Everyone followed the village chief to the river and found a place where the water was flowing rapidly. It's close to the bamboo forest and next to the village fields, so it's a great place to build a waterwheel.

Li Xin didn't know what to do first, everyone looked at Yun Yao together, she had to catch the ducks on the shelves, and became the on-site commander again.

Fortunately, everyone had been commanded by her once when they were fishing last time, and the harvest was very large, and this time they were willing to listen to her, and they were divided into several groups after a while. Some went to move stones to lay foundations, some went to cut down big trees to make supports, and some went to bamboo forests to cut down bamboo.

Men moved stones, women chopped bamboo, children also helped to weave scrapers to hold back water from small bamboo branches, and all the people in Lijia Village gathered by the river.

The stone family saw that Yun Yao didn't do anything herself, but only pointed at others to do the work, and the boss in her heart was unhappy.

"Look at that girl's pride!" She turned her head and whispered to a woman beside her.

"Say less." The woman smiled, just lowered her head and used a chisel to open the bamboo tube, and did not answer her words, and the stone family was even more unhappy this time.

She stood up and took a look, and saw Qiu Yue following behind Da Niu to take this and that, but Da Niu didn't pay much attention to her, she simply walked over and pulled Qiu Yue aside.

"Don't be here, go back and make your new clothes."

Qiuyue reluctantly looked at the big cow, and said, "But, auntie......"

"Are you stupid? There are so many people here, even if he has the heart, he can't say anything to you, and he has to do so much work and tan his face. You might as well go home and get your clothes done early, and compare them to all those little hooves. ”

Hearing her aunt say this, Qiu Yue's heart suddenly brightened.

Yes, instead of wasting time here, it's better to go back and dress up beautifully, and Brother Niu will definitely like it when he sees it.

Yun Yao didn't know their careful thoughts at all, and she didn't have time to deal with them when she knew. The villagers were full of energy, and in a short time the foundation and brackets were all erected, and the thickest trunk was selected as the main shaft, and the spokes were to be installed underneath.

The general waterwheel needs 24 spokes, and each spoke of the bamboo waterwheel is fixed with two thick long bamboos, which requires 48 of the thickest bamboos, and the bamboo forest is immediately cut down a large area.

While it is fixed on the main shaft, it is bent up with thin bamboo to make the outer frame, and then fixed with three rims in the middle, and the process is not complicated. Fortunately, there are drawings and dimensions, otherwise with the brains of Yun Yao and the villagers, they will definitely be blind.

Everyone watched the three-zhang tall waterwheel take shape step by step under their hands, and the sense of accomplishment and expectation in their hearts was bursting, except for Qiu Yue quietly slipping away, no one else deserted, all of them were doing what they could, and Yun Yao had to accompany her.

At noon, Yun Yao's stomach was hungry. She can't be blamed for this, lately she's been eating three meals a day and eating regularly. When she first arrived, she was so hungry that she didn't dare to mention dieting and losing weight now.

Seeing Xue Yin sleeping in the grass pile under the tree with her naked heart, Yun Yao made an excuse to walk over.

"Big Niu, I'm going back to feed Chixin, it's still small, can't be hungry."

Da Niu looked back at the dog, and then looked at her stupid appearance of reaching out to cover her stomach, and couldn't help but smile slightly. He walked up to Li Xin and said, "Dad, tell everyone to rest for a while, and drink some water and eat something." ”

Li Xin was also hungry at this time, he ate so much in the morning, and worked all morning, he really couldn't stand it.

"Okay, let's rest for a while, let's come back in half an hour and continue to work, and try to set up the waterwheel as soon as possible."

Everyone was also exhausted, and immediately shouted hello, and went home in a sparse manner.

Aunt Osmanthus took Niuniu and didn't want to come out, and she didn't see Da Niu and Yun Yao coming together again, and when she saw that her husband and son were back, she said that she was hungry and was busy making a fire to paste cakes for them.

Yun Yao couldn't care about others anymore, so as soon as she got home, she peeled an apple for herself and nibbled on it.

"Master, Chixin is hungry, and Xueyin is hungry too." Xue Yin looked at her blankly, and the white hair on her body turned gray.

Yun Yao looked at its pitiful appearance and felt distressed, and complained while steaming bacon for it: "Won't you come back first to find something to eat?" ”

"Xueyin can't stay too far away from her master, I have to follow you wherever you go." After speaking, it said pitifully and coquettishly: "Master, people are hungry, and people want to eat chicken." ”

Where did you tell me to get you chicken? Yun Yao had no choice but to comfort her softly while going to make dog food for Chi Xin. Chixin was probably so hungry that he immediately pounced on the food bowl as soon as it came over, buried his head in the basin and ate wildly, leaving both hind legs off the ground.

Alas, this is another foodie!

Looking at these two little ones, Yun Yao was distressed to death, and after eating, she put them in the rental house, and only claimed to leave them at home.

In the afternoon, everyone gathered by the river again, and now the women were half less, but it did not affect the progress. The bamboo tube and baffle are all done, and the next step is some hard work.

The big guys worked hard all afternoon, and then they went home after sunset. The outline of the waterwheel has been built, and all that remains is to install the scraper and the bucket.

On the way back, Yun Yao walked to Li Xin's side: "Uncle, I have something very important tomorrow and must go to the city." I'll leave the watermill to you, and the bull will do it anyway. ”

Li Xin thought about it for a while and nodded, Da Niu opened his mouth, and wanted to tell her to wait another day so that he could accompany her into the city, but thinking about the ugly words said by the old lady at home, he had to shut up again.

This night, Yun Yao handed over her red heart to Da Niu Erniu to take with her, and she stayed in the rental house and didn't go out again.

She was really tired. Although she had been directing all the time and had not done much work, she had been running there for a day, and she lay on the sofa and did not want to get up again.

It's been a week since the last time I called, so it's time for Dad to be discharged, right?

She picked up the phone and called back, and this time her mother answered quickly, but her voice sounded very tired.

"Yun Yao, your dad is in the hospital again." After saying that, my mother couldn't help choking.

What the? What does it mean to be in the hospital again? Yun Yao suddenly became anxious.

"Mom, what's going on? Tell me quickly! ”

It turned out that Yun Yao's father was discharged from the hospital as soon as his condition stabilized in order to save money. After being discharged from the hospital, he refused to rest, saying that his body was fine, and he went back to work in the factory the next day. Who knew that he hadn't been doing it for two days, and he fainted at his post again.

The factory director sent someone to take him to the hospital and immediately called her mother over.

The doctor also knew them, and after a few words of reproach, he pushed my father to go for an examination, and soon came to inform my mother that the patient had an acute myocardial infarction and had to be operated on immediately.

My mother cried on the other end of the phone: "Yao, you don't know the situation of our family, where can I get so much money to make a stent for your father?" But if you don't do it, your dad won't be able to live......"

Hearing her mother crying mournfully on the other end of the phone, Yun Yao's tears also crackled and fell.

"Mom, the surgery has to be done, it has to be done right away! How much money is missing? I'll figure it out! ”

When my mother heard her say this, her crying gradually stopped.

"Your father has medical insurance and can reimburse part of it, and the factory director borrowed me another 30,000 yuan, and finally did the operation. But now I ask for money every day, and I borrow all the people I can, and if I don't pay it, your dad will have to come home. As my mother spoke, thinking about her hard work these days, tears flowed down again.

"Without medicine, your dad still won't be better! Mom is dying of worry these days, and Xiao Che can't study anymore. ”

Hearing that the operation had been done, a big stone in Yun Yao's heart fell to the ground.

"Mom, don't worry, I still have 40,000 yuan in my hand, I'll transfer it to you now."

"You have 40,000 in your hand?" When my mother heard this, she was surprised and delighted, "Yao, where did you get so much money?" You're a girl doing things outside alone, but you have to take care of yourself and don't do things you shouldn't do. ”

No matter how uncomfortable Yun Yao felt in her heart, she was also amused by her mother.

"Mom, where do you think you're going? I'm doing business with Tang Peipei now, and I earned all this money, so you can spend it with confidence. ”

"Don Pepe? It's that classmate from your junior high school, and the one who moved to Haishi after his family got rich? "Mom remembered.

"Yes, that's her. Mom, don't worry, treat Dad. He has medical insurance, we only need to pay a small amount of money, I will find a way to continue to earn, you must not be wronged yourself. ”

Mom listened to her with a nose and eyes, so she believed her words. After repeating a few more words, Yun Yao hung up the phone and hurriedly transferred the money in her account to her mother again.

It's good now, two days ago, I was still rich and capricious, but today I suddenly returned to the pre-liberation period.

Yun Yao looked at the few thousand yuan left in the account, and couldn't help but smile bitterly. I am a poor life, a hard life, and I can't keep any money I have saved.

Money, Yun Yao has never wanted money so much as she does now.

I entered the city early tomorrow morning, hurriedly bought clothes, and turned the white silver into red soft girl coins.

Early in the morning of her sophomore year, Yun Yao went to the town without saying hello to anyone. Xueyin couldn't leave her, so naturally she went back to the spirit pet space, as for Chixin, Yun Yao left the dog food in the house, and if no one accompanied it, it should know how to find the big cow.

Shopkeeper Chen was as polite to her as ever, and when he saw that she was going to buy clothes again, he hurriedly took her to the boutique area to choose.

Yun Yao didn't like the brocade dress that dragged and dragged on, and she was still wearing that set of muslin clothes, and the shopkeeper Chen didn't ask where the clothes she bought had gone, but only took them out one by one according to her requirements.

Fortunately, the person who placed the order this time heard that there may not be any stock, and those who were anxious to get clothes provided several options, but Yun Yao quickly bought the 8 sets of brocade skirts.

There are many muslin skirts, and she can choose as much as she wants, belly pockets, fans, and sachet embroidered bags, which are completely open supply, and only that large square scarf will take some time.

The shopkeeper Chen took note of her request, and even confiscated the deposit, so he crackled and tossed the abacus beads, and after a while, the price was calculated.

"Erase your small let, a total of 20 taels of silver. Do you pay cash or silver tickets? ”

"Cash." Yun Yao took out two pieces of silver with 10 taels and one ingots from her bag, and then discovered an important problem.

Silver! I only have a few dozen taels of silver left! How can you make soft girl coins without silver?!