Chapter 19 Try Growing Shiitake Mushrooms
The next day, there were many tyrants standing by the river bank. Qian Xiaoxing was sitting under the big tree to enjoy the cool air. Seeing the booms rising and falling, the lively scenery was filled with joy. Suddenly, Jia Ling came over and saw the strange scenes by the river, and asked, "Brother Qi, what are those by the river, and what are they used for?"
"This is called "Bully Blade". The so-called "pre-working" must first sharpen the tools. Once this thing is done, it will improve everyone's labor efficiency, which is several times faster." Qian Xiaoxing bragged.
"Is it really that great?" Jia Ling took the food box in his hand and handed a bowl of soup to Qian Xiaoxing and said, "Drink this bowl of soup quickly and take me to see it."
"Oh, my little wife has sent soup to my husband, OK." After Qian Xiaoxing took it, he saw that the soup was light yellow. After smelling it, he smelled it, and the fragrance was scented. It should be chicken soup.
"Go, gangster, the princess sees you running on the river beach every day. She is afraid that you will be tired, so I will make up for you, so I won't cook it for you." Jia Ling said with a pout.
Qian Xiaoxing took a sip, couldn't help but exclaim the delicious food, and handed the bowl to Jia Ling and said, "It's okay, I don't care what you don't care about me. You can drink some too, chicken soup to beautify, breast enhancement, nourish yin and kidneys."
"Don't drink it, I've already drunk it at home."
Qian Xiaoxing finished drinking the soup, wiped his mouth, and took Jia Ling to the river bank, and explained to Jia Ling in detail the principle of his overlord's archery.
"What is a lever, what is a pulley, and why is this tension a quarter of the weight?" Jia Ling was confused after hearing this, but became even more curious.
"I don't understand, I'll teach you if you want to learn. I'll teach you if you want to learn." Qian Xiaoxing said with a smile.
"Big gangster, it's okay if you don't teach me." After Jia Ling said that, he turned around and left. Qian Xiaoxing hurriedly chased after him.
When the people under the river bank saw it, they shouted loudly: "Mr. Qian, your little wife is angry."
"Yes, I didn't sleep with her last night, and she was unhappy." Qian Xiaoxing replied with a laugh.
Jia Ling was so angry that her face turned red when she heard this. She picked up a pebble and threw it towards Qian Xiaoxing. Qian Xiaoxing hurriedly avoided and smiled and said, "I'll go to bed with you when I'm back tonight, don't be angry." Jia Ling was so angry that she ran back.
Qian Xiaoxing looked at Jia Ling's back and shook his head with a smile. Just as he was about to go back to the tree to enjoy the cool air, he suddenly remembered the matter of burning cement. When he came to the river, he circled the horn with his hands and shouted: "Uncle Xu!"
After shouting, he shook his head. This era of communication was really just yelling. Uncle Xu came to Qian Xiaoxing and asked excitedly: "Mr. Qian, the overlord you created is so good, it saves energy and speeds up the work progress. By the way, what's the matter with me?"
"Last time I talked to you about lime mines, please take me to see. Who else in the village can burn quicklime? I will also take it with me." Qian Xiaoxing ordered.
"Oh, my second sister-in-law's son Xu Lianghui, I'll call you now." Uncle Xu came to the riverside, and like Qian Xiaoxing called him, he circled the horn with his hands and shouted: "Rayonzi, Liangzi..."
After a while, a young man ran over with pretty eyebrows and a thin figure, but his muscles were all strong, and he looked only sixteen or seventeen years old.
Qian Xiaoxing had seen her at her second sister-in-law's house last time, and pointed at Xu Liang and said, "Last time, you killed Lei Hu, so I can eat Lei Hu meat."
After hearing this, Xu Liang scratched his head embarrassedly and smiled.
"Liangzi, Manager Qian asked you to take him to the lime kiln to see it." Uncle Xu ordered.
Xu Liang replied cheerfully: "Sure, I'll take you there now."
Along the mountain road, the three of them walked step by step, the streams on the roadside were gurgling, and the green mountains in the distance were like green barriers. A natural landscape painting with beautiful scenery. Qian Xiaoxing stopped all the time, thinking that he would have some fun when he had time.
In my memory, Qian Xiaoxing remembers that cement is made of limestone and clay and then fired at high heat. However, for better performance, some ingredients will be added. I really can't remember this ingredients, but if there is no ingredients, it should be over, but the hardness is a little worse.
The three of them walked more than ten miles along the road and arrived at the lime kiln. Qian Xiaoxing saw the abandoned lime kiln, which was already in ruins, so he said to Uncle Xu: "Uncle Xu, I will give you a hundred taels of silver. You can recruit someone to reopen the lime kiln. When burning, break the quicklime, the better the better. Then mix in 30% of the clay, burn a kiln first, and let me see."
After hearing this, Uncle Xu asked in confusion: "What are you burning?"
"I'll tell you when the cooking is ready. I'll cook it as soon as possible. If you lack money, come and ask me for it." Qian Xiaoxing replied.
Uncle Xu nodded and said, "One hundred taels is definitely enough. If you have too much, you will be refunded to you."
The three of them discussed the construction of the kiln ore again, and in the future, they asked Xu Liang to do this work. Xu Liang heard that he had taken such a great responsibility, although he was a little nervous, he agreed immediately.
"Uncle Xu, now we have to dig waterways, lime mines, and stones. Is the village labor enough? If not enough, we will recruit some from other villages. Anyway, they are all people from the State of Si. I will pay for everyone at that time." Qian Xiaoxing asked.
"It may not be enough if there was no overlord before. Now there are many living women and children who can do it, and there will be no shortage. You built the river bank for us. What kind of wages can we need?" Uncle Xu replied.
"Uncle Xu, this wage must be paid."
The two refused, but Uncle Xu had no choice but to agree.
The three of them returned to the village and saw Si Yingying chatting with everyone in the village. Qian Xiaoxing was tired after walking for a day, so he sat down and chatted with everyone. As he said that he was about going up the mountain to pick mushrooms. Qian Xiaoxing remembered the matter of growing mushrooms, so he asked Uncle Xu how it was going. Uncle Xu replied that a lot of wood had been cut, but it was more laborious to cut it into wood chips.
Qian Xiaoxing asked Uncle Xu to lead the way and led everyone to take a look. When he saw that there were a lot of chopped wood chips, he told Uncle Xu not to chop them anymore, soak them in water and cook them in a pot for a day.
"What? I can't eat this, what's the point of cooking?" Si Yingying asked in confusion.
Qian Xiaoxing explained: "Bactericidal and disinfect, and no other miscellaneous bacteria can be allowed to exist."
"What kind of bacteria should be killed and what kind of poison should be eliminated?" Si Yingying became more confused as she heard it.
"Forget it, I don't understand it even if I teach you." Qian Xiaoxing thought that these questions were too profound and too lazy to explain them.
Jia Ling was also very curious about this mushroom plant and begged Qian Xiaoxing and said, "If you don't understand, you need to teach me. Brother Qi, please tell me."
"I don't know who hit me with a stone today. Let me tell you, don't use your temper to challenge my personality, it will make you die with a rhythm!" Qian Xiaoxing thought that it would be useless to say good things anyway, so it's better to be a little masculine.
"Who told you to talk nonsense, big gangster, I think you can't grow mushrooms at all, just pretending to behave here." Jia Ling said excitedly.
"What if I plant it?" Qian Xiaoxing asked.
"If you plant it, I will eat it!" Jia Ling said with a smile.
When Qian Xiaoxing heard this, he said angrily: "You are so beautiful that you want to eat and plant it yourself."
"Then teach me, if I can really grow it, I will cook delicious food for you every day." Jia Ling said.
Qian Xiaoxing thought that he wanted to teach everyone anyway. No matter what happened this time, he finally got some advantage, so he replied: "In order to reflect my profound knowledge and outstanding intelligence, I will only teach you something."
Qian Xiaoxing asked Uncle Xu to find two sand cans and put them in the pot to cook together. This time he explained to Jia Ling carefully what spores are, what bacteria are, and why they need to be disinfected. Jia Ling was still stunned when he heard this.
In the evening, Si Yingying finally asked Qian Xiaoxing to live in Songyueyuan. The yard was built on the hillside, with trees standing in front and behind, lush and green. The yard was not very big, but the carved beams and painted buildings and the items were exquisite.
After dinner, I took out the long-lost mahjong, Qian Xiaoxing, Si Yingying, Jia Ling and Butler Lu, and gathered around a table to play. Although Jia Ling didn't know, he learned it quickly. It seemed that his intelligence was also relatively high.
With both work and entertainment, Qian Xiaoxing finally regained the feeling of Shandu. With the company of two beauties Si Yingying and Jia Ling, he could still tease him a few words. He occasionally ate some tofu to take advantage of it, but he was also happy.
Chapter completed!