Traveling through mountains and rivers

After Master Wu received the last batch of peaches, both Ning Ze and Tao An breathed a sigh of relief. Now, the money they picked up could finally lie quietly in their pockets.

After leaving Wu's house, Ning Ze also went to Jimin Hall to ask Mo Qi to remove the wooden boards for him. After working as a lone ranger for so long, he can finally be a normal person.

After the dismantling, Mo Qi showed him and said to him, "There is no big problem, as long as the wings grow hard in a few months, it will be the same as before."

The corner of Ning Ze's mouth twitched, thinking that Dr. Mo is really humorous, and his wings have grown hard. He doesn't know how many years his wings have been hardened.

Ning Ze smiled and thanked Mo Qi, "Doctor Mo, I really want to thank you these days, I have troubled you for so long."

Mo Qi waved his hand, "Okay, you brought food here when you came back, and you didn't take advantage of me. Besides, now that your hands are healed, it's too late to say thank you."

Ning Ze didn't expect Mo Qi to say such things, but such words brought their relationship closer, at least they could be like real friends, joking or something like that from time to time.

Ning Ze said, "Doctor Mo, it's too late for me to say anything now. If that's the case, then I'll just say nothing. Doctor Mo, I'll go first."

After Ning Ze finished speaking, he really got up and left, unusually straightforward.

Mo Qi looked at his back with disgust after the meeting, but then he smiled with the corners of his mouth curled up. He is an interesting person, and it depends on whether he can make a big deal in the future.

……

After returning home, Ning Ze started to talk to Tao Deshu about repairing the house. The tiles have already been bought, and the house cannot be left unfinished.

After hearing Ning Ze's plan, Tao Deshu didn't say much, and went to greet the people he had found earlier that afternoon and asked them to help repair the house.

Now the people in the village hardly have anything to do. Although they have no money to repair the house, they still take care of the food. At the same time, Ning Ze also owes them a favor. When Ning Ze asks for help in the future, Ning Ze will not be able to say no. The most difficult thing to repay is the debt of favor. , everyone knows this.

But Ning Ze didn't care, the ones who could come to help were those with good relationship, the east family helped the west family, and the west family helped the east family, only those who came and went could get closer.

The person Tao Deshu found it for them, and Ningze and the others found the place themselves, and the rest is just to repair the house.

The rice is cooked by Liu Tong and Tao's family. They bought brown rice, and Tao's also has vegetables, so don't worry about it.

Now that Ning Ze can work by himself, he will go with him.

They don't plan to build such an exquisite house, it's just an earthen-wood house, so no stones are used, they just need to use mud to make earthen bricks, and go to the mountain to cut some wood.

As for other things, all the brothers of the Tao family were handed over, including the fields, such as spreading dung and plowing the fields.

It rained again in the middle, and the water in the field became more and more closed. When Ningze arrived in ten days, I went to the blacksmith's shop to get the rake I ordered earlier.

This thing is used just like a plowshare. Let the ox drag it around in the field for a few times, and you can make all the big pieces of mud smaller. In the past, it was necessary to dig bit by bit with a hoe, but now rather Ze thought of this method, but it was much faster.

Many people from the village came to watch when the Tao family lived in the field (dialect) like this, and it was very strange to see it.

Many people clamored that they were going to buy one too, and farming would save a lot of work next year, but after seeing that everything was made of iron, most of the thoughts in their hearts dissipated immediately, and most of them were made of iron. It will cost several taels of silver, right?

They would rather work harder than spend a few taels of silver to buy this thing back. This is the thinking of many people in the village.

Also because of this, many people said that the Tao family's prodigal brothers, a few taels of silver might as well be saved to build a house, and it is useless to buy this.

Of course, what these people think is that the Tao family doesn't know. If they know, they will definitely complain. Ning Ze spent money to make this thing. Even if it was replaced by them, they might not be willing to give up.

But after buying this thing, it will save a lot of trouble to use it. When they have money, they will definitely be willing to buy one.

The Tao family's plow has attracted attention in the village. People who planted rice with the Tao family for two seasons all asked to borrow it after their families ran out. The first to come was Tao Deshu's elder brother, Tao An and his uncle's .

Tao Deshu immediately greeted Tao Decong when he heard that he was coming. Although he is a brother, he can live in, but recently Tao Decong hasn't come to his house for a long time.

Tao Deshu asked Tao Decong, "Brother, are you here?"

Tao Dicong was a little embarrassed, but he still stated his purpose, "I came to borrow your plow, and my field has also been plowed. I heard that your family has a plow, so I wanted to borrow it. use."

Tao Deshu thought it was a big deal, but he agreed when he heard that it was, since he was idle anyway, since it is made of iron and it is not so easy to break.

But Tao Deshu still told Ning Ze first, after all, Ning Ze paid for it, not them.

Ning Ze is not so stingy, they are all relatives, so if there is no time, don't tell me, if there is time, I will definitely borrow it.

So simply, he didn't say those words, and asked Tao Deshu to borrow it.

But Tao Decong's family is not the only one who is thinking about this. Several other households who want to plant rice for the second season have also come to the door one after another. However, they heard that the things have been borrowed, so they can only wait to return them, and they can only return disappointed. I pray that they will come earlier next time. Many people have made arrangements with Tao Deshu at the last time. If they agree to one, they will naturally agree to the other. What.

And this is just an episode, and life is still going on, and nothing has changed because of a plow.

In the past few days, the foundation of Ningze's house has been laid, the mud bricks are also being made, and the wood has been cut. It is only necessary to wait for the mud bricks to dry before starting to build the house.

Ning Ze and Tao Qing are here almost every day now, this is their new home, it is undoubtedly very important to them, neither of them will be sloppy.

The people in the village who came to help are also very dedicated. They don’t know how to repair houses. Take advantage of it.

But the people who came to help were so dedicated, Ning Ze and Tao Qing couldn't treat them badly, each meal was definitely enough, at least two dishes, although most of the time there was no meat, but there was no shortage of oil and salt.

Ning Ze also went to the town to sell meat every now and then, and occasionally sold bones to make soup, so he didn't treat anyone badly when it came to eating.

They all hope that the house can be repaired as soon as possible, so that they can really have their own home.

……

Days passed by, and by the end of August, half of the house had been repaired, and the seedlings of the second season were also in the field. The seedlings were a little shorter than when they were planted in the spring, but they could guarantee stock. A great thing has been accomplished.

After this work was done and until the new crop of rice was harvested, the Tao family had nothing to do. Tao An decided to stay at home and make rice buckets, while Tao Wang and Tao Ping wanted to go to the town to find rice. There is no work at home, so they can't sit at home and eat ready-made food all the time.

Although this year's life is much better, it is still impossible to do nothing at home.

The house hadn't been repaired yet, and Ning Ze and Tao Qing hadn't moved out from Tao's house yet, so when Tao Wang and Tao Ping talked about it, they also heard it.

Ning Ze frowned, and didn't quite agree with this matter. If he really went out for a walk, he would have nothing to say, but Tao Wang and Tao Ping made it clear that they were doing coolies.

Coolies don't make much money, and they do the dirtiest and most tiring jobs. After a few months like this, they still don't feel very tired.

Ning Ze knew that it was inappropriate for him to speak, but he chose to speak anyway.

"Second brother, third brother, I don't agree with you going to the town to find jobs. You can't take care of your family if you leave like this, and you won't make much money. It's really unnecessary."

After Ning Ze finished speaking, Tao Wang took the conversation, and said helplessly, "Yaoze, why don't we know what you said, but we have to live and save money to build a house, if we don't go to the town to find Where did we get the money to do the work?"

Tao Ping also said, "Yes, if you go out to work, you will be looked down upon by others, and your wages will be deducted every now and then. If it is not forced by life, who would want to go?"

Ning Ze frowned. He had never done such a thing before, but he had a certain understanding of coolies. After much deliberation, Ning Ze still disagreed.

Ning Ze took a look at Tao Qing, and then said, "Second brother and third brother, I discussed with Ah Qing earlier that we planned to dig a pond in the village. From the beginning of digging to raising fish and shrimp in this pond, we need Someone manages it, so I want one of you to help us manage the pond, and we'll pay you monthly."

After Ning Ze said this, Tao Wang and Tao Ping both opened their mouths to speak, but Ning Ze stopped him, "Don't worry, there is one more thing, besides the pond, we also have a profitable place in the town The way is to deliver snail meat to Laiyue Inn, once every three days, and the money is calculated according to the number of snails each time. This is what I am doing now. Ah Qing and I are busy repairing the house recently. I'm too busy, second and third brothers can do it too, all the money you get is yours, eldest brother already has a job of making rice barrels, second and third brothers, what do you think of my idea?"

After Ning Ze finished speaking, Tao Wang and Tao Ping refused without thinking, "How can this work? Yao Ze, don't we know that your house is being repaired now, and you still do it yourself. If there’s anything you can’t do, it’s not easy for you to earn some money yourself, we can do hard work ourselves, so we can’t take over this matter.”

Ning Ze really didn't expect to be rejected, but it's not impossible to think about it carefully, after all, the Tao family is not someone who likes to take advantage of small things.

Ning Ze said, "Second brother, third brother, don't worry, we can find things to do by ourselves. Since I can say this, I must have planned it a long time ago. If I can't go out to work, it's better not to go out. Wouldn’t it be better to make money at home?”

Ning Ze touched Tao Qing who was beside him, "Ah Qing, tell me."

The matter was discussed first, so Tao Qing naturally knew about it.

He said, "Second brother, third brother, Yaoze and I have already discussed this matter, you don't need to say anything more, the matter is settled like this, you just choose which one you want, and then tell us Just say it, and we'll arrange it."

After listening to Tao Qing's words, Ning Ze felt very domineering, even more domineering than him.

But Tao Ping and Tao Wang heard what their younger brother said, and wanted to say no more, but they couldn't say it.

In the end, it was Tao Deshu who gave them the decision, "Okay, you can decide on this matter yourself, go back and think about it carefully, and the two of you can discuss it yourself."

When the old man spoke, Tao Wang and Tao Ping could only nod their heads.

So the Tao family's conversation ended here.