Li Zhiyuan sighed, walked out of the room, and went downstairs to the workshop.
Pushing open the door, inside was Run Sheng vigorously hand-rubbing the patterns on the iron mallets which would next be used as flagpoles.
"Xiao Yuan, you’re here."
Run Sheng handed a large ceramic cup to Li Zhiyuan.
The ceramic cup was a bit dirty, soaking with patchouli leaves inside.
Li Zhiyuan took it and drank two big gulps.
After handing it back, Run Sheng "gulped" down the rest in one breath, then picked up the kettle from the small stove, and refilled the ceramic cup with hot water.
"I was wondering why it was so hot, Brother Runsheng, why did you move the stove inside?"
"Hehe, sotis heating it up a bit makes it easier to work with. It’s hot indeed, but drinking more water fixes everything, no big deal."
"You should take better care of your health."
"My health is just fine, don’t worry, I’ve had a full al."
Li Zhiyuan knew that in Run Sheng’s view, as long as he had eaten, it seed like nothing was a problem.
It’s true that the conditions of this workshop are quite simple, and the space is a bit small, It would be great to have a professional studio in the future, with our own electric furnace, machining tools, and cutting machines.
That way, making anything would be convenient.
However, for now, we can only dream.
"Bro, I have sothing to tell you."
"Okay, Xiao Yuan, go ahead." Run Sheng didn’t stop working and continued with his task.
Li Zhiyuan ntioned the matter about the water monkey.
Run Sheng expressed his surprise: "Xiao Yuan, when they ca this morning, you didn’t tell , were you afraid I’d give us away?"
"Mhm."
"Too bad, I’ve seen similar scenes on TV, I think I could have acted it out."
"No rush, you can fine-tune your acting skills and then you’ll be ready."
"Mhm!"
Run Sheng grabbed a black-and-white towel and wiped his sweat,
"So, Xiao Yuan, are we going to stab them in the back while they’re busy digging up that tomb?"
Saying this, Run Sheng even lifted the freshly polished iron mallet and made a "stabbing" motion.
"Maybe, we won’t even need to make a move, Little Huang Ying might make them all lie down."
"That would be a pity, seeing others take action without being able to join in, it just doesn’t feel right.
In movies, it usually plays out like this: Little Huang Ying first slaughters them, then there erges a tough guy who subdues Little Huang Ying, and finally, at the crucial mont, we swoop in."
"You’ve got it all figured out?"
"You have to plan these things, it makes the work more exciting."
"Brother Runsheng, keep at it, I’ll go up first."
"Alright, don’t worry, think about your things and leave this place to ."
Affected by Run Sheng’s mood, Li Zhiyuan also collected his emotions, planning to tackle that problem upstairs, although without being able to draft it on paper, he could still force the calculations, at worst it would just cause another nosebleed.
However, Li Zhiyuan didn’t head upstairs first, but went to the kitchen; at this mont, Aunt Liu was supposed to brew dicine for him.
"Xiao Yuan, you’re here, haha, this bowl is for you, this one’s for the dog."
"Thanks, Aunt Liu, this bowl is for , right?"
Li Zhiyuan confird again, not wanting to drink the wrong one.
"Yes, that’s right, drink up."
The dicine was bitter, Li Zhiyuan drank it slowly, finally finishing it.
"Aunt Liu, this dicine must be expensive, right?"
"It’s not costly, it’s just so common tonic herbs. It takes so thought during the brewing to activate and harmonize their properties, that’s how the effect cos out. However, Xiao Yuan, like you ntioned, you often have nosebleeds and dizziness, you should really take care of your body so you don’t drain your energy prematurely."
"I understand, Aunt Liu."
"Also, it’s best to drink this dicine in the morning, ideally right after you get up, along with the morning energy, it helps the body recover best when combined with the dicinal soup.
So, from now on, I’ll have Alii bring it to you in the morning, since Alii is going to your room anyway."
Li Zhiyuan nodded: "Alright."
He didn’t refuse, knowing this is Grandma Liu’s way of trying to accelerate the progress, assigning Alii additional howork under his na.
Although, this setup felt a bit odd.
Every morning just after opening his eyes, the girl would be there with the dicine by his bed.
But for his health, and also for the girl’s illness to continue improving, he had to drink the dicine.
He had classmates who were frequently ill; Li Zhiyuan originally thought he didn’t have this issue. Li Lan had the sa condition as him, but she was always in good health and could brave the elents on-site.
But now, dealing with these things, calculating them is much more complex and draining than solving math problems.
Xiao Hei, the dog, was sleeping in its kennel. When Li Zhiyuan brought the dicine bowl over, it opened its eyes, yawned, ca over, drank all the dicine, and then sprawled on its back with a water-filled belly to continue sleeping.
After this period of pampering with good food and dicine, Xiao Hei’s fur had turned even glossier, and Li Zhiyuan noticed that even its tongue was black, the only white thing left was its teeth.
This is the dog Aunt Liu picked for him, it must be of a special breed.
Going upstairs, entering his room, Li Zhiyuan planned to first roll up so paper balls then force himself through the calculations, but saw that although Alii was still at the desk, she had moved to his original spot.
The girl was holding not a carving knife, but a brush.
Upon closer inspection, Li Zhiyuan realized she was indeed painting, and was nearly done, almost at the finishing phase.
Looking closer, Li Zhiyuan couldn’t help but widen his eyes; she had imitated the fish pond painting he had posted on the wall and even captured the weather conditions.
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