I didn't say a polite word, I searched all over the yard, and I couldn't figure out what kind of road this brother was. Handed a look to the second lady, the second lady understood, stepped forward and asked, "...... you?"

Brother Naren didn't wait for the second lady to finish asking, and interrupted: "Stone slabs, iron plates are fine; The wooden hammer and the iron hammer will also "turn around and smile at me a few times," twenty yuan of money for me to prepare, and I am in a hurry to use the money, or I am too lazy to come. ”

Cheng, looking at this appearance, he is capable. The difference between literati and scientists is this, literati rely on their mouths to mix rice, and the ability of the needle point is turned over in the mouth, and when it comes out, it becomes bigger; Scientists rely on hard work, easy not to speak, people depreciate the sleeves and wheels is the ability, hands more than mouths, although the brother in front of him looks a little lacking in virtue, but the temper is to attract people, and instructed the second lady: "What do you want, see what he plays." ”

The bluestone slabs that are as smooth as a mirror, and the big wooden hammer that was used to smash the wedding cake for red and white ceremonies, are all ready. The brother shouted, 'Hey! He copied the wooden hammer and pulled a flower in his hand, and nodded with satisfaction. I subconsciously touched my head and leaned closer to the second lady, away from danger.

A handful of lint was torn open and spread on the bluestone slab, pinched the position, and with a broken drink, the wooden hammer wheel was round, and the "bang" slammed on the cotton, and then waved his arms, and the wooden hammer flew over, and the "listen to the bang" lasted for a hundred or so without a break, and suddenly closed the work, spit out for a moment, and said loudly: "Okay!" ”

Several people in the courtyard looked at each other, and in amazement, no one squeaked. I raised my breath and asked cautiously, "I'm going to get rid of the cottonseed..."

"Take it off!" The brother looked at me with contempt, and stuffed the one that was beaten into a cotton paper into my hand, "Kneaded, kneaded, softened and shaken, and the seeds were all smashed into powder, and they fell off when they were shaken." Take the money! ”

"What's your last name? What profession? ”

"Your surname is Wang. Blacksmith, nickname: Hammer King! Pouting disdainfully, "Hurry up and get the money, wait for it at home!" ”

"Someone's coming!" Sure enough, it is worthy of my own family, and I have the ability. greeted the second lady, "Go out to this iron-striking family, recognize it clearly." In the future, if you dare to appear within a radius of fifty miles from Wangjia Zhuangzi, you will greet me to death! "What the hell, a good blacksmith doesn't do it, and he learns to do scientific research. Furious: "Today, if there are any more people who come to sell technology, they will be driven away!" Especially the surname Wangdi! ”

Bad luck! I didn't eat breakfast before I watched the wooden hammer smashing the stone slab, especially Ying and Lanling, who peeked on the side, the two of them couldn't straighten up when they laughed, and the back half of the road was simply crawling over, just listening to them chatting outside without stopping laughing, a 'giggle' walked away. A 'hehe' came in, and it was a shame.

"Laugh, laugh and fight." Nest fire, no hunger in the reclining chair, full of gas.

"Hehe..."Lanling swayed back and forth. I almost fell to the ground with a bone, and finally sat down, "No, tell me to laugh again." You hit your ground. I laugh at mine, hehe......"

It's been three days, and there are no less than ten people who have come to offer technology for three days, some who kill pigs, some who shout cars, and those who run halls, and there is no serious person, so it's good. Just knock on the stuffy stick, it's all. "Is there less reward? Don't add ten more times...... Ay! Have you laughed enough? Enough is enough to speak seriously, crookedly, what about the next strip? ”

"Don't, don't rush, I can't move when my smile is soft, I'll take it slowly." Lan Ling's face turned into a crying smile, and he twisted his body in pain. "I'm going to die in your house today. Hehe...... Don't laugh, thirsty. ”

"Just thirsty!" I took the teapot angrily. Mouth-to-mouth stuffed in, "Enough? Have you ever eaten water-injected meat, it will be ready to kill it. ”

"I'm going to die," Lan Ling wiped his cuffs on his chin, "Xiao is hungry, your wife is waiting for breakfast in front, you must not eat, I have to go to the cushion." With that, he leaned on the wall and went out again.

"What? Don't eat. There was a sound of footsteps on the door, and I thought Lanling had turned back and called me, "Go away!" ”

"Yes."

It's not Lanling's voice. Looking up, Dallai turned around and went out, "Come back!" ”

"Yes." Dalai didn't dare to go inside, half outside the door, half inside the door, the probe peeked at me, and lowered again.

"What are you looking for me?" This girl usually doesn't have time to hide from me, but today she dared to send it to the door, and there is progress. Pointing to the big square pier where I usually hold a book on my feet, "Come in, sit down." ”

"Something...... Dalai didn't dare to sit down on the square pier with half of his buttocks, "the matter of cottonseeds." ”

"Oh? Say it. She got up and poured a cup of tea and stuffed it in her hand, "What's wrong with the cottonseed?" ”

"Twenty ......" Dalai bit his lip, calmed down, and made up his mind: "Yes...... It's true? ”

"Really, of course! Are you questioning the credibility of the Wang family? "What is my identity, what is the status of the Wang family, the weight of what I say, and I hate others for doubting me the most. Shen Yan said: "If you don't believe it, you don't have to open this mouth, go out!" ”

Dalai reflexively stood up and carefully put down the teacup as if he couldn't leave. "You... The little marquis misunderstood, I ...... What the maid asked was, if you think of a way to come out and exchange for twenty times, can you redeem yourself for twenty times? ”

"Oh?" That's the question that I asked. Although his identity has been changed to a Guanzhong person, he still has a contract with the Wang family, and having an identity does not mean that he has freedom. Seeing Dalai make up his mind makes people sympathize. It's not that I can't be the master, the key is that I don't want to be the master, and the people who plan to use it will be difficult to restrain once they have freedom. "The contract is in Madame's hands, and I can't take it. But don't worry, as long as there is a way, you will definitely get the bounty. However, after three days, the extra two runs were gone. ”

"Is it okay to do the same as a normal handyman?" Dalai didn't give up, looked at me with sad eyes, and begged: "Like them, you can do as much work as you want, wash clothes and carry hay, and are willing to do any job, okay?" ”

"Is that okay?" Grinned and scratched his head. These words made my heart a little sour, people's hearts are flesh and blood, I haven't become hard-hearted because of the change of status, especially in front of a lonely little girl. "Isn't that bad now? The degree of food and clothing is not much different from that of the master, and there are also people who call and drink, if you leave this identity, you can't enter the back house again, and the general handyman can only do odd jobs in the front yard. I don't get that much monthly salary. You think about it again. "After being able to enter and exit, the homestead maids are sold as death deeds, and even if they enter the door, they will be considered by the Wang family, and they will not worry about using them. Once Dalai is released, let alone entering the back house, even the cotton steward is not at ease to her, at least there is no precedent for this at home.

"Odd jobs or not, you can do this main land." Dalai did not give up, and said hopefully: "Now I will show you the method of removing the cottonseed field." Although it is not yet desirable, it is faster than picking them up one by one. Dalai was afraid that others would take the reward first, so he came in a hurry. If you don't take a penny from you, you will ask for redemption. Bent his legs, he had the meaning of kneeling, and he took it back hard, "You don't lack Dalai, a maid, and you can't look down on it." Removing cottonseeds is much more important to you than a maid. Isn't it? ”

"I see that you like to take the lead, from Fenghe Zhuangzi to command the cotton harvest, there is no small amount of heart, in the future, this cotton is more and more, when you become a big entry into the Wang family, you are not better than doing chores outside? What kind of contract does it have to be? Besides, the Wang family has no reason to oppress people with contracts. It should be a marriage, as long as you have your own good land, although you marry out in a beautiful way, the dowry is not richer than her? Didn't you just get married in the middle of the year? What are you afraid of? It's not that you have to sell your strength for the rest of your life. ”

Dallé was silent.

It's really for freedom, and I don't even want good treatment. It makes me feel uncomfortable. "The family is not bad, and the maids in the back house will ask if they have any plans to marry when they are seventeen years old, as if I abuse you all day long." It's just a maid, there's no need to pull your face to force it to stay, if the way is really good, let her go in twenty runs. "Forget it, since you have this thought, it's not good to keep you. The method is easy to use, take 20 strokes and leave, but it is not easy to clean up the bed and leave. Go out to the official to register a number, and naturally assign you a personal family to marry, and the daughter in Guanzhong will not starve to death. Wait, I'll take your contract. ”

Just as he was raising his legs to go out, Lan Ling and Ying came in one after the other. Lan Ling sat down directly at the desk, took a pen and pretended to write, Ying squeezed a smile at me, "Wait for breakfast." Pack up and call you. Just in time for the rebellion. He turned his head to Dalai and said, "A girl's family, my Wang family will save you." Eating, drinking, wearing, and living from front to back, have you been wronged? I can really take advantage of loopholes, when my husband is soft-hearted, why don't you talk to me? It's not a big slap to slap you! ”

Ying raised her hand in anger, and I grabbed my wrist and dragged it back. "The contract was given to her first, and then the method was said. Forget it," Chao Ying and Lan Ling smiled, "If you dare to use the method of smashing the slate to deceive people, I will personally whip her." Go, bring your tricks and let us all see. ”

As soon as they said this, Ying and Lanling couldn't help but be happy again, and the atmosphere in the room eased a lot. Dallae gave me a grateful look and turned to run.

"White-eyed wolf." Ying scolded Dalai's back, turned around and went back to get the contract.

"Hehe," Lan Ling didn't look up, the pen in his hand didn't stop, and he whispered to himself, "The heart is still quite soft, and I didn't see it before." ”

"Poor people, you can make a few less noises." In Lanling's eyes, there is no distinction between good and bad people, only loyal and disloyal. In her opinion, Dalai belongs to the category of disloyalty, but she does not want to understand the suffering of these lowly people. "I can understand why Dalai cares about this, from a pampered official lady to this point, maybe all thoughts are lost. But there was a turning point in the middle, first Ying changed her identity, she didn't have to bear the reputation of a Korean girl, and she could raise her head and be a man; Let her be a big girl to manage cotton affairs, and her heart is alive again, today I finally seized the opportunity of my reward, and everyone has to fight, once successful, it is equivalent to living again. ”

"Considerate, even know what people think in their hearts." Lan Ling glanced at me, "She didn't figure out her identity, and even you were confused?" If there is a contract, it is an object of your royal family, and even the person is yours, so the way you think of it will naturally be on your head, and the first one to tell you about money is not right. Besides, the money is from the Ministry of Industry, and the reward is still given to you. Is there any reason to give her twenty yuan for no reason and let her redeem herself from you? The monkey spirit reckons all day long, and even I calculate all day long, and I am confused for no reason here. ”

Whether this makes sense or not depends on what era she meets, Lanling can't figure it out, I can't blame her, after all, the education and living environment are different, there is no need to impose your own ideas on others, just be worthy of your conscience. According to Lan Ling's explanation, this Dalai is not a stupid person, at least he knows that he has a better chance of succeeding in this matter with me. If you find Ying, there will definitely be no play, and it is estimated that you will have to be slapped twice; If you find the second daughter, it is a suicide act.

"Not here yet?" Ying took Dalai's contract and handed it to me, "It's cheap for her, and the concubine gave her a nest in the release pond to drown in her temper two years ago, and she should be released." ”

I smiled, knowing Ying's mood right now. It's just angry talk. "Here we are."

A sack of sackcloth filled the floor, and Dalai struggled to carry it. "Take the contract first and see it clearly." Without waiting for her to open her pockets, I fulfilled my promise first.

Dalai excitedly unfolded the contract and looked at it, "Thank you, little marquis, thank you, madam, thank you, Your Royal Highness the princess......" After a round of salutes, he suddenly sat down on the ground and shed tears, and began to try to hold back his low whimper. I guess I cried and remembered my own tragic experience, and I couldn't help but howl. I couldn't bear it, peeked at Lanling, and still wrote and painted calmly, not affected by the atmosphere.

"Kill the pigs. Hurry up and get to work! Ying was infected by Dalai's pathos, her eyes were red inexplicably, and she realized that she was out of shape, wiped the corners of her eyes and stepped forward to kick her. There's no end! ”

"Yes." Dalai was startled, collected his emotions, and got up and dumped the contents of the cloth bag without bothering to wipe his tears and snot. Ying and Lan Ling also came over curiously to take a look.

A few wooden shelves, a few small round sticks, judging from the wooden stubble at the wedge, have only been dug for a short time. Dalai chose a wooden frame and pressed the round bars to form a dough sheeter-like roll. It may be that the preparation was hasty, and the remaining parts were not installed for half a day, so I had to tell me the use. I understand the reason, the principle of the dough sheeter is similar, only two more wooden rows. As long as the thin slit formed between the two wooden rafts is properly adjusted, shake the handle of the wooden stick to press the lint through the gap, just enough to block the cotton seeds on the other end of the wooden raft. One person shakes the handle. Two or three people pick out the cotton seeds that are piled up on the other end. This does improve a lot of efficiency. According to Dalaidi, seven or eight people are now enough for three people.

"Good! Feasible. I nodded in satisfaction. This girl is still a bit of a doorway. Picking up the sticks and shelves, I looked at them carefully, the workmanship was crude, the structure was loose, and there was no precision at all, and it was estimated that I didn't dare to let the carpenter do it for me for the sake of secrecy, so I borrowed tools to do it myself.

"Wait a minute." Ying saw that I immediately had the intention of letting go, so she stopped and glanced at Dalai condescendingly, "This is two different things, don't be in a hurry to leave." Get a carpenter to come and rebuild the object, and release it if it works. ”

"Yes." Dalley responded respectfully.

"Come with me, and find a carpenter now." Ying grabbed Dalai out, and before he left the door, Dalai turned his head to look at me, not knowing what he wanted to express.

I squatted on the ground and carefully estimated the parts that failed to assemble Dalai, and said to Lan Ling: "You lend me that knife." "There are many places that do not fit the groove, the holes are not round, the shelves are not square, and in some places, the knife can barely be installed after a little scraping.

"Clumsy, carefully cut his own hand." Lanling saw that I couldn't get it together, and said with a smile: "It's better for me to come, see if you make people worry, the reason is understood, it's not difficult." "I said that this snatched the knife from my hand and cut it with my hands and feet, maybe barely a little better than me.

Put a few sticks into it, like an abacus shelf without beads, and carefully shook the handlebar, the machine is in danger of falling apart at any time, so I had to hold it tightly and let Lanling take a piece of cotton to test. "Pinch it with your hand and tighten the gap between the sticks," it doesn't work, but the cottonseed obviously shows signs of stagnation, and after manually adjusting the lower gap, the effect is amazing. "Okay, that's good."

"If you want me to say, it's better for this girl to stay." Lanling tried to tighten the gap tighter, but the cottonseed was stuck, and it was hard to shake it, and he shook it a few times, 'click', and it fell apart.

"Why don't you go and kill the pig?" The wooden frame was broken a few times, and there was no way to return to the sky. Sarcastically Lan Ling said: "It's a pity to have a lot of strength." ”

"Your mother-in-law is making a new one, don't be angry with me." Lan Ling picked up a wooden stick and looked at it, and threw it aside with a smile, "Talk, it's a pity that the Gaoli girl is let out." ”

"People didn't say they wanted to leave, they just wanted to be free. I said it at the time, and my brain was on fire. "I want to regret it, but I have no credibility as a person." ”

"Melon seeds, you are silent, look at her. A girl, nominally a Guanzhong person, but in her heart she still regards herself as a Korean, alone and unsociable, and with 20 yuan in her hand, where do you dare to go? Tell your mother-in-law that the two of you will act as if nothing happened today, and she will be willing to pretend to be confused and mix and match in your house. "Lanling got up and took the work just now and asked me to observe, there is progress, the master-level works of Impressionism, it should be worth more than a real pig's head when you take it out.

"No, there has been no exception at home, and the back house is a death deed......"

"What's the difference between her current situation and the death contract? You just have to use it as a dead contract, no example, when did you become so dull? I really think I'm a scholar. ”

"I've thought about ......"

Lan Ling is right, there are signs of passive slacking in the carpenter of Dalaiguang, and he got up early as usual to direct the picking of cottonseeds, and at night he perfunctory the carpenter. I was in a hurry, I really couldn't see it, so I called a carpenter to guide me personally, and I got it out in one day, and put it in the yard for Dalai to come and demonstrate.

"How? If you see that there is still a modification, you can consult with the carpenter, and hurry up to finalize it, this cottonseed picking can no longer be delayed. ”

"Yes." Dallley looked at me carefully, not understanding what she meant.

"That's it, hurry up!" I don't bother to figure it out, "After the machine is finalized, the daily output is carefully recorded and calculated." Next year's cotton will be calculated according to five times that of this year, count the number of people in your hands, and see how many units we have to build at least, and hand it over to you, and try to live if you mess it up! ”

"Next year?" Dallé looked up at me and nodded vigorously, "Yes." ”

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