Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

What else can be said?

When the child grows up, she has her own ideas. If the parents are incompetent, they should just listen to them and not hold their daughter back.

After hearing Lin Xiaoyue's words, the Lin family members who were waiting nearby patted her on the shoulders approvingly, and expressed their admiration for the good daughter that Lin Laosan and his wife had given birth to.

This girl is worth a bunch of boys from other families.

Hearing others praising their daughter, Lin Laosan and his wife could not help but shed tears. In the past, they were scolded by everyone in the old house every day because they could not give birth to a boy, and they could not raise their heads in the village. Now, they no longer have to feel inferior and cowardly because of this.

From then on, they could hold their heads high and proudly show off to others, saying that my daughter is better than boys. Look, how many boys can buy houses for their parents and brothers and sisters? My daughter can do it.

After chatting for a long time, it was already noon. To celebrate, the group chose a small restaurant in the town and ordered some small dishes to celebrate.

As for the meal money, it is of course paid from the public fund, which can be regarded as a reward for everyone's hard work during this period.

After the meal, everyone was full. Although this meal was not as comfortable as what they had at home, after all, they had never eaten in a restaurant before, and the discomfort of eating was the novelty and happiness.

After the meal, everyone went their separate ways. Lin Xiaoyue took Xiaocao to the town's blacksmith shop to learn from a master, while the others happily went to the forgery shop to find a middleman to look for a house.

It has to be said that because Lin Laosan’s family, Grandpa Lin and Lin Dashan’s family bought houses, the others who have not yet bought are also very excited and are full of anticipation for the future.

Lin Xiaoyue took Xiaocao to find the blacksmith shop where they had customized the distillation tools and crossbow parts last time.

The blacksmith shop is located on the north-south side of West Street. The lintel is not very big. When two people enter the blacksmith shop, they can see a large stove in the middle of the shop with red charcoal burning in it. There is also a large water bucket next to it. The shop is very hot, probably because of the fire. Several masters in the shop are shirtless, working bare-chested, and taking turns to use their strong arms to clang and clang the iron.

This was not his first time coming here, but the previous times he was here as a buyer. This time he came with the mentality of learning, and he observed the shop more carefully.

The masters in the blacksmith shop were not in a hurry to greet them, letting them look around for themselves. Usually, customers who wanted to buy finished products or customized products would talk to them when they saw something they liked. Therefore, they developed the habit of passive marketing.

Indeed, unless there is a strong purpose, who would go to a blacksmith shop when shopping? It is not a shop selling artworks or gadgets, and the nature is fundamentally different.

Lin Xiaoyue and Xiaocao felt more at ease without anyone greeting them. After looking around, their eyes wandered to the walls of the shop, on which were hung kitchen knives, iron pots, iron chains, iron plows and other iron tools that every household needs in daily life.

The two men looked at the ironware for a long time, then walked around to the charcoal-burning stove and looked closely at the molten iron inside.

The master at the side saw that they were getting too close, so he stopped what he was doing and shouted to remind them to stay away. The temperature of the molten iron was very high, and if the girls accidentally got even a little bit of it on them, they would be disfigured. This was no joke.

"Master, I want to learn the blacksmithing skills from you." Lin Xiaoyue couldn't wait to start learning, and blurted out scary words as soon as she opened her mouth.

Not only the master opposite, but even the other two strong men in the shop who were swinging their thick arms and clanging iron stopped what they were doing, as if they heard some interesting joke, and repeated Lin Xiaoyue's words with a smile.

The three of them are tall and strong, all over 1.8 meters tall, and weigh about 80 to 90 kilograms. Their bronze muscles are firm and powerful, and their abdominal and arm muscles are clearly visible. It is obviously the result of day-to-day training with bellows and hammers.

In contrast, Lin Xiaoyue was skinny and skinny, with a body shape like a dried green bean and malnourished. Anyone would think this was a huge joke.

Xiaocao was so shy in the face of the undisguised teasing from the three grown men that she could not help but turn her head to avoid their playful gazes.

But Lin Xiaoyue had a clear purpose and remained calm, not caring at all about the other party's ridicule. She wanted to learn a skill, and it was not surprising that the other party thought a little girl was joking. If she were in the other party's perspective, she might laugh even more exaggeratedly than the other party.

Lin Xiaoyue didn't beat around the bush and said frankly that she would only study for a month at most. She was not joking nor was she trying to steal business. She could even pay the tuition as long as the master was willing to teach her.

He wanted to generously take out the silver and pay the tuition, but he suddenly came to his senses and remembered that he had just spent all the silver at the auction in the county government, and now he was a real pauper. He thought for a moment and took out two bottles of "Red Star Erguotou" from the backpack on his back and handed them over.

He spoke sincerely throughout, without a trace of timidity on his face, and his eyes revealed an extremely serious look.

The three masters in the blacksmith shop saw this and realized the girl's persistence and perseverance. They all showed distressed expressions and tried to persuade her that this job was not suitable for a girl.

The three most difficult things in life are rowing a boat, forging iron and making tofu. These are not just words.

Although blacksmithing was a "iron rice bowl" in ancient times and was enough to support a family, the work of a blacksmith was really hard.

Whether it is sitting around a blazing fire every day or swinging a hammer and hammering, such physically demanding and strenuous work is not something a frail woman can endure.

Moreover, the working environment for blacksmiths is very bad. They have to sit around the stove all day long, over and over again, year after year. The boredom is the least of it.

The most unbearable thing is to sit around the stove all year round. It’s okay in the cold winter, but if it’s in the hot summer, the heat is unbearable and you sit around the stove, it’s really easy to get heatstroke.

Several masters took the wine and tried to persuade her. Lin Xiaoyue listened patiently and did not refute. She still insisted on her own ideas. Finally, she simply rolled up her sleeves, picked up the hammer that the masters had thrown aside, and hammered it like the master had just done.

A series of clinking sounds came from under her hands. Amidst the flickering fire, Lin Xiaoyue swung the hammer. Every strike condensed 50% of her strength and sweat.

The three masters had never seen a woman forging iron with such steady hands. Even a layman knows that the hammer used by a blacksmith is relatively heavy, and is generally used to hammer iron tools. Those who do not have enough arm strength are prone to accidentally injuring themselves, and may even suffer from excessive fatigue and arm soreness.