Chapter Ninety-Six: Zhao Lin asked
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On the second day, Zhao Qingzao, who was busy, was worried about the tools of hunting, and let Shen Changting continue to work in the yamen, and she came back very early.
As soon as she got home, she took the drawings and hurriedly ran to find Chu Xingshan, although she didn't know much about hunting things, even in her previous life, she stayed at most on small things such as traps and traps, so when she encountered this kind of thing, she had to ask Chu Xingshan.
When she found Chu Xingshan, Chu Xingshan was packing firewood at the door of his house, and he didn't go out, and when he saw Zhao Qingzao holding a pile of papers, he couldn't help but say curiously: "Qingzao, why did you come back so early today, what are you holding in your hand." ”
"It's okay left and right, it's early if you can be early, there is still something to do at home. ”
Zhao Qingzao smiled, then raised the drawing rolled up in his hand, and said, "Brother Chu, this is the drawing I drew last night, you can help me take a look." ”
"What drawings?" Chu Xingshan was a little confused, and he didn't know what Zhao Qingzao was talking about.
Zhao Qingzao was a little speechless, and said helplessly: "It's just something to hunt, I drew a few things according to what you said, can you see if you can do it if you hand it over to the blacksmith?"
"Good. ”
Chu Xingshan did not refuse Zhao Qingzao's request at all, he happily put down the work in his hand, and pulled Zhao Qingzao back to the house.
Spreading out the drawings, there were animal traps and some large traps on it, Chu Xingshan's eyes lit up when he saw it, and he sighed: "Qing Zao, this is what you painted? ”
"Hehe, just draw as you say, that's it. ”
Zhao Qingzao also did not take credit, but compared to the master's painting, Zhao Qingzao's technique is naturally far behind, but with the experience of her previous life, although she can't do anything else, but painting a three-dimensional picture, although the pen is immature, but still has a good look, at least at a glance, you can quickly understand.
Chu Xingshan looked at it for a long time, and said in surprise: "Hey, this clip is good, how did you come up with it?"
Following Chu Xingshan's fingers, Zhao Qingzao couldn't help but smile when he saw him pointing to the beast trap: "That's the beast trap, it's bent with a steel bar, and when it is spread out, the beast will immediately clamp the foot as soon as it steps on it." ”
This trap is not what Chu Xingshan said before, but the memory of Zhao Qingzao's previous life, in some small towns near the mountains in his previous life, this kind of thing is sold everywhere, Zhao Qingzao doesn't know how many times he has seen it, and he even saw people accidentally operate it and clamped his hand.
Seeing this, Chu Xingshan couldn't figure out how powerful it was for a while, and couldn't help but ask tentatively: "This thing is powerful, how is the strength?"
"If it's a wolf, it can definitely be clamped, but it also depends on the work of the blacksmith, and if the steel added by cutting corners is too little and not hard enough, it is difficult to say. ”
Zhao Qingzao is also a little uncertain, but she remembers that the cow can't run away if she steps on it and gets caught, let alone the wolf, but it was something from the previous life, and now in this world, it depends on whether the blacksmith can have this skill.
Chu Xingshan stared at the boss, such a powerful thing suddenly made him feel incredible, compared to the trap, although the other traps were very good, they were simple and coarse, and they were much more violent.
As a frequent hunter, Chu Xingshan is very expert, many of the traps he talked about are iron stakes, ropes combined with big trees in the mountains and forests, and the traps made are stronger than digging pits and laying leaves, but if the beast is too strong, it is also easy to bite off the rope and run away.
So when Zhao Qingzao finally explained to Chu Xingshan, Chu Xingshan patted his chest without hesitation and promised: "Don't worry, you have drawn this so clearly, you can definitely create it." ”
As he spoke, he glanced at Zhao Qingzao and said with a smile: "Qingzao, I really can't see it, your brain is easy to use, I have been hunting for so many years, and I only know how to use brute force, or do you have a way, you know how to draw drawings, and you are willing to spend money." ”
I have to say that compared with Zhao Qingzao, his methods are indeed a bit old-fashioned.
However, Zhao Qingzao's face was a little hot when she heard this, the conscience of heaven and earth, these were really not something she could think of, so she immediately hurriedly said: "Don't flatter me, I just don't have as much strength as you, otherwise, how can I use these." ”
Although these things painted by Zhao Qingzao are easy to use, they are also no different from Chu Xingshan's soil methods, the only exception is the trap, but with Chu Xingshan's ability, there is no need for these, it is really autumn, and the harvest of hunting will not be less than her.
"Hehe, it's done, I'll leave this to me, I'll go find a blacksmith to build it. Seeing this, Chu Xingshan didn't say much.
Hunting is naturally not so simple, he is an old hunter, he grew up in the mountains, and naturally knows more.
Seeing this, Zhao Qingzao smiled and said, "That's okay, I'll trouble you this time." Then he asked, "How much does this cost?"
Chu Xingshan thought for a while, shook his head and said, "It's not clear for the time being, but there are not many consumables for these things, and the total sum will not exceed one or two silver, so you can rest assured." ”
"That's done. Zhao Qingzao said, and instructed: "But when the time comes, you have to ask the price first, lest the last thing come out and the lion opens his mouth." ”
She has never been a person who wants to suffer, and if she talks about the price in advance, she will be prepared.
She now gradually understands the habits of the people in this village, everything is asked for things to be done first, and the salary is fixed, after all, no matter what it is, what price everyone knows. But Zhao Qingzao's things are different, some of these are new things, and there is no precedent at all, she is worried that the blacksmith will charge the price indiscriminately.
"Okay, I know. ”
Chu Xingshan nodded hurriedly, and immediately put away the drawings.
Seeing this, Zhao Qingzao gossiped for a while, knowing that Chu Xingshan had something to do, so he also turned around and left.
When I got home, I fed the chickens in the yard, rested for a while, and went straight to the vegetable garden.
However, in addition to making preserved eggs and salted duck eggs these days, she has more time to work in the vegetable garden, and now there is nothing to be busy with, the vegetables planted in the small vegetable field are growing well, although there is no fertilizer, but the land is fertile enough, the green vegetables have grown almost chopsticks, and she is happy to see that she will be able to eat it soon.
Shen Changting was not there, and she was not idle for the rest of the time, knowing that Shen Changting needed a lot of money for treatment, she also had a head start for a while, so she simply went to the newly opened half-acre mountain.
This half-acre of land Chu Xingshan was well taken care of at the beginning, and now the salvia has been planted for a short time, although the growth is not as good as the vegetables in the small vegetable field in her yard, but it is also extremely good.
However, she bought too few seedlings, and now that they are all planted, she has to be busy dividing the plants.
The division of salvia is very simple, because a planted salvia grows up, the root system is dense, it looks like a narcissus, just break it by hand, break it into three, wait for it to grow well, continue to divide, and so on, it is extremely easy.
Seeing that half an acre of land, salvia accounted for less than one-third, and the rest of the places were full of grass, Zhao Qingzao couldn't take care of it, and began to hoe the grass in a hurry, and put it into the branches of salvia.
In any case, she resolutely doesn't want to let go of the income of this salvia, after all, she has invested in it, not to mention that there is no such thing as paying rent in this newly opened mountainous land, how much she can earn is completely pure profit.
Shen Changting's illness is very strange, and if it is cured, it must not be too cheap, relying only on the income from preserved eggs, she doesn't know when she will have to wait, so she has to do everything she can to make more money.
Although Shen Changting's strange illness has been delayed for so many years, it is not in the way if he wants to delay it for a few more years, but it can be better a day earlier, and it also saves a worry.
The sun in April and May is very hot, Rao is Zhao Qingzao's body is very good on weekdays, but now she is also a little unbearable, she has been busy for most of the day, and she is finally half busy, and she is also very tired.
But just as she was resting against the shade of the tree on the side, suddenly a villager stretched out his head to look into the field and asked curiously: "Changting's family, what are you planting in this field? ”
I have to say that today's Zhao Qingzao is also a famous figure in Zhaojia Village, after all, he bought duck eggs on a large scale twice before and after, and he gave cash money, just this is enough to make people blush, and they all feel that Shen Changting has a good way to make money, so he is extremely concerned about Zhao Qingzao's every move.
However, perhaps because Shen Changting was working in the yamen, although everyone was curious, there were still very few people who asked directly like this one, and more often, they just smiled and said hello.
After all, Shen Changting has always been an outsider, although he is very good, but it is still difficult to integrate into the village, to put it mildly, most people in this village look down on Shen Changting, respect is one thing, but in my heart I don't look down on another thing.
Zhao Qingzao didn't expect someone to suddenly greet him, this person is Zhao Lin, his home is not far behind Lao Zhao's house, Zhao Qingzao also went to his house to play when he was a child, and he couldn't help laughing when he saw this: "This kind of salvia, it is the medicinal materials collected by the medical hall, and when it is ripe, where to sell it, Uncle Lin, what are you busy with?"
"I hoe in the field. ”
Zhao Lin smiled, and when he saw that Zhao Qingzao's things were sold for money, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Can you sell this one for money?"
"Yes, when the time comes, I will ask for this root, dig it up and dry it and sell it. Zhao Qingzao didn't hide it, and immediately said the price that the town medical hall inquired about.
Zhao Lin thought for a while, shook his head and said, "Aren't you fooling, how much can this be sold, it's better to grow sweet potatoes and sell them." ”
According to Zhao Qingzao's algorithm, even if this half acre of land is harvested twice a year, it is difficult to say whether it can be sold, not to mention the growth of salvia in this field, he is really not optimistic, and he doesn't think he can make money.
Zhao Qingzao also understood what Zhao Lin thought, she had a limited labor force alone, so naturally she couldn't be the same as others, but she didn't care, no matter what, it's always good to try, so she smiled immediately and didn't explain much.
Seeing this, Zhao Lin didn't continue to say more, and he was worried about making Zhao Qingzao unhappy if he said too much.
I was busy until after noon, and finally I was busy with the salvia, and after a cursory look, she estimated that she would be busy for a few more days, so she simply stopped.
At this time, it stands to reason that Shen Changting should also come back, so she simply went back directly.
When she got home, Shen Changting had already returned, and when she saw Zhao Qingzao covered in mud, she couldn't help frowning and said, "You went out to work again?"
"Yes, I went to the field, salvia grew well, and I had to hoe the grass. Zhao Qingzao smiled.
After being busy in the past few days, she has been a little busy and dizzy.
Shen Changting was silent for a while, he was a gentle person, seeing Zhao Qingzao working so busy, he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, especially during this period of time, everything was done by Zhao Qingzao, and he couldn't help but sigh: "You can't be so busy, and now it's not that you can't live your life, why are you so tired." ”