Chapter 588: Master the Devil (Thanks to the lonely little star Wan
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The weather is still clear, and the heat waves are rolling at noon, so the hot people dare not go out at all. Even the puppies at home are so hot that their belly is lying on the stone slab under the porch, their tongues are spitting out long and breathing.
The weather is too hot, and people will feel sleepy at noon.
The cicadas kept shouting, and the servants held long sticks to stick cicadas everywhere, so as not to disturb the little master's sleep.
Prince Chengqian was not interested in sleeping, and he was always playful at his age.
There have been many more companions recently. The adopted son of Duke Qi, Laiheng, Laiji, was slightly older than him. In addition, Duke Tan, Pei Xingjian, and his aunt, Princess Pingyang, had two sons Chai Zhewei and Chai Lingzhe. These were originally disciples of his teacher Li Chao, so they are now considered fellow disciples of him.
In addition, the youngest son of Wei Zheng's family, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui's family's youngest son, Cheng Yaojin's youngest son, Yuchi Gong's youngest son, and several prime ministers' youngest sons, are not very old.
These people have a common identity, that is, Chengqian’s future brother-in-law, and they are engaged to Chengqian’s princess and sisters.
Now these guys, who are eight or nine years old and four or five years old, have all come to the Li family.
Anyway, Chongwenguan Primary School was on vacation, so they were sent here to spend the summer vacation, and they even called it accompanies the prince to study.
Although Cheng Qian is not the oldest among the people, he has the most noble status. The others are either his prospective brother-in-law or his fellow brothers. He takes the lead without hesitation.
Trouble every day.
The servants and maids in the Li Mansion were busy. Although the masters were all asleep, they still had a lot of things to do. They had to prepare mung bean soup, sour plum soup, etc., watermelon, ice cubes, and various preparations. When the masters woke up from a nap, they had to prepare for their service.
Li Chao has been very busy these days, busy preparing to recruit partners, busy preparing to form a new workshop, busy recruiting craftsmen, and busy drawings.
There is not so much time to take care of Cheng Qian.
Every morning it turns into a self-study class, and at noon he goes with him. Anyway, people are sent to follow them without worrying about safety and other issues, so they go with them.
These children are all children of nobles, either the sons of the prime minister or the sons of generals. Even if Lai Heng Lai Ji Pei Xingjian and the other three, they were also the foster sons of the country. Their father was also a famous general in the Sui Dynasty.
"Huailiang, can you do it?"
Seeing that Cheng Huailiang had been rubbing for a long time but had not yet rubbed out the cigarette, Li Chengqian pushed him aside.
"I didn't expect you to be so useless. How can I marry my thirteenth sister to you in the future?" Li Chengqian shook his head, looking contemptuous.
Cheng Huailiang lowered his head and squatted aside with shame.
"Changsun Chong, come."
Changsun Wuji's son Changsun Chong heard the prince's assignment and stood up from the group of people squatting and watching, walked to Chengqian, and took the turn bow from Chengqian's hand.
This is a very simple tool. A small bow is connected to a sharpened wooden stick with a rope. When pulling the bow, the bow string can drive the pointed wooden stick to rotate. When pulling it back and forth, the wooden stick can rotate all the time.
Changsun stepped on a dry wooden stick with one foot, and then placed the pointed stick on the hole that Cheng Chuliang turned out just now.
The hole was already a little black, but it didn't smoke.
Li Chengqian and others were impatient and changed to Changsun to come.
"Remember to keep pulling, don't stop. When you see the smoke coming out, don't stop immediately. You have to wait for the cigarette to stop."
Changsun nodded, "I understand, Your Highness."
"Well, do it, don't let Gu down. Don't be like Cheng Chuliang, you're not good at it. If you grow up so big, you won't even make a fire by drilling wood."
Cheng Chuliang felt a little aggrieved. He was the expectant husband of the Thirteenth Princess Qinghe, the emperor appointed. In front of a group of future brother-in-law and brother-in-law, he couldn't get out of trouble. It was too embarrassing.
"Will this method be wrong?" he whispered.
"Impossible. This is the method taught to me by the teacher and has demonstrated it. I have all made a fuss, but you are useless." The prince said impatiently.
So a group of friends laughed at Cheng Chuliang, and he lowered his head even lowered, and was almost buried in his crotch.
Changsun Chong worked very hard, and after a moment, there was indeed cigarettes.
"I have it, there is cigarettes, continue, don't stop."
After rubbing for a while, the smoke became stronger, so Li Chengqian took the board and carefully poured the sparks into a ball of hay. Then he puffed up his cheeks and blew them up.
Mars ignites dry grass and flames rise.
A group of little kids cheered and looked at the hard-won fire with joy.
"Hurry up, put the thin branches up, don't weed." Cheng Qian acted as the commander, and pointed at him, and the group of little kids began to add firewood.
"Yuchi Baoqi, Du He, bring the cicada!"
A large handful of cicadas strung on the branches were taken over, and one was strung on each branch. This was brought by Li Chengqian from the servants of Li's mansion.
He once heard Li Chao say that cicadas always call summer cicadas outside. In fact, the taste of roasting is pretty good, and then he remembers it in his heart. Today, when the hostess in the mansion had no time to care about them, he asked for the cicadas caught from the cicada catcher, and a group of little guys gathered here to do barbecue.
There is no need for ready-made flint, so he insisted on drilling wood to make fire. At the beginning, he rubbed his hands with his hands and rubbed them a few times. His hands were almost broken, so he changed to another tool.
Watching the fire rise, Li Chengqian felt very accomplished.
"Come on, roast the cicadas, one person and two skewers, roast it yourself."
It was very hot and surrounded by the fire, and it was even hot and sweating, but Li Chengqian was very energetic.
"Yi Ai, Lingwu, you two go to the kitchen to get some beans and millet, which one can also be roasted." Li Chengqian commanded the two prospective brother-in-laws of Fang Yi Ai and Chai Lingwu.
"Perform, you go and get some salt. It will be delicious after a while."
Xiao Yu's son Xiao Rui and Chai Zhewei said on the side, "It would be great if I could get some wine to drink it. I've drunk it with cold beer and Bailu brand, and it's quite satisfying."
Li Chengqian's eyes were shining, "Is there any cold beer in the kitchen?"
“It should be.”
"Then you guys go get some here."
"Okay." Xiao Rui and Chai Zhewei said with a smile. Lai Heng and Lai Ji brothers were also infected by the atmosphere, "Let's go too."
A group of little guys, one went to get salt, one went to get wine, some went to find cumin, some went to find beans, and they had a lot of fun.
There were people in the mansion who had been staring at these little guys and told Li Chao.
After hearing this, Li Chao leaned on the back of the chair and just chuckled a few times.
"What a missing childhood age. Let them go, just watch it, just don't let these guys set fire to the house."
"Don't worry about drinking?"
"Drinking a little beer won't be a big deal. Just watch and don't let them drink too much. Drink a glass or two, and it's okay to get drunk." Li Chao said with a smile. It was also an interesting thing to be drunk for the first time.
The prince is quite good at playing today. The organizational ability and leadership temperament revealed are quite satisfying Li Chao. It is in vain!
Chapter completed!