After entering ancient times, start a field

Chapter 18
Town West Iron Shop

"Is anyone here?"

"Someone, someone."

A person protruded from the iron stove behind, and replied Lu Helin's words.

When the man came to him, he realized that the person who called him was a fair-skinned and beautiful young lady.

"Little lady, what are you going to do?"

The blacksmith's voice was slightly rough, as tough as his tendons.

"Hello, I want to make a few large iron plates, just like the ones used in restaurants, but bigger." Lu Helin made a rough outline to the blacksmith.

"It's easy to say, and it can be done in two days." The blacksmith was very straightforward, saying that he could finish it soon.

Lu Helin also readily paid the deposit, and waited two days to get the big iron plate.

"Complete the custom-made iron dinner plate for toast in the blacksmith shop in the west of the town, and get ten pepper trees, which have been put into the backpack."

As soon as Lu Helin stepped out of the gate of the blacksmith shop, the panel indicated that the task was completed. He clicked on the backpack, and sure enough, there was a pepper tree, and a ten was marked on the lower right corner.

There are not only pepper trees but also saponins saplings in the backpack.

Picking a day is worse than hitting the day.

Lu Helin immediately planned to go home and plant pepper tree and saponaria saplings in the yard.

Honey locust tree likes light, is slightly shade-tolerant, likes warm and humid climate, has no strict requirements on soil, and can grow normally in any soil environment. It is advisable to choose deep, fertile and moist soil when raising seedlings of honey locust tree.

Pepper trees, on the other hand, need full sun.

Therefore, Lu Helin chose to make a home for the pepper tree in the southwest corner of the courtyard, where the sunlight is the most abundant in the entire courtyard.

The saponin tree saplings are planted a little farther from the pepper tree, and receive slightly less light than the pepper tree, but it is enough for the saponin tree.

After planting the two kinds of trees, Lu Helin looked at the fruits of his labor with satisfaction.

Ok! !very nice! !
The chili tree rewarded by the mission is lush and full of red chili peppers.

And saponin tree saplings are also full of vitality.

Fortunately, these two kinds of trees are relatively easy to feed, and Lu Helin doesn't need to spend special energy on taking care of them.

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For the next two days, Lu Helin spent selling bread in the morning and memorizing acupuncture points in the afternoon.

Because of the policy of restricting the purchase of one type of bread per person, there are very few people who have not bought bread for several days in a row.

Maybe there are still one or two, which have not been bought in the past few days, but the slight sound will not get the response of the public, so it is not a big problem.

Today's bread has been sold out again, Lu Helin and Lu Cangling skillfully wiped the counter and closed the door to rest.

After finishing all this, Lu Cangling handed the money bag to Lu Helin, and also counted the amount, "Sister, a total of 1000 two hundred and 68 Wen were sold today."

As soon as Lu Helin took the purse, a reminder of the completion of the mission came on the panel.

"Complete opening a living shop, earning five taels of silver, and get a set of the four treasures of the study, which have been put in the backpack."

Lu Helin couldn't help being overjoyed by this, and quickly dragged Lu Cangling into his room, telling him that he had something good for him.

"Ling, look, what is this?"

Lu Helin took out the four treasures of the study that were rewarded by the mission just now, and placed them one by one on the desk in Lu Cangling's room.

Looking at the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone on the table, Lu Cangling suddenly felt a little sour in his nose. Sister was really kind to him.

Compared with ordinary people, pen, ink, paper and inkstone are things that cannot be afforded at all. It may take the whole family's efforts to afford a scholar.

What he originally thought was to wait for Qingqiu to grow up, hunt more prey, exchange them for money, buy some cheapest pens, inks, papers and inkstones, and start the road of imperial examinations.

But before he could take any action, sister had already prepared everything, and he just had to accept it.

"Sister, did you buy these stationery?"

Lu Cangling's voice sounded a little choked, but Lu Helin found it a little funny.

Isn’t it just a set of the Four Treasures of the Study, there’s nothing to cry about, but when the little young boy cries, he still wants to coax him, “These are all obtained from this earning shop we opened.”

Lu Helin explained the task and rewards of the panel.

After listening to Lu Helin's words, Lu Cangling breathed a sigh of relief.

Although I didn't spend a lot of money to buy it, I finally got it.

He also understands why sister is working so hard and eager to open this earning shop.

Everything is for him, everything is for him.

Looking at the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table, Lu Cangling felt that if he hadn't achieved success in his studies, he would be a disciple in vain.

He knew that he not only wanted to pave a broad road for himself, but also to win a beautiful life for his sister.

After calming down, Lu Cangling said in a fairly calm tone, "Sister, I will study hard, and I will definitely not disappoint your expectations of me."

Lu Helin knew that Lu Cangling would definitely achieve something in the imperial examination, so he didn't want to put too much pressure on him, and just said: "Do your best, I will always support you."

Lu Cangling: "Okay."

"Send Lu Cangling to a private school, and you will get the "Four Books and Five Classics" after completion."

The task on the panel made Lu Helin realize that since he is required to learn, he must study.

But she learned in this world, shouldn't the ancients read some enlightenment books when they first studied?
For example: "Three Character Classic", "Thousand Character Classic".

This is the "Four Books and Five Classics", will it be too much?

But after all, it is necessary to read, as long as you have it, you can buy it if you need others.

Since Ah Ling was going to be sent to a private school, he naturally knew that he would speak up in person.

"A Ling, let's go to the private school in the town tomorrow, shall we?" As a modern person, Lu Helin doesn't know how to get into the private school.I can only tell Lu Cangling to go to the private school tomorrow to take a look, and we will look at the specific situation at that time.

"Okay, I'll listen to Sister." Lu Cangling had no doubts about this arrangement, just nodded obediently.

After receiving the reply, Lu Helin patted his brother's little head and stepped out of Lu Cangling's room, ready to make today's lunch.

Liu Lu Cangling looked at the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table alone.

After a while, Lu Cangling sharpened and began to write skillfully. If there is a scholar here, he will see that Lu Cangling's handwriting is quite good. Every word is drawn with silver hooks, and the strength penetrates the back of the paper. Sensation is like a character that can only be written by a son of a family who was educated by great Confucianism.

But Lu Helin didn't know all this, she just thought that her younger brother was just a young man who couldn't read.

Her current focus is on the freshly picked chili peppers, and Lu Helin couldn't help swallowing when she smelled the spiciness in the air.

Fresh peppers are the most suitable for making vegetarian pepper noodles.

Naturally, some chili peppers are also dried in the sun. After drying, they can be ground and made into chili oil. It is delicious to put a spoonful or two in the noodles for cooking and eating.

For Lu Helin, plain pepper noodles are just at his fingertips.

But in less than half an hour, Lu Helin made two large bowls of fragrant plain pepper noodles with the aroma of fresh peppers.

Considering that Lu Cangling might not have eaten chili, Lu Helin only put a little bit of crushed chili in Lu Cangling's noodle bowl.

Just a little bit, really a little bit, compared to the crushed peppers in my bowl, those sporadic pieces are really not enough to look at.

I have to say that Lu Helin's consideration is correct.

After Lu Cangling followed Lu Helin's way of eating, mixed it well, and after taking the first bite, he choked on the heat, and drank a whole bowl of water before recovering.

And Lu Helin looked at his bowl full of a large spoonful of crushed chili, mixed it deliciously, although he felt a little spicy, but it was still tolerable, and the more he ate, the better he tasted.

But Lu Cangling's reaction made Lu Helin wonder: Is it really so spicy?
"A Ling, is it that spicy?"

For Lu Cangling, this sentence is completely knowingly asking. Didn't it mean that he was so spicy that he had to drink a large bowl of water to solve it just after taking a bite?

This stimulating taste called spicy is a taste that Lu Cangling has never tasted before. The difference from the sweet and soft bread is that this stimulating feeling makes the whole body heat up, and the tip of the nose is sweaty.

But the person who asked this question was my elder sister, so Lu Cangling naturally couldn't choke, and just said: "It's the first time I tried this taste, and I'm not used to it, just eat a few more mouthfuls."

In order to prove his words, Lu Cangling took several mouthfuls before stopping, and slowly drank the water in the bowl.

But only God knows, he is really going to be burned to death! ! !
But this is the noodles made by my sister, so it can't be wasted, so no matter how spicy it is, I have to finish it.

"Okay, then next time I won't put chili for you."

"No, Sister. I eat the same food as Sister. I can put it as I like. I'm used to it."

Although this is what he said, why does Lu Helin feel that his younger brother's mouth is hard all over his body now, but he is already too hot. Sure enough, men have hard mouths from ancient times to the present, no matter whether they are young or old?

I think so, but Lu Cangling in front of me is eating mouthful after mouthful, and Lu Helin can't help dispelling this doubt.

So I plan to put a little less in the future, and eat more chili.

After eating this bowl of noodles, Lu Cangling really felt that he was not as unbearable as he was when he first tasted it, and his heart was a little more relaxed. Now he is really concerned that he will not be able to eat spicy food like his sister in the future, in case he is rejected What should I do?
After finishing the meal and cleaning up, Lu Helin planned to take Lu Cang out in the bullock cart to the blacksmith shop in the west of Zhenxi to retrieve the plate of toast.

It's been two days, and the uncle blacksmith who is full of tendons must have already prepared the dinner plate.

After picking up the dinner plate, you can also buy some ingredients for making bread. There are not many left in the backpack, so I need to replenish the stock.

This time, Lu Helin also plans to buy some red beans, and plans to make another red bean shredded bread, and introduce new types to attract more customers.

Lu Helin and Lu Cangling went out, leaving Qingqiu in the courtyard to watch the house.

I didn't take Qingqiu to hunt today, its food was replaced by the prey it had brought back before, which was kept fresh in Lu Helin's backpack, and it was still the same as when it was just brought back from hunting.

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Town West Iron Shop

"Boss, I'm here to pick up the plate I ordered two days ago."

Lu Helin stepped into the door of the blacksmith shop and shouted towards the back of the blacksmith furnace.

After a while, the strong uncle whom he met two days ago appeared in front of Lu Helin.

"Little lady, you are here. I have finished what you ordered, and I will fetch it for you."

"it is good."

Lu Helin responded obediently, and waited for Uncle Blacksmith to turn around and fetch the dinner plate.

This dinner plate is set big enough, there are still several, so the portion is sufficient.

The blacksmith looked at the little lady's small body, and probably couldn't lift it, so he kindly said: "Little lady, this iron dinner plate is quite heavy, let me take it back for you, so as not to tire you out."

Lu Helin really couldn't afford so many dinner plates at one time, but she had already prepared, didn't she drive an ox cart with A Ling?
She was going to ask the blacksmith to help put the bullock cart, and she could put the meals in the backpack in the cart without any trouble at all.

But he was kind, so naturally he couldn't directly refuse: "Uncle, I'm driving an ox cart, please help me put the ox cart on, and it won't delay your next business."

The blacksmith took a look outside and found that there was indeed an ox cart with carriages parked at the door, and there was a very handsome young man sitting on the side of the cart, his eyebrows and eyes were somewhat similar to the little lady in front of him, It must be a pair of siblings.

Since there was an ox cart, the blacksmith didn't have to worry about it, so he helped to load the iron dinner plate onto the ox cart.

After paying the final payment, the Lu Helin siblings thanked the blacksmith and drove away slowly.

(End of this chapter)