After reviewing Liu Yingying's drawings, he stroked his beard in surprise. "Little Liu, are you sure you want me to make this for you?"
“Yes!” Liu Yingying nodded. “This thing is called a bread oven. Actually, the principle of its construction is similar to our charcoal oven. You only need to make slight modifications in a few key positions.”
To make it easier for Master Sun to understand her meaning, Liu Yingying even used a pen to highlight several important locations.
"Look, can you make this?"
She was actually a little unsure, since bread ovens didn't exist in ancient times.
In her original world, in the 17th century, in Country F, a rural baking kiln was invented based on the style of ancient Rome.
"Yes, no problem. But I have some things to do today, so I can only come over tomorrow to help you with this kiln..." Master Sun nodded confidently.
"That's wonderful!" Liu Yingying exclaimed with delight upon hearing this, then took out another bag and stuffed it into Master Sun's hand; "This is the deposit, please keep it!"
"Then I'll head back now!"
Only after Liu Yingying's figure had disappeared from sight did Master Sun open the bag to take a look.
There are fifty copper coins inside!
"Isn't this... giving too much?"
Master Sun usually only earns thirty coins for building a brick kiln.
How big is this bread oven?
Less than a tenth the size of the kiln, which could be completed in half a day, yet Liu Yingying gave her fifty copper coins...
With tears in his eyes, Mr. Sun gratefully accepted the money.
His only grandson is sick, and because he has no money for treatment, it has been several days.
Just when they thought they were doomed, Liu Yingying brought them a glimmer of hope...
With the bread kiln deal settled, Liu Yingying was in a good mood, humming a little tune as she walked back.
She was planning to make a batch of roasted sweet potato chips after the bread oven was completed.
The candied winter melon that was delivered to Longfeng West Courtyard last time sold very well, and she believed that the sales of roasted sweet potato chips would definitely not be bad either!
Just as Liu Yingying was about to enter Taoyuan Village, she heard a muffled groan coming from not far away.
"Huh..."
She looked in the direction of the sound and saw a woman carrying a bundle of firewood on her back lying on the ground by the edge of a field not far away.
It looks like he's injured.
Liu Yingying quickly walked towards her and asked with concern, "Are you alright?"
"Thank you! I...I'm fine!" But her voice didn't sound like she was alright.
The two men were slightly taken aback when the woman raised her head.
They actually knew each other, but although they lived in the same village, they were quite unfamiliar with each other because they had rarely interacted before.
The lady had long heard about Liu Yingying being granted the title of Lady of Lihe Township.
She originally thought that Liu Yingying would definitely put on airs and look down on poor people like her.
But to my surprise, the other person would take the initiative to help me...
Liu Yingying also managed to retrieve some information about the woman from her memories.
Jiang Suyu, 35 years old, moved to Taoyuan Village alone twelve years ago with her eight-year-old son, Xue Ye.
Because they weren't locals, the land allocated to them by the village head was located at the far west end of the village—just a lonely, dilapidated thatched hut, seven or eight hundred meters from the nearest house in the village...
No one has ever seen Xue's husband.
Therefore, when the gossipy women in the village talked about her, they went even further than when they talked about themselves!
Some say she was originally a young lady from a wealthy family, but had a child with a poor scholar she was living with, and was subsequently kicked out of her home...
Some say she was originally a concubine in a wealthy family, but was expelled from the house by the first wife...
An even more vicious rumor was that she was originally a prostitute who had a child with one of her clients, then offended someone and fled here...
Based on these impressions, one can imagine how difficult life must have been for the Jiang mother and son in the village...
"Your foot is injured, can you still stand up?"
Liu Yingying noticed that blood was seeping from Jiang Suyu's left ankle, gradually staining her trouser leg red.
"It's okay...I can...ah!"
As Jiang Suyu spoke, she tried to stand up, but the force she exerted on her foot tore open her wound, causing her to fall to the ground again.
Fortunately, Liu Yingying reacted quickly and caught her, otherwise the whole bundle of firewood on her back would have hit her on the head...
"Let me help you!" Liu Yingying said, taking the basket off her back and placing it on the open ground to the side, and then began to check her injured ankle.
This time, Jiang Suyu did not refuse, but thanked her with a embarrassed expression.
"Thank you... thank you..."
"No need to thank me, but it just rained, so the firewood cut at this time is very wet, and the road is difficult to walk on. Why are you in such a hurry to do this kind of work now?"
As Liu Yingying spoke, she discreetly exchanged medicine from the store to treat her wounds.
This injury was caused by Jiang Suyu cutting herself on a rock when she fell earlier.
Actually, Liu Yingying originally wanted to say that these tasks should be done by Jiang Suyu's son.
After all, her son is already twenty years old this year.
Liu Yingying had been married into the Zhu family for a total of four years. The Jiang mother and son lived far from the village and rarely went out.
Therefore, all Liu Yingying knew was that she had a son who was already twenty years old this year.
But it seems that I've never seen that boy before...
Jiang Suyu: "Aye is such a filial son. A couple of days ago he said he was going into the mountains to hunt a wild boar to nourish me. I thought I'd help him with some of the work so he wouldn't have to work so hard, so I went into the mountains alone to chop firewood..."
Liu Yingying noticed that when Jiang Shi talked about her son, even her eyes softened.
Alas! The hearts of parents are always full of love and worry!
She had misunderstood that young man, Xue Ye!
Fortunately, Jiang Suyu's injuries were not serious, so Liu Yingying decided to help her to the end.
He carried her basket full of firewood on his back and helped her home with his other hand.
"Sister Jiang, you need to be careful with your injury. Try not to get it wet for the next few days, otherwise it might leave a scar..."
"Oh, by the way, remember to change this dressing three times a day. If there's nothing else, I'll head back now..."
Inside the house, Jiang Suyu kept expressing her gratitude. This was the first time in twelve years since she came to Taoyuan Village that she had felt warmth.
She was truly grateful to Liu Yingying.
The moment Liu Yingying stepped out of the house, she bumped into someone.
Then, a strong smell of blood hit her nostrils, and she instinctively frowned and looked up.
The boy was very tall; Liu Yingying only reached his chest.
It was a handsome face that seemed to possess the wildness of high mountains and forests, with extremely sharp features and eyes.
His already tattered clothes appeared to be the result of a fight with wild animals, with bite marks and bloodstains everywhere.
So disheveled and sloppy, yet it resembled a lone, sub-adult ferocious beast.
Liu Yingying immediately realized that this must be Jiang Suyu's son.
That boy—Xue Ye!
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