Chapter Ninety-Four: The Gift

Shakru suddenly seemed to think of something terrible, and asked, "By the way, Wajda, wouldn't we use this kind of cow dung cake for our fire?" ”

Wajda hurriedly replied, "Master, no. ”

"It can't be horse manure, pig manure or something, right?" Shakru asked uneasily.

Wajda explained with a smile: "Master, don't worry, all we have in our house are branches and thatch. "But in my heart, I complained that only cow dung and horse dung can be dried as fuel, and you can't burn the dung of other animals even if you want to." (Since cows and horses are vegetarians, their manure can be used as fuel after drying, and the rest can only be used to fertilize the land.) )

Bypassing the cow dung wall, Shakru walked into a farmer's house, there was an open space in front of this house, and there were two strange-looking dirt bags in a low voice, the difference was that one had a hole, and the other had two holes, Shakru pointed curiously and asked, "Wajda, what is this?" ”

"Oh, master, this is a hearth, made of mud, and used for cooking when it doesn't rain." Wajda explained.

Shakru was still a little puzzled: "Then why cook outside on the stove instead of in the kitchen?" ”

"Because the smoke from the cow dung cake is very large, it is not convenient to exhaust the smoke in the house, so we set up a stove outside when it is not raining." In fact, what Wajda didn't know was that because the local geological soil is sedimentary, this soil will become very hard after being prepared and dried by water, and it is because of this characteristic that local farmers have mastered this property, so they use it to build stoves outdoors.

"What about the rainy season?"

"Naturally, the rainy season should be in the stove room!" Wajda replied as she led Shakru to a small house next to her, a stove and wood room, half of which was stacked with dry cow dung cakes, and the other half was a double-headed stove in the corner, which seemed to be used quite often, because the whole back wall was blackened.

At this point, Shakru was not interested in the houses, so he said, "Wajda, take me to the place where everyone works." ”

Due to the good weather today, most of the villagers are busy drying grain, and some are in Yangchang. But what made Shakru collapse was that they actually turned the grain with their toes, and they didn't even have a chop. Not to mention the windmill, in addition to the beginning of the rough division with the help of the wind, the screening of drying and bagging is done manually, the three of them form a circle, each hand holds a square mat-like thing, from the center to the outside at the same time, ah! It's an artificial ceiling fan, and it's also a brain. Use the principle of a ceiling fan to blow away debris. But it's too tiring! This kind of production method that relies entirely on hands and feet and does not use tools is too backward and primitive! It's no wonder that it occupies such a good place for three crops a year, but the grain production is still so low!

Although Shakru is the new owner, it is obvious that Kabaeva and Sharapova, the two beautiful bodyguards, have much higher attention than him, not only those men are staring at him stupidly, but even the women are constantly looking secretly, which makes Kabaeva, who was already a little introverted, shyly approached Shakru and whispered: "Boss, why do these people look at people so directly?" ”

Shakru smiled: "Because they have never seen such a beautiful Soviet beauty, don't be shy, be generous!" ”

Although Vajda did not understand what Kabaeva was saying, he could guess it by and large, so he shouted: "Look at everything, hurry up and get to work!" ”

Just as Shakru was wandering around, a manservant from a distant house came running quickly and reported, "Master, Mr. Borman from the next village has come to visit you, and you will be there in half an hour!" ”

When Shakru heard that it was a neighbor who had come, and that it was Bowman, who had been a witness to himself and Harrick yesterday, he naturally had to hurry back to greet him, so he hurriedly rushed back with Kabaeva, Sharapova, and Vajda, the butler.

Soon after arriving home, Boman and his party arrived, and to Shaklu's surprise, Boman actually brought two little girls over, but whether it was looking at the appearance or dress, it didn't look like his daughter.

Although he was very curious, on the surface, Shakru still greeted him very warmly: "Mr. Bowman, welcome!" ”

These men also replied: "Mr. Pandit, you are a rich man from a big city like Delhi, I must not get close to you, so I can gain a lot of knowledge!" Then he reached out and pointed back: "This is a gift I brought to you, please accept it." ”

Shakru followed his finger and looked back, a little surprised, because he didn't see anything. Seeing Shakru's appearance, Bowman asked with some confusion, "What's the matter, Mr. Pandith, are you not satisfied with my gift?" ”

Shakru said with some embarrassment: "It's not that I'm not satisfied, but I don't see where your gift is." "He was really embarrassed at this time, because according to Indian customs, when someone gives you something, you not only have to accept it, but you also have to praise it, otherwise it will be disrespectful to others.

Bowman gave Shakru a strange look, then took a few steps backwards, patted a little girl on the shoulder, and said, "My gift is both of them!" I heard that Harrick took two maids who were related to him, so I specially chose two smart and well-behaved maids at home to give to you, don't you like it! ”

"Huh?! The two of them are what you are going to give me" To tell the truth, although Shakru knew that there was a phenomenon of sending servants to each other among landlords, but this was really the first time he had encountered it, so he didn't react just now, and now that he knows, he naturally can't refuse, otherwise it will be too faceless, so Shakru smiled and said: "Hehe, I'm sorry, because this is the first time someone sent me a servant, so I didn't react for a while, speaking of which, you sent it in time, Mr. Harrick took two people, So now there is no one to do some work in the house, that, Kabaeva, take the two girls to the back house. ”

PS: It's out of gas, it's so cold! This time of year and the half month before the heating is the most difficult day, and the saddest thing is that today is cloudy, there is no sunshine at all, and my hands are frozen when typing in the office