Chapter 3: Four Great Inventions

Xiuzhu was stunned by Wu Shigong's teasing, his bright eyes widened and his mouth widened, and the flush spread from his face to the base of his neck. Then, as soon as he woke up, his little head "swished" out of the tent. "Pedal" and run outside. While running, he said: "The young master's head must be broken, I'll go to the Hou Ye to report the good news." Her words made Wu Shigong stunned, give my dad good news that my brain is broken? The little girl was incoherent. Then the prank succeeded, and the belly daxiao was laughing. No, my stomach hurts, and tears come out.

Lying alone on the bed, Wu Shigong gradually calmed down. Since you have crossed over, don't waste the advantage of crossing over, it would be cool if you could cheat with the known history. The unlucky guy who was crossed had read "The History of the National Dynasty", but those were all things that had happened in the Ming Dynasty. And Wu Shigong himself, with his cultural level that he has not graduated from junior high school, his historical knowledge is not to mention.

Wu Shigong only remembered that he was now in the middle of May in the sixth year of the Ming Dynasty's Apocalypse. Apocalypse? Emperor of the Apocalypse? I've never heard of it. To be precise, except for Zhu Yuanzhang, who played the founding of the country, and Chongzhen, who played hanging, Wu Shigong in his previous life didn't know any of the other emperors of the Ming Dynasty. Wu Shigong couldn't help but sigh a little, it would be nice if he traveled to the Qing Dynasty. Thanks to many modern Qing court dramas, Wu Shigong is still familiar with the emperors of the Qing Dynasty. But think about it carefully, in the play, these emperors also went down to Jiangnan to kill corrupt officials and talk about love, and I don't know what they did. On the contrary, I know more about the two queen mothers of the Qing Dynasty. One is that he had a personal affair with a big official of the Ming Dynasty (Wu Shigong didn't know that it was Hong Chengchou) for a while; For a while, she had a personal affair with her brother-in-law, like the queen mother of Xiaozhuang who was full of lovers. The other is the Empress Dowager Cixi, who cut the map of China from a "camel" to a "rooster", and had a eunuch named Xiao Lizi by her side. Of course, in Wu Shigong's memory, the most famous person in the Qing Dynasty was a princess, that is, the Gege named Huanzhu. I heard that for her, many writers at the starting point of the female frequency have to change their pen names to "Qiong Yao".

It looks like I can't cheat anymore. Wu Shigong moved his muscles and bones, and felt that he was in good shape, so he pushed away the quilt and bent down to get out of the cloth tent and get up. The bedroom was small and had little furniture other than a bed. There was only one bedside table with a few books on it. There was a small bench next to the bed, which seemed to be sitting on embroidered bamboo just now. Outside, across a curtain is a small bed, and the quilt on it is neatly folded, which should be a place to sleep with embroidered bamboo. Walking out of the bedroom is a small hall, turning left, Wu Shigong walked into the study.

As soon as he entered the study, Wu Shigong was startled. The study was very cluttered, full of books, many of which were open, and even a few books were lost on the chairs. Wu Shigong admired the unlucky guy a little. Because Wu Shigong has heard a saying that if the books in the study are very neat, it proves that the master does not read, and on the contrary, he reads hard. Now Wu Shigong understands a little, weishenme, an unlucky bastard, doesn't go out for entertainment, so many books (lose), how can he be entertained? Whether it's playing mahjong or fighting the landlord, it's not good.,There's only a butt of books (lose)!。

The sun shines on his body through the window very comfortably, without a watch, Wu Shigong looked up at the direction of the sun, and it is estimated that it will be nine or ten o'clock in the morning. He moved his joints a few times, put on a rack, and landed a combination of punches. Quite satisfied, it seems that this body is in good health, except for the bandaged head is still a little painful. Even if the wound on his head is not a big problem, Wu Shigong has been fighting since he was a child, and he has a lot of experience in being beaten and injured.

There was a sudden noise in his ears, and Wu Shigong pushed open the window of the study and looked out. Seeing Xiuzhu holding a food box, his little face turned red. A middle-aged woman with a serious face and several women surrounded Xiuzhu and was chattering about something. Hearing the sound of Wu Shigong opening the window, they looked in the direction of Wu Shigong together, and Xiuzhu took the opportunity to rush out of the encirclement and trot towards the house.

The middle-aged woman squatted slightly, as if she wanted to salute Wu Shigong, but as soon as she made a move, she seemed to remember something, so she only nodded to Wu Shigong, which was regarded as a greeting, and then turned around and walked away with the women. Wu Shigong smiled self-deprecatingly, it seems that his status is indeed very low! These servants didn't take their fourteenth master seriously at all. It is estimated that they were bullying Xiuzhu just now. Anyway, it doesn't matter, I guess I won't be able to stay at home for a few days, so I don't have to worry about it.

Seeing that Xiuzhu was about to walk to the door of the house, Wu Shigong also closed the window and walked out of the study to the small hall. Xiuzhu walked in angrily, put the food box on the table, and saw that Wu Shigong was only wearing underwear, and immediately complained: "Young master, you really don't take care of your body." I just injured my head, and now, I only got out of bed in a small coat, in case the wind blows, how can I get typhoid fever? I don't know if anyone cares about you in the future. As he spoke, Xiuzhu's tears fell.

Wu Shigong is the most afraid of women's tears. Of course, if this woman's appearance is sorry for the audience, then it is another matter. Wu Shigong hurriedly stepped forward and comforted: "My body is fine, don't cry, don't cry." ”

But Xiuzhu still cried and cried endlessly, and Wu Shigong was a little helpless on the side. This chick has a lot of tears. Suddenly, he had an idea, and said to Xiuzhu with a smile: "I just learned a song, sing it to you." Then regardless of Xiuzhu on the side, he opened his throat and sang: "Buffalo (girl), buffalo (girl), first out of the horns and then out of the head......" The lyrics are strange, and the tone of singing is even stranger.

"Poof." Xiuzhu was amused by Wu Shigong and burst into laughter. "The young master will make trouble." Xiuzhu's mood gradually calmed down, and she went into the bedroom to bring Wu Shigong a coat to put on. After that, I opened the food box and took out a bowl of white rice porridge, a plate of steamed buns and a pair of chopsticks. Wu Shigong's stomach was indeed hungry, and he opened his mouth to chew after sitting down.

Xiuzhu also sat down opposite, holding his head with both hands, and complained: "Chef Wang in the kitchen will give a bowl of white rice porridge." The young master was injured, and the slave saw that there was still white fungus lotus seed soup stewed on the stove, and she refused to ask her to allow a bowl. ”

"It's fine. White rice porridge is good. Wu Shigong chewed the bun with a vague mouth and replied nonchalantly. Anyway, I'm used to being bullied at home. It's not the first time either, and it's probably not Zuihou once, so it's not worth being angry about.

"Young master, the slave wants to ask you for something."

Wu Shigong raised his head, looked at Xiuzhu and waited for Xiuzhu to continue.

"The slave knew that Shumo had done something wrong, but he had already been fined twenty lashes. I heard that he was going to be sent to Zhuangzi to farm after he recovered from his injury, so I begged the young master to ask the Hou Ye for intercession, so that Shumo would still follow you. Shumo himself knew that he was wrong. You know, Shumo is my cousin, and the slave's parents and the slave's aunt annoyed me all night last night. ”

"No problem." Wu Shigong replied very simply. Shumo is his personal servant and scholar, and when he was fighting that day, Wu Shigong was beaten by others, and he ran home unscathed, deserving of punishment. However, Wu Shigong thinks it is understandable that he was beaten by many people and fled when he was young, and this kind of thing was not done less when Wu Shigong was a gangster, so he felt that it was not a big deal. But he didn't know that at that time, when the master was in danger, the house slave ran away from the master, which was simply the "high-voltage line" in the code of conduct of the house slave, and it was not too much for any house slave to be beaten to death by the master for such behavior. Shumo was only whipped twenty times and punished for farming, which is already the Wu family's generosity.

Xiuzhu heard Wu Shigong agree to her, and smiled happily. Seeing that Wu Shigong had finished eating, he quickly put the empty dishes into the food box, lifted the food box and explained to Wu Shigong: "The young master is just right, let's lie on the bed for a while." ”

Wu Shigong nodded, saw Xiuzhu bouncing out of the house with a food box, and also turned back into the bedroom. He was impatient to take off his coat, so he hung up his tent and his garment, and lay down on the bed.

The excitement of crossing over at the beginning had passed, and Wu Shigong then thought about some way to cheat after crossing. The way of referring to history just now is not working, since this road is not working, then change the way. "Master's road is many!" Wu Shigong couldn't help but think smugly.

Then make a fortune by inventing and creating! Be an Edison of the Ming Dynasty. Which invention can you make? Wu Shigong didn't eat jishu rice in his previous life, and his education level was quite low, and he didn't graduate from junior high school. Think about it, think about it. By the way, let's engage in our four famous Chinese inventions. Papermaking, movable type printing, compass, gunpowder. Thanks to this, Wu Shigong still remembers. "A good memory is a future!" Wu Shigong was smug for the second time.

But as soon as he finished being proud, Wu Shigong saw the books on the bedside table next to the bed. It seems that papermaking and movable type printing should not be thought about. That's the compass. Can...... Listen, listen, point to the south, this sounds so complicated! Then there was only gunpowder. You can't make a lot of money selling firecrackers, but if you can make some foreign guns and cannons, it will be big! Wu Shigong knew in his previous life that selling drugs and arms was the most profitable.

Xiuzhu walked in at this time, and saw that Wu Shigong was thinking in a daze, so he lightly moved the bench and sat on the edge of his bed, holding an embroidery sample and looking up and down. Wu Shigong didn't notice that Xiuzhu came in, and was still lying dreaming of making a fortune. But the time to dream is always short. Wu Shigong suddenly heard the sound of "ping-pong ping-pong" faintly in the distance. Wu Shigong was stunned, this voice is too familiar, and he listens to it once a year during the Chinese New Year. He jumped up from the bed and shouted, "What's going on outside?" ”

Xiuzhu was also frightened by his shouting and jumped up from the bench. The little face was a little pale, and he replied tremblingly, "It's setting off firecrackers." ”

Nonsense, I don't know about this firecracker? Wu Shigong then asked: "What I asked is that the firecrackers will go off?" ”

"Because there's gunpowder in it." Xiuzhu replied in a loud voice, and he spoke intermittently, for fear that his answer would not be satisfied with the young master. It turns out that gunpowder, the little maid in the deep house of the Ming Dynasty, knows it! Wu Shigong glared at Xiuzhu, Xiuzhu also stared at him, the two of them stared at each other for a while, Wu Shigong suddenly looked up to the sky and let out a miserable scream, and fell straight down on the bed, his thick body pressed the bed "creak".

I've been stimulated too much today, and Xiuzhu's careful liver can't stand it anymore. She angrily stretched out her small fist to hammer Wu Shigong to vent her anger, and after a few beatings, she found that the young master's body was strong, and her little hands were a little painful, which was not cost-effective, and she still sat back on the bench with a pout.

I don't have opportunistic dreams anymore. It's also to kill boredom. The two of them reclined on the bed, and the other sat on the bench next to the bed and chatted. Wu Shigong suddenly thought of the noisy thing just now, so he asked Xiuzhu, "What were you arguing about outside the door just now?" Are they bullying you again? ”

Unexpectedly, Xiuzhu was very angry when he mentioned what happened just now, and as soon as he put the embroidery sample on the side of the bed, he chattered. It turned out that the middle-aged woman who was the leader just now was Wu Shigong's eldest brother, that is, the wet nurse and the eldest grandmother of Gongshun Hou Shizi's wife. One of the future stewards of the Gongshun Hou Mansion. What a terrifying identity! Hearing the introduction, Wu Shigong whistled.

The eldest grandmother has a heart disease, which is the marriage of her third son. Her third son is pockmarked and lame, and it is estimated that he has been born with smallpox and polio since he was a child. But he survived tenaciously, but he was disabled. Therefore, it is very difficult to find a marriage partner. But the third son's vision was very high, and after his mother came to the Gongshun Hou Mansion, he was moved when he saw the embroidered bamboo. So he told his mother what he thought.

The big grandmother knew her son's thoughts, and there was nothing she could do. Because, no matter how Wu Shigong is, he is the master, and the maid in his room will basically become Wu Shigong's roommate, and if he is favored and has a child, he will even be raised as a concubine. didn't expect that Wu Shigong would be in a big deal, and there would basically be no chance to marry a concubine in the future, so the big grandmother's heart was alive again. She begged Mrs. Shizi for this, and Mrs. Shizi agreed.

So, the eldest grandmother thought that this family affair was already a certainty, and today she brought several of her three aunts and six mothers-in-law to meet her daughter-in-law. But Xiuzhu was not happy when he heard this. In addition, the eldest grandmother may have to establish rules for her future daughter-in-law first, so her tone is relatively hard, so there was a dispute between the two parties.

Speaking of zuihou, Xiuzhu waved his little fist angrily, "Just don't marry." Then he immediately changed his pitiful appearance and begged Wu Shigong: "Young master, you have to help me!" ”

"Young Master, I absolutely support you!" Wu Shigong also learned to embroider bamboo and waved his fists, "It's too much if it's pockmarked and lame, if it's just pockmark, it's about the same." ”

"Huh?" Xiuzhu's eyes widened, and he didn't react for a moment.

"Wrong, if it's just a cripple, it's pretty much the same." Wu Shigong then teased the embroidered bamboo.

Now Xiuzhu understood. After the young master came to his senses today, he was too angry, and his little hands hurt with embroidered bamboo, so he had to beat the young master a few more times. Xiuzhu beat Wu Shigong, Wu Shigong dodged left and right on the bed with a smile, took advantage of Xiuzhu's inattention, grabbed Xiuzhu's wrist, pulled her into the bed, and took the opportunity to eat a few tofu from Xiuzhu. The two of them started fighting on the bed.

While playing, Wu Shigong thought: "It's really good to have such a life as a little young master who teases the little maid every day, if it continues, one day after all, I will be promoted to level ten and become a little bully who teases the little girl and daughter-in-law on the street." Life is wonderful! ”

"Ahem" There was a coughing sound at the door suddenly, and the two stopped fighting and looked at the door, it was Wu Shigong's father Wu Weizhong and his eldest brother Wu Shixun. Wu Weizhong looked at the two of them with very unhappy faces.

Xiuzhu suddenly jumped out of bed like a frightened rabbit, shrank to the corner of the house, lowered his head and greeted him in a voice that was bigger than a mosquito: "Master Hou, Shizi." ”

Wu Shigong also got up from the bed, bent over and saluted, "Master Hou, big brother." ”