Female-to-male: I live on farming

Nowadays, people use wooden pestles and stone mortars to shell grains. They are representative of ancient shelling tools. When using them, rice is placed in the stone mortar and pounded with the wooden pestle to separate the grains from the husks.

The structure of the wooden pestle and mortar is very simple and easy to make, and can be made by ordinary craftsmen. However, it requires a lot of manpower each time to thresh the grain, and the efficiency is very low.

This is why every autumn harvest, the whole family, young and old, work together and are exhausted.

Qin Ke recalled that he had once gone to a farmyard to experience life during a company team-building event. There was a pedal-operated thresher used by farmers in the 1970s. He thought it was interesting and even tried it out.

So that night Qin Ke took the charcoal pencil and started writing and drawing on paper again. This time there were no detailed drawings provided by the system, so Qin Ke could only rely on his own memory and limited knowledge to design.

Fortunately, Qin Ke had received the detailed drawings of the harvester before, and a while ago he also followed the craftsmen to build the harvester step by step according to the drawings, so he had accumulated some experience. After all, knowledge is common.

The pedal thresher is mainly composed of the following components: frame, transmission mechanism, fan-shaped screen, chain-type grain conveyor, adjusting knife, pedal, etc.

Qin Ke drew the frame first. The frame is the main body of the thresher, which can support and connect various parts. Then there is the transmission shaft. Fortunately, the blacksmith had already made the gears when the harvester was made, so it shouldn't be a big problem...

After Lu Youqing finished washing up, she saw that the light in the study was still on, so she went in to take a look while wiping her hair. When she pushed the door open, Qin Ke was concentrating on writing something and didn't even notice her coming in.

It was not until he saw her shadow on the desk that Qin Ke came back to his senses. He raised his head and blinked, his voice a little hoarse: "Why are you here?"

After taking a bath, Lu Youqing wore plain pajamas, with her long hair draped behind her, still a little wet.

Seeing that Qin Ke's throat was dry from working so hard, she turned around and poured him a cup of tea and handed it to him, saying, "Have a drink of water first."

Qin Ke took the water with one hand, and with the other hand, he held her wrist and pulled her into his arms.

Lu Youqing discovered that Qin Ke liked to launch surprise attacks from time to time since he came out of prison. He would stick to her whenever he had the chance and look at her with pitiful eyes like a puppy.

Look, he started staring at her with that kind of eyes again and talking to her in a sticky tone.

"Ma'am, um, my hands are sore."

Lu Youqing reluctantly took his hand that was stretched out in front of her eyes and gently squeezed it, but her eyes fell on the drawings on the desk and asked, "What are you designing again?"

"Well, the rice has been harvested, and the next step is threshing. I was wondering if the thresher can be improved." Qin Ke took a sip of water to moisten his throat.

Lu Youqing stretched out his slender fingers and tapped his blueprint, saying meaningfully: "This shouldn't be an improvement, it should be a new design, right?"

"My wife is kind and graceful."

"Okay, stop interrupting me," Lu Youqing never understood how he could praise people anytime, anywhere, regardless of the occasion. "This looks simpler than a harvester."

"Yes, this only needs one or two craftsmen to make it. Tomorrow I will ask Sister Pei to find a craftsman for me, and it will be done in less than two days."

Lu Youqing gave him a teasing look and said, "You are good at ordering people around."

"Why not use a talent that's given to you for free?" Qin Ke didn't have any psychological burden anyway, and Pei Xiu would be an excellent administrative talent in modern times.

"You know what it means to ask her to find someone, right?"

Qin Ke rubbed her slightly cool skin with his chin and said with his eyes closed: "Anyway, we are already tied to the same boat with them, so why not make ourselves more important? Besides, I can see that you want to do something for the princess."

Maybe at first Lu Youqing chose to study for the imperial examination just for the power to protect themselves, but ever since he met Her Royal Highness the Princess that day, something about Lu Youqing was different.

She didn't say it, but Qin Ke could feel it.

There are countless people who want to work for Her Royal Highness the Princess, and if you want to work under her you must first make her see your value.

Maybe Lu Youqing is not attractive enough for her now, but Qin Ke believes that his wife is so smart that she will definitely shine.

"Do you trust me so much?" Qin Ke knew nothing about the court affairs, and didn't even know the official positions of the officials, but he chose to follow her footsteps without hesitation.

"Of course." Qin Ke replied immediately.

Lu Youqing smiled with great relief when she heard that, and held his hand even tighter.

With the fragrance of soft jade in his arms, Qin Ke had no mood to draw any useless designs anymore. He just carried Lu Youqing back to the room.

Qin Ke has been staying in Lu Youqing's room since last time, and Lu Youqing didn't chase him away, allowing him to stay.

However, Qin Ke just held her in his arms and slept obediently at night, without crossing the line. Now was also the critical period for Lu Youqing to prepare for the imperial examination, and Qin Ke did not dare to do anything. Contraceptive measures in ancient times were limited, and it would be hard to say if someone died.

After coaxing Lu Youqing to sleep with a palm-leaf fan, Qin Ke began to check the system mall in his mind.

Now that the rice has been harvested, the ten points in his task bar have been credited, and the system also rewarded him with ten points after the harvester was successfully manufactured.

Twenty points might not be enough for his future plans, but he thought that maybe he could take bigger steps since the system would allow him to earn credit anyway.

The next day, Qin Ke found Pei Xiu and wanted her to help find two more craftsmen. Pei Xiu just looked at him strangely, didn't ask anything, and turned around silently to arrange things.

The management capabilities of Gu Lanxi's subordinates were not to be underestimated. There was no need to wait until the next day. She brought the person to him that afternoon.

"The head of the family said that these two people can stay with you in the future. If you need anything done, just let them do it."

These two men are about twenty years old and are brothers. The fatter one is the older brother, named Zhang Da, and the thinner one is named Zhang Er.

When they met Qin Ke, they were very respectful. Qin Ke didn't have time to build relationships with them and directly asked them to start work according to his design drawings.

After two days of revisions, the pedal-operated thresher was finally launched.

Li Nanqiao couldn't wait to try it. She wanted to touch the harvester that day, but unfortunately she could only watch from a distance.

After getting Qin Ke's permission this time, she couldn't wait to put the harvested rice into the fan-shaped sieve, and under Qin Ke's guidance, she stepped on the pedals to control the speed and direction.

Through high-speed rotation, rice grains and straw are separated and transported to the outlet.

Looking at the distinct rice grains coming out of the valley, Pei Xiu, who was standing in the corner, turned around silently and went back to his room to write a memorial.