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Chapter 15 Men and women don't kiss

"I don't have a big man, I have a lot of ideas. This thing looks really good."

After seeing Chen Xi’s operation, Butler Liu’s eyes lit up and smiled and praised him, but then he remembered something and asked, “How should this thing be placed? You can’t put it at the stove, how can you add firewood?”

Chen Xi replied: "If you open the bellows next to it and seal the surroundings when repairing the stove, wouldn't it be useful?"

Butler Liu was still distracted at first, but after listening to Chen Xi's words, his expression became solemn, his brows frowned slightly, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Zhou thought that Butler Liu was angry that Chen Xi was too polite, so he quickly explained: "Butler Liu, the little kid is ignorant. You have a lot of adults, don't bother with him."

Butler Liu seemed to figure it out, looked at Zhou and smiled, nodded and said, "I think the words of this little baby are quite reasonable. If we servants are the ones who are servants, the most worrying thing about it is the turn of the kitchen to cook on duty. If we can add this, what's the name? Oh, it's a bellows. Just push and pull a few times, the fire can burn very vigorously. Wouldn't that save time and effort?"

Shen Mingjun didn't know what was labor-saving. He worked as a long-term worker in the mansion, mainly responsible for the work of moving, lifting, repairing and repairing. He rarely cooked. Even if he was asked to burn fire, he would not care about the smoke and fire.

Mr. Liu said, "This is how Mingjun, take your son and send this thing to the backyard of the mansion. I will call Carpenter Sun and others to ask your son to guide you, and see if there is any improvement to install this bellows in the kitchen. Please rest assured that if this thing is really useful, I will send someone to install it in the yard."

Zhou was a little confused when he heard it.

She just learned that her son had made this thing called a bellows, and she didn't think it was anything great, but she didn't expect that the housekeeper Liu, who was in charge of her husband, actually admired her and asked his son to guide those carpenters with good skills, who would listen to the idea of ​​a little doll?

Shen Mingjun was very happy. After all, Butler Liu has a unique position in the mansion. Apart from his master, this Butler Liu has the right to speak. Even the young masters in the backyard dared not offend Butler Liu.

Shen Mingjun excitedly raised the bellows and carried them on his shoulders, and led his son to the backyard of the main house.

Lin Dai originally complained to Zhou to stop Chen Xi from making trouble. But the facts proved that what Chen Xi made was recognized by adults. Lin Dai was very surprised and wanted to keep up and see what happened. Zhou Yi grabbed her and said, "You little girl, don't join in the fun. If you are hungry, go in and eat something to suffice your stomach."

In fact, Zhou also wanted to go and have a look, but she knew that a woman was not qualified to get involved in such a thing, so she could only calm down and wait for the news first.

At this time, Chen Xi felt very not to pinch it. Although he was a child's appearance, he didn't want to be regarded as a naughty boy who knew nothing. But Shen Mingjun held his hand straight, as if he was afraid that he would get lost even if he followed him.

The Wang family is worthy of being one of the few big landlords in Ninghua. The house is much larger than the old house in the Shen family in Taohua Village. After leaving the garden, they enter a corridor. After the corridor, there are rows of arcades. The yards are followed by curves, which almost makes Chen Xi's head dizzy.

After finally coming to the backyard, Butler Liu said to several people who were cleaning up the broken tiles on the ground: "Go and call Carpenter Sun, Lao He and the others over, I have something to say."

Soon a man with a round face in his forties came over with a teenager in his teenager. Chen Xi speculated that the man in front of him was Carpenter Sun, who was mentioned by Manager Liu, and the young man was probably his apprentice. A few more people came from behind, all of whom were long-time workers in the mansion, and their status was similar to Shen Mingjun.

Butler Liu asked several people to get close to the bellows and personally demonstrated the show. Even though he was used to carpentry work and thought he was very skilled, Carpenter and others were stunned when they saw it.

Carpenter Sun asked curiously: "Butler Liu, what are you doing?"

Butler Liu glanced at him: "You are not young, why are you not as good as a little baby? Since I brought this thing for you to see, I will naturally let you do it accordingly. If you have any questions, please ask this Shen family's little boy and he will explain it to you."

Carpenter Sun originally thought that the bellows had a good origin. When Chen Xi followed Butler Liu's instructions and stood up, he couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Did this little guy make the wooden box?"

Mr. Liu said: "If you have ambitions, you can't underestimate others."

Then under the supervision of Butler Liu, the yi people began to tinker with bellows. With the addition of these craftsmen, the bellows were no longer barely pieced together with broken boxes and piled materials, but were carefully made of good wood. Although Chen Xi was young, he was instructed by Butler Liu, so he became the teacher of these craftsmen.

A bellows were made soon, because they were tightly sealed and had much better results than before.

Butler Liu personally accepted the acceptance and nodded with a smile: "Okay, let's go and chisel the stove first. Lao He, you are a bricklayer, let's leave this matter of building the stove to you."

Old He, who was in his thirties, looked around for a while and was doing nothing. When he heard this, he laughed and said, "Okay, Butler Liu and Xiaolang of the Shen family are waiting to see."

Old He went to chisel the stove happily, and then filled the bellows with a few strokes, and then rebuilt the stove.

After the assembly was completed, everyone was exhausted.

When Butler Liu saw the maids who were doing odd jobs and the servants in the backyard all came over to watch the fun, he raised his face and shouted, "What are you doing stupidly? Why don't you hurry up and make a fire to see if it works?"

After all, Butler Liu is the manager of Yi's house. His words are orders. Someone brought firewood to make a fire and cook. When the fire started, as the bellows were pulled, the flames quickly rose. The people next to him opened their eyes wide, and then smiles surged on their faces.

Butler Liu smiled and said, "You didn't want to go to the kitchen to do things. When you add all the stoves to be bellows, let's see who dares to make excuses to be lazy."

Someone next to him immediately praised: "But Mr. Liu is still sympathetic to us today."

Chen Xi retired after success. Although he was a great hero, the focus of this matter was no longer on him. In fact, Carpenter Sun and others knew the principle of bellows. After all, this thing was invented as early as the Spring and Autumn Period. There was a double-plug movable bellows in the Tang and Song Dynasties, but it was only used in the smelting industry. No one thought of household use. What Chen Xi did was just to pierce this layer of window paper.

When he returned to the yard and saw Zhou, Zhou immediately pulled Chen Xi and asked around. Chen Xi could only spread his hands: "They are adults. They asked me when they made the bellows, but when they were done, I was hung to the side."

Zhou was a little dissatisfied: "I didn't expect those people to break the bridge when they crossed the river. Where is your father?"

"Dad followed Butler Liu to meet the foreigner. Butler Liu said that this was done well and was planning to ask for rewards for Dad. It is possible to increase the monthly money by more."

Zhou's dissatisfaction just now disappeared and he smiled and said, "That's good, it seems that it's not unhelpful."

Until night fell, he did not see Shen Mingjun and Butler Liu's people. The oil lamp lit up, and the dim light covered the walls. Zhou couldn't help but worry about her husband and leaned against the door and waited.

Chen Xi curled his lips: "Mom, don't worry, will my dad abandon us, but will he abandon us?"

Zhou came over and pressed his finger on Shen Xi's head, cursing: "I don't know how to say something good. I think Butler Liu is right. You guy is a little bitch, you just deserve a beating."

After waiting for a while, he finally heard the sound of the side courtyard door opening. Zhou hurriedly went out. Soon, Shen Mingjun walked in with a thrill of pork in his hand. He happily greeted him: "This is the reward from the master. Zheng Butcher Zheng sent someone to deliver it in the morning. It was still very fresh, so I'll make it quickly."

Zhou was a little disappointed: "After the silly kid came out, the master gave such a little reward?"

Shen Mingjun said: "My wife, no matter how you say that the master is also our parents of food and clothing, you cannot be ungrateful, right? The uncle said, since you, mother and son, come from the countryside, let you live in the city for a longer period of time. Isn't this small courtyard temporarily used by our family? Isn't that good?"

Only then did Zhou relax his eyebrows and a smile appeared on his face.

Zhou said: "Then I'll stew the pork now and cook it well and go back to the teeth."

Shen Mingjun smiled and said, "Just do what you said."

Zhou happily took the pork to the kitchen. Shen Mingjun came over to pat Chen Xi on the head and praised, "You little kid is very capable. I will show your father's face when I come. The uncle praised you for being smart and smart, and you will definitely have a future prospect in the future. Oh, by the way, tell me any ideas in the future. Maybe the master will be happy and can still appreciate some good things."

Chen Xi just smiled, but was not very happy.

It is obvious that the biggest contribution of making the bellows was recorded on Butler Liu. Fortunately, Butler Liu did not take all the contributions, but this could not be replaced by the actual benefit. At most, he changed two kilograms of pork and came back to eat meat.

After dinner at Yi's family, they were full of joy. Originally, the three of them suddenly became four of them. Zhou and Shen Mingjun met again after a long separation. As the saying goes, a small separation is better than a newlywed. Zhou's face has a bit of a woman's tenderness, and his smile is full of tenderness and sweetness.

After dinner, Zhou packed the bowls and chopsticks and told Chen Xi: "It's dark for a long time, and lamp oil needs to be saved. Tung oil is expensive. You two little guys are sleeping in the room next to you. You have already packed it up for you. Don't come out at night."

Lin Dai looked at Zhou, obviously wanting to get up and sleep with this mother he just met. Her attachment to Zhou was much more serious than Chen Xi.

Chen Xi was a man who understood the truth. Zhou went from far away to visit her husband. The couple always had to meet each other. How could they keep the two young people in the room to make trouble?

Shen Mingjun also had a little more majesty of his father: "What your mother said is, take Dai'er to the next house. There is a wooden basin outside. First, go to the water tank to fetch water and wash your face before going to bed."

Lin Dai looked at Chen Xi and pouted, obviously not willing to get up and sleep with Chen Xi.

When Chen Xi and Lin Dai arrived at the east wing next door, they found that although the room was big, the bed was pitifully small. There was a layer of straw mat on the wooden board that was less than 5 meters long and wide. It was difficult for a man of five big and thick legs to stretch his legs when sleeping on it. It seemed that he had been temporarily pulled from other places to make up the numbers.

Zhou followed in and packed the bed, put on the bedding, went out with an oil lamp, and turned around at the door, reminded him: "I lock the door from outside. If I get up at night, there will be a urinal under the bed."

Chen Xidao: "What if it's a big solution?"

Zhou scolded: "You guy is so good that you are shit and urine. The door will not be locked. You can insert the door bolt from the inside. But you are not allowed to open the door casually at night. The cottage is very dark, so be careful when walking."

After that, Zhou closed the door and as the light of the oil lamp outside went away, the room was dull. After a while, Chen Xi's eyes adapted and could still see something.

Lin Dai closed the door bolt, came back and stood beside the bed, looking at the small bed and didn't want to go up.

Chen Xi was interesting and joked: "If you don't want to sleep on the bed, you can move the bedding to the floor and hit the floor, provided that you are not afraid that your mother will punish you tomorrow."

Lin Dai decided anxiously: "It should be that you sleep on the ground, we can't sleep on the same bed."

Chen Xi shook his head helplessly, but he didn't expect that this little girl was only nine years old and had the concept of not being able to get married. But the problem is, even if he had that mind, with his small body less than seven years old, what kind of presumptuous and rude things could he do?
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