fictionpage Chapter 403 The Craftsman
Chapter 403 The Craftsman
Chapter 403 The Craftsman
Need to face a more cruel living environment, so the mountain people have the toughness of the mountain people.
This is also the reason why those ruffians in the city are rampant and domineering, but they are rare in the mountains.
If you encounter these situations in the mountains, just do it!There are always people who are not used to them.
As soon as Lu Lu explained his purpose, Zhang Shaofeng not only immediately agreed, but also showed a lot of interest.
According to Zhang Shaofeng, such an opportunity was rare when it wasn't when the gangsters were rampant in the early years.
Especially people like Jiang Xianchang, who collude with outsiders to take advantage of the people in his own village, are the most abominable.
Coming out of Zhang Shaofeng's house, Lu Lu took Zhao Yongke to Zuo Songling's house, and it didn't take long before they discussed the matter of making furniture, and the two rode back to Lu Lu's meadow together. each go home.
The next day, Lu Lu didn't go out, so he stayed at home and helped rub the corn with Chen Xiuyu.
It's just that in less than half an hour, when his hands were burning and hurting, Lu Lu had to think of other ways.
The threshing of corn by corn is too slow, and it hurts his hands. He simply went to the hillside to chop a wooden stick, and after a little trimming, it looked like a baseball bat.
In the barn, a nylon cloth is spread under the wooden corrugated corn piles, and the surrounding area is also surrounded by nylon cloth, and then the corn is beaten with a stick.
The nylon cloth around it can prevent the corn seeds from splashing around, and the corn that has been planted will fall to the nylon cloth below along the gaps in the wooden corrugation.
These corns have already dried up in the ground, and after so many days, they have already dried up.
The effect of hammering and threshing with wooden sticks is quite good, which is much less troublesome than rubbing corn sticks one by one.
Although it is tiring work to keep swinging the wooden stick, the speed is indeed much faster.
All you have to do is to rub off the unbeaten corn on the cob, and pick up the cob core. This is another pile of good firewood, which is very useful for holding fire after drying.
After pounding for a whole day, Lu Lu sweated a lot, and his hands were extremely sore, but he still felt very happy to see that almost half of the corn was picked up at once.
It will take another day tomorrow, and all these corns should be able to be threshed.
Lu Lu also hopes to have a machine, so it will be easy.
But now the village doesn’t even have electricity, so it’s unrealistic to expect to use a machine to thresh. There is a special corn threshing machine in the farm, but it’s also used by other people’s farms, so there’s no way to rent it out. As for buying it, in order to Such a small matter is not worth it, and Lu Lu can only use this simple and rude method.
At night, lying on the bed to rest, Chen Xiuyu looked at Lu Lv's tired face, and gave him a good kneading massage.
As a result, the exhausted Lu Lu stood up aggressively.
Chen Xiuyu was pregnant with a child, and the first three months were relatively unstable, and Lu Lu couldn't play around at all.
Knowing that Lu Lu wanted it, Chen Xiuyu could only act as a craftsman once.
For a long time to come, her skills still have a lot of room for development.
After a good night's sleep and waking up in the morning, Lu Lu inspected his meadow as usual, and went back to the house, preparing to deal with the remaining corn today. Unexpectedly, at this moment, Chen Xiuqing and Wang Demin met.
Chen Xiuqing was carrying a basket full of cigarettes, wine, sugar and tea. She was going to Wang Dalong's house to propose marriage.
"Hurry up and change your clothes, run with me!"
Before reaching the fence, Wang Demin cried out.
"Rubbing corn at home, Uncle Wang, you can just take Qingzi there, anyway, when you get there, it's just a meal and chatting." Lu Lu said with a smile.
"That can't be done, I met Wang Dalong yesterday, and I told him about it, but he said, he must call you, and Xiuyu also go together, to their house to get together!"
Wang Demin laughed and said: "I said you boy will really find trouble for me, you have made it clear to Wang Dalong, it is already a promise, and you still want to leave the matter to me."
"That's different. You are highly respected in the village, and you are also the head of the village. With you, you are much better than me, a young man who has just been married for a few months. At least the attitude is different. This is Qingzi's lifelong event. You can’t be casual.” Lu Lu gave his reasons: “At least in the eyes of others, it’s different.”
"Anyway, I'm just eating and drinking, so don't worry about it...you hurry up and change your clothes. As for these corns, there's plenty of time to make them all winter. What's the hurry?" Wang Demin urged.
Lu Lu thought for a while, then turned to look at Chen Xiuyu who was standing beside him: "Let's go, since we're called to get together, let's go for a run!"
When he said this, Lu Lu still thought, there is really no one in Caodianzi now, if Jiang Xianchang and the others want to mess around, it is a good opportunity.
According to what they said, tomorrow is the time to meet!
Lu Lu thought for a while, but he was still a little worried.
It's better for Chen Xiuyu to stay with her, and Yuanbao and the others can stay in Caodianzi to look after the house.
The two went back to the house and changed into clean and tidy clothes. From the looks of Wang Demin and Chen Xiuqing, they could tell they were walking on their feet. Worrying that Chen Xiuyu would be tired from walking all the way, Lu Lv whistled to attract Chasing Wind and tied the saddle Lead and walk together.
Don't look at Chen Xiuqing's impatient look when she sees Wang Yan, but now that she is going to come to propose marriage, she becomes nervous.
"Brother Lu, what should I say when I get to Yanzi's house?" He moved to Lu Lu's side and asked in a low voice.
"Of course it's straightforward. When you arrive, just tell Wang Dalong that I miss your daughter, Wang Yan. Marry her to me so that you don't have to dream about it at night!" Lu Lv jokingly said, "Tell him, you If you don't let your daughter marry me, I will depend on your family not to leave."
"This...can't you say that?" Chen Xiuqing was a little dazed.
"Why not? Let me tell you, if you want to marry a wife, you have to be bold and thick-skinned." Lu Lu continued to tease.
"Oh!"
Chen Xiuqing nodded: "I'm not afraid of Wang Dalong, but mainly because of Yanzi's mother. When she hit me last time, she was too fierce."
"So, in addition to being bold and thick-skinned, you have to be licking enough. When the time comes, when you meet, just call mom, you see, she is still reluctant to beat you!"
Lu Lu himself laughed out loud.
Seeing Chen Xiuqing scratching her head again, Chen Xiuyu was also amused: "Brother, don't listen to Brother Lu's nonsense, he is teasing you. When you arrive at Wang Dalong's house, you should eat and drink. They ask you, what do you want?" Just answer truthfully, there is Uncle Wang to help you speak, what are you afraid of!"
Chen Xiuqing suddenly realized, and glared at Lu Lu resentfully.
After more than half an hour, the four of them arrived at Huilongtun and went directly to Wang Dalong's house.
To Lu Lu's surprise, Liang Kangbo was also at Wang Dalong's house, adding firewood to the newly erected clay stove in the yard, smoking a cigarette pouch, and when he saw Lu Lu and the others coming, he quickly went to open the door : "Master, it's really early for you guys to come here, the meat has just been cooked."
"If you don't eat actively, you have mental problems, so don't come early!" Wang Demin said with a smile.
Wang Dalong and Zhao Meiling, who were busy at home, heard the sound, and quickly rushed up to greet them, beckoning several people to enter the house.
Lu Lu followed in, helped Chen Xiuqing take the basket, handed the things to Wang Dalong, said hello and left the door.
Chen Xiuyu, led by Zhao Meiling, was busy in the kitchen with Yanzi, while Wang Demin sat directly on the kang, chatting with Wang Dalong and his old man.
It was something that had already been agreed, and after a brief explanation of the purpose of coming, they were all people who knew each other, and those messy inquiries were avoided.
It was just Qing Zi who became very restrained and uncomfortable staying in the house, but it was inappropriate to come out, so he could only sit on the kang with his head sullen and listen to Wang Dalong and the others chatting.
Lu Lu still felt comfortable in the sun outside, so he went straight to Liang Kangbo, dragged a stool and sat down: "Brother Liang, since breaking the corn for me, I haven't seen anyone, and I don't take time to sit with me... ...What have you been up to lately?"
"What can you do, go to the mountains every day!" Liang Kangbo knocked his pipe on the stone of the earthen stove.
"How's your harvest recently?"
"It's just so-so. At this time of year, there are too many people who go into the mountains and get off the splints. There is nothing to fight around. If you want to go into the deep mountains and it's not time, you can only hang around. It's not like you, riding a bike all day. Chasing the wind, leading the dog, going tens of miles into the mountains, and going back and forth easily in a day, you should have gotten a lot of good things."
"I just beat small animals."
"When are you going to go hunting in Baoqing again? Take me with you. Your harvest in a few days can surpass mine for a year. I'm very envious."
"I can't go this year. Let's talk about it next year. I'm still thinking about calling a few people next year to carry the mallet together for a while."
Hearing what Lu Lu said, Liang Kangbo's eyes lit up all of a sudden: "You must call me when the time comes."
"I'm afraid you don't want to go because you think you earn too little!"
"How come, I often think about finding a chance to make a living with you."
Lu Lu smiled and looked at the meat cooking in the iron pot: "This is a roe deer!"
"It's a roe deer. The night before yesterday, Wang Dalong came to my house to look for me. He said that Qing Zi was going to come to propose a marriage today. There was nothing to entertain him. He wanted to pay me to help bring a roe deer back to cook. How can I accept his money? Apart from other things, I can't accept it for your sake, brother. It just so happens that you come here to get together. I went into the mountain yesterday and brought a roe deer. Today I will follow you to help and eat by the way. .”
Liang Kangbo also laughed: "Besides, it's a great thing that Qingzi came to propose marriage. It should be the beauty of an adult. The pots and stoves here are too busy, and your sister-in-law is also watching at home, helping to stew the chicken. Brother, later You should have a good drink or two."
Lu Lu nodded: "You can drink, but don't bet on me, you know I can't drink!"
(End of this chapter)