mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 15 Tears flowed down my face when I discovered the truth

"Dry rice, how many pieces of wood are there?"

"Wang Wang..."

"Idiot, here are three pieces of wood!"

"Dry rice, what is that?"

"Stupid, that's a grasshopper, hey, don't chase after it..."

Zhao Chuanxin tried to develop the brain of Ganfan.

Later generations don't shout slogans every day: win at the starting line.

But at the end of the day, it seems to have little effect.

The yellow mud was used up, so the snot-nosed kids continued digging the yellow mud with their dirt baskets.Come back and continue to break bricks.

In the afternoon, Zhao Chuanxin called a group of children to distribute wood carvings.

Not to mention the children in the village, even those in the city have no toys to speak of.

A group of snot-nosed children looked at the wooden figurines, wooden boats, and wooden swords that could be used for gesturing, and their eyes glowed green.

It was so much fun!

Then I heard my own adults yelling, and they scattered like birds and beasts.

Zhao Hongzhi returned home with a wooden boat.When I got home, I went to the kitchen and threw the wooden boat into the water tank, and it really floated up.

When his mother saw her, she took a broom and slapped her buttocks: "Little brat, you've ruined a tank of water, how can we eat?"

Zhao Hongzhi is not afraid of a country boy with a solid skin, and being hit twice is like scratching an itch.Struggling to escape from the clutches, he went to the water tank to pick up the boat and slipped into the house.

Zhao Zhongyi was woken up, looked at the wooden boat in his hand, and asked where it came from.

"Uncle Chuanxian carved it for us."

"Did he not sleep?"

"No, he sat at the door for a whole day. We beat bricks for him to dry, and he just teased the puppy. Uncle Chuanzhi is very fast at carving wood, he is very good! Waiting for tomorrow, I will let him ask for a wooden sword, he is so majestic." .”

In the head of the snot-nosed baby, there are only the concepts of prestige and fun.He didn't know that wooden swords were the simplest, and the smaller and more complex carvings were the most difficult.

Zhao Zhongyi went to Liu Baogui's house.

I saw that Zhao Chuanxin was holding a horse spoon at this time, bouncing back and forth on the stove of the snack load.The cabbage slices filled with oil, water and soy sauce were flying up and down.Indistinctly, there is also a smell of acetic acid.

"What is this for?"

Zhao Chuanxin raised his head, with two dark circles under his eyes, grinning his teeth: "Bumping the spoon, cooking, haven't you seen it?"

"No, my family uses a big pot to stew vegetables."

For stewed meat, Zhao Chuanxun eats stewed meat, such as chicken, duck, goose, or beef brisket.In addition, he prefers to eat fried vegetables.

For this reason, I also deliberately learned how to turn the spoon from a professional chef, but the knife skills are garbage.

"It smells good." Zhao Zhongyi sniffled.

Can it not be fragrant? Although there is no meat, the lard bought in the city is blended with soybean oil, and there is no shortage of it.

Then, Liu Baogui also woke up.

Rubbing his eyes: "Oh, the passer-by can also cook?"

"Must!" Zhao Chuanxin blinked.

"Then why didn't you do it before?"

"If someone cooks, what else should I do?"

It makes sense, but I am speechless.

Ganfan wandered around greedily under his feet.

Zhao Chuanxin poured a la carte soup for it, mixed it with mashed noodles, and fed it.

"Grass, whose dog eats fine grain?" Liu Guigui said unhappy.

Ordinary people know how to live, even if they hide ten silver dollars at home, there is no reason to waste them.

"It's okay, my dog ​​will eat it."

Zhao Chuanxin took it for granted.

The dogs of later generations will eat dog food, even if they lose thousands of dollars a year, it will not be enough.

Liu Guigui spat: "Those Banner Masters keep dogs at home, and they don't have dogs like you."

Zhao Zhongyi interjected: "Let's get down to business. Brother, why don't you go to bed? Did what happened last night frighten you, afraid of having nightmares?"

Shaking his head, Zhao Chuanxin said: "No. It's just that I was too stimulated and I was sleepy, but I just couldn't fall asleep."

"Zizi, also called beard, is a bandit! Murder and arson, commit all kinds of crimes. They call themselves green forests, but in fact everyone should be killed. Don't feel ashamed." Zhao Zhongyi said a few more words.

Never mind, it makes sense.

"Thank you, brother. I'll sleep in a while. You'd better go home and eat. I didn't bring you this cabbage."

"Haha, then I'm leaving."

When Zhao Chuanxin finished serving the dishes and rice, Liu Guigui came over there in a thief-like manner.

"Payment, did you find out that Zhongyi seems to have changed."

After thinking about it, Zhao Chuanxin took it seriously: "Indeed. He didn't talk so much before."

It seems that he is not the only one who is stimulated.

So, in what direction was Zhao Zhongyi stimulated?

Zhao Zhongyi returned home with a smiling face: "Why are you waiting for me? Eat, eat."

He raised the sea bowl and started to eat in a sputtering manner.

Martial arts practice has a lot of appetite.

It is said that Xue Rengui in the Tang Dynasty was so poor that his family could hardly afford to eat.

The term "fan bucket" seems to have come from beating him.

However, today Zhao Zhongyi's appetite is particularly good.

"Eat slowly, you are too scary, don't ruin your body." His mother-in-law looked at him dumbfounded.

Zhao Zhongyi waved his hand: "It's okay, how can you eat and ruin your body? Have another bowl!"

"Gone!"

"..."

After eating and tidying up, his mother-in-law snuggled into his arms: "Master, tell me the truth, what happened last night? Why do you seem to be a different person when you come back?"

"Aren't you afraid?"

"Scared, but I'm even more afraid of something happening to you. If you're fine, the others won't be so afraid."

"Hehe, I killed someone!"

"Ah? I saw blood on the clothes you took off. Are you okay? I don't think you're hurt. Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

"Nothing. Don't worry, the matter is settled now. In the future, as long as I am here, no one will harm you, no one will do!"

Some people will be depressed in major changes, some people will be crazy and stupid, some people will become crazy and unscrupulous, and some people can find the meaning of life.

……

In the end, Zhao Chuanxin still fell asleep.

He didn't have a nightmare, because he was so sleepy that he fell into a deep sleep.

Today, Liu Baogui and Zhao Zhongyi didn't work, so they came to Zhao Chuanxin's dilapidated house to help him tidy it up.

This made it difficult for Zhao Chuanxin.

At first, he still wanted to be lazy.Once these two brothers came, how could he be lazy with peace of mind?
Secondly, they think that tidying up the house is just repairing the weak places so that people can live in them.This is far from the residence Zhao Chuanxin wants, okay?

Therefore, he could only pick some work and let them do it.

"Brother, precious, you two helped me remove the shingles on the roof. It was an eyesore and increased the load on the roof. Help me get some thatch and re-thatch the roof. I'm afraid of heights and dare not go up .”

Afraid of heights, afraid to go up?
The two were speechless.

They now discovered another characteristic of Zhao Chuanxin: laziness!
Liu Guigui asked, "Then what are you doing?"

"Me? I have an important task! I will carve today's toys for the children first, and then I will go to the city with Carpenter Li to buy some food. You two are here to help, so I have to arrange a meal for you anyway." Bar?"

This is an important task?

Yellow mud bricks are not enough, the snot-nosed kids have to keep working hard.

Zhao Zhongyi held Zhao Chuanxin back: "There is one more thing. The day after tomorrow, I'm going to run with the caravan. Since you said that Manager Niu is not a good person, then do you think I will go or not?"

"Go!" Zhao Chuanxin resolutely said: "If you don't go, it may be exposed that we know the truth. Now, Manager Niu is still kept in the dark. Moreover, he knows both of us. If something happens to you, If I exposed him, wouldn't he be afraid?

However, if you go, you have to be prepared.If Manager Niu is a guilty conscience and really wants to harm you, you should be careful, but this may be minimal.If there is no change in him, then you will act as if you don’t know anything, and you can do whatever you need to do, and ask for every penny of the salary you deserve. "

"Then I know." Zhao Zhongyi smiled.

This Gaozu is really different, he smiles more than before, and his whole person is also cheerful.

Zhao Chuanxin found Carpenter Li and got into his donkey cart.

"Master Li, what are you doing in the city?"

"Go to the city to buy some large and small wood lacquers. There are not enough raw lacquers and cooked lacquers. There are also some odds and ends."

"By the way, I want to ask, how to paint furniture or something?"

Carpenter Li obviously hesitated.

Generally, housekeeping skills are not rumored.

However, what Zhao Chuanxin asked was not a particularly secretive matter, and almost all carpenters knew it.Furthermore, if you can become a carpenter with just a few words, then the whole village is full of carpenters.

Thinking about it this way, he came to chat instead.Who doesn't want to show off and show off in the field they are good at?

"This is about a craft, lacquer! To lacquer, first remove the lacquer base, then use the powder surface of the blue brick to polish it. Then scrape the finish..."

Carpenter Li is very confident. Zhao Chuanxin cannot understand many terms in it.

So, he talked a lot, very clearly.

And Zhao Chuanxin is definitely a qualified listener, and he wrote down everything in detail.

Then he asked again: "So, for sanding, is there no other way besides green brick powder? For example, should we use sandpaper?"

"What kind of sandpaper? Paper can't sand wood. You can use water onions..."

Zhao Chuanxin knows that water onion, scientifically called horsetail grass, is also called festival grass.

Along the way, he asked and listened.

Originally, not only did he have work on hand, but he also had a lot of theoretical knowledge in his head.It's just that in this era, there is a lack of necessary tools, after all, there is no sandpaper.However, the craftsmen at this time also had the wisdom to use local materials.If there is no sandpaper, use the fine surface filtered by green bricks, and rough plants such as knotweed to polish the wood.

Carpenter Li thought that since he had pretended, he would not reveal the secret.As everyone knows, Zhao Chuanxin has filled up all the gaps in theoretical knowledge through the conversations along the way.

If Carpenter Li knew the truth, tears would probably flow down his face.

(End of this chapter)