silver in his waist bag and was secretly worried that the cost of buying a bottle by himself would definitely soar.

He sighed in his heart and nodded tactfully, "I can't ask for anything. I can just ask you what kind of bottle your grandfather likes?"
To be continued...