Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 82

Xiuyao drew all the parts of the water mill in detail, and even marked the size exactly, which would help the third grandpa to make corresponding changes.After working hard for two or three days, and even asked my aunt to help her cover the windows at night to avoid her mother's nagging, Xiuyao finally drew the pattern.

She found Lao Liutou through her panda eyes, "Grandpa, do you still remember the water mill I told you about?"

Old Liutou heard her talk about it before, and he was also very interested. Now that Xiuyao asked her again, he couldn't help asking: "Girl, do you have a way?"

Xiuyao smiled and shook the paper in her hand, "It's all Mr. Ren's help." Then she showed the pattern to her grandpa, and Lao Liu saw that there was a picture drawn on it, like a wheel of a car, each part, and The size is drawn, but there are not many words, presumably because the little girl can't write many words.

Xiuyao explained to him one by one, what part, what size, what function, and what name it was called.After the explanation, she asked, "Grandpa, do you remember everything?"

Old Liu shook his head and pointed, "What is this?"

Xiuyao smiled and said, "Grandpa, this is a water wheel." She didn't write, but she wrote the initials of Pinyin. Of course, Grandpa couldn't understand, but she hadn't learned some characters, so she thought it's better not to write, anyway. Many handicraftsmen can still do a good job even though they are illiterate, such as the third grandpa.

Old Liutou smiled and said, "It's true. If it's a spinning cart, it's a spinning wheel. If it's a donkey cart, it's a wheel. If it's a water mill, it's a water wheel. I remember it."

Xiuyao said: "Grandpa, should we let the third grandpa make the parts of the water mill for us, and then we will go to the river to open the water mill? If the water mill is better than ours, look here." Xiuyao flipped out the book Come on, there are drawings on it, one person can manage a small mill, there are at least eight or nine water mills.And how much water is milled depends on whether the funds are sufficient.

In addition to the water mill, there is also the water surface Luo, which is also controlled by a water wheel, and there is no need for people to pull Luo to shake back and forth.

Old Liutou groaned in shock, "Mother, really? If so..." He calculated, "Our mills are not enough for your water mill to fit between your teeth."

Xiuyao smiled and said, "Grandpa, how is it?"

Old Liu beat his leg, "Girl, let's go all out, do it!"

Since he wanted to do it well, he called his sons to discuss it together. Whenever the two sons would not listen to him, they would naturally do whatever he wanted.After ventilating with everyone, Lao Liutou went to look for his third brother, and the two of them were muttering again, and when it was over, he smiled and said to the third grandfather: "Third brother, if my water mill is opened, there will be thousands of people in all directions. Come to our house to grind the mill. When the time comes, you will also move to the riverside, and we brothers will be together, and I will raise pigs, and we will raise them together."

When the third grandfather heard it, he thought that Lao Liutou didn’t have enough money and asked him to borrow money, so he quickly waved his hands and said, “Fourth, you can make trouble yourself. But I don’t have any money left to toss. Besides, if you don’t have any more toss, I can still help you two when you have no food to eat. We both toss together, and we are both poor. What about the population of these two families, you should toss it yourself.”

Old Liutou knew that the third brother was stubborn, so since he refused to agree, he didn't force it. Anyway, the scale was small at first, and his family could see it.

The third grandfather looked at the blueprint and said, "Fourth brother, you said you opened such a big mill, how much money can you make from our village?"

Old Liutou smiled and said: "Third brother, it's not that big, one or two people can watch it, leaning against the water, you can grind as much as you want, you can keep it a secret, don't let others learn. "

The third grandpa sneered and said: "Fuck you, let me learn what I will spare no effort to learn, I'm afraid you will have no business then."

Old Liu said: "Third brother, don't be afraid. Let's build the mill by the river. Then the county town will row boats to our house to grind the mill. Our noodles are whiter than theirs. Last winter, the dim sum shops in the county were as small as I have come to see it, and said that our noodles are thinner and whiter than theirs, and the pastries we make are extraordinarily delicious.”

The third grandpa was happy for him, "Don't tell me, the Chinese New Year's pastry is whiter than usual, and it tastes sweeter." After reading the picture, he saw that it was clearly written, and he basically had a general idea in his mind. Shape, "Okay, let me make a small thing for you to see first, if it works, I will make it bigger for you."

Old Liu said happily: "Third brother, is it easy to do?"

The third grandpa smiled and said: "Your third brother, what are you worried about about my craftsmanship? At that time, my master said to me, don't let me see, as long as I have such a thing in my mind, I will keep it and make it out. It is wood You have to prepare everything, and you have to buy tung oil and raw lacquer, which are not cheap, so you can count on it."

Old Liutou kept saying that he was planning on it, and after discussing it, he happily went back to talk to Xiuyao, and Xiuyao was also very happy.

At night, Old Liutou was thinking about how much money he had for his family, how much money he could save in a while, and how much money it would cost to build a mill there. In addition to the mill, he had to build a small pier for his family and the people who came to grind the mill by boat.

After finding a time, Lao Liutou took Xiuyao to inspect the riverside. Lao Liutou asked about the place that Xiuyao had chosen, but he could not use it for himself because the terrain was lower and could share a large part of the water. Flood, where the floodwaters are to be breached.In this way, no matter how heavy the rainstorm is, no matter how the river floods, it will not rush to the villages on the highlands.

In the end, the two of them jointly selected the location of the several acres of land in Liu Wu's house, where a river flows into the Daqing River from north to south. The branches of the river and the Shahe River gradually narrowed, and they merged into the Daqing River here. At that time, they could divert the river water into the mill, and dig a pond in the mill for their own use.Before that, the few acres of land in my own house were reserved for seedling sweet potatoes and fertilizing.

Old Liutou smiled and said: "Girl, it seems that we bought the right land."

Xiuyao chuckled, "Grandpa, it's cheap. It may not be possible to grow crops in this land, but it's good to run a mill." She made a gesture, "Master, let's open a mill here, grow sweet potatoes over there, and then go to a piece of land to plant Vegetables, at the boss’s place, let’s build a big shed to raise pigs.”

Then she explained to her grandfather how to raise pigs in a large shed, how to use resources rationally, etc. Old Liutou was taken aback, "Girl, where did you learn so many tricks?"

Xiuyao said with a smile: "Grandpa, so it's okay to read books, it's all from books."

Old Liu nodded, "Your third brother didn't see anything either."

"Grandpa, what you said hurts people. Why didn't my third brother see it? Don't the third brother keep the account of the mill now? How did you keep it in the past? We all have a lot of misremembered things."

Old Liutou laughed and said: "That's true. Last time I remembered that the Sun family's wheat was 460 catties, your grandmother insisted on 430 catties, and your uncle said 440 catties."

Xiuyao laughed, "It's all right now, the third brother manages the account by himself, and there will be no mistakes at all."

The two of them went to look at the compost pond again, and the sweet potato seedlings would be ready for use in a few days.

When returning home, Xiuyao discussed Lao Liutou: "Master, can you persuade my grandfather to let him plant two acres of sweet potatoes? Besides, our village has more than ten acres of wasteland, and it probably won't cost much to buy it."

Generally, if one’s own family reclaims wasteland, the tax is exempted for the first year, and the land rent for the next two years is much lower than that of others. Rent will be collected normally after at least three years.

Most of the large wasteland behind Taoyuan Village is rocky land, which cannot be used for planting crops, but there are about [-] acres that can be used if the stones and gravel are shoveled off.That wasteland has saline-alkali land, sandy land, and rocky land. Different places have different uses, but no one uses it because they can't grow crops.

This also has the advantage that the land rent will be lower at that time, almost the same as that of the white race.

She tried to persuade her grandfather to go there to reclaim wasteland before, but she was rejected as soon as she showed signs of it. Old Qintou said that it was a waste of effort. It is better to plant the land at hand. After all, the official family and the Zhou family have enough land for the villagers to rent. , and that piece of land cannot be planted at all, otherwise it would have been snatched up long ago.Naturally, Xiuyao didn't dare to say in detail that the land actually has many uses, and there are saline-alkali lands that are not so salty, so you can grow other things.

Old Liu thought for a while, and said: "Your grandfather, although he looks easy to talk, is actually really hard to talk." This is a matter of asking others to pay for it. Although it is also for them to make money for themselves, no one can guarantee that he will To make money, why should people take risks?

This is not as convenient as letting the children come back to live in the grandmother's house.

"Well, let me tell you to try."

The next day, Lao Liutou asked Mrs. Li to pack some coarse grains and bran for him, as well as a bean cake.Bean cakes are a good thing these days. They are chopped and soaked in water on weekdays. After they are softened, they can be mixed with livestock, pigs, chickens and ducks, etc. Animals work hard, pigs can grow fat, and chickens are willing to lay eggs.

Old Liutou drove the donkey cart out of the gate, he asked Xiuyao, "Girl, you go with grandpa, and grandpa will bring you back later?"

Xiuyao thought for a while, "Grandpa, you said that I mow the grass and eat at home, do I do more or eat more?"

Old Liutou smiled and said: "You girl, how can you make such a calculation, even if you don't work, you still have to eat. Besides, if you eat rough noodles all day long, how much can you eat?"

Xiuyao giggled and said, "Grandpa, you're so kind." She didn't have to work, and she was given delicious food. Not only that, but Qin Yang was also asked to study.

Old Liu was stunned for a moment, seeing the little girl smiling but speaking seriously, he patted her head and said: "Don't forget to hate your mother, the old man will never treat his child badly if he has a trick."

Xiuyao nodded, she won't hold grudges for too long, she has to spend her own feelings to hold grudges, she just feels that she can't really treat Mrs. Zhang as a family member.

Old Liutou didn't go there for long, he only put down his things and said a few words before turning back, but every time he came and went, he spent all his time on the road, and it was already dark when he came back after lunch.

Xiuyao looked at the master expectantly, "Grandpa, did my grandfather agree?"

Old Liutou sighed, and said with a smile: "Your grandfather, he has no vision. He is afraid of wasting the land and refuses to grow sweet potatoes. Come on, let's raise pigs by ourselves, and we will be greedy for them."

Although Xiuyao was disappointed in her heart, she didn't say anything more. How many people could listen to her ramblings like her grandfather, so she should be content.

Seeing the disappointment on her face, Old Liu said with a smile: "But it's not in vain. I told your grandfather that you can live here as long as you want. Anyway, you can't do any heavy work at home. .”

Xiuyao was surprised and said: "My grandma agreed?" Even if she can't do heavy work, she can still mow the grass and water it, and she can do more than Xiumei. Can grandma agree easily?
Old Liutou glanced at her, "You little child, even if you mow the grass, how much grass can you mow for bean cakes?"

Xiuyao suddenly realized that a bean cake is a lot of money. The four donkeys in the grandfather's house grind the mill every day, and they don't always have bean cakes.

She rushed forward and hugged her grandpa's arm, "Grandpa, you're so kind, I'm actually not tired." Mowing the grass can be so tiring, and it doesn't take a lot of effort.

Lao Liutou patted her head and said with a smile, "Now you can stay at ease." Xiuyao was always uneasy before, and asked "Grandpa, should I go back after living here for three days?" It doesn't matter for one day." When Lao Liutou said it was okay to reassure her, and after a few days, when the sweet potatoes were ready to be raised, she would ask if it was time to go back, and wait for the sweet potatoes to come again.

So Lao Liutou simply went to ask Lao Qintou to let the child live, and now he can't do any important work. When he is older and able to work, then go home, her mother will definitely be more happy.

Xiuyao was extremely happy living at her grandmother's house. During the day, she would either help out at the mill, or spin and weave for her aunt and cousin. When Liu Fei and Qin Yang came back, they would learn to read and write. Half a month passed in a blink of an eye.

This day, Xiuyao brought water again, took a water ladle to splash the water on the sweet potatoes, the sweet potato seedlings had grown lush and green, it was very gratifying, and in a few days, the seedlings could be pulled out to plant the sweet potatoes, she checked it out, and then Go to my aunt's room and help her spin.Now she can also step on the spinning machine and twist three threads with her hands, spinning easily, quickly and well.

Over there, Liu Yun made her shoes and almost finished them. Although the embroidery work was not as good as Liu's, it was still very delicate, not rough at all.

The three of them were chatting, laughing, and busy with their work when they heard someone shouting outside, "Excuse me, is Grandpa Liu there?"

When Liu Xu heard it, she smiled and said, "Oh, who is this? Anyone who gets it is called Grandpa."

Most people call Lao Liutou Uncle Liu, Uncle Liu, or Grandpa, and some are called Lao Liu. This is the first time I have heard the name of Grandpa besides his own daughter.

(End of this chapter)