After dressing up as a stepmother, I transformed the whole family into working in the fields

As for the specific operational issues after arriving in the county seat, Liu Ji handled them himself.

Liu Ji was a little surprised that Qin Yao could give him money so readily to start a relationship.

Because he discovered that he knew a little more about her.

Her moral standards are very erratic, and she is not very constrained by secular etiquette. As long as she continues to follow the core of "self-interest" in everything, she can ignore many unimportant details.

Liu Ji guessed that it might have something to do with her escape experience. Otherwise, most people would be frightened to death if they heard that he wanted to cheat, let alone calmly support and help with analysis.

Weighing the money, Liu Ji sneered in his heart, what is fairness?

Fairness means that you have to have a relationship with everyone else, otherwise it's not fair.

Liu Ji left and the water mill restarted.

However, there are only two workers, Qin Yao and Liu Carpenter. Each of them works in the factory for three days in a three-day shift to prevent others from thinking that the factory is closed.

However, there were very few people seen throughout the whole day. The two of them usually opened the door and went back to their respective houses to busy with family matters.

The Ding clan school is about to start, and Qin Yao is getting ready for Dalang Erlang to go to school.

First, he took the two of them to Xiahe Village to find a coachman, and negotiated an annual subscription price. The two children had a total of one to two five cents, and they paid half a year. They paid him half a year's fare first, seven hundred and fifty cents.

Now that the ‘school bus’ is ready, the next step is to prepare stationery for school.

No one here uses book bags, they all use book boxes to protect them from rain and sun. The only drawback is that they are bulky.

Qin Yao went to Liu Dafu's house to inspect Liu Li's old book box. It was not big, half a meter high, 30 centimeters thick, and 40 centimeters long.

A small box with multiple drawer boxes inside. The small box holds inkstones, pens, and ink sticks, and the large box holds books and papers.

There is also an upright drawer that can actually hold a small hand stove for hand-warming, which is very ingenious.

After looking around, Qin Yao couldn't help but praise the wisdom of the ancients.

But she felt that the lightweight box was almost half as big as Dalang and Erlang when they lifted it.

My child is growing taller. What if he carries such a heavy wooden box on his back every day? What if it affects his growth?

But cloth bags are not waterproof, and things like pens, inks, paper and inkstones cannot touch water, so they are delicate.

Dalang and Erlang didn't mind, but were very happy. After all, it was their first time to go to school, and everything about going to school seemed delicious to both of them.

Seeing that Qin Yao was upset about this, she was moved, but also a little confused. The stepmother seemed not to be satisfied with what they thought was already very good.

Is there any better box than this exquisite book box?

"Yes!" Qin Yao slapped her thigh, "Wouldn't the suitcase perfectly solve the problem of being bulky?"

Not to mention the wheels, even Carpenter Liu can make the pull rod.

Because she had seen the pull-out stool he made. She usually took it out to chat in the village well. When her back was tired, she would pull out the pole and use it as the back of the chair.

Thinking of this, Qin Yao couldn't wait.

He turned to the confused Dalang and Erlang and said, "Just wait, I'll get you something good!"

As he spoke, he ran towards the factory like a gust of wind.

She ran so fast that her hair was blown away by the wind. At first glance, she looked like a madman running wildly on the road.

Ah, no. Dalang and Erlang hurriedly shook their heads, getting rid of this unfilial thought.

"Are you okay?" Erlang looked worriedly at the windy woman's back.

Dalang hissed, feeling uneasy, "I'll go take a look."

Erlang nodded wildly and urged his brother to go quickly.

Dalang went out and chased him all the way to the water mill. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Qin Yao dragging Carpenter Liu who was planing wood, holding a piece of wood, and the two of them were drawing some pattern on the ground. As they were drawing, they said excitedly:

"Look, just by adding four more wheels under the box, and then adding a telescopic pulling rod like your stool, you can easily pull the heavy wooden box. You can call it subtle or not!"

Carpenter Liu raised his hand, "You allow me to take it easy, I'll take my time."

He first put down the tools in his hands, took a deep breath to calm his little heart that was frightened by Qin Yao's sudden pull, and then squatted on the ground to study the square diagram.

Qin Yao's calligraphy is mediocre, but her drawings are precise and perspective, so Carpenter Liu can usually understand her thoughts at a glance.

It was the same this time. Looking at the shape of the suitcase on the ground, I slapped my thigh excitedly, "Why haven't I thought of combining these things?"

He can make wooden wheels, book boxes with tenon and tenon structures, and telescopic rods.

But he just never thought of combining them to make a draggable box!

Carpenter Liu slapped his thigh when he was excited. In just two minutes, his thigh was almost broken by the slap. He threw away the work in his hand and started working immediately.

Qin Yao called him several times, but he seemed not to hear her and entered a state of selflessness.

Knowing that he would not stop until the suitcase was made, Qin Yao smiled slyly and turned around to go to Liu Dafu's house to borrow the old bookcase. She would save Carpenter Liu some time and make a trial tow bar and wheels first. Give it a try.

"Aunt Yao!" Dalang was startled by Qin Yao who suddenly appeared in front of him, but he didn't show it on his face.

Qin Yao looked at him in surprise, "Why are you here?"

Dalang followed her towards the village, "I'll come over to see you."

"What are you looking at me for?" Qin Yao gave him a funny look and expressed the young boy's thoughts in one sentence, "Do you and Erlang think I'm crazy?"

"No, absolutely not!" Dalang replied seriously.

Qin Yao laughed and told him to go home, "I'm in good spirits, don't be afraid."

After saying that, he took the branch road to Liu Dafu's house.

Dalang heard her words, "I'm in good spirits", breathed a sigh of relief, and went home.

In the evening, Qin Yao ran home and ate a few bites of food, then returned to the water mill with a bowl full of food.

"Carpenter Liu, are you okay?" Before entering the door, he flew in with an urgent inquiry.

Carpenter Liu put away the lever in his hand, turned around and smiled, "As you wish, it's done!"

Qin Yao handed him the meal packed for him and walked forward to look at it expectantly.

The original old book box had four more semi-circular grooves at the bottom for placing wooden wheels. Four small palm-sized wooden wheels were fastened to the top, and a thick log strip was used as a rotating shaft in the middle.

Qin Yao raised her finger and flicked it, and it turned unexpectedly smooth.

Looking at the back of the wooden box, there is an extra rectangular board seven or eight centimeters thick in the lower middle, and half of the two key tie rods are hidden in this board.

"Pull it up and try it." Carpenter Liu urged confidently while eating his meal.

Qin Yao pulled up the pole. It looked like an ordinary rectangular board, but there was a great universe inside.

When the pull rod is pulled out, it can be firmly fixed at the highest point, which is exactly the same as the modern buckle holding the pull rod.