GBP Chapter 413: Not easy to fool
Chapter 413: Not easy to fool
Even the old men like Master Shen, fearing that the young general would leave after dinner, called a few men to pack up the things he wanted to take away.
In the eyes of the old men, since they have received great kindness from others, they should at least give them more “local specialties”!
The main thing is that they don’t have anything else, so just bring whatever you can.
In fact, Fu Huaian felt a little uncomfortable when he was asked to go with Shen Youyou. There was nothing he could do about it since he was brought up with the distinction between men and women.
But looking at the small figure in front of him who was almost two heads shorter than him, he felt relieved. First, the other person was young, and second, when talking to the other person, he could always inadvertently ignore the other person's gender.
Therefore, Shen Youyou brought him and A Chi home and went straight into her room. Of course, it was impossible for her to let the two of them follow her into her room, so she asked them to sit in the lobby.
Shen Youyou entered the room and quickly took out the boots she had made by combining sneakers and gave them directly to Fu Huaian.
Fu Huaian took it, untied his cloak with his other hand, and handed it to A Chi who was standing aside as an invisible man.
Shen Youyou looked at Ah Chi and said, "You should sit down too. Stop standing there."
Ah Chi did not sit down immediately. He sat down only after seeing Fu Huaian nod, but he sat very properly.
Shen Youyou felt a toothache after watching this. This might be because wealthy families have so many rules.
She took out a fire starter, lit the bamboo charcoal in the small stove, and prepared to boil water for the guests.
Ah Chi stood up quickly as if there were thorns on her sofa: "Miss Shen, let me do it!"
Shen Youyou raised an eyebrow: "Why are you so polite today?"
Ah Chi thought: "How can I be rude? I didn't know Miss Shen was such a Miss Shen before. Oh, you are the only one who can make something like plastic. I am almost shocked, okay?
Moreover, as for what you just told our young master, others may not know it, but as the most caring and considerate servant around the young master, he can definitely see that the young master also admires you very much. "
But he certainly couldn't tell the truth, so he changed the subject: "Miss Shen has something else to do, I'm used to boiling water."
Okay, if he wants to do it, let him do it. Shen Youyou is not a person who likes to dither.
She sat directly next to Fu Huai'an, still keeping some distance and said, "I call this kind of boots sports boots. Its soles are more in line with the curvature of our feet.
I feel that the curvature of the human foot is similar to a bow, so this curvature is called the arch support structure.
The sole of this kind of shoe is designed based on the arch support structure, which is more helpful for us to run, walk and other sports, so it is called sports boots. "
Ah Chi was absent-mindedly boiling water. When he heard what Shen Youyou said, he became dazed again, and his mind kept wandering:
"Oh my god, Miss Shen, who looks like a tomboy, is actually so talented? Luckily, it was their first time meeting, and she wasn't chopped down by them as a bandit. No, it seemed like the first time they met, Miss Shen was slapped by the young master and was thrown far away, and she even vomited blood."
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the talkative Shen Youyou was not the same person as the little wolf cub with black mud on his face.
He dared to say that if this matter was told to the personal guards around the young master at that time, no one would believe it.
But Fu Huaian was completely focused on the drawing. The drawing drawn by Shen Youyou was very detailed, with every part of the shoe drawn separately.
However, when Shen Youyou sat down, his nostrils moved and he still smelled a pleasant sweet scent of osmanthus.
He sat back slightly without leaving any trace and Shen Youyou didn't notice at all.
After saying this, she bent down and took out a bamboo tube from the secret compartment under the coffee table made of adobe bricks. Inside was the osmanthus flowers she had picked earlier and the osmanthus tea her father had made himself.
She thought about waiting for a while and waited for Ah Chi to boil some water so that she could make some tea. After all, the tea they had was just the cheap loose tea they bought, which was not as good as the osmanthus tea she made herself.
Shen Youyou was actually still thinking about the soldiers wearing straw sandals, so she asked, "General Fu, do the soldiers also wear straw sandals in winter?"
Hearing this, Fu Huaian looked back at Shen Youyou and said, "Wear reed boots."
"Reed boots?"
Shen Youyou had never heard of this kind of shoes. Seeing her puzzled face, Fu Huaian explained: "It is a kind of shoes made of reed flowers sandwiched between straw or hemp ropes.
Most soldiers in the military camps have a very hard time. If they fight in extremely cold weather, they may freeze their toes off. "
In fact, Fu Huai'an wanted to ask: "In your village, didn't the people wear reed boots in winter?"
But he saw Shen Youyou's brows move slightly, and the fingers gripping the bamboo tube tightened a little, and the look she gave him was firm.
He changed the words that were on his lips: "In fact, many poor people also wear reed-feathered boots in winter, but the people near Kyoto are relatively wealthy."
He had a strong feeling that Shen Youyou's words might be able to change this situation. To be honest, he found this feeling funny. After all, the people had been living like this for so many years.
Even if Shen Youyou developed a new pair of plastic uppers and soles, at just over a dozen cents a pair, it was not something that ordinary people who were really short of money could afford to wear all year round.
But unexpectedly, he heard the other party say, "Deputy General, do you know Tang Xi?"
Fu Huaian was confused by this. Why did he mention shoes and syrup? Before he could ask, Shen Youyou continued:
"I found that when the candied haws are dipped in syrup, and the syrup is not completely cold, rub the bamboo sticks with both hands to quickly rotate the candied haws, and the syrup will turn into many sugar threads that wrap around the candied haws.
Therefore, I was inspired to use liquid plastic drawing to make the stamens of hairpins.
I wondered, if the speed was fast enough, could I make the plastic liquid thinner, like silk?"
When Fu Huaian heard this, he put down the blueprint in his hand and looked at Shen Youyou seriously: "What do you mean, Miss Shen?"
"I mean, is it possible that liquid plastic can be made into something warm like cotton or silk? In fact, I've had this idea for a long time, and I've tried it countless times myself, using bamboo sticks to draw the silk.
However, manual wire drawing has limited speed and cannot draw wires that thin before the liquid plastic cools down.
Second, even if you can pull it to that extent, it would take too much effort to accumulate a ball of plastic thread to make cotton shoes.
Time is money, so it’s worth losing.”
Fu Huaian's eyes moved. He didn't understand what Shen Youyou wanted to say. Since it was not feasible, what was the point of her saying this?
Of course, Shen Youyou said this just to fool him. After all, she couldn't tell him the truth. The person in front of him was considered to be very knowledgeable among the ancient people.
Unlike this group of people, they believe whatever you say, and even make things themselves without explanation. They will do whatever you tell them to do.
Even if there are doubts, because of the friendship they have built along the way, they will not think badly of their family.
But when facing Fu Huaian, you have to be careful when speaking, after all, this person is not easy to fool.