Chapter 69: Flames
"Hey," On the other side of the cauldron, Li Hetian, who was still white and tender just now, was like a roasted sweet potato that had just been pulled out of the stove, with a layer of gray dust on his red face.
And Hu Shijiu didn't care about it at all, because at this time, she was only half a catty to eight taels with Li Hetian - not much better.
Hu Shijiu squatted in front of the stove, holding a brand-new blowtorch in his hand, approaching the flames, taking a deep breath, puffing out his cheeks, and blowing at the stove in one breath, choking himself with tears. But the flame is always a little bit of a star.
"Hahaha......" Li Hetian patted Hu Shijiu, motioned her to get out of the way, and handed her the shovel in his hand, "It's not like this, you see how I get it." β
He took out a already blackened, smoky blowtorch from his arms, "Look at it, the one with eyes is going to ...... the flames, like this" Li Hetian's cheeks were like stuffing two big steamed buns, "Hu ......" and "Hu ......" After this several times, the sparks in the furnace were blown brightly, and the warm and bright flames suddenly rose in the stove.
"Awesome!" Hu Shijiu was convinced.
Li Hetian smiled, under the soot on his face, a mouthful of white teeth flashed, "It's nothing, this is practice makes perfect." β
He looked at Hu Shijiu with some sympathy, "When you didn't come, I always did this." β
"And what about you now?"
Li Hetian put down the blowtorch, took the shovel from Hu Shijiu's hand, pestle it towards the ash trough next to the stove, and said proudly: "Shovel coal ash." β
Hu Shijiu nodded as if he didn't understand, but he just felt that shoveling coal ash didn't seem to be much better than making a fire.
Due to the special nature of the wine cellar, the light here is much darker than outside. Seeing that the fire in the stove was raging, Hu Shijiu widened his eyes and looked around.
"What are you looking at?" Li Hetian asked as he shoveled the coal ash. He didn't look very skilled, and he was blown up everywhere with thick, warm soot.
"I'll see what else I can do." Hu Shijiu was almost discouraged by his head, and hurriedly stood to the side, and she finally understood why there was no one else beside Li Hetian.
The atmosphere of the cellar here is different from that of the secret cellar, with less enthusiasm and more hierarchical constraints.
The guys rarely talk to each other and everyone is busy. Hu Shijiu looked at them, and suddenly remembered that he had seen a group of ants under the big tree in Fox Mountain, they were so busy, busy with each other, they didn't even have time to say hello.
But after all, it was an ant, and here, it was the wine cellar of the drunken man's building, and in comparison, she and Li Hetian seemed too relaxed.
"Didn't Qu Gang tell you what to do?"
Li Hetian stuck the shovel in the thick soot, looked at Hu Shijiu in surprise and asked.
Qu Gang? Who is Qu Gang?
"You can do it. It's been a long time since you've been here, and you still don't know who Qu Gang is? Li Hetian shook his head angrily and said, "Let me ask you, who asked you to do this?" Don't tell me that you broke in with the cellar door open. β
It's pretty much the same as "coming in on your own". In the morning, after the young man led Hu Shijiu into the "wine cellar", he took her directly to the big vat where the pile of towels was stacked just now.
"You go wash all of these." The young man threw down this sentence, raised his feet and left, "By the way, go out and turn right, and it is the water room." β
Water room, water room again?
Hu 19 felt that he had turned around and returned to the backyard of the drunkard building.
"Okay." Hu Jiujiu looked at the half-human-tall vat, and she reached out and dragged the barrel edge to the right.
"Wait!" The young man stretched out his hand to stop her, "It's all so busy here, you are dragging a bucket, what do you look like!" β
Hu Shijiu looked at the barrel and then at the young man.
"See a basin over there?" The young man's chin was raised, and Hu Shijiu found a dusty basin in an inconspicuous position behind the pillar.
She nodded.
"Put the towel in a basin and take it to the water room, wash it and dry it on this rope."
The young man said, pointing to the two red-painted pillars in front of him, which were very close to each other.
"Good!" Hu Shijiu looked at the rope hanging in the middle of the pillar. Fortunately, it's not very high, and you should be able to reach it on tiptoe.
"I don't know who recommended such a hairy kid to the shopkeeper", this sentence came to the young man's mind again.
Hmph, I guess it's the same as that fat-headed goose Li Hetian, all of them rely on having a good old man!
He glanced at Hu Shijiu, who was stacking those dirty towels into several stacks, planning to take more at a time and then go to the water room.
The smell of sake lees on the towel, the smell of soot, and the smell of sweat scrambled to provoke Hu Shijiu's keen sense of smell, and she only felt dizzy.
Finally washed all the towels clean, Hu Shijiu secretly beat his sore waist.
"Who's that!" In my ears, I heard the commanding call of the young man just now.
"My name is Shen Nineteen." Hu Shijiu walked over, still repeating his name seriously.
Whatever your name is......
The young man waved his hand impatiently, "Seeing that there is no stove, you go and make a fire, don't be lazy, there are no idlers here!" β
So, there was the scene that Li Hetian saw just now.
"Strange ......" Li Hetian scratched his head again, his appearance inexplicably made Hu Shijiu feel kind, at this time he was like a bear in the Fox Mountain Forest.
Odd? It's strange to stand here all the time without working. Hu Shijiu was a little unimpressed by Li Hetian's words.
"I won't tell you, I'll look for itβwhat's the name of the person you said?" Hu Shijiu took a blowtorch, just walked a few steps, and then turned back and asked.
"Are you addicted to fire?" Li Hetian was still pondering his own problem, but found that Hu Shijiu was holding a blowtorch and was going to find Qu Gang, so he immediately beckoned Hu Shijiu to come over.
"I want to ask you something," Li Hetian pulled Hu Shijiu aside and looked left and right, "How did you come to the wine cellar?" He asked in a small voice.
"Ah, the shopkeeper asked me to come." Regarding Li Hetian's question, Hu Shijiu was also confused.
"That's right!" Li Hetian slapped his thigh, "Are you really stupid or fake stupid!" β
Hu Shijiu looked at Li Hetian, she really felt that she was getting more and more stupid at this time......
"Let me ask you, is the shopkeeper here to let you learn how to wash towels and make firewood?" Li Hetian seemed to be a different person, filled with righteous indignation, waving two chubby fists.
His demeanor, like a bear in the forest suddenly hitting a tree, couldn't help but make Hu Shijiu feel that if she "insisted on going her own way" again, she would not only be sorry for the master, but also sorry for Li Hetian in front of her.
Hu Shijiu stammered. She came to the wine cellar, naturally, not just to "wash towels and make firewood", but ......
She seemed to be stunned by Li Hetian.