And so, it was decided that Yui i would visit the guy Li Min ntioned.
It should be around here.
Yui i was currently walking at a narrow alley while looking around her.
We wont stay here for long. Public order doesnt seem to be that good in here.
Li Yong followed behind her with a grim face.
They were at the border of the slums, ho to the good but poor people.
Although they felt doubtful, they finally reached a remarkably dilapidated house.
Is it really here?
Theres the signboard that Lord Li Min ntioned, see. Isnt it here, then?
Yui i looked above the slanted door while replying to Li Yong. There was a wooden signboard, and Hus Workshop was written on it.
The craftsman was nad Hu Tian according to Li Min.
Hello? Is anyone ho?
Yui i knocked on the door. The door leaned further due to the impact, and she hurriedly tried to right it again.
Hey, no matter how many tis you return, I already told you I dont have money.
A mans voice resounded from inside the house.
He probably thought Yui i and Li Yong were here to collect debts.
Lord Li Min recomnded this place, so I ca here.
Li Min said what?
The sagging door opened when Yui i called out.
A shabby middle-aged guy with ssy hair stood there.
Are you Mr. Hu?
Yeah, Im Hu. What did Li Min say?
He stared suspiciously at Yui i and Li Yong while scratching his hair.
He had dropped the honorifics when he talked about Li MIn, so they were probably close to each other.
Yui i tried to peek at the interior of the house. She saw several things all jumbled up behind Hu.
She didnt know how to use almost all of the stuff in there.
According to Li Min, this Hu guy had studied under a famous crafter as an apprentice.
He would always add a lot of things that were uncalled for without managing to fulfill what was ordered, so he had been fired.
Despite that, he didnt learn from that experience, and he continued to tinker with and create a lot of strange things.
Li Min said that he was an interesting guy, and he supported him so that he wont go broke.
But this guy would invest all his money in making weird stuff, so he ended up destitute.
Wait, that sounds like he has the characteristics of being an inventor?
She knew soone similar among her acquaintances in her previous life.
These kinds of people would often be too absorbed in whatever they were enthusiastically doing, forgetting everyone and everything around them. They require a person who would care for their daily necessities.
Yui is gaze wandered around the room while thinking those things, when a certain object suddenly caught her eye among the jumbled things.
It had a huge wheel, and there were two smaller wheels standing side-by-side behind it, with various parts attached.
It was made entirely from wood.
Is that a bicycle?
Indeed, the design was a little crooked, but it did look like a bicycle.
No, it must have been a tricycle, to be precise.
Excuse , is that thing working?
Hu had a puzzled look when Yui i pointed to it.
That one? Ah, its currently in the prototype stage, but it will move properlywait a sec, girl, do you know what that is?
Yes, thats a vehicle, right?
Vehicle? Where on earth would a person ride on that thing?
Li Yong butted in when Yui i answered.
You can ride over the wheel.
Hu pointed to it after he said that. There was a wooden box that had been placed simply on top of the bigger wheel.
It wasnt a chair, and it looked painful to sit on.
I thought that there were no vehicles that people could ride independently, without being pulled by another person, a cow or a horse. Unfortunately, i cant find anyone who can ride it, including . So yeah, its a defective product.
A defective product? Thats outrageous!
Yui is eyes were shining, and she knew that.
She already found the solution to her problem.
She wanted to request another product, but she never expected that she would encounter a pseudo-bicycle.
Yes! I want to ride that!
She raised her hand energetically as she exclaid, while Li Yong and Hu were both dumbfounded.
T/N: I think it mustve looked sothing like this, minus the handles ?
Taken from History of the Bicycle: A tiline, Brown University. ctto.
sbrown.edu/Departnts/Joukowsky_Institute/courses/13things/7083.html
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