Wei Cheng's eyes flashed with surprise, and then he quickly closed the box. As the saying goes, if wealth is not exposed, people will be unpredictable.
No matter what era they are placed in, the things in the box are priceless treasures.
Wei Cheng did not expect that a mere ten glasses could be exchanged for such a huge wealth, and this also gave him a reminder.
"I, Wei Cheng, am not short of money!"
His movements were so fast that no one noticed the change in his expression. The steward named Wei Han continued: "Second Master, there is another letter that Third Master asked me to deliver."
Why are you writing to me?
Wei Cheng nodded, and after taking it, he did not open it on the spot, but stuffed it into his arms as well.
Wei Han clasped his fists in salute and bowed to leave.
"Okay, everyone, hurry up and move everything up. Uncle Da Dao, let's go back and continue to bake bricks."
Hao Dadao, who was happily looking at the bags of grain, heard this and couldn't help but sigh: "Young Master is just a young master. At this time, he is still thinking about us building a house."
Wei Han, who was about to leave, raised his eyebrows and muttered: "Burning bricks? Building a house? Is it another trick of the second master?"
After Wei's people left, all the people from Haojiacun came on stage. Regardless of men, women, old or young, they all contributed their strength.
There was a lot of food delivered this time. Except for the empty box Wei Cheng asked for, the rest was all cloth and food.
Most of the cloths are linen, and there are also exquisite brocades, but everyone knows that they are for the young master and his wife. They were already quite content, as long as they had linen, it was useless to ask for brocade, as they were reluctant to wear it when they were working.
It took more than an hour to finally transport everything to the top of the mountain.
The man in charge of shaking the lift changed seven or eight wheels. Visual inspection showed that the rope of the lift was more than an inch thinner, which showed how heavy the thing was.
Wei Cheng took the first-class people and sent the empty boxes to his warehouse in batches. They said they were empty boxes, but in fact they were filled with a lot of things, so you could hear the sound of something shaking in the boxes when you picked them up.
Wei Cheng remembered what the steward had just said, that there were only a few exquisite things in the wooden box, and the others were all in the box.
Wei Cheng's expression changed, and then his breathing became rapid. Is there anything else in the box?
Thinking of this, he couldn't wait to ask everyone to help move the empty boxes out of the warehouse, and then put these boxes in.
As for the empty boxes, they were piled in the corner of the yard for the time being. Wei Cheng always felt that the materials of these boxes were extraordinary, and planned to find someone knowledgeable to ask about them later.
"Zhengtou, you and Xiao Zhao have worked hard this time. As a reward, each of you will receive three feet of brocade, a piece of cloth, and a jar of wine. You can go directly to Uncle Dadao to receive the reward, and just say it was me." Wei Cheng said. Said with a smile.
Chengtou, who was instructing everyone to move things, was startled at first, and then looked at Hao Zhao aside with great joy. Hao Zhao also grinned, and the two of them clasped their fists at Wei Cheng at the same time, "Thank you, Master, for the reward."
The other men who helped move the boxes were extremely envious. Not to mention the three-foot piece of brocade, that piece of cloth could make four or five sets of clothes if it was cut carefully enough. Of course, this is not possible for winter clothes, and the materials must be doubled.
After Zhengtou led everyone away, Wei Cheng looked at Cai Yan, touched his nose, and said, "Can you trouble me, madam, to boil a pot of tea for me?"
Cai Yan looked at the warehouse with the door ajar, and then at Wei Cheng, knowing that he had some secret that he didn't want her to see. Although she felt a little disappointed in her heart, she still bowed politely and politely, "Husband. If you're busy, I'll go get the tea set right now."
Wei Cheng nodded sheepishly, watched her walk into the kitchen, then turned around and entered the warehouse, locking the door behind her.
Well, it was actually unlocked. Wei Cheng used a box to block the door, which was somewhat of a psychological comfort.
He carefully opened the boxes, one, two, three... Golden light effects gradually appeared in the room, as bright as the gods and Buddhas descending from the sky, and Wei Cheng's eyes gradually turned into "¥"!
Fortunately, he didn't get completely obsessed with it. After all, he was someone who had seen strong winds and waves.
After sorting out his emotions for a while, he returned to his modern home and found several hoes, two saws, a box of brand-new saw blades, and three axes of different sizes from the storage room on the first floor. Bought for mountain climbing, many of them are brand new.
When Wei Cheng walked out with these things in his arms, Cai Yan in the yard looked surprised and hesitated to speak.
However, she didn't say anything. Instead, she ordered the jasmine tea brewed in front of her with a smile, then picked up a cup and drank it. She looked quite enjoying it, which perfectly concealed the curiosity in her heart. .
Wei Cheng put the things at the entrance of the courtyard and turned around to let Weiqiu come and take them away.
He turned back and walked into the courtyard, sat down opposite Cai Yan, picked up a cup of tea, took a sip, and looked at each other with Cai Yan across from him.
The atmosphere was a bit awkward. Wei Cheng took another sip of tea. In fact, he was not thirsty. He just wanted to drive away Cai Yan.
After reluctantly taking a few more sips, Wei Cheng remembered a piece of jewelry in the wooden box and said with a smile, "Madam, wait a moment."
Before Cai Yan could respond, he hurried into the warehouse and took out a golden hairpin from the wooden box. This was a hairpin of extraordinary workmanship. The whole hairpin imitated a branch. The most ingenious thing was , a brilliant plum blossom bloomed on the top of the branch, and there was a green leaf under the flower.
The most exquisite thing is that this plum blossom is made entirely by hand with gold, and the details on the petals are lifelike. Even the stamens are decorated with gold threads, as if a living plum blossom was suddenly turned into gold by magic. Same.
And you must know that this is the craftsmanship of the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Purely hand-carved gold ornaments can achieve this level of superb skills. I am afraid that the great blessings and six blessings of later generations will not be able to do it.
And that piece of green leaf is also extraordinary. Wei Cheng doesn't know much about jade. But the leaves made of jade can still be seen. The veins of the leaves are entirely inlaid on the jade pieces with gold wire, which vividly outlines the veins on the leaves.
Compared with the stamens of plum blossoms, the veins of this leaf obviously test a craftsman's ingenuity more.
"Ma'am, put it on and try it." Wei Cheng put the gold hairpin on the table and looked at Cai Yan with a smile.
Cai Yan was also shocked by the craftsmanship of this gold hairpin, and even more so when he looked closely. However, she clearly showed her affection, but she was not seen reaching out to take it.
Wei Cheng was stunned for a moment and asked doubtfully: "Why, Madam doesn't like it?"
Cai Yan pursed her lips, turned slightly to the side, and then shook her head cutely.
Wei Cheng was stunned for three seconds, and then he realized, oh, you want me to put it on for you.
Looking at the woman's white jade neck and the slightly messy hair under the bun tied up at the back of her neck, Wei Cheng couldn't help but make a shameful swallowing motion. Then, holding back the unique fragrance emanating from the woman's body, he slowly removed the gold hairpin. Insert into hair package.
Cai Yan turned around, his cheeks were slightly dizzy, he reached out and touched the hairpin on his hairband, and looked at Wei Cheng knowingly. Lan asked softly, "How is it? Does it look good?"
Just the right oval face, rosy lips, a slightly pointed nose, a pair of bright and charming phoenix eyes, and fair skin with a faint moist luster. You still ask me if I look good?
Wei Cheng coughed slightly in embarrassment, quickly got up and ran out of the yard, saying as he ran, "It looks good, Madam looks good in everything she wears."
Cai Yan looked shy, looking at Wei Cheng's slightly rickety running posture, and then looking at his slightly splayed steps, and suddenly remembered something, and he was so embarrassed that he wanted to dig a crack in the ground to get in.
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The next two days went by step by step.
With plenty of food, the whole village was busy building houses.
Felling wood, burning bricks.
The first batch of fired bricks were definitely failures. Not only did they not have the hardness that bricks should have, they were also easily broken.
Wei Cheng and Hao Dadao tried more than ten times in a row before finally firing standard red bricks. In fact, it was an unexpected surprise. A little kid mixed a little black sand and gravel into the soil, and the bricks produced made a sound like gold and iron when knocked.
Later, after repeated experiments, I realized that I had to add some sand and gravel rich in iron and other metal elements to the yellow mud. This kind of sand and gravel is actually everywhere in the mountains. You can dig out a sack of it and you can use it locally.
After determining the formula of red bricks, the next work went much smoother, but within two days, a small red-pink pyramid was piled up outside the brick kiln.
For this first batch of bricks, Wei Cheng had originally planned to build a large locked warehouse behind the hut. It was estimated that no less than 20,000 bricks would be needed. But according to the current brick-burning speed, it is definitely not enough.
So Wei Cheng immediately decided to build these bricks into brick kilns. The more brick kilns there were, the greater the output. Originally, he could only bake more than two thousand bricks a day, but now the number doubled.
The number of villagers joining the brick-burning business gradually increased. Everyone was waiting to live in a new house built of bricks. Everyone started working with great enthusiasm, without Hao Dadao urging them. Everyone found work by themselves, and the scene was once in full swing.
During this period, Wei Cheng took Aning on a trip to the mountains. The main reason was that the prescription for Mr. Fang required a main ingredient, which was available in the mountains. Wei Cheng had marked it before, so it would be easy to find it again.
The reason why she brought Aning out was because the little girl missed her grandpa. She finally remembered that she still had a grandpa Zhang. The damn Zhang Zhongjing left just as soon as he said it. In order to coax the little girl, Wei Cheng went back and bought a can of sticks. lollipop.
The day after tomorrow was Saturday, and Wei Cheng had to quickly prepare the medicine on Saturday.
At this time, two people, one large and one small, had finished collecting the medicine and were on their way back.
Aning had a lollipop in her mouth and a branch in her hand. She was humming a short song taught to her by Cai Yan and tapping the flowers and plants on the road with the branch.
Wei Cheng followed closely behind him, holding a compass in his hand and determining the direction from time to time. What surprised him was that he did not give Aning directions along the way, but the little girl was like a little white colt on its way home. There was no detour at all.
Wei Cheng couldn't help but ask: "Aning, how do you know the way back?"
Aning held the lollipop in his mouth and looked back at Wei Cheng, his big eyes full of confusion and confusion: "Brother Wei, don't you know the way?"
Wei Cheng thought to himself, I really don’t know him. This is a primitive mountain forest. If it weren’t for the compass, I wouldn’t be able to get out at all.
Little Aning waved the branch in his hand, pointed to the big tree beside him, and said, "Brother Wei, look, are there two scratches here?"
Wei Cheng looked over and saw the marks of two blades scratched under the tree trunk.
Aning said: "This was left by Uncle Mute. The two horizontal lines represent that the big tree is in the northeast of the village, so we only need to go southwest."
Wei Cheng nodded, that's it. There are marks on the trees, and the sun determines the east, west, north and south, so we can indeed find the way back.
Uh, no, why is he mute again? How come he has so much novel knowledge?
Wei Cheng frowned slightly. He always felt that the mute was not simple. Not only could he ride a horse, but he could also treat horses. Now he was so proficient in survival skills in the mountains. It was abnormal no matter how he looked at it.
I had wanted to ask Hao Dadao before, but Hao Dadao only said that the mute was a refugee. He settled in the village six years ago and had been bullied. If he hadn't been able to catch snakes, he would have starved to death long ago. There was no other more important information. .
Wei Cheng was not willing to regard the mute as a bad person. Although they had not been together for a long time, he could feel that the mute was a very simple person. He could play with the children in the village and was very popular with the small animals. .
The little macaque raised in the village would not eat no matter how others fed it, except for the food given by the mute.
Monkeys, dogs, and cats all have very intelligent movements, and they always have the instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. For someone who can make the little monkey so close, Wei Cheng would never think that he would be a bad person.
The two of them just chatted for a while, thinking about going back before lunch.
Although Wei Cheng also brought cooking utensils and food, he has become accustomed to eating with Cai Yan. Compared with eating instant noodles outside, he now prefers drinking noodle soup and eating steamed buns with Cai Yan.
In fact, he just didn't want that woman to worry about him, even though, even though, the person she was worried about didn't seem to be him.
The place where the herbs were picked this time was not far from the village.
Just before the sun rose above their heads, the two of them had already seen the black smoke billowing from the flat top of the mountain. If they hadn't known that the villagers were burning bricks, they would have been afraid that the village was on fire.
Wei Cheng adjusted the shoulder strap of his backpack and was about to speak when suddenly four or five people in front of him blocked their way.
Wei Teng instinctively grabbed An Ning, who was walking in front. The other person was carrying a bow, arrows and a dagger, and it looked like he was not a good person.
However, what Wei Cheng didn't expect was that Aning shouted with surprise in his voice: "Brother Daniu!"
know?
Wei Cheng looked up at the strong man in the middle. He was about 175cm tall, but he had a round waist and a strong body, which made him look intimidating. He was holding a spear in his hand, and the spearhead was made of the bones of some kind of animal. of spikes.
Hearing Aning's call, the strong man's originally serious expression instantly melted away, revealing a ferocious smile that was not very pretty.
"A Ning, why aren't you with Mr. Zhong Jing...who is he?" The man was still very vigilant, keeping his eyes on Wei Cheng, as if he was afraid that Wei Cheng would be harmful to An Ning.
