Chapter 9: Shuttleless loom appears and Zhuang Mingyang falls in love at first sight

Chapter 9: Shuttleless loom appears and Zhuang Mingyang falls in love at first sight

Yu Lingze anticipated that Wang Guihua would cause trouble for her again when she returned, but she had important things to do, such as getting a letter of introduction, so she had no time to argue with a crazy woman.

She returned home before Wang Guihua and her son, found a backpack, and secretly took out two pounds of flour, two pounds of rice, 10 eggs, and one pound of brown sugar from the system treasure chest to make a gift of four pieces.

In Lingze's opinion, these things are really not presentable, they are too shabby.

But in this era, these things can be considered luxurious gifts, and this is what children from ordinary farming families give when they are looking for a partner.

She wanted to thank the captain's wife, Aunt Yuehua, on behalf of the original owner.

Without the help and protection of the captain and his wife, the original owner would have been tortured to death in the Song family long ago, and would never have waited for her soul to travel through time and space.

Just as she was about to leave, a small hand grabbed her trouser leg.

"Mom, where are you going? Don't you want us anymore?" Yaya raised her head and asked weakly.

Yu Lingze hurriedly squatted down, stroked Yaya's head and explained patiently.

"Yaya, where is mom? She's at the captain's house doing some work and will be back soon. Can you take your brothers to collect some firewood nearby? I'll come to find you when I get back."

Yaya was skeptical, as if she was afraid that Yu Lingze would abandon them.

Yu Lingze was helpless, feeling both distressed and sad.

The original owner was such a failure as a mother.

Finally, she took out three bright red peaches and waved them in front of the three little ones.

"If Yaya, Erbao and Xiaobao listen to their mother and collect firewood near home, these three big peaches will be a reward for the obedient children."

Anything produced by Erya must be of high quality.

The quality of the peach is so rare that it is hard to find anywhere in the world, and it looks so tempting.

The three little ones were tempted by the big peach. Their six big eyes stared at the big peach and their saliva flowed out.

They nodded hurriedly and promised to be good and obedient children.

"You three, go quickly, take a peach each, go out of the yard and find a deserted place to eat them secretly. Be careful not to be seen. If you are discovered, you won't have peaches to eat next time!" Yu Lingze's tone was just like that of Grandma Wolf.

Yeah! Successfully got rid of the three followers. Yu Lingze breathed a sigh of relief. Coaxing children was really not her strong point. She only knew this trick, using delicious food to trick them.

Fortunately, these days, every family is not well fed and it is rare for children to have something delicious to eat.

The trick of "eating" really works every time.

Yu Lingze carried the backpack and came to the gate of the team leader's house.

Several adobe houses are surrounded by an exquisitely designed fence. Through the gaps, you can see that the courtyard is very clean and tidy. It is obvious that the living conditions of this family are among the best in the village.

"The fence leans against the green vines, and the spring breeze blows the flowers away. The road in the ancient village is winding, and the years and time are like flowing water."

What a pastoral painting, so quiet and beautiful that these lines of poetry suddenly popped up in Yu Lingze's mind.

Little did she know that at the corner of the path ahead, a cool and handsome young man poked his head out and looked puzzled after seeing her recite these lines of poetry.

It has been almost a year since Zhuang Yangming and his grandfather were sent to Songjiawazi for labor reform. He never knew that there was such a smart, kind-hearted, well-educated and well-mannered girl in this remote mountain village of Songjiawazi.

Zhuang Yangming looked at the profile of the girl standing quietly in front of the farmyard. She had a high nose bridge, a small mouth, a full forehead, and ink-black hair. She stood there like a lily that had just bloomed, beautiful and pure.

In an instant, it seemed as if a ray of light shone into his dark and bitter heart, making him feel that life still had meaning and that he could still persevere.

It was a long time later that Zhuang Yangming realized that, in fact, she had already taken root in his heart at first sight.

As soon as Zhang Yuehua opened the gate, she met Yu Lingze's clear eyes and was stunned for a moment.

"Oh! Mingchen's wife, I heard from Erlaizi's wife that you can see again, but I didn't believe it. It turns out that it is really healed. You are a blessed young wife. Now that your eyes are healed and you can see again, your life will be much better in the future. Hey, Mingchen's wife, what are you doing standing there? Come in and sit down." Zhang Yuehua shouted loudly, and the joy in her tone was very sincere.

Yu Lingze smiled. She really liked Zhang Yuehua’s bold, cheerful and sincere personality, the pure tomboy style.

"Aunt Yuehua, your sister-in-law has given birth to a big fat grandson for you and Uncle Changhe. I came here to help your sister-in-law produce milk." Yu Lingze said affectionately while placing the things in his hand on the stone table in the yard.

"Oh, refined white rice, fine white flour! And so many eggs and brown sugar? Mingchen's wife, you gave me too much. I can't accept it. Take it back quickly. If your mother-in-law knew, it would be a mess."

"It's okay, auntie. I bought this thing with the money my husband secretly sent me. My mother-in-law has no right to interfere. I owe you and Uncle Changhe too much over the years. Every time I got beaten, it was only with the help of Uncle Changhe that I was able to stop." Yu Lingze gave it sincerely.

"Ah! It's good that you have this intention. Take it back and give it to Yaya and the others. Although your uncle Changhe is the team leader, he shouldn't interfere too much in other people's lives. Mingchen is not at home either, it's really hard for you, girl."

Aunt Yuehua is not only a sharp-tongued person, but also a sharp-tongued one. She speaks a lot like a machine gun.

"This is for my newborn nephew. You can't refuse it on his behalf. If he grows up and finds out that I, as his aunt, took the things he gave him back, how can I hold my head up in front of him?"

"Oh, girl, how come your eyes are better, your mouth has become sweeter, and how come you can speak? You are such a good girl, how come you have a mother-in-law like Wang Guihua?" Aunt Yuehua was very resentful of Wang Guihua.

"Aunt, I won't go into the house to disturb my sister-in-law's rest. When she wakes up, please help me talk to her. I will come to see her and the child in a few days." She suppressed the urgency of asking the captain for a letter of introduction. No matter how anxious she was, she had to take it step by step. It was not the right time yet.

Yu Lingze looked through the window and saw an old loom in the main room.

This thing can only be seen in museums in later generations, and she was very curious.

Yu Lingze has a problem, which is that he is extremely curious and his hands are itchy. Whenever he sees something new, he wants to try it out.

Hearing Aunt Yuehua inviting her into the house again, she did not refuse for the sake of the old loom.

Yu Lingze was pulled by Aunt Yuehua and made to sit on a stool in the main room.

"Please sit here for a while. I'll pour you a cup of tea. Then we can go see Shuanzi's wife and my eldest grandson."

"Don't bother, Auntie. I don't want to drink it. I've had water at home."

"Then I'll go over and take a look to see if Shuanzi's wife is awake."

It is normal for women who are in confinement to feel tired and sleepy, Yu Lingze nodded in agreement.

Aunt Yuehua went into the west room to take a look first, then came back feeling a little embarrassed, saying that her daughter-in-law and grandson were both asleep.

Yu Lingze waved his hands and said it was okay, okay, and he would come to see the mother and daughter again when he had time in a few days.

"Aunt, can you weave?" She walked closer to the spinning wheel, carefully observed its structure, and compared it in her mind with the pictures she had seen on the Internet later.

"Alas! Which woman in this farmyard doesn't know how to spin and weave? Oh, that's right, your mother-in-law can't do it. She's lazy and gluttonous all day long."

"Auntie, can you teach me? I used to have poor eyesight, but now I can see. I also want to weave some cloth to make new clothes for the kids at home."

"What's wrong with this? Just watch and I'll teach you."

It only took Yu Lingze a few minutes to get the hang of it after just watching Aunt Yuehua's operation once.

"Oh my god, I never thought that you are such a smart girl. You learn so quickly. Back then, I was beaten by my mother many times, and it took me four or five days to learn it." Aunt Yuehua praised in surprise.

Yu Lingze weaved for a while and then stared blankly at the handmade shuttle.

She vaguely remembered that in the 1970s, 80 percent of looms abroad seemed to be using shuttleless looms.

Could it be that shuttleless looms have not yet been introduced to China?

That's not right. She remembered reading an article about the development of looms somewhere. It said that Huang Dao Po, a famous textile artist in the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty, improved the loom so that the shuttle no longer needed to be passed manually. Although the original power was still human, it had already achieved semi-mechanization.

She tried hard to recall the picture of the wooden shuttleless loom she had seen on the Internet. Although her memory was a little fuzzy, she gradually became clearer as she looked at the loom in front of her and compared it with the picture in her mind.

"Aunt, do you have paper and pen at home? If this loom is modified, there will be no need to pass the shuttle manually. If the auxiliary device is designed properly, it can increase production efficiency eight times." Yu Lingze had already conceived the prototype of the shuttleless loom in his mind.

"What? What did you say, Mingchen's wife? Can we really not pass the shuttle by hand? Do you know what you are talking about? If you can really make a loom that does not require passing the shuttle, you will really help your aunt a lot! Oh, no, you will help all rural women."

"If the host can successfully improve the loom, free the hands of the vast number of rural women, and improve production efficiency, he can obtain 100 points of social merit. Arya can be upgraded to one star." The cute voice of the system suddenly sounded in Yu Lingze's mind.

"Erya, what benefits can I get if you are promoted to one star?" Yu Lingze asked.

"Host, have you forgotten? Arya is a hidden preparatory program. The system version is unknown, the system function is unknown, the system upgrade is unknown, and the system goal is unknown. Therefore, what reward will the host get after upgrading to a one-star level? Arya - unknown."

Yu Lingze was so angry that she was fuming. She really wanted to find Erya and give her a good beating to vent her anger, but unfortunately, she couldn't find her.