Chapter 111

In front of the door, Li Xiang and Xiao Zhenger looked at Lu Ban curiously.

He was currently sitting on the ground, holding a wooden block in his left hand and a carving knife in his right, carving very attentively, and faint brilliance fell into the wood carving from time to time.

While carving, he spoke to Li Xiang and the other.

"Little guy, uncle thinks you are cute."

"I'll give you a wooden kite, just play with it when you are bored in the future."

"It can fly in the air for a long, long time."

Saying that, wood chips flew, and the wooden block changed its appearance in his hands.

The originally long wooden strip had now become somewhat oval.

Before long, it had the shape of a swallow.

However, it was not finished carving, so it didn't look very exquisite, just somewhat similar.

At this time, Lu Ban changed the carving knife and began to hollow out the inside of the swallow bit by bit, the carving knife in his hand turned rapidly, and wood chips flew.

Soon, Li Xiang saw that inside the hollowed-out swallow, some structures similar to gears appeared, which was extremely magical.

"Eh?"

Li Xiang was surprised.

It was the first time he had seen such carving, directly carving gear structures inside the hollowed-out wood to make the bird fly?

Interesting.

Such a brilliant technique.

Especially Lu Ban at this moment, clearly doing extremely delicate manual work, but the speed of carving in his hand was not slow at all, making people worried, fearing that if he was not careful and the force in his hand was too great, he would directly crush the wooden kite.

Time passed quickly.

In less than half a stick of incense, the wooden block had changed its appearance in Lu Ban's hands.

A wooden little swallow about the size of a fist fell into Lu Ban's hands.

It didn't look like much on the outside, but it already had an extremely complex mechanism structure inside.

The wooden kite's wings vibrated, almost flying up.

"Here, it's yours."

"Stingy ghost, you didn't even let me eat a raisin."

Lu Ban placed the wooden kite in his palm and handed it to the little guy.

"Hmm~"

The little guy didn't take the wooden kite directly, but instead handed the small bag containing raisins to Lu Ban.

"A gentleman does not accept rewards without merit, I invite you to eat raisins!"

"Gentleman, hahahaha."

"You little guy, you also want to be a gentleman, hahahaha."

Lu Ban laughed loudly, his voice was a bit thick, but he was not polite and reached out to take the little guy's gift.

At the same time, he placed the wooden kite in front of the little guy and introduced it gently:

"Look here, there is a special structure behind the little bird."

"When you want to play, you have to gently rotate it once, and it can fly in the sky for a long time."

Saying that, Lu Ban reached out and gently pinched a joint on the back of the wooden kite that was somewhat similar to a clockwork, and gently rotated it once.

Immediately, he saw that the exquisite wood carving suddenly seemed to have spirit, gently flapping its wings and flying up.

The height of the flight was not high, more than a meter high, the wooden kite rotated and flew in mid-air, and from time to time it would make a crisp cry, looking exactly like a real little swallow.

Hearing the cry.

In the birdcage in the yard, a little swallow that had lost a lot of hair suddenly poked its head out and looked outside with some doubt.

"Remember not to rotate it too much."

"Rotate that switch once, and this little bird can fly in the air for three hours."

"If you rotate it too much, it will keep crying in the air, which might disturb others."

"If it gets knocked down by someone then, don't blame me."

Lu Ban smiled and looked in front of him.

At this moment, the little guy had been completely fascinated by this fun toy, running around the yard with the little bird, and jumping up from time to time, as if he wanted to grab the wooden kite in his hand.

His little face was red, and he looked extremely happy.

Hahahaha.

Seeing the little guy so embarrassed, Lu Ban laughed very happily.

"What a powerful craft."

"The little guy likes it very much."

Li Xiang stood aside and said gently.

Hearing this, Lu Ban looked toward Li Xiang.

"You are also very smart children, and your upbringing is very good."

"I like you very much."

"Little guy, what's your name?"

"I made a toy for him, but I haven't made one for you yet, I don't know what you want?"

Lu Ban looked at Li Xiang and smiled gently.

Today was his first day coming to the border.

He originally thought it would be a very boring journey.

He didn't expect to meet two such spiritual and cute children.

He was very happy.

"My name is Li Xiang, and my younger brother's name is Xiao Zhenger."

"Mohist School, Gongshu Ban, from Lu in the State of Chu, you can just call me Lu Ban."

"Okay, Mr. Lu Ban."

"Hahaha, I can't afford the word Mr., I'm just a person who does rough work, different from those people who study."

Lu Ban waved his hands repeatedly, but he laughed very happily.

Polite children always make people like them very much.

"By the way, Mr. Lu Ban, I see that many outsiders seem to have come to the city."

"Are you with them?"

Lu Ban nodded.

"The border has not been very peaceful recently, and many monsters have rushed out from the depths of the mountains."

"The prefecture transferred a batch of people over to strengthen the defense of the county town."

"Some disciples of the Hundred Schools and Immortal Sects also rushed over after hearing that monsters had rushed out near the Southern Wilderness, some intending to slay demons and eliminate monsters, and some intending to gather disaster victims."

"I am a Mohist disciple, I heard that Chiyang County created evil monsters not long ago, so I came to check the great array of Chiyang County and strengthen the defense here by the way."

"Hey, I said a lot, I don't know if you understand or not."

Lu Ban laughed hehe.

He was wearing hemp clothes and was strong, looking more like a farmer than a scholar, very honest.

"Thank you, Mr. Lu Ban, for clearing up my confusion. Sorry to trouble you, sir."

"No trouble, no trouble."

While speaking, he picked up the wood in his hand again.

"Little doll, what toy do you want, tell me, and I will make it for you to play with."

"By the way, I heard that little dummy say that you still have a teacher, and it seems that you are also from the Hundred Schools, is it convenient to tell me? If possible, I actually really want to take you to the Mohist School to learn things."

"That little doll, although greedy for play, also solved my six-wood lock and nine-wood lock, and you even solved my twelve-wood lock."

"If there is a chance, I want to talk to your teacher, even if you don't join the Mohist School, you can learn crafts from me."

"Such talent, buried in such a small city, is actually a pity."

Li Xiang smiled, thanked Lu Ban, and then spoke.

"Thank you, Mr. Lu Ban, for your kindness."

"My teacher is busy recently and is not in the county, so you might not be able to meet and talk to him in detail."

"My lineage is called Ghost Valley, but I don't know if you have heard of it."

Hearing this.

Lu Ban's expression changed, as if he had thought of something.

But the words were on his lips, but he couldn't say them.

"It seems a bit familiar, but I can't quite remember it, maybe my news is a bit narrow, and I am a bit ignorant."

"After your teacher comes back, you can tell me about it."

"What toy do you want?"

Lu Ban asked again.

"Toy, I do have a favorite object, but I have always been clumsy, and I don't know how to make it."

"But it's getting late now, and that thing is more troublesome to make, so I'll bother you tomorrow, sir."

Lu Ban looked at the sky.

It was almost dark now, and some families had already started to have the smell of food drifting out.

"Hahahaha, it was I who disturbed you."

"I am helping those villagers build new houses in the south of the city, and I will rest in the official grass house there at night."

"If you have decided, just come there and find me."

(End of chapter)