Their ridicule, mockery, and disbelief are all perfectly normal human reactions.
On the contrary, Mu Gaoyi and Shi Hetong's desperate gambles and impulsive actions seemed to indicate a loss of reason and were somewhat abnormal.
None of them knew how influential Zheng Quchi would be when he opened his mouth. Even after Mu Gaoyi and Shi Hetong calmed down and realized they had acted like fools, they were now in a difficult situation.
"Wow, so many people have come! Are they all here to see our car?" Mu Gaoyi said excitedly.
Shi Hetong slapped him on the head: "Calm down, look at you now, you're so arrogant."
"Haha, you're right. I'm extremely proud right now. No, it's not just me. Ask the other craftsmen, aren't they also extremely proud?"
Shi Hetong remained silent for a moment. He turned his head and saw that everyone else was just like Mu Gaoyi, with excited expressions and impatient looks, just like peasants who had turned over a new leaf and overthrown the landlords, ready to finally get their revenge.
After a long while, he couldn't hold back any longer and laughed, "Has Ah Qing arrived? I can't wait to get it to make its appearance!"
Someone said, "Ah Qing said she went to help find horses. We searched all over Fu County yesterday, but we couldn't find anyone selling horses. All the horses in the camp are registered and owned, and they are not willing to lend them to us. Then Ah Qing said that we should not delay our business and that she would figure out a way to find horses."
Oh, I see.
Perhaps it was Ah Qing's personal charm that made those who had spent six or seven days with her feel that her words carried weight, and they believed her when she said them.
Shi Hetong looked at them with suspicion: "It was just a test run before it was even time to report it to the general for inspection, but it's been made into such an exaggerated and commotion. I wonder who leaked the news."
"I didn't publicize it."
"I don't have any either."
Do you have one?
"I don't."
Do you have one?
"Of course I don't either."
Everyone was very serious and denied it.
Ah, Shi Hetong saw through their little scheme, but he didn't say anything. He just said, "Alright, let's stop suspecting each other. Let's leave it at that and wait for Aqing."
"Where are the people outside?"
"Let them wait as long as they want, don't worry about it."
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With the carriage all ready, Zheng Quchi was stumped by the two horses.
If a horse pulls a cart, how can a stationary cart move if there's no horse pulling it?
However, she had specifically inquired and found that the number and purpose of warhorses in the military camp were strictly controlled, and there were no extras available for borrowing. She thought of going to the county to buy one, but now it was the War of Resistance against Japan, and not only were these horses hard to buy, but they were also too expensive.
After building this car, she was already dirt poor.
The gold ingot that Yuwen Sheng had given her before was used by her to help the old blacksmith in the casting department develop steel plates. Although she seemed to have made a lot of money these days, she ended up being poor because of these various expenses.
After many twists and turns, she found Runtu.
Because she thought, isn't he the Cavalry Commander? He's in charge of the cavalry battalion, so he must have a lot of horses under his command.
She figured that borrowing one or two horses to pull the cart shouldn't be a problem.
However, to her surprise, Runtu flatly refused.
He said seriously, "Madam, warhorses recognize their masters and cannot be ridden by anyone but their masters. Moreover, warhorses are our comrades-in-arms. If you regard them as mere animals, you are underestimating them too much."
Zheng Quchi: "..."
I just wanted to borrow two horses, how did I suddenly become the kind of person you're calling someone who doesn't respect horse rights?
If you don't want to lend it, then don't; deliberately slandering someone is going too far.
Seeing that Runtu was so stingy, and since the reasons given by the person in question were irrefutable, she had no choice but to give up.
Just when she was at her wit's end, Fu Rong came over and said that Runtu had told him that she was worried about finding a horse-drawn cart.
He had previously bought a carriage from Shengdu and traveled to Fuxian. The carriage is still in his residence in Fuxian. He can unload the horses and give it to her as a token of his gratitude for her previous help.
The help he referred to was the Buddha head that Zheng Quchi painted for him, which he stayed up all night to do.
He went from being skeptical and dismissive at the beginning to excitedly shouting "666" after receiving the blueprints of the Buddha head.
Zheng Quchi was not quite sure which type of Buddha statue people preferred at the time: the kind with deep-set eyes, high nose, and slender, delicate features, or the static style with a square face and serene expression.
So she tried to recreate each one as a reference for him.
To prevent him from misunderstanding the proportions of the Buddha statue and its body and disrupting the overall harmony, she even marked the size and dimensions, such as the length of the eyes and the fineness of the hair. Her meticulous attention to detail greatly shocked and moved Fu Rong.
He discovered that his wife not only possessed many amazing skills, but was also incredibly warm-hearted... She just came from a humble background, but in other aspects, she was quite remarkable.
He now feels somewhat ashamed of his past disdain and slander towards her.
Although she wasn't a noblewoman or princess, and wasn't born into an upper-class family, if you didn't investigate her background, her speech, manners, and intellectual development were still quite impressive.
Therefore, when you do someone a favor, you may receive blessings in return.
Although Zheng Quchi never expected anything in return, it was always a happy thing to receive help in times of difficulty.
Two dark brown old horses were brought back. Generally speaking, the country would use the finest horses in their prime as warhorses, and only the very old horses would be allowed to be used to pull carts, so as not to be extravagant and wasteful.
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