jade carver

Feng Chen is not far away.His family lives next to Li Rui's and Cheng Ye's, so there is only one way back, so where are you going?Therefore, it was only natural that Feng Chen had the cheek to follow them all the way home and harass them all the way.Only when Cheng Ye was bullied into Li Rui's arms did he stop, "Oh, Cheng Ye, why are you still so short...won't you grow taller?"

Cheng Ye hid in Li Rui's arms with his small schoolbag on his back, so small that he only reached Li Rui's waist.Li Rui simply picked up Cheng Ye and walked away, rubbed the child's head, and replied with a fair word for him. "How much older are you than him? It's a shame to ask."

"But he hasn't grown since the beginning of spring." Feng Chen gestured from the waist of his trousers, "Here, look, he's still a little taller. Fatty Yang and his younger sisters are taller than Cheng Ye, and they're even younger than him One year old! Cheng Ye can't come down and walk by himself, be careful to grow into a dwarf, haha!"

Cheng Ye moved in Li Rui's arms, and his head was immediately pinned down.

"Don't move." After Li Rui finished speaking, the child in his arms immediately stopped moving. He hugged Li Rui's neck obediently and let him carry him home.

Feng Chen was just joking with Cheng Ye. Seeing that Cheng Ye hadn't said a word all the way, he dropped by his home to pick up a schoolbag of flat peaches and sent them to Cheng Ye with some flattering intentions, wanting to do homework with them. .

Grandma Cheng had guests at home today, so everyone went to Li Rui's home to do homework.Feng Chen poured out the peaches, picked the biggest one and handed it to Cheng Ye, "Here, eat it quickly, it's so sweet... Li Rui, don't look at me like that, this time it was cleaned!"

The peaches that Feng Chen divided last time were not cleaned, and Li Rui was fine after eating them, but Cheng Ye was almost hospitalized.Li Rui pinched the peach, it was quite soft, and it was easy to peel off the peach skin.He showed Cheng Ye a demonstration, peeled one and handed it to him, "Peel and eat by yourself."

The flat peaches are ripe and soft, and the juice will flow when you bite into it. It is sweet and delicious.The flat peaches that Feng Chen brought were newly planted on the farm, and they had just grown, so they were not for sale.Because Feng Chen's mother is an accountant, someone left a small box, and Feng Chen almost dumped it into Cheng Ye's mouth.

When Cheng Ye ate the fourth flat peach, Li Rui finished his homework.There were four peeled peaches neatly placed on the small plate in front of him. Every time Cheng Ye ate one, he peeled one for Li Rui spontaneously.It's been a bit long, and the peach has changed color, Li Rui didn't dislike it, so he took it and ate it in two or three bites.

Feng Chen also finished his homework, stretched his waist, and asked something serious, "Li Rui, have you chosen a junior high school? Or go straight to the county seat?"

Li Rui and Feng Chen were about to enter junior high school, and the family was discussing the choice of school.The location of the farm is relatively remote. In addition to the primary school, there is only one middle school and one vocational high school. In those years, the vocational high school was still in charge of distribution.It's not a good job either, it's just taking over from my parents' work, which is regarded as an internal employment placement.Generally, if the family is better, it is the right way to send them directly to study outside junior high school, high school, and college entrance examination.

There was a reason for Feng Chen to ask now. His family wanted him to study in No. [-] Middle School in the county, and he would also study there in the future.It's just that there is no dormitory in No. [-] Middle School in the county seat, and it takes nearly an hour to drive from the farm to the county seat, which is extremely inconvenient.Feng Chen's family is discussing about renting a house and letting Feng Chen live with a few close children, which can be regarded as a care.

"It's not decided yet, let's talk about it later." Hearing his question, Li Rui didn't take it too seriously.One reason is that his family has been raging a lot lately, and his parents are quarreling, and it is almost impossible to survive; the other reason is Cheng Ye, who is worried about the child studying here alone.

Feng Chen was leaving after playing at Li Rui's house for a while, and packed his schoolbag quickly, "I'm going to deliver homework to Xu Qingqing!"

Li Rui smiled from behind, and urging him to leave quickly by spinning the ballpoint pen, "Seeing that you can't sit still, I think you are in a hurry to ask her where she is in junior high school?"

Feng Chen touched the homework book and sighed deeply, "Well, after all these years of copying homework, there is also some revolutionary friendship..."

Li Rui took the peach pit on the table and threw him at the head, "Go away!"

Feng Chen caught it with a grin, and threw it back into Cheng Ye's arms, "I don't want this, because Cheng Ye likes to collect these messy things, put them away! I'm leaving!"

Li Rui couldn't stay idle in the room, and felt bored after sitting for a while.His mother just happened to come in, seeing that the two boys had nothing to do, she immediately assigned a task, "Li Rui, help me buy two fish, we have guests at home today!"

Li Rui took the money and called Cheng Ye to go with him.Seeing him riding a bicycle with Cheng Ye, Li Rui's mother chased him to the door and told him, "Be careful, don't fall!"

Li Rui agreed from a distance, "Don't worry!"

Li Rui's car is half new and not old. His father bought a new transmission car before.Li Rui usually took Cheng Ye with him when he went out to play. A few times, he put the child on the front and did it for too long.After that, Li Rui seldom rode that transmission car.

The two went to the vegetable market, Cheng Ye was outside looking at the car, and Li Rui went in to buy fish.

Cheng Ye squatted on the side of the bicycle, took a small piece of limestone to write and draw on the concrete floor, and drew around the car after a while.After Cheng Ye finished painting that small area, he stepped on it with his foot and repainted it, obeying Li Rui's order to 'look at the car' and not to move.

Li Rui took a short cut and stopped at the back door of the vegetable market. Some vegetable sellers set up stalls at the back door when they were late.There is such a small stall opposite Cheng Ye, which sells watermelons. The old man saw Cheng Ye's interesting paintings, so he came over to take a look. "Yo, I'm still a young scholar, how can I know so many characters!"

Cheng Ye was a little nervous when someone said that for the first time, and didn't know how to react. He held the little lime powder in his hand and dared not say a word.

The old man looked at it twice, and then asked the person who came with him to come over and look at it, "Old Xia! Come and see, this kid has a good hand and draws well!"

The old man who was waiting to play chess over there heard it, and urged him with a chess piece, "Hey, what's wrong with you if you can't afford to lose? What's the matter with leaving when you see you're about to lose? Still playing chess no."

The old man selling watermelons waved to him, "Come on, come on, why don't you take a look first!"

"Success! Let's talk about it first, don't hold back later..." Lao Xia got up and walked over, still holding the chess piece he was going to play, but he was stunned when he saw the painting under Cheng Ye's feet Down. "Is it all drawn by this child?"

The watermelon seller was overjoyed, "Yeah! I just called you to come and see, and you still thought I was cheating on you! Didn't you say a while ago that you were like taking an apprentice? I think this kid is very good, he just squatted here After painting for half a day, I can bear my temper and endure hardships!"

Lao Xia walked around Cheng Ye with his hands behind his back, read all the things on the ground, and muttered something.Cheng Ye was timid, so he only dared to look up secretly, and then quickly lowered his head.He only had time to see the old man circling around him wearing sunglasses, dark brown, which covered most of his face so he couldn't see clearly.

"Lao Xia, I told you not to be too picky!" The watermelon seller was dizzy from his eyes, and told him to stop for a while. "You can't move it now, you can't carry it, why are you messing around in that hut all day? The craft, sooner or later, has to be passed on."

Lao Xia kept silent, watched for a long time, then squatted down and asked Cheng Ye, "Son, how old are you this year?"

Cheng Ye raised his head to look at him, and replied in a low voice, "10 years old."

Lao Xia frowned and muttered that it was a bit late.Then he made a small request to Cheng Ye, "Can you show Grandpa your hands?" He was afraid that Cheng Ye wouldn't understand, so he demonstrated to him with his big palm, "Here, stretch it out like this." , let me take a look."

Cheng Ye hesitated, but stretched out his hands forward.The lime residue in the palm of the little hand has not been patted clean, and it has turned white, making the palm lines more and more blurred.

Lao Xia stretched out his hand and shook the small hand in front of him. The back of the hand looked like there was no flesh, but the palm was soft, like a pad of flesh on a cat's paw.Break apart the fingers and look at them one by one. The flexibility is just right, and it's still strong, but it's a bit stingy, and I'm afraid I can't hold the tool steadily...

"Oh, let's take a look again." The old man with brown sunglasses sighed, a little regretful, and a little unwilling to let go of Cheng Ye's hand.He also brought a few apprentices before, all of them were as stupid as a piece of wood, but today this little guy is smart, but his body is not good enough, he might not be able to lift ornaments and carve in his line of work.

The old man who sold the watermelon was also a little disappointed, but he didn't bother to say anything after seeing Old Man Xia's noble face.This old stubborn man only looks good to others when he is chasing after him to get an apprentice. The young man who came to apprentice last time was scolded by him and left for no other reason. He thought he was too stupid and ruined his craftsmanship.

The old man picked a few small fruits from the watermelon basket and handed them to Cheng Ye. Seeing that the child didn't want them, he stuffed them into his pocket.Smiling and waving at him, "Take it and eat it, this wild fruit was picked on the way here, it's fresh!" After delivering the fruit, he called out to the person wearing sunglasses, "Okay, Lao Xia! If you don't accept apprentices, you'll be fine." Come back and play chess! Pay attention to the left, there is a pit..."

Lao Xia adjusted his brown sunglasses, tilted his head slightly, and passed after seeing the road clearly.

The author has something to say:

Li Rui: Cheng Ye, are you painting me?

Cheng Ye: Yes

Li Rui (with a bitter and serious face): ...