I am a hero in online games

Chapter 101 Self-Employment (Part [-])

After less than half a stick of incense, the woman who had just gone home to get the seed cotton ran back in three steps at a time.

Seeing this, He Ergou hurried forward a few steps.

The woman was holding a cloth bag in each hand, seeing He Ergou stretching out her hand, she put a cloth bag into his hand.

She raised her head to look at He Ergou, then at the thing behind him, gritted her teeth and handed the other bag to He Ergou.

Seeing that she still didn't believe it, He Ergou smiled slightly and didn't say anything. He just took two bags of seed cotton and walked slowly to the machine he had made.

He Ergou poured two bags of seed cotton into the gap between the two wooden shafts without hesitation.

After pouring, He Ergou shook the two empty cloth bags, raised his head and glanced around, and found that not only the woman, but all the surrounding villagers looked expectant and nervous.

There were at least a dozen seeds of cotton in these two bags, and the villagers could not wait to stretch their necks to He Ergou's eyes to see if he could really remove so many seeds at once with this thing.

He Ergou sat slowly beside the machine he had finished, holding the crank with one hand, and slowly pushed it forward.

As He Ergou cranked the crank, the cotton wool and cotton seeds quickly fell to the inner and outer sides of the two shafts.

The villagers' eyes suddenly widened and they rushed up in a hurry. They lowered their heads and looked hard at the cotton wool and cotton seeds, fearing that He Ergou had done something.

Everyone wanted to reach out to grab these cottonseeds, but they were afraid of damaging this delicate thing, so they all stood there for a while, hesitating.

Seeing this, He Ergou walked into the crowd, grabbed a handful of cotton wool with his left hand, and a handful of cotton seeds with his right hand, and distributed them to the surrounding villagers.

Everyone took cotton wool and cottonseed and whispered.But it seems that they are just ordinary cotton wool and cottonseed, which seems to be no different from the ones they peeled off by hand.

At this time, an old man said: "Young man, when you were removing the seeds, you were sitting next to this thing all the time. How do we know if you did anything?"

Hearing what the old man said, the villagers who had been amazed were shaken and began to express their opinions in a hurry.

He Ergou smiled and said: "Fellow folks, the things are here. If you don't believe me, you can try it yourself."

As soon as He Ergou said this, the noisy crowd instantly became silent. The villagers stood there, you look at me, I look at you. Everyone was afraid of breaking this thing when they saw it for the first time. People dare to go up and try it.

Seeing this, He Ergou said loudly, "Everyone! It doesn't matter. You can come up and use it. Even if it breaks, you don't have to pay for it!"

The villagers were a little shaken when they saw He Ergou's persuasive words. After a long while, a man came out from the crowd.

"Let me try it!" The man's face was rosy, his eyes were wide open, and he seemed very excited.

"Okay," He Ergou stepped aside and pointed to the place where he was sitting just now, "Please!"

Suddenly, the strong man reached out to stop He Ergou. He looked at the excited man, then at the machine behind him, and said in a low voice: "Do you really dare to let them come up and try? What if it breaks?" What can I do?"

He Ergou was surprised. Ever since he got along with this strong man, no matter what it was, the last thing he cared about was money. At this time, he was uncharacteristically worried about this little piece of wood.

He Ergou said in confusion: "It doesn't matter? Even if it's really broken, we can just make another one."

The strong man still did not let go, but hesitated and said, "You...can you make another... miraculous thing?"

He Ergou was relieved in his heart: "It turns out that he was not doing it for money, so their understanding was difficult to accept this new type of cotton gin, and they were afraid that I could only make this one."

So, He Ergou smiled and said: "It's okay, I can make as much of this thing as I want."

Seeing that He Ergou was so confident, the strong man let go of his hand suspiciously.

So, that villager came forward and sat where He Ergou had been sitting just now. A fellow villager who was closest to his home went back to fetch a bag of seed cotton and put it in He Ergou's hands.

He Ergou sprinkled the sack of cotton in again, then walked up to the man, and said softly, "Grab the end of this crank and push it along here..."

The man sat and moved according to He Ergou's guidance. As soon as he pushed the crank out, the cotton wool and cottonseed fell on both sides.

The man was so overjoyed that he sat there with a smirk. The other villagers finally believed in He Ergou, and a burst of excited applause erupted from the crowd.

In a daze, He Ergou returned to that modern research institute, enjoying the congratulatory applause from his peers because of the breakthrough in scientific research...

This time, he just made a retro cotton gin according to the method he read in the book, but he received even warmer applause...

Later, the villagers came forward one after another, sat next to the cotton gin, and experienced this magical machine.

Many onlookers ran home excitedly to fetch the seed cotton, telling each other along the way. Gradually, more and more people gathered here, and even the village head joined their team.

Everyone taught each other how to use this magical machine, and took turns to experience the convenience it brought with great interest. People in a village were very busy around this wooden block.

The strong man touched He Ergou's shoulder, and said with a smile: "You really have it. Just sell this one, and you can earn back 50 taels."

He Ergou shook his head and smiled without saying a word.

Finally, near dusk, almost everyone in the villagers experienced this magical machine.Now comes the part of the transaction that everyone is most concerned about.

The villagers whispered, and everyone thought surprisingly the same.Everyone unanimously agreed that each family would pay one or two taels of silver, and the whole village would buy such a machine, and everyone would use it in turn in order.

Just when the village head was about to communicate with He Ergou with everyone's opinions, He Ergou suddenly interrupted everyone's discussion.

He Ergou said loudly: "Please be patient, this machine is not as expensive as everyone thinks. It only costs three taels of silver, and every household can buy one!"

"Three taels of silver!!"

"Am I right?"

"This little brother is really a kind person..."

Everyone couldn't believe the quotation given by He Ergou, and there were already voices praising He Ergou in the crowd.

He Ergou then shouted: "It's just that we don't have enough manpower and materials to build so many machines for everyone, so I decided that as long as we can keep the people who build the machines with us tonight, we will only charge two taels of silver!" "

"it is good!"

"I'm staying!"

"Me too!"

……

In this way, although it was already night, sixty or seventy young and strong men stayed behind, and under the command of He Ergou, they worked without sleep all night.

Finally, when the sun cleared the next day, a total of more than 60 cotton gins were completed, and the villagers lined up here early.

Not only did everyone bring money to buy machines, many villagers also brought their own local eggs, radishes grown in the fields, and even unmarried girls who made secret glances at He Ergou...

In this way, every household in the villagers used this cotton gin, and He Ergou also got more than 100 taels of silver. After paying off the 50 taels, there was still a lot of balance.

After the last cotton gin was sold, the gray-haired old village chief walked up to He Ergou tremblingly, grabbed his hand, and asked, "This benefactor, can you leave your name?"

He Ergou smiled and said: "He Ergou of the Xiaoyao School."

(End of this chapter)