After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 51 Woodworking Skills

"Why not? What's so difficult about this?" Mrs. Ma was a little careless. Her granddaughter had just massaged her very comfortably. She didn't know when she learned the skill. She was planning to make her granddaughter "filial" more times in the future.

Haitang, who once used her massage skills to please the concubine in the palace, continued to inquire: "I heard that many people want to imitate the barbarians from the Western Regions in making wine, but they can't produce the same taste."

"Others are others, and your grandfather is not someone else!" Mr. Ma spoke much more casually to his granddaughter, "Our family has lived in Guazhou City for these years, and we are neighbors with Hu people every day. There are two wineries. With your grandfather’s ability, watching people make wine every day, how can you not learn a lot about your real skills? What’s so difficult about this?”

Haitang blinked and lowered his voice: "Really? Then why can't others learn from it? Our family is not the only one who has neighbors with barbarians."

"None of them are as smart as your grandpa!" Ma glanced at her granddaughter and lowered her voice, "The wines produced by those two wineries are both good, both have vineyards, and the wines are all self-brewed... Just pay attention to your grandpa. What materials did they purchase, what season and time did they make the wine, and what materials were used... If you pay attention to it for a long time, you can probably guess how the wine was made."

Haitang blinked again: "These two wine shops... don't buy Jiuqu, right?"

Ma looked at her in surprise: "How did you know?"

Haitang grinned: "There are also wineries selling sorghum wine in Guazhou. They use koji to make wine, but wineries don't use it. They... can buy salt and sugar."

Ma nodded: "Salt is used to wash grapes, sugar...your grandfather has bought a cart of rock sugar from the caravan for later use."

Haitang asked again: "Do you need to use glass vessels to make wine?"

"Of course it's a pottery jar. Who can afford glassware?" Ma rolled his eyes at his granddaughter and asked in surprise, "How do you know so much about nirvana?"

Haitang said with a smile: "I secretly went to other people's wine shops to hide and seek, but I didn't let them find out."

"It would be terrible if anyone knew about it." Mr. Ma poked his granddaughter on the forehead, "The bosses of those barbarian wine shops all regard the wine-making recipes as secrets and do not allow outsiders to inquire. Fortunately, you are still a little kid, even if you are When people found out, they only went in because you were just playful and ignorant. Don’t do any nonsense in the future! You are old and so smart, who would believe that you really went in just because you were playful? "

Haitang nodded repeatedly, agreed obediently, and then returned to her room with peace of mind.

Very good. Grandpa knows how to make wine. He knows the key points that are easy to make mistakes. The only thing left is to slowly explore the best way to make wine.She doesn't have to worry about it anymore, she can continue to lie down and do what she likes.

The next day, Cui Bo got all the boards and tools she wanted. At her request, he also sent his grandson Cui Xiaodao to her as an assistant.

Haitang did not find her second uncle Hai Chang'an and Cui Bo's son Cui Dazhuang, because she was worried that the adults would not be fooled.In comparison, Cui Xiaodao is one year younger than Hai Jiao. He is usually honest and has a tight-lipped manner, making him a more suitable tool man.

Cui Xiaodao originally worked as a servant for Hai Jiao, but after Hai Jiao was reborn, he already had the soul of an adult inside. He was busy studying homework, practicing martial arts, and following his grandfather to the Yamen to work. Naturally, he could not take care of the almost forgotten childhood play. companion.Cui Xiaodao has been helping his parents, doing chores at home, and learning to drive from his grandfather and father.It's a pity that he is slow to learn calligraphy and not clever enough, otherwise Hai Xiya would have arranged for him to be a ready-made book boy for Xie Wenzai and Cao Lu.

Although Cui Xiaodao is still a child, he is also strong and powerful, and ordinary menial work is not difficult for him at all.

Under Haitang's command, he quickly split the wooden boards into suitable sizes, and helped her work out the mortise and tenon structure. He quickly made four wooden troughs half a foot wide and three feet long, and tied them Straw ropes are used as handles for easy transportation, and there is a leakage hole at the bottom of the tank.Haitang checked the strength of the wooden trough and felt quite satisfied.

She directed Cui Xiaodao to transfer the soil in the flower pot to two wooden troughs, preparing to use them to plant the grape seedlings "bought" by Jinguo - actually prepared for her twenty grape seeds.

Grape seedlings were originally planted in these flower pots, and the specially made soil was specially prepared by Haixi Ya with knowledgeable people, which is most suitable for the growth of grape seedlings.It's a pity that the weather was bad and the seedlings in these pots died on the road, but the soil can still be used, and it is much stronger than the soil dug in Suzhou City.

The mud from five flower pots can just fill two wooden troughs, and the remaining two wooden troughs need to be excavated.

Haitang asked Cui Xiaodao to move the heavy flower pots back to their original storage locations, and the wooden troughs filled with soil could be moved to the open space in the third courtyard to prepare for planting grape seedlings or grape seeds.

Grandpa Lu Bainian, who entered the hospital for the second time, looked at it curiously, walked over and asked with a smile: "Tangtang, can you use the two remaining wooden troughs?"

Haitang looked back at him: "Grandpa Lu, my grandma said that if you want to grow something, you might as well grow some vegetables, ginger, onions and the like. I've asked Jin Guo to buy seeds. Do you also want to grow something?"

Lu Bainian smiled and said: "I met a herb with roots at the market yesterday. I thought it might be possible to grow it, so I wanted to try it. This medicine is good, and it can be used by all of us old men. It’s just rare to come across this medicine. The medical clinics in the city don’t have this kind of medicine, but pharmacies occasionally have it, and the price is not low. If we can grow it at home, we don’t need to go to the streets to try our luck.”

What's so hard about this?
Haitang quickly used the remaining pieces of scrap wood to make a small wooden trough half a foot square, also equipped with straw ropes and leaking holes, and handed it to Lu Bainian: "Grandpa Lu, take it and use it. When the herbs are planted, they will be needed in the future." When we divide the plants, I will make a big wooden trough for you."

Lu Bainian chuckled and took the wooden trough: "Good boy, Grandpa Lu thanked you." He looked at the wooden trough carefully and said, "You have a good craftsmanship. Where did you learn it?"

Haitang had already thought of an excuse: "When I was in Guazhou, there was a carpenter's workshop on our street. I would occasionally watch the old carpenter work. I had forgotten about it. I just watched a knife making a wooden trough. Just remembered."

Lu Bainian thought about it and found that there was indeed such a carpentry workshop: "The old carpenter's skills are mediocre and the things he makes are rough. You never look for him to make furniture at home. You always go to the back streets to find better craftsmen. I didn't expect you to be able to do it." Learn the craft from him. No wonder Brother Wen Zai often praises you for being smart. You can learn a craft with just a few glances, which is not ordinary smart."

Haitang laughed and said, "Actually, it's not that difficult. It's just some superficial work. You can deal with it and it's enough. I haven't seen anyone else do the fine work."

In fact, before she entered the palace in her previous life, her family set up a food stall to do small business. She learned the basic carpentry skills of making and repairing tables, chairs and benches from others. After she was transferred to the Shanggong Bureau as the chief weaver, she learned the skills in order to improve the loom. Some more sophisticated woodworking techniques.Nowadays, she is small and short-handed. Even if she has gained some strength by practicing martial arts and drinking nutritional fluids, she still cannot show it in front of her family.This level of carpentry skills is enough, but showing too much will make family members suspicious.

Lu Bainian didn't think much about it at all.He watched Haitang making the wooden trough, and it seemed that it was indeed not difficult.He felt that he could do it even if he got started, and planned to try it another day.

The old man and the young man began to tinker with the potting of the herb. At this time, Hai Changan came back from outside and brought good news to Haitang: "Tangtang, didn't you say you wanted to learn to ride a horse earlier? But there is no room at home. , it’s not peaceful outside the city. Today, a small school ground can be vacated in the city. Will you come with me to take a look tomorrow?"

Haitang was very surprised: "Where is the small school?"

(End of this chapter)