The ancient life of a master craftsman

Yunli hurriedly put the remaining jerky on the table, "I just ate so much—"

"Well, it looks like it suits your taste. I still have some here. You can take some back later." Li Enbai deliberately pretended not to see his surprise.

Yunli waved her hands hastily, "No, no, no, no!" Then she looked at the remaining half bowl of jerky with distress, "Brother Li, I have to talk about you!"

Touching his stomach, he didn't taste it just now, so he swallowed it in a daze, it was too wasteful.

"Brother Li, why do you still buy jerky to eat? It's expensive and the portion is small. If you want to eat meat, you should go to the butcher's house to buy fresh pork, or go to Uncle Zheng's house in the north of our village. Sometimes there will be fresh game, which is delicious and affordable." Yunli scolded Li Enbai earnestly and anxiously.

Li Enbai said very distressed, "But...I don't know how to cook, and I don't have a pot at home."

The old house of Mu Ergou’s family has nothing but an empty house. The iron pot on the stove has been detained and taken away. When Li Enbai bought it, he found that the stove in the kitchen was empty. There are traces of a fire in the stove.

Yunli almost blurted out "Come to my house to eat", suddenly remembered that his mother will come back tomorrow, there is no chance to eat meat at home, her mouth opened and closed, and her neck was finally stuck, "Then you can't buy such expensive jerky, you You can buy stewed pork in the town, I know a family that sells cheap leftovers, if you are really hungry for meat, go buy it."

He was afraid that Li Enbai would spend money lavishly, and would not be able to bear such a hard life, so he would spend it all on food and drink, so he deliberately threatened him and said, "Brother Li, you have to save up your money and repair the house quickly. At least the stove must be repaired, otherwise there will be no land in winter." If you set the fire on, it will freeze you."

The corners of Li Enbai's lips curled up, and he stared at Yunli with good eyes, "I know, don't worry, I will repair the house next month."

His smile was too gentle, and his eyes were too focused, Yunli couldn't help but staggered his eyes, "Anyway, Brother Li, remember not to waste money recklessly, money is not brought by strong winds, right?"

"You're right, I see."

Li Enbai's gaze seemed to be filled with heat, making Yunli feel like he was being roasted by the stove, and his cheeks were burning hot.

"Well, then I'll go back first!"

Yunli ran away in a flash, and Li Enbai didn't pay attention for a while, so he could only watch his back and leave.Watching his figure disappear, Li Enbai closed the courtyard door, remembering that Yunli had brought a basket, but he never mentioned the basket, nor did he bring it back home.

He walked into the shabby house, picked up the basket next to the square stool and opened the cover on the basket, Li Enbai laughed out loud, covered the cover, and prepared to go to Old Man Yun's house for a meal at night.

The afternoon sun was just right, and the weather in April was neither cold nor hot. Li Enbai took out a pen and paper in the dilapidated room with the skylight open, and drew out the lines he wanted. No other colors were used, just a simple Render in shades of ink.

He drew very quickly, and he finished seven or eight pictures in a short time. When he stopped his pen, he picked up the picture he had drawn before and saw a woman's costume vividly on the paper. Compared with the current popular styles, these pictures he drew It is more like the Han element after the combination of Earth Han culture and modern culture.

It has more beautiful lines and more attention to details, and at the same time reduces the dressing process, which is more convenient and quick.

However, in order to please the public aesthetics, Li Enbai did not drastically change the style. It is still the current popular jacket and jacket, but added details, such as the change of volume and the change of sleeve shape.The skirt also has two more pieces, one piece is perforated, and the trousers are improved song trousers.

All the above styles are characterized by "fairy" or "luxury", which are more flexible and charming than the current dark and rigid styles.

After painting ten chapters, Li Enbai stopped painting, but added color matching to the dried painting.

According to his experience of going to the town these three times, although I don't know if it is the same situation in other places, the clothes in Xinglong Town are indeed mostly dark and white, mostly blue, red, maroon, brown and yellow.

This is because of the dyeing process. Dark colors are more difficult to dye well, so dark colors are more popular than light colors, while brown, yellow-white, and gray colors are more popular with poor people, because the price is the most expensive. cheap.

This is also the reason why Li Enbai didn't color the clothes. He doesn't know how many different colors can be produced by the current dyeing process. It is better to only paint black and white, and then mark different colors, so that it can be more flexible.

After sorting out the sketches, seeing the sun setting towards the west, he left home with a basket in his hand, and walked slowly towards Yunli's house.

The courtyard door of Yunli's house would not be closed until it went to bed at night, as did most other families in the village. Standing outside the door and looking in, Li Enbai saw Yunli sitting by the well washing clothes at a glance.

"Lizi." Li Enbai called out from the door, making sure Yunli looked up and saw him, and then walked into the courtyard.

Yunli shook the water off her hand, stood up, "Brother Li, why are you here?"

Lifting the basket in his hand and shaking it, "You left the basket behind."

Yunli stepped forward to take the basket, but found that nothing inside had been moved, he lifted the cover and took a look, and sure enough, the dozen or so eggs he took were brought back intact, "Why did you take the eggs back too? I specially left it for you."

Li Enbai patted him on the head, "Lizi, I don't have a pot at home, and I can't eat a raw egg if you give me a raw egg, why don't you take it back."

His eyes fell on Yunli's slightly pointed chin, "You have to eat more and get fatter to look good."

Yunli rolled her eyes, and slapped his hand on her head away, "I don't want to be fat. Look at the butcher's aunt, is she fat enough? Does she look good?"

The butcher's daughter-in-law is greedy, she never idles for a while, she eats fat and white, and is talked about by the villagers all day long, but the butcher thinks it is very good, and likes his wife's soft meat, and feeds it every day Huanshi.

Yunli doesn't think it's bad, but he doesn't like a fat person with a big belly who can't see his feet when he bows his head. It's inconvenient to move, and he sweats when he moves. He doesn't like it.

On the other hand, his family is not rich enough, there is a mother who desperately goes to her mother's house to get things, and his family's food has always been maintained at enough to be enough.

Li Enbai also lived in his house for a while, so he naturally knew about it, so he didn't want to continue this topic, "Is Uncle Yun at home?"

"Here, I'll call. Brother Li, you go to the main room and stay for a while." Yunli carried the basket and put it in the kitchen, planning to cook a few for Li Enbai to take away.

When Li Enbai arrived in the main room, there seemed to be no difference from when he left. It was still cleaned very clean and things were neatly arranged, but if you look carefully, you can see subtle differences, such as a small plate on the table, There are sporadic tamarind inside.

There is a new small jar in the corner, and a coir raincoat is hung on the back door of the main room...

"Is Linfeng coming?" Old man Yun tried his best to cover up his sad face, but Li Enbai still saw through it at a glance.

"Uncle Yun, I'm here for dinner today, please don't drive me out!" Li Enbai said deliberately with a rogue face, his eyes were full of wit.

His appearance was a little different from usual, which surprised old man Yun for a moment, and then he was amused, "Hahaha, okay, okay, I won't chase you away, let Lizi make some good ones later, and I will make sure that Linfeng will fill his stomach!"

"Then I have to wait for our Lizi to show their talents, Lizi, it depends on your ability to see if my belly can bulge." Li Enbai's voice was higher than usual. Although it didn't match his previous image, it was true. played an active role in the atmosphere.

Seeing that he was playing tricks on purpose, Yunli covered her mouth and smiled secretly, and gave Old Man Yun a thumbs up where he couldn't see, it was Brother Li who was the best.

Li Enbai's eyes met his, obviously he was playing tricks, but Yunli didn't dare to stare into his eyes, and turned his eyes away, "Then I'll go to light the fire, I have to cook some special dishes for Brother Li today." !"

Old man Yun waved him to cook, and Li Enbai stopped playing tricks. Old man Yun sat on the left, beckoning him to sit down, "Sit down."

After Yunli poured water and came out of the main room, the two began to chat.

"Lin Feng, drink water." Old Man Yun's words became less and less.

"Why didn't you see Brother Dahe today? Did you accompany your sister-in-law back to her mother's house?" Li Enbai had been here for such a long time, if Yunhe was at home, it is impossible not to come.

"I'm going to my daughter-in-law's grandma's house. Her grandma celebrates her birthday today, so it's inappropriate not to go." Old man Yun was obviously worried.

Mrs. Mu's stomach should be very big, counting the time, it has been more than eight months and almost nine months.It might not be a problem to put it in someone else's house, but old man Yun and Yun He are very nervous, for fear that if something bad happens, Yun He will stop doing short-term labor recently, and just stay at home and watch his wife.

No wonder Yunhe was afraid, he was six years older than Yunli, when Bai gave birth to Yunli, it was eight months old, and it was still difficult to deliver, Yunhe still remembered that when Bai was carried back from the outside, the ground dripped The blood along the way, if it wasn't for Yunli's life, might have been gone at that time.

The reason for the premature birth was that Mrs. Bai didn't listen to old man Yun's words, and ran out after eight months, had a verbal argument with others, and was pushed.

So when old man Yun saw that his little brother was much smaller than the other little brothers, and his whole body was red and bruised, he couldn't take a good look at the dead Bai family.

Li Enbai didn't know that this was going to happen, and Old Man Yun wouldn't tell him about it, so he changed the subject after he said something about the whereabouts of Yunhe and his wife, "Are you looking for me for something?"

Li Enbai smiled lightly, "It's true that something has something to do with Yunli. I hope that after listening to Uncle, don't blame Linfeng for meddling in other things."

Old man Yun was silent for a while, his eyes were heavy, as if he was looking at Li Enbai, but Li Enbai let him look at him as if he didn't know it, after a while, old man Yun seemed to become more tired, and his voice became very deep, "Linfeng , Lizi is not suitable for you..."

"What?" Li Enbai was stunned, but he immediately realized that Old Man Yun was thinking wrong, and said dumbfoundedly, "Uncle Yun, you misunderstood, I'm not here to propose marriage."