Chapter 143: She had no intention of hiding her talents

She was simply too curious to refuse. Once the truck started moving, she realized that without great strength, one really couldn't do this job. First of all, the steering wheel had no power steering; it was incredibly heavy.

Changing gears required double-clutching because the gearbox lacked synchronizers. To shift from first to second gear, one had to press the clutch, shift into neutral, release the clutch, press it again, and then shift into second gear. It was truly troublesome.

Not to mention anything else, without strength, one probably couldn't even start the truck.

Fu Yan Cheng never expected this little girl to be so bold, actually managing to get the truck moving. And after driving a circle, she barely made the gears grind while shifting: "Little girl, not bad. You really have quite the talent."

In this day and age, the fuel consumption of such a large truck was immense. After driving two laps and satisfying her craving, she stopped the truck.

Fu Yan Cheng looked at her with a smile: "Why stop?"

"I'm satisfied just to have had a go. Besides, we've been here for a while; if we don't go back soon, I'm afraid someone will come looking for us."

Fu Yan Cheng felt even more determined to win Chuxue over. This little girl was truly extraordinary; not only was she calm in the face of trouble, but her ability to learn was also astonishing.

It had taken him an entire afternoon to learn to drive, yet she had managed to drive it forward after only half an hour.

Being able to pick it up so quickly had everything to do with Chuxue’s mental energy and super-memory. In any case, she would gradually reveal her super-memory later; she had no intention of hiding her talents.

When the two left the threshing ground, Chuxue had a second thought: "You go back first; I have some things to attend to."

As soon as she said it, she felt it was a bit rude, so she hurriedly explained: "I need to go to Uncle Jiu’s place to see if the door and window frames are finished."

Fu Yan Cheng naturally guessed her thoughts. Some things couldn't be rushed, and besides, the little girl wasn't even eighteen yet. Better to take it slow so as not to scare her: "Fine, you go ahead. I’ll head over myself."

When Chuxue arrived at Uncle Jiu’s house, she saw the father and son working vigorously: "Uncle Jiu, have you already finished three window frames?"

Uncle Jiu’s youngest son said with a resentful expression: "He woke me up at four o'clock. How could we not be fast?"

Chuxue hadn't expected them to get up so early: "Uncle Jiu, there’s no need to rush like that. You mustn't tire yourselves out."

Uncle Jiu laughed: "No choice. Someone in Ge Lizhuang is getting married at the end of the month and asked me to make furniture. Their second daughter-in-law is a relative of Auntie Jiu, so I couldn't refuse. I have to work overtime to finish your door and window frames first so it doesn't affect you moving into the new house. By the way, Chuxue, there’s something I want to discuss with you."

"What is it? Please tell me."

"Can you sell me the furniture design drawings you gave me earlier?"

After saying this, he looked at Chuxue with great embarrassment: "It’s like this: yesterday, they came to the house and happened to see your cabinet in the storeroom. They wanted to have one made just like it, so I thought I’d ask."

"Uncle Jiu, with the relationship between our two families, just take it and use it. What’s all this talk about money?"

"That won't do. At the county furniture factory, a single drawing costs sixty or seventy yuan. How could I use your drawings for free?"

The two haggled for a long time until Auntie Jiu came out: "Chuxue, how about this? If you don't want money, then don't charge us for the two new cabinets and these door and window frames. You can't refuse."

"How can that be? That adds up to quite a bit of money."

"With these new styles of yours, there will definitely be more people asking your uncle to make cabinets. It’s settled."

"With this new style of yours, there will definitely be even more families looking for your uncle to make cabinets; it's settled then."