At dawn, the sound of the fire chamber burning sounded in the Sha family compound for the first time in a long time, Sha Yu squinted and walked outside, this rumbling sound had disappeared from his memory for too long, and the only thing he still had some impression was when he stayed with her in the fire chamber when his grandmother was there.

But since the death of his grandmother, since Mr. Sha moved his studio to Meichuan University of Arts and Crafts, the sound of the fire burning in this courtyard has never been heard in this courtyard.

Sha Yu sobered up in an instant, it seemed that his grandfather was serious, and he could only go all out.

"Sha Yu, did you hear anything?"

Gu Li also came to the courtyard from his room, Sha Yu glanced deeply, then turned back to his room, and when he came out again, he had already changed his face, Gu Li looked at him again and asked, "Sha Yu, did you hear any sound too?" ”

"It was the sound of the burning of the kettle, and my grandfather had rekindled the fire of his old kettle, in a separate yard behind the study."

After Sha Yu finished speaking, he glanced at Gu Li, obviously Gu Li didn't figure out what he said, but Gu Li was not particularly surprised, he didn't say anything and followed Sha Yu towards Old Man Sha's study.

Sha Yu naturally opened the door of the study, and naturally walked to a corner of the study, Gu Li, who was not leaving, noticed that he and Sha Yu were standing at the same place as the bookshelf where he found the photo that day, Sha Yu asked Gu Li to help him move the things around him, and then a secret door that only allowed one person to walk through appeared.

Sha Yu approached the secret door and pushed it vigorously and vigorously, Gu Li also walked over to help when he saw this, "My grandfather seems to be able to push it open easily every time, why do we have to work so hard?" ”

Sha Yu complained while pushing, Gu Li was naturally a little suspicious, since there was an independent courtyard behind the door, and the fire in the courtyard had been lit, it meant that Old Man Sha was already inside, but there were still a lot of things thrown around here, could it be that Old Man Sha just let himself pass by?

"Ahh

After the door made a heavy sound, it finally opened an opening to the side, Sha Yu and Gu Li continued to work hard to open the secret door completely, and the old man Sha was standing opposite the two of them, he watched Sha Yu and Gu Li push open the secret door and nodded slightly, and then turned his back and walked to the courtyard, "Come in, I've been waiting for you for a long time." ”

Sha Yu and Gu Li hurriedly followed through the secret door to the side of the old man Sha, and the so-called kettle fire chamber that appeared in front of them was just a mud chamber under a dilapidated shed, it didn't seem to be special at all, even the courtyard was overgrown with weeds, and there was no sign of human population at all, but the flower trees under the corner of the wall on one side still had some life, and the flowers blooming on it had been defeated one after another, Gu Li took a closer look, it was a common camellia in Meichuan, The red but not vulgar flowers and the raging flames in the firebore fought each other, and it was no longer clear who was more powerful than the other.

"Grandpa, are you going to burn the kettle today?"

Sha Yu stared at the fire in the fire chamber, he didn't look at the courtyard behind the secret door, Gu Li felt that it was probably because he was too familiar, but in fact, it was also the source of many joys in his childhood, especially the tea tree, I heard grandma say that it was planted by his grandfather when he was born, although he hadn't seen it for so many years, but it was so vibrant, it was still worth Sha Yu's look, but he still didn't turn his head to take a look.

Old Man Sha looked at the fire in the fire chamber, he walked directly to the fire without saying anything, and instantly poured a bucket of water placed on the side of the fire chamber into the fire chamber, and the fierce flames instantly ignited the white water vapor that overflowed his eyes, and Sha Yu couldn't see his grandfather's expression clearly.

When the water vapor gradually dissipated, the old man Sha was already standing on the side of the secret door, he glanced at Sha Yu, stretched out his hand and pointed to the fire that had been extinguished in the fire chamber, "Sha Yu, your task today is to rekindle the fire in this fire chamber, if you can't burn it, don't go to sleep today!" ”

After saying that, Old Man Sha left, Sha Yu watched the secret door being easily closed, and glanced back at the fire, "Grandpa, this is too underestimating me...... Is it so hard to make a fire? ”

Gu Li stood aside but smiled, he walked up to Sha Yu and patted him on the shoulder and pointed to the water that had been dripping on the side of the fire, "Sha Yu, if you want to rekindle the fire, what are you going to do with this water?" ”

Sha Yu squatted on the edge of the fire chamber to study the structure of the entire kettle chamber, Gu Li was right, there was still water left in the chamber of the fire that could not flow out, was his grandfather just testing his patience?

"Sha Yu, according to normal speaking, the temperature of the fire chamber in place can reach more than 1,000 degrees Celsius, and it is impossible for a bucket of water to extinguish the fire chamber, which shows that the old man Sha has only rekindled the fire of the chamber, but the fire has not yet reached the state of the sand pot, if you just re-ignite the fire, it may not be considered a success...... You'll have to control the temperature of the whole fire, which is a basic skill for the clay pot......"

Gu Li's words revealed a little bit of his judgment of Old Man Sha's behavior just now, Sha Yu was not a fool, he naturally understood the meaning of Gu Li's words, he didn't say anything, stood up and looked around, in another corner of the courtyard, he saw the dry firewood that his grandfather used as fuel for the fire chest, he didn't say a word and brought a bunch of them from there, and then walked to the secret door and pushed it open, he saw that the door of the study had been closed, although he couldn't be sure if his grandfather had locked the door, But he knew that he couldn't burn the fire in the bore today, and he couldn't go out.

He randomly rummaged through some very old newspapers and broken books from Old Man Sha's study, and then reappeared on the edge of the fire with them, Gu Li looked at the things in his arms, and couldn't help frowning, "Sha Yu, you burn the things in your grandfather's study like this, aren't you afraid that he will find out and spare you?" ”

"Haha, don't I have you? Come, help me see what's important about these broken books and newspapers, and let me use them as ignition if they don't matter...... Gu Li, did you hear me? ”

Sha Yu squeezed his eyebrows at Gu Li, Gu Li was a little helpless, he walked to Sha Yu's side, took the old newspaper and some broken books he took from his arms, and then began to look through them carefully.

"These are useless, probably the old villain book, and there are childish pictures you drew on them!"

Gu Li casually threw two or three worn-out books to Sha Yu, and Sha Yu glanced at them, "Don't say it, it's really what I painted when I was a child, but how can these things be in Grandpa's study?" ”

"Then I'll have to ask you...... Maybe you dropped it there......"

Gu Li said and threw a few broken books to Sha Yu, Sha Yu did not hesitate to take them and light them, he did not directly throw the ignition into the firebox, but piled up a small dry firewood pile on the side of the fire, and then put the broken books that were ignited under the dry firewood, and it didn't take long for the dry firewood to smoke.

Gu Li also nodded slightly when he looked at it, they really needed to remove the moisture near the firechamber first, and then go and light the firechamber.

Gu Li saw that Sha Yu was very serious, and he also looked through the old newspaper in his hand more carefully.

Suddenly, he saw a big news on a page of a newspaper, he threw the other newspaper directly to Sha Yu, and then took the newspaper and read it carefully.

Sha Yu didn't pay attention, he was still seriously lighting the dry firewood.

It wasn't until he found that the last newspaper had also been used, but the fire in the dry pyre was still not strong enough, that he turned his head to look behind him, and Gu Li was already sitting on the steps of the secret door, holding a newspaper seriously.

Sha Yu looked at the dry firewood pile and felt that although it was not prosperous, it would not be extinguished immediately, so he walked towards Gu Li.

He took advantage of Gu Li's unpreparedness, snatched the newspaper from his hand, and then flipped through it with care, "What are you looking at?" How can you be so serious? This is the trigger for my last one......"

"Sha Yu, give it to me!"

Gu Li stood up, he looked at Sha Yu with a cold face, and the seriousness in his tone made Sha Yu hand him the newspaper in an instant, "Is there really something?" What is it? ”

Gu Li took the newspaper, then flipped it over, and pointed to a major piece of news on it, "The incident mentioned here seems to be the one that injured my grandfather......

Sha Yu leaned in to take a look, and the headline of the news was Shocking, and the famous collector was killed in an unexpected situation...... Conservation artifacts are lost and their whereabouts are unknown......

"Do you know what this is about?"

Sha Yu looked at Gu Li curiously, Gu Li shook his head, "Neither my grandfather nor my father ever told me about the past...... At least I know from that letter that most of the cultural relics that I once cared for were not lost, but only a few special ones...... But it's the special ones that matter......"

"Doesn't such a big thing alarm many people, why haven't I heard of it in Meichuan?"

"Those artifacts were met by accident while passing through the Meichuan territory...... Moreover, the vast majority of those cultural relics belong to private collections, and do not go to the official ...... The care is only transferred to another family......"

"Don't you know? How else can you say this? ”

"There's my grandfather's response in it, and your grandfather's ...... Of course, there is also the old head of the Yin family...... These three families were in charge of the care and transfer at that time, and the one who sent them didn't say anything......"

"Whose house is it going to?"

"I don't know ......"

Sha Yu and Gu Li were talking, the fire on the dry pyre was getting smaller and smaller, and if they didn't deal with it, it would probably be extinguished...... However, Gu Li's eyes were sharper, and he hurriedly pointed to the dry firewood pile and shouted to Sha Yu, "Hurry up and add firewood!" ”

Sha Yu was in a panic and pulled the old newspaper in Gu Li's hand and threw it into the dry pyre, although Gu Li was a little caught off guard, he had already read the content and didn't say anything.

The two of them were busy but only removed the moisture near the fire, but the firechest was still deadly, and the lazy sun at one o'clock in the afternoon shone on the camellia, and the light refracted made people feel a little lazy.

"What to do? Can't we go to sleep today? ”

Sha Yu sat on the ground limply, the ash on his face was no longer bothered, Gu Li looked at him and then at the fire, and sighed.

There was a sudden sound on the side of the secret door, Sha Yu ran over and pushed open the secret door, it turned out that the old man Sha asked someone to bring them lunch.

"Gu Li, let's eat, only after eating will you have the strength to toss...... I don't want to sleep here today......"

Gu Li let out a sigh of relief, he didn't want to sleep here.