Looking at Li Muyan's clear eyes, Gu Nian felt she wanted to tell him something.
However, I was also worried that he would ask me how I learned these new words and principles.
Forget it, let him figure it out himself.
“Gu Nian, what do you think? I’ll make a big Kongming lantern. I won’t bring anyone with me; I’ll just bring a large rock about the same weight as a person to test it out. Are you interested? Do you want to come and see?” Li Muyan asked, his eyes sparkling.
He figured that Gu Nian must enjoy tinkering with these things just like him, since she had told him so much.
Besides, Gu Nian has always liked inventing things; wasn't the shampoo and conditioner set something she came up with?
"Great! You've succeeded! Call us to watch together! I think it should be possible, but looking at the structure of your large Kongming lantern, to support a rock that weighs almost as much as a person, how big does the lantern cover need to be? And what kind of fuel do you need, and how much?" Gu Nian nodded and gave another reminder.
“Yes, yes, this is of utmost importance. Once it’s done, we’ll test it with stones first. If it works, we’ll have to build this giant kite to let people test it. We can’t keep supplying fuel. What if people fall from the sky after the fuel runs out? So, we need a giant kite so that people can land safely.” Li Muyan nodded repeatedly, his eyes shining brighter as he looked at Gu Nian, as if he had found a kindred spirit.
"I wish you success!" Gu Nian said with a smile.
"Mmm!" Her smile dazzled Li Muyan's eyes, and her laughter stirred up ripples in the calm lake of his heart.
"By the way, Li Muyan, I'll draw another thing. See if you can make it. If you can, our family can partner with you on a small business and make some money in this hot weather!" Gu Nian looked around at the various things Li Muyan had made in his room, and thinking that summer was coming soon and it would be time for cold drinks, she asked.
“Okay, you draw it.” Li Muyan nodded.
Gu Nian picked up her pen again and started drawing on a piece of white paper.
Although she had never studied painting, she was quite good at it. As a biology student, drawing a cell structure diagram was a given. In high school, she could draw a cell structure diagram from memory that was exactly the same as the one in the book.
She drew the structure of an ice shaver, a manual one, of course.
"This blade must be very sharp, the kind that can be used to break ice by hand, and the outer shell must also be sturdy enough," Gu Nian said after finishing the drawing.
“Crushed ice? I understand, you want to make iced drinks? But, there are few places in Qingzhou where it snows, and you can count the number of families that store ice on one hand. Where are you going to find ice?” Li Muyan asked.
"You'll find out when the time comes. Just make them, and by the way, make a few more," Gu Nian said with a smile.
Although ice made with saltpeter is inedible, they have jade beads. Anything mixed with jade beads is definitely edible.
"Okay! I guarantee I'll have it made before the Dragon Boat Festival!" Li Muyan picked up the blueprints again, looked at them, and then assured them.
"Gu Nian, I forgive you!" Li Muyan put the blueprints away, sat on the bamboo chair, and looked at Gu Nian with a generous expression.
Gu Nian: "?"
Seeing her puzzled expression, Li Muyan pursed his lips and said shyly, "Yesterday you didn't save me, but you did save Su Yan. Well, Su Yan is a girl, you should have saved her. I misunderstood. Later you also called Uncle Gu to save me, so I'm not angry with you anymore!"
Gu Nian: To hell with the good young man, he's still that lunatic!
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