At the end of the day, Li Xiu stretched a long lazy waist and got up from the bed, and when he walked out of the bedroom, Liu Er and Yuechan immediately sent toiletries, and then Li Xiu reached out and took the cup, took out the tender green willow branches and stuffed them into his mouth to bite them open, and then poked them a few times in his mouth.

"Where's Qi Niang?" Li Xiu washed his face, but suddenly found that Qi Niang, who usually ran around the yard, was gone, and immediately looked up and asked Yuechan.

"Sister Helmet came just now, saying that the princess invited Qi Niang to play in the house, and Qi Niang was also very happy, and followed Sister Helmet with Xiao San." Yuechan replied with a smile.

Li Xiu didn't say anything when he heard this, since it was Princess Pingyang who invited Qi Niang to go, she would definitely take care of her, not to mention that it was not a way for Qi Niang to stay at home all the time, and it was not bad to go out for a walk, and even Li Xiu was already planning to give Qi Niang some lessons and let her learn something, so that she would not waste her time.

At that moment, Li Xiu had breakfast, and then instructed Yuechan to prepare a few good dishes, because yesterday Ma Ye told him through Steward Qiao that he would help prepare a few good dishes, and wait until the afternoon to fish together, and he also made an appointment with another acquaintance, Li Xiu didn't know who the other party was, but in his mind, it should be one of the generals of the Women's Army such as Qiu Shili.

Li Xiu took out a small bag from the room, and then walked out of the door with leisurely steps, crossed the small bridge and walked towards the Li family Zhuangzi, yesterday he asked that Wednesday Liang to go to the Li family Zhuangzi to wait for him, and also made a small bet with Steward Qiao, I don't know if they have arrived?

It turns out that there are still very few lazy people in this world, when Li Xiu is still some distance away from the Li family Zhuangzi, he saw one standing at the intersection of the Zhuangzi, as if he was waiting for something, when he approached, he found that the person turned out to be Zhou Liang, and looking at his appearance, it is estimated that he has been here for a while.

"Why did you come so early and eat?" Li Xiu stepped forward with a smile and asked.

As soon as Liang saw Li Xiu on Wednesday, he immediately replied with his trademark humble smile: "Master Qiqi, Master Li, the villain has already eaten, and Steward Qiao came with me, but he went to talk to Liu Dianhu." ”

"Well, you don't actually have to stand at the entrance of the village and wait, you have to stand up in the future, only if you can afford yourself, can others also look up to yourself!" Li Xiu said a few words rarely, Wednesday Liang's status in the palace is not high, otherwise he would not have worked in the clean room for so many years, plus he was despised everywhere after leaving the palace, so he has long been used to shrinking his head and being a man, but this will only make people look down on him even more.

"Yes, thank you for the reminder, the villain will remember it!" Wednesday Liang nodded at the moment, but he still had that humble appearance when he spoke, which made Li Xiu shake his head helplessly, it seems that it is not easy to make him more confident.

Li Xiu took Wednesday Liang directly to Liu Lao's house, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw that the yard was still full of people, and the pigsty in the east had not been demolished, and the piglets who should have been taken away yesterday were still living inside, and they kept having fun around the remaining big pig.

"Master, everything is ready according to what you say, and I have said it to everyone, we are willing to do whatever you want!" When Boss Liu saw Li Xiu coming in, he immediately stepped forward and spoke.

Li Xiu had already greeted him in advance yesterday, although this matter was very understandable, but Li Xiu had already established an incomparable prestige among the tenants, even if Li Xiu said that dead pigs could be fed, they believed it without doubt. What's more, it's just a few piglets, and even if they die, they won't lose much, so Boss Liu and they all unconditionally support Li Xiu.

"Hehe, that's good, this time it's not as quick as the sprouts, but by the end of this year, you'll know how wise the decision was!" Li Xiu said with a smile, and then said hello to Steward Qiao in the crowd, Steward Qiao also knew from Boss Liu what Li Xiu was looking for Zhou Liang to do, but he couldn't figure out the reason anyway, and it was not the right time to ask, so he had to endure it very hard.

"Wednesday Liang, don't you know how to castrate, I came to you this time, in fact, I want you to castrate these pigs!" Li Xiu only turned around at this time, and then smiled at Wednesday Liangdao.

"Emasculating...... Castrated pigs? Wednesday Liang was also taken aback when he heard this, and then looked at Li Xiu with a look of disbelief, he didn't expect that Li Xiu came to him to do this anyway.

"It's true, castration is actually a great craft, when it is used on livestock, it can make the livestock grow more meat, and the meat is more tender and delicious, but unfortunately this craft has been used in the wrong place, and now I hope you can use it on the right path!" Li Xiu said with a gentle smile.

Folklore has it that the method of castration was invented by Hua Tuo, so it should have been a castration technique as early as the Han Dynasty, but in fact, after Li Xiu came to the Tang Dynasty, he only found that the castration technique was only used on human beings, resulting in a deformed crowd of eunuchs, but no one had seen castration at all.

"This ...... This ...... "Wednesday Liang couldn't accept this matter for a while, and he used to be a eunuch, and now he suddenly let him be a castration, and he didn't know if he could do it well?

Seeing Wednesday Liang hesitate, Li Xiu immediately walked over and said in a low voice: "As the so-called life can be established, Wednesday Liang, you have nothing to do when you come out of the palace, and only this hand castration technique can give you the capital to settle down, do you want to be despised everywhere like you are now?" ”

Li Xiu's words finally poked at the sore spot of Wednesday Liang, no one wants to live in the contempt of others, and he is ostracized everywhere, and he can't integrate into the normal life of ordinary people at all, so after Wednesday Liang heard Li Xiu's words, a little blood also appeared on his pale face, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, the villain listens to the arrangement of the son!" ”

Seeing that Liang agreed on Wednesday, Li Xiu also smiled a little, and asked Boss Liu to prepare hot water at the moment, and opened the small bag he brought, revealing a set of knives inside, these are the knives he asked for from the doctor in the military camp when he went to Gyeongju, which is very suitable for some surgical operations, and is the most suitable for castration.

Wednesday Liang saw that Li Xiu even had the knife ready, so he rolled up his sleeves at the moment, washed his hands in hot water, and then asked someone to help catch a piglet, so he picked up the knife very skillfully, found the right position and began to use the knife. Although the physiological structure of pigs is somewhat different from that of others, the difference is not very big, not to mention that there is Li Xiu, although he does not know castration, but he has seen others castrate pigs in his previous life, so he can also give some pointers.

Wednesday Liang's castration technique is very good, coupled with Li Xiu's guidance, the whole process took less than ten minutes, and the two "pearls of life" of a pig were taken by him in his hands, and then he grabbed a handful of grass and wood ashes and wanted to shoot on the pig's wound, but was stopped by Li Xiu, and then took out the needle and thread in the small bag and taught Wednesday Liang to stitch up the wound.

In fact, after castrating the pig, whether the wound is stitched or not has little effect, after all, the vitality of the pig is much stronger than that of a human, but for the sake of insurance, Li Xiu still asked Zhou Liang to stitch up the wound, in case of wound infection, it will be troublesome.

With the first experience, Liang Liang's movements became more proficient in the next Wednesday, and the knife was also very bold, and he could complete a castration in almost a few minutes. However, Li Xiu next to him looked at it more and more wrongly, because when Liang was castrating the pig on Wednesday, his originally cowardly expression became more and more confident, and his eyes became brighter and brighter, and he seemed to enjoy the castration process very much, which made Li Xiu feel cold in his crotch, it seems that there is really no normal person in the palace, and he will stay away from this guy in the future.

After a while, most of the piglets were castrated, but the remaining few Wednesday Liang no longer cut down, which made Li Xiu ask strangely: "Why didn't you do it, and the remaining ones were all castrated?" ”

"I didn't ...... I can't do it, and the rest is all female. Wednesday Liang said helplessly at this time, thinking that this Li Gongzi wouldn't even be able to tell the difference between his father and mother, right?

"Who said that the mother can't be castrated, go and grab one and castrate it the same!" Li Xiu said with a stubborn expression.

As soon as his words came out, he immediately startled the people around him, and Steward Qiao hesitated for a moment and finally couldn't help but say: "Li Gongzi, you just castrate the boar, how about the sow?" ”

"Hehe, Steward Qiao doesn't need to be surprised, just look at it!" Li Xiu smiled at this time, and then motioned to Wednesday Liang to continue, which made him a little helpless, so he had to let someone catch a little sow, but for a while he didn't know where to go to the knife, and finally he was ruthless or cut in the same position, cut a hole to find, and finally found something, although it was different from the boar, but with his experience, it should not go wrong, so he also cut it off ruthlessly.

Seeing this, Li Xiu also nodded with satisfaction, most people may think that steers only castrate boars, but in fact, sows also have to be castrated, but boars have to cut off ****, sows have to cut off their ovaries, without these two things, pigs will become lazy, all day long only know how to eat but do not like to move, and finally naturally only grow fat, there is a saying in later generations called "pigs are not castrated and not fat", this is the truth.

After castrating the pig, Steward Qiao immediately ran up to ask, just now he couldn't understand the truth when he wanted to break his head, Li Xiu had to explain it in words he could understand, and he also took the eunuchs in the palace as an example, which barely made Steward Qiao understand the truth, which also made him convinced of Li Xiu, what is a scholar, this is a scholar, even the matter of pig eggs is better than others!

When sending away Wednesday Liang, Li Xiu also took dozens of dollars as a reward, originally he didn't want to accept it anyway, but Li Xiu insisted on giving, if this time the gelding was successful, there must be many people looking for him to help the gelding pig in the future, this can't be done in vain, so from now on we have to set up a rule for giving money, and finally Wednesday Liang couldn't refuse, so he could only put it away, and at the moment he got the money, his tears also flowed down at once, and it is estimated that he was paid for his labor for the first time in his life.

At noon, Li Xiu didn't eat lunch, and walked to the river with a food box, Ma Ye asked him to fish together, and it was estimated that he would give him the fishing rod he bet on, thinking of the jade-inlaid fishing rod that he had been coveting for a long time, Li Xiu couldn't help but smile, and his feet walked more briskly.

After a while, Li Xiu saw Ma Ye by the river from a distance, and next to Ma Ye, there was a tall and thin figure sitting, when he saw this person, he couldn't help but say in surprise: "Why is he?" ”