novelraw Chapter 33 Me? I'm busy with blind dates, aren't I?
Chapter 33 Me? I'm busy with blind dates, aren't I?
"Yuheng, I'm so glad to finally see you! What have you been up to these past few days?" Fan Yaqing spoke to her intimately, just like before, and even tried to pull her arm and hand, which made Tong Yuheng feel nauseous, so she quickly dodged away.
This is such a show-off! What a pot of aged green tea that's been steeping for over three days!
"Me? I'm busy with blind dates, aren't I? I want to marry into a good family while I'm still young so I won't suffer!" Tong Yuheng blurted out.
"Really? Where is your blind date from? Is he a good catch?"
Fan Yaqing has a fatal flaw: she believes herself to be the most charming woman, and that no young man can escape her grasp. If any girl around her finds a good boyfriend, she'll find a way to seduce him; she can't stand seeing anyone better than her!
"That guy came from a well-off family and was good-looking, but he was cold and aloof, which I didn't like. His family lived in the government compound, and his surname was Zheng, but I didn't remember his given name. He asked me to have lunch with him, but I didn't agree."
Uncle Gu introduced me to a demobilized soldier today. I heard he's from the countryside, and I don't even want to meet him. But I have to give Uncle Gu face. Why don't you come with me?
Tong Yuheng's story sounded very convincing, and Fan Yaqing believed him. However, she decided against going on the blind date, fearing that the poor man might take a liking to her, which would be quite troublesome.
She became interested in the young man surnamed Zheng in the government compound, and after parting ways with Tong Yuheng, she went there to inquire about him.
Tong Yuheng watched her walk away, a smile playing on his lips: I knew you'd try to poach her!
Hehehe, go ahead, I don't know if there's a leader surnamed Zheng in that compound, and even if there is, I don't know if there are any unmarried young men of marriageable age in his family.
Fan Yaqing, you can go play by yourself! A heroine in a sweet romance novel should never forget to exude her flirtatious charm, like a peacock spreading its tail feathers everywhere!
Well, it seems like it's a male peacock spreading its tail feathers, so this description doesn't suit her. Never mind, it's not appropriate for civilized people like us to use such vulgar words to describe her; it would lower our own standards.
Tong Yuheng turned and went to the machine factory. She wasn't just a violent woman with only brute force. In her previous life, she carried out secret missions, and because of the mission requirements, she had brushed up on her mechanical knowledge. She still had some skills in drafting and hands-on work.
The space will expand in the future, and so much food will need to be harvested and hulled. Wouldn't she be exhausted if she relied on manual labor? The space guide says that it can harvest automatically after the upgrade, but it doesn't work now! So it's really necessary to create a machine.
She designed an electric threshing and dehulling machine, driven by a small motor that runs a chain with gears of varying sizes through a drive shaft, thus threshing the grains. The grains flow from an outlet on one side down to a device that crushes, dehulls, and blows air, and what comes out is pure white rice!
She needed to find materials in the abandoned warehouse of the machine factory, and also borrow tools from the factory's forging and assembly workshop.
She knew the workshop director at the machine factory; he was Wei Wenbin, the husband of her high school teacher, and also an intellectual. These details weren't recorded in the original book, but the original owner of this body had them in her mind.
She found Uncle Wei and showed him her blueprints. She also said that she didn't know if they would work, so she wanted to try them out with scrap materials.
Uncle Wei was very interested in this, so he found two technicians to work on it with her. They first repaired two small motors, and then began to build the ones with gears and bearings. One of the technicians even found a discarded electric fan, disassembled the fan blades, and installed them in the casing.
The group worked until late at night, even eating their meals in the workshop. Finally, around 8 p.m., they finished making this simplified version of the threshing and milling machine.
Although it's not high-tech, it's very convenient and practical. If there's no electricity, you can add a hand crank; it's a little less efficient, but still works perfectly, and it's much easier than manually cranking it bit by bit.
In the rural areas surrounding Yanshi, wheat and corn are mostly grown. By changing the gears, they can all be threshed, and the application area is quite wide.
"Yuheng, look at these blueprints. Could you sell them to our factory? Don't worry, I'll definitely get you a good design fee!"
"Uncle Wei, this wasn't designed by me alone. The mechanical principles were taught to me by Teacher Zhong. You and these two masters also helped a lot, so this is a design by everyone."
"This little girl is really good with words. We'll just do the work ourselves; we wouldn't dare take credit for your design," the two craftsmen said hastily.
"Here's what we'll do: I'll submit this, you're the designer, and the three of us will be listed as contributors. We really need the credit. When the bonus comes in, it'll all be yours; you can just treat us to a meal."
"Okay, thank you so much for taking care of me, uncles! Once you've finished building the new machine, can I take this old one with me?"
"Sure! We'll build you an even better one tomorrow, but you have to take it secretly and don't let anyone see it!" Uncle Wei said.
It's fine to take away scrap for a couple of dollars, but if he takes out a whole usable machine, someone will report him and he'll be out of business. That's why he plans to build another one tomorrow; he can disassemble it into parts, and no one will be able to tell it's a pile of junk, just two dollars will do!
Tong Yuheng had told her mother before leaving that she would be back late. But Tong Jiahui was still worried and went to check outside the yard every now and then. She only relaxed when she saw her eldest daughter walking out of the linear park.
"Mom? You've come to pick me up?"
"Why are you up so late?" Tong Jiahui asked.
"Hehe, I was working on something at the machine factory with Teacher Zhong's uncle and two masters. I didn't realize it was late. I won't do it tomorrow."
Seeing her mother's hesitant expression, she wondered if something had gone wrong again.
"Let's go home and talk." The mother and daughter walked into their row of houses and went to Tong Yuheng's house.
"I ran into Qin Zhong, the guy who doesn't get along with Fan Dayong, when I went shopping today. He said that Fan Dayong is getting very close to the new director of the G Committee, and he's probably up to no good!"
The new director? This guy is Fan Dayong's backer? Oh no, if they find out the Tong family has a secret treasure, it could cause a lot of trouble! We need to make plans quickly!
In the evening, Tong Yuheng worked hard in the space again. She had already stored a lot of several kinds of vegetables in the space, and with the strawberries and watermelons she planted in the first batch, a warehouse was about to be full.
She planned to sell the vegetables at the black market tomorrow, and then she needed to arrange train tickets to the countryside. The situation here was complicated, and they probably wouldn't be able to stay until after the New Year!
Tong Yuheng barely slept all night and went to the black market before dawn. The black market wasn't open every day; it was divided into a morning market and an evening market. The morning market started around four in the morning and lasted until after nine. The last time she schemed against Wu Zhigang, it was near the end of the morning market.