The Daily Life of a Rich Peasant's Boy in the Imperial Examination

After finishing their meal, Gui Ge'er and his gang continued digging the hole.

Perhaps due to years of accumulation, the bottom is hard and not as easy to dig out as fresh bird droppings.

But as long as you dig hard, you will eventually reach the bottom of the pit.

As they were digging, Gui Ge'er exclaimed, "Brother Shan, we've reached the bottom. Come and see."

Sun Shan didn't care about the softness of the bird droppings on the ground. He ran up at full speed and saw the big pit dug by Gui Ge'er and his gang. He really saw the bottom.

Sun Shan took a hemp rope, tied a stone to it, and placed it vertically at the bottom.

After determining the depth, pull up the hemp rope and measure it with a ruler.

There was no other way. There were no long rulers in Da Niao Village, only short ones. Sun Shan could only put a hemp rope into the pit, pull it out, and measure it bit by bit with a ruler.

Sun Shan calculated that the depth was about 6 meters.

This, this depth is so deep.

Sun Shan estimated the length and width of the pit with his eyes. Forgive his lack of experience and inability to estimate how big the pit was, so he could only arrange for someone to take specific measurements.

The pit dug this time is several meters away from the edge, so this depth can only be used as a reference and the specific average depth cannot be calculated.

It’s a pity that there are no detection tools, otherwise we would have known it clearly and wouldn’t have had to dig so hard.

Gui Ge'er and his group, who were digging a small manure pit in the bird droppings pit, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw that their task was completed.

I never thought that one day I would be digging bird droppings in the deep mountains and forests.

If you want to dig, dig your own toilet.

Gui Ge'er asked, "Brother Shan, what should we do next?"

Shan Ge only asked them to dig a hole, and if they dug to the bottom, they would be considered completed. So what should they do next?

After working so hard to dig up so much bird droppings, do you want to take it back?

As Gui Ge'er was thinking this, Sun Shan said, "Take some guano back with you in sacks. Take guano of different depths back with you."

Now that we have confirmed that this is a large bird droppings pit, the next step is to figure out how to make it into fertilizer for the land.

For use in making chemical products, the conditions here are not suitable and it is impossible to separate the different components and make different product raw materials.

Sun Shan could only turn the bird droppings into "primitive fertilizer" so that the people could harvest more rice in their fields.

Gui Ge'er always obeyed Sun Shan's instructions. Without saying a word, he followed the men and got busy filling the guano of different depths.

Sun Dingnan also made marks to clearly distinguish the different depths of bird droppings.

The brokers were very curious about why Sun Shan wanted to pack the bird droppings and why he wanted to take them back.

I think it's ridiculous that you do this. You even want to take such smelly bird droppings back with you. Why?

The lively San Yazi asked, "Master, what do you want the bird droppings for? Are you going to use them to dam the fields like the village chief?"

Everyone from 80 years old to babbling babies knows that the village chief uses bird droppings to dam the fields.

Sanyazi, a talkative person, naturally knew the village chief's past.

Dayazi said nervously, "Master, you must not dam the fields, or the seedlings will be burned."

I heard from my grandfather that Mr. Sun is a scholar, his family is very rich, and he must have a lot of land.

If the master suddenly has an idea and wants to dam the fields like my grandfather did, the fields will be completely barren, which is absolutely unacceptable.

The master was a good man. He was kind to them and didn't scold them. More importantly, he treated them to rice balls with bacon and gave them 20 copper coins as wages. Such a good master should be rewarded.

Sun Shan patted Dayazi's head, smiled, and said, "Don't worry, I'm not using it to dam the fields. As for its use, you'll understand when you grow up. You're still young now, so you won't understand even if I tell you."

If that's the case again, why do adults always say that their little kids don't understand?

They understand everything, but adults always like to be mysterious and don't like to tell the truth.

Seeing the smugglers with their heads drooping and listless, Sun Shan said with a smile, "It's getting late. We should go back. We can't stay here too long, or it will get dark and the road will be difficult to travel."

The journey here took a lot of time, and digging the hole took even more time, so we had to go back quickly.

The little boy selling sand geese knew the forest best. He nodded hastily and said, "Master, you're right. We should leave quickly. If the sun sets, we'll have to walk in the dark. It's very dangerous to walk in the dark."

So Gui Ge'er and his group carried several sacks of bird droppings back to the village.

Wang Jiaxing's eyes were darting around and his brain was working fast.

It’s really strange, why did Lord Sun carry bird droppings back?

Wang Jiaxing walked and thought, but he couldn't figure it out, so he quietly ran to Sun Shan.

He whispered, "Master, tell me quickly, what are these bird droppings for? I am not a little kid anymore."

Wang Jiaxing didn't buy the clumsy excuse of "Xiao Ya Zi is still young".

Since he couldn't think of anything to do, he could only ask. If Sun Shan didn't tell him, he would keep pestering him. Once he got tired of pestering, Sun Shan would naturally tell him.

Speaking of shamelessness, I am quite thick-skinned, and perhaps it is because of this that I was chosen by my uncle to be an undercover agent.

Sun Shan waved his hand and said calmly, "If you're not a little bastard, what are you? Are you married? Have you performed the ceremony of coming of age?"

First of all, Wang Jiaxing is still an "older bachelor".

As for why he has not yet married, according to the revelation of housekeeper Wang, Wang Jiaxing originally had a fiancée and was planning to get married, but just after the engagement ceremony, his fiancée died of illness.

Look, Wang Jiaxing has a reputation of being a bit of a "wife-killer".

Because he is a man and from the Wang family of Yuanlu, the topic of "wife-killing" is also spread in a small circle, and there are still many girls who want to marry Wang Jiaxing.

His fiancée had just died the year before, so Wang Jiaxing's marriage was delayed.

Mrs. Wang should be anxious to find a girl for her son now.

As for when it will be found, it depends on God's will.

Secondly, Wang Jiaxing was actually still a few months away from turning 20, and had not yet performed the coming-of-age ceremony.

Although he is introduced as 20 years old, he is actually not yet 19 years old and is still considered a "minor" at the moment.

So Sun Shan classified Wang Jiaxing as a member of the "Ya Zi Team".

The same reason was used to send Wang Jiaxing away.

Hearing Sun Shan's question, Wang Jiaxing pounded his chest in anger and looked at the brokers of different heights and sizes.

I'm actually on the same team with them? This is so insulting!

Wang Jiaxing wanted to continue to refute.

Sun Shan waved his hand again and said unhappily, "Don't ask. You'll find out later. Save your energy and climb up."

Because we went downhill to the guano pit, and now we are going up, we have to climb.

It’s hard for Guiger and others, as they not only have to climb, but also carry.

Go back and increase the food allowance, and ask the village chief to make more bacon so that everyone can eat it to their heart's content.

Seeing that Sun Shan really didn't want to say anything, Wang Jiaxing had no choice but to shut up.

After all, the master is an official. Although he is approachable, if you cause trouble to him, will he get angry?

Some people are always smiling, but if they get angry, the earth will shake.

Wang Jiaxing wisely shut up and climbed the hill silently.