Crossing town house man and wife

One afternoon passed, and the papermaking workshop didn't even set up a shelf, but the site was selected and the manpower was allocated, and the overall progress was close to zero.

This can't be blamed on Wu Ming's uselessness and poor organizational skills. The key is that none of the craftsmen in the barracks had any experience in papermaking. A few of them are auxiliary soldiers who do odd jobs on weekdays. They can't help at all, so they can only stand there stupidly waiting for orders.

Wu Ming soon realized that it would be more efficient to cooperate with these people than doing it himself. In a fit of anger, he simply drove them all back. He also went back to the yard where he was temporarily staying. Copy the process from memory, and then pick up a new silk cloth and re-copy one side, rewriting the simplified characters into official script.

After Wu Ming finished sketching the flow chart, the sky outside had already turned from bright to dark.

These days, oil lamps are used, and their brightness is really not suitable for driving at night, so Wu Ming can only stop for a while, call the tortoise shell, and go to the kitchen to prepare dinner together.

The kitchen is in the corner of the backyard. It is estimated that Yan Heng also kept a small stove in the yard when he lived here.

I don't know whether Luo Daozi was negligent or intentional - Wu Ming strongly suspected it was the latter. After Wu Ming was arranged to come in, he neither prepared a cook nor a gang leader, but he made a mistake when he came last time. The iron pot was placed in the kitchen.

Fortunately, Hawksbill worked as a fire-burning girl in the kitchen of the Sheriff's Mansion, which solved the most troublesome link for Wu Ming.When Yan Heng sent him here, he also brought a cart full of fruits and food, which had already been put in the kitchen, enough for him to eat for two or three days.

Wu Ming didn't bother with Luo Daozi either, he simply did it himself, with ample food and clothing,

In fact, if it wasn't for the tortoise shell, Wu Ming would have washed a couple of apples for dinner.But he couldn't let the little girl who hadn't even started to go on a diet with him, and tortoise could only light a fire but not cook, so Wu Ming didn't dare to let her mess around in the kitchen by herself, so she had to do it herself.

Speaking of it, Wu Ming's cooking skills are really not good, and he can only cook the food well, so that he doesn't treat salt as sugar or sugar as salt. people.

But after all, he knows how to fry and fry, and he has more knowledge than cooks who only know how to steam and grill these days. Just being willing to use vegetable oil is enough to make him beat most housewives.

Of course, such a victory means nothing.

But Wu Ming forgot that he always used rice cookers in later generations.

So, after frying a plate of fried mutton with green onions and a plate of eggs with leeks, Wu Ming discovered to his dismay...he had burned the rice.

Wu Ming was about to ask Tortoise what to do, whether to make do with it or make a new pot, but when he turned around, he found that Tortoise's mouth was deflated, as if it was about to cry.

"What's the matter?" Wu Ming was taken aback, thinking to himself, I didn't force you to eat glutinous rice, so why were you scared like this?

But the tortoise fell to his knees all of a sudden, "It's all the maidservant's fault, Madam please punish me!"

"Punish... what?" Wu Ming was confused.

"My maidservant...my maidservant burned the rice..." Tortoiseshell cried out loudly.

Wu Ming's fog turned black immediately, he couldn't laugh or cry.

"Why are you crying? It's not you who burned the rice." Wu Ming stretched out his hand and lifted the tortoise shell from the ground, "If you really want to blame it, you can blame that Luo Daozi, who told him not to arrange a decent cook for us! Just wait and see Well, as soon as the sheriff comes over, I will file a complaint and let that Luo Daozi taste the power of the pillow wind!"

Hearing the last sentence, the tortoise shell burst into tears and laughed, "Ma'am—"

"Why are you laughing, I'm serious!" Wu Ming emphasized solemnly.

"Well, I know!" Tortoise raised her hand to wipe away her tears, "If he dares to neglect Madam, Madam should sue!"

"It's good to know." Wu Ming patted the tortoise shell's little head, "It's your fault, you can't push it; it's not your fault, so don't take it on yourself. It's not a good habit to punish yourself for other people's mistakes !"

"My servant thanked Madam for teaching me." Tortoiseshell nodded vigorously.

"Don't talk to me about these high-sounding scenes, and use your brain to think about what to do with this pot of rice when you have time." Wu Ming looked at the rice in the iron pot with a depressed face, "Isn't it a pity to just throw it away like this?" ?”

"Give it to the maid..." Tortoise wanted to take on this matter, but found that there was too much rice in the pot, and she might not be able to finish it even if she ate it all day, so she immediately grinned and said with a mournful face, "I'm sorry , madam, there is too much rice, the servant girl can't eat it."

"Why is there too much rice? It's obviously because the pot is too big!" Wu Ming stared.

"Ma'am..." Tortoise wanted to agree, but no one taught her how to lie since she was a child. She opened her mouth, but she couldn't make a sound.

"Forget it, let's try it first and see if you can eat it." Wu Ming also knew that he was a bit too far-fetched to express his anger this time, so he picked up the chopsticks and tasted the rice in the middle, and quickly frowned, "It smells like smoke ..."

"Add some water, put a green onion, and let it simmer for a while." Tortoiseshell suggested, "My grandma always does this when she burns the rice."

"Then give it a try." Wu Ming reached out and picked up the half of the onion that was left over from the scallion-boiled mutton just now, put it on the rice according to the tortoise shell, and covered the pot, but then recalled what the tortoise shell said before , immediately turned around and asked, "Your mother? Do you have parents?"

"Of course, otherwise, where did the maid come from?" Tortoise looked at Wu Ming suspiciously.

"I thought they... cough cough." As soon as Wu Ming said the words, he remembered that he could not casually talk about people's life and death in this year, so he had to skip guessing and said directly, "Since they...why didn't they avenge your sister? Instead, I want you, a little brat, to show off your strength?"

Tortoiseshell's face immediately changed, and a trace of resentment flashed in his eyes.

"They... they took the money from the old lady... they don't want to pursue it anymore." Tortoise bit her lip, lowered her head, and finally did not continue talking.

"Do you still have an older brother or a younger brother?" Wu Ming immediately remembered that there was no family planning in this day and age, and sons were preferred to girls. The poorer the family, the more children, and the tortoise shell family probably wouldn't be the only two sisters.

"The servant girl also has elder brother and younger brother." Perhaps it was Wu Ming's question that made Huobi feel that he could understand her resentment. Huobi raised her head again and said word by word, "Grandpa accepted my sister's life." Qian, I married my elder brother. My mother shed a few tears, and then happily welcomed the bride into the door. At the wedding, Brother Yao actually asked my grandfather if I died, so he can marry The bride."

If he had such a younger brother, he would definitely drown in the river!

Wu Ming was speechless.

Tortoiseshell took a deep breath, raised her head slightly, and suppressed the teardrops that were already rolling in her eyes.

"Let's discuss something." Wu Ming touched in his bosom, but couldn't find the handkerchief, so he pretended not to notice that the tortoise shell was about to cry, and continued, "Since you have followed me, then you are my man, from head to toe My hair is mine..."

"Ma'am?!" Tortoiseshell immediately showed a look of shock.

"Listen to what I have to say!" Wu Ming guessed that she was thinking wrong, and rolled her eyes angrily, "I mean, as long as you are still by my side and doing things for me, then you have to talk to your grandpa. Grandmother, elder brother, younger brother, etc. cut off ties, just pretended that he jumped out of a crack in the rock, and cut off contact with the family—yours, understand?"

Tortoiseshell's face was dull, obviously not understanding.

"Forget it, think about it slowly, and give me an answer before you go back to the Sheriff's Mansion." Wu Ming didn't expect the little girl to make a decision right away.

Although there is no such thing as the Three Cardinal Principles and the Five Constant Principles in this day and age, it is already a customary rule that children are the private property of their parents. It is not illegal for parents to kill their children, and at most they are subject to some moral criticism.Wu Ming's request is actually quite excessive for people of this age. In fact, even people of later generations would not find this request reasonable.

But Wu Ming still wants to give it a try and point out another way of survival for the tortoiseshell.

Selfish, but merry.

After adding green onions and stuffing for about ten minutes, the smell of smoke in the rice really disappeared.

Wu Ming left the vegetables and rice to the tortoise shell, and picked two pleasing fruits from a pile of fruits, rinsed them with water, and served them as dinner.

Tortoise couldn't understand why Wu Ming only ate this, but finally realized that this meal was actually made for her, and she was grateful, nervous and frightened at once.

"Ma'am, how can you give your servant..."

"Shut up, if you can do it yourself, do you think I'm going to take this effort?" Wu Ming was too lazy to listen to this loyal nonsense, "Just this meal today, and start to find a way to get food tomorrow. You don't need to do it yourself Do it, there must be a kitchen here, find a way to find it, and just get a share and eat."

"Then what do you do?" Tortoiseshell asked.

"Do you think I'm going to be hungry?" Wu Ming pointed to a pile of food in the kitchen, "If I want to eat, I can make it myself. If I don't, it means I don't want to eat."

"Maid..."

"I reckon that you can't eat all the meals you made just now, and you can take out the rest as a gift. By the way, I would like to ask where to eat under normal circumstances." Wu Ming continued, "However, this place should not be eaten by everyone. If you can, don’t bring people into the yard casually.”

"My servant understands." Tortoise shell bowed and agreed.

"Go eat when you understand." Wu Ming turned around and walked towards the main room while gnawing on the fruit.

An hour later, Hawksbill came to the main room and reported her results to Wu Ming.

She gave some of the leftovers and her own leftovers to the two soldiers guarding the gate, and found out the location of the kitchen from them.The two soldiers also called their colleagues to help her carry the leftover rice to the kitchen, and showed her the way.The people in the kitchen divided up the leftover rice, and then gave the tortoise a promise: From today on, she can go to the kitchen to ask for food at any time, but if there is any leftovers in the sheriff's yard, she must Send them first.

"Good job." Wu Ming nodded with satisfaction.

"The servant girl grew up in the sheriff's mansion anyway." Tortoiseshell said proudly.

"Well, Jing has a good heart." Wu Ming teased.

"lady--"

"Okay, let's boil a pot of water, I want to take a bath - take a bath!"

"promise."

"Call me when the water boils, don't mess around with yourself, your little arms and legs can only carry a few catties."

"……promise."

The clean room here has also been repaired with the same sewer as the Sheriff's Mansion. Wu Ming only took some effort to carry the hot water from the kitchen to the clean room. After washing, he unscrewed the cork and released the dirty water.

In order not to make Tortoise feel that he was too useless, Wu Ming left the follow-up cleaning work to her, then turned around and went back to the inner room, pushed open the window, got on the bed, and began to practice exercises.

Today's priority is not actually to make paper, but to restore strength.Whether it is to find a way to travel back to the later generations, or to establish a foothold here, Wu Ming must first restore himself to the level where he can fight against the powerful monks, at least he must be able to clean up the one and exchange it with Ruan Cheng Taoist of the body.

Otherwise, not only would he not be able to achieve what he wanted, but he might be destroyed humanely by those defenders.

From this point of view, Wu Ming really wished to be separated from Yan Heng, so that he would not have to be stared at by him 24 hours a day, and could not find a chance to practice.

With an inaudible sigh, Wu Ming put away his distracting thoughts and released his consciousness.

He still didn't dare to enter a state of ecstasy while performing the exercises, and kept his spiritual consciousness out all the time to ensure that he could control every movement in the courtyard and the people in the courtyard.

After all, Hawksbill grew up in the Sheriff's Mansion, so she knew very well the rules that maids should abide by.If Wu Ming didn't call her, she wouldn't come to disturb him. After cleaning up the clean room, she went straight out of the main room and went to other places in the yard to find work.

Seeing that after 36 days of work, the tortoise shell had already gone back to sleep in the wing, and Wu Ming also planned to return to his consciousness and lie down to rest.

But at this moment, a group of people suddenly came to the gate of the courtyard.

His spiritual sense could not "see" his appearance, but he could only feel the bearded face of the leader.

Yan Heng is here.