In late September, frost began to fall in Lishi County. In the early morning of that day, when Luo Yong held a pottery bowl and a toothbrush to the outside of the yard to brush his teeth, he saw a thick layer of white frost on the dead grass on the side of the road.

After a while, I heard Si Niang shouting in the backyard: "Brother, the sauce jar is frozen."

"Is it frozen? Is it thick?" Luo finished brushing his teeth with hastily and ran to the backyard to see what was going on.

"It's not too thick, just a thin layer." Goro held a wooden stick in his hand, stepped on a wooden stool, stood next to a sauce jar, and turned around and said to Luo Yong.

"Okay, I'll do it, you go to have a meal first." Luo Yong reached out to take the stick from Goro's hand, sent him to go to dinner quickly, and after he finished eating, he had to go to school.

On the front yard, Erniang and the others have already started to cook breakfast. The smell smelled like a boiled reed pork. After the weather became cold, the most common vegetables in the house were the only ones left.

Many people in Lishi County have grown vegetables on the kang in the generation of Lishi County, so locals can also eat some fresh and tender vegetables in winter. But it is not as good as in summer and autumn. All kinds of vegetables are very good to eat. After all, eating more vegetables can save more food.

After Luo Yong and Si Niang stirred all the sauce jars, Wulang had already rode on Yan'erfei and went to the school with Lin Rong and Wang Shao.

The weather is getting colder and colder. Luo Yong began to worry about Goro's schooling problem. It was okay now that it was snowing. After some time, it was snowing. A few children were very worried about riding their bikes to and from school. However, it was not easy to fish for three days and dry the net for two days. Luo Yong thought about it and thought that it would be great if there was a school in Xipo Village, and Du Gou could stay here and not leave...

Of course that was impossible. Du Gou was going to set off back to Laizhou in a few days. Luo Yong had already made the mold according to his foot shape, and waited for two days to make Eucommia glue and then pour it into the mold to make the soles.

There are craftsmen who can make leather boots in Lishi County. At that time, Luo Yong just takes the soles of the shoe and spends money to buy the other party’s processed leather, so that he can get a pair of leather boots out, which does not take too much time.

Du Gou learned a lot in Xipo Village during this period, including peony cushions and oil paper umbrellas. He even learned the skills of making straw paper and hemp paper.

In this era, transportation was inconvenient, and Laizhou was not like Chang'an City, a political and economic center of the entire country. I think these skills have not been passed on there much yet. When Du Gou returned at this time, he could pass on these skills to the local people.

In fact, according to Luo Yong's idea, it would be best if a coastal area like that can develop industries such as kelp cultivation.

It’s a pity that kelp is not something you can grow by planting it. Wild kelp varieties have very strict requirements on the growth environment. They cannot survive in places with too high water temperature. If the water temperature is right, it still cannot be done without nitrogen fertilizer.

This is not a problem that can be solved in a short while. Luo Yong estimated that at least he would have to wait until someone had a fiddling out the biological laboratory before the new kelp variety could be released.

After breakfast, Si Niang still took Liulang and Qiniang's two in the grocery store. After Er Niang fed the chickens, she sprinkled them all out. After a while, it started to snow heavily, and the chickens could only stay in the chicken pen. Not only did they say coldly outside, but they were also afraid of meeting wild animals.

When it comes to wild beasts, Luo Yong became a little worried. He didn't know if Goro and the others had arrived at school. These days, they are not like later generations. If parents have anything to worry about, they will call the head teacher with a phone call.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this that there is a saying that parents are not traveling far away. I am really worried. As soon as young people go out, they will be speechless for a long time and will not know about life or death. It is also difficult for people who stay outside to know what happens at home.

Luo Yong was thinking about things in his heart, shrank his neck and sleeves and walked down the small slope in front of his yard.

Zheng's mother and daughter were cooking pig food. When Zheng saw Luo Yi coming, he pointed to two buckets of sauce by the wall and said to Luo Yong: "This is what Xu's Anweng just brought. It was said that it was the sauce left over from pickled courgette. It was good to cook pig food. I looked very good, but I heard that Hu Gua was cold and afraid that these pigs would get rid of it."

"No problem." Luo Yong said to her: "You go to the yard to get some ginger and cook them together. It just so the weather is getting cold. Letting them eat some ginger can prevent diseases."

"Hey, I'll get it now." Zheng wiped his hands on the apron, told her daughter to watch the fire, and then took the basket and went to the yard on the slope.

Si Niang was frowning at a wooden board at this time. My brother said that after waiting, he would make a pair of rubber-soled leather boots for each of his brothers and sisters. Although he didn't know what the rubber-soled bottom was, the children at home were very happy.

My brother also said that Si Niang is very sensible recently and has helped her a lot. This time, she will make one of the tops of this shoe first, and ask her to carve a mold for the soles of her shoes, preferably with patterns. Si Niang was so happy that she was thinking about the pattern now.

"Si Niang, where is the ginger? Your brother asked me to put some when cooking pig food." Zheng entered the yard at this time.

"It's in this room." Si Niang put down the wooden board in her hand, quickly got off the kang, walked to a corner of the innermost part of the grocery store, lifted up a wide-mouthed pottery jar about three feet high, reached out and pulled out a few ginger from it.

Ginger is not a good thing. Nowadays, every household has to plant some. In winter, it is cold. If it is left outside, it will be frozen. If it is near the kang, it will be damaged. So it is filled with a pottery jar and placed in the corner. Fill in fine sand and sprinkle some clean water. It will not break even after being left for the whole winter.

Zheng had already brought the basket over at this time. Si Niang put the ginger into the basket. After thinking about it, she pulled two pieces out of the jar and added them, and asked, "Is these enough?"

"Take a few more." Zheng smiled and said, "The pigs have a very large pot of food, and they can cook several pots in one meal. There are only a few, and those pigs are afraid that they will not taste good."

"That's right." Si Niang laughed. If you eat a person, there are indeed a lot of ginger, but those pigs are different. You can eat a large bucket of pigs at a meal.

"Those should be enough." Zheng looked at the ginger in the basket and said, "Your brother said you want to prevent diseases. I will put more today to cook the taste more."

After leaving the yard with a small basket of ginger, Zheng felt a little relieved. It was not that easy for those who work for others to get something from their owners. If they meet a mean and stingy person, they would have to say a few words.

Fortunately, the Luo family is not like that. If Erniang changes to the grocery store today, he will ask Zheng to dig ginger in the pottery jar. Erniang is frugal and can trust people. Whether it is to Peng Er or the new Zheng family mother and daughter, they are very kind and can trust them.

Si Niang didn't believe them, probably because of her personality. She was already very smart and capable at such a young age. She saw her selling things in the grocery store all day long, but she never heard of anything wrong with her. She always knew what was under her hands.

Speaking of which, the youngest daughter Zheng brought this time is called Si Niang on weekdays, and she is still a silly girl who knows nothing. The Si Niang of the Luo family is only one year older than her daughter. When Zheng deals with her, she also has to be a little careful. Fortunately, Luo Si Niang is also a reasonable person. Generally, she just asks a few more questions and will not be mean to her for no reason.

On this side, Zheng continued to cook pig food. On the other side, Luo went to the sinks for treating Eucommia ulmoides leaves to check it out, and then checked the situation of the cement factory, and then went to the Xu family's hotel.

Recently, the autumn harvest has ended, and there have been a lot more people coming to their cement factory to work. The scale of the entire cement factory has nearly doubled. Several new earth kilns have been built and some stone carvings have been added. If production continues at this rate, in addition to the cement sold every day, there should be some remaining. The road construction matter is also time to put it on the agenda.

Luo Yong had thought about raising funds and donations earlier, and his main target was the merchants and big merchants in the city. However, when things were about to come, he didn't know how to speak. He couldn't just talk and care about them. How embarrassed he was.

Luo was worried these days, and then Ma Jiu came back. Ma Feiyang has been wandering outside for almost half a year. He had just returned to Lishi County these days and stayed at home for a few days. He came to Xipo Village and said he was coming to visit Cement Road and Luo's cement workshop. He was now living in the Xu family's guesthouse.

When Luo Yong passed by, Ma Feiyang had already gotten up and was having breakfast in the hall.

I haven't seen him for more than half a year. This guy has grown a lot taller. He looks stronger than before, and he looks red in lips and white in teeth. Yesterday, Luo Yong saw him riding a horse and showing off his heroic aura, and he felt that this kid must be no fuel-efficient lamp. He didn't know how big a map he had installed.

"Sanlang got up early today." Seeing Luo use it, Ma Feiyang greeted him with a smile. In his impression, Luo Yong's body was a little weak. In the past, he often had to sleep until the sun was noon before getting up.

"The early birds are eaten by insects." Luo Yong walked over with a smile, took off his shoes and got on the kang, and sat opposite him. He had to start with Ma Feiyang for raising funds and donations.

"I don't look like you want to eat insects, I have to want to eat meat." Ma Feiyang grinned at him and smiled.

"Where can it be? It's early in the morning." Luo Sanlang felt embarrassed at all when he was exposed. He continued to talk to him: "You have visited our cement workshop, how about it? Do you have any suggestions? After all, you have also gone out to see the world and are knowledgeable."

"What advice can I have?" Ma Feiyang took a sip of corn porridge and said vaguely: "Didn't you tell you yesterday? After passing Suyang Hangzhou, you will be poor if you go south. The Jiangnan area is good, but it is still incomparable to Chang'an City. If you have been to Chang'an City, that's the best."

"What a pity." Luo joked: "I think you are a knowledgeable person and plan to make friends with you."

"Sanlang said this? Is our relationship not good enough?" Ma Feiyang couldn't figure out what Luo Yong wanted to say, so he could only continue the words with a funny look.

"It's good, but it's not that good enough to give you a pair of rubber-soled leather boots. The first batch of Eucommia ulmoides are only enough to make more than a dozen pairs of soles. Except for my brothers and sisters, even my disciples didn't have it for a while." Luo Yong sighed and said with regret.

"What rubber-soled leather boots?" Ma Feiyang immediately became interested. He knew that Luo Yong had been fiddling with something new recently, and he wanted to take the lead.

"..." Luo Chou Baner smiled without saying a word. If you want leather boots, you have to see if you are worth it. Where can I have free lunch in the world? If you don't give him some effort, you want leather boots?

"Hey, I just want some advice, I think about it." Ma Feiyang immediately changed his mind. Although this girl was ignorant in the past, she was from a merchant family after all, and her father and brother were also meticulous in cultivating him. Besides, he was originally a smart and transparent person, not a useless rich second generation.

He didn't plan to talk much about his experiences when he went south this time. He worked hard to run outside for so long and finally gained his knowledge. If he said that he would know it, he would not suffer a lot. Everyone knew it. How could he seem to have more knowledge than others in the future? What's more, there are many business opportunities hidden here.

However, what Luo Sanlang wanted this time was obviously not the news from the south, and his focus was on that cement workshop.

Ma Feiyang thought for a while and said to Luo Yong:

"I think cement is really good, but if you just use it to build a courtyard, the amount will be limited. If you don't buy enough people, how can you make enough money? But if someone is willing to spend money to buy cement paving, it will be different. I have also seen the path paved in your village, which is really great."

"The people who have gone out to travel are different. They are very knowledgeable and their words make sense." This direction is very right, so Luo Yong quickly encouraged him to continue speaking.

"It's better to lay a cement road from Lishi County to Xipo Village first. Everyone has seen and used it, and they will know the benefits of this kind of road." Ma Feiyang jumped into the pit. There were rubber-soled leather boots in the pit, so how could he take it if he didn't jump down?

"This plan is very wonderful!" Luo clapped his hands and said loudly, but after he finished, he sighed again:

"The idea is a good idea, but from Xipo Village to Lishi County, how much cement is needed, it is both artificial and material... Alas, I am ashamed to say that I have borrowed money from you to buy saplings at the beginning of the year, but I haven't paid it back yet."

"This..." When it comes to money, Ma Feiyang, the second-generation businessman, was not so happy. He exchanged the money for building a road for a pair of rubber-soled leather boots. This was obviously a loss-making deal, so he said vaguely: "Or I will go back to the city in two days to ask you."

"So, thank you Brother Ma!" Luo bowed with gratitude and said, "If this road is completed, I will definitely ask someone to repair a merit monument for you. Then stand on the side of the road!"

"Hi, hey, that's not necessary."

“What you want.”

"How can you be so embarrassed?"

"Don't be embarrassed, I have someone engraved my name on anyone who has worked hard."

"..." Ma Feiyang was stunned for a moment. Suddenly, Lingguan flashed into his heart. It turned out that the coffin board was not trying to pay for him, but wanted him to pay for others. There was nothing to be embarrassed about. He immediately patted his chest and promised: "Sanlang is at ease, this matter will be covered by me!"
Chapter completed!