Although the family of Zhang Stonemason who lived in the town was a guest house, they also kept vigil according to custom. However, instead of mourning for the New Year elsewhere, they were all very excited.

The old man, who was supposed to be the most calm, couldn't help it first, and he happily said to his sons: "Judging from today's grand occasion, the foundation of this Wang family is not thin, and maybe it can really make our family's stone mud business bigger!" ”

When Zhang Dajing heard the old man's words, his eyes lit up, and he asked eagerly: "Dad!" Do you really think there is hope for our family this time? Ay! It's me who caused you to not even have a place to live, so that your nephews and nieces have suffered with us at such a young age. If I can really get out of this predicament, I will feel better. ”

Zhang Dajing's eldest brother smiled and comforted his younger brother: "Don't feel bad, I've been walking around quietly in the past two days, and I've seen a lot, and I think it's time for us to come to the end of our hardships." This is always thanks to you to make the blessing of this stone mud, and only if you can suffer with you can you be qualified to enjoy happiness with you. As long as you don't dislike your nephews and nieces in the future! ”

The old lady of the Zhang family spoke for her youngest son on the side: "How can Dajing dislike his own nephews and nieces? Don't think about it. The lady of the Wang family meant to let us go back after the New Year, and said that we would advance a little money to redeem the house and settle down first. This time you will go back to live somewhere you have, and you will be able to suffer less. I mean go back sooner, redeem the house sooner, but your father has to spend the New Year here before leaving. ”

It's not that Erya is ruthless, and he is willing to give money to redeem the house until now. Settle in a place to live. She just wanted the Zhang family to understand that she was willing to take out the money because of their Zhang family's own achievements, not for nothing. Sometimes things that are white often make people have a bad attitude. So Erya can obviously raise her hand to help, but she has come up with a big reason.

However, of course, the people of the Zhang family would not think about why Erya didn't give money to help them earlier. In their concept, there is only one, people who have no relatives and no reason with them, it is reasonable to help them or not! To be able to get help, all they have is gratitude.

Everyone else was able to come home to keep vigil and gossip. The two couples, the big housekeeper, the curator Shi and Mr. Lin, who did not go back for the New Year, still had to look around and count their children. Don't make other people's children take good care of them, and ignore their own children.

The children were all gathered in the cafeteria. The chief butler took the roster one by one, clicked on one and walked from the left to the right. Children of all ages finally determined that everyone is at home, and there is no one who does not return home. I was relieved to let the children continue to play in the cafeteria and keep vigil.

All leftovers. They were packed in large rice buckets, and all of them were brought back by the three team leaders of Liu Jialing, who helped distribute them to each household. Melon seeds, peanuts, and candy, half of them were given, and half was left for these children of their own family to eat tonight's vigil.

The young women and mothers-in-law outside saw that the children's roll call was over, and they also came in one after another, laughing and keeping vigil with the children.

The children who participated in the show today. I was very excited to see my mother-in-law who usually brought me. I had to dance and sing for my mother-in-law, and the older children also joined in the fun. So the annual New Year's party, which is indispensable, kicked off the first act of shyness. Of course, there are also two and a big family here.

The New Year's party of thousands of people, the smooth and peaceful end, finally let Xiaohu intuitively see the talent of the big housekeeper. He said to his daughter-in-law with emotion: "Your eyesight is amazing, you said that Shi Jingxuan is talented, to be honest, I haven't seen it." But now I really got it. Although some of his methods and methods were learned from Boss Lin, his ability to apply what he learned is not small. And today is the first time to receive so many people! To be honest, I've been nervous all day today, for fear that something bad will happen during the Chinese New Year. But I see that he arranges so many complicated things, and he is the host, and he is not messy at all, what a capable person! ”

Erya looked at Xiaohu with a smile, and saw that he was really admiring and admiring Shi Jingxuan, and he had more love and respect for Xiaohu who was generous, capable, and not jealous of his ability.

Before the tenth day of the first lunar month, the masters and apprentices who built the water mill and made the waterwheel had already brought their specialties with their family specialties.

The master and apprentice who made the waterwheel also came to Xiaohu's house with them, and they could have turned directly to Liujialing. Just a few years ago, Xiaohu and his wife gave them salted duck, sausages, wild boar, air-dried rabbit meat, air-dried pheasant, fungus, and mushrooms so many New Year's gifts to bring back. I came back after the New Year, although I also brought special products from home as a return gift, but this person also wanted to come over to say hello to the owner for a New Year.

Master Cha, who built the water mill, also brought good news to Erya, he had already helped Erya and their blacksmith shop that specialized in the equipment of the water mill in advance, and ordered four sets of special machinery of different sizes, such as water rotor blades, runners, crankshaft connecting rods, gears, etc., that ordinary blacksmith shops could not make. This saves Er Ya too many things!

What's more, Erya has always wanted to make a carriage with zuò, which can be said to completely subvert the carriage model of this era. But some of the parts she wanted were not made by the blacksmiths of this era. Now that there is such a blacksmith shop that can make what she wants, can't it make her excited and her eyes are red?!

Xiaohu looked at his daughter-in-law's eyes red and straight, and he was so frightened that he trembled, and hurriedly hugged his daughter-in-law, reached out and touched her forehead, but did not find anything abnormal. But he still couldn't help but feel very scared in his heart, and asked in a panicked tone: "Daughter-in-law!" What's wrong with you? ”

Master Cha was also frightened, but he could only stand aside and watch helplessly, unable to do anything.

Erya was like a prank, winked at Xiaohu, and said unhurriedly: "I'm fine!" Why are you in such a panic?! ”

Before Xiaohu could breathe a sigh of relief, Erya jumped out of Xiaohu's arms and said to Xiaohu in surprise: "The kind of carriage I said we can finally use, there are a lot of parts that we can't find the master to make before." You can find out what the master knows, this is the blacksmith master to help us. This master, I believe he will definitely be able to do what he is asked to do. ”

The parts that Er Ya said are actually not so simple. It's even harder to do.

She always wanted to improve the existing carriages, and to build a new type of horse-drawn carriage powered by livestock. The simple explanation is to change the original engine-powered to ox-horse pulling. There is no engine, clutch, gearbox, etc. However, the four wheels have to be retained, with a directional rotation device, a balance differential, a transmission shaft with front and rear wheels interacting with each other, a shock absorber, and a brake device, so that the original simple, but inflexible, difficult to control, and not durable wooden frame has been changed into a new type of carriage that is flexible, self-controlled, and maneuverable.

The most important of these is the transmission shaft. With a propeller shaft. The front and rear wheels are no longer mutually restrained and hindered, but interact with each other and give force, so that the carriage is in action. The more you run, the lighter you get.

If Er Ya can really make this kind of carriage, it will definitely draw a dividing point for the carriage world.

For this kind of thing that is actually a car turned into a carriage, although Er Ya can't get his hands on it, he will definitely not be at a loss. Because she once studied car maintenance for three years. I'm no stranger to car interiors.

It's a bit of a shame to say. She wasn't proficient in this maintenance because she only learned maintenance for the driver's license test at that time. At that time, it was not as easy for her to get a driver's license as she did later, and she studied in a driving school for two months, took a test, and then got a driver's license. At that time, they had to learn maintenance for three years before learning a driver's license, and then they could get an internship certificate. to get an official driver's license.

Because maintenance was not the focus, she didn't study seriously at the time. When other children's professional maintenance students were able to modify their own cars later, she was still grinding on circuits and oil roads. The masters all knew that she was mainly interested in obtaining certificates, and no one urged her to concentrate on teaching her. Later, during a long distance, the car broke down and I couldn't do it alone, so I regretted it.

However, this disgraceful experience has become an incomparably huge wealth for Erya today.

Before Xiaohu could react to what he meant, Er Ya asked Master Cha again: "Master Cha, if you want to ask this blacksmith master you know to make something more special, will he refuse?" ”

Master Cha pondered for a moment and replied, "As long as it is not an iron tool that is expressly forbidden by the government, he is generally willing to make it." However, the price is usually higher, so you need to be prepared. ”

The master who made the waterwheel on the side couldn't sit still, and he could also build the carriage!

"What kind of carriage is your family going to make? I'd do the same with a normal carriage. ”

It would be better to have a master who recommended himself, of course such a master also needs it, and he responded happily at the moment: "Then master, you have to work harder, hurry up and make a good job of the waterwheel." I'll go over there and get some of the necessary parts done, and after the commissioning is successful, we're going to start work. If you're not finished yet, aren't we waiting for you?! ”

"Don't worry, my watermill will be completed by the end of March at the most, and I will definitely be able to catch up with you."

"Good! However, I'm afraid it's a little difficult for me at the end of March! The carriage I have always wanted can finally be realized one day, and Erya's mood is like a bird with wings, happy to fly.

However, when there were guests at home, they couldn't just take care of their own affairs, so they hurried to entertain the guests with the nurse and busy with meals.

In the blink of an eye, it is the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and on this day, there is a major event that Erya has been preparing for several months and spending her greatest energy and brainpower to treat it during this time.

A few days before the fifteenth, on a large field in front of the Lingjue Temple in Fucheng, someone unknowingly surrounded a red cloth wall more than one person high, because all sides were tightly enclosed, so no one knew what was going on inside. When people walked there, they couldn't help but be curious, and they inquired and guessed.

"You know what's going on there! It was fenced off a few days ago, and the sound of clanging inside is often heard. ”

"I don't know! It looks a bit like singing, when is this going to be sung? ”

"I think it must be a big family that built a lantern shelf for watching the lanterns on the day of the Lantern Festival, and we will come to watch the lanterns on the day of the Lantern Festival!"

"Not like! If it's a lantern stand, we can't stand outside and not see it at all!"

"Hey! I don't think you can guess, we all live here not far away, and we will all come over tomorrow for the Lantern Festival to have a look, so we won't not withdraw tomorrow!? ”

"Yes, yes! I'll take a walk tomorrow and see what the hell this is for! (To be continued......)