Legend of Shi’En - C19

The Old Man Mi was originally just a normal Great Ming Dynasty maester. After the invasion of the ‘External Devil’, the Imperial Family of The Great Ming Dynasty carried the thought of “master’s techniques to defeat the enemy”, and attempted to absorb the ‘advanced technique’ of the ‘External Devil’ to learn the ‘advanced military technology’ of the ‘External Devil’. This was to resist the invasion of the ‘External Devil’, and make the Great Ming Dynasty richer. They sent a group of students to learn the techniques of the ‘External Devil’, and Old Man Mi was one of them.

As expected of the masses, Old Man Mi went through many hardships and became the number one Mechanic in Great Ming Dynasty. He focused on researching and creating robots, he had a son called Ah Wen.

The Ah Wen was different from the Old Man Mi. He dedicated himself to researching medicine and using the Old Man Mi’s network, he learned advanced medical techniques and started to follow the imperial army on the battlefield to treat the wounded. Unfortunately, the good news did not last long. Ah Wen treated the wounded on the battlefield regardless of whether they were allies or enemies, and even though the enemy commander was injured on the battlefield, he tried his best to use the medical skills that he had learned to treat the wounded. Later on, in one session of the medical treatment, he was killed by a patient that he had personally treated.

After listening to Shu Xiaoxiao’s story, Shi En’s heart was heavy, “Then does Old Man Mi know about the fact that the Ah Wen is no longer here?”

Shu Xiaoxiao was silent for a moment before she nodded. “At that time, this incident had a huge impact on old man Mi. He lost his wife and son in his later years, so he was unable to accept this fact. He was heavily stimulated and went crazy all day to spout nonsense. The Ming Dynasty forced him to return to his hometown and recuperate.

Shi En faced Shu Xiaoxiao as his eyes flashed with suspicion and sorrow, “But it’s very normal for me to see him just now, he isn’t like you, who is speaking nonsense.”

“Now, remember that when he first appeared at the Qin Huai Residential Quarters, he was like a scavenger picking up trash to eat. It was only because the Uncle Wu and Jiuyang Professor from the other side who collaborated to treat him did he return to normal and forgot that the Ah Wen was no longer around, so we hid it from him. The residents pitied him because he had nothing to rely on and let him live here.

Shi En looked around, and suddenly a wave of nameless fire went straight from his skull to the dragon bone, “Alright, Shu Xiaoxiao, directly turn this way to change the gas, but you took me to go around the place a few times, are you kidding me?”

Shu Xiaoxiao stretched lazily like a lady, and hooked one of her fingers onto the gas container on Shi En’s shoulder, and said slowly: “Un, I was just toying with you, what can you do about it?”

Shi En raised his thick eyebrows, and gloomily entered the ‘Bu Gan House’, thinking: Hmph, I, Shi En wouldn’t dare to fight with such a strange woman like you. Shu Xiaoxiao, who was behind, looked at Shi En’s back.

At night, when Snake returned from the outside, the moment he entered the “Bu Gan House” area, he could smell the fragrance. He came to the kitchen and saw that Shu Xiaoxiao was preparing the dumplings, the spirit demon Shang Qian was already holding a big bowl of dumplings and wolfing down her food, Snake looked around and asked: “Where did that stinky brat, Shi En go to? Why didn’t we see him help out? ”

“Brother Shi En, he went out after cooking the Soup Dumplings.” Shang Qian replied vaguely while turning his head back and spooning a bowl of soup.

“Hmph, you’ve only been here for two days and you’re already running all over the place. It’s not good to bring a team with you now that your heart has dispersed.”

At this time, Shi En was at the entrance of Old Man Mi’s shop. Seeing that the sluice gate had been pulled down, he raised his hand and unceremoniously knocked on the door, not afraid of disturbing the citizens, and shouted at the top of his lungs: “Boss, boss, open the door, boss!” After knocking for a while, there was no sound. Shi En did not care and continued to knock on the door, but this time he did not need to call for someone else to open the door, “Ah Wen, Ah Wen, quickly open the door, quickly.”

“Boom!” A clanging sound could be heard as the iron fist of the claypot shop was smashed out from the inside, causing the sliding door to become deformed. Hearing the sound of the Ah Wen robot “Wintermelon” walking away, Shi En hurriedly took two steps back, and stayed away from the door. As expected, Ah Wen directly smashed the latch and walked out. Following that, Old Man Mi’s voice came from behind, “Life, Ah Wen you idiot, my door was destroyed by you again, it turns out to be you, you stinking brat, what are you doing here?”

He even had a nightcap on his head, making him look very comical. Shi En suppressed his laughter, gave the small pot of Soup Dumplings in his hands to the Ah Wen Robot, and said to the Old Man Mi: Oh boss, after being like this, I just happened to cook a pot of Soup Dumplings for you and Ah Wen to taste. He turned around and said to the Ah Wen robot: “Rest assured Ah Wen, I’ll change the Soup Dumplings I gave you into machine oil later. I guarantee it will be delicious.”

The Ah Wen turned his head and his eyes turned red. He said mechanically, “Thank you.”

Shi En ignored the furious Old Man Mi, who stood on his tiptoes and walked into the house with one arm wrapped around the Ah Wen robot’s shoulders. The Old Man Mi had nothing to do with his actions, so he could only walk with his hands behind his back. Shi En walked around, finding three porcelain bowls and spoons. Under the Old Man Mi’s dumbstruck gaze, he really got a few Soup Dumplings for the Ah Wen Robot, and he even changed them into machine oil for the bottom of the soup.

“Bastard, Ah Wen does not need to eat, you …” Ah, Ah Wen, you can’t eat it ah, Ah Wen has stopped, stinky brat, why aren’t you taking it away? ” The Old Man Mi was so angry that he puffed his beard and glared at Shi En. After arranging the Ah Wen’s robots, the Old Man Mi brought a jug of wine from his room and poured it into a bowl, mixing it with the Soup Dumplings.

Shi En was not surprised at all, he picked up the bowl and started eating, “Wa, this is truly worthy of being made by Master Shi En, the number one handsome man in the Da Ming Empire, this is not an ordinary dumpling, look, boss, before I even had a chance to bite on it, the rich aroma of the taro filling is already inconceivable, as though a powerful force had surged out from inside.”

Shi En exaggeratedly took a bite, and with one hand holding his face as if he was very happy, “When I first bit into it with admiration for your appearance and surprise for the fragrance, how could the glutinous rice ball be so elastic? Every time I chew, the glutinous rice ball would jump in my mouth and even pop up my teeth.

“Nonsense, you stinking brat, can’t you blow your own trumpet anymore, can’t you?! I’ll get Ah Wen to chase you out.” Old Man Mi burped and his face turned red. Shi En took his wine pot and took a whiff.

“Old Man Mi gulped down a bowl of Soup Dumplings, as though he was drinking a few bottles, and started to spout nonsense. Shi En could only bear with it and listen to him brag. The old me, among the hundreds of students back then, used my strength to rescue the disadvantage of Great Ming Dynasty and did my best to serve the Great Ming Dynasty. I stood at the front line in the production and added to the glory of the Great Ming Dynasty, so I was finally unable to live up to everyone’s expectations and became the number one Mechanic in the Great Ming. ” After saying that, he picked up the wine jug and gulped it down.

Before Shi En could finish eating the dumpling, he said with a forced smile, “The society of Great Ming Dynasty is developing, the society of Great Ming Dynasty is improving.”

“But, but I couldn’t save my son.” “I understand, he wants to save people. He wants to save the people and work hard for the same goal as me, but, I really can’t take the pain.”

Shi En did not come back to his senses after a long time. He did not know what to say, so he said unhappily: “The society of Great Ming Dynasty is developing, the society of Great Ming Dynasty is improving.”

“After my son suffered such an evil scheme, I, an old man, am left with only my last breath. I can only look at the painful memories of the past. I am already tired.” Old Man Mi wanted to drink another mouthful of strong alcohol, but realized that it was stopped by a hand. It was a Robot Ah Wen, and stared at Old Man Mi with empty eyes, not saying a word.

Old Man Mi touched the red ribbon on its head and said with teary eyes: “Ah Wen, you foolish child, I know very well that nothing you do will be of any use, but I just want to do something for you.” Shi En realized that when Old Man Mi said these words, his eyes became fierce. Shi En thought that he was seeing things, and rubbed his eyes, but when he opened his eyes, he saw that Old Man Mi had already started to snore.

Shi En carried Old Man Mi back to his room and covered him with a blanket. After cleaning everything up, Shi En and the Robot Ah Wen worked together to fix the deformed sliding door. Shi En used his Qi to move the door in his hands, flatten the door and then installed it back into the shop. Then, he bid his farewell to the Ah Wen android.