Cross-country exchange

On the way back, Xia Yu was in a very good mood, making Xia's grandma and fathers mistakenly think that their boy also likes his brother very much, so this marriage is almost a sure thing.

After the marriage proposal came to an end, life returned to normal, so Xia Yu immediately started to carve the wooden comb. Although the original plan was disrupted, it can still be saved.The wrench counts the copper plates in the pocket, which is far from a tael of silver.But the time to pick up the carving knife is only a few days away.

Just when he was worrying about a tael of silver, Xia's father and grandma were also discussing Xia Yu's marriage in the room, and the elder brother had made a choice. Next, Najib, Nazheng, appointment and wedding had to be done. A large amount of silver is needed, and the most important thing is that if Xia Xiaozi gets married, he will be an adult, and it is not suitable to live with six elder brothers.Thus, the matter of rebuilding the house that Father Xia's original mentioned was brought up.

To rebuild the house and add things, at least two or three taels of silver must be spent. If you want to make the house better, you will spend more money.Every year the family desperately saves, but only saves one or two taels of silver. The last time Xia Yu got sick, it cost a lot of money. Now, no matter how much he can make up, it is not enough. The father of the Xia family sat silently on the wooden bed for a while, dragging The shoes ran outside.

"What are you going to do?"

"I'm going to borrow money." Father Xia didn't answer.

Xia Yu planned to go to Xiaoshantou, but he didn't expect to meet Cao Bingchen on the way. After returning to Cao's house and apologizing to their house last time, Xia Yu never paid attention to this person again.

Now seeing him standing in the middle of the road with a strange look, Xia Yuquan regarded him as an invisible person and didn't see him.

"Oh, I said Xia Xiaoyu, you—"

Xia Yu's name is only two words, the Xia family's elder brothers all call him little brother, and the Xia family's grandma and father sometimes call him kid.Although Luo Liang sometimes called him Xia Xiaoyu, but when he was angry, he deliberately ignored him and made fun of him.When Cao Bingchen yelled the three words Xia Xiaoyu, it was an insult no matter how unpleasant it sounds.

Xia Yu was planning to bypass him and leave. Hearing his yell, and thinking of how he and that person insulted his elder brothers last time, he immediately decided to take this opportunity to teach him a lesson.So Ben Du had already walked more than one meter away, Xia Yu turned around again, and punched Cao Bingchen at lightning speed.

Cao Bingchen is small, so his physical strength is naturally inferior to Xia Yu who spends time exercising every day.In addition, Xia Yu's punch was caught off guard, and he was knocked down to the ground in an instant.

Cao Bingchen showed shock on his face. After he was stunned for a long time, he was reminded that he was beaten by a dull pain in his stomach. He immediately jumped up from the ground, pointed at Xia Yu angrily and said, "Fuck, Xia Yu, how dare you hit me?" .”

After speaking, it was like a lunatic rushed over, wanting to get back the embarrassment, anyway, he was here to find fault.

Seeing him beating him blindly and without skill, Xia Yu dodged several times, then seized the opportunity to punch him twice in the stomach, and finally kicked him on the buttocks, directly kicking him to the ground.

Xia Yu snorted twice, "Cao Bingchen, I'm going to stop talking here today. If you call me Xia Xiaoyu next time, I'll beat you once. Also, don't let me hear you talking about my brothers again." No, otherwise I will definitely beat you to the point of crying."

Cao Bingchen stood up angrily, his calves hurt, and he wanted to fight back, but when he saw Xia Yu's tall and burly body, he immediately gave up his thoughts. It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge.

"You wait for me."

"Cao Bingchen, you go back to your father and cry first. If you want to fight, I will accompany you at any time."

After Xia Yu finished speaking, he left without looking back.Originally planning to go to the mountains, thinking of Cao Bingchen's vindictive temper, he was afraid that the cave would be exposed, so he made a big circle around the village, and finally returned home.

After eating, Xia Yu stared at his eight wooden combs alone under the shade of a tree during the lunch break of his brothers. He had become more proficient in carving fine lines on the wooden combs, and the material of the wooden combs was Xia Yu was more and more satisfied with the flowery palm wood, especially when the eight combs were arranged like the eight petals of a flower when it bloomed.However, the day of delivery is imminent.

"Grandma, I'm going to the county, and I'll be back for dinner in the evening." Xia Yu almost put all the wooden combs in a cloth bag, and then rushed away against the sun.

By the time he arrived at the county seat, Xia Yu had almost peeled off a layer of skin.It may be because the weather is too hot and there are not many people on the street.

With a burden on his back, he wandered around the streets and alleys of the county town.But he would go in and take a look at everything that my brother used, and then back out silently.

When passing by Brother Sou'er's workshop, Xia Yu stopped outside the door, hesitated for a moment, then lifted his foot and left.

After strolling about two or three streets, Xia Yu came to the door of a store with festive lanterns hanging on it. There were three words on the door plaque of the store - Handicraft Workshop.

Xia Yu walked in directly, and there was only one person in the store, who was arranging some things with his back facing him.The store is not very big, only about [-] to [-] square meters, but the things are messy, it looks like a grocery store.

"My guest, what do you want to buy?"

The man finally turned his head and was surprised to see that there was one more person suddenly.

Xia Yu smiled and said, "It seems that your shop has just opened. I'm curious, so I came here to have a look. I don't know what your shop mainly deals in?"

Xia Yu saw that most of the objects placed on the tables in the shop were semi-finished products. He didn't know whether they were deliberately special or the objects were just like this.

"We mainly buy and sell handmade objects here, ranging from small accessories to helping people build houses. I don't know what you need from this customer?"

Xia Yu asked a few more questions in detail, and probably knew that this shop can not only trade goods, but also help people with business, and accept apprentices. Although the work is complicated, it is inseparable from the word handiwork.

Xia Yu hesitated for a moment, and said, "Since your family specializes in trading handmade objects, I have a business here, I wonder if you will take it?"

Afterwards, Xia Yu took out all the dozen or so combs in the bag and arranged them one by one.

The man picked up a wooden comb and looked at it carefully, and couldn't help boasting, "This comb is made of good material, and the knife is also quite good. Well, I thought the pattern was painted, but I didn't expect it to be carved." ,Not bad."

The man touched each one, looked at them, and said to Xia Yu with a smile: "Little brother, are these things going to be sold to our shop?"

Xia Yu nodded, "If it is sold to your shop, how much can you pay?"

The man saw that Xia Yu was sweating profusely, profusely from the sun, so he immediately greeted him, "Little brother, come here and have a sip of herbal tea and rest for a while, I will invite our young master to come and talk to you immediately. "

Xia Yu was also very hot, so he rushed over in a hurry, but he really didn't have time to drink a sip of water. Now that he sat down, he was really rude, and he drank several gulps before stopping.

"Little brother, this is my young master. Let my young master talk to you about the details."

Xia Yu raised his head and looked at the young man in his mouth. He is handsome and has an extraordinary temperament, but he looks a little thin and fair-skinned. When he sees him walking slowly, he always has a sick feeling of weakness. If he is not careful After distinguishing, Xia Yu almost took the man in front of him as a brother.

"This little brother is the seller?"

The man behind him responded immediately, "If you come back to Young Master, this little brother is the seller."

Mr. Feng glanced at Xia Yu, then began to look at the row of wooden combs on the table, looked back and forth twice, slightly switched the position of the wooden combs with his slender and beautiful fingers, and then separated two piles of wooden combs , eight of the combs were put together, and the other five combs were put on the other side.That hand seemed to have magical power, and within a short while, Xia Yu's eight wooden combs were pieced together into a pattern. He couldn't help but click his tongue and praised, "Okay, very good."

The remaining five pieces couldn't be put together to form a pattern, Mr. Feng couldn't help but sigh and regret.

Xia Yu originally planned to put the comb into shape at the last moment, and they were amazed, so that he could take this opportunity to raise the price a little bit, but he didn't expect someone to see through it halfway, the young man in front of him is really People with winks.

In order to make money in the past two days, he came up with the idea of ​​carving different patterns on the eight combs, which would not look monotonous when separated, and when placed together, the patterns of each comb could be connected into a flower. Together they become a blooming flower.Whether viewed from a distance or up close, it is pleasing to the eye.

"Little brother, you wooden comb boys like it very much, so you can directly make a price."

Xia Yu thought to himself, this young master is really a straightforward person, so he smiled and said, "Young master, to tell you the truth, I am in a hurry to use the money, otherwise I would not sell it to you. My eight wooden combs It may not be worth much if you sell it individually, but if you collect it as a whole set, it is also very valuable. I think so, I will give you all the wooden combs, a total of [-] combs, and it is the first time for everyone to do business , the right to make friends, that's all."

Seeing Xia Yu making gestures, Young Master Feng immediately understood, and then ordered the people below: "Go and get the money for this little brother."

Then he picked up a wooden comb and sniffed, "What kind of wood are you made of? It still has a faint fragrance. I have never seen anyone who is willing to use such fine wood to make these gadgets."

Xia Yu smirked honestly and said, "I don't know, but I already had it when I got it from someone else. It smells really good, so if this young man wants to keep it, he'd better put the wooden comb in a brocade box. The scent will last for a long time."

Mr. Feng nodded and gave orders.

The little guy who looked after the store not only brought money to Xia Yu, but also took out a good brocade box from the inner room.

Xia Yu counted, and suddenly smiled, he was comparing one to two fifty Wen, but he didn't expect that the rich young master in front of him would actually give one, two to five hundred Wen.