Because of the appearance of Su Hao, both Han Wen and his daughter fell into their own depression. But at this time, Su Hao, the instigator, did not know these things. He was at the home of Wu Da, the government official, instructing him on how to transform a provincial village in the modern sense.
Firewood stove.
Wu Da was a failure as a yamen servant. He lacked tact and was timid and afraid of getting into trouble. He was considered a very poor person among the yamen servants. But when it came to issues involving his own profession, Wu Da appeared to be very active.
This morning, Su Hao said that his stove was much better than Wu Da's, which made Wu Da both excited and a little doubtful. When Su Hao went to Longguang Academy with Fang Mengjin, Wu Da asked Dai Qi for help.
After taking leave, he rushed straight to Longkou Village to see with his own eyes how good the firewood-saving stoves Su Hao mentioned could be.
Wu Da's arrival once again caused a shock in Longkou Village. On the first day, Su Xiaohu came back from the county seat and said that Su Hao had been hired by the county magistrate to work in the county government. The villagers just thought that Su Hao had got a
Good luck, and no more thoughts. But Wu Da's visit this time was very different. He told the villagers that Su Hao was now a master hired by the county magistrate, and his position was far above ordinary officials like Zheng Chun. This was terrible.
The villagers were quite surprised.
I think that when Zheng Chun was digging a well in the village, he kept saying that he was sent by the county magistrate. How arrogant and arrogant he was. Now, Su Hao can actually reach a higher position than Zheng Chun. Isn't this what Longkou Village is like?
The biggest official in many years?
Wu Da asked people about Su Hao's home and wanted to visit Su Hao's firewood-saving stove. As soon as he said this, more than a dozen villagers volunteered to guide him. When the group arrived at Su Hao's house in a noisy manner,
The villagers who came after hearing the news had already packed Su Hao's house.
"Excuse me, are you Mrs. Su?" Wu Da bowed deeply to Yang Gendi and asked.
A master's wife can be called a madam, and a master's mother is naturally an old lady. Generally speaking, a master is older, so it is not an exaggeration for his mother to be called an old lady. But Su Hao, the master, is only 17 years old.
The mother was not yet 40 years old, and Wu Da was already in his 30s. He shyly called Yang Gendi "Old Madam Su," but Yang Gendi was confused.
"This Mr. Chai, you dare not say this. I am Su Hao's mother. Is my Hao'er working as an errand with Mr. Chai?" Yang Gendi asked.
Wu Da shook his head: "Madam, Mr. Su is my boss's boss, so he is my immediate boss. Madam, just call me Wu Da. Don't call me Mr. Cha."
"Oh, it turns out to be Mr. Wu, please come in." Yang Gendi smiled brightly, and invited Wu Da into the house amidst the compliments of everyone.
After sitting down in the hall, Yang Gendi couldn't wait to ask Wu Da about Su Hao's situation. The surrounding villagers were also full of gossip, waiting for Wu Da to introduce the situation. Wu Da deliberately said that he just came to see the mouth.
He was in trouble, but there was no way to speak at this time. In fact, he didn't know where Su Hao lived now or what his life was like, so he could only make nonsense and praise Su Hao's life in the county town like a flower. In this way,
, but it relieved Yang Gendi's worries. Yang Gendi didn't sleep all night last night, for fear that her son and adopted daughter would be bullied in the county town.
After chatting for a while, Wu Dacai took the opportunity to tell him the reason for his visit. Yang Gendi immediately took him into the kitchen, and everyone followed him into the kitchen. They all praised Su Hao in unison for how amazing the "Xiucai Stove" he made in the village was. In fact,
Su Hao only had time to help a few households in the village to renovate their stoves, but in the past few days, everyone had visited those households, and they were all looking forward to the day when Su Hao would come back to the village and ask Su Hao to replace them.
I also have a stove like this at home.
Wu Da tried Su Hao's stove and visited several other families' homes. He couldn't help but sincerely admire Su Hao's skills.
As the saying goes, a layman can see the excitement, but an expert can see the door. The villagers in Longkou Village only knew that Su Hao's stove saved firewood and was easy to burn, but they didn't see any mystery in it. Wu Da was different.
He looked at it several times from the inside out and tried to burn it with straw. He found that these stoves were indeed as Su Hao said, saving more than half the firewood than ordinary stoves. Wu Da had always been very concerned about his skills in cooking stoves.
He was quite conceited, but after using these stoves, he had to admit that these stoves were far more efficient in saving firewood than the stoves he built himself.
Saying goodbye to the villagers of Longkou Village, Wu Da rushed back to the county town from the countryside regardless of hard work. He happened to catch up with Su Hao after giving lectures to the students and was about to go home. Wu Da ran to Su Hao and knelt down without saying a word.
He kowtowed, which shocked Su Hao.
"Old Wu, why are you doing this?" Su Hao asked.
"I'm brave enough to ask Master Su to teach me how to build the scholar's stove," Wu Da said.
"What, Xiucai Zao, who named this?" Su Hao asked strangely.
Wu Dadao: "Master, I don't know. Today I made a special trip to Master's hometown, Longkou Village, to observe the stove made by Master. The people in Longkou Village told me that this stove was created by Master, and it is called Xiucai Stove in the village.
"
"This name...is really not that good." Su Hao said disdainfully, "By the way, Wu Da, since you have already visited those stoves, you should believe what I say, right?"
"I believe it, I believe it. I am completely impressed by Master's craftsmanship."
"There's no need to throw yourself on the ground. Wu Da, after looking at those stoves, can you see the secret of saving firewood?"
"Returning to Master, the villain has seen something. The principles behind it are somewhat consistent with the method that the villain's father taught the villain when he taught him. However, Master did it more cleverly. There are some places where the villain only knows the beauty.
But I can’t explain why I did this.” Wu Da said.
"This involves some thermodynamic issues. I will explain it to you another day." Su Hao said. He had lunch at Longguang Academy. Wu Zhicheng's hospitality was very warm, but the food was very cold. Su Hao
He was not full at all. After giving lectures all afternoon, Su Hao was already so hungry that he was eager to go back to eat.
Wu Da said reluctantly: "Master, it's better to choose a day than to hit the sun. I have to see the master's good work. I'm very itchy. If I can't find out what happened, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep tonight. I dare you.
I would like to ask Master to go to the villain’s home and teach him how to make a scholar’s stove like this.”
"Now?" Su Hao scratched his scalp, "But I haven't eaten yet."
"Since I asked my master to teach me how to cook the stove, my master is my mentor. I must be prepared for this apprenticeship dinner. Why don't my master go to my house now? I'll let the kid go."
While preparing the food and wine, Master will take this time to teach me how to cook the stove, how about that?" Wu Da insisted.
Su Hao was defeated by Wu Da. The technical idiot is really a very scary animal. He was entangled with him and it was impossible to escape easily. Su Hao then thought about it, it doesn't matter, since he has agreed to teach
Wu Da works as a firewood-saving stove, so early education and late education are the same. Tomorrow he will take people to the countryside to dig wells, and he doesn’t know how many days it will take him to come back, so he might as well settle this matter now.
Lose.
"I still have a younger sister waiting for me to go back for dinner at home, why don't I go back and talk to her first," Su Hao said.
"Master, I don't need to work hard to pass the message. Master, follow me to my house first. Later I will ask my boy to run an errand and invite the eldest lady to my house for dinner." Wu Da said enthusiastically.
Su Hao nodded and followed Wu Da to his home. Wu Da's home was in a place called Hongjia Lane, not far from the shore of Dongge Lake where Su Hao lived. Wu Da brought his eldest son Wu Daniu
He called over. As soon as Su Hao said a few words to him, the child said loudly: "I know, I know, that's the house of shopkeeper Huang who sells linen."
"Uh..." Su Hao scratched his head: "Brother, are you more familiar with this county than your father?"
"These children play wildly in the county town all day long. There is no place they are not familiar with," Wu Da said.
"Then go quickly and ask for Sister Xiu'er." Su Hao said to Wu Daniu.
Wu Da's eyes widened and he said: "How dare you mess up the seniority, Daniel, you have to call me Aunt Su, do you understand?"
Su Hao smiled. Wu Daniu was twelve or thirteen years old, and Lu Xiu'er was only two or three years older than him. It was too confusing for him to call Lu Xiu'er aunt. However, Wu Da said this, and he was too lazy to do it.
He corrected her and just said: "If you want to call me aunt, you must also call me aunt Lu. She does not have the same surname as me, but her surname is Lu."
"I know!" Wu Daniu agreed, and he had already run away.