Zhou Zhoulang was puzzled, "Didn't you say that the blueprint was given by you?"
"Yes, it's in the agricultural book."
Zhou Dalang's eyes sparkled, and he asked, "Then we can make one at home?"
Man Bao nodded and waved his small hand, "Anyone can do it."
They have taught the carpenter, can they stop the carpenter from doing it
Old Zhoutou is more concerned about, "Is the cost high?"
Man Bao looked at Bai Shanbao, and Bai Shanbao turned his head to look at Daji.
Daji, Daji looked around, and finally found that no one could see him, so he said: "The carpenter doesn't want to come to the house, young master wait a moment, I will go and find the boy who brought the plow back."
"Because this is the first time to make this plow, the carpenter has been thinking about it for a long time. The wood is provided by ourselves. Besides, it will cost 900 Wen."
Old Zhou Tou and others are speechless, isn't this too expensive
The servant continued: "But before he came back, he said that if we want to make a second one, because we already know how to do it, we will bring our own wood, and the wages are only 800 Wen. If the quantity is large, 700 Wen and 50 Wen will be enough .”
Old Zhou Tou's expression finally softened, because they usually pay about 700 yuan for making plow tools.
He looked at Master Bai first, and asked with a smile, "Master Bai, do you want to change the plow at home?"
Master Bai's eyes flickered. He didn't understand why the new plow was better than the old one. After all, although he knew about farming and mulberry, he didn't know how to actually plow the fields, so naturally he didn't know the difference.
But he knows old Zhou Tou.
Lao Zhoutou is not the most picky in Qili Village, but he is also somewhat famous. The most important thing is that farmers rarely change such large farm tools.
Because everything costs a lot of money.
But old Zhou Tou didn't hesitate to ask him for a long time. Obviously, this plow tool is really good, so good that a stingy old farmer with little spare money in the family is moved.
So Master Bai smiled and nodded, "I'm planning to replace a batch of plow tools, about ten of them will be needed."
Although he was sure that the item was a good item, he still decided to be more cautious, first bought ten sets and tried it out, and if it was good, he would buy more.
Old Zhou Tou said with a smile on the side: "Then my family will make an agreement with Mr. Bai, and also get a new plow."
Man Bao shouted from the side: "We also want four, so we will have five."
Old Zhou Tou patted her on the head, and said: "It's okay, why buy so many plows, two plows are enough for your more than one hundred acres of land."
Man Bao looked at Bai Shanbao unconvinced.
Bai Shanbao took a value in the middle, "It's better to buy two more, so there are three in total."
Daji wrote down these numbers and reported them back to the carpenter.
Master Bai said: "Our family has ordered a lot of plow tools. Later, let's invite a carpenter to do it at home. It will be more convenient to transport the wood, and we can also supervise the work."
Old Zhou Tou nodded approvingly, that is, that is, such an important thing as a plow must be stared at to rest assured, but a plow needs to be made for a few days, so they can't go to the county town to stare every day, can they
Of course, this kind of thing is done by the Bai family. It happened that Bai Shanbao and Man Bao were also very interested in the carpenter, so when the old carpenter brought his two sons to the Bai family, they were warmly welcomed by Man Bao and the others.
The three welcome carpenters, father and son, were a little confused. Man Bao asked him, "Is the plow easy to make?"
"It's not bad," the old carpenter said hesitantly, "The blueprints given by the owner are quite clear, and there are data on them. It's just that it's not particularly difficult to spend more time thinking about it."
Man Bao decided to go back at night and give the poor graduate student another handful of soil.
Now that the plow is in place, the next step is to plow the field.
There was no need for the three of them to worry about it. Mrs. Liu had someone buy three cows for them from outside, and they were all bullocks.
Seeing the hot eyes, old Zhou couldn't help muttering to Mrs. Qian, "Why do you think they are willing to spend so much on the three children?"
What's wrong with using this money
Qian glanced at him, "Didn't you also give Manbao sixty acres of land?"
"It's useless for us to keep the 40 acres of mountains. As for the 20 acres of land, except for a few acres that can be seen, the rest is thin land. It hasn't been taken care of much in previous years. Plow the land and dig it. The seeds are dropped in the pit, and the grass is not even removed. There is not much profit for a year, so if you give it, you will give it.”
Old Zhou Tou said: "But the Bai family is responsible for the young master's manpower and material resources, and we won't talk about it when it's time to cultivate. Just look at the present, they are buying plow tools, cattle, and hired laborers. How much do you have to spend every day?"
Old Zhou's heart aches when he thinks about it.
Qian closed her eyes and said, "It's not your money that was spent, why is your heart hurting?"
"But it's my daughter who spends the money." Old Zhou Tou managed to find a reason, "You said that Man Bao was raised there, will he spend money so extravagantly when he comes back?"
"Your daughter is not stupid. The gap between the two families is here. She is considerate and won't think so."
Qian's medicine has been stopped now, and her health is much better, but there is no farm work in winter, otherwise she can go to work in the fields.
She said: "Okay, go to bed quickly, your daughter knows that the ground will be turned over in winter, so you don't know the plan?"
"Wait a few more days," Old Zhou said, "Wait until the new plow arrives before plowing the ground. Don't tell me, the plow that Man Bao took out is really useful. I pulled it and it saved a lot of effort."
"If there is no notification from the chief in two days, then we should not have to serve in the military this year. We can do the work in the field slowly."
With so many fields in the family, it is impossible to turn over every piece of land, otherwise it would be exhausting, so the old Zhou family only turns over the most fertile fields every year.
Twenty acres of wheat have been planted this year, and the rest is even less, so Lao Zhou is not in a hurry at all.
He waited to see if he would serve in the military this year. If he needed to, then the eldest brother would go, and then he would take the sixth son to learn how to hold the plow.
When Lao Zhou was thinking this way, Man Bao received a letter from the county seat.
The letter was brought back by Zhou Wulang. Today, when he went to the county town to sell ginger, when he went to the county grandpa's house, the girl in the house gave her this letter.
Man Bao is very busy today, until now he is free to sit at the table and read the letter by the oil lamp.
The letter was written by Ms. Fu Er. She told Man Bao that her father had appointed the county magistrate of Taining County, and he had to go back to the capital to report on his work before taking office. In addition, he hadn't been home for several years for the New Year, so the official department gave him a cloak. Twenty days of annual leave.
With the annual leave and the time to return to Beijing to report on their work, the Fu family decided to leave Luojiang County on October 18, go to the capital first, and then go home for the New Year.
There are still three days left, and Second Miss Fu hopes that Man Bao can send her off.
Man Bao was a little worried. Although she felt that she and Sister Fu could meet again, she couldn't help being confused about the future at this moment, and didn't know when they would see each other again.
Even though he said optimistic words, Man Bao couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.