Eat in Song Dynasty

Chapter 64 Fireproof Danmu

It was night, after Wen Shu finished cooking, she saw her father was still busy in the front shop, thought for a while, covered the food, and looked for it.

"Father, is my box ready?"

When she entered, Wen Tai was packing tools with his head down, and pointed to the square stool in the corner and said, "Well, it will be ready by noon."

Wen Shu happily ran forward, took the box and looked it over.

Her father is not a serious carpenter, so he doesn't know those complicated carvings. There are two wooden boxes the size of an adult's palm, divided into upper and lower layers, with a bare surface. An ordinary wooden box.

But Wen Shu was overjoyed, because the wooden box was made of danmu that could prevent fire.

In order not to make her father suspicious, she didn't take out all the wood at once, but only took one of them and handed it to him, saying that she saw it when she was wandering outside and thought the texture and color were special, so she picked it up , and asked him to make a dressing box.

Wen Tai was very reluctant at first, because he felt that the wood Wen Shu gave him was too thin, and it would be laborious to make, so it was better to use other leftovers from his coffin, so he said to make it for her.

But Wen Shu was not willing to accept it, and said that ordinary wood is not so good-looking, so she had to grind Wen Tai to make it for her.

Wen Tai was overwhelmed by her, and because he really didn't have any work in those two days, he agreed, but it took him a lot of effort for a small box because of the small wood.

Wen Shu took the wooden box and looked it up and down, left and right for a while, then opened the lower drawer, and asked, "Father, is that one piece of wood enough to make one?"

"That's not true, there's still half of it left." He pointed to the remaining wood by the door: "Although this wood is a bit small, your father and I are also craftsmen, so we won't waste it carelessly."

"That's right, father's craftsmanship is incredible." Wen Shu smiled and praised, and then said with a stick: "Then father make me another one."

Wen Tai was quite happy to hear the first sentence, but suddenly his face darkened when he heard the last sentence, and he stared at her and said: "You have a fresh idea, just have one to play with, the wood is so big, I don't know how much effort it takes to make it , don't torment me."

"No, Dad." Seeing that ordinary methods couldn't handle him, Wen Shu could only tell the truth about the efficacy of danmu, and then said in surprise, "Dad, do you know what I just discovered?"

"What?" Wen Tai asked casually while packing his tools.

Wen Shu's face was full of excitement: "It can't be burned through! Dad, this wood can prevent fire!"

"What!" Wen Tai turned his head in astonishment.

"Really." Wen Shu was afraid that he would not believe it, so he even pointedly said: "Didn't I break off the extra branches on the top two days ago, when I was cooking today, I thought it would be useless anyway, so I brought them When the firewood is burned, who would have thought that the twig that was stuffed in is still in good shape after a meal is cooked, don’t you think it’s surprising!”

Wen Tai glanced at her, doubts written all over his face, he had never seen a log that was not afraid of fire in half his life, this girl must be making up lies to deceive him again!

"Really!" Knowing father Mo Ruonu, his eyes rolled, Wen Shu knew what he was thinking, and immediately vowed: "If you don't believe me, just go to the kitchen and see, the branch is still standing in front of the stove."

Wen Tai didn't bother to talk to her, closed the tool box, and went out, "Okay, your father has been busy all afternoon, he's already hungry, let's go eat quickly."

"Really, Dad, just take a look, just take a look!" Wen Shu followed, and dragged him to the kitchen involuntarily.

She was so strong that Wen Tai couldn't hold her back at all, and seeing her so serious, he also had a doubt in his heart, could it be that what she said was true?

Thinking about it this way, I couldn't help but get a little serious.

Wen Shu picked up the burnt branches from the ground next to his belly and showed them to Wen Tai. On the thin branches, there were still half-burnt leaves falling. The leaves were originally yellow, but now they were black and yellow.

And the black branches, as usual, are smooth and unremarkable, but there is a lot of black ash from the stove on the surface, which will fall off with a hand.

"Where did you pick up this branch, is there any more?"

He thought, if there are a lot of them, it is really possible to cut some back, whether it is for making furniture or houses, it is excellent.

"There are some, but not many. When I saw it, it was about five or six, and the thickness was about the same as this."

"Only so much?" Wen Tai didn't believe it, if there were a place where the wood was broken, there must be many such trees growing around it.

Wen Shu knew what her father was thinking, and pretended to be surprised: "Yeah, it just fell on the side of the road. The trees growing around are different from this one, and I don't know where these branches come from. I guess they might be transporting wood. The convoy fell halfway."

As he spoke, he sighed sadly: "If I knew it was a baby, I should have moved all of them back in the first place, but now I don't know if it's still there!"

Wen Tai glanced at her and said nothing, put down the branch, turned around and went out with an uncertain expression, Wen Shu followed behind and muttered: "It's such a pity, Dad, you said it would be great if there were many such trees near the capital." , if we use this kind of wood to build houses, don't we and even the whole people in Tokyo don't have to be afraid of running out of water."

"Are you going into an iron box?" Wen Tai, who was walking ahead, suddenly said this.

"Ah?" Wen Shu was taken aback, and then hurriedly said, "What are you talking about, isn't the iron box locked in your room all the time? How can I get in?"

Wen Tai didn't speak, went straight to the room, and opened the bedside table in front of Wen Shu.

When he saw that the iron box was put in place, his expression froze, and then he breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Wen Shu, who followed in, "Then you can go to that place tomorrow, and if the things are still there, you can move them back." , although the wood is small and thin, but with hard work, you can make a lot of things."

"Hey, good." Wen Shu agreed happily.

But I thought to myself, it's so dangerous!

Fortunately, she had the foresight to make a fake one in advance, otherwise she would be exposed today.

In the early morning of the next day, she pretended to push a small cart to go out, then counted the time, sneaked home at the stall where her father was busy in the shop, took out all the wood hidden under the bed in the room, and put it in the stall in the car.

Then he pushed the car out again, and before entering the courtyard, he loudly yelled twice, "Father, father!"

Her voice was full of excitement, as if she had picked up money, Wen Tai heard it from the front, paused, and then quickly ran out.

After seeing that the car was full of branches of different sizes and thicknesses, there was a rare smile on his serious face, "Okay, okay, you unload the things first, the weather is good these days, let's dry it for a few days , I will do it after I finish the work at hand."

Wen Shu nodded and asked curiously, "What are you going to do?"

"The two thickest ones will make you a dowry box, and the two thinner ones will be used as a dressing box and a small hidden compartment. If you don't need them, you can sell them to others at a high price. The remaining twigs can also be used to make sticks. .” Wen Tai arranged the wood on the car one by one.

Wen Shu thought it was quite reasonable and nodded.

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