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Chapter 223 Agate Rough Stone Competition

The children laughed and played, while the adults gathered around the black stone and started talking about serious matters.

Yu Sanlang picked up the topic that Yu Hongdou had just mentioned and talked about the old man An who was rescued, the old man whom the three brothers of the Tan family called grandfather.

Mo Shougui didn't care at all. He just stared at the black stone, thinking of a hundred experimental methods in his mind to see if he could break it open or grind off a layer of the skin.

When Master Shang heard what Yu Sanlang said, he was shocked. He looked at the Tan brothers who were still laughing and joking with Hongdou behind him, but his eyes met those of the Eleventh Young Master Tan Yanlin.

Tan Yanlin nodded implicitly, giving Master Shang a positive answer.

Master Shang was surprised and suspicious. He pulled Yu Sanlang and his disciple Yu Song aside and asked them in a low voice.

After a moment, Master Shang smiled, patted his disciple on the shoulder, and bowed to Yu Sanlang: "Congratulations, Brother Yu, from now on, the holy light will shine upon you and you will rise to the top."

Yu Sanlang raised the corner of his mouth, cleared his throat, forced himself not to laugh too arrogantly, and clasped his fists to return the gift to Master Shang: "Master Shang has supported and cared for the Yu family, and the Yu family will never forget it."

"Hey~ This is not my credit." Master Shang waved his hands. He didn't want to take the credit.

Not to mention that Yu Song himself was very hardworking, had a strong desire to study, and had some luck in exams, so as a teacher, he just sat back and reaped the benefits.

Of course, more credit goes to Hongdou, who brought prosperity to the family, business and relatives and friends. If Hongdou had not been brave enough to save people, they would not have received such great credit.

Yu Sanlang didn't say anything more polite. He just bowed his hands to the ground and bowed deeply to Master Shang.

Their family has been able to get to where they are today thanks to their own efforts, but without the support of Master Tan Bailu, they would have never been able to get through the door.

Master Shang nodded and smiled. The Yu family was humble and did not forget their roots. They were virtuous and lucky. Even without their guidance, such a family would be able to find a broad road to success.

Although it wasn't a long journey, it was still tiring.

As a regular customer, Master Shang asked Yu Sanlang to go and have a rest, and he took Tan Bailu with him to Mo Shougui's yard to compete for agate raw stones.

Just when Yu Hongdou was giving the gift, she remembered the bet with Tan Langxiu and Tan Yanlin, so everyone went to the guest house to open stones.

Yu Hongdou was very excited. While no one was paying attention, she took out a piece of red agate from the system backpack from her sleeve, ready to open their eyes.

When this piece is opened, she will give it to Teacher Mo, and keep the other piece for Wen Daozhi.

Zhuangzi is now considered Yuwangzhai's industrial park, with different workshops in the four corners of southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest. The water mill that can grind stones is located in the southeast of Zhuangzi and is also one of the toy workshops.

Not to mention Tan Yanlin and Tan Langxu who came here for the first time, even Tan Bailu, who came here frequently, was coming here for the first time.

"This farm is really nice, with great scenery, unique terrain distribution, and good planning." Tan Yanlin praised as he walked.

He did not see the hillside of golden chrysanthemums that Yu Hongdou described as "the whole mountain covered with golden armor", nor did he see the small grassland with "green grass by the river".

The water wheels one after another by the water were enough to make him dazzled and yearning.

Tan Langxuan looked at the row of waterwheels in shock.

At first he just looked at the style of the waterwheel.

After seeing the power generated by the waterwheel by driving the gears, which allowed the craftsmen to save physical energy and just work as technicians, I began to regret that there was no suitable water area to be used in the northwest.

Gradually, Tan Langxiu's expression became solemn. After seeing the last windmill, he suddenly turned his head to look at Yu Hongdou who was still chatting with Tan Bailu.

"These water wheels... are almost identical." Tan Langxiu said this in a very low voice, and only he and his younger brother beside him heard it.

Tan Yanlin followed his brother's words and looked at it carefully for a few times, then sighed: "To turn the impossible into the possible, to replace manpower with material resources, this is the charm and ability of engineering."

"Hongdou, Master Mo, can these water wheels be converted into windmills?" Tan Langxu ignored his brother's sigh and asked the question directly to Yu Hongdou and Mo Shougui.

Yu Hongdou was stunned by the question. She looked at her teacher, then at the waterwheel, and suddenly realized: "Of course!"

Large windmills for generating electricity in later generations can be seen everywhere in open areas. Although there is no electricity now, the effect of wind power is no less than that produced by water conservancy.

Not to mention anything else, just for harvesting crops, using wind power saves a lot of effort.

"I'll think about it with the teacher later and draw a picture for you." Yu Hongdou thought for a moment and replied directly to Tan Langxiu.

Tan Langxu bowed slightly to show that he was asking for a favor.

They entered a water-grinding table in the workshop, and everyone selected a piece of agate that they thought would be most colorful to compete.

"I'll go first." Tan Bailu was impatient and was also afraid that others would grab the first prize, so he volunteered to be the first to go up to the water grinding table with the agate given by Yu Hongdou.

The old master on the stage wanted to take the stone from his hand to help grind off the skin, but Tan Bailu was so inexperienced and insisted on doing it himself. As a result, after just two grinds, a piece of skin was rubbed off on his finger.

"This kind of work requires skills. If you're not careful, you'll get hurt. Look at the master's hands, they're deformed." Yu Hongdou was startled and quickly asked someone to get medicine. She glared at Tan Bailu with some disapproval.

"You are already a grown-up, but why are you still acting like an immature child? Don't you know what you can do?" Master Shang scolded.

Tan Bailu admitted his mistake obediently and handed the stone to the master.

The old master gently took the agate raw stone, rubbed it carefully, adjusted the angle, and slowly approached the terrazzo.

Every time he grinds, he has to turn the stone. The contact between the stone and the water mill is extremely gentle, for fear of destroying the beauty hidden beneath the stone skin.

As the tool moved slowly, the stone skin was worn away bit by bit, and tiny fragments fell down one after another. A smoky blue color gradually appeared before everyone's eyes.

"It actually exists!" Tan Bailu exclaimed in surprise. He had previously suspected that Yu Hongdou had tricked him with the pebble.

"It's gray agate. Its advantage lies in its novel patterns. Perhaps it can be made into a landscape pendant." Master Shang watched the entire piece of agate emerge from the hands of the old master and commented with appreciation.

"Gray agate is not rare in the agate circle. Generally, it has some value only when it has novel patterns and colors, and the rest are very beautiful." Tan Yanlin added.

Yu Hongdou looked at Tan Bailu, who was surprised and didn't take Tan Yanlin's words into consideration, and smiled: "It's good for entertainment. As long as you like it, it's precious. Who will open it next?"

As Yu Hongdou finished speaking, Master Shang handed the piece in his hand over...

Mo Shougui's hand holding the agate raw stone was halfway out, and he was so angry that he gouged his eyes out at his annoying junior brother.

Master Shang did it on purpose. When the old master took the agate, he gave his senior brother a smug look, and then... his agate was ruined.

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