Ye Shiqi thought about how some men had started going to the Capital City. She wondered, should she encourage her family to venture to the Capital City to start a business?
With these rich young masters in the Capital City, wouldn’t things be very easy to manage?
"Heh, they will surely lose,"
Si Ma Roumei looked down on these boys with disdain. Although the boys practiced martial arts, the girls were no weaker than the boys and she could practice martial arts too!
"I think if they lose, they will certainly wet their pants. But I do hope someone goes to the Capital City and when they return, they must bring me lots of gifts!" Ye Fengqi, the fourth sister, also spoke up.
When three young girls, even younger than them, were so arrogant and picky, the boys could only cheer themselves on. No one dared to say the girls couldn’t win.
These girls were too fierce. In the competitions over the last two years, the boys had won the first place, but the second, third, and fourth places were not theirs, and occasionally the first place was snatched by the girls too.
Each time they wanted to make a comeback, they found their wishes unmet!
"Alright, this time if a girl gets the 123rd place, you can set any conditions you like, and the greatest prize money in silver will also be given,"
Tang Shunyan agreed quite generously, intending to bring gifts back for them from the Capital City, without them needing to set any conditions.
Tang Xiyue felt he had no chance of winning. He had already staked silver on this competition and had to give gifts in the future. The promise was too heavy and he feared that he might forget it by then.
The other companions looked at their own figures; their chubby physiques seemed to have explosive power, but they fell short when it came to movement.
They couldn’t believe how, despite being several years older than the little girls, the girls were so much stronger?
Obviously they lost every competition, but it was as if they were addicted; whenever there was spare time, they organized competitions and handed out silver to others...
"Tch, stop whining. With the way you lot are, you still want to watch the beauties! You’re pathetic...!"
Si Ma Roumei gave them a look and made a contemptuous remark, and the boys, used to hearing girls’ comments, were sprayed with her language each time. They couldn’t afford to offend her, also because they indeed couldn’t measure up to this female warrior!
Riding horses, they couldn’t compare, and archery, they were outperformed in both the literary and martial teachings from the academy, constantly scolded by their elders!
Didn’t these boys have their pride too?
It was all because of the County Magistrate’s daughter, who had arrived in the county four years ago and insisted on joining Xinghe Academy.
She had to be the only female student in the academy, sharing a class with them, and they had been competitors for years.
Tang Shunyan gave his companions a look, and when the boys saw his gaze, they dared not grumble and counted to 123 before starting off together!
Along this mountain road, five vehicles could travel side by side, but if a large vehicle came along, they could only pull over to the side; it wasn’t possible for five vehicles to race side by side.
The only good thing about this mountain was that they hadn’t encountered any large vehicles passing through, neither ox carts nor horse carts.
Luckily for them, they were the only group competing today, perhaps because the elder brothers from the academy hadn’t returned from their holidays yet.
"Come on, come on...!"
They raised one hand together and shouted an encouraging cheer in unison.
Some were fast and some were slow off the mark, which also tested one’s reaction time. Those who fell behind at the starting point had little chance in the final sprint, already feeling defeated.
Tang Shunyan rushed to the first position, followed closely by the brave young girl Si Ma Roumei.
In third and fourth place were Tang Xiyue and Ye Fengqi, with Ye Shiqi competing differently from the three of them; the others were left trailing far behind.
Ye Shiqi continued to innovate the patterns of the bicycle she had copied over the years.
She made persistent efforts to modify it. Although it was slightly lighter than the initial version and rode a bit faster, it couldn’t compare with the electric variable speed bikes of her former world.
Unable to create an electric motor, she understood some principles of electricity but knew nothing about inventing a motor. She sighed, lamenting that she hadn’t studied science.
She was not a technical person in this field and didn’t have a "Golden Finger" in that area.
Ye Shiqi rode the Iron Bull. This time, she wasn’t on a slow, cumbersome wooden bike.
This bicycle originated from a factory invested in jointly by the Tang Family and her father three years ago. The factory where they built bicycles was established at the entrance to Bushen Village, across the street from the wood factory.
The construction area for the new factory was even larger than the wood factory itself.