mesbooks Chapter 224 Meeting Xie Yunzhou Again
Chapter 224 Meeting Xie Yunzhou Again
Yesterday, the people from the blacksmith shop came to deliver the goods. The whole village knew that Li Mengyue went to the town and spent money to have the blacksmith make seven big iron wheels.
At the beginning, some people said that Li Mengyue had no place to spend the money and just did useless things.
Nowadays, the control of iron products is relatively strict and the price is also very high. To be able to make seven large iron wheels on such a large scale, it must have cost a lot of money.
In the past, it would be normal to hear such voices in the village, and many people would agree with them.
However, things are different now. Li Mengyue's image in the hearts of the villagers is tall and great, and her reputation cannot be ruined by a few random slanderous words.
Someone immediately stood up and scolded the person directly, making the person blush and run away in shame.
Afterwards, everyone was discussing that it must be useful for Li Mengyue to have people make iron wheels, and they would be very useful.
But their knowledge is so limited that they can't figure out what the big iron wheel is used for.
Therefore, I came to the river early today, wanting to see how the wheels were installed and how to use them to save time and effort when digging holes.
Li Mengyue walked to the edge of the crowd and saw everyone's burning gazes. She did not stop and continued walking forward.
The surrounding villagers were very observant and quickly made way for Li Mengyue, allowing her to reach the river smoothly.
Seeing that Li Erniu, Li Nian, Li Yan and others had prepared the trees and pulleys according to her requirements, she spoke without any nonsense and directed people to install them.
Since the pulley system is relatively simple to install, even the villagers who had never seen a pulley system quickly understood how to do it after Li Mengyue's explanation.
What's more, Carpenter Yang was also present at the scene and understood it faster than others. It took him nearly a quarter of an hour to assemble a large pulley set.
"All right."
As soon as Li Mengyue finished speaking, the villagers at the scene looked at the tall pulley set and immediately applauded and burst into cheers.
"I thought it had to be Miss Li who could come up with such an idea."
"Yes, yes, yes. I heard that it can be used to transport soil upwards. Although I don't know how to use it, I believe in Li Mengyue."
"How about we give it a try?"
"Try it!"
"Yes, try it and see if it really works."
No one cared about Li Mengyue. Everyone picked up the tools they had prepared in advance and started digging on the designated ground.
Since everyone wanted to know whether the pulley system was actually useful, many villagers from the six villages also took tools and started digging holes.
With strength in numbers, a two-meter-deep pit was soon dug.
At the beginning, everyone could still throw the soil up. As the pit became deeper and deeper, digging the pit was not difficult for people standing inside, but it was not easy to just throw the soil up.
"Ready, release."
After Li Mengyue gave the command, the person standing next to the pulley set hung the basket for transporting soil on the iron hook and sent it to the bottom of the pit. The people digging the pit then put the soil into the basket.
"Tuman."
The people on top of the pit operated the pulley system and soon got the basket on top without any effort.
"Ah! It really works."
"That's right. In the past, when digging a pit, the soil had to be carried up by people. Now with the pulley system, it's easy to get it up. It's not a big deal."
"The pulley is so useful. I need to go back quickly and install the pulley in our village. I also need to dig the pond as soon as possible and wait for watering."
"It's the same for our Guihua Village. The second water pipeline on the mountain should be completed today. If the pond is not dug properly and water cannot be brought in, it will be very frustrating. I will go back to the village now."
"Yes, our Meihua Village is far from the river, so we need to dig a pond as soon as possible. I won't say any more, brothers. I'm leaving now."
"I'm leaving too, wait for me."
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After a while, the riverside, which was crowded just now, suddenly had hundreds of people less, leaving only dozens of people from Xinghua Village, which seemed very scattered.
Seeing that everyone was working hard to dig the pond, Li Mengyue said nothing and turned away.
After walking only a few steps, he saw the village chief coming to the river, and also saw the man beside the village chief and Shopkeeper Wang.
After seeing the man's face clearly, Li Mengyue frowned slightly and her eyes became deep.
Isn’t this the guy who blocked people on the street in town yesterday? His name is Xie Yunzhou.
I remember that the first time he saw me, he subconsciously called me aunt.
Although she explained that she was not his aunt, the other party could not hide his disappointment after hearing it, making it difficult for her to ignore it.
After they broke up, she didn't take Xie Yunzhou seriously. She just came home from town and saw her mother busy at work.
Suddenly a thought flashed through her mind. She remembered when she first came to Xinghua Village, she heard others say that the reason why Old Lady Li didn't like her mother was because of her mother.
Not only is her father, Li An, not Old Lady Li's biological son, but her daughter-in-law also hates her stepson.
It was also because her father did not listen to Old Lady Li and marry her niece, but insisted on marrying a woman of unknown origin.
Old Mrs. Li always felt that the marriages of the younger generations in the family had to be approved by her, but Li An brought the girl home without her consent, challenging her authority. She could not tolerate this.
The key point is that when my father brought my mother back, she couldn’t even remember her own name. She only carried a handkerchief with a small word "Wan" embroidered on it.
So much so that many people of higher seniority simply called her mother Wan Niang.
As a result, Old Lady Li always disliked Li. Not only because Li An was rebellious and casually married a woman whose background was unknown, but she was also jealous of Li's figure and appearance from the bottom of her heart.
It can be said that since Li An and Wan Niang got married, Old Lady Li has always regarded herself as the mother-in-law and has been bullying Li.
Li lived outside and suffered a lot. She finally met a husband who loved her and had a lovely child. She wanted to protect this hard-earned happiness.
He endured all the trouble from Old Lady Li in silence.
These were what others told her after she became familiar with the aunts and sisters in the village.
In fact, even if her aunt didn't tell her these things, she could guess how her parents were living just by talking to Old Lady Li a few times.
Another thing is that she discovered that her mother did not come from an ordinary family.
Because in the process of getting along with her mother, she found that her mother's every move was very proper.
If my mother were to change her clothes and dress up a little, I believe many people would think she was a noble lady, as long as no one said she was a peasant woman.
She thought so because her mother's manners were too standard, and it was obvious that she was brought up in a wealthy family with a rich background.
Even though my mother has lived with my father for so many years and has given birth to four children, her figure has not changed much, only her face has left traces of time.
She and her mother look so much alike that when they stand together, no one would suspect that they are not mother and daughter.
That's why, when she first returned to Xinghua Village to recognize her relatives, no one would doubt that she was not the daughter of Li Ang and his wife.