Chapter 51: Poverty and Evil Plans
Lin Xi raised an eyebrow and looked at Xiao Yongyan. This guy is a bit sinister.
As if he had read Lin Xi's subtext, Xiao Yongyan defended himself for the first time, "It's not shameful to make money with your own ability."
Lin Xi burst out laughing. She wasn't saying that Xiao Yongyan was embarrassing. Wasn't this guy thinking too much?
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Lin Xi now had enough experience points, so he immediately switched to a hand-cranked rice mill.
To be honest, when Lin Xi got this machine, he was a little surprised. Generally speaking, hand-cranked equipment consumes more physical strength, but this machine can remove the rice husk from the rice with just a little movement of the hand, and produce white and crystal rice.
After an afternoon, Lin Xi had finished husking about half of the rice in his family.
Xiao Yongyan, who happened to come out of the house to get some fresh air, was so surprised when he saw the scene in front of him that he was speechless.
The yard was already filled with bags of rice that had not yet been bundled. Xiao Yongyan clearly remembered that there were only wheat ears in the yard yesterday. "Did you do all this by yourself?"
Lin Xi nodded proudly, "Of course!"
"How did you do it?" Xiao Yongyan's gaze fell on the hand-cranked rice mill.
"Of course it's thanks to this magic weapon." Lin Xi patted his rice mill, unable to conceal his pride in his words.
Xiao Yongyan's face was not so good. He walked to the rice mill and tried to operate it himself.
It is really simple. Just by shaking your arms slightly, you can easily remove the husks of rice.
Although he had never worked in the fields or done farm work in his life, he still had some basic common sense.
For ordinary people, shelling has always been an exhausting and exhausting job, but the effect of Lin Xi's device is unexpectedly good.
If more people knew about this, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"Xi'er," Xiao Yongyan looked at Lin Xi with a serious look, "Where did you get this thing from?"
Of course, Lin Xi couldn't tell Xiao Yongyan that this was exchanged from the system. She pointed to her head and said, "Of course I came up with it myself."
"But," Lin Xi quickly added, "if you ask me to make another one, I won't be able to do it."
Xiao Yongyan didn't mean to joke at all. He grabbed Lin Xi's shoulders and said seriously, "Xi'er, don't let anyone else know about the existence of this thing."
Seeing Xiao Yongyan so serious, Lin Xi nodded subconsciously, "I understand."
But Lin Xi actually didn't know why he emphasized it so much.
However, while the two were talking, a man had been squatting in the corner outside the door for quite some time.
This guy was none other than Ge Xuecai, who was punished to help Lin Xi with work.
God knows what kind of life he has been living during this period. Those people from the Ma family acted as if they were enemies with him and kept ordering him to work.
Today he managed to escape a few days' mission by spraining his ankle. Just as he was passing by Lin Xi's house and preparing to cause some trouble, he heard these words.
It seems that Lin Xi has some treasure at home.
Generally speaking, Lin Xi and Xiao Yongyan are not at home during the day. In addition, Lin Xi's fields were all reclaimed from wasteland, so they are not near their residence.
In fact, Lin Xi’s house was an empty city during the day, with no one inside.
Ge Xuecai thought about this and gradually became interested.
On this side, after Xiao Yongyan asked Lin Xi to put away the hand-cranked rice mill, Lin Xi obediently put the things under the shed.
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The next day, Lin Xi and Xiao Yongyan went to town as usual.
Ge Xuecai was driving an ox cart which was piled full of straw. People in the village who saw him found it strange. What was he doing with such worthless stuff like straw?
However, given that Ge Xuecai had already had a bad reputation in the village, no one wanted to care about his affairs, so they just pretended not to see it.
Ge Xuecai drove the ox cart all the way to the county town.
After entering the county town, Ge Xuecai found the second-in-command of the gambling house in the county town with familiarity.
This man knew that Ge Xuecai was an old gambler, but he also knew that he was penniless. Before Ge Xuecai even entered the door, he stopped him and said, "Wait a minute. If I remember correctly, you have divorced your wife now. You don't have a penny in your hand, and you still want to enter the door of my gambling house? I think you don't take me, Hei Er, seriously!"
Ge Xuecai quickly put on a smile and said, "Second Master, even if you give me ten times the courage, I would not dare to go against you. To be honest, I came here this time to bring you something that will make you rich!"
Hei Er didn't believe what Ge Xuecai said, "What good things can you have? Do you think I, Hei Er, am a fool?"
"Hey, Second Master, I would never dare to lie to you. I really have some good stuff now, and it's in the pile of straw behind me." Ge Xuecai whispered a lot into Hei Er's ear.
After listening to this, Hei Er's eyes gradually brightened up, "Are you telling the truth?"
"Whether it's true or not, you will know if you try it." Ge Xuecai pointed to the pile of straw.
Hei Er thought about it, directed his men, and brought the ox cart to the backyard.
The backyard of the county town's gambling house is spacious and guarded on all sides, so there is no need to worry about secrets being leaked.
Ge Xuecai walked forward diligently and pushed aside the straw, revealing the true appearance of the object inside. It was the rice mill that Lin Xi used yesterday.
Ge Xuecai took out a handful of rice ears and handed them to Hei Er, and asked him to put his hand on the machine, "Try it."
Hei Er threw the rice into the opening above and shook it gently. Then white rice grains fell out.
Hei Er was immediately shocked. He was also a child who grew up in the countryside, and he knew very well how tiring threshing was.
But now the strange thing that Ge Xuecai brought can remove the rice husks easily, which is incredible.
If this thing were taken out, Hei Er would know without thinking that it would be a huge deal.
"Great," Hei Er said with genuine admiration this time, "Where did you get this good stuff?"
"Well, it's just a coincidence." Ge Xuecai knew that Hei Er had taken a fancy to her, and he couldn't help but feel a little proud.
"Leave the things here with me first, and you can stay here too. Don't worry about anything else. If everything goes well, we can write off the accounts between us." Hei Er said.
This was the outcome Ge Xuecai wanted to see the most. He quickly agreed with a smile, "Don't worry, Master. It's up to you how to deal with this thing."
Hei Er smiled like a flower, as if he saw a mountain of gold right in front of him.
When Lin Xi returned home in the evening, he felt something was wrong as soon as he entered the yard. After taking a closer look, he found that the rice mill that had been placed in the shed had disappeared.
"Xiao Yongyan." Lin Xi's voice trembled a little. That was the only device in the world. If it was discovered by others, Lin Xi didn't dare to imagine what the consequences would be.
“My rice mill is gone.”
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