In late September, frost began to fall in Lishi County.
In the early morning of this day, when Luo Yong was carrying a pottery bowl and a toothbrush outside the yard to brush his teeth, he saw a thick layer of frost on the withered grass on the roadside. of hoarfrost.
After a while, I heard Siniang shouting from the backyard: "Brother, the sauce jar is frozen."
"Is it frozen?
Is it thick?"
Luo Yong finished brushing his teeth hastily and ran to the backyard to see what was going on.
"Not too thick, just a thin layer."
Wulang held a wooden stick in his hand, stepped on a wooden stool, stood next to a sauce vat, and turned back to Luo Yong and said.
"Okay, let me do it.
You go to eat first."
Luo Yong reached out and took the stick from Wulang's hand and sent him to eat quickly.
After eating, he had to go to school.
In the front yard, Erniang and the others have already made breakfast.
It smells like boiled turnips.
After the weather gets cold, the only common vegetables in the house are turnips and turnips.
There are quite a few people of their generation in Lishi County who grow vegetables on fire pits, so the locals can eat some fresh vegetables in the winter, but they are not as popular as in summer and autumn.
After all, they eat more vegetables. , you can save more food.
By the time Luo Yong and Siniang had stirred up all the sauce jars together, Wulang had already mounted Yanerfei and rushed to school with Lin Rong, Wang Shao and the others.
The weather is getting colder and colder.
Luo Yong is also starting to worry about Wulang going to school.
It's okay if it doesn't snow now.
But when it snows later, he will be very unhappy when several children ride to and from school by themselves.
Don't worry, but this schooling thing is not like fishing for three days and drying nets for two days.
Luo Yong thought about it and thought it would be great if they could have a school in Xipo Village.
Wouldn't it be better if Du Gou could stay here forever?
Just go Of course, that is impossible.
Du Gou will leave for Laizhou in a few days.
Luo Yong has already had someone make a mold according to the shape of his foot.
He is waiting for the Eucommia gum to be made in two days and then cast it.
Sole.
There are craftsmen who can make leather boots in Lishi County.
When the time comes, Luo Yong only needs to take the soles, spend money to buy the leather processed by him, and let him process a pair of leather boots.
It does not take much time.
Du Gou learned a lot during this time in Xipo Village, including peony cushions and oil-paper umbrellas.
He even learned the crafts of making straw paper and linen paper.
Transportation was inconvenient in this era, and Laizhou was not the political and economic center of the country like Chang'an City.
It seems that these skills have not been spread there yet.
When Du Gou returns, he can teach these skills to the local people.
In fact, according to Luo Yong's idea, it would be best if industries such as kelp cultivation could be developed in coastal areas like that.
Unfortunately, kelp cannot be grown just by planting it.
Wild kelp varieties have very strict requirements for the growth environment.
They cannot survive in places where the water temperature is too high.
Even if the water temperature is suitable, it will not work without nitrogen fertilizer.
This is not a problem that can be solved in a short while.
Luo Yong estimates that at least it will have to wait until someone tinkers with the biological laboratory before new kelp varieties have a chance to be released.
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After breakfast, Si Niang was still staying in the grocery store with Liu Lang and Qi Niang.
After Er Niang fed the chickens, she scattered them out.
Later, when it started to snow heavily, these chickens were just Being able to stay in the chicken coop, not to mention the cold outside, I am also afraid of encountering wild animals.
When it comes to beasts, Luo Yong becomes a little worried again.
He doesn't know if Wulang and the others have arrived at school.
These days are not like later generations.
If parents are worried about anything, they can just call the class teacher.
It is probably because of this that there are people saying that their parents are not traveling far away.
It is really worrying.
As soon as young people go out, they are not heard from for a long time.
They don't know whether they are alive or dead.
If something happens at home, they can stay there.
It’s also difficult for people outside to know.
Luo Yong was thinking about something, hunched his neck and sleeved his hands, and walked down the small slope in front of his yard.
Mrs.
Zheng and her daughter were cooking pig food.
When Mrs.
Zheng saw Luo Yong coming over, she pointed to the two buckets of sauce by the wall and said to Luo Yong: "This is what Aweng of the Xu family just brought over.
He said it was leftover pickled courgettes."
The sauce is good for cooking pig food, and it looks good to me, but I heard that courgettes are cold and I’m afraid the pigs will eat them bad.”
"It's okay."
Luo Yong said to her: "You can go to the hospital to get some ginger and cook it together.
It just so happens that the weather is getting cold.
Let them eat some ginger to prevent diseases."
"Hey, I'll get it right away."
Mrs.
Zheng wiped her hands on her apron and told her daughter to watch the fire.
She picked up the basket and went to the yard on the slope.
Si Niang was frowning at a wooden board at this time.
My brother said that he would make a pair of rubber-soled leather boots for each of his brothers and sisters at home.
Although he didn’t know what rubber soles were, the children in the family were very fond of them.
Happy.
Brother also said that Siniang has been very sensible recently and has helped the family a lot.
This time, she will be the first to make the shoes and ask her to carve a mold for the sole of her shoe, preferably with a pattern.
Siniang was so happy that she was thinking about this pattern right now.
"Siniang, where is the ginger?
Your brother asked me to put some in when cooking pig food."
Mrs.
Zheng entered the yard at this time.
"It's in this room."
Siniang put down the wooden board in her hand, got off the kang quickly, walked to the innermost corner of the grocery store, opened a wide-mouthed pottery urn about three feet high, and reached out to pull something out from inside.
A few gingers came out.
Ginger is not a good thing, and every household has to grow some these days.
The weather is cold in winter, and I am afraid that it will freeze if I put it outside.
In the corner, fill it with fine sand and sprinkle some clean water, and it will not go bad if it is left there all winter.
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Mrs.
Zheng had already brought the basket over.
Si Niang put the few pieces of ginger into the basket.
After thinking about it, she took two more pieces out of the jar and added them in.
She asked, "Is this enough?"
"Get a few more."
Mrs.
Zheng said with a smile: "The pigs eat a big pot, and they cook several pots in one meal.
With just these few, the pigs may not be able to taste the food."
"That's right."
Siniang also laughed.
According to people's appetite, these gingers are indeed a lot, but those pigs are different.
One pig can eat a big bucket in one meal.
"These should be enough."
Mrs.
Zheng looked at the ginger in the basket and said, "Your brother said it was to prevent diseases, so I will put more in it today to make it taste stronger."
Carrying a small half basket of ginger out of the yard, Zheng felt a little relieved.
For people like them who worked for others, it was not always easy to get something from the owner.
If they met someone who was mean and stingy, , it is necessary to say a few words.
Fortunately, the Luo family is not like that.
If Er Niang were at the grocery store today, she would have asked Mrs.
Zheng to dig ginger in the pottery jar by herself.
Er Niang was usually very frugal, so she was trustworthy, whether it was Peng.
The second is the new Zheng mother and daughter.
They are very kind and can be trusted.
It's not that Siniang doesn't believe them, it's probably because of her personality.
She is already very smart and capable at a young age.
I see her selling things in the grocery store all day long, but I have never heard of anything going wrong with her.
She has always been aware of things.
Speaking of which, the little daughter Zheng brought this time was usually called Siniang.
She was still a silly girl who didn't understand anything.
The Luo family's fourth daughter was only one year older than her own daughter.
Zheng was dealing with her.
But she still has to be a little cautious when talking.
Fortunately, Luo Siniang is also reasonable.
Usually, just asking one or two more questions will not mean her unreasonably.
On this side, Mrs.
Zheng continued to cook pig food.
On the other side, Luo Yong went to check the sinks where eucommia leaves were processed, and after checking the situation of the cement factory, he went to the Xu family guest house.
The autumn harvest has ended recently, and many more people have come to work in their cement factory.
The size of the entire cement factory has nearly doubled.
Several new earth kilns have been built, and some stone rollers have also been added.
Production will continue at this rate.
In addition to the cement sold every day, there should be some leftover, and it is time to put road construction on the agenda.
Luo Yong had thought about raising funds and donations earlier, and his main target was the merchants and big families in the city, but when things came to a close, he didn't know how to ask for it.
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He couldn't just ask them for it.
How embarrassing.
Luo Yong was worrying these days, and then Ma Jiu came back.
Ma Feiyang had been wandering outside for almost half a year.
He just returned to Lishi County these days.
After staying at home for a few days, he went to Xipo Village.
He came, saying he wanted to visit the cement road and the Luo family's cement workshop.
At the moment, he was staying in the Xu family guest house.
When Luo Yong passed by, Ma Feiyang had also gotten up and was having breakfast in the hall.
I haven't seen him for more than half a year.
This guy has grown a lot taller and looks stronger than before.
He still looks like he has red lips and white teeth.
Yesterday, when Luo Yong saw his majestic appearance on horseback, he felt that this guy must be It's not a fuel-efficient lamp, and I don't know how big a map it is.
"Sanlang got up early today."
When Ma Feiyang saw Luo Yong, he greeted him with a smile.
In his impression, Luo Yong was a little weak, and he used to sleep until three o'clock in the morning before getting up.
"The early bird catches the worm."
Luo Yong walked over with a smile, took off his shoes and got on the kang, and Ma Liuer sat across from him.
The matter of raising funds and donations had to start from Ma Feiyang.
"I don't look at you like you want to eat worms, you probably want to eat meat."
Ma Feiyang grinned at him.
"How can it be possible?
It's so early in the morning."
Luo Sanlang didn't feel embarrassed at all when his thoughts were exposed.
He continued to chat with him: "You also visited our cement workshop.
How was it?
Do you have any suggestions?
After all, you He is also someone who has gone out to see the world and is well-informed.”
"What suggestions can I have?"
Ma Feiyang took a sip of corn porridge and said vaguely: "Didn't I tell you yesterday that after passing Suyang Hangzhou, going south will be poor.
The Jiangnan area is good, but compared with Chang'an City There’s still no comparison.
If you’ve already been to Chang’an City, that’s the best.”
"It's a pity."
Luo Yong joked: "I thought you were a knowledgeable person and planned to make friends with you."
"Why did Sanlang say this?
Our relationship is not good enough."
Ma Feiyang was not sure what Luo Yong wanted to say, so he had to continue with a smile.
"It's good, but not so good that I want to give you a pair of rubber-soled leather boots.
The first batch of Eucommia gum is only enough to make about ten pairs of shoe soles.
Except for my brothers and sisters, even I Those disciples are not available for a while."
Luo Yong sighed and said with a look of regret.
"What kind of rubber-soled leather boots?"
Ma Feiyang immediately became interested.
He knew that Luo Yong was tinkering with something new recently, and he also wanted to take the lead. "" Luo Coffin Board smiled but said nothing.
If you want leather boots, you have to see if you are worth the price first.
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Where can there be a free lunch in the world?
If you don't give him any effort, you will want leather boots.
"Hey, I just want some advice, let me think about it."
Ma Feiyang immediately changed his tone.
Although this girl was uneducated and unskilled in the past, she came from a merchant's family after all, and her father and brother have trained him well.
Careful, besides, he is originally smart and insightful, not a rich second generation with no merits.
He didn't plan to tell anyone more about what he had learned during his trip south.
After working hard for so long, he had gained a lot of knowledge.
If others knew about it, he would be at a huge disadvantage.
Everyone knows it, so how can he show that he has more knowledge than others in the future?
What's more, there are many business opportunities hidden here.
But what Luo Sanlang wanted this time was obviously not the news from the south.
His focus was still on the cement workshop.
Ma Feiyang thought for a while and said to Luo Yong: "I think cement is really good, but if you just use it to build courtyards, the usage is relatively limited, and not enough people buy it, so how can you make enough money?
But if someone is willing It’s different if you spend money to pave the road with cement.
I’ve also seen the paved road in your village, and it’s indeed very good.”
"People who have traveled are different.
They are really well-informed, and what they say makes sense."
This was the right direction, so Luo Yong quickly encouraged him to continue.
"It's better to lay a cement road from Lishi County to Xipo Village first.
Then everyone will know the benefits of this kind of road after seeing it and using it."
Ma Feiyang jumped into the pit.
There are rubber-soled leather boots.
How can you get them without jumping down?
"This is a wonderful plan," Luo Yong clapped his hands and said loudly, but then he sighed again: "The idea is a good one, but how much cement will it take to get from Xipo Village to Lishi County?
This is both labor and material.
I'm ashamed to say that I borrowed the money from you to buy saplings at the beginning of the year.
Until now, It hasn’t been paid off yet.”
"This" involves money, Ma Feiyang, a second-generation businessman, is not so happy.
Using the money to build a road to exchange for a pair of rubber-soled leather boots is obviously a loss-making business, so he said vaguely: "Otherwise, I'll go back to the city in two days to help you ask."
"So, thank you so much, Brother Ma."
Luo Yong said with a grateful expression: "If this road is completed, I will definitely have someone build a merit monument for you.
It will be erected on the roadside."
"Hey, hey, that's not necessary."
"You want what you want."
"That's so embarrassing."
"Don't be embarrassed.
Anyone who has contributed will have their names engraved on them." "" Ma Feiyang was stunned.
Suddenly, a flash of blessing came to his soul.
It turned out that the coffin board did not want to take money from him, but wanted him to take money from others.
What is there to be embarrassed about?
He immediately patted his chest.
Guarantee: "Sanlang, don't worry, this matter will be taken care of by me."
"So, it's all thanks to Brother Ma's help."
Luo Sanlang suddenly smiled, knowing that he had secured the money for road construction.
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