Strategy to develop champions

Chapter 29

Early the next morning, Carpenter Qian brought his food to Zhao's house with baskets on his back to make rice pounders.Last night, he himself studied it carefully all night, and found that this thing looks exquisite, but its principle is actually very simple, so he made a small model at home. At this time, he came to Zhao's house and took the model out first. Come out and put it in the yard, press it with your hand, and then release it, and the wooden stick in front will be smashed down, making a small hole in the sand.

When Mrs. Yang came out from the inside, she was a little shy when she saw Carpenter Qian. After all, one of them was a widow and the other was a widower, so it's not good to get too close.Mrs. Yang explained to Zhao Caifeng a few times, then took a hoe, went to the next door and called Mrs. Xu to go to the field together.

When Zhao Caifeng came out and saw Carpenter Qian making a model overnight, she really felt that this ancient skillful craftsman was really amazing, and being able to master a useful skill in ancient times was indeed a good way to make a living.

Zhao Wen saw the model, but he didn't know what it was. He saw Zhao Caifeng pressed twice on the top with his hand, and then pressed it harder. When he released it again, the wooden stake in front fell down, and the small hole slowly became big.

"Hey..." Zhao Wen smiled and pointed at that thing, and pulled Zhao Caifeng to look at it. Zhao Caifeng knew that he was mentally incompetent, so she nodded with a smile, indicating that she saw it, and said to him: "Second brother, you can play by yourself, I I have something to talk to Uncle Qian."

Zhao Wen obeyed Zhao Caifeng, the big sister, and went to play by himself with a smile.Over there, Carpenter Qian said, "Girl, do you see what this thing does?"

Zhao Caifeng took a closer look at the model, checked the dexterity of the parts on it, nodded and said: "It seems to be this thing, Uncle Qian, you are really capable, and you made such a small thing in just one night. come out."

Carpenter Qian scratched his head in embarrassment, and said with a naive smile: "No, I've never done this before, and I was afraid that it wouldn't work well the first time, so I first made a small one to test the waters, and if it works, I'll be relieved today. Carpenter Qian said as he put down his pannier, and took a planer, hammer, saw and other tools out of it, "Where do you want to press that thing? Let's find a place first and measure the size."

Seeing that Carpenter Qian was very thoughtful, Zhao Caifeng nodded, and looked around her yard. Zhao's yard was not big, with firewood accumulated over time on the left side, and cow dung slowing down in the corner. The yard on the right is a little empty, but not so spacious. If it is on the right, the rotten wooden fence that separates it from the Song family has to be removed.But this matter has to be approved by the Song family, and she doesn't want to cause some neighborhood disputes because of it.

At this time, Song Mingxuan heard a man's voice outside, guessed that it was Carpenter Qian, and just ran out to watch the excitement.Although he drew a gourd according to the same pattern yesterday and drew such a thing, he still had a skeptical attitude towards whether this thing is really as useful as Zhao Caifeng said, so he also took the opportunity to come out to have a look. When choosing a place, I couldn't help but sweep my own yard.

If the two families were not blocked by the wooden fence, they would actually be quite spacious, but now that they are separated, it seems that each other's courtyards are smaller.

Song Mingxuan glanced at the small door that was open on the wooden fence, as if it had never been closed in the past few days, so he resisted clearing his throat and said, "In my opinion, we should tear down this wooden fence and put this thing away." Putting it in the middle of the two families, firstly, there is some space left, and secondly, it is convenient for both of our two families to use."

Zhao Caifeng didn't expect Song Mingxuan to throw an olive branch over, so she raised her head and asked Carpenter Qian, "Uncle Qian, what do you think of Brother Song's idea? Let's put it upright, with people facing the road, so it will be more open. If Brother Song wants to work while reading, that's fine too."

Carpenter Qian squatted down with a rough hemp rope to measure it, settled on a point, nodded and said, "I think it's okay, the two wooden stakes at the bottom are pressed here, and there is just a gap for people to walk behind. It doesn't affect walking."

Zhao Caifeng also nodded and said: "Then let's settle this. Originally, the wooden fence was rotten, and it didn't look good. After cleaning it up like this, the yard will be much bigger."

Zhao Caifeng is not from ancient times, how could she know that demolishing the wall is taboo, the wall between the two families was demolished, from the outside it looks like the two families have merged into one family.Carpenter Qian naturally understood this truth, but Song Mingxuan said this himself. People in Zhaojia Village don't know about it. As a scholar who has studied, wouldn't he know this truth?Besides, this drawing was clearly drawn by Song Xiucai, but it was Zhao Caifeng who invited him here.

When Carpenter Qian saw that Song Mingxuan himself proposed to tear down the fence, he mistakenly thought that the two of them had already discussed it in private.

(End of this chapter)