Chapter 110

When Xu Yue was worrying about her sore arm, Wang Dayou gave her a surprise.

He made the pedal spinning machine she wanted!

Xu Yue did not expect this.

Carrying the remodeled spinning machine, Wang Dayou excitedly came to Xu Yue, inexplicably excited, and described incoherently the source of his inspiration for creating this spinning machine.

Xu Yue listened hard for a long time, and finally understood.

It turned out that after receiving the drawing from Wang the day before yesterday, Wang Dayou tried to make a template with wood first. The spring naturally failed, but the gear succeeded.

He just made a few more, unintentionally put the two gears together, and with a flick of his hand, he had a flash of inspiration, as if he had unlocked the door to a new world.

So, this is how the pedal spinning machine came out!

With the combination of gears, the pedal spinning machine is not only lighter than the previous hand-operated spinning machine, but also rotates faster.

Xu Yue tried it on her feet, except that the wooden gears were not smooth, but it was much easier to use than the hand-cranked ones.

But before Xu Yue expressed his gratitude, Wang Dayou excitedly ran back to continue researching the metal gears that he hadn't studied yet.

The weather was fine, so Xu Yue and her sister moved the newly released pedal spinning machine to the yard, and spun while basking in the sun.

Xu Erniang was in charge of spinning, and Xu Yue used two shaved wooden sticks to try to regain the feel of knitting sweaters in college.

When I was addicted to weaving, there was a voice from outside the courtyard: "Miss, is this Xu Youniang's house?"

Sitting in front of her courtyard, looking at her younger brother while doing arithmetic with a wooden board, Junmei raised her eyes to the father and son in front of her. Instead of answering first, she asked vigilantly:

"Who are you? Why are you looking for a young lady?"

The man helped the slightly crooked wheelbarrow, pressed the bulging sack on it, and said:
"I'm a tenant at the head of the village. Next to me is Sanlang Yangwazi from my family. We are here to deliver wool to Xu Youniang. Miss, are you Xu's family?"

When Junmei heard that she was here to deliver something to Xu Yue, she hurriedly got up and put down the wooden board, pointed to the big yard next door and said:
"The young lady's house is over there, I'll lead you there."

"Ajian." Junmei called her younger brother, and little Ajian ran over, and the siblings led them to the gate of Xu's house.

Xu Yue, who was sitting in the courtyard, heard the movement early and came out to welcome her. Seeing the high hills on the wheelbarrow, the joyful smile on her face gradually faded.

When Yangwazi saw her, he smiled nervously at her, and introduced the man next to him as his father, Zhao Er.

The man is thin and small, wearing a patched sackcloth and straw sandals on his feet, dressed like most villagers in the village.

Although raising sheep, but the family has many children, life is not rich.

After hearing from their son that wool could be sold for money, the family started shearing the wool overnight and worked for three consecutive days before packing up all the wool and bringing it over to Xu Yue.

Seeing Xu Yue, the man showed a flattering and awkward smile on his face, and asked, "Girl, is it two cents a catty?"

Xu Yue nodded, and called the elder brother who was chiseling stones in the yard to come over and remove the threshold, and signaled Yang Wazi and his son to push the car in.

Xu Erniang had already brought the scale over, and while looking at the father and son, she opened the pocket to check the wool inside.

Yangwazi lowered his head, not knowing whether he was afraid of Xu Erniang's sizing up or what, anyway, he hadn't raised his head since entering the door.

His father, Zhao Er, smiled obsequiously, with evasive eyes, Xu Erniang frowned, cast a glance at Xu Yue, saw that she didn't say anything, and began to weigh the wool.

A cart full of well-pressed sacks weighed more than 400 catties after deducting the weight of the bags!

Yangwazi's family only has more than 100 sheep. How can they produce so much wool?

Xu Erniang glanced at Yangwazi's father, and this honest middle-aged man's heart skipped a beat.

Xu Yue also turned around, and said in front of the father and son: "A few days ago, Yang Wazi and I sheared fifteen sheep on the hillside, and produced about five catties of wool."

"Because we are unskilled and the shearing is messy, so the output is less. Generally, a sheep can cut more than two to five catties. Our sheep are small and have little hair. I will count as three catties per sheep, and your family has leftovers. For a hundred sheep, the remaining wool is at most 3 catties, so what is going on with the extra 100 catties?"

She didn't ask questions either, but asked gently, which made both father and son change their expressions.

Xu Yue raised her eyes, and glanced over lightly. Yang Wazi, who had been buried in her head, couldn't stand such gazes, and explained anxiously:
"As soon as the people in the village heard that my wool can be sold for money, they insisted on asking Dad to bring their wool. I told them that you don't want so much wool, but they said that even a little girl like you doesn't know a sheep. How much wool is produced, just want me to coax you that these are from my sheep."

"Everyone is having a hard time. My father is soft-hearted, so he brought everyone's wool. Xu Youniang, don't be angry. If you don't want so much, my father and I will go back and return all the wool to everyone!"

Zhao Er didn't expect the little girl to be so good at arithmetic. He knew that he couldn't get away with it, and he had never done such a thing before, so he felt ashamed, so he hurriedly said:
"I'll give everyone back the extra ones, but my girl, can you take them back?"

His family cut 200 catties, 400 yuan, and can buy a stone of grain. The children in the family are looking forward to the money, and they are going to cook porridge.

If Xu Yue gets angry because of this and doesn't accept it, Zhao Er thinks about the disappointed eyes of the children at home, and his eyes turn red with sadness.

After hearing what the father and son said, Xu Erniang was so angry that she wanted to throw their wool and the cart outside the door.

Dare to coax her Selina's sister, I really don't know how to write dead words!
Xu Dalang also blushed, but Xu Yue didn't get angry, so he could only bear it.

Seeing the pleading eyes of the father and son, Xu Yue let out a long sigh, and stopped the aggressive sister who was about to throw the car, and asked the father and son to sift out the excess.

"You can take as much as you agree, and take back the extra." Xu Yue said while taking out two horses worth 400 yuan, and handed them to Yang Wazi.

Seeing her indifferent expression, the boy was stunned for a long time before taking the cloth.

"Let's go!" Xu Erniang came to the gate, making a gesture of chasing people away.

The father and son took the money, but they were not happy at all. They thanked them a few times, pushed the wheelbarrow, and left with complicated emotions.

Xu Erniang snorted and was about to close the door, but Xu Yue came out.

Judging by that posture, it seems that he is about to go out.

"You won't be soft-hearted again, right?" Xu Erniang said with a disdainful education, "This kind of thing can't be condoned, otherwise they will really treat you as a fool in the future and cause you countless troubles."

"Hey, Xu Youniang, did you hear that?"

Before Xu Yue could reply, seeing her was still going out, Xu Erniang quit, and started to catch Xu Yue back.

Xu Yue seemed to have eyes behind her back, and she dodged it as soon as she moved her feet, and Xu Erniang missed it.

Xu Yue turned her head and blinked at her: "Sister, don't you wonder who they are? Follow them and see their reactions."

Xu Erniang was stunned, and the gossip soul immediately opened, "Go, have a look!"

(End of this chapter)

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