Cleanliness

It was probably Yu Qinghan's operation again. The next day after the truth came to light, the owner and wife of the tailor shop in the next street came to Xiaotong's shop in person to apologize to her with large and small bags of gifts. There was a reporter from a local TV station. A minivan with the words "Shangrong TV Station" was parked in front of Xiao Tong's store. Many, maybe I was really confused.

The reporter asked Xiao Tong several questions in a series, but he didn't expect Xiao Tong's answer, because the next second, the couple from the tailor shop on the next street entered Xiao Tong's shop in tears, crying and shouting that he was wrong, Begging Xiao Tong's forgiveness desperately.

"Miss Xiao, now that Locksmith Chen and Tailor Li have realized that their actions were seriously wrong, how do you feel now?" The reporter put the microphone in front of Xiao Tong with a smug smirk.

Xiao Tong also looked at him with a smile on his face, "First of all, I want to correct this couple. Their behavior is not a serious fault, but a crime. There is an essential difference between the two, and the criminal should be responsible for his own behavior. Pay the price."

"But the two of them have realized their mistakes, and they have to forgive others. Shouldn't you forgive them?"

Xiao Tong continued to smile with a good temper, "Please listen to me."

The young reporter was obviously very dissatisfied with Xiao Tong's lack of a positive answer, and his tone was already a little unhappy, "Okay, please tell me."

"Second, the damage they caused to my store, the damage to my reputation, and the impact on the business in my shop, I will recover these losses through legal means, this is a matter between me and the owner of the tailor shop , has nothing to do with you, the reporter. Third..."

"What's the third?"

"Thirdly, you go and ask your leader, what benefits did you get from Yu Qinghan, and then ask him if he dares to broadcast this passage."

As soon as these words came out, whether it was the reporter who faked a smile, the couple who faked crying, or the cameraman next to him, they were all stunned for a moment. There must be someone behind this incident. It was all tacitly understood, but Xiao Tong didn't show any face to the camera, and pointed it out bluntly, as if reminding them that each of them was just wearing the emperor's new clothes, and now being exposed by others, there is a kind of naked shame in public feel.Their faces were red and white, and even the eloquent reporter couldn't say anything at the moment.

"Do you have any questions? Please leave if you have no questions. Don't delay my business." Xiao Tong said, "By the way, Mr. Chen and Mrs. Chen, remember to take the things you brought with you, so I can save myself from throwing out the trash. "

The complexity of human relationships and sophistication in a small county is simply beyond Xiao Tong's imagination, and with Yu Qinghan messing around like a fly, Xiao Tong doesn't even want to deal with it.

When Xiao Tong said this, if he stayed any longer, he would be making fun of himself. Those group of people took their own things and left in desperation, and Xiao Tong was considered quiet.

In the evening, probably Yu Qinghan had already heard the news from the TV station, and apologized with a shy face. Xiao Tong was eating, and her dinner was very simple, half a bowl of rice, a small dish of fried pork with green bamboo shoots, and she was on the table to settle accounts Going to eat, while eating, keep track of this month's income and expenditure accounts. It's the end of the month, and Xiao Tong has to figure out how this month's revenue is.

Due to the recent farce, she hasn't had any income during this period of time. Fortunately, she has two orders this month, otherwise she wouldn't even be able to get her money back, and she would suffer a blood loss.

Yu Qinghan rubbed her hands and entered the door, uncertain about Xiao Tong's attitude, and said with a smile: "Xiao Tong, I'm here to apologize to you."

Xiao Tong took a bite of his meal, put down his chopsticks, and carefully checked each payment, "Well, I accept."

She agreed too easily, and Yu Qinghan became more and more uneasy, "Really? I don't believe it."

Why is this person so clueless?Xiao Tong looked up at her suspiciously, then lowered his head again, "If you don't believe me, don't believe it."

"..." Like hitting cotton with a fist, Yu Qinghan lowered his head in frustration and stood there without saying a word.

During the day, Xiao Tong can treat her as if the air does not exist, but in the evening, it will not work. Yu Qinghan is a big living person standing here, which is less scary, mainly because it blocks Xiao Tong's light, making her unable to read the account book. Qing, almost made a wrong calculation, so Xiao Tong had no choice but to raise his head and ask her: "Do you have anything else to do? Just go if you have nothing to do, you are blocking my light."

"I have something to do!" Yu Qinghan hurriedly said.

"Just say it if you have it." Xiao Tong was puzzled, "Could it be that if you wasted time standing there, then the words would come out automatically?"

"I... I just want to say that I'm hungry, can I have dinner with you?"

"No." Xiao Tong replied simply, "I only made my dinner, and I didn't have another bite. If I give it to you, I'll be hungry."

"Then why don't you cook more tomorrow? I want to eat too..."

"No."

"why?"

"I cook and eat by myself, why don't I make an extra portion for you, and I want to give you a reason?" Xiao Tong laughed, thinking that he might not be able to do anything today, collected the account book, and remembered something, " By the way, did you order the two sets of clothes from me last month?"

"Ah, yes... yes, Xiao Tong, you are not angry with me, are you?"

"Oh, don't do this kind of thing again in the future. The customization process is quite complicated and labor-intensive. I don't really want to take it. If you don't really need it, don't waste my time and your money."

"Are you tired?" Yu Qinghan originally thought she was doing it well, but she didn't expect to be a disservice to Xiao Tong, with an expression of doing something wrong, "I'm just afraid that you don't have enough money, and I thought you could earn more Money, I'm sorry..."

"You pay me to deliver the goods. I'm not sorry. I just tell you that I don't want to do meaningless labor. For this matter, I'm closed. Please go out."

Such a nature of being neither humble nor overbearing is much more terrifying than Xiao Tong's deliberate drawing of boundaries before. Yu Qinghan tossed and turned in bed at night, the more she thought about it, the more frightened she became. She could not find a good way to chase Xiao Tong back. Whatever you do is wrong, try a few more methods, at least there is still a possibility of being right, but what you do now is meaningless, and you have escaped from right and wrong, so even the possibility of being right has been sealed.

What is placed in front of Yu Qinghan is not darkness, but a bare wall, unfathomably high, Yu Qinghan can't turn over to the opposite side no matter what.

How to do it?

no way.

Yu Qinghan can only comfort herself, if she can stay by Xiao Tong's side, she will no longer drive herself away, that's good, as for what to do in the future?Give it time.

Seeing whether Xiao Tong softened his heart first, or Yu Qinghan gave up first.

The whole farce ended with the tailor on the next street paying the cost of repainting Xiaotong's shutter door, mental damage and store damage, and the mastermind's detention for fifteen days. However, the impact of this incident was not eliminated. At that time, there was no business in Xiao Tong's store.

Anyway, her store has no front rent, and she is not in a hurry when she has no business. Tong enjoyed the sense of accomplishment of catching the real murderer from the perspective of the protagonist. It was not enough to watch, so she specially bought a digital tablet and drew the killing methods that she thought were wonderful in her mind. She saw an illustration submission mailbox at the back of the magazine , so with a playful attitude, I voted according to that email address. After half a month, I actually received a reply, saying that the illustration drawn by Xiao Tong had been drafted, and the magazine also expressed its intention to sign a long-term contract with Xiao Tong. Illustration contract.

Xiao Tong actually earned an unexpected amount of extra money in this way. Xiao Tong really couldn't think of it. He was glad that someone recognized him, but he still declined the invitation from the magazine. Painting requires a state of mind. When I get inspired, I can't think of good materials and composition. If I am bound by a contract, I will lose the sense of accomplishment when the inspiration comes.

However, this incident made Xiao Tong find a new direction. Although she doesn't like fashion design anymore, she still has the urge to draw something. Take a day off, carry the drawing board to the mountains and rivers, paint mountains and rivers, or not go anywhere at all, put the drawing board on the side of the road in front of your house, and draw pedestrians and vehicles coming and going.

When she went out, Yu Qinghan followed, and she put the drawing board at the door of the house, and Yu Qinghan moved a round stool from the breakfast shop next to her, and sat beside her to watch her draw.

Yu Qinghan spoke a lot less than before, and she was no longer obsessed with asking Xiao Tong to respond to her. Most of the time, she followed Xiao Tong silently, like Xiao Tong's shadow.

But Xiao Tong's own real shadow will not make her hate it.

Occasionally, Xiao Tong would hang his drawing board at the door of his house to paint, which would attract some walkers and passers-by to stop and watch. Many people praised Xiao Tong for his good paintings, and some even asked Xiao Tong if he would sell his paintings.

After a painting was completed, Xiao Tong responded with a smile, "Sorry, the painting is not for sale."

"Don't sell paintings?" The person who asked was surprised, "Don't you make a living by painting? If you don't sell paintings, why don't you drink the northwest wind?"

"No." Xiao Tong pointed to his front door, "I'm a tailor."

"It turned out to be a tailor." The surroundings chattered, "Now even the tailor's paintings are so beautiful? Isn't it robbing other people's painter's job?"

"There's no such thing as robbing or not. Can people call it robbing based on their ability? Besides, the tailor has already said it, and she doesn't sell paintings. How can it be called robbing people's business?"

"Drawing so well, I don't know how the tailoring skills are."

"Next time you want to change your clothes, you will know if you try it here."

"..."

Xiao Tong only thought it was a joke painting by passers-by, but he didn't expect that after a few days, someone actually ran halfway across the city to bring clothes for him to change because he had seen his paintings.

"Master Xiao, I bought these pants too fat, but I like the shape of them. I don't want to return them, so I want to make them thinner. I send them to another store. They say they are afraid that the shape will be changed. Last time I saw you draw Painting, very tasteful and patient, I knew you were a tailor, so I thought of sending these trousers to you, you can see if you can change it, and forget it.”

Xiao Tong looked at the trousers, "It can be changed, but your trousers have special craftsmanship, and the cost will be more expensive than ordinary modification."

"Great! I really like these pants, I can change them!"

"Okay, I'll give you a bill, and I'll trouble you to pick it up with the bill in a week."

The man paid the money and left the trousers here for Xiao Tong to change. He came to pick them up a week later, and the fit was indeed not out of shape. He repeatedly praised Xiao Tong for his good craftsmanship. After a few months, the business of Xiaoji Tailor Shop began to improve again.

Xiao Tong gradually became overwhelmed, and posted the notice of recruiting apprentices again. This time, there was a person who came for an interview. Xiao Tong was stunned when he saw her. Chen Anise.

"I saw that you were recruiting apprentices, so I came in."

Xiao Tong was sitting and Chen Hui was standing, Chen Hui was wringing his hands uncomfortably, biting his lips so badly, his eyes kept staring diagonally downwards, he didn't dare to look at Xiao Tong at all.

"Learning to tailor is hard work, you can't do it."

"You underestimate people. I have never suffered. How can I learn tailoring so I can't do it?"

"Being beaten is not called suffering." Xiao Tong didn't even raise his head, "After being beaten, the pain will pass for a while. Tailoring is a boring and long-lasting continuous job, which requires patience."

"What I have is patience." Chen Hui objected, "Why don't I do chores for you for free first, so how about letting you try my patience? I don't need money, you just pay for my food and lodging."

Xiao Tong refused, "Sorry."

Chen Hui left unconvinced.

Xiao Tong thought the matter was over, but he didn't expect that when he went to open the shop the next day, he saw Chen Hui had already arrived at the door.

"Morning!" Chen Hui smiled at Xiao Tong.

"What do you want?"

"I said, I'll do chores for you for free."

"I do not need."

"Don't rush to refuse. It's better to have a handyman than no one, right? Are you afraid that I will steal your things? Don't worry, I have rehabilitated and will never do those stealthy things again."

Chen Hui didn't say that Xiao Tong didn't think of this level before, but he just thought that Chen Hui's personality would jump when he saw it, and he didn't have a long-term personality. He definitely couldn't learn tailoring. Chen Hui didn't hit the south wall and didn't look back, and even so, Xiao Tong didn't refuse any more, acquiescing to let her do odd jobs here for free.

On the contrary, when Yu Qinghan came to Xiao Tong's place to visit, she was startled when she saw Chen Hui, "What is she doing here?"

"I'm here to be a handyman." Chen Hui was mopping the floor, smiling with the mop on his upper body, "I've repented of my evil ways and returned to my righteousness. From today on, I'll learn my skills from my master."

Xiao Tong never recognized Chen Hui as his apprentice, but it wasn't an important matter, so he didn't refute it.

"But she used to be a thief!" Yu Qinghan reminded Xiao Tong, "What if she wants to let you relax your vigilance first, and then steal your things?"

"There's nothing to steal here." Chen Hui laughed, "At a glance, it's just buttons and zippers. Who cares? If I steal it, I'm afraid no one will buy it if I want to sell it."

"Xiao Tong, don't listen to her smooth talk."

"Hey, what's the rhetoric? I'm justified, okay?"

"you……"

The two of them quarreled so much that Xiao Tong's head got dizzy, Xiao Tong curled up his fingers, tapped the workbench with his knuckles, and said softly: "Stop."

When the two of them stopped to look at her together, she said: "The door is there, go out and make noise, don't interfere with my work."

Yu Qinghan and Chen Hui glanced at each other, they both closed their mouths, Chen Hui continued mopping the floor, and did not forget to roll his eyes at Yu Qinghan.

"Xiao Tong." Yu Qinghan continued to persuade her, "You can't keep this person, the country is easy to change and the nature is hard to change!"

Xiao Tong's sewing machine started to rattle again, and he responded perfunctorily to Yu Qinghan.

Yu Qinghan actually started to regret after saying this sentence, what is he doing?Didn't you dig a hole for yourself to jump in?At this time, what was said that "the nature of the country is easy to change, and the nature cannot be changed", hurting the enemy eight hundred and self-defeating one thousand, I was really stunned by anger.

Xiao Tong didn't think as much as Yu Qinghan thought, now Yu Qinghan's words went into her left ear and out of her right ear, she didn't even care about what Yu Qinghan said, only Yu Qinghan made up his own brain It's a big show, and then I'll make myself choked up.

Xiao Tong underestimated Chen Hui's perseverance, Chen Hui worked for Xiao Tongbai here for two months, his hands and feet were clean, except for his own business, he never touched Xiao Tong's things, and never said anything excessive. He is a very measured person, which Xiao Tong appreciates very much, but he doesn't know why Chen Hui made himself like that in the past.

"There are so many places to recruit apprentices, why do you have to be an apprentice in my shop?" Finally one day, Xiao Tong couldn't help asking.

Chen Fenfan stuffed his mouth and said vaguely, "Do you want me to tell the truth?"

"Ah."

"It's just that my grandma got sick a few months ago, and her health is not as good as before. She said that she has no other wishes in this life. She just wants me to learn a craft to support myself and stop messing around. She will be content. "Chen Hui took a bite of the meal again, "My grandma is very kind to me. I think I used to be a mess and not filial. At least her wish must be fulfilled, but my reputation here has long been rotten. If you are willing to recruit me, I think of you, you just came, you don’t have such a strong sense of participation in my deeds, maybe you can still accept me, I will try my luck.”

"Have you thought about going back to school?"

"No, I'm not that material. Besides, studying is too time-consuming. I just want to learn a craft, save some money, and be able to honor my grandma."

Hearing these words, Xiao Tong was touched in his heart, thought for a long time, and said to Chen Hui: "I have accepted you as an apprentice, but you have to study hard, and don't let your grandma down again."

"Ah?" Chen Hui was quite confused, "Didn't you accept me as an apprentice long ago? Are you calling so many masters before me for nothing?"

"..." Forget it, Xiao Tong thought, he doesn't know as much as a child.

However, the promises from Xiao Tong are always more reassuring. With his first month's salary, Chen Hui bought a box of health care products that are often advertised on TV for her grandma, and she was so happy for her grandma. I can't close my mouth anymore.I don't know if this thing is effective or not. Chen Hui just wants to buy some for her grandma because she sees many old men and women eating it.

After Chen Hui delivered the health care products to grandma, she swaggered to Yu Qinghan's breakfast shop with her hands behind her back. She was so blinded by Yu Qinghan that Xiao Tong finally accepted herself as his apprentice. She didn't know Yu Qinghan and Xiao Tong In the past, I just saw that Yu Qinghan was unhappy and wanted to be angry with her, but I didn't expect that Yu Qinghan had mixed feelings, so he couldn't speak at that time. I went to the tailor's shop, but I didn't dare to tell Xiao Tong about it.

Chen Hui is officially working at Xiao Tong's place. Xiao Tong has tidied up a room on the second floor for Chen Hui as her dormitory. The room is large, with simple decoration and simple furniture, but it is already better than Chen Hui's doghouse. Too much, Chen Hui was so moved that he almost cried bitterly without hugging Xiao Tong, "Master, you are so kind to me——"

"……have a good rest."

Xiao Tong really can't stand this kind of outgoing personality.

In the middle of the night, Xiao Tong received a text message from Yu Qinghan.

"Xiao Tong, can you forgive others for hurting you, but can't you forgive me?"

Xiao Tong deleted it after reading it.

The damage is also divided into orders of magnitude, what kind of silly question is this.

With Xiao Tong's personal admission, Chen Hui worked harder than before, got up earlier than Xiao Tong every day, bought breakfast for Xiao Tong, and carried nothing heavy every day. On the first day, when Chen Hui came back with the breakfast, Xiao Tong Surprised, and asked where it came from.

"I bought it next door." Chen Hui brought the seafood porridge in front of Xiao Tong, "Master, this is yours. I don't know if it's good or not. The fierce boss over there said you must like it, so I'll give it to you." It's here."

"Did you pay?"

"Am I the kind of person who pays on credit?"

Xiao Tong started to eat with peace of mind, "Well, remember the money for buying breakfast in the future, I will reimburse you."

"Okay, thank you Master!" Chen Hui was also hungry, holding her bowl of salty bone porridge and sucking it up.

In the afternoon, Yu Qinghan ran into Chen Hui, stopped her and asked, "Have you had the porridge in the morning, Master?"

"Drinked."

"What did she say?"

"Tell me to reimburse her for the money I buy breakfast every day."

"I didn't ask you this, she didn't say whether the porridge is good or not, and how does it taste?"

"No." Chen Hui smacked his lips, "But the salty bone porridge I ate was really good. The salty bone porridge is so delicious, not to mention the seafood porridge. It must be delicious! Hey, porridge in your store Is there any secret recipe? Just tell me, I will learn too, so I won’t overwhelm myself with too many skills!”

"..." Yu Qinghan glared at her, "Go and learn from your tailor!"

"What's wrong with the tailor?" Chen Hui retorted, "Don't underestimate the tailor, my master is also a tailor! She is a hundred times better than you, a hundred times gentler, and a hundred times more beautiful!" Of course, the last sentence is purely Chen Hui's bragging. Her master was probably pretty good-looking, but the one who shopped earlier... anyway, Chen Hui had seen quite a few female celebrities on TV, and there were really few who could be better looking than that one.

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