006 Repair stoves

After a night of nothing, early the next morning, Yang Gendi and Lu Xiu'er went out with buckets, and they had to go to a mountain pond a few miles away from the village that was about to dry up to fetch water and come back to water the ground. Su Hao had the heart to go with them, but after weighing his body and bones, he knew that this was just a good wish, and it was still far from being implemented. Pity him, a 17-year-old young man, his strength is not as great as Lu Xiu'er, let alone walking a few miles to pick a load of water, even if he walks home from the entrance of the village, he has to spill more than half.

couldn't do the work in the field, so Su Hao began to ponder the stove at home. The skills on how to build a firewood stove are in his head, the Ministry of Agriculture designed this kind of stove, originally to promote to the countryside, so the technology is not complicated, as long as you master a few essentials can be made.

Su Hao first came to the scene of digging the well, he saw a few traces of burning next to the well, and knew that the craftsmen were fighting at night and worked all night. He came to Xie Changfa and asked, "Master Xie, how is the situation in the well?" ”

Xie Changfa was tired, but his mood was very high. Seeing Su Hao, he hurriedly saluted and replied, "Xiucailang, the well position you are pointing to is really accurate." Now we've dug 30 feet and we've seen wet soil. In my experience, this well can definitely be done. ”

"Hehe, that's good." Su Hao put his mind at ease, geological exploration is such a thing, all kinds of variables are possible, not to mention that he doesn't have any instruments at hand, he can only rely on experience to visually measure, in fact, there are still some risks. Now that he heard Xie Changfa say that he had seen the wet mud, he felt at ease, if there was no water in this position, then the geology textbook should be rewritten.

"Master Xie, can I borrow a few tools from you?" Su Hao asked.

"Whatever Xiu Cailang wants, just take it." Xie Changfa replied that Xie Changfa has always admired people who have the ability. Su Haolu's hand yesterday was really convincing. As a well driller, he may have to borrow Su Hao's technology at some point, and how could he refuse to borrow some tools for such a trivial matter.

"Do you want to do any masonry work? Do you want me to call some guys to help you? Xie Changfa asked.

"No need, thank you so much, master." Su Hao said.

Su Hao borrowed tools such as chisels and clay knives from Xie Changfa, and borrowed a dirt basket, and then walked to a small dirt slope on the edge of the village to get soil. He had walked on this slope yesterday, and he remembered that there was very good clay in it, which was perfect for remodeling the stove.

"Xiucai, what are you doing?"

Some villagers passing by noticed that Su Hao was digging and greeted him with a smile. When the villagers got up early to work, they all went to the well site first, so they already knew about the wet soil found in the well. As soon as the news spread, everyone's impression of Su Hao changed greatly.

"Fourth uncle, I'll dig some soil and go back to repair the stove." Su Hao relied on his past memories to call each other.

"Hey, the show is calling?" The villager known as the fourth uncle muttered happily to his companion, you know, Su Hao has read too many sage books over the years, and he rarely greets the villagers, occasionally says something, and rarely calls each other's uncles and aunts.

"Xiucai, I heard that the well you pointed to yesterday already has water, you Xiucai, you are really quite knowledgeable." Another villager said.

Su Hao smiled slightly: "Brother Wangcai is laughing at me, I can't pick my shoulders or hands, if I can't do such a thing as finding a well, it won't be a waste." ”

"Haha, Brother Xiucai is joking, you have such a big knowledge, you will want the government to be an official in the future, how can you do some hard work like us." The other party was overjoyed by a sentence of Brother Wangcai, and hurriedly flattered Su Hao.

Su Hao dug up half of the clay and carried it home with both hands. After walking a few steps, he had to stop and rest, recalling his healthy body in his previous life, Su Hao really wanted to cry without tears. No way, the next step must be to start physical exercise, without a good body, you can't do anything.

Finally returned home, Su Hao brought the clay into the kitchen, rolled up his sleeves and began to renovate the stove. He chiseled the furnace larger, redesigned the opening of the flue, thickened the furnace wall, and made the stove smaller. When the work was done, he went out into the yard, found a dilapidated wooden ladder, and climbed to the roof of the chimney, risking a broken bone and tendons.

After this trip, Su Hao was so tired that his eyes were full of stars. He took a breath and forced himself to scoop water and wash rice, wash vegetables and cook. Seeing that there were four or five eggs in the crockpot, he took two out of his mind, beat them into a bowl, poured water, stirred well, put them in the pot where the porridge was cooked, and steamed an egg custard.

By the time Yang Gendi and Lu Xiu'er came back from the field exhausted, a table of food had been prepared, and the two women opened their mouths wide, not knowing what to say.

"Hao'er, is your aunt here?" Yang Gendi's first reaction was not that Su Hao had made this table of food, but that her sister-in-law who had married into a neighboring village came back to help.

"No, that's what I did." Su Hao said proudly.

People who work in the field all year round, if they can't cook, are purely abusing themselves. Su Hao was a good cook in his previous life, that is, the materials that could be found in this family were limited, otherwise, Su Hao would be sure to make a big meal for his mother and sister.

"When will my son learn to cook?" Yang Gendi exclaimed.

Lu Xiu'er didn't bother to wash her hands, rushed to the table first, lifted her chopsticks and took a bite of green vegetables, put them in her mouth and chewed them, and said in surprise: "Mom, my brother's cooking is really delicious." ”

"Cut, dare to doubt my ability!" Su Hao was very disdainful of Lu Xiu'er's behavior, "Don't go wash your hands yet." I know you've worked hard, so I steamed tofu eggs for you, so eat them while they're hot. ”

Yang Gendi and Lu Xiuer washed their hands and sat at the table. Su Hao knew that with Yang Gendi's consistent style, she would never touch the bowl of egg custard he specially steamed, and would leave it for him to eat alone. He started first, and according to yesterday's method, he directly allocated one-third of the egg custard to Yang Gendi and Lu Xiuer's bowls, and put the rest in front of him.

"Hao'er ......" Yang Gendi was moved, no mother would be indifferent to her son's filial piety, but she still said: "There are only a few eggs left at home, I keep them for you to replenish your body, Xiu'er and I are cheap, you don't have to eat these good things." ”

"Mom, what are you talking about?" Su Hao said unhappily, "You are old, and this age is the time when you need to supplement nutrition." Xiu'er is still young and is growing her body, how can she not eat better? You don't have to worry, there will be eggs, there will be bread, everything will be there. ”

"What is bread?" Lu Xiu'er asked with a wink of her big beautiful eyes. Eating delicious egg custard and experiencing the long-lost taste, her heart is also warm, this is the brother she wants, in a few years, he will still be her husband, if he can always be so considerate, how good it would be.

"Bread...... It's just a delicious thing, I'll make it for you in a few days. Su Hao made a promise. In his eyes, 15-year-old Lu Xiuer is just a little Lori, in the future life, she should be a little sister who is tired of being in a McDonald's restaurant with her classmates all day long, skillfully ordering new places, what Mexican chicken rolls and the like? Unfortunately, he was born at the wrong time, and at a young age, he had to go down to the field to do heavy physical work.

"Also, I declare that Xiu'er doesn't have to pick up firewood in the future." Su Hao continued, "I have already renovated our stove, and after my trial, at least more than sixty percent of the firewood will be saved." ”

"What, you really dismantled the stove?" Yang Gendi's feeling now is more frightened than surprised. Her son can cook, although she doesn't believe it, but if she does it well or badly, at most she just eats it hard. This stove repair is not a joke, if the stove is broken, you have to ask a mason to rebuild a stove, at least it will cost a tael of silver, which is a huge expense.

Lu Xiu'er had the same idea as Yang Gendi, and the two women threw down the bowl together and rushed into the kitchen. Su Hao shook his head helplessly, followed behind them, and also walked into the kitchen.