Once in the kitchen, Zhao Qinghuai finally couldn't hold back his emotions.
Today, the battalion commander of the third battalion of the first regiment hurriedly asked for leave to go to the hospital. Only then did Zhao Qinghuai learn that his wife had been sent to the hospital due to a difficult childbirth. The baby could not be saved, and his wife also lost her fertility as a result.
Song Jianmin is a soldier and cannot divorce his wife because of this incident. However, a family will always feel something is missing if it loses its child.
Zhao Qinghuai would feel sorry for Song Jianmin.
However, when he learned that Lin Ying had met Song Jianmin's wife before that, Zhao Qinghuai no longer cared about the matter.
Zhao Qinghuai had witnessed Lin Ying's medical skills firsthand and heard countless praises of her from Grandpa Lin, who called her a rare medical genius. He had also heard Grandpa Lin regret that it was because of Lin Ying's abilities that he had insisted on keeping her by his side, causing her so much suffering. She could have gone to live a happy life with her maternal grandparents across the sea.
Therefore, Zhao Qinghuai wouldn't believe it if it were anyone else, but this is Lin Ying. If she has met Song Jianmin's wife, then if there is anything wrong with her, Lin Ying will definitely be able to find out.
However, Lin Ying chose to turn a blind eye.
Zhao Qinghuai wasn't resentful of Lin Ying's cold-bloodedness; he felt sorry for her.
He knew better than anyone how passionate Lin Ying was about medicine and how much she respected life. It was those burning eyes that had once attracted him. Thinking of this, Zhao Qinghuai wanted to slap himself.
Although he noticed Lin Ying frequently bringing back medicinal herbs, he assumed she was alright. However, Lin Ying, who used to always have medicine on her hands and whose conversations revolved around prescriptions, hadn't mentioned it once since he returned, and he hadn't noticed anything unusual about her.
How heartbroken she must be to give up the burning passion in her heart? Recalling the way Lin Ying looked at him just now, Zhao Qinghuai felt a pang of bitterness in his heart.
He knew that if he didn't explain things clearly, she would probably continue to overthink. So, Zhao Qinghuai abandoned the cooking and went back to his room once more.
Seeing Lin Ying sitting there in a daze, having already put the notebook away, Zhao Qinghuai felt another pang of sadness.
He walked over and hugged her: "I'm not blaming you for ignoring me, but I feel sorry for you. As your man, I know you have so much grievance in your heart, and I only realized it now. I'm sorry."
Lin Ying, who had always been very strong, couldn't stop her tears from flowing after hearing Zhao Qinghuai's words, and even sobbed.
Zhao Qinghuai's eyes also reddened; he could sense how aggrieved Lin Ying was in her sobs.
Perhaps it was because of the release of her emotions, but Lin Ying's mind suddenly cleared up, and she actually managed to draw the blueprints that she had been unable to draw before.
Actually, she had an idea about sewing machines; she had studied their basic structure and had a general concept of what they were. However, wood is different from small items like clothing, and she needed to consider whether she could operate them independently.
We must build a fully automated machine.
In other words, what she needs to do is to control both the forward movement of the wood and the rotation of the machine, so that she can easily make the saw move quickly.
Lin Ying had originally been determined to combine the two functions, but now she realized that it was unnecessary and that they could be made into two separate machines.
After splitting it up, everything became much simpler.
Lin Ying used the wood she had cut a couple of days ago. However, the sewing machine's power mainly comes from the foot-operated crankshaft. This crankshaft drives the large wheel to rotate, and then transmits power to the main crankshaft of the machine head through a belt. This causes the crank wheel connected to the end of the main shaft to drive the connecting rod, which in turn causes the needle bar to move up and down.
The pedals and crankshaft could be replaced with wood, but not the large wheel. It wasn't until Lin Ying saw the wooden wheels of Li Yue'e's wheelbarrow that she suddenly had an idea.
The idea that she used to think was useless—"a straight piece of wood can be bent into a wheel"—has come in handy today. It's like you originally received a secret manual, only memorized its contents, and then one day, you suddenly understand everything about it.
Lin Ying felt this way at that moment.
I have to say, this feeling was actually quite a pleasant surprise.
To ensure the food was sturdy, Lin Ying boiled all the ingredients in water. Of course, her large iron pot couldn't hold everything, so she had to cut the ingredients into the required sizes.
Lin Ying spent another three days just processing the raw timber.
During this time, Zhao Qinghuai had to leave again due to a mission. Lin Ying was worried that she wouldn't be able to sleep without Zhao Qinghuai, so she took some time to make some sleep-inducing incense.
Zhao Qinghuai wasn't home, and aside from worrying about him, Lin Ying continued with her life as usual.
Because she wanted to properly renovate the house, Lin Ying would go up the mountain every morning and cut down trees every afternoon.
Aside from his daily life, he devoted all his other time to manufacturing this machine.
Lin Ying first determined the dimensions of the timber to be used, and then began hammering and sawing the necessary timber according to the dimensions. This included the central mesh and wheel teeth of the timber frame, as well as the outer wooden frame.
Lin Ying pieced together the wooden planks to form a circular outline. She carefully measured and adjusted them to ensure the wheel's size and shape met the design requirements. Next, she used a hammer and nails to secure the planks together, enhancing the wheel's structural stability. To make the wheel more robust and durable, Lin Ying also employed traditional mortise and tenon joinery, meticulously processing the joints between the planks to ensure a tight fit.
Finally, Lin Ying made two wheels that big.
Perhaps it was because Li Yue'e scolded Xiao Shuai, or perhaps it was because Xiao Qiang had recently become more willing to play with Xiao Shuai. Xiao Shuai hadn't come to Lin Ying's house during this period; Lin Ying often saw the little guy running after his older brother.
After making the wheels, Lin Ying worked on the other parts. Because there was no way to steam large logs under her stove, Lin Ying could only use raw wood for things like the planks.
After half a month, Lin Ying's treadmill table saw was finally completed.
What Lin Ying is most satisfied with is that this table saw can be freely sized. After placing the wood on it, she can adjust the height of the saw teeth according to the desired thickness of the wood, thus determining the size of the wood she wants.
Another feature is the timber pushing platform, for which Lin Ying designed a fixing device. Once the timber is placed on it, it can be ensured that the timber will not roll around randomly, thus affecting the cutting process.
When Lin Ying finished cutting a wooden board after half an hour, to be honest, she wasn't very satisfied. The speed was only about half as fast as she could do it manually. It was far inferior to the kind of cutting she remembered from later generations.
However, Lin Ying also knew that this was the best she could get.
In any case, at least it allowed her to go from cutting only one log a day to cutting two.
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