Sister Han is good at farming

"Then they wouldn't go to great lengths to look for a deceased Mohist, right?"

Yan Qufeng thought for a moment and said, "Based on the drawings you showed me earlier, the score is quite valuable. It's hard to guarantee that someone won't have some bad intentions."

"Uncle Yan, can the drawings I drew before be made by all carpenters?" Ruan Qingqing thought of another question.

After all, drawings are drawings, and the actual objects are the actual objects. Simple things are fine, but for more complex things, the process of turning drawings into actual objects requires the skills of carpenters!

If it was really that easy to make, the windmill, the water mill and the water wheel would not have been made so late. Especially the water wheel was not made until the Yuan Dynasty.

"It's hard to say. Since the last time the imperial court carried out a major purge against the Mohists, there are not many carpenters with superb skills left. And superb skills are no different from other skills. Most of them are passed down from generation to generation, so destroying one of them basically means cutting off a heritage.

"Yes. Uncle Yan, these are some of the drawings I gave to the county magistrate. Can you make them? I need them urgently!"

It was consistent with her expectation, and Ruan Qingqing was completely relieved this time. She took out the drawings of the water mill and the water mill she had drawn and handed them to Yan Qufeng and asked.

Yan Qufeng spent more time looking at the blueprint this time. "Let me try!"

In the midst of everyone's busyness, time slipped away to mid-October unknowingly.

Reservoirs and artificial lakes have been built in Qingshui County, and the water from the Qianlong River flows along the gullies and into the fields in various villages and towns.

Some families' fields have sprouted green wheat seedlings, some families' fields are being sown, and some families who are slow have not yet finished pruning their fields...

Ruan Qingqing, who had just finished harvesting five mu of rice, was now rushing to harvest sorghum. The sorghum caryopsis had already turned golden yellow, its skin was hard, and the inside of the grain was dry and hard, which had reached the standard for harvest. They couldn't wait any longer, otherwise it would be over-mature.

Nguyen Van Tiet and Wang Shi cut off the caryopsis with sickles and put them into backpacks or baskets, while Nguyen Thanh Thanh and Nguyen Shiping were responsible for cutting the sorghum stalks from which they had cut off the caryopsis at the root, tying them into bundles and carrying them back home.

At noon, when the family was having lunch, Ruan Wantie looked at the sorghum stalks standing against the wall in the yard and sighed.

"If we had planted sorghum when we built the house, we would have saved a lot of money on wood!"

Ruan Qingqing found it a little funny, "Dad, these sorghum stalks can't be used as wood, so how can we save money on wood?"

Wang smiled and said, "You are young and don't know that when we build a house, we have to put lining on the rafters before we put up the tiles. At that time, we didn't have the right materials, and we were in a hurry to build the house, so we asked Carpenter Yan to use wooden boards for the lining. In the past, everyone used sorghum stalks to weave foil and fix it on the rafters."

Ruan Wantie sighed again, "Nowadays, money is not easy to use at home. If it were me, I would ask Carpenter Yan to make a bed frame and three crossbeams for the other beds in the house. I would directly lay sorghum foil on the crossbeams instead of wooden boards. After I am done with this, I will go and learn how to weave foil from your grandfather."

"Boss, if there are plenty of sorghum stalks, we can weave some foil for drying things in the sun!"

Wang suggested immediately.

"to make!"

"Dad, I don't want to sleep on a bed made of sorghum stalks." Ruan Lanlan pouted, poking the rice in the bowl with chopsticks.

Ruan Wantie put down his chopsticks and looked at her unkindly, "So what kind of bed do you want to sleep on?"

She lowered her head and bit her lip, tears threatening to fall from her eyes.

"I like the wooden bed now."

Ruan Qingqing ate with an expressionless face and did not express any opinions.

Ruan Shiping glanced at her and then buried his head in eating.

Wang hesitated for a moment, but ultimately said nothing.

"Why, now that life is a little better, you have learned to be picky?" Ruan Wantie asked her in a deep voice.

"I'm busy every day too, so why can't I choose the bed I like?" Ruan Lanlan asked unconvinced.

"Let's do this! After spring comes, everyone will sleep on beds made of sorghum stalks when they sleep in separate rooms. The bed boards we sleep on now will be removed and saved for other uses." Ruan Wantie said with a face as gloomy as water.

"Dad, why are you doing this? There's a bed board, why don't you let me use it?" Ruan Lanlan poked the bowl with chopsticks unhappily, making it clang.

"Why should I give it to you alone? Why do family members have to be divided into different levels?"

"Aren't there three wooden beds? Besides, my elder sister is so good at making money. If it really doesn't work out, let my elder sister earn more money, and everyone can sleep on wooden beds, right?" Ruan Lanlan said as a matter of course.

Since the issue has been raised to Ruan Qingqing, it would be inappropriate for her not to say something.

"Second sister, I don't know how to make money. What I am best at is farming. Even if I can make some money, it is used to feed everyone, clothe them warmly, and have a house to live in, etc. These are the basic expenses of the whole family. There is nothing wrong with wanting to dress well, eat well, live comfortably, or enjoy other better things. But these depend on individual efforts and also depend on the time.

In this long-term drought, I think I should try to save some money and buy more food, salt, oil and other necessities of life.

Of course, in addition to the basic expenses for the whole family, there is also a long-term investment in each of you. For example, I promised that when the time is right, I will send you to learn embroidery and tailoring, and send your brothers to school. These, you don’t think it’s worth spending money, right?

What’s the difference between sleeping on a bed made of planks and a bed made of kaoliang? Will you fall out of bed in the middle of the night, or will the kaoliang stick to you?”

"How can sorghum foil hurt people? It's just like a mat. Besides, we have to put bedding on it! In the old house, the bed we slept on was covered with sorghum foil. Didn't everyone sleep well?"

Wang frowned and said with disapproval.

"You just like big sister and not me! You agree with everything big sister says and say it's all good. I just want to sleep on a wooden bed, but you won't agree to me!" Ruan Lanlan said aggrievedly while wiping her tears.

"What do you usually say, elder sister? You are always thinking about the whole family. What do you say? You are only thinking about yourself! In fact, if you discuss it with us, I don't mind which bed I sleep on. But I just can't stand the way you take everything for granted!"

Ruan Shiping rolled his eyes at her.

"You!" Ruan Lanlan was so angry that she threw her chopsticks on the table and prepared to leave.

"Stop! Who told you to throw chopsticks on the table when you disagree with something?"

Ruan Wantie asked sternly.

"I...I don't want to eat anymore!"

"If you don't want to eat, don't eat! Get off the table properly instead of throwing your chopsticks on it! What? You're the only one with a bad temper! Your elder brother is right. If you had said it nicely, none of us would have disagreed. But you look so self-righteous. Do you have me as your father? Do you have your mother? Do you have your elder sister and elder brother? Do you have your younger brothers and sisters?

No, you only have yourself in your eyes! All you have is that everyone has to accommodate you! If they don't accommodate you, it means they don't like you and are partial to your elder sister. How can you think like that?"