"We've been fellow villagers for so many years, and you all know what kind of person I, Ye Dongkui, am. I don't need to say much, as everyone can see it.
“I promised publicly that day that I would supervise Ye Lao San in repairing the waterwheel, and even if he couldn’t fix it, I would never let him destroy our village’s waterwheel.
"We've only been repairing for a day and you're already here to accuse me. What? Do you think my face is enough to guarantee you for a day?"
After hearing this and seeing Ye Dongkui's sullen expression, everyone was more or less a little hesitant, and the energy that had been instigated by Wang Dalong was instantly dissipated.
As they were talking, Liu Quan and Ye Laosan finally came down the slope and walked in front of everyone.
"Everyone, let's talk it over. What's going on?"
Liu Quan was used to being a coward, and the waterwheel was broken by him, so he was particularly unconfident when he spoke.
Ye Laosan also looked at everyone with a strange expression, not understanding what they were all doing here.
"Everyone, please make way. I'm going to go over and fix the waterwheel."
"Oh, you still remember to go and fix the waterwheel?" Wang Dalong heard this and immediately said sarcastically, "I thought you had to sleep until noon, and only after we repeatedly asked you to come to your door did you condescend to come and help us fix the waterwheel!"
His words were full of Beijing accent and full of sarcasm, which made others also show mocking expressions.
Ye Dongkui knew that Ye Laosan was a taciturn person and was afraid that Ye Laosan could not cope with it, so he was about to speak up to help him out.
Who would have thought that Ye Lao San would say to Wang Dalong in all seriousness, "The autumn harvest is almost here, and the villagers are waiting for the waterwheel to irrigate the fields. I must hurry up and repair the waterwheel. How can I sleep in until noon?"
"Don't give us those nice words!" Wang Dalong snorted coldly, "As the saying goes, it's not about what you say, it's about what you do!
"You came so late, what are you trying to say?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Lao San said, "I got up early in the morning and worked at home."
As he spoke, he took off the basket behind him and pulled out two wooden parts that looked like gears.
Although they are just parts, because the waterwheel is a huge machine, these two parts are larger than an adult's head.
No wonder Ye Lao San came here carrying a basket on his back.
As soon as Ye Dongkui saw the two pieces of wood, he couldn't take his eyes off them and didn't bother to pay attention to Wang Dalong, the troublemaker.
He squatted down, picked up a wooden part and looked at it from left to right: "Why, do you have a new idea?"
"Yes, Uncle Dongkui, look!" When talking about this, Ye Lao San immediately became excited and squatted down to explain to Ye Dongkui, "Originally, we wanted to make a whole one, but in that case, it would be very difficult to install it.
"Last night I lay down and couldn't sleep, and I kept thinking about this.
"When I woke up this morning, I saw my eldest brother packing up the benches he had bought in the yard.
"I saw the mortise and tenon joint on the bench and immediately had an idea.
"Look, now I've split one part into two, which not only makes it easier to polish and adjust it on the waterwheel, but also makes it easier to install it upwards.
"When everything is polished, just tighten the mortise and tenon joints on both sides, and it will become a seamless whole!"
"What a good idea!" Ye Dongkui slapped his thigh when he heard it. "Third brother, you young people have flexible brains. Why can't I come up with such a good idea?"
After he finished praising, he noticed that Ye Lao San, who had just come up with this idea that morning, had already finished processing the parts in such a short time.
It turned out that I slept in, but others got up very early and didn't waste any time. They just focused on their work.
If Ye Dongkui could think of this, then naturally others could think of it as well.
Those who had been complaining that they were not repairing the waterwheel properly now felt a burning sensation on their faces.
"See? They're not idle!" Ye Dongkui suddenly became excited. He stood up and pointed at Wang Dalong and the others and said, "What else is there to say now? Hurry up and make way so that the third brother can go over and continue repairing the waterwheel!"
Since the morning, Ye Laosan had been thinking about how to repair the waterwheel, and nothing else could enter his mind, so until now he had not realized that these people were here to cause trouble for him.
He just thought that the villagers were worried that he was repairing too slowly and came to urge him to speed up!
"Don't worry, everyone. If nothing unexpected happens, we can use the water truck to irrigate the fields normally tomorrow."
Upon hearing this, the family whose turn it was to use the water truck tomorrow was immediately delighted and stopped making trouble. They kept saying that they had work to do at home and would come back tomorrow morning.
The rest of the people.
Some felt so embarrassed that they turned around and went home.
Some wanted to see how Ye Laosan repaired the waterwheel, so they followed him to the riverside.
More than twenty people dispersed, leaving only Wang Dalong with a dark face standing there, gritting his teeth in hatred.
Looking at Ye Laosan's back as he was surrounded by the crowd and left, Wang Dalong became furious.
Didn’t you say it would be available tomorrow?
If it doesn’t work then, let’s see how you end up!
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