It seemed that Old Fang really had a lot of free time. A few months ago, he was still a rather shy man. When he talked about his beautiful wives, beautiful concubines, and big mansions, he would blush from time to time. Now, he was so free that he could tell dirty jokes in public. His mouth already had some of Old Sun's Kung Fu.
Now that the son-in-law had arrived, the crowd was too embarrassed to continue listening. They chuckled and scattered like birds and beasts, thinking to themselves that they had to pick a good time to call Old Fang out for a chat.
"Son-in-law, what's the matter?" Fang looked serious and became an upright man again.
Li Yi nodded. There was indeed something.
Even if there was nothing, he had to find something for him to do. How could such a good person be so free?
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Fang and a few men went up the mountain to cut bamboo. Although they didn't know why the son-in-law asked them to cut bamboo, it was much more interesting than staying at home and telling dirty jokes.
Li Yi went to the street with Ruyi. Since Fang wasn't there, Ruyi temporarily acted as his bodyguard.
Other people were the personal bodyguards of beautiful presidents, but she was the bodyguard of the county lieutenant's beautiful sister-in-law. She had a face that people didn't dare to get close to. Before people got close, she would cast a cold glance at them and they wouldn't dare to get close anymore. In the future, she would definitely be like an iceberg president. With her by his side, he would be as safe as he could be.
Of course, those who wanted to get close were mostly men, and their target wasn't Li Yi …
"May I ask what this is, young master?" In a shop that specialized in red clay stoves, the old craftsman moved closer and looked at a few pieces of paper on the table.
There were a bunch of pictures on the paper, and the old craftsman didn't understand them.
The red clay stove that they used to eat hot pot at home was bought here. The old craftsman's skills were good. After using it for so long, there hadn't been any quality problems. When he planned to make a honeycomb briquette stove, he immediately thought of this place.
In the winter, it was necessary to have a good stove. Li Yi planned to make a few more stoves and put one in every room. It was convenient to use water, and they wouldn't feel cold when they slept at night.
"This picture is from the front, this picture is from the top, and this picture is what it looks like from the inside …"
After spending a few minutes to teach the old craftsman how to look at the three-dimensional and cross-sectional views, the old man's eyes lit up and he was full of praises.
"This is a good idea, this is a good idea …" The old craftsman had worked his whole life and was very experienced. Soon, he could read the picture correctly.
A few simple blueprints appeared in his mind as he looked at them from top to bottom, left to right.
Although the drawing on the paper looked a little different from the stove in the shop, it was definitely a stove.
The old man looked away from the drawing and said, "Young Master, you want a stove, right? There are so many in the shop, big and small. You can choose one, there is no need to remake it."
Li Yi smiled and said, "My stove has some special uses. I'll make it according to this diagram. There shouldn't be a problem, right?"
The old craftsman was puzzled. Apart from cooking tea, what other special uses did the stove have? Besides, the drawing on the paper only seemed to have an extra ear compared to a normal stove. But since it was a customer's request, he didn't need to ask too much.
"No problem, it will be done by tomorrow. Where is your residence? I will send someone to deliver it."
After discussing the price with the old craftsman, Li Yi and Ruyi walked out of the shop. Now that they had a stove, they would find a way to get some honeycomb briquettes to make it warmer this winter.
Fang and the others quickly came back with chopped pillars. Each of them carried a bundle on their shoulders. According to Li Yi's instructions, they opened the joints in the bamboo so that they could see from one side to the other.
Fang resisted the urge to ask Li Yi what it was for. It would make him look ignorant if he asked too much. He would see it with his own eyes one day.
The old craftsman was very fast. The apprentices in the shop loosened the things the next day.
Because this Young Master had given them a lot of money, the few of them had to work for an entire night before they could finish it before dawn.
Fang saw his son-in-law put the hollowed bamboo on the ear of the stove. He connected another section and made a hole in the window. The other end of the bamboo stretched out from the hole.
The charcoal fire burned quickly. After a while, the room became warmer. More importantly, Fang stayed in the room for a long time, but he didn't feel dizzy or smell the charcoal.
They also had a stove at home, but they only used it when eating hot pot. When they ate, they had to open the window and the door. Otherwise, they would feel dizzy after a long time, and their body would not have any strength.
Zhu Zi had been complaining about the cold at home for the past two days. It was not enough to cover two quilts at night. He was annoyed by it. When he came out just now, he even kicked his butt.
This child only lived a good life for a few days, but he had already forgotten all the hardships he had suffered before. In the winter of the past few years, how could there be two quilts for him to cover himself? The weather in the mountains was much colder than in the city, but didn't he still survive?
Of course, he didn't dare to light the stove in the house at night. That thing couldn't be used at night. Every winter, there would be people who lit the stove and quietly died in their house. After falling asleep, they never woke up again.
After staying in the room for a while, he felt that it was getting warmer and warmer. After he didn't feel any discomfort, he ran outside.
There was still quite a lot of bamboo left, so he decided to go cut some more and make something like this for his own house. He knew the shop assistants who had just delivered the stove. He had bought a stove from that shop before, so he would go to their shop later and ask them to make one that was exactly the same as his son-in-law's.
It was his own child. It was fine to kick him, but it was also distressing for him to keep freezing. With this thing, if this brat still complained of being cold, he would have to kick him again!
"Son-in-law, the room is much warmer." Xiao Huan no longer rubbed her hands. The copper pot on the stove was steaming, and the water inside was always hot. Son-in-law said that he would use this water to wash his face and wash his clothes in the future. The room became warmer, and he wouldn't feel cold in Eldest Miss' arms when he slept at night.
Thinking of these things, her eyes narrowed into a crescent. In the entire prefectural city, only her house had this thing. Son-in-law's ability was really great!
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"This damn weather, it snows just like that. It's so cold!"
Late at night, the cold wind whistled in the mountains. A few figures pushed open the door of the abandoned temple in the mountains. They shook off the snow on their shoulders. The cold wind mixed with the snow poured in from the outside. They hurriedly turned back and closed the door again.
In an instant, their bodies felt a lot warmer.
The space inside the small temple in the mountains wasn't big, but it was still enough to accommodate dozens of people.
The windows on both sides had long been blocked with wooden planks. The snowstorm outside was like a different world compared to the inside of the house.
In the middle of the house, someone had lit a bonfire to keep warm. They weren't the only group of people in the temple. Whether it was the wanderers of the jianghu, the escorts escorting goods, or the pedestrians hurrying through the night, they were all blocked by this sudden snowstorm.
"If you're cold, come over and warm yourself up." There were many people around the bonfire. They had originally wanted to find a corner to sit down, but someone said aloud.
"Thanks!"
The people of the jianghu had always been forthright. They didn't refuse and sat down in the seats that the other person had opened up.
After sitting down, one of the men untied a water pouch from his back and handed it over. "Do you want to drink some?"
The person opposite them was about to wave his hand to refuse when the man opened the water pouch. A strong aroma wafted out. He was stunned for a moment before taking the water pouch. He tilted his head back and drank a mouthful. He smiled and said, "Good wine!"
"Haha, this is Qing 'an prefecture's famous strong wine. It's just that it's too damn expensive." The man said with a smile.
"Brothers from the prefectural city?" The man asked with a smile.
The man nodded and said, "That's right. We were planning to go to Chu Zhou City to run some errands. We didn't expect the snow to come so suddenly. We'll have to leave tomorrow."
The man opposite them also introduced himself. He was also from the Qing 'an prefecture. He was in the business of escorting goods. Because of the snowstorm, he had to rest here for the night.
They were all people of the jianghu. After a short conversation, the atmosphere became lively.
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