006 Stove Repair
There was nothing to say all night. The next morning, Yang Gendi and Lu Xiu'er went out with buckets. They were going to a dry mountain pond a few miles away from the village to carry water back to water the ground. Su Hao wanted to go with them, but after weighing his body, he knew that this was just a beautiful wish, and it was still far from being implemented. Poor, a 17-year-old man, he was not as strong as Lu Xiu'er. He had to carry a load of water, let alone walk a few miles, even if he walked home from the entrance of the village, he had to spill half of it.
After not being able to do the work in the field, Su Hao began to think about the stove at home. The skills of how to build a fire-saving stove are all in his mind. The stove designed by the Ministry of Agriculture was originally intended to promote it to the countryside, so the technology is not complicated. You can do it as long as you master a few key points.
Su Hao first came to the well drilling site. He saw several signs of burning fire beside the well location. He knew that the craftsmen were fighting at night and had been working all night. He came to Xie Changfa and asked, "Master Xie, how is the situation underground?"
Xie Changfa looked tired, but his emotions were very high. When he saw Su Hao, he quickly bowed and replied, "Siucailang, the well you are pointing to is really accurate. Now we have dug 30 feet and have seen wet soil. In my experience, this well will definitely be successful."
"Haha, that's good." Su Hao felt relieved. Various variables could occur in geological exploration, not to mention that he didn't have any instruments at hand, so he could only rely on experience to measure it. In fact, there were still some risks. Now that Xie Changfa said that he had seen the wet mud, he felt at ease. If there was no water coming out of this position, the geology textbook should be rewritten.
"Master Xie, can I borrow some tools from you?" Su Hao asked.
"Whatever the scholar wants is just take it away." Xie Changfa replied. Xie Changfa has always admired those who are capable. Su Haolu's move yesterday was so convincing. As a well digging craftsman, he might have to borrow Su Hao's skills at any time. How could he refuse such a small matter as a tool?
"Scholar Lang is going to do some mud work? Do I want me to ask a few guys to help you?" Xie Changfa asked.
"No need, thank you, master." Su Hao said.
Su Hao borrowed tools such as chisels, mud knives from Xie Changfa, and then borrowed a dirt basket, and then walked to a small dirt slope next to the village to retrieve the soil. This dirt slope was something he walked through yesterday. He remembered that there was very good clay there, which was suitable for renovating stoves.
"Scholar, what are you doing?"
A passerby found Su Hao digging soil, and greeted him with a smile. When the villagers got up early to work, they all went to the well for a walk, so they already knew that wet soil was found underground. As soon as the news spread, everyone's impression of Su Hao changed drastically.
"Uncle Fourth, 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 calls people?" The villager, known as the fourth uncle, whispered to his companions happily. You know, Su Hao has read too many books on sages over the years and rarely greets the villagers. He occasionally says something, and rarely calls the other uncle and aunt.
"Scholar, I heard that the well you mentioned yesterday had already had water. You scholar, you are really knowledgeable." said another villager.
Su Hao smiled slightly: "Brother Wangcai joked about me. I can't pick my shoulders and hold my hands. If I can't even find a Jingshi, I can't do anything like that, then I won't be a waste."
"Haha, Brother Xiucai is telling a joke. With such a great knowledge, you will have to be an official in the future. How can you do some hard work like us?" The other party was so excited that he was shouted by Brother Wangcai and quickly flattered Su Hao.
Su Hao dug half a basket of clay and walked home with his hands. After walking for a few steps, he had to stop and take a break. Looking back on his healthy body in his previous life, Su Hao was really crying and tears. There was no way, the next step must be to start physical exercise. Without a good body, he would not do anything.
After finally returning home, Su Hao carried the clay into the kitchen, rolled up his sleeves and started to transform the stove. He chiseled the furnace, redesigned the opening position of the flue, thickened the wall of the furnace, and changed the entrance of the stove to a smaller one. After finishing the work in the house, he went to the yard and found a dilapidated wooden ladder. At the risk of falling down the bones and breaking the tendons, he climbed onto the roof and raised the chimney apart.
After this job, Su Hao was so tired that his eyes were full of stars. He took a breath and forced himself to scoop water and wash rice, wash vegetables and cook. Seeing four or five eggs in the clay pot, he thought about it and took two out, beat them into a bowl, poured water, stirred them well, put them in the pot where the vegetable porridge was cooked, and steamed egg custard.
When Yang Gendi and Lu Xiuer returned from the field exhausted, the table of food was ready, and the two women were so open that they didn't know what to say.
"Hao'er, is your aunt here?" Yang Gendi's first reaction was not that she thought Su Hao had cooked this table of food, but that her sister-in-law who married to the neighboring village came back to help.
"No, I did this." Su Hao said proudly.
If a person who works in the wild all year round does not know how to cook, he will be simply abused himself. Su Hao was a good chef in his previous life, which means that the materials he could find at home were limited. Otherwise, Su Hao would be sure to have a big meal for his mother and sister.
"When did my son learn to cook?" Yang Gendi exclaimed.
Lu Xiu'er didn't bother to wash her hands, so she rushed to the table first, picked up the chopsticks and picked up a bite of vegetables, put them in her mouth and chewed them, and said in surprise: "Mom, the dishes my brother cooks are really delicious."
"Tsk, dare to doubt my ability!" Su Hao was very disdainful of Lu Xiuer's behavior, "Wait a minute to wash your hands. I know you have worked hard, so I specially steamed tofu eggs for you, and eat them while it's hot."
Yang Gendi and Lu Xiu'er 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 egg custard that he specially steamed, and would leave it to him alone. He took the initiative first, and according to yesterday's method, he directly transferred one-third of the egg custard to the bowls of Yang Gendi and Lu Xiu'er, and then put the rest in front of him.
"Hao'er..." Yang Gendi was moved. No mother would be indifferent to her son's filial behavior. However, she still said: "There are only a few eggs left in the family. I will keep them for you to nourish your body. Xiu'er and I have a low life and don't have to eat these good things."
"Mom, what are you talking about?" Su Hao said unhappily, "You are old and you need nutrition at this age. Xiu'er is still young and is growing up. How can you not eat better if you don't eat it? Don't worry, there will be eggs, bread, and everything will be there."
"What is bread?" Lu Xiu'er asked with her beautiful big eyes. Eating the delicious egg custard and experiencing the long-lost taste, her heart was also warm. This is the brother she wanted. In a few years, he would still be her husband. How great would it be if he could always be so considerate.
"Bread... is a delicious thing. I'll make it for you in a few days." Su Hao made a promise. In his eyes, 15-year-old Lu Xiu'er is just a little loli. In the future, she should be a little girl who is tired of being in McDonald's restaurant with her classmates all day long, skillfully ordering new places, chicken rolls and other small girls? It's a pity that she was born at the wrong time, and she had to go to the fields to do heavy physical work at a young age.
"Also, I announced that Xiu'er won't have to pick up firewood in the future." Su Hao continued, "I have renovated our stove. After my trial, I will save at least 60% of the firewood."
"What, you really removed the stove?" Yang Gendi felt more frightened than surprised. Her son could cook. Although she didn't believe it, she would just eat it with a good or bad job. This is not a joke. If the stove is damaged, if you want to ask a mason to build a new stove, it would cost at least one or two cents of silver. This is a huge expense.
Lu Xiu'er's thoughts were quite the same as Yang Gendi. The two women threw down the bowl and rushed into the kitchen. Su Hao shook his head helplessly, followed behind them, and walked into the kitchen.
Chapter completed!