"Sister Haitang, what do you want with this pile of scrap copper and iron?" Tian Niu looked at these things in confusion. She couldn't figure it out.
This is not surprising. How many of the things Sister Haitang asked me to do made sense? Looking back, it seems not!
"Of course it has its own uses." Lamei said with her hands on her hips.
"Hey, do you know?" Tian Niu didn't believe it.
"I, I won't tell you." Lamei said.
"I don't think you know either, Xiao Nizi." Tian Niu saw the true face of Lamei.
"Er Tong, bring over the two wheels I asked you to make out of wood last time." Haitang ordered.
The two brothers went there and took out two wooden wheels.
Haitang was in the center of the yard, assembling the various parts together, with Lamei and Tian Niu helping to support them. After assembling it several times, it was finally all completed, and not a single part was left.
"What is this?" Lamei's eyes widened.
"This is a car, a bicycle." Haitang smiled and turned the bicycle over and stood it upright on the ground. Except for the wheels being made of wood, everything else was good.
Unfortunately, there is no rubber in this era, so we can only use wood instead. Although it will increase resistance and slow down the speed, it is much faster than two human legs.
Haitang took some oil and applied it to the chain, bearings and other places. After shaking the pedal, it was smooth.
"What is this for?" Tian Niu didn't understand yet.
Haitang did not answer her, but directly got on the bicycle and started riding. After staggering a few times, she quickly found her balance. The wooden wheels were really incomparable to the rubber ones.
Haitang walked around the yard several times before taming the bicycle.
"Wow, this is faster than riding in a sedan chair!" Lamei clapped her hands aside.
After looking at everyone, only the mute girl was the lightest. Haitang waved to the mute girl to sit in the back seat.
The mute girl started to worry a little, would this thing be crushed if two people put it on it?
But when she sat on it and Haitang rode up, all her worries disappeared, the wind flew past her cheeks, and she felt like flying...
"If you are afraid of falling, just hold my waist." Haitang told the mute girl, who put her hands on Haitang's waist and sat more firmly...
This action caught Er Tong's eyes, and he thought how beautiful it would be if he was riding a bicycle with Lamei hugging him tightly from behind!
Thinking of this, Ertong swallowed his saliva and glanced at the wintersweet next to him. She was also envious of it!
When Begonia came down, Tian Niu and Wintersweet were vying to ride on it too.
"Sister Haitang, can men use this thing?" Er Tong also asked.
"It's suitable for both men and women. But you can't learn this all at once. You need to practice for a while and master the balance before you can ride it." Haitang said.
Everyone saw that Haitang was riding so easily, and started to spin with a glare of his feet. Wintersweet and Tianniu were already eager to try, and they didn't even care about the balance that Haitang said.
As a result, as soon as the two women went up, bang, bang, they fell down without any suspense, with their feet in the air...
"Haha..." Er Tong snickered on the side. Fortunately, he didn't go up first, otherwise he would be the one who was embarrassed.
Laughter and shouting woke up Grandma Haitang. She looked from her yard to the dyeing workshop. After the second concubine left, she no longer had to weave. She spent most of her time coaxing Tiantian and talking to the neighbors.
Since Datong left, more and more people have been looking for her. The old lady thought it was because she was popular, but she didn't know she was borrowing her son's first prize.