Chapter 26 Crock Pot Timer

After Fengyun went back, he found Lei, took out the structural diagram of the new kiln he had drawn, explained it to him, and prepared to build the new kiln.

Just after lunch, Fengyun found those children appeared in front of his door again.

"Endless."

Fengyun couldn't help frowning, but he still decided to find out the situation first.

Without waiting for him to ask questions, the children hurriedly explained their purpose.

They've already decided the winner and wonder if he'll continue offering prizes for a second round.

"The wishful thinking is pretty good."

Fengyun sneered in his heart.

He had thought that they would keep fighting for the three pieces of meat, but he didn't expect that they would have a result so soon.

Obviously, they had reached some kind of tacit agreement in order to get more meat from him.

In order to confirm his conjecture, Fengyun stared into the eyes of the children.

Some children didn't dare to look at him, and they avoided him as soon as they made eye contact with him, feeling guilty.

His guess was correct.

"You guys are too young to play these little tricks in front of me."

Fengyun decides to shatter their illusions.

"I am now officially telling you that there is only one game a day. As for how long the game lasts, it is up to you, and I will not interfere. Go back. After sunrise tomorrow, I will put the prize where it is today."

The children all showed disappointed expressions, and then Fengyun found that many people were looking at the same direction, and their eyes were full of anger.

Fengyun followed their gazes, and found that their gazes were on a skinny little boy.

He is really thin, like a thin bamboo pole, but his eyes are bright and spiritual.

Fengyun remembered the appearance of the little boy.

If he didn't guess wrong, he should be the one who sabotaged his plan. It is very likely that he was the first to propose to end the game early so that he could get more meat from him.

In order to get these children to disperse as soon as possible, Fengyun decided to resort to some means, raised his voice, and said, "Listen up. Although cockfighting has certain physical requirements, technique is more important."

"If the technique is good enough, even if your body is not strong enough, it is not difficult to win. If I were you, I would go back to practice now and try to be the winner tomorrow."

The children were moved by Fengyun's words, and soon dispersed, obviously going back to practice.

With the experience of building a kiln last time, and the children no longer bothering him, Fengyun and Lei built a new kiln very quickly.

Even in order to maintain quality and quantity, most of the kiln has been built in two days. After all, Fengyun is quite different from the last time the kiln was built.

Drinking the flower-hoofed beast blood sent by Bao every day, his physical fitness has steadily improved, and he has already surpassed Lei in an all-round way. As for the level of power control, Lei is far behind.

These all help Fengyun to greatly increase the progress of kiln construction.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long. On the third day, Fengyun was in trouble again.

The trouble still comes from the little kids.

They came to him to complain that they had worked very hard and practiced their cockfighting skills, but it was almost impossible to get meat.

Fengyun looked at the children who came to him, and found that they were all relatively thin.

He is not surprised by this.

In cockfighting, although technique is very important, physical fitness is equally important. In the case of similar skills, the stronger body will have a much greater chance of winning.

"Go and call the others and wait for me in the open space. I will teach you a new game."

"What game?"

A timid voice was the first to ask.

Fengyun saw that he was a very thin little boy,

It was the little boy who had caught his attention because of being scolded by his peers.

"What's your name?"

"My name is Bamboo."

"It's really appropriate, as thin as a bamboo pole."

Fengyun didn't say what was in his heart.

"I won't tell you the name of the game. I'll talk about it when everyone is here. But you can rest assured that the new game can definitely guarantee fairness."

"I hope what you say is true."

Zhu took a deep look at Fengyun, waved his hand, and said, "Let's go." He left first.

"Yun, what fun game did you think of?"

Ray also looked a little curious.

Ray already knew the game of cockfighting.

He also once praised Fengyun, saying that the game he designed is very good, it can exercise children's balance and physical coordination, and help them become excellent hunters and fighters in the future.

"Don't be impatient. Wait until everyone arrives. I told you, and I will say it again."

"All right."

Lei also stopped insisting and focused on building the kiln.

After a while, Fengyun jumped out of the kiln, went home, and walked towards the open space.

Ray followed behind him.

When we arrived at the open space, many children were already there. After waiting for a while, all the children were present.

"Everyone is here. What new game? Tell me."

"Okay, I'll tell everyone now. The name of the new game is hide and seek. The rules are very simple. Some people hide and let others find."

"How to tell the winner?"

Fengyun was not surprised by this question.

Children will play the games he designed, mainly to eat meat, and it is understandable that they value the outcome more seriously.

"There are two ways to play hide-and-seek. One is that everyone hides and one person finds it. The other is that some people hide but not one person is looking for it. The specific number is up to you."

This is already somewhat different from the hide-and-seek in his impression, but in order to adapt to the situation, he thinks there is nothing wrong with changing it this way.

"Still can't decide the winner."

Some children were somewhat dissatisfied with Fengyun's explanation.

"Why can't we tell the winner? We can set a time. The more people we find within the specified time, the better the results will be. Wouldn't we be able to tell the winner?"

"What if there are as many people looking for it?"

"This is easy to handle. You can watch the time. The one with the shortest time wins."

"How do we know which one takes the shortest time?"

Fengyun found that it was Zhu who asked the question this time, and he stared at him with bright eyes.

"I've thought of that. You see."

Fengyun picked up a clay pot from the ground and held it up high.

This was specially brought from home before Fengyun came over.

Everyone, including Lei, cast their eyes on the clay pot in unison.

"Isn't this just an ordinary jar?"

This time it was still Zhu who asked the question.

"This is not an ordinary pot. There is a small hole in the bottom of it, which I specially made out before firing."

As Fengyun said, he tilted the jar and pointed the mouth of the jar to the crowd, so that they could see the small hole at the bottom.

This clay pot was fired by Fengyun in an old kiln. Apart from it, he also fired some other things.

"What's the use of this little hole?"

Zhu keenly realized that the small hole in the bottom of the tank was the key.

"The function of the small hole is actually to let the water flow through. This jar is used for timing. First fill it with water, and the water will slowly flow out from the bottom of it. I drain the water in the jar. The time is set to one hour."

Before that, he had done an experiment. When a jar of water drained, he counted more than 7,100 times, which was very close to 7,200.

He tested a total of three times, all between 7,150 and 7,250, not much different.

An hour, two hours, 3,600 seconds in an hour, 7,200 seconds in an hour, which is about the same as the time it takes for a jar of water to run dry.

Of course, there must be errors in this, but Fengyun is not demanding, and it is almost enough.

Although the earthen pot timer is very simple, when Fengyun built it and used it for timekeeping, the totem on his chest still became hot, and the snake grew a little longer.

"It takes too long to drain a can of water, is there a way you can subdivide it?"

Bamboo stared closely at Fengyun, his eyes sparkling.

"I've thought about that. You see."

Fengyun took out a wooden strip with many scales engraved on it.

"There are a total of 120 notches on it. The thickest one in the middle is called the hour line. I divide an hour into two hours. I call the other lines minute lines. I divide an hour into two hours." It's sixty minutes."

"As for the usage, it's very simple. When you need to know the more accurate time, put the timing stick into the water, stand it upright, reach the bottom of the jar, then take it out, and see where the water marks on the timing stick are. It's time."

"Yun, you are amazing. Although the name of the time division is a bit hard to remember, it is already very good."

Bamboo cast admiring gazes at Fengyun, apparently overwhelmed by his clay pot timer.

"It's nothing, I just like to figure it out. As long as you like to use your brain more, you can do it, and everyone can do it. I believe in you."

"I will definitely work hard."

Zhu nodded heavily, his face full of determination.

"Zhu, have you remembered how to use the timer?"

"Yes. Yun, don't you..."

Zhu seemed to have guessed something, his eyes suddenly lit up, and his body trembled.

"Zhu, you are a smart person. You guessed it right. I gave you this clay pot timer, and you will keep time from now on."

"Yun, don't worry. I will take good care of it."

"It's not enough for you to keep it. You should also report the time every hour so that everyone knows what time it is. Well, let me tell you what I think. When the sun rises above your head, you can record it as Twelve o'clock, other times and so on. You try to do it first. If you do it well, I will report the truth to Wu and let him reward you."

Before the words were finished, the other children cast envious glances at Zhu.

Being able to get the reward from the witch is what they dream of, even if the reward is relatively meager, it is a kind of supreme honor.

But they didn't dare to express their dissatisfaction too much. They already knew that Fengyun and Wu had a very close relationship, so they didn't dare to offend him too much.

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