Strongest Abandoned Immortal

Chapter 18 Betel Nut Iron

After raising enough money, Wen Shu didn't find an opportunity to go out to buy. The heat of the Li Fire Festival gradually dissipated, and the Little Longevity Inn also became idle.

Wang Baoshi left Huizhen on the third day after he bought the tea. Before he left, he informed Wen Shu that he would come to Huizhen again in a month. If there were still good things like tea , Be sure to keep it for him.

Wen Shu calmed down. When fetching water last time, she accidentally emptied the ancient well.She didn't dare to experiment with the ancient well again, so she took advantage of the morning and evening hours, when there were few people in the backyard, to practice the art of controlling water with the water in the tank. After repeated practice, she learned how to breathe properly and no longer drained the well out of thin air.

At noon that day, after a few thunderstorms, a heavy rain fell in Huizhen.

In front of the door of the Little Eternal Life Inn, there was a curtain of rainwater cascades, dripping from the blue-gray eaves.

The summer rain came suddenly, blocking the pace of pedestrians, and temporarily slowing down the business behind the Xiaochangsheng Inn.

"The rain won't stop for a while, and there aren't many guests coming, so the fire in the kitchen is put out first," Cook Liu said to herself, and ordered the staff to put out the fire, without notifying Yeshi, she returned The room is rested.

Ye Shi stood in front of the counter, flicking the abacus, Yue Wenhan had a towel on the table on his arm, flipping through "Body Strengthening Technique", thinking about it all the time, sinking into his dantian, following the instructions in the book It is said that the Dantian is located three feet below the navel.

"Why don't you see Wen Shu?" Ye Shi's questioning voice interrupted Wen Han's thoughts of searching for Dantian.

"Just now the kitchen said that there was a lack of star anise stew. The shop was busy at that time, so I asked Wen Shu to help me buy star anise. Fortunately, the weather was gloomy just now, and Shu'er was smart, and I had already brought my rain gear," said the brother and sister yesterday. When I went to Xuji to buy spices, the shop was sold out of star anise, and it was said that there would be stock today.When she came back yesterday, Yeshi didn't pursue Wen Han's going out with Wen Shu too much, so Wen Han acted like a mother and acquiesced that Wen Shu could help with the purchase.

Ye Shi listened, nodded, and continued to concentrate on cleaning up the accounts.

In the alleys of Huizhen, figures in coir raincoats passed by.

The rain came in a timely manner. Huizhen is such a small place, and it is easy for people to find out that there are a lot of women who buy and sell too many utensils.

Wearing a thick coir raincoat, Wen Shu lowered the bamboo hat a little bit, covering her face so tightly that no one could tell her face.

After getting 100 taels of silver from Wang Baoshi, Wen Shu exchanged part of it for copper plates. The shops in the town still mainly circulate copper plates, and the exchanged copper plates fully filled the desktop in Wen Shu's room.

Last night she was still thinking hard about how to pack so many silver taels and copper plates into the python bag, but after a little thought in her mind, those copper coins and silver taels disappeared.After thinking about it again, the copper coins and silver taels automatically fell into her hands.

Wen Shu did the same again, as did Jiaozhu and Yujian.

The most peculiar thing is that no matter how many copper coins and silver taels are contained in this earthen-colored money bag, the weight is very light. If others get it, they will think it is a shriveled empty cloth bag.

After getting an errand to buy star anise from her elder brother, Wen Shu didn't go straight to the Yushui street where she bought aniseed ingredients, but turned to an ordinary residential lane in Huizhen.

It is a very ordinary alley, the road surface is a large mossy stone road, and the banner of the blacksmith shop with the word "iron" written in ink on a white background is beaten by the rain.

There is still a layer of gray iron rust stains floating on the water tank used for cooling at the door, and a few blowflies that flew into the house to avoid the rain are flying around, making people confused.

A seven or eight-year-old boy was leaning on his hands, his lips drooping profusely, dozing off beside a burning iron stove.

The blacksmith shop is divided into the front and the back of the house. In front of the house is a desk with all kinds of ironware supplied by the blacksmith shop, from weights, kitchen knives, iron pots to hoes to horseshoes.Everything that matches the iron characters is available in the shop.

"Is the iron kidnapper here?" Wen Shu took a heavy breath, pretending to be a deputy market woman. She is not very old, but she is about the same height as her elder brother. Wearing a coir raincoat, he still looks like an adult.

The boy's sleepy eyes were hazy, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the strange man in coir raincoat in front of him. He was so shocked that the sleeping insects were gone.From the tone of the other party, he should be a regular customer.

There is only one blacksmith in Hui Town - Uncle Tie.Uncle Tie has bad legs and feet, but his first-hand blacksmithing skills are passed down from his ancestors. After more than ten years, every household in the town must use the blacksmith's utensils.

The whole set of kitchen utensils used by the Little Eternal Life Inn were made by Uncle Tie. Yesterday in Bodhi Cave, when the monster monkey asked her to buy a set of farm tools, Uncle Tie was the first thing Wen Shu thought of.

The child who talks to Wen Shu is Uncle Tie's only son, named Tie Dan.

"My father is busy with work in the back. He won't take over the work today. If you want to make ironware, you can pick ready-made ones. They are all made by my father. He has enough work and materials. It can be used for ten years to feed the family. Eight years," Tie Dan tilted his head, he is not very old, but his head is very bright, knowing that the person who comes to the iron shop in the rain on a heavy rainy day must be a big customer.

Wen Shu glanced at the table, the ones in Bodhi Cave, time passes faster than the outside ones, ordinary ironware can be used for ten or eight years, but the inside may not be used for a year, she is picky: "These are not good, I want good iron."

There have long been rumors in the town that as long as you can afford a high price in the blacksmith shop, you can buy high-quality ironware. I heard that even the police from the yamen in the next county town are not far away, so they specially found Uncle Tie to order some. knives.

"Tie Dan, who are you talking to?" With a flick of the rag in front of and behind the house, a stout man with whiskers walked out.

The newborn gave birth to a pair of thick waists, two upper arms with bulging tendons, and a fiery red face, as if drunk, but one of the legs, the lower half of the right leg was broken, and he walked. , limp.The one who heard the sound was Uncle Tie, a well-known blacksmith in the town.

"Father, this man said he wanted to buy ironware, but he also said that the ironware on our desk is not good." Tie Dan was very dissatisfied with Wen Shu's dislike, and filed a lawsuit without ambiguity.

"Go and clean the inside, put away the things inside, and send them to the guests when the weather clears." Uncle Tie lovingly patted his child's head and let him go into the back room to clean up.

"The guests don't look like they are from this town." Uncle Tie's eyes were burning. Most people in Huizhen are enthusiastic, and they like to ask for a penny or two if they know each other well.Wearing a coir raincoat and deliberately covering his face, this is not a typical approach of Huizhen people.

"Uncle Tie doesn't care where I come from, just know that I want to buy a pair of high-quality ironware, and I will give you a reasonable price," Wen Shu wanted to frighten Uncle Tie, and with a flip of her palm, there was an extra ingot of two The heavy silver taels were placed in Uncle Tie's hands.

When Uncle Tie saw her, he conjured up the trick of silver taels, knowing that the person who came was very skilled, so he didn't accept the silver taels.

"Guests put away the silver taels first. This is not a small amount. As you can see, I'm just an ordinary blacksmith who makes a living. I can't make some knives and sticks. That's a business that needs to be jailed." In the blacksmith's shop, all the utensils placed on the desks were common people's utensils, and none of the legendary knives were seen.

"Uncle Tie, don't get me wrong. I don't want to order any shameful utensils. I just want a set of farm tools and pots. Hoes, scissors, shovels, water ladles, buckets, kitchen knives, and pots all need to be high-quality iron. , use a good technique that won’t break in the last few decades," Uncle Tie’s face brightened when he saw that Wen Shu said that they were all ordinary utensils that could no longer be ordinary.

Immediately after pondering, Uncle Tie wondered again: "Guest, you want to make utensils that have been used for decades, and the materials are hard to find. I'm afraid you can only use betel nut iron."

(End of this chapter)