Senior Brother Zhou took these teenagers to the backyard and arranged work for each of them. He asked Xu Wen to carry water and fill all the vats under the eaves.
The breeze brought autumn chill as it brushed against the skin. A lot of information entered his mind, and he gradually understood.
Everything around me is real.
Jing Cheng said he couldn't learn, so he sent him to study.
Time travel? Illusion? Holographic simulation?
What kind of place was that mansion, and who was Jing Cheng?
However, no matter what, what he had to do now was to resolve the matter in front of him.
Xu Wen was the only one assigned by Senior Brother Zhou to fetch water. He picked up the barrel beside the vat and picked it up with his shoulder pole. After thinking for a while, he asked Senior Brother where to fetch water.
Perhaps it was because his expression was too dull, Senior Brother looked at him impatiently, but still told him the location.
The water in the jar is used for living, not for drinking. It is also separated from domestic water and needs to be pumped to a specific spring.
Xu Wen tried his best to remember the location Senior Brother Zhou had mentioned, feeling a little surprised.
The water used for carpentry work…did it need to be so particular?
He nodded, picked up two barrels on his pole, and staggered out.
He was born and raised in the city and had never used a pole before. Now, it was the first time he used it, and it was actually very good. This body seemed to have a natural memory of this aspect.
Outside the backyard is a hill, and the spring is in the mountain. Xu Wen walked up the mountain path and looked back.
Behind him was an ancient village. All of them were bungalows with black tiles and white walls. They reflected the surrounding mountains and looked somewhat beautiful.
As he walked, he sorted out the information that flooded into his mind.
He was currently in an ancient carpentry workshop. He did not know what year it was. He wanted to learn carpentry skills here. Only after he had finished learning would he be considered to have completed his mission and return to his world.
Just like what he had heard before, entering the workshop did not mean that he had become a disciple. In ancient times, it was not so easy to learn skills. In the past half a year, he was equivalent to a " preparatory apprentice." He had to pass his master's test before he could become a real apprentice. He would officially become a disciple of the ancestor and become a member of this carpentry workshop.
Preparatory apprentices have to do a lot of things, most of which are chores. Even here, one had to rely on countless connections to get in.
The spring water was not far from the foot of the mountain, and it took about ten minutes to reach it.
Xu Wen put down the barrel and bent over to draw water. His blurred face was reflected on the shaking water.
Xu Wen stopped his movements and filled the water. He looked at himself in the reflection of the water.
Sure enough, he was no longer the twenty-five-year-old young man of modern times, but a peasant boy of twelve or thirteen. However, this face was still his own. He touched his face and gradually got used to it.
In my memory, he was indeed a farmer's son, the third in his family, and his name was still Xu Wen, which was given by the village elders. The village where he was born was called Xu/Jiatun, separated from this small horizontal village by a mountain.
The family was very poor, with only two acres of thin farmland and seven or eight acres of mountain forest. It was very difficult to raise a few children. The Yao family workshop in Xiaoheng Village is very famous. His family used some connections and found a mediator to send him here.
The memory of the past at home is dim and vague, Xu Wen only remembers a few sad faces, always frowning. Before he left, the man he should call his father smoked a dry cigarette and told him that this was the best way out for him at home. After learning it, he had a future, and the family didn't want him. If he couldn't learn it and died outside, all the family could do for him was collect a corpse.
Xu Wen heard a deep sense of helplessness in these two short sentences. He also understood that there was absolutely no exaggeration in the words " you can beat me and scold me at will " he heard earlier.
In this era, the master had full ownership of his disciple. When he became a disciple, he had to sign a life and death document. From then on, life and death would no longer have anything to do with his family.
Even though he still felt that it was impossible for him to repair that mansion alone, since Jing Cheng had given him this opportunity to learn, he would learn well.
Xu Wen finished pumping water, picked up the pole and walked down the mountain.
The tank was large and empty. Two buckets of water were poured in, and only a shallow bottom was covered.
Xu Wenmo silently picked up the empty bucket and turned around to walk back.
Two trips, three trips...
Carrying water on mountain roads was definitely not an easy task. Even if this body was already used to working, after four or five trips, Xu Wen's back was already drenched in sweat.
He poured the water into the vat again, looked at the water, which was only about a third of the way up, exhaled, and lifted the bucket again.
"Hey, hey."
Suddenly, a greeting came from behind him. Xu Wen turned around in confusion and saw a youth of about his age waving at him.
"Me?" Xu Wen looked around and pointed at himself.
The youth nodded fiercely and Xu Wen walked over.
There was no such person in his memory, so Xu Wen was sure that he did not know him before.
"Did you offend Senior Brother Zhou? Did he do this to you?" The teenager asked him with a wink.
"Huh?" Xu Wen was puzzled.
"This job of yours was originally done by three people, but he asked you to do it alone. If it's not to mess with you, what is it?"
"I don't think so…It's my first day here."
"Hmm…forget it. I'll teach you a lesson."
"Hmm?"
"Isn't water the same everywhere? It's so tiring to go up and down the mountain. You go out to the south. There's a well there. Wouldn't it be easier to get well water?"
The youth patted him on the shoulder and walked away with a smile.
Xu Wen stood rooted to the spot for a while, shook his head, or continued to carry the burden up the mountain.
He was a serious person by nature. Since he had been sent here, he wanted to learn something. It was not in his character to cheat and cheat, and he did not intend to do so.
However, it was really a little laborious for a person to fill a complete mouth jar with water.
When the water level was halfway up the cylinder, he was a little tired. The shoulder pole rubbed against his shoulder, burning and painful. The heat rose from the deepest part of his body and continued to evaporate outward. His clothes were completely soaked inside and outside.
He poured another pail of water into the vat, rested on the edge of it for a moment, and once more put the pole on his shoulder.
Two teenagers walked past him, holding something in their hands. They talked and laughed, looking very relaxed. When they saw Xu Wen, they revealed some surprised expressions, whispered a few words, and laughed twice.
Xu Wen kept all this in his eyes, but he didn't say a word. He shuffled on, carrying the empty pail.
Inevitably, he slowed down. In the beginning, it only took him about ten minutes to pick up water. Now, half an hour was already considered fast.
It was morning when he was brought here, and the sun was gradually shifting, and it was almost noon.
Xu Wen was a little hungry.
There was still some time before dinner. Xu Wen looked out and exhaled a hot breath before taking another step.
Hungry and tired, he hadn't suffered such physical pain for a long time.
The last time I felt this way was when I first joined the company.
His education was not very good, and it was not easy to find a job. His first job was resigned after only half a month due to personnel changes in the company. Because of this, Xu Wen had been very anxious when he first joined his second company. He rushed to do any work, for fear of being fired again.
It was a tough time.
Only when he started working did he realize that he didn't know anything. The format of document drafting and printing, the way to answer the phone, the way to communicate with customers... everything was not taught in college. He could only pay attention to how others did it, and then learn it bit by bit.
As a male, he also volunteered to do some physical work. All kinds of information became mountains and seas, the exhibition layout had to be completed within the time limit, and the workers had to help carry tools and materials together on the construction site... The hard work at that time was no less than that at present.
In contrast, his mood was calm now. He even felt an inexplicable sense of satisfaction as he watched the water in the tank fill up bit by bit.
When Xu Wen went down the mountain, he washed his face in the stream flowing down from the spring, smiled at his reflection in the stream, and straightened his body.
At the height of the afternoon heat, he finally filled up the vat.
He sat down on the side of the tub, sweat quickly accumulating a small puddle around him. He was panting when a shadow came over his head.
Xu Wen looked up and saw Senior Brother Zhou standing together with his future master. The master had changed into a short suit and looked much more suitable than the long robe he wore in the morning.
Xu Wen stood up and silently retreated to the side.
Master Yao looked at him and asked Senior Brother Zhou,"Did you give him the job of carrying water?"
" This kid is stupid. He's only qualified to do some rough work. He doesn't need to think to carry water. It's perfect for him." Senior Brother Zhou said with a smile.
Xu Wen glanced at Senior Brother Zhou but didn't say anything.
Master Yao smiled faintly as he walked to the side of the vat and extended his right hand.
Senior Brother Zhou handed him a ladle. Master Yao scooped a ladle of water and took a sip.
With just this bite, he showed a satisfied expression and nodded." Mu is a little wooden, but he is an honest child."
Xu Wen instantly understood and felt a little fortunate.
This carpenter was just like the old tea master. He could actually taste the water. If he had learned to be good, he would have to show it now.
Serious work really pays off…
Just then, his stomach let out a growl. Then there was another sound.
"Didn't eat?" Master Yao asked condescendingly.
" I didn't have time…" Xu Wen replied softly.
Master Yao snorted and walked away with his hands behind his back. Senior Brother Zhou glanced at Xu Wen. Not long after, two bulging roujiamo arrived in his hands. It was steaming hot and fragrant.
Xu Wen took a bite, and the delicious gravy flowed down his throat, soothing his stomach. He touched his nose and laughed.