It is impossible for this village to remain rich.
As for what the men in Erdaohe Village were busy with, Mrs. Xu really didn't have time to introduce more, so she introduced the Bai family and his son to Liu Laozhu, and she hurried home.
Then Liu Laozhu took over the Bai family and his son.
Liu Laozhu was very enthusiastic when he saw Bai Xiucai, and even wanted to drag him to sit on his youngest son's kang for a while, or lie down.
This is not just thinking about your talent.
Mrs. Xu is not here. If Mrs. Xu were present, she would definitely complain. I have heard of people using WiFi, but I have never heard of people using Cai Qi.
At this time, Liu Laozhu looked at the Bai family and his son with envy in his eyes.
If Liu Jingdong of his family is an ordinary student, then the youngest son of the Bai family is a heifer in another class, not an ordinary cow.
You are already a scholar at the age of 18, and next year you will have to take the Juren Examination. How can you explain this? Obviously, they were born in the same village and grew up eating the same dry food. The boy from the Bai family is called a hero regardless of where he comes from, while the boy from his family is just a worker, regardless of the weight.
However, the Bai family and his son refused to sit for more, and Liu Laozhu didn't feel too sorry.
After all, the house was rented out, and when it was time to take it back, he planned to leave the two rooms in the Bai family to Liu Jingdong and enjoy the same.
The three of them walked along the dam towards the outside of the village. When they heard the Bai family and his son asking if they had seen any men in the village, Liu Laozhu smiled and explained:
"You can see it when you climb up the dam. There is a small group of men practicing floating on the water, fishing on the river.
Our village now has a total of nine fishing boats. We basically put down the nets and go out every day. We take advantage of the fact that the river surface is not frozen. After two days, we will no longer be able to catch the drifting ice.
The main reason is to borrow from Xu Jiaguang. After the fish is caught here, the Xu family will take it away in cash immediately. There is no need for everyone to go out to sell it, and there is no need to worry about whether it can be sold.
This has made men, women and children in our village addicted to fishing. The older one didn't go home very late at night, so he sat by the dam and waited for the fish to come ashore.
There are also some laborers, holding crescent knives and shouting loud slogans, cutting wood on the back of trees on the mountain. "
Liu Laozhu learned these words from Mrs. Xu.
A few days ago, a delivery of pork and suet came from another village. On that day, the strong laborers in the village were the most naked, and even the three Xu family members were not at home.
The other party asked, where are you village men? Please call a few young men to help unload the truck.
When he heard Mrs. Xu reply like this, Liu Laozhu planned to memorize Mrs. Xu's quotations in the future.
Later, there was no recruitment that day, and he couldn't find the young man so he had to carry the fat pork, which made him tired. He was also beaten out by the women in the village, saying that he was too weak.
Liu Laozhu pointed in the direction of the mountain and said with a smile on his face:
"As you get closer soon, you won't be prepared to hear the people on the mountain yelling.
We don’t know why we have so much strength.
The boys from our village were transporting cartloads of stones and carrying logs as thick as my thighs together, and they were still shouting slogans in unison.
The wild grass in the Changbai Mountains and the black water in the White Mountains are all treasures; pulling sledges to draw ice buckets, and sliding along the rivers; Siberian tigers and wild boars, cutting mountains and ridges and felling big trees. "
The Bai family and his son all laughed. This village is full of vitality and it is the right place to choose the shop. It fits the Bai family's style of being a group of like-minded people.
When the three people drove to the new house, the Bai family father and son finally understood why the rumors in the outer village were so evil.
It is really very lively here, many times more lively than in the village.
In such a scene, no matter who passes by, they should go home and talk about it as a big deal. It is strange that it is not evil to pass it on ten times and ten times.
Just look, those who only make furniture have a dedicated group of laborers.
I heard that in addition to making cabinets, kang boards, tables and chairs, Erdaohe Village also wholesales chopsticks and dog sledges.
Liu Lizheng said that we cannot afford so many mules and oxen, but transporting goods back and forth, especially in winter when we have to dig holes in the ice to transport fish, is impossible without dog sledges.
What about dogs?
"When the time comes, buy a dog if you can afford it. If you can't afford it, let someone pull it."
Then Father Bai
The two of them then saw a group of strong men in several "weird houses", paving the ground with brought back stones to build circles.
Those strong men first built large circles with bricks. After the large circles were built, they were surrounded by cobblestones.
Not only is the large pool covered inside and out, but some parts of the wall are also covered with pebbles. There are steps outside the big pool.
At the same time, another group of workers outside were building large chimneys out of blue bricks and adobes. They erected two thick and large chimneys, but they were not on the roof but at the side of the house.
Bai Yihai knew very well that there were some things that he shouldn't ask in detail, as it would be rude.
But when he saw two groups of hundreds of people digging tunnels beneath these strange houses, he finally couldn't help but ask, "Is this?"
Liu Laozhu thought to himself: We can't hide the opening of the bathhouse. The Bai family will come in a while, so there's nothing that can't be said. Besides, the ceramic pipes were all ordered by the Bai family. If they were unprepared, they would buy bathing tickets to take a bath. After thinking about it, he explained:
"A group of people dug tunnels to bury pipes. Your father knows that they are designated water outflow and inlet pipes. We are just waiting for the pipes to be in place.
There is also a group of people digging tunnels from the chimney to the bottom of the house. Above is where we will open a bathing shop, and the hot water will be heated underground. "
The Bai family father and son said in unison: "Burning a fire underground?"
"Yes, you haven't seen Xu's shop, have you? The stove in her house is underground.
Much the same as that, we open bathhouses and also burn them underground.
After the burning, the ground under my bare feet was warm. Didn’t you see that we pushed back a lot of pebbles? We had the chance to learn that thing from the Zhenbei Army. The pebbles are heated and kept warm.
And with this kind of heating, the big circle you just saw is the bathing pool, and the water in the pool will always be hot. "
For example, some people don't want to take a bath together and insist on soaking in a wooden bucket alone. They just need to heat the water in the wooden bucket.
There is a curtain outside the barrel, but the curtain is not made of cloth.
Liu Laozhu had no more cloth in his hand. He bought the cloth at the villagers' internal price and then sold it to other villages, but it would have been sold out long ago. The old people in the village are weaving mats. The mats are usually rolled up, but people ask us to put them down again. It is better than cloth curtains and saves money.
And with this treatment, the water in the large pool does not need to be heated or cooled back and forth. Unless the water is particularly heavy, unplug the plug in the pool and the water will flow out along the outlet.
Liu Laozhu and the Xu family did business together, leaving a total of four rooms as bathhouses.
A big room is used for bathing, and a small room is used for bathing or lying on the kang, drinking tea, and resting on the feet.
This is a matching set of two.
There are four large bathing pools in each big room, and each pool can accommodate fifteen people. If twenty people are spanked, it will not be a problem, but they will stare at some things that they should not see, then It’s okay, they’re all soaked in water, so what’s a man to be afraid of? A separate bathtub in each room can also hold four.
It’s just that the bathtub hasn’t been made yet, so I won’t mention it further.
Bai Yihai had taken such a bath in the county, but there seemed to be none in the town.
The ancient people under the Zhou rites would take a bath first whenever they wanted to meet important people.
Bai Yihai knew that he would be able to make money by driving it, and maybe even he would come to take a dip. After all, the conditions at home are limited in the winter in the north, but: "Will it be cold? I think the walls are a bit thin. I went to the county to take a dip, and all the people in the county said It’s made of blue bricks, not adobe bricks, and it’s still a little cold after washing.”
Speaking of this, Liu Laozhu felt a toothache:
"So I regret it. I didn't think too much about it at first. At that time, I just wanted to do it together as a whole village.
But no one in the village is willing to work, and there are no more recruits. Your Aunt Xu said that our two families should take the lead.
As for Aunt Xu, if it becomes her family's business, you would rather spend more money in the early stage than deal with it.
She wished she could dig it all up, but she didn't because it was too late for the big freeze. "
It would have cost a lot more money for bricks without digging, but fortunately the two families shared the expense, because the heated area dug underground had to be built with bricks.
What Liu Laozhu complained about was the truth.
Mrs. Xu
I did have the idea of building an earth fort as a bathhouse, it would be so warm.
But given the current situation, the only option is to light a fire underground according to local conditions to heat up the entire ground. The ground, including the inside and outside of the pool, is paved with pebbles to prevent slipping and to keep warm. It's just not easy to clean, no problem, they have boar bristle brushes.
Then even in the room where you take a bath, the beds you lie on become small beds like hot kangs. The ground of these small kangs will also be heated. After rubbing, you will go to the big place next to the hot kang and the cover will be tilted.
This is the limit that the Xu family and Liu family can currently achieve.
However, it would be nice to have horse dung and cow dung. In particular, horse dung is made of bricks to build a kang, and it is said that it can automatically generate heat when you lie down and rub yourself on it. It smells like grass without any odor, and it makes you feel hot.
It would be better if there were a lot of horse dung and cow dung. Isn’t this because the wall is not insulated?
Mrs. Xu was thinking about it and hung them outside the house. First, the four sides of the dung castle were covered. Then the windows would be ventilated from the roof openings, and there would be no windows around them. I can only do this this year, and then start building it again next year after I make money. This is also the reason why Xu Tianxin wrote to Jia Lai to mention it, because she knew that grandma was anxious.
Liu Laozhu did not explain the above to the Bai family and his son in detail because there was no excrement.
Unless we wait for Xu Lao San to bring back a batch of goods next time, the other option is to use the cow dung left by the first batch of caravans to make up for it.
Liu Laozhu and his father and son planned to do business first and let them choose a house.
But Bai Yihai stood motionless at the water clock.
Liu Laozhu saw this scene and said proudly: "Your Aunt Xu's granddaughter Tian Xin tinkered with it. She said it moved by itself because there were gears in it."
"she……"
"But she's not free, otherwise I would like to ask her." Liu Laozhu looked at Bai's father and said with a smile, "How do you think that child's head grows and how he can be so smart? I still don't know. Find out what a gear is."
Before Bai Xiucai asked to meet, Liu Laozhu pushed back.
Then he pointed to the third house from the east and said, "They are busy in those rooms."
In fact, when Bai Yihai came here earlier, he noticed those rooms with closed doors.
He heard the voices of many girls chattering inside.
At the same time, Xu Tianxin also felt something strange and raised his head from the still.
He stood up and went to another room, quietly opening the curtain like a class teacher and observing the girls' reactions.
Because the background music of her live broadcast room was playing: "The little girl is not talented and has not won the favor of the young master. The young master is walking north, and the little girl is looking south. This life is gone, and it is unforgettable..."
Xu Tianxin wondered who was coming?
Not only did this kind of song play, but it also made her hard-working little sisters frequently distracted. They always wanted to pass by the window. There seemed to be something attractive outside.
"Have you finished preparing the alkaline water? Finished grinding the dried pollen?"
Xu Tianxin's friend Mai Miao was shocked. It was really scary to have a best friend become a boss.
After Xu Tianxin finished talking about Mai Miao, she glanced at the girls in the room who were in charge of their own stalls. They all had slightly red faces and lowered their heads. She understood that it was a handsome guy of the right age.
Xu Tianxin complained with some disgust: "What's the use of just peeking and watching? What else can it do besides delaying making money. If you really have any thoughts about others, at least turn them into actions. For example, when he comes over, open the window and throw it out A stick."
Is the scene familiar? This is how Ximen and Jinlian met. One falls and the other picks up.
The girls immediately looked up at Xu Tianxin in disbelief, and then burst into laughter together.
Xu Tianxin couldn't help but smile: "I'm serious. There is a poem called, Where does Jun's family live? I live in Hengtang. I stopped the boat for a while and asked, maybe I am from the same hometown. To put it bluntly, I fell in love with a man. , deliberately stopped the boat, and said blankly that the person looks like someone from the same hometown, so you can start a conversation. No matter whether you look like someone or not, the other person will have to talk to you and explain."
And this trick has been used throughout the ages.
For example, in modern times, she had read a book called "System: Stay Shut Down", in which there was a scene where the heroine held her in her arms
The book she was holding accidentally dropped in front of the man she loved. The heroine couldn't pick it up because her hands were dirty, but the other man picked it up for her, and the two of them started flirting with each other.
It can be seen that there are so many fates that come from heaven. If you are sitting at home, airplanes and cannons can't hit you. If you want to have a fate with someone, you have to create it yourself.
Taking advantage of her good personal relationship with Xu Tianxin, Mai Miao suppressed her embarrassment and suddenly boldly asked, "What about after we started talking to each other, Tian Xin, please tell us more in detail."
The other girls are also looking at Xu Tianxin eagerly. Yes, yes, you can recite poetry, so you must be outstanding in other aspects.
"Well, after we struck up a conversation, Jiang Taigong has already begun to fish for those who wish to take the bait. You ask him what he knows. It's best to be a little more biased and wait for his answer. Again, please don't deceive me because I am illiterate. An Neng is involved in this? If you smile and pretend not to believe it, he will scratch your head and say that he did not lie to you, and will be anxious to explain to you that what he said is true, and you two will talk a lot."
At this time, Xu Tianxin did not know that her smooth talk would bear fruit in two years.
Two years later, the girls who heard this "tip" grew up and actually put her words into practice. After all, that's what Xu Tianxin said.
Some of them had dropped flowers or dropped excrement. They handed over their mushrooms and said that they were thrown away by others. There are also those who mistakenly identify their cousins and accidentally sprain their feet in front of the man they like.
In short, there are very few handsome young men from ten villages and ten villages who are valued by girls who have not been captured. Even if he doesn't win, when the matchmaker mentions the man, he will say: I have seen this sister before. It can be seen that it has left a deep mark on the other party's heart.
However, Xu Tianxin didn't know this at the moment. She was taking away the stick that blocked the window and opened the window to see who was coming and what he looked like.
Before Mai Miao could tell her, "That's not what we dared to think, it was Bai Xiucai." Xu Tianxin dropped the stick in his hand, and she confirmed that Bai Xiucai might have heard her nonsense.
Because a piece of background music called Outside the Window is playing in the live broadcast room.
Because Bai Xiucai was standing outside the window, he also picked up the stick, looked at her and asked with a smile: "May I ask the girl her name." He guessed, weirdly, that he had got the right person.
"...Xu Xiangyi."
"Thank you Candeng for not being a guest. Can we spend a night alone in a boat? Is there any fine print?"
"Zi, Tian Xin."
This time, Bai Xiucai smiled even bigger, revealing his dimples. It wasn't that Xu Tianxin's name was funny, but that it was similar to him. The small characters were chosen casually, but the name was quite good: "My name is Bai Muyan, whose name is Yihai. "
Xu Tianxin quickly made a Wanfu gift through the window. It turned out to be the letter written by this old man to Xiangshan.
The girls making soap in the room looked at this scene with wide eyes: "..."
