Chapter 27: The Gospel for Lovers of Beauty
The willows on the moon, everything is hidden at night, but Linbian Village is a hot scene.
Liu Xiu taught the villagers how to make mosquito coils, and further made a series of plans for the future, the old village chief is full of confidence in this, and the life of the village will definitely get better and better in the future.
With anticipation in his heart, his old body seemed to be much lighter.
At night, the old village chief stood at the entrance of the village in high spirits, looking into the distance from time to time.
There was a light of torches in front of him, and the old village chief stroked his beard for a moment, and a trace of apprehension flashed in his eyes.
Soon after, more than a dozen villagers came to the front of the old village chief with torches, and when they saw him, one of them immediately said nervously: "Dad, why are you here?" How to reassure children in the middle of the night......"
In the afternoon, Luoshan and other villagers went to the town with more than 200 plates of shoddy mosquito coils, and only then were they able to return.
The old village chief ignored his son's concerns, interrupted him and asked, "What is the result?" ”
"It's all sent out, each of the three big families in the town has given ten plates, and the rest of the shops along the street have given away, depending on the size of the storefront, one plate or two plates" Luo Shan understood what his old father wanted to ask, and immediately replied.
After getting the answer, the old village chief was a little relieved, nodded and said a good word, and then took the lead back to the village.
When he returned to the village, when the old village chief saw that almost every household had not slept, but had been preparing to make mosquito coils all night, he immediately frowned.
No, that's not going to work!
With a cold snort in his heart, the old village chief threw his cane on the ground, looked at his son and said, "Dashan, go, you all go, find me all the heads of every family, I have something to say!" ”
Although he didn't know what his old father was going to do, Luoshan, as a son, didn't dare to disobey and immediately executed it.
Half an hour later, in the open square of the village, all the heads of families came, densely packed with nearly 300 people, and under the light of torches, they all looked at the old village chief in puzzlement.
Standing on a high place, the old village chief angrily pointed to the group of people below and said, "What do you look like? Mr. Liu taught everyone the life-saving craft of making mosquito coils, but didn't it make you forget your roots, and you all went to cut wormwood and burn charcoal, do you want to do other things? You remember, no matter how valuable the mosquito coil is, how much money you can earn, your lifeline is still the field, do you understand? ”
Some of the villagers below understood, their faces were a little ashamed, most of them didn't understand, and they looked dazed, since mosquito coils can make money, why don't they go all out?
Whether he understands it or not, the old village chief also has an identity as the patriarch, and no one dares to refute it.
He is the absolute authority of this village!
No one refuted, the old village chief's face looked a little better, sighed and said: "I understand everyone's feelings, but you didn't do it, mosquito coils are important, but other things can't be left behind"
Speaking of this, the old village chief's tone suddenly raised and said: "Listen to me, Mr. Liu has come to the big guy one after another, there is no shortage of that bite to eat, starting tomorrow, the children in the village will give me to cut wormwood, and the woman is responsible for burning charcoal, as for the adult men, half of them will be divided into mosquito coils, and the rest, all of them will be given to me to go down the river to correct the river and the fields, now I will go back, and discuss with my own family, who is responsible for making mosquito coils and who is responsible for repairing the river embankment and fields, and I will come here early tomorrow morning, and I will make arrangements!" ”
After speaking, ignoring the villagers who were looking at each other, the old village chief left angrily, and said in his heart that he would start the assembly line operation that Mr. Liu said tomorrow, such a plate of loose sand is not good......
"This village chief is a wonderful person, he was not carried away by interests, for the villagers, the field is the fundamental ......" Liu Xiu, who secretly saw this scene, muttered to himself, and then left quietly with a smile on his face.
With an elder like the old village chief who has a degree of progress and retreat watching, there is no big problem in this village.
In fact, before teaching the villagers to make mosquito coils, Liu Xiu thought about a problem, benefits are often accompanied by disasters, the appearance of mosquito coils will bring benefits to the villagers in a short period of time, but will it also bring trouble?
After careful consideration, Liu Xiu felt that it should not be a big problem.
First of all, the mosquito coil is simple to make, it is not too difficult to copy, it is inevitable to follow the trend, and the benefits brought by this thing are not so big as to make people blush and kill, so Liu Xiu feels that the appearance of mosquito coils will at most slightly improve the quality of life of the villagers, and will not cause death.
This is also the reason why Liu Xiu taught the villagers to make mosquito coils, otherwise, with the ideas in Liu Xiu's head, it would not be a problem to make the villagers make a fortune at all.
It is enough to slightly improve the quality of life of the villagers, so that they can eat and wear without starvation and cold......
At night, Aoyagi Town, dozens of miles away.
The Zhou family hesitated when they looked at the door, took ten plates of shoddy mosquito coils to find the housekeeper, stood outside the door and said: "Steward Zhang, the villagers of Linbian Village dozens of miles away sent a mosquito coil, saying that the mosquito repellent effect is very good, and after lighting a plate can be managed overnight without being bothered by mosquitoes and flies, and there is no need to suffer from smoke, is it sent to the old lady and young master?" ”
The door opened, and a chubby middle-aged man walked out, glanced at the mosquito coil in the porter's hand, and immediately frowned and said angrily: "What good things can that kind of countryman have?" Like, let me take it to the old lady, do you want me to be scolded? Lost it for me! ”
After speaking, the housekeeper didn't even look at it, and scolded and went into the house and closed the house.
The Tian family also staged such a scene, but the housekeeper said that the old man and the young master were discussing big things, and they didn't dare to disturb, so let's put the problem of mosquito coils first, and then talk about it when we have the opportunity, so that mosquito coils were not used.
In addition, the concierge of the Liu family also took the mosquito coil to find the housekeeper, but the housekeeper was hesitating, if it really had that effect, should it be used by the old lady and the old lady? After all, on this hot day, who is not annoyed by mosquitoes and flies and can't sleep.
"Linbian Village?"
Just as the butler hesitated, a voice of self-talk came from not far away.
The housekeeper was stunned for a moment, and when he saw the person who spoke, he immediately took two steps forward and bowed down and said, "Miss, you're back"
It was Liu Qingqing who was talking to himself before, it seemed that he had just come back from outside, his face was a little tired, he passed by here and heard the three words of Linbian Village and felt a little familiar, and subconsciously stopped talking to himself, but he couldn't remember it for a while.
The housekeeper came, she nodded, and then asked, "Where is Linbian Village?" What's going on? ”
"Miss, Linbian Village belongs to the Tian family, you asked people to inquire about the skin and silver thread grass of the black leopard yesterday, they are all from Linbian Village, nothing happened there, that is, the villagers sent a kind of mosquito coil, saying that after the house is lit at night, there will be no need to be troubled by mosquitoes all night" The housekeeper immediately explained.
After listening, Liu Qingqing just ignored it and walked away.
But after she took two steps, it suddenly occurred to her that person who seemed to be from Linbian Village? By the way, what's the name?
Liu Qingqing's impressive face suddenly appeared in Liu Qingqing's mind, but she couldn't remember the other party's name, she hesitated a little, and she said to the housekeeper: "Since the effect is good, let's send a plate to my father, mother and aunt, by the way, bring me a plate too......"
Returning to the residence with a plate of mosquito coils, Liu Qingqing was about to go to bed to rest after washing, and saw a handful of wormwood on the table, instinctively wanted to light it, but saw the mosquito coils on the side, so he hesitated a little to light the mosquito coils.
Lying on the bed, listening to the buzzing mosquitoes around her, Liu Qingqing covered her head with the quilt irritably and said: "Damn mosquitoes, I really hope that winter will come sooner, but winter is so cold......"
On a hot day, the quilt was stuffy, Liu Qingqing stretched out her head and exhaled, not realizing that the mosquito's voice was much quieter until it didn't, and she slept until dawn in a daze.
After dawn, Liu Qingqing sat up and reached out to touch his face and arms, since the summer, he has been bitten by mosquitoes every day when he gets up, how can he stand it as a girl who loves beauty? So check it every day.
But this time, Liu Qingqing found that there was no discomfort on her body at all.
Subconsciously, she looked at the mosquito coil that had burned to ashes and muttered, "Is it really effective?" If there were more, you wouldn't have to worry about mosquitoes in the future? It's a blessing for those who love beauty......"
As soon as her eyes lit up, she immediately rolled over and got up.
For some reason, Liu Qingqing's mind subconsciously flashed Liu Xiu's face, and there was an instinctive feeling in her heart that mosquito coils had some kind of connection with Liu Xiu......
The villagers sent more than 200 plates of mosquito coils in the town, but in fact, there were only dozens of them, most of them were useless, but a small number of people who used them tasted the sweetness.
Before dawn, the village was busy, with children cutting wormwood, women burning charcoal, and adult men half-making mosquito coils and half-trimming river embankments and fields.
The production of mosquito coils has embarked on an assembly line mode, and the molds that carpenters worked out overnight have been put into use, and plates of mosquito coils have been spread out to dry when the sun rises.
At noon, when the sun is the hottest, the mosquito coils made in the morning have dried thoroughly, although the villagers are not familiar with the assembly line operation, but hundreds of villagers have made 10,000 plates in the morning, and they are much more exquisite than yesterday's shoddy ones, all of them are exactly the same, and there are patterns on the mosquito coils.
The finished mosquito coils have been carefully placed in a wooden box, a full dozen boxes.
Under the sun, the old village chief found Liu Xiu to ask for advice: "Mr. Liu, the first batch of mosquito coils has been made, can it be sold in the town?" ”
Last night, Liu Xiu also ordered a plate of shoddy mosquito coils, and the effect was good, and the annoying sound of mosquitoes buzzing disappeared.
At this time, when he heard the old village chief's inquiry, he immediately nodded and said: "Naturally, so let's go, I'll go with the villagers, and I just happen to visit Qingliu Town again, but I have to walk at night when I come back."
Originally, Liu Xiu wanted to go to Qingliu Town to learn more about this world again, but it was delayed because of teaching the villagers to make mosquito coils.
It is naturally good to have Liu Xiu with him, and the old village chief hesitated again and asked, "Then how should this mosquito coil be priced?" ”
"How about a copper plate and a plate?" Liu Xiu made a proposal.
With a glaring eye, the old village chief was dumbfounded and said, "Won't it be too expensive?" After all, the grain is less than two copper plates and a catty! ”
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