In the morning sun, in the fields, men plowed and women weaved.
It was early spring.
The men had to loosen the hard soil in the fields and irrigate it before they could plant the seeds of grain.
The woman was in the mulberry forest beside them, picking mulberry leaves, wiping them clean, and going back to feed the silkworms to spin silk and weave.
"Ugly husband!"
"Is your water cart okay?”
"You've been fiddling with it for half a month, but it's not effective.”
"Why don't you come with us and work on the farm?”
"Your family's few acres of thin land are elevated and lack water for irrigation. Even if you turn it over, you won't be able to grow food.”
In the farmland, a few men were using stone hoes to plow the ground as they spoke to the ugly man beside the ridge.
In front of the ugly man was a wooden waterwheel that looked like a long dragon, and it was currently being adjusted.
Hearing this, he raised his head and revealed a simple and honest face.
"I've already turned over my family's farm.”
"This waterwheel was given to me by my third brother. I felt that it was quite useful, so I immediately tried it.”
"This time, I won't fail!"
The Buff family only had 70% of the land, not even one mu.
Moreover, the terrain was high and lacked water, so it was impossible to grow any crops.
They could only rent the fields of the big families to cultivate.
However, 60% of the grain produced by the servant fields had to be handed over to the big families.
Then, they would pay taxes and grain to the government.
After a busy year of work, the harvest was only enough for a few people in the family to eat and drink.
When the year was not good, there would be the predicament of starving.
Therefore, after Ugly Husband received the blueprint of the waterwheel from Buff, he immediately gritted his teeth and insisted on making it.
Now, after a few experiments, it was finally the final moment.
The ugly man placed one end of the waterwheel in his dried-up field and inserted the other end into the canal below.
Then, he began to turn the handle of the motorcycle.
Immediately, the pedal blades in the waterwheel started to spin!
The waterwheel was a long groove, and inside it were rows upon rows of wheels, paddles, and wind blades. They could rotate together with the front handle of the car.
The first wind page scooped up the water from the canal, and the second wind page continued to scoop up the water…
Just like that, the water in the canal flowed up the waterwheel bit by bit and into the soil under the ugly man's feet!
"I did it!"
Buff was overjoyed when he saw it!
When the surrounding men heard this, they found it unbelievable. They crowded around and clicked their tongues in wonder!
"This waterwheel is actually working!"
"Wave the water from the lower places to the higher places. This way, the barren fields that lack water can be saved!”
"It's just that I have to keep shaking. It's very tiring!”
"As long as we can revive our land, so what if it's tiring? I can rock for an entire night!"
"Ugly husband's waterwheel really succeeded! That Buff kid's blueprint was that useful?”
Everyone exclaimed.
The ugly man ran around excitedly.
The success of the waterwheel meant that the dry and barren land could be used to grow crops!
He wouldn't have to farm the Zhao family's fields and hand over 60% of the harvest!
He could fill his stomach!
A slim figure carrying a large bamboo basket walked out of the mulberry forest beside the field.
She put down the heavy bamboo basket filled with mulberry leaves, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and looked at the waterwheel in the field.
Her quiet face was flushed red under the morning sun.
She gently raised her hand and touched the wooden hairpin on her temple, revealing a warm smile.
"Waterwheel, success!"
"His blueprint will definitely succeed!”
This girl was none other than the young lady!
"What's all the commotion!"
Just as the ugly man and the others were celebrating, a cold shout sounded.
A young master in clean cotton clothes walked over with two servants. His face was fierce.
"Young Master Zhao Guang!"
Everyone turned around and saw that it was this person. They immediately lowered their heads and greeted him.
Zhao Guang was the young master of the Zhao Family and also the master of their farm!
It could be said that all of them were farming for the Zhao family.
"Young Master Zhao, Chou Fu's waterwheel has succeeded!”
"In the future, we can even plant them on the barren land!”
An old man cried tears of joy.
"What's the use!"
"Does my Zhao family lack those few acres of wasteland?”
Zhao Guang didn't appreciate it and scolded him.
Then, he looked at the ugly man.
"Ugly husband! You don't do farming, but fiddle with some strange and obscene skills. What crime should you be punished for?”
The ugly man's honest face immediately became anxious. He wanted to explain, but he had no way to open his mouth.
He had a simple and honest nature, and this kind of verbal argument could not be argued at all.
Fortunately, the young woman and a few girls in the mulberry forest ran over.
"Young Master Zhao, my big brother has already turned over the farm that my family rented from your family.”
"He's using his remaining free time to make the waterwheel. Why not?”
"Besides, the success of the waterwheel is beneficial to everyone.”
Zhao Guang was furious when he heard someone rebut him.
He turned his head and saw the young lady, who was slim, clean, and beautiful. His eyes immediately lit up.
"You're the little child bride that your ugly husband added?”
The young lady immediately shook her head.
"I'm from the Buff family!"
After saying that, her little face turned red again.
"Humph! Ugly husband, Bufu, weren't they all one family?”Zhao Guang said unhappily.
"It's different."
The young lady blushed but insisted.
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