Chapter 156 The First Spade

Isn’t there a word called ‘Long Live Understanding’? Lao Liu is almost meeting the standard of long live now.

After being stunned for a long time, Liu Yi came to his senses, nodded at Lao Liu, and said sincerely: "Thank you, Dad." Then he moved into the house with a chair.

"This kid," Lao Liu chuckled and shook his head, then followed him in with a chair.

"Dad doesn't care about you when you want to dig a well, but you still have to listen to your father in some things." Lao Liu put down the chair, then bent down and sat down, and looked at Liu Yiu seriously and said, "You have been to Chang'an for a whole month, and you have fewer news at home. Your father-in-law's family is even more worried. Your elder brother-in-law has been to our house for more than ten times in this month. Now that you are back, you have to go to their house to report safety and let them all feel at ease."

"Well, I know Dad, I'll go to Xiaoxinzhuang tomorrow, no, I'll go to Xiaoxinzhuang tonight." Liu Yi nodded and responded. Zhang Chuwen, a nerd, would come so frequently. Someone must be urging and asking around him. This is someone who cares about him and is thinking about him.

Liu Yiu didn't feel a very sweet feeling in his heart, just like when he was on a business trip, Minmin often called in the middle of the night and said that he missed him. It was very warm.

"Dad, I still have some things to do in the afternoon, and I don't have much time to spare. I'll trouble my dad to help prepare more gifts. I'll bring them to my father-in-law and the others in the evening. Well, remember to be richer, it's best to bring two bottles of good wine, so that I can have two drinks with my father-in-law and brother-in-law." Liu Yiu sat down and said to Lao Liu.

"Yeah, this is the one you want. Wait. Dad will buy it for you now and keep it in place." Old Liu was also impatient and said that the wind was rainy. As soon as his butt sat on the chair, he stood up again, greeted Liu Yiu and Liu He, and then raised his foot to go out.

"Yi, what is your father doing? Why is it so popular? This old man," Liu Heshi walked out of the inner room with Xiaohui in her arms, looked at Liu Laoshi's hurried back, and asked Liu Yi with some confusion.

"Haha, mother," Liu Yi stood up, helped Liu He sit down on the chair, and smiled and said, "I'm going to Xiaoxinzhuang tonight to visit my father-in-law and mother-in-law. Just after I finished speaking, my father was in a hurry to buy a gift."

"Oh, that's true." Liu He nodded when he heard this, put Liu Xiaohui on the ground, let her play by herself, and then said to Liu Yi with a smile: "You, you really should go and have a look. Over the past month, your father-in-law and his family have been worried about you."

"Especially, Chuchu, every time my mother goes to her in-laws, Chuchu will pester her and ask indirectly for a long time, for fear that you will encounter any accidents outside. This girl is really mean. Before she even passes the door, she knows that she feels sorry for someone. In the future, she will feel relieved. You can't treat others badly, otherwise, not to mention your father, even your mother will not be able to spare you!"

Listening to Liu He's tone, there was a hint of coercion. Liu Yi's forehead couldn't help but feel a drop of cold sweat. He nodded in his heart and thought, "Don't they all say that this mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are enemies?" Why is their mother so happy for this future daughter-in-law? It seems that she is closer than her own son."

"Okay, my mother is going to go to the silkworm room to take care of the mulberry silkworms, so I won't accompany you anymore. You can go there too." Liu He stood up, said to Liu Yi, and then pulled Liu Xiaohui into the small silkworm room next to the kitchen. There were still thousands of mulberry silkworms waiting for her to feed them. Liu He was also very busy these days.

Liu Yiu got up and went into Liu Erzhao's study room. He asked Liu Erzhao for some paper and pen, and drew a picture of the well-digging tool that is most suitable for use now - a shovel.

Yes, shovels, an indispensable agricultural tool when working in modern agricultural work.

Liu Yi had long noticed that in this era, there seemed to be no such thing as a shovel. When people digging the ground and turning the soil, they used something called a plow, a wooden body, a wooden surface, and an iron edge. They looked like a garbage bucket that people often use now. It was so difficult to use. If they were to dig a well, they would not be able to dig out water even if they were dug for two months.

Besides, the structure of the shovel is simple and the production is not complicated. It only requires a wooden stick and a shovel. The blacksmith in the village should be able to create it easily. Liu Yiu's strokes of the brush and drew the rough outline of the shovel. This is much simpler than the curved plow picture.

"Brother, what are you drawing? Why do you look so strange?" Liu Erzhao came up curiously, picked up the drawing paper on the table, and looked at Liu Yi's big head turret on the paper, up, down, left and right, not sure.

"This is called a shovel, a farm tool for digging ground and digging wells," Liu Yiu reached out and put the drawing paper over, carefully spread it on the table, and explained to Liu Yiu softly: "Its function is similar to a plow, but it is hundreds of times better than a plow. If necessary, it can also replace the plow to turn the ground."

Seeing that Liu Ertiao was still confused, Liu Yi put the paper away and put it in his arms, saying to him: "It is difficult to understand these pictures by just looking at the pictures. After Uncle He from the east of the village creates it, you will know it. Well, I will go to Uncle He. I will start digging well tomorrow. It is not possible to have a good tool. If you just rely on the plow to dig and wait until the water is dug out, the daylily will be cold."

"Daylily? What is that?" Liu Erzhao asked again.

"Uh, nothing, nothing, it's just a new dish in Chang'an City." Liu Yiu hurriedly fooled him: "You study hard at home, and you will have a village exam in three months. Be prepared well. Brother, if you have something to do, you have to take care of yourself at home."

"Well, I understand, brother." Liu Ertiao responded and sent Liu Yi out of the study.

When he returned to the yard, Liu Yiu said to Liu He and led Liu Wuhen out.

At the blacksmith He Bo’s house, Liu Yiuan took out the drawing paper and handed it to He Bo, and said, "Brother He, can you help you build this thing? You have urgent needs here."

Uncle He took the paper and took a look, and asked Liu Yi curiously: "Yi, what is this? Is it a plow?"

"Bo He has such a good eye," Liu Yiuan said to Bo He: "This is a kind of new-class plow, called 'shovel', and its function is similar to a plow, but the entire plow must be made of pig iron. I wonder if Bo He can beat it out?"

"No problem!" He Bo said relaxedly: "It's just a strange hoe. The structure is so simple. I just need to hammer it up and down and come out just two times. However, a little guy, are you sure you want to make it all with pig iron? Its cost is not low. Each one needs at least half a pound of pig iron, which can reach the sharp blades of twenty hoe hoes. The price of pig iron alone is no less than one hundred cents."

"This kid knows that as long as Uncle He can fight, the price is not a problem." Liu Yiuan took out his usual silver money from his arms and handed it to Uncle He said: "This is the prepaid fixed amount of money for the boy. I'm sorry, Uncle He can buy thirty mates for the boy. I wonder when it will be delivered?"

Uncle He reached out to collect the money and said to Liu Yi with a smile: "This job is simple, you can pick it up tomorrow afternoon."

"That's how he will be blessed." Liu Yiuang bowed to Uncle He, but he had no intention of leaving. He stood up and said to Uncle He: "Before this, I wonder if Uncle He can beat the general first and let the kid observe it, otherwise the shovel that Uncle He will shoot tomorrow is different from what the kid wants."

"Yeah, that's right. Brother Yi paid the deposit, and I should also let you check the goods first." Uncle He stood up and said to Liu Yi: "Brother Yi, please come with me."

He Bo led Liu Yi to his forging room, then started the stove and said to Liu Yi: "You stand on the side first, don't get too close, so as not to burn you in the flames in the furnace. If you have any requests when they are about to take shape, just ask him if he asks, He Boding will not disappoint you."

As he said that, Uncle He pushed Liu Yi out, picked up a piece of pig iron and put it in the stove, and began to hit him little by little.

After knocking for about half an hour, a prototype of a shovel was revealed. He Bo's craftsmanship was really not enough.

"Brother He, this shovel should be thin in front and thick in the back. A concave should be left on the butt. Remember to leave a small hole in the tail behind. Also..." Seeing the shovel take shape, Liu Yiu began to explain the detailed structure to He Bo.

As a result, after about a moment of modification, the first pointed-faced large-headed shovel that meets Liu Yi's requirements was finally officially released.

Uncle He held a big shovel and gently put it into cold water, and a burst of white smoke came out.

After cooling for a while, Uncle He picked up the shovel again and looked at Liu Yi and said, "Yi, this is the 'shovel' you want? Well, it looks much better than the usual hoe, and it should be good to use, but it is a pity to use it with all iron structure."
Chapter completed!