By the time Xiao Changyi had finished making five scarecrows, An Jing still hadn't finished her drawing, but Xiao Changyi didn't disturb her. Instead, he began to heat some water. Both of them hadn't bathed yet, so they needed to boil some water in preparation.
When the water was boiled, An Jing had also finished her drawing. She had even marked the length, width, and height of each individual part, which explained why it took her so long. Of course, this made it much easier to calculate how much wood and iron were needed.
After Xiao Changyi took a careful look and did some mental calculations, he said, "We will probably need about twelve taels in total."
An Jing immediately laughed, "Then we have enough money!" She had more than sixteen taels on hand at the moment.
"Hmm."
"So tomorrow, we'll go find the carpenters and blacksmiths to make the rice-husking machine."
"Hmm."
