A man travels through time and becomes a widow, only wanting to pursue a career

Dafu woke up his younger brothers and sisters, took his two brothers with him and went to the fields. When they arrived at the edge of their own field, the three brothers looked shocked.

A dozen baskets were filled to the brim, and the harvested straw was scattered on both sides of the field ridges by the harvester.

Chen Erlu couldn't help but ask, "Brother, mother not only cut the rice but also threshed all the millet in one night?!!"

"Yes, I just got up in the morning and saw my mother coming back from outside. She must have been busy all night and was very sleepy." Dafu looked remorseful, "It's all my fault for being such a useless son. Mother has to worry about such little things."

The boss thought his mother was cutting and threshing rice in the dark, but he didn't expect that a plug-in was turned on, and he didn't notice anything fishy.

Erlu scratched the back of his head and advised, "Brother, let's move the things back quickly. After school, we can come to work in the fields as soon as possible. Don't let mother worry like this anymore."

The three brothers hurriedly went to the fields to pick up rice.

When Chen Changsheng got up from sleep, it was already around noon, the children had already gone to school, and she was the only one left at home.

She quickly started to cook the lunch, minced pork and eggplant, tofu mixed with green onions, stir-fried wild vegetables, fried poached eggs, and cooked a pot of porcelain white rice.

The meal was cooked, and the children had not returned from school yet. Thinking that they would go to the city to see Magistrate Bai and Dr. Xu in the afternoon, Chen Changsheng ate first, left a note on the table, and went out. went.

Her bullock cart was used by Ma Daqiang to deliver goods, so she could only ask Chen Daniu in the village for help.

Chen Changsheng asked in the courtyard of Chen Daniu's house, "Auntie, is Uncle Daniu at home?"

"I just came back. I'm in the house. I'll call you out." Mrs. Chen stood up and shouted into the house, "Old Niutou, Dafu Niang is here to find you."

Chen Daniu came out of the room and asked, "Damn Dafu, what's going on?"

Chen Changsheng explained the purpose of his visit, "My ox cart went to the city to deliver goods, and I haven't come back yet. Now I am in a hurry to go to the city, and I want to borrow the ox cart from you."

"Just wait, I'll bring it over." Chen Daniu went to hitch the car as soon as he heard this.

His wife Chen, Mrs. Chen, who was standing next to him, followed him, quietly nudged him with her elbow and whispered, "Don't borrow it."

"What?"

"Didn't you say that you still need to use oxcarts to grind grain? If you lend it out, what will we do on our own?"

The rice has just been harvested at home and the kernels have been threshed. We are just waiting for the shelling in the next two days. Putting an old ox on a stone to grind the millet can save a lot of energy.

In previous years, he was the only one in the village who owned cattle. Other villagers who wanted to borrow his cattle cart had to queue up and exchange grain for it. This alone could earn them more than ten kilograms of rice and noodles.

Chen Daniu frowned, "No matter how anxious it is, we won't be in such a hurry today. The car will be returned in the evening."

Mrs. Chen didn't care, she curled her thin lips and said, "Then let's lend it to her for free? A trip to the city can earn a few pennies for travel expenses. Besides, Widow Chen's family is also rich."

"You stupid bitch, you have all your thoughts on the National People's Congress Fu Niang. We are all from the same village. If someone needs a car for an emergency, why don't you borrow it?" Chen Daniu scolded, "Besides, she was the last time We have made so much money relying on her to build a house, so how can we be so stingy now?”

Ignoring his mother-in-law, he hitched up the bullock cart and brought it over and asked, "Do you want me to go with you?"

Chen Changsheng waved his hand, "No, I'll go back as soon as I can. I promise to return the oxcart before dark."

She took out five cents and stuffed it over and said warmly, "This is the fare and fodder. I didn't lend it to you in vain."

She heard clearly what Mrs. Chen and Chen Daniu said just now, and she didn't blame Mrs. Chen. After all, the bullock cart was an important animal in the family and was worth several taels of silver. If there is a bad year or disaster, it is more important than people.

Such important items are rarely borrowed. Even if they are borrowed, they will be charged, bartered, or mortgaged.

Chen Daniu looked embarrassed and said sheepishly, "My mother-in-law is not sensible, so Dafu Niang, you are a joke."

He was embarrassed to accept the five cents, life or death.

"Uncle, don't be polite to me. Auntie is right, your car can carry several people in one trip to the city, and you can earn ten cents in one round trip." Chen Changsheng added with a smile, " If uncle doesn’t accept it, does he think that five cents is too little?”

"Hey, that's not what I, Old Niutou, meant." Chen Daniu's face turned even redder, "Eh... eh..."

I was speechless for a moment.

Chen Changsheng smiled, put the copper plate on the table in the yard, took the cow's rope and left, leaving Chen Daniu and his wife behind with their faces flushed.

**

Chen Changsheng drove the bullock cart straight to the county government office.

The gatekeeper had seen her many times, and after hearing her purpose, he took her in directly. After all, their county magistrate has given instructions that if Mrs. Chen comes to visit, she can be brought in directly without any notification.

After taking a short rest in the front hall, Magistrate Bai hurried over.

Because they were talking about the private matter of Black Gunpowder, he turned away the other people and then spoke slowly, "Mrs. Chen came to see me today. I guess there is something about Black Gunpowder?"

"Exactly."

Chen Changsheng took out the paper with the formula ratios written on it, and also took out the sulfur nitrate charcoal he bought from the bracelet mall.

Seeing the real ingredients in front of him and hearing her answer so affirmatively, County Magistrate Bai was overjoyed and couldn't help but say, "We even have the recipe. Let's go find Mr. Xu and give it a try right away!"

He couldn't wait to tell Xu Langzhong the news.

In the past few days, Mr. Xu had been whispering in Magistrate Bai's ears every day, urging him to think of a solution quickly. The mining of saltpetre was on the right track, except for the black powder issue, which the man in Shangjing had begun to put pressure on.

"The black powder explosion is so powerful that it can kill even wild boars. You have to find an empty and uninhabited place. The county government is densely populated, so you must not test it here." Chen Changsheng fired the bomb again. The story of the dead wild boar was also told to Bai Xiao.

"Mrs. Chen is absolutely right. I happen to know a place where this black powder can be tested."

He called the Yamen to prepare the carriage quickly, and the two of them boarded the carriage and drove away.