Chapter 71 Respect nature
There are five saws and five axes in total. I choose the things myself from the beginning. Small trees are faster with axes, but big trees have to use saws to be efficient. Both have their own advantages and disadvantages. It depends on what you are familiar with.
But generally speaking, a saw is easier to use than an axe.
Shunzi was quick and grabbed the saw. Qin Yao was a little slower and only had the ax left.
Ding Wu is mainly responsible for supervising the work and walking back and forth in the forest to prevent anyone from taking the opportunity to be lazy.
Before going up the mountain, the housekeeper said that the number of felled trees will be counted, and the top three will be rewarded. If the bottom three are too much lower than the average, wages will be deducted.
So, as soon as they arrived at the destination, everyone picked up the tools in their hands and started working immediately. They wanted to be rewarded, but they were worried about being deducted for falling behind too much.
Four children immediately gathered around him. Qin Yao forced a smile and sat down in the main room, just wanting to cook.
Physical work like logging consumes a lot of money. Qin Yao didn't eat enough for one person at noon. She didn't prepare water herself, and Ding's family didn't provide water. She was so thirsty that she and Shunzi had to Run down the mountain and take a sip of spring water flowing from the mountain.
Qin Yao scored two logs today.
Moreover, they cut trees separately, one person at a time, so as not to affect other people or accidentally injure their companions. Once they are hit, it will be too late to call for help.
Five people, father and son, gathered in front of her and were surprised to see her eating as fast as a starving ghost reincarnated.
"So, this is Schrödinger's tree spirit?" Qin Yao muttered with lingering fear, deciding that it would be better to have awe of nature.
Just after Shunzi said "Huh?", Qin Yao was already striding forward, giving him no chance to stay.
Ding Wu glanced at the big tree on the ground that was thicker than his thigh, and waved his hands repeatedly, "I'll forget it."
"No need!" Qin Yao raised her hand as a "stop it" gesture, "It's just that we were not fully prepared on the first day today, and we will be fine tomorrow."
She has never eaten pork and has seen pigs run away. She has seen wood cutting many times, but this time she did it herself, just like chopping firewood. However, the firewood in front of her was larger than ordinary firewood, and there was nothing essentially wrong with it. It's different.
When she gave up the experiment, she was almost hit by a tree that fell backwards.
Ding Wu didn't understand what was happening even after thinking about it. He walked up and pointed at the novelty of the undershirt and asked:
“Why did you leave your clothes behind when you were running?”
Ding Wu was surprised, "Is it true or false?"
Liu Ji's expectant eyes instantly narrowed when he heard the word "logging". He let out a sigh, stood up and came behind her to give her a shoulder squeeze.
Liu Ji brought a half-pot of porridge that was warm on the stove and placed it in front of her, as well as a bowl of steaming pickled melon and vegetables.
Qin Yao saw it really. The tree fell in the opposite direction of Big Beard, but when it fell, it actually changed its direction and fell towards people.
Qin Yao replied briefly: "Two meals a day plus ten cash wages, wood cutting work."
Whether you will be deducted next depends on your subsequent performance.
Qin Yao thought to himself that each of these ancient people was smarter than the other, and it was not their turn to suffer any losses.
This back and forth took a lot of time. Ding Wu looked a little unhappy when he saw the two people's eyes, but he didn't say anything on the first day.
Liu Ji responded with an omph, and after washing the pot, he came to the main room and squatted in front of her to ask curiously, "Madam, what kind of work do you do? How are the wages calculated?"
Xiahe Village was so close that Qin Yao couldn't wait for Shunzi's slow footsteps, so she said to Shunzi: "My home is far away. It's late and it's dark and I can't see the road. I'll take a step first."
Qin Yao poured the vegetables into the porridge pot, stirred it up, and made a big mouthful.
“What kind of work are you doing? Are you so hungry? Your wife, Ding, doesn't even give you a bite of food?”
Qin Yao touched her growling belly and just wanted to run home to make dinner immediately.
“Hey, definitely.” Shunzi agreed with a smile.
At five o'clock, we finish work on time.
Qin Yao nodded casually, and it wasn't until she finished half the pot of porridge that she felt her roaring stomach soothe.
"Prepare a kettle for me, fill it with cold water, and I'll take it with me to drink."
Just when I got off work, I specifically told him: "Remember to bring a water bottle tomorrow."
At the same time, he summoned everyone in Qin Yao and told them to be careful before the tree fell down.
That is to say, Qin Yao reacts quickly, otherwise he would definitely be injured if he loses consciousness.
“Auntie, aren't you full at lunch?” Sanlang asked with concern.
The fastest one was a bearded man, who was holding a saw and sawing large trees. Before Ding Wu called for dinner, he just finished sawing one, kicked his big foot, and rolled quickly on the spot, leaving a singlet on the spot. , "Boom" a loud noise, the big tree fell down.
Liu Ji took the pot to wash at the sink and looked into the main room to pay attention. "If it's such a hard work, let me do it instead. Madam, it would be nice for you to rest at home."
The bearded man was nicknamed Big Beard. He dusted off his undershirt and put it on again and explained:
Strange to say, when she deliberately wanted to experiment, the tree fell straight down in the direction she kicked.
Putting down the empty pot with a bang, Qin Yao wiped her lips and said, "I'm finally alive!"
Shunzi just learned how to cut wood today. In the afternoon, he finally sawed down a tree, using the bearded method, and was not injured. The most common ones are big beards, one in the morning and two in the afternoon, three in total.
“The tree has a spirit and will chase people when it falls. Only by leaving something with a similar aura to me can I deceive it.”
Qin Yao suddenly turned around and added: "By the way, you don't have to wait for me tomorrow. We'll see you at Ding Mansion."
Before five o'clock, everyone stopped cutting wood, used axes to cut off excess branches, and trimmed the main trunk.
Shunzi had no choice but to pretend to be sawing, but secretly watched how the other lumberjacks were doing their work, copying the gourd and sawing half of the tree in one morning, but there was no crane tail.
The least one is one. Shunzi and Qin Yao are in safe positions, and today's ten cents wages are saved.
Being alone, Qin Yao didn't need to worry about his companions. He walked to Liujia Village in more than two hours and entered his house with the last ray of sunset on the horizon.
Qin Yao was holding a bowl of vegetable soup and two thick-wheat buns that were given to her by the servants of the Ding family, and an interesting idea suddenly came to her mind - Liushu.
When she felt Shunzi's look for help, Qin Yao only gave him a gesture to move, then picked up the axe, selected a medium-sized fir tree, and swung the axe.
The bearded man grinned and told him to try it himself and find out.
After saying this, he opened up his speed and left Shunzi far behind.
She actually did this later, just to test the bearded rhetoric.
Finally, the bearded man threw his undershirt to the ground and quickly rolled it to the opposite direction. The big tree successfully fell down on the undershirt.
"Madam, you have worked hard, I will give you some massage to relax."
Qin Yao responded with a "hmm". The massage force was moderate and her skills were quite good.
But when has Liu Laosan ever been so diligent and considerate?
When something goes wrong, there must be a monster!
(End of this chapter)
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