The great hero of the Silk Road, starting from a farm farmer

Chapter 21 Homecoming!

There are craftsmen who specialize in weaving back straps and frames in the craftsman camp. Song Yingkui ran over to grab two new back straps, and then went straight to the blacksmith workshop.When I went home, I and my third uncle came back with new backpacks on their backs.The back sash I brought from home was woven with schima striata, but the one woven by the craftsman camp is caragana back sash, which is of much better quality.

When I arrived at the blacksmith workshop, I saw that the blacksmiths were also busy packing up their things. What they grabbed were formed or good iron materials.Song Yingkui's goal was scrap, and scrap was troublesome to process, blacksmiths had good things to grab, so naturally they looked down on these scraps.If the transportation conditions were not restricted, the blacksmiths would probably not let go of scraps, but now they can only rely on people's backs and shoulders, and they are too greedy without conditions.

"Isn't this Little Craftsman Song? What are you collecting these scraps for? They won't be of much use." Seeing that Song Yingkui regarded scraps as treasure, a craftsman couldn't help coming over and complaining.

"My house is in the mountains, and iron is hard to find. If you take the scrap back, you may be able to use it." Song Yingkui didn't explain too much, and kept picking among the scraps.

"Here, put these two shovels in the reel. Look at the things you picked up, it's hard to turn them into good iron. It's not that you, your carpentry workshop, wouldn't it be better to pick some good ones and take them home? I don't know what's going on in your head." The blacksmith who was speaking saw that Song Yingkui's leftover materials were really poor, and showed kindness.

"Thank you very much, Uncle Tao. Are you opening a blacksmith shop in the county? You will be carpenter in the future. Take a message to Tian Chenghao in Wuying Town and ask me directly, Song Yingkui, and I will work for you at a low price." Two iron pickets are not cheap if you sell them on the street. You have to remember this feeling.

"I'll just wait for your words. I really have a job for you in the future, so you have to come. To be honest, the job you do, I think, is better than some old craftsmen. We can get your credit." Blacksmith Tao smiled and talked to Song Yingkui, and everyone in the craftsman camp could see Song Yingkui's work.He knew that this carpenter looked young, but he was able to hold a big job. He made friends with such a promising carpenter, and he might be able to use it in the future.

After tidying up for a long time, picking and picking, picking up about twenty catties of scrap iron, Song Yingkui went back to the dormitory with a backpack on his back.After that, I will go to other places in the craftsman camp to see if I can get some iron materials.

In the evening, the uncle and nephew made an inventory, and got about thirty catties of iron.But most of them are waste, and there are very few good ones.Iron is valuable, and it's not bad to get so much.

When setting off the next morning, Song Yingkui saw what Ding Huanyi had done.What a guy, he is carrying two stools with a load, and there is also a back strap and a frame hanging on his back. On his back is a broken back strap brought from home, with various wooden things piled high inside, and a saw hanging on the front of his neck.From the look and feel, this guy seems to have made a lot of things.

The two sides met and looked at each other, and Ding Huanyi said that he would go home directly with his fellow travelers.After saying a few words, they went their separate ways.It's just that they both regard each other as two fools in their hearts.

Ding Huanyi could see that Song Yingkui's uncle and nephew carried scrap iron in their belts, and they carried a pile of scrap home all the way home. Do you think you are a blacksmith?Wouldn't it be nice to go home with some good woodwork?There is a hole in the head.

Song Yingkui laughed at Ding Huanyi in his heart. Two generations of his family were carpenters, and they still worked hard to carry woodwork at home. Is your family short of wood?Wooden work is heavy and difficult to handle, and walking home all the way, it’s no wonder if you don’t exhaust yourself to death, some of it is your baby’s hardship!
Uncle and nephew Song Yingkui waited for a while because he was going to visit Carpenter Qin's house.Seeing Carpenter Qin coming out of the camp, he quickly followed him.

Carpenter Qin is a great craftsman, and his family has already sent people to the camp to pick them up with mules.The body of the mule that the Qin family was holding was full of two piles of things, but they were covered with tarpaulins, so they couldn't see what they were.Obviously, Carpenter Qin also took advantage of the disbandment of the construction site and got a lot of good things.It's good if your home is close to the construction site. If your home is also around the county town, Song Yingkui will definitely send a message for his family to pick him up.On this broken construction site, good things can't be cleaned up, but things that are useful for the family can still be found!

The uncle and nephew followed Carpenter Qin for half a day, and then arrived at Qin's house in the suburbs of the county.Originally, they planned to stay at Qin's house for a while and then go home quickly.

But Carpenter Qin insisted on keeping them at home for one night and leaving the next day.I couldn't shake the Qin family's enthusiasm, so I had no choice but to go home tomorrow.That day, Carpenter Qin ordered his family to kill a chicken to entertain Song Yingkui and nephew.

"Kuiwa, I found that these great craftsmen have a very good attitude towards people. You see, Carpenter Qin is so capable, he has no airs at all. It's not like Ding Degui in our village, who is not capable and has a bad temper. You just worked with him for a month, and he spread gossip every day in the village." Lying on the kang in the Qin's guest room at night, Song Xueliang praised Carpenter Qin for his hospitality, while complaining about Ding Huanyi's father Ding Degui.

"Third father, there is a saying that the fragrance from far away is smelly from near. Carpenter Qin treats us well. It's because I'm good at home, and I'm far away from where he works, so I won't grab his business. If we make friends with us, we can find helpers for big jobs in the future. Ding Degui's is different. His work is just a few miles in front of the village. My skills and reputation can directly affect his income." There is no good for no reason, and there is no bad for no reason. Although Degui has a bad temper, the core reason is the worry about his own interests being damaged.

After staying at Carpenter Qin's house for one night, Song Yingkui and his third uncle bid farewell and went straight to the county seat at dawn.With some money in hand, it is just right to go to the county town to buy something for the family.

People in this era get up relatively early. Basically all the shops in the county are open early in the morning, and there is a morning market on the main road.On the streets of the county town, after tearing three feet of cloth for the family, buying a few small pastries, a catty of tofu, and some small objects with needles and thread, the two hurriedly left the county town and rushed home along the mountain road.

The purpose of buying tofu is to see if the tofu shop in the county has dried bean products such as yuba.Looked it up, there is pickled tofu but no yuba.

After crossing the mountains and ridges, it was only at ten o'clock in the afternoon that I saw Wuying Town.They didn't enter the street, bypassed Wuying Town, and walked in the direction of Yangjiabao. In the middle of the afternoon, the two entered the ditch and could see the home at the foot of the mountain.

When I left home, it was cold and the grass was withered and yellow. When I came back, the grass was growing and the warblers were flying, and the wheat was almost ripe.Although it has only been about a year since he came to this world, Song Yingkui has already developed a feeling of family for this barren valley.After entering the village, I felt even more excited. Ignoring the fatigue of walking for a long time, I hurried home.

When we arrived at the gate of the house, grandpa, grandma, and other people in the family were standing at the gate of the courtyard and waiting.Seeing his relatives, Song Yingkui's eyes were even a little moist.It can be regarded as returning home safely, this trip to corvee service is really not easy!

(End of this chapter)