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A few days later, Guo An returned to Taiyuan City, and told the elders in the clan what he had seen and heard in Lishi County and the whole process of his dealings with Naluo Sanlang.

After the two parties met and heard that the business was negotiated, Luo Sanlang unceremoniously asked Guo An for a deposit. The reactions of the people present were different. Then he said with a smile: "It's not worthy of his name as a coffin board."

"That Luo Sanlang is probably not something in the pool, don't think about anything else, just make friends with him." Guo An's father said.

"I think that's a person who doesn't like oil and salt, and it's not so easy to make friends." Someone on the side expressed a different opinion.

"According to what you mean, don't you want to fight against him?" Guo An's father was dissatisfied with the other party's refutation of his opinion.

"It's okay to kick that stone for nothing." The other party muttered, and didn't say anything more. Obviously, he didn't have the right to speak in the Guo family like Guo An's father.

"In this way, let Shiwulang do this business. When the delivery is due, you will send the 150 dendrobium beans to Xipo Village in exchange for fermented bean curd, and then send them to Chang'an and hand them over to your uncle." An old man present made a decision.

Guo An respectfully agreed, so the matter was settled like this.Their Taiyuan Guo’s also operates in Chang’an. Needless to say, this first batch of 550 cans of fermented bean curd must be given away.

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In Xipo Village, Luo Yong had already ordered a batch of tofu from the villagers at this time, and cut them into small pieces in two empty rooms in the backyard to start cultivating mold.

Now the houses in the yard of their house have also been built. Opposite to the row of five houses in front, there are also five houses built against the wall at the back, and there are three houses on each side.The five rooms in the front are mainly used for daily life, and those in the back are basically used for working and storing things.

The large courtyard in the middle is divided into a field shape by Luo Yong, with two roads horizontally and vertically for people to pass through, and other places are prepared to be used for placing sauce jars.

In the room in the middle of the front row, Luo used the original room to open a door leading to the backyard, while other places have been tightly blocked. From now on, if you want to go from the front yard to the backyard, you have to Although it is inconvenient to pass through the door of this room, it is conducive to keeping secrets.

The room in the middle has now been changed to the living room, and it is used as a place for them to have meals and entertain guests. Luo Yong's bedroom has been moved to the new room next to the kitchen wall, and Shiro and Goro also moved from Erniang's room. It was moved out and moved to the newly built room next door, which was the original location of the tofu shed.

In addition to making fermented bean curd, Luo used to squat in the backyard and knocked. The wool and wool that had been dyed earlier had been brought back.

Luo Yong has never done something like wool felt before, but he knows a little bit about the principle. It is nothing more than beating, puncturing, and rolling to make wool felt and form it into flakes or other shapes. Luo Yong has done some After trying, I found that the combination of beating and puncturing can often get better results.

"Brother, have you made another mat?" Si Niang and the others at the canteen saw Luo Yong approaching this way with a wool felt mat, and they were very happy to welcome her out. The mat made by her brother is so beautiful. .

"Well, as last time, you have to tie it more carefully, understand?" Luo Yong handed the mat in his hand to Si Niang, then took down a jar from the shelf beside him, and grabbed a handful of wood from it. Sign them and distribute them to the few children present.

Although the construction of Luo’s yard has been completed, the adults have left, but the children are still there. Luo Yong doesn’t want to drive them away, although besides fermented bean curd, he doesn’t have any special skills that can bring in money and have a stable income. But it's not a big deal to provide a lunch for these children, and besides, they can help.

Luo Siniang took the cushion newly made by her elder brother, opened it, and saw a cluster of pink and white flowers, with tender green wool as the base, and there were pink petals in the pale white. It's so thin that you can almost see the green of the background, but those pink flower buds look solid and thick.

"What kind of flower is this?" Luo Siniang didn't know this flower, but thought it was very beautiful.

"This is Haitang." Luo Yong said with a smile.

"Wow! It turned out to be crabapple flowers, so beautiful!" A group of children expressed their emotions repeatedly. They grew up to such a size that they had seen several kinds of vegetable flowers and wild flowers around the village, but crabapple flowers had never been seen before. At first glance, this crabapple looks really good-looking.

Seeing the admiration and admiration on the faces of these children, Luo Yong also felt a sense of accomplishment, and it was worth all the hard work he had spent in the past few days.

There are a few books about flowers in his space, which are second-hand books sold by students majoring in garden art. These books have helped Luo Yong a lot now, and he has been drawing patterns according to the patterns on those books in the past two days.

After the pattern is drawn, it has to be divided into blocks and colors. How many colors are there in a flower, and how many colors are there in the wool on hand. If some colors are not available for a while, they have to be replaced by other colors.

And like today’s Begonia, it takes a lot of work on the thickness of the color. In some places, the white wool is thin, in some places, the white wool is thick, and in some places, the white wool needs to be mixed with some pink, which is really a lot of work. .

Fortunately, Mr. Xue's dyeing technology is quite good. Luo Yong was worried that the technology of this era is limited, and the dyed pink and light yellow may be a bit dark, but he did not expect the result to be much stronger than he imagined. .

For these wools, Mr. Xue and the others have to go through a series of bleaching treatments before dyeing. In addition, the purity of the dyes is relatively high, so that the dyed colors appear clean and full.

After seeing the finished product, Luo Yong only felt that the six hundred Wen was worth the money. It is not easy for people these days. Such a craft, I don’t know how much work it takes, and after the cost of dyes and other costs are taken away, the remaining profit , it is relatively limited.

After taking the wool back, Luo Yong also conceived a lot of patterns, streamlined and geometric, and finally decided to make flowers after much deliberation.

Unlike people in the previous life who were tired of looking at all kinds of flowers, people at this time can basically only see bright flowers when they are in season. As for embroidery on clothes, it will take a lot of labor, and it is also It is not easy, so flower patterns should still be very marketable in this era.

Poor Luo Sanlang, a person who has never learned to draw in two lifetimes combined, these days, in order to figure out the lines of those petals, leaves and flowers, he really tried his best to suck up, dreaming in the middle of the night, dreaming about it Also all kinds of flowers.

Hard work pays off, the crabapple-patterned cushion that I made today looks pretty good, and Luo Yong is quite satisfied with his work.

Yesterday's peony was far behind. There were too many layers of peony petals, and he didn't grasp it well. The flowers he made looked dull, but Siniang and the others didn't understand. When they saw the bright colors, they only praised them for their beauty.

"Be tighter, it doesn't matter if you take your time." Looking at the children around the low table who were stabbing the wool felt cushion with bamboo sticks, Luo Yong instructed.

"Hmm." Goro and the others poked their heads without looking up, as if they all thought this job was very interesting.

Luo Yong smiled, sat down on the edge of the kang, moved his arms, and talked to the group of children on the kang from time to time.

Looking at his appearance at this time, his black hair is tied into a bun, and some broken hair is naturally scattered on his forehead and temples, which makes the young man more youthful.

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The fact that Luo Sanlang used wool to make beautiful flower patterns spread quickly in the village, and some villagers sneaked over to watch the excitement. After seeing it, they were really amazed.

They were not optimistic about Luo Sanlang's wool business before, but they didn't expect that the other party could make the wool into such a shape, they really couldn't accept it.

There are also people who are itchy and want to follow suit, but after hearing about the money Luo Sanlang spent on dyeing these wools, he has nothing to worry about. With so much money, it is better to buy a few more acres of land and buy more. a cow.

As soon as there were more people, Luo's yard became lively again. During the chat, many villagers said that the tofu business has been doing well recently, and money and food have been earned. Even if there are so many bean dregs left, they can't finish eating, and they can feed the chickens. I can't finish it, it's a pity to throw it away, and it's useless to leave it alone.

Then someone asked Luo Yong, did he sell the bean dregs in his house? If anyone wanted them, they also wanted to sell the bean dregs they had saved.

For this bean dregs, Luo Yong didn’t have a good solution for a while. His family still has a lot of dried bean dregs, and it doesn’t take that much to make soy sauce. Besides, the dried bean dregs have been stored for a long time, and the taste is not as good as fresh bean dregs. .

Almost every household in the village is now making tofu, and a lot of bean dregs are produced every day. How to consume so much bean dregs and make them produce economic benefits is indeed a problem.

Luo Sanlang thought for a moment, and then said to those villagers: "Why don't you raise some pigs."

"Raise pigs?" The villagers hesitated. Now they are making tofu at home, and they come and go every day. If they build a pigsty in the yard, there will be a lot of dirty and unpleasant smells. It must be tofu. Buying and selling has a bad influence.

In the eyes of these villagers, raising sheep is not as good as raising pigs. It is much better to raise sheep. It is more convenient and less stinky to let the children in the family drive the sheep to the slope.

"Sanlang, do you want to raise him?" the villagers asked Luo Yongdao.

"Well, I want to raise it." Luo Sanlang nodded.

"How much do you plan to raise?" the villager asked again.

"Are you going to sell that bean dregs to me?" Luo Sanlang asked with a smile.

"If Sanlang wants it, just fold some fermented bean curd and miso." Seeing what he said, the villagers were also very happy. If this is done, they will no longer have to spend money to buy the fermented bean curd and miso that they will eat at home in the future.

"Okay, I will exchange bean dregs with you in the future with fermented bean curd and miso." Luo Sanlang was also very happy. Things like fermented bean curd and miso don't cost much at all.

For Luo Yong, although mutton is also very good, it is not as fat as pork. In the 21st century, eating pork every day didn’t feel like it was a big deal. Eating pork was popular, and the more time passed, the more he missed the dishes made with pork in his previous life.

However, no one in their village raises pigs at all, but there are a few families who raise sheep. On the days of Chinese New Year, some people slaughter sheep. The first time Luo Yong was too late, he caught a sheep intestine, and the second time someone killed the sheep again. He went there early to wait, and then brought home a front leg and a small half of a lamb rib.

This year is no better than in previous lives. If you buy a piece of meat today and buy a bone tomorrow, it is rare for someone to slaughter a sheep. After passing this village, there will be no such shop. You can buy more in winter. Don’t worry if you can’t finish it all at once. Hang it under the eaves , It was frozen the next day.

Compared with mutton, pork is not easy to buy. No one in the village raises pigs, so you have to go to the city to buy meat. A few years ago, Luo Yong happened to be helping people in the city, and he brought a big piece when he came back. Now They ate it up long ago, and there was not even a single oil star left. Before, they used to make noodles with fried sauce at home every now and then, and the oil was consumed very quickly.

Hearing that Luo Yong wanted to harvest bean dregs to raise pigs, the villagers were very happy, and they ran to help him build a pigsty. It is not far from the opposite side of the village road, and a little farther away from the house, so as not to suffocate people.

As for the safety of those pigs, there is nothing to worry about. The villagers often let the children go out to herd the sheep. Sometimes, the children don’t know where they put the sheep. If it can be found, it is rare to hear of a lost sheep.The folk customs are good these days. I heard that there are bandits and water bandits in other places, but in their area, even thieves are rare.

The pigsty is also crudely set up, built with wood or something like that, and put a few pieces of grass on top to keep out the rain. A total of four pigpens have been built. Luo Yong plans to raise eight pigs first, two by two per pen.

At present, the pigsty is relatively simple, because everyone is making tofu every day, and they are already busy. Seeing that they will enter the spring plowing soon, I am very interested in coming to help him repair the pigsty, and it is really not suitable to mention it again. More requirements, after this autumn, when the weather is cold, Luo Yong will look at upgrading this pigsty then.

After the pigsty was repaired, everyone started discussing about buying piglets. Now people in their Xipo village have contacts with people in many villages because of the tofu business, and they are very well informed. Which pig family has piglets, who is more kind and who is more cunning, basically the door is clear.

The eight piglets I bought in the end were very good, they looked strong, and the price was reasonable.Eight piglets are not cheap. Luo Yong doesn't have much money on hand now, but fortunately, the other party is willing to collect food. Luo Yong has saved a lot of food recently. He sells fermented bean curd at home. Many people exchange food for sauces. They make chicken cakes every five or three days of every month, and they can get a lot of food.

Eight piglets, seven boars and one sow, the price is also different, sows are expensive and boars are cheap, Luo used most of the boars he wanted this time, and only picked one sow, intending to use it for breeding, and one sow Pigs can litter for many years, and there can be several pigs in one litter. Luo Yong doesn't plan to make it too large for a while, and one sow is enough.

Luo Sanlang's move made the pig seller a little confused. Those who bought pigs from him in the past mostly picked sows and took one or two boars for breeding. When these pigs grow up, those pigs All the sows can give birth to piglets, and they can be sold for money if they give birth to piglets. If big pigs and piglets are sold together, wouldn't they earn more? Why is this Luo Sanlang different from the others?

Naturally, Luo Yong wouldn't tell him that the reason why he picked boars was for the convenience of castration, how scary it was to say such a thing.

The pigsty was repaired and the piglets were in place. On this day, Luo Sanlang took his kitchen knife and went to the pigsty. Afterwards, the villagers heard the screams of the piglets.

Many villagers rushed to see what happened, and they saw the human tragedy of Luo Yong carrying a kitchen knife and castrating all the boars in the pigsty.As for the boars that were kept for breeding, they were unnecessary. They would rush to mate with other people's boars at that time, and if they were matched, they would just give a small red envelope. There was no need to specially raise another breeding pig.

"Sanlang, what are you doing?" The villagers were frightened.

"I once heard someone say by chance that if the boar is castrated and raised again, not only will it grow faster, but the resulting pork will also be fatter and less fishy."

Luo Yong raised his sleeve and wiped the sweat from his forehead. It was the first time in his life to do such a thing, and he was also very stressed.There is really no way, who else can he call to do this kind of thing if he doesn't do it himself, he can't call Erniang over again.

He conveniently put the last egg into the bowl, stood up and walked out of the pigsty. At this time, his hands were already stained with blood, with a kitchen knife in one hand and a bowl of eggs in the other. His appearance was really scary, so Wherever they go, everyone avoids them.

"There's such a thing?" Most of the villagers were in complicated moods at this time, with curiosity, fear, and emotion. They didn't expect this young man, who looked so refreshing, to be able to make such a move.

"That's right. I heard that this method was mentioned in an agricultural book, but it's not known to the world." Luo Sanlang walked outside the pigsty, took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, and said to everyone: "This thing is very good, do you want it?"

"I want it, I want it!" All the villagers expressed that they needed tonic, and the frightened and frightened appearance just now had been blown away by the wind.

Speaking of which, none of these countrymen have slaughtered their own roosters and hens, pigs and sheep have also been slaughtered, and some even returned from the battlefield, and they have seen many bloody scenes.

But castrating a live piglet, they hadn't even thought about it before, and every time they thought about it afterwards, they unconsciously wanted to reach out and cover their important parts.

Since it is the method mentioned in the agricultural book, this kind of thing is actually not incomprehensible, isn't it just castration? Just now they were all onlookers. Luo Sanlang's technique was very neat, and he stabbed the two balls Squeeze it out and wipe it with dust, and you're done.A few days later, those pigs are still alive and well.

However, after this incident, Luo Coffin Ban'er's reputation became even more famous, and after a little time of development and growth, he would be able to stop the child from crying at night.