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Chapter 35

"I can pay you with medicinal materials or other things as wages, what do you think?" Zhou Shitang's eyes were bright.

Seeing her being so excited, Su Huaili couldn't bear to hit her, but he still said honestly: "Uncle Zeng's house is more complicated, and I haven't learned it yet. Uncle Zeng and the others are more experienced and should be able to build complicated houses. You can ask them to help you." .”

Zhou Shitang thought for a while, "I will go back and discuss with my father what kind of house to build. If I build a mud house, I will come to you. If I build a wooden house, I will go to Uncle Zeng. I may also need your help."

Su Huaili felt that this was not a problem and nodded, "Okay."

It's just building a house, which is much simpler than building a city wall.

The hard work of building the city wall was not paid or anything.

Helping build houses and medicinal materials, why not?
Zhou Shitang turned his head and saw a backpack, his eyes lit up again, he stretched out his hand and asked, "Can you make that backpack?"

Su Huaili nodded, "Yes, I made that up. Sometimes when I go out I think it's in the way, so I won't carry it on my back."

Zhou Shitang looked at Su Huaili and said, "Can you help me make one? I can exchange it with you."

"Okay." Su Huaili nodded, since he was idle anyway, "But I don't have any bamboo at home. I need to go to the mountains to cut some."

Zhou Shitang said with a smile: "We can go chop bamboo together later. I'll see if I can find some mushrooms. I remember there are a lot of wild mushrooms in the mountains. The soup is delicious and good for the body."

Su Huaili knew that Zhou Shitang knew many plants and medicinal materials, so he did not refuse her proposal, "Okay, then I will set off to chop bamboo after I finish the barrel."

Zhou Shitang hummed, her eyes turned around, and finally landed on the fence, "Did you make this fence?"

Su Huaili whittled the pieces of wood into a relatively silky state. Hearing Zhou Shitang's words, he raised his head and glanced at the fence, and then said, "My father and I made it together."

"You know a lot of things. Who did you learn it from?" Zhou Shitang turned to Su Huaili.

Su Huaili suddenly felt a little depressed after hearing this, "I didn't know anything at first, except eating and drinking. After I came here, I learned from an old man next door."

"The old man knows a lot of craftsmanship. Unfortunately, I have to build the city wall almost every day. I have very little time to learn craftsmanship from him. I only learned a little bit."

"Later, when I had free time, I wanted to continue learning from him. He has passed away."

"Later I heard others say that some craftsmanship is only passed down to one's own sons or disciples, and never to others. I remember that I proposed to learn the craftsmanship from the old man, and he directly nodded in agreement without saying that he would accept me as his disciple."

The old man was very kind to him, told him everything, and made him understand a lot of things, so he was sad for a long time after he learned that he had died.

Good people don't live long.

Zhou Shitang sighed and was silent for a long time before speaking, "You are equivalent to passing on his skills. He will be very happy to see you using these skills to support yourself."

Su Huaili hummed.

Half an hour later, Su Huaili finally made a wooden barrel.

Fresh and firm.

Su Huaili placed the barrel in front of Zhou Shitang, "It's done, take it."

Zhou Shitang tried shaking it a few times in his hand, but it didn't crack at all. Then he looked at Su Huaili and said, "Thank you, it looks very strong at first glance."

Su Huaili: "..."

Flattery.

You must have shaken it with your hands a few times before it felt firm.

Su Huaili put a hatchet into his backpack and carried the basket on his back, "Then let's go to the mountains to chop bamboo."

Zhou Shitang picked up the wooden bucket. This wooden bucket could be used to hold the things she dug. "Then let's go. I'm not very familiar with this place. Please lead the way."

Su Huaili walked in front, and after a quarter of an hour he came to the bamboo forest where he often came. "There will be a lot of bamboo shoots here around this time. This year's bamboo shoots have been picked."

Zhou Shitang looked regretful, "It's a pity, I'm a step late." She also really wanted to eat bamboo shoots. She didn't want to eat those wild vegetables anymore, she lost her appetite.

Su Huaili added: "The shell wrapping the bamboo can be used as firewood after drying. It is easier to ignite. I used to come here often to pick it up and take it home."

Zhou Shitang didn't expect Su Huaili to tell her everything, so he smiled and said, "Thank you for telling me this."

Su Huaili started chopping bamboo, and when enough bamboo was chopped, he started to weave the basket.

Zhou Shitang walked around.

Look here and look there.

I dug up several more medicinal plants.

When Su Huaili compiled a backpack, Zhou Shitang had already dug up more than a dozen medicinal plants.

Su Huaili walked up to Zhou Shitang with the backpack and handed it to her, "It's done. Check to see if the knot is strong."

Zhou Shitang took it with a smile, touched it a few times, and nodded, "It's very strong."

She handed a few medicinal plants to Su Huaili, "Here, here they are."

"Let me tell you by the way what these medicinal herbs do." Zhou Shitang pointed to one of the medicinal herbs and began to explain, "This is Cassia Seed."

"The main functions are to clear away heat and improve eyesight, and to moisten the intestines and relieve constipation."

"This is……"

Su Huaili understood, but he felt that he would definitely forget it when he returned home. He was very distressed, "I may forget it soon. I can't remember it well at all. These medicinal materials grow like grass."

If Zhou Shitang hadn't said anything, he wouldn't have known these were medicinal materials.

The terrible thing about lack of knowledge is how many good medicinal materials he has missed over the years.

"If you forget to continue studying, you will remember it every day." Zhou Shitang looked at Su Huaili, "If money allows, it is better to buy some paper, ink, pen and inkstone to write it down."

Su Huaili looked regretful: "Money does not allow it."

He stared at Zhou Shitang's little head, curious, "Your head looks small, but how do you remember so many things?"

Zhou Shitang: "Do you know how I lived before?"

Su Huaili shook his head, "How did you live?"

Zhou Shitang put all the medicinal materials into the backpack and then carried the basket on his body. "In addition to reading at home every day, I think my brain will be more flexible when I use it frequently."

"What did you do at home before?" Zhou Shitang looked at Su Huaili.

The two looked at each other.

Su Huaili was suddenly embarrassed to say what he had done before. After a long time, he coughed lightly: "Eating, drinking and having fun, I was more decadent at that time."

Zhou Shitang: "This can be regarded as one of the joys of life. It's not something bad. You just need to feel happy."

If there was no pressure in life, who wouldn't want to be a happy rice insect?

She used to be a rice bug too.

Now the family's life has plummeted, and everything has to start over.

Due to the pressure of life, I can only go out to find food by myself.

so poor.

(End of this chapter)