Lu Qi wiped his sweat. It was already noon and the weather was very hot.
There are few people on the street.
However, he noticed that people coming and going would glance at him more or less.
I don’t know if they were Brother Dao’s spies, but in order to prevent people with ulterior motives, he didn’t cut any corners.
He spent as much iron as a standard knife should cost.
Moreover, the quality of standard knives is still 20% higher than ordinary low-grade ones, not more, not less.
Too much will attract attention, but too little will make it lose its value.
Lu Qi felt that an extra 20% would be just right.
There are still two hours before dinner time, and this afternoon is not going well.
Lu Qi increased his speed, and with the final hammer blow, he began to sharpen the knife.
Find a shady place, sit down, splash some water, and start sharpening your knife.
Last night he sharpened three knives, which he did very quickly and with skill, and it took him more than half an hour.
But now, it took him more than half an hour to sharpen a knife. Even so, it was still fast. He must be a master to be so fast.
Otherwise, ordinary unopened low-grade knives are made by apprentices, which require at least two days and two nights of sharpening.
After sharpening the knife, Li Mu'er happened to come back with something, so he took advantage of the opportunity to close the stall.
There is still more than one hour in the afternoon. If we continue to work, it will arouse suspicion. It is better to go back and rest instead of fishing.
really.
After he returned, a gangster hiding in a corner tea shop let out a sigh of relief.
"I thought that boy was going to die. I've been working for a whole day without much rest. Sure enough, I still can't hold on anymore and I have to go back to rest. Next, it's time for me to go back and rest."
The gangster left.
However, people soon moved into the vacant houses on the street. They would not keep an eye on the street at night, otherwise they would be discovered, but by listening to the sounds, they could know how Lu Qi was working.
"Lu Lang, I bought some wheat bran, some flour, and some wild vegetables. Uncle Liu's house also sells sauerkraut. I bought some back to make pork and sauerkraut buns."
Lu Qi nodded, closed the door, and started cooking.
but.
Basically, he doesn't have to work. Li Mu'er is alone in making noodles, cutting vegetables and meat, seasoning, and making buns.
Even if Lu Qi wanted to do it, Li Muer would quickly stop him.
In her words, "Lu Lang, you are the head of the family. You are already tired from blacksmithing. Please rest quickly. This kind of work is done by your daughter's family."
No matter how Lu Qi tried to find a way to help, she would not allow her to interfere.
Lu Qi had no choice but to relax and go back to his room to look through the Zongyundu Parchment. After reading this thing, Lu Qi's proficiency would be improved.
The blessing value required for adding points later will be reduced accordingly. Even if he has enough understanding and realizes a small success one day, he will not need to add points.
Just start to understand diligently.
An hour passed.
Li Muer knocked on the door gently.
"Lu Lang, the buns are ready."
Lu Qi then put the parchment scroll under a loose brick in the corner and put it away, then opened the door and went out.
At a glance, I saw a basin of steamed buns already placed on the table. There were at least twenty of them, each one as big as two fists.
Li Muer smiled and said: "Lu Lang, you have a particularly good appetite recently, so you made more. There are some steamed and put away. I will send some to Aunt Niu's house tomorrow and we will continue to eat."
Lu Qi nodded with a smile and said, "I can rest assured that I will leave the family to you."
Li Muer's heart suddenly felt warm, and his eyes were filled with emotion.
Being recognized by Lu Qi is more important to her than anything else.
Lu Qidao: "Eat."
But he didn't sit down. Li Muer couldn't sit down, let alone eat.
That is to say, Lu Qi picked up one, took a bite, and then asked Li Mu'er to pick up the smallest bun in the basin, which had some wild vegetable leaves on it.
This was done deliberately by Li Mu'er. When making the buns, he deliberately made them smaller, and put very little minced meat in them, with more wild vegetables and sauerkraut, not even oil or water.
The other big white buns were filled with minced meat, eggs and sauerkraut, and they were meant for Lu Qi.
Lu Qi took a bite and was very satisfied.
After traveling through time, he didn't know the taste of meat for half a month, but he was able to eat meat for two meals today, which made him feel that the time travel was worthwhile.
However, it's still not enough.
We still want to earn more, eat better, and live better.
Lu Qi secretly decided.
I also noticed Li Mu'er's condition and saw that she was chewing carefully and slowly, fearing that if she ate too quickly, she would eat too much.
Moreover, the inside of the bun is emerald green, with no oil, water, minced meat, or even broken eggs, so you understand what's going on.
He quickly finished the one in his hand, and then another, but this one left half uneaten and threw it on the table.
Li Muer was shocked, "Lu Lang, it's not delicious?"
Lu Qidao: "There is sand."
Li Muer panicked and quickly picked it up to check, but he couldn't see it at all. He didn't dare to doubt Lu Qi, so he just took a small taste.
"No."
"some."
Take another bite.
"Still not."
"some."
It wasn't until Li Muer had finished eating half of the meat buns without eating any sand that she understood Lu Qi's intention, and her eyes filled with tears.
"Lu Lang, how can I be worthy of you?"
"We are all a family, so don't be polite. Eat when you should. Don't skimp on it. It will be better in the future."
Li Muer nodded heavily, but after finishing half of it, she refused to eat any more.
In order to prevent Lu Qi from letting her eat anymore, he even took the initiative to find a topic.
"Lu Lang, I heard that the son of Butcher Wang of the delicatessen shop had already made great contributions when he was exploring the mines. He was appreciated by the Judao Sect. With the help of the steward, his strength was raised to the Skin Refining Realm. In the future, Butcher Wang
The family has a chicken and a dog that have ascended to heaven, which is really good luck."
Lu Qi was thoughtful.
"However, Butcher Wang's neighbor Aunt Qi's family had a hard time. Her husband and two sons went to do corvee labor and vibration work, and they all died in the mine. It is said that they were beaten to death by bandits. She had moved out of Ping'an overnight.
Jie, I’m going back to join my parents’ family.”
Speaking of this, I feel sad.
Lu Qi hummed a few times. No matter how much he was, he was really hungry. He was already in the bone forging stage. He could eat five to six kilograms in normal state. If he was fighting, he would probably have to eat more than ten kilograms.
Eat first and then talk.
After eating, he drank another bottle of water, and Lu Qi was seventy percent full.
When the night got a little darker and there were fewer people on the street through the window, Lu Qi went out to work again.
Calculate the molten iron first, and by the time the iron material turns into molten iron, there will be no more pedestrians on the street.
Lu Qi continued to make standard knives. It was best to make them using the steel-pouring method. He did not open the front first, and then started to make horizontal knives.
Last night Lu Qi was a relatively newbie, and in addition to the horizontal knife, he also made a dog-leg knife for self-defense.
Now he no longer needs to make the dog-leg knife, and can spend all his time on the horizontal knife.
Two horizontal knives can be made in one night, both of which are of low-grade quality.
When he heard the watchman ringing the clapper, he started polishing three knives. This time, he prioritized the two horizontal knives. After half an hour, he polished the standard knives a little and called it a day.
He wanted to save some work for tomorrow, so as not to let others think that he could really produce a standard knife in one night.
After finishing his work for the night, Lu Qi did not go to the darkroom, but chose to sleep.
The next day, when I opened the door, the loser came to inquire again, but his attitude was much better. It was just a matter of words, whether he, Lu Qi, had cheated on me!
Lu Qi retorted, saying that he just smiled and said nothing.
So, it's the fourth day.
Lu Qi made six standard knives, three and a half during the day and two and a half at night.
But this night, he did not continue to make standard knives.
Moreover, during the day, he had deliberately let out the wind. He was too tired and wanted to rest all night, eat early, and turn off the lights to rest.
No one doubts.
Even if he doesn't take a break after working for four days and three nights, people will wonder if he is made of iron.
Lu Qi didn't work, but he didn't sleep.
In the past few days, except for one knife he sold on the first day, in the next three nights, excluding tonight's, he had already made four low-grade horizontal knives.
I heard that there are bandits in the Judaomen Mine, and the price of weapons has generally increased by 30% to 40%.
It's time to take action tonight.
It is not appropriate to accumulate too much.
With his strength in the Bone Forging Realm, if he were to be exposed, he would still be able to master the wealth of four low-grade knives.
A qualified low-grade knife used to be worth only eight taels of silver, but now the price has increased to between eleven and twenty taels of silver. Let alone the bone forging realm, even the skin refining realm can be barely mastered.
In order to reduce the possible exposure caused by repeated trips to the dark workshop, Lu Qi planned to sell these four knives at once, and then buy a large amount of food and meat. It would be even better if he could buy some medicine.
He took a sack, wrapped four horizontal knives, stuffed a change of clothes into his arms, and pinned the dog-leg knife under the clothes on his waist.
After putting on a half wooden mask and wiping plaster on his chin and neck, Lu Qi went out.
"Lu Lang, go early and come back early." Li Muer was still guarding the house, but she was very worried.
Lu Qi hummed, asked her to close the door, and went out.