As soon as he walked out of the door, Lin Yan was stunned for a moment.
I didn't even notice when I came back yesterday that the streets were paved with bricks.
She looked down the street and saw that the entire eighth street was paved with tiles.
Along the way, the people they met saw Lin Yan and stopped to talk to her, praising her in every conversation.
Lin Yan responded with a smile, chatted with others, and walked slowly. It was already half an hour later when he arrived at the laboratory.
When he walked to the door and met Shi Zhi who was coming back from get out of class, Lin Yan said with a smile: "You are the one going to class today. What are you teaching?"
"Well, you are finally back." Shi Zhi greeted him happily, "Arithmetic. The children in the class are still young, and there are only two courses, literacy and arithmetic."
"Come in, we've made a new spinning machine. Come and see if there's anything you need to change."
Shi Zhi pulled Lin Yan and ran quickly to his room. There was a large spinning machine on the table.
"This is different from the previous design. It's much bigger." Lin Yan saw the difference at a glance, "How could it be so big?"
"The previous design can drive three wires at one time, but this machine can drive eight wires at one time. With the same force, there is a big difference between making three wires and eight wires at one time. The reason for making it so large is to improve efficiency. The city's People use twine to make clothes, and the demand is huge. The spinning machine must be improved. With sharp knives and more refined parts, we can build this big spinning machine."
"Not bad. Has it been put into use?" Lin Yan's eyes lit up. It is certainly a good thing to have improved. Pure manual labor is inefficient and far from enough.
Shi Zhi shook his head, "Not yet. This is still a sample, and I'm planning to make a few more. The Hongling family's spinning workshop is in great need. Three have been reserved, each costing 20 yuan. But I don't want to spend all my time making them. On the spinning machine, we are trying to find a solution."
"Just find a few people to take it with you and let them do it." Lin Yan thought it was not difficult. "Such a large spinning machine is also assembled from various parts. You can bring a few people with you and give them some guidance to make the parts." You just need to assemble the parts. If you don’t want to assemble, just teach them how to do it all.”
Doing carpentry requires strength. Shi Zhi feels that doing this is time-consuming. He is only interested in design and improvement and does not want to spend time on mass production.
Shi Zhixi smiled broadly and said, "I have thought about this before. This is not something I need to discuss with you. When you find someone to work with, you have to pay them. You have the final say on this."
"You provide skills and others work to make money. What does that have to do with me?" Lin Yan felt that he did not need to make the decision himself.
"Aren't they from the laboratory?" Shi Zhi was stunned. "You mean they are the same as the Hongling family's defense workshop?"
"That's right. The laboratory needs research-oriented talents, regardless of work."
Shi Zhi understood, "Ye Cong also participated in the design. I will go to him to discuss how to do it."
Just as he was about to leave, he remembered that there was something he had not said, so he stopped and said, "Go to Hong Ling's house, there is a surprise there."
"Surprise?" Lin Yan was stunned. "During my absence, you have done a lot of things."
"That is, everyone indulges in various experiments every day, and the things they make are all kinds of things." Shi Zhi was proud, "But you are the most powerful, being able to make sharp knives out of iron, which has promoted changes in other aspects. .”
When they came in, Hong Ling and Ye Cong were talking around a pile of wood and gesticulating with a saw in their hands.
"What are you doing?" Lin Yan glanced over and saw that the room was in a mess, with pieces of wood everywhere.
Hong Ling said without raising her head: "Make a loom."
After saying that, I realized something was wrong. When I looked up, a hint of surprise flashed in my eyes, "You're here."
Ye Cong dropped the saw in his hand and walked towards Lin Yan happily, "I went to look for you in the morning, but you haven't gotten up yet. Come and take a look at the loom we made."
Pulling Lin Yan to the corner of the room, Ye Cong pointed to the parts of the loom and explained it to her.
The first loom was a foot-operated heddle-lifting bias loom. It had a frame with the warp plane at an angle to the horizontal machine base. It could be operated while seated, using both hands and feet.
The work is very delicate, and the width of the woven cloth is less than twenty centimeters.
Hong Ling took it upon himself to demonstrate and soon weaved a small piece of linen cloth, which was much faster than manual weaving.
Ye Cong said excitedly: "We are making improvements, increasing the width to one meter, and separating the odd and even numbers of the longitude. You came just in time, help us see how to change it."
Lin Yan saw the structure of the original loom in the science and technology museum, quickly pointed out a few problems, and got busy with them.
Shi Zhi also came up with ideas and helped plan the wood.
The few people started working, completely forgetting themselves. It wasn't until Hua Min came in that they realized that the afternoon had passed.
Only then did he remember to ask Lin Yan about the new things he encountered when he was out.
Lin Yan said excitedly: "We have found wheat. We can cultivate and plant it next year. Lan Yue discovered it. She is so amazing. She has a photographic memory and can distinguish various plants at a glance. Fortunately, I took her with me, otherwise I would have missed it. Lots of babies.”
Hua Min hurriedly said: "Let's see what this looks like."
"I'm keeping it at home, waiting for you to come to my house to see it when you have time. There are only twenty-three ears of wheat, and we will depend on them for future food. How can I dare to carry them around with me?"
Lin Yan was very careful about the storage of wheat ears, for fear of accidentally damaging them a little bit.
"Lan Yue is so capable, I want to go out next time too." Hua Min said enviously.
"Wait until you are stronger before going out." Lin Yan suddenly fell silent.
"What's wrong?" Hong Ling noticed something was wrong and asked softly.
"I encountered a lynx when I went out this time. I couldn't guard against it, and two people were injured or killed. Thinking that they will never show up again, there is a price to pay for going out. Every time you go out, someone will be injured or killed."
Several people were silent. They were all still young and yearned for the vast world outside, but they had to pay a price for every step they took.
Birth, aging, illness and death are very common in the tribe. I heard from the elders that people used to die accidentally every day. However, this situation improved after the construction of Sun City, and the casualty rate was greatly reduced.
If you haven’t experienced it personally, no matter how much you hear, it’s not as good as seeing it with your own eyes.
Hong Ling advised: "Casualties are inevitable. All we can do is do our best to minimize casualties. Although we are sad that someone died, life must go on. Our ancestors will not stop hunting because of casualties. We cannot stop there.”
"You're right, Lin Yan. The pain will pass. We must work hard to do better." Hua Min patted Lin Yan's shoulder, "I heard that the arbiter personally went to the deceased's home to provide comfort and compensation. Every time Each person receives 5 yuan, and their mother-in-law or head of household can receive the money."
This is how property inheritance is regulated in Sun City for the time being. Every family is headed by a woman. When a woman reaches the age of sixteen, she can find a man to have a baby.
Whether a man is willing to live in a woman's home depends entirely on his personal wishes.
However, judging from the current situation, almost all people with the same surname belong to one family. No one wants to live in someone else’s house.
Lin Yan only insisted on one thing: men and women from the same family and close relatives could not have children. The rest was entirely up to personal wishes.
The deceased is gone, Lin Yan also understands this truth, but he feels sad.
Seeing everyone looking at her worriedly, she said: "I'm fine, I just thought of them for a moment. Where are Bai Chen, Huang Ying and Lin Yun? Why don't I see them?"
(End of chapter)
