Chapter 50: Two Grinding Plates in the First Class
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Who knew that not long after Lu Dao walked out of Lu, he came back helplessly with his head and said, "Alas, the old man is still in Mengcheng." ”
Now the old man is still arguing with those clan elders in Mengcheng, pulling back and forth for three pieces of jade, and helping the prince consume some wine and meat by the way.
Zi Baifeng now knows that none of these clan elders are fuel-efficient lamps, and Xiayan Village has a reserve, how can other villages not have it? Even if it is an immortal, it is not as old as these old and refined guys, and don't think that they can easily hand over the things in their hands and spit it out. When they were arguing one by one, I don't know what Lu Dao thought in his heart.
"This old man doesn't know when Lu Dao will come back......" Zi Baifeng was a little deflated and said.
"This kind of thing, you don't need to find an old man. Zijian calmly put down the pestle in his hand, clapped his hands, and said with his hands behind his back: "I'll go find Shi San." ”
Shi San is the third in line, and he is a stonemason. In fact, in a village like Xiayan Village, where there are many things that are good at everything, it is almost a small self-sufficient society, for example, Zijian is the repairman and furniture master in the village, and as for the masons, most of the people in the village have problems with their houses, and most of them repair them by themselves.
Not to mention anything else, the stone mortar in Zi Baifeng's house was chiseled out by Shi San.
"I'll go too!" Zi Baifeng hurriedly followed, like a dog.
Zi Baifeng's heart is actually very excited and gratified, his father not only supports himself, but also personally goes out, planning to get a key person first, this feeling of real father and son is concentric, so that Zi Baifeng enjoys it very much.
"I'll go too!" How can the little stone be pulled down, and the legs follow, the two puppies wagged their tails behind them, and followed them swayingly, the growth of these two puppies is really gratifying, and now they will already stick to people, and the little stone has to be held when he sleeps, and Yan Wu has to take it out of the bed every night.
When Zi Baifeng is free, he writes a few strokes for these two puppies in the void to nourish their growth, so these two puppies grow faster than their brothers and sisters, and the other Zi Baifeng will occasionally use the demon raising recipe to moisturize it, but there may really be such a thing in this world, and the effect of those puppies being nourished by the demon is not very good, and over time, Zi Baifeng is not willing to waste more energy.
Zijian took Zi Baifeng and Xiao Shi, walked a few steps, and walked to Shi San's house. Of course, Shi San is also surnamed Yan, and he is also the son of the Yan family, and the stone statue in the ancestral hall is actually the handwriting of Shi San's ancestors.
Because Shi San is a stonemason, he lives closer to the mountain, and when he walked to the door, he saw all kinds of big stones outside the door, some of which already had some prototypes, and some of which were still original stones. Shi San was sitting in the courtyard, chiseling a stone that had begun to take on the rudiments of a stone mortar.
"Third brother, I'll discuss something with you. Zijian came in and got straight to the point.
"Ah, Lao Jian, yo, Xiucai is also here!" Seeing a few people coming in, Shi San hurriedly stood up.
"Third Uncle, Third Uncle, and me. Little Stone hurriedly sold his goodness.
"Okay, and the little stones. Touching Xiao Shi's head, Shi San smiled.
Zi Baifeng also looked at Shi San, in fact, Shi San is a very withdrawn person, rarely goes out of the house, he is about forty years old, the eldest son is already in his twenties, and the younger son is twelve years old, and he is also one of Zi Baifeng's students.
is also a craftsman in Xiayan Village, Zijian and Shi San have a good personal relationship.
"Today Bai Feng told me that he wanted to build a water-powered mill here, you can show it. Dad stretched out his hand, Zijian put the design in his hand with doglegs, Shi San came up and looked at it, nodded and said, "The painting is good." “
After getting a compliment, Zi Baifeng was not yet proud, so he listened to Shi Sandao, "It's just a bit of a layman." ”
Zi Baifeng was suddenly deflated again.
"Ah, it was Xiucailang who painted the ......" Shi San saw Zi Baifeng's depressed eyes after speaking, and hurriedly remedied, but this man was as hard as a stone, he was really stupid, and he couldn't say anything nice.
"Third brother, let's see if it can be done, if it can be done, we will build it first. Zijian said.
He is supporting his son with practical actions, anyway, the water mill is a wood and stone structure, and they are a carpenter and a stonemason, and they can completely handle this matter, and it is a big deal to spend some money and effort.
For the benefit of the village, there is no need to be so stingy, and there is still a lot of money rewarded by the king.
Recently, Zijian's mind has indeed changed quietly, his horizons have been broadened, and his thoughts are different.
"If you want a water mill, you need a good stone. Shi Sandao, "I think the big bluestone on the mountain is good, if I can pull it back and chisel it......"
"No! no!" Zi Baifeng hurriedly shouted.
"Don't worry, your third uncle won't chisel your precious stone. Zi Jian smiled and glanced at Zi Baifeng, he understood Shi San, this stonemason sees a good stone, just like a reader sees a good book, how can he not be moved?
Zi Baifeng looked up, the bluestone towered - it is getting bigger and bigger, recently the blind mother-in-law has begun to burn incense near the bluestone to pray for blessings, so that many village women in the village have also begun to worship the god of bluestone.
Shi San also glanced at Zi Baifeng, the eyes of the stonemason know the stone best, the stone is now one point bigger every day, he can see it at a glance, and Zi Baifeng, who writes and paints on the bluestone all day long, is the most suspicious.
Zi Baifeng's heart was full of resentment, and the eyes of these people looking at him were different from before.
It seems that Uncle Shi San is not an ordinary person, he is also a wise and foolish character, different from ordinary fools and foolish women. Well, the IQ of people who follow the flow of skills is high.
"Then you can take a look at these. Shi San took two people into the backyard, and as soon as he entered, he saw two large stone mills magnified ten million times like coins in the backyard. One was placed on a stone base and was used as a table. The other stood against the wall, leaning against a large pile of stones.
"Huh......" Zi Baifeng's eyes widened, "Uncle Shi, you have already prepared?"
"Alas......" Shi San sighed and said, " It's not that I'm ready, it's my grandfather who is ready, these two big stone mills, or my grandfather was chiseled out before his death, bit by bit, a full year of hard work, you see this stone, my grandfather was looking for sixteen strong men, it took six days to transport it out of the mountain, except for the big bluestone, I really haven't seen any stone with such a texture, decades can not be broken......;
Zi Baifeng also looked at the stone mill, one horizontal and one vertical, rounder than the wheel, the surface of the stone mill was smooth as if it had been polished with a grinder, standing there, it was vaguely able to reflect the shadow of a person, the side of the grinding disc, the threads of the circle were extremely fine, Zi Baifeng compared with his fingers, each one is a golden section curve.
"More than 30 years ago, we planned to build a mill in Xiayan Village, using oxen and donkeys to pull the mill, my grandfather searched for several years before finding a good stone, but the year was bad, and my grandfather did not see the mill completed before he died...... Unexpectedly, thirty years later, we will finally build a mill again, and my grandfather will know ...... the spring."
Shi San sighed.
"Third brother, let's go to the river in the afternoon and choose a good location. Zijian said, and then stepped forward, stretched out his palm, opened his five fingers, and accepted a few Na, he already knew the size of the stone mill, these old craftsmen who have been immersed in their skills for many years, if it comes to professional quality, the top one is a master.
This compares the width and thickness, how thick and long the wood is, how much wood is needed, and what kind of wood is needed.
The father and son of the Zi family said goodbye from Shi San's house, turned around and went to Yan Lao Wu's house, although Yan Lao Wu was not there, but his son was there, if there was no accident, after Yan Lao Wu, the clan elder was born from his son, and now he has been prestigious, several of his young sons have entered the mountain, leaving the eldest and second to sit in the town, at this time they have just finished sacrificing their ancestors from the ancestral hall, and they are excited. These old generation of farmers value the glory of their ancestors the most, and now they finally see a ray of light.
"Is the water mill the idea of Xiucaiye?" Yan Da didn't think about it when he heard this, and said, "Okay, I'll go and gather people, let's build the house first." ”
Mill mill, of course, there must be a mill.
"Big brother, let's go and see the location in the afternoon, and it's not too late to decide on a place to gather people. Zijian said.
"I'll go and tell them first, some people are out of the way, and the few convicts in the family are just learning how to build a house. "The mill is just a room, and it doesn't live in people, so it's not very demanding, so the piles are laid, and the beams are erected in two days.
"Then I'll go back, and I'll come back in the afternoon. Zijian said.
"Don't go!" Zijian sent it to the door by himself, how could Yan Da let him go, "And Xiucaiye, how can you let you go when you come, come, let's drink!"
"Forget about drinking, I have to go to work in the fields in the afternoon. Zijian is not hypocritical, his pride, this respect, this honor, this status that anyone who sees it will look up to, is earned by his son.
This is decided? It's done? Zi Baifeng was a little confused, this ...... It's too fast.
Zi Baifeng looked at his father with some surprise, Zijian's action and execution are really amazing, but it's no wonder, if he is not decisive and inefficient, how could he be a father and a mother in the first place, how could he survive the two-year escape, and how could he cultivate Zi Baifeng into a talent?
Not to mention these imaginary ones, if you can have Zi Baifeng, an unforgettable son, how bad can Zijian's genes be?
Looking from behind, Zi Baifeng found that his father's gray hair on both temples had turned a little blacker, the deep fish lines at the corners of his eyes had also become lighter, and his spirit was even better than when Zi Baifeng first saw him. There is no longer the feeling of suffering and acting cautiously before, but has become high-spirited.