Era: Craftsmen in the Siheyuan

Chapter 196 Envy

"How about it? Do you agree to this request?" Old Man Tai looked at Xu Deyong and asked.

This guy is capable, not bad, and his methods are flexible.

If that kid is left in the hands of such a person, he won't be able to make any mistakes.

Xu Deyong thought for a while and said: "Okay, but I won't accept a disciple. Let him go to Gangzi to repair the courtyard. I will go there often. But this matter must be done, and if Ma Fei is a stick, he can't learn it. Don’t blame me.”

Old Man Tai smiled and said: "I can't blame you, but that kid must be convinced before you teach him. Otherwise, he won't learn what you teach him. I believe you should have no problem."

Xu Deyong touched his nose. People are often like this. In order to solve one problem, they create another problem.

This is just like the development of human society, from the most primitive society to the present day.

For example, in order to eat, hunting is dangerous and obtaining food is difficult, human beings have learned to plant. Planting creates a series of problems, such as plowing the land, fertilizing, seed selection, etc., and countless problems have evolved from this.

Human development itself is from simple to complex!

"Okay, deal." Xu Deyong nodded.

Old Man Tai smiled and stretched out his hand: "Let's get to know each other again, Tai Ruihua. I don't like people calling me master, so everyone who knows me calls me Uncle Tai."

Xu Deyong shook hands with him and said: "Hello, Uncle Tai, my dear Xu Deyong, you can do it if you shout melodiously."

Uncle Tai nodded and said: "Okay, then I will call you Qian Deyong from now on. Tell me the address and general appearance of the things and people. I will tell you when I ask later."

Xu Deyong said: "It's best to solve it today and within three days."

Uncle Tai said calmly: "I'll try my best, it shouldn't be a big problem..."

Xu Deyong handed the box to him after hearing this.

Uncle Tai opened it, took it out, looked at it and said, "The blue and white porcelain bowl of the Ming Dynasty is enough to manipulate people. I will get this "broken bowl" later on."

Xu Deyong said: "You are free to do whatever you want, and you are looking for someone to do things. I have to show it. You can tell me the number."

Uncle Tai shook the bowl and said, "This is enough. As for the previous request, it is the price of my guarantee."

Xu Deyong nodded and said: "Sure, just as you always said."

He immediately told Uncle Tai about Liao Yucheng's address and appearance, and how to find him in the tavern.

After hearing this, Uncle Tai nodded slightly and said, "I understand, just wait for the news. Since you want to solve it as soon as possible, I will leave first and make arrangements."

"You are tired." Xu Deyong said.

Uncle Tai waved his hand, turned around and left calmly.

Xu Deyong smiled, looked at Fang Gensheng and said, "Master Fang, it's almost dinner time. Find a place and I'll treat you to a casual meal to express my gratitude."

Fang Gensheng said lightly: "No need, it's fine for you juniors to interact with each other, we should all play our own games. Don't have a close relationship with old man Tai, just teach that little brat Ma Fei well. Don't hesitate to start, that old man What Dong said, 'As long as he is not beaten to death or maimed,' was not a polite statement."

Xu Deyong narrowed his eyes and said, "Sure, I understand. Thank you very much. I'll take my leave."

"I won't give it away." Fang Gensheng said with a slight smile.

Xu Deyong and Hou Si left and returned to the maintenance courtyard, giving him instructions for half an hour.

Before leaving, I thought about it and made a simple small wooden sword. I took it back to the courtyard. When I saw no one at the door, I "took out" two mosquito nets.

There is no shortage of them at Xu Huizhen’s place. The two mosquito nets my grandma has here are too old and have been mended again and again. These two are just right, one for each bed.

Entering the courtyard, the little girl Yan Jiedi was playing by herself. When she saw Xu Deyong coming back, she ran back home.

Xu Deyong couldn't help but wonder when he saw this. He was quite popular with children, but this Yan Jiedi was afraid of him, like a mouse seeing a cat.

Xu Deyong shook his head and ignored it and entered the middle courtyard.

Qin Huairu, a girl, is cooking. She has her sleeves rolled up, exposing half of her forearm, which is quite white.

This girl should have been born with fairer skin. She married in the city and stopped doing farm work. She had a tanned skin and gained it back.

This woman's arms were shaking as she stir-fried vegetables, the clothes on her chest were dangling, and her two braids were swinging by her sides.

There’s something about this bitch!

She heard the movement, took a look, raised her hand to wipe her forehead and said, "Deyong, you're back."

Xu Deyong smiled and said, "Hey, Sister-in-law Qin is cooking, where is Banggeng?"

When Xiaobangjie heard the noise, Ziliu ran out of the house and said, "Uncle Deyong."

When the little guy saw the small wooden sword in Xu Deyong's hand, his eyes shone with anticipation.

Xu Deyong didn't tease him. He gave him the small wooden sword and said, "Take it for fun, but be careful not to poke yourself or others."

"Yes." Xiao Banggeng nodded heavily and took it happily.

Seeing this, Qin Huairu said with a bit of embarrassment on her face: "Look, Deyong, this is troubling you again. Children want everything they see. Don't spoil them in the future."

Xu Deyong smiled slightly and said: "I think so too. It will be more appropriate to let Dongxu do it in the future."

Qin Huairu smiled and said: "That's right."

"Then continue your work." Xu Deyong said nothing more and turned back to his grandma's house.

Qin Huairu stir-fried a few more times, then took the dishes out of the pot and went into the house. Xiao Banggeng was still playing with the sword outside.

Jia Zhang's little bitch narrowed her eyes and suddenly said: "Huai Ru, do you think Xu Deyong is too good to Bangge? Does he have any intentions?"

Qin Huairu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said inexplicably: "What can Deyong have in mind? He treats the children in the courtyard quite well!"

Jia Zhang frowned and said, "I always feel that he is uneasy and well-intentioned."

Qin Huairu was a bit dumbfounded and said: "Mom, why do you think he has such good intentions? I think Bangge is more sensible than before, so just put your heart back in your belly."

Mrs. Jia Zhang muttered: "Our family is very sensible."

She rolled her eyes and said, "I just saw that what he was holding was bulging. What was he holding?"

Qin Huairu said with a hint of envy in her tone: "Look at the words on the paper bag, it seems to be two new mosquito nets."

"Two beds!" Mrs. Jia Zhang said jealously: "It costs more than ten or twenty yuan. This kid found a rich second-hand guy and spent more and more lavishly. Sooner or later, he will be ruined."

Qin Huairu blinked and said nothing. Who doesn't want to live such a "prodigal" life? The prerequisites must be met!

Jia Zhang said sourly: "I'll give you all the good ones. My bed is full of patches. You can patch up the holes for me later."

"Hey!" Qin Huairu responded with a low eyebrow.

……

Xu Deyong opened the door and entered the house.

Xu Nan was eating at this time, including corn crumbs, melon porridge, pickles, and steamed buns. When she saw him coming back, she asked, "Why are you back? Have you eaten?"

Xu Deyong smiled and said: "I haven't eaten yet. Grandma, why don't you cook some vegetables? If we don't come back, you will eat pickles at home every day."

When Xu Nan heard this, he said angrily: "How can we eat every day? You and Huizhen come back every two days to get food and drink. This man can't be a naughty person. With just this food, his family's fortune has been greatly reduced in those years." Rich people can afford it."

"Yes, what you always said makes sense." Xu Deyong said.

Xu Nanshi said: "It makes sense. Just wait, grandma will scramble two eggs for you."

With that said, he stood up and was about to get the pot.

Xu Deyong quickly stopped and said: "Don't fry it, just keep it like this, I don't want to pick, as long as it can fill your stomach."

Xu Nanshi rolled her eyes at him and said, "You should say this now. I'm afraid you won't believe it if you said it before."

Xu Deyong smiled and said nothing. He had a meal with his grandma, listening to the intermittent chatter and some news and rumors heard from the neighborhood committee. After eating, I saw the paper bag he was holding before and asked, "What did you get again?"

"Mosquito nets." Xu Deyong took them out and said, "The mosquito nets at home are full of holes and cannot be repaired unless they are replaced."

Xu Nan touched the brand new mosquito net with his rough hands and said with a smile: "It must have been bought by Huizhen again! You said that this child always spends money. I was planning to buy it after a while, but this child wants to thoughtful."

Xu Deyong blinked and said, "Yes, your granddaughter-in-law is so kind. How come you are so lucky!"

It's a white lie. Just go back and talk to Huizhen later. After all, Huizhen doesn't know.

Xu Nan said: "Screw you, take this new one back, just find two old mosquito nets and bring them over."

Xu Deyong said with a smile: "Okay grandma, please don't give in here as a family. I will find bamboo poles for you to install now."

Then without any explanation, he installed both mosquito nets.

Xu Nanshi looked at it with a smile and said, "Well, the new one is good."

She said don't mean it sincerely, but she also means it when she said yes.

After watching her for a while, Xu Deyong sent her to the neighborhood committee and then took a bicycle back to the backyard of the tavern.

Xu Huizhen was drying her clothes and bedclothes. When she saw him coming back, she casually asked, "Why are you so busy? You won't come back for lunch at noon."

Xu Deyong went over to help dry it and said: "I have something to do when I go back to Nanluogu Lane. It happens to be close to grandma's place, so I went to grandma's place to eat."

"Oh." Xu Huizhen's eyes moved and she said, "Tell me, grandma, I remembered something. There are more and more mosquitoes. I think grandma's mosquito nets are no longer good. I'm going to buy two beds for them tomorrow. It just so happens that we need to use them when we get back."

Xu Deyong turned around and hugged her, kissed her face without any explanation, and said with a playful smile: "What does it mean for a husband and wife to be united? I just bought it and installed it."

"And, she said it was bought by her beautiful, generous and thoughtful granddaughter-in-law."

Xu Huizhen wiped her face and said coquettishly: "Fuck you, there is no formality. Do I have to thank you for finding face for me?"

Xu Deyong slid his palm down, grasped the peach and said, "It's not sincere to say thank you. Let's be more practical."

Xu Huizhen's pretty face turned slightly red. He was such a nasty guy. He was not honest even in broad daylight!

She immediately pushed him away and said, "I have to go to the tavern. You can watch Li'er at home."

Xu Deyong shrugged, it was another simple afternoon watching his children doing crafts.

Xu Huizhen packed up and went out. Suddenly she remembered that she was troubled by Xu Deyong and forgot to ask him what Chen Xueru wanted to see him for in the morning.

Ok?

Didn't this guy do it on purpose?

……

Invited to accompany Mingyue after night, and face the sunrise alone before morning.

Day after day, there are so many tomorrows.

This is like life. It is inevitable to encounter ditches and bumps, and you will fall into the same ditch many times. Even if it is muddy, you will stand up again.

Sliding upstream in the mud, dragging water through the mud, crawling and rolling.

Even if you fall down and bear the weight, you still have to do it yourself and have enough food and clothing!

The next day, the awns grow.

A farmer's proverb says that wheat stubble will appear in three days after entering the field of field, which means that soon after entering the field of field, it will enter the intense wheat harvest season, and the sickle will be used to harvest the wheat.

At this time, harvesting the wheat after it matures is naturally done manually, which is known as one of the "four major chores": removing the wheat, digging wells, pulling out the wheat, and transplanting the rice seedlings.

What are the other four major evils: pig water, money counting mouth, toilet maggots, and swearing mouth.

The four major acids are: uncooked dates, hawthorn dew, Zhengfeng Niangni, and Shanxi vinegar.

The four major sufferings are pig gallbladder, coptis noodles, motherless children, and bachelors.

Simple people sum up simple words, every sentence makes sense, especially the last one!

Xu Deyong bid farewell to the last pain in this life, rocking in style at night and squatting in the morning.

After the exercise, he opened the blind box with a thought.

"Puff."

Yarn!

It’s really just a few balls of soft wool, weighing about two kilograms, which can be used to knit two thick sweaters.

Well, it’s not easy to buy so many good things if you have money.

After the summer was over, he took it out and asked Huizhen to knit sweaters for herself and Xiao Li'er. Huizhen had enough money to wear them, but neither he nor Xiao Li'er had any.

Well, grandma can also knit, so evenly distribute one and a half to grandma and let her knit and wear it, otherwise it will be too slow for Huizhen to knit alone.

What, you craftsman can’t weave?

Hey, is this a job that gentlemen can do? Who wouldn’t wear a sweater knitted by a girl?

After that, Xiao Li'er woke up, but Xu Huizhen hadn't woken up yet. Xu Deyong cleaned up the little ancestor and took him to the kitchen to light a fire and cook porridge.

After all, cooking starts with baby.

Xiao Li'er looked at the burning flames and wanted to reach out to grab them. All she could say was that she was "very hot".

When it was almost cooked, let the bottom fire simmer for a while. Xu Deyong held the baby again and slowly went to the canteen to buy some food.

In the alley, I met a man selling small goldfish on a pole. Several children were squatting next to him and watching without blinking, with the word "want" written all over their faces.

Xu Deyong stopped and asked, "Master, how do you sell the little goldfish?"

The man said with a somewhat restrained smile: "Depending on the quality and size, there are some that cost a penny a piece, and some that cost two cents a piece."

Xu Deyong knelt down and took a look. Xiao Lier shook his head and saw it. When he saw the little fish swimming in the enamel basin, he felt as if he had discovered a new world.

His expression was endearingly curious and surprised, and his eyes were wide and round.

Xu Deyong couldn't help but smile when he looked at the little guy. He was really cute.

He couldn't help but stretched out his hand to pinch her little face and said, "Li'er, why are you so cute!"

"Ah ah ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah..."

Xiao Li'er was disturbed and spoke a little unhappily, then stretched out her chubby little hand to grab it.

"Call dad, and dad will buy it for you." Xu Deyong stood up and said.

Seeing that he was getting farther and farther away, Xiao Li'er turned around and scratched Xu Deyong's face.

Xu Deyong smiled and patted his butt and said, "Don't move. Dad will go back and buy a basin."

While talking, I didn’t buy anything, so I turned around and went home to get a basin. I spent 10 cents on four small goldfish and two large bags of fish food.

Xiao Li'er was not happy at first, but when she saw him coming home carrying the fish basin, she screamed happily again.

This little guy knows a lot!

When she got home again, Xu Huizhen had woken up and was brushing her teeth. When she saw him buying a small goldfish, she rolled her eyes playfully.

It means really free...

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