"If a prosthetic limb can be made, Uncle Mengshan will be able to walk like a normal person," Yu Jiao explained.
However, the production process of the prosthesis is somewhat troublesome, especially the materials of the receiving cavity and the thigh cuff. Yu Jiao doesn't know whether she can find suitable leather, so the chance of successful production is not high.
Yu Qizhe's peach blossom eyes lit up, and he looked at Yu Jiao with a deeper gaze, "Is this also what your master taught you?"
Yu Jiao smiled and said, "When I was in the capital before, I saw Master doing it for others, so I want to give it a try, but it may not be successful. Don't tell Uncle Mengshan and Aunt Song yet, so as not to disappoint them."
Yu Qizhe nodded and watched quietly as Yu Jiao finished drawing the blueprint. When Yu Jiao left with the blueprint, he whispered, "Thank you."
Yu Jiao paused for a moment, then turned to look at Yu Qizhe, "If you really want to thank me, teach me how to write?"
She couldn't stay in the Yu family forever. If she wanted to gain a foothold in this world in the future, she still had to rely on her medical skills. Sooner or later, she would have to prescribe medicine for people. Yu Qizhe's handwriting was very beautiful. Yu Jiao wanted to practice her handwriting while she was still in the Yu family, so that the prescriptions she wrote in the future would not be unrecognizable.
"Okay." Yu Qizhe agreed.
Yu Jiao raised her lips slightly, and a bright smile appeared on her pretty face. "Then I will come to you every day to learn calligraphy from you."
Yu Jiao's smile was so bright that Yu Qizhe couldn't help but slightly curl the corners of his lips as he looked at her. He said "hmm" softly.
Yu Jiao took the blueprint to the outer room, and under the pretext of checking if Yu Mengshan was still swollen, she secretly measured the length of Yu Mengshan's other calf and the size of his foot. After figuring out Yu Mengshan's weight, Yu Jiao calculated the load-bearing capacity of the prosthesis, modified the blueprint, and went to the yard to find Yu Qiaoshan.
After Yu Jiao left, Yu Fuling entered Yu Qizhe's room and asked, "Little brother, what did she do in your room just now?"
Yu Qizhe had just spread out a piece of jute paper and was about to write a calligraphy piece for Yu Jiao to copy. After hearing Yu Fuling's question, he responded while writing, "Borrow some paper and ink."
Yu Fuling approached and whispered in a low voice, "That stinky girl must have taken the opportunity to deliberately want to get close to you and did such a shameless thing. If she has any shame, she should be hanged. Our master is really a fool to keep her at home. You should pay less attention to her in the future. We can't have a daughter-in-law like this!"
Yu Qizhe's eyes were filled with Yu Jiao's big, clear, dark eyes and brilliant smile. He was distracted for a moment and didn't say anything.
"Sister is talking to you, do you hear me?" Yu Fuling pushed him, and Yu Qizhe's elbow trembled, making a crooked stroke on the jute paper.
He put down the wolf-hair brush in his hand and sighed softly, "Sister, she is not that bad. Don't be so prejudiced against her."
Yu Fuling frowned and said, "If she hadn't done such disgusting things, would I have such a big prejudice against her? Little brother, why are you still speaking for her? Are you deceived by that stinky girl? How can that stinky girl compare with Chen Rou? Stay away from Meng Yujiao in the future. When you are well, let our parents go to the Chen family to ask for marriage. I am still waiting for Chen Rou to be my brother's wife!"
"Sister." Yu Qizhe frowned slightly, and a stern look appeared on his handsome face. "We have nothing to do with the Chen family anymore. Don't mention Chen Rou anymore. If others hear it, it will be bad for her reputation."
"I'm not stupid. I will definitely not mention her name in front of outsiders. I know you have her in your heart. If it weren't for her parents' tyranny, you two would have been married long ago, and there wouldn't have been that annoying little girl Meng Yujiao!" Yu Fuling heard Yu Qizhe's protection of Chen Rou's reputation and took it for granted that he still had Chen Rou in his heart.
Yu Qizhe was somewhat helpless and didn't want to explain too much. He picked up a book beside him, pretending to read it, and said lightly, "Sister, don't bring up the past again."
Yu Fuling had no choice but to leave Yu Qizhe's room, went back to her room, picked up the sewing basket, and started embroidering the wedding dress she would wear after the New Year. Through the window, she saw Yu Jiao talking and laughing with Yu Qiaoshan in the yard, and she couldn't help but shrug her lips.
Inside the courtyard, Yu Qiaoshan looked at the blueprint that Yu Jiao brought and asked in confusion, "What is this?"
Yu Jiao explained, "Can you make a prosthesis with this much weight?"
It was the first time that Yu Qiaoshan heard the term "weight-bearing", but he understood what Yu Jiao meant. He held the blueprint and said, "The old locust trees in the mountains are strong, so it should be possible to make one. Is this artificial leg made for Mengshan? Can he use it?"
Yu Qiaoshan muttered to himself, "I have never heard of anyone giving someone a prosthetic leg." He had only heard of Lu Dongbin giving people dog legs, but never heard of anyone giving people wooden legs. Besides, Lu Dongbin was one of the Eight Immortals and had magical powers. Yu Qiaoshan didn't believe from the bottom of his heart that Yu Jiao's strange prosthetic leg could allow Yu Mengshan to walk.
Near noon, Yu Jiao and Song went to the kitchen to cook together. The steamed buns at home were all eaten up, and Song wanted to knead dough to make noodles. Yu Jiao took over the job and rolled out a pile of mixed noodles on the chopping board skillfully and swiftly.
Mrs. Song was going to the vegetable garden to pick vegetables, and Yu Jiao followed her. They unexpectedly discovered that there were tomatoes and leeks in the Yu family's vegetable garden. Mrs. Song picked some wormwood, and Yu Jiao picked three ripe tomatoes and went back to the kitchen to get a knife to cut some leeks.
Yu Mengshan was going to the toilet and called Song to help. Yu Jiao rummaged through the kitchen cabinet and found a basket of eggs. She was a little surprised. She took out six or seven eggs and there were crisp knocking sounds. Yu Jiao picked up the shells and used the chopsticks to quickly beat the eggs.
After lighting the stove, Yu Jiao added some firewood and skillfully fried a tomato and egg stew. She also fried a dish of leek and egg. After putting the noodles into the pot, she served them in a bowl and poured the tomato and egg stew on top. She picked and washed the wormwood, blanched it in hot water, and mixed it with garlic wormwood.
After Song finished serving Yu Mengshan and washing his body, she returned to the kitchen and saw that Yu Jiao had already prepared the meal. She was dumbfounded, especially when she saw the eggs in the bowl.
"Meng girl, where did you find the eggs?" Song asked in a panic.
Yu Jiao said, "I saw a lot of eggs in the basket under the kitchen cupboard, so I took a few to cook."
Song quickly opened the cabinet under the kitchen cupboard and looked at the obviously fewer eggs in the basket. She asked uneasily, "How many did you take?"
"It seems to be six or seven." Seeing that Song's face was not good, Yu Jiao asked, "What's wrong? Can't these eggs be eaten?"
Song looked embarrassed. "It's not that we can't eat them. There are only a limited number of eggs in the house. We save them for the second and fourth brothers. They study hard in the academy. It's not good for us to take them out and eat them. Your grandma will be unhappy."
The old lady has always been partial to the third room, especially when it comes to food. She only gives the good things in the house to Yu Jinshu and Yu Jinyan from the third room. Now that Yu Jiao has used six or seven eggs at once, I'm afraid the old lady will be angry.
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