Travel to ancient times and become rich women with your bestie

Chapter 168: Blueprints Released

After lunch, the two asked the children to review what they learned yesterday at home, and then they went to Carpenter Li's house to continue studying the drawings.

The afternoon passed quickly, and I finally understood most of the drawings. I should be able to draw them after another day of study tomorrow.

As it was getting dark, the two put down the charcoal pencils in their hands, rubbed their already sore necks, and stretched lazily.

"That's all for today, we'll continue tomorrow. Brother, sister-in-law, and Tiantong, you've worked really hard today."

"It's not tiring to sit for a whole day. You won't come across this thing many times in your life. I'm very interested in it." Carpenter Li still had his eyes fixed on the drawing.

"Luckily you guys are here to take care of this with us, otherwise it would take us forever to finish this. It's getting late, so let's go over to eat. Tao'er has already prepared the meal."

"You've already had one meal, how can you have the nerve to have a second one? Meixiang has already prepared it, you should stay here and eat." Sister Li waved her hands repeatedly.

Only then did the two of them notice the aroma of rice wafting from the kitchen. It smelled good and greasy, and should be better than the food of most people in the village.

It’s all because I was too engrossed in the subject and automatically blocked my sense of smell.

"Well, since we're all done, let's just eat our own food. We won't invite you, and you don't have to keep us. We'll make an appointment another day."

It couldn't be wasted, so the two of them stopped forcing it.

"Okay, I won't be polite. But don't you need to go to Li Biaochun's house to help tomorrow? When Tiantong got married in our family, Zhao came to help. Did she come when Dashu got married in your family?"

Zhao had not had a good relationship with the two men before, and they had even fought against each other. How could they help each other? The two men shook their heads.

"Then there's no need to repay the favor. I'm just going to let Meixiang go once. Then we can continue tomorrow and get it done in one go."

"Okay, let's come earlier tomorrow so we can go to the banquet after we're done." The two were quite looking forward to tomorrow's wedding.

Of course, it was definitely not the gossip they had heard recently or the shocking event Duan Minmin saw that day. It was all because they were interested in folk culture and wanted to see what an authentic wedding in ancient times looked like.

After saying goodbye to Carpenter Li and his family, the two of them, together with Master Jiang and Jiang Feng, headed home. Halfway there, they met Erhe, who came to call them back for dinner.

There is a new topic at the dinner table today - what happened in town today.

The other children were very envious when they heard the children say how warm and friendly the people in the town were.

"Mom, can I go to the market with you the day after tomorrow?" Sizhu looked at Zheng Yuan pitifully while holding the bowl of rice.

That's true. If only the older ones are allowed to go, the younger ones won't be able to exercise.

"How about this, from now on when you go to the market, you will be divided into two groups, with four people in each group, and you will take turns going. The older ones will take the younger ones with you, especially the three of you, Dashu, Erhe, and Taoer. You three have been there so many times and are much more familiar with the market than your younger siblings. You will be divided into two groups and take each of them."

Hearing what the two said, the three younger ones, who originally thought that the market had nothing to do with them, suddenly brightened up their eyes, quickly finished their meals, and then pestered the older ones to split into groups.

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin didn't get involved in their affairs and continued to eat leisurely as usual.

Young Master Jiang had been going to various markets since he was a child, so he naturally couldn't understand their enthusiasm for going to the markets, so he just ate his meal peacefully.

After dinner, the two of them went to the old house in person to get the keys and asked about what happened today.

There was nothing special today. The workers worked even harder and the toothbrushes originally piled on the table could no longer be stacked.

This reminded the two of them that they should ask Carpenter Li to make a few large frames to hold the toothbrushes tomorrow. They couldn't just pile them on the ground.

After returning from the old house, Zheng Yuan gave the key to Mr. Jiang, and they did not see him off. They only reminded Jiang Shui to be a little more alert at night.

A dreamless night.

When they got up the next day, they clearly felt that the village was a bit more lively than usual. It should be because all the people who went to Li Bangchun's house to help had gone there, and with so many people, the noise was naturally louder.

The two of them cooked the meal early and asked the children to eat before reporting to the village chief.

Before leaving, the two men reminded the village chief that if he also wanted to go to Li Bangchun's house to help, they would come back by themselves.

But I don't think so. If the village chief wanted to go, he would have come here and told us in advance.

Sure enough, the children had been gone for a long time and had not come back. It must be time for the class to start.

The two men packed up their things and took Master Jiang and the other man to Carpenter Li's place.

As soon as they entered the door, they were shocked. Carpenter Li's hair was like a chicken coop, his beard was untidy, and he sat blankly under the eaves. He looked more than two or three years older than yesterday.

"Brother Li, are you feeling unwell today?"

If they were sick, they would feel embarrassed to trouble others.

Seeing them come in, Carpenter Li, who had been in a daze, suddenly came back to his senses and stood up.

The dead man was so frightened that he took a few steps back.

Mrs. Li came out of the kitchen, wiped her hands and looked at Carpenter Li with disdain.

"Hey! Your brother Li is not sick, he is just obsessed with your thing. Last night he was tossing and turning like a pancake all night, mumbling to himself, and it kept me awake."

"I finally fell asleep, but he kept talking in his sleep about how to change this and that. I was really annoyed by him. This is what happens when you can't sleep well when you get older."

Is this a Frankenstein? Is this a case of research going too far?

The two looked at each other, wanting to laugh but embarrassed to do so. Although Carpenter Li was doing this for their things, it was really hard not to laugh at this look.

"Why are you saying so much? I just wanted to get it done as soon as possible, but I couldn't sleep because I was thinking about it. The more I thought about it, the more awake I became. Don't mention it, I actually figured out a lot of things last night."

"Mother Dashu, Mother Tao, please bring your blueprints over here. I'll explain it to you. Do you think this is feasible?"

Thinking about the key points he had figured out last night, Carpenter Li seemed very excited and urged the two to bring out the drawings.

Several people gathered together around the drawings again.

Carpenter Li presented his ideas one by one, Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin were responsible for checking the calculations, and then they put forward their ideas.

It’s no wonder that what he thought about before going to bed was really useful. Two of the three ideas just happened to solve the current dilemma.

The more they talked, the more excited they became. Inspiration gushed out as if a floodgate had been opened.

After one morning, the drawings were almost complete.

The water mill is not complicated. The main reason is that they want to combine it with a water mill, so they need to consider more things.

Now that the final drawings were out, the two were more and more satisfied as they looked at them. The next thing they needed to consider was the site selection.

To put it simply, the water mill and water pestle utilize the kinetic energy of water falling from a high place to hit the waterwheel below, which is then transmitted to the top through a connecting rod to drive the stone mill and the water pestle head, so you must find a location with a large height difference.

It was still early, so they simply put down the drawings and went to the Niulan River to start looking for a suitable location.

The surface of the Niulan River is quite wide, so it is difficult to build directly on it. The two men thought of finding a location with a large height difference, then building a ditch to the side and building it next to it.

This makes it easier to build, saves time and effort, and the scale can be appropriately expanded.