Traveling through the Three Kingdoms: She brings unlimited supplies to build infrastructure

Chapter 137 The Future
Ah Chan is smart and Ah Tang is shy. Neither of the two girls are mean-spirited girls. Even though they met for the first time, they get along well with each other.

He followed him reluctantly, euphemistically saying that Lady Yan assigned him to maintain the peace of the market.

Ah Chan couldn't stop smiling, but Ah Tang grabbed her sleeve and refused to let go, nor turned to look at He Zhou.

Ah Chan took Ah Tang to the high cabinet in the shack, picked up some fresh food and said.

"Is this really salt?" Ah Tang pointed to a small mountain of salt piled on the leaves and was very surprised.

Because their father was a former member of General Gongsun's army, their family received preferential treatment. In addition to reducing or exempting the tenant rent, they also had a mountain ban, allowing them to go hunting in the mountains.

Although his father was stubborn and only allowed his younger brother Achong to shoot some small wild animals such as pheasants, their family's financial situation was still better than that of other families.

You can use the rabbit skins and rat skins hunted by your younger brother to exchange them with the steward of the village for some yellow and black salt blocks.

At home, we can often eat porridge with salty vegetables and fruits.

Auntie carefully placed the salt in clay pots and stored it in a cupboard dug into the earthen wall next to the stove.

It was something that only Aniang could touch, and Ajie never had the opportunity to come into contact with her.

But before my eyes, the salt particles, like snow, were placed like this.

Thinking of this, Ah Tang unconsciously even breathed a little lighter, for fear of blowing away a particle and causing damage to the hostess, Mrs. Yan.

Seeing her cautious look, A-Chan did not feel any ridicule. When she saw such good snow salt for the first time, even the manager of the village would be shocked, let alone a wife of a farmer like A-Tang.

"The one next to it is sugar." Ah Chan pointed to another small pile of sugar next to the salt.

"White sugar?" Ah Tang was stunned. There was no concept of sugar in her mind.

"It's sweet, much sweeter than the ripe mountain fruits in autumn." Ah Chan explained.

It is much sweeter than the ripe mountain fruits in autumn. Ah Tang unconsciously recalled the wild honeycombs that his brother occasionally brought back from the mountains.

Bringing back such wild beehives often requires the younger brother A Chong to pay the price of being bitten by several large bags, but the harvest is also considerable.

If you control the honey inside, you can get a hatchet from the manager in the village.

After controlling the honey from the hive, the family would soak it in water and eat it. The cold well water washed out and was so sweet that people could remember it for a long time.

Ah Tang forgot everything that had just happened, staring straight at the small pile of sugar granules, and unconsciously took a small step back.

He Zhou, who had been restless and stretched his head forward to listen to the girls talking, saw Ah Tang's shining eyes and began to calculate his salary.

After arriving at Lone Bamboo Manor, they received two months of additional food and salary, as well as rewards for their military exploits.

Because there are few copper coins circulating in the North, all food and salary are distributed in the form of rice, grain, cloth and silk.

The army was well fed three meals a day, and new seasonal military uniforms were issued not long ago. All his food and salary were stored in the camp tent and given to Uncle Ding for safekeeping, without spending any money.

I don’t know if the food and salary are enough to replace a handful of these sugar particles.

He knew that the sugar in the shack needed to be exchanged for construction site work points. He might be able to ask Uncle Ding for help, ask the steward to replace some, and then...

He Zhou carefully glanced at A Tang's profile. She was good-looking, but a little too thin.

She said her name was A Tang?

If he was asked to marry her, he would definitely raise her to be fat and white.

Thinking of this, He Zhou unconsciously smiled silly.

He Zhou was smiling to himself from behind, and the two girls had already walked to the other side of the counter.

Here are some tools made of copper and iron.

If the rare snow salt and white sugar in front of him surprised Ah Tang, then the things here made Ah Tang greedy.

For safety reasons, unsharpened hatchets and kitchen knives were placed in the front row.

There are some copper pots and lacquerware at the back.

Ah Tang clasped his hands and stood on tiptoes to look around.

"And this." Compared to Ah Tang, who was cautious and never dared to touch it, Ah Chan was more casual. She showed off and brought a bamboo tube with both ends closed.Pull out one end, shake out a curtain, and unfold it gently.

A row of needles are inserted on it from thick to thin.

Ah Tang's eyes suddenly lit up as if he had seen some treasure.

In addition to picking mulberry and weaving, the women of the village are also responsible for sewing and sewing. A set of needlework tools is a must-have for every household.

Commonly used at home are noose-type copper needles with very thick needle bodies.

Ah Tang had never seen a sewing needle with such a tiny hole, a uniform and sharp body.

She was good at weaving and sewing, and the cloth she weaved was famous far and wide.

Even if you look closely at the mended clothes, you can't see the traces of stitches.

For the girl Ah Tang, the allure of this set of needles is far higher than anything on the counter.

She pursed her lips and looked up at A-Chan: "Sister A-Chan, I am very good at needlework. Can I participate in the recruitment?"

The matter of recruiting workers has been the hottest topic in the village in recent days.

The banker didn't believe that such a good thing could happen at first.

But there are always one or two people who dare to try it. After they experience the benefits on the first day, they spread the news with their neighbors.

After several days of fermentation, more and more people came to recruit workers.

Ah Tang had heard before that in addition to having enough food to eat, Ah Tang also received work points, but she never thought that work points could be exchanged for such good things.

I heard from Sister Achan that as long as you participate in the recruitment, one work point can be exchanged for such a set of needles.

Not to mention it only takes a month, Ah Tang is willing to do it even for half a year or a year.

Ah Tang's reaction was not uncommon today. Ah Chan nodded with a smile and said: "Of course. Ah Tang can do some sewing work first. If he is really good at needlework, he will build a new weaving workshop in a few days. Ah Tang You can also be a weaver girl.”

"I heard from Mrs. Yan that the salary is very good, and they will also open a night school to teach reading and calligraphy."

A-chan's eyes also burst with light when she said this. Although she only listened to the enlightenment class in the main house, she heard many stories that she had never heard before from Mr. Zhao and the occasional lady Yan. .

It was a vast world that she could not even imagine.

Reading and writing?

Compared to Ah Chan, who has already been exposed to enlightenment, reading and practicing calligraphy is like a myth to Ah Tang, and she is not particularly excited about it. She still remembers the set of needles in her heart.

The two girls each had their own thoughts, with a look of yearning on their faces.

Behind him, He Zhou was thinking about whether he could give Ah Tang a set of sewing needles with his advance payment for the second half of the year.

Thinking of Ah Tang using this needle to sew small clothes for their children, He Zhou showed a silly smile on his face. He stared at Ah Tang closely and even thought of the name of his eldest son and daughter.

"He Shichang, what are you laughing at?" A voice asked from the side.

He Zhou still had a silly smile on his face. He turned around and saw a middle-aged man with bronze skin and a beard, and his son stood behind him.

He Zhou didn't pay much attention to the inexplicable expressions on the faces of the father and son. The father and son had always had such ferocious faces.

He smiled stupidly and continued to look at Ah Tang: "Looking at my future wife."

He Zhou originally wanted to say, his child's mother, but he felt that it would be embarrassing to say so, so he didn't say it.

He didn't notice the Ma family father and son, one on the left and one on the right standing beside him.

He Zhou, who was just writing a poem, heard a question coming from his right: "He Shichang, are you talking about my A Tang?"

He Zhou was stunned, looked back, and saw a face with an extremely unkind expression.

"Yue, father-in-law?"

(End of this chapter)