The mage in the late Qing Dynasty

"Gongfan, how many pieces of wood are here?"

"Woof woof..."

"Idiot, here are three pieces of wood!"

"Ganfan, what is that?"

"Idiot, that's a grasshopper, don't chase it..."

Zhao Chuanxin tried to develop Gan Fan's brain.

Later generations will not shout slogans every day: win at the starting line.

But at the end of the day, it seemed to have little effect.

When the yellow mud was gone, the snot-nosed kids carried the soil baskets and continued digging the yellow mud. Come back and continue building bricks.

In the afternoon, Zhao Chuanxin called a group of children to distribute wood carvings.

Let alone the children in the village, even those in the city have no toys to speak of.

A group of snot-nosed children looked at the wooden figures, wooden boats, and wooden swords that could be used for gestures in their hands, and their eyes glowed green.

It’s so fun!

Then I heard the shouts of the adults in my family, and the birds and beasts dispersed.

Zhao Hongzhi took a wooden boat home. After I got home, I went to the kitchen and threw the wooden boat into the water tank. It really floated.

When his mother saw it, she took a broom and slapped her on the buttocks: "You little bastard, you brought trouble to a tank of water. How can we eat it?"

Zhao Hongzhi was not afraid of the tough-skinned country boy. He felt like being scratched twice. He struggled to escape from the clutches, went to the water tank to fish out the boat, and slipped into the house.

Zhao Zhongyi was woken up, looked at the wooden boat in his hand, and asked where it came from.

"Uncle Chuan Xin carved it for us."

"Didn't he sleep?"

"No, he sat at the door for a day. We laid bricks for him and dried them, and he teased the puppy. Uncle Chuanxin is very fast at carving wood, he is very good! Wait until tomorrow, I will ask him for a wooden sword, but he is so majestic .”

In Sniffy Baby's head, there are only concepts such as majesty and fun. He didn't know that wooden swords were the simplest, and the smaller and more complex the carvings were, the more difficult they were.

Zhao Zhongyi went to Liu Baogui's house.

I saw that Zhao Chuanxin was holding a horse spoon and bouncing back and forth on the stove of the snack basket. There are cabbage slices filled with oil, water and soy sauce, flying up and down. There is also a vague smell of acetic acid.

"What is this for?"

Zhao Chuanxin raised his head, with two dark circles under his eyes, and bared his teeth in amusement: "Where is Dian Shao, cooking, haven't you seen it?"

"No, my family uses a big pot for stew."

For stewed meat, Zhao Chuanxian would eat stewed meat, such as chicken, duck, goose, or beef brisket. In addition, he prefers to eat stir-fried vegetables.

For this reason, I even learned how to cook spoons from a professional chef, but my knife skills were just terrible.

"It smells pretty good." Zhao Zhongyi sniffed and said.

Can it not be fragrant? Although there is no meat, the lard bought in the city is mixed with soybean oil, so there is no shortage of it.

Then, Liu Guogui also woke up.

Rubbing his eyes: "Oh, Chuan Xinqian can also cook?"

"Must do it!" Zhao Chuanxin blinked.

"Then why didn't you do it before?"

"There are people cooking, why should I do anything?"

What he said made sense, but I was speechless.

The dry rice was swirling under my feet.

Zhao Chuanxin poured some vegetable soup for it, mixed it with mashed noodles, and fed it.

"Fuck, whose dog eats fine grain?" Liu Guogui said unhappily.

Ordinary people know how to live well. Even if they hide ten silver dollars at home, there is still no reason to waste it.

"It's okay, my dog ​​will just eat it."

Zhao Chuanxin said matter-of-factly.

Dogs in later generations will eat dog food, even if it is less than a few thousand a year, it will not be enough.

Liu Guoguo spat: "None of those bannermen keep dogs at home like you."

Zhao Zhongyi interjected: "Let's get down to business. Brother, why don't you sleep? Did what happened last night scare you, are you afraid of nightmares?"

Shaking his head, Zhao Chuanxin said: "No. It's just that the stimulation was too great and I feel very sleepy, but I just can't sleep."

"Zizi, also called Huzi, is a bandit! He commits murder, arson, and commits all kinds of evil. He claims to be a green forest, but in fact everyone should be killed. Don't feel guilty." Zhao Zhongyi rarely said a few more words.

Don't tell me, it makes sense.

"Thank you, brother. I'll go to bed soon. You'd better go home for dinner. It's just some cabbage, and I don't have to bring it to you."

"Haha, I'm leaving then."

When Zhao Chuanxin served the dishes and rice, Liu Guogui came over to them in a sly manner.

"Passing the salary, have you noticed that his loyalty seems to have changed?"

After thinking about it, Zhao Chuanxin was convinced: "Indeed. He didn't talk so much before."

It seemed that he was not the only one who was stimulated.

So, in what direction was Zhao Zhongyi stimulated?

Zhao Zhongyi returned home and smiled: "Why are you waiting for me? Eat, eat."

He raised the sea bowl and started eating with a splash.

Martial arts practitioners eat a lot.

Legend has it that Xue Rengui in the Tang Dynasty was so poor that his family could hardly afford to eat.

The word "rice bucket" seems to have been coined from him.

However, Zhao Zhongyi's appetite is particularly good today.

"Eat slowly, you are too scary, don't eat yourself up." His mother-in-law looked at him dumbfounded.

Zhao Zhongyi waved his hand: "It doesn't matter, how can you eat it and get bad for your body? Have another bowl!"

"Gone!"

"..."

After finishing the meal and cleaning up, his mother-in-law snuggled into his arms: "Master, tell me the truth, what happened last night? Why do you seem to be a different person when you come back?"

"Aren't you afraid?"

"I'm afraid, but I'm more afraid of something happening to you. If you're fine, the rest won't be so scary."

"Haha, I killed someone!"

"Ah? I saw blood on the clothes you took off. Are you okay? I see you're not hurt. Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

"It's nothing. Don't worry, the matter is settled now. From now on, as long as I am here, no one will harm you, not anyone!"

Some people will be depressed in major changes, some people will go crazy and stupid, some people will become crazy and unscrupulous, and some people will be able to find the meaning of life.

…

In the end, Zhao Chuanxin fell asleep.

He didn't have nightmares, because he was very sleepy and slept deeply.

Today, Liu Baobao and Zhao Zhongyi did not work, so they came to Zhao Chuanxin's dilapidated house to help him clean up.

This puts Zhao Chuanxin in a difficult position.

First, he thought about being lazy. How could he be so lazy when these two brothers arrived?

Secondly, they think that cleaning up the house means repairing the weak areas so that people can live in it. This is far from the residence Zhao Chuanxian wants, okay?

Therefore, he could only pick some jobs and let them do them.

"Brother, precious, you two helped me to remove the tiles on the roof. It looks annoying and increases the load-bearing burden of the roof. Help me get some thatch and re-thatch the roof. I am afraid of heights and dare not go up there. .”

Are you afraid of heights and dare not go up?

The two of them were immediately speechless.

They now discovered another characteristic of Zhao Chuanxin: laziness!

Liu Guoguo asked: "Then what are you doing?"

"Me? I have an important task! I will carve today's toys for the children first, and then I will go to the city with Carpenter Li to buy some food. You two are here to help, and I have to arrange a meal for you no matter what. Bar?"

Is this an important task?

Yellow mud bricks are not enough, the snot-nosed kids have to keep working hard.

Zhao Zhongyi pulled Zhao Chuanxin: "There is one more thing. The day after tomorrow, I am going to go with the caravan. Since you said that Manager Niu is not a good person, do you think I should go?"

"Go!" Zhao Chuanxin said resolutely: "If you don't go, it may be exposed that we know the truth. Now, Manager Niu is still in the dark. Besides, he knows both of us. If something happens to you, If I expose him, will he not be afraid?

However, if you go, you must be prepared. If the boss has a guilty conscience and really wants to do harm to you, you have to be careful, but this is probably very unlikely. If he doesn't make any changes, just pretend you don't know anything, just do whatever you need to do, and get the salary you deserve, not even a penny less. "

"Then I understand." Zhao Zhongyi smiled.

This great ancestor is really different. He smiles more than before, and his whole person is cheerful.

Zhao Chuanxin found Carpenter Li and got on his donkey cart.

"Master Li, what are you doing in the city?"

"Go to the city and buy some large wood paint and small wood paint. There is not enough raw paint and cooked paint. There are also some scattered things."

"By the way, I would like to ask you how to paint furniture or something?"

Carpenter Li obviously hesitated.

Generally speaking, special skills are not passed on to others.

However, what Zhao Chuanxin asked was not a particularly secretive matter, and most carpenters would understand it. Furthermore, if you can become a carpenter by just saying a few words, then there will be a whole village full of carpenters.

Thinking of this, he came to talk instead. Who doesn't want to show off and show off in the field they are good at?

"This is about a craft, wiping paint! When wiping paint, first apply the paint base, then polish it with the powder surface of the green bricks. Then scrape the topcoat..."

Carpenter Li was very confident. Zhao Chuanxin could not understand many of the terms here.

Therefore, he talked a lot and spoke very clearly.

And Zhao Chuanxin was definitely a qualified listener, and he took note of everything in detail.

Then he asked: "So, if you want to polish it, is there no other way besides green brick powder? For example, do you use sandpaper?"

"What kind of sandpaper? Paper cannot polish wood. You can use water and green onions..."

Zhao Chuanxin knew that Shui Onion, whose scientific name is horsetail grass, is also called jiejie grass.

Along the way, he asked and listened.

Originally, not only did he have a lot of work on his hands, but he also had a lot of theoretical knowledge in his head. It’s just that in this era, there is a lack of necessary tools, after all, there is not even sandpaper. However, the craftsmen at this time also had the wisdom to use local materials. If you don't have sandpaper, use a fine surface filtered by blue bricks and rough plants like thorngrass to polish the wood.

Carpenter Li thought he had pretended for a while without revealing the secret. As everyone knows, Zhao Chuanxin has made up for all the gaps in theoretical knowledge through conversations along the way.

If Carpenter Li knew the truth, he would probably shed tears.