lcionline Chapter 120: I am so angry that I have a heart attack! Call 120 for me!
Chapter 120: I am so angry that I have a heart attack! Call 120 for me!
Zhou Yao devoted himself to the mine. After sending Kong Nanlu away, he went to rest and recharge his energy before going to the mining area the next day.
This is a large-scale mine, but its current productivity is very low and the surrounding environment is very harsh.
The inside of the mine was filled with thick dust and smoke, and Zhou Yao and others had difficulty breathing even though they were wearing brand new gauze masks.
However, despite the harsh conditions, the miners still stick to their posts and work hard.
Deep in the mine, the lights are dim, and miners are holding tools and carefully digging for ore. Their faces are covered with dust, but the work in their hands reveals careful concentration.
On the ground, transport workers are busy transporting the excavated ore to the ore dressing area. They push carts full of ore back and forth. The masters in the ore dressing area carefully distinguish and continuously select high-quality ore.
The entire mine is like a huge machine, and every worker is an indispensable part of it. The workers perform their duties and work closely together to contribute their own strength to the production of the mine.
Zhou Yao observed carefully and found that the quality of the iron ore here was indeed good. The ore veins were rich in reserves, and the ventilation, lighting, transportation, drainage and other facilities were also well built.
The mining layout of the Nantai mining area is already very mature for this era. Then the main problem lies in the smelting technology, and he decided to focus on the smelter.
Zhang Baiyu will set off for the provincial capital tomorrow. Yan Luo will hold a farewell banquet in the evening, and Zhou Yao will also go back to have dinner together, so he returns to the county government with Wen Xiong.
At dinner time, everyone gave Zhang Baiyu a farewell party. There was a lot of laughter and conversation at the banquet, and Zhou Yao also asked Zhang Baiyu about the customs and practices of Xizhou Prefecture.
"I have been to the Nantai Mine these two days and saw that the mining layout is quite methodical. It can be seen that Lord Zhang and Lord Yan have a good management system. I want to visit the smelter tomorrow." Zhou Yao said.
If they were only interested in the factory technology, Zhang Baiyu and Yan Luo would naturally welcome them. Yan Luo readily agreed to take him to the smelter for a good look tomorrow.
After dinner, Zhou Yao returned to his room and prepared to record the small problems he saw at the mining site today.
In the process of mineral screening, he thinks there is a way to improve the screening rate of iron ore.
At present, the wooden tray for iron sand panning is made of two trapezoidal wooden boards as the bottom and two obtuse isosceles triangle wooden boards as the sides, which is relatively rough.
You can consider crushing the ore first, then pounding it into fine powder with a pestle, then using a large bucket of water, putting the ore powder into the water and stirring it, using the buoyancy of the water to separate the layers, and then washing the fine sticky and plum sand with a pointed bottom pan to obtain the concentrate.
He was thinking all the way, but he didn't expect that when he returned to the room, he would see Kong Nanlu again.
The woman was wearing a light pink gauze dress with a skirt as wide as a river, embroidered with stars in silver thread, and it seemed to be shining brightly whenever she moved.
She was holding an exquisite porcelain cup in her hand, which contained some kind of soup, and was looking at him with a smile.
Zhou Yao frowned slightly. He didn’t know how Kong Nanlu got in, nor did he know what she was going to do. Why did he see this person every day when he came back exhausted?
He was really annoyed and didn't want to have any more entanglement with her.
"What are you doing here?" Zhou Yao asked coldly, "Didn't I tell you to stay in your room?"
Kong Nanlu walked timidly to Zhou Yao with a smile and said softly, "Brother, you have been tired all day. I came to see if there is anything I can help with."
"There's nothing I need your help with. It's already late, so please go out." Zhou Yao was still cold.
"I cooked some pear soup, brother, drink some, it's good for your lungs." Kong Nanlu was timid but she would not give up until she achieved her goal. She had to pester him here. "You came back from the mine, it's all dusty over there, drink some pear soup for your lungs."
She opened the porcelain cup and the fresh aroma of pear soup wafted out.
"Also, senior brother, your clothes are dirty. I can help you wash them." She looked at him shyly.
"There are people taking care of you in the county government office. You don't need to do these things. Just stay here." He couldn't understand why the woman was so hesitant.
At this moment, he just wanted to quickly write down his thoughts during the day, so he spread out the paper and started writing.
"It's getting late. Ask Zhou Hong to take you back." He ordered them to leave immediately.
"I know you are researching smelting. I can help you." She said gently.
Zhou Yao stopped writing, looked up at her seriously, and said, "You? What can you do to help me?"
"We are from the same school. If you can do it, I can do it too." Kong Nanlu walked to his side gracefully, looking at him lovingly with her watery eyes.
Suddenly, her delicate hand stretched out like a snake and gently held his hand that was holding a pen to write. An ambiguous atmosphere instantly filled the air.
Her voice was so soft and gentle that it seemed as if water could drip out of it: "I can help you grind ink and spread paper, add fragrance to your sleeves, and also... I can also help you relieve your fatigue..."
When she said this, a blush appeared on her face, and her ordinary little face looked delicate and charming with the ambiguous blush.
Zhou Yao instantly dropped the pen in his hand and moved away from Kong Nanlu who was approaching him. The ink-stained pen hit the rice paper, splashing dots of ink on both of them.
"I am mad to have seriously thought you could say anything serious!" He laughed indignantly.
"Are you sure you are a master's student at Qiuxin University? Listen to what you are saying." He ran away on the spot and asked sharply, "Is this all you learned in school?"
"I...I..." Kong Nanlu was frightened by his sudden anger, "Brother, don't be angry...I just want to help you..."
"I don't need your help! Let's go!" Zhou Yao pointed at the door and didn't want to waste any more time talking to her.
"But..." Kong Nanlu wanted to say something.
"If you don't leave, I'll have someone throw you out!" Zhou Yao yelled.
Academics are not gender-specific, and scientific research relies on strength. When he was in school, the girls in the research group always had a lot of good ideas. He has always been very respectful to his senior and junior sisters, and everyone has a pleasant cooperation.
He just thought Kong Nanlu really had some good suggestions, but he didn't expect Kong Nanlu to give him this. He was really angry.
Kong Nanlu bit her lip, her eyes filled with tears. Her heart was also filled with humiliation. How could she survive if she couldn't complete the task given by Mrs. Shen?
"Do you think I am willing? I was forced to do it!" Her psychological defenses collapsed and she continued to talk.
"If you don't want to do it, who can force you?" he said coldly.
...Zhou Yao's question instantly brought Kong Nanlu back to her senses. She had just lost control of her emotions and almost revealed Mrs. Shen.
"Isn't it because of this world? I don't want to travel through time either! If I were to travel through time, why couldn't I travel through time to become a princess or queen like in novels, but had to travel through time to become this poor orphan girl. I'm really afraid that you won't want me. I don't want to go back to the streets or the slums..."
She burst into tears, and the pain was real.
Zhou Yao thought of the tragic scene of corpses floating in Jiangzhou and people eating their own children. His anger subsided a little and he reluctantly understood Kong Nanlu's motives.
"You don't have to do this with me." He slowed down his voice. "When I'm done with my work, I can go back to the capital. By then, you can do whatever you want to make a living."
Seeing that Kong Nanlu was still crying, he also felt a headache after listening to her.
"Okay, go and have a rest. You don't need to come to see me during your stay in Xizhou." He called Zhou Hong in a kind voice and sent Kong Nanlu away.