Back to 78: My Leisurely Country Life

The next morning, He Qiang woke up refreshed.

When he arrived at the old house, the masters were already busy. When

Mrs. He saw that He Qiang had woken up, she didn't think there was anything wrong with him sleeping in. Instead, she smiled and asked:

"I steamed some brown sugar buns this morning and heated them up for you. Eat them while they're hot."

Speaking of brown sugar buns, He Qiang's eyes lit up, and he said,"Grandma, let's get some old yeast buns to eat later. They're more comfortable to bring into the mountains than pancakes."

Old fermented steamed buns will be made by adding fermented old dough, which makes them unusually soft and delicious. Add brown sugar and they will be really sweet steamed buns.

He Qiang ate it once when he went to Song Guoqiang's house when he was a child, and he has never forgotten the taste.

An old fermented steamed bun basically cost only 50 cents in the early 21st century, and it was bigger than an adult's fist. It was an excellent food with good quality and low price.

However, the family conditions that can afford steamed buns these days are not ordinary.

Although grain production has increased after the country began to implement the contract responsibility system, there are still countless poor families. Many working families in cities even have to replace fine grains with coarse grains to ensure the family's food expenses.

The flour for white flour steamed buns is wheat flour, which ordinary families cannot afford.

But the He family is not an ordinary family. Let alone He Qiang's ability now, the family's income is rolling up. Even in the past, if He Qiang wanted to have a good meal on a whim, Old Lady He would satisfy him.

"Okay, grandma will save some old dough for you to make later." Grandma He agreed with a kind face.

It's just old yeast steamed buns, it won't be much trouble, just make it for your grandson if he wants to eat it!

After eating the fragrant and soft brown sugar steamed buns, He Qiang went to the backyard leisurely.

At this moment, the backyard was already busy.

Two people were left to hang the ceiling of the stable, and now they were putting up thatch.

In the stables in the south, there is no need to consider the problem of keeping the horses warm, so as long as it doesn't leak, the horses will grow thick hair in winter, so there is no need to worry about being cold.

The villagers who helped saw He Qiang coming, and they all greeted him warmly.

He Qiang responded politely, and then came to the stable to observe.

The wood for building the stable was brought down from the mountain by He Qiang, leading the mare. After being processed by the masters, it was used directly. There is no doubt that it is strong.

"Xiao He, we can fix the stable for you today, but you have to remember to sprinkle some wood ash to repel insects. These woods haven't been exposed to the sun for long, so they may not be resistant to decay. They need to be replaced after a long time." While the master was taking a break, he explained the situation of the stable to He Qiang.

He Qiang nodded and asked,"I'll go to a higher place to paint it, and it should be fine, right?"

"That's definitely no problem, but it's so expensive, building a stable and painting it!"

The master felt that He Qiang was joking.

How could you be so wasteful? Are you the stupid son of a landlord?

He Qiang thought about the current situation and felt that it seemed to be the case.

Paint is worthless in the future, but no one is willing to use it now.

Besides, even if the anti-corrosion treatment of these woods is not perfect, it should be no problem to persist for a few years and then directly replace them with steel.

"Huh! ? No, why should I buy paint? I can get raw lacquer!"

He Qiang suddenly remembered that he had encountered many lacquer trees when he went into the mountains.

This thing is natural. Our ancestors have used it for thousands of years. It has good anti-corrosion, insect-proof and high temperature resistance characteristics. He can definitely get it and use it!

Normal farmers need to follow the rules when harvesting raw lacquer, but he has superpowers and there is no limit in this regard. As long as he wants, he can exchange energy for raw lacquer.

""Master, what do you think if I get some raw lacquer to paint the pillars of the stable?"

He Qiang asked, stroking his chin.

The master looked surprised and said,"Xiao He, if you have the money to get raw lacquer, why don't you keep it for furniture? Why do you use it to paint the stable?"

Looking at the master's distressed expression, He Qiang probably understood that raw lacquer is very valuable.

He Qiang had actually forgotten about this matter.

After all, no one in the village was doing this business before, and by the time the Internet age came, raw lacquer had even fallen into obscurity.

"What is the price of raw lacquer now?"

He Qiang asked curiously.

The master looked at He Qiang speechlessly.

You plan to use it without even knowing the price?

What are your family conditions? Why are you so arrogant?

"The current purchase price is about four yuan per catty! The wholesale price is about six yuan! Your stable must use at least two catties. Can you imagine how much it would cost?"

The master counted on his fingers and calculated with He Qiang.

Four yuan per catty?

He Qiang felt that the price was a bit high. With the area of the lacquer forest he found, there must be dozens of lacquer trees.

He Qiang vaguely remembered that he had seen the methods of lacquer farmers to collect lacquer when he was watching videos in his previous life.

He knew that one tree did not produce much lacquer.

But with dozens of trees, at least ten catties should be produced, right?

This is also a considerable income!

Even He Qiang remembered that collecting lacquer was very troublesome.

You have to open the lacquer tree, then collect the lacquer, and finally collect it.

After a series of operations, it will take some time to get it done.

He Qiang consulted the master for a long time and finally came to a conclusion.

This thing is a bit useless to him.

If he uses supernatural powers to collect it, it is better to save the energy for irrigation.

If he does not use supernatural powers to collect it, the time cost is better than hunting.

According to the master, collecting lacquer is now the last season, and this is also the best stage for raw lacquer. If you want to collect lacquer, you have to hurry.

But he doesn't have three heads and six arms, how can he have time to collect lacquer?

""Wooooaaaaa!"

The crying sound nearby caught He Qiang's attention.

Looking in the direction of the sound, it turned out that a group of children from the He family were 'helping' over at the pigpen.

They said they were helping, but in fact they were just playing.

These children had nothing to do every day, and it was too tiring to let them do farm work, but when they heard that they were helping their father build a pigpen, they were all willing to help. The villagers had to discuss the time and line up in batches, so where could there be so many things for these children to do?

So they were just left here to play.

The crying just now was the noise made by a few little kids fighting over something.

When He Qiang walked over, a few children surrounded him.

"Daddy, daddy!"

"Dad, take us up the mountain to play! Let's go pick loquats again!"

"Daddy, hold me!"

He Qiang looked at this group of annoying people with a gleam in his eyes.

Hey, aren't these kids who have nowhere to release their energy on weekdays the best labor force?

"You can take them with you, but you have to be obedient, and you are not allowed to run around in the mountains. You have to work, understand?"

He Qiang showed a cunning smile on his face.

The group of little kids thought that their father was just talking seriously, and they nodded and agreed hurriedly, fearing that He Qiang would not take them into the mountains. They thought that working would be as easy as picking loquats last time.

How could they know that He Qiang was going to let them help cut lacquer!

"You guys go play first, I'll go talk to your dad about this, and then I'll take you into the mountains."

He Qiang said, leaving a group of kids behind, and planned to go discuss this with a few brothers.

Now is the last node of lacquer mining, although He Qiang doesn't look down on it, it doesn't stop him from handing this over to a few brothers.

Anyway, the lacquer forest is different from the hilltop where the linden forest and berry forest are located.

There's no need to worry about being exposed.