”Engrave words on the stove?” Zhu Nijiang immediately understood the reason.

　　Sometimes he delivers goods to the town, and it is not unusual for him to deliver a dozen medicine furnaces and medicine jars. It is a skill that can earn him a living, but he would not do it if it is unlucky. His family does not care about it, but others do. If he carves words on it, he will feel at ease.

　　In fact, this furnace is no longer similar to a medicine furnace.

　　”It’s a success, but I don’t know many words. I can only read from one to ten. I can’t write more complicated words.”

　　”My son-in-law has made preparations. He carved a piece of wood yesterday afternoon when he was free. You can just carve it according to the pattern.” Li Da took it out from the basket on his back.

　　Those were two thin pieces of wood, the kind used for burning firewood at home, one piece meant “peace” and the other meant “good luck”.

　　Gu Zhao didn’t make it complicated. Carving words on wood is not easy and too difficult, so he chose something simple with good meaning and clear and neat handwriting.

　　”That’s great. Your son-in-law is a very thoughtful and capable person.” Zhu the clay craftsman praised him again and again. He also thought that this stove is really useful. His wife, daughter-in-law and children all love to gather around it. Who knows, if the word gets out, someone will place an order for it later.

　　With this word, it is no longer a medicine furnace.

　　Zhu Nijiang had also dealt with and done business with the town’s drug store. After he figured it out, he greeted Li Da and Wang Shitou more enthusiastically. When he learned that Wang Shitou was only going to make one set, he didn’t refuse to do it. Others would pay thirty cents, but he charged Wang Shitou twenty cents, which was ten cents cheaper.

　　”You are his nephew-in-law, just accept the money for the yellow mud and firewood.”

　　This time, Li Da did not stay at Zhu Nijiang’s house for dinner. He brought Wang Shitou with him. They were all adult men, and a meal would cost a lot of food. It was even cheaper than the other party, so he should not always think about taking advantage.

　　After finishing their work, they went back.

　　Zhu Nijiang and his son saw the two men out. After they left, Zhu Nijiang’s son didn’t understand and asked, “Dad, why are you giving me a discount? The firewood for a furnace is more than that price.”

　　”Who said we should burn one set?” Zhunijiang hummed a tune, and in a good mood, he walked to the backyard with his hands behind his back, “Let’s burn three sets first? I don’t think we can afford them.”

　　Seeing his son still looking puzzled, he couldn’t help smacking his lips and said, “What’s wrong with you, you are not as good as a son-in-law? Look at your face. Forget about it. Just join in the mud.”

　　Zhu Nijiang’s son was scolded by his father. He muttered that he was not smart. I heard that he could not even pass the exam and had no energy to do farm work, so he became a live-in-law. What was so smart about that? His father knocked his head and said with a stern face that he could not say this in front of Li Da.

　　”I’m not a fool.” Zhu Nijiang’s son certainly knew that being a son-in-law was not something a man should do, so how could he dare to offend someone in the face.

　　Three days later, Wang Shitou took the stove.

　　How could it be possible that such a big thing, living in the same room, could not be seen? Wang Shitou had just sneaked across the yard to the back room with the stove on his back when his mother called him.

　　”What?”

　　”Haha, mom, it’s nothing.”

　　”Nothing? You think I’m blind when my eyes are that big.”

　　Wang Shitou couldn’t hide it, so he said, “It’s the stove—”

　　Before he could finish his words, his mother started yelling in anger, saying the same old things: “Just listen to your wife, are you trying to piss me off to death? You can’t even eat the big kitchen stove, and you still spend money to buy unlucky things? There are children all over the house. What are you thinking?”

　　”Mom, that’s not a medicine furnace. Look at this, can it be the same?” Wang Shitou couldn’t resist and quickly took it out, put it on the ground and said, “Look at this furnace. This side means peace, and the back means great luck. It means great luck and peace.”

　　Xing’er’s mother-in-law’s scolding stopped abruptly.

　　This ground stove is indeed different from the one selling tofu at the entrance of the village. It is not the same. It is taller and bigger.

　　”…There’s no need to spend that money. You can’t even eat three pounds of meat with that money.”

　　Xing Ge’er saw that his mother-in-law’s fire was half out, so he showed up and said, “Mother, it’s not that expensive. This stove and the words on it are all the favor of husband Zhou Zhou, so he gave us a discount of ten cents. He said that all you need is the money for the firewood.”

　　”Twenty cents?” When Xing’er’s mother-in-law heard that these two big items were only twenty cents, she thought it was a good deal. Besides, they had already bought them, so they might as well turn a blind eye. Could it be that she would really quarrel with her son over a stove?