Chapter 54: The Flames
The afternoon sun faded away from its original dazzling brilliance, and only the outline of a white plate hung in the sky, and the two teenagers who had already eaten lunch were standing by the fire again.
This time they were no longer faced with a dripping firechest, although the dry firewood pile in the morning did not achieve the effect that Sha Yu expected, but the moisture around the fire chest had quietly faded, which gave Sha Yu the hope of rekindling the fire chest.
"Gu Li, we must light the fire in the fire chamber before dinner, you have to help me, Gu Li?"
Although Gu Li's body stayed near the fire, his eyes had already drifted to the flowering tea tree under the white plate.
"Huh? Sha Yu, you call me? ”
"What do you want?"
"I didn't think about anything, I just suddenly felt a little flustered just now......"
Sha Yu seemed to understand what Gu Li meant by this, he had already seen his emotions in Gu Li's eyes when he was eating lunch, he took out all the old books that he had thrown away when he was a child that he found out from the study again after lunch, and when he was talking to Gu Li, he had already begun to throw those lost times into the fire!
But he didn't forget to comfort Gu Li or ask a few words curiously, "Gu Li, why do you care so much about what is said in that newspaper?" Is it because of your grandfather? But do you feel that sometimes you can get everything, and often you may not get anything in the end......"
Sha Yu's rare seriousness made Gu Li instantly focus his eyes on him, he was silent for a while, and suddenly laughed, "Sha Yu, don't suddenly say such serious words, I'm a little uncomfortable...... Let's not talk about that, let's start a fire, I don't want to sleep here at night......"
"Then why don't you hurry up and help me?"
Sha Yu was complained about by Gu Li, and it was inevitable that he would go online, Gu Li lowered his body and began to put the old books that had been torn loose into the fire, he glanced at the content of the book, and couldn't help but glance at Sha Yu, "Sha Yu, how many villain books did you lose in your grandfather's study when you were a child?" ”
Sha Yu didn't respond to Gu Li, he couldn't help but think about the past when he looked at this pile of old books, but he couldn't find much memory from the past, but these old books were clearly telling him that he and his grandfather's study must have been closely connected in the past, he shook his head slightly and moved his gaze to the fire, he didn't want to think about the past, those old books must have been left there only because grandma always likes to take him to his grandfather's study and wait for grandpa's kettle.
"Sha Yu, it's time to light the fire, it's not too early......"
Gu Li tore up the last old book and threw it into the fire, Sha Yu also came back to his senses, he clicked and lit the musket under Gu Li's urging, which made Gu Li a little surprised, "When and where did you find the musket?" ”
"Haha, you don't know, do you? I got it from the kitchen when I went to return the lunch box just now, and sometimes there is a special barbecue at home, although grandpa has never participated, but this is much faster than a lighter......"
"I thought that Old Man Sha would lock the door to go out of the study, but it didn't!"
"I thought it would, but who knew the door would open as soon as it opened...... With this, we will definitely be able to lie in our big comfortable bed tonight......"
Boom - the blue flames instantly appeared hot in the eyes of Gu Li and Sha Yu, and the old books and papers in the fire chamber were all ignited in an instant.
Seeing this, Sha Yu immediately extinguished the musket, he began to carefully put dry firewood inside, watching the dry firewood be surrounded by fire little by little, and then ignited little by little, a smile spread on Sha Yu's face, Gu Li also seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and he began to help hand dry firewood to Sha Yu from a distance.
After burning for more than two hours, the happiness on Sha Yu's face gradually disappeared, he looked back and forth at the fire, and then picked up a temperature indicator from the stone platform on one side, and then carefully probed the temperature indicator into the firechamber, and the temperature displayed on it was only 870 °C.
Gu Li also came over, "Why has it been burning for a few hours, and the temperature has only reached this value?" Could it be that this firechamber has been useless for too long, and it is leaking or broken? ”
After speaking, Gu Li looked around the firechamber, there was no damage around the firechamber, and the exit above was not very big, what was going on?
Sha Yu probably didn't know why, he just continued to add dry wood to the fire, and his whole face was red by the firelight.
Gu Li looked at the raging fire in the fire, and began to repeat his previous actions again, sending dry wood to Sha Yu.
Time passed minute by minute, and when twilight fell, Sha Yu and Gu Li carefully measured the temperature in the fire chamber, which was close to 930 °C, but it was far from enough to be used to make a clay pot......
"Why use such an archaic way of making a clay pot, and why not use a more advanced firing boiler? Energy efficient and environmentally friendly! ”
Sha Yu looked at the temperature of the fire chamber that could no longer rise and complained a little deflated, Gu Li looked at him and wanted to take his words, but the secret door of the study suddenly opened, and the old man Sha appeared, and now the time is only seven o'clock in the evening!
"Old man Sha?"
Gu Li shouted, Sha Yu also turned his head to look at the old man Sha who walked towards the fire chamber from the secret door, and when he walked to his side, he lowered his head and called Grandpa.
Old Man Sha glanced at the fire in the firechamber, and then looked at the somewhat haggard and lost Sha Yu standing beside him, the silent silence dwarfed the fire in the firechamber, the old man Sha bent down and picked up a dry firewood from the ground, and then threw it into the firechamber casually, "Let's get here today, it seems that you still have a long way to go......
After the old man Sha finished speaking, Sha Yu immediately walked towards the secret door, Gu Li also followed him, and when the two were about to close the secret door, the old man Sha sighed deeply from the side of the fire, Sha Yu suddenly became unwilling, he turned around and walked towards the fire, "Grandpa, don't worry, I will definitely burn a pot that will satisfy you......"
After saying that, he immediately walked towards the secret door, and when he approached Gu Li, he couldn't help but shout at Gu Li, "Gu Li, look at it, I will definitely burn an excellent clay pot, and I will definitely not use the ugly pot you bought......
"Stop!"
Old Man Sha suddenly stopped Sha Yu and Gu Li, and he walked quickly to Gu Li's side, "Ugly pot, what ugly pot?" ”
Gu Li didn't want to avoid Old Man Sha, but now this situation doesn't seem to be the time to say that the ugly pot, he hurriedly smiled and waved his hand at Old Man Sha, "It's nothing, I just bought an ugly pot that a girl burned here in Meichuan not long ago...... Kidding, old man Sha, don't listen to Sha Yu's nonsense......"
"I'm not talking nonsense, he spent 5,000 yuan, how can an ugly pot be worth this price! I'm sorry grandpa, I didn't take the clay pot seriously before, and I definitely won't in the future......"
Although Sha Yu said this, he was just unwilling in such an impulsive situation, but his words still made Old Man Sha a little concerned, and he stared at Gu Li, who was still smiling.
Gu Li is from a family that the old man of Sha naturally knows, it is impossible for him, a child, to deliberately pay attention to the sand pot just because he is curious or playful, he seems to have his own intentions, but he should not know about it......
Old Man Sha didn't say anything more, and suddenly waved his hand to let Sha Yu and Gu Li leave.
The next day, Gu Li went to the courtyard behind the secret door of Old Man Sha early in the morning to take a look, and found that the fire chamber there was still burning, and he tried the temperature of the fire chamber, which was already 1200 °C.
Gu Li looked around, there was no one here at all, could it be that Old Man Sha raised the temperature of the fire chamber last night?
But why is he?
Sha Yu is going to school today, and the fire of this fire chamber cannot go out for a day.
"Young man, how did you get here?"
Gu Li looked back and saw that he was the janitor of the Sha family's compound.
"How did you get here?"
"Oh, I'll add firewood."
"Timber?"
"yes, once every 2 hours...... Until the weekend of the sand feather ......"
Gu Li nodded to the master who was guarding the door and didn't stay any longer, he left the fire.
He actually arranged other things for himself today, anyway, Sha Yu shouldn't come to pester himself again this week, he can finally do what he wants to do.
It's just that Old Man Sha seems to have a different opinion of him, how does he explain the ugly pot?