Chapter 29 Chapter 29 Met an Old Friend

That night, I didn't know that I couldn't sleep.Conscience began to torment him again. "You can't blame me for things like this." Quan Zhi tossed and turned on the bed, defending himself. "I didn't expect everything to turn out so badly." "Why didn't I expect that? You ought to know. Why should I know all about it?" insisted Conscience. "You see, one moment it's you, and the other moment it's me. It's as if you don't know that I don't know anything!" "Don't be cunning, don't be cunning!" Conscience laughed at him. "You know all about it, but you're just pretending to be a little fool—nothing at all."

"I'm not pretending at all, why should I?" "Why do you understand it yourself? You know, it is less demanding of a fool. You are pretending to be crazy and foolish, trying to escape all responsibility. But, brother, I can't hide it from me! I know very well that you are not a little fool!" "No, I'm a fool." Quan Zhi insisted. "No! You don't think you're a fool yourself. In fact, you are much smarter than you think. I already know everything about you. Don't try to hide it from me. I won't believe it anyway." "Alright then!" Quan replied impatiently. "Let me sleep, I will correct everything tomorrow."

"Change it all, my little baby, you change it!" Conscience's tone became much gentler. "You have seen it yourself, how bad things are, how many little people have suffered in vain because of you..., the city has become such a mess. And you know, when you came here with the magic stick, here is How wonderful!" "Okay, okay! I say change, it must change! It must change! Everything will be fine again soon." Conscience believed that he had given Quan Wu a hard lesson, so he fell silent. The next morning, Little Thumbtack got up earlier than anyone else, and she woke up Quan Zhi and Xiao Hualian: "Get up quickly, it's time to go to the zoo!"

Quan didn't know to put on her clothes in a hurry to wash her face, but Xiao Hualian put on her clothes slowly, trying to kill time, always trying to get by without washing her face.But the little thumbtack saw through his trick and forced him to wash his face. Finally everyone was ready and was about to go out when someone knocked on the door suddenly and Xiao Fangfang walked into the room.He wears a ridiculous hat made of sky-blue plastic with two small horns and a spiral wire in the middle, earphones on his ears, and a small flat metal box hanging on his chest , with a microphone protruding from it, and the same small box on the back.

Knowing nothing, little thumbtack and little painted face were very happy to see little Fang Fanger coming, and asked him why he hadn't come to them for so long.Xiao Fangfang said that one day he was walking on the street, and someone poured cold water on him, and he caught a cold and fell ill.All these days he had to stay in bed, but is now fully recovered and able to walk around. "What's this hat and locket you're wearing?" asked Clueless. "This is a new invention, called the Improved Walking Radar. Now everyone should have one of these walking radars to defend against little hooligans."

"How does it work?" Quan Wu asked curiously. "It's very simple." Little Square replied. "There is a radio horn in front of this small box. When walking, radio waves are continuously emitted from this horn. If there is an obstacle such as a rope or wire stretched across the sidewalk in front of you, the radio wave will be reflected from this obstacle. Here, on the hat, there is a helical antenna between the two tentacles. This antenna receives the radio wave reflected from the obstacle, and after detection, it turns into an electric current and transmits it to the earphone to send out a sound signal. You see, how convenient it is... , as soon as there is an obstacle in front of you, you will hear the danger signal immediately. This radar is especially useful in the evening or at night, when you can't see the rope stretched across the sidewalk or other obstacles."

"Then what's the horn on the back for?" Quan Mo asked. "What's the matter? You don't know yet. This is the most important thing!" Little Square shouted. "This horn sends out a radio signal to the back, and as soon as a little hooligan appears behind and tries to play tricks on you, you'll hear the signal immediately. Just try it." Xiao Fangfang took off the hat, earphones and two small boxes from himself, and put all the equipment on for Quan Bu.Standing aside, he put his hand to the front horn and said, "You imagine an obstacle ahead. Do you hear anything?"

"I heard something creaking." Don't know the answer. "Exactly! What you heard was a high-frequency screeching signal: bee-bee-bee! Now I'm sneaking up behind you... what do you hear?" "Aha!" Omniscient yelled. "It's screaming again, and it seems to be louder than before: Boo-boo-boo!" "By the way! This time you hear a low frequency bass signal. This is to let you know whether the danger is ahead or behind. If you hear 'bi-bi-bi', you must pay attention to the front, If it's 'boo-boo-boo', you should turn around quickly and look behind."

Little Pushpin was also very interested in this kind of equipment, so this set of equipment was passed from Xiao Wuzhi to her, and then from her to Xiao Hualian.Xiao Hualian listened attentively for a long time, and then said: "What's the matter! It's nothing special to squeak like that. Squeak--even me. It's just strange how it knows when to say 'be--be-bee' and when to say What about 'boo-boo-boo'?" "Here, it's very clear." Xiaofang'er replied, just about to start from the beginning again. At this time, the sound of knocking on the door was heard again.The door opened and two fat guys squeezed in.Both wore bulky barrel coats with clumsy puffed sleeves, and round green hats on their heads that looked like diving suits.

Quan Wu took a closer look and recognized the two strange men, they turned out to be Xiao Xian'er and Xiao crucian carp. "Ah, so it's Xiao Xian'er and Xiao crucian carp!" He exclaimed happily, "What are you wearing?" "This is a new type of rubber jacket, which can also be called an inflatable coat and a rubber inflator cap. These are made in our factory. You have a try, use a stick, please forgive me for saying that, hit me on the head." said the little crucian carp Then, he handed the stick in his hand to Quan Shi. "Why do you want me to hit you on the head with a stick?" Quan asked strangely.

"Fight, fight, don't be afraid!" Quan shrugged inexplicably, picked up the stick, and lightly tapped the little crucian carp on the head. "Hit harder! You hit as hard as you can, swinging your stick, if you can call it that!" cried the little crucian carp. Quan didn't know how to swing the stick, and hit him again with a slightly heavier force.The stick bounced off his head like a flat car tire. "Did you see? I don't feel any pain at all!" The little crucian carp laughed and shouted. "Now you hit me on the back." Don't know how to hit him on the back with a stick. "Look, it doesn't hurt at all!" The little crucian carp shouted happily. "If you want to see, I can even fall without touching it." The little crucian carp fell to the ground with a swipe, and immediately bounced up like a little ball. "What's all this for?" Quan Zhi asked inexplicably. "Can't you guess? This is used to defend against the little hooligan." The little crucian carp replied. "Now no matter what kind of little hooligan punches and kicks me, or hits the back of my neck, pours cold water on me, I'm not afraid of anything anymore!" "But it's not very pretty," said Pushpin. "It doesn't look good because it's not fashionable." Little crucian carp replied. "When it's trendy, excuse me for saying it, people say it's pretty. There are a lot of stores that have these coats and hats now." "It might be in the store, but I've never seen anyone so ridiculously dressed on the street," said little pushpin. "It doesn't matter, you will see it soon." Xiaoxianer said. "Little Needle specially ordered us to wear this kind of coat and this kind of hat to go shopping in the street. Today we go shopping in the street like this, and tomorrow everyone will go to the store to buy this kind of clothes. When we come out with a new style of clothing We've always used it that way." Little Xianer and Little Crucian Fish set off to go shopping on the street, and Little Square said, "Look, what the little hooligans have made of us. In my opinion, it's better to bring the radar, it's better than these fat coats Much more." There was another knock on the door, and the engineer Xiao Rivet jumped into the room.When they saw him, everyone let out an ah.He had a bandage on his head and plasters on his neck and chin. "What's the matter with you?" Little Pushpin was taken aback. "Did you have a car accident?" "Yes..., um, not..., or, to be more precise, yes." Little Rivet replied anxiously jumping on the spot. "Do you understand? Some little hooligan took one of the elastic boots off my car at night, and in the morning, I didn't notice, got in the car and drove away. If all four elastic boots were not missing Well, nothing terrible would have happened; but, since one boot was missing on one side and the force of the jump was unbalanced, the car turned somersault in the air, and I fell out of the car and slammed onto the road. Terrible! Lo and behold: the forehead is bruised, and the chin, knees, and elbows . . . ” "These little hooligans really can do anything!" Little Fangfang said sympathetically. "Pour cold water on me and take a boot off his car!" "There's nothing we can do with them!" continued Little Rivet. "It used to be safe to park the car on the street, but now, something will be unloaded for you, or the car will be sent away." "How - send them away?" I don't know what to do. "Hey, get in your car and drive away. It's a beast! I don't understand what the police are doing! If I were, I'd have to lock up these little hooligans! As long as there is a yellow trousers, I will immediately Put him in the 'refrigerator' and let him stay there until he's fixed." "That's not acceptable." Little Fangfang objected. "You see, don't you know that you wear yellow trousers too? Why did you lock him up?" "Well, it's normal to have trousers that don't know anything," said Stud. "But the trousers of the little hooligans are baggy and a little green." "It's just nonsense!" Little Fangfang shook his hand. "Any little man can wear yellow or green trousers. Nobody ever turns into a little man. Now, in case you want to know, you can't compare a little man to an ordinary man." You can tell them apart. Little hooligan wears the same clothes as everyone else, and he does it secretly, so no one can tell. If they don't mess around, they talk nonsense, lie everywhere, or make a lot of hype , actually not at all. I have long since promised Omniscience, Little Thumbtack, and Little Painted Face that I will take them on a tour of the house of the architect, Little Watermelon, but it has not yet been carried out—that is, even I'm a little hooligan too. But I'm not wearing yellow trousers?" Little Square and Little Rivet argued over who could be counted as Little Hooligans and who could not, and then they all lost their minds: "There's no need to argue, my friends. There'll be no more puppies soon anyway." "Why do you say there won't be any?" Little Rivet asked strangely. "It's very simple. Soon everything will be the same as before, just watch!" "Hey!" Little Rivet said, shaking his hand contemptuously. "It seems that you read the article of Professor Little Ladybug in the newspaper? That's nonsense! I don't believe that donkeys can turn into little people at all, science has not yet reached this level... By the way, just to mention Come to science. Now I will go to Science City with you, and I will introduce two scholars to you—the little girl Little Herring and Little Admiralty. Little Herring is our famous female professor of cosmology here. She invented the sun in winter, Do you understand? We also want to build a sun and launch it into the sky in winter, so that winter is as warm as summer." "What does the sun look like?" Quan Wu asked curiously. "She will tell you all about it. And little Admiralty has invented a rocket in which she intends to go to the moon. She has begun to make it. You will see it too! If little Admiralty likes you , she will take you to the moon together." "It's unreasonable!" Xiao Fangfang frowned and said. "They're not going anywhere with you today! They're going to Creation Street with me today. I've already made an appointment with them to visit Little Watermelon's house." "Why do they want to see your little watermelon! They are interested in science, not the little watermelon." "You don't have to quarrel," said the little thumbtack. "We didn't follow anyone because we had to go to the zoo." "That's great!" said Little Square. "First visit the house, then go to the zoo, which is actually next to each other... Well, please! You promised me!" "What about that? Yes, we promised," said the little thumbtack. "Well, if this is actually next to each other, let's go." "Next to each other, there is no need to doubt it!" Little Rivet said while jumping off the chair. "Let's go together and take my car." After two or three minutes, everyone was already on the street.Xiao Hualian saw the car with small rivets, squinted at its bandaged owner and said: "I don't need to take this car, it's always jumping like a flea, and it's about to turn somersault again. I don't want to be bandaged from head to toe, like a silkworm." "Don't worry!" Little Rivet replied. "My car can't jump anymore. Because one boot fell off, the other three had to be taken off." Xiao Hualian felt relieved.But still sit in the back, with Quan Zhi and Thumbtack, just in case.The little cube sat in front, side by side with the little rivet. As usual, the little rivet turned on the fourth speed at once, and the car immediately galloped, so fast that everyone couldn't breathe.Little Fangfang's eyes were blurry, and he couldn't figure it out for a long time: they were going where they should go at all.Then, looking around, he gradually understood, and said, "Listen, little rivet, where are we going?" "How do you get there? Go where you should go." "Then where do you think we should go?" "Go to Science City." "What?" Little Square cried. "This is outrageous! Didn't we agree to go to Creation Street? Turn around quickly!" "Why turn back? We'll be there soon!" "I said, turn back!" Little Square grabbed the steering wheel and turned the car backwards, but Little Rivet wouldn't let him.The car began to swerve around the road and crashed onto the pavement.If Rivet hadn't braked in time, he might have crashed into the kiosk. The car stopped so suddenly that everyone almost broke their noses.The little square and the little rivet looked at me like crazy, and I looked at you, and they were deadlocked for a while.Finally, Little Fang let go of the steering wheel and said: "Forgive me, Rivet! I shouldn't be grabbing the steering wheel. We could all be hurt if we do." "No, I should ask your pardon," said Little Rivet. "Friends, please forgive me! I actually wanted to deceive you and take you to Science City. I really want you to visit Science City." "Well, it's nothing, neither of us needs to be angry with the other. Let's go back quietly and calmly." Little Rivet turned the engine back on and turned the car around.Quietly back open.He lowered his head in shame, and sighed loudly, which made even ignorant people feel sorry for him.In order to make the little rivet no longer downcast.I don't know what to ask: "I'd like to know what the propellers of this car are powered by: soda water, perhaps atomic energy?" "The thrusters are not powered by soda or atomic energy, they are powered by bioplastics." Little Rivet replied. "So, what is this bioplastic?" Quan Mo asked. "Bioplastics—it's like living plastic, it's not actually alive, but if you make a central shaft out of it and pass an electric current through it, then the shaft will start to twitch and shrink, that is, It's shortened, like a muscle. I can show it to you if you think it's interesting." "Yes, yes!" Don't know the answer. "Interesting!" Small Rivet stopped the car, took out a wrench, unscrewed a few screws, and together with Small Cube grabbed the body, one from the front and one from the rear, and unhooked it from the wheels.From below, a metal frame and a lever device that turns the wheels are exposed. "You see," said Little Rivet. "Here, the main shaft made of bioplastic is connected to the lever. When the current is turned on, the main shaft contracts and pulls the lever. As a result, the wheel turns half a turn, but when the current is turned off, the main shaft turns again. Extended, it pushes the lever, which makes the first half turn of the wheel. That's how the rotation works. It's just that the current is always intermittent. However, when the spindle shrinks, it is automatically switched on and on every time. shut off the current." Around the disassembled car, a large group of small people surrounded in a short while.Everyone watched with interest the construction of the machine. "Where does the current come from?" Quan Mo asked. "The current is supplied by a small battery." Small rivets approached the car body and pointed to a small battery like a flashlight for everyone to see. "Is it possible that such a small battery can propel a whole car?" Quan Wu wondered. "You haven't understood yet." A little man standing next to him explained to Quan Wu. "The current in the battery only acts on the bioplastic, i.e. shrinks it. Therefore, it is not the energy of the battery that drives the car, but the energy accumulated in the bioplastic. Our factory uses this bioplastic to propel to run lathes and other machinery, and one battery has enough current to run a whole factory." "Where did you get the bioplastic?" asked the little thumbtack. "It grows in the swamp. The swamp accumulates solar energy, just like in trees and all plants. When electricity passes through the bioplastic, the accumulated light energy in it becomes mechanical energy." "Listen to me." Xiao Hualian kept watching the structure of the car attentively. "I've been looking at it for a long time, but I didn't see that this car has propellers. Could it be that there are no propellers?" "Of course not!" replied Little Rivet. "But, the main shaft of this bioplastic is the propeller in the car!" "Well, if that's the case, then there's nothing strange about it." Xiao Hualian said. "Otherwise, it would be strange if the car could go without a propeller!" People around laughed.The crowd expanded, and people came one after another.A passer-by asked, "What's going on here?" "Is the car in trouble?" replied the other. The second person heard the words "the car got into an accident" and said, "Brothers, the car got into an accident!" "Come on, brothers, something happened to the car!" the fourth person called Mi. "The car body is on one side, only one or two wheels are left!" "Look, the drivers are all injured, with bandages all over their bodies!" Someone said, pointing to the small rivets. The crowd doubled in size as soon as news of the car accident was heard.Little Rivet sees the unexpected turn of events and decides to leave as soon as possible.Cube put the body back in place.Everyone climbed into the car.Little Rivet stepped on the electric door pedal, but the car didn't move for some reason. "What's the matter?" muttered Little Rivet, spinning around in the seat, pulling out the lever mechanism to have a look. —I don't know why there is no current... Oh, what the hell!The battery is gone!Someone must have unloaded it..." "Perhaps it fell on the floor!" said the little cube. Everyone climbed out of the car and looked for the battery. "There was more just now!" Little Rivet was anxious. "Do you remember? I showed everyone." The crowd had already filled a street by this time.Traffic stopped.A policeman drove a crawler motorcycle through the crowd and came to the car. "What's the matter?" he yelled angrily. "Why are there so many people gathered?" "No one summoned them at all!" Little Rivet retorted. "Why don't you drive?" "There is no battery, so sit down and drive it!" The little rivet replied mockingly, turning around and shouting at everyone: "Brothers, did someone remove the battery by mistake and put it in his pocket?" There was a burst of laughter from the crowd. The policeman shook his head in dissatisfaction, and said to Little Rivet: "Honey, looking at you, you should stay in the hospital, but you are here to cause trouble." Little Rivet replied, "What else do you want to say?" "Come on!" said the policeman. "You get in the car, and I'll take you to the police station. We'll figure it out there. There's no need to attract this large group of people here." Little Square walked up to Quan Wuzhi and said, "You can take a bus or a taxi to the zoo. I will go to the police station with Little Rivet and explain everything clearly. I'm afraid Little Rivet would say something there and shouldn't say it without me." He doesn’t know why he doesn’t like the police.” The little rivet and the little square returned to the car, and the police put the crawler motorcycle in front, tied the car behind, and dragged it to the police station.