Ling'er didn't enter Banlin Town again, but walked around the periphery of the town, and found that there were indeed many small wooden farms nearby, but those guys didn't look like they were doing serious business.

When Ling'er arrived home, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon, and the old lady who pickled wild vegetables put down the work in her hand and came over, and said with a smile: "Ling'er, I went to Grandpa Huzi's house in the morning to see, our family's mud embryo has been eighty percent, but it will take half a month to dry, and the whole sister-in-law told us to hurry up and dig the foundation and prepare materials!"

Oh, by the way, I also made a trip to the old village chief, saying that as long as our house is built, we can get the deed in a few days, but we have to pay some deed tax! ”

Ling'er nodded with a smile: "Well, I know, mother, is Daddy okay today?" ”

"It's good, I've been weaving a basket in the yard in the morning, and I just saw that the sun couldn't shine on our yard, so I asked him to go back to the house to rest! Ling'er, where have you been for most of the day? Didn't you tell you not to cut down trees? ”

"Mother, I didn't go to cut down trees, but I just went to Banlin Town for a run."

"Banlin Town?!" The old lady thought for a while: "Oh, Ling'er, why are you running so far alone?" In case you run into a bad guy... Phew, bad spirits, bad spirits, good spirits......"

Ling'er looked around, pulled the old lady into the house, closed the door mysteriously, and whispered: "Mother, there are many carpentry shops and carpenter shops in Banlin Town, and there are many wood yards around, where wood is not only sold, but also harvested!"

I went to inquire, a piece of wood one zhang long, half a foot thick can be sold for a hundred yuan, I think there must be a lot of wood cut back these days, mother, let's sell some, then we will have money to build a house for the winter. ”

The old lady thought about it, frowned, and said, "This is a good idea, but Ling'er, we have little wood, can people accept it?" Besides, it's so far, how can we move it? By the way, where did you put all the wood you cut these days? Take your mother to see it! ”

Ling'er has this intention, and plans to take the old lady to take the inventory together, and by the way, pick out the wood that makes the beams, and see if the rest can get together twenty C-grade wood, and sell it directly when it is enough. As for the furniture, we can only wait for it first, and then cut it when the vast mountain is unsealed next year.

The mother and daughter prepared to bring two strips of cloth, one one zhang long and one half a foot long, and used them to measure the wood later. They informed their father, and then they carried the basket to the back mountain together, and the two of them dug wild vegetables as they walked, and finally reached the back of the broken yard.

When Ling'er lifted the weeds and revealed the neat wood and firewood piles inside, the old lady was startled, she was stunned for a long time, and said incredulously: "Ling'er, this... Did you get all this back? ”

"Hehe, yes, mother, Ling'er can do it, right? I specially moved back from the woods, for fear of being seen by acquaintances! Mother, do you think this wood is enough? ”

"Enough is enough!" The old lady nodded again and again, stretched out her thin old hand and stroked the wood with a slight trembling, as if she wanted to verify that what she saw was not a phantom! No wonder the old lady has such an expression, she and her father have worked hard all their lives and been poor all their lives, how have they seen so many good things, and they didn't expect that this is their own, she must be a little overwhelmed with joy, right?

Ling'er sighed lightly in her heart, took out the half-foot-long cloth rope and began to measure the thickness of the wood, and anything more than half a foot was numbered with a carbon rod. There are nearly forty pieces of wood in a pile, and fifteen of them meet the requirements, and the thickest one is estimated to be eight inches thick, which should be able to get a good price.

In terms of length, fortunately, Ling'er roughly calculated when he cut it off, if the width of a room is three meters, the eaves have to add half a meter, so the length of each piece of wood is generally about three meters and a half, just over a little more than one zhang.

So, there are at least fifteen pieces of wood above grade C in this pile of wood, what about the five that are missing? And how thick are the beams appropriate? The rest is no more, no less, will it be sold or will it be left for furniture?

Ling'er was a little undecided, so she discussed with the old lady, "Mother, take a look, how much should we leave as a beam?" ”

The old lady walked around the timber twice, thought for a while, and said, "Let's just build a few earthen wall houses, and the roof is covered with straw, which is not heavy!" People can make beams with bamboo, I think you can leave three main beams, and the rest are sold! ”

Ling'er frowned: "It's all sold?" Can... This kind of fine is worthless, it may only cost a few pennies, not cost-effective! ”

"That's... Let's pick three main beams first, and let the rest be chosen, as long as they bid, we will sell it! ”

Ling'er thought about it and felt that this method was feasible, so she discussed with the old lady which ones to keep as the main beam. The old lady naturally chooses the smallest and thinnest, but Ling'er thinks that the main beam must be good, and she should choose the kind that is a little worse than half a foot but not much straighter and harder! The mother and daughter argued for a long time, and finally chose three.

Ling'er picked out the three and found another place to hide them, and then the mother and daughter went home together. In the evening, the family got together to discuss and find a way to sell the timber as much as possible to avoid the villagers and acquaintances. The day after tomorrow was the day of the market in Yamaguchi Town, so they decided to go to the wood yard in Banlin Town tomorrow to find a buddy, signed the deed paper, and made an appointment.

On the day of the market, everyone went out as soon as dawn and walked or rode ox carts to the town in groups of three or five. Ling'er and Lao Niang also got up early and went out early, but what they didn't go over was in the direction of the back mountain.

One of them was responsible for guarding the timber, and the other was responsible for carrying it. The broken yard was a little far from the village road where the ox cart could be passed, and Ling'er divided the distance into two sections, first taking advantage of the dark to walk the path to move the timber from the broken yard to a flat land closer to the village road, where the old lady guarded.

By the time we finished the first trip, it was already two o'clock in the morning, and the sun was starting to rise! Then Ling'er hurried to move the timber to the side of the village road. Inevitably being seen, the old lady stood at the intersection and looked around, and when she saw someone, she hurriedly sat on the wood and pretended to rest, and no one gave Ling'er a gesture and told her to move quickly.

The two of them acted like thieves, sneakily working until the end of the hour, Ling'er panted and sat on the pile of wood to wipe her sweat, although her strength was beyond ordinary people, it was still a little unbearable to toss for a long time.

Fortunately, after waiting for more than a quarter of an hour, the people of Chengxin Kiba came, they brought two ox carts, and they were a little surprised to see a pile of timber guarded by only one old and one young. However, they didn't ask too much questions, and went directly to the procedure to measure and estimate the timber.

A quarter of an hour later, the results came out, Ling'er moved a total of forty-five pieces of wood, seventeen of which reached the C-level standard, twenty of the general wood, and the rest were too small, and the shape was unsightly, and people didn't want it. In the end, the total price was two or eight hundred wen, which was more than the two expected!

The man handed the list to the old lady and said, "Auntie, look at it, this is the price of each piece of wood, and the total, see if there is a mistake?" ”

The old lady didn't know how to look at it, and said with a smile: "That's right, it's true, it's troublesome big brother!" ”

After the man asked the old lady to sign and draw, he loaded the timber into the car, paid the silver on the spot, and said before leaving: "Auntie, if there is wood at home in the future, even if you come to us, we will not charge you for the carriage and horses!" ”

The old lady nodded again and again, watching them go away all the way, Ling'er said excitedly: "Mother, quickly put away the money, don't lose it!" ”

"Oh, good!" The old lady put the money bag in her arms, and she heard a female voice with a strange yin and yang voice: "Ouch, isn't this Aunt Yang and the stupid girl?" ”