After crossing, I spoil my husband

"Okay, boss, let's go now."

After listening to Murray's order, Li Fang and Chen Xia nodded, and then left directly.

As for how they did it, Murray didn't care, he only cared about how much saltpeter was collected in the end.

They also went to the bottom of the mountain to see it before. Only in special places can there be saltpeter, so the amount is not much, but fortunately, no one has ever mined saltpeter before. There are still quite a lot of saltpeter now. Generate saltpeter by itself.

Looking at the ice-making powder at hand, Murray thought for a while, returned to the study, picked up a pen, and started writing letters.

One letter was sent to the Mu family in the capital, and the other letter was sent to Master Tianyi of Tiancheng Temple in the capital.

Next, Fu Mingyou wrote at home, and Xia Xiaobao went to Murray's every day. Xia's mother and his wife were still selling ice. The other party sent two hundred texts, so they didn't care about it.

Although Xia Liren said that day that he would only send one hundred coins, Xia's mother thought it was better to give two hundred coins. After all, it was written on the separation letter that it was two hundred coins, and she didn't want the old house to cause trouble again because of this one hundred coins.

Because Murray wanted to collect saltpeter, Li Fang went directly to the village chief and asked the people in the village to find saltpeter. They could give them money, two cents a catty, which was like money from heaven to the villagers.

After all, with a few stones, you can exchange ten or twenty Wen, who wouldn't be happy.

"Xiao Li, what do you want this stone for?"

Some clever aunts guessed that this stone must be useful, so they wondered if they could get some news from Li Fang.

Li Fang smiled and said: "Auntie, I can't tell you this. But this stone is indeed useful, otherwise why should we exchange money for stones?"

"Any functions?"

The aunt rolled her eyes and asked immediately.

Li Fang glanced at the other party and said, "Auntie, do you think I'm a fool?"

Is he the kind of person who will honestly tell people what the stone does?

Two cents per catty is because of the face they have lived in Xiajia Village for so long, otherwise, if they go to other villages, there will be people rushing to sell them for one penny per catty.

The aunt smiled embarrassingly, and then obediently went to find the stone.

"Uncle Li, you are collecting stones."

After training with Murray, Xia Xiaobao saw Li Fang and Chen Xia collecting stones on the way back.

Although he knew what the stone was for, he wasn't stupid, so he didn't say anything.

"Yeah, it's over?"

Li Fang stretched out his hands to pinch the opponent's tender skin, and patted the opponent's head: "Go back quickly, the weather is hot."

Xia Xiaobao nodded obediently. He sweated a lot from training today, and he has to go back for a rest.

Because Xia Xiaobao was studying with Murray, Xia Yanxi asked Fu Mingyou and Xia Xiaobao to send the ice cream she kept at home.

After all, he is a little brother with a fiance, so it's inappropriate to give ice cream to two people.

"It's hot, let's have some ice cream."

Fu Mingyou took Xia Xiaobao to find Li Fang.

They seem to have collected a lot of saltpeter, not only from Xiajia Village, but also from the neighboring villages.

Li Fang and Chen Xia were not polite either. They took one, and after taking a bite, their eyes widened: "This taste is so good?"

Could it be that this is what the Xia family sells in the town, no wonder the business is so good.

"I made this specially for Xixi and Xiaobao. Uncle and Auntie don't sell this."

Fu Mingyou could tell what they were thinking at a glance, and then handed over the remaining seven or eight sticks, saying: "I think you guys have almost collected it, take this back and give Brother Mu a taste."

Li Fang responded immediately, and after accepting the stone from the last person, he said, "That's fine, then we won't be polite, thank you, let's go first."

Let’s finish collecting stones at this point in time, anyway, there are already a lot of them.

"Xiao Fu, are you familiar with those hunters?"

Xia Dagen wiped the sweat from his brow, looked at Fu Mingyou and asked curiously.

Fu Mingyou smiled, then handed the last two ice creams to Xiaobao and Huzi, and said, "The other party helped me a little before, Brother Mu and the others are very good people."

"Hey, Xiao Fu, don't give it to Huzi."

Xia Dagen watched the opponent's movements and immediately stopped him.

He had seen Fu Mingyou make this thing before, it was very delicate, and he used milk, which ordinary people couldn't afford.

Fu Mingyou smiled indifferently, and said, "Uncle Dagen, don't be so polite, it's just a popsicle."

Seeing that his son started to eat, Xia Dagen smiled helplessly, and then said: "By the way, I almost forgot to tell you, I have prepared what you want, do you want to go and have a look?"

"Okay." Fu Mingyou nodded immediately, he didn't expect Xia Dagen's movements to be so fast.

The two of them took their two children and walked directly towards Xia Dagen's house.

"Xiaobao, Big Brother Fu is amazing, he can make such delicious food."

Hu Zi licked the ice cream and said in amazement.

Xia Xiaobao also nodded in agreement, and said, "Yes, Brother Fu is really amazing."

After returning home, Huzi immediately fed the ice cream to his parents. This is really delicious.

"Tiger is so good, you can eat it yourself."

Aunt Li reached out to touch her son, then looked at Fu Mingyou and smiled: "The things are inside the house."

Fu Mingyou nodded, let the two children play, and followed Xia Dagen into the main room.

"It's here."

Xia Dagen can do a little carpentry and tinker with ironware.

"very good."

Fu Mingyou stepped forward, looked at the manual threshing machine in front of him, and then stepped forward to fiddle with it. When he found that it was completely ok, he nodded directly.

Xia Dagen smiled. It took him a long time to make this thing, but he still didn't know what it was for.

"Little Fu, what is this for?"

Xia Dagen looked at the things on the side and asked with a smile.

Fu Mingyou smiled, and said: "After a few days, you will know, Uncle Dagen, if you are not busy recently, you can make a few more, and you will use it during this time."

It's late July now, and the rice is about to be harvested.

In the past few days, the Xia family has been planning not to go out to sell popsicles, but to harvest rice at home.

In the past few days, some people in the village have started harvesting rice.

Fu Mingyou watched them thresh the rice with a rotating tool, so Fu Mingyou thought of this thresher.

"is it?"

Although Xia Dagen didn't know why the other party said that, he believed that Fu Mingyou's words must have some truth.

When it is decided, the next step is to start making this thing.

Fu Mingyou pushed the threshing machine directly to Xia's house, at this time Xia Liren and Xia's mother had already returned from the town.

"Xiao Fu, what are you pushing?"

After washing her face, Mother Xia asked curiously when she saw the other party pushing this thing over.

Fu Mingyou smiled: "This is a thresher. Didn't uncle say that he was going to harvest rice today? I asked Uncle Dagen to make this thing, and put the rice on it directly, and the rice grains can be removed."

"Is that amazing?"

When Mother Xia heard this, she was very surprised.

Xia Liren obviously heard it too, and said, "Then I'll go harvest the wheat in the afternoon, and come back tonight to try."

Now the rice is ready to be harvested, and the weather is very good these days, so we have to take advantage of the good weather, otherwise it will be troublesome if it rains.

Fu Mingyou smiled and said, "I will go with my uncle in the afternoon. It is also convenient to transport the rice in a bullock cart."

Xia Liren didn't refuse, the other party was Xia Yanxi's fiancé-in-law, so it's okay to help out when the farming season is busy.

After lunch, Xia Liren and his wife took Xia Yanxi and Fu Mingyou directly to the ground.

Although Xia Yanxi is the younger brother, his working speed is not slow, and Fu Mingyou hasn't cut rice for a long time, but he is not as fast as others.

"Xixi, Xiao Fu, take a rest, don't worry."

Seeing that the faces of the two were covered with sweat, Xia Liren said immediately.

Xia Yanxi smiled and waved her hands, and said, "It's okay, Dad, I'm not tired."

Fu Mingyou also shook his head with a smile, then brought everyone's water bottles from not far away, and quietly added some Huoxiangzhengqi water into it.

"Brother Fu, why does this water taste strange?"

Xia Yanxi took a sip of water, smashed her mouth, she always felt that the taste was weird.

Fu Mingyou: "I added some traditional Chinese medicine in it to prevent heatstroke, otherwise it would be easy to get heatstroke this day."

Cutting rice in the sun is very hot, and it is really easy to suffer from heat stroke.

"I feel very comfortable after drinking it."

Xia Liren smiled, and then continued to work.

Xia Liren's family only had five acres of land, and the four of them mowed two acres of land in one afternoon, and then directly loaded it into the ox cart and transported it towards the house.

Fu Mingyou's house has a clean place, which is paved with turning heads and a layer of mud and cement at the same time. The cement was secretly added by Fu Mingyou when building the house before, so it looks very clean solid.

"Uncle, Auntie, Xixi, take a break, I'll go get the thresher."

Fu Mingyou poured a cup of herbal tea for the three of them, and took out the ice cream and popsicles kept at home.

At this time, eat something iced, especially to get rid of the heat.

Xia Liren sat on a chair beside him and did not refuse.

After Fu Mingyou brought the threshing machine over, everyone gathered around, even Xiaobao followed with his short legs.

Fu Mingyou put the threshing machine on the oilcloth, then took a bundle of prepared rice, sat directly on a high stool beside him, stepped on the two pedals of the threshing machine, and held the rice while stepping on it. Thresh on one side.

"Ah, father, mother, look quickly, the rice grains have really come down."

Xia Yanxi was surprised to see grains of rice rolling out from below, and immediately looked at her parents beside her and said.

Fu Mingyou fiddled with a bundle of rice, and a layer of rice grains had fallen on the oilcloth.

"This thing is really amazing."

Xia Liren looked at the thresher in front of him with bright eyes, and said that the most troublesome thing every year is not cutting rice and wheat, but getting those rice grains and wheat grains down.

"Uncle, come and try."

Seeing the other party's appearance, Fu Mingyou couldn't help but smiled, and got off the high stool.

Xia Liren nodded eagerly, and then under the guidance of Fu Mingyou, he slowly peeled off the rice grains.

"It's so interesting, Brother Fu, I want to play too."

Xia Xiaobao watched his father get a lot of rice, and immediately pulled Fu Mingyou's sleeve and said.

Upon hearing this, Xia Yanxi couldn't help but smiled, and said, "Forget about your small arms and legs."

Because of this thresher, one-fifth of the rice brought back was harvested, and it was getting dark at this time.

"Xiao Fu, this is a good thing."

Xia Liren got down from the high stool in a still unsatisfied mood, and then said, "Did Dagen make this?"

Fu Mingyou responded with a smile, and said, "Yes, I have already asked Uncle Dagen to make a few more."

Xia Liren smiled, thinking that he would take the other party to have a look tomorrow, this thresher is really powerful.

In the next few days, the Xia family was harvesting wheat, and then directly pulled the wheat onto the threshing floor, and moved the threshing machine out generously.

"Master Xia, what is that thing you are pushing?"

"Uncle, what is yours?"

"Liren, what are you?"

The people in Dagu Field saw Xia Liren push a wooden bump over and looked at him curiously.

Fu Mingyou and Xia Yanxi, who were behind, moved down the rice, and then spread out the tarpaulin.

Xia Liren just smiled, did not reply to their words, and then started his own performance.

"My God, am I dazzled?"

"Look, the rice grains are falling down bit by bit."

"All the rice grains on the rice stalks have gone down, is this a good thing?"

"Uncle, what is this in your house? After your house is finished, can you borrow it from me?"

Some smart young people approached Xia Liren directly, and said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, the rest of the people stopped wondering what it was, and wanted Xia Liren to lend it to them.

Hearing this, Xia Liren couldn't help but smiled, and said: "Da Gen has several pieces, go and ask him if he sells them."

This thing is really very useful.

As soon as everyone heard this, they immediately walked towards Xia Dagen's house.

Xia Dagen had expected that everyone would come back. He had seen the power of the thing he made at Fu Mingyou's house this morning.

However, he also obeyed Fu Mingyou's words and rented out this thing for fifteen yuan a day, which was based on the members of the same village, and if someone from another village came to borrow it, he would pay twenty yuan a day.

At the same time, Fu Mingyou also taught him to go to the village chief with the design drawing he gave earlier.

If this thing can be known to the officials above, it will be a matter of fame and fortune.

"Wow, Daddy, look."

Because Xia's family didn't go to buy popsicles today, Rong Fanghai went directly to Xia's Village.

When entering Xiajia Village to Xia Liren's house, they happened to pass by the threshing field. When Rong Nannan saw the threshing machine, her eyes widened in surprise.

Also surprised was Rong Fanghai.

He could tell at a glance that the value of this machine was very high.

With this thing, the threshing efficiency of the common people will be doubled.