Splendid Pastoral: The Strong and Hot Wife

Chapter 76 Rent a river bed and prepare to burn lime

Xu Xiaomi was dragged into the house by Xu Hao. Surrounded by a group of cousins, Xu Xiaomi told them the Three Character Classic all afternoon.Let her temporarily forget about Xiaobailong and Caiyi.

In the evening, the adults asked her where she learned it. Xu Xiaomi said that she learned it from the young master and young lady in Zhang's house, so no one doubted it anymore.

The next morning, the weather started to warm up, and the sun shone on the water of the Daqing River. After breakfast, Xu Xiaomi took her cousins ​​to the river to wash everyone's clothes.

When she got home, she felt that it was too early to cook!So, she took her younger brother and sister to the river to pick up pebbles, and she wanted to burn lime.

When the time came to build a house, the walls were painted white with lime, so as not to see the dark paint when entering the house, which was not very comfortable.

However, she had to tell Lizheng first that Xu Yaowu was also very busy these days with the refugees due to the snow disaster.

He was afraid that the refugees would come to Xujia Village to grab food, so he organized a village guard in the village, and all young and middle-aged men in the village were required to join.

Divide into a patrol team of 20 people, and change shifts every other hour at twelve o'clock.

In this way, Xujia Village was relatively far away from Qinglong Town, so basically there was no loss.

Xu Xiaomi's rescue of people in Qinglong Town had already reached Xu Yaowu's ears.It's just that he was busy and didn't see Xu Xiaomi much, so he didn't come to look for her.

Xu Xiaomi and his younger siblings picked up many large white stones by the river and put them together.Cousin and cousin saw it and came to help pick it up.

The second cousin, Zhou Yuanshan, saw that he had picked up so many stones in a house, so he asked Xu Xiaomi: "Cousin, why are you picking up so many stones?"

Xu Xiaomi replied with a smile: "I want to build a snow-white house, and I need to use these stones for the walls."

Zhou Yuanshan asked loudly in surprise: "Is what you said true? How do you paint the wall with just these stones?"

When he asked, everyone looked at Xu Xiaomi, and Xu Xiaomi had no choice but to explain: "This stone can be burned into lime, and the lime can be used for civil construction. Alas! I can't explain it clearly. You will know in the future." up.

Cousins ​​and cousins, thank you for your help. Let's pick these up first! , you go back to rest, I will go to Lizheng's house now, Xu Hao, you and your brothers and sisters, go back and rest first! "

After Xu Xiaomi finished speaking, she strode towards Lizheng's house in the village.

When I came to the best green brick house in Xujia Village, I reached out and patted the door, and shouted, "Uncle Lizheng, Auntie! Are you at home? I'm Xu Xiaomi! I have something to do with you!"

"Hey! Come! Come! Xiaomi! Are you free to come to my aunt's house today? Come in!"

As soon as Xu Xiaomi finished yelling, she heard He Yuer's enthusiastic voice, she walked over and opened the door while speaking from inside.

He Yuer welcomed Xu Xiaomi in with a big smile on her face, and walked into the main room. Xu Yaowu was reading the manual in the room. Seeing his wife brought Xu Xiaomi in, he hurriedly put down the booklet in his hand.

Enthusiastically said: "Xiaomi is here! I haven't come to see Uncle for so long, Uncle wants to eat your cooking! Hahahaha!"

He Yu'er smiled and rolled her husband's eyes and said: "Look at you, you are not afraid of your niece's jokes."

Xu Xiaomi also smiled and said: "It's okay, auntie, uncle! I have too many family affairs these days, so I didn't come to see you, and now I'm here to accompany you!"

Xu Yaowu smiled and said: "You are a very careful child, I have heard people say about you saving people in Qinglong Town.

He also said that there was a young man who was with you to save people, and that the young man was very skilled at such a young age.Why don't you bring him to show Uncle? "

After hearing this, Xu Xiaomi said disapprovingly: "Uncle! Who are you listening to nonsense? I am not as capable as you said, let alone a young man with so much kung fu.

Uncle!I came to you to tell you, I want to burn lime by the Daqing River, is that okay?

If you agree, I would like to build a few lime kilns on the raised river bed and pay some rent to the village every year. "

After Xu Xiaomi finished speaking, he looked at Xu Yaowu's expression. It was indescribable to be surprised.

Xu Yaowu stared at her with his mouth wide open.He only blinked when he saw Xu Xiaomi was also looking at him.

Wiping his face with his hands, he asked, "What... what? Xiaomi, what are you talking about burning? What are you burning? Ah! Lime? What is lime?"

Seeing him thinking about it, Xu Xiaomi couldn't speak clearly, so she said, "Uncle! Give me a piece of paper!"

After hearing this, Xu Yaowu quickly took out a piece of rough paper from under the desk and handed it to Xu Xiaomi. Xu Xiaomi took the paper, put it on the table, picked up the brush on Xu Yaowu's desk, and began to draw.

While painting, she explained the principle to Xu Yaowu. Of course, she would not be able to talk about carbon dioxide. She explained it to Xu Yaowu in a simple and easy-to-understand way.

Xu Yaowu, an ancient man, had never heard of it, so he knew only a little about it, and finally Xu Xiaomi concluded: "In a word, this lime is the adhesive used to make bricks, and it replaces the glutinous rice paste you used to use.

With lime, there is no need to cook a lot of glutinous rice to build a house, and it saves a lot of labor and food. "

Xu Yaowu said: "Xiaomi! You said this thing very well, but I have never seen it! How dare I make the decision?"

After hearing this, Xu Xiaomi thought to herself: That's right!For a new thing to be recognized by people, it must be practiced.

So she smiled and said, "Uncle! It's okay! Why don't you agree with me to build a kiln there first, and then decide whether to agree or not after my house is repaired and you have seen the limestone?"

Xu Yaowu looked at Xu Xiaomi and said with a smile: "Okay! Let's do it this way. When the time comes, I see that this thing is really good, so I agree with you to build ten or eight. How about it?"

Xu Xiaomi readily agreed: "It's a deal, let's write a document first today! When the time comes, it can be stamped."

Ever since, Xu Xiaomi wrote a document about the Daqing River and the construction of a lime kiln, and it came out.

After writing it, let Xu Yaowu read it. There are many simplified characters that Xu Yaowu doesn’t know, so ask!Xu Xiaomi just explained, don't ask!Xu Xiaomi didn't know that he didn't understand either.

However, Xu Yaowu still stamped the seal in the end, but he stamped on "build an experiment first, and build a large number of them after the experiment is successful, for a period of 50 years, and pay one tael of silver to the village for each kiln every year."

If Xu Yaowu knew that this thing was so profitable, he would never have stamped it so readily today.

Xu Xiaomi returned home with the stamped receipt and showed it to his father, grandfather and uncles.

Among the people in the room, only my second uncle Zhou Jintao could read a few words, and everyone just looked at Xu Xiaomi and read.

After reading, the father asked: "Girl, what kind of lime are you talking about? Is it really that good?"

Xu Xiaomi replied seriously: "Father! It's true. You'll know after I use this first kiln!"

Grandpa took a different view and said, "Son-in-law, why are you so nervous? It's good to burn this. We'll make a living with it in the future. If it's not good, let's try again!"
This account of my precious granddaughter is impatient to write, 50 years!This is enough for three generations to toss! "

Seeing her grandfather secretly happy, Xu Xiaomi said confidently, "Grandpa, trust me! I promise to make it happen!"

Zhou Xuewu looked at Xu Xiaomi with those deep old eyes and said gently: "Grandpa believes in you! Son, grandpa will always support you, so you can do it boldly!"

Xu Xiaomi listened to holding Grandpa's arm and said obediently: "That's good! Grandpa, let's start tomorrow!

Some of us went to the mountains and dug some black stones, and some of us went to the river to build a kiln with yellow mud and stones. "

"Well! As you said, we will all get up early tomorrow. Anyway, the wood is still wet, and we can't do anything else."

After listening to Xu Xiaomi's words, grandpa patted the back of her little hand with his rough palm and said.

Xu Xiaomi continued: "Tomorrow, my three cousins ​​and I will go to the mountains to dig black stones; you, father and uncle will go to the river to build kilns."

Xu Xiaomi thought, after talking for a long time, she still hasn't told grandpa, how to build this kiln!

So, she hurriedly walked around and said to Grandpa, "Grandpa, wait a minute!"

Xu Xiaomi ran into the room, brought out some unused willow sticks from the last fire, and brought out a piece of paper by the way.

She walked up to her grandfather, took a bench and put it on it to draw.When the drawing is finished, show it to grandpa.

"Grandpa! Look, we need such a kiln to burn lime!"

Zhou Xuewu looked at it and nodded, "Is it that simple?"

Xu Xiaomi replied: "Yes! Just leave the stove door here."

Xu Xiaomi explained to his grandfather that as long as he has his support, half of the success will be achieved.

But grandpa thinks that such a granddaughter would be his own granddaughter?
In that case, the Zhou family will definitely have nothing to worry about in the future.Looking at her young age, she has more thoughts in her heart than a person who has lived for dozens of years.

Moreover, lime is used instead of glutinous rice milk, what a great pioneering work!
Even if it didn't work out in the end, you've tried it, haven't you?What if?The child's eyes that must succeed are reassuring.

Now it's time for lunch again, everyone is sitting around two tables, eating meat, drinking porridge and nibbling cakes, it's so chivalrous.

Everyone was eating vigorously, when Wang rushed in from the door, crying and scolding: "Xu Erqiang, you are heartless, you don't give your parents to eat delicious food, you have to give it to outsiders! You A black-hearted rotten liver!"

Seeing it, Xu Xiaomi sighed in her heart, alas!There are so many things about this Wang family!
However, she still reacted immediately, ran to Xu Hao's side, bowed her head and whispered something to him.

After hearing this, Xu Hao put down the chopsticks in his hand and ran out.

When Xu Erqiang heard that his mother was like this, she scolded him in front of his father-in-law, mother-in-law, brothers-in-law and family members, and his face turned red and white.

His lips were bitten against himself, and he didn't know.He just stared blankly at the old woman who was still acting up.

Zhou Yuqing could only watch her mother-in-law messing around, she never thought about what she would do if the old woman came.
(End of this chapter)