Sister Han is good at farming

The boy's stubborn look gave Ruan Qingqing a headache. She hadn't figured out how to feed and clothe her family yet, so how could she have the time to fight with him? But she really couldn't do anything about being pestered...

Ruan Qingqing silently went over in her mind what she was going to do.

Now, they have found most of the wood for building the house, so there is no rush for the work in the field. Next, they will start preparing for building the house.

Previously, I had received fifty taels of silver from selling the blueprints for the three-legged plow, and ten taels of silver from selling the wolf (one tael of which was given to the old house as a reward for his hard work). In the past few days, I had spent nearly ten taels of silver on buying sheep and other miscellaneous expenses.

The remaining fifty taels of silver might be enough to build a smaller earthen brick house, but Ruan Qingqing wanted to get it done in one go and build a sturdy and durable large blue brick and tile house.

As a result, the money in hand is a bit tight, and I have to find a way to make money.

Now the only way she could think of to make money was to sell bamboo hairpins.

However, Ruan Qingqing planned to make some changes and innovations to the bamboo hairpins she made this time, otherwise they would not sell for a high price. Besides, so many days had passed, and she was not sure if anyone was already selling imitations on the market.

But making bamboo hairpins requires cutting bamboo, Ruan Qingqing thought to herself.

"Okay! Tomorrow I'll go to Wudaoling to cut bamboo, and I'll have a fight with you while I'm at it!"

It was not a good thing to be pestered by Chi Jingxiao all the time, so Ruan Qingqing decided to fight with him as soon as possible and get away from him.

"Okay! I'll help you then, and I promise I won't waste your time."

Chi Jingxiao got a satisfactory result and left immediately with satisfaction.

That night, during dinner, Ruan Qingqing told everyone about her plan to make bamboo hairpins and sell them again, and everyone immediately agreed.

So the next day, Ruan Qingqing and everyone else hurriedly finished their meal and went out with an axe.

Ruan Van Tie and Ruan Shiping followed closely with axes and backpacks.

Stimulated by the knowledge that a new house is about to be built, everyone's enthusiasm for making money has skyrocketed and they are full of energy.

When Ruan Qingqing arrived at the field, she began to select the bamboos to be cut. She marked them first and then cut them together later.

She was responsible for felling the trees, while Nguyen Van Tiep and Nguyen Sai Binh were responsible for trimming off the branches and tops.

The three of them got busy in an orderly manner.

"Hey, Miss Ruan, let me help you!" When Ruan Qingqing cut down the second bamboo, Chi Jingxiao jumped out.

"Okay! Do you see this mark on the bamboo? Cut down any bamboo with this mark, and cut it as low as possible. Brother Chi, do you have a hatchet?"

Ruan Qingqing didn't bother to be polite with him and directly told him to work.

"I didn't bring a hatchet, but I brought a dagger." Chi Jingxiao took out his dagger and handed it to Ruan Qingqing.

"Okay, lend it to me first, and I'll give you the knife." After exchanging tools with Chi Jingxiao, Ruan Qingqing continued to pick bamboo and mark it with a dagger.

With Chi Jingxiao's participation, Ruan Qingqing and the others only spent half a morning to cut the required amount of bamboo. Ruan Wantie bundled the bamboo and carried it on his shoulders, dragging it home. Before leaving, he told Chi Jingxiao to come to his house for dinner.

Farmers are like this, if someone helps them, they like to invite them to their home for dinner.

"Oh, I got it, Fourth Uncle Ruan!" Chi Jingxiao responded decisively.

Ruan Shiping looked at Chi Jingxiao suspiciously. He didn't think he was familiar with him enough to come and help uninvited.

Before he could figure out what was going on, he heard his eldest sister order him, "Big brother, go fight with Big Brother Chi."

"what?"

Ruan Shiping felt that he must have heard it wrong.

Chi Jingxiao also frowned.

"Go when I tell you to!" Ruan Qingqing ordered without any question.

Intimidated by Ruan Qingqing's powerful fighting ability, Ruan Shian did not dare to disobey, even though he knew he could not beat Chi Jingxiao.

Ruan Shi'an punched and kicked Chi Jingxiao without any rules, and even hit him with his head, which made Ruan Qingqing want to cover her face.

With this level of ability, you still talk about being a mixed bag. It’s all thanks to your ancestors that you weren’t beaten to death.

"Okay, look at how big sister fights. Her eyes widened for me."

Ruan Qingqing pushed Ruan Shiping, who was completely defeated by Chi Jingxiao, aside and walked forward to fight with Chi Jingxiao.

Ruan Qingqing came up with a sweeping kick, and Chi Jingxiao dodged to the side while punching hard. Ruan Qingqing immediately retracted her leg, blocked the opponent's punch and grabbed his arm, and slammed her knee into Chi Jingxiao's body, taking advantage of his unstable center of gravity, turned around and threw him over her shoulder.

Ruan Shiping opened his mouth in shock, and then he clapped his hands fiercely, "Good! Good! Great!"

"You are watching juggling here! Have you learned it?" Ruan Qingqing glared at him unhappily.

"I got it, I got it." Ruan Shiping nodded hurriedly. "Brother Chi, I'll follow you again."

Chi Jingxiao was stunned. Who told him that he swung his fist and was hit hard by the opponent's knee, and then he was thrown to the ground. He didn't even see how Ruan Qingqing attacked just now.

So when Ruan Shiping kicked at him, he still moved to the side and punched Ruan Shiping. Ruan Shiping also learned from Ruan Qingqing to retract his legs, block and grab the arm, bend his knees, and use his knees to hit Chi Jingxiao, taking advantage of his unstable center of gravity, turning around, and then throwing Chi Jingxiao out.

Ruan Shiping, who had tasted the power of the opponent, was instantly filled with the joy of victory. You have to know that the opponent was the son of a hunter who was a head taller and much stronger than him.

This time Chi Jingxiao got the hang of it. He waved at Ruan Shiping, "Come again!"

"Come on, come on!"

But because Chi Jingxiao was prepared for Ruan Shiping's move, not only did he fail to let him succeed, he also beat him up.

Ruan Shiping asked Ruan Qingqing for help miserably.

Ruan Qingqing didn't show any courtesy at all and beat Chi Jingxiao severely.

Ruan Shiping felt relieved at this moment and looked at Ruan Qingqing with bright eyes.

"Big sis, I want to learn how to fight from you!"

Ruan Qingqing was waiting for this sentence, but she didn't agree to him immediately. Instead, she asked, "Learning to fight is very hard. You need to train in the coldest days of winter and the hottest days of summer. Can you endure such hardship?"

Ruan Shiping nodded solemnly, "I can eat it!"

"I'll fight you again tomorrow!" After Chi Jingxiao cleaned himself up, he continued to fight with Ruan Qingqing. Although he was beaten badly today, he gained a lot.

"It's okay to play tomorrow, but I'm not sure when I'll have time tomorrow. My family is making small gadgets to sell these days, so we're in a hurry." Ruan Qingqing was a little hesitant.

"I'll go to your house tomorrow to help you." Chi Jingxiao said immediately.

"Sister, just agree to it! This is a good opportunity for me to learn more from you." Ruan Shiping also persuaded.

"Okay!" After the three of them discussed it, they dragged the collected bamboos back home one by one.

After having lunch at Ruan Qingqing's house, Chi Jingxiao was not in a hurry to leave. He followed Ruan Qingqing to the mountain to look for madder roots. Ruan Shiping and Ruan Shi'an also followed with a backpack each.

On the way, Ruan Shiping's hands were itching and he kept touching Ruan Shi'an from time to time, which made Ruan Shi'an cry several times.

"Shi Ping, I'm not asking you to learn how to fight to bully the weak. On the contrary, I hope that you can protect your family and other weak people while protecting yourself.

Just like a general learning how to lead troops in battle, you don’t learn the skills of fighting in order to fight, but learn how to fight in order to stop war, understand?”

Ruan Qingqing tried to reason with him.

"General, if you are not going to fight, why are you learning fighting skills?" Ruan Shiping didn't buy it and sneered.

Ruan Qingqing raised her head and looked into the distance, half nostalgic, she said: "War is to end war with war. The general is so good at fighting because other generals and monarchs are afraid of us and dare not attack us easily! When you want to look down on us, you should also weigh it in your heart."

As she said that, she turned to look at Ruan Shiping, "Just like everyone knows that I am good at fighting, do the children in the village dare to bully me? Do they still dare to bully you? Will I bully the children in the village in the same way?"

Ruan Shiping thought of the adults and children in the village who wanted to stay away from Ruan Qingqing, and shook his head like a rattle.

Chi Jingxiao next to him looked at Ruan Qingqing thoughtfully.

Ruan Qingqing stopped there and lowered her head to continue digging madder roots.

The reason why she wanted to dig the madder root was because it could be used as a red dye. If she wanted to make a new bamboo hairpin, dyeing the bamboo strips was the most feasible solution she could think of.

In this season, the most economical and affordable dye is madder root.