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The atmosphere was lively, a bustling Lunar New Year period, followed by various matters lasting until the Lantern Festival. Even as a live-in son-in-law, Ning Yi couldn't avoid these things. Before the New Year, Su Tan'er had requested Ning Yi to accompany her on various visits as preparation for this period. The first and second branches of the family, relatives both near and far, collaborating merchants, and visits between households were all essential. If they were family relatives, Su Tan'er and Ning Yi would go together. If they went out, they would mostly follow Su Boyong. After all, Su Tan'er had not yet formally taken over the Su family's main branch. Before the New Year, they only discussed business, and after the New Year, such symbolic occasions had to be led by Su Boyong.

Before the Lunar New Year, Song Mao, the prefect of Jiangning, who had paid visits to many people, left Jiangning. Due to Song Mao's kind words, Ning Yi's position in the Su family was further valued. As for the servants, there was naturally no case of servants bullying their master before, but not many people wanted to interact with him, and the rest were naturally indifferent. At this time, there were many more enthusiastic servants, but this matter was originally optional for Ning Yi.

As for the masters, the Third Young Master, Fourth Young Master, Fifth Young Master, and Sixth Young Master obviously didn't have good looks for Ning Yi—they used to treat him with indifference, but now they had to be vigilant. Of course, they couldn't do anything, because the Old Master obviously valued Ning Yi more. After the library test, Ning Yi's weight was significantly increased. The Su family knew the Old Master's knot in his heart. He had always hoped that the Su family could produce some literati to slightly shed the identity of businessmen.

No matter how rich merchants are, they can't protect themselves if something happens, and they can only be manipulated by those officials. Literati are different. As long as they have fame, even if they are poor, they will always have the ability to speak for themselves. The Martial Dynasty was named after martial arts and was originally established by martial arts. However, there were several major riots at the beginning of the dynasty. The rulers learned from the lessons and governed the world with scholar-officials. Now, like the Song Dynasty known to Ning Yi, they treat scholar-officials extremely well and value literature over martial arts.

Since Ning Yi allowed the Old Master to see this hope, he was naturally valued even more. Especially during the New Year's greetings, the conversation between the Old Master and Ning Yi was obviously much longer than that of others, and others saw it in their eyes. The main reason was that the old man wanted to chat with Ning Yi about reading, schools, and so on. Ning Yi casually said some principles of learning through play. The Old Master didn't understand these. He was more likely to accept the idea of sparing the rod and spoiling the child, but he also had a benefit of being accustomed to being the head of the family. He never pointed fingers at professionals, listened happily, and only said, "If there is someone who doesn't listen, just discipline him, and discipline him in any way you want."

Then he sighed, "Brother Zian has a good grandson…" Here, he was talking about Ning Yi's grandfather.

The Old Master's body is not bad now, and his spirit is also hale and hearty. Although he doesn't discipline his grandchildren much now, looking kind and peaceful, he is absolutely unambiguous in his control of this family. Nowadays, no one dares to easily offend him on such matters. After this conversation on the first day of the New Year, there will inevitably be no shortage of side-eye and gossip towards Ning Yi, and even more of it. But wanting to move him, add trouble to Su Tan'er, and dismantle the Old Master's stage, such thoughts are probably very rare.

However, although the school has now been suspended, occasionally when he encounters Su Chonghua, he can feel a trace of vigilance in the other party's eyes, which makes Ning Yi feel a little funny.

These are just a few changes that have been felt. For Ning Yi, whether or not these changes exist, he doesn't care too much. People at a low level can't stir up monstrous waves. Even if those who roll their eyes rack their brains to do something, I'm afraid they can only make people roll their eyes as well. During the day, he probably runs here and there. Occasionally, in the homes of some merchants who have cooperative relationships with the Su family, those who know Ning Yi's reputation will call some reading children to "get close" to Ning Yi. This is also well-intentioned. Of course, the other party has only read a few poems and articles, and it's just a small fight.

Since the "Shui Diao Ge Tou" was spread from the Mid-Autumn Festival, Ning Yi has basically not appeared in Jiangning's mainstream topic circle. Nowadays, "Shui Diao Ge Tou" is still sung every day, and the discussion about him has basically lost its heat. If you really want to talk about it, this guy is twenty years old this year, a live-in son-in-law of the Su family, teaching in that inconspicuous Yu Mountain Academy, and it is said that he also made some strange blackboard. He hardly interacts with literati, and this kind of hermit-like life is strange, but it can at most be said that he is a person with a strange personality.

Literati who are good at socializing may become famous faster, and there are also many otaku-type literati who are not good at this at all. It's just that the situation of a stunning word like the other party is relatively rare.

Since that night's conversation, the relationship with Su Tan'er has been much closer. In the past, Su Tan'er treated Ning Yi as a bookworm, always trying to dominate the situation. After initially "understanding" Ning Yi, she relaxed a lot. The recognition that both of them were "weirdos" made her feel very satisfied, mainly because Ning Yi didn't mind her showing her face in business. Occasionally, when talking to Ning Yi about some merchants, she was also more casual. Sometimes, when she mentioned some difficulties, she would then tell Ning Yi about her solutions and ask, "What does my husband think?" Of course, it was more to satisfy her desire for communication and expression. After all, there were too few people who could understand and accept her. Even if she could occasionally talk to Xiao Chan and others, it was no different from talking to herself. Being able to talk about business with Ning Yi, a person who had nothing to do with business, was naturally a good relaxation for her.

Ning Yi would naturally echo with a few jokes, or show some admiring expressions. Su Tan'er would feel satisfied. This desire for expression has nothing to do with the level of ability. No matter how capable a person is, they will occasionally feel suffocated and hope that at least someone knows what they are thinking, and this person is best unrelated. This is the same as digging a hole in the suburbs, saying the secrets in your heart, and then burying the hole to relieve pressure.

Of course, most of the communication is still completely unrelated small talk. Going back at night, eating, telling stories, playing Gomoku. Su Tan'er, who originally thought that Ning Yi's stories were a bit of a child's play, now listened to them purely with a relaxed mood. Occasionally, she would ask Ning Yi to tell another paragraph, or show off a few words proudly when playing Gomoku. In fact, Xiao Chan has the most talent in playing Gomoku and wins the most. And Ning Yi is the most difficult to deal with. If he gets serious, he will never rush to win the game. As long as the other party has two pieces placed together, he will immediately block them, blocking them all the time, blocking them until the other party feels depressed in their heart. After a large area is placed on the board, he will launch a counterattack when the other party is not paying attention.

His style of playing chess is the most unbearable for the three little girls. In the warm room at night, the protests of Chan'er, Juan'er, or Xing'er occasionally come out: "The young master is too rogue." Su Tan'er has the strongest learning ability and is not lacking in patience. She pursed her lips and blocked back and forth with Ning Yi boringly, seeing who could last the longest. Once, the two of them filled the entire Go board and drew a tie. The three little girls whispered next to them, saying that the young master and miss had turned into monsters. After this situation passed for two days, Ning Yi smiled helplessly: "Why should you and I kill each other like this…" Su Tan'er, who was blocking the chess pieces with a serious face, finally couldn't help pursing her lips and smiling, and then blocked Ning Yi's chess pieces with a smile on her face.

After that, the two of them developed some tacit understanding, and they no longer used this method of purely testing patience when playing chess with each other.

Su Tan'er occasionally asked about the things Ning Yi wanted to make, and Ning Yi often gestured: "Well, here we need to use iron sheet to make a cylinder and put it up vertically... Over here, we can pour water to cool it down... But it needs to be resistant to strong acid. I also have to increase the concentration of sulfuric acid, uh, that is, vitriol. The problem is that I can hardly increase it without a container that is resistant to strong acid, and if the concentration cannot be increased, it is difficult for me to manufacture a container that is resistant to strong acid. This becomes a chicken-and-egg problem... But it is really not easy to manufacture glass... Uh, did you understand?"

Since she wanted to ask, Ning Yi didn't care and said it casually. Su Tan'er was also just asking casually, and was stunned at this time: "Uh... Husband... What exactly do you want to do?"

"Oh, something to eat. If you want to think specifically... It's probably similar to salt. Well, kelp soup, the taste of kelp soup is very good, right? We boil a hundred catties of kelp into soup, filter it, and dry the water. We can probably get a very small amount of something like salt, but the purity is not high, but it will taste very good if you put it in the dish... Well, that's it."

"Uh... Kelp soup... Use the essence of a hundred catties of kelp to make dishes... How many dishes can that make?"

"A bowl of dish should be no problem." Ning Yi blinked, "So it consumes too much. I want to create it in another way."

"...Oh." Su Tan'er nodded, holding her cheek with one hand, looking like she had a toothache—no, a headache. If casually creating something can be equivalent to the essence of a hundred catties of kelp, it sounds very powerful, but... Kelp soup is not necessarily that delicious...

"Husband is a weirdo..." In the end, she honestly said what she thought.

What Ning Yi wanted to make was MSG (Monosodium glutamate).

He had experience in this area before. At least he understood the modern industrial process of MSG production, but honestly, this process is meaningless. Strong acid-resistant containers, fermentation enzymes, what bacteria breeding, crystal breeding, freezing, temperature control... These things are very simple a thousand years later. In the Martial Dynasty, it is purely a daydream. However, besides knowing the most modern production process, he only knows the history of MSG extraction from kelp soup. The span in the middle, the initial simple industrial method, is completely incomprehensible. If he wants to create monosodium glutamate step by step, he must first guide a half industrial revolution.

Of course, sitting and waiting for death is not his style. MSG must be tried no matter what. In the past few months, he has drawn up the basic flow chart, thinking about alternative methods when bored. Before the New Year, he had been walking around various markets in Jiangning, measuring the level of development of this world, and even found books like *Mengxi Bitan* (Dream Pool Essays) to study.

In any case, just as he said to Su Tan'er, this is indeed a concept of playing around when there is nothing to do. He does not expect results to appear in a few years, and naturally he will not find a team to make something out. The appearance of countless derivative products in the middle, the meaning is big or small, it is enough to do basic investigations at present. Besides these things, he can't find too many interesting goals to do in this era.

However, there is another thing that he is interested in, or rather, more interested in than MSG.

Learning martial arts.

On the night of the Lantern Festival, he went out with Su Tan'er and others, and he saw the real martial arts masters in the legend for the first time. Although not as tall as in TV movies, they were indeed quite tall...

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