Jiang Yan carefully looked at the finished Jiangdong plow, which was the same as she remembered, only slightly rougher, and it would be smooth if she polished it again.

"It's not difficult to make this thing, we were in a hurry yesterday, and we haven't tried it when it's ready, but it shouldn't be a problem." Uncle Cripple's voice was hoarse, and he couldn't help but be a little cautious when he watched Jiang Yandu speak.

It has been a long time since no one in the village asked him to do carpentry work, during this time, from making dustpan cage drawers for Aunt Jiang to wooden basins, barrels and even wooden drivers, he has earned a lot of money.

Jiang Yan smiled, looking at Uncle Cripple with the posture of seeing the boss, she softened her voice and said: "It's been done very well, Uncle Cripple has done a lot of things during this time, if this plow is okay, I will have to trouble Uncle Cripple to continue to do it later." ”

"How do you calculate the price of this plow? How many pairs to follow? "The things I used to make were all often made in the village, and Uncle Cripple didn't charge a high fee, which was cheaper than in the town, like the wine starter I made before was only two pennies a piece.

Uncle Cripple patted the sawdust on his body, the calluses on his fingertips quietly rubbed against each other, he looked at the plow rack, and frowned: "It's the first time I've made this thing, you can look at the price, this time is all thanks to your blessings, our family can have a full meal, if you only need these two pairs, I don't plan to take your money." ”

"Auntie, you come and sit down first." Uncle Cripple's daughter-in-law carried a few benches back and forth, poured a few bowls of water and put them on the table, seeing that Jiang Wen was going to sit on the low stool with a broken leg, she hurriedly changed to a better one, and wiped it with her sleeve before handing it over.

Jiang Wen's temperament and humility are incompatible with them, just looking at this person, they know that they are not in the same world as them, so they are all a little uncomfortable, and they all subconsciously look at him when they speak.

After he thanked him politely, he continued: "I drew a drawing this morning, it's an abacus, Uncle Cripple, can you see if you can do it?" ”

Uncle Cripple dragged one of his shrunken legs, holding an old smoking gun in his hand, and the cigarette holder was stuffed not with tobacco, but with a handful of blue-colored sawdust, he took two puffs, a fragrance wafted in, and said in a hoarse old voice: "I will do this abacus, it is the size you marked, it is a little small, I have never made such a small one." ”

He smiled, the horizontal flesh on his face piled up together, and his thin figure became more and more slender, but looking at Jiang Wen's eyes were shining, this is a scholar, rare.

He has always hoped that the family can produce a scholar, he used to go to the town to learn carpentry is to save money for the children to study, who knows that in the past few years, every family in the village has not had enough to eat three meals, let alone study, and the eldest son and daughter-in-law have emptied the family foundation, let alone study.

The more I thought about it, the more the old man felt that Jiang Wen was rare, and said enthusiastically: "You doll is so well-behaved, you can draw pictures, you can read, and you can dig the ground with a hoe, my son doesn't know anything, you know that you have a big mouth to eat, you are this abacus, even if I don't know it, I will give you a whole high!" ”

Jiang Wen smiled implicitly: "Thank you, Uncle Cripple, then I'll trouble you, I'll stay here today to help scrape the wood, and make this plow as soon as possible." ”

The old man smiled and took two more puffs, swallowing the clouds and spitting out the fog and said happily: "In the past two days, the autumn harvest at home has not been taken off, and there is still some rice left to take off, and when my family Dalang Erlang comes back, I will go to the mountain to cut some hard trees." ”

"What is this Jiangdong plowing, yesterday these two pairs were made by everyone together, your Dongzi also helped a lot, these two pairs are not money, and they will be done later, according to three hundred wen a pair." It takes four or five days for them to make their own pairs, and it takes them four or five days to cut down the trees to scrape them into shapes, and the reason why these two pairs can be made so quickly is because of the wood prepared in advance.

Jiang Yan nodded, this price is already very cheap, Uncle Cripple is giving a preferential price, if you do it in the town, it will cost 500 Wen or more, and it is very hard to do carpentry, just by looking at Uncle Cripple's black fingers, the nails are rubbed flat, and the skin is rough and wrinkled hands.

Jiang Yan thought for a while and said: "Uncle Cripple, the price of this plow is calculated at five hundred yuan, this thing is hard to make, you always have to make money, and then promote it to other people in the future, if someone comes to you to do it, you will also give it according to this price." ”

Uncle Cripple looked at Jiang Yan in shock, a puff of dry smoke almost choked his nose, his price of three hundred wen is really not high, if he doesn't go up the mountain to cut firewood himself, he won't make money at all, he has seen a bargain, and it is the first time he has seen a price increase.

He settled his mind and said with some hesitation: "Then if you say so...... It's not that I can't, in this way, the speed can be faster, I can order firewood, saving my family Dalang Erlang the effort of going up the mountain to chop firewood. ”

Jiang Yan pursed her lips and smiled, looking at Uncle Cripple with a look of surprise and joy, she nodded.

After chatting for a while, Lin Dong got the finishing touches on the work, carried the plow and led Jiang Yan and them to the field, Lin Xi had already borrowed a buffalo at this time, and was waiting in the field early.

In the past two days, two plots of land have been turned, Lin Xi went to release water this morning, and brought the water to the field, in addition to this, he also had to pour farmer's manure and humus into the field, the humus was fine, and the smell was not so good.

Farmhouse fertilizer is different, the mouth and nose are not around, you can directly smoke and vomit, but this is the only fertilizer in this era, the people in the village are very expensive, who has a little bit of their own land, especially those who have cattle in the village, the cow will be kept to dry, either as fertilizer, or as firewood, it will not be wasted.

Jiang Yan looked at the pile of black and stinky in the field, I wanted to help Lin Xi several times and was forced back by the smell, the farmer's fertilizer is good to say is fertilizer, but in fact it is all kinds of feces and urine, and I don't know how long it has been piled up, she forcibly persuaded herself to get close several times, whether it is physical or psychological, she can't accept it, and finally can only watch Lin Xi from a distance with a few people in the village working in the field.

Jiangdong plough is very easy to use, with this, an adult man can plow several acres of land in a day, and the next day the family's five acres of land will be all turned over, and few people in the village are willing to spend money to make money, so they will lend farm tools to the village people.

Because there are still 30 acres of land to be turned, this land is far away from Linjia Village, so Jiang Yan plans to order more farm tools first, and the Lin brothers must be too busy to rely on alone, so when buying land, I thought about recruiting people to help turn the ground and plant seedlings.