The days passed, Ling'er carried a basket with tools to go out every day, others asked her that she said that she was digging wild vegetables, everyone saw that there were more and more wild vegetables in the yard of the Yang family, so they didn't think about other aspects, and praised Ling'er for her ability with a smile.

In fact, Ling'er naturally went to the vast mountains to cut trees and collect firewood, and by the way, she had to find herbs for her father, the wild vegetables at home were enough for the family to spend the winter, and some herbs were still a little short.

Today is the tenth day of the tree cutting, and at breakfast, the old lady asked, "Ling'er, you have been busy for so many days, the wood should be enough, right?" In fact, we have a total of three rooms, as long as the main beam is a tree trunk, the others can be replaced by bamboo, I think you don't want to cut down trees today, go to the river with your mother to cut bamboo, right? ”

Ling'er summed up in her heart, she cut down one tree every day for the first three days, and then three for two days, which should be twelve. Each tree can be truncated into at least three according to the approximate length of the beams, so there are at least forty pieces of wood that can be used to make beams, which is really enough!

But in a few days, the vast mountain will be closed, and Ling'er still wants to cut more firewood to sell it in the town for the winter, so she plans to cut it for two more days.

Ling'er said: "Mother, I know, but it's been cloudy for the past few days, and the sun hasn't come out, and the mud embryo in Grandpa Huzi's place must not be done." There is not too much wood, in addition to the beams, we should also have a few decent pieces of furniture in our house! Ling'er worked harder, cut down a few more sturdy trees, and when the house was built, I asked the carpenter to come back and make you a big wooden bed, and then spread a thick quilt, and it would be comfortable to sleep! ”

The old lady's face was slightly red: "No, no, our old husband and wife are about to enter the ground, what new bed do you need?" It's better to make two decent tables, chairs, and cabinets first! ”

Ling'er nodded: "Okay, then I'll work harder, and count the tables, chairs, and cabinets!" ”

After breakfast, Ling'er went out, first went to the broken yard to see his firewood and firewood, and looked at the thick wood that was like a hill, Ling'er was excited for a while, look, this is the fruit of his own labor, to put it before, I couldn't think of it, I didn't expect that I still have such a hard-working side.

She happily carried the basket on her back to the vast mountain, and when she arrived at the foot of the vast mountain, she found that today seemed to be a little different from usual? She thought for a moment, stopped, took a rag and covered all the tools for cutting trees, and took a small hoe to dig herbs in her hand, and walked up the hill like an ordinary village girl.

After walking a few steps, I heard a man shouting: "Hey, that girl, stop!" ”

Ling'er turned her head and saw that several shirtless men on the flat ground above the slope were carrying axes and looking at her fiercely with one hand on their waists, Ling'er was startled, could it be that he had encountered bandits? She tried to calm down and said with an innocent face, "What's the matter, uncle?" ”

"Girl, the forest on the mountain is deep, there are many wild beasts, and no grass grows, you have to dig wild vegetables to dig on the hill, don't come here, let's go, let's go!"

It turned out that it wasn't a robbery, Ling'er breathed a sigh of relief, she thought for a while and said, "But... I'm not here to dig wild vegetables, I'm here to dig herbs, and they say that the kind of herbs that cure my father are on the mountains! ”

"Digging herbs?" The men looked at Ling'er and laughed, Ling'er was puzzled: "What are the uncles laughing at?" ”

A big man with a beard on his face said, "Little girl, you're not from Banlin Town, are you?" Hehe, look at your uncle, I might as well tell you that the farmers at the foot of this mountain all rely on firewood, hunting, digging herbs for a living, at the foot of the mountain they have people walking around with backpacks every day and every month, except for more than halfway up the mountain, how can the herbs on this vast mountain still have your share? ”

Ling'er thought for a while and bowed politely to the man: "Thank you, uncle!" ”

"Hehe, no thanks, no thanks, let's go, be careful on the road, be careful not to be hit by wood!"

Ling'er wanted to turn around and leave, but when she heard the wood stopped, she turned around, and sure enough, she saw several men raising axes and starting to cut down a big tree surrounded by one person! Turns out they're woodcutters too! Ling'er was not worried but happy, and simply ran up with the basket on her back.

On the flat ground, Ling'er saw that the tools were placed on the ground, each of them was sharp and strong, and she was not only full of interest to reach out and touch it.

"Don't move! Little girl, why are you back? The bearded man stepped forward, put away the sharp tools, and put them in the special tool basket.

"Uncle, it turns out that you are also woodcutters?"

After a pause, he thought for a moment and said, "Well, forget it!" ”

"What's the point? Didn't the woodcutter cut down the tree? Hey, uncle, so many of you cut down a tree? ”

The handsome but muscular young man next to him wiped his sweat and said, "Hey, little girl, don't stand and talk without backache, do you think it's easy to cut down trees?" For now, it would be nice if the three of us could cut it down in two hours! Then you have to shave the branches, take care of it and transport it back, there is more work today, don't make trouble, go away! ”

Ling'er looked at the young man, and said with a smile: "Uncle, you have worked so hard, three people only cut down a tree a day, so isn't this tree very valuable?" ”

The young man glanced back at Ling'er: "Tsk, at a young age, he smells of copper!" Young people nowadays are really ......"

Seeing the young man shaking his head like a scholar, he smiled with a beard: "Hehe, girl, don't pay attention to him, he is like this, he is obviously a carpenter, but he wants to make himself a scholar and deceive people everywhere!"

Come, Uncle tells you, whether this tree is worth anything or not, it depends on the type of tree, the thickness of the trunk, and the growth rings .......

For example, this eucalyptus tree, although common, but it is rare to grow so thick and straight, as long as it is more than one foot thick, the price is at least one tael per zhang or more, and the thinner one is priced separately. The whole tree can be worth two or three taels of silver, to say the least! ”

"Three... Three taels of silver! Ling'er's eyes lit up, and the young man snorted lightly: "Look at her like that, big brother, don't talk nonsense with her, let's get to work!" ”

The beard wiped the sweat and lifted the axe and said: "Girl, go back quickly, this mountain is not peaceful, it looks like the mountain is about to be closed, there are trees cutting down everywhere, beware of smashing you!" Let's go! ”

"Hey, wait, uncle, is a tree under a foot worth anything?"

"Of course, but for all trees, the price will be reduced several times for each small circle. For example, if this tree is only half a foot thick, it would be good to get three or five hundred wen for a whole tree! ”

"Three or five hundred texts? ......" Ling'er covered her mouth in surprise, smiled with a smile: "Yes, it's much worse, right?" ”

Ling'er nodded like pounding garlic, she was not surprised that the price was too much, but surprised that she actually moved three or five hundred yuan back every day a few days ago! Great, great, we've got a good winter! The excited Ling'er was so happy that she almost jumped up, she shouted thank you uncle, and ran down the mountain in a hurry.

A few men looked down twice, and the young man said: "Big brother, look at that girl, she can't get rid of it just now, and now she runs faster than a rabbit, do you give her any benefits?" ”