Chapter 95: New Toys
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Lin Shan is very satisfied with his current life and is full of expectations. Now he is also ambitious to fulfill Ike's dream of being a princess, which is also what a man should do after he promises.
Lin Shan took a few of his younger brothers to go back to cook, well, in fact, Lin Shan was watching people play cards and forgot the time, but Xiaobai and a few of them were hungry and came over.
"Lin Shan, if you're not busy tomorrow, come over to help." Just about to leave the village, I met an acquaintance in the village on the way.
"Sanping, tell me what is going on, I won't go to physical work." Lin Shan's seniority is relatively high, so even people who are more than ten or twenty years older than him are counted as peers; So Lin Shan is also very simple, and it is also in order not to be embarrassed. Relatives who are not particularly close basically call their names or nicknames directly, such as the middle-aged man in front of them.
"I went to the river to dig stones and prepare to pave the road, but the dirt road on this side of the village is not very convenient, and if you get out of the water, it will definitely be all mud. We go to dig river sand and the like, and the people in the village will contribute if they have manpower, and those who have no labor will pay. Sanping also opened his mouth to speak, which also made Lin Shan have nothing to say, and it is necessary to pave the way; The village is about half an hour's walk from the road, which is the most primitive road; If you don't lay some stones, then it will rain in the autumn soon, and you will definitely not be able to walk.
Lin Shan's current life is still very simple, feed the fish and see the development of plants in the space; If there is something to do, I also go to the village to see other people play cards, of course, there may be some other trivial things, these are what Lin Shan is doing now. It seems that I have done a lot of things, but I am relatively idle all day, and this is really a leisurely life when I go up the mountain and occasionally go fishing.
I bought a small motor, which was actually dismantled from the small four-wheel drive car that children usually played; When I was a child, I remember that there were cartoons about these four-wheel drive cars, but Lin Shan was not interested in these cars, he wanted to make a small boat and put it in the reservoir to play, and it was also a small toy for Little Apple. When Lin Shan was young, he didn't have the spare money to buy toys, although he may have some money in his hand now, but more often it would be more interesting to do it himself, also because Lin Shan thought it was fun to make a boat.
I found some foam blocks, although the sound of cutting foam was harsh and unpleasant, but Lin Shan was doing these things with relish; With a small electric motor, plus a small propeller, basically too high-end things are looking for those ready-made, he just cut the foam, and then build a little boat type. Anyway, I don't plan to make many high-end toys, and it's okay to be beginner and rough.
"Uncle Zhang, borrow your carpenter's planer to use it." Considering that it would be too light to be full of foam, Lin Shan also prepared a wooden block more than 20 centimeters long and more than 10 centimeters thick as the hull foam to make the bottom of the boat.
"What are you going to do here?" Seeing Lin Shan's lame craftsmanship and wanting to plane the wooden blocks, Uncle Zhang, the old carpenter, asked with some curiosity.
"I'm going to make a boat, my little niece has no toys to play with." Lin Shan also smiled and handed the wooden block to Uncle Zhang, it was a safer choice to let the old carpenter do it.
"Okay, take your little wood to practice, and if you can play it, I'll make one for my little grandson." Uncle Zhang doesn't have anything to do now anyway, that is, he is excited to do this.
Lin Shan, who is in his twenties, and Zhang Bo, who is in his sixties, are pointing and drawing around a small log, and Lin Shan thinks that the warships that are common on TV look very good, planing the plane, and then setting up two rough small forts. The tail is hollowed out, and the battery can be put when the time comes. It's a little rough, but the boat should be able to run.
Lin Shan, who was humming a song, sat on the wooden plank, and a layer of foam was laid on the bottom of the boat, so that the boat could run faster with greater buoyancy; Originally, it was just a small joke, but now with the old carpenter Zhang Bo's point, the bow of the ship is also glued with plastic, basically forming the hull of the so-called assembly line. The belly of the ship was hollowed out, and the battery compartment was carefully put in; The propeller was also fixed, and Lin Shan checked it carefully, and there should be no problem.
It's still a little rough, but as long as the boat can run, it's fine to carve the details slowly; Xiaobai and the nerd were also very depressed in the past two days, because Lin Shan first went to repair the road, and then in the past two days, he was busy with the boat in his hand, they have been greatly neglected in the past few days, these little guys are a little jealous, and they feel that their status is threatened.
Seeing Xiaobai and them following in his footsteps, Lin Shan, who smiled, did not speak; Don't look at Xiaobai now, they may be a little emotional, but Lin Shan also knows that once the boat can run, Xiaobai and the others will immediately forget about these unpleasant things now, because they are very playful, because they like these interesting toys very much.
When he came to the reservoir, Lin Shan also began to adjust the boat in the last place.
Turning on the switch, the sound of the small motor 'buzzing' was also heard, and seeing the propeller rotating very powerfully, Lin Shan was also more confident that the boat could run.
"No, the oars are too high." The boat floated steadily on the water, but Lin Shan was a little dissatisfied; Although Xiaobai and a few of them were also running excitedly at this time, but because the oars were a little high and the water was not strong enough, the propagation speed of the boat was still relatively slow, which was not what Lin Shan wanted to see. "Wait a minute, I'll adjust it again, and I'll play with you when the boat is ready."
Xiao Bai and the others squatted on the side honestly, looking up at Lin Shan one by one, or the interesting boat in Lin Shan's hand. Adjust the propeller slightly, in order to be able to better keep the water, in order to get more propulsion, at least a small half of the propeller blades need to be flooded.
Lin Shan suddenly felt that he was a little careless, if he bought a small motor with more horsepower, then he didn't have to worry about the power of the boat as much as he did now. But it doesn't matter, as long as you can build a small boat now, it is not a problem to replace small parts when needed.
Although the current boat is also relatively rough, the appearance is relatively shabby, the horsepower is not fast, and it can only walk in a straight line when placed in the water.
Although there are many shortcomings, Lin Shan watched the boat swaying towards the deeper part of the reservoir, and then instructed Xiao Bai, who had long been unable to hold back, to let the boat drift slowly in the reservoir.
With such a successful precedent of building a small boat, this also gave Lin Shan more confidence; Although his craftsmanship is very average, although a lot of materials need to be purchased, it doesn't matter, it is also very interesting to slowly assemble a fun little toy, and Lin Shan also feels that this will be more fulfilling.
By building a boat, Lin Shan also has more feelings, in fact, although it is in the countryside, although many things seem to be very ordinary; It may be boring at times, but as long as you find the right direction, then it is still very interesting, full of fun and can make people feel a sense of achievement, and Lin Shan is thinking like this now.
Now it's time to build a toy boat for Apple, so you can slowly make something more interesting, and Echo's princess dream can also be realized slowly. Lin Shan, who was greatly moved by the enhancement of his ability, was full of confidence, and he also had more ideas.
Xiaobai and nerds will definitely not let the new toys go ashore crisply, until the boat runs out of power, Xiaobai and a few of them hurriedly ran ashore to move the rescuers, Lin Shan is also helpless to replace the battery on the boat, as for their own explanations Xiaobai they don't understand it's another matter, anyway, Xiaobai they are happy.
Xiaobai is obviously very interested in the new toy, and Lin Shan also believes that Little Apple will definitely like this new toy.