The door was pushed open with a bang, and Zhu Jiabao's anxious voice came through: "Wife, what's wrong? What's wrong..."
He stood there stunned for a moment, then seemed to realize what was going on. He tried to hold back, but he couldn't help himself and burst into laughter. It was just too funny. His master had been clean for half his life, but now he looked like he had been bombarded. Even if his master's wife came, she might not recognize him.
The three people opposite him glared at him angrily. Xu Jingqian, in particular, took off his completely black gold-rimmed glasses, revealing his face to be completely black except for a clean, round spot around his eyes, which made him want to laugh even more.
Seeing that he had angered the crowd, Zhu Jiabao quickly picked up Zhu Fanfan and said, "I'll boil some water for you so you can wash your faces and change your clothes. I'm about the same size as you, so I'll get you two sets."
After saying that, he picked up his granddaughter and ran away. He didn't care about anything else, but he couldn't ignore his wife. His wife was accumulating a lot of anger, and if he didn't find a shield, he would definitely be punished. Fanfan was the best get-out-of-jail-free card.
The three people in the room looked at the medicine cauldron in front of them and recalled the situation at that time.
They followed the steps in the book and experimented step by step. Everything was going well until halfway through when the cauldron started to shake and the noise grew louder and louder. They instinctively tried to stabilize the cauldron, especially since it wasn't hot outside when they touched it, so they hugged it even tighter.
But to their surprise, the lid of the cauldron suddenly flew up and then fell back down. Immediately afterward, as if exhausting gas, plumes of black smoke shot out from around the cauldron and rushed straight towards them. Before they could react, the cauldron stopped with a "bang".
The experienced dean concluded, "We may have encountered an oven explosion."
That means they failed in their alchemy attempt and almost got taken away by the King of Hell. Just thinking about it makes me shudder. The dean felt ashamed that he had clung so tightly to the leg of the alchemy cauldron. His reputation was ruined. How could he have made such a basic mistake?
Liu Yumin naturally agreed: "It's obvious that we were wrong, but luckily the pill cauldron is of good quality."
Now they're terrified. If the cauldron had really exploded, would they still be alive? Legend has it that the explosion of the cauldron was equivalent to the power of a cannonball.
Xu Jingqian had to say, "Is it possible that our fire temperature doesn't reach the legendary level?"
The furnace that explodes must first be engulfed in flames, like the Samadhi Fire in Journey to the West, which can actually kill people. How much damage can they do by using firewood? It just produces more smoke.
Master and disciple: ...
Zhu Jiabao's unrestrained laughter drifted downstairs, prompting Xu Jingqian to ask the crucial question: "Sister, does brother-in-law think we can't hear him?"
Quickly teach him a lesson. He just laughed at them. A sapling won't grow straight if it's not pruned, and a man won't stand tall if he's not groomed. Let him know that the title of "Devil's Sorrow" is well-deserved.
Liu Yumin said, "Your brother-in-law is probably just teasing Fanfan."
Men, no matter who they're in front of, have to give face; in private, they can't get up from kneeling on a washboard until they break.
Xu Jingqian: ...I shouldn't have told my sister. Ever since Zhu Jiabao appeared, she's been biased and her brother has been relegated to the back of the list.
The dean said, "Let's go downstairs to wash up!"
I'll never lift the cauldron again, even if you beat me to death. At my age, it's just too much to bear.
After the three of them had finished getting ready, Zhu Jiabao held Zhu Fanfan tightly and wouldn't let go. With outsiders around, his wife would give him face, but his master and Jingqian would retaliate. With his granddaughter in his grasp, they wouldn't dare to act rashly.
The dean wanted to yell: "Yumin, you've been taking care of Fanfan all this time, bring the child over here."
Zhu Jiabao refused outright: "My wife is tired after taking care of the child all day. I can hold him. Master, you don't need to worry about me getting tired. I'm happy to do it."
You may be willing, but I am not. He's cursing and pointing at him. What if he accidentally points at Fanfan instead? This little girl seems sensible. He's afraid she'll cry, so he won't take the child away. If he gets agitated and wants to hit her, he'll always consider that he can't hit the child.
Zhu Jiabao trembled with fear, determined not to let go of the child, despite the glares from the director and his son.
A few minutes passed, and the three people opposite them began to think. Their right hands unconsciously rested on the edge of the sofa, their heads leaned back on their elbows, and their left legs were unconsciously crossed over their right legs.
Seeing the three of them make the same movements, Zhu Jiabao breathed a sigh of relief. He had dodged it, and the three of them were all thinking and had no time to pay attention to him.
Zhu Fanfan also found it amazing. The three of them looked like they were copied and pasted. No one would believe that Grandma wasn't the director's biological daughter. Zhu Fanfan imagined a grand drama of love and hate in her mind, her eyes sparkling.
The dean said, "Try again tomorrow."
Liu Yumin: "I don't believe it."
Xu Jingqian: "The fire is wrong."
The three of them spoke almost at the same time, and then began to discuss whether the heat was wrong, and what else could be used to replace the match, in order to make the pills no matter what.
Finally, after Zhu Jiabao reminded them that it was late, the two deans left, agreeing to come back the next day.
During a break, Zhu Jiabao put his hands behind his head and confessed his mistake: "Wife, I was wrong."
Liu Yumin found it amusing: "Where did you go wrong?"
Zhu Jiabao naturally replied, "Everything is wrong."
Liu Yumin kept nodding his head in anger and said, "You're something else. You dare to laugh so loudly even after I'm in trouble. Are you getting cocky? Do you think I'm too old to beat you up anymore?"
Zhu Jiabao smiled ingratiatingly: "Wife, I only smiled after I made sure you were alright. I was smiling at Master. I know about his embarrassing incident. Now that I know, I can control him if he ever looks down on me again. I swear you will always be the most beautiful in my heart."
People who have been on the battlefield for a long time, whether they are in trouble or not, can tell at a glance. He was sure that they were alright and that his master could not do anything to him, otherwise he would have dared to laugh so loudly.
Liu Yumin didn't hold it against him, but she was still angry, so she lay down and ignored Lao Zhu, ignoring Zhu Jiabao's repeated apologies.
Finally, Zhu Jiabao had no choice but to say, "Wife, I'll tell you a secret that has been passed down in the Zhu family for more than ten generations."
Liu Yumin said irritably, "What, are you perhaps a descendant of Zhu Yingtai?"
Zhu Jiabao immediately retorted, "How could that be? Even if they are descendants of Zhu Yingtai, they should be surnamed Liang."
Liu Yumin sat up and questioned, "What? Can't we women let the children we give birth to take our surname?"
Zhu Jiabao immediately replied: "Yes, yes, yes! Chairman Mao said that women hold up half the sky, and it doesn't matter whose surname the child takes, they are all our own children."
Liu Yumin asked, "What exactly are you trying to say?"
Zhu Jiabao confessed: "Actually, there's something else I've never told you about the Zhu family."
Liu Yumin sneered, "You keep talking about the Zhu family, and I can recite every single one of them by heart. Tell me, which one of these things I don't know?"
Zhu Jiabao immediately said, "Wife, you know that our Zhu family is a large family with a glorious history. I'm not just bragging."
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