311 Hidden Eyes
Eating simple but extremely delicious dishes made by Ling Xiaorou, Qu Laohan couldn't hide the pride in his heart, although Ling Xiaorou didn't have the ability to make money for the time being, she did a good job, if she couldn't find a way to make a living, he didn't mind using her as a maid.
It's just that he won't say that, in case Ling Xiaorou has the confidence, it depends on him, it's easy to be a maid, but when he really gets married, he will have to give him a backup dowry
couldn't help but say to Ling Xiaojiu: "Rou'er, Dad has made money now, and you are not young, you can't always be raised by Dad at home."
Seeing that Qu Laohan looked proud, Ling Xiaorou twitched the corners of her mouth, is this Nima really her own father, it is said that in ancient times, it was not a natural thing for a father to raise an unmarried daughter, why did he come to him and eat his own rice, and he couldn't wait to drive her out to make money immediately.
Although she was slandered, Ling Xiaorou's face did not show it, she just hummed and agreed, and then looked at Qu Laohan's look of hatred of iron and steel, in fact, he really regarded her as a son
After eating, Qu Laohan went back to the house and fell into bed and hummed, he was really tired enough.
Although all the way is a car, but carrying water is also a hard work, every big bucket to lift a dozen small buckets, a full four cars are more than 50 buckets of water, originally he also wanted to hire someone to help carry water, but after tasting the taste of mountain spring water elsewhere, Qu Laohan silently alone to complete this arduous task.
It is also mountain spring water, but the taste is too bad, even if the mountain spring in other places is cool and cool, there is always a strange smell, and it is slightly salty, where is the spring water like he hit is extremely sweet.
No one is a fool, if it weren't for the fact that the mountain spring water he sold tasted unusual, his water would not have sold better than others, so although the road was a little farther and he was a little tired of fetching water, Qu Laohan still decided to make a fortune in silence.
It's just that the secret of this mountain spring water he is looking for can be kept for how long in case he is targeted, he has no power now, and his identity is not easy to expose, and he is not waiting to be snatched away by someone to snatch the mountain spring away or to sell water with him will rob his business, it seems that it is better to find a backer and make use of this mountain spring, so that others can only be greedy but unable to reach in.
After thinking about it all night, Qu Laohan got up early and went out of the city to transport water as he did yesterday, and after two trips, the time was about the same, and Qu Laohan drove the carriage directly to the mansion.
After inquiring, I found the master who helped the prefect manage the land and finances, and it was the master who sold the shop to Ling Xiaorou the day before yesterday.
Qu Laohan didn't say that he would let his master help him get the ownership of the mountain spring water, but only said that he would sell water and build a house on the side of the mountain outside the city, and it would be convenient to fetch water and sell water at that time.
After speaking, he also stuffed a hundred taels of silver for the master, and the master smiled after receiving the silver, although one hundred taels was much less than the one thousand taels given by Ling Xiaorou the day before yesterday, but he can make the decision on this hundred taels, and these silver don't need to be given to the prefect, naturally they are all his own, who would be afraid of silver biting his hand
If you get the money, you have to help with things, and the master happily granted him the piece of land that Qu Laohan said, and Qu Laohan happily took the land documents back to prepare to build a house.
The spring of this mountain spring came out of a mountain wall that was more than three feet high from the ground, Qu Laohan inserted a small hollow bamboo tube in the mountain wall, and the mountain spring water flowed out along the bamboo tube, and the water flow was still very large.
As long as the house is built against the mountain wall, the mountain spring is wrapped in the house, and a cistern is built in the house, and there will be water to sell all the time.
After thinking about it, Qu Laohan immediately bought the materials for building a house and went out of the city, and he had already begun to fantasize about the days when the mountain spring water would be sold.
This whole day he kept carrying water to the city, and after carrying the water, he would bring some materials for building houses back to the spring, hide them in the grass, and hire a few people in the village on the side of the mountain to help look at the materials, and build houses tomorrow.
When I went home at night, I didn't tell Ling Xiaorou about building a house, I lay down on the bed to sleep after dinner, and I was full of spirits, and I would be busy building a house tomorrow.
The next morning, Qu Laohan drove the carriage out of the city, today must not be able to deliver water, fortunately yesterday when he sent water, he also said hello, those who used water at home yesterday also stored enough water, today he did not go to deliver water is enough.
When he learned that Qu Laohan was going to build a house next to a mountain wall with a spring, and he would build a side of the mountain wall as a wall, the people in the village who hired him felt that this old man was sick, and a good house had to be built in a damp and wet place, so could people live in the future
Qu Laohan didn't hide it from them, anyway, if he sold water in a few days, these people could also see it, although they felt that it was redundant for Qu Laohan to build a house for a glimpse of mountain spring water, and they didn't have much to say, after all, Qu Laohan gave them money, so they could build it as they wanted.
Fortunately, there were stones and trees in the mountains, and with the materials prepared by Qu Laohan yesterday, it only took one day to build a house with solid stones mixed with wood.
The house is not divided into halls, halls, but a square house with a small flow of water, and a large pit more than three feet deep is dug against the mountain wall, which occupies a small half of the whole stone house, and there is a drainage outlet on the edge of the pit opposite the spring, and a small ditch leads to the outside of the house along the drainage outlet, and when the water is less, it is blocked by a wooden board, and when there is more water, the wooden plank is removed, and the excess spring water can be discharged along the drainage ditch.
The bottom of the pit is very smooth, first a layer of fine sand is paved, and a thick layer of coarse sand is paved on top, and then the bluestone slab is paved on top of the coarse sand, and the seams of the bluestone slabs are also plugged with small stones, so that after layers of filtration, the spring water can be guaranteed to be very clear and clean.
At this time, there was already a small half of the mountain spring water in the pit, but it was still a little turbid after it had not been cleaned, Qu Laohan looked at it, was very satisfied, and after sending the people away, he began to clean the water pit.
Not to mention how Qu Laohan is not in tune, he is still very careful in eating, since he is going to make a living from this in the future, he has decided to be worthy of his golden sign no matter what.
When the entire reservoir was cleaned and the clear spring water slowly poured into it, Qu Laohan realized that it was dark outside, and he forgot to go back to the city.
But it was already so late, the city gate must have been closed, and even if he wanted to go back to the city, he couldn't go back, so he simply stayed in the mountains for the night, and got up early tomorrow to load water and go into the city to sell.
Ling Xiaorou made dinner and waited until the dishes were hot three times, Qu Laohan didn't come back, a drum had already been beaten outside, presumably the city gate had already been closed, if he came back, he was afraid that he would come back sooner.
Presumably, she was the only one who ate this dish tonight, although she would also wonder if Qu Laohan was so old, whether there was an accident when he was fetching water, or whether he was simply remembered and assassinated
But it's so late, it's impossible for her to get out of the city to find someone, even if she can get out of the city, she may not be able to find someone, Ling Xiaorou simply comforted herself that nothing would happen, maybe her father just made money and drank too much outside, and came back tomorrow morning.
I thought that I was worried about Qu Laohan, Ling Xiaorou would not be able to sleep, but as soon as I touched my head on the pillow, I fell asleep directly, but in my dream, Qu Laohan was remembered by someone because of the spring water, and his nose and face were swollen.
I slept very unsteadily all night, got up early and went to the shop to take a look, and then explained what I wanted to do today, Ling Xiaorou went home to wait for Qu Laohan, and waited for a morning and didn't see anyone come back.
Seeing that she was going to have lunch, but there was no water at home, Ling Xiaorou had to buy two buckets with the water seller who passed by, although the man repeatedly emphasized that this was mountain spring water, Ling Xiaorou still felt that the water quality was turbid, not to mention, it tasted astringent, obviously it was what others called moat water.
But it's really useless, Ling Xiaorou can only deal with it first, secretly thinking that Qu Laohan is too stingy, obviously he is selling water, but he doesn't have more water at home.
After lunch, Ling Xiaorou went to the city gate to wait, and after waiting for a long time, she saw Qu Laohan coming from outside the city with a carriage, and looked at it from a distance, and seemed to have a small wine pot in his hand, and there was a braised chicken beside him.
No wonder I didn't want to go home, it turned out that I was eating and drinking alone outside, and I forgot about her daughter, Ling Xiaorou was a little resentful, what kind of father could do this
After watching it for a while, I saw that Qu Laohan quietly stuffed a handful of copper coins into the hands of the city gate army when he entered the city, and he was so happy to see that the city gate army was so happy that he couldn't see his eyebrows.
Ling Xiaorou was a little speechless, she was worried all night, she couldn't dream peacefully, people had a really good life this little day. If anything happens to him in the future, she won't worry about it.
In order to see how much Qu Laohan could earn in a day, Ling Xiaorou silently followed behind Qu Laohan, and saw him driving a carriage on the streets of Weicheng Mansion, shouting: "Mountain spring water, come if you buy water."
I saw that many people's doors were opened, and they all came out to buy water with buckets, and some of the elderly people in the family who had inconvenient legs and feet also helped to carry the water into the house, and after a while, a large bucket was sold, and Qu Laohan drove the car to sell it elsewhere, Ling Xiaorou followed for only two hours, and Qu Laohan's four buckets of water were all sold out, calculating two cents per barrel, the business of selling water is really profitable.
But today she has also seen the water sold by others, why is it not as good as Qu Laohan's water, think about the turbid and bitter water, and then think about the clear and sweet spring water that Qu Laohan poured for his home, it is no wonder that his business is good.
Qu Laohan finished selling the water and got into the carriage, bought two sauce pork knuckles on the way, filled the wine jugs, drank a little wine and went out of the city, and when he went out of the city, he stuffed a sauce pork knuckle to the city gate army, which not only made the city gate army happy, but also exempted the five cents for leaving the city.
Ling Xiaorou felt that compared with Qu Laohan, she was really much more tender, it seemed that she would really work harder in the future, and she would learn from Qu Laohan to deal with people, and when would Jiang still be old and spicy.
Thinking that she didn't tell Qu Laohan about opening a seafood restaurant, she couldn't blame Qu Laohan for selling water to make money but didn't dare to tell her the truth. However, the father and daughter have their own ways of making money, but they both hide their hearts
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