Chapter 1758 A Ji’s New Fire Kang

Gao Lei ignored her and said, "Just cry. One day you will be grateful to me."

After that, they had a leisurely meal, chatting and laughing with Gu Jinli, Kuang, and Han.

When Ji Zhenniang saw that everyone was joking and eating, only Han asked Sister Yu to come over to comfort her. After crying for a while, she couldn't cry anymore and started to eat the meal angrily.

While eating, he couldn't hold it in any longer and went to talk to Gu Jinli and the others. After a while, he started giggling again.

Xie Cheng and the others were eating at another table. When he saw her crying, he didn't come over to persuade her, but he paid attention to her from time to time. When he saw her smiling, he felt relieved.

"Thank you Baihu, look at you..." Jin Baihu looked funny and wanted to make a joke about thanking him, but he opened his mouth and shut up again, for fear that his inappropriate teasing would offend Gao Lei.

Gao Lei didn't call him tonight for the farewell meal in the Lei family's courtyard. He came to it by himself, so he had to behave himself.

"What?" Xie Cheng turned around and asked.

Jin Baihu laughed and said, "It's nothing. I just saw that you didn't drink much of the wine in front of you. I felt it was a pity. I want to ask you if you want to drink it. If you don't drink it, just give it to me. I'll enjoy this sip."

There is a shortage of food in the northwest, and the government controls the brewing of grain wine, so it is difficult to buy grain wine. Even if the Lei family caravan got a batch, they were reluctant to drink it. Today, a jar was brought out, and a group of men only got a bowl. .

After Xie Cheng heard this, he naturally gave him the wine, but he didn't give him all of it, only half of it.

Jin Baihu happily took it and sighed inwardly. After Xie Cheng followed Qin Sanlang, he began to feel dark. If he had put it aside before, Xie Cheng would definitely give him the whole bowl of wine. Now he knows to keep most of it for himself. .

This didn't seem like a big deal, but it could be a small glimpse into the big picture. Jin Baihu understood. Xie Cheng wanted to tell all the Baihu at the table that he was not stupid and should not take advantage of him at every turn.

However, Jin Baihu now only wants to have a good relationship with Xie Cheng and the others, and naturally does not want to harm or take advantage of Xie Cheng.

This farewell banquet was for lunch. After eating for more than half an hour, Gao Lei said: "Let's go after eating. I'm going to take a nap."

He also told Gu Jinli and the others: "Think carefully about it when you get back. If there is anything you missed, fix it as soon as possible before setting off."

"Yes, we understand." Gu Jinli responded, but did not leave.

After everyone had left, Gao Lei looked at her and asked, "What are you still doing here?"

Is there anything you can say in private?

Gu Jinli came over, held her hand, and said with a smile: "I'll take a nap with you. I'll miss the days when we slept together when the city was besieged."

The corners of Gao Lei's mouth twitched, never expecting that she stayed because of this.

But my heart was still warm, and I acquiesced to Gu Jinli to stay.

They said they were taking a nap together, but they had to separate. Gao Lei couldn't sleep, so he asked her, "You don't like Ah Ji very much?"

Gu Jinli was stunned and said, "I really don't like him, but who told you this?"

Gao Lei: "Does this really matter? Since I met you, you have asked Dadi, Achuan and others several times, but you have never asked Aji. He followed Dadi to your house to buy spices. , I’ve been an acquaintance for several years, and you didn’t even ask him, why don’t you hate him? What’s wrong with you?”

Gu Jinli sighed: "Aunt Lei, you are such a transparent person, you can guess all this."

Gao Leishi hummed: "If you have any festivals, just tell the truth...I won't pretend to be with you. I treat you as a grandchild. You treat me well, but I deliberately favor you."

This was to tell her that even if she had issues with Ah Ji, she could safely say that she would not side with Ah Ji.

Gu Jinli told her story about her affair with Ah Ji, and then said: "Actually, he has never really harmed me. I just feel that he is different from what he looks like and wants to harm me in the future."

Gu Jinli felt that these words were a bit excessive, so he added: "Maybe I'm too petty."

After hearing this, Gao Lei was silent for a while and said, "I just feel that he looks down on you. He gets along well with you in front of other people, but he comes to you behind the scenes and says something derogatory to you... OK, I know. Well, if he asks about you, I won’t say much."

Gu Jinli was very grateful and asked again: "Aunt Lei, you always ask me about my relationship with Ah Ji suddenly, but has he sent a letter, or is he coming to the northwest?"

Gao Lei nodded: "I sent a letter. I originally wanted to rush here, but I was delayed by the affairs in Dongqing and I couldn't catch up."

Sure enough, they were coming over, and Gu Jinli felt a little unhappy, and really didn't want to have contact with A Ji.

But knowing yourself and your enemy is always victorious. She asked some questions about A Ji's stay in Northeast and Dongqing.

Gao Lei told her once.

Gu Jinli was shocked when he heard that A Ji was improving the fire kang in the Northeast: "It's the kind that's connected to the stove and will heat up when you burn the water kang. It won't be smoked and can keep the house warm in winter." The fire bed?”

There was a fire kang in Dachu, but this fire kang was different from the modern ones. After building a kang, they added charcoal or firewood to the kang. It was similar to how they dug pits and used the residual heat of the fire to bake their carriages to keep them warm when they were on the road. It was very The rough earthen kang is very smoky and scorching. Although people sleeping on this kind of kang will not freeze to death, they will be very uncomfortable and may cause lung disease.

Gao Lei was surprised: "You actually know."

Gu Jinli was even more surprised, how did Aji make such a fire bed? This kind of modern fire pit looks simple, but the problem of the flue involved requires some engineering skills, otherwise the built fire pit will not be able to exhaust smoke.

Could it be that Ah Ji really wore it?

Gu Jinli had this question in her mind again, and she asked Gao Lei, "Aunt Lei, how did he make such a thing?"

Gao Lei said: "His family started out with armaments, and they have a group of great craftsmen. He said that after he went to the Northeast, he saw that the local people were suffering from the cold, so he studied the old earthen kang with the craftsmen, and then developed This new fire kang.”

"The new fire kang is very useful. It saves firewood, warms the house, and keeps people alive. The people in the Northeast are very grateful to him. He now has a good reputation there."

Gu Jinli frowned when he heard this, and asked: "Aunt Lei, has Aji ever injured his head or had any serious illness, and then his temperament changed drastically?"

Are you wearing it?

After hearing this, Gao Lei looked at her with an expression that was hard to explain: "I know you don't want to see Ah Ji, but you can't expect him to suffer either."

After finishing speaking, he added: "He was born in an uncle's house, and he is a young son. He has been served by a large group of slaves since he was a child. I have never heard of any serious illness in him."

This is strange.

Could it be that she is overthinking it? Ah Ji is either a costume or a native. He knows how to add spices to soybean oil to enhance the fragrance and how to improve the fire kang, all because of his own clever thinking?

Gu Jinli did not dare to look down on the ancients. The great craftsmen at the Ministry of Industry were very powerful. Maybe the new fire kang was actually developed by Ah Ji and the great craftsmen.