The Overlord of the Red Mansion

Chapter 144 Toys
Jia Rong quickly built a hand scooter.

As a grown man in his twenties, it seems a bit childish to play this game.

However, Jia Rong still started to play. He put one foot on the pulley board and pushed out on the ground with the other foot.

The maids in the front yard saw their master slip away in a few seconds out of jealousy and became curious.

Many maids and servants on the road also saw Jia Rong riding the wheelbarrow and found it very interesting.

When we arrived at Huifang Garden, we saw Xing Xiuyan taking a walk.

Jia Rong rode his bicycle over and asked, "Sister Yan, where are you going?"

Xing Xiuyan saw Jia Rong stepping on something and asked curiously, "I was just planning to go talk to Sister Baoqin. What is this strange thing under the master's feet?"

Jia Rong smiled and said, "I made this scooter myself. I plan to give it to children to play with so that they can run around the house. It's also a good choice for girls to use so that they don't have to run around all the time. You can try it."

Jia Rong parked the car on the ground. There was no need to worry about balance issues and it was very easy to operate.

Xing Xiuyan found it very interesting. "Then let me try it. Is this thing delicate? Is it easy to break?"

Jia Rong said, "If it breaks, just make another one. I plan to have my men open a shop to sell this kind of toy, just like a kite. The price should be higher than a kite."

"Come on, try it. If it doesn't work, I'll go back and see what the problem is and fix it."

Xing Xiuyan took a look and felt that the workmanship was quite simple, just a wooden board, a long pole and four wheels.

"Okay, I'll try."

Xing Xiuyan often visited relatives in Huifang Garden. She was a hard-working person. After imitating Jia Rong by putting her hands on the armrests, she also pushed the cart forward with one foot backwards.

Jia Rong followed beside him and reminded him, "Yes, that's right. If you push hard, you will move very fast. If you don't push hard, you will stop very quickly. Don't worry."

Under Jia Rong's guidance, Xing Xiuyan quickly drove on flat ground and ran directly towards Xue Baoqin's residence.

Jia Rong followed slowly behind.

Soon the maids and children nearby came running over.

Qiao'er and a little girl of similar age ran behind Xing Xiuyan and watched. After following her for several dozen meters, Qiao'er begged, "Can you let me play with you?"

After hearing the sound, Xing Xiuyan realized that two little girls and maids were following them.

Xing Xiuyan stopped awkwardly and said, "You can ask the master. This is his stuff."

Jia Rong came over at this time, and Qiaojie quickly shouted to Jia Rong: "Dad!"

The little girl next to him shouted, "Duke!"

Jia Rong said, "We have something else to do today, so we'll let you play for a while tomorrow."

Qiaojie really wanted to play right now, and her face showed a very lost and sad expression.

Jia Rong had already left, planning to go play with the other girls. Qiaojie was still young, and had almost grown up, so Jia Rong didn't want to play with such a half-grown girl.

When Qiaojie saw that she was ignored, she went home sadly with her friends and maids to find the second mistress.

Shi Xiangyun, who was taking a walk, saw Xing Xiuyan and Jia Rong and quickly ran over.

"Big brother! What are you playing?"

Jia Rong saw Shi Xiangyun coming with her maid. Unlike a child like Qiaojie, although Shi Xiangyun was still a girl, her sweet voice and naive smile made people feel very comfortable.

"This is a mobility toy I made. Try it. When you visit other people in the future, you can walk faster by stepping on it."

When Xing Xiuyan heard Jia Rong say this, she quickly and skillfully rode her scooter to Shi Xiangyun.

"Sister Xiangyun, come and try it."

Shi Xiangyun was in a playful mood. Seeing Xing Xiuyun running so fast as if she was on a Hot Wheels, she happily took over.

Shi Xiangyun quickly asked: "How do I move this?" Jia Rong came over and taught her step by step.

"Put your hands here and hold on, relax your body, put one foot on the board and the other foot on the ground and move forward as hard as you can."

As soon as Jia Rong finished speaking, Shi Xiangyun ran out on a scooter.

Among all the people in the Jia family, Shi Xiangyun is more boyish. She is usually as generous as a man and does not care about trivial matters.

Compared with the other delicate girls, she seemed healthier, and had a bigger appetite and more strength.

"It's flying!"

Shi Xiangyun shouted happily, "It's so fun! Big brother! It's so fun!"

Jia Rong stood there and watched. Soon, Shi Xiangyun, like Xing Xiuyun, gradually discovered more skills from simple operations, such as turning.

It’s a simple thing for kids to play with, it doesn’t require any skills and it’s easy to get started.

Soon the other girls came out to watch the fun, and of course there were also the boys who were eagerly waiting.

"Let me play!" Jia Ben rushed to play.

The other children also ran over to plead with Jia Rong.

"I want to play too! Dad! Can you let me play with that car?"

Jia Rong looked at the naughty children who crowded around him and the girls and said sullenly, "Go study! If you keep getting in my way, your mother will spank you!"

Under the majesty of Jia Rong's kind father, the boys all ran away obediently.

There are only two girls in the family, and they are very young. They don’t go out to play very often.

Boys aged seven or eight don’t like to play with little girls. Even Jia Ying, who is younger than her, doesn’t like to play with her sister and prefers to play games with boys.

After his troublesome sons were gone, Jia Rong and the girls went to Four Seasons Garden to chat.

Lin Daiyu came out of the yard and saw Shi Xiangyun coming over on a wooden cart.

"Brother Rong, why is it so lively outside? I was just planning to go out and take a look." Lin Daiyu greeted with a smile, then looked at Shi Xiangyun, "What good thing is this? You look so proud."

Shi Xiangyun smiled and said, "This is a hand scooter, a gift from Brother Rong!"

Jia Rong said, "It's not a gift for you. I saw that the girls were tired from walking around in the gardens. After the two gardens are connected, they will be even bigger. So I thought of making a small cart to replace walking. When there are more, I will give one to each of you. Sister Daiyu, try it too and see if it fits you."

Lin Daiyu asked curiously, "How do you play this?"

Shi Xiangyun likes to teach others. "I will teach you. Just call me Master!"

Lin Daiyu was in a good mood and said with a smile: "If you can learn it, I don't believe that I can't. I won't call you Master."

Soon Lin Daiyu started playing with Shi Xiangyun, and soon she also learned how to use the hand scooter.

Jia Rong watched Lin Daiyu riding a scooter on the road.

There is a strange beauty in the urban-rural fringe.

Women and children all loved this kind of toy. Jia Rong happened to have someone in the Ministry of Industry who had materials, so he quickly placed an order for wheels and hired some unemployed people from the Jia family to make the wheels.

After five or six days, you can see several girls and maids in beautiful long skirts in the small garden of Ningguo Mansion, riding scooters happily in the sun.

Scooters are easy to break, but they are also easy to make. Just like kites, they are toys for young men and women.

If it’s broken, repair it. If it can’t be repaired, make another one.

If you want something better and more durable, you should use iron.

Jia Rong's caravan has always traded porcelain and lacquerware with foreign merchants. If they can make iron toys, they can naturally be used as rare treasures to exchange with nobles on the other side of the ocean.

(End of this chapter)