Da Song a knife

Chapter 65 Breaking Ground
These days, things like house repairs fully reflect the wisdom of the working people.

Bricks are too expensive, so yellow mud is used to build walls.

But the wall of yellow mud is easy to collapse, so they use glutinous rice to boil thick rice milk to make mud.

Mix the flexible straw into it and stir until the mud becomes so thick that it can hardly be stirred, and then start to build the wall.

Before the walls are built, the foundation has to be dug.In the foundation, the load-bearing wooden pillars will be piled and fixed in place, and then the soil will be poured to build the wall.

Although the mud has been mixed, it does not flow and is basically in a semi-solidified state. Shovel after shovel of wall mud is poured in like this, pushing them flat, not to mention filling the foundation, and first using wooden sticks to fill the foundation. After poking it once to make sure there is no hollow place inside, I took a shovel and patted it flat.

The stickiness of the glutinous rice and the pulling force of the straw fibers make the yellow mud extremely cohesive.

After the foundation is filled, planks are needed for the part on the ground.

The two planks formed a space, which was just filled with mud.

Then it was exhausting the air again, beating the solid——

Just repeating this over and over again, gradually, the entire wall took shape.

However, it is definitely not strong enough now, and it needs to be dried for a few days until it is completely dry, so it is not afraid of rain.

At the end of the first day, the walls of the four pigsty plus a latrine had a rough prototype.

The toilet is in the middle, and the walls on both sides are about two meters high.

And on both sides are two pigpens.

The two outermost walls of the pigsty on both sides are also about two meters high.

But the wall between the two pigpens is only about one meter long.

As long as it can prevent pigs from visiting.

As for the outer row of walls, it is only about one meter long, and there is a small door for each pigsty to allow pigs and people to enter and exit.

Looking at the prototype, Zhang Sijiu said in his heart that it would be a lie if he was not proud.

After all, she paid almost half of the money for repairing the pigsty!

The walls still need to dry for a while. During this time, they just went to dig the latrine at the back and weave the straw roof with bamboo strips.

It is wrong to say that it is braided. In fact, it is to clamp the wheat straw with bamboo slices to form a long strip of wheat straw, so that it can be covered one by one later, and it will be like a tile. Dense.

The reason why straw is used here instead of straw is because there is an oil film on the surface of the straw, and when the rain hits it, it will not be soaked, but will roll down directly.

In this way, no matter how heavy the rain is, the roof will not be soaked first.

If you pay more attention to it, you can actually press a layer of bamboo shoot shells underneath.This one is also waterproof.

But it's just a pigsty, and it rarely rains here, and it's mostly drizzle, so it doesn't have to be so complicated.

Zhang Sijiu helped Mrs. Xu to cook. In the afternoon, he had a sugar and egg snack first. In the evening, this meal could be regarded as a big meal.

Doing physical work, sweating a lot all day will also affect your appetite, so what Xu cooked today is simply sour soup noodles, spicy fish stew, cold tofu shreds, cold cucumber slices, and a steamed garlic eggplant.In addition, there is a plate of white meat with garlic paste.

The plate of garlic and white meat really didn't have any dishes at all, it was cooked half-fat and half-lean pork, cut into thin slices, and then poured the prepared ingredients directly on it.

This is a very tough dish.

Looking at the portion, there is no need to be embarrassed to eat it for several people.

Not to mention, a fish was stewed.

The table wasn't big enough, and the men wanted to drink, so Zhang Sijiu and Xu didn't join in the fun, they set up a small table and ate alone.

Of course, Mrs. Xu didn't want the children to be greedy, so she saved every dish.Not to say it's enough, but it will definitely satisfy your hunger.

Xu's first chopsticks were garlic and white meat to Yang, and the second chopsticks were given to Zhang Sijiu, and they were sturdy chopsticks: "Jiu Niang is too thin, eat more."

This is just for Yang's hearing.

In fact, Mrs. Xu felt sorry for Zhang Sijiu's painstaking efforts to set up a water stall every day to sell water for such a period of time.

Then, Mrs. Xu brought food for each of her two sons.Complimented: "Xiao Song and Xiao Bai have been very good lately, they should be praised."

The two little guys put ducks out every day, dig out the roots, dig out the screws, and catch the shrimps. They are so busy that they are extremely busy.And it really helped the family a lot.

Those newly bought ducklings are all grown up a little bit.

Xiao Song puffed out his chest, bragging happily: "What is this? Mom, what else do you have to do, just say it!"

Xiaobai also echoed: "Just say it!"

Zhang Sijiu was almost amused: As long as there is a kindergarten diploma, neither of them will be so satisfied!
However, such a child is really likable.

Mrs. Yang still felt a little bit distressed about money: "What are you doing to repair the pigsty? Even if it is the intention of the magistrate Yang, there is no need to spend all the family money..."

Mrs. Xu stopped Mrs. Yang: "Mother, how can our family survive by farming alone? Raise two more pigs, take care of them, and save money for a year. The children in the family are still young, and the field work is difficult. Can't help, but wouldn't it be good to let them hunt pigweed?"

This is really the result of Mrs. Xu's careful consideration.

Zhang Sijiu wanted to strike while the iron was hot: "When I earn money, I will send Xiaosong and Xiaobai to study and read. Even if they can't read well and fail the exam, it's better to be an accountant in the future than to farm at home."

The hard work of farmers nowadays is really unimaginable.

Moreover, when the weather is bad and the harvest is poor, it is common for people to starve to death.

In Zhang Sijiu's view, if he wants to get rich, he should have fewer children and study more.

Yang Shi was startled, "Read?"

Xu was also taken aback, looking at Zhang Sijiu, not knowing what to say.

She was indeed looking at Yang Yuanding and had this thought in her mind.But she knew the situation at home, and she also knew that she would definitely not be able to confess the scholar, so she suppressed her thoughts in the end.

But what was surprising was that she suppressed it herself, but Zhang Sijiu brought it up so naturally.

Yang was a little annoyed with Zhang Sijiu: "One sentence from the sky, one sentence from the bottom, do you know how much money it costs to study?"

Saying it this way, if Xiaosong and Xiaobai were moved, but the family couldn't afford it, wouldn't that be causing trouble for the adults?
Zhang Sijiu looked at Yang calmly: "I know that studying costs a lot of money. But does grandma know that people who have studied can earn more money in a month than ordinary people? If they are admitted to Juren, then It’s completely different all of a sudden.”

Being admitted to Juren means that you really start to make money by studying.

The imperial court will distribute money, and the squires will also sponsor. The key point is that the state government has bonuses!

Not only that, as long as you pass the test to a certain level, you can even exempt your family from taxes!
Those are the dividends that reading can bring!Compared with doing business, it is even more cost-effective!
　Today’s update~ Mainly because of a lumbar disc herniation attack, I can’t sit still~ See you tomorrow~
　　
　
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