HLnovel Chapter 421: It must have been roasted by fire
Chapter 421: It must have been roasted by fire
This night was really busy, especially for Shen Luming.
Fu Huaian and his friends were staying overnight, but there were no extra rooms available, so they were arranged to stay in Shen Luming's room.
Shen Luming carried a bunch of bottles and jars into the boiler room, while Dahu was outside responsible for boiling water.
"Brother, these are for washing hair and face. And also for brushing teeth."
Fu Huaian was sitting in the bathtub, and it felt quite strange.
"it is good!"
Shen Luming placed several pieces of bamboo charcoal on the table and arranged them one by one: "This is for hair washing. My sister calls it shampoo. It is made with Eclipta prostrata and other Chinese herbs."
"This is soap. This time it's scented with osmanthus. It smells really good."
Then he took out a small plastic straw-like thing, the front and back ends of which were scalded to death, and said mysteriously: "I also gave you my sister's treasure, don't tell my sister."
Fu Huai'an raised his eyebrows: "What treasure?"
Shen Luming bit off one end of the straw with his little teeth, and dripped the essential oil into the bath pot. He said, "Except for my sister and mother, no one else in our family can use this.
My father and I don’t allow it to be used, so I secretly gave you one. Smell it, just a little bit, and the whole bathroom will be filled with fragrance.”
"It smells really good. What is this?"
"Hey, this is essential oil made from many flowers."
Fu Huaian, sitting in the bathtub, sniffed gently. The smell was very familiar, it was the smell of Shen Youyou.
"Brother, do you want me to rub your back?"
"Can you still rub my back?"
Shen Luming quickly took off his clothes and climbed into the bathtub: "Of course, I rubbed my dad's back. It's so clean."
Fu Huaian was amused. It was the first time for him to bathe with someone at such a age, and the person he took was a chubby little white baby with short arms and legs.
He was afraid that Shen Luming would fall, so he held his arm with one hand: "You have gained a lot of weight. Look at your arm, it's all flesh."
Shen Luming stood behind him cautiously: "My sister said that I am just a little tender flesh now, but I will be all muscle when I grow up."
After saying that, he pressed the muscles on Fu Huaian's arm with his fingers, his face full of envy: "When I grow up, I will definitely look like my brother."
"Okay, then you have to exercise."
Shen Youyou knew that Fu Huaian was going to stay at her house today. As a girl, she knew to avoid suspicion without being told by adults.
She asked her elder and second sisters to help her carry the bedding to her grandmother's house, intending to sleep with them.
Shen Zhiqiu took the two sets of clothes his wife had just found, which were the two good ones she bought last time she went to the city, and planned to give them to Fu Huaian and A Chi as spare clothes.
"General Fu, I put the clothes outside. I'll ask Lu Ming to bring them in for you later."
When Fu Huaian heard Shen Zhiqiu's voice, he quickly responded, "Okay, thank you, Mr. Shen."
Shen Zhiqiu shouted to the other bathroom: "Achi, do you know how to use Mufa? I've put your clothes outside for you."
Ah Chi was having fun putting some bubbles in his hair, so he quickly responded, "Mr. Shen..., no need, Da Hu found me some clothes to change into."
He was just about to call him Brother Shen, but then he remembered that the young master had just called him Sir, so he had no right to call him Brother.
After hearing this, Shen Zhiqiu asked Dahu to light the fire and handed the remaining piece of clothing to his wife.
He hurried out of his house and walked towards his mother's room.
Shen Youyou had just finished bathing and was applying essential oil to her hair. Her elder and second sisters were still bathing.
Then she heard her father calling her from outside.
Shen Youyou came out in a white cotton dress with a coat on the outside.
When Shen Zhiqiu saw this, he started nagging, "The weather is getting colder, why don't you wear more clothes after taking a bath?"
Shen Youyou said: "Let's go, let's talk in the cafeteria."
Old Lady Hua, who was soaking her feet in the inner room, heard: "Why are you going to the cafeteria after taking a shower? You don't mind being cold. If you have something to say, you can't say it at home. You have to hide away."
The father and daughter looked at each other, and Shen Youyou took out a large piece of ancient towel, which was actually a layer of cotton cloth sewn together.
She wrapped it around her head and drove her father out, leaving only one sentence to the old lady Hua who had just put on her shoes and chased after them: "It's okay, grandma, I've covered my head with a face towel, so I won't get cold."
"This kid is so annoying. He never makes me feel at ease."
As for why Shen Youyou and Shen Zhiqiu were so mysterious and put everyone else aside to talk, it was also because of the cotton machine they made today.
To be honest, she now feels that the timing is wrong to make plastic cotton.
Shen Zhiqiu lit the stove and started the fire. Then Shen Youyou sat on the grass stool and roasted her hair next to the stove.
I squatted beside him.
Shen Youyou sat down, letting her long hair fall halfway down her chest. She shook herself gently by the fire and said, "Dad, I was careless today. The timing for making the cotton machine was wrong."
Shen Zhiqiu nodded: "Indeed, first of all, we are short of manpower now. Even if we can recruit workers to make it, we cannot build a house or a workshop due to weather conditions."
Shen Youyou sighed: "Hey, it's not just because of the workshop problem. In fact, with the capital we have, it is not difficult to rent a courtyard in the city as a workshop.
The difficulty lies in that if Fu Huai'an saw the cotton machine, would he not report it to the court? Didn't you hear Ah Chi say that plastic sheeting is extremely important to both the people and the military camp?
I guess we won't have this recipe anymore. Now that the imperial court knows how to make plastic cotton, they must want to let everyone use it as soon as possible. After all, winter is coming soon.
Besides, I feel the court cannot rest assured if this thing is left in our own hands."
After saying this, Shen Youyou looked up at his father and said, "Dad, do you want to be an official? Maybe this thing can help you get one."
Shen Zhiqiu poked the firewood in the stove again: "Hey, I thought of this, but as I said, the timing is not right. Not to mention that I can't leave our home now, it's impossible for me to really become an official and abandon all this.
It is impossible to get an idle title. My daughter, you don't remember and I didn't tell you that because the court was divided, there has not been a new title in the past ten years.
I thought that these princes nowadays were just princes and they did not have the right to be conferred titles, which was against etiquette!
Besides, even if I could get a small official position, I would definitely have a hard time making my way in officialdom without having taken the imperial examination, and I don't have any connections.
If you really want to be an official, you still have to take the imperial examination and prove your ability."
When Shen Youyou heard this, he looked up at his father with distrust in his eyes: "Why do I feel like you just don't want to go to work? Besides, if you're taking the imperial examination, can you sit still and study?"
Shen Zhiqiu's handsome face felt hot when his daughter looked at him. He felt that the baby must have been roasted too close to the stove. It must be.