When Lu Xiuer was brought to Wu's house by Wu Daniu, she saw Su Hao and Wu Da enthusiastically remodeling the firewood stove. She walked into the kitchen and said hello to Su Hao. Seeing Lu Xiuer's arrival, Wu Da quickly stood up.
Come and give a gift:
"The villain Wu Da has met Miss Lu."
"Oh, uncle, I don't dare take this seriously." Lu Xiuer was startled when she saw a strange uncle with a stubble on his face saluting him and calling himself a villain, and replied with a blush on his face.
Wu Dadao: "Miss, don't call me uncle, just call me Wu Da."
Su Hao laughed at the side and said: "Xiu'er, Lao Wu is my colleague in the county government office. You...just call him Brother Wu."
"How dare you?" Wu Dacheng said in fear.
Lu Xiuer naturally listened to Su Hao. She saluted Wu Da and sweetly shouted: "Brother Wu."
"Oh, how can you be so embarrassed?" Wu Da was a little shy. In his opinion, Lu Xiu'er was Master Su's sister and must be the daughter of a wealthy family. It would be a great honor to call him brother. He greeted him repeatedly.
: "Miss Lu, the kitchen is dirty, you should go to the main room to rest. Daniel, why don't you take your Aunt Lu to the main room and pour tea for Aunt Lu!"
Wu Daniu took Lu Xiu'er to the main room with a look of aggrievedness. Just as Su Hao estimated, when he saw that Lu Xiu'er was not much older than him, he was reluctant to call Lu Xiu'er his aunt. However, now his father has been called his aunt.
Now that he is the eldest brother, he can only move down one generation and call others aunt. Wu Da is quite authoritative in the family, and Wu Daniu dare not force him to come here with his father.
After sending Lu Xiuer away, Su Hao continued to work with Wu Da to transform the firewood-saving stove. To be precise, Su Hao gave theoretical guidance while Wu Da did the operation.
Wu Da's craftsmanship was indeed undisclosed. The only difference between him and Su Hao was that he lacked the knowledge of thermodynamics in later generations. The principle of saving firewood for stoves is not complicated. When Su Hao said this to Wu Da, Wu Da suddenly realized it.
He couldn't even wait for his wife to finish cooking, so he immediately dismantled his own stove and quickly followed Su Hao's instructions to start building the stove. Wu Da's wife had no choice but to take the pot and run to the neighbor's house to borrow the stove to cook.
The meal is gone.
When it comes to building stoves, Su Hao's practical experience differs from Wu Da's by more than one street. After listening to Su Hao's explanation of the principles of saving firewood in stoves, Wu Da drew parallels and put forward some suggestions for improvement. When it came time to actually start the operation.
, Su Hao was even less useful. Wu Da's skills in laying bricks and plastering made Su Hao, who was pretending to be "Doctor Zao" in Longkou Village the day before yesterday, so ashamed. It took Su Hao more than an hour to rebuild a stove.
Wu Da finished all the work in just a quarter of an hour, and the new stove he built was simply a work of art.
"Old Wu, with your skills, being a government servant is really a waste of talent." Su Hao said with emotion. Watching people work, not only their hands and feet are fast, but the key is that there won't even be a speck of mud on their body. How can it be so different?
When you build a stove by yourself, half of the clay used will be on your body.
After the new stove is built, it needs to be left for a while to wait for the clay to dry. When Su Hao built the stove for the villagers in the village, he directly burned the fire in the stove to bake it. Wu Da told Su Hao that it would dry in this way.
The stove is not durable, so it will be better to wait for the clay to dry slowly on its own.
Professional things still need to be done by professional people. Su Hao has already understood this deeply. He just has a little advantage in time travel. If he really wants to build a good stove, a craftsman like Wu Da is more reliable.
The two of them washed their hands and came to the main room. Wu Da's daughter-in-law, Feng, had already borrowed the neighbor's stove to prepare the food. She set a table full and bought a large pot of wine, which was also placed on the table.
Wu Da made an invitation gesture to Su Hao and said: "Master Su, the banquet has been set. Please invite Master and Miss Lu to take a seat."
"Old Wu is so polite, come on, come on, let's all sit down together," Su Hao said.
Wu Da placed this table of wine in the name of apprenticeship wine, to thank Su Hao for teaching him how to make a firewood-saving stove, so Su Hao deserved to sit at the top of the table. Ordinary people's dining tables are square Eight Immortals tables, with two people sitting on each side.
Generally speaking, the person facing the door is at the top, and the seats on both sides are side seats. The left is the most respected seat, and the right is the second seat. Su Hao sat on the left seat of the upper seat, and there was an empty seat on the right. He said to Wu Da: "Old Wu, this
It’s your seat.”
"Don't dare, don't dare, Miss Lu should take this seat." Wu Da said.
"How can she sit in the upper seat?" Su Hao said, pulling Wu Da to his side and asking him to sit down. At the same time, he greeted Wu Da's family: "Sister-in-law, all nephews, please take a seat."
"How can they sit at the same table with Master and have dinner?" Wu Dadao said, "Just let their mother take them to the kitchen to eat."
"Nonsense!" Su Hao said, "Old Wu, you wouldn't say that this table of food is just for the two of us, right?"
"And Miss Lu." Wu Da pointed at Lu Xiu'er who was standing aside.
Su Hao stood up. Wu Da didn't know what he wanted to do, so he stood up too. Su Hao put his hands on Wu Da's shoulders and asked him to sit down again. Then he walked up to Mrs. Feng, bowed and said: "Sister-in-law,
You've worked hard cooking, please serve it soon, don't listen to Old Wu's random instructions."
"Master, how can I eat at the same table as Master?" Feng said with her head lowered, but her eyes were secretly glancing at Wu Da.
According to the etiquette of the time, women were not qualified to serve at the table, especially when guests were present. But in fact, for ordinary people, there were no such strict rules, and this was even more true in the south. In the past,
When a guest comes to the house, Ms. Feng can always bring her children to the table for dinner. This time, because she heard that the person coming was Wu Da’s immediate boss, Ms. Feng was so frightened.
Su Hao also knows that the current social atmosphere is no longer about the importance of guarding men and women. Lu Xiuer can come to Wu's house for dinner, and Feng can naturally serve at the table. In fact, Feng's age is not much different from Su Hao's mother.
Such avoidance is really ridiculous.
"Old Wu, it's your turn to speak." Su Hao turned back to Wu Da and said, "You say something and ask my sister-in-law and children to sit down. Otherwise, I will take Xiu'er home immediately."
"This..." Wu Da looked at Su Hao and felt that his attitude was serious, so he nodded to Feng and said: "Since Master Su has spoken, you and the children can sit at the table and eat together.
However, you all should obey the rules and don't embarrass me."
"Thank you, Master Su." Mrs. Feng saluted and thanked Su Hao, and then took the three children to sit on the right side and the bottom seat of the Eight Immortals table. Lu Xiuer sat on the left side, next to Su Hao.
After everyone was seated, Wu Da stood up, poured wine for Su Hao and Lu Xiu'er, poured some for himself, and then began to make a speech and toast. Su Hao naturally wanted to be polite, and Feng and Lu Xiu'er also
Everyone expressed their opinions. Wu Da's three children sat aside, looking at the table full of dishes, swallowing their saliva, and hoping that the adults would quickly complete these procedures so that they could enjoy the meal.
Fortunately, Wu Da is an uncultured person after all, so he doesn't know how to make too complicated a drinking speech. Su Hao, as a modern person, is not good at politeness at the wine table. After everyone toasted each other with a glass of wine, the banquet ended
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"Old Wu, I think that with such a good craftsmanship, you really shouldn't be a yamen servant. Wouldn't it be better to rely on your craftsmanship to make a living?"
After three rounds of wine and five tastes of food, Su Hao once again brought up what he had said to Wu Da before the meal.
Hearing Su Hao's words, Wu Da smiled bitterly and said: "Master Su, you are a scholar and don't know the hardships of craftsmen like us. No matter how good your craftsmanship is, you are just a craftsman. How can you be as majestic as being a government servant? Don't say goodbye.
Yes, the child is fighting with others outside, and people hear that his father is an errand in the county government, so they will show some mercy when they attack."
"I don't think so." Lu Xiuer interjected. She was originally a country girl. She didn't know the rules of not speaking when sleeping or eating when eating. When she heard others talking, she couldn't help but express her own opinions. "
Brother Wu, you said that craftsmen are not good, but I think studying is of no use. Look at my brother, although he was a scholar in the past, everyone in the village thought he was a loser who couldn't even distinguish buckwheat. But later he
He helped the village dig a well and built a stove for the village chief's house, so everyone regarded him as a person."
"Xiu'er, we won't expose your brother's shortcomings like this in front of outsiders." Su Hao chuckled and said to Lu Xiu'er. He was really worried that Lu Xiu'er would tell him all the allusions about "red stalks, green leaves and white flowers" when she was happy.
It fell out.
"That's what I said." Lu Xiuer said dissatisfiedly, "Brother Wu is not an outsider."
"Haha, Miss Lu is outspoken and a cheerful person. Master, don't worry, I will not go out and talk nonsense about these things at the wine table." Wu Da quickly promised.
Su Hao was not really angry with Lu Xiu'er. He said to Wu Da: "Old Wu, what Xiu'er said is actually right. From the perspective of the common people, who wrote what beautiful articles has nothing to do with them. It does.
Anyone who can help them make a useful stove will be even more grateful. As the saying goes, a person who is useless is a scholar. I would rather have skills like you, Old Wu."
"Master Su has defeated this villain." Wu Dadao said, "Master Su is a person who does big things. He will join the cabinet and become the prime minister in the future. How can he do such a craftsman's job? By the way, Master Su, there is one thing for this villain.
I want to discuss it with Master Su, but I don’t know if Master Su can allow it."
"Old Wu, I don't treat you as an outsider. If you have any questions, just tell me." Su Hao said.
Wu Dadao: "Master Su, you have taught this scholar all the skills of cooking stoves to the villain. In the future, the villain will build stoves for others. Each stove will cost at least five cents more. The villain wants to split the sum 50-50 with the master. Master, see