Chapter 47

Leisurely said, "mother, if I can, I don't want to. But since they are slaves bought by our family, there must be rules. If not, for a long time, it will be the root of the disaster. " When she first came here, she did not adapt to such a feudal society, especially as a slave without personal freedom. But since it is necessary to follow the rules here to survive here, now she has well adapted to the rules here and can use it to do useful things for herself.

Enron also echoed: "my sister is right, my mother must not be too soft hearted."

Lin Mu nodded and said, "don't worry, I won't hold you back."

Leisurely set up the meal, mother and son all washed their hands.

After a while, the four had already finished their bath and put on their clean clothes. Leisurely gave them some old coarse cloth clothes of their own, although there were some patches inevitably. But it's cleaner than what they used to wear.

Leisurely nodded, "well, looking at the spirit of more, the kitchen left you food, you go to eat."

The lady Xu was not in a hurry to eat. Instead, she took her daughter to clean up the dishes and chopsticks on the table before eating in the kitchen. This makes leisurely in the heart secretly nodded, still be some winks.

After taking them to dinner, Mrs. Lin took them to clean up the two utility rooms in the West Wing room and let them stay.

After returning to the house, Mrs. Lin said to her children, "let's make do with it tonight. Tomorrow, brother an, you can go to your uncle's house and find some people to help you build two rooms and two shacks in the empty space opposite our house for Lao Liu tou and his grandson. It's very inconvenient not to be crowded in this house. "

Enron agreed with a smile, and Lin's mother moved out a box and handed it to leisurely, "good boy, you are a smart man. The housekeeper and the Council are here. I think you are better than me. Today, I'll give you my home in front of your brother. "

Leisurely quickly refused "mother, how can this make you happy?"

Lin's mother said, "what can't be done? Sooner or later, you have to go through these things. Instead of going to other people's homes, you are not familiar with life and land. It's better to practice in your own home first. If you go out of the house in the future, you won't be black and don't know anything. "

Enron also in the side to persuade, leisurely see decline, but, then accepted.

When I went back, I opened it and found that there were two ingots of silver, several pieces of broken silver and two strings of copper coins in the box. It adds up to twenty-five taels of silver.

Lin's mother didn't say how long the money would take, but she thought that this was the capital of her family. After that, there was nothing urgent. I was too embarrassed to ask Lin Mu for money.

The next morning, Enron went to my uncle's house, and then to the stone and carpenter's house in the next village.

Less than half an hour later, stone, wood, tiles and so on were sent over one after another. It is said that the Lin family is going to build a house, and more than ten young adults who are idle at home in the village come at once. Fortunately, just after the festival, the family's vegetables, fish and meat are still abundant, and Mrs. Xu's hands and feet are also quick. Therefore, although she is a little busy, her lunch also makes everyone's mouth full of oil.

Within five or six days, two huts and two animal sheds were built. In this way, in the future, old Liu tou can live here with his grandson, and the horses will be raised here. If they are a little far away from the yard, there will be no bad smell.

When building this house, leisurely also quietly asked Lin Mu, "is there anyone who is not willing to build our house in that place?"

Lin Mu was puzzled and said, "why do some people not like it? The pond in front of us is also ours. I heard that your grandfather bought it when he was alive. As long as we are willing, no one else can control us. " Leisurely then knows that the pond on the northeast corner of the yard belongs to her family. She always thought it was shared by the village. If she had known it was her family, she would have made good use of it.

Before he could figure out how to use the pond, someone was ahead of him. After breakfast, Fang Cao (Da Ya) came to say that his grandfather had something to see her. Leisurely although feel some doubts, but still met his old man.

He rubbed his hands and said, "Miss, I just went to the pond and dug some river mud to have a look. There should be lotus roots in this pond. I don't know when the young lady is going to pick and dig? "

"What? Lotus root? Never before. How do you know? " One side of the Lin mother asked strangely.

"If I go back to my wife, I used to dig lotus roots for people when I was in Anqing. It can be said that he has been dealing with lotus root field for half a lifetime, so if there is lotus root in a pond, you will know a little about it. " Old Liu said respectfully.

Leisurely then asked, "according to your experience, how many lotus roots are there in this pool? How long will it take if we dig? How many people do you need to help you prepare? "

Old Liu tou thought for a moment and said, "I dare not say if there are too many. After all, the pool is only one mu in total. However, there are always several hundred catties, but there is no need to ask for help. This job can not be helped without experience. But if I come by myself, it will take me seven or eight days to finish. In addition, the clothes I used to wear were lost on the way to the north. I'd like to ask the girl to give me some leather materials, and I'll make them all over again. "

Leisurely asked, "what kind of leather do you want?"

"No matter what kind of leather it is, as long as it is thicker and better waterproof," Lao Liu replied

Lin's mother said to one side, "it's a coincidence that a big cattle died a few years ago. Your uncle helped to make the leather nitrate, but it didn't work there. It's enough to make a suit. I'll find it out now. "

Then Mrs. Lin went to find out the leather and asked, "can you sew clothes? Otherwise, your daughter will do it for you. "

Old Liu tou said with a smile, "if you go back to Mrs. Hui, you can't sew this with ordinary needle and thread. It's not strong, and it's leaking. I have my own way. Don't worry, madam With that, he went out with cow skin in his arms.

I don't know what method he used. Anyway, he made a set of ancient waterproof clothes and shoe covers similar to modern rubber soled boots. However, he did not rush to dig lotus root, but first dug a drain to drain most of the water from the pond.

Leisurely, seeing that he was quite interested, he let him go and let Mrs. Xu help him. The big deal was to lose a piece of cowhide.

Who would like to, after more than an hour, the grass happily ran by and said, "girl, grandfather, he dug lotus root, there are many."

Did he really dig it out? Even Enron, who was studying hard, was shocked. His mother went to the pond together and saw a lot of lotus roots piled up on the bank. It seemed that there were more than ten lotus roots. With all this, Lao liutou has no harvest and is worth it.