"Remember, no one is allowed in until I come back."

Hua Shi knew that the white fox and the black cat were very clever, so he gave them some instructions before quickly leaving the Hua family courtyard empty-handed.

Since the Hua family's small kitchen was unusable, she planned to go to the village, find a blacksmith, and buy a boiler.

Just build a small stove in her house, so that it will be convenient to cook secretly without telling Li.

Hua Shi was walking along the village road in the snow and fog. He blinked his eyes, looked at the quiet and deserted village road, exhaled deeply, and then lowered his head and walked forward quickly.

At this time, she couldn't help but sigh that the entrance to Shoushan Village was complicated. This closed village could almost be said to be isolated from the world. There were hundreds of households in the village, and there were all kinds of households.

Like blacksmithing, carpentry, sheep farming, cattle herding, fish farming, hunting, farming... every family has its own specialty.

The village is almost in a closed cycle. Simple needs can almost be met in the village. There are so many households in the village, which is why the village has been self-sufficient for so many years...

When you are busy, you can find a blacksmith in the village and buy the pot or stove you need from him.

These existing artisan shops were gradually formed almost entirely to satisfy the villagers.

Hua Shi didn't know much about this, but since Li no longer restricted her movements, she had wandered around the village several times and had a good understanding of the village's structure.

After becoming familiar with the environment of Shoushan Village, she at least felt a sense of belonging, and no longer felt the fear of unfamiliar situations as before...

“Bang! —”

At the entrance of the alley, someone knocked on the gate of a nearby courtyard.

“Knock, knock…”

The incessant knocking sound echoed several times at the deep alley entrance.

After waiting for a while, a sound slowly came from inside the house.

The voices in the house sounded a bit tired, mixed with a hint of impatience.

“…Who is it?”

The middle-aged man's smoky voice came out from inside through the small wooden door.

“Bang!”

The narrow courtyard door was pulled open from the inside with great force.

"Uncle, let me ask if you have any extra pots on hand?"

The young girl's clear voice rang out.

Xie Tie wrapped his cotton-padded jacket around him, raised his eyelids, and glanced at Hua Shi.

The expression on his face seemed to indicate that he was wondering whether he had seen the little girl before him. He searched his mind but could not find any relevant memory.

His rough, smoke-smoking voice rang out again, "...Come in, there are still several empty ones. Take a look and choose which one is suitable."

As he spoke, he opened the gate and motioned Hua Shi to follow in.

Hua Shi patted the snow off his body and followed in.

"Ahem... Old Xie, who's here?"

A burst of faint coughing sounded from the inner room, and it was Xie Tie's wife's weak voice.

"No one, just a little girl, here to buy a pot. You don't need to come out, just go back to the house and rest. If you get exposed to the wind later, your voice will be hoarse again."

Xie Tie quickly walked to the eaves, patted the curtain that was lifted outside the door frame, and stopped the person who was about to push the door open.

"Come with me to the side room. The pots are all over here."

Xie Tie turned around again, waved his hand, and motioned Hua Shi to follow him to the other side.

Hua Shi followed obediently without looking around.

In her mind, she was reviewing the relationship between this family...

I seem to remember that there were only Xie Tie and his wife in his family. His mother died of old age and his wife was in poor health. The couple were almost fifty years old and had no children.

Not having children, this topic, has been criticized a lot in the closed village...

Hua Shi also heard this information from the old men and women at the village entrance who were chatting and gossiping.

She had a good memory, and if she listened carefully to the village gossip, it would not be easy for her to forget it.

Now that he needed to find a blacksmith to make a pot, he immediately thought of Xie Tie. After asking around, he quickly found the specific location of the blacksmith's house.

"That's all. Just watch."

Xie Tie led Hua Shi to a side hall, which was filled with various iron tools. Sharp iron knives covered almost half of the wall. On the ground were six iron pots of different sizes, an iron stove... and some other miscellaneous iron things.

I didn't recognize what it was when I saw Hua Shi.

Her eyes were immediately fixed on the medium-sized iron pot beside her. The bottom of the pot was very deep, more than twice as deep as an ordinary pot, but the mouth of the pot was half as narrow as an ordinary pot.

This size is exactly what she needs...

“How much does this pot cost?”

Hua Shi pointed at the pot that he liked and turned around to ask.

Xie Tie looked in the direction she pointed and said truthfully, "It was originally going to be two hundred coins, but when I was beating the pot, I accidentally broke it smaller. If you want it, I'll give it one hundred and fifty coins."

When Hua Shi heard the price, he breathed a sigh of relief, nodded, and replied, "Then I'll take this one."

She didn't know much about this kind of iron pot and didn't know the price. She had thought that iron things would be much more expensive, at least a few hundred coins. But hearing that it only cost one hundred and fifty coins was beyond her expectations.

Seeing that she agreed so readily, Xie Tie's unhappy feeling of being disturbed finally dissipated a little.

Many people in the village came to him to buy things, but every time they came, they either complained that the things were too expensive or that they were not good enough. He had to argue with them every time, and if they didn't lower the price, he wouldn't be able to sell them to them.

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