Hearing the other party say that he could handle the money, Lin Feng did not intervene, but repeatedly reminded the other party of the precautions: "I'm next door, you can come to me if you need anything, but don't run around by yourself to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings."
The lady smiled brightly and waved her little hand.
"Yeah, yeah, got it. Thank you."
Because Luan Xin was on a business trip with the army, Lin Feng, as a clerk of the Household Department of Longwu County, was currently also responsible for various matters of the Household Department of Sibao County. No matter how idle this department was, it could not withstand the workload X2. Lin Feng had to work in the office during the day, and work late at night to deal with the official documents sent by the Household Department of Longwu County at full speed. These were things that ordinary clerks could not make decisions about.
She had just sat down to read two books when a sneaky black shadow appeared outside the door. The other person paced back and forth outside the door, tiptoeing and stretching his neck from time to time. Lin Feng said without raising his head, "It's getting darker outside and the dew is heavy. Is there anything wrong, Miss Bei?"
The shadow outside the room scratched his head and said in an embarrassed voice: "Excuse me for disturbing you, Miss Lin, have you rested yet?"
Lin Feng said: "Not yet, come in."
After saying that, the door creaked and was pushed open from the outside.
The lady saw the pile of scrolls on Lin Feng's desk, and she opened her mouth in surprise, pointing at the scrolls: "Are these all what you want to see? Really - amazing!"
Lin Feng just closed the book and put it down: "What's the matter?"
Perhaps it was because Lin Feng's aura was too intimidating, or perhaps it was because the piles of books frightened her. She sat down beside the table a little awkwardly, her calloused hands grasping the coarse cloth on her knees, and she asked in a stammering voice, "Do you have any cotton here, my lady?"
Lin Feng said: "I don't have it here."
The lady's mood was visibly depressed.
"But I can have someone bring some over." Lin Feng raised her hand and made a gesture. The spirit of literature surged from her fingertips and turned into a small blue bird. The blue bird stood on her finger, flapped its wings, and flew out along the gap in the window sill. "You can go back to your room and wait. An official will bring it to you later. If you have any other needs, you can tell me at the same time."
The lady was so shocked by Lin Feng's action that she forgot to close her mouth. She could even stuff a few quail eggs into her open mouth.
Lin Feng smiled and was about to ask the lady to come back to her senses, but the lady jumped up and down in shock, hesitating, "Yes, yes, yes, I'm sorry - Mr. Lin, I didn't mean to admit my mistake, it's just that Mr. Lin is too beautiful."
It's really not her fault that she got the gender wrong.
She really didn't expect that there is someone in this world who is more handsome than Yun Yuanmou! Yun Yuanmou at least has the physique of an adult male, and his face is handsome and has some masculine edges, but the Lin Langjun in front of her really can't see that!
I called him "Nüjun" and he accepted it without any explanation.
Lin Feng: “…”
Inexplicably, she suddenly understood the subtle feelings of her lord who was misunderstood about his gender. But Lin Feng did not deliberately explain, but the smile in his eyes became a little more cunning, and he graciously accepted the apology of the lady: "You are the first one who said that I was born beautiful."
Who doesn’t like to be praised by others
Because of the example of his master and teacher, Lin Feng was always a little insecure about his appearance. The lady hurriedly waved her hands and tried to explain: "No, no, no, my dear, please don't say that!"
Lin Feng looks more like a girl than herself. If “he” is not good-looking, then wouldn’t she be ugly as hell
The lady had just calmed down when she suddenly remembered something. Her cheeks flushed visibly and she hurriedly got up and returned to her room. Although she was used to being casual, it was still too bold for a man and a woman to be in the same room at this time.
He was afraid that leaving a step later would ruin Lin Feng's reputation.
Looking at the fleeing figure of the female monarch, Lin Feng couldn't help but chuckle. She regained her concentration and continued to fight at night.
Not long after, there was a knock on the door next door.
The night clerk who received the message from the blue bird brought a wooden box.
Said: "This is the cotton that Lady Lord wants."
The lady thanked him and took the wooden box. She then asked the clerk in a low voice, "Excuse me... Is there a place to bathe in the backyard of the office?"
The clerk said, "No, but we can bring some hot water."
"Then - can you help me find a few more logs?"
The clerk smiled and said, "Of course you can."
Lin Hu Cao instructed that the needs of the lady should be met as much as possible. Although the clerk did not know why, she only asked for a bucket of hot water and a few logs, which was easier to serve than the clerk had imagined.
As soon as the clerk left, the lady closed the door and opened the box. Inside was a box of cotton that had not yet been deseeded. She picked up the fullest ball of cotton, which was white and plump, and felt very comfortable to hold. She muttered, "Is this cotton? It doesn't look good... It doesn't look like a flower, but more like a cloud..."
Why not call it "cotton cloud"
The Sibao County government was also interesting. For such a thing, they spent a huge sum of money and offered a reward of fifty taels! When she thought of this amount, her eyes lit up and her mouth watered. That was fifty taels of silver, not fifty copper coins! It was enough for her to spend for a long time!
When she saw the notice before, she thought it was very difficult and was mentally prepared to fight to the death with fifty taels.
The first time she saw the cotton, she had an idea.
"Hey, isn't this free money?"
The lady tossed the ball of cotton up and down with full confidence.
In less than a cup of tea, several servants came with hot water, and soon the tub was 60% full. Seven or eight logs were also delivered. Each log was as thick as her thigh! The wood was hard and fine, white all over, without a single worm hole.
The lady took a comfortable hot bath, changed into clean pajamas, and tied her long hair behind her head with two wooden sticks.
She opened the wooden box she was carrying.
It was filled with all kinds of carpenter's tools, including chisels of different sizes, planes, saws, rulers, shovels, long lines, ink fountains... and even a very small and exquisite planing table. The weight of this wooden box was estimated to be no less than 100 kilograms!
The female scroll crossed her arms and stretched, her knuckles making crackling sounds. "I'll try to finish it tonight, and I'll get the reward tomorrow!"
In no time, you can saw off the wood to the right length.
Because she was worried that someone else might take her job and take the bounty first, the lady didn't plan to polish it carefully, and just made it roughly as it was. She used the mortise and tenon joints to put together the similarly polished wood to form a "door", and then made two round logs of the same diameter as axles. The two axles were tightly attached to the previous "door" to form the approximate shape of a "latch".
The two axles are longer than the wooden frame.
The ends of the two rotating shafts are processed to make a gear-like structure, and a handle is added to the other end of one of the rotating shafts.
After doing all this, the lady took out the cotton from the wooden box and adjusted the distance between the two shafts according to the size of the cotton seeds.
Next, just put the un-depilated cotton between the two shafts and turn the shaft handle, and the two shafts will rotate in opposite directions along with the gears. And because the gap between the shafts is very small, the cotton that is rolled in will automatically separate the cotton wool and cotton seeds.
The lady debugged it while using it.
Soon, the ground was covered with cotton seeds.
She put the cotton wool and cotton seeds in two boxes.
It was already late at night, and the lady didn't want to knock on the door next door, so she stretched and climbed onto the bed, rolled up the quilt, and a few breaths later, she could hear her snoring in her deep sleep. She slept until the sunlight came in through the window sill.
The lady woke up to the whizzing sound of swords and sabers. She threw back the quilt and carefully pushed open the window.
Mr. Lin was dancing with a sword in the courtyard.
She looked for a moment before lowering the window.
When the lady came out dressed neatly, Lin Feng just put away his sword.
"But the noise is too loud and disturbs Lady Bei?"
The lady shook her head: "No, no."
Lin Feng took her to the government cafeteria for breakfast. The food lined up in order made her eyes widen. Lin Feng said, "Just tell the cook if you want to eat anything. It's all free here. Don't restrict yourself. It's open to everyone."
The lady asked for some of each.
result-
Looking at the food on the plate that Lin Feng brought, she muttered: "The appetite of a scholar with a literary mind is no less than that of a warrior with a brave heart..."
What Lin Feng ate alone was equivalent to what she ate in an entire day.
But soon she no longer had the energy to pay attention to these.
Because the food in the canteen of the Hucao Office was so delicious! Compared with what I ate before, it was not even human food at all. The lady was only concentrating on eating.
After a long time, she burped several times in a row.
"Hiccup—hiccup—hiccup—"
Lin Feng had a gentle smile on his lips. He stood up and brought her a bowl of hot soup, saying softly, "Drink some to relieve your hiccups."
"Mr. Lin is such a good man!"
She took it with emotion and drank it all in one gulp.
After breakfast, it was time for Lin Feng to go to work. The lady waved her hand and said, "You go ahead and do your work. I have things to do, too."
She hurried to the backyard and held the small cotton stripper in her arms, then ran to the door of the government office without stopping. Seeing the reward notice on the notice board was still there, she breathed a sigh of relief and raised her hand to take it down. Seeing someone take down the notice, the clerk hurried forward and asked respectfully: "Madam, do you want to donate farm tools?"
She smiled and said, “Yes!”
The clerk looked at the simple things in her arms and was suspicious, but he did not show it. Instead, he took her to see the head of the Household Department, Lin Feng, the Household Department's official. It was the first time for the lady to meet such a high-ranking official, and she felt a little uneasy.
When she saw the person, she was dumbfounded.
She exclaimed, "Mr. Lin? Are you the Hucaoyuan?"
Lin Feng smiled gently: "Yes, it's me. I just heard the clerk say that you took down the notice at the door of the government office. I was wondering which capable person could help me out of this urgent situation. I never thought it was Lady Bei. Is the thing in Lady Bei's arms what you want to hand over?"
Because he was an acquaintance, Bei Nujun's nervousness was swept away.
She said confidently, "Yes, this is it."
At the same time, show the separated cotton wool and cotton seeds.
"Could you please demonstrate it yourself?"
"Okay, that's easy!"
Lin Feng raised her hand, and the clerk went down and brought a box of cotton with great insight. Because this cotton doffer was very small and exquisite, Lin Feng and she could only sit on the ground during the demonstration. She watched intently, and the cotton wool and cotton seeds were easily separated under the rotation of the doffer's shaft. The more Lin Feng watched, the brighter his eyes became, and he clapped his hands in excitement and praised.
"My lady is very clever and ingenious. This thing is truly a magical artifact!"
Lin Feng's praise made the lady feel a little shy, and she quickly said modestly: "I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it, this thing is too simple."
It was so simple that she could make it when she was three or four years old.
She felt somewhat embarrassed to exchange such a simple thing for fifty taels of silver, and always felt unworthy of it.
Because of this "guilt", she whispered: "Because of the tight time, the things are crudely made. If Lin Huca is willing to wait and give me another day, I can improve it a little bit. But - only one, is it enough?"
Lin Feng shook his head: "One is certainly not enough."
The more of this simple cotton remover, the better.
Most importantly—
Lin Feng looked at the cotton remover and said, "It's too small."
"Size is not a problem, but if it's made bigger, it will be more difficult to turn the shaft. I have to modify it to make it more labor-saving." Quantity is even less of a problem.
This small toy with a simple structure can be made by any experienced craftsman and is very easy to imitate.
Even so, Lin Feng still felt like he had found a treasure.
He raised his hand and asked the clerk to bring the reward money.
The lady used great self-control to prevent herself from getting caught up in the money trap and making a fool of herself. Lin Feng seemed not to notice her expression and asked enthusiastically, "Last night I heard the lady say that she came to Xiaocheng to look for the casting master. Do you know where this person lives?"
"This... I'm not sure, I only know that person's last name is 'Bai'." Xiaocheng is so big, it's not easy to find someone.
What the lady is most worried about is that the other party is not in Xiaocheng.
If that's the case, wouldn't I have made this trip in vain
Lin Feng's expression twisted for a moment, as if he didn't expect such a coincidence, but this was exactly what she wanted: "As far as I know, the surname 'Bai' is not common. But I happen to know someone with the surname Bai, his surname is Bai, his given name is Su, his courtesy name is Shaoxuan, and he also happens to be good at forging. He is most likely the person you are looking for."
The lady's eyes lit up: "Where is the master?"
Lin Feng smiled and said, "Unfortunately, he went out to fight."
Lady: “???”
This answer was beyond her imagination.
"Master, is he out fighting? When will he be back?"
Or in other words, can I come back alive
"I don't know the exact time..." Lin Feng estimated the intelligence from the front line in his mind and said with a smile, "But it should be soon."
The lady patted her chest and said thankfully, "That's good."
She didn't want to make a wasted trip.
"If your lady has no place to stay, you might as well stay in the government office. When Shaoxuan returns victoriously, I will introduce you to him as soon as possible." Lin Feng took the opportunity to invite the lady.
The latter agreed without giving it much thought.
The food in the government cafeteria is so delicious.
"Then I'm sorry to bother you!"
Thinking that she would be able to eat it for the next period of time, her mood brightened, and her favorability towards Lin Feng increased.
Lin Feng continued to ask indirect questions: "My lady solved the problem that has troubled us for many days in just one night. You are really a young man to be feared and admired. I wonder if this is a family secret or a famous teacher? If it is convenient, I really want to come to your house to ask for advice."
The lady was puzzled when she saw Lin Feng was so serious.
Is this little gadget I made by myself really so good
He said, "It can be considered as a legacy from my master, but my master has passed away many years ago, and I am the only successor left in the sect."