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In the Qingque tribe, Carpenter Lame has been in a good mood these days. He seems to be full of energy and vigor, as if he has been injected with chicken blood.
This is not only true in the carpenter's room, but also when he returns to his residence to sleep at night.
Even Tietou and Heiwa, who lived next door to Bo, and who were much younger than Bo and had been the most powerful people in the tribe, felt inferior to him.
Of course, Bo was excited. Under the command of the Son of God, the inkstone he made was so easy to use.
After using it in my work, not only did I make things faster, but the various accessories I made were also more regular according to the lines drawn by the ink fountain.
Under such circumstances, it would be strange if Lame was not excited.
With the help of new tools like the inkstone, the car body that was originally expected to take at least five days to complete was completed in just three and a half days.
At this time, Han Cheng, accompanied by Bo, was looking at the brand new donkey cart body.
I have experience in making sleds, and there is nothing much to say about the overall body of the car, it is very good.
The real place to look at is where the wheels are installed, which is where the skills are more tested.
"Here, after the wheel is made, use an ax to saw these things and dig out a semicircular groove to hold the axle..."
Han Cheng looked at it carefully for a while, compared it carefully with the body of his own ox cart in his memory, and then gave his suggestions for how to deal with it.
After staying here for a while, Han Cheng left and went to the pottery making place to see the making of Heiwa's mold.
After making certain modifications to the body of the newly manufactured donkey cart according to Han Cheng's suggestions, Bo began to make wheels.
A wheel requires two circles, one large and one small, with the large circle on the outside and the small circle on the inside. The two circles need to be connected to each other with hard spokes.
The large circle on the outside will become the rolled road surface in due time, while the small circle on the inside will become something connected to the axle.
What Bo is making now is the big circle on the outside. As for the small circle on the inside, he needs to wait until Heiwa and the second senior brother make the bronze set before he can start making it.
In this way, the wooden ring and the bronze sleeve can be tightly connected together and will not easily loosen.
Some apprentices like Mao Er were holding axes or planes, working diligently on turning lathes...
The summer noon sun shines on the ground and on people's backs, leaving a burning temperature.
Even hotter than the scorching sun is the furnace where the Qingque tribe smelts bronze.
After nearly ten days of work, Heiwa, with the cooperation of Yuan and some other potters, finally produced a batch of molds for bronze axles, bronze sleeves and other items that require very high accuracy.
After confirming that the molds were completely dry and ready to be poured with bronze liquid, the second brother, who could no longer wait, immediately lit the copper smelting furnace with the other helpers, and put copper and tin into the furnace according to the ratio that they had found out in the past two years to make the hardest bronze alloy. Then they turned the large wind guru and kept fanning the furnace...
After the copper and tin in the furnace were completely melted and blended together, the second brother took the ceramic crucible with a wooden handle and scooped out the bronze liquid from it, then carefully and quickly poured it into the prepared mold...
“Crack!”
"Crackle~"
After the bronze liquid cooled and solidified, Han Cheng, Heiwa and others began to break up some molds that could not be reused using violent means.
As the outer mold cracked, glittering golden light appeared from inside.
Things like copper rings are small and easy to cast. The most difficult things to cast are four 1.3-meter-long copper sticks.
Because of its large size, it requires too much copper liquid and needs to be poured all at once, otherwise there will be faults, affecting its firmness.
In order to cast these copper rods that would be used as axles, Han Cheng, Heiwa, the second senior brother and others spent a lot of effort.
Not bad, not bad!
Looking at the four golden copper sticks in front of him, which could become the Ruyi Golden Cudgel after being engraved with some words, Han Cheng's face was filled with relief and joy.
Such large objects are rarely cast in the tribe. Now that these four copper sticks have been successfully cast at once, Han Cheng is of course delighted.
After confirming that the four copper sticks were intact, Han Cheng picked up the copper sleeves from the ground and put them on the copper sticks.
As a result, the first copper sleeve could not be put on the copper stick. Seeing this scene, Heiwa's face turned a little green.
Fortunately, the second copper sleeve fits perfectly on top.
These molds are all handmade by Heiwa. Even though there are standard sizes, some errors are inevitable during the production process.
Regarding this point, Han Cheng and Heiwa had been mentally prepared as early as when they started doing this, so they directly made molds for twelve copper sleeves.
After some testing, nine out of the twelve copper sleeves were usable, and of the three that were discarded, two were too big and one was too small.
However, the remaining nine are enough to use. With four axles, one axle is equipped with two, and there is still some left.
By this time, Bo had already made three large circles, and as for the spokes, the apprentices had also made a lot of them.
After learning that the bronze sleeve had been cast, they immediately began to make the small circle inside.
As for the cast bronze sleeves, they were directly inlaid in the small wooden rings.
In the next few days, the carpenter's room became the most important place in the Qingque tribe.
The minors would run here when they had nothing to do. Those who were weeding the crops in the fields outside would first check on the carpenter's room when they came back to see the progress of the donkey cart.
Even if you can't see it, it's good to hear a word or two from others.
"The spokes of the wheels are ready!"
"The spokes on the other wheel are ready!"
"When Mao Er was hammering the copper nail onto the wheel, he almost hit his hand..."
Thanks to the tireless propaganda of these small propaganda loudspeakers in the tribe, one can know the progress of the donkey cart even without going to the carpenter's room.
“Ding ding dong!”
When the last copper nail fixing the spokes was hammered into the wheels, the two wheels were completely fixed.
Then, under the gaze of Han Cheng, Wu, the eldest senior brother and others, Bo and Heiwa, who seemed a little excited, brought over an axle and passed it through the copper rings between the two wheels one by one. Thus, the two unrelated wheels were connected together.
After another round of clanging and banging, the two wheels were firmly fixed on the axle.
"Son of God!"
Bo put down the ax in his hand and looked at Han Cheng, shouting with some excitement. Han Cheng also seemed a little excited and walked to the front of the wheel that was nailed with many glittering copper nails.
Han Cheng was of course excited, because he hadn't pushed the family's ox cart around the yard for fun since he was seven or eight years old. Now he was going back to his old job, how could he not be excited?
Han Cheng first asked someone to get some melted animal fat oil, and poured a lot of it between the axle and the copper ring to act as a lubricant to reduce the friction between the axle and the copper ring.
After finishing it, he bent down and held the axle with both hands. Then, under the gaze of everyone in the Qingque tribe, he pushed hard with his feet and started the wheel-pushing game that he would play whenever he got the chance when he was a child.
As Han Cheng exerted force, the two wheels began to roll on the ground.
The respected Son of God bent down and pushed the cart... This heroic scene of pushing the wheels made the minors of the Qingque tribe's eyes light up, and they all looked eager to try.
Even the adults in the tribe, after seeing this scene, wanted to go on stage and help out.
Because this looks like really fun.
Under everyone's envious gaze, Han Cheng pushed the wheel around the open space and stopped.
"This wheel is unstable. It sways from side to side when pushed. It needs to be reinforced."
Under the expectant gaze of Senior Brothers Bo and Heiwa, Han Cheng pointed at the wheel on the left and spoke.
So a few lame men started to make some clanging noises again and reinforced the wheel.
After a while, Han Cheng bent down again and pushed the wheel to conduct the experiment.
This time nothing was found to be wrong.
"Put the car body on and see!"
Han Cheng felt that there was no problem with the wheel, so he let go of the wheel and said to Bo and others.
Everyone had been waiting for this order for a long time and they immediately took action after hearing it. Several pairs of big hands put them on the body of the donkey cart that had been built for several days. Without much effort, they lifted it up and placed it on the axle.
After moving it slightly twice, the round axle was stuck into the groove that had been dug out under the donkey cart.
After moving the car body and making sure the distance between the car body and the wheels on both sides was the same, following Han Cheng's order, several lame men began to fix the car body and wheels with leather ropes, sticks and copper nails.
The fixation between the body of the cart and the wheels is very important, otherwise the donkey will pull the cart on the road, and when it is running happily, the wheel will detach from the body and wander around.
The donkey was carried by the wheelless vehicle, and fell upside down in the ditch beside the road...
Just thinking about this picture makes people feel very beautiful.
After another busy period, the car body and wheels were firmly connected together.
After confirming that everything was fine, Han Cheng had people put the wooden panels on the body of the car, and the deer cart was successfully made.
At this time, the eldest brother had already brought over the tallest and most powerful donkey in the tribe. After seeing Han Cheng nod, he led the donkey over to harness the cart.
With sleds, harrow carts, bronze plows and other things, the people in the tribe were no strangers to similar harnessed carts.
The donkeys in the tribe became more docile after a spring plowing season, and became skilled at pulling carts. They showed no signs of movement even when being pressed by the freshly-made donkey carts.
"ha!"
After the donkey cart was harnessed, at Han Cheng's signal, the eldest brother pulled the rope tied to the donkey's long face, shouted, and started walking.
As the donkey walked, the two wheels on the donkey cart began to turn, making a rumbling sound, and the donkey cart moved along.
The people gathered around, looking at the cart being pulled forward by the donkey, all had smiles on their faces, and some minors even shouted happily.
"Try to pull it outside and walk a little further!"
Han Cheng, who also had a smile on his face, spoke loudly to his eldest senior brother.
It was impossible to speak quietly at this time, because there was already a lot of joyful discussions all around.
After hearing what Han Cheng said, the eldest brother, who had been leading the donkey around twice and was about to lead the donkey around for the third time, responded and walked out, leading the donkey.
Seeing this, those who were blocking the door made way and let the eldest brother lead the donkey cart and walk in front. Then the rest of the people followed behind and poured out of the tribal gate and walked towards the stone road outside.
Some of the braver minors wanted to climb onto the donkey cart, just like they did when they rode the sled, but were stopped by Han Cheng.
The donkey cart is still in the test stage, and its stability in all aspects cannot be confirmed yet. It is best not to sit on it at this time, otherwise if some accidents happen, a good thing will turn into a bad thing.
Fortunately, the children in the tribe were very obedient. After hearing what Han Cheng said, they no longer went near the donkey cart. Instead, they followed the adults behind and on both sides of the donkey cart, laughing and jumping as they walked forward.
This lively and jubilant scene suddenly reminded Han Cheng of the illustration in the history textbook that talked about the successful trial run of the first batch of Jiefang brand cars in New China.
Although there are not that many people in the Qingque tribe, the enthusiasm and excitement of the people in the Qingque tribe are just as great.
"Put food on it!"
When the eldest brother drove the donkey cart around the stone road outside the Qingque tribe and returned to the gate of the Qingque tribe, Han Cheng, who saw that there was no problem with the donkey cart, waved his hand excitedly and spoke out.
The second senior brother, Shang and others, who had been waiting here for a long time, put three leather bags full of grain on the donkey cart.
The three leather bags of millet weighed nearly three hundred pounds. Wu, who was watching from the side, clenched his fists nervously.
Because according to his idea, the grains should be put on the donkey cart one bag at a time. After making sure that the donkey cart can safely carry one bag of grain, he would add another bag and carry two bags of grain at once.
Han Cheng did not listen to Wu's suggestion this time.
If this newly made donkey cart couldn't even bear a weight of 300 kilograms, Han Cheng wouldn't feel sorry at all if it was crushed. In fact, Han Cheng would be very happy to help it break down more thoroughly, to the point of being reduced to ashes.
As a donkey cart, it can't even carry 300 kilograms of things, so what's the point of having it? It's better to destroy it and use it for cooking.
Perhaps it felt the threat from some great god who was eyeing it covetously, this newly built donkey cart seemed particularly sturdy, and after the three bags of grain were placed on it, it was as if nothing was put on it.
The eldest brother was leading the donkey, which was pulling the cart, and they seemed to be very relaxed as they walked around outside the Qingque tribe for a long time.
Seeing this scene, Wu was so happy that he grabbed Yuan's hands. Bo, the eldest brother and others were also grinning with joy.
The current result shows that the newly manufactured donkey cart is a success and can be put into use.
Even if it can only pull these 300 kilograms of things, because it uses animal power, it is easier to use than the wheelbarrow in the tribe.
What's more, the weight of three hundred kilograms is not the limit of the donkey cart, because the Son of God has once again asked people to put two bags of grain on it.
Five hundred kilograms of grain were loaded on the donkey cart. The donkey did not seem as relaxed as before, but such a weight was obviously still within its tolerable range.
Amid the cheers of the crowd, led by the eldest brother, the donkey, which had a red flower made of red linen tied to the center of its head, once again circled around the stone road in front of the Qingque tribe and came back.
As Wu and the eldest senior brother and others looked somewhat worried, Han Cheng once again asked someone to bring two bags of food and put them on the donkey cart.
Compared to the worries of Wu and the others, Han Cheng was not too worried because he knew the power of these animals.
Although the small maolu is not as big as an ox, horse or mule, it is actually very durable. When Han Cheng was a child, it was normal for a small maolu to pull 1,300 to 1,400 kilograms when harvesting grain, pulling grain to sell or delivering grain.
Because not all of this weight is borne by the donkey, the two wheels at the back of the donkey cart bear greater pressure.
Of course, in later generations, the wheels used were already lightweight rubber wheels, and the bearings were also more mature, so we cannot generalize.
However, this is still of great reference value to Han Cheng.
Moreover, now is the experimental stage, and of course we want to touch the limits of the donkey and the donkey cart as much as possible.
Only in this way, when you load things and transport goods on it in the future, you can have a plan in mind...
Wu opened his mouth wide, his wrinkled old face full of surprise. His old hands became particularly powerful at this time, and he tightly grasped Yuan's hand, refusing to let go, as if it was an iron hoop.
Yuan, whose hand he was holding, opened her mouth wide at this time, her expression dull and full of disbelief, but her attention was not on her hand which was hurt by Wu's grip.
The lame carpenter also stood there stupidly, looking like he had lost his mind...
Not only them, but everyone present, except Han Dashenzi, who had seen the world, became dumbfounded.
They stared at the donkey cart in the field with their eyes wide open and their mouths agape, in a daze.
The scene went from being bustling to being silent all of a sudden, which seemed a little weird for a moment.
"Ten... eleven bags!"
After a long time, Yuan murmured, looking at the donkey cart full of bags of grain, looking extremely absent-minded.
Eleven bags equal one thousand one hundred kilograms. For someone who is gradually being led into the field of mathematics by Han Cheng, Yuan is more sensitive to the concept of one thousand one hundred kilograms than ordinary people.
It is really unimaginable that one truck can carry such heavy things!
Even if you are not very sensitive to the weight of 1,100 kilograms, just look at the eleven bags of grain placed alternately on the donkey cart, and you will feel the strong impact from these grain bags.
After all, before the donkey cart appeared, it would have required eleven strong adults to carry these eleven bags of food at once.
Moreover, these eleven people are unable to carry out long-term transportation. They need to walk for a while, rest for a while, and finally become exhausted.
And now, so many heavy things can be carried away by a donkey and a newly made donkey cart!
During this process, people only need to load the grain bags onto the donkey cart and then find someone to pull the donkey cart for transportation.
Compared with the hard work of running around carrying bags of grain and sweating, it is so easy now!
This is where Yuan’s surprise came from.
She stared at the donkey pulling the cart with an expression of disbelief, as if she was seeing a donkey for the first time.
“Are these still the donkeys from my tribe?”
Yuan couldn't help but murmured aloud, rubbing her eyes with her hands as she spoke, looking incredulous.
Why in their original tribe, the people only knew how to ride donkeys to hunt and look for and chase prey, but after arriving in the current tribe, these donkeys have suddenly changed and become omnipotent.
Not only can they pull the plow to turn over large tracts of land, they can also pull the harrow cart to sow seeds neatly and evenly into the ground at an extremely fast speed, allowing the crops grown in the tribe to grow extremely vigorously and look very beautiful.
Now they can even carry up to 1,100 kilograms of food and keep moving around here!
With such a huge change happening between before and after, it's understandable that Yuan was so shocked.
Shitou, the next witch of the Qingque tribe and now an adult, was standing not far from Wu and Yuan.
Looking at the donkeys and donkey carts carrying so much food, Shitou was also shocked.
However, unlike other people who were focused on being surprised, Shitou, as a part-time "historian" recorder in the tribe, did not forget to observe the reactions of the people around him while being surprised, for later records.
The donkey cart was successfully made, and such a major event naturally had to be highlighted in stone.
Under such circumstances, the former semi-agricultural tribe's priest, the words spoken by the current Yuan, and Yuan's action of rubbing his eyes in surprise were all heard and seen by Stone.
In the records made a few days later, when Shitou was sitting in front of the table holding a brush, excitedly recalling today's unprecedented grand event, he naturally remembered Yuan's performance at that time, and Shitou recorded it in a close-up.
Many years later, the descendants of the Qingque tribe, which had grown stronger, gradually summarized it into two sentences when studying the history of the Qingque tribe: "When you have not seen a donkey for three days, you should look at it with new eyes." and "Not a semi-farmer's donkey."
The two sentences actually mean the same thing, both saying that when looking at things, we can't just look at them with the old perspective.
At the same time, there is another meaning, that is, the same thing, in the hands of some people, can only exist as waste, but when it reaches the hands of smart and intelligent people, after some use and processing, it can be turned into treasure and play a huge role...
At this moment, Han Cheng, who was watching all this with a smile on his face, of course did not know these things from his descendants in later generations. If he knew, he would definitely be astonished by the descendants' superb ability to create idioms and allusions!
What the hell are they following? How did it become that the donkey should be looked at with new eyes after three days of separation, and is no longer a half-farmer's donkey?
Fortunately, guys like Sun Quan and Lu Meng didn't know where they were at that time, otherwise, the coffin lid couldn't be nailed down even with copper nails, let alone pressed down with hands!
“Pull it to the dirt road and take a look!”
After looking at the donkey cart loaded with grain for a while, Han Cheng spoke to his eldest brother who was leading the donkey and looked a little confused like the others.
The stone road is only paved around the Qingque tribe. The feeling of a donkey cart driving on such a hard road is naturally different from that of driving on a pure dirt road.
However, the hard road surface paved with stone slabs is too labor-intensive and resource-intensive.
There is shale near the Qingque tribe's quarry, so it can be laid in a small area, but it is not possible to pave it in other places.
Therefore, the Bronze Expressway to be built will still be mainly based on earth surface.
In this case, when experimenting with the donkey cart, it is naturally not possible to only operate on the stone road, but also to pull it onto the dirt ground for a spin.
Han Cheng said it twice in a row, and the eldest brother finally came back to his senses from his daze. He shouted to let the crowd disperse, then led the donkey along the cobblestone road for a distance and got off the donkey onto the dirt road.
As soon as they arrived at the dirt road, the donkey pulling the donkey cart immediately seemed to be struggling.
Although he was able to walk, his limbs began to tremble uncontrollably after walking about two miles.
Han Cheng, who had been closely observing the donkey cart and the donkey, immediately asked his eldest brother to stop after noticing this situation. He then asked his eldest brother to untie the rope tied under the donkey's body to prevent the donkey from "slipping out of the harness" while pulling the cart.
Then he had people hold the rear of the cart and lift the shaft to unload it from the donkey.
This time the purpose was to test the usability of the cart and the load-bearing capacity of the cart and the donkey. Han Cheng had no intention of wasting the donkey.
Looking at the donkey that seemed relaxed after getting rid of the heavy donkey cart, and then looking at the donkey parked nearby that was loaded with eleven bags of grain, Han Cheng was in a very good mood.
It is somewhat difficult for a donkey to pull 1,100 kilograms on such a dirt road, but it is not a problem to pull 700 to 800 kilograms.
This carrying capacity is more than enough for the current Qingque tribe!
Moreover, if you want to load more things on a donkey cart, there is a way. You just need to hang a donkey harness used to pull a bronze plow on one side of the donkey cart, and then harness another donkey, so that the two donkeys, one as the main one and the other as the auxiliary, can pull the cart.
There are still too few donkeys in the tribe, and two donkeys pulling a cart seems a bit too extravagant.
Han Cheng thought with some regret.
At this moment, the sound of a deer calling was heard not far away. Han Cheng looked up and saw Uncle Deer leading some followers passing by there in a swagger.
Looking at the deer walking through the city with their arrogant steps, Han Cheng's eyes lit up, and an immature idea suddenly came to his mind...
"Bring another donkey here, and a deer trap!"
Han Cheng explained to Tietou with joy, and at the same time walked towards Uncle Lu with a smile on his face.
The old man deer, who was leading a group of followers, was leisurely eating a few bites of grass while watching the donkey pulling the cart. Seeing the two-legged beast walking towards him with a smile on his face, he instinctively felt that something was wrong. His fur couldn't help but tremble up and down, and then he ran away...
As the saying goes, people die for money and birds die for food. This is very true, except that it misses the equally greedy deer.
Within seven or eight minutes, Uncle Deer, who was leisurely chewing rapeseed in his mouth, was led towards the donkey cart by the unscrupulous Son of God, who looked triumphant.
Uncle Lu has been seduced and fallen by rapeseed countless times, but this guy never learns his lesson. Every time Han Cheng uses the magic weapon of rapeseed, Uncle Lu will definitely surrender.
At Han Cheng's signal, the heavy donkey cart loaded with eleven bags of grain was lifted up again, and a newly brought donkey was harnessed onto it.
However, unlike before, after harnessing the donkey, Han Cheng tied a thick hemp rope to the front side of the donkey cart and hooked the wooden hook behind the deer harness firmly onto the rope.
And the entire deer harness is on Uncle Deer's body.
"ha!"
After harnessing the donkey and the deer, at Han Cheng's signal, the eldest brother, who was leading the donkey, shouted and started walking forward.
The donkey, being led by a rope, had no choice but to move forward under the guidance of the eldest brother.
As for Uncle Deer on the side, he also took a step forward.
This is not because it is so obedient that it will walk forward without being led by anyone, but because the rope on its face is tied to the shaft of the donkey cart, so it has to move forward with the donkey cart.
Besides, if it stood there and refused to move, it would be hit on the butt by the rolling donkey cart.
In this case, of course it has to comply.
Under Han Cheng's expectant gaze, and Wu Heyuan, the eldest senior brother and others' astonished gaze, with the combined efforts of the donkey and Uncle Deer, the donkey cart carrying a load of 1,100 kilograms rolled over the dirt road, moving forward and circling, traveling nearly four miles in one breath, without the donkey or Uncle Deer pulling the cart trembling.
This means that the two of them can still continue pulling the heavy donkey cart forward!
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Han Cheng finally couldn't help laughing out loud.
Ever since the tribe acquired donkeys, animals that were more suitable for pulling carts, plows, and harrows than deer, the status of the deer herd has declined.
Moreover, this is when the donkey population has not yet fully developed.
If the number of donkeys increases greatly, the position of the deer will become even more awkward.
Now, Han Cheng had a sudden idea and the deer in the tribe had another use besides being used for milking.
The purpose of this is to team up with a donkey to pull a cart.
With this use, even if the number of donkeys continues to increase in the future, the deer will not become useless.
If you think about it, having a deer and a donkey pulling a cart together is really a good match.
Since the donkey is very strong, it is the main force pulling the cart. In addition to pulling the cart forward, it also has to bear the weight of the cart.
Deer, which are smaller and weaker than donkeys, can put on this soft deer harness made mainly of ropes and only need to pull the cart forward with force without having to bear the weight of the cart.
I am really excellent!
Even though he didn't want to be so shameless, after seeing the result and thinking about the benefits of doing so, Han Cheng couldn't help but give himself a thumbs up...
“Boom boom boom…”
A series of drum sounds echoed in the Qingque tribe. Everyone gathered at the Qingque Square, which had been fully renovated.
Under the green bird flag fluttering in the wind, the tribe’s rough totem pole was once again respectfully carried out and now placed on the platform.
In front of the platform, there was a fire burning. In the open space in front of the fire, there was a two-wheeled donkey cart that the tribe had recently developed, as well as a donkey and a deer used to pull the cart.
Now, the donkey and the deer, like the donkey cart parked there, are all covered with big red flowers made of dyed linen, making them look very festive and beautiful.
The witch, at this moment, was jumping and dancing with a bone staff and a feather crown in his hand, telling the gods who had never paid any attention to him in his own way that the tribe, under the leadership of the respected son of God, had created a car that could carry many things.
The eldest brother held the drumstick and beat the drum vigorously. He was as excited as the rumbling sound of the drum.
The others were also excited and watched it all with solemn expressions.
Han Cheng, pretending to be a sculpture again, stood with the totem pole, looking at the witch who was jumping and muttering to himself, as well as the other people in the tribe. Apart from complaining in his heart about the non-existent gods, all he felt was understanding and joy.
Because such sacrificial activities are a way for people in the tribe to express their joy.
Through such activities, people in the tribe can become more united and cohesive, and their recognition of the tribe can be improved. It is a very good way.
"God!"
"God!"
"Son of God!"
"Son of God!"
After the witch's singing and dancing stopped, the people of the Qingque tribe, who had remained silent during the sacrificial ceremony, led by the witch, began to roar in excitement.
Even the rumbling sound of the leather drum beaten by the eldest brother was suppressed.
Even though Han Cheng had experienced this more than once, he couldn't help but feel a different feeling in his heart when he heard everyone's respectful and loving shouts and saw everyone bowing to the ground...
After the sacrifice, the people of the Qingque tribe were in a state of excitement in the following days. This was the lingering aftertaste of seeing the two-wheeled donkey cart.
“Ding ding dong dong…”
Before I got close to the carpenter's room, I heard the sound of an ax hitting copper nails in the distance.
The big carpenter Bo, and the small carpenters like Mao'er were all extremely excited. Some were sawing, some were marking, some were chiseling and drilling holes... they were all busy and having fun.
They wanted to make more donkey carts as quickly as possible.
As long as more donkey carts can be made before the autumn harvest, these donkey carts that can carry a lot of things can be used greatly during the autumn harvest, and this year's autumn harvest will become more convenient.
And those who build donkey carts can make great contributions to the tribe in their own way.
Among them, except for the master carpenter Bo, the apprentice Maoer was the most hardworking and serious among the other carpenters.
In this short period of time, he was not only able to skillfully use the ink fountain, but also to use the ax and saw more properly. His rapid progress even surprised Lame sometimes...
"Take a break before you do it again."
Under Han Cheng's influence, the people of the Qingque tribe would take a rest after lunch.
During this period of time, most people in the tribe would choose to take a nap and restore their energy.
Some people gave up such an opportunity, just like Cat Ears at this time.
After quickly finishing his meal and washing the dishes, he went straight to the carpenter's room, found some scraps, and began to practice using tools such as axes.
Lame had already noticed Mao Er's behavior two days ago. When he saw Mao Er doing it again today, he followed him all the way to the carpenter's room.
After looking at Cat Ear who was practicing attentively for a while, Lame spoke out.
Because they wanted to build more donkey carts these days, everyone in the carpenter's room was in a hurry. After working non-stop for a whole morning, even Lame felt very tired. The other carpenters put down their bowls and seized the rare opportunity to fall asleep.
For a child like Mao Er who has not yet grown up, he can consciously pick up an ax to practice his craft under such circumstances. This really requires great perseverance.
"I'm not tired."
Mao Er, who had just put down his axe and was about to find another piece of scrap to continue practicing, was started by the sudden, lame sound.
After seeing clearly that it was Lame, he spoke awkwardly.
Not tired? It would be strange if you weren't tired!
"Even if you are not tired, you should sleep for a while before working again."
Lame was very imposing at this time. After he finished speaking, he directly held Maoer's hand and led him limping out of the carpenter's room and towards the sleeping house...
Mao Er's eyes were red. He had gotten a feeling from the Son of God that made him strive for progress. Now here with Lame, he felt another thing that was hard to describe but could be felt for sure.
After lying on the kang for a while, Mao Er climbed up from the kang with his eyes closed, then quietly walked out of the snoring house, passed the gate of the inner courtyard, and entered the carpenter's room again...
After a short nap, Bo woke up, looked at the place where Maoer was sleeping, and smiled with a complicated look.
There is relief, appreciation and heartache...
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