After finishing the harvest, Lu Yuan drove the wheat harvester back to the threshing ground.
He unloaded the wheat onto the ground.
The grains of wheat poured out, scattering everywhere.
The burly man dove onto the pile of wheat, scooping up handfuls of grain, overjoyed.
It was just too easy! Normally, they would have to cut it with sickles, haul it to the threshing ground, let it dry, thresh it, and then dry it again thoroughly.
But now, Lu Yuan had dumped the already threshed wheat right onto the threshing ground. All they had to do was let it dry before storing it.
The burly man thanked him profusely.
The huge crowd of people around them also understood. Even a fool would get it after seeing it twice.
Everyone scrambled forward, raising their hands to sign up.
Lu Yuan could only have his servants hold the crowd back and record the nas of those who wanted to sign up one by one.
Seeing this, Lu Yuan said, "Everyone, please don’t rush, don’t panic! Everyone’s wheat will be harvested sooner or later. We’ll get it all brought in before the rains co."
But Lu Yuan couldn’t just be the driver forever. He planned to find a few of the sharper wits from his mansion and train them how to operate the wheat harvester.
Lu Yuan spent the entire day taking turns training newcors to operate the wheat harvester.
After returning to Taiping City, Lu Yuan was incredibly busy.
He spent the whole day helping the common people harvest their wheat.
Finally, he handed over the operation of the wheat harvester to the people from his mansion.
But that wasn’t enough. Lu Yuan still needed to build several more wheat harvesters.
He had to drive one back to Changliu Village to harvest his mother-in-law’s wheat, after all.
Today, the wheat harvester had truly stolen the show.
The day’s events beca the top headline in Taiping City news.
The matter beca the talk of the town after dinner, especially in the "information processing centers" of the various villages, where groups of two or three won would start chattering away.
Given how shocking the news was, the Zhao Mansion also learned of it imdiately.
Zhao Qiao’Er couldn’t stop praising her "little treasure."
Su Liyan also admired her man’s abilities, having solved a major problem for her mother.
Gu Gaoxu wasn’t particularly concerned with the busy farming season.
The last ti, with the corn thresher, Gu Gaoxu had only been interested because he purely wanted to show off in front of his Imperial Grandfather.
He had nearly botched it, too. What Gu Gaoxu didn’t know was that his Imperial Grandfather had already uncovered the truth through the Jinyi Guard, but simply hadn’t exposed him.
The Grand Ancestor Emperor was playing a grand ga of chess~
Now that he was in Taiping City, Gu Gaoxu didn’t want to bother with such things. Wouldn’t it be better to spend that ti cultivating his *True Martial*?
When Gu Ziye heard that Lu Yuan had built another huge contraption, she skipped out the door to go see it.
Standing at the edge of the field, Gu Ziye was captivated by the wheat harvester.
This was sothing you couldn’t see in the Imperial Capital. Gu Ziye clamored that she wanted a turn to play on it, too.
Without Lu Yuan’s permission, the people from the Zhao Mansion didn’t dare let Gu Ziye play on it.
It wasn’t that they didn’t want to give the Thirteenth Princess face, but if she got so much as a scratch, even ten heads each wouldn’t be enough for the chopping block.
Seeing them block her way, Gu Ziye didn’t bother wasting her breath on them. With a hmph, she turned and stord off.
Gu Ziye was going to find Lu Yuan.
Since the servants couldn’t make the decision, she would go find the person who could.
Trouble finds a man even when he’s sitting at ho.
Lu Yuan had finally gotten a chance to rest and hadn’t even had a few sips of tea.
When Gu Ziye burst in, pouting, and saw Lu Yuan, she blurted out, "Yuan~ They’re all bullying ! They won’t let play!"
Lu Yuan replied, "Yue’Er, what are you talking about? Who would dare disrespect our young lady?"
"You still have to ask? It was your people from the mansion! They were driving that big thing called a... a wheat reaper or sothing, and they wouldn’t let have a turn," Gu Ziye said irritably.
She really did have a bit of a princessy temper.
Lu Yuan was exasperated with Yue’Er. ’Why is she so fascinated by these gadgets?’ he thought with a smile, saying, "It’s not a ’reaper,’ it’s a ’harvester.’ A machine for harvesting wheat."
Gu Ziye shot back, "I don’t care what it is, I just want to play, Yuan~"
She whined coquettishly. She probably acted this way with her father in the Imperial City often.
It wasn’t that Lu Yuan was susceptible to this sort of thing, but he knew that if he didn’t let Yue’Er have a turn, this issue probably wouldn’t be dropped.
Lu Yuan pretended to be in a difficult position. "You want to have a turn... Hmm, I suppose so! It’s just that..."
Seeing that Lu Yuan was giving in, Yue’Er said hurriedly, "Just what? Hurry up and say it."
Lu Yuan said, "It’s just that I’m very busy right now. I’m planning to assemble a few more wheat harvesters soon. If you’re willing to be my assistant and help out, then I suppose it could work!"
Lu Yuan was just trying to make things difficult for Yue’Er. He also wanted to make her understand that he had no reason to listen to her unconditionally—unless it was an equal exchange!
Yue’Er nodded in agreent. She couldn’t be bothered with the details and just grabbed Lu Yuan’s hand, pulling him out the door...
In the mansion, Zhao Qiao’Er watched the two figures run out and smiled knowingly.
This scene felt a little familiar!
Lu Yuan and Yue’Er went to the outskirts of the city and saw the wheat harvester, still hard at work.
Lu Yuan waved, and one of the servants from the mansion stopped the wheat harvester in front of them.
Yue’Er hopped up and down twice happily, clapping her hands. "Alright, alright!" she said.
Yue’Er was wearing a light yellow one-piece dress. You could tell she kept her figure in good shape. Although she wasn’t particularly fleshy where it counted, it wasn’t so bad that she just had a couple of grapes on her chest.
On Yue’Er, the little dress looked elegant and classy, with a hint of playful cuteness.
Yue’Er wasn’t tall; she was a head shorter than Lu Yuan.
Yue’Er tried to climb up onto the wheat harvester but didn’t know how.
The steps were a bit too high for a petite girl like her.
She had no choice but to beg Lu Yuan to give her a boost from below.
Lu Yuan stood behind Yue’Er, placed his hands on her slender waist, and prepared to lift her up.
Yue’Er used Lu Yuan’s push to start climbing. After one or two steps, she no longer needed his help.
The problem was that Yue’Er’s long dress was getting in the way.
She stepped on her skirt and, for a mont, didn’t know whether to move forward or back, or which foot to move first.
Lu Yuan had already lifted Yue’Er above his head. He was waiting below for her to get into the driver’s cabin first so he could follow her in.
That way, Lu Yuan could drive the wheat harvester while Yue’Er watched from inside.
Because she had stepped on her dress, Yue’Er moved the wrong foot. She was about to fall to the ground and land right on her butt.
With quick eyes and fast hands, Lu Yuan didn’t overthink it. He reached out and caught Yue’Er by the rear, holding her high above his head.
If he had rely caught her by the rear, you could say it was an ergency.
The damning thing was, Lu Yuan was used to pinching the butts of his wife and two aunties.
He actually squeezed Yue’Er’s rear twice out of habit, even thinking to himself, ’How co it isn’t as soft and bouncy this ti?’
These few actions took place in just two or three seconds.
Lu Yuan looked up and saw Yue’Er’s light yellow dress stretched tautly over her rear, so tight that even the shape of her hip bones was clearly visible.
As she was climbing the steps of the wheat harvester, Yue’Er clearly felt a pair of strong hands catch her rear, and then squeeze it twice.
WHOOSH. Yue’Er’s face turned completely red. She didn’t dare turn her head to look down.
Although Yue’Er hadn’t seen it, she could already imagine exactly what had happened.
The few servants from the mansion standing nearby were also sharp-witted. Seeing their young master in this situation, they all tactfully turned their backs, so even pretending to kick at the stones beneath their feet.
The common folk in the distance didn’t make a peep either. So what if their Lord County Magistrate squeezed a young lady’s butt in public?
Perfectly normal, nothing wrong with that at all!
Our Lord County Magistrate’s great-grandfather was a man of status and repute back when he was the County Magistrate of Taiping City.
Even though it had been a long ti since Lu Yuan’s great-grandfather served as the Lord County Magistrate here, the older generation would still praise his great-grandfather whenever they chatted about the current Magistrate Lu at the village entrance.
Yue’Er’s face was beet red with sha. How could she possibly worry about the skirt tangled around her feet now?
*RRRRIP...* With a tearing sound, Yue’Er’s one-piece dress was ripped halfway down by her own foot.
At this mont, Gu Ziye was so embarrassed she could have dug a three-bedroom luxury apartnt out of the ground with her toes. ’Oh, heavens,’ she thought, ’do you have to do this to ? This is so humiliating!’
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