Cub Nursery

"This is mine." The flower tree cub held a piece of wrapped soap in one hand, and a piece of crispy and sweet snack in the other, carefully put it away, and ran back to stand behind Yan Xun.

Yan Xun stepped forward and wrapped the things on the table with a large piece of oil paper, picked it up and handed it to Zhang Si, "When the cement workshop opens, you can go from there."

After receiving the huge oiled paper bag, which was so heavy that he could hardly lift it with one hand, Zhang Si looked at the little cubs waving their paws at him with complicated expressions.

"Let's go." Yan Xun stepped forward to open the small door on the wall, and turned around to signal Zhang Si to follow.

The little cub waved its paw quickly to say goodbye to the guest.

Zhang Si followed Yan Xun through the small gate. There were piles of concrete slabs on both sides of the workshop yard, and there were imprints pressed by the cubs on them. Zhang Si also helped carry the cement slabs yesterday afternoon. He I also saw with my own eyes how cement is fired.

The door of the workshop opened slowly, and the people outside who were waiting to buy cement boards didn't come forward immediately. Mrs. Zhang rushed up and covered Yan Xun's face and said, "You are in the company of monsters, and you are destined to die a bad life!"

"Mom!" Without waiting for Yan Xun to speak, Zhang Si rushed to the front and dragged Mrs. Zhang away, "We made a mistake, sir, he is different."

"How is it different?" Mrs. Zhang refused to let her go, but she was dragged away by Zhang Si involuntarily.

When Zhang Si was far away, Yan Xun said with a smile: "Third wife Zhang's crime of slandering this official, let's forget it today, I am in a good mood. The first one to come in and get the cement board..."

Far away from Honglu Temple, the third wife Zhang immediately stopped scolding, and turned away from Zhang Temple with a gloomy face, saying: "What kind of ecstasy soup did the monster give you?"

Zhang Si didn't speak, and when he got home, he opened the heavy oil-paper bag, and laid out the contents one by one.

A total of ten pieces of transparent soap with cub patterns, ten pieces of opaque square soap, ten pieces of snacks, a pair of thick fur gloves with fine stitches, a thin strap that can be hung around the neck, a large A piece of tofu, a small wooden board with ten squat cubs painted on it.

"That's why you bought you?" Third wife Zhang squinted at Zhang Si, "Si'er, have you forgotten how your three elder brothers died!"

"No." Zhang Si put the tofu aside, and put away the others carefully, "I didn't bribe me. Master Yan didn't say a single word of kindness, and those cubs... didn't flatter me either, it was just a present."

He wanted to go to Honglu Temple to find faults, to find faults, but he couldn't find them, and even... he was a little envious of those cubs, and didn't want to leave.

One day is too short.

"Mother, they didn't kill my three elder brothers. There are good and bad monsters, just like people." Zhang Si was a little excited.

"Hmph, monsters are heinous, old lady, I will kill them sooner or later." Mrs. Zhang poked her neck and said.

Zhang Si closed his eyes. He had already expected that Third Wife Zhang would say such words. He suddenly said softly: "Isn't it right for that mother to help those people steal the money owed by Honglu Temple? If she is found out , will be beheaded."

"You don't have to worry about it." Mrs. Zhang stopped talking.

All the funds allocated by the imperial court are taxes, which are accumulated by the common people grain by grain, so the money is not the hard-earned money of the common people.Zhang Siben didn't know this, and only overheard the little cub asking Yan Xun curiously.

Lowering his head to suppress the disappointment in his eyes, Zhang Si turned and left, he still wanted to visit Honglu Temple.

Coincidentally, Yan Xun had something to come out and saw Zhang Si standing outside in a daze, "What's wrong?"

"No, nothing." Zhang Si hurriedly shook his head and walked away quickly.

Yan Xun didn't take it seriously and went to find Du Qinsheng.

When we met, Du Qinsheng complained a lot. He still didn't want to come to the workshop, but he didn't dare to tell Yan Xun.

"This is rouge." Yan Xun took out a very delicate wooden box, "Rub it on your hands and face every day, it will make the skin delicate and smooth, and it will not crack and frostbite."

"So good? That can sell for a lot of money." Du Qinsheng's eyes lit up.

Yan Xun quickly took back the wooden box, and said calmly, "I will move to live in the cement workshop today, and the house is ready for you. Also, I plan to renovate the Honglu Temple, remember to tell your father, call the man in the palace nod."

"Is this possible?" Du Qinsheng was taken aback. A workshop is a workshop, but Honglu Temple is different. Even if the emperor nodded, the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs would probably not agree. After all, there are monsters living in it.

"Rouge is enough." Yan Xun said lightly.

Du Qinsheng had no choice but to go back to find his father.

After getting the rouge, Du Xuanfeng hurried into the palace.

Since the invention of soap, the emperor had to wash his hands, bathe, and wash his hair with soap almost every day. It was okay in hot weather, but he always felt dry when it was cold, and the emperor was irritable for several days because of this.

The rouge in the wooden box is white, and exudes a faint herbal fragrance, not a strong floral fragrance. It feels very refreshing when rubbed on the hands, and the dry feeling is gone.

"Good, good, good!" The emperor said three good things in succession.

Du Xuanfeng hurriedly took the opportunity to talk about the Honglu Temple, "According to Yan Xun's intention, he wanted to build a small building."

Honglu Temple is such a big place, and the small building is probably similar to the shops on the street. If you really say it is an imperial government office, it is really shabby, but there are monsters living in it, and the emperor has such a sense of superiority. agreed.

"Yan Xun said that building a building requires muscles and bones, and he wants to smelt iron." Du Xuanfeng said cautiously.

"Sure!" the emperor said without even thinking about it.

Now the ability to smelt iron is very limited, if Yan Xun can smelt it well, it will be a credit.

On the same day, Du Qinsheng brought some confidantes to move to the cement workshop. Looking at the empty room, there was not even a kang, his face was almost green, and he didn't dare to look for Yan Xun, so he had to make a kang by himself.

It was time to eat, but the workshop didn't even have anything to eat, and the door was still closed. Du Qinsheng almost cried aggrieved.

Crispy and crispy fried tofu, sweet and sour fried crispy meat, and big pies.There was still hot soup on the kang, and the cubs sat obediently on both sides of the long table, Qin Shisan also sat obediently, watching the fried tofu without blinking, waiting for the first meal to start. Eat it!

"My lord, there is no food in the workshop, is that okay?" The snake-body cub moved closer to Yan Xun's side, his cheeks were bulging, and he was chewing something right away.

Yan Xun touched the little cub's head, smiled lightly and said, "I almost forgot, now who wants to follow me to deliver some food?"

Because Yan Xun said earlier that Du Qinsheng was not a guest, the cubs were a little hesitant to go at this time.

Qin Shisan looked around, raised his hand and said, "My lord, I'll go."

"I'm going too." The flame cub suddenly raised his hand.

Yan Xun glanced at it and said with a smile, "Okay."

This is the first time that the cub is willing to take the initiative to meet someone he doesn't know, Yan Xun is very pleased.

The cold wind was blowing outside the workshop, although the room was warmer, it was empty and there was nothing.Du Qin huddled on the kang, and several servants stood by, all shivering from the cold.

Seeing Yan Xun bringing Qin Shisan into the house, along with a cub, Du Qinsheng was startled, and subconsciously backed away.

"My lord will bring you delicious food." The flame cub said, and took the initiative to carry the food box forward, put it on the table, and opened the top cover.

The food was steaming, and the aroma wafted out, Du Qinsheng took a breath, her stomach growled immediately, she didn't care about anything, she rushed down to the kang, picked up the chopsticks and wanted to eat, she couldn't care less about the flame cubs.

Du Qinsheng only came back to his senses after wolfing down his food, and found that the flame cub hadn't left, and had been standing by and watching him.

"Eh..." Du Qinsheng was taken aback, and suddenly realized that he was a little too late, and he was almost full from the meal.

"Let's go." Yan Xun stood at the door and said.

"Oh." The Flame Cub obediently agreed, and before leaving, he suddenly took out a small oiled paper bag from his pocket and put it on the table.

Du Qinsheng was disgusted in his heart, but he couldn't help picking up the oiled paper bag and opening it. Inside was a piece of transparent sugar with a beautiful petal in the middle, which was different from the petals of flower soap. It looked delicious.

Putting the candy in his mouth, Du Qinsheng muttered: "Master Yan, he treats monsters better than me, what a weirdo."

In the evening, the cubs ate, cleaned up the kang together, opened their own cabinets, took out the nest and arranged them.

Yan Xun watched the stove from the outside, and finally covered the fire tightly, and blocked the outside of the stove with stones, so that the inside of the kang could not blow out the cool wind, and the room would be warm all night.

"The hot water is ready." Jing Fengye walked over, holding a very delicate wooden box.

It is a neat hexagon, with ten little cubs engraved on it, short and fat, Yan Xun's face is engraved on the side, front, side, all angles, the bottom side is a piece of dragon scale.

There is a very clever buckle in the middle, and the wooden box can be opened with a slight pinch.

Yan Xun opened it and looked at it, then said with a smile, "Rouge."

"En." Jing Fengye nodded, his ears were a little red, this was made by himself, and the wooden box was also carved by himself, without the help of Claw Cub.

The bathhouse was still hot, and hot water had already been prepared inside. Yan Xun went in to take a shower, and before he came out to get dressed, he suddenly remembered the rouge Jing Fengye had given him, so he found the wooden box and opened it. , painted on the body.

It was almost painted on, Yan Xun suddenly sniffed, the smell was different from the usual ones sold out, it was not a light herbaceous fragrance, but a very special one, familiar and special.

After getting dressed and coming out, Yan Xun casually asked Jing Fengye, "The rouge you gave me is different from those, but what did you add?"

"En." Jing Fengye nodded, the tips of her ears slowly turning red.

"What did you add?" Yan Xun rubbed his hands, feeling that there were some small cracks in his hands from a day's work, and now everything seems to be healed.

Jing Fengye hurriedly turned around, took the clothes and walked towards the bathhouse, her voice was barely audible, "Dragon Saliva."

Because the voice was too low, Yan Xun couldn't hear it clearly, but he didn't think too much about it, and put the rouge away, planning to use it every day.

Early the next morning, Yan Xun asked, "Who is going to the workshop?"

The little cubs had just gotten up and lined up to wash up. They didn't even open their eyes, so they didn't respond.

Qin Shisan said: "Me."

"Success." Yan Xun nodded, and let Qin Shisan pass after a few words of advice.

Through the small door is the workshop next door, one makes soap, and the other burns cement to make cement boards.This was the first time Qin Shisan came to the workshop by himself. He knew that the monster and Yan Xun were both in Honglu Temple, while the workshop only had Du Qinsheng and a few servants.

He also knew that Du Qinsheng had always been unwilling to do errands for Yan Xun, and that Du Xuanfeng was in the limelight, and although Concubine Xian was favored, she had no heirs...

He is helpless now, if he can become the prince of Concubine Xian, that would be great.

"Be smart, you two, if you enter this place, you don't even want to get out alive!" Du Qinsheng scolded in the room, "I'm going out to get ore later, you all polish those tricks for me. Follow, or be careful with your life."

The servant hurriedly agreed.

"Okay, I'm still hungry, my lord. Tighten my stomach, don't tell me to listen to my lord." Du Qinsheng said unhappily, "Master Yan knows how to mess around..."

Qin Shisan paused for a moment, then knocked on the door and went in, explaining Yan Xun's instructions in detail.

No matter what he is, he is still a prince, and Du Qinsheng is smiling all over his face as if changing his face.

It's just that Qin Shisan didn't want to use him to catch up with the concubine Xian. Instead of dealing with Du Qinsheng, he might as well go back to Honglu Temple to learn how to read and make soap from the adults. He has read the skills many times and still hasn't learned .

The adults still had to discuss with the cubs how to heat up the shaft furnace. Qin Shisan didn't dare to delay here, and almost trotted all the way back through the small gate.

On the dining table, Qin Shisan's breakfast was laid out steadily, with poached eggs, soy milk, and a basket of small steamed buns with pleated ears like flowers. Among them was Qin Shisan's bag last night, which he didn't quite part with. eat.

"Blowing the wind, the fire can burn better." The snake cub puffed up his cheeks and blew.

Yan Xun nodded, "It's better to use charcoal."

When it comes to blowing air, Yan Xun already had an idea, which is a blower, also called a bellows.You don’t even need to make charcoal yourself, you can just go out and buy it. Many families in the city will prepare a lot of charcoal. This year, they have kangs, but they burn too much charcoal, so they can be bought at a low price.

Even if all these conditions are fulfilled, I'm afraid there won't be the effect Yan Xun wants, but he still has helpers.

The stove was built when the bricks were fired, and it is not difficult to build it again at this time.

After the drawings were drawn, the cubs looked at them, and soon took the initiative to look for work that they could help with.Jing Fengye was the most powerful, so he was in charge of building, Yan Xun was beside him directing, and occasionally helping to move stones.

After the completion of the test burning, ore, limestone, charcoal.

"It's not hot enough." Yan Xun stood aside and looked at it, then said, "It's your turn."

"En." The Flame Cub nodded heavily, and walked forward seriously.He puffed out his mouth and held his breath, his eyes stared at the furnace cellar, and he clenched his small fists.

The furnace began to heat up, and the ore inside turned red and softened...

The outside was only built with stones, and it was about to start to turn red, so Yan Xun quickly touched the little head of the snake-bodied cub.The snake-bodied cub swam to the front, puffed out its cheeks and let out a breath, and a flood of water came down, quickly cooling the outside of the furnace.

"Here we come!" Yan Xun said hastily, seeing that the situation was almost the same.

"En!" The one who spoke was that the little cub hadn't had a good rest since last night, and he was a little absent-minded no matter what he did today, because he had to do something big today.

The little cub has only two colors of black and white. It was very thin and skinny at first, but since Yan Xun came to Honglu Temple, the little guy has been getting fat, and now he is plump.

He is born to affect the shape of things like water that can flow, but he has not been able to help in Honglu Temple all the time.

Even the soap has a mold for its shape, and the little cub will not be shaped into the complicated soap shape of the squat cub pattern. It has been secretly lost for several days, until now it has a chance.

There was a small opening in the furnace cellar, and the inside was glowing red. All the cubs dared not approach them, and kept backing away, feeling that their bodies were about to burn.

"Huh." The black and white cub took a deep breath.

I saw a long red dragon flying out of that small mouth, rushing straight into the air.

As soon as the cold wind blew outside, the long dragon froze in an instant and hit the ground hard.

Yan Xun hurried over to have a look, the iron rods made by the black and white cubs were the same in thickness, because they had been prepared for a long time, the surface had some uniform bumps, it was not smooth.

Trying to fold it, Yan Xun found that with his own strength, he couldn't bend the arc at all, and there was almost no trace when the stone hit it.

Jing Fengye stepped forward to pick up an iron rod and tried it, but it couldn't be broken at once, "It's really powerful, much stronger than a copper rod."

"Then we can renovate the house in Honglu Temple." Yan Xun said happily.

There are two main rooms in Honglu Temple. In the past, one of them was covered with sand, which was used by Yan Xun to teach the cubs how to read. Now, when they move to the kang, they don’t need sand, but use pen and ink.

It happened that the room could be vacated, so Yan Xun took the lead to move out all the things inside.

There are the soap molds used for the first time, the clay pots brought by Yan Xun that have been used many times, and some other things that have been replaced, all neatly placed here.

Seeing these things being treated carefully, Yan Xun sighed in his heart, these things probably represent some kind of memories, so the cubs are reluctant to throw them away.

Qin Shisan also moved things along. He didn't regard himself as a high-ranking prince, nor did the cubs treat him that way, as if they were the same as everyone else.

Although it was cold, none of the pups felt cold.

Evacuating the house, the already dilapidated house was easily demolished.

The foundation was dug, and all stones and cement were used inside, plus long iron sticks.

Although the Taoist soldiers who have been guarding the Honglu Temple are hiding in the dark, it is just a cover-up. They can clearly see what happened in the Honglu Temple. After all, their existence is to monitor these cubs.

It’s just that the Taoist soldiers can’t understand it now. If you build a house, it shouldn’t have a pointed roof, but you have to use tiles and wood keels, right?But they saw that the group of cubs didn't have them. They actually used long iron rods to make their bones and bones, and they didn't have a pointed roof.

Unheard, unseen.

Not only that, but there are many iron bars protruding from the top of the 'roof', which is becoming more and more incomprehensible.

Yan Xun was very calm, "Let's seize the time to set up the kang, and push the other room in a few days."