In the evening, Xiao'e once again ate the rice she had longed for.
The little person ate a big bowl in one go, not counting the broth. If Jin Feng hadn't been afraid of her holding on, she probably could have eaten half a bowl more.
"My boss, I have wronged you..."
Guan Xiaorou sent Jin Feng to the door of the workshop with a guilty look on her face: "I got married and brought troubles from my parents' family..."
There is only one bed at home, so it certainly cannot sleep three people.
Although the east wing has been tidied up, there is no bed. It is definitely not suitable for Xiao'e to sleep on the door panel, so Jin Feng can only sleep in the workshop these days.
"Silly girl, what are you talking about? We are a family. There is no trouble."
Jin Feng rubbed Guan Xiaorou's head: "Besides, Xiao'e is so sensible."
There are too many poor people in this world, and Jin Feng cannot control everyone, but Guan Xiaorou is his wife, and there is no way he can just watch her sister starve to death without helping.
Sleeping in a workshop was not an option. There were no carpenters in Xihewan, so Jin Feng could only call Zhang Liang and Mancang, and together they went to the town and bought half a truck of wooden planks and a set of carpentry equipment to do it themselves.
With Jin Feng's hands-on ability, it only took one day to make the crib.
Then he started making spinning wheels for Guan Xiaorou.
This is a delicate job, and the tools are backward, so it is done very slowly.
"Jin Feng hasn't gone hunting for several days, has he?"
"Yeah, I see he's been dumping wood at home."
"I thought he had changed his gender a few days ago, but now he has some money and is lazy again."
"Wasn't his money stolen by Xie Guang?"
"Most of it was stolen, and he also had a few strings of copper coins with him."
"That's quite a lot."
"How long can a few strings of copper coins last? If I wander around for a few more days, what will he eat?"
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The women still thought that Jin Feng would go to the back mountain to strengthen their courage, but they waited for several days without seeing Jin Feng. When they ran over, they found that he was hiding at home doing carpentry, and they inevitably started gossiping again.
Even Lin Yunfang couldn't stand it anymore. After a few days, he found that Jin Feng had no intention of going out, so he couldn't help but ran over to try to persuade Guan Xiaorou.
"Xiaorou, everyone in the village has started gossiping. Talk to your boss and don't let him sit idle at home..."
"Cousin, the head of the house was not idle at home. He made me a spinning wheel. It is very useful. I can spin more in one day than I did in the previous five days."
Guan Xiaorou said excitedly.
There were no factories at this time. Apart from farming, the only source of income for farmers was women spinning threads during their slack time.
Hearing Guan Xiaorou say that the spinning wheel made by Jin Feng can be used for five days' work in one day, Lin Yunfang immediately followed Guan Xiaorou into the east room.
Dakang's spinning wheels are generally very old hand-operated spinning wheels with only one spindle. When working, you need one hand to crank the wheel and the other to defend the spindle. This is not only troublesome, but also extremely slow.
The spinning wheel made by Jin Feng is driven by pedals, which not only frees up the hands, but also increases the number of spindles by four. The speed of defense is suddenly increased, and people are more relaxed than before.
Lin Yunfang's eyes nearly gleamed as she watched Guan Xiaorou spin a large ball of thread in just a short time.
Completely forgetting the purpose of his coming, he exclaimed and praised: "Xiaorou, this spinning is too fast. Your boss is really smart. How did he come up with it?"
If she had a spinning wheel like this, she wouldn't have to dig wild vegetables. Several women in the family would take turns spinning, which would be enough for the family to eat and drink.
From that day on, Jin Feng’s house became lively again.
All the women came to see Guan Xiaorou's new spinning wheel.
When they discovered that the new spinning wheel was indeed several times faster than the original one, the women went crazy and begged Jin Feng to make one for them.
It's a pity that Jin Feng didn't agree to any of them.
Are you kidding? It takes several days to make a spinning wheel, and it takes a lot of rubbing on your hands to make one. How can you find the time to make one for all the women in the village?
Jin Feng was unwilling, and the women had no choice but to settle for the next best thing, and bring the ball of thread over to enjoy themselves while Guan Xiaorou was not using it.
Guan Xiaorou suddenly became the most popular person in the village.
Even Xiao'e became the target of being fawned over, and every woman who saw her would praise her for her beauty.
You give her a handful of wild vegetables, and she gives her a handful of wild fruits.
Xiao'e was very happy.
The news quickly spread to Guanjiawan, and Guan Xiaorou's best friend Tang Dongdong was invited.
After watching Guan Xiaorou's demonstration, Tang Dongdong almost jumped up with excitement: "Xiaorou, this is a treasure, how can you let people look at it casually?"
"We are all neighbors, what's going on?"
"What else? This is a treasure that can be passed down to the family, you know?"
Tang Dongdong no longer cared about being reserved, patted her thigh and asked, "Where are you in charge?"
"Busy over there."
Guan Xiaorou pointed to the blacksmith shop.
Without saying a word, Tang Dongdong pulled Guan Xiaorou and ran over.
"Then...did you come up with that spinning wheel?"
Tang Dongdong originally wanted to call Jin Feng brother-in-law, but thought about it and decided not to.
"Yes what's the matter?"
Jin Feng put down the iron block in his hand and answered with a smile.
"Then have you told anyone else?"
Tang Dongdong asked next.
"No?"
"In other words, there is only one spinning wheel like this in the world?"
"Probably." Jin Feng asked, "What exactly do you want to say?"
"I wanted to say, how about you sell me that spinning wheel?"
Tang Dongdong said: "I'll give you ten taels of silver, no, fifty taels! The premise is that you forget this spinning wheel and don't plan to make it for anyone else in the future."
"Do you have that much money?"
Jin Feng asked curiously.
Fifty taels of silver is not a small amount. Didn't Guan Xiaorou say that this girl was about to be reduced to a bride-to-be team?
"I don't have that much money now, but if you lend me this spinning wheel, I will definitely bring you the money in a month."
Tang Dongdong said confidently: "I can establish a written certificate for you."
"Do you want to take this spinning wheel to the city and find someone to borrow money from, or do you want to find someone to partner with you to open a textile workshop?"
When Tang Dongdong said this, Jin Feng suddenly understood.
Isn’t this just financing for future generations?
First make a product, and then sell the product or find someone to invest money in production.
This concept was very common in later generations, but Tang Dongdong could think of this, which surprised Jin Feng and made him a little curious.
It seems that this is no ordinary city girl.
In fact, when he was making spinning wheels, he also thought about setting up a textile factory, but doing so would probably subvert the entire industry and involve too many things. So after thinking about it again and again, Jin Feng felt that the time had not come yet, so he gave up temporarily.
"Have you thought of it too?"
Tang Dongdong was a little surprised to find that Jin Feng had guessed what she was thinking: "Since you know that the spinning wheel can be sold for a lot of money in the city, why do you let people look at it casually? It will be worthless if someone learns it."
"Just learn to walk. I'll just improve if you can."
Jin Feng said nonchalantly.
The spinning wheel in front of her was used to relieve Guan Xiaorou's boredom. Only the most basic improvements were made. Compared with the textile machines of later generations, the speed was as slow as a snail.
If Jin Feng is willing to make any changes, the efficiency will be at least dozens of times higher.