Chapter 24: The Horse Widow

Twenty percent of dry stocks doesn't sound like much, but after careful calculation, Liu Yuanshan also feels satisfied. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

This year, due to the large number of people in the family, Uncle Mao prepared more dry firewood than in previous years, in addition to the three kilns that have been burned, there are still about a dozen kilns left.

Ten kilns of white charcoal are calculated according to one thousand catties per kiln, and they can be sold for almost thirty taels of silver, and Liu Yuanshan collects two percent of dry shares, which is almost six taels of silver.

It is already very good for him to sell a small life formula for six taels of silver, after all, here in the Ming Dynasty, six taels of silver can buy twelve stones of rice, which is about 1,500 catties.

For the penniless Liu, this is also a huge amount of money.

When the four of them arrived at the top of the mountain, Second Uncle Mao told Third Uncle Shen and Uncle Mao about Liu Yuanshan's suggestion, but to Liu Yuanshan's surprise, the two opposed it in unison.

Fortunately, Uncle Mao insisted, and the three adults had to put down the work at hand first, and then muttered together for a while, and finally Uncle Mao ran to the newly built house behind for a while, and only after coming out did he say: "Okay, Gongzi agreed to give you a kiln of firewood to try." "It's settled.

Then, the three adults didn't care about picking out the black charcoal in the other two charcoal kilns, so they began to learn the technology of firing white charcoal under the guidance of Liu Yuanshan.

According to the Golden God Book, the process of burning white charcoal and burning black charcoal is actually similar, and the reason why the color of the charcoal that comes out later is different in quality is because the temperature is different when firing, and there are also some other reasons, but it does not play a major role.

The most important thing in firing white charcoal is that the shape of the charcoal kiln is different from that of the black charcoal kiln, and the other is that the heating temperature is different. In fact, the reason why the shape of the charcoal kiln is different is that the most important thing is for heating.

Liu Yuanshan took out a roll of white charcoal firing technology and process diagram hidden in his cuff, and explained to the three of them how to build a white charcoal kiln, how to control the temperature and time, etc., according to the modern point of view.

The two brothers of the Mao family were originally good at burning charcoal, and after listening to Liu Yuanshan's general introduction, they knew the key, and Uncle Mao waved his hand and said: "Don't say it, I understand." Then he took the drawings and looked at them for a long time, then took a deep look at Liu Yuanshan and said: "The handwriting on this paper is clear, and the ink has not completely dried, when did you write it?" ”

Liu Yuanshan touched his head, smiled and refused to answer.

Uncle Mao is not a person who asks the bottom of things, nodded and said: "The word boy is not badly written, but the word white charcoal is really not flattering." He looked at Third Uncle Shen and Second Uncle Mao and said, "I've seen it, there should be no problem, it doesn't look like a fake!" ”

The font that Liu Yuanshan exported from the Golden Divine Book at that time was traditional Chinese, which was understood by several ancient people present, and he knew that his task had been completed, so he patted his ass and stood up, and said: "Since this is the case, I will leave that kid, you continue!" In the stunned eyes of a few adults, he took three friends to play in the mountains.

At noon, I wanted to go back to Qianning Temple for the rest of my life, Ergua and edamame went home for dinner, Liu Yuanshan himself went home slowly, and the four agreed to meet again at the entrance of the village in the afternoon.

When he returned home, Liu Yuanshan felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere. Dong's face was gloomy and could squeeze out water, the eldest aunt Guo and the second uncle Ding also had a frosty look, Liu didn't dare to speak, and Liu Yanran had a bright smile on her face.

"Hey, our Saburo is back!" Liu Yanran stepped forward with a smile, ran to his brother in person, patted the soil on his body, and said proudly: "San Lang, I have good news to tell you!" ”

Liu Yuanshan said in his heart, what is the good news, the old lady's face is about to turn into an eggplant, you still tell me good news.

Sure enough, as soon as Liu Yanran's words landed, Dong Shi pressed the needlework dustpan in his hand at his feet with a "bang", and then said evilly: "What's the good news, let me tell you, our family doesn't have enough food and clothing, and we can't afford to read people!" ”

Liu Yanran smiled and said, "Milk, you forgot, Wang Xiucai told us that San Lang went to study with him, and he didn't take San Lang's money." ”

Liu Yuanshan's head was suddenly full of black lines, and the secret said that it was this guy, and he was unwilling to come over to the bottom of the kettle to draw salary, he was really a showman, and he really had a lot of flowers in his heart.

Dong said with a dark face: "That's not good!" ”

Next to him, Guo Shi helped Dong Shi speak, and whispered softly: "Girl, you are a child after all, and you don't understand these people's sophistication." Even if Wang Xiucai said that he would not accept our family's money, but our old Liu family is also a face-saving person when he says it, and your uncle is also a scholar, can we really take advantage of others? ”

"yes!" When Dong Shi heard this, he suddenly figured out the key, stood up from the ground with a pout, and said, "Your eldest aunt is right, Wang Xiucai's family is a famous person, no matter how you say it, we can't treat others badly." Although we don't charge tuition, can we still lose money during the New Year's holidays? It's not money......"

Liu Yanran's face darkened, and she said, "Then when Wang Xiucai said that he would accept Da Lang and Erlang just now, weren't you also happy?" ”

Dong and Guo couldn't refute this sentence, Guo couldn't refute it and retreated to his house, Dong didn't pay attention to it and couldn't scold people, so he resorted to the trick of the old man and took the opportunity to play: "You dead girl, are you capable now?" Do you still have old people in your eyes? You can talk back to the old man, right? Seeing Liu's gloomy face on the side, Dong scolded her two more sentences before he could take a break.

Dong scolded everyone before the meal, but when he ate, it was clean, and the whole process seemed extremely harmonious. Liu Yanran was angry, Liu buried his head in eating, tears kept falling in his eyes, Liu Yuanshan ate and drank, and then pulled the two women into the south house.

"Mother, don't cry, in fact, I really don't want to study." Liu Yuanshan comforted Liu, Liu Yanran thought that he said it on purpose, so he said: "It's useless for me, wait for my sister to be in charge, and my sister will provide you with education!" ”

Liu Yuanshan said: "Sister, if you want to be in charge, you have to marry first!" ”

Liu laughed out loud when he was teased by his words, and Liu Yuanshan took the opportunity to say: "Mother, don't think about it, I can't be in a hurry when I study, I will definitely let you live a good life in the future, wait." ”

After eating and taking a nap, it was already about three o'clock in the afternoon, Liu Yuanshan got up and just left the courtyard gate, when he saw Shengsheng, Ergua and Edamame running over from the opposite side of the pond quickly, running to Liu Yuanshan's side, he couldn't take care of his breath all his life, and whispered to him: "San Lang, huh, huh, San Lang, huh, you, you go and save the horse widow, she, she was beaten!" ”