The impulse generated by looking at flames may be engraved in human genes. Millions of years have passed since humans began to use flames, and human civilization also began with the use of flames.
Fire can keep people warm and avoid freezing to death when winter comes.
Fire allows humans to eat cooked food, be healthy and hygienic, and reduce the chance of getting sick.
Fire can also drive away wild animals and allow people to escape from their mouths.
Today, millions of years later, Zhang Zhong and the others no longer need the backward method of lighting a fire to keep warm, but they still gather around the fireplace like this. It is impossible to say that it has nothing to do with genes.
Wang Yi pretended to rub his hands and said with a smile: "I don't know what happened. Just look at the fire and I can't take my eyes away. I remember when I was a kid, we had that kind of coal stove at home. I don't know if you have one."
Saw it."
"You're asking me? Of course I've seen it before," Zhuang Yu said.
"Of course I'm not asking you." When he said this, Wang Yi looked at Zhang Zhong.
Of those here, Zhang Zhong is a little younger, and if anyone has never seen a coal stove, Zhang Zhong is a big deal.
Not only Wang Yi looked at Zhang Zhong, but Yu Dongyu, Liu Yuan and Zhuang Yu also looked at Zhang Zhong.
Zhang Chong said with a smile, "You don't think I've never seen a coal stove, do you? When I was a child, coal stoves were a common stove in the house. In winter, it was common for the whole family to eat around the coal stove."
"That's because I forgot about it. I always felt that coal stoves disappeared 20 or 30 years ago." Wang Yi said.
"Actually, if you go to urban and rural areas near Jiangyang, you can still see coal stoves," Zhang Zhong said.
"That's it." Wang Yi nodded and continued, "In the winter at that time, my favorite thing was the coal stove. As long as my mother called me, I would immediately light a fire very actively. Sometimes I would sit on the coal stove
If you don’t do anything next to you, half a day will pass.”
"We have braziers over there." Liu Yuan said, "Compared with coal stoves, which are tools for cooking and boiling water, braziers are more useful for heating. Light the charcoal in the brazier, and then
A small room can be warmed up."
"Although the brazier is fierce and direct, it is not long-lasting enough. If you put less charcoal, it will burn out in two or three hours. Moreover, the fire in the brazier is too high. It always feels burning when you get close. It is always hot in front and cold in the back.
It's not pleasant at all. It's not as good as a coal stove. Although the firepower is slightly smaller and heating is a little less interesting, the warmth coming out of the cracks makes people miss it." Wang Yi said.
"Of course the stove is better. Haven't you heard of a poem that says that when the cold wind suddenly comes back, the hands are cold and we kiss each other. But I sit on the red stove and my heart feels like meeting an old friend." Zhuang Yu continued.
Liu Yuan then said: "It's snowing tonight, can you have a drink?"
The first two lines of these two poems are "green ants freshly fermented wine, red mud small stove", both mention stoves, and they are both poems by Bai Juyi. In addition, it happens to be snowing today, so Liu Yuan took over this sentence here
Poems are also particularly suitable for the occasion.
But after finishing this poem, Wang Yi's alcohol addiction stopped.
He took a breath of hot air and said with a smile, "Let's eat soon. Do you want to build a small stove?"
"What a coincidence, I actually prepared a small stove today. A friend at the market got some fish from a nearby reservoir. There were all kinds of fish. I thought they were all good, so I bought them all. Today we mainly eat fish.
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What Zhang Zhong said was true. When he went to the vegetable market in the morning, at a stall where he often bought fish, the boss told Zhang Zhong that he had brought a lot of fish from the library today. Zhang Zhong looked at the fish and bought it without saying a word.
All the fish were wrapped.
There are all kinds of fish among these, including crucian carp, grass carp, Wang Ya carp, silver carp, big and small.
It is said that fish heads are eaten in winter and fish tails are eaten in summer, so the main dish tonight is fish head soup, and there is also a fish pot, both with a stove.
But it's only around four o'clock now, so it's still early to have dinner.
Moreover, Zhuang Yu and the others were not the only ones eating together today. Zhang Zhong also specifically called out Zhao Re, Feng He and Liang Yanqiu.
When Zhuang Yu and the others came before, Zhang Zhong usually called Zhao Re. Because last time Llorente and the others came, Feng He also met Zhuang Yu and the others, so he also called Feng He and the others this time.
As for Liang Yanqiu, he hasn't gone home yet on vacation, so Zhang Zhong asked him to come over for a meal.
It wasn't until after five o'clock that Zhao Re, Feng He, Liang Yanqiu and the others came over.
Zhao Re, Feng He and Zhuang Yu have all met before, so there is no need for Zhang Zhong to introduce them.
So Zhang Zhong introduced to Liang Yanqiu, "Teacher Liang, let me introduce to you, this is Zhuang Yu..."
Liang Yanqiu waved his hand, "Principal Zhang, you don't need to bother. I know all of these people, and I have met Mr. Liu Yuan and Mr. Wang Yi before and even had dinner together."
"Yes, you don't need to introduce us two. At a research meeting in Yanjing before, Liang Yanqiu and the two of us sat at the same table to eat." Liu Yuan said with a smile.
Wang Yi nodded and said, "Yes, it didn't take long, it just happened the year before last."
Zhuang Yu, who was standing next to him, smiled and said, "I don't need to introduce you here. I also know Teacher Liang. And a few days ago, Teacher Liang arrived to teach in the middle school. We are also paying attention to it."
Having said this, there is no need to introduce it in detail.
It was already late at this time, the sky had darkened, and through the glass one could see the not-so-dark night.
Feng studied the stove with them for a while and then Zhang Zhong invited him to another room. The food was already on the table and waiting for them to sit down.
Before eating, Zhang Zhong held the wine bottle and said, "It's hard to come here tonight, let's have a good drink. But before drinking, let's set the rules of the game so that it will be fun to drink."
Zhang Zhong wanted to play a game when we had dinner last time, but there was a language barrier between the two parties. If he really wanted to play the game, the progress would be very slow, which would greatly affect the rhythm.
"What game do you want to play?" Yu Dongyu raised his head and asked with a smile.
"I haven't decided yet. Do you have any good ideas?" Zhang Zhong said.
Zhuang Yu thought for a while and said, "How about we play Shefu again?"
Hearing Zhuang Yu mention Shefu, Zhang Zhong and the others thought of something, and their moods became complicated.
Feng He, Zhao Re and Liang Yanqiu didn't know about She Fu, but seeing the atmosphere at the scene they knew what had happened before, but they didn't know the specifics.
It was Feng He who said, "Mr. Zhuang said to play it again. So, have you played Shefou before? As far as I know, this game is very difficult."