There was nothing to say all night. Early the next morning, Yang Gendi and Lu Xiuer went out with buckets. They were going to a mountain pond that was almost dry a few miles away from the village to fetch water and water the fields. Su Hao wanted to go with them.
, but after weighing his body and bones, he realized that this was just a beautiful wish, and there was still a long way to go before it could be put into practice. Pity him, a 17-year-old boy, who is not as strong as Lu Xiuer, who can carry a bucket of water.
Not to mention walking a few miles, even walking home from the village entrance, you have to spill more than half of it.
Since he couldn't do any more work in the fields, Su Hao began to think about the stove at home. He had all the tips on how to build a fire-saving stove in his mind. The stove designed by the Ministry of Agriculture was originally designed to bring benefits to rural areas.
It's for promotion, so it's not technically complicated. You only need to master a few essentials to make it.
Su Hao first came to the site of digging the well. He saw several piles of burnt marks next to the well, and knew that the craftsmen worked all night long. He came to Xie Changfa and asked: "Master Xie, what are you doing?"
How is the situation underground?"
Xie Changfa looked tired, but his mood was very high. When he saw Su Hao, he quickly bowed and saluted, and replied: "Scholar, the well location you pointed out is really accurate. Now we have dug 30 feet, and we have seen wet
It's dirt. Based on my experience, this well will definitely be built."
"Haha, that's good." Su Hao was relieved. In geological exploration, various variables are possible, not to mention that he didn't have any instruments at hand and could only rely on experience and visual inspection. In fact, there are still some risks. Now
When Xie Changfa said that he had seen wet mud, he felt reassured. If there was no water in this location, the geology textbook would have to be rewritten.
"Thank you, Master, can I borrow some tools from you?" Su Hao asked.
"Whatever the scholar wants, just take it." Xie Changfa replied. Xie Changfa has always admired those who have the ability. Su Haolu's performance yesterday was really convincing. As a well-drilling craftsman,
He might want to borrow Su Hao's skills at some point. How could he say no to something as trivial as borrowing some tools?
"Do you want to do some masonry work, Xiucai Lang? Do you want me to call a few guys to help you?" Xie Changfa asked.
"No need, thank you very much, master." Su Hao said.
Su Hao borrowed tools such as chisels and trowels from Xie Changfa, and also borrowed a dustpan, and then walked to a small soil slope on the edge of the village to collect soil. He walked through this soil slope yesterday.
I remember that there is very good clay there, which is suitable for renovating stoves.
"Xiucai, what are you doing?"
A passing villager noticed Su Hao digging soil and greeted him with a smile. When the villagers got up early to work, they all walked around the well site first, so they all knew that wet soil was found under the well.
As soon as the news spread, everyone's impression of Su Hao changed drastically.
"Fourth uncle, I'll dig some soil and go back to repair the stove." Su Hao called the other party based on his past memories.
"Hey, the scholar knows how to call people?" The villager known as Fourth Uncle muttered happily to his companions. You know, Su Hao has read too many books about sages in recent years and rarely greets the villagers anymore.
Now and then, I say something, and rarely call the other person uncle, aunt, etc.
"Xiucai, I heard that the well you pointed to yesterday already has water. You are a very knowledgeable scholar," another villager said.
Su Hao smiled slightly: "Brother Wangcai is laughing at me. I can't carry it on my shoulders or lift it with my hands. If I can't do things like find a well location, then I'm useless."
"Haha, Brother Xiu Cai is joking. With your great knowledge, you will be an official in the government in the future. How can you do some hard work like the rest of us?" The other party was elated by the words "Brother Wangcai" and he quickly flattered him.
Su Hao is here.
Su Hao dug up half a dustpan of clay and carried it home with both hands. After walking a few steps, he had to stop and take a rest. Thinking back to his healthy body in his previous life, Su Hao really wanted to cry without tears.
.There is no other way. The next step is to start physical exercise. Without a good body, you can’t do anything.
After finally returning home, Su Hao carried the clay into the kitchen, rolled up his sleeves, and began to modify the stove. He made the stove bigger, redesigned the opening position of the flue, thickened the stove wall, and made the stove opening smaller.
After finishing the work in the house, he went to the yard and found a dilapidated wooden ladder. Risking the fall and breaking his bones and tendons, he climbed to the roof and raised the height of the chimney.
After this work, Su Hao was so tired that stars were popping up in his eyes. After taking a breath, he went to scoop water, wash rice, wash vegetables and cook. When he saw four or five eggs in the earthen pot, he
As soon as I thought about it, I took two out, poured them into a bowl, poured water in them, stirred them evenly, put them in a pot for cooking vegetable porridge, and steamed an egg custard.
By the time Yang Gendi and Lu Xiuer returned from the fields exhausted, a table of food had been prepared, and the two women had their mouths wide open, not knowing what to say.
"Hao'er, is your aunt here?" Yang Gendi's first reaction was not that Su Hao had cooked the food for the table, but that her sister-in-law who was married to a neighboring village had come back to help.
"No, I did this." Su Hao said proudly.
People who work in the field all year round are simply abusing themselves if they don't know how to cook. Su Hao was a good cook in his previous life, which means that the materials that can be found in this family are limited. Otherwise, Su Hao is sure to give his mother
My sister and I prepared a feast.
"When did my son learn to cook?" Yang Gendi exclaimed.
Lu Xiuer didn't bother to wash her hands. She rushed to the table first, picked up a bite of green vegetables with her chopsticks, put it in her mouth, chewed it, and said in surprise: "Mom, the food my brother cooked is really delicious."
"Oh, you dare to doubt my ability!" Su Hao was very disdainful of Lu Xiuer's behavior, "Hurry up and wash your hands. I know you have worked hard, so I specially steamed the tofu eggs for you. Eat them while they are hot."
Yang Gendi and Lu Xiuer washed their hands and sat at the table. Su Hao knew that with Yang Gendi's usual style, she would never touch the bowl of custard he specially steamed, and would leave it to him alone to eat. He made the first move.
Qiang, following yesterday's method, directly put a third of the custard into Yang Gendi and Lu Xiuer's bowls, and put the rest in front of him.
"Hao'er..." Yang Gendi was moved. No mother would be indifferent to her son's filial act. However, she still said: "There are only these few eggs left at home. I keep them to replenish your body.
Xiu'er and I are not lucky enough to eat these good things."
"Mom, what are you talking about?" Su Hao said unhappily, "You are getting older, and this is the time when you need to supplement your nutrition. Xiu'er is still young and is growing, so what can you do if you don't eat better? You don't have to
Worry, there will be eggs, there will be bread, there will be everything."
"What is bread?" Lu Xiuer asked, blinking her beautiful big eyes. Eating the delicious custard and experiencing the long-lost taste, her heart was filled with warmth. This is the brother she wants. In a few years, he will be
He will still be his husband. It would be great if he could always be so considerate.
"Bread... is a very delicious thing. I will make it for you in a few days." Su Hao promised. In his eyes, the 15-year-old Lu Xiuer was just a little loli.
In later generations, she should be a little girl who spends all day in McDonald's restaurants with her classmates, expertly ordering new dishes, Mexican chicken tacos and the like? Unfortunately, she was born at the wrong time, and she had to go to the fields to do heavy physical work at a young age.
Alive.
"Also, I declare that Xiu'er will no longer have to collect firewood." Su Hao continued, "I have modified our stove. After trying it myself, I have saved at least 60% more firewood."
"What, what, did you really dismantle the stove?" Yang Gendi felt more frightened than surprised. Of course she didn't believe that her son could cook, but if he was good or bad, the most he could do was to bite the bullet and eat it.
. Repairing the stove is no joke. If the stove is repaired, it will cost at least one or two coins to hire a mason to build a new stove. This is a huge expense.
Lu Xiuer had the same idea as Yang Gendi. The two women threw down their bowls and rushed into the kitchen. Su Hao shook his head helplessly and followed them into the kitchen.