Five-year-old little girl: Mom has thousands of acres of material space

After finally paying the money, the mother and daughter followed Zaoji to the courtyard behind to choose a carriage.

There are many stables in the compound, which contain horses transported from far away, and there are also many brand-new carriages.

After all, people who come to the horse market to buy horses often buy them with a carriage. It is more cost-effective to buy both together.

Finally, Jiang Wei picked up the carriage, picked up Jiang Xiaoxiao, who had short calves, stuffed her into the carriage, and then drove the carriage away from the horse market, heading towards Yuhe Village.

Jiang Xiaoxiao looked at the empty carriage, still a little dazed.

Thirty-five taels of silver allowed her family to own their first carriage?

This was the most expensive means of transportation in ancient times!

Jiang Xiaoxiao couldn't hide her excitement, opened the curtain of the carriage, got out and sat next to her mother.

I have to say that this carriage is expensive for a reason. Not only does it run fast, but it is also stable. It is much more stable than an ox-cart. Even if you sit outside, it will not bump at all.

She looked at the big brown horse running in front, and suddenly felt that the thirty-five taels of silver were worth it.

"Mom, why do you suddenly want to buy a carriage?" Jiang Xiaoxiao couldn't help but ask.

Her mother was really weird today. First she bought an ox-cart of bricks, and then she bought a horse-drawn carriage. Was she doing something secretly?

Jiang Wei, who was driving the carriage, tightened the reins in his hands. He glanced at her and said, "With the carriage, it will be easier to go to town to deliver goods. Besides, didn't we agree before that we would go to the province when we were free?" If I go to the city, I will buy this carriage sooner or later as a means of transportation, so it is better to buy it first."

Jiang Xiaoxiao thought about it for a while. She had to buy it anyway, so why not buy it early and enjoy it early, but...

"Then will we let Grandpa Zhao drive the cattle cart to help us deliver goods in the future?"

With a horse-drawn carriage, there is no need for an ox-cart. Wouldn't Old Man Zhao be "unemployed"?

Jiang Xiaoxiao's worry was obviously unnecessary. When they drove the carriage back to the village, Old Man Zhao's oxcart was in good condition. The bricks on the oxcart were particularly conspicuous, attracting the villagers working in the fields. Look up.

At this glance, he saw the Jiang family's mother and daughter driving back in a carriage. The strong brown-red horse was far ahead, and the Jiang family's mother and daughter were sitting in the carriage behind.

"Ouch, this, this is a carriage!"

"This is a carriage that only the wealthy families in the city can afford. I didn't expect Xiao Xiaoniang to come back in a carriage!"

"Tsk, tsk, this horse looks very energetic, it must be worth a lot of money!"

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The carriage ran very fast and soon left those discussions behind.

When they arrived at the door of their house, Jiang Wei hugged Jiang Xiaoxiao and got out of the carriage. Old man Zhao was waiting in front of the courtyard. When he saw the carriage behind them, his eyes could not stop being amazed.

Jiang Wei stepped forward and said: "Uncle Zhao, you won't need your ox cart for delivery in the future. Can you drive a carriage? If you can, you can help my family drive the carriage from now on. The wages are still the same as before, fifteen cents a day."

When Old Man Zhao heard that Jiang Wei was no longer using his ox cart, he was a little disappointed. Unexpectedly, he heard in the next sentence that he was asked to drive the carriage. He was so excited that he nodded repeatedly: "Yes! I can drive the carriage."

When he was young, he also worked as a groom for wealthy families, so driving carriages was not a problem. However, as he got older, the owner of the family sent him home because he thought he was slow.

He used all his savings to buy an old ox. Although the horse-drawn carriage could not drive it, the ox-cart could still manage.

He has always dreamed of having a carriage of his own. Although this wish has never been realized in his life, he is extremely happy to be able to ride a carriage again at this age. Old man Zhao stepped forward and touched the big brown horse in front. Unexpectedly, he touched a strong body of muscles. He was surprised and said: "This is a good horse!"

Jiang Wei entered the courtyard and asked the aunts and ladies who were working inside to come out and help transport the bricks from the oxcart to the courtyard.

The people who came to work here were all honest and quiet people, and no one asked Jiang Wei what he was doing with so many jobs.

Jiang Xiaoxiao looked at the bricks that had been transported. With her limited knowledge, she could only recognize that these were refractory bricks after looking at them for a long time.

But why did her mother buy so many refractory bricks?

In ancient times, this kind of refractory bricks were generally used to build high-temperature firewood kilns. Refractory bricks are hard, fire-resistant and have a long service life, which means that they can withstand inadvertent collisions and damage during a long period of time when the kiln is full and out of the kiln.

People in this era built kilns not only for making iron, but also for firing porcelain.

She has both of these things at home.

Just as she was thinking about it, Jiang Wei suddenly called her: "Xiaoxiao, go to Li Zheng's house to find Liu Dagang."

Jiang Xiaoxiao responded and went out.

Now it is basically certain that her mother brought so many refractory bricks back to build a kiln.

Li Zheng's family is at home. Li Zheng's daughter-in-law is cooking in the yard. Standing outside the yard, Jiang Xiaoxiao can see Li Zheng's daughter-in-law making buckwheat noodles, mixing chopped wild vegetables into them, making pancakes and sticking them to the side of the pot. superior.

There is a paste cooking in the pot, and black beans and wild vegetables are added to it. It looks slightly thicker.

But eating like this is considered acceptable in the village.

Jiang Xiaoxiao was silent in her heart. In the future, when outsiders were at home, her mother would never be allowed to have a meal of white rice. This was no longer a matter of luxury. She had been in this village for a few months, and every time she saw a house with better conditions, , all use corn as their staple food, and no one has ever eaten white rice.

If others knew that her family ate white rice every day, there would be problems sooner or later.

Jiang Xiaoxiao cleared her throat and called into the courtyard: "Brother Dagang, are you at home?"

"Xiaoxiao, why are you here?" Li Zheng heard the sound and waved to her, "What do you want from Dagang? Come in and tell me."

"Mom has something to do with Brother Dagang. I would like to invite Brother Dagang to come over." Jiang Xiaoxiao stood outside the courtyard without moving. Seeing that they were about to prepare for dinner, it was really not good for her to go in. Every household is in short supply of food these days. If she goes in Li Lizheng was determined to take her to the table for dinner.

Liu Dagang came out of the room and said, "Okay, I'll go over after dinner later."

"Then I'll go first."

After completing the task of delivering the message, Jiang Xiaoxiao turned around and ran away.

Li Zheng originally wanted to come out and drag her into the hospital for dinner, but he didn't expect her to slip away in the blink of an eye, so he could only shake his head helplessly.

When Jiang Xiaoxiao returned home, she saw her mother leaning on the table in the yard, drawing something with a brush, looking extremely focused.

She leaned forward and took a look. On the paper, there was a simple drawing of a kiln.

Her mother really wanted to build a kiln!

Jiang Xiaoxiao took another closer look. This kiln was a straight-cylindrical cupola kiln. It was almost non-existent in this era and only gradually appeared in later generations.

However, this straight-cylindrical cupola kiln can provide very high temperatures, even reaching temperatures above 1600 degrees Celsius. In modern times, it is generally used for melting cast iron and steelmaking.