Liu Min said goodbye to Grandpa Huo and walked into the courtyard that looked very closed in the south of Cypress Forest Village.

Pushing open the wooden leaf door made of bamboo strips, a short and sturdy woman in her twenties opened the bamboo curtain in the upper room and walked out.

When the short and sturdy woman saw Liu Min walking in with a heavy bundle of firewood, her face immediately showed a look of consternation; followed by a burst of scolding: "The dead baby ran out for several days, and Lao Tzu thought you were dead; How did you come back alive? ”

Liu Min was silent, but what came to mind was the marriage in the later generations: the poor and ugly, one meter forty-nine, primary school culture, rural household registration, three broken houses, one acre of thin fields, no ice pot and cold stove wife, and medicine does not leave the mouth all year round.

The short and strong woman stood on the eaves platform and scolded Liu Min, who was not even one meter four or nine; But she was wearing a blood-scarlet mopping skirt, like a kiln sister on the green floor in Bianliang City.

1.49 meters is Liu Min's stepmother, named Xiao Hongping; When I heard the name, it really crunched.

Liu Min's father, no, it should be said that Liu Min's stepfather is called Liu Dahua, and he is called Liu Er, and Laizi is also called Liu Er.

Liu Min's memory of his mother is very vague, because when his mother died, Liu Min was less than three years old and had no mature memory.

The mother seems to have taken Liu Min to marry Liu Er, and Liu Min was helpless after the mother died; can only live with Liu Er, the stepfather.

This is the reason why Liu Min later became the queen of Song Zhenzong, but he did not dare to tell the reason for his cypress forest; And fabricated a "historical story" of his ancestral hometown in Taiyuan, Shanxi.

Liu Min and her stepfather Liu Erlaizi have no relatives and no reason, and Liu Erlaizi took her in for the sake of Liu Min's mother.

Liu Min learned to cook at the age of four or five, and went up to the mountains to collect firewood at the age of six or seven; This is also a useful girl for the drunkard Liu Er.

Later, Liu Er married his wife Xiao Hongping, and Liu Min was completely guilty.

The girl who was less than seven years old did all the work at home, and Xiao Hongping forced her to go up the mountain to chop wood; Moreover, it is stipulated that the amount of firewood cut per day shall not be less than 50 catties.

This time, Liu Min went up the mountain to chop wood and fell off a cliff and died for three days, if it weren't for the later medical doctor Liu Min borrowed the corpse to resurrect his soul; Seven-year-old Liu Min has already gone to the underworld to see his mother.

The problem is that after the later medical doctor possessed Liu Min, she returned to the cypress grove home; In the face of the stepmother's reprimand, he could only endure it silently.

While enduring Xiao Hongping's insults, Liu Min put the bundle of firewood on the ground and said, "Mother, you have come to the scale!" ”

As soon as Liu Min's scale words came out, he saw a man who was slightly taller than Xiao Hongping staggering in from the door.

The man who staggered around was Liu Min's stepfather, Liu Dahua, nicknamed Liu Er, Liu Er, and Laizi.

The reason why Liu Er is called Liu Er Laizi is only because he drinks in the buffalo tavern in the cypress forest and often pays on credit.

Liu Er walked in the door and saw Liu Min and the bundle of chopping wood resting on the ground; His mouth squeaked and shouted: "You...... Not dead...... Is it ...... How...... ...... back."

Liu Min didn't go home for three days, and Liu Er thought she died in the mountains; Anyway, it's not a daughter-in-law, Liu Erhe and Yi.49 are indifferent.

Liu Er said the above sentence drunkenly, and sat on the roof of the house; Pointing his finger at Liu Min, he was dizzy and said, "Go...... Cook tea for Lao Tzu...... Lao Tzukou...... Mouth...... Thirsty ......"

Liu Min saw that he said, looked at 1.49 meters and said weakly: "Mother, Minzi is going to make tea for Daddy!" ”

"Burn a pee! You stand there honestly for my mother! One meter forty-nine said menacingly, showing her dignity as a housewife.

Liu Min didn't dare to speak anymore, and stood in front of the bundle of chopping wood and hooked his two hands together; picked up the fingers of his left hand and picked out the fingers of his right hand, and his eyes glanced at Liu Eryou, who was sitting on the ground, from time to time, and he was aiming at the one meter forty-nine with his hand on his waist.

Liu Er heard that 1.49 meters stopped Liu Min, and he shouted noisily: "You thief mother-in-law, can't Lao Tzu let my sister make a pot of tea?" ”

Liu Er questioned 1.49 meters in a drunken way, and 1.49 meters was quite annoying to listen to; Ran to Liu Er with three feet and two steps, raised his palm and "crackled" and slapped a few times, scolding and chirping: "There has been no rice in the rice tank for a long time, and there has been no water in the water tank for a few days; The two of you are fine, one goes out for several days and does not come home; One was so drunk that he left his wife alone at home to feed the mice! ”

Liu Er was slapped on the ground by 1.49 meters and didn't say a word, and 1.49 meters walked up to Liu Min and shouted: "Go and bring the pole scale at the corner of the wall!" ”

The rod scale is more than two meters long, and the scale hammer hangs on the scale rod like a big winter melon; This scale is usually used by Liu Er to weigh grain, but 1.49 meters is used to supervise Liu Min's "fruits of labor".

There have always been two different theories about the measuring tool of the scale, one is that the rod scale was invented by Tao Zhugong, a merchant in the Spring and Autumn Period; Another version holds that the inventor was Luban.

Tao Zhugong was Fan Li, a military advisor of King Goujian of Yue, who was an early Chinese business theorist; One of the pioneers of Chuxue, he was revered as the "Shang Sheng" by later generations.

Fan Li was born poor but erudite, and had a deep acquaintance with Chu Wanling's literary genres; Because he was dissatisfied with the political darkness of Chu and the fact that non-nobles were not allowed to enter the office, they defected to the Yue State to assist the Yue King Goujian.

Legend has it that Fan Li helped Gou Jian to rejuvenate the Yue Kingdom and destroy the shame of Wu Guoyixue; After becoming famous, the rapids retreated bravely, and the beautiful Xi Shi traveled between the seventy-two peaks.

During this period, he became extremely rich in business three times, and scattered his wealth to help the poor people; Later, he settled in Taoqiu of the Song Kingdom (now south of Dingtao District, Heze City, Shandong Province), and called himself Tao Zhugong.

Tao Zhu Gong, who is known as the world, is "loyal to the country, wise to protect himself, business to get rich, and famous all over the world." ”

In later generations, many businessmen worshipped the statue of Tao Zhugong and called it the God of Wealth.

Tao Zhugong was inspired by the crossbar of drawing water and invented the rod scale; With the Big Dipper, the six stars of the South Dipper and the three stars of Fu Lu Shou, a total of 16 stars are remembered, and 16 star flowers are engraved on the scale rod, so it is called 16 taels of scales.

Another theory is that the rod scale was invented by Lu Ban using the principle of leverage, and it is also based on the Big Dipper and the South Dipper six stars carved on the rod scale, and the thirteen star flowers are set as thirteen taels as one catty.

After Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries, he added three stars of Fu Lu Shou on the basis of the thirteen taels of Luban to become sixteen stars; Change to sixteen taels for one catty.

Liu Min carried the pole scale from the corner of the wall, and asked her to hang it on the chopping wood bundle with a scale hook; Then he inserted a wooden stick into the leather ring on the top of the weighing rod.

The wooden stick inserted into the leather ring pressed one end against Liu Min's shoulder, and the other end rested on the low wall.

After the bundle of firewood left the ground, 1.49 moved the weighing hammer to the appropriate position and looked at it; The bundle of firewood is not more, not less than 55 catties, which means that Liu Min has 5 catties more on the basis of the 50-pound task.

After weighing one meter and forty-nine, after looking around with mouse-like eyes, he said angrily: "This trip is enough firewood for two catties, but you have been out for three days and the task should be 150 catties; It's only 55 pounds now, and it's almost a three-day mission......"

Before he finished his words, he saw Liu Min kneeling on the ground with a "poof" and said with tears in his eyes: "Mother, the two catties and minzi owed will definitely ......make up for it in the future."

Before Liu Min finished his words, he saw a strong man striding in from the door and shouting, "Sister-in-law of the Liu family, the buffalo has come to buy firewood; I don't know if there is a new chopping wood at home! ”

The buffalo opened a tavern in the cypress forest, and by the way, it brought stir-fried vegetables and rice; knew that Liu Er's family had a girl who was collecting firewood, and often rushed over to buy firewood.

Today's weather is hot, and the number of diners who come to the tavern to drink, eat, and eat tea has increased; Naturally, there was a lot of firewood needed, and the buffalo rushed to Liu Er's house to buy firewood; Liu Mincai was beaten by one meter and four hundred and ninety-one.

Seeing the buffalo walking in, Yi.49 scolded Liu Min in a low voice: "If you don't get up yet, you can't kneel on the ground and worship the Buddha!" ”

Liu Min hurriedly got up from the ground and timidly watched the buffalo walk in......