Although it was his first time doing this kind of thing, because the target was her, he felt quite comfortable.
He fed her one bite after another, while she enjoyed the bites without realizing it. The two of them seemed to be cooperating tacitly, but in fact, Zheng Quchi was all focused on the drawings, and had no idea that she was being treated by "Living Yama". "Take good care of it.
By the time her stomach felt full, the bowl of rice was already empty by Yu Wensheng with great interest.
It can be said that Yu Wensheng has successfully completed the tasks assigned by Brother Sang.
He likes to watch Zheng Quchi eating, with big mouthfuls and bulging cheeks, chewing like a squirrel. He seems to have a good appetite and is not picky about food. He eats whatever he is fed.
He paid his respects and took off his eye gauze. His long lacquered eyelashes were like a flexible black fish. He looked at her, his eyes covered with a layer of rays of light, spreading over the ripples of the quiet pond. It looked like warmth and bewitchment, but in fact it was He was indifferent and suspicious in his heart.
Why does she want to build a car?
Did she know about "Muxixin"?
Or maybe, if she and Gongshu still have a relationship in private, they have already agreed to go to Julu Country to join the Jichun Craftsmen Guild?
All kinds of doubts made his already weak and sensitive trust full of holes again, but he didn't want to ask her again. If she lied to him again, he might not be able to control himself.
It doesn't matter, no matter what she wants to do, he can tolerate and ignore it, as long as she doesn't try to escape from him...he doesn't care about anything.
It was late at night, and the pine oil lamp in the room was placed on Zheng Quchi's desk. The light was yellowish and gentle, making people drowsy.
Her eyelids were already creased three or four times, and she yawned several times before finally designing the prototype of the car.
I'm so sleepy that I can't stand it any longer. I'll slowly polish the remaining details in the future.
This carriage is 8 meters long, 3 meters wide, with six windows and two doors. The carriage is not only bright and spacious, but also grand. It can accommodate three horses as a deluxe version and two horses as a standard version.
The rich, gentry and powerful people can all use it.
She thought that Beiyuan's technology and Nanchen's luxury were all her greed wanted.
Therefore, the car is not only superior in performance, but also in terms of appearance and decoration, she has also put a lot of thought into it, and the design is so magnificent.
The surface carvings and hand-drawn drawings blend together to form overlapping changes with distinct layers, as if to declare to the Seven Kingdoms that riding on her carriage can travel across the vast world and conquer the whole world.
On the car door, she also painted the national emblem of their Ye country and the logo madeiny.z.
Made by Ye Guo and Zheng Quchi.
Once this car comes out, she believes it will be sold out.
With this beautiful wish in mind, Zheng Quchi put down her charcoal and stared at her carefully drawn drawings, where she kept "clucking" happily.
After stretching and looking up, she realized that it was not only dark, but also full moon. She had been busy for so many hours.
"this late?"
She was startled, and when she turned her head, she inadvertently glanced at the empty bowl placed next to her, and suddenly remembered something. Her expression was confused at first, then surprised, and finally she was dumbfounded.
She, what on earth did she do?
She glanced at Yu Wensheng who had already closed his eyes and fell asleep beside the bed. One of them was used to sleeping inside, and the other slept outside to accommodate the other.
There were two people lying on the same bed. From the beginning, it was awkward and awkward. Now, every time he falls asleep, he will habitually leave half of the space for her.
She was stunned for a moment, and her eyes were too complicated to describe.
What on earth is he going to do?
A dignified general of a country actually feeds a little craftsman like her. Is such an intimate and natural thing something that should happen between them at this stage?
What on earth was he thinking?
Sugar-coated bullets?
But she didn't accept this at all.
Maybe he just wanted to paralyze her temporarily so that she could be his wife safely?
If their Yuwen family really had the ancestral rule of cheating their descendants without repaying their lives, it would be really difficult for them to divorce. Either she dies and he becomes a widower, or he dies and she becomes a widow.
But it's not absolute. What if one day, Yu Wensheng really can't stand her anymore?
With Yu Wensheng's deviant temperament, even if he intends to abide by the clan rules, it should be within the scope of his tolerance. Once she does it and makes him feel disgusted in his heart, he will still follow her even if he abolishes the clan rules. Peaceful.
She didn't believe that he had to be her.
Yes, she has to do it.
But you can't commit suicide. If you commit taboo things, you can't do it. Or if you use too much force and you can't leave, you can just become a widower.
She was so busy in the past two days that she forgot to buy rouge and gouache. I don't know if that thing is expensive. If it is expensive... forget it. Now she doesn't even know if she has enough money to build a car.
Or find other ways to disgust him. For example, men in this world have a common problem. They are most annoyed by women nagging, controlling him, pestering him, and annoying him.
This is zero cost. Once she recovers from her injury, she can give it a try.
In addition, if he doesn't like others smiling at him, then she should smile at him more first. Smiling doesn't cost money anyway.
After washing herself, she tiptoed into the bed, pulled back the quilt and lay down in it, when she suddenly heard Yu Wensheng's voice: "Don't be busy so late tomorrow."
Zheng Quchi was startled and looked towards him, only to see that he was leaning sideways and not facing her direction. She blew out the light and could not see clearly the expression on his side face in the dark.
"No, will it disturb your rest? Then I will rest in Yaomei's room tomorrow night..."
Before he could speak, he was interrupted by Yu Wensheng resentfully: "You don't want to be with me so much?"
"No." She denied immediately.
There was nothing she could do to admit that she wanted to avoid him. Every night since she came back, she had curled up into a ball like a frightened shrimp. When she closed her eyes, all he saw were all kinds of bloody and terrifying scenes.
This situation is like sleeping in the same bed with a murderer. Although she knows that he will not kill her now and treats her quite "kindly and friendly", based on her understanding of his moody nature, it is difficult for her to convince herself to treat him as usual.
There was silence between the two for a long time, and Yu Wensheng suddenly said: "I'm very cold."
"Um?"
"I want to be closer to you."
As he spoke, he lifted up the quilt, and his body in thin undergarments pressed against Zheng Quchi. The cold air from the other person's body passed over to him, causing Zheng Quchi, who was warm and full of energy and blood, to shiver from the cold. .
He didn't touch her rashly, he just brought the position between the two of them closer, their shoulders leaning against each other, and there was no longer any distance.
"May I?"
Zheng Quchi was so stiff that he almost couldn't help but open his mouth and squirt. You came over and asked if it was okay. I said no. Would you still go back?
"If you think I'm keeping you cold, I'll go back. Anyway, I'm used to sleeping with cold hands and feet all night long."
Listening to him at night, his soft and mocking magnetic voice gives people an inexplicable and sultry vulnerability.
Hearing what he said, Zheng Quchi was at a loss. She had always been weak when faced with tough situations, but she was extremely resilient. However, she was really soft when faced with soft situations. It was all her fault that there was no treacherous official in her ancestors, and this was passed down to her family. They are all elements of truth, goodness and beauty.
"...That's not necessary. I've been taking too many tonics recently, and I'm very angry. I'll neutralize it a little, and it'll just be enough to calm down the anger."
"Seriously~" His cold body came close to her, like a slippery snake, or a colorful and venomous snake: "Then can I hold your hand and sleep? I'm cold, so it's easier to calm your fire."
Zheng Quchi wanted to shrink back into his shell: "Would it be too much trouble to sleep like this? Otherwise, let's just lie down like this and sleep on our own."
However, it is a man's nature to push beyond the limits. She allowed him to take a step closer, and he wanted to get closer to her and no longer wanted to sleep apart from her.
"OK."
This time he agreed very simply.
However, before dawn, Zheng Quchi picked up the ax and ran into the mountains.
There was a monster husband at home, and she was really afraid that he would swallow her up and chew her up.
They agreed to sleep in their own place. She was such a well-behaved person, how could she cross the line in her deep sleep and roll into his arms and hold on tightly without letting go?
It is clear that he is deceiving the public with his evil words.
She made up her mind that she would never sleep in the same room with him again tonight.
Go up the mountain first and pick out the right wood.
In the afternoon, after going home for dinner, she went to the county workshop again.
She specially went to the blacksmith shop, took out the hand-drawn drawings, and asked them to customize the iron rings and hooks of the cart according to her design and size specifications.
In fact, wood is also readily available for sale in the market, including hardwoods such as poplar and locust. However, after asking about the price, she decided to save costs by healing herself before going up the mountain to cut the wood and carry it home.
When it comes to this car, the difficult part is making the wheels.
Each wheel she designed has a diameter of about 4.5 feet and is supported by eighteen spokes and more than a hundred rivets. It is no small project to get these four wheels down.
Although she can do it herself, she plans to outsource it to a carpenter.
Because just polishing this set of processes would take her several months. She only had one pair of hands, and it would take too much effort to do it by herself. She might as well pay some wages and ask ten or eight carpenters to work on it for her at the same time.
Due to her previous working experience in the camp, she knew a lot of carpenters, so she was able to contract work and materials to complete the work at a low price.
Because most of the car body is a mortise and tenon structure, the angle of each spoke must be accurately calculated. If it is slightly off, it will not fit the hub, and the circle will be deformed.
But these happen to be Zheng Quchi's strengths. She is no braggart in mathematics. If she can't learn mathematics, physics and chemistry, she won't be able to do civil structures well.
So she clearly marked each component with the calculated specific numbers. Even if she was a novice at carpentry, she would make no mistakes as long as she followed the drawings she drew.
Of course, in order to prevent her peers from copying her design, she scattered the parts, just like a modern handmade bead flower. The beads are beads, the leaves are leaves, the stems are stems, and the sets are sets. At first glance, they are all zero. As long as the parts are not aggregated, you may not be able to guess what she wants to do.
For some things that others couldn't get, she had to do it herself.
I caught a cold. Jing was sneezing sneezingly. I quickly bought some medicine and took it back. I hope I’ll be fine after a good sleep. The weather here is unpredictable. It’s hard to take precautions. TT
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