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The Ji family used to be farmers, but gradually accumulated some wealth, and then met the prodigal ancestor, who ruined all the fields, and almost sold the whole family. After two years, it slowed down again, and after the contract time ended, their family had this kind of relationship in the town again, and life really became easier.

Now Ji's father is working as a middleman, collecting the agricultural products, such as chickens and eggs, from the nearby villages, and then pulling them to the town to sell, because the family still has a cart.

The daily work of collecting things is done by Ji's father. Only when there are too many things to send over, he needs someone to help, and Ji's mother will be chosen to accompany him.

Ji's mother was originally a servant girl of that rich family, and she behaves decently in every move, she is different from the wild girls running wild in the countryside, and there is also the relationship she has accumulated in that rich family, Ji's father can do this job, and these are indispensable Relationship, every time she enters the town, she will walk around and make contact, so as not to become unfamiliar for a long time.

Human relations are never a one-off deal, there must always be a place where there are exchanges. For this reason, there is still an expense at home that is a gift for these people. It is not an expensive thing, but a special product from the countryside. , with solid eyes.

Although Ji Dalang is now learning carpentry, he will definitely build this stall in the future. Ji's father is actually teaching, but he doesn't take him with him when he goes out every day. On the other hand, Ji's family is the only seedling. It's not good for the father and son to do something together. If something goes wrong, both of them will be ruined.

For a family with only one son for several generations, this son is really very important.

If Ji Dalang really wants to take over this mess, he will have to wait until he gets married and has a son. At that time, Ji's mother will gradually hand over the maintenance of the female family relationship to his daughter-in-law.

After the meal, Ji's father and Ji's mother talked about business accounts, the two brothers were listening, Ji Mo was held in Ji's mother's arms, and Ji Dalang was sitting right next to Ji's father, and when Ji's father settled the accounts, he also Will help with the calculation, fiddle with the abacus beads very slowly, every time you have to think about it.

In fact, there are not many kinds of farm products, and they come and go fairly easily. The only thing that cannot be defaulted is that the accounts must be settled in the current month. Otherwise, many people may not be able to live on. , and the Ji family has to advance the money to go in first, because many shops in the town will not settle the bill immediately, and they have to make a few more trips for the monthly settlement.

In this way, some cumbersome troubles have been added to the book. Ji's father is annoyed, so he starts to say which shop in the town has changed the shopkeeper, and it is more stingy than before. Ji's mother will say that the relationship between the family seems to have some problems , it may not be possible to do business with this family for a long time, it is better to collect the account first and then talk about it later.

When it comes to the messy accounts in the village, Father Ji will talk about the gossip in the village, such as whose hands the money should be handed over to which family it counts, and the other party's fingerprints. , the family is entangled, just such a clean-looking one, I can't bear that he has no hope.

"If it wasn't for this, who would accept his family's things? It would be pitiful to be dragged down by that old woman, and to meet a few uneasy sisters-in-law. The women of the family don't know that their eyebrows are high and their eyes are low. It's crooked."

Father Ji sighed again as he spoke. It may be due to his own reasons. When he sees someone with only one seedling, he will look more often. The young man they said is like this. He is hunched over in his 20s. Like a skinny old farmer in his [-]s or [-]s, his two acres of land are too busy, and he has to raise more chickens and ducks every day to make enough food. This is just the simplest kind. In famine years, self-sufficiency is not enough.

The family has no savings, two elder brothers are dead, and the remaining two sister-in-laws refuse to go back to their mother's house, but they are happy to live here freely, eat and drink secretly, eat the delicious food by themselves, hide what can be hidden, and treat them harshly Uncle.

The old woman of that family didn't know what was going on in her head. When she met such a gluttonous girl, she just sent her home. Poor families never expected their daughter-in-law to be a widow. He only blamed the youngest son for his incompetence, which left the family without a place to live, but everyone knew that, except for this youngest son, no one in their family went to the land.

Farmers are no better than those in the town. When they are busy, men and women are all busy, and women are not expected to do heavy work. It is not difficult to deliver water or something in the fields, but that family is all Miss Jiao. Not to mention this, even the sister-in-law, who is almost twenty and can't get married, doesn't understand her brother's hard work, and only thinks that his brother has no ability, making her an old girl who can't get married.

I don't even think about it, the situation in her family is that everyone knows that they can't marry, who knows whether they will bring back a litter after marrying one.

I didn't know before that the Ji family almost lost money because of those women's ignorant money. It's really the women in the family who are responsible for things like collecting chickens and ducks. Who would have thought that those women in their family are all good at business, and they almost fell for it. The money has tarnished the reputation of the Ji family. Fortunately, when the money was given, many people saw it and knew about it, otherwise...

Poor Ji's father had been fighting a lawsuit for a long time that day, and was almost pushed by several women until he couldn't breathe.

I just shake my head when I think about it, woman, it's really difficult.

This person is quite famous in the neighboring village, Ji Dalang also heard that the family where he learned carpentry is in the neighboring village, "Cao Shitou's family!"

"Cao Shitou?" Ji's father was stunned for a moment, and reacted to scold him, "You also screamed, that nickname is nice? If you are an honest person, you will bully him."

Ji Dalang smiled embarrassedly, and said: "This is not Cao Shi... Cao Mu's family is like that. People in the village see that he can't stand up, so don't they all call him that... Hehe..."

"What, what's his name, Cao Mu?"

Ji Mo sat up straight, no longer leaning on Ji's mother, his eyes were bright, and he seemed to be in high spirits.

[Main task: luthier. 】

[Current progress: Cao Mu (Master) - not completed. 】

I didn't expect this person to appear before I could inquire about it. Whether it's the same name or not, it's very possible anyway, so I should go and see.

Ji's mother patted him lightly on the back, her startled heart calmed down, and she hugged him, fearing that he would lean forward and fall off the bed, and scolded: "You are talking about other people's affairs, you What are you so excited about?"

Ji Mo smiled back embarrassedly, then quickly turned his head to stare at Ji Dalang and urged, "I'm curious, brother, tell me quickly, he is obviously called Cao Mu, why is he nicknamed Cao Shitou?"

Even if you call someone too honest, isn't wood all right?It also fits the name.

Young people, there is probably no one who does not pay attention to this kind of thing. Ji Dalang really asked similar questions before and knew the answer. Now it is rare to show off in front of the younger brother. Before speaking, he cleared his throat twice and said : "What do you say, how do you say it? Some people called him Wood before. I don't know who later said that he is much more solid than wood, more like a stone. Then they all called him that."

In the village, most of the familiar people don't call each other by their first names, they all call them by nicknames, which is not only kind and pleasant, but also has a sense of intimacy that is difficult for outsiders to penetrate.

Cao’s family was born and raised in the village. They didn’t make a living by farming before. They had two acres of land in order not to break away from their status as farmers. Cao’s father seemed to be a carpenter in the past. He took three sons to do this, but he didn’t do it at home. Like the charcoal burner, it is done on the mountain every day, because there is also a hut on the mountain, which is specially used for drying wood in the shade, which also means a workshop.

The Cen carpenter of Ji Dalang's apprentice didn't know much about Cao's family. He didn't know what kind of carpentry his family was doing. Even if someone saw their family playing with wood, their family seemed to be afraid of others to see it. They hid it a little deep. It is because I am afraid that people will learn from me.

Carpenter Cen once said that there may be some unique skills. Generally, those who can make a name for themselves in the trade of craftsmen must have two unique skills. If you don’t say it, you know it, but it’s rare for people to learn it secretly. That's it.

The rarest ones are those of his wife and daughter-in-law. No one knows what kind of carpentry their men are doing, and they don’t let them see them, and they don’t tell them. Even Carpenter Cen sighs, this is treating his wife as an outsider. It's no wonder that this family is in such a state later.

Cao's father broke his leg in the mountains one year, and then he became ill and went to high fever. Cao's family was very noisy at that time. Cao Dalang hid in the mountains and lived for a while. Cao Erlang delivered meals every day. The two brothers The relationship is good, but it made their own daughter-in-law unhappy, and the sister-in-law started to fight. I don't know how it happened, but Cao Dalang's rice was mixed with rat poison.

The two brothers ate together every day, but the family didn't know about it, but they didn't go down the mountain that day, and it was too dark to go up the mountain, so they asked Cao Sanlang, who was supposed to be married at the time, to go up the mountain the next day. look.

Cao Mu was a bit hunchbacked since he was a child, and his appearance was not very good. He was not liked by Cao's parents, and he was not very close to his two elder brothers. If you run down the mountain and say it, you will report to the official.

The village was afraid of things, so the village chief hesitated, because Cao Mu was not yet married, so he was not considered an adult, so he asked Cao's mother. Cao's mother was frightened by the news. In order to occupy the family property, Cao Mu poisoned his two elder brothers.

Everyone knows that their relationship is not good. Cao's mother actually believed it, ignored her son's grievances, and rejected the proposal to report to the officials. It has always been like this. It was Cao Mu who carried the bodies of the two elder brothers down the mountain by himself, running back and forth twice.

With the medical expenses and the three funeral expenses, the Cao family’s accumulated wealth was ruined, and the life after that was not as good as before. At that time, the villagers still speculated whether Cao Mu would know Cao’s father’s craftsmanship. Seeing him busy with field affairs and raising chickens and ducks for a living for several years, I knew that he probably didn't know anything. After all, Cao's father didn't seem to like his third son much at that time. normal.