Chapter 60: The Mage
Picnics like this are not often held, most of the time it is Jiayi who is looking for him at home, and Flower will come over when he has time. But it didn't take long for Dai'er to hire a tutor at home, and she rarely had time to come.
The cake was unexpectedly popular at the time of its opening, and even the high price could not offset the enthusiasm of the people, especially when there was a banquet or a dinner party, and it was an indispensable dessert. It's just that the egg whites in the cake are a hard work, and he finally designed a hand-cranked whisk after beating the egg whites for two months.
It is not the common kind of whisk made of several iron wires in the kitchen, he designed a set of gear structure, and a shell composed of four iron bars, the whisk can be buckled on a small iron basin through this, and then there is a hand crank handle on it, and the crank crank can drive the egg beating part composed of several iron wires below through the gears to beat the egg whites. After having this, Jiayi and his father were liberated.
Then Jia Yi went to Daddy Maca's pharmacy to help out and gain some experience for himself. He also borrowed some books from Dale to keep himself from getting too bored.
After going to Maca's pharmacy, Maca gave him a little salary, which was not much, he used it to buy paper and ink, and cut paper and bound a booklet for taking notes, and wrote down some things that he found useful in the process of reading, although he already had an extraordinary memory.
He also turned out the textbook in his head and began to re-study, when he made a crossbow, he selectively learned a part in order to make an eccentric wheel, and now he is re-learning it in full detail. This is your own knowledge. There are some important formulas, he wrote down in Chinese and symbols, anyway, no one else can understand them, and there are reading notes as a cover. As for the draft, he was reluctant to type it on paper, or on a sand table.
Because the quill pen is not easy to use, it is too thin and soft, and it is easy to leak ink, so he also made a pen himself. Although he really wants to make a fountain pen, his ideals must also be combined with reality. He was a pen made of a wooden stick, dipped in a pen. Cut the wooden stick to the length of a ballpoint pen, the thickness of the pencil, sharpen the head, carve out many grooves with a knife in the back part of the head, use it to store ink, and then draw a groove to connect to the nib, and a dipping pen is ready.
The newly made dipping pen is better than the original quill pen in terms of grip and writing feel, but there is a point, every time you use it out and do not use it, you must wash the pen clean, or the ink will dry up and clog the ink groove, and it is not wear-resistant.
Every time I write and write, my handwriting becomes thicker before I know it, and I have to bring a knife and be ready to sharpen the tip of the pen at any time, just like sharpening a pencil. Later, he asked a blacksmith to hit the bronze nib, and inserted it into the nib to solve the problem of wear. In fact, this kind of pen is not suitable for writing on paper, the quality of the paper at this time is too poor, the ratio of ink is not good enough, it is easy to faint, and it is not too small to write words.
It's just right for parchment, so you don't have to worry about breaking the paper or the ink falling apart. So Daile likes this pen the most, and it is also quite well received after recommending it to her family.
In his last life, when he read the overhead text, Jia Yi always wondered why so many people had to invent a quill after crossing, the principle of dipping the pen is actually very simple, it is also easy to make, and it is better to use than a quill pen. It can only be said that it is a blind spot in thinking.
Spring goes to autumn, and another two years have passed, and Jiayi is 9 years old.
On this day, Jia Yi gave Dai'er something to eat, and by the way, he returned a travelogue he borrowed to her.
Hand-rolled noodles, with duck eggs and noodles, the old strength, plus the fried minced meat and mix, people can't help but eat a bowl and want to the next bowl.
After eating, Dai'er put down the bowl and said to Jiayi, "Jiayi, my father found me a teacher. Later, I have less time to play with you. ”
"Huh?" Donna next to her asked strangely, "Don't you have a tutor?
"No!" Dale looked left and right, beckoning to them, "Come here, I'll tell you." ”
When Kaichi and Donna came over, she whispered, "I'm telling you, I'm a mage to the new teacher! ”
"Magic..."Kaichi suddenly didn't know what to say, and the dream he had been dreaming of all along suddenly appeared in front of him. He has no expectations, and is ready to wait until he becomes an adult to follow the steps of Yao Lao and go out on adventures. He thought that perhaps, there would be traces of magic in the ruins where Yao Lao had an accident.
Donna, however, didn't feel anything, and said, "Mage, is it the same as a wizard?"
"Maybe. Donna said, "I haven't seen it yet." My eldest brother met in the provincial town, please come back as a territorial advisor, and teach me and Flower. ”
"When are you coming?" Kaichi hurriedly asked, "Do you want to teach you in the territory?"
"I don't know, my dad called me to the study last night to tell me. ”
"Da'er, can I go over and take a look while your teacher teaches you? I haven't seen a mage yet. Kaichi asked.
"Okay, I'll come to you when my teacher comes, and I'll take you over to see what's going on with the teacher. However, you have to be careful not to disturb him, I heard that the mage is not very good-tempered. Daile didn't hesitate and agreed directly, she didn't really know what a mage meant.
Perhaps in her tears, the so-called mage was no different from other governesses.
"Thank you, Dale. Jia Yi said solemnly, "My teacher once went out on an adventure to find the legendary mage. It's great to be able to meet a real mage through you. ”
Donna listened and said, "What is a mage like, can he conjure a rabbit?"
Jiayi doesn't know what to say, it's called magic, it should be.
"I've heard that it can breathe fire, and it's okay to turn people into nothing, and cut them into two pieces. Dale said.
The more Jia Yi listened, the more empty his heart became, according to their statement, whether this magician was reliable or not, he was completely a magician. In previous lives, many street magicians could walk on water and hang in the air.
He hurriedly said, "Dai'er, is this what your father told you?, I read in your travelogue that when you borrowed me, Archmage Karel used his magic to freeze an entire river while fighting the barbarians of the Bitter Moss Ice Field, causing the Imperial soldiers to retreat, and unsealing the river, washing away the pursuers. ”
Dai Er said angrily: "I heard what others said, but I haven't seen it." It would be nice to wait until my teacher came and let him show his hand. ”
Well, they're probably confusing the magician's trick with the mage, yes, it must be.
Seeing that the time was not early, Dai'er said to Jiayi: "I'll go back first, my tutor will stop teaching me soon, I'll go back to accompany her." ”
"Okay, I'll send you back, remember that the mage is coming to call me. ”
"Got it, you're really verbose today, let's go!"