The blast furnace took a whole day to build, and when Cheng San and Bai Guichen came back, they immediately took a few steps back when they saw this familiar blast furnace.

Cheng San put down the firewood and said in shock: "Godmother, do you want to do alchemy again?" Why is the stove different this time, and it doesn't even open a mouth? ”

Shu Yan didn't bother to take care of this guy, only said that let them burn the stove first, and then add firewood to it, the more the better.

Cheng San and Bai Guichen did as they were told, and the stove burned for a whole day and dried for another day, and the wood inside had been fully burned.

Shu Yan took someone to collect the toner and add some water, although the whole yard was very dirty, and there was a lot of noise, and many neighbors were peeking outside.

The idle Xiucai who had nothing to do also looked at Shu Yan and them at the door.

An old man said, "Are you burning charcoal?" It's just that this stove is weird. ”

This blast furnace is the structure of a carbonization furnace, which is mainly for high-temperature combustion.

Shu Yan instructed a few people to put the smokeless carbon embryos ready, the weather is good these days, and after a few days of drying, they can be dry.

Although this smokeless charcoal is not exquisitely made, it can still be sold at a good price.

That Xiucai may have talked to Shu Yan a few times, and felt that he still had a little face, so he stepped forward to carefully watch the movements of several people.

The rest of the people in the village followed suit and moved forward.

They closed the door, and the men sneaked into the dog hole to peek.

Cheng San couldn't help but say to his godmother: "Godmother, the way we came up with to make money, if they learn it, won't we be able to earn our money?" ”

Shu Yan shook his head.

"If you can learn, a few more people will live this winter, and it will be good."

Forsythia on the side was silent, just staring at the hundreds of black smokeless carbon.

In the middle of the night, Shu Yan, who had worked for several days, slept in the house.

In Sui Ying and Forsythia's room, Forsythia suddenly opened her eyes, she got out of bed and walked into the yard, but saw a little child crawling in from the dog hole, taking two pieces of smokeless charcoal in her hand and wanting to run.

Forsythia flew forward and pressed the child directly under his arm.

The child suddenly cried, and Forsythia said sharply: "You are a little child, and you actually ran to other people's houses to steal things? ”

The two made a lot of noise, and Shu Yan woke up from the house in a daze, only to see Forsythia pulling a crying child with a face full of marks.

Shu Yan said: "What's wrong? What are you doing at my house, kid? ”

The boy was out of breath crying.

"I ...... I just want to ......"

Cheng San seemed to know this child, Cheng San stepped forward and pulled Forsythia's arm, he said: "I know this child, his father and brother have gone to war, there is only one mother in the family, and he is still weak and sick, and the fields are all occupied, presumably he wants to find a way to live from us." ”

When the child heard Cheng San help him speak, he suddenly cried even more fiercely.

Shu Yan sighed, and she said to Forsythia: "Send this child away, they are all poor people." ”

Cheng San led the child away, Shu Yan was about to turn around and go to sleep, but was stopped by Forsythia, who said to Shu Yan: "Old lady, do you want these people to learn to make smokeless charcoal, and then subsidize their livelihood?" ”

Shu Yan nodded, it seems that this forsythia is very smart.

Forsythia said: "But have you ever thought that this smokeless carbon is not difficult to make, the whole village will do it, and they will all go to Xiangcheng to sell it, and in the end it will be like firewood, getting cheaper and cheaper, and in the end, it is very likely that everyone will not make any money, but the firewood for heating themselves is gone, and finally freezes to death." ”

Shu Yan opened his mouth and said: "Then have you ever thought about selling this smokeless carbon to other places, buying big cities like Shaoyang and Taiyuan, and then gathering the people of the entire village and producing it together?" ”

Forsythia didn't speak again, and Shu Yan continued: "Do you know why I, a dignified old lady, want to farm here? ”

Forsythia: "You like the pastoral life?" ”

Shu Yan shook her head, she took a long breath, and seemed to think of many things before.

"I did so many things with Old Man Chen, most of them failed, I didn't understand it before, but I understand now, we are too high, if you want to solve the problem of the farmer, you have to be a farmer yourself."

Forsythia naturally knew what Shu Yan and Chen Shengzhi had done in Jiangnan before, although they had only heard about it, but they also knew that the housewife of the Chen family back then was definitely not a person who was easy to get along with.

But now Shu Yan doesn't know why, he is very humane.

Forsythia: "It's really worth it for a small village to spend so much effort?" ”

Cheng San came back after sending the child, and he looked at Shu Yan and Forsythia with a smile.

Cheng San: "Naturally, it's worth it. ”

Shu Yan nodded, Forsythia didn't say anything, she turned around and went back to her room.

Cheng San hugged his arms and looked at Shu Yan who breathed a long sigh of relief next to him, Cheng San spoke: "Godmother, you really have to work hard to win people's hearts." ”

Shu Yan kicked Cheng Sanyi, and she said to herself: "I also want to ask the people to do good deeds, but you are a kid who has a wide range of contacts, and you know a hairy child in the village." ”

Cheng San touched his nose and said with a smile: "Naturally, I don't know him, I just made it up, godmother, am I particularly witty?" ”

Shu Yan couldn't help kicking Cheng San again, and gave him a sentence in his mouth.

"Get out of here and go to bed."

Cheng Sanmei went back to his room to sleep, while Shu Yan stood alone in the courtyard, looking at the white moon.

She suddenly remembered something.

During this time, Shu Yan's memories occasionally popped up, which made her a little helpless, and it always seemed to be accompanied by various things in reality.

Like what she remembered now.

She had said the same thing to Old Man Chen before, she wanted the people in the world to live a good life, and Old Man Chen was once recruited by Shu Yan like this.

She still remembers the blazing admiration and appreciation in the eyes of the young Chen Shengzhi after hearing her ambition.

But Shu Yan has been busy for more than 20 years, and most things are contrary to his imagination.

Shu Yan covered her head, and she took a deep breath.

The moonlight sprinkled on Shu Yan's face, she looked at the dark night sky, and she didn't know whether she was sad or happy at the moment.

Perhaps because of his heart, Yu'an came out of the house and saw that his grandmother was in a daze alone, so he came over and took Shu Yan's hand and asked.

"Grandma, what are you doing? Are you looking at the moon? ”

Shu Yan sighed and looked at his cute little grandson.

"Yu'an, what if Grandma can't do it?"

Yu'an was stunned, the child seemed to understand, he took Shu Yan's hand and said, "Then I'll take over from Grandma and continue to do it." ”