Chapter 261 Windmill, pumping water for irrigation!
From that day on, Ji Silan stayed there, and it had been seven days! During these seven days, he had been trying to get closer to Shen Changan. Although they couldn't become as close as a family who had lived together since childhood, their relationship had improved a lot.
Shen Wuyou has seen his brother and the newcomer Ji Silan getting along better and better these days. He should be happy because he is his brother's blood relative, and it should be so. But for some reason, he always has the illusion that his brother has been robbed.
After Xu Zhiyi got up and washed up, he came out of the room and saw Shen Wuyou squatting under the eaves, holding his chin with both hands, looking at Shen Changan and Ji Silan who were practicing martial arts with some envy.
I don’t know why Ji Silan suddenly wanted to teach Chang’an how to use the sword since the past two days.
"Wuyou? What's wrong? Do you want to learn too?" Xu Zhiyi squatted down next to Shen Wuyou, supporting his chin with both hands and looking at him.
Shen Wuyou heard this and shook his head: “I don’t want to learn, I know self-defense skills, which Miss Fuqi taught me last time, and I can also kill the enemy. This swordsmanship is just good-looking, not as good as my punch to the head!”
Hearing this, Xu Zhiyi looked at Shen Changan who was playing with the sword. He was wearing a moon-white robe, with his sleeves fluttering in the wind. His handsome face had no blind spots from all angles. In one word: handsome!
"Wuyou, I find that Chang'an is quite suitable for swordsmanship. He looks even more handsome this way!"
Hearing this, Shen Wuyou turned around, stared at Xu Zhiyi, and said in a muffled voice: “Madam, am I not handsome?”
"You? Hmm..." Xu Zhiyi looked at his expectant eyes and paused to keep him in suspense: "Haha, Ye Jun... so handsome, I really want to take a bite!"
When Shen Wuyou heard Xu Zhiyi's words, his face fell all of a sudden, and he said angrily: "My wife, I don't look like my grandma. My grandma is not pretty at all. Dad told me that I look like my mother, and my mother is a beauty!"
Xu Zhiyi: "Uh! I'm not praising you for looking like your grandma, I'm praising you for being handsome!"
Ji Silan came over, stood opposite the two of them, looked at Xu Zhiyi, and asked, "Sister-in-law, I heard from Chang'an that you built a windmill for the villagers that can actually pump water to irrigate the fields at high altitudes?"
"Ah? I just finished testing it yesterday. It can be used, but I still have some places to change. Maybe the effect will be better!" After saying that, he raised his head and looked at Ji Silan, a little surprised: "Master Ji, are you interested?"
"Since you are my brother Chang'an's wife, don't call me Young Master Ji. You and Chang'an should just call me Big Brother!" When Ji Silan heard Xu Zhiyi calling him Young Master Ji again, he quickly corrected her.
Xu Zhiyi: "Oh, uncle!!"
Ji Silan: “…”
After breakfast, because Ji Silan wanted to go back to the village to see the windmill that Xu Zhiyi mentioned, everyone got on his luxurious carriage.
The villagers of Cuilin Village were gathering around the two large windmills built by Xu Zhiyi. Seeing that the fields were slowly being irrigated, everyone was very excited. Not only did this save them from having to carry buckets of water, it was also much faster and less labor-intensive than what they had done!
The villagers at the entrance of the village saw a carriage parked at the entrance. Xu Zhiyi and Shen Changan got off the carriage, followed by a young man in brocade clothes. Everyone looked at each other.
"Village Chief, who is Xu Zhiyi with?"
Village Chief Chen shook his head: "Do you think an old man like me can know such a person? Even from such a long distance, I can feel that he is not an ordinary person!"
"Hehe, but those who can be brought here by Xu Zhiyi must be our own people!"
Upon hearing this, Village Chief Chen slapped him on the head and said, "No matter who you are, don't talk nonsense. It would be bad if you cause trouble for Xu Zhiyi!"
Everyone nodded when they heard this: "Yes, we definitely know our limits!"
Xu Zhiyi brought Ji Silan to the village chief Chen and introduced him, "Village chief, this is my uncle, you can just call him Master Ji. He has been busy with business in another city, so he didn't settle down here with us."
When everyone heard this, they were curious. If he was the eldest uncle, why was his last name Ji? Shouldn't his last name be Shen? Although they were curious, no one asked.
After listening to Xu Zhiyi's introduction, Village Chief Chen looked at Ji Silan and nodded slightly: "Mr. Ji!"
Ji Silan also nodded and responded: "Village Chief, I heard that my sister-in-law built a windmill that can pump water for irrigation. I was very curious, so I followed her to take a look."
Upon hearing this, Village Chief Chen immediately started talking and excitedly took Ji Silan to see the windmill so that he could see for himself how magical it was.
When Ji Silan saw the windmill turning, it actually brought up water, and all the water went into the fields.
"Sister-in-law, how did you come up with this? It's amazing!"
Xu Zhiyi: "It's just a coincidence. I've always liked farming, so I like to tinker with anything that's good for crops. The idea for this windmill suddenly came to me when I saw the villagers working hard to carry water to the fields..."
“I didn’t think I would succeed at that time. I didn’t expect that after failing several times, I would actually succeed! Fortunately, I and the villagers didn’t give up!”
When Ji Silan heard Xu Zhiyi's words, he really began to change his mind about her from that moment on! Perhaps the person who could make his brother devoted to her was really not bad.
Then I saw the rice seedlings planted in the fields, a sea of lush green, and the green vegetables, which were a delight to look at.
He had seen villagers farming in the Kyoto village, but none of them were as shocking as what he saw now!
The whole field is green and full of vitality!
Ji Silan: "Village Chief, the crops you grow are the best I've ever seen. It shows that the villagers you lead are all hardworking!"
Upon hearing this, Village Chief Chen waved his hands and said, "Hey, Master Ji, it's not us villagers who are diligent, this is all Zhiyi's credit!"
As he spoke, he told the villagers how to make fertilizer, prepare pesticides, and teach them how to cultivate and transplant seedlings.
Xu Zhiyi: "No, the village chief is exaggerating! I was just tinkering with it myself, and I haven't seen any real results from the experiments yet!"
Ji Silan's opinion of Xu Zhiyi has changed more and more, especially after listening to what Village Chief Chen said. He thought to himself that he might have to pay more attention to the harvest of Cuilin Village this year.
If the harvest is better than that of other villages, then can Xu Zhiyi's methods be promoted to the entire Fenglin Kingdom?
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