jade carver

When Lao Xia knew that Cheng Ye was going to the provincial capital, he was a little surprised, but after hearing Cheng Ye's story, he remained silent.He still taught Ye Yudiao as usual, nothing could be seen on the surface.Master brother Xu Junjie was visibly excited when he heard the news.He wanted to say a few words to Cheng Ye, but every sentence was interrupted by Lao Xia, and he didn't say anything until Cheng Ye was about to leave.

Senior Brother watched Lao Xia send Cheng Ye back, and hurriedly went up to ask, "Master, what a great opportunity! You were worried about how to bring Cheng Ye there before, this is not a good time..."

Lao Xia was not polite to him at all, glared at him, and asked back, "Just what?!"

"Exactly, why don't you go to the provincial capital together with us..." The elder brother hesitated at the end. His master called Lao Xia a few days ago to persuade Lao Xia, saying that he opened a jade carving shop in the provincial capital and asked Lao Xia to bring his apprentice Cheng Ye Go to the provincial capital together to join him.Lao Xia had no intention of defecting before, and only said that he would like to lead his apprentices in the countryside quietly, because he couldn't stand the excitement.

But now that Cheng Ye has gone to the provincial capital to study, Master Xia is still not tempted?Xu Junjie thought about the transfer news brought by Cheng Ye, and his mind became active again, "Master, master has really missed you these years. When you were away, you often told us about the things in the former master's school! And Cheng Isn't Ye going to the provincial capital to go to school? What a coincidence! You can go there together..."

Lao Xia glanced at Xu Junjie, and became suspicious of his motives for returning to the provincial capital in such a hurry, "Your wife is in the provincial capital?"

"It's not..." The elder brother was a little embarrassed, and scratched his head, "Well, she is not too far from the provincial capital, and it takes 3 hours to get there by car."

Lao Xia had an epiphany, he said!Why are you in such a hurry to go back to the provincial capital, all your emotions and thoughts are on your daughter-in-law! "Go back by yourself. You have not been here for a short time, so I will tell your master when I get back. I am fine here, so don't bother him to worry about it..."

The elder brother hurriedly interrupted, "Uncle, what you said! If you don't go back, of course I can't go back. I have to stay here to take care of you! The master said, you are getting old, you need someone to take care of you." Okay! In fact, the master has always felt sorry for you all these years. Back then..."

Lao Xia didn't want to bring up those bad things in the past, so he stretched out his hand to interrupt him, "I'm not such a petty person, I don't hold grudges so much about those... few jade carving boats that your master relied on me at the beginning. .”

Elder Brother carefully observed Lao Xia's face, seeing Lao Xia's toothache, he always felt that Master Xia was still holding grudges.

"I haven't had much contact with your master these years, mainly because he is still in the old jade factory. You also know how I got out of the jade factory... I swore that I would rather die of starvation and exhaustion. I will never go back in my life."

Xu Junjie knew that just after Taishifu passed away, the jade factory immediately changed to a new owner—Taishifu's only son, who was also their little uncle.As soon as the new boss came to power, he really made a drastic move. He didn't care about the old feelings for the old and disabled masters in the factory, and drove them out directly.Lao Xia was kicked out precisely because of a broken eye.

It's no wonder that old Xia Xinliang didn't contact anyone in the jade factory for so many years.Xu Junjie remained silent, thinking in his heart, if his master was treated like this, then he would be the first to fight those beasts.Uncle Xia has been wronged all these years.

"Uncle, the jade shop my master bought in the provincial capital is his own business and has nothing to do with the old factory..."

Lao Xia didn't bother to talk to him, so he just said something casually and asked his master to speak in person.Unexpectedly, the cheeky old man Xu actually came over in person.

Old man Xu is a few years older than Lao Xia, but he looks younger than Lao Xia.The old man Xu has a loyal face and a kind-hearted smile, but he has a bad stomach, coupled with his ability, he can't help but make people love and hate him.

When Lao Xia saw him, he thought of the old jade factory, and when he thought of the jade factory, he naturally remembered the bad things in the past.Old Xia was so angry that he gritted his teeth bitterly and asked him, "What are you doing here!"

The old man Xu looked at the yard first, and after looking at it, he suddenly felt sad, "Junior brother, it's all my fault that I didn't protect you back then, and you ended up living in this kind of place. Oh, my heart seems to be put on hold." It's as uncomfortable as frying back and forth in the oil pan..."

Lao Xia pushed him to keep him away, for fear that the spitting stars would stick to his body, "I've finished reading? Let's go after reading."

The old man Xu rolled his eyes, and stopped crying, and dragged Lao Xia to discuss, "Do you still remember the 'stone' that the master told us before? In half a year, I will be able to get it out."

Lao Xia was taken aback by his words, and frowned, "Didn't you mean it?" It was an unopened piece of jade left over from that year. It looked inconspicuous, but the master had concluded that there was treasure in it. .It's just that I haven't figured out what method to use to carve it, and I didn't dare to move it.

"What are you doing to lie to you! If it wasn't for it, why would I bother to stay in the factory for so many years..." Old man Xu narrowed his eyes, thinking that his brothers and sisters would leave one by one, he felt uncomfortable. "At the beginning, my younger brother took a fancy to the jade carving workshop you managed, but you couldn't stand the aggressive tactics, and you exploded if you provoked it, and left the factory in a fit of anger because of Lao Wang's business. Sigh, it's cheap the guy..."

Lao Xia had a cold face, and his temper was as stubborn as it was ten years ago, "I know he drives people away openly and secretly. But because I have already implicated several old masters, I will only harm everyone if I stay It's better to go away."

"Do you think that the younger brother will stop chasing people away after you leave? He wished that you would go away, and no one would protect those old masters, and drive them away!" Old man Xu smacked his mouth, as if he was deliberating. use words. "After you left for more than a year, the junior brother found an opportunity to dismiss Lao Wang and the others. It happened that the business was not doing well in those few years, and the junior brother sold the factory..."

"He sold the factory?! Why didn't you stop...!" Lao Xia took a deep breath, his eyes widened.It was the place where the master's ancestors worked so hard and worked hard for several generations. In the most difficult years of breaking the four olds, no land was touched... I didn't expect it to be sold like this.

Old man Xu also smiled wryly, "Why should I stop my younger brother? He is the old man of the master. If the master is gone, it is naturally his family property. When you were here before, everyone persuaded you together, but it was barely persuasive. Now that you are scattered all over the world, he is not the only one who has the final say in the factory? If you didn’t sell those old shops, it would be good to use the money to start a company in the United States.”

Lao Xia's lips moved, but he didn't say anything.Yes, these are the master's chores, but something spiritual has been broken, and I feel chills all over when I mention the word "master".There is no longer a teacher who can let him go back.

"You, these years you have been angry and refused to go north, and you are only willing to go to Yangzhou to visit Junior Brother Yun during the holidays. No wonder you don't know about these things." Old man Xu turned to persuade Lao Xia, "But it doesn't matter, wait a few years to save the city The jade shop has improved, slowly take them over..."

Lao Xia calmed down from his emotions. Hearing what old man Xu said, he became interested in his jade shop for the first time.After listening to the old man Xu talking about the jade shop for a while, he couldn't help asking him, "Where did you get the money to open the shop?" As far as he knew, the wages in the jade factory were not high.

The old man Xu smiled like a flower, and his eyes narrowed, "You don't know that! I have endured humiliation and tried my best to stay in the factory all these years, and I have made certain achievements. Tsk tsk, I have suffered a lot. ..."

Lao Xia frowned, no matter how he heard this, it should be "not less sweet".

"How about it? Go to the provincial capital and help me look after the shop. I'll bring my son out for you to see, I'm not boasting, the boys are so clever!" Old man Xu thought for a while, and still said what was in his heart Say it too. "Another one, I want to get that stone out as soon as possible. It's left by the master and his old man, and it can't be destroyed in the hands of laymen. I'm doing this, and my family is over there, so it's getting in the way."

Lao Xia was silent for a while, then nodded and agreed, "Let me take care of it for you." Seeing Old Man Xu's happy appearance, he couldn't help but want to suppress him again. "Hey, even if I'm going to take care of you, you have to apologize to me first..."

"Apologize, I must apologize!" Hearing this, old man Xu quickly called Xu Junjie over, and asked him with winks. "Junjie! Did you receive the letter of apology I wrote to your uncle earlier?"

Xu Junjie understood what his master meant in the blink of an eye, and took out a letter from his pocket and handed it over, "Ah, that's right! I just received it, and I was going to give it to my master! Master, this is from my master. You see, the whole article is full of sincerity and sincerity!"

Lao Xia glanced at the envelope and threw it back into Xu Junjie's arms, "Don't lie to me! This handwriting is the same as yours, it's not written by your master!"

Old man Xu picked up the letter, cheekily stuffed it into his hand, and refused to admit it, "I taught him all the characters, so it's quite normal!"

Lao Xia narrowed his eyes and looked at him, "Is it normal without a postmark?"

The old man Xu raised his ending with a shy face, and asked it as a question, "...Then, the post office forgot?"

"You forgot the badge even the post office can't forget!" Lao Xia snorted and walked back to the hall with his hands behind his back. "You play these crooked ways all day long, cheating and abducting, and sometimes you will suffer!"

The old man Xu and his disciples were frowning outside, discussing countermeasures, when they heard Lao Xia shouting in the house again. "Junjie! Hurry up and pack up your things! Pack up your things, and then go hire a car. I remember Cheng Ye also has a lot of things to bring over. Let's pack them together and go to the provincial capital to resettle."

Old man Xu grinned outside, and slapped his big apprentice, "Go, go! Your thin-skinned Master Xia will regret it later!"

Xu Junjie's smile was no worse than that of his own master, the corners of his mouth were almost grinning to the ears, and he was probably thinking about his wife again. "Hey! I'm going right now!"