Lianshu Village is near the river, and most of the villagers make a living from fishing.

When she arrived in the village, Gu Baoying saw many dried salted fish hanging in the fence gates of many people's homes.

Jiang Zhen drove a donkey cart, drove straight in, and walked some distance before finally stopping in front of a house.

"This is Carpenter Li's house." He jumped out of the donkey cart and went and knocked on the courtyard door.

"Hmm." Gu Baoying followed.

The courtyard door opened quickly, and a dark and thin middle-aged man appeared, and when he saw that it was Jiang Zhen, he put a flattering smile on his busy face: "It turned out to be Jiang Lizheng, please come in, the tables, chairs and stools you want have been prepared, come in and take a look." ”

"Thank you for your hard work." Jiang Zhen answered and took Bao Ying into the courtyard.

The yard is not large, but it is full of all kinds of wood.

Gu Baoying followed into a side room in the west, the door opened, and there were many tables, chairs and stools stacked inside, all of which were made according to her previous requirements.

"That's it." Carpenter Lee said.

"Hmm." Jiang Zhen nodded and looked at the people following him, "Baoying, take a look, are you still satisfied?" ”

"Yes." Gu Baoying picked up a small bench, she didn't know how to do carpentry, but she saw that the top had been polished very smooth, and it was very firm and strong, she was a naughty child, and she was not afraid of easily breaking things or breaking her hand on it.

"Then let's check them one by one, and if there are no problems, we will load them on the car."

"Okay." Gu Baoying agreed.

"Then Jiang Lizheng, you look first, I'll continue to work." Carpenter Lee said.

"Yes." Jiang Zhen naturally agreed.

After a while, both of them checked it and made sure that Carpenter Li was indeed very good and meticulous, and that all these tables, chairs, and stools were familiar and smooth.

Gu Baoying walked over, wanting to ask the price, and by the way, discuss the issue of credit.

At this time, she saw Carpenter Li holding a piece of wood that seemed to have just been chopped, and there were some places on the wood with some white sticky juice.

"What is this?" She couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Oh, it's called the Blind Tree." Carpenter Li thought she was asking what kind of wood this piece was, so he replied honestly.

"The Blind Tree? It's the first time I've heard of it. "In Gu Baoying's previous life, she had never heard of such a tree, and she had never seen it.

"How so? This kind of tree is found in our Mao Mountain. ”

"Really? Maybe I haven't noticed, but what is this white juice? ”

"This is a kind of venom on the blind tree, it is said that a long time ago, there was a blind village in Maoshan, but the villagers were not born blind, but like to cut the branches of this tree to burn the fire, the branches carry this venom, once the fire is less, the smoke that comes out is poisonous, over time, it will make people blind, later, everyone found that it was the venom that caused the blindness, so this tree is called the blind tree, I am now going to take out this venom, so that this piece of wood can be used, otherwise with venom, but it's not good. ”

Carpenter Li explained in detail.

But Gu Baoying listened to it with a pang in her heart.

Because she immediately thought of Xu's eyes, it was not crying blind at all, but poisoning.

Could it be that this is because Xu mistakenly picked up the branches of the blind tree to burn the fire, and did not dispose of the sap, and was blinded by the poisonous smoke that came out of the fire?

"In this case, then we usually go up to the mountain to collect dry firewood, and we take it back and burn the fire, will we also become blind?" Gu Baoying couldn't help but ask when she thought of this.

"No, although there are still a lot of blind trees in Maoshan, but they are all in the deep mountains, outside here, there is not a single blind tree, but the pattern of this wood shavings is very beautiful, and it is strong and durable, only we carpenters will go to cut it specially, you usually pick up dry firewood, you will never pick it up!" Carpenter Lee said.

"I see, then I'm relieved." Gu Baoying said this, but her heart suddenly became even more suspenseful.

Xu's eyes will be blind, and there is no doubt that he is poisoned.

But since it was not accidentally blinded by the venom of the blind tree, it was deliberately done by someone, but, according to Carpenter Li, this kind of wood is now only used by those who are carpenters......

All of a sudden, she thought of Lao Zheng Tou again.

But he quickly shook his head in denial.

Their family had no contact with Lao Zheng Tou before, at most, Lao Zheng Tou let people say goodbye, and he had no chance to do such a thing.

If it is said that he was blinded by smoke, the original owner had also burned the fire before, that is, the family was mixed with the wood with venom of the blind tree, how could the eyes of the original owner be fine, and the eyes of the Xu family were blind?

Gu Baoying had a lot of doubts in her heart, and finally glanced at the white slime that Carpenter Li had managed to get out, and didn't ask this question again, but asked about the price.

However, Carpenter Li smiled and said, "Qianjiangli has already paid for it." ”

"What?" She immediately looked at Jiang Zhen on the side in surprise, "Uncle, have you given money?" How much? ”

"Not much, let's go, we'll talk about it on the road." Jiang Zhen said that, he thanked Carpenter Li, and the two of them quickly arranged these tables, chairs and stools on the donkey cart.

Seeing this, Gu Baoying had no choice but to follow him into the donkey cart and go back with him.

As soon as she got on the donkey cart, she immediately asked, "Uncle, how much did it cost?" ”

"Not much."

"How much is it? I've got to give you the money. Gu Baoying insisted on giving money.

"Baoying, as the head of the village, can't I do something for the children in the village who want to study?" Gangzhen Road.

"Uncle, you ......"

"Baoying, these are counted as what I donated to the private school in the village, the children in this mountain don't know a word all their lives, and they can only be coolies when they go out, if they can read a few words, how much will be different, if you are determined to open a private school, it is to do good things for the village, so I should also contribute, you don't have to argue with me about these money."

The reason he gave made Gu Baoying unable to refuse for a while.

However, even if she gave these taels of silver, wouldn't she owe Jiang Zhen?

Jiang Zhen is thinking about the children in the village, so if she repays him, she should not be limited to the money, but must open a private school so that the children who come to study can be literate.

"Uncle, don't worry, I will confess to Zhiyan and be a good private school gentleman!" She promised solemnly with a small face.

"Well, then I'll wait to see how you perform!" Although Jiang Zhen didn't see her expression, he heard the seriousness in her words, and couldn't help but feel relieved in his heart.

He was concentrating on driving the cart, but in front of him, a figure suddenly jumped out of a yard, and was about to crash into the donkey cart!

Jiang Zhen's heart sank, and he was busy pulling the donkey cart very quickly!

After only hearing the sound of a donkey's cry, the donkey cart stopped suddenly, and Gu Baoying was caught off guard, but she was thrown off the donkey cart and fell to the ground!

"Bao Ying!" After Jiang Zhen stabilized the donkey cart, he quickly jumped down, and when he saw her fall, he immediately blamed himself, and stepped forward to pull her up, "How is it?" Are there any injuries? ”

"I'm fine, it's just that my hand is a little bit broken." Gu Baoying raised her hands, only to see that both hands were worn out of skin, and the flesh and blood were blurred, making her hiss and gasp in pain.

"Hee-hee, big horse, big treasure wants to ride a big horse!" However, at this time, a stupid and ignorant voice sounded in front of the donkey cart without its own concern.