When Lu Xiuer was suspiciously brought to Wu's house by Wu Daniu, she saw that Su Hao was in full swing with Wu Da to renovate the provincial firewood stove. She walked into the kitchen and said hello to Su Hao, and Wu Da, who was full of muddy water, saw Lu Xiu'er coming, and hurriedly stood up and saluted:

"The villain Wu Da has seen Miss Lu."

"Oh, uncle, don't you dare to be." Lu Xiu'er couldn't help but be startled when she saw a strange uncle with a beard and stubble saluting to herself, and called himself a villain, and replied with a crimson face.

Wu Da said: "Miss, don't call me uncle, just call me Wu Da." ”

Su Hao smiled on the side: "Xiu'er, Lao Wu is my colleague in the county government, you ...... Just call him Brother Wu. ”

"How dare you." Wu Dacheng said with trepidation.

Lu Xiu'er naturally listened to Su Hao, she saluted Wu Da and called sweetly, "Brother Wu." ”

"Oops, that's embarrassing." Wu Da was a little embarrassed, in his opinion, Lu Xiu'er is Master Su's younger sister, she must be the eldest lady, calling herself a big brother, it's really a shame to give yourself face. He greeted repeatedly: "Miss Lu, the kitchen is dirty, you go to the hall to rest." Da Niu, don't take your Aunt Lu to the hall and pour tea for Aunt Lu! ”

Wu Daniu took Lu Xiu'er to the hall with an aggrieved face, just as Su Hao estimated, as soon as he saw that Lu Xiu'er was not a few years older than himself, the boss was reluctant to call Lu Xiu'er his aunt. However, now that his father has been called the eldest brother, he can only be reduced by one generation, and he is called an aunt. Wu Da is quite authoritative at home, and Wu Daniu does not dare to come with his father.

Sent Lu Xiu'er away, Su Hao continued to renovate the provincial firewood stove with Wu Da, to be precise, it was Su Hao who gave theoretical guidance on the side, and Wu Da operated it.

Wu Da's craftsmanship is indeed not said, the gap between him and Su Hao is only due to the lack of thermodynamic knowledge of later generations. The reason for saving firewood stove is not complicated, as soon as Su Hao said this to Wu Da, Wu Da suddenly realized. He couldn't even wait for his wife to finish cooking, so he immediately dismantled his stove and started to build the stove according to Su Hao's instructions. Wu Da's daughter-in-law had no choice, so she had to take the pot and run to the neighbor's house to borrow a stove to cook.

For the base stove, Su Hao's practical experience is more than the same as Wu Da's errand. After listening to Su Hao's principles of saving firewood stoves, Wu Da touched the bypass and put forward a number of suggestions for improvement. When the actual operation began, Su Hao was even more useless, and Wu Da's skillful action of laying bricks and plastering mud made Su Hao, who was still pretending to be "Dr. Stove" in Longkou Village the day before yesterday, ashamed of himself. It took Su Hao more than an hour to renovate a stove, and Wu Da finished the work in just a quarter of an hour, and the new stove built out was simply a work of art.

"Lao Wu, with your skills, being a servant is really a waste of talent." Su Hao said with emotion. The key is that there will not even be a mud spot on the body, which is like yourself, building a stove down, and half of the clay used is stained on yourself.

The new stove is good, let it sit for a while, and wait for the clay to dry. When Su Hao built a stove for the villagers in the village, he directly burned the fire in the stove to bake, and Wu Da told Su Hao that the stove that dried in this way was not durable, and it was better to wait for the clay to dry slowly by itself.

Professional things still need to be done by professional people, and Su Hao has a deep understanding of this. I just have the advantage of crossing a little, if I really want to build a good stove, it is more reliable for a craftsman like Wu Da.

The two of them washed their hands and came to the hall, where Wu Da's daughter-in-law, Feng, had already borrowed the neighbor's stove to prepare the meal, set a table full of them, and sold a large pot of wine, which was also placed on the table. Wu Da made a gesture of invitation to Su Hao and said, "Master Su, the banquet has been set up, please take a seat with Master and Miss Lu." ”

"Lao Wu is so polite, come on, let's sit together." Su Hao said.

Wu Da put the name of this table of wine, called apprentice wine, to thank Su Hao for teaching him how to make a firewood stove, so Su Hao deserved to sit on the upper seat. The dining tables of ordinary people are all square tables of eight immortals, and two people can sit on each side. Generally speaking, the opposite door is the top, the two sides are the side seats, the left is the respect, and the right is the secondary. Su Hao sat on the left side of the head, and there was an empty seat on the right, and he said to Wu Da: "Old Wu, you should sit in this seat." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, this seat is still Miss Lu." Wu Da said.

"How can she sit on the upper seat?" Su Hao said, then pulled Wu Da to his side, asked him to sit down, and at the same time beckoned to Wu Da's family: "Sister-in-law, all virtuous nephews, please take a seat." ”

"How can they sit at the same table with the master to eat." Wu Dadao, "Just let their mother take them to the kitchen to eat." ”

"!" Su Hao said, "Old Wu, you won't say that this table of dishes is for the two of us to eat, right?" ”

"And Miss Lu." Wu Da pointed to Lu Xiu'er who was standing on the side and said.

Su Hao stood up, and Wu Da didn't know what he wanted to do, so he also stood up. Su Hao pressed his hands on Wu Da's shoulders and asked him to sit down again, then walked up to Feng Shi by himself, bowed and saluted: "Sister-in-law, you have worked hard to cook, please come to the table soon, don't listen to Old Wu's blind command." ”

"Master, how can a concubine eat at the same table as the master." Feng Shi lowered his head and said, but his eyes were secretly glancing at Wu Da.

According to the etiquette of the time, women were not qualified to eat at the table, especially in the presence of guests. But in fact, for ordinary people, there are no such strict rules, and this is especially true in the south. In the past, when there was a guest at home, Feng could bring his children to the table to eat, but this time, because he heard that the person who came was Wu Da's top boss, so Feng was so frightened.

Su Hao also knows that the current social atmosphere is no longer the time to pay attention to the defense of men and women. Lu Xiu'er can come to Wu's house for dinner, and Feng's family can naturally serve it to the table. In fact, Feng's age is not much different from Su Hao's mother, and it is really ridiculous to say anything about avoiding it.

"Old Wu, it's time for you to speak." Su Hao turned back to Wu Da and said, "You send a message and let your sister-in-law and the children sit down, or I will take Xiu'er home immediately." ”

"This ......" Wu Da looked at Su Hao and felt that his attitude was serious, so he nodded to Feng Shi and said, "Since Master Su has spoken, you and the children can sit on the table and eat together, but you all follow some rules for me, don't embarrass Lao Tzu." ”

"Thank you, Master Su." Feng Shi saluted and thanked Su Hao, and then took the three children to sit on the right side and the lower seat of the Eight Immortals Table, and Lu Xiu'er sat on the left side seat, next to Su Hao.

After everyone sat down, Wu Da stood up, poured wine for Su Hao and Lu Xiu'er, poured a little more for himself, and then began to give a toast. Su Hao naturally wanted to be polite, and Feng and Lu Xiu'er also expressed their own opinions. Wu Da's three children sat on the sidelines, looking at the table full of dishes, swallowing their saliva while hoping that the adults would hurry up and finish the procedures so that they could feast.

Fortunately, Wu Da is a person with little culture after all, and he will not say anything too complicated. As a modern person, Su Hao is not good at politeness at the wine table. After everyone toasted each other with a glass of wine, the feast began.

"Lao Wu, I think, you have such a good craft, you really shouldn't be a Laoshzi servant, isn't it better to eat with your skills?"

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Su Hao brought up what he had said to Wu Da before the meal.

Hearing Su Hao's words, Wu Da said with a wry smile: "Master Su, you are a scholar, you don't know the suffering of us craftsmen." No matter how good the craftsmanship is, he is just a craftsman, how can he be so majestic as a servant? Not to mention anything else, it is that the child is fighting with others outside, and people hear that his father is on an errand in the county government, and they will be a little merciful when they start. ”

"I don't think so." Lu Xiu'er interjected, she was originally a country girl, she didn't know what rules such as sleeping and eating, and when she heard others talking, she couldn't help but express her opinion, "Brother Wu, you said that craftsmen are not good, but I think reading is useless." Look at my brother, although he was a showman in the past, everyone in the village thought he was a wreck, and he couldn't even tell the buckwheat apart. However, later he helped the village dig a well and repaired a stove for the chief's house, and everyone treated him as a character. ”

"Xiu'er, let's not expose your brother's shortcomings like this in front of outsiders." Su Hao said to Lu Xiu'er with a smile, he was really worried that Lu Xiu'er would be happy and shake out all the allusions of "red stems, green leaves, and white flowers".

"That's what I said." Lu Xiu'er said dissatisfiedly, "Brother Wu is not an outsider. ”

"Hehe, Miss Lu is straightforward and fast-talking, but she is a cheerful person. Don't worry, Master, I won't go out and talk nonsense about these words at the wine table. Wu Da hurriedly assured.

Su Hao wasn't really angry with Lu Xiu'er, he said to Wu Da: "Old Wu, in fact, what Xiu'er said is also right, from the perspective of the people, who wrote what splendid articles have nothing to do with them. Whoever can help them make a good stove, they are even more grateful. As the saying goes, useless is a scholar, I would rather have my own craftsmanship like Lao Wu. ”

"Master Su has tormented the villain." Wu Dadao, "Master Su is a person who does great things, and he will enter the cabinet as a prime minister in the future, how can he do this kind of craftsman's business." By the way, Master Su, the villain has one thing, and I want to discuss it with Master Su, I don't know if Master Su can allow it. ”

"Lao Wu, I didn't treat you as an outsider, you can just say anything about it." Su Hao said.

Wu Dadao: "Master Su, you have taught all the ingenuity of this talent stove to the villain." The villain will build a stove for people in the future, and a stove can at least cost five cents more silver, and the villain wants to share fifty-five with the master, is the master still agreeable? ”