Siheyuan: Don't mess with me, I just want to be a free fish

Chapter 147 A Craft

Recently, Ran Jinglin's life has become much more comfortable.

Li Weidong hasn't seen him since the last time he wrote a letter.

On the contrary, it was Zhou Xiaobai who asked for advice from time to time.

In this regard, the prison guards in charge of guarding the prisoners also turned a blind eye.

"Brother Xu."

"Why do you come here when you have time? Are you going to give out new year's goods?"

When Xu Zhiqiang saw Li Weidong, his eyes lit up, and he immediately greeted him.

"Tsk, brother Xu, this year hasn't arrived yet, what kind of New Year's goods are there? And isn't wild pork sent out in advance?"

Li Weidong shook his head.

As the end of the new year approaches, more and more people have recently asked him when he will deliver the new year's goods.

The reason why I asked him was because everyone knew that this year's new year's goods were made by him alone, and there were more than a dozen of them.

Even if there is anything, it has been made clear long ago.

Nowadays, everyone is eagerly looking forward to the delivery of New Year's goods.

"I haven't even tasted the wild pork that was sent out last time, but your sister-in-law hid it away. She insisted that I can eat it until the Chinese New Year, so I'm not afraid of covering it up." Xu Zhiqiang said with a happy and troubled face.

As long as this year's New Year's goods are delivered, my family will definitely have a big and fat New Year, and I can honor the elderly on both sides.

Neighbors in the neighborhood will also drool with envy.

Look who says working on a prison farm is like going to jail.

After posting happy complaints, Xu Zhiqiang glanced at Ran Jinglin who was working in the distance, and gestured to Li Weidong.

"Send him a letter again?"

"No, I came here this time to trouble Brother Xu with something."

Li Weidong shook his head. He hadn't seen Ran Qiuye in a while.

Since the last time the other party confessed and took out the correspondence, there were basically no problems.

Although this kind of thing is a bit taboo, as long as no one pursues it, nothing will happen.

But Li Weidong still reminded the other party that if the whole family can leave, it is better to leave for the time being and come back in a few years.

Because it was mentioned in her brother's letter.

However, Ran Qiuye refused.

In her words, even if suffering, it is only temporary.

Regarding this, Li Weidong didn't say anything more, and if he has enough ability in the future, he can help her.

At least it can protect her from any unfair treatment.

"What's the matter? Tell me."

Although Xu Zhiqiang was a little surprised, he still responded happily.

"Is there a craftsman who can carve jade on our farm? I'm very interested in that recently, and I want to learn it for two days."

In order not to leave future troubles, Li Weidong doesn't mind finding another master for himself to learn for two days.

Anyway, it doesn't take too much time, and it can be deceptive.

"Jade carving?"

Xu Zhiqiang frowned suddenly, although there are many "talents" on the farm, but it doesn't mean 360, there are all kinds of people.

Right now, jade carving is a scarce industry, and there are not many in the capital, not to mention committing crimes, and they happen to be imprisoned in their farm for reform.

"It doesn't seem to be."

After thinking for a while, Xu Zhiqiang shook his head.

"do not have it?"

Li Weidong was a little disappointed.

But at this moment, a weak voice sounded from the side.

"Report, report."

"Say."

Xu Zhiqiang glanced at the prisoner who raised his hand, feeling a little impatient.

"Me, I can sculpt a little bit."

The prisoner who spoke looked about 40 to [-] years old, with tattered clothes, a shrunken neck, and small eyes.

"Chen Fugui, do you know how to carve? You know how serious it is to lie here."

Xu Zhiqiang looked at each other coldly.

In his impression, this Chen Fugui always cheated and cheated in his work, and he had never heard that he had dealt with Yushi before.

"I know, I have liked to play with woodcarving since I was a child. Later, when I was working in a furniture factory, I learned woodcarving from a master craftsman for a while." Chen Fugui said hastily.

"Get out, who wants wood carving? We are talking about jade carving, do you understand jade?" Xu Zhiqiang glared at him angrily.

"Yes, I understand. The old master who taught me used to do jade carving. He said that there is actually not much difference between jade carving and wood carving, as long as you master the tricks inside.

Although I have never really carved jade, but the wood carving is beautiful, and I know how to carve jade. "

Chen Fugui didn't want to let go of such a good opportunity.

You only need to look at Ran Jinglin's current treatment to know.

"Where is the furniture factory you used to work in? What's the name of that old master?"

Before Chen Fugui was happy, Li Weidong had already thrown him away.

"what?"

Therefore, Chen Fugui was a little dumbfounded.

"He is dead."

"Chen Fugui, if I find out that the person you mentioned is not dead, believe it or not, I will let you stay on the farm for another ten years?" Xu Zhiqiang took over.

"No, I swear, the old master died before I came to the farm. He died of illness. He had no children. I bought the coffin for him. By the way, he left a set of jade carving tools after his death. Hidden under my bed, in a box under the third brick."

Chen Fugui said everything in one go.

"The tool?"

"I hand it in, I hand it in."

"Just hand it over, how much is it, I'll buy it."

Li Weidong said at this time.

If there is a set of jade carving tools, it is undoubtedly the best.

As the saying goes, you have to do a whole (set) of acting.

"No money, I am willing to hand it in."

Chen Fugui shook his head like a rattle, how dare he ask for Li Weidong's money.

"Okay, if you ask for a price, just do it honestly, no one will be greedy for your little things." Xu Zhiqiang said.

Asking for things from prisoners privately, this kind of thing can be big or small, if Chen Fugui reports it, then Li Weidong will definitely have no good fruit.

Since this matter passed through him, he naturally wouldn't leave any trouble behind.

"This... I don't want money." Chen Fugui hesitated.

"No money? Then what do you want?"

"I want food, twenty catties of cornmeal. Give it to my family. That set of tools will be yours."

Chen Fugui looked at Li Weidong with a desperate look.

As a strong worker in the family, after he came in, the family must have a hard time.

Seeing that it was almost the Chinese New Year, he did not hesitate to be punished to talk to him, just to gain some benefits.

"Twenty catties? Chen Fugui, are you talking like a lion?"

Xu Zhiqiang suddenly said unkindly.

"Xu Tou, I swear, there is absolutely no need for it. I asked someone to look at it before, and they said that the set of tools was specially made by top craftsmen, and even the material is gold."

"Gold?"

Xu Zhiqiang immediately looked like you were lying to a ghost.

Made of gold, how could it be worth only twenty catties of stick noodles?
"Is it alloy?"

Fortunately, Li Weidong explained at the critical moment.

"Ah, yes, yes, it's alloy."

Chen Fugui nodded quickly.

"I'll give you thirty catties, and the extra ten catties will be considered as tuition fees. What do you think?"

Li Weidong didn't care whether it was alloy or not, anyway, he didn't want to be a real jade carver.

Giving ten catties more is not because he is poor and generous. Since he has learned from others, there is naturally no reason to learn in vain.

Even though Chen Fugui is only a prisoner at the moment, his abilities are real.

You can learn it with ten catties of stick noodles, obviously Li Weidong has made a profit.

"Okay, okay, I promise."

Originally, Chen Fugui had already prepared for the halving. Unexpectedly, Li Weidong not only agreed, but even added ten catties to his learning fee. There is no reason to disagree.

"I'll bring the stick noodles tomorrow, brother Xu, please help me."

Li Weidong didn't know where Chen Fugui's house was, and he had no experience in this kind of thing, so he might as well ask Xu Zhiqiang for help.

"Don't worry, leave this little matter to me, and I promise to help you get it done."

After Xu Zhiqiang finished speaking, he said to Chen Fugui: "Can you write? Write a letter to my family later, and I will take it there."

"know a little."

Chen Fugui nodded.

In fact, even if he doesn't know how to do it, he can find someone to write it for him.

Not far away, Ran Jinglin used to be a great professor.

After finishing his business, Li Weidong chatted with Xu Zhiqiang for a few words, and then returned to the office.

"I noticed that you seem to be quite busy recently?"

As soon as he sat down, Zhou Xiaobai put down the book in his hand and looked up at him.

"After all, he is about to become a cadre, so it's normal to be busy."

Li Weidong leaned lazily on the chair, and answered casually.

Since I came to the farm, I haven't done much work at my job. I have to go on missions, catch enemy agents, and take care of the farm's New Year's benefits.

When Zhou Xiaobai said he was busy, he wasn't just joking about him.

"If you really want to be a cadre, shouldn't you go to college?"

Zhou Xiaobai didn't take Li Weidong's words seriously.

She is not stupid and sweet.

Li Weidong just came to the farm, how many days has he been a regular?
Just want to be a cadre?
I don't know whether it is better to say that he is ignorant or fearless, or that he is whimsical.

Even if she, a college student, came to the farm, she would only enjoy the treatment of a cadre. If she wanted to become a real cadre, she would have to have a few years of seniority first.

And this has already opened an unknown distance from ordinary workers.

Although it is not necessary to be a college student to be a cadre, college students have inherent advantages over workers.

In her opinion, if Li Weidong really wanted to be a cadre, he should go to a university first, and then work steadily for two years after graduation.

"That normal route doesn't suit me."

Li Weidong shook his head, it's almost 1963, and he's still going to college?

There's nothing wrong with him.

Although a diploma is a good thing, climbing to a certain height is an important resume.

But Li Weidong's original intention of becoming a cadre was to fight against Chang Qingbo. In those few years, he had enough strength to protect himself, and he never thought about how big an official he would be.

Therefore, in a short period of time, the diploma has little effect on him.

Instead of going to university to waste these precious years, it is better to start from now and work hard.

With a game farm by his side, as long as he is given a suitable stage to win over a group of forces that belong to him, it will not be a problem.

Zhou Xiaobai shook his head when he heard Li Weidong getting more and more out of tune.

She believed that when Li Weidong hit a wall and stumbled in the future, he would know how important what she said was.

On the other side, Song Yan didn't even lift his head from the beginning to the end.

It's just that he knows more than Zhou Xiaobai. Li Weidong said that he wanted to be a cadre, which seemed to be nonsense, but based on his understanding of Li Weidong, since he said this, it was basically inseparable.

He didn't expect that the scientific talents he wanted to cultivate with all his heart, actually wanted to be a cadre with all his heart.

Regarding Li Weidong's choice and ambition, he does not intend to intervene. As a master, he is only responsible for imparting knowledge and taking the helm in Li Weidong's life path, so as not to let him go astray.

The next day, Li Weidong brought a full thirty catties of sticks and handed them to Xu Zhiqiang. The latter didn't talk nonsense and left with his back.

Before noon, he came back with a box and handed it to Li Weidong.

The box looks old and a bit damp.

Inside lay a lot of tools wrapped in wax paper.

However, most of Li Weidong did not know each other.

After finding Chen Fugui, I got to know these tools under the introduction of the other party.

Thallium, toothless saw, drill, awl, carving knife.

In the hands of ordinary people, these tools look a bit novel, but they are actually not very useful.

But in the eyes of the master jade cutter, not only is it a priceless treasure, but it is also equivalent to the magic weapon that knights in the Jianghu desire.

In the next few days, under the guidance of Chen Fugui, Li Weidong had a general understanding of sculpture, but unexpectedly, Li Weidong belonged to the kind of seedlings who are rewarded by God.

Although it was only wood at the beginning, it still has a good appearance, which made Chen Fugui say that he was born to eat this bowl of rice.

On the other hand, Xu Zhiqiang pouted.

If I eat this bowl of rice, I am afraid I will starve to death.

It is Li Weidong who has this leisure time and hobbies, and does not worry about eating or drinking. If it were him, he would be too lazy to learn sculpture.

During the period, Li Weidong went to Zhang Yunshang's house again, and got a lot of Hetian jade from there.

The quality must be far inferior to the jade pendant Xu Damao gave him, but the quantity is large.

The fist-sized Hetian jade alone costs about ten yuan.

Not to mention the smaller leftovers, which fully filled a small bag.

This made Li Weidong wonder if he bought it directly by the catty.

But no matter what, there will be a hidden and safe energy source in the future.

Because there is no urgent shortage of energy at present, Li Weidong did not throw jade into the game farm. He decided not to practice jade carving in advance, and then transform energy when it is used up.

The main reason is that after carving these few days, he found that he really likes this craft.

Especially when he was carving something, his heart would be extremely peaceful, and the time would pass without him noticing.

At the moment when there is no TV or mobile phone, it is definitely the best choice to pass the time and consume energy.

Then, no matter at Li's house or at the farm, a strange scene happened.

As long as there is nothing to do, Li Weidong will either hold a piece of wood or a piece of jade in his hand, and carve there.

Except for Li Shuqun who muttered a few words about not doing business properly, the rest had no opinion.

The two young ones kept arguing for Li Weidong to carve them. Although Zhou Xiaobai didn't say anything, but seeing her appearance, Li Weidong would never be polite until Li Weidong had perfected his skills.

Compared with Li Weidong's leisurely state, Wu Min and Xiang Tianming have been busy all the time.

After capturing the No.1 enemy agent, and then provided information to Tianming, they quickly locked the No.2 enemy agent, and after such a long time of squatting, they finally found one of the opponent's contact points.

(End of this chapter)