Reborn farmhouse busy farming

Chapter 97 Textbooks

Luo Tiandu led Luo Mingdu and Xiao Changhui to recognize characters for a whole morning every day, and in the afternoon, he decided to give the two children some time to move their limbs.

Uncle Gu bought two packs of candy from the grocery store these days. Only Luo Mingdu, a serious kid, likes this kind of hard and sticky candy in his family. There are quite a few left.

Luo Tian thought about using this sugar to make something new to try.Her eyes swept around, and finally landed on the corn kernels in the dustpan, and she suddenly had an idea.

She decided to try making a pot of candy popcorn.

To make popcorn candy, you must have popcorn, and to make popcorn, you must have a high-pressure popcorn machine. Although it can be fried in a wok, the popcorn made in that way is not completely fried, hard, and can only be called fried rice at best. flower.

She is an actionist. When she has an idea, she must do it immediately, otherwise she won't be able to sleep at night.

She assigned homework to Xiao Changhui of Luo Mingdu, got the money from Mrs. Fang, and went out to look for Uncle Gu.

There is no way, there are only two adults in the family, Mrs. Fang and Uncle Gu. Mrs. Fang has to take care of Mrs. Yao, and only Uncle Gu has nothing to do and wanders around every day.

When Uncle Gu heard she said that she was going to the town, he thought she was greedy, and said, "Little Miss Sun, what do you want to eat, tell Uncle Gu, and Uncle Gu will buy it for you. The road is slippery, and we have to wait for the weather in town for two days." Alright, let's go."

Luo Tian thought, when the weather clears and the snow melts on the road, she will open the door to do business.

In the end, Uncle Gu still couldn't hold her back, so he took her to the blacksmith's shop in the town and ordered an old-fashioned hand-cranked popcorn machine.

In fact, it is a gourd-shaped simple pressure cooker. When frying popcorn, place the pot horizontally on the stove and shake it by hand to let the pot be heated evenly. When the popcorn in the pot is almost ready, gently tap it with tongs Hit the body of the gourd pot, the lid of the pot will fall off automatically due to the pressure, and then pop the crispy and plump popcorn grains.

Because of the stove last time, the master blacksmith made a lot of money. Now it is popular to use carts to pull small stoves on the streets of Qiushui Town to do snack business, instead of finding a stall to set up an earthen stove like before. You have to pay a dozen more tax money.

When the master blacksmith saw her, he also smiled and said, "What are you going to fight today, little lady?"

Luo Tiandu explained his request carefully, the master listened to it for a long time, but was still confused, so he said: "Why don't you draw a picture for me like last time, and I will understand."

Luo Tiandu indeed brought the blueprints here, but she didn't get back a penny for the stove drawings she gave to the blacksmith last time, and she lost money. This time, she refused to take advantage of him, and she wanted to get back the money anyway, so she said: "This blueprint was handed down by my ancestors. Normally, it cannot be shown to people outside the family. Although I am asking you to build this utensil, it is a family heirloom, so it cannot be shown to others for nothing, right? "

The old master was a little confused, and said: "If you don't show me, how will I know what to look like?"

Luo Tiandu smiled slyly, and said: "Uncle, if you only make this pot, I will pay you five hundred Wen at the full price. If there are people who want uncle to make this kind of pot in the future, then uncle will pay me ten yuan for each pot." How about Wen Qian?"

The old blacksmith didn't answer, as if he was thinking about whether the deal was worth it.

Luo Tiandu said: "Anyway, you won't be at a disadvantage. I also want to keep the ancestral blueprints secret. If you don't blame others for this, I will pay you a penny. On the contrary, if you blame others, you will be paid." The price is five hundred coins, and I only take ten coins, which means that you have earned my blueprint for nothing."

The old blacksmith thought, yes, as long as he doesn't give this iron pot to others, he can still get his wages back, so he agreed.

Luo Tian laughed and said, "There is no evidence for what we say, we need to make a document."

The old blacksmith was somewhat disapproving: "It's all settled, so why bother to make such a document?"

Uncle Gu nodded, and said, "Even if it's a small business, you need to have a document and a certificate."

So I borrowed the paper and pen from the shopkeeper next door, and wrote a contract. Luo Tiandu deliberately marked it on the paper. Compensation for hanging money.

After Luo Tian finished writing the contract, he invited the shopkeeper to be a witness. After the two parties drew a deposit, they readily paid the deposit.

The old master has never figured out why so much trouble can be caused by just punching a strangely shaped iron pot, which is both a document and a witness.

Luo Tian didn't care what he thought, he made an appointment to pick it up three days later, and then he was going to stroll back with Gu Bo.

Uncle Gu was quite surprised and said: "I'm going back now? We're all in the town, why don't we go buy some candy and eat it?"

Luo Tiandu smiled and said, "I'm here to make a fuss today."

"What are you going to do with this iron lump?" Uncle Gu was very puzzled.In his opinion, it was just a cauldron with many bits and pieces added.

Luo Tiandu rubbed his cheeks that were flushed from the cold, and said vaguely: "For food."

Gu Bo squinted his eyes and smiled, happily took Luo Tiandu's little hand and went to the grocery store again.After all, it is a small town, and the items for sale are limited. Gu Buri looked inside and out three times, and in the end he only picked out a bag of candy.

It's such a sad feeling to have money and not be able to spend it.

Holding the candy, Luo Tiandu followed Uncle Gu and was about to go back when a carriage passed by her and stopped a few steps ahead.

Luo Baisu lifted the curtain of the car and waved to them both: "Uncle Gu, Xiaodu, are you here to go shopping in town?"

Luo Tian happily said to Gu Bo: "It's Dad who's back." After speaking, he dragged Gu Bo all the way to the carriage, "Father, why are you back today?"

Luo Baisu carried her into the carriage and said with a smile, "Daddy wants to go to school, so he's back."

After Luo Tian got into the carriage, he realized that there were several large boxes on the carriage, which filled the rather small carriage to the brim.

Uncle Gu also got into the carriage, saw those boxes, nodded in satisfaction, and said, "I guess Lao Ji should have sent someone to bring the things over."

Luo Tian looked at Uncle Gu, and at Luo Baisu who was obviously in a good mood, frowned, and asked curiously, "Uncle Gu, what is it?"

Uncle Gu laughed loudly: "It's something for Dad to be a Jinshi."

"A whole four boxes of books?" Luo Tian became interested, wondering if there was anything she could use.

When they arrived at Luojia Village, old man Luo helped Luo Baisu move the box off the carriage.

Old man Luo was the same as Luo Tian, ​​he expressed awe at the four full boxes of books, rubbed his hands together and said to Luo Baisu, "Dalang, this... these are all the books you need to read for the Jinshi exam?"

"That's right, Dad, they are all books that you need to read for the Jinshi exam, and you have to read them carefully." The books that the great Confucian Gu Ziqian once read carefully and commented on are naturally worth smashing every word and eating them into pieces. .

It is not an exaggeration to say that these four boxes of books are priceless treasures for scholars.

"Then what do you do now?" Fang asked.

Uncle Gu waved his hand: "What else can I do? With these treasures left by the master, Young Master Sun can just concentrate on his studies, and he doesn't have to worry about Chun. good."

Mrs. Fang nodded: "That's fine." Although the county's errands can pay a little more money every month, Luo Baisu has to spend 360 to [-] days a year, and [-] days stay outside. The two children want to see him Both sides are difficult.

Luo Baisu thought for a while, and said: "I still want to continue working in the county government office. Although I am busy on weekdays, I can learn some practical things. In addition, when I am studying, if I encounter any problems, I can ask for advice nearby. I'm bored at home and study hard, and I don't make much progress in learning."

Luo Tiandu was squatting down, picking and choosing among the book boxes, and said without turning his head when he heard the words: "That is, reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. Theory should be combined with practice."

Fang patted her on the head lightly, and said, "You are the only one who is smart."

Luo Baisu stayed at home for three days, and the happiest thing was Luo Mingdu.Although she didn't say anything, no matter where Luo Baisu went, she followed him like a little tail.

Luo Baisu finished his bath, and when he went to the county government, Luo Mingdu followed behind him for a long time with red eyes.

The little girl was so sad, and Luo Tian felt very sad. Fortunately, the popcorn machine that he had ordered before was ready, and Luo Tian thought that making a pot of popcorn later would make Luo Ming even happier.

Seeing that she spent more than 500 Wen and returned with an iron gourd, Fang didn't say anything about her, but just cursed with a smile: "You're the only girl with a lot of ideas."

Luo Tiandu chuckled and said, "Sister, I'll do a trick for you today."

Because rice is fine and expensive, Luo Tian plans to use corn kernels to fry the popcorn for the first time.Corn kernels are ready-made. Fang and Changhui broke a lot when they were free. Luo Tian even calculated the size of the pot. On the stove, Gu Bo was instructed to shake his hands so that the pot was heated evenly.

The whole family was very curious about this strange black gourd. Gu Bo took the lead and squatted by the stove, shaking his hands, enjoying the envious eyes of Fang and others.

Since the separation of the family, Luo Mingdu's temperament has gradually become more lively. At this moment, she squatted beside Uncle Gu, resting her chin with her hands and asking, "Xiaodu, what are you doing?" "Popcorn." Luo Tiandu blinked and blinked at the pot, counting the time in his mind.

After shaking for about ten minutes, Luo Tian asked Gu Bo to stand up the stove, took out the long sack that had been prepared earlier, put it on the outside of the iron pot, and drove the little ghosts around to a place farther away. place, and then retreated far away covering his ears, motioning for Uncle Gu to tap the pot with the tongs.

Uncle Gu was also drawn out of his playfulness, and raised the tongs and knocked on the fat pot, only to hear a loud "bang", because of the pressure inside the pot, the lid was blown away, and the popcorn inside was thrown away from the pot. The pot flew into the burlap bag.

(End of this chapter)