Chapter 112: Moving to a New House, Giving Gifts
It is said that this household department has been awarded for its national bonds, of course, the first credit falls on Wen Youyou, this astronomical Youyou with a congratulatory gift, to Xiaoyue's new house to congratulate, by the way to talk to Xiaoyue.
When he entered the door, he saw Steward Huang first, but Steward Huang didn't know him, so he had to go to the kitchen to find Yun Yan, who helped with cooking, and let him in.
Yun Yan led Wen Youyou into the back house, passed through the west wing, came to the back garden, and saw the transparent study at a glance to the left, Xiao Yue was chatting with Xu Chengchang, and as soon as she walked into the study, she heard Xiao Yue talking about someone.
Xiao Yue saw Wen Youyou, smiled and said, "I didn't say anything." She saw Wen Youyou wearing a fluffy shawl with a thin layer of snow on it, and she looked outside the house, "Wow, it's snowing today." ”
Wen Youyou saw that she seemed to like snow very much, and said with a smile: "Yes, it hasn't rained when I first went out, but it doesn't look good, so Mu Shi added an extra shawl to me." ”
Xiao Yue used to be a southerner, rarely saw snow, and didn't want to live in Yingjun City all the time, so it's no wonder.
"Childe, this house has burned the dragon, let me help you take off the shawl. Yun Yan on the side said to Wen Youyou with a red face.
Wen Youyou also found that the room was very warm, and while taking off her shawl, she said, "Xiaoyue, you can really enjoy it." ”
Xiao Yue looked at him with a smile and did not deny it.
Wen Youyou saw that Xiao Yue was wearing an emerald blue robe and holding an account book in her hand, like a pretty female account room, he smiled and said: "But Xiao Yue has the capital to enjoy, this time I helped the court earn so much silver, but I didn't get any less benefits." After speaking, he handed the shawl to Yun Yan.
Yun Yan took his shawl and put it on the hanger in the corner of the study, then poured tea for Wen Youyou, glanced at Xu Chengchang, and asked him to follow him out.
"Lord Wen, Childe. The small ones retreated first. Xu Chengchang hugged Wen Youyou and Xiaoyue and bowed, and followed Yun Yan out of the warm study.
"It's so cold today, and the weather is not good, what are you doing here?, what's the matter for Mu Shi to run?" Xiao Yue looked at Xu Chengchang and the back of them leaving had been drowned by the sprinkling snow.
Wen Youyou just smiled and didn't speak, he slowly took something out of his arms.
Xiao Yue stepped forward curiously, took a look, and saw that he was holding a small bronze round altar in his hand, carved with auspicious clouds and white crane patterns, with handles on the left and right sides, and lids on it, which looked like a teapot, but had no mouth.
"This gadget looks very exquisite," Xiao Yue knew that there were still skilled craftsmen in this world, and the workmanship of the little things was indeed exquisite, "What is it for?"
Wen Youyou handed this little thing to Xiao Yue, and said with a smile: "Isn't Xiao Yue omniscient and omnipotent? This is my congratulatory gift for you to move to a new house, can you guess what this is for?"
Xiao Yue took it, looked left and right, opened the lid and looked inside, and found that there was a small ceramic jar in the copper jar, she thought to herself that this must not be a Russian doll, what kind of container should this be.
Xiao Yue tilted her head, looking at the copper jar she was holding in her hand, which still had Wen Youyu's body temperature on it, raised it and sniffed it with her nose, and there was a faint citrus smell. I don't know why, she looked at this thing and thought of an old thing.
When Xiaoyue was a child, her parents divorced, her mother was busy making a living, she was brought up by her grandmother, she was afraid of the cold since she was a child, and there was no heating in the southern home, so her grandmother prepared a soup woman made of copper, poured boiling water, and then wrapped it in a pillow towel to keep her warm.
She looked at the bronze vessel in her hand again, the lid was so big, and it couldn't be tightened, it was definitely not a soup woman, but it looked like it could hold something.
"This is a new item this winter, and there are only about a dozen of them on the market, and each style is different, so the demand exceeds supply. Wen Youyou said proudly: "I still asked someone to buy one." ”
"Winter?" Satsuki asked, "So things are used in winter?"
Wen Youyou just laughed, not denying or affirming.
Xiao Yue thought about whether this bronze vessel used in winter would also be a heating object, so since this thing can't hold water, what else can it hold? She suddenly had a flash of inspiration, in addition to using hot water for heating, you can also use hot carbon, and this object should be able to use hot carbon, and the inside is ceramic and not afraid of burning. She asked tentatively, "This doesn't know how to use a heater, does it?"
Wen Youyou had never heard of any heaters, and he was immediately happy, "What is a heater?" ”
Xiao Yue was afraid that she had guessed wrong and would damage her reputation, so she said cautiously: "Is this something that can put hot carbon in it and then warm up?"
Wen Youyou looked at Xiao Yue with wide eyes, and asked with some doubts: "Xiao Yue, have you seen this before?"
Satsuki touched her nose with her right hand and said curtly, "I haven't seen this, but I've seen other similar things, but when you buy this, what do they call it?"
"The people who do this call it a hand stove, and it is said that the craft came from the secret country. Wen Youyou explained, "You know that the secret country is colder than ours here, and many places are covered with snow all year round, so the rich people over there find craftsmen to build this heating." ”
"Oh, so it's called a hand stove. "Xiaoyue also suffered the loss of not looking at the ancient costume, otherwise she would have guessed what this thing was.
"You just said you've seen something similar, what is that?" Wen Youyu was a little curious, he felt that Xiao Yue always said something he didn't know.
"Uh," Xiao Yue thought about it for a while, and began to make it up, "You also know, my house is from Dongshan, which is very close to the secret country, so it is estimated that it is also a kind of heating object made by craftsmen from the secret country." ”
"What does that look like, is it the same as this?" Wen Youyu's curiosity was aroused.
"It's a bit like, both of them look like teapots, but one has no spout and the other doesn't have a lid. ”
"How do you release heat carbon without a lid?"
Satsuki said with a smile: "The one without a lid doesn't have an inner tank and no hot carbon, but you can pour hot water into it, but there is still a lid on the spout of the teapot to prevent the water from overflowing." ”
"Hahaha, that's funny. Wen Youyou could imagine what it looked like, "Then it's better to just hold the teapot to keep warm." ”
Satsuki explained: "That thing can be put in the quilt to keep warm, but the teapot can't." ”
Wen Youyou somehow suddenly imagined the scene of Xiao Yue using this bronze appliance to warm himself in the quilt, and his face was slightly red.
Xiao Yue didn't pay attention to his strange appearance, but asked jokingly: "Lord Wen has been proud of the spring breeze recently, and the emperor has given you many rewards. ”
Wen Youyou didn't know whether to think about it or be teased by Xiao Yue, he scratched his head with some embarrassment, and said: "There is not only one congratulatory gift, I heard Xu Chengchang say that you are messing with your newly bought carriage, so I told him, and all the expenses will come to me for reimbursement at that time, including the cost of buying and selling carriages." ”
When Xiao Yue heard it, this was not a small amount.