Pampered by the Toughest Man After Divorce
Chapter 82: Stunned_1

Chapter 82: Chapter 82: Stunned_1

Returning to town in the afternoon, Nan Feng, to express her gratitude to Ye Ge, wanted to invite him for noodles. Ye Ge readily agreed.

As Nan Feng was eating her noodles and flipping through a book, her face showed a sign of trouble.

Ye Ge put down his bowl and asked her, "Do you need my help?"

Nan Feng, of course, was keen to nod in agreement.

It was a book without punctuations, some of which were the very early pictographs, requiring some guessing.

Ye Ge picked up the book of ’Introduction to the Art of Machinery’ in her hand, glanced at it and pointed to the characters and read it out: "A crossbow cart, placed on the city wall, which is a large mechanical device capable of releasing sixty large crossbow arrows and numerous small ones at the same time..."

The books Nan Feng borrowed were all majorly pictures with fewer words, so it didn’t take long to read through an entire book. Whenever there was a need for a pause, Ye Ge would point it out for her, and Nan Feng could quickly understand.

Without realizing it, their heads got closer until at one moment, Nan Feng lifted her head to find Ye Ge’s face right in front of her.

Ye Ge’s profile was delightful to look at, his chiseled features and the way his Adam’s apple moved when he spoke, focused and clearly sexy. Nan Feng couldn’t help but stare.

She came to her senses only when Ye Ge turned to look at her.

She chuckled in embarrassment, "Hehe, hehe."

Unable to think of an excuse, she left it at that after the chime of ’hehe’.

Just then, the noodle stall shopkeeper came over to collect the bowls, all the while grumbling, "You’ve been here for two hours consuming noodles worth five Wen. You’re costing me business."

"..." Nan Feng and Ye Ge looked at each other and could not help but break out into laughter. They both got up, making way for the others waiting to eat noodles.

They couldn’t believe they had sat there for so long.

...

The mechanical arts that Nan Feng borrowed were diverse, some were used for weapons, anti-theft, and even for farming. But she had already decided while borrowing the books that she couldn’t learn everything, she would only study the ones that would help her earn a living or for fishing and hunting.

Since the borrowing period was only a month, she simply copied the blueprints of the machines that she wanted to create for future study.

Besides mechanical art, she also needed to research on how to make creams for skin rejuvenation. Regardless of whether she could make money off it, she would start with taking care of her own face first.

During that period, Nan Feng took care of the potatoes in the fields in the morning and studied mechanical art in the afternoon.

She first tested a small fishing device, which was simple to make by following the blueprint precisely.

After the basic parts were made by the carpenter, a layer of fishing net was spread over the mechanism. Once it was complete, Nan Feng couldn’t wait to test it at the river.

She threw the mechanism into the river then patiently waited by a willow tree on the riverside. After two hours, Nan Feng finally saw the duckweeds on the fishing net move. Excited and filled with joy, she quickly rushed over to pull the mechanism from the water only to see a carp, weighing over two taels, thrashing in the net but unable to escape.

After her first successful trial, Nan Feng became more confident.

She handed over the fishing device to Nan Quanyou and instructed him to go to the river whenever he found time. This way, they could have meat at home without having to buy, and fish is smarter and nutritious than pork.

Nan Quanyou sat by the river for several days with the fishing device and had gains every day. He was overjoyed. Apart from occasionally sending some fish to Aunt Lan and Ye Ge’s family, the rest was made into dried fish, which meant they could have fish all the time.

Next, Nan Feng began to develop a hunting device.

This one was quite complicated and required several wooden parts with precise crafting. Nan Feng thought to herself, this was wonderful as now she had another reason to see Ye Ge.