The strongest engineering student in ancient times

In a dilapidated hut at the head of the village, a skinny six or seven-year-old girl was carrying a small bamboo tower on her back, and was led to go out by an old woman who looked at her four or fifty years old with her back slightly lifted.

The little girl had a look of discomfort on her face:

"Grandma, I'm hungry..."

The little girl ate porridge and wild vegetables every day, only one meal a day, and she was so hungry that she couldn't fall asleep before midnight.

Hearing this, the old woman felt distressed in her cloudy eyes, but she had no choice but to comfort her:

"Yaya, be good, when I come back from picking the wild vegetables, I will cook the batter for you."

The family is really poor, and it will take another month for the rice in the villagers' fields to be harvested. Then she can take Yaya to other people's fields to pick up rice for the winter. Now is the most hungry and cold time, how can there be anything to eat in the morning? , It's good to have a meal a day.

Aunt Liu only hoped to rely on the millet to survive the cold winter. She didn't actually say that she was afraid that she might not be able to survive this cold winter. What will Yaya do then?

Yaya swallowed hard at the thought of the batter, and felt even hungrier, her stomach seemed to be tingling with hunger.

But she knew that her grandma really couldn't get anything to eat, so she could only bite her chapped mouth aggrievedly, licked it with her saliva, and went to pick wild vegetables with her grandma.

Aunt Liu gently stroked Yaya's head with her dark, rough hands, but her face was full of sadness.

All of them, old and young, were pale and skinny, as if they were about to fall in the wind, and the clothes on their bodies were patched one after another.

When Zhao Jinhua met them, she felt very embarrassed, Yaya was obviously nine years old, but she still looked like a seven-year-old child.

Thinking about Qi Yibai, she hurried forward with a smile and said:

"Old aunt, it's great to meet you. I just have some work and want to ask if you can help. It's very simple."

Aunt Liu looked at Zhao Jinhua in surprise and said:

"Jinhua, could it be that Tweety is getting married? But I'm not good at needlework, can I help?"

Moreover, her partner died more than ten years ago, and she was an ominous person. She would not be asked to help in ordinary marriages, because she was afraid of causing bad luck.

Knowing that she had misunderstood, Zhao Jinhua quickly shook her head with a smile and said:

"Cui'er's marriage is not so fast. It's like this. Brother Bai, you know. He said recently that he wants a lot of oily fruits. Let me ask who can help pick them back. One bamboo basket can be exchanged for twenty. As for the copper plate, Auntie, you are very familiar with our cow mountain earlier, it shouldn’t be difficult to pick the oily fruit, right?”

Aunt Liu couldn't hear what Zhao Jinhua said behind her, she was already stunned.

A bamboo basket of oily fruits can be sold for twenty copper coins? ! !

She knows about Liyouguo, although it's hard to say what it does, but it's actually not worth much at all, it's all over the mountains and plains, and you can't eat it, and I don't know why it grows so much.

Aunt Liu can pick several baskets a day.

Can a bamboo basket of Liyouguo really be exchanged for twenty copper plates?

Twenty copper coins are enough for her and Yaya to live for a month! !

Aunt Liu almost thought she was dreaming.

Just now she was worried about what to do if she couldn't survive this cold winter, but Zhao Jinhua suddenly sent her great news! !

Aunt Liu was so excited that she could barely speak:

"Jin, Jinhua, seriously, Brother Bai, why does he want to drain the oily fruit? That thing is useless, how much does he want?"

"Don't worry, Auntie. Brother Bai said, you can take as much as you want. It's useful for him to accept it. In the future, as long as you can bring Liyouguo to him, he will give you copper coins. Don't worry about him not wanting it."

Zhao Jinhua's words made Aunt Liu excitedly grab her hand and eagerly confirmed:

"Really, then I'll pick it up now, is there really twenty copper plates in a bamboo basket?!"

She also heard that Brother Bai had made a lot of money before, even building a house could cost 200 taels of silver, and now he still has to collect oily fruits. It seems that Brother Bai has really paid off.

If this is true, in order to prevent herself and Yaya from starving to death, she would have to pick the oily fruit anyway.

She also realized that Zhao Jinhua came to her because she wanted to help her, and she couldn't refuse her and Brother Bai's kindness.

Zhao Jinhua patted Aunt Liu's hand soothingly and said:

"It's true, I still have to go to the sister-in-law of Zhang's family to talk about it. Do you want to go pick the oil fruit with them? Brother Bai said that he is afraid they don't know, so he will take us there personally this time, ah yes Yes, Brother Bai said that he will use his bamboo baskets for the measurements, which is easier to calculate, and it is about the same size as the bamboo baskets we usually use."

Aunt Liu naturally agreed, and she nodded quickly, saying that she would go back to get the bamboo basket and the burden.

Thinking of earning copper coins to feed Yaya soon, Aunt Liu suddenly felt motivated.

After Zhao Jinhua bid farewell to Aunt Liu, she went to find Widow Zhang who was struggling to eat brown rice. Widow Zhang wanted to go to the town to find some dirty clothes to wash for a few copper coins, but suddenly she was almost knocked out by Zhao Jinhua's words.

Just go pick some oily fruit, and you can get twenty copper coins in a basket?

That was enough for her to beg for several days of dirty clothes and the number of copper coins to wash. Widow Zhang has no reason to refuse. Naturally, she also heard about Qi Yibai spending money to build a house, and secretly wanted Zhao Jinhua to mention Qi Yibai. , cannot rely on Qiu Ziyue.

Zhao Jinhua didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing this:

"Oh, what are you all thinking about? The money is earned by me and Brother Bai for making bows and crossbows. Brother Bai has no interest in Young Master Qiu."

She originally wanted to say that Qi Yibai liked Wei Qing, but considering that Wei Qing hadn't been hired yet, she couldn't say that in advance.

Zhao Jinhua told Widow Zhang not to believe those rumors, which were spread by Li Xiu'e, a poisonous woman with a dark heart.

After that, Zhao Jinhua went to look for single little twins and old wives and single households who had some difficulties. They called about ten of them in total.

When they were all taken to the gate of Orion's yard, several of them were so frightened that they almost ran away.

But twenty copper coins is the number that many of them have earned completely. No matter how scared they are, they can only stand with trembling legs.

When Qi Yibai came out, he saw these villagers with thin and yellow faces, and recalled in the memory of the original owner that they all lived a difficult life and had good personalities.

Then he took out his own bamboo basket about the size of a person's arms and said:

"As long as you can pick all my bamboo baskets and bring them back here, you will get twenty copper coins, which will be valid for a long time. No matter when you get the oily fruit, you can bring them to me, and I will take them all!! "

For Qi Yibai, Liyou will definitely become the most indispensable existence here in the future. Even if he doesn't need so much in the future and can still put it in a backpack, anyway, he will only lose some money at most.

What Qi Yibai said made Aunt Liu and the others feel relieved, it seems that what Brother Bai said was true.

Widow Zhang is one of the more courageous ones. After all, in order to make money, she has to go to the town to ask who needs dirty laundry. She asked in a low voice:

"Brother Bai, can we go pick the oily fruit now?"

Qi Yibai smiled, nodded and said:

"Okay, but let Wei Qing take us this time, he is the most familiar with the mountains."

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt that the faces of Widow Zhang and the others changed drastically, as if they saw something terrifying.

As soon as Qi Yibai turned his head, he saw Wei Qing walking out of the yard with a bamboo basket on his back with no expression on his face.

Qi Yibai saw how they were frightened and wanted to run away, so he comforted him:

"Don't worry, Wei Qing is very good and won't hurt you. Of course, if any of you are really afraid to pick the oily fruit, I won't force you."

After Qi Yibai said this, they naturally didn't dare to run away, after all, the temptation of twenty copper coins was too great!

Even if Wei Qing is really a terrifying existence like a jade-faced Shura, they can only pluck up their courage for the sake of the copper plate, and Zhao Jinhua and Qi Yibai also want to go together.

Under the leadership of Wei Qing, they came to another oleifera grove that was relatively close. Looking around, they were almost all oleracea trees, and each tree was full of fruits. If they picked them all, it was hard for them to imagine that they could earn How much money! !

All of them couldn't bear it and immediately started picking. It didn't take long for one person to pick two baskets full, and they happened to go back with Qi Yibai and the others.

Qi Yibai and Wei Qing agreed to put the Liyouguo at his house first, and then transfer it to his own house when it is ready.

There are several empty rooms in Wei Qing's house, let Qi Yibai put them where he wants.

Qi Yibai used his own bamboo basket to measure what these people picked, and tied the copper coins on the spot.

Aunt Liu picked two baskets, and when she held the heavy forty copper coins in her hand, she almost burst into tears.

There are really so many copper coins, Brother Bai is not lying!

When the widow of the Zhang family and those women held the copper plates in their hands, their hands trembled slightly.

They can earn thirty or forty copper coins in one day! !

This is something they couldn't believe before! !

They couldn't help but bowed to Qi Yibai. Qi Yibai was taken aback. Some people wanted to go before it was dark, but Qi Yibai stopped them, saying that it would not be safe to go down the mountain too late. , Tell them that they can pick it up early tomorrow and bring it back to him.

When Aunt Liu returned home with the copper coin, Yaya was obediently waiting at the door. Seeing Aunt Liu, she ran out and hugged her and shouted:

"Grandma, grandma, you are finally back, Yaya is so hungry."

Aunt Liu laughed so hard that she burst into tears when she thought that she had earned forty copper coins. She said happily:

"Yaya is weird, grandma will make you a big bowl of batter immediately, so that Yaya can eat until she is full, okay!! From now on, grandma will never let Yaya go hungry again!"

Aunt Liu decided that she must pick the oily fruit every day in the future, and if she picked it twice a day, she would have [-] copper coins!

There was an unspeakable excitement in her heart. If Qi Yibai hadn't stopped her, she would have wanted to kneel down to Qi Yibai. Qi Yibai didn't know that he did this. For Aunt Liu, it was saving her and her daughter. You have two lives, even if you are a cow or a horse, you can't be too much in return.

At night, seeing Yaya's happy face full of batter and unable to stop her mouth, Aunt Liu almost burst into tears again. How could she dare to feed Yaya so much at one time before, for fear that she would be hungry the next day? The belly of the day was gone.

Dim oil lamps were still lit in the low house of the Li family, and 24-year-old Li Xiaoya was cleaning the body of her immobile mother.

Li Xiaoya couldn't bear her excitement, she sat in front of the straw bed and said to her mother who suffered a stroke:

"Mother, do you know that I earned 46 copper coins today, and Brother Bai said that the baskets of oily fruits I picked were full of tops, and he gave me three extra copper coins for each box, and I will save up silver in the future. Just recruit a door-to-door son-in-law to take care of you together, okay? Don't worry, although Da Ya has no conscience and will never come back to see you after getting married, I won't leave you alone. Even if I don't get married, I still have to take care of you. Mother, Brother Bai is so kind, he said that from now on we will collect oily nuts, as long as I pick them every day, I will be able to save enough money quickly, and then I can take you to the town to see a doctor..."

Zhao Bufan, a skinny twin who lived in a bamboo house by the river, was eating meat in front of his parents' tablets. With tears in his eyes, he said as he ate the meat:

"Father, grandma, have you seen that I can already eat meat, and my life will only get better and better in the future, you can rest assured!"

Today he also earned around [-] copper coins, so he bought half a catty of pork belly for nine copper coins, mainly to pay homage to his father and Ah Xie.

For him, earning twenty copper coins was completely unimaginable to him before, and he couldn't wait to tell his parents the good news.

This night, many women and Shuang'er who had earned copper coins felt a sense of unreality.

In the past, only men could earn [-] or [-] copper coins when they went to work, but if they had the opportunity to earn four or five copper coins a day, it was very impressive.

But today, they earned at least [-] copper coins, and more than [-] copper coins. If it was said, who would believe that a woman Shuang'er could earn so much! !

For them, Qi Yibai is equivalent to their salvation.

Here, the daughter and Shuang'er have always existed like appendages. If they can support themselves like a man, it will be of great significance.

Although only Widow Zhang and Aunt Liu have benefited now, Qi Yibai doesn't know what kind of general situation will change when he grows up in the future.

In the next few days, Aunt Liu and the others made an appointment to pick oily fruits together every day. They picked two baskets each time and went back and forth twice a day, earning almost [-] copper coins. Aunt Liu and Xiao Li The smiles on the faces of Ya and others have not diminished every day.

Soon, nobody in the village knew who spread the news. Qi Yibai tried his best to find out about twenty copper coins and a basket of oily fruits:

"Is this true? So what is the oily fruit? What is Brother Bai going to do here? Could it be an edible fruit?"

"Where is it? It is said that the fruit that even the birds ignore on weekdays must not be eaten. I don't know what Bai Geer is going to do, but I really saw Widow Zhang carrying two baskets of Li Youguo into Weiwei yesterday." Orion Yard, quickly left with a smile and a copper coin."

"Didn't Brother Bai want to drain oily fruit? Why do you want to go to Wei Orion? I dare not go to him. Don't forget that he can kill people!!"

"I don't even know if this is true or not. I don't believe how much money Brother Bai has, he got it from Young Master Qiu."

Every time Aunt Hua opened her mouth, the others didn't want to continue talking.

Aunt Hua put on a look of disdain, but when no one was around, she immediately said to her thin daughter-in-law Wang Ya:

"Quickly go and ask Brother Bai if he really wants [-] coppers per basket of Li Youguo, hurry up!"

Wang Ya was a little timid, she was told by Aunt Hua not to get too close to Brother Bai so as not to ruin her reputation, but now she was asked to go to Brother Bai.

But she heard that Brother Bai had been at the Orion's house for the past few days, how dare she go there!

Like Aunt Hua, there are quite a few villagers who secretly wanted to find out the truth of this matter, but when they heard that Qi Yibai was at Wei Qing's house, they were all hesitant. Orions have a natural fear.

Qi Yibai didn't know that they really wanted to come to him, and he was looking at the house he was still building.

Zhao Yunfan's construction team was really good. Qi Yibai saw that the foundation of the house had been laid, the structure of the house was also planned, and the materials were also the granite and blue bricks he requested.

Including Zhao Yunfan, there are a total of [-] people, and it only takes about a month to build the house, which can be one month earlier than winter.

Qi Yibai was very happy, and said that if he did well at that time, he would also leave the work of building the workshop and the outer wall to Zhao Yunfan.

Just when he was waiting for the title deed of the village head Zhao Hongxing to be completed, Zhao Hongxing happened to come.

When Zhao Hongxing saw Qi Yibai who was overseeing the work, he immediately stepped forward enthusiastically and said:

"Brother Bai, I have already arranged for you the land at the end of the village that you want, and the yamen has stamped it. You just need to sign the land deed."

Zhao Hongxing showed the land deed to Qi Yibai, and Qi Yibai glanced at it. Although it was in traditional Chinese characters, he could even understand it. Except that there were no punctuation marks and it was difficult to read, there was nothing wrong with it, so he nodded and said:

"Thank you, the village chief. Look at what it said above. Except for the land over there, Aunt Wang's yard, the entire 31 mu of land at the end of the village is mine, right?"

Zhao Yunfan happened to pass by against the wood, and when he heard this, he was so frightened that he almost dropped the wood he was resisting on the ground.

He hurriedly put down the wood and asked:

"Brother Bai, what are you talking about? You bought the whole neighborhood?!"

Zhao Yunfan remembered that just now Qi Yibai said that he wanted him to build a workshop and an outer wall. Could it be that the outer wall he mentioned turned out to be the outer wall at the end of the village, how much money would it cost! !

Zhao Yunfan wondered if Qi Yibai was crazy?He actually bought the entire land at the end of the village? !

Qi Yibai nodded and said:

"That's right, Brother Zhao, if the business is good in the future, I guess I have to build another factory... well, it's a large workshop, and I will trouble you, Brother Zhao."

The tone was as simple as saying that he wanted to build a hut.

Zhao Yunfan was completely shocked when he went there, he didn't know what to say, Brother Bai is too strong! !

He knew that Qi Yibai had made a lot of money selling bows and crossbows, but he never expected to be able to buy the entire land at the end of the village. Even men like them couldn't do this! !

Zhao Yunfan really admired Qi Yibai's ability.

The village chief Zhao Hongxing was also very surprised when he heard that, he rubbed his hands a little embarrassedly and said:

"Brother Bai, you are really reborn now, that, I heard that you have been harvesting oily fruits recently? Is this true?"

Qi Yibai has already received a lot of oleo nuts these days, thinking that those are the same as gasoline and diesel, of course he doesn't think it's too much.

He has already thought about it. When he saw the workshop, he must build a special house for extracting oil. Now he thinks about the aphrodisiac fragrance that will be emitted when the oil is extracted. He has a headache. event.

Qi Yibai didn't know why the village head would ask such a question, he nodded truthfully and said:

"Yeah, I think it's a waste that so many oleofruits rot every year on the mountain, so I just let people pick them."

Seeing that this was true, Zhao Hongxing hurriedly asked:

"Do you charge twenty copper coins for each bamboo basket?"

Qi Yibai didn't understand, so he nodded and said:

"That's right, I'll take all the oil-leaved fruits as long as they're intact."

Zhao Hongxing couldn't help it anymore, he asked embarrassingly:

"Then what, my wife asked me to ask her and Qiu Niang if they can pick it for you too? Don't worry, they are very agile and won't delay things."

Qi Yibai knew that Qiuniang was the daughter-in-law of the village head, and they were indeed not bad, so he nodded and said:

"Okay, just let them go with Aunt Zhao tomorrow."

Zhao Hongxing was overjoyed immediately, and said to go and talk to them right away.

The village chief left very happily, and Zhao Yunfan hurriedly asked after hearing the words:

"Brother Bai, what are you collecting the oily fruit for? Can, can I let my wife go too?"

Twenty copper coins per basket, if you pick four or five baskets a day, it will almost catch up with his wages!

Qi Yibai said:

"Yes, Brother Zhao, you have worked hard to help me build the house. If anyone in your family wants to help pick it, I will accept it."

After Zhao Yunfan told the construction team together about this, they were all overjoyed, saying that they hurriedly told their family when they went back this time.

Soon, people in Xibei Village discovered that more and more people went to the mountains to pick oily fruits and send them to Wei Qing's yard. After discussing how many copper coins they had, they realized that this was true .

So all kinds of entrusted relationships have to go to Brother Bai to ask.

Qi Yibai was seeing the two middle-aged men who came back with Uncle Zhao at this time. Zhao Sanhu's brother Ning Jixiang's left leg was empty from the knee down, and he was a little slumped.His junior brother Ding Ming looked at the person who obviously had his shoulders crushed by life, and he knew that he was not doing well. Compared with Zhao Sanhu's rosy face, it was really far worse.

When they saw Qi Yibai, they were surprised and somewhat cautious, because Zhao Sanhu told them that if they did well, the money they earned would be enough for them to pay off their debts.

Qi Yibai asked them to try making bow and crossbow parts on the spot. Seeing that their techniques were neat and careful, he nodded and gave money according to the quantity, and three hundred coins for a qualified crossbow machine.

Because you don't have to make arrows yourself, you can save a lot of effort.

When Ning Jixiang and Ding Ming heard that a pair could earn [-] Wen, they immediately stared at Qi Yibai dumbfounded, almost dropping the file in their hands without knowing it.

They looked at Zhao Sanhu in disbelief.

Really, is there such a good thing? !

They just glanced at the blueprint and knew that a bow and crossbow would only take them a day at best!It is not difficult at all to make two pairs in one day!

Zhao Sanhu also felt that it was too much, but Qi Yibai said the next moment:

"But if this is the case, you must sign a contract with me. If you don't make crossbows here within five years, you are not allowed to make bows and crossbows for others privately. Otherwise, if you sell a pair privately, you must compensate me 20 taels of silver. If you agree, then stay, after all, time is running out."

Ning Jixiang and Ding Ming are both honest people, how could they not agree, even if Qi Yibai didn't say anything, without Qi Yibai's consent, they wouldn't be able to steal other people's craftsmanship, they would be cast aside! !

After they all signed the contract, Qi Yibai found that his workshop had to build a dormitory, otherwise the workers from outside would have no place to live.

He asked Zhao Sanhu to help settle down first, and he would give the money. How could Zhao Sanhu ask for Qi Yibai's money? The crossbow is ready! !