There are dumb slaves cleaning in the house, and there is no snow on the corridor path, but the snow on the ridge of the eaves has not been swept and has not been melted, and it is frozen at night, and there are ice cubes hanging down on the eaves, and the baby's arm is thick, and the morning sun shines down, and the cold light shines, and it looks cold.

Qu Xiaobai shrunk his neck.

In the corner of the backyard, there was a pile of sacks, more than a dozen bags. The two brothers of the Chen family poured a bag of coal and came out, and they were pounding coal there, and a few dumb slaves were also watching curiously, and even Lin Hutou was watching the excitement.

Seeing Qu Xiaobai coming, the dumb slaves immediately stood up in a proper manner, looking very cramped.

Qu Xiaobai had little contact with them, and in their eyes, this hostess was a cold person.

Qu Xiaobai waved his hand, smiled, slowed down his speech, and greeted them: "Morning." You haven't seen this before, have you? ”

The dumb slaves all shook their heads nervously.

"It's called coal. It is possible to burn a fire. I'll burn it for you in a moment. ”

Brother Chen Xiang greeted her, and they all frowned: "Little master, can you really light it?" We've been tinkering all morning, and we haven't done it yet. ”

Qu Xiaobai looked at the half-burned firewood pile on the ground, and couldn't help but laugh, but his face was very serious: "I want to show you, there are a few conditions." ”

"Say!" Chen Zui couldn't wait, "Don't say a few conditions, even a few hundred, and agree!" ”

"First, don't call me the little housewife in the future, in the future, you will do it with me, it is my person, it is okay to call me Lao Qu, it is okay to call me Xiaoqu, simply, it is okay to call Xiaobai directly."

The Chen brothers looked at each other.

What does this do? It is said that there was a quarrel yesterday, is this residual anger?

The two brothers only thought for a moment, and then they both nodded, one was a little calm, the other was a little frivolous, but the thoughts in their hearts were not too much different: the meat was rotten in the pot, it didn't matter who was following, anyway, the elbow didn't go to someone else's house.

However, the couple is afraid that they are a little unclear about the situation.

Chen Xiang thought for a while and said, "It's not like a word to call your name directly, otherwise, call Mrs." ”

Qu Xiaobai didn't object.

Chen Zui objected: "Madam? No, I don't want to be like Luoluo. ”

"Let's call Brother Xiaobai." Qu Xiaobai thought about it.

Chen Zui looked disgusted: "Little white brother? This lady, do you know your gender? ”

"My nickname is Brother Xiaobai, it's up to you whether you call it or not."

Chen Zui muttered a few times in his mouth, and then smiled: "Don't say it, it's quite catchy." Then Little White Brother? ”

Qu Xiaobai glanced at him with an idiot's gaze, ignored him, and said, "Chen Dashao, is this what you dug up yesterday?" How's that, is it good to dig up? ”

"It's easy to dig, the rock layer is only two feet, and the depth is just over three feet, as for how thick the coal seam is, it's hard to say now." Chen Xiang said this, but his eyes were shining, obviously, he was looking forward to the thickness of this coal seam.

Qu Xiaobai picked up a piece of coal and looked at it carefully—Bai looked, she didn't know this thing either. "Big and young, little and small, carry a bag to the stove in the vegetable house, tiger head, go to the village and invite Uncle Zhu over."

The stoves at home are suitable for burning wood, and it cannot be said that they cannot burn coal, but they are certainly not suitable for long-term coal burning.

Without the help of the Chen Xiang brothers, the dumb slaves carried a large bag of coal and rushed to the vegetable house.

They were all anxious to see how the stone was burned.

Qu Xiaobai looked at them with a smile on his face.

This crazy world is not very friendly to people with able-bodied arms and legs, and even less to people with disabilities. Before they came here, the mute slaves were said to have begged on the streets, often without enough to eat.

After Xin Qingjun brought them, he hired someone to train these people, and these days, the Zhang family would come from time to time. Teach them that these people are not only stronger and more sensible now than they were when they first came.

Qu Xiaobai walked unhurriedly towards the vegetable house, and by the way, she went into the vegetable house to take a few glances at the vegetables she planted.

The mung bean sprouts are already two inches tall, and in a few days, it is estimated that they will be ready to eat.

Black bean sprouts grow slightly slower, but are stronger than mung bean sprouts.

The aquatic green garlic is already three inches tall. This thing grows very fast, and I guess it will be able to eat it soon.

The amount of green garlic is very small, mainly garlic yellow, Qu Xiaobai lifted the felt cloth and looked at it, wet. The degree and temperature are well maintained, and the growth of garlic is also very good.

If this continues, there will soon be fresh food to eat.

Compared with being able to eat fresh food, Chen Zui paid more attention to how she lit the stone, and urged her several times.

"What is urging? I didn't even have breakfast before I even ate it, so let me see my food. ”

Qu Xiaobai checked the leeks again before going to the stove in the corner.

The mute slaves stood in a row, all curiously waiting for her to light the stone.

Qu Xiaobai felt a little funny. It's a bit of a feeling of being overlooked, and that's ...... Hmm, it's like how she felt when she was doing a concert in that world!

"Don't look at me expectantly, I just know this thing, and I can't guarantee if I can light a flame."

Chen Zui was anxious when he heard this, "Didn't you say that this thing can burn?" ”

"It burns. It's an excellent fuel, but it's a pity that your master I don't, can't, burn, fire! ”

Although she has never done such a job as burning fire, but the original owner has done it, even if she thinks about the memory of the original owner, she can learn something.

She asked for a hammer from the dumb slave, squatted down, took a piece of coal and put it on the stone, and was about to smash it, when Chen Zui hurriedly stopped: "Grandma, you don't need this kind of work!" ”

The hammer was half-dropped, and it almost hit Chen Zui's hand, but fortunately, Chen Zui is also skilled, his eyes are fast, he held the hammer handle, Qu Xiaobai was so shocked by him that he slapped his chest, "Why are you startled, scared me to death!" ”

"If you have any work, just tell us, don't do it yourself!"

"Okay, please knock these big guys into small pieces, and the size of a fist will be."

A dumb slave hurriedly took the hammer in Chen Zui's hand, divided it by two in three strokes, and smashed the large piece of coal into small pieces.

In terms of eyesight, it's not bad.

Qu Xiaobai commanded: "Now pick some small pieces, fill them in the hearth first, and put them on top of the firewood." ”

There was wood in the hearth, and it was still burning strongly, Chen Xiang opened the door of the furnace and filled a small piece of coal on top of the firewood as he said.

Qu Xiaobai said: "It's that simple, it should be up in a while." This kind of tandoor stove is suitable for burning wood, if it is to burn coal, it is better to add a bellows, and I will ask Uncle Zhu to paste the stove again. In addition, there is also an iron stove, which is specially used to burn coal, and when I return to the house, I will draw the drawings, and take them to the town and let people help burn them. ”

Chen Xiangdao: "You don't have to go to the town, when we came, we brought some casting utensils, all of which were on the Zhuangzi, and there was no iron tool that we couldn't burn." ”

"It's even better that way! It's so thoughtful! There are some things that we still have to keep secret for the time being, otherwise it will be a disaster if they are spread out. ”

Qu Xiaobai raised his eyes and glanced at the dumb slaves, there was no lack of majesty, "Do you remember?" Secrecy. ”

As soon as the dumb slaves saw her face, they knelt down in unison, all of them were full of panic, and they all nodded.

Qu Xiaobai didn't expect that her words would provoke them like a frightened bird, and she blamed herself a little, but for the sake of the future, she had to make a rule, nodded, and made a gesture: "Get up." Just remember. You don't have to kneel at every turn in the future. ”

As he spoke, the coal in the furnace had turned red, and Chen Zui, who had been observing the furnace, shouted excitedly: "It's red!" Red hey! It's burning! This color is so beautiful! ”

In front of the hearth, they immediately brushed their heads in a circle, and the fire burned red, reflecting the faces of these people, all of them smiling happily and excitedly.

"Alright, now add the larger chunks. Coal burns much longer than firewood, and it is not easy to extinguish, as long as there are some sparks, plus the coal pulls the bellows, it can be ignited. Qu Xiaobai's face was also full of smiles, "However, you must pay attention to ventilation when burning coal, the exhaust gas produced by burning coal will poison people, and in serious cases, it will cause death, even if Dong Lang and Yun are not idle, they will not be able to save people." ”

"So serious?" Chen Xiang raised his head.

"Yes, but as long as you pay attention to ventilation, you won't be poisoned." She said, "Alright, now leave one by one to watch the fire, and the rest go to breakfast." After breakfast, I started work. ”

Chen Zui was the first to raise his hand: "I'll stay, you go to eat." ”

Qu Xiaobai rolled his eyes amusedly, "Okay, let someone change you in a while." I'll go back first. Da Shao, you come with me, after eating, let's draw a few pictures of the stove, and you can see if you can make it. ”

When Chen Zui heard this, he was also about to move: "I also want to go and see, what kind of stove!" "He knew that the surveying and mapping instruments that came from her hands were so exquisite!

"What do you want to do? Or you practice practice points. Body-tricks? ”

Qu Xiaobai teased him.

"If the world really has a part. I must practice physical skills! ”

"You want to be beautiful!"

Chen Zui chose to go with Qu Xiaobai in the end, and the last dumb slave volunteered to stay, Qu Xiaobai told him a few safety issues, and ordered those few to replace him after eating, and then left the vegetable house to have breakfast.

The three of them talked and laughed all the way, and the laughter spread far and wide, and at the gate of Qu Xiaobai's courtyard, they met Dong Lang, Dong Lang's eyes were blue, obviously he didn't sleep well, Qu Xiaobai only pretended not to know about him and Yang Ling, and said, "Little doctor, let's have breakfast together." ”

"No...... Not going. Dong Lang's face flushed.

"What? Do you want to open the valley? If you don't cultivate the Tao, what kind of valley do you cultivate? Or do you want to give me food? Qu Xiaobai curled the corners of his mouth and said with a smile.