Chapter 355

Zhou Erlang wondered, "didn't you say you gave the drawings?"

"Yes, from the agricultural book."

Zhou Dalang's eyes twinkled and asked, "can our family make one?"

Man Bao nodded and waved his small hand, "anyone can do it."

They have taught carpenters. Can they stop carpenters from doing it?

Old Zhou Tou is more concerned about, "is the cost high?"

Man Bao looks at Bai Shanbao, and Bai Shanbao turns to Daji.

Daji, Daji looked around and finally found that no one could see him. He said, "the carpenter doesn't want to come home. Young master, wait a minute. I'll find the boy who brought the plow back."

"This plow was built for the first time, so the carpenter pondered for a long time. The wood was provided by himself. In addition, it cost 900 Wen."

What's the matter with old Zhou tou and others? Is it too expensive?

The servant continued, "but before he came back, he said that if we still want to do the second one, because we can already do it, we can provide our own wood, and the salary is only 800 Wen. If the quantity is large, 700 Wen and 50 Wen are also possible."

Old Zhou tou's face finally calmed down, because they usually need about 700 Wen to make plows.

He first looked at master Bai and asked with a smile, "do you want to change the plow at master Bai's house?"

Master Bai's eyes flickered slightly. He didn't understand how the new plow was better than the old one. After all, although he knew Nongsang, he wouldn't really go to the field to plough. Naturally, he didn't know the gap.

But he knows old Zhou tou.

Old Zhou Tou is not the most stingy in Qili Village, but he is also famous. The most important thing is that farmers rarely change such large farm tools.

Because everything costs a lot.

But old Zhou tou didn't hesitate to ask him. Obviously, the plow is really good. It's so good that it's stingy. The old Zhuang households who don't have much money at home are excited.

So master Bai smiled and nodded, "I'm going to change a batch of plows. It will take about ten."

Although he was sure that things were good, he decided to be more cautious. He bought ten first and tried them out. If they were good, he would buy them again.

Old Zhou tou smiled and said, "then my family will make a decision with master Bai and take a new plow."

Man Bao shouted, "we also want four, so there will be five."

Old Zhou patted her on the head and said, "why do you buy so many plows? Two are enough for your more than 100 mu of land."

Man Bao looks at Bai Shanbao unconvinced.

Bai Shanbao took a value in the middle, "I'd better buy two more, so there are three."

Daji wrote down these figures and reported them back to the carpenter.

Master Bai said, "there are many plows ordered by our family. We'd better invite the carpenter to do it later. It's more convenient to transport wood, and we can supervise the work."

Lao Zhou nodded deeply, that is, such important things as plows must be stared at before they can rest assured, but a plow must be done well for a few days. They can't go to the county and city every day, can they?

Of course, the Bai family did this. It happened that Bai Shanbao and man Bao were also very interested in carpenters, so when the old carpenter took his two sons to the Bai family, he was warmly welcomed and watched by man Bao.

The popular carpenter father and son were a little confused. Man Bao asked him, "is it easy to make plows?"

"It's OK," the old carpenter hesitated. "The drawings given by the owner are very clear, and there are data on them. It's not particularly difficult to spend more time on thinking."

Man Bao decided to go back in the evening and give the poor graduate student a handful of soil.

The plow has, and then ploughing.

There was no need for three people to worry about it. Liu directly asked people to buy them three cows from outside, all of which were Qianniu.

Old Zhou's eyes were very hot and he couldn't help muttering to Qian, "why do you think they are willing to spend so much for their three children?"

What's wrong with the money?

Qian glanced at him, "didn't you also give manbao 60 mu of land?"

"It's useless for us to keep the 40 mu mountain. As for the 20 mu land, except for a few mu, it's all thin land. We didn't take care of it in previous years. We plowed the land, dug a pit and threw down the seeds. We didn't even get rid of the grass. A year's success is not much, give it. "

Old Zhou said, "but the Bai family is responsible for human and material resources for the young master. When it comes to farming, it won't say. Now, how much does it cost to buy plows, cattle and hired short-time workers every day?"

Lao Zhou felt heartache when he thought about it.

Qian closed his eyes and said, "it's not your money. What's your heartache?"

"But it's my daughter who spends money," old Zhou tou reluctantly found a reason. "You said that man Bao kept it there. Will he spend so much money when he comes back?"

"Your daughter is not stupid. The gap between the two families is here. She is considerate and won't think so."

Qian's medicine has been cut off and her health is much better. However, she has no farm work in winter, otherwise she can go to the ground to work.

She said, "OK, go to bed quickly. Your daughter knows to turn over the ground in winter, so you don't know the plan?"

"Wait a few more days," said old Zhou. "When the new plow arrives, don't talk about it. The plow man Bao took out is really easy to use. I pulled it and saved a lot of effort."

"If you haven't been notified in two days, you shouldn't have to serve this year. We can do the work in the field slowly."

There are so many fields in the family that it is impossible to turn over every piece, otherwise it will be very tiring, so the old Zhou family only turns over the most fertile fields every year.

Twenty mu of wheat has been planted this year, and there is less left, so Lao Zhou is not in a hurry at all.

He is waiting to see if he will serve this year. If necessary, the boss will go. At that time, he will take the old six to learn to help the plow.

When old Zhou tou thought so, man Bao received a letter from the county.

The letter was brought back by Lang on Friday. Today, he went to the county to sell ginger. When he went to the county magistrate's house, the girl inside gave her this letter.

Man Bao is very busy today. Until now, he is free to sit at the table and read letters with an oil lamp.

The letter was written by Miss Fu Er. She told man Bao that her father had appointed the magistrate of Taining County and had to go back to the capital to report on his work before taking office. In addition, he had not gone home for the new year for several years, so the Ministry of officials gave him 20 days of annual leave.

With the annual leave and the time to report back to Beijing, the Fu family decided to leave Luojiang County on October 18, go to the capital first, and then go home for the new year.

There are still three days left. Miss Fu Er hopes that man Bao can send her off.

Man Bao was a little sad. Although she thought she and sister Fu Er could meet again, she couldn't help being confused about the future. She didn't know when they would see each other again.

Even if his mouth says optimistic words, man Bao still can't help feeling a little lost.