Before he had time to spare, Manager Wang spoke again, saying that the weather was good today and a batch of damp rice and flour needed to be moved to the threshing ground to dry.
Li Qinglin's group of insect-raising tenants rushed to the grain field without stopping.
Grain field.
As the sacks were opened one by one, the smell of mold and damp gradually filled the air.
Everyone was carrying the sacks while complaining.
Being busy and physically tired are the most likely ways to make people lose their ability to think.
Donkey Face only felt that Li Qinglin seemed to have become much more energetic and had more strength, but he didn't think any more about it.
Seeing rice weevils crawling out of the spread rice flour, Li Qinglin's expression remained unchanged. He hesitated until finally, he casually picked up the rice weevils one by one and put them into the small bamboo box in his arms.
The small bamboo box is shaped like a lunch box and is flat.
Fortunately, the paper fur coat was loose, so the small bamboo box hidden inside could not be seen at all.
Of course, Li Qinglin would not be surprised even if he was discovered.
It's reasonable for him, a hard-working tenant farmer, to carry a lunch box with him, right?
After drying the rice and flour, they waited for several hours and then moved them back to the warehouse.
Feed the horses, sweep the yard, and make fresh food for the autumn insects.
After finishing all these, it was already dark and pitch dark.
Li Qinglin and several other insect-raising tenants finished up the leftovers from the kitchen in just a few bites.
They were so tired that they didn't even want to talk much, and they just went back to the yard and went to bed to rest.
The cold fog gradually deepened.
Snoring sounds came from the neighboring yard.
Li Qinglin then opened the door and walked into the courtyard.
After a day's work, he did not feel very tired, but his stomach was empty as there was no oil in it.
Push away the wellhead stone on the well.
There is already a bell-toad the size of an adult's palm quietly clinging to the cracks in the rock wall.
The green skin on the front of the bell toad is lush and bright, and the orange-yellow stripes on its abdomen are like burning sparks.
Its strong limbs act like suction cups to hold its body in place, and it has a pair of bulging, emotionless eyes.
But perhaps because he had been looking at it for a long time, Li Qinglin found the bell-toad more and more pleasing to his eyes and more and more cute.
Those creepy, densely packed warts all have a strange beauty.
[Other Avatar: Bell Toad (Transforming 2%)]
I stuffed a few mouthfuls of smoothie into my mouth to temporarily suppress the hunger in my stomach.
Li Qinglin opened the bamboo box.
The rice weevil was eaten by the bell toad like a tornado.
As the food was gradually digested, the progress bar of the bell toad suddenly turned to 3%, and the bell toad also became slightly stronger.
"It's a pity that as the bell toad grows and transforms, the nutrients provided by ordinary rice weevils, maggots, and moths are becoming increasingly insufficient, unless they are larger insects like crickets...
"A small half box of rice elephants only provided 1% of the progress, and I also spent a lot of money on it."
Li Qinglin sighed.
A faint warm current suddenly emerged from Li Qinglin's heart toad and flowed into a blood sac.
"absorb!"
Li Qinglin focused his mind and barely controlled the closure of his blood sac, forcing the stored blood out of the blood sac and flowing to his limbs and bones.
"Practice hard!"
Li Qinglin started jogging in the yard, and when his body became more active, he did bodyweight exercises, and even did lunges while holding a wellstone.
The wellhead stone weighing over 100 pounds only made Li Qinglin feel slightly tired.
Half an hour later, the essence and blood were completely absorbed by the body, and Li Qinglin slowly stopped.
It was already winter, and the wind was biting in the courtyard, but Li Qinglin didn't feel cold at all in his thin clothes.
On the contrary, the limbs and torso felt warm, as if soaking in a hot spring, especially from the joints and bone gaps, from time to time a faint numbing sensation came.
This feeling of gradually getting stronger is really fascinating.
After just two days, Li Qinglin had gradually figured out the usefulness of his heart toad, and could even roughly control the closure of the heart sac.
Needless to say, the heart toad's blood circulation ability and myocardial strength are far beyond those of ordinary people.
The blood sac growing on it made Li Qinglin feel like he had opened the door to a new world.
Now there are thirty-six blood sacs, all of which can be closed freely.
When closed, it stores essence and blood, which can be used as spare power in critical moments.
When opening and closing, it circulates throughout the body, not only nourishing the body, but also relieving fatigue and improving endurance...
In the past two days, Li Qinglin fed the bell toad many times, and it fed back four strands of essence and blood in total.
Li Qinglin did not store it in the blood bag, but refined and absorbed it all.
The top priority is to grow rapidly with an aggressive and brave momentum rather than simply stacking armor.
In fact, Li Qinglin's muscle strength did not improve much, after all, two days was too short.
However, it has repaired the losses over the years, improved stability, and eliminated some hidden injuries and wear and tear on the joints.
In other words, before the Heart Toad was activated, Li Qinglin could only exert 50% to 60% of his strength, but now, he can exert nearly 90%.
The recruitment capacity of nerves and muscles has been greatly improved! "The efficiency of bodyweight training is too low. It takes half an hour to digest a strand of essence and blood."
"In Feng County, there are many large and small dojos and martial arts arenas, and even the royal residence has a nursing school. I wonder if the skills and qi-nourishing methods practiced by those martial artists can improve the efficiency of digesting qi and blood."
"I remember... you can pay to enter the outer school of the Wang residence to learn martial arts. Although the skills they teach are only inferior, it still costs eight taels of silver."
Eight taels of silver?
Da Jiang cast Tongbao copper coins, standardized weights and measures, and extended it to merchants and trade.
One coin is one qian, ten qian is one guan, and ten guan is one liang! Li Qinglin's monthly allowance is only ten qian, and eight liang of silver would take Li Qinglin more than six years of not eating or drinking!
"Kung Fu, Kung Fu..."
The Dharma is not easily passed on, and the Tao is not sold cheaply.
It is not easy for poor people to learn martial arts.
Li Qinglin stood there, thinking for a long time.
Obtaining the technique and fully utilizing his clone's advantage is the most important thing! Thinking of this, his eyes darkened.
"I will be leaving the house to visit my relatives tomorrow. Am I, Li Qinglin, going to rely on my parents again?"
…
The next day.
In the central courtyard of the Wang residence, inside a specially built insulated room.
Li Qinglin, Donkey Face and several other insect-raising tenants stood quietly in the hall.
Several "big river jars" are placed in a dark place. The big river jars are one and a half feet high and two feet in diameter, with a cement bottom.
The outside is made of dry tree bark wrapped in sand, which is then wetted and stacked up layer by layer.
These large river jars are the vessels for the eggs to hatch and the larvae to grow.
Li Qinglin heard that Master Ma also practiced martial arts in a Taoist temple in Feng County in his early years, but unfortunately his talent was mediocre and he did not make much achievement.
Only then did he turn to studying the art of raising insects, and he became quite successful.
at this time,
Master Ma carefully checked each jar one by one, and randomly selected a few eggs. Finally, under the anxious gaze of Donkey Face and others, he slowly nodded, "The quality is okay, and the survival rate should be high. I think you have paid attention to it over the past few months. I will give the feedback to Manager Wang truthfully."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief.
Master Ma is a bit rigid. Although he has never deliberately made things difficult for the tenants who raise insects, he will hold them accountable if they make a mistake, and he cannot tolerate any sand in his eyes!
In addition to Xiao Liu who was still lying in bed, several other tenants had eaten their fill at his place before!
Donkey Face and the others were both afraid and terrified of him! "After we raise the autumn insects, we still have the winter insects! I heard that you are going home to visit your family. It just so happens that when you come back, the winter insects will also be transported to the city."
"Go out."
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Master Ma waved his hand and signaled everyone to leave.
“Home!”
“Home!”
"Come on, come on, collect your salary first, then go back to the yard to get your things!"
As Donkey Face and the others came out of the main hall, they immediately became energetic and excited.
Li Qinglin also breathed a sigh of relief.
However, before they could get to the accounting office, they saw a maid with ordinary looks and petite figure, who seemed to have arrived on time and stopped everyone.
"Yes, you guys!"
Li Qinglin's gaze rested on a purse held in the maid's hand.
A bad thought suddenly came to my mind.
The maid nodded and counted the number of people. Then she raised her head slightly and said condescendingly, "Manager Wang is considerate of you. He asked me to hand over the regular money to you so that you don't have to go to the accounting office."
"Take it!"
After saying that, he turned around and left without waiting for everyone's reaction and didn't want to waste even a moment.
"Damn it, how come it's only 24 cents? And they gave me an 80% discount?! There's still 6 cents left?!"
When Donkey Face counted the copper coins in the purse, he was stunned for a moment, then his face turned red. He held the purse tightly with one hand and clenched his fist with the other.
The others were also either angry or shocked.
However, no one dared to step forward and ask Butler Wang for an explanation.
When you live under someone's roof, you have to bow your head.
They were insect-raising tenants who sold themselves into slavery, and Manager Wang was a third-generation slave who was given the surname Wang!
There is a difference between relatives and strangers, between the noble and the humble! If they dare to cause trouble, regardless of whether they are right or wrong, they will be beaten with thirty sticks! Li Qinglin suppressed his anger and his face was gloomy.
"This old bastard doesn't let us go to the accounting office because he wants to enrich himself and deduct money from us, and keep a shady account book!"
"If we don't know what's best for us, we might not even be able to leave the middle courtyard."
As his eyes moved around, he saw that everywhere in the central courtyard were sturdy servants and guards.
"Hmph, let's go!"
Suddenly, everyone lost the joy of returning home. They returned to the yard, quickly packed their bags, and walked towards the back door of the Wang residence.
Several guards were guarding the back door.
Seeing Li Qinglin and others coming, the guard stepped forward and began to verify the warrants for everyone to leave the house and checked the items in their luggage one by one.
Shake out the clothes and open each side bag.
Break open the pastry and carefully examine the filling.
Open the letter and glance over the text...
After a moment, a guard nodded with an inexplicable smile on his face, "Okay, go to the dark room next door for a cleansing check. Don't be afraid, as long as you don't bring anything you shouldn't bring, it will be quick."
You might even like it..."
Li Qinglin and the others looked at each other.
Walking into the dark room, Li Qinglin saw a tall and thin man standing in front of a washbasin, washing his hands with a calm expression.
"It really makes people unable to rest for a moment."
The tall and thin man looked somewhat helpless and glanced at Li Qinglin and the others.
He stretched out his exceptionally slender fingers and leisurely took out a pair of white gloves that were as thin as a cicada's wing from his arms.
Put it on slowly...
A cold voice came: "Who comes first?"
Li Qinglin's eyes twitched.
After a while, some strange sounds were heard in the dark room.
…
After a cup of tea.
Li Qinglin walked out of the dark room with a complicated expression.
After waiting for a while, I saw a donkey face with a flushed face and a hint of reluctance, covering his butt and walking out of the dark room.
Li Qinglin opened his mouth and wanted to say something.
But in the end he kept silent.
After the cleansing examination, everyone fell into an eerie silence.
Pick up your bags and cross the threshold.
Outside the house are wide shade trees and quaint streets, which are covered with the dust of time.
The breeze brought the scent of flowers, and the faint cries of vendors and the hammering sounds of craftsmen could be heard from a few streets away.
At this moment, the trembling thoughts of raising autumn insects and the nervous worries about the physical examination gradually faded away.
Li Qinglin relaxed completely.
But, "Stop!"
The next moment, a roar like a tiger roaring in the forest rang out.
Everyone was stunned where they were.
Behind Li Qinglin, a group of people came quickly.
The navy blue robe is delicate and capable, embroidered with different unique patterns, and every line is as smooth as flowing water.
The hems of her clothes fluttered in the air, making a rustling sound.
When these people moved, their footsteps were as light as a dragonfly skimming on the water.
The right hand lightly presses on the scabbard at the waist.
A chilling and murderous aura came towards me!
"We are the clerks of the government office, and we have come here to track down the evildoer who stole the heart. You are not allowed to leave until you have verified his identity!"
(End of this chapter)