Chapter 78 The Boss is Amazing
"If only I had an electric mixer..."
"No matter how many chestnuts or sand there are, just pour them all in, plug it in, and everything's done..."
Bai Lu leaned against the big tree, not wanting to move.
If it weren't for practicing military boxing for a while and improving her physical fitness, her arms would have been so tired from frying over 200 pounds of chestnuts in one morning that she couldn't even hold the food properly.
Although I'm tired now, I can still use it normally, but it's a bit sore, so I need to rest for a while before I can continue working.
"I really want an electric chestnut roasting machine..."
Bai Lu makes wishes to the old hen, to the chestnut tree, and to the blue sky.
A series of hurried footsteps approached.
"Sister-in-law, brother wants to take apart the electric fan!"
Having been here for so long, this was the first time Bai Lu had been called "sister-in-law," and she was stunned for a full second and a half.
Seeing Xiao Wei panting heavily, his face showing extreme urgency, she immediately got up and followed him to the courtyard.
"Your brother wants to take apart the electric fan?"
Xiao Wei nodded vigorously as he walked: "The only electric fan in the storage room has been taken down by my older brother. I don't know what he's going to do with it."
Xiao Wei also has an electric fan, which broke down right after summer last year, and he didn't dare ask Xiao Cheng to help him fix it.
I plan to save up the money before buying it. If I can't save up the money, I'll just use a palm leaf fan to fan myself. Anyway, summer isn't that long.
Of course... Xiao Wei also fantasized that once Xiao Cheng bought a new electric fan, he would give him the old one.
To everyone's surprise, Xiao Cheng not only didn't buy a new electric fan, but he also dismantled the old one.
Now the whole family is without an electric fan.
Bai Lu was puzzled. Apart from the lights, nothing else in the house used electricity. There was no reason for Xiao Cheng to remove the electric fan, which was only used in the summer, just to save on electricity bills.
Maybe the fan is broken and he's fixing it?
However.
Upon arriving at the front yard, Bai Lu was so overwhelmed by the unprecedented scene before her that all her previous guesses were dispelled.
On the cement ground in the front yard, besides the dismembered old fan, there were three large green fan blades, a wire mesh front cover, a wire mesh back cover, scattered base parts, and several unfamiliar tools.
Bai Lu only recognized tin and a steel pipe about half an arm's length long. But that doesn't seem right. Looking closer…
It is a thick, wide, and large iron pipe.
Along the side of the large iron pipe, there are three iron plates that are curved like sickles, and are thicker and longer than sickles.
One of the long iron pieces was successfully welded to the iron pipe by a man who was holding an old-fashioned long electric welding machine in his right hand and a welding protective mask in his left hand, while he was half-squatting down.
In the upper middle part of the iron pipe, there are three melted notches, just the right size to fit one end of an iron sheet.
When welding, use your elbow to stabilize the position. After welding, the iron pipe and iron sheet will be inseparable.
At this moment, the man had already picked up the second long iron plate and placed it into the notch, ready to weld it.
He seemed to hear footsteps behind him, stopped what he was doing, turned around, and took off his protective mask.
His deep gaze fixed on Bai Lu, who was walking forward. "Don't come any closer."
Xiao Wei, who was following behind, stopped subconsciously.
Bai Lu stopped and explained, "I can help you stabilize that piece of iron."
Although I don't know what he's doing, it seems like he might be working on something new.
Looking at the girl's eager face, Xiao Cheng gave his reason for refusing: "Welding light will hurt your eyes."
"Isn't it like fireworks?" Bai Lu had no experience in this field and asked without knowing.
Xiao Cheng and Xiao Wei gave her a strange look, as if the word "fireworks" was something unusual.
But he quickly looked away, so she wouldn't notice.
Xiao Cheng pondered for a moment and explained, "The light from electric welding is much brighter than fireworks, and the smoke is also toxic. Looking at it will hurt your eyes, causing pain and frequent tearing."
Xiao Wei swore that this was the most explanation he had ever heard from his older brother in his entire life.
There is no other.
Without saying a word, he turned away and stopped looking.
Bai Lu was also stunned by the unprecedentedly detailed explanation given by the expert.
He decisively turned away, refusing to make things worse.
“Let’s go back a bit.”
The two, one big and one small, took two steps forward.
"Go back to the corridor."
The two children, one big and one small, obediently walked to the corridor, where they remained motionless, facing the wall, contemplating... the scene behind them.
A soft laugh came from behind.
Bai Lu: "..."
Xiao Wei: "..."
A clanging sound came from behind, like metal sheets colliding with iron pipes, followed by a hissing sound.
Bai Lu suddenly remembered that a high school classmate whose father was a welder had once told her that welding light is very harmful to the eyes, and that nine out of ten welders suffer from photokeratitis.
Because the bright arc light produced during electric welding contains ultraviolet rays that exceed the limits that the human eye can tolerate, it can easily cause corneal injury, resulting in bloodshot eyes, stinging, tearing, photophobia, and serious damage to the cornea.
My classmate's father often suffers from unbearable eye pain in the middle of the night, tears up for no reason, and his vision becomes increasingly blurry and cloudy.
However, because his classmate was only in the second year of high school and his mother was bedridden, the burden of supporting the family fell entirely on his father's shoulders, and he could not give up this high-risk job with a stable income.
I had no choice but to give up my eyesight to support my family.
Xiao Cheng is wearing a protective mask, he should be fine...
Bai Lu couldn't help but let her mind wander. As she was thinking, the hissing sound behind her stopped.
It's done so quickly?
Bai Lu and Xiao Wei exchanged a glance.
Bailu: You turn first?
Xiao Wei: You forward this first.
Bailu: You go first.
Xiao Wei: "..."
She's clearly the most favored person in the family, so why should he share this? If he does, he'll definitely get stabbed in the back.
No way.
Absolutely not.
Bai Lu stared at Xiao Wei for a full three seconds, but Xiao Wei, who had already turned back to face the wall, didn't feel her intense gaze at all and didn't react.
In the end, Bailu could only take pity on the young flowers of the motherland and decided to stop making things difficult for them.
She turned back herself.
But the courtyard was already empty!
The tools that were originally on the ground are gone!
When Bailu heard the noise coming from the kitchen and ran over, the large iron pot at the end of the extended stove was already filled with sand, which was rolling around in the pot.
A small square power strip embedded in the wall has a plug inserted, with the cord passing safely past the stove.
Xiao Cheng was holding a winnowing basket of chestnuts, pouring them into the pot, and stopping outside the stove to observe the effect of the rotation.
Bai Lu ran over excitedly and stood beside him to watch, her voice brimming with barely suppressed excitement, "Is this what you just made?"
Xiao Cheng responded with an "Mm," picked up a grain of sand and a chestnut from the pot, and checked whether they were heated evenly.
Only after confirming there were no problems did they continue adding syrup.
Bai Lu was so surprised and happy that she started talking non-stop: "Is that iron pipe with the iron sheet welded on the side the thing that's spinning around in the pot?"
Xiao Cheng met her sparkling eyes and nodded slightly: "An engine has been added."
"Where did the engine come from?"
(End of this chapter)
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