As soon as these words came out, Li Qiao breathed a sigh of relief.
Very good, the consumption concept is the same.
He smiled and said: "The sickle is kept secret for now, you will know tomorrow."
Tao Zhu: "..."
He even played a mystery game.
He swallowed the bun in his mouth and suppressed his slight reluctance: "Go back. You have to get up in the middle of the night to catch fish. Don't delay your sleep."
"I'll cut some wheat for you before we go."
Li Qiao is still thinking about this matter. To be able to make Tao Zhu work so diligently and cut wheat by himself shows that he really can't hold on anymore.
"I won't cut it today. I will load the cut wheat onto the cart and go home."
"Then will your family blame you for not working enough?" Li Qiao was a little worried.
"Just a few words of blame."
Can't really do anything to him.
As the only laborer in the family, if he is exhausted and hungry, then there will be no one in the family to do manual labor.
Li Qiao felt relieved after hearing this.
But in his heart, he was more satisfied with Tao Zhu's temperament. He knew how to adapt to the best family members, instead of blindly being stupid, filial and hardworking, which suited him too much.
"I'll come back at this time tomorrow. Then you'll know what the sickle is used for."
"Also, don't be reluctant to eat maltose. From now on, every time I come to see you, I will bring you two pieces of candy."
Li Qiao warned.
Tao Zhu: "..."
This man!
Is this how he always repays his kindness?
Staring at Li Qiao's retreating figure, resentment rose in his moist eyes. After a moment, he lowered his head and looked at the two pieces of maltose wrapped in oil paper.
Lower your head and take one of them into your mouth.
The sweet taste suddenly exploded in your mouth.
As sweet as the wild honey he found in the mountains.
He looked in the direction Li Qiao left, feeling empty again.
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Li Qiao returned home, ate steamed buns for dinner, and then went to bed.
At 11:30 in the night, he started to repeat the process of the previous two days, catching fish and selling fish.
Today's business is better than the previous two days. After the spread of the previous two days, those who are responsible for buying vegetables on weekdays know that the fish he sells is cheap, and they have been waiting for him early.
After selling out the fish quickly, he took his money bag and went into the county town to find Old Man Chen.
Old man Chen has already made three large-sized sickles as per his request.
He touched the blade of the sickle and tried it with a handful of weeds. He was quite satisfied with its sharpness.
After paying the remaining money, he bought a kitchen knife, an iron pot, a machete for cutting wood, nails, etc. from Old Man Chen. Finally, he bought forty meat buns, and then pushed the cart back to Sanliu Village. .
This time he deliberately sped up and arrived home just after noon.
Without resting, he locked the door, put two pieces of maltose, five buns, and a machete into his backpack, and carried three scythes up the mountain.
Along the path up the mountain, he found a deserted place. He used a water jet to start working as a carpenter. After a few clicks and clicks, three new farm tools were made.
Carrying three freshly baked farm tools, he walked along the foot of the mountain avoiding the villagers in search of pottery bamboo.
"What's this?"
Tao Zhu stared at the strange-looking tool in his hand with confusion on his face.
Judging from the appearance, this is a long scythe.
However, there is an extra handle on the long pole, and there is an extra wooden fence around the sickle.
The fence is not big, it seems to be more than one foot long and two feet high.
"This is the scythe I talked about yesterday. It's used for cutting wheat. Try it and see if you can get it right." Li Qiao handed one of them to him.
In the apocalypse, because machines consume fuel and resources such as gasoline and oil are precious, most people use hand tools when working.
The tool he is making now is a wheat sickle commonly used by people in the last days.
This tool is a transformation of the traditional wheat samarium (also called a samarium), making it lighter and more concise. If you master the skills, you can cut grass as well as an electric lawn mower.
It can also cut wheat quickly, but of course, it cannot compare with a real harvester.
But it’s much faster than a small scythe, and you don’t have to bend down.
"For cutting wheat?" Tao Zhu took it and looked at the tool in his hand in surprise.
"Yes, you have to bend down all the time to cut wheat with a sickle, which is very tiring. You don't need to bend down for this. I just tried cutting grass and it was very convenient. It is much faster than the sickle."
Li Qiao said, picking up another wheat sickle and conducting experiments on Tao Zhu himself.
Holding the long sickle in his hand, he began to cut the wheat. The newly struck scythe is extremely sharp. After touching the wheat straw, it can be cut easily. The fallen wheat straw will not be scattered to the ground, but will be blocked by the wooden fence on the scythe.
Finally, placing the cut wheat neatly on the ground has the same effect as cutting it with a small sickle.
After seeing Li Qiao's movements, Tao Zhu's eyes suddenly brightened.
He grabbed the wheat sickle and stepped forward to cut the wheat like Li Qiao.
I wasn't used to it the first time, and the wheat didn't get cut.
But after less than ten cuts, he got the hang of it.
It’s true that you don’t have to bend down and it’s fast!
He didn't expect that this man could make such a useful tool, and he was so smart. But the next moment, he stopped. This man used to be a scholar, but now he does this kind of carpentry...
"Let me see your hands."
Li Qiao looked at his slightly frowning eyebrows and felt happy in his heart.
He spread his hands with a smile and said, "It's my first time doing this kind of work, so I'm not very skilled. My hands were blistered and I got cuts, but it's okay. I'll be fine in a few days."
He was originally a useless scholar, but now he has become omnipotent, and he will naturally arrange all the details.
In the palm of his hand, there were not only calluses from the past few days, but also blisters, and two two-centimeter-long wounds.
But I didn't expect Brother Zhu to realize this so quickly. How much do you care about him?
hey-hey.
Tao Zhu stared at the calluses, blisters, and wounds, his brows furrowed deeply, and his heart felt numb.
He took the wheat sickle and walked towards the end of the field: "Don't catch fish these two days, the wound should not be exposed to water."
"I saved some copper coins and hid them under the poplar tree over there. It's not much, but it's enough to buy medicine. You can use it to buy medicine."
"……ah?"
Li Qiao was a little confused and hurriedly followed: "You don't need to buy medicine for small wounds. Even if you need to buy it, it will be with my money. I have money."
"But I can't take your things for nothing." Tao Zhu insisted.
"I want to repay the favor." Li Qiao explained.
"Don't you look down on my money?" Tao Zhu stopped and turned to look at him, his handsome face stern.
"Of course not!" Li Qiao quickly shook his head.
"Then take it." Tao Zhu said and continued walking towards the end of the field.
Li Qiao: "..."
He watched Tao Zhu stop under a poplar tree, use a sickle to dig about forty centimeters deep, and then dug out a small clay pot as big as a palm.
"Why did you hide the money here?"
"Because my eldest brother and sister-in-law never come here. My parents don't come here even a few times throughout the year."
"Here is one hundred and sixty-nine coins, take it."
Tao Zhu directly handed him the small clay pot.
Li Qiao: "..."
He took the clay pot solemnly and regarded it as Brother Zhu's dowry!
Brother Zhu gave away all the dowry, so he had to save up the betrothal gift quickly.
However, when he thought that Brother Zhu actually handed over all his savings to him, he felt happy.
How much do you like him?
Perhaps it was the joy in Li Qiao's heart that spread to his face. Inexplicably, Tao Zhu's cheeks felt a little hot.
"The two remaining scythes you have are going to be given to your elder brother, right?"
"Huh? How did you know?"
"Then go find your brother quickly. I will hide this one in my hand in the ground so that no one will know about it and cause you trouble."
After Tao Zhu finished speaking, he picked up the wheat sickle and planned to continue cutting wheat.
Li Qiao hesitated for a moment and said, "Then I'll come see you tomorrow."
Harvesting wheat is also very hard for Li Liang's family, so sending the wheat sickle there early can also save them from the fatigue.
Handing the buns and maltose to Tao Zhu, he carried two wheat sickles to find Li Liang.
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The author has something to say:
The wheat hammer is an ancient artifact for cutting wheat. This tool made by Li Qiao is different from the traditional wheat hammer and is simpler. If you are interested, you can search for Maihao~
