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Aunt Ji looked at the three long swords, and even she couldn't tell exactly which sword was obtained through which sacrifice method. The three swords with almost the same difference were equally sharp, which is very rare.

She didn't choose any two swords to strike each other. If this method is the only way to judge the sharpness, then the sword left in the end must have staggered tooth marks and cannot be used. But through her careful judgment, they are all equally good. Sword, only from the method, maybe Ji Mo is right.

Ji Mo understood the complicated approval from those eyes, and a smile appeared on his face. The exhaustion of many days disappeared at this moment, and he blurted out: "As long as it is not a human sacrifice."

Aunt Ji didn't nod her head, and she didn't say anything against it, she sighed softly, "Don't publicize this before you become famous."

"...Yes." Ji Mo easily thought that this was Aunt Ji's love and protection. If it was announced early, it would only be regarded as nonsense, and no one would seriously think about it, let alone try it. In the future, he will only let himself be criticized and made a laughingstock, maybe he will also implicate Master Kong who taught him, and the prestige of the swordsmith Ji family, maybe it will add some troubles for him to forge swords in the future.

If he waited until he forged a famous sword recognized by everyone and gained a reputation, and then said such a fact, no one would think it was false, and there might be one or two people who changed it just like that.

The only pity is that the result was clearly obtained early, but human lives could not be saved early.

"Yes, I understand."

After repeating the answer, Ji Mo tried hard to convince himself that if he challenged the sword-casting skills recognized by everyone now, such as a mayfly shaking a tree, or a mantis turning a cart, he would be the one who would be unlucky in the end. The lives, the lives of those sword slaves who have never met before, naturally have their own importance.

Ashamed in my heart, in fact, he is really not that great, he is just a small person, a little selfish person.

Gradually lowering his head, he put one hand on his head and rubbed it lightly. Ji Mo raised his head and saw Aunt Ji's eyes were gentle: "Don't waste time here, go and make a sword, your second sword!" Sword, I have been waiting for a long time, I don't know when I will see it."

"Well, I know, it starts tomorrow."

Originally, I wanted to start the second weight comparison experiment right away, to see what changes would be produced after trying different meat and bone inputs. Among them, there must be an optimal measurement.

When Ji Mo wanted to do an experiment, he thought about the next step to carry out this experiment, and then applied the experimental results to his second sword, and made certain improvements when innovating. It is more important to acquire a recognized famous sword.

It is really not easy to adjust the formula and innovate. From the next day, the three shaft furnaces started at the same time, and the proportion of the formula was slightly different. Repeatedly, it is only after the repair is completed that the sharpness can be seen. Both methods take a long time.

Unknowingly, there was snow in the sky.

"It's New Year's Eve!"

The sword-making room was full of heat, even when it was cold, it was too hot to wear a coat. Walking to the door and looking outside, the nearby ground could not hold any snow, and it became wet after a while. The road is fine, but the ground nearby is already muddy.

"Be careful of the cold."

Baishi grabbed the overcoat hanging on the side and put it on Ji Mo. The best overcoat used in winter here is the fur one, which looks very warm. In fact, this kind of cloak-like overcoat does not need to wrap the edges with hands. The wind will continue to drill in, but it is not very warm.

There is no cotton, and the silk-like lining is layered on top of each other, wrapped in a relatively dense embroidered cotton cloth, which is thick enough and barely warm.

She has been raised to be squeamish!

Ji Mo looked back at Baishi. This year, Baishi grew taller again. He was taller than Ji Mo before, but now he is taller. Ji Mo raised his head slightly when he saw him, and he seemed to notice it. They are all in a slightly bowed posture, but no matter how much he bows, he can't lose a piece of height out of thin air.

"In summer, I feel that it's so hot here that I can't bear people. In winter, it's rare to be warm!"

Ji Mo said something with a smile, which seemed a little relaxed, and Bai Shi also smiled: "It is indeed warm, and the meat is delicious."

For the experiment, Ji Mo asked for a lot of meat, but the experiment didn't use that much meat at once. In addition to the plan change, he didn't bother to return the remaining meat to the kitchen. There was not much left, so he put it on the ready-made fire Grilled and eaten, there is no way, the meat put in the experiment will inevitably have some aroma, reminiscent of the taste of barbecue.

Eating barbecue in the sword casting room, Ji Mo felt that he might have broken a certain rule again. Aunt Ji didn’t say anything when she saw it, and asked the maid to prepare more complete seasonings. The price of some spices was only a handful It is more expensive than famous swords.

Ji Mo is not the kind who doesn't know everything. It's not that you can't ask the maid to go to the kitchen to pass the word on what to eat on weekdays. .

There will be a holiday during the Chinese New Year, and the ministers will also rest. Those who are originally royal family and nobles have enough time to rest, and the New Year is lively and lively. However, this year is less lively for Aunt Ji and Ji Mo. It is no different from before, the only difference is that Ji Mo still has to forge swords, and it is impossible to just rest for a few days and delay time.

But after all, it's Chinese New Year, these days they have to go back to the courtyard.

According to Ji Mo, it’s actually better for Aunt Ji to move to live next to the sword casting room. There’s a shaft furnace that’s on day and night, so powerful that the walls can’t hold back the heat. It's not cold at all when you sleep, you don't have to be pressed by a thick quilt, and you can't breathe.

However, Aunt Ji still has a clear concept of the front yard and the back yard in her heart. She can come and watch Ji Mo cast a sword for a whole day, but she won't stay here, she is only willing to go back and forth every day.

"aunt."

Ji Mo put on his coat and went out, the cold wind blowing outside made him close his coat unconsciously, watching Aunt Ji wearing a coat of a similar style, not even closing the edges, standing quietly, With a tall and straight posture like a green pine, she saw Ji Mo coming out from the side, and then she took a step forward. Sheepskin boots with wooden soles, stepping on the bluestone board, could hear a crisp sound.

Hurriedly following Aunt Ji's footsteps, the two walked back one after the other. They hadn't walked out of the small courtyard of the sword casting room for a long time. Ji Mo has never seen it before, but Ji Mo can still think of what the scenery outside was like at this time last year. Pointing to the bridge not far away, he said softly: "It snowed there last year, it is very beautiful."

The lake is frozen, and snow is falling on the bridge. In the snow and ice, you can faintly see the stone color on the bridge that has not been covered by snow. The scenery in the distance, whether it is beautiful or not, is luxuriant to slightly messy branches in summer. , have also been condensed into ice strips by the cold winter, and there are more rime and cold jade trees, and Qionghua is like crystal.

"I didn't expect that my aunt would be able to enjoy such a scenery with me this year."

In the old days, my aunt would not go out of the small courtyard, and she would only be accompanied by the winter scenery of that courtyard. No matter how many years it is beautiful, I will get tired of looking at it. But this garden is big enough and has more scenery. Walking step by step, pleasing to the eye.

Ji Mo felt a little joy in his heart, it seemed that it was because of the arrival of this New Year's Eve, and it seemed that it was because this time he was extra sure that the sword smelted this time would definitely succeed, at least it was what he thought it would be.

Aunt Ji's footsteps slowed down unknowingly, and she glanced in the direction pointed by Ji Mo, that bridge... the scenery in this garden was also unfamiliar to her, since she moved to this garden, she went directly In the Buddhist hall, even the small courtyard is unwilling to go out, so how can I see these scenery.

Standing still and binding himself to a prison, now it seems that he is in a trance, whether he is right or wrong, even he can't see clearly.

She can forge swordsmanship, but she has never forged a sword.My father once commented that she lacked firmness and could not forge a sword.She has always disagreed. At that time, she thought that she was firm when she threw herself into the fire. Later, she thought that she was firm when she was trapped in the Buddhist hall. She believed that she was firm if she persisted for many years. However, Ji Mo could easily break all her firmness.

In the past few years, she has met Liu Zhongjun more times, once, twice, three times... She also spoke more, one sentence, two sentences, three sentences... The words that gradually increased were like a sharp chisel, slow and direct She broke through the solid ice, it wasn't solid ice, it was her firmness once.

No matter how thick the snow in winter is, it can't match the warmth of spring, like warm water simmering slowly, so she can no longer be firm.

Some of the things belonging to the Ji family are already in her hands. This is his sincerity, but what should she do?

"Forge your sword well, don't think too much about anything, just tell Aunt what you need, Aunt will never be stingy with what you have."

Aunt Ji's words came suddenly, Ji Mo was stunned, thinking of the barbecue incident, he was both moved and guilty, "Don't worry, Auntie, what do I need to say to Auntie, from now on, I won't neglect my duties, never again Messed around in the sword-making room."

Sword casting is a serious matter, even Master Kong never put unreasonable jokes in the sword casting room, but when it comes to Ji Mo, he is serious when doing experiments, but outside of experiments, he will not even smile. They are all stingy, and the atmosphere is completely different from when Master Kong was there.

Aunt Ji smiled, knowing that Ji Mo misunderstood what she meant, but she didn't explain it. It would be better if he could just change it. He must concentrate on doing things. Without this concentration, nothing can be achieved.

There are fewer vegetarian dishes in the Chinese New Year’s menu, and more big meat, all kinds of meat. Sometimes Ji Mo doesn’t know what he is eating. Unknown bird meat may be rare and rare. The taste in the mouth is also delightful.

Besides, what makes people happy is the new clothes. Aunt Ji brought it to Ji Mo herself, saying that it was made of the fox fur that Liu Zhongjun hunted, so it was a gift from Uncle Liu, and Ji Mo recognized this. , Seeing that Aunt Ji didn't care about her face, he breathed a sigh of relief. He and Uncle Liu only saw that side, but he didn't want to treat this half of his relatives as an enemy.