Chapter 4 Transactions
Time flies very quickly, and there has been a month and a half. From this month, each wood repair boy must complete the carving task of ten qualified small objects. After more than ten pieces, each piece can receive a black iron coin. If you can complete the carving of a medium-sized object, it can be converted into fifty small objects.
Lu Chong was not clear about the value of coins before. Lu Yun once told him that the coins we used were divided into four types: purple gold coins, gold coins, silver coins and black iron coins. The exchange quantity between each coins was 100 to 1, that is, one silver coin was equal to one hundred black iron coins, and so on. The most common one was black iron coins. A black iron coin could buy about twenty buns outside (equivalent to the current ten yuan).
Before coming to Lufang, my grandfather gave Lu Chong a purse, which contained two silver coins and forty black iron coins. There were 240 black iron coins, which was considered a good income in Shitou Village.
Lu Chong sat on a wooden bench in the carving workshop, holding a knife in his hand, but was thinking about things in his heart. He had always had a strange feeling during this period. He still insisted on practicing the meridian technique every day, but he still did not make much progress. However, his flexibility in his hands has increased a lot, and carving was much faster than before. Even when carving calendula, it could be helpful. He carved a three-layer flower every few days, but the distance between the pieces of each flower was not very uniform, and the thickness of the pieces was not consistent, which could only be considered an unqualified product.
"Ha, you're really here, I'm right." A voice came from the side.
Lu Tong turned his head and saw Lu Yun, Lu Ping, and Lu Heng walked in from outside and came to Lu Chong. Lu Heng nodded to Lu Chong, while Lu Ping showed a happy expression and continued, "You are sitting there motionless, and you are almost a carving."
Lu Yun glanced at the surrounding environment with his eyes. There were only three or four people sitting in the distance in the entire carving workshop, with some small objects carved in his hands, and one of them had already carved the prototype of a bird.
Lu Yun withdrew his gaze, lowered his voice and asked Lu Chong, "Have you completed your mission?"
"Yes." Lu Chong hesitated for a moment and nodded.
Lu Yun thought for a while and said, "Let's go back to the room and talk! I have something important to tell you."
So the four returned to their residence. After Lu Yun signaled Lu Heng to close the door, he said to Lu Chong: "Our mission is almost complete. There are seven or eight days left to hand over the mission. Everyone has items that exceed the mission. Lu Fang rewards us with a black iron coin, but after each small object is polished and colored, with Lu Fang's reputation, you can buy ten black iron coins outside. After removing the cost, they can earn six black iron coins."
After pausing, Lu Yun continued, "We came out to study, on the one hand, to improve our skills, and on the other hand, to make more money and live a good life. Of course, we cannot take out the objects. Do you still remember the clan I told you that I called Lu Zhi? He said that we could hand over the extra objects to him and he would handle them for us, and each of them was given three black iron coins, so that we could earn two more black iron coins for each item."
As soon as Lu Yun finished speaking, Lu Ping said excitedly: "We have already agreed to them that since we are destined to live together, we should advance and retreat together. We have discussed it and are waiting for your decision now."
After saying that, the three of them looked at Lu Chong and waited for him to speak.
Lu Tong avoided their desire to see and began to think about this matter in his mind: This is of course a good thing. After all, it will increase a lot of income. If you are discovered, you will definitely be punished. The risks also exist. However, when you live together, you have already made it clear. If you don’t agree, you will be difficult to get along in the future. There will be no benefit if you offend the children of the clan. Maybe you will be plotted behind your back. Except for the few people living together, the other Xiumutongs are not very familiar with each other, and it is difficult to understand each other's skill level in a short period of time.
After thinking about this, I could only give up, so I said seriously: "I agree."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and Lu Yun smiled and said, "Okay, from now on, everyone will hand over the excess items to me every month, and then I will take them to Lu Zhi and the others. I will go and reply to them now."
After Lu Yun finished speaking, he walked outside, walked to the door, turned around, and said to Lu Chong: "Lu Chong, although we haven't been together for a long time, I know that you are the best talent among us. If this matter is discovered, I will try not to implicate you, but everyone must keep it confidential."
The next thing was natural. After everyone handed over the prescribed tasks at the end of the month, everyone gathered the remaining objects to Lu Yun, Lu Heng and Lu Ping, and Lu Yun five each. When Lu Chong took out the objects, there were nine. Although everyone estimated that Lu Chong was quite powerful, they were so powerful.
After ten days of continuous exploration, Lu Chong did not take this matter seriously. He continued to hone the flower slices of calendula in the carving workshop. Through continuous exploration, he was able to control the thickness of each flower slice to a very small gap. As for the distance between the flower slices, no matter how hard he tried, he could not reach a balanced position.
At this time, Lu Chong thought of the use of the meridian technique, when using the palm to form a handprint, every time he clicked in the air and caused the Qi force to break, the order and distance of clicks in the air never reached a balance. If it can be controlled by balance, it will definitely increase a lot of difficulty. However, once it can be completed skillfully, it will inevitably form a streamlined sliding of Qi force, and countless hit points can be connected into a complete perfect pattern in the air.
Another important factor is rhythm. Only when you control the equal rhythm can you control the equal distance. This will definitely be the case. Lu Chong seemed extremely excited at this time. After recalculating the previous moves in his heart, he became more sure that this was the case.
Lu Chong really wanted to use the meridian technique to prove the result of his thinking immediately. When he stood up, he found that he was still in the carving workshop. When he saw many Xiumutongs staring at him with surprise, he had to suppress his thoughts. Then he sat down helplessly. It seemed that he had to wait until others rested at night before making plans.
Time seemed to deliberately oppose Lu Chong. Lu Chong felt that today was very slow. After finally waiting for the night to come, Lu Chong hurriedly left the room, but met Lu Yun and the other two at the door. Lu Yun immediately pulled Lu Chong into the house and signaled Lu Heng to close the door. Then he asked: "Are you going to prepare to go out?"
"Yeah." Although Lu Chong was a little anxious, he looked at Lu Yun and the others' mysterious appearance, and was embarrassed to say anything more.
Lu Yun took out a black bag from his arms and said with a smile: "Look, this is the coin we sold last time, and we just got it back today."
"Oh, OK." Lu Tong responded absent-mindedly.
Lu Heng and Lu Ping looked like thief. After all, they were children who could not hide their worries. The first time they were able to earn coins with their own hands was undoubtedly a great event.
Seeing Lu Chong's rush to go out, Lu Yun couldn't help but say, "If you have something to do, go ahead and do it first! I'll help you put the coins away first, and I'll give them to you when you want them. Oh, by the way, when I came back just now, Lu Zhi told me that we would go to the courtyard where he lives in three days to celebrate, strengthen the future cooperation relationship, don't be absent, don't forget."
Chapter completed!