Chapter 27: The Fire Pit
Su Bai sang the white fox to her again, to be honest, Su Bai's voice is not suitable for singing, although it is not incomplete, but it does not have that kind of appeal at all, the fat girl listens and learns, Su Bai sang both sides in a row, she has already memorized a rough idea, she sings much better than Su Bai, especially with the kind of female voice with a little tobacco and alcohol.
A few people also listened to it with fascination, but they felt a little weird, because there are only a few kinds of songs in the Tang Dynasty now, most of them are word brand names, and the singing songs are also called lyrics, Su Bai's "White Fox" is completely in the vernacular, can those literati like it? Su Bai taught the fat girl twice, and asked her to find three musicians and ask the musicians to compose a tune for her based on this song.
Call the two old students and Chunxia Qiuhua, and explain to them, how the drama should be performed, how the lines should be said, these actors have been acting for many years, and naturally have their own experience, and they understand how to act in two sentences, and they also know what effect Su Bai wants, after more than half an hour, there are already some looks, and the rest is to be familiar with some lines, and this story also needs to be enriched with details, otherwise it will be difficult to support the performance, and people will spend money to come in, You can't just let people watch a ten-minute or eight-minute story.
After eating, Wang Fugui asked the little maid to go to the horse and send Su Bai back to the college, Su Bai did not refuse, it was a little late, if Su Bai went back by himself, he was afraid that he would have a curfew. Wang Fugui asked Su Bai to live in his house, Su Bai didn't agree, there are still students in the academy waiting for him to tell stories, can he give up those copper coins? Phew, can you give up on those students? No! Su Baike is a person with high morals, how could he easily do such a thing that is untrustworthy!
Back at the academy, the students are waiting crazy, it's really Su Bai who is a little shameless, when it comes to the critical moment, he will keep a button, if you want to listen to the story, okay, wait for tomorrow! This is what makes the students love and hate. Now there are more and more people who come to listen to Su Bai's story, Su Bai is now a little difficult to carry money to the bedroom every day, it seems that he should strengthen his physical exercise, after all, the body is the capital to make money, phew, it is the capital of the revolution!
Now that I know that Wang Fugui will not come back, and I will be left in the bedroom, of course I have to clean it up, Su Bai actually had a little obsessive-compulsive disorder before, and Wang Fat Man was sloppy to death, he got dirty, and Su Bai cleaned up. Ten days later, Wang Fugui cured Su Bai's obsessive-compulsive disorder!
Wang Fugui's animal skin mattress was spread under his bed by Su Bai, and it was simply beautiful to lie on it at night, it would be better if there was a fire kang, the autumn of the Tang Dynasty was really a little cold, fire kang? Ay? Su Bai suddenly felt that he was very stupid, he couldn't invent soap and perfume, and he couldn't use stoves and ondols? What's the technical difficulty of that thing, find two blacksmiths and bricklayers, and you can come out in two days of testing.
And now there are very few people in Datang who burn coal, most of them use carbon, soot is large, and it is toxic, this is known to the people of Datang, so the current coal price is cheap to death, Su Bai thought about it, he can't invent a furnace yet, at least he has to wait until he can afford to buy a coal mine, otherwise where to make money, well, the kang is fine, and if you don't make money, you have to make it.
Early the next morning, I went to the study to ask the master for leave, and Zhao Ming let him go directly, and now he is free-range to this apprentice, Zhao Ming feels that if he teaches in his own way, this genius may let himself be taught to be mediocre. The wing house where Wang Xing's family lives has been bought by Wang Xing, the owner is old, and he plans to return to his roots, and the remaining two houses are not enough money now, and when they are enough, the entire yard will be the Wang family.
Datang now does not have a talent market, most of the coolies or carpenters and bricklayers are waiting at the intersection of the market, this is very close to the West Market, Su Bai found four bricklayers in a few turns, a big worker fifteen wen a day, three small workers ten wen a day, and went to buy some bricks, hired an ox cart to pull back, to the yard unloaded the masonry, Su Bai looked at the four bricklayers in front of him, these four bricklayers are a family, the big worker is the head of the family, two of the small ones are his sons, and the other is his brother-in-law.
Dagong's surname is Yang, he is very talkative, seeing the green bricks unloaded in the courtyard, Lao Yang asked: "Young master, buy these green bricks, but you have to build a small warehouse", Su Bai didn't buy many bricks, and it was enough to build two walls, so Lao Yang asked such a sentence. Su Bai smiled mysteriously: "Lao Yang, today I want to teach you a craft that can make you eat and drink without worry, do you want to learn?" Lao Yang looked at Su Bai, who was only eight or nine years old, with an evil expression that Lao Tzu believed in you, Su Bai didn't care, and whispered: "I have a method here to make you warm in the house in the winter, and you don't need firewood, how about it?" Lao Yang's eyes looked at Su Bai's body, and then he looked at the green bricks on the ground, thought about it and bowed: "Please also ask the young master for guidance."
The Tang people are good at this, they value promises and light profits, up to the princes and nobles, down to the dawn people, as long as they promise you something, they will definitely do it, even if it is at the expense of their lives, Su Bai is now teaching them the art of eating, and they will not forget Su Bai's kindness.
Su Bai led them into the wing room, the wing room is not big, there are only three rooms, one room is where Wang Xing and his wife live, one is where Erniu Xiaobao lives now, and the last one is a warehouse, which is kept to put things, Su Bai led them to the room of Wang Xing and his wife, and began to plan inside, this place is built with a fire wall, this place is a kang, this place is a stove, and after everything is explained, Lao Yang knelt down with a puff, and kowtowed to Su Bai again and again: "Young Master Xie appreciates the food, Young Master Xie appreciates the food!" ”。 The love between master and apprentice was the most important in the ancients, what is a teacher? Preaching and teaching, Su Bai is now teaching, giving Lao Yang the ability to worry about food and clothing.
The three little guys reacted a little slower, but seeing that Lao Yang was kneeling, how could there be any reason not to kneel, Su Bai hurriedly helped him up one by one and said: "This is outside, I still need to go out to fight some useful things, Lao Yang, you remember what I told you, right?" Lao Yang nodded, the fire kang is actually very simple, but no one thought of it before. Lao Yang said excitedly: "Childe is smart, according to Childe's law, this winter will not be difficult."
Lao Yang is a person who knows how to repay his kindness, and at that time he said that this fire kang does not charge money, and he even wants to wrap up the material money, so Su Bai refused, Lao Yang said that he had met a nobleman, and finally patted his chest and said that as long as he could use Lao Yang's place in the future, he would never say anything.
Su Bai went out to find a blacksmith shop. He needs to build a chimney, it doesn't matter if it's not round, as long as it can exhaust smoke, it's no problem if it's square, and then go to buy sand as insulation material, and finally go to buy the plane of the stone used to build the kang, after all the purchases, the morning has passed.
When I went back, Lao Yang was building the smoke road, and when I saw Su Bai coming back, Lao Yang smiled and said: "Son, I can build it for you today", Su Bai looked left and right, it was not a loss to be an old bricklayer, the craftsmanship was good, and the level was not used, the fire wall was built like a line, and the distance between the smoke roads was just right, so he couldn't help but nod with satisfaction: "Yes, just build it like this."
Lao Yang scratched his head and said, "Son, does this fire kang have a name?" Su Baixin said, the fire kang is called the fire kang, otherwise what is it called? Just think about it, huh? It's an opportunity to make a name for yourself, and it's a great way to increase your reputation, but wouldn't it be a shame to say it yourself? glanced at Lao Yang, coughed lightly and said: "This son, call him the king ugly cow", Lao Yang understood and said: "Childe, what do you think of the name ugly cow fire kang?" Su Bai has a black line in his head, an ugly cow fire kang? What do you think? What do you think of yourself? It's hard to hear the explosion or not!
Then I thought about it, I can't call it anything else, it's called Wang's Huokang, people know which surname Wang invented it, alas, for the sake of prestige, I can only accept this broken name, and nodded disgustingly: "Yes, it's good!" ”。
Lao Yang smiled, touched his head and said: "Childe, I thought about it just now, you didn't collect a penny from me to pass on my eating skills, I can't be sorry for you, as long as it is my ugly cow fire kang in the future, no matter how much money I charge, I will share half of you, and it will be regarded as my tuition", Su Bai heard the words 'ugly cow fire kang' again, the corners of his eyes twitched, and he was still not used to it, and when he heard that he wanted to share half of his money, he shook his head again and again.
I didn't spend a penny, and people gave themselves a fire kang for nothing, how could I still manage others to ask for money, and I still asked for money for a long time, how immoral it was. Lao Yang didn't change his words this time, saying that no matter whether Su Bai wanted it or not, the money would definitely be sent on time, Su Bai looked at his eyes like a stubborn donkey, and knew that he couldn't be persuaded to come, so he didn't persuade him, he could only tell Lao Yang what he knew, how to burn quickly, and how to keep warm well.
In fact, these are Lao Yang's pennies, and he will tell him, after all, it is his own kang that is on his own. Lao Yang listened carefully, pulled over his two sons and his wife, pointed at Su Bai and said: "Remember, this Young Master Wang is the benefactor of our family, no matter when or where, as long as you see Young Master Wang, you must salute Lao Tzu, do you know?" The three of them nodded hurriedly, Su Bai was still a little embarrassed when he encountered this kind of thing for the first time, and then, there was a sense of shame....
At night, before it was dark, it had already been all built, Su Bai once again sighed at the speed of the Datang people, this is that in modern times, it takes five people two days to complete, but in Datang, it only takes one day to send you a wall of fire! Lao Yang's family left with a thousand thanks, and told Su Bai the address of his house before leaving, saying that he must go to him for something......