In the apiary of Guangming Commune, there is a casserole on the simple stove. Li Chuanying holds a banana fan to fan the fire, and after cooking, pours the medicinal soup into a bowl.

Li Shanhe drank the medicinal soup in one breath and started to cough. Xue Ming took out toilet paper from his pocket and gave it to him, "Has the old man's illness improved recently?"

"I'm getting better recently. My coughing up blood is not as bad as before. Your medicine has helped me a lot." Li Shanhe's face was rosy and he was in good spirits.

"I wish you a speedy recovery. I would like to ask Chuanying to come to my home to teach my sister sewing machine skills. Do you think it is feasible to give her two cents a day for tuition?" Xue Ming said.

"Xiao Xue, it doesn't matter whether you have money or not. The main thing is that it is too far from your home and it is inconvenient." Li Shanhe coughed a few more times as he spoke.

Guangming Town is twenty miles away from Zhao Village, and it takes more than two hours to walk. The elderly are not worried about a girl going to such a far place.

"You can let Chuanying live in my house, and my sister will come back when she learns how to use a sewing machine. She will take care of food and housing without paying tuition." Xue Ming immediately proposed another plan.

Li Shanhe did not expect Xue Mingkai's conditions and didn't know how to deal with them for a while.The first feeling is rejection. Chuanying is a young lady, how can she live outside casually?

After another thought, he thought it was feasible. If his granddaughter really came together with Xue Ming, he would laugh out of his dreams, "What do you think, Xiaoying?"

"I follow Grandpa's arrangements." Li Chuanying lowered her head to wash the medicine pot, not looking at Xue Ming from the beginning to the end.

Saying this meant that she had no objection to teaching at home, and Li Shanhe no longer hesitated, "Okay, you go pack your things."

Li Chuanying immediately went to pack things in the tent. Xue Ming hesitated for a moment and said, "It's definitely not convenient for you to live alone. If you have any conditions, just ask."

"It's nothing inconvenient. I've gotten used to it over the years. But Xiaoying is a good child. Please bear with me if she does something wrong in your house." Li Shanhe said sincerely.

At this time, Li Chuanying came out of the tent and walked to his grandfather with a small package hanging on his arm. "Don't worry, Grandpa, I will be back in two days at most."

"Go on, kid, you must try your best to teach. You don't have to worry about the medicine and food at home. When we get to Zhaocun, go to your Lord Molong first, and he will make arrangements for you." Li Shanhe looked kind.

"I'll wait for you outside first." Xue Ming felt that they still had something to say quietly, so he turned around and left the apiary and took out his bicycle from the space.

Ten minutes later, Li Chuanying appeared with a package, sitting on the back seat of the bicycle without saying a word, like a chess piece at the mercy of others.

The two of them didn't say a word the whole time. When passing by Liu Village Brigade, Xue Ming turned to his uncle's house. They all went to work in the farmland and only his cousin Liu Xiang was at home.

Xue Ming asked his cousin to call his uncle back, and asked Li Chuanying to look at the gate outside the yard, and went to the woodshed alone to transport the thousand-year-old ginkgo tree from the space.

Put all the ginkgo wood in the corner and cover it with firewood, and take out a pen and paper to count the furniture that needs to be made.

Two double canopy beds, five single canopy beds, desks, tables, chairs, benches, etc. I can write whatever comes to mind.

At this time, someone outside shouted, "Da Ming, please come inside. Open the door. I'm your uncle."

Xue Ming opened the door and showed him the ginkgo trees. Liu Jianqiang squatted down and carefully observed the wood texture. He was shocked and quickly closed the door, "Where did you get these thousand-year-old ginkgo trees?"

In fact, the blood of five people was hidden in this batch of wood. Xue Ming took out the furniture list and handed it to him, "Uncle, please help me make these furniture."

Suddenly he remembered the honey picking machine and took out the drawing drawn by Li Chuanying from his pocket, "Can you make this object?"

Liu Jianqiang could tell at a glance that this was a honey-churning machine. He read the drawings carefully and whispered, "I'll make it for you, but you must not let others know that you are raising bees."

"Don't worry, I know what to do." Xue Ming liked this kind of care from relatives very much, "Has the beehive you made last time ready?"

Liu Jianqiang picked up the rake behind the door and pulled firewood, and quickly pulled out four brand-new bee boxes.Xue Ming gave a thumbs up after careful inspection, "Uncle's craftsmanship is really good."

"Don't be polite to me." Liu Jianqiang showed a trace of confusion on his face, "Whose family does that girl outside belong to? Is she the one you are dating?"

"She is the teacher who teaches Xiaoling the sewing machine skills. Ask Xiaoxiang if she wants to learn. If she wants to learn, let her stay at my house today." Xue Ming said.

"I'll ask her." Liu Jianqiang pushed the frame cart in the yard and strode outside the yard to ask his daughter what she wanted. These days, sewing machines are high-end items.

Xue Ming brought four beehives into the space and placed them next to the old beehives, waiting for the bees to move in. After waiting for ten minutes, the bees turned a blind eye, as if they were dissatisfied with their new home.

Return to the woodshed and load a cart of firewood to create the illusion that the beehives are on the cart. Consider how to pay for the furniture, whether to give the uncle food or money directly.

Liu Jianqiang rushed into the room excitedly, "Xiaoxiang also wants to learn to sewing. Pack your things and let her go home with you."

"Okay, tell me how much it costs to make these furniture." Xue Ming took out a wad of bills from his pocket.

"Don't be polite to your uncle. My craft fee for making furniture is exactly the tuition fee for your cousin to learn a sewing machine." Liu Jianqiang waved his hand and offered his nephew a free payment.

Xue Ming saw the sincerity on his face, and didn't want him to suffer a loss, so he counted 20 yuan and stuffed it into his pocket, "Then I'll take advantage of my uncle."

It is conservatively estimated that making this batch of furniture requires one hundred kilograms of wheat for craftsmanship. Liu Jianqiang laughed a few times and did not refuse. "I will go to the captain to ask for leave tonight. I will finish the furniture first and then go to work. If anyone asks, just If you say the processing fee is 60 kilograms of wheat, don’t say you paid me.”

The policy allows carpenters to help others make furniture, but they cannot charge money because of the tail of capitalism. They can charge some food to make up for the work points lost by the carpenter in making furniture.

"I know." Xue Ming felt that there was not much difference between giving money and giving food.

The two men agreed, and Xue Ming put his cousin's luggage on the trolley.

Liu Jianqiang warned his daughter repeatedly, "When you go to your aunt's house, you must listen to your aunt's words and don't be naughty or cause trouble."

"I know, Dad, I will definitely listen to my cousin and learn how to sew." Liu Xiangmei smiled happily.

"Uncle, let's go." Xue Ming pulled the bicycle and left. Li Chuanying took Liu Xiang on his bicycle and returned to Zhaocun at dusk.

Li Chuanying went to find Zhao Molong, and Xue Ming sent Liu Xiang home first, then took the frame truck to the forest and entered the space to take out the sewing machine.

Five beehives are lined up in the small space courtyard. The old beehives are densely packed with bees, but there is not a single bee in the new beehives.

"The old beehive can no longer live in it. Why don't the bees settle in the new beehive? Is there any trick in it?" Xue Ming was very puzzled.

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