Splendid Abandoned Wife

Chapter 80
As soon as they came down the stairs, the magpie came over happily: "Girl, Uncle Qi and Uncle Qiang are waiting inside. I don't know what good things happened to them. They are very happy." Uncle Qi is the most trusted steward of the girl. He When something good happens to the two of them, they happily come to the girl to report it. But isn't it most likely that it's the good thing that happened to their Yin family or Zhuangzi?Naturally, the magpie also cheered, although he still didn’t know what exactly he was cheering for.

oh?very happy?That's good!Zhiruo secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Uncle Qi's return so quickly was not because of any accident. Even if it was, it was an unexpected good thing.It's not that Zhiruo is worried, but they are too weak now, and they don't know what the people who framed the Zhenbei General's Mansion are planning. Plus, their wealth is eye-catching, so they have to be on guard!

When Uncle Qi, who was drinking tea, saw Zhiruo come in, he quickly put down his tea cup and stood up with a smile: "Girl, the blacksmith problem has been solved. I bought a 15-year-old girl back."

A 15-year-old girl?What does it have to do with solving the blacksmith problem?Could it be that he found a female blacksmith to come back?However, Zhiruo remembers that in this time and space, until now, many industries still cannot accept women's operations, such as brewing, blacksmithing, etc.It's okay to operate as an owner, but it's definitely not okay to operate (at least not openly, it's another thing to do it secretly without others knowing).There is a saying that women cannot even enter the workshop or get close to the forging furnace, otherwise it will be unlucky and the iron tools made will break easily and cannot be used.

Of course, Zhiruo would not believe this statement. In modern times, what industry does not have women?Women can make guns and cannons! However, there was no mechanical equipment in ancient times. With today's equipment and methods, blacksmithing is an extraordinary physical job. Can a woman eat enough to swing a hammer?She is still a martial arts practitioner, so she probably doesn't have the physical strength.

Uncle Qi saw the confusion on Zhiruo's face and explained with a smile: "That little girl is called Huaihua. She is born with great strength. She can easily swing a hammer weighing more than 100 kilograms. She is more powerful than a man." . Huaihua secretly learned blacksmithing from her father. When her father was ill, she secretly forged the ironware ordered by the customers at night after closing the door."

"Oh?" Zhiruo was very interested. There are many strange people with extraordinary talents in the world, so it's not surprising.She didn't interrupt Uncle Qi either. Huaihua would sell herself and follow Uncle Qi back, so there must be a story.Otherwise, Huaihua was secretly forging iron, how would Uncle Qi know about it?
Sure enough, Qi Bo continued: "Somehow someone found out about Huaihua helping her father to forge iron. Customers came to return the goods one after another and asked for money. Some of them also brought old equipment that they didn't know when they were made and wanted to return it. Huaihua's father is the only blacksmith in Huaihua's family, and it is a small-profit operation. In addition, Huaihua's mother was seriously ill in the past two years, and Huaihua's father has been ill for several months and has spent all the money he spent on medical treatment and medicine. The family is extremely poor. How can they save money? Do you have extra money for compensation? Father Huaihua begged those who took advantage of the chaos to smash the ironwork, loot and move things in the house, but someone was hit on the head with something and died. Everyone was afraid, so they took the money one after another. The ironware that was noisily said to be returned was scattered. Some people even took away old pots, pots, and rags when they left."

Zhiruo and Ruchun couldn't help but sigh. In this world, sometimes people's hearts are really... as cold as the ice and snow outside.

Uncle Qi also sighed and said: "Sophora flower had no choice but to sell her body to bury her father in the hope that her father would have a decent coffin to be buried with her mother. I happened to pass by and bought her." These people have all fought their lives on the battlefield and have seen a lot of life and death. How can they believe that it is unlucky for a woman to be close to the forge?Not to mention the woman striking iron, even if the woman wielded a large sword to kill the soldiers, he didn't see the sword break.

It doesn't matter if you know it, as long as you can blacksmith and can make hidden weapons and weapons according to their requirements, what does it matter if you are male or female?Even if the demand increases in the future, it will be okay to let Huaihua take one or two apprentices.However, what is strange to her is that according to Uncle Qi's behavior, he should have brought the Sophora japonica to her to see.Even if you have other things to say, just let someone take Sophora japonica away first.

Just when I thought of this, I heard Uncle Qi say: "I brought Sophora japonica here. I just asked her to wait outside Guanmei Yuan to avoid scaring the girl."

"Scaring the girl?" Ruchun couldn't help but ask, "Why?" How could a 15-year-old girl scare the girl?Ah, no, Qi Bo said she was born with great strength, wouldn't she have three heads and six arms?
Zhiruo was not surprised, but he was not as surprised as Ru Chun showed.

Qi Bo said: "Actually, it's nothing, but the girl needs to be mentally prepared. The Sophora japonica is very ugly, thick and strong, and there is a large red scar on the left side of her face from being scalded by molten iron when she was a child. At first glance, she looks a bit...scary. People in their town call her the Unsalted Girl, and no one is willing to buy her even if she sells her body to bury her father." He was just worried that the girl, a noble lady, would suddenly be frightened. Otherwise, for him, there is really nothing to be afraid of. The "salt-free green" one used to be dangling on Zhuangzi with a black birthmark all day long, and the people in Zhuangzi were not that afraid, not to mention that the Sophora japonica also knew how to cover it up. .

Zhiruo was stunned for a moment, ugly?scar?Just scare her?How could she be so vulnerable?Then he smiled and said to Ruchun: "Go and let the Sophora japonica come in." It was really cold standing outside the yard at this season.

Ruchun agreed, walked to the door and told the magpie who was guarding the door, and specifically warned: "She has scars on her face, don't make a fuss and hurt others."

When Sophora japonica came in, Ruchun felt that her worries were in vain.Huaihua was wearing the same blue coat and skirt as the maids in Zhuangzi. She had a head full of yellowish hair, most of which was tied into a thick braid at the back of her head. The small half of her hair on the left hung down, covering most of her left face. The tail of her hair was Part of it is wrapped around the root of the braid and fixed with a bamboo hairpin.Standing quietly with her hands down, Huaihua looked just a little thicker than the average woman, but not intimidating at all.

Sophora japonica's figure is a bit like Yan's mother's niece Lu'er, but Lu'er is obese, while Sophora japonica is relatively strong.

Qi Bo explained: "When Lu'er was sold, the winter clothes of the maids had already been purchased. The woman in the warehouse suddenly remembered that the clothes originally prepared for Lu'er were now just in use for Sophora japonica." Otherwise, With Huaihua's figure, it was really difficult to find suitable clothes for a while, and her own clothes were too thin or too torn (the better ones were taken away by those who claimed compensation).

(End of this chapter)