Chapter 53: Cloud Shadow in January 1996
Cloud Shadow in January 1996
The first birthday that Wang Jerry made up for is very distinctive.
The stinky boy has only worn diapers, he has not worn clothes, he is not used to it. He wears small clothes that his grandma sewed himself, and a cute little red riding hood. He always wants to get rid of the bondage. Took a few good-looking photos and completed the task.
The birthday meal is also not sloppy. The dragon beard noodles and the poached egg were ordered by his grandparents and asked me to cook them. The soup was chicken soup, and the tomatoes and green vegetables were embellished with bright red and green.
My parents even packed my luggage with chopsticks and asked me to bring them. They were very unhappy when they heard that I had changed my living habits in the opposite world. They asked me to teach my children to use chopsticks. I would never use a spoon. I would be like a savage. It's even worse to pilaf with your hands.
Good! In order to "lead by example", I will use chopsticks more when I eat at home in the future, so that my son will have a good head.
I'm quite jealous of Wang Jerry. When I was his age, my parents would definitely not hurt me so much. My family was so poor at that time, and my clothes were always leftovers from other people.
"Huh~!" After eating and drinking, Wang Jerry, who took off his hat, fought with the small clothes on his body and wanted to take off the small clothes.
"Don't be dissatisfied, kid. Dad didn't even wear the clothes your grandma made." I picked him up and took him to play in the yard.
For Wang Jerry's birthday, my parents made a recording of wishing him a happy birthday. My dad also wrote a special script, using his non-standard Mandarin, which was like a speech by a leader. Wang Jerry can't understand it now. Save it and listen to it later.
After I have a camera, I feel more and more that taking pictures is a very interesting thing. I hang the camera around my neck when I go out, and when I meet interesting people or scenery, I raise the camera to take a picture, and I will be happy for a long time.
I have a lot of film, and I take at least five or six pictures of Wang Jerry every day.
Wanting to record my son's growth is actually to make up for my own regrets. When I was young, I was dark and skinny, and I didn't take a few pictures until I was twelve. Back then, we didn't have a camera. If there were, I would take a lot of pictures to keep those memories from being forgotten.
Not only did I take pictures of Wang Jerry, but I also took pictures of myself. It is not too difficult for me to control the camera to float in the air. It is also very easy to press the shooting button in the air. I have used my super power to take many great photos. Photos, if it weren't for the inability to develop photos here, my enthusiasm for taking photos would be even higher.
Hey, maybe I need to buy some more tools and potions, and get a darkroom here where I can develop photos. In this way, I can also develop photos in this world and watch them at any time.
Since I have my own darkroom, I have developed hundreds of photos. Practice makes perfect. I can make money by developing photos by my own craftsmanship.
There is no electricity in this world. I discussed it with my dad. He said that diesel generators can generate electricity to drive electrical appliances, but electricity is very dangerous. .
I really don't think of myself as a child. You know, I live twice as long as others. My current mental and physical age are far older than those of the students in the same grade. I am an early adult.
It would be really nice to have electricity. I can't wait to slot the wires into the stone walls of my home and place the light bulbs and sockets where I like them.
At that time, the rumbling generator will be placed in a basement that can be soundproofed. Once the generator is turned on, my house will be brightly lit, so I can watch TV on the DVD player and cook food on the electric stove, which is comparable to cooking in the fireplace. Much more convenient.
The sky is already cold, and the mountains in the direction of Shanghe Village are already white, but Luhe Village is bustling and bustling, and it is more popular than this time in previous years.
The existence of "Luhe Stone" has made several groups of merchants who came to the village last month to make a lot of money. .
The traveling merchants and the surrounding people who came to Luhe Village to exchange things all discovered the changes in Luhe Village, not only the extra big dog and the newly built stone road in Luhe Village, but also the new tools in the hands of Luhe Villagers. The metal tools that have never been seen before, shining with cold light, are completely different from the inferior black iron tools that everyone used in the past.
The traveling merchant wanted to ask about the origin of the metal tools. The villagers only said that it was a gift from Mr. Kain, but the villagers could not tell more specific details. There were also traveling merchants who wanted to spend a lot of money to buy the fine tools from the villagers, but the villagers did not know the details. Unwilling to sell, Mr. Kain has repeatedly said that he must keep the tools of each family, which is the guarantee of a good life for everyone in the future, and cannot be left out.
At this time in previous years, it was rare to see walking merchants in Luhe Village. This year is a bit different. Even the robbers in the mines could not stop the enthusiasm of the walking merchants. They rushed to Luhe Village before the severe winter, leaving behind what Luhe Village desperately needs. All kinds of goods, just to take away precious rough gemstones.
I know that these traveling merchants are not fuel-efficient lamps. They also carry weapons and guards when they are outsiders. When they encounter weak passers-by in the wilderness, they are good at guest robbers. Sometimes they dare to rob some weakly guarded villages and mines. Although the robbers were rampant, they were not enough to frighten all the caravans.
However, the fact that the caravans can be so fierce that they can join forces to attack the robbers is something I can't think of at all.
The day before, I was talking to the secretary and the old man Galle about the robbers in the mine cave. The old man Galle and the village chief both said that the robbers in the mine cave can't last forever. Winter is coming, and they will either rob the nearest If you raid the village, you will have to move, so I plan to organize the young men in the village to bring weapons and clear the mines to avoid future troubles.
I didn't expect to receive the news the next day. The three caravans that left from Luhe Village fought with the mine robbers two days ago. They killed more than ten mine robbers, and the boss of the mine robbers was beheaded. Going to the town, the bandits in the mine are now out of tune, and they will be completely wiped out by the town dispatched troops.
The ferocity of those merchants opened my eyes, and I also raised my vigilance in my heart. I can't forget to beware of those guys who dare to hang their own ropes for money.
I made a small part of the rough gemstones and sold them to the merchants on foot. Most of them were thrown into the Lu River. These rough gemstones allowed me to exchange a lot of gold coins. More importantly, next year will open up new fields for the village and build a stone wall to protect the village.
Building a stone wall was my idea, and as soon as I proposed it, it was approved by almost everyone in the village, especially when I proposed that everyone's wages be paid by me, which made them so moved that they didn't know how to praise me.
My idea is very simple. Gold coins are useless in my hands. Sending tools to the villagers has made many people think I am stupid. Giving gold coins will only make the villagers think that I am mentally retarded.
Hiring villagers to work is different. Luhe Village is poor, and they are asked to build stone walls "relief for work". As long as the salary is high, they can eat enough, and the gold coins can be exchanged with the merchants for various daily needs. The merchants Then use gold coins to get the rough gemstones from me, and the gold coins still return to my pocket.
Building stone walls is good for everyone, and reclaiming land is a big plan that may alleviate the village's food shortage in the future.
If I can really successfully expand the scale of Luhe Village, make it safer and more prosperous, attract more caravans, and even attract more people to take root here, it is not impossible to turn Luhe Village into a small town .
What was Luhe Village originally?
Nothing at all.
No food, no minerals, just a backcountry stuck between rivers and reeds.
But now it's different. Luhe Village already has high-quality tools that can improve work efficiency, as well as the "Luhe Stone" gem mine that I fabricated out of thin air.
The existence of "Luhe Stone" is now not only spread by word of mouth among the traveling merchants, but also has become a well-known fact in Luhe Village. Everyone knows that there are beautiful stones in the river beside the village, but it's just that There are crocodiles and terrifying water monsters in the river. Only the daring master Kain can use magic to collect the precious "Luhe Stone" in exchange for a lot of gold coins from the caravan.
When the rumor was first released, few people believed that everyone had lived by this river all their lives and never found any gems in the river, but only a few days ago, a fisherman accidentally picked up a beautiful stone while fishing, and found it in the river. The news that the caravan was selling sky-high prices spread throughout the village.
In the next few days, men, women and children in the village ran to the river to try their luck like crazy, and the daring ones also planned to go into the water to touch the stones. There were indeed many lucky people who picked up the legendary gems, which further proved the existence of the "Luhe Stone". authenticity.
If it weren't for the water monsters, they would have almost killed a few young men who dared to go into the water, and the farce of going to the river to touch Luhe stones would have to continue.
In any case, it is a fact that there are gems in the river beside Luhe Village. There are not only gems in the river, but also a lot of them. If it weren't for the raging water monsters, everyone could make a fortune.
The mud-legged people of Luhe Village must have no way to deal with the water monsters in the river, but the well-informed businessmen are different. In their opinion, instead of paying high prices to buy rough gemstones, it is better to fish them in the river themselves, provided that We can get rid of those crocodiles and the damn water monsters.
I heard from the villagers that the merchants were happy when they wanted to get rid of the water monsters and fished for the gems by themselves. Unlike the villagers who were filled with righteous indignation for fear that the merchants would take away the gems belonging to the village, I wished the merchants would get rid of the crocodiles and the water monsters, otherwise Why do I rub gems all day and night and sprinkle them into the river?
It's a pity that the businessmen can't think of a way to deal with the river monsters. It's better to invite adventurers to destroy the monsters under normal circumstances. You only need to pay a fee to solve the trouble. It's a pity that even the town to which Luhe Village belongs. I have never invited an adventurer team, let alone our Luhe Village, which is located in a corner. Our village is too remote.
This year can be said to be an unprecedented good year.
When winter snow comes, no one in Luhe Village will worry about starvation. Firewood burns in the fireplace, hay and animal skins are spread on the warm kang, and food that cannot be eaten all winter is stored in the storage room. That visceral sense of security makes anyone want to smile.
I’ve had enough to eat and drink, and I’m much more friendly when I go out to chat. Many big girls and young men have nowhere to go and want to find work. I originally wanted to start the construction of the quarry that will recruit people next spring, and pay them to pick stones. , as a reserve for building stone walls in Kaichun Village next year.
These big girls and boys work eight hours a day, I manage two meals, and they get a gold coin every six days, which is more than the salary I used to work as a guard.
However, the militiamen and guards will not envy those who go to the quarry to work, because the guards in the village are sponsored by me, and their wages have doubled. They have to do a lot of physical training and drills, drag the villagers to run and exercise together, and have to take the initiative to go out of the village to hunt wild animals outside the village, but for the sake of money, they are all happy.
The scattered people around Luhe Village no longer dare to come to the village to make trouble now, and there are very few petty thefts in the village.
Every day I go out for a walk with my son, I can see the changes in Luhe Village. The dead branches and weeds in winter do not affect the vitality of the village.
From my point of view, I use gems and tools to "relieve the poor" in this village. The materials brought by the traveling merchants are enriching the lives of the people in the village. As long as the village goes on the road I want, it will become a treasure land sooner or later.
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