123. Chapter 123 Pressing every step of the way 6
The moonlight is cold and hazy in the distance. I only see the sparkling waves in the stream, reflecting the red lights floating in the distance. Everything seems hazy like a dream, but there are insects and birds chirping in my ears, and then there is another sound.
A reminder of the noise of reality.
Hua Rongruo slept peacefully all night and woke up as scheduled in the morning. There was already a hazy white light outside the window. As time went by, the sun was getting earlier and earlier.
The wounds on her body were all superficial, so Hua Rongruo didn't take them seriously. After dressing them up, she walked out of the room.
The yard was empty. The little girls were busy late last night, so they must have thought that she would not go out today. Hua Rongruo was quiet, and after purifying her face with a handkerchief, she quietly walked out of the yard.
Not far behind, Aoki followed quietly without making any disturbance.
Hua Rongruo followed his wishes and continued to go up the mountain, practice martial arts, and collect medicine as usual.
It's just that when she returned today, she didn't go directly back to the house, but took a detour to the blacksmith shop. The two daggers last time were very suitable for use. Naturally, she wanted to make a few more today, and she had other ideas.
The location of the blacksmith shop is a bit remote, but the people who got up were the first ones to get up. The dew on the grass leaves was still wet, and there was already a thumping sound.
Hua Rongruo carried a bamboo basket on her back, walked around the dilapidated fence gate and walked into the small courtyard. At a glance, she saw a strong man wearing a gray-brown shabby shirt surrounding the pot, hitting the ironware, and the pot next to him.
In the basin, steam was rising.
As he watched, the strong man put the iron tool in the water. Hearing a loud slapping sound, he was pulled back again and started beating again.
A woman walked out of the house. She was about thirty years old, simple and virtuous. There were two steamed buns on the plate in her hand. She looked up at Hua Rongruo coming in and hurriedly stepped forward to greet her, "Miss, are you here?!"
The voice clearly didn't believe that the exquisitely dressed daughter of an official family in front of her could come from home to make iron. However, looking at the bamboo basket she was carrying behind her, she felt strange, so she hesitated to ask.
"I want to do something, can you make it here?" Hua Rongruo said softly, with a soft voice that made people like it.
When the woman heard that the job had come, she nodded and said, "Yes, as long as it's iron work, Miss, come to the house and invite me!"
Hua Rongruo nodded, and the woman hurriedly invited Hua Rongruo into the house.
After the woman entered the house, she made tea and poured water. Hua Rongruo did not refuse. He naturally took the tea bowl from the woman's hand, took a sip and asked, "There are a lot of things, can you take them?"
"Yes!" the woman said hurriedly, fearing that the business would be lost.
Hua Rongruo said again: "I need to get it soon. I see that your business seems to be good. If it takes too long, I can't afford to wait!"
"Hey, Miss, let me tell you to tell you the truth, the business is actually not very good. There are many blacksmith shops now, but our place is remote, and we are also newly moved here, so we don't have many old customers, so..." The woman is actually benefiting.
"Then why did you start working so early in the morning?!" Hua Rongruo raised his eyes and looked outside.
The woman saw that although Hua Rongruo was expensive, he didn't seem to look down on them at all, and she smiled awkwardly: "I thought that if we finish it early in the morning, and then at dawn, we and I will go to the street to sell some gadgets to supplement the family income, otherwise it will really happen.
It’s hard to maintain this family!”
Hua Rongruo did not speak immediately, but looked at the house. Apart from the necessary items for daily use, there was almost nothing in the house. She really lived in poverty.
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Chapter completed!