Chapter 35: The Invention of the Lazy Man
It is already the weather that has entered November, these days, the temperature in Guanzhong has dropped suddenly, the sky is always gloomy, a few days ago, the sun that still hangs in the sky from time to time has already hidden behind the clouds.
Since yesterday, there have been bursts of snow in the sky, like millet grains, mixed with gusts of cold wind, and when they fall to the ground, they will quickly disappear to the ground, leaving a trail of water.
It's just that in such weather, the temperature is getting colder and colder, and the people of Chang'an, who are already spending the winter in the house, are more and more reluctant to go out in such weather.
The streets of Chang'an are much more deserted than in the past, only those people of Chang'an who still can't be idle in the winter, walk quickly on the street, and soon disappear in a certain square.
Counting nine cold winters, the most comfortable time in this season is the warm quilt in the morning, listening to the cold wind whistling outside, the whole body is shrunk in the quilt.
A moment ago, I had already said that I had already said that I had already put on my robe and was ready to go out.
As a result, when I woke up with a 'whew', I was annoyed to find that I had just fallen asleep unconsciously, and I remembered to get up and put on my robe, but it was just a dream.
However, most people in Chang'an nowadays, in such weather, will lie comfortably in the quilt and sleep until they wake up naturally, and then they will get up lazily.
Since the establishment of the steel mill in Datang, a lot of scrap iron that has been smelted will be turned into iron furnaces, fire pipes and kettles by blacksmiths.
Therefore, the popularity of these things has made the homes of the people of Chang'an today the same as before. It's completely different.
There is a stove burning in the house, and there is an iron kettle filled with water on the stove, and when you get up from the quilt, you will wash your face comfortably with hot water, that little day. Not to mention how comfortable it was.
It's just that this is just most people, and there are still a small number of people, even if in such weather, they still have to get up from the bed, complaining in their hearts, and have to go out against the cold wind.
For example, the hundred officials of the early dynasty and the workers of several factories. As well as the soldiers of the military academy, and the students who got up early and studied in the morning in the school palace, they could only get up helplessly in such weather.
Morning reading of morning reading, morning morning of morning reading, training of training, start the repetition of the previous day!
And for Li Jingheng, this wake-up number on a winter morning. It's like a nightmare in his life. Something that terrified him and hated it to the bone.
In particular, when I got up from the warm couch, I had to brave the cold wind and run to the reservoir behind the school palace to carry water to the dormitory. This is the last thing he can bear.
There is no young master and second ancestor in the school palace, and some are just students on an equal footing, so many things are done by themselves. For example, sprinkling the room, folding the bedding, washing the laundry robe, etc.
The school palace is a relatively open and free place, here, there is no distinction between respect and inferiority, there is no class distinction, everyone is equal, even the teachers of the school palace are also approachable, less old-fashioned in the past, more cordial.
However, the palace is also a stern place, where everyone has to do it themselves, even if you are a prince or a noble son, you will work and study with everyone else.
Every week, the school palace will select a student from each class, and together with a certain teacher, form an attendance group, and check all the places in the school palace, including the students' dormitories, and the cafeteria.
And if you encounter a failure, you will be recorded by the attendance team on the spot, and finally the credits will be deducted.
Don't look at this as just a credit, it doesn't seem to have much impact, however, when it comes to graduation, the credits that have been cumulatively deducted will be deducted from the total score of graduation.
Of course, if someone doesn't care, when the time comes to graduate from the Academy, go out with zero eggs or the lowest number of credits to lose face, then it doesn't matter at all, and the Academy won't do anything to you.
It's just that in the case of such a credit system, everyone is trying to maintain credits, so the niche in the general environment will easily follow the trend.
Therefore, in the emergence of the credit system, so far, everyone is working hard to maintain, not only to protect themselves, but also to maintain the collective, and this collective, naturally, refers to the dormitory.
In the school palace, dormitories are arranged for the students, and the occupants of each dormitory range from six to seven people, so the hygiene of this dormitory is evenly shared among these people.
And it just so happened that today is the bedroom where Li Jingheng is, and it is Li Jingheng's turn to be on duty!
At this time, the sky outside was not yet completely bright, gray, and the whole bedroom was also dark and gloomy.
When he turned his head and looked at several other roommates, he only saw a few roommates, who were lying comfortably in the bed, snoring evenly, and sleeping soundly.
Li Jingheng, who saw this scene, lay in the warm quilt, worked hard to himself, and cheered up a few times, and then got up quietly.
In the bedroom, there is a stove, when he went to bed last night, the stove was covered with a layer of cinders, and after Li Jingheng got up, he used fire tongs to remove the layer of cinders on it.
After seeing the open fire below, he threw a few more pieces of firewood into it, and when the fire in the stove was rekindled, he left the dormitory quietly with two buckets.
In the early morning of November, the air was cold except for cold, and when he was still in the dormitory just now, he didn't feel anything, however, as soon as he got out of the bedroom door, he was blown by the cold wind outside, which immediately made Li Jingheng choke.
"I don't understand, why didn't you build a pool here!" When it was easy and he got used to the cold outside, Li Jingheng couldn't help muttering, and then he carried two buckets and walked towards the reservoir behind the school palace.
At the beginning, when the school palace was built, I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but they forgot to build a pool here in front of them, so that since they moved into the school palace, they have to go to the reservoir behind the school palace early in the morning to fetch water.
Other times, it's nothing, just wake up early in the morning. exercised, but when it comes to these nine cold days, it will be a bit torturous to run to the back of the school palace to fetch water against the cold wind.
The person who went to the back of the school palace to carry water was not only Li Jingheng. There were also other dormitories, all of them were like Li Jingheng at this time, shrunk their two arms, and shivered coldly towards the reservoir.
The air in the early morning was already cold, but when I arrived at the reservoir, the air was even more chilly. It's cold, and people can't help but shiver.
The bucket with the rope tied to it was thrown into the clear reservoir, filled with a bucket full of water, replaced with another bucket, and still threw it into the reservoir, filled with a bucket, and then hoisted it to the shore.
This time down. The rope has long been wet with cold water, naturally. Li Jingheng's hands were also wet with cold water at the same time, and the backs of his palms were already red from the cold.
"Damn it, I'll have to do it all over again in a few days!" Li Jingheng, who was standing there, stomping his feet and snorting hard into his hands, thought about a few days. When such a scene is likely to come again, I suddenly feel a little unloved.
With such a thought in the morning, Li Jingheng was a little unable to lift his spirits for almost the whole day. In my mind, I kept thinking that in a few days, when I was on duty, I would suffer another sin like in the morning.
And this mood was maintained until noon, when Li Jingheng was originally sitting there, eating listlessly, his eyes accidentally saw a leaking bucket in the cafeteria.
For some reason, Li Jingheng's eyes suddenly seemed to grasp something in his mind when he stared at the leaky bucket.
Sitting there with a stunned frown, staring intently at the leaky bucket, after a long time, Li Jingheng suddenly got up, like crazy, and rushed out of the cafeteria under the incomprehensible gaze of everyone.
No one knew what kind of madness Li Jingheng was having, and everyone watched Li Jingheng rush away, all with a blank look on their faces.
It wasn't until the afternoon that everyone saw that Li Jingheng, who had left in a panic from the cafeteria, was actually taking their roommates in the same dormitory with a shovel from the reservoir to the side of the dormitory, digging a ditch about a foot wide.
"I'm afraid this is a bit whimsical!" After figuring out that Li Jingheng was going to open a ditch and bring the water from the reservoir to the side of the bedroom, Li Tai suddenly shook his head and said with a little disapproval.
The distance from the reservoir to the dormitory is not too short, and if you dig a big ditch and the pressure of the water is there, then it will flow here without stagnation.
On the other hand, if Li Jingheng only dug such a one-foot-wide ditch, the water flowing into the canal on the other side of the reservoir could not form an impact force, and it would be difficult for it to flow to the dormitory.
"It's okay, a certain family has thought of this a long time ago!" Hearing Li Tai's words, Li Jingheng said with confidence: "At that time, a certain family will build a small high platform on the side of the reservoir, which is hollow, and then there is a small water wheel, which will be filled with water day and night, so that the pressure of the water will be enough!" ”
"......" Li Jingheng said very casually, and it sounded a little complicated, however, Li Tai deduced Li Jingheng's method repeatedly in his mind, and found that this seemingly clumsy method was actually perfect.
"That's not right!" Thinking of this, Li Tai suddenly reacted, looked at Li Jingheng and said: "If the waterwheel works day and night, how can you solve it, how can you not let the water come over and not overflow the pool?" ”?
This is a fatal problem, if this problem is not solved, then Li Jingheng's method will not be able to be implemented, because this is a large dormitory, once the water overflows, it is possible to soak the foundation.
"This, a certain family has a way!" Li Tai's voice fell, and before Li Jingheng could frown, Wu Bi, who was standing beside Li Tai, said at this time: "Blockage is definitely not good, so a certain family was just thinking about whether it could install a bamboo tube at the water outlet!" ”
When he said this, Wu Bi frowned and said in a deep voice: "When the time comes, find a stone the size of a bamboo tube, you can wear a hole in the middle, stuff the stone into the bamboo tube, and when one side of the hole is facing the water, it is to release water, and when you turn to the other side, it is just equivalent to blocking the flowing water!" ”
"Wonderful!" Wu Pen's words had just fallen, and Li Jingheng, who had been looking sad because of Li Tai's words, suddenly opened his mouth and laughed, gave a thumbs up to Wu Pen, and said: "That's it, when it is completed, it will be counted as a part of your bedroom!" ”
A little disappointed, a little lonely, looking at Wu Bi and Li Jingheng, happily starting, preparing their plan, Li Tai couldn't help but sigh slightly, and walked towards the auditorium over there.
"I'm going to be the one who will take off in the future!" When entering the auditorium, Li Tai suddenly stopped, glanced back at the hot scene over there, talked in his mouth, turned around and entered the auditorium. (To be continued.) )
PS: I was in a hurry to upload it, but I only copied the next few hundred words, and I shouted sorry, sorry