Crossing the Qinghe Landlord GL MTL

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Xia Jiniang cleared the debris in the backyard, worked with Zhang He to reassemble the stone mill, and then cleared away the broken wheels, tables and chairs that blocked the back door. And the back door is also very shabby. If it weren't blocked by a pile of rags, I don't know how many thieves it would have suffered.

　There is a path covered with weeds leading to Qinghe from the back door, but Zhang He has never opened this door, and has never gone to Qinghe from here. Besides, she has a well, so whether she is fetching water or doing laundry, she can do it in the backyard. Except for grazing cattle and fishing, there is no need to go to the river to clear the river.

　There is also a small eight-foot-wide open space between the backyard wall and the main house. Because it has not been taken care of for a long time, many weeds have grown. If you pull out the weeds, you can put them to good use.

　Zhang He plans to use this area to plant some flowers as a flower bed, but if she has the opportunity, she can move the backyard wall out and create a back garden that can provide shade.

　A carpenter was hired to open a new door and free up a space for a stone mill. The bed support of the stone mill can be built directly, but the stone mill needs to be purchased. However, there is no need to go to the county town. There are people in nearby villages who make this type of agricultural equipment.

　Zhang He made an excuse to go to a donkey breeder's house in Xiahe Village, twelve miles away from Qinghe Village, to buy a donkey. When Zhang Xian heard this, he hoped to say: "Second brother, let's raise a little yellow!" "What is a little yellow?" Zhang He asked casually

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　"Dog, big yellow dog!"

　"You really like to name cows and domestic dogs..." Xia Jiniang, who was shelling beans nearby, heard this and immediately put down her work and looked at Zhang He with a troubled face to see how she would answer. . Although she was afraid of dogs, if Zhang He and Zhang Xian really wanted to keep them, she would just put up with it!

　Unexpectedly, Zhang He replied without thinking: "No." "

　Why not? Everyone else raises them. It's so cruel to look after the house and the courtyard!" "

　Because your second brother is afraid of dogs." Zhang He's His tongue swirled.

　Zhang Xian pouted: "Second brother is really useless, second sister-in-law is more powerful, second sister-in-law is not afraid of anything!"

　Xia Jiniang did not expect that Zhang He was also afraid of dogs, but in the face of Zhang Xian's praise and admiration, she felt a little guilty - She is scared too!

　When she was young, she went to borrow something from a large family in the village with Xia Da, and was almost bitten by the black dog owned by that family. Since then, she has always been afraid of dogs, and would avoid them when she heard them barking. . The Xia family has many children and has never kept a dog for fear of being bitten by dogs.

　Zhang He didn't care if he looked down upon him. If it could improve Xia Jiniang's status in Zhang Xian's heart, it would be worth it. She warned: "Listen to your second sister-in-law at home and don't go to Qinghe Village to play in the water, okay?" "I know." "

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　Ji, I'm going out." Zhang He took the bamboo hat and bamboo basket and followed Xia Jiniang said hello.

　Xia Jiniang hurriedly stopped her and asked helplessly: "Are you just going out like this?"

　Zhang He looked at herself, and there seemed to be nothing wrong with her. She thought about it for a while, and when she was moved, she came over without Zhang Xian's eyes. He kissed Xia Jiniang. She smiled and said, "Is this what Ji Niang wants?"

　Xia Jiniang turned her head and glanced at Zhang Xian, and found that he was still immersed in the world of playing with beans and didn't realize that they were so close, and she breathed a sigh of relief. Although she had taken the initiative to kiss Zhang He when no one was around, she could not act so wantonly in front of others.

　"What are you thinking about? How can you go without money?" Xia Jiniang said, taking out ten Jiaozi from the purse at her waist and handing them to Zhang He, "How about I buy them?" "No,

　I There is still some money here, so there is no need to use the family's money. The cinnamon is almost finished picking, and the grain has not yet been hulled, so there is no other income for the time being. The soybean harvest will start again in a few days, and then money will be needed to hire people. So you'd better not touch this money yet." Zhang He said.

　Xia Jiniang thought it was reasonable. After all, by saving this money, the cowshed could be repaired as soon as possible, which fulfilled Zhang He's wish. However, she thought that she would still have to give Zhang He and Zhang Xian some monthly money in the future to prepare for emergencies.

　"Then you go and come back early, and be careful on the way."

　"Yeah!"

　Zhang He walked northwest along the path beside the Qinghe River. Along the way, there were farmers working in the fields, and occasionally some like her went elsewhere. Passers-by, Zhang He has never been able to find a good opportunity to release the donkey from the system.

　After walking five or six miles, she gradually felt tired, so she found a stone under a tree and sat down to rest. The bamboo basket contained water and some cakes prepared by Xia Jiniang. She happened to be hungry, so she took out a piece of steamed cake and ate it.

　This is an area where the water flow is quite fast. The gurgling river water laps at the rapidly rotating barrel cart, and barrels of water flow into the crisscrossed fields across the Qinghe River.

　Zhang He stared at it in a daze, and suddenly he caught a glimpse of a figure appearing next to him. His head was wrapped in a handkerchief, and he was wearing a light cyan official uniform, but there was no leather belt of a high-ranking official on his waist. He looked like a low-ranking foreign official. . He held a piece of charcoal in his hand and wrote and drew on the paper around the cart.

　Zhang He looked at him calmly for a long time, until he noticed Zhang He's gaze and looked over.

　After a while, he ran towards the nearest wooden bridge and soon turned to Zhang He's side. Zhang He soon knew that he was coming towards him, and alarm bells rang in his heart.

　"I thought I saw it wrong, but I never thought it was really the second husband of the Zhang family!" The man smiled at Zhang He.

　Zhang He was puzzled: "I'm sorry, I'm blind, but I don't know who you are?" "

　I forgot to tell me my family name. My name is Qiu San, and I am the seventh official of Linchuan County. I often go to Qinghe Village, but I have no chance to get to know you. "Qiu San's speech was not as elegant as Shi Qing's, but rather rough.

　The Seven Cao Assistant Officers are set up based on the Seven Cao Officers in the state government, except that the Seven Cao Officers in the state government are official and have rank; while the Seven Cao Assistant Officers in the county government only help the county captain manage the chores in each township and village. Qiu San is the assistant official in charge of farm chores.

　The so-called foreign officials are miscellaneous officials who are not even the ninth-grade sesame officials, but whose status is only higher than that of Zaoli and county officials. Although Liuwai officials could also become officials through their political achievements, their origins had always been despised by Liunei officials and scholars. There had always been voices in the court that opposed the promotion of Liuwai officials, believing that they were uneducated in writing and were a disgrace to elegance.

　"It turns out it's Qiu Zuoguan, disrespectful!" Although Qiu San is a foreign official, Zhang He will not despise him because of this. "I just watched Qiu Zuoguan look at the barrel cart and pondered it for a long time. I was curious in my heart. I don't know what Qiu Zuoguan is. What are you doing?"

　Qiu Sandao: "Oh, Mr. Erlang of the Zhang family doesn't know. I have always thought that this section of the Qinghe River has fast currents and is the most suitable place to build a barrel cart. However, the barrel cart extracts too little water each time and the irrigation speed is too slow. , far from being able to quench the thirst of the dry fields in the distance. If it can be improved, that would be great!" Zhang He did not expect that there are

　officials who are so attentive to farming, and he changed his mind about Qiu San. Her expression was solemn: "That official Qiu San Do you have a clue?"

　"Are you willing to listen?" Qiu San- asked, but his expression was a bit expectant.

　"I'd like to hear the details."

　Qiu San believes that today's agricultural equipment is still not optimal for farming. He believes that agricultural equipment can be improved. If it can save manpower and improve efficiency, it will be good for farming. It is undoubtedly very beneficial.

　Moreover, he admired Lu Ban very much during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. He believed that it was precisely because of his many inventions that stone mills, rice hullers, and grinding machines appeared today. However, nowadays, people in the world have no ambition to forge ahead, otherwise there would be no improvement in agricultural equipment. It won't always be the same.

　So he read many books and often took advantage of his position to travel around the countryside, hoping to make some achievements. He pondered for many years and found that if he could combine the barrel car with the keel rollover, use the rapid water flow to move the barrel car, and then build a rotating shaft to automatically push the keel rollover, the benefits would be doubled. He has even thought of a name - Water Spin!

　Zhang He just listened to his description and found that it was feasible in theory. After all, he knew how to use the transmission relationship between the rotating shaft and the gear teeth to construct it. However, as long as he had not produced an exquisite transmission mechanism for a day, it could only be regarded as talking on paper.

　"If it can be done, it will be a great merit." Zhang He said.

　Qiu Sanze said regretfully: "Just building a barrel cart costs ten guan. If you want to make a water-turning cart, it will cost at least dozens of guan. The yamen does not have that much money. But I still have a few decades left. Think about this slowly."

　"What Qiu San said is absolutely true." After Zhang He finished speaking, he suddenly remembered that if Qiu San could really design the transmission mechanism, could she commission him to build a pedal-operated thresher? !

　Zhang He always listened to him attentively and often nodded in agreement, which made Qiu San, who had always been friends with him with impure purposes, feel ashamed. He quickly asked: "I haven't asked Zhang Erlang where he is going? I'm really sorry that I have delayed you for so long." "I want to go to Xiahe

　Village."

　"Shall I give you a ride?"

　Zhang He quickly declined. If Qiu San was allowed to follow, she would have no chance to let the donkey out. Seeing her refusal, Qiu San stopped being persistent and sent her away for a while before going back to doing his own thing.

　Zhang He walked a long way and finally reached a section of road surrounded by small woods. The view here was not wide, and no one was passing by at this time. She hurriedly released a black donkey from the ranch warehouse.

　As soon as the black donkey appeared, he was frightened by the strange environment in front of him and turned around in circles a few times, but at least he did not run away. Zhang He had already prepared a rein in the bamboo basket. Worried that it would not cooperate, he deliberately took out some forage from the system warehouse and put a rope noose on its head while feeding it.

　This black donkey is tall and has thin skin and fine hair. Except for the white hair on its lower abdomen, the rest of its hair is dark brown. Its fur is very clean, and it can easily be confused with a horse from a distance.

　Looking up at the sky, Zhang He murmured to himself: "The time it takes to talk to Qiu San is exactly the same as the time it takes to get to Xiahe Village. Let's go back now!" The black donkey was eating grass. Hearing this, he raised his head

　He arched his head towards Zhang He's bamboo basket. There was nothing but water in the bamboo basket. Zhang He took out the bamboo tube filled with water, and the black donkey licked it.

　"This donkey is so smart!" Zhang He was surprised, but still gave it some water.

　After drinking the water, Zhang He pulled the reins and said, "Let's go!" She remembered that the donkey was a docile animal, so she tried to climb on its back and sit on it.

　At first, the black donkey refused to move. Zhang He whipped it with the reins, and it immediately spread its hooves and ran forward. Zhang He had ridden horses at tourist attractions before, but she had never tried riding without a saddle or protective equipment to protect her body. She nervously held the black donkey's neck. Fortunately, she got used to it after a while.

　In order to avoid meeting Qiu San when she turned back, she took a long journey and returned to Qinghe Village before the sun went down.

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