【Chapter 42】Picking the Stars

Yu Mojin had indeed never heard of this. This should have been something she had been looking forward to, but when she heard it at the moment, she couldn't help but feel a sense of helplessness in her heart.

From the time when she was still mourning, Yu Moji was quite disgusted with Wei Yeol's remarks about climbing high branches. But now she suddenly found that her concept is actually no different from the old-fashioned Weiye alcohol.

According to the definition that Yu Moji came from her mother, the so-called lady is a woman who is bound by countless rules in the courtyard of the deep house, and only works as a husband and children for life; As for the fact that it is absolutely impossible to devote one's whole body and soul to the study of Yanjia, a field that has always belonged to men, as Yu Moji hoped.

However, since Yu Moji walked out of the grief, she found that her thoughts were too limited. What she saw and heard along the way made her concept suffer a huge impact again and again.

The Miss Fu she met in Linhai County, Ling Ai, whom she met in the imperial capital, and many women of the same period she had known since entering the Imperial Court, all had a rather independent and even rebellious side in the various styles she showed to Yu Moji; They are not exactly vassals of men, they have their own personality and personality.

In them, everyone's demeanor is no longer the constraints imagined by Yu Moji, but has become an attractive self-confidence. And one of the sources of this self-confidence is the support of their respective families.

Just like Ling Ai, although her outstanding achievements in the Cardinal Council were obtained by virtue of her own strength, I am afraid that no one can deny that Ling Ai's extraordinary qualifications are not unrelated to her profound family education. And the reason why the eldest princess mentioned by Secretary Lantai has the ability to implement reforms, according to Yu Mojian's thoughts, should also be inseparable from the extremely high status of the eldest princess.

Yu Mochen couldn't help but sigh when he thought of these things.

In front of her eyes, she seemed to see Yi Xiaoji's radiant expression when he explained the steamship in the bilge of Feilu Tracing the Wind.

The woman who was indistinguishable from each other was originally born in a wealthy family of royal power, but after all, she was burdened by her life experience, and the love of the brother and sister for Yanshu was finally buried in the surging river.

Secretary Lantai was obviously a person who talked a lot, and when he saw Yu Moji's trance, he asked, "What are you sighing for?" ”

Yu Mochen thought for a while and said, "I lamented that I was fortunate to catch up with the eldest princess to carry out reforms, but my mother did not have this good luck. ”

Secretary Lantai's eyes moved, "Could it be that your mother ......?"

"She died many years ago." Yu Mojian's voice lowered, "In the place where I was born, the status of a woman is still no different from that of a slave. So, my mother only left a surname. Actually, I'd love to write her name now, but I can't do it anymore. ”

People who have no malice will avoid touching the sad things of others; Secretary Lantai finally didn't pull her to talk anymore.

Yu Moji didn't leave for a moment, and left Yanfen Hall.

She desperately kept up with the best contemporaries day after day, and there was no time to delay. So although she has not been able to completely get rid of the sad memories of the past, she turned around and went to the "Little Star Picking Platform".

She's on duty in the gold arsenal these days. The science of armor was originally used for the design of armor, but the thing to do in the gold arsenal was to apply this knowledge to the improvement and construction of weapons. This is a very delicate field, requiring the power provided by the mech box to match the operation of the various weapons, so the Yanshi's mastery of many weapons is also very important.

This is obviously not something that Yu Moji is good at.

After all, the martial arts hall of Aige is a place with relatively scarce materials, and it is already rare to have a few pairs of obsolete armor, not to mention these relatively advanced weapons, even those old weapons that are not steam-powered when used with the relatively simple armor in the early years, the experience of using the ink marks is quite limited. However, according to the Yanshi who wielded the gold arsenal, the most important thing to truly master all kinds of weapons is experience.

Yu Mojin had no choice but to continue to squeeze what little spare time she had left, practicing almost sleeplessly, trying to tame the iron guys she used neither easily nor easily.

Among them, the one that made her feel the most difficult to get started was the Thousand Machine Crossbow.

People who have grown up in a poor situation of lack of food and clothing, such as Yu Moji, often have a common problem, that is, it is difficult to maintain a high level of attention for a long time.

After all, in the extremely precarious environment in which they were raised, to devote all their attention to one thing of food, to one thing of work, to one thing of money, to ignore other fleeting opportunities. This kind of price is not something that the poor can afford.

After living in this state for too long, their bodies have formed deep-rooted habits. They are able to distract their limited attention from one thing to another, moving back and forth between the things around them, looking for opportunities. Correspondingly, they gradually lose the ability to concentrate a high degree of concentration.

And this kind of highly concentrated attention is the ability that must be possessed when wielding the Thousand Machine Crossbow.

Yu Moji had no choice but to keep training his body to get back this gradually lost ability.

So she goes to the small star picking platform every day to practice.

It was a wooden platform, unique in the Chamber, which was almost laden with steel and millennial gold. Its material looks quite fragile, but its design is actually the wisdom of the Yanshi of the past, and it is quite strong.

The Little Star Picking Station has a lot of features. Inside and outside the pedestal above and below it, a variety of mechanical structures are set up, so that the test of Yan's armor, the exchange of weapons, and even the martial arts competition completed purely by the human body can be carried out here. As a result, the Little Star Picking Platform became a place where the cardinals' masters had to compete with each other, and it is said that it was also the place where each batch of reservists was assessed when they graduated.

The swimming target of the crossbow field is located on the side of the base of the small star picking platform.

For the matter of practicing hard, Yu Moji's feelings are quite complicated.

When mourning, many people said that Yu Moji had a good talent. Although she didn't say it, she also had some sympathy similar to Yuan Zhizhi for those who had to work hard to achieve something. Now that the object of pity has become herself, she is really sad in her heart, and she doesn't want those reservists of the same period to notice her hard work in private, so she always picks the star station to come secretly when no one is around.

Today is the time of the eight calculations, and the Yanshi are all in the council hall; As an obscure reservist, Yu Moji was not qualified to participate in such a large discussion, but she could take this opportunity to practice her crossbow technique, which is often described as miserable.

She had been under the Little Star Picking Platform for a long time, and her shoulder was sore from the pressure of the Thousand Machine Crossbow, but she still didn't want to leave.

She had already shot three quivers, but there were few crossbow arrows on the target. The most deflected arrow even hit the "Arrow Washing Pond", an artificial pond that serves as a landscape on the side.

Every missed crossbow bolt seemed to pierce her heart, forcing her to continue practicing.

Yu Moji silently took out the fourth quiver and put it back on the crossbow machine.

This time, her first arrow was barely far from the bull's-eye, but the second arrow missed the target.

Yu Moji's heart was tired and helpless. When she was feeling agitated, she suddenly heard a noise, and when she turned her head, she caught a glimpse of a slender figure flying on the other side of the small star picking platform.

Yu Moji shuddered when he saw it, and immediately remembered himself hanging on a long rope like a grasshopper on the main peak of Chilu Mountain. But compared to what she thought, the figure hanging in the air at the moment seemed to be much calmer.

Yu Moji hurriedly put down the Qianji crossbow and walked closer to look, only to find that it was Ling Ai.

This eldest lady, who was supposed to attend the Eight Calculations Meeting, came to the Little Star Picking Platform at some point. She was now hanging from the side of the platform with a long rope, a sapper bag hanging from her waist, and a wooden hammer in her hand.

She was actually overhauling the wooden stakes that provided support for the small star-picking platform.

As soon as Yu Moji stopped, he was discovered by Ling Ai.

Ling Ai smiled indifferently at Yu Moji, and immediately turned his head again, swinging the long rope, stabilizing his body with the tip of his shoe, and continuing to overhaul the next stake.

It's hard work. The structure of the small star picking platform is very unique, and if you want to check a wooden stake, you need to constantly change the balance in the air. The end of the long rope around Ling Ai's waist couldn't move flexibly, so if she wasn't careful, she would swing out with the long rope, and it would be easy to bump into all kinds of mechanisms in the four dimensions of the Little Star Picking Platform.

What's more, although the small star picking platform is not big, there are hundreds of wooden piles supporting it, which is really a big project.

Ling Ai didn't seem to pay attention to this amount at all, and just checked it one by one very intently.

Yu Mojin looked over and felt that her movements were simply skillful.

This surprised Yu Moji.

After all, in Yu Moji's eyes, although Ling Ai did not conform to the traditional image of a lady in her impression, she was really a perfect person.

Ling Ai's demeanor has never lost everyone's demeanor. She is known for her straightforward and sharp speech on weekdays, but at the same time retains all kinds of etiquette that the aristocratic class should have, and this crisp and measured style of doing things is quite pleasing. Although she has an extremely tough background, she herself is extraordinary after all, whether it is as a reserve or as the secretary of Yanfentang's Lantai, the achievements she has made are impossible to find fault. Even if the reservists of the same period hated her, they couldn't find a plausible reason.

However, it is such a young lady who is a dragon and a phoenix, and she envies everyone, and at this moment, she is familiar with what Yu Moji would only do when he was doing chores in the martial arts hall.

Yu Mochen looked at this scene and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

This kind of thing is to overhaul wooden stakes, and the residual ink marks of the year are done, which is the common miserable and miserable appearance of small workers; Ling Ai did it, with that kind of focused, skillful, and pleasant look, but it seemed like she was working on a unique hobby.

Even if there are people who have never heard of Miss Ling's reputation, if they pass by at this moment, I am afraid that they will stop and look up because of the grace displayed by Ling Ai.

Yu Moji admired it, and his mind suddenly turned - although Ling Ai has a noble temperament, but such a thing as overhauling wooden stakes must be lowly?

The Little Star Picking Platform is not an ordinary high platform, its structure and design show the wisdom of the Yanshi of the past generations, and it can be called a giant work of art. Wouldn't it be fun to overhaul components for such a unique high platform?

Even if it's not to overhaul the little star picking platform, but to clean up other common things, as long as Ling Ai is intoxicated and happy, isn't it a hobby?

Since Yu Mojian met Ling Ai, he has always had a good impression of this eldest lady, but at this moment, perhaps because of Ling Ai's company not far away, Yu Mojian's heart has gradually calmed down, and he is more secure than one arrow; In addition, although Yu Mochen admired Ling Ai and felt ashamed of himself when they met for the first time, he still did not get rid of the childish nature of not admitting defeat.

Ling Ai can be very focused and complacent to do something that is originally laborious and boring, why can't Yu Moji?