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Chapter 14 Taking out the lamp (additional update from the leader)

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    Hearing his father¡¯s voice, Zhao Hao hurriedly went out of the house to greet him.

    The courtyard was much brighter than the house. Zhao Shouzheng was seen with empty hands, but behind him were two guys carrying large and small bags.

    "Just put it here." Zhao Shouzheng greeted them and placed the bedding, basin, rice noodles, etc. in the main room.  He paid the money and sent the two of them away.

    Zhao Hao finally found two candles from a pile of household items, and then he didn't know what to do.

    "You can't, right? I'm not boasting about my father, but I can still light a fire."

    Zhao Shouzheng smiled proudly and took out a paper bag from his sleeve.  The paper package unfolded, and inside was a wooden stick as long as a tiger's mouth.

    I saw Zhao Shouzheng holding a wooden stick in his mouth, and then magically took out the flint, tinder and fire sickle.  Then he first took a small piece of tinder, pressed it against the indentation of the flint, and then rubbed the flint several times with the fire sickle, and the sparks that burst out got into the tinder.

    Zhao Hao saw that although the tinder was lit, it only turned into a red ball with no flame at all.  It was impossible to light the candle.

    But what happened next surprised him.  Then they saw Zhao Shouzheng holding the wooden stick between his teeth, approaching the tinder and blowing lightly.  The red light suddenly became brighter, and then a flame ignited on the top of the wooden sign.

    ¡®It¡¯s like, like a match was lit.  ¡¯ Zhao Hao thought dumbfounded.

    Zhao Shouzheng put down the flint, took out the burning wooden stick from his mouth, and lit the two candles together. The hall suddenly became bright.

    Seeing that Zhao Hao was still staring at the wooden sign, he smiled proudly and said: "The name of this thing is 'take the lamp', and it is also called the hair candle in the north. It can turn yin fire into yang fire, which is most convenient."

    Zhao Hao picked up a 'take the lamp' and looked at it carefully under the candlelight. He saw that one end of the wooden stick was wrapped with something green.  Put it close to your nose and smell it, it has a pungent smell of sulfur.

    "Isn't this just a match?" Zhao Hao was surprised and put the wooden stick near the candlelight, and saw that the green thing was instantly ignited and glowed brightly.  "It's true"

    ¡®It turns out that Ming Dynasty already had primitive matches. It seems that with some improvements, real matches can be produced.  ¡¯ Whatever Zhao Hao sees now, he is wondering if he can use it to make money.

    While he was thinking wildly, he suddenly smelled an alluring aroma.  When he came back to his senses, he saw his father taking plates of dishes out of food boxes and placing them on the shaky square table.

    Zhao Hao then remembered that he only ate two palm-sized biscuits a day.  I was so busy just now that I didn't feel hungry, but now that I smell the aroma, I can't care about anything else.

    ¡°Son, you must be starving.¡± Zhao Shouzheng tore off a fat chicken leg and stuffed it into Zhao Hao¡¯s mouth.  "What are you still doing? Eat."

    "Woooo" Zhao Hao nodded repeatedly, and while eating happily, he motioned for Zhao Shouzheng to start too.

    Zhao Shouzheng was naturally not polite. After the dishes were placed on the square table, he first picked up a few slices of Liuhe pig head meat to satisfy his hunger, and then took out a wine flask from his arms.

    Pouring a glass of wine that was still warm, Zhao Shouzheng picked up the white porcelain wine cup and took a sip, then narrowed his eyes with an intoxicated look on his face.

    After a long while, he opened his eyes and said leisurely and contentedly: "The courtyard is clean of dust, and the empty room has plenty of leisure. After being in a cage for a long time, I can return to nature"

    As he spoke, Zhao Shouzheng said to Zhao Hao with a happy face: "Son, this house where you can see the sky full of stars when you look up is quite wild."

    "I just hope it won't rain in the near future" Zhao Hao muttered, rolling his eyes secretly, thinking that if I hadn't been sticking my butt out for most of the day, you would be able to have a dust-free house and a spare room.  ?  ¡¯

    You don¡¯t even have a place to put your feet!

    He was mainly depressed because Mr. Zhao actually ignored the fruits of his labor and did not praise him properly

    " Helpless, Zhao Shouzheng is a young man who doesn't care about secular affairs. He has no life at all. Naturally, he doesn't know how tiring this housework is.

    For the sake of the delicious food on the table, Zhao Hao didn't care about it. The father and son let go and happily ate their first full meal in days.

    After they were full of wine and food, each of them held his belly in his hands and lay down foot to foot on both sides of the bed.

    "Ouch, it's killing me" Zhao Hao picked his teeth with a toothpick and asked casually, "Isn't this meal cheap?"

    "It's okay, four coins" Zhao Shouzheng, who was also picking his teeth, answered casually.

    "What? Four coins!" Upon hearing this, Zhao Hao suddenly sat up and looked at Zhao Shouzheng with wide eyes.  ¡°That¡¯s how much it costs for one meal?!¡±

    Today he went to buy two brooms, a bucket, a wooden basin, and a few rags, all for a total of thirty cash.  Four coins is four hundred coins, which is enough.??City poor like them spend a month.

    ???????????????????? If it were a farmer with land in the countryside, his whole family would not be able to spend so much money in half a year.

    "Uh, it seems a bit doha" Zhao Shouzheng scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "Aren't you celebrating the housewarming today? Just save some flowers in the future."

    "Okay" Zhao Hao lay down on the bed again as if he was deflated.  He was thinking about whether he could take the financial power from Zhao Shouzheng.

    Before the father and son have any income, they can only count the dozen or so taels carefully now they should have less than ten taels of silver.  Mr. Zhao is used to spending a lot of money. If he is allowed to spend his time, he may not be able to survive for a month.

    "But Zhao Hao also knows that this is an era where father is the guide for son.  I am a fourteen-year-old or fifteen-year-old kid who rashly asks for money and rights from his father. If I leave him in someone else's house, he will definitely be punished with a big stick.  Even if Zhao Shouzheng dotes on himself, he is still worried about whether it will hurt his father's self-esteem

    After thinking about it for a long time, he decided to give it a try.

    "Father¡­¡­"

    "Well, what's the matter with my son?" Zhao Shouzheng was almost confused, and after hearing this, he steeled himself and opened his eyes.

    "Father, from tomorrow onwards, just concentrate on studying." Zhao Hao was going to take advantage of his confusion to win in the chaos.

    "Well, don't worry, my father's words will come true." Zhao Shouzheng nodded.

    ¡°I only read the books of sages, what¡¯s the second half of the sentence?¡± Zhao Hao Zhuangruo asked casually.

    "That's the first half of the sentence. I can't hear what's going on outside the window." Zhao Shouzheng sighed and said, "My son still needs to study more."

    "Father has also seen that his son is not material for studying." Zhao Hao then persuaded: "Why don't you leave all the trivial matters at home to me in the future?"

    "That's so" Zhao Shouzheng subconsciously wanted to nod when he heard this, paused, but shook his head and said: "No, although my son is young and mature, how can a father bear to bear the burden of the family at such a young age?"

    "As long as my father is selected to be elected, I am willing to be a cow or a horse." Zhao Hao patted his chest without any pretense.

    "Being a father is not about boasting, it's about standing up and down" Zhao Shouzheng wanted to smile bitterly and belittle himself again.

    "I said you can pass the exam, you can pass the exam!" Zhao Hao interrupted Zhao Shouzheng and slapped his chest loudly.

    "Oh, son, as a father" Seeing that he had such a high image in his son's heart, Zhao Shouzheng couldn't help but feel ashamed.  But how could he bear to disappoint his son again?  Then he swallowed down the low self-esteem that had accumulated over the years, and patted his chest loudly and said: "As a father, I will give you a high-level examination and let you enjoy wealth and honor again!"

    Zhao Hao was moved and applauded warmly for a while. Fang Tuqiong saw it and secretly changed his mind and said: "Then it's settled, my father is studying and I will take care of the accounts!"

    "Okay, it's settled!" In the exciting atmosphere, Zhao Shouzheng couldn't help but nodded heavily and high-fived his son.

    After finishing it, he felt that something was not right Didn't he say that he wanted to take the exam for meritorious service? Why did he hand over the financial power in such a confused way?

    ps. I am very grateful to the first leader of this book, "Fellow Taoist Fu", for his generous help. I would like to express my gratitude and ask for recommendation votes and chapter reviews~~~ (Remember this website's website address: www.hlnovel.com
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