Rebirth in another world is good for farming
Chapter 53 Drawings
"Why did you go out and still be so reckless?" Master Wang frowned, staring at the young man with sharp eyes and said displeasedly.
"Okay, Xiaowen came back after being sent out by you, so don't be in a hurry to teach him a lesson." Wang Momo smoothed things out in a soft voice, because Master Wang, who was planning to continue what he said, just now Shut up.
"Ah, it turns out that the little master has guests. You chat first, and I'll go change clothes." The boy called Xiaowen was indeed in a bit of a mess, his clothes were dirty and dyed gray, and his hair was clinging to his forehead.At this time, I found that there were other customers in the store besides the two masters, so I was a little embarrassed to say.
"Xiaowen has been running outside looking for spices for me these days, and I just made you laugh." Wang Meme bent down and took out a set of small and delicate thin tea bowls from nowhere, and poured tea on it skillfully. , handed them to several people one by one, and said with regret.
"Wang Momo is polite, we are the ones who bothered you." Zhang Xiaoliu hurriedly stood up and took the tea bowl, now that they were too blind to think about the journey, just because they heard a few words about Master Wang's craftsmanship, they just talked about it indiscriminately. I found it.He saw that Master Wang's demeanor did not look like a carpenter at all.Looking at the exquisiteness of every scene and object in this shop, I really can't associate it with carpentry.
"There are people coming and going in the store, so what's the trouble?" Wang Momo brought the last bowl of tea to Master Wang, and then continued: "But my store is usually very deserted... little brother You can take a look at it casually, and if you like something, I will give it to you more cheaply."
"I just smelled the fragrance just outside the door. I think Wang Momo's things are so beautiful that I can't afford them." The hot air from the tea bowl tucked in the tea fragrance, Zhang Xiaoliu's nose twitched, Even more surprised.Boiled water is bland and tasteless, and many people in the village like to make tea.Cook some herbs that he picked during the dog days, or buy a lot of bitter tea that can be wrapped in paper for more than ten yuan at the market. This is the first time he has smelled such a fresh and authentic tea fragrance here, which is better than him. Last time in Donglai Restaurant, Zhang Zhang's hospitality tasted much better.
He originally took the tea bowl out of politeness, but now he couldn't help but put it to his lips and took a sip.The slightly hot tea slipped from the mouth into the throat, leaving a fragrance on the lips and teeth.
Wang Meme saw his surprised appearance, and waited for him to take another sip before filling him up again, and said, "How does this tea taste?"
Master Wang snorted softly when he heard the words, Zhang Xiaoliu hurriedly said: "Wang Momo's tea is really fragrant, even though I was very thirsty just now, I was not willing to drink it all in one sitting." Can tell good from bad.It's hard to say anything at this time, otherwise how a poor kid understands this is even more suspicious.
Wang Memo didn't expect a child to say something about this bowl of tea, so he smiled slightly and said: "It's hot and tired outside, if you don't hurry back, you can rest here first .”
Zhao Zhengze and Mai Mai were afraid of being scalded, and the tea in their hands hadn't been touched yet.Ever since Xiaosong entered here, he only kept his eyes rolling and didn't dare to move.
Zhang Xiaoliu was about to take a look at the blueprint and was about to leave, when the door curtain moved, the young man came out again.He washed off the dust stuck to his face before, and changed into an indigo long gown, which looked like a different person from the one who rushed in just now.
"Go, get the stack of papers on my desk." As soon as he took two steps, Master Wang seemed to have eyes behind his back and told him to go back and get things without looking back.
"Hey, master, are you finally going to do it again? I'll go right away." Xiaowen was very happy when he heard that, he paused and turned back quickly.
His speed was very fast, before the few people in the store had time to say anything, they saw him turn out again.
"Xiaowen, don't always be in a hurry. This is for my little brother to see, just bring it to me." Before he walked in front of Master Wang, Wang Momo said again. His face fell down.
"He's just so childish, don't pay attention to him. The blueprints are here, just look through them yourself." Seeing that the other people were silent, Wang Momo only smiled at them when their eyes met, The blueprint was handed over to Zhang Xiaoliu.
Zhang Xiaoliu hurriedly stretched out his hand to take it, Wang Momo stared at his wrist, Zhang Xiaoliu followed his gaze, it was the bracelet Ah Zheng gave him last time, there was a peach pit on it that was smoothed Carved willow leaves.
"The things you wear are also very delicate, did you make them yourself?" Seeing that he found out, Wang Memo asked generously.
"My hands and feet are very clumsy, and I can't make such delicate things. He made them for me." Zhang Xiaoliu pointed to Zhao Zhengze, and thought that although Ah Zheng's things are good, they are as exquisite as those in your shop. Compared with the fragrant one, it is still rough.
"No wonder you said you can go back and do it after reading the blueprint. Someone in your family is a carpenter?" Wang Momo looked at Zhao Zhengze, as if speculating about their relationship.It is said that they look like brothers, but they don't look like them at all. If the husband and wife are both too young.
"No, this little thing is just figuring it out. As for the case, I have to go back to the village and find someone to do it." Zhang Xiaoliu was a little confused. It has been half an hour since they came in this Xiangxi Pavilion, and they are still there. Not a single customer came.Wang Momo seemed to be very enthusiastic, but the tea he brought out was surprising enough, and even his words and deeds were not like the merchants in the town, and his words were very gentle.
"Then please take a look, little brother. If there is anything you don't understand, feel free to ask him." Wang Momo pointed to Master Wang who was sitting at the side, and then went to tidy up the things in the store.
Zhang Xiaoliu opened the stack of drawings, which were obviously not sorted out. There were not only large items such as beds and wooden cabinets, but also various patterns of flowers, birds and even animals.He didn't want to stay here for a long time, so he flipped through it in a hurry, and finally saw a few sketches of the table when he was almost done.Some are tall and some are short, there are low tables suitable for sitting on the floor, and there are waist-high desk tables. There is even a chapter table with a few books randomly drawn on it, which seems to be prepared for the study.
He finished reading it in one breath, then put the stack of papers on the table, and said: "Thank you, Master Wang, Wang Momo, I have finished reading it."
"So fast? Little brother, do you see a suitable style?" Wang Momo came over after hearing the words.
"Yes, I just want to find a book case suitable for calligraphy practice for my younger brother. The pictures drawn by Master Wang are very detailed."
"That's good." Wang Momo also smiled.
"The sudden visit, we have to drive the ox cart back, so we won't bother the two of you anymore, thank you Wang Momo." Zhang Xiaoliu Wang Momo's overly enthusiastic attitude made it a little confusing, and he decided to leave here as soon as possible.
"Since you are on your way, let's go quickly. After sitting for so long, you haven't asked your name?"
"My surname is Zhang, Wang Momo can just call me Xiaoliu."
"It turned out to be Brother Liu, please go slowly. If you make such an exquisite bracelet, you can bring it to the store and sell it to me. I also like to mess with these things." Wang Momo sent him to the door, He pointed to his wristband again.
"Okay, come see Wang when you go to the market next time." Zhang Xiaoliu turned around to answer his words, and then left quickly.
Wang Meme watched them leave, then turned back to the shop.
"What are you talking about, I don't know anyone, so there is so much to say?" Master Wang, who was sitting upright on the chair just now, leaned his head on the back of the chair, and lay down halfway on his side, lazily. The voice is full of dissatisfaction.
"Didn't you just see a few cute children and say a few words! By the way, I think the things carved out of peach pits on his hands are not bad." Wang Momo walked behind him and rubbed his head, smiling. speak.
"Isn't it just a new idea? The handwork is still very rough. Besides, don't you plan to use this raw material to make more?" Wang Momo's pressing force is obviously very suitable, and Master Wang's face quickly eased. Said eloquently.
"Don't always ask others according to your standards. After all, they are still young and have no one to guide them. I was inspired by others last time, so I came up with this idea."
"In your eyes, everyone else is very good!"
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Zhang Xiaoliu and his party didn't know about the rest of the conversation in Xiangxi Pavilion. He just felt that Wang Memo was too enthusiastic, so he left in a hurry.After walking tens of meters away, I was a little annoyed that I didn't read the drawings in detail.
"Brother, what's the matter?" Seeing him stop suddenly, Mai Mai asked slightly worried.Zhao Zhengze also looked at him suspiciously, not knowing what he was missing.
"It's okay, let's walk casually and go shopping." Zhang Xiaoliu shook his head and led them to the lively place.
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It was almost the end of the day when I came back from the market, and the people who built the wall with Uncle Li Sheng next to me had already finished their work.Because he had already had lunch at the fair, Zhang Xiaoliu packed up the things he bought, and went to Caoermomo's house with a piece of pork.Uncle Li Sheng accepted the errand of building a house, and the work of raising chickens in the bamboo grove and working in the fields fell on Li Nanny and a few children.Although this was their own choice, but Li Sheng really devoted himself to building the house, and Zhang Xiaoliu naturally saw it.
He originally thought that at this time the members of the Li family should have just had lunch or were enjoying the cool in the hall, but he didn't expect to hear laughter from afar.
"What... what." After walking outside the door, they saw their family gathered in the hallway, looking at Xiaoliu in the middle with joy, and deliberately slowed down the tone when talking to him.
"What!" Xiao Liu really lived up to everyone's expectations, as soon as Li Shi's words fell, he shouted out loudly.
It turned out that Xiao Liu was learning to speak, no wonder he was so happy, no one even noticed his arrival.
Zhang Xiaoliu didn't want to disturb them either, so he stood outside the door and watched.It's a pity that Xiao Liu can only say the sound of "Mo Mo" after talking, and he can't even say "Daddy".Anxiously teased by everyone, he simply stopped talking and just held Cao'er's hand and head to look around.
"Wow!" Suddenly he raised his head and seemed to see Zhang Xiaoliu by the door, waving his hands and shouting loudly.
The few people who had been paying attention to him followed his gaze, only then did they see Zhang Xiaoliu standing outside.
"Brother Liu, why don't you make a sound when you're here, such a vicious sun!" Nanny Li was the first to yell with a slight complaint, and Li Kang, who was blocking the door by himself, hurriedly stepped aside.
"Xiao Liu found out just now when he walked over, he's really clever." Zhang Xiaoliu said as he walked in.
"Isn't that right? I've never heard of a child who can talk before they're the right age. See how clearly he said it just now?" Nanny Li also looked smug.
"Xiao Liu is really amazing, isn't he?" Seeing that he was still staring at him, Zhang Xiaoliu simply handed the things to Li Kang, walked over to rub his face, and asked with a smile.
"Why did brother Liu come here? Is there something wrong with the house that was built?" Li Sheng was also a little surprised to see him. These days, he has nothing to say to Lin Cao'er. He has not been at home for several days. up.
"Of course not. Uncle Li Sheng personally supervised him. What's the problem? I just came here to talk to Cao'er and see Xiao Liu." Seeing his nervous expression, Zhang Xiaoliu hurriedly said comfortingly.
"Brother Liu, come over if you want to talk, why do you have to come to the door with something every time?" Nanny Li looked at the pork in Li Kang's hand and sighed.Although he always told Lin Cao'er not to accept the things Zhang Xiaoliu brought, but he was also a stubborn little guy, and he never took the things he brought.
"It's been hard for Uncle Li Sheng these days. You are so busy that you don't even have time to go to the market, so I really feel embarrassed." Ever since he had income, Zhang Xiaoliu has never been stingy with the tens of pennies he bought for meat.On the contrary, their family is gradually starting to kill chickens to eat, and they don't need to buy meat, so they just brought it over to the Li family to improve it today.
"Isn't this what we should do? Uncle Li Sheng, you spent a copper coin to ask him to do it, so why are you embarrassed?" Nanny Li blamed him for being too polite, and said loudly.
"That being said, if I can invite others, I'm not so relieved." Zhang Xiaoliu said with a smile, and begged for mercy: "Let's just treat it as the last time, and I will come to the door empty-handed in the future."
"Empty-handed is the right thing to do. Next time I bring something over, I'll tell you to burn the grass and let you eat it before going back."
Zhang Xiaoliu agreed with a smile, only to see his face soften.
"Come on, Brother Liu, sit here." A worn-out straw mat was spread on the floor, and Xiao Liu, Nanny Li, and Cao'er were sitting on the straw mat.Seeing that they had finished speaking, Lin Cao'er squeezed aside and made an empty seat to call him over.
Zhang Xiaoliu couldn't refuse his enthusiastic attitude, so he had no choice but to go over and sit down beside him.
"Hey, Cao'er looks much better!" The two got closer, and Zhang Xiaoliu could see it more clearly.When Lin Cao'er's symptoms were severe, she could hear his slight panting when she leaned beside him.Now his voice is normal, a little flesh has grown on his cheeks, and his face is no longer pale.
"Yeah, I just talked to him yesterday. His face was so ugly two months ago, he couldn't get off the ground and even the children couldn't see him, he looked like he was going to float up when he walked. He can still go for a ride in the bamboo forest these days. Handle, you carried Xiao Liu to grow vegetables yesterday!" Li Nanny also continued from the side.
"Really?" Lin Cao'er was also surprised when he heard it. He thought for a while and said: "Recently, I feel better. I used to walk a few more steps and always felt out of breath. These days I can still do some work. But I didn’t go to get medicine, did I?”
"Didn't you drink the wine Liu Geer gave you every night this month? I think you slept soundly after drinking it." Li Sheng said from the side.
"I slept soundly because of dizziness..." Lin Cao'er gave him a look, but after thinking about it, the only difference was this.Could it be that the jar of wine has such a magical effect?
Seeing this, Zhang Xiaoliu said: "The shopkeeper Huo also said that the wine can nourish the body and improve the physique. Maybe it really has a little effect on Cao'er's body. No matter what the reason is, it is always a good thing if it is better!"
"In this way, it's still fortunate to have the pot of medicinal wine sent by brother Liu. I think it has improved a lot in the past few days, and I can help out in the bamboo forest tomorrow." Lin Cao'er was also tired of lying in bed. , I feel uncomfortable all over my body, and it also drags down the work at home.
"That's not very good. Don't be too impatient, Cao'er. The place where the chickens are raised is very dirty. If you are in poor health, you are easy to get sick. You have finally recovered. It is time to continue to take care of your health. And Little five and little six, don't let them go into the bamboo forest at will." Zhang Xiaoliu hurriedly stopped him, with such a large group of chickens, it is impossible to say which one has something wrong with them, if a person with poor health catches the disease and comes out But it's not easy.
"Look, brother Liu thinks better than you. Why are you so anxious? It's been so long, why do you still care about the ten days and half a month? You'd better hurry up and make your body stronger before you can help!" Nanny Li also stared at Lin Cao'er.
"It's exactly what Nanny Li said." Zhang Xiaoliu echoed.I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. If I don't take good care of my body now, it will be even more difficult when I get tired.
"In this kind of weather, it really saves a lot of trouble to raise the chickens in the bamboo forest. Brother Liu, the chickens have grown up a lot recently, faster than the ones raised at home." Seeing someone follow him, Madam Li said Lin Cao'er didn't dare to refute, she hugged Xiao Liu in a good mood, teasingly said in her arms.
"It must grow faster than the chickens at home. In the bamboo forest, let them eat as much as they can, and just grow meat every day." Zhang Xiaoliu nodded. Usually, the free-range chickens at home are not fed much. They eat grass and bugs all the time, so they grow very slowly.
"I think it's time to start preparing to find some more eggs to hatch chicks. If brother Liu said that dozens of chicks will be given to others every day, these chickens won't last long." Madam Li Think carefully and ask questions quickly.
"Yes, it will be too late to raise these chicks when they grow up. Nanny Li will discuss with Dashun sometime, whether to buy chicks from others or collect some eggs to hatch?" Although at first It is planned that the chicks in the future will save their own eggs to hatch, but thinking about it now, it seems that it is not very cost-effective.The hatching rate is not high, and it is easy to die in the first few days after hatching.
Several people discussed raising chickens for a while, Zhang Xiaoliu remembered what he was serious about asking, and hurriedly said: "I almost forgot, Madam Li, do you know any family in the village that has grown glutinous rice this year? "
"Glutinous rice?" Li Mama thought for a long time before saying, "I remember that there were a few families who seemed to have harvested glutinous rice with five or six cents of land. Brother Liu, the price of glutinous rice is much more expensive than rice. Do you really want to buy it?"
"No way, we don't have much land in our family, Madam Li also knows that if we want to make wine, we can only buy it from other houses." Zhang Xiaoliu doesn't care about the cost, anyway, he and shopkeeper Huo's wine bills are settled every month. Even the glutinous rice has to be grown at home, which is too tiring.
Nanny Li then mentioned the names of several families, and said: "They want to sell the glutinous valley for money, you just have to ask first, don't let them raise the price."
Although the yield of glutinous rice is much lower than that of rice, if experienced people tend it well, they may make more money in the end, so some people will plant some glutinous rice specially.Nanny Li was worried that other people would deliberately increase the price if they knew that he wanted to buy glutinous rice to make wine, so she reminded him.
"I see, I'll ask about it before I go." Zhang Xiaoliu also wanted to find a family to grow some glutinous rice next year, and he would buy it directly at that time, but he didn't know if he could negotiate.He wrote down the families mentioned by Nanny Li, and planned to go one by one to see if there were any suitable ones.
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In the evening, another big fire was ignited in the open space in front of Zhang's house. Two large urns of wine were continuously boiling and cooling in the fire, and they would be ready to burn when they woke up the next day.
"Brother Liu, it's too hot to burn like this. Why don't you leave a room in the new house and build something like a stove for burning wine?" Zhao Zhengze and Zhang Xiaoliu made sure that the current fire would not spread. Just went to the house.
"Do you want to burn it in the stove?" Zhang Xiaoliu paused after hearing his words, as if he had never thought of improving this method, because all the others he knew before burned it like this.But at that time, the family usually only brewed wine once a year, so it didn't matter if it was burned in a big way.But now he has to burn it once a month, which is too eye-catching, and he has to worry that if he is negligent one day, the house will be burned down by the fire.What's more, if this continues, others will find out that he is making wine sooner or later. If he also follows this method, then the wine he brews will be nothing special.
"Well, we can build a stove like the large pot now, put the wine jar in it, add firewood under it, and put some firewood or chaff around it, so it can boil, right?" Zhao Zhengze followed him and stopped, gesticulating. explain.
"Good idea, why didn't I think of it? Azheng, you are really getting more and more ideas." Zhang Xiaoliu rubbed his head. He also hates the heat and burning smell brought by such a big fire. Coming to soju also saves a lot of trouble.
"Then you have to think about it quickly, Uncle Li Sheng will build a chimney in a few days!" Zhao Zhengze was very happy to solve another matter, so he quickly reminded him.In the house where the kitchen was planned to be built before, the chimney had to be done first, otherwise the chimney was not well done, and the house would be easily blackened in the future.
"Why don't we build an extra stove in the kitchen and put a small pot on it on weekdays. When we are cooking wine, we can hold up the small pot and put the wine urn in it?" Zhang Xiaoliu thought about it, and the eight rooms were fully arranged. Well, if the shochu and the wine are stored in the same room, it may not be conducive to the preservation of the wine.And there are two chimneys in a house, so I don't know if there is any taboo.
"It's better if you think carefully. It's too wasteful to use a single room to make wine. It's enough to have a suitable stove." There are generally two kinds of stoves here according to the size of the house. One is the most convenient like the one they use now. , only two stoves.The other is nine-shaped, with a round deep pot on the head for boiling water and soup, and a large wok with two small ones on the other side, which is also a round deep pot and a shallower wok. .
Their new house must have a nine-shaped stove. According to Zhang Xiaoliu's idea, the stove that puts the deep pot is not used much on weekdays. It is only necessary to take out the pot when it is time to make wine.It’s just that it’s best to find a suitable wine jar, preferably with a large body and not too high, so that the entire wine jar can be heated evenly like an open-air fire.
Zhang Xiaoliu thought about these things and prioritized them in his mind, and immediately decided to ask Zhao Zhengze to find someone to make furniture tomorrow, so as not to be late at the end.As for the stove, he will discuss it with Uncle Li Sheng.
In the room, Mai Mai stood up and spread the paper on the table. Although there was no stool, standing at her current height was just suitable for writing on the table.
"Wheat, is it correct to write my name like this?" He had just raised his pen to write a few words, when the stone pillar beside him suddenly screamed again, his hands trembled in fright, and he distorted what he had just written.
"What are you doing, can't you be quieter?" Mai Mai looked at the line on the white paper that looked like a curved earthworm, and gave him a distressed look.When I came back, I met him at the entrance of the village and had to follow me to play at home. I clearly said that I was not allowed to quarrel with myself to study, and now I destroyed a piece of paper.
"Ah, I'm sorry, I didn't do it on purpose." Shi Zhu saw the last word on the paper which was obviously far from the above ones, and knew that he had gotten into trouble again, he said loudly.
"What's the use of saying you're sorry? My brother bought it for me, and I just wrote it for the first time today!" Xiaomai originally wanted to show his brother the written words, but now he can't.He glanced at the words written on the ground by the stone pillar, which he had just written impatiently after he had been arguing for him to learn by gesturing, and said: "You can already write your own name, why don't you find someone else to play with?" ? I have to rewrite my handwriting today."
Shi Zhu took a look at his crooked handwriting, and he thought it was still very beautiful, but Mai Mai was impatient, and he was afraid that he would disturb him by talking again by accident, so he had to respond: "Okay, then I will look for it tomorrow. you play."
"Don't come to me tomorrow, I don't have time to play, you can go and play with Daniel and the others!" Mai Mai frowned, he didn't know why this stone pillar had to come to him every day to play.Now he not only has a lot of homework that his teacher taught him to review, but also wants to help his brother and the others to do something after finishing it earlier, so he has no time to pay attention to him.
"Then you study, I'm going back." Shi Zhu said disappointedly.In the past, other people would chase after him to play together, and only when he was in a good mood would he take everyone to play casually.Now I specially spare Maimai to come to him when he comes back from school, but he still doesn't want to play with him.
"Yeah." Mai Mai responded and continued to practice calligraphy with her head bowed.Although my husband only taught three characters today, it is not easy to write on paper for the first time.
Hearing his indifferent reaction, Shi Zhu turned around and left aggrievedly, without even hearing Zhang Xiaoliu calling him twice.
"What's wrong with Shizhu?" Zhang Xiaoliu looked at him leaving with his head downcast, and asked Zhao Zhengze beside him, "Didn't Xiaomai just say that he would teach him to write his name?"
"I don't know, maybe I haven't learned it?" Zhao Zhengze shook his head and said casually.
Shizhu walked home along the road, and the joy of just learning to write was also diluted.He also didn't understand why he insisted on going to play with Mai?It seems that if I don't see him for three to five days, I will want to go to him. I am used to waiting for him at the entrance of the village every day and I don't feel bored.He finally found someone he liked to play with, but the other party ignored him completely.
"Shizhu, Shizhu, why are you walking so fast?" Daniu saw Shizhu from a distance and ran to catch up. Who knew that the people in front of him didn't respond after calling for a long time, and finally caught up with him and stopped him.
"Daniu, what are you stopping me for?" Shi Zhu looked up at him until he was blocked, and said listlessly.
"I told you not to answer me for a long time... We found a hole with a mole cricket, do you want to go together?" Da Niu was tired of chasing him, and panted.
"I'm not interested, go on your own." Catching mole crickets was a game he used to like to play very much. When he found the mole cricket's cave, he took half a bucket of water out of the house, poured it along the entrance of the cave, and then quietly stood by.When the mole cricket jumps out, you have to be quick with your eyes and hands, pinch the sides of its body with two fingers, and then throw it into the earthen jar that you don't know where you found it.
Daniel opened his mouth wide when he heard the words: "Aren't you going to catch mole crickets? They all say that you only care about playing with wheat. Is it true?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? I just don't want to catch mole crickets!" Shi Zhu angrily walked around him and said, "When did you see me playing with him!"
Daniu watched him angrily walking towards the house, and whispered: "Obviously everyone saw you waiting for him to come back at the entrance of the village, and now you don't even catch mole crickets..." Suddenly he also felt a little lonely. The older ones were all confined by their parents to work at home, and the younger ones were too boring, and now even Shizhu didn't like to play.
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Here Shizhu left sullenly, and Xiaomai in the room felt that it was just time to calm down and write.He wrote a few more words on the blank paper, but he was still not satisfied. He simply put down his pen and made a few circles on the ground, deciding to write again tomorrow.
Xiao Song was tired from playing outside, so he ran back bluffing.Zhang Xiaoliu drove the chicken into the cage, while Zhao Zhengze fiddled with his peach pits and wood carvings.
"Ah Zheng, so you've already done so much?" Zhang Xiaoliu glanced at him when he entered the room, only to find that the small basket beside Zhao Zhengze was [-]% full.If you count them carefully, there are probably dozens of peach stone carvings and a dozen wood carvings.
"It's been a long time." Zhao Zhengze put down the knife and said embarrassedly.If he has enough time, he can complete two or three peach pit carvings in one morning, and he has been doing them for more than a month.
"Ah Zheng, did you make these things and just put them in a basket? Have you ever thought about selling them?" Zhang Xiaoliu simply knelt down and looked at them one by one. Now these finished products are much better than those made a month ago. The details have been improved a lot.
"Will anyone buy these things on weekdays?" Zhao Zhengze was a little uncertain. Although he liked playing with these things, it didn't mean that others would be willing to spend money on them.
"Look at the Xiangxi Pavilion opened by Wang Momo. The things inside are not exquisite? If no one buys it, how can his shop be open for so long?" Zhang Xiaoliu encouraged.When he came out of the Xiangxi Pavilion that day, he still felt that the Xiangxi Pavilion was always out of place, and he asked other stall owners for a long time.As a result, people said that Xiangxi Pavilion has been open there for nearly ten years, and Wang Meme is very enthusiastic about everyone who enters.Many people wanted to go to his shop to drink tea, but unfortunately, Master Wang's eyes were too fierce, and no one dared to go again after three or five times.
Thinking of this, Zhang Xiaoliu felt that he was thinking too much.If he hadn't left in such a hurry that day, maybe he could go back and talk to him about the peach pit carving.
"Then shall we also sell it in the town? Well, wouldn't it look good if it was worn on a bracelet?" Zhao Zhengze always liked his idea, and after hearing what he said, he thought about it seriously.
"If you wear a bracelet, you may have to wait until the next time you go to the fair... You should do it first. I'll go back to the fair next time to see where to sell it." Zhang Xiaoliu was also uncertain, and didn't seem to notice much. There are such stalls.
"Okay." Zhao Zhengze trusted him wholeheartedly, and after hearing what he said, he turned his attention back to his hands again.
In the middle of the night, it's time for each family to gossip on the bedside.Li Sheng came in with half a bowl of wine that was simmering warm in the kitchen, and said to Lin Cao'er, "The general is getting better, why did you forget to drink again? Come on, drink it while it's still warm."
Lin Cao'er slapped her head and said, "I was only focused on teaching Xiao Liu to speak, and I forgot about this." He took it and drank it twice, and handed the bowl back to Li Sheng, just like Xiao Liu. Lie in bed and fell asleep.
"Is this wine really that powerful? Are you drunk before half a glass of wine has been swallowed?" Li Sheng went to the kitchen to put the bowl back and saw him like this, he asked a little dumbfounded.
"You know that I get dizzy when I drink alcohol, but it's not only because of Brother Liu's wine, but also other wines." Lin Cao'er said with her eyes closed.
"Last time I heard you said it was very sweet. If it's because of this wine that your health has improved, let's buy another jar from Brother Liu..." Li Sheng also undressed and went to bed, and after a day of hard work, he was still alive. Also very tired.
"It's something you can buy if you want. Brother Liu is making rice wine now, so where is the time to make this?"
"Okay, Xiaowen came back after being sent out by you, so don't be in a hurry to teach him a lesson." Wang Momo smoothed things out in a soft voice, because Master Wang, who was planning to continue what he said, just now Shut up.
"Ah, it turns out that the little master has guests. You chat first, and I'll go change clothes." The boy called Xiaowen was indeed in a bit of a mess, his clothes were dirty and dyed gray, and his hair was clinging to his forehead.At this time, I found that there were other customers in the store besides the two masters, so I was a little embarrassed to say.
"Xiaowen has been running outside looking for spices for me these days, and I just made you laugh." Wang Meme bent down and took out a set of small and delicate thin tea bowls from nowhere, and poured tea on it skillfully. , handed them to several people one by one, and said with regret.
"Wang Momo is polite, we are the ones who bothered you." Zhang Xiaoliu hurriedly stood up and took the tea bowl, now that they were too blind to think about the journey, just because they heard a few words about Master Wang's craftsmanship, they just talked about it indiscriminately. I found it.He saw that Master Wang's demeanor did not look like a carpenter at all.Looking at the exquisiteness of every scene and object in this shop, I really can't associate it with carpentry.
"There are people coming and going in the store, so what's the trouble?" Wang Momo brought the last bowl of tea to Master Wang, and then continued: "But my store is usually very deserted... little brother You can take a look at it casually, and if you like something, I will give it to you more cheaply."
"I just smelled the fragrance just outside the door. I think Wang Momo's things are so beautiful that I can't afford them." The hot air from the tea bowl tucked in the tea fragrance, Zhang Xiaoliu's nose twitched, Even more surprised.Boiled water is bland and tasteless, and many people in the village like to make tea.Cook some herbs that he picked during the dog days, or buy a lot of bitter tea that can be wrapped in paper for more than ten yuan at the market. This is the first time he has smelled such a fresh and authentic tea fragrance here, which is better than him. Last time in Donglai Restaurant, Zhang Zhang's hospitality tasted much better.
He originally took the tea bowl out of politeness, but now he couldn't help but put it to his lips and took a sip.The slightly hot tea slipped from the mouth into the throat, leaving a fragrance on the lips and teeth.
Wang Meme saw his surprised appearance, and waited for him to take another sip before filling him up again, and said, "How does this tea taste?"
Master Wang snorted softly when he heard the words, Zhang Xiaoliu hurriedly said: "Wang Momo's tea is really fragrant, even though I was very thirsty just now, I was not willing to drink it all in one sitting." Can tell good from bad.It's hard to say anything at this time, otherwise how a poor kid understands this is even more suspicious.
Wang Memo didn't expect a child to say something about this bowl of tea, so he smiled slightly and said: "It's hot and tired outside, if you don't hurry back, you can rest here first .”
Zhao Zhengze and Mai Mai were afraid of being scalded, and the tea in their hands hadn't been touched yet.Ever since Xiaosong entered here, he only kept his eyes rolling and didn't dare to move.
Zhang Xiaoliu was about to take a look at the blueprint and was about to leave, when the door curtain moved, the young man came out again.He washed off the dust stuck to his face before, and changed into an indigo long gown, which looked like a different person from the one who rushed in just now.
"Go, get the stack of papers on my desk." As soon as he took two steps, Master Wang seemed to have eyes behind his back and told him to go back and get things without looking back.
"Hey, master, are you finally going to do it again? I'll go right away." Xiaowen was very happy when he heard that, he paused and turned back quickly.
His speed was very fast, before the few people in the store had time to say anything, they saw him turn out again.
"Xiaowen, don't always be in a hurry. This is for my little brother to see, just bring it to me." Before he walked in front of Master Wang, Wang Momo said again. His face fell down.
"He's just so childish, don't pay attention to him. The blueprints are here, just look through them yourself." Seeing that the other people were silent, Wang Momo only smiled at them when their eyes met, The blueprint was handed over to Zhang Xiaoliu.
Zhang Xiaoliu hurriedly stretched out his hand to take it, Wang Momo stared at his wrist, Zhang Xiaoliu followed his gaze, it was the bracelet Ah Zheng gave him last time, there was a peach pit on it that was smoothed Carved willow leaves.
"The things you wear are also very delicate, did you make them yourself?" Seeing that he found out, Wang Memo asked generously.
"My hands and feet are very clumsy, and I can't make such delicate things. He made them for me." Zhang Xiaoliu pointed to Zhao Zhengze, and thought that although Ah Zheng's things are good, they are as exquisite as those in your shop. Compared with the fragrant one, it is still rough.
"No wonder you said you can go back and do it after reading the blueprint. Someone in your family is a carpenter?" Wang Momo looked at Zhao Zhengze, as if speculating about their relationship.It is said that they look like brothers, but they don't look like them at all. If the husband and wife are both too young.
"No, this little thing is just figuring it out. As for the case, I have to go back to the village and find someone to do it." Zhang Xiaoliu was a little confused. It has been half an hour since they came in this Xiangxi Pavilion, and they are still there. Not a single customer came.Wang Momo seemed to be very enthusiastic, but the tea he brought out was surprising enough, and even his words and deeds were not like the merchants in the town, and his words were very gentle.
"Then please take a look, little brother. If there is anything you don't understand, feel free to ask him." Wang Momo pointed to Master Wang who was sitting at the side, and then went to tidy up the things in the store.
Zhang Xiaoliu opened the stack of drawings, which were obviously not sorted out. There were not only large items such as beds and wooden cabinets, but also various patterns of flowers, birds and even animals.He didn't want to stay here for a long time, so he flipped through it in a hurry, and finally saw a few sketches of the table when he was almost done.Some are tall and some are short, there are low tables suitable for sitting on the floor, and there are waist-high desk tables. There is even a chapter table with a few books randomly drawn on it, which seems to be prepared for the study.
He finished reading it in one breath, then put the stack of papers on the table, and said: "Thank you, Master Wang, Wang Momo, I have finished reading it."
"So fast? Little brother, do you see a suitable style?" Wang Momo came over after hearing the words.
"Yes, I just want to find a book case suitable for calligraphy practice for my younger brother. The pictures drawn by Master Wang are very detailed."
"That's good." Wang Momo also smiled.
"The sudden visit, we have to drive the ox cart back, so we won't bother the two of you anymore, thank you Wang Momo." Zhang Xiaoliu Wang Momo's overly enthusiastic attitude made it a little confusing, and he decided to leave here as soon as possible.
"Since you are on your way, let's go quickly. After sitting for so long, you haven't asked your name?"
"My surname is Zhang, Wang Momo can just call me Xiaoliu."
"It turned out to be Brother Liu, please go slowly. If you make such an exquisite bracelet, you can bring it to the store and sell it to me. I also like to mess with these things." Wang Momo sent him to the door, He pointed to his wristband again.
"Okay, come see Wang when you go to the market next time." Zhang Xiaoliu turned around to answer his words, and then left quickly.
Wang Meme watched them leave, then turned back to the shop.
"What are you talking about, I don't know anyone, so there is so much to say?" Master Wang, who was sitting upright on the chair just now, leaned his head on the back of the chair, and lay down halfway on his side, lazily. The voice is full of dissatisfaction.
"Didn't you just see a few cute children and say a few words! By the way, I think the things carved out of peach pits on his hands are not bad." Wang Momo walked behind him and rubbed his head, smiling. speak.
"Isn't it just a new idea? The handwork is still very rough. Besides, don't you plan to use this raw material to make more?" Wang Momo's pressing force is obviously very suitable, and Master Wang's face quickly eased. Said eloquently.
"Don't always ask others according to your standards. After all, they are still young and have no one to guide them. I was inspired by others last time, so I came up with this idea."
"In your eyes, everyone else is very good!"
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Zhang Xiaoliu and his party didn't know about the rest of the conversation in Xiangxi Pavilion. He just felt that Wang Memo was too enthusiastic, so he left in a hurry.After walking tens of meters away, I was a little annoyed that I didn't read the drawings in detail.
"Brother, what's the matter?" Seeing him stop suddenly, Mai Mai asked slightly worried.Zhao Zhengze also looked at him suspiciously, not knowing what he was missing.
"It's okay, let's walk casually and go shopping." Zhang Xiaoliu shook his head and led them to the lively place.
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It was almost the end of the day when I came back from the market, and the people who built the wall with Uncle Li Sheng next to me had already finished their work.Because he had already had lunch at the fair, Zhang Xiaoliu packed up the things he bought, and went to Caoermomo's house with a piece of pork.Uncle Li Sheng accepted the errand of building a house, and the work of raising chickens in the bamboo grove and working in the fields fell on Li Nanny and a few children.Although this was their own choice, but Li Sheng really devoted himself to building the house, and Zhang Xiaoliu naturally saw it.
He originally thought that at this time the members of the Li family should have just had lunch or were enjoying the cool in the hall, but he didn't expect to hear laughter from afar.
"What... what." After walking outside the door, they saw their family gathered in the hallway, looking at Xiaoliu in the middle with joy, and deliberately slowed down the tone when talking to him.
"What!" Xiao Liu really lived up to everyone's expectations, as soon as Li Shi's words fell, he shouted out loudly.
It turned out that Xiao Liu was learning to speak, no wonder he was so happy, no one even noticed his arrival.
Zhang Xiaoliu didn't want to disturb them either, so he stood outside the door and watched.It's a pity that Xiao Liu can only say the sound of "Mo Mo" after talking, and he can't even say "Daddy".Anxiously teased by everyone, he simply stopped talking and just held Cao'er's hand and head to look around.
"Wow!" Suddenly he raised his head and seemed to see Zhang Xiaoliu by the door, waving his hands and shouting loudly.
The few people who had been paying attention to him followed his gaze, only then did they see Zhang Xiaoliu standing outside.
"Brother Liu, why don't you make a sound when you're here, such a vicious sun!" Nanny Li was the first to yell with a slight complaint, and Li Kang, who was blocking the door by himself, hurriedly stepped aside.
"Xiao Liu found out just now when he walked over, he's really clever." Zhang Xiaoliu said as he walked in.
"Isn't that right? I've never heard of a child who can talk before they're the right age. See how clearly he said it just now?" Nanny Li also looked smug.
"Xiao Liu is really amazing, isn't he?" Seeing that he was still staring at him, Zhang Xiaoliu simply handed the things to Li Kang, walked over to rub his face, and asked with a smile.
"Why did brother Liu come here? Is there something wrong with the house that was built?" Li Sheng was also a little surprised to see him. These days, he has nothing to say to Lin Cao'er. He has not been at home for several days. up.
"Of course not. Uncle Li Sheng personally supervised him. What's the problem? I just came here to talk to Cao'er and see Xiao Liu." Seeing his nervous expression, Zhang Xiaoliu hurriedly said comfortingly.
"Brother Liu, come over if you want to talk, why do you have to come to the door with something every time?" Nanny Li looked at the pork in Li Kang's hand and sighed.Although he always told Lin Cao'er not to accept the things Zhang Xiaoliu brought, but he was also a stubborn little guy, and he never took the things he brought.
"It's been hard for Uncle Li Sheng these days. You are so busy that you don't even have time to go to the market, so I really feel embarrassed." Ever since he had income, Zhang Xiaoliu has never been stingy with the tens of pennies he bought for meat.On the contrary, their family is gradually starting to kill chickens to eat, and they don't need to buy meat, so they just brought it over to the Li family to improve it today.
"Isn't this what we should do? Uncle Li Sheng, you spent a copper coin to ask him to do it, so why are you embarrassed?" Nanny Li blamed him for being too polite, and said loudly.
"That being said, if I can invite others, I'm not so relieved." Zhang Xiaoliu said with a smile, and begged for mercy: "Let's just treat it as the last time, and I will come to the door empty-handed in the future."
"Empty-handed is the right thing to do. Next time I bring something over, I'll tell you to burn the grass and let you eat it before going back."
Zhang Xiaoliu agreed with a smile, only to see his face soften.
"Come on, Brother Liu, sit here." A worn-out straw mat was spread on the floor, and Xiao Liu, Nanny Li, and Cao'er were sitting on the straw mat.Seeing that they had finished speaking, Lin Cao'er squeezed aside and made an empty seat to call him over.
Zhang Xiaoliu couldn't refuse his enthusiastic attitude, so he had no choice but to go over and sit down beside him.
"Hey, Cao'er looks much better!" The two got closer, and Zhang Xiaoliu could see it more clearly.When Lin Cao'er's symptoms were severe, she could hear his slight panting when she leaned beside him.Now his voice is normal, a little flesh has grown on his cheeks, and his face is no longer pale.
"Yeah, I just talked to him yesterday. His face was so ugly two months ago, he couldn't get off the ground and even the children couldn't see him, he looked like he was going to float up when he walked. He can still go for a ride in the bamboo forest these days. Handle, you carried Xiao Liu to grow vegetables yesterday!" Li Nanny also continued from the side.
"Really?" Lin Cao'er was also surprised when he heard it. He thought for a while and said: "Recently, I feel better. I used to walk a few more steps and always felt out of breath. These days I can still do some work. But I didn’t go to get medicine, did I?”
"Didn't you drink the wine Liu Geer gave you every night this month? I think you slept soundly after drinking it." Li Sheng said from the side.
"I slept soundly because of dizziness..." Lin Cao'er gave him a look, but after thinking about it, the only difference was this.Could it be that the jar of wine has such a magical effect?
Seeing this, Zhang Xiaoliu said: "The shopkeeper Huo also said that the wine can nourish the body and improve the physique. Maybe it really has a little effect on Cao'er's body. No matter what the reason is, it is always a good thing if it is better!"
"In this way, it's still fortunate to have the pot of medicinal wine sent by brother Liu. I think it has improved a lot in the past few days, and I can help out in the bamboo forest tomorrow." Lin Cao'er was also tired of lying in bed. , I feel uncomfortable all over my body, and it also drags down the work at home.
"That's not very good. Don't be too impatient, Cao'er. The place where the chickens are raised is very dirty. If you are in poor health, you are easy to get sick. You have finally recovered. It is time to continue to take care of your health. And Little five and little six, don't let them go into the bamboo forest at will." Zhang Xiaoliu hurriedly stopped him, with such a large group of chickens, it is impossible to say which one has something wrong with them, if a person with poor health catches the disease and comes out But it's not easy.
"Look, brother Liu thinks better than you. Why are you so anxious? It's been so long, why do you still care about the ten days and half a month? You'd better hurry up and make your body stronger before you can help!" Nanny Li also stared at Lin Cao'er.
"It's exactly what Nanny Li said." Zhang Xiaoliu echoed.I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. If I don't take good care of my body now, it will be even more difficult when I get tired.
"In this kind of weather, it really saves a lot of trouble to raise the chickens in the bamboo forest. Brother Liu, the chickens have grown up a lot recently, faster than the ones raised at home." Seeing someone follow him, Madam Li said Lin Cao'er didn't dare to refute, she hugged Xiao Liu in a good mood, teasingly said in her arms.
"It must grow faster than the chickens at home. In the bamboo forest, let them eat as much as they can, and just grow meat every day." Zhang Xiaoliu nodded. Usually, the free-range chickens at home are not fed much. They eat grass and bugs all the time, so they grow very slowly.
"I think it's time to start preparing to find some more eggs to hatch chicks. If brother Liu said that dozens of chicks will be given to others every day, these chickens won't last long." Madam Li Think carefully and ask questions quickly.
"Yes, it will be too late to raise these chicks when they grow up. Nanny Li will discuss with Dashun sometime, whether to buy chicks from others or collect some eggs to hatch?" Although at first It is planned that the chicks in the future will save their own eggs to hatch, but thinking about it now, it seems that it is not very cost-effective.The hatching rate is not high, and it is easy to die in the first few days after hatching.
Several people discussed raising chickens for a while, Zhang Xiaoliu remembered what he was serious about asking, and hurriedly said: "I almost forgot, Madam Li, do you know any family in the village that has grown glutinous rice this year? "
"Glutinous rice?" Li Mama thought for a long time before saying, "I remember that there were a few families who seemed to have harvested glutinous rice with five or six cents of land. Brother Liu, the price of glutinous rice is much more expensive than rice. Do you really want to buy it?"
"No way, we don't have much land in our family, Madam Li also knows that if we want to make wine, we can only buy it from other houses." Zhang Xiaoliu doesn't care about the cost, anyway, he and shopkeeper Huo's wine bills are settled every month. Even the glutinous rice has to be grown at home, which is too tiring.
Nanny Li then mentioned the names of several families, and said: "They want to sell the glutinous valley for money, you just have to ask first, don't let them raise the price."
Although the yield of glutinous rice is much lower than that of rice, if experienced people tend it well, they may make more money in the end, so some people will plant some glutinous rice specially.Nanny Li was worried that other people would deliberately increase the price if they knew that he wanted to buy glutinous rice to make wine, so she reminded him.
"I see, I'll ask about it before I go." Zhang Xiaoliu also wanted to find a family to grow some glutinous rice next year, and he would buy it directly at that time, but he didn't know if he could negotiate.He wrote down the families mentioned by Nanny Li, and planned to go one by one to see if there were any suitable ones.
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In the evening, another big fire was ignited in the open space in front of Zhang's house. Two large urns of wine were continuously boiling and cooling in the fire, and they would be ready to burn when they woke up the next day.
"Brother Liu, it's too hot to burn like this. Why don't you leave a room in the new house and build something like a stove for burning wine?" Zhao Zhengze and Zhang Xiaoliu made sure that the current fire would not spread. Just went to the house.
"Do you want to burn it in the stove?" Zhang Xiaoliu paused after hearing his words, as if he had never thought of improving this method, because all the others he knew before burned it like this.But at that time, the family usually only brewed wine once a year, so it didn't matter if it was burned in a big way.But now he has to burn it once a month, which is too eye-catching, and he has to worry that if he is negligent one day, the house will be burned down by the fire.What's more, if this continues, others will find out that he is making wine sooner or later. If he also follows this method, then the wine he brews will be nothing special.
"Well, we can build a stove like the large pot now, put the wine jar in it, add firewood under it, and put some firewood or chaff around it, so it can boil, right?" Zhao Zhengze followed him and stopped, gesticulating. explain.
"Good idea, why didn't I think of it? Azheng, you are really getting more and more ideas." Zhang Xiaoliu rubbed his head. He also hates the heat and burning smell brought by such a big fire. Coming to soju also saves a lot of trouble.
"Then you have to think about it quickly, Uncle Li Sheng will build a chimney in a few days!" Zhao Zhengze was very happy to solve another matter, so he quickly reminded him.In the house where the kitchen was planned to be built before, the chimney had to be done first, otherwise the chimney was not well done, and the house would be easily blackened in the future.
"Why don't we build an extra stove in the kitchen and put a small pot on it on weekdays. When we are cooking wine, we can hold up the small pot and put the wine urn in it?" Zhang Xiaoliu thought about it, and the eight rooms were fully arranged. Well, if the shochu and the wine are stored in the same room, it may not be conducive to the preservation of the wine.And there are two chimneys in a house, so I don't know if there is any taboo.
"It's better if you think carefully. It's too wasteful to use a single room to make wine. It's enough to have a suitable stove." There are generally two kinds of stoves here according to the size of the house. One is the most convenient like the one they use now. , only two stoves.The other is nine-shaped, with a round deep pot on the head for boiling water and soup, and a large wok with two small ones on the other side, which is also a round deep pot and a shallower wok. .
Their new house must have a nine-shaped stove. According to Zhang Xiaoliu's idea, the stove that puts the deep pot is not used much on weekdays. It is only necessary to take out the pot when it is time to make wine.It’s just that it’s best to find a suitable wine jar, preferably with a large body and not too high, so that the entire wine jar can be heated evenly like an open-air fire.
Zhang Xiaoliu thought about these things and prioritized them in his mind, and immediately decided to ask Zhao Zhengze to find someone to make furniture tomorrow, so as not to be late at the end.As for the stove, he will discuss it with Uncle Li Sheng.
In the room, Mai Mai stood up and spread the paper on the table. Although there was no stool, standing at her current height was just suitable for writing on the table.
"Wheat, is it correct to write my name like this?" He had just raised his pen to write a few words, when the stone pillar beside him suddenly screamed again, his hands trembled in fright, and he distorted what he had just written.
"What are you doing, can't you be quieter?" Mai Mai looked at the line on the white paper that looked like a curved earthworm, and gave him a distressed look.When I came back, I met him at the entrance of the village and had to follow me to play at home. I clearly said that I was not allowed to quarrel with myself to study, and now I destroyed a piece of paper.
"Ah, I'm sorry, I didn't do it on purpose." Shi Zhu saw the last word on the paper which was obviously far from the above ones, and knew that he had gotten into trouble again, he said loudly.
"What's the use of saying you're sorry? My brother bought it for me, and I just wrote it for the first time today!" Xiaomai originally wanted to show his brother the written words, but now he can't.He glanced at the words written on the ground by the stone pillar, which he had just written impatiently after he had been arguing for him to learn by gesturing, and said: "You can already write your own name, why don't you find someone else to play with?" ? I have to rewrite my handwriting today."
Shi Zhu took a look at his crooked handwriting, and he thought it was still very beautiful, but Mai Mai was impatient, and he was afraid that he would disturb him by talking again by accident, so he had to respond: "Okay, then I will look for it tomorrow. you play."
"Don't come to me tomorrow, I don't have time to play, you can go and play with Daniel and the others!" Mai Mai frowned, he didn't know why this stone pillar had to come to him every day to play.Now he not only has a lot of homework that his teacher taught him to review, but also wants to help his brother and the others to do something after finishing it earlier, so he has no time to pay attention to him.
"Then you study, I'm going back." Shi Zhu said disappointedly.In the past, other people would chase after him to play together, and only when he was in a good mood would he take everyone to play casually.Now I specially spare Maimai to come to him when he comes back from school, but he still doesn't want to play with him.
"Yeah." Mai Mai responded and continued to practice calligraphy with her head bowed.Although my husband only taught three characters today, it is not easy to write on paper for the first time.
Hearing his indifferent reaction, Shi Zhu turned around and left aggrievedly, without even hearing Zhang Xiaoliu calling him twice.
"What's wrong with Shizhu?" Zhang Xiaoliu looked at him leaving with his head downcast, and asked Zhao Zhengze beside him, "Didn't Xiaomai just say that he would teach him to write his name?"
"I don't know, maybe I haven't learned it?" Zhao Zhengze shook his head and said casually.
Shizhu walked home along the road, and the joy of just learning to write was also diluted.He also didn't understand why he insisted on going to play with Mai?It seems that if I don't see him for three to five days, I will want to go to him. I am used to waiting for him at the entrance of the village every day and I don't feel bored.He finally found someone he liked to play with, but the other party ignored him completely.
"Shizhu, Shizhu, why are you walking so fast?" Daniu saw Shizhu from a distance and ran to catch up. Who knew that the people in front of him didn't respond after calling for a long time, and finally caught up with him and stopped him.
"Daniu, what are you stopping me for?" Shi Zhu looked up at him until he was blocked, and said listlessly.
"I told you not to answer me for a long time... We found a hole with a mole cricket, do you want to go together?" Da Niu was tired of chasing him, and panted.
"I'm not interested, go on your own." Catching mole crickets was a game he used to like to play very much. When he found the mole cricket's cave, he took half a bucket of water out of the house, poured it along the entrance of the cave, and then quietly stood by.When the mole cricket jumps out, you have to be quick with your eyes and hands, pinch the sides of its body with two fingers, and then throw it into the earthen jar that you don't know where you found it.
Daniel opened his mouth wide when he heard the words: "Aren't you going to catch mole crickets? They all say that you only care about playing with wheat. Is it true?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? I just don't want to catch mole crickets!" Shi Zhu angrily walked around him and said, "When did you see me playing with him!"
Daniu watched him angrily walking towards the house, and whispered: "Obviously everyone saw you waiting for him to come back at the entrance of the village, and now you don't even catch mole crickets..." Suddenly he also felt a little lonely. The older ones were all confined by their parents to work at home, and the younger ones were too boring, and now even Shizhu didn't like to play.
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Here Shizhu left sullenly, and Xiaomai in the room felt that it was just time to calm down and write.He wrote a few more words on the blank paper, but he was still not satisfied. He simply put down his pen and made a few circles on the ground, deciding to write again tomorrow.
Xiao Song was tired from playing outside, so he ran back bluffing.Zhang Xiaoliu drove the chicken into the cage, while Zhao Zhengze fiddled with his peach pits and wood carvings.
"Ah Zheng, so you've already done so much?" Zhang Xiaoliu glanced at him when he entered the room, only to find that the small basket beside Zhao Zhengze was [-]% full.If you count them carefully, there are probably dozens of peach stone carvings and a dozen wood carvings.
"It's been a long time." Zhao Zhengze put down the knife and said embarrassedly.If he has enough time, he can complete two or three peach pit carvings in one morning, and he has been doing them for more than a month.
"Ah Zheng, did you make these things and just put them in a basket? Have you ever thought about selling them?" Zhang Xiaoliu simply knelt down and looked at them one by one. Now these finished products are much better than those made a month ago. The details have been improved a lot.
"Will anyone buy these things on weekdays?" Zhao Zhengze was a little uncertain. Although he liked playing with these things, it didn't mean that others would be willing to spend money on them.
"Look at the Xiangxi Pavilion opened by Wang Momo. The things inside are not exquisite? If no one buys it, how can his shop be open for so long?" Zhang Xiaoliu encouraged.When he came out of the Xiangxi Pavilion that day, he still felt that the Xiangxi Pavilion was always out of place, and he asked other stall owners for a long time.As a result, people said that Xiangxi Pavilion has been open there for nearly ten years, and Wang Meme is very enthusiastic about everyone who enters.Many people wanted to go to his shop to drink tea, but unfortunately, Master Wang's eyes were too fierce, and no one dared to go again after three or five times.
Thinking of this, Zhang Xiaoliu felt that he was thinking too much.If he hadn't left in such a hurry that day, maybe he could go back and talk to him about the peach pit carving.
"Then shall we also sell it in the town? Well, wouldn't it look good if it was worn on a bracelet?" Zhao Zhengze always liked his idea, and after hearing what he said, he thought about it seriously.
"If you wear a bracelet, you may have to wait until the next time you go to the fair... You should do it first. I'll go back to the fair next time to see where to sell it." Zhang Xiaoliu was also uncertain, and didn't seem to notice much. There are such stalls.
"Okay." Zhao Zhengze trusted him wholeheartedly, and after hearing what he said, he turned his attention back to his hands again.
In the middle of the night, it's time for each family to gossip on the bedside.Li Sheng came in with half a bowl of wine that was simmering warm in the kitchen, and said to Lin Cao'er, "The general is getting better, why did you forget to drink again? Come on, drink it while it's still warm."
Lin Cao'er slapped her head and said, "I was only focused on teaching Xiao Liu to speak, and I forgot about this." He took it and drank it twice, and handed the bowl back to Li Sheng, just like Xiao Liu. Lie in bed and fell asleep.
"Is this wine really that powerful? Are you drunk before half a glass of wine has been swallowed?" Li Sheng went to the kitchen to put the bowl back and saw him like this, he asked a little dumbfounded.
"You know that I get dizzy when I drink alcohol, but it's not only because of Brother Liu's wine, but also other wines." Lin Cao'er said with her eyes closed.
"Last time I heard you said it was very sweet. If it's because of this wine that your health has improved, let's buy another jar from Brother Liu..." Li Sheng also undressed and went to bed, and after a day of hard work, he was still alive. Also very tired.
"It's something you can buy if you want. Brother Liu is making rice wine now, so where is the time to make this?"
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