I was a god in the 18th century

Chapter 193 Let’s play carousel together
This music box base has two settings, one is mechanical, and it can reverse itself when it is rotated to the end, but the reversal time is only half a song.

The other is an electronic version. After being fully charged, it can last for fifteen hours, and one rotation can last for one song. The built-in light strip and the night light on the base will sparkle as they rotate.

When Xia Qingdai took it off and put it on the terrace of the mansion, it was naturally fully charged, enough for them to play tonight.

After dinner, Owen took everyone up to the rooftop terrace. The servants also moved the tea table to the roof, so that the master could drink at night under the starry sky in the dome.

The starry sky and sea are really beautiful on a summer night, and there is a slight cool breeze on the roof that is not available below, which is very refreshing.

Xia Qingdai couldn't help but think of the summer vacation at her grandmother's house when she was a child. She crawled up to the rooftop platform, spread a mat on it, and lay down under the stars without even using a mosquito net, counting stars without any worries. That memory was so wonderful.

At this moment, standing on the roof terrace of the mansion, not many people were recalling the past like Xia Qingdai.

No one noticed the night wind or looked up at the stars. All their attention was attracted by the huge carousel in front of them.

"Wow, what is this, cousin Owen?" Connie looked up excitedly and asked Owen.

"Carousel." Owen replied lightly. This was what Xia Qingdai told him in the sky just now.

"What is a carousel? But these horses don't look like they are made of wood?" Connie asked as she ran to the colorful carousel box and touched the resin horses.

"It's made of resin." Xia Qingdai pulled Jane forward and said with a smile, "This thing is very fun. Let's play together. Each person rides on a horse."

After saying that, Xia Qingdai took the lead and sat on it, using the most popular side riding method of this era.

It's just a merry-go-round, not a real horse. Riding sideways is stress-free, and Xia Qingdai is not afraid.

Everyone saw Xia Qingdai's actions and immediately followed suit. They picked their favorite resin horse and sat on it sideways.

The girls were all seated, and Owen was still standing with his hands behind his back.

Xia Qingdai waved to Owen: "Cousin, come together."

Owen said calmly: "I will be responsible for the switch for you."

Having been in contact with Xia Qingdai for a long time, he also has some understanding of how to use modern products.

In fact, he had already learned a lot about current knowledge during the exchange of physics with Xia Qingdai. It's just that he has always been reserved and has no desire to publicize.

Seeing that Owen was not interested in the carousel, Xia Qingdai didn't force it.

People often travel around the world on horseback, so it's not surprising that they despise fake horses.

As Owen pressed the electric switch at the bottom of the carousel with all his strength, the carousel began to rotate rhythmically, and the matching music was "City in the Sky", which was pleasant to the ear.

The melodious melody followed the reciprocating Trojan horse, exuding a romantic atmosphere and making the girls laugh.

The whole terrace was filled with the silvery laughter of the girls.

In this era, there were actually wooden horses in small department stores in some places in the UK. They were ordinary rocking horses, and the cost of playing them once was low.

Later, some smart people made the wooden horse chair into a crude version of the wooden horse. They relied on real horses or donkeys to pull the carousel like a mill.

After the Industrial Revolution, the use of steam engines became more and more diversified, and merry-go-rounds powered by steam engines appeared.

Of course, these are incomparable with the products of modern industry acquired by Xia Qingdai.

Not only does this wooden horse spin smoothly and silently, it is also decorated with hundreds of luxurious lights, emitting dreamy light as it spins. Sitting on it, you feel like stars falling in the sky, and you feel like all your worries have flown away.

Connie sat on the horse with her arms spread out, shouting, as happy as a little fool weighing a hundred pounds.

Her cousin Anne's matter has been resolved, and the two people who eloped are about to get married in the church. The reputation of the whole family, including their relatives, can be saved, which is a blessing among misfortunes.

So Connie is now back to the carefree and silly child state, and she has never thought that because her cousin has gone into debt, she may not even have the two hundred pounds of dowry she originally had.

Although her reputation has been preserved, a poor girl without a dowry will basically not be able to marry a gentleman.

In order to solve this problem, Owen lent his uncle's family a thousand pounds, which he had earned in the past six months by relying on Fukuoka Villa.

Lawyer Henry and his family had to go without food and water for ten years if they wanted to make all this money from Lawyer Henry. Of course, they can get it back from Mrs. Henry, brother and family, but it will be very difficult and the road will be long.

So in order to pay off the debt, Mr. Henry Jr., Owen's cousin William, officially applied to be the housekeeper of this mansion, which was equivalent to selling himself to pay off the debt.

If William had not been disabled, then being a housekeeper would naturally be a disadvantage. But now this situation is actually a win-win situation. It is impossible for him to find a better job than the housekeeper of this mansion.

One thousand pounds is not a small sum of money. Before Xia Qingdai, the annual output of Fucui Villa was only about two thousand pounds.

Owen is willing to help his uncle's family. On the one hand, it is of course due to family affection. On the other hand, he is optimistic about them and is not afraid that his money will be wasted.

Lawyer Henry could serve as his legal adviser on the estate, and the brothers William and James could also work for him. Especially James, a college student at Cambridge University, may be able to grow into his right-hand man in business investment in the future.

After all, workers are easy to find in this world, but knowledgeable people are not.

When Irving was an officer, he had many soldiers under his command, and he might be able to recruit some more veterans in the future.

But those people are uneducated. They can do hard work, but they can't do mental work.

In this era, not many people can read, and even fewer can read well. Except for a few geniuses who can get funding from nobles or gentry, most poor people can only work in factories early.

Owen narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the girls in the interplay of light and shadow. His face was calm and he didn't know what he was thinking.

After the song was played, Xia Qingdai did not come down and shouted to Owen: "Cousin, do it again."

Connie, who had already climbed off the horse, immediately climbed back on the horse after hearing this, and said happily: "Can we always play?"

Xia Qingdai smiled and said: "We will play until we faint!"

"Oh, great!"

As Owen pressed the switch again, Xia Qingdai began to instill random legends into Jane sitting on the horse next to her.

"Jane, did you know? It is said that the carousel can bring people who love each other together forever, and it can also make the friendship of good friends who sit together last forever! The end of its rotation is heaven."

As Xia Qingdai finished speaking, Owen suddenly jumped onto the rotating base and jumped onto the horse in a smart move, causing the girls to exclaim.

"what!"

"be careful!"

Xia Qingdai looked at Owen on the Trojan on the right rear in confusion: "Didn't you say you don't want to sit?"

Owen said calmly: "It's quite interesting, I suddenly thought about it."