Pastoral Valley Fragrance

Chapter 82 Ancient Tools
Things are done, but their interest is still undiminished.Gu Yu was in a good mood, she would go to see those shops that sell dustpans and iron shops, and those street stalls that sell rice cakes and rice noodles, but she hurried past, swallowing her saliva and gritting her teeth, like a little miser Don't want to spend money.

The men on the street walked alone or in two or three people chatting and striding along, but the women were mostly in groups, and they were well dressed, although they were wearing coarse clothes and mille-soled cloth shoes, and their hair But she was also well combed, and the clothes she was wearing were not so much patched, and her eyes were full of joy and a sense of restraint and shyness.

Gu Yu has lived in Zhuangzi for a long time, and he often sees the women who go to the market on weekdays. When they are together, they must go back and change into better clothes. It is difficult for them to work hard at home all day when they are ready to go out with a basket.When going to the market, they all come here as a festival.

From time to time, Gu Yu saw people passing by with something in their hands, or a hoe with a chipped end, or a round thing that Gu Yu had never seen before, and she couldn't help but wonder, "Brother Jinxuan, what are these?"

"The farmer took advantage of this time to send all these hoes to the shop to prepare them, so as not to panic when they need to use them, and to delay work when they come out."

Jing Zhe was also surprised, "Then why didn't you make it sooner and plan ahead?"

An Jinxuan burst out laughing, "In this world, there are a lot of people who get anxious only when their eyebrows are imminent. Besides, the people in the village are busy with everything every day. Not all of them are urgent. This is just waiting until the harvest. It’s no surprise that I just thought of it before.”

Gu Yu was still thinking about that bulging thing. He happened to pass by a shop and saw that thing. It was made of wood. It looked very weird, like a huge split mace, because the bottom was flat. Yes, it only has the upper part, and it is not a waterwheel or anything.Gu Yu asked An Jinxuan again.

An Jinxuan shook his head, "This is only available in the past few years. I heard that after harvesting, the rice is spread together and rolled or something. Anyway, it's a little faster than rubbing with hands. It's useless. People who don't know how to use it often fall down, but if you use it well, you save a little effort."

Gu Yu opened his mouth in surprise, "Oh my God, rub it with your hands!" Then he remembered how to thresh the rice after harvesting in this age when everything was done manually, and the tool just now was obviously not practical enough, but An Jinxuan said rubbing with hands, when will the rice in the three-acre field be rubbed well?
An Jinxuan saw her so surprised, "What's so strange, there are a few stones on the drying ground, and the strong uncles and uncles are holding the rice and throwing them up, and those aunts who have no strength use their hands like washing clothes. Rubbing, otherwise how will the rice come out?"

Gu Yu didn't speak, and lamented that ancient and useless tool, while racking her brains thinking about that thresher, but she didn't have much impression of this thing other than the large harvester she saw on TV.Fortunately, my father got a small model back for class and treated it like a treasure. It was the earlier threshing tool. It seemed to have a shaft surrounded by wood chips that could be turned, and a bucket. No other impression.

Since Gu Yu was already thinking about the tools for threshing, she didn't have time to look at the shops around her. After Jingzhe An Jinxuan and the others crossed two streets, she could see Xu Shihe's restaurant, and she came back to her senses.Looking at the ostentatious facade of the restaurant in the bright sunshine, especially after the tables and chairs were placed on the second floor, it was even more impressive.

Jing Zhe looked at it and suddenly said something, "Look, these wine shops are around Uncle's restaurant, so it looks more grand."

When he said this, Gu Yu looked around and had to admire Xu Shihe's courage to be the first. These shops looked low and unattractive, but Xu Shihe's restaurant was close at hand, and Gu Yu had seen it last time , the price is also reasonable and the portion is sufficient, there is no reason for others not to go there.

After being busy for so long, Gu Yu thought that Li Dequan must just be waiting in the restaurant. It was not time for meals in the restaurant at this time, but there were still some well-off people sitting there drinking. Xu Shihe was talking to the shopkeeper there, Seeing Jing Zhe and the others coming, they hurried out, "Jing Zhe and your affairs have been settled, Dequan told you to wait."

After talking, Xu Shihe took them to the inner room, where a girl who looked younger than Gu Yu was playing by herself, and next to him was a boy about ten years old who was gesticulating there, Xu Shihe asked them to play together, I went out by myself.

Gu Yu saw that although the girl was a bit chubby, she was white and chubby, and she looked kind of naive but cute. She was playing with Xiaoman's paper-cutting. There was a piece of paper-cutting beside her, which was a fat doll holding a fish. The red paper was scattered, she sweetly called her cousins, and then she didn't care about them anymore, obviously her mind was still on paper-cutting, Gu Yu saw that her chubby fingers were full of plum blossom pits, her eyes were fixed on the piece of paper, but she was too late. Too late to start.

Gu Yu looked at her very cutely, with her head lowered to reveal her slender neck, no matter how she could not cut out the pattern, her face was full of doubts, and she used her chubby little hands to wrap her head there.

Gu Yu hated herself for not being able to do this, otherwise she could have taught her, but seeing her enjoy herself so much is quite good.

Xu Shihe came in and called them, "Jing Zhe, Gu Yu, your father is here and calling you outside."

Jing Zhe Gu Yu agreed, and said goodbye to them, the girl raised her head and was a little dazed, and smiled like they said goodbye, "Cousin, when you come back, I will take you out to play!"

Li Dequan seemed to be waiting a little anxiously outside, but they smiled when they saw Jing Zhe, "Jing Zhe, I haven't been able to wait for the master. I just came back and said that I will talk about it later. There are still some things later. You can talk to Gu Yujin first." Xuan go back."

Jing Zhe nodded, but told Li Dequan not to be too late, and then remembered something, "Why don't you say that you want to buy something? Since you have something to do, I can go buy it with Jinxuan Guyu. When the time comes, you Go straight back when you're done."

Li Dequan was a little flustered, and hurriedly said: "No need, father will go buy it by himself later, and you go back first."

Jing Zhe didn't ask any more questions, and walked back with Gu Yu An Jinxuan.

Watching him restless all the way, Gu Yu recalled the conversation with his parents when he lived in the chaifang, why did his father ask Jing Zhe to bring her back in such a hurry?Although An Jinxuan didn't know about these things, he didn't ask any questions. Seeing Jing Zhe frowned slightly and walked unhurriedly, he didn't say anything.

After returning home, Gu Yu gave the sixteen essays to Xiao He, and also explained in detail the location of the embroidery shop. If Xiao He embroidered things by herself in the future, she could ask someone to take them. Gu Yu laughed for a long time, and kept saying that this money is worth Du Dalin's wages for two days.

Seeing her happy, Gu Yu was naturally happy too, thinking that Du Dalin was at a loss for earning other people's wages for two days in three days, seeing her happy, but Jing Zhe was restless, Gu Yu also wanted him to be quiet, so he said: "Little He, this is the first sum of money, go back and tell Aunt Wen, and let her be happy too."

Xiao He carefully put the sixteen cents in her pocket, and walked home excitedly, occasionally wanting to jump in excitement, but stopped immediately, for fear that she would lose the money.

It wasn't until evening that Li Dequan came home. As soon as he got home, he entered Jing Zhe's room. After a while, he came out, but he seemed to be relieved, and said with a smile that he forgot to buy something and came back. The atmosphere at home was better.

Xu Qinshi let out a chuckle, "You are a big fool, and you three are little fools. I looked back and seemed to have something. I asked these three and none of them would say anything. Okay, okay, I'll do it now." meal."

Gu Yu only remembered at this time, "Mother, sister, this time I went out to help you get a business. Look at the material, how good it is. It is said to be embroidered for a curtain. Brother, you are really good at painting flowers, otherwise Let's go to the town and open a shop."

"You are greedy, it would be nice to get some wages."

After eating, there was nothing to say all night.

After this matter passed, Gu Yu paid attention to it, and finally understood a little bit in the wind of Wang's and Li Dequan's words, it was nothing more than the matter of Jing Zhe's father who still had no clue, and said Master Su had lost a young master What, when Li Dequan happened to go to the master's house, he overheard some rumors, and told them to come back first just to be on the safe side.It was only after I came back that I had time to ask Jing Zhe, and then I learned that the nobleman the master mentioned was not a character at all, but he used to be a housekeeper in a wealthy family, and he used to gossip and gossip, and was even arrested and sent to him. Go to the government.

Seeing Li Dequan, Gu Yu felt a lot more relaxed, thinking that Jing Zhe must also be worried, and she just said that to not make Li Dequan feel uncomfortable.Otherwise, Li Dequan would not be preparing for the harvest as easily as he is now.

Gu Yu saw that Li Dequan had sharpened the harvesting knife, was sitting there resting, and grabbed him, "Father, help me make this for fun!"

After speaking, Gu Yu handed over something, which was the original harvester she had been thinking about in the past few days. She also dipped a small bamboo branch in ink and drew a schematic diagram, but the "pen" was already too strange, plus the I don't know how to draw pictures, so when Li Dequan first brought it over, he didn't know it was upside down.

Gu Yu was a little ashamed, "It's that harvest thing, I saw it on the market that day, and I wanted to make a small one to play with!"

Mrs. Wang was a little bit reluctant, "Your father has been tired these days, and the harvest will be harvested in a few days, so let him have a good rest."

Gu Yu pouted and said nothing, Li Dequan said with a smile: "Okay, there's nothing else to do now, can't dad do it for you?"

(End of this chapter)