Traveling through ancient times: daily life on the run

After noon, Luo Yu returned to Chunhua's house and taught Chunhua how to design various shoulder bags and backpacks, and then taught Jing'er to recognize simple characters.

Brother Liu was silently weaving a bamboo wheelchair. He was thinking of making a few more and selling them in the provincial capital so that Luo Qie could earn some money to take them on the road. Now that he had something to look forward to, he had never felt so happy as today.

There was talking and laughing in the yard. He looked up at the blue sky with a smile on his face, as if everything was moving in a good direction.

Chunhua sewed a backpack, but the two straps were not connected. She didn't know what Luo Qie's intention was.

Luo Yu asked Brother Liu to drill a "目"-shaped buckle out of wood, which could be used to adjust the length of the strap.

After finishing it, he demonstrated it again to Brother Liu and Chunhua. They were amazed. The principle was simple and easy to understand, so why didn’t they think of it?

The opening of the backpack is sealed with beautiful silk cut into strips that can be crossed through the holes (similar to tying shoelaces) and then tied with a bow. Chunhua's eyes lit up. This treatment is both beautiful and convenient. The things in the bag will not fall out. Small items can be put in a small bag sewn in the backpack.

"Cousin Zhou, you taught us your skills without reservation. Aren't you afraid of encountering people with ulterior motives?"

"I don't seek any reward, so how could anyone harbor ulterior motives towards me?" Luo Yu curled his lips. "As long as I can support the local people with my craft and continue to develop it, that's what my master wishes."

"Although I don't understand your master's great ambition, it may not be a good thing if the craft falls into the wrong hands." Brother Liu sighed. He knew that he could not control the fact that these things would be used by profit-seeking people in the future.

"It's okay. This kind of situation is inevitable for everyone. However, production technology has been improving since ancient times. Besides, the designs I'm teaching you are simple. If you're willing to teach others, you'll definitely gain a good reputation. If you don't plan to teach others, this design will soon be learned by someone interested and improved upon and put on the market. It's not as complicated as you think."

Seeing that they didn't speak, Luo Yu continued to smile and said,

"If you really want to teach people, you can open a class and teach everyone, regardless of gender, age or status. If you're worried about gender differences, you can separate the time periods for men and women."

Chunhua laughed along, "That would be great. We girls will also have the chance to learn skills in school one day."

Chunhua just thought it was a joke. She never dared to imagine that such a day would really come. She didn't believe that she would have the ability to become someone else's master.

"Sister Chunhua, I will teach you one of the coolest designs. Then you can become a master and take on an apprentice."

Luo Yu plans to teach Chunhua how to design a foldable bag that can be carried around without taking up space, as well as a push-pull shopping bag that is suitable for old ladies to carry things when going out.

"Cousin Zhou, how come you know everything? I wish Jing'er could be half as smart as you when she grows up!"

"Take your time. Once you have enough money, find a way to help Jing'er learn more words. Even just knowing a few words is better than knowing nothing at all."

"Well, the child's father and I will try our best."

With hope for the future, everyone's time is dyed colorful. Jing'er holds her chin and watches her father, mother and Aunt Zhou busy at work. There is light in her eyes, and this light drifts towards the distant but extremely bright future.

Luo Yu stayed in Qingshui Village for nearly six days. Calculating the time, Qin Bingrui should have been out of the city for two days. If all goes well, the three of them will be able to meet again on the seventh day.

At the hour of Mao on the seventh day, a noise was heard in the distance of the village. Luo Yu got up upon hearing the noise and found that Sister Chunhua was already standing at the fence, looking into the distance.

"Sister Chunhua, what happened?"

"I just heard someone shouting that a wild beast was found and it was eating people!"

"Beast?"

The first thing Luo Yu thought of was that Xia Liang had been discovered?

Seeing Luo Yu running out with a sword in hand and a package on his back, Chun Hua quickly chased after him and shouted, "Sister Zhou, what are you doing?"

"I'll go help. This is my duty as a knight."

Every time he spoke with such righteousness, Luo Yu almost believed that he was a true knight.

Chunhua wanted to go with them, and Jing'er came out of the house and called her. Luo Yu waved his hand and asked Chunhua to go back and look after Jing'er.

She quickly rushed to the outside of the bamboo forest, only to see Xu's family, young and old, surrounding a large dog with weapons in their hands.

Luo Yu took a closer look and found that this was the lackey that followed Xia Shi.

There is no doubt that Xia Liang must be nearby. They must have done something big, but this lackey stayed to clean up the mess and did not escape.

The lackey's grinning face looked extremely ferocious, a bit like a big wolf. Although the Xu family members were holding hoes, shoulder poles, large rakes and axe, no one dared to get close to him.

"Mom, this big dog looks like a wolf. Is there a pack of wolves nearby?" The second youngest boy of the Xu family was shaking with fear.

The tall and strong Yin held up a big rake and shouted at Xu Laoer to shut up, while Mr. Xu next to him was also shaking. If there really was a group of wolves, those skinny servants would surely run away faster than them.

Luo Yu took the opportunity to move forward and asked patiently and kindly, "What's going on? What happened?"

Yin was furious at first, but when she saw Luo Yu approaching with a longsword in hand, she knew she had some kung fu experience and might be able to help them, so she softened her tone a little: "Miss, you've come at the perfect time. It's this beast who brings his gang to our humble home every day to steal our chickens, ducks, pigs, and sheep. What evil has our Xu family committed? All the chickens have been eaten, two sheep have died, and all the stored meat has been stolen. If we hadn't ambushed them in advance today, our pigs wouldn't have survived until dawn."

Luo Yu felt dizzy after hearing this. Xia Liang hadn't eaten pork for a long time, so he must be craving it.

But after hearing this, it turned out that the Xu family was indeed a wealthy local landlord. How could an ordinary family have so much meat to feed a big tiger and a dozen puppies!

Lies flowed from his mouth like this: "Aunt, calm down, don't get excited. If you provoke a wolf, it will fight to the death, and wolves are extremely vengeful. Don't be impulsive, don't provoke them. The two young masters of the Xu family are still young, why don't you retreat first? If something happens, it won't be cured by simple medicine."

When Yin heard this, she thought, "Oh, this is really a wolf. We must be careful!" and immediately asked the two boys from the Xu family to retreat far away.