The ancient life of a master craftsman

In Zhang's house, Chen Yingcai's wife had just had breakfast and was drinking tea to digest food. Cuiying came back from outside, "Miss, it's not good."

Chen Zhang wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, "What's the matter?"

Cuiying approached her and whispered, "The matchmaker from Huaimu Village has been arrested and sent to prison, and the man surnamed Li has reported to the police."

Chen Zhangshi put away her handkerchief, "It's such a trivial matter, is it worth bragging about? I already knew that the matchmaker was useless, but it was just a matter of making things difficult for Yunli. It won't work, right?"

Cuiying smiled shyly, "Understood, Miss."

"Well, go to the small study to get two scripts, I want to read them." Chen Zhang stood up holding Cuiying's hand, walked to the beauty couch, half-lyed down, and instructed Kai Cuiying.

"Hey, I'll go get it now." Cuiying withdrew from Chen Zhang's boudoir.

Chen Zhangshi waited for her to leave before showing a gloomy expression, "Hongying."

The servant girl who had been in the room but had no sense of presence stepped forward, "Miss."

"You go and..." She whispered something in the maidservant's ear, and asked her to get a small packet of medicinal powder from the interlayer of her dressing box, "I will leave this matter to you, Cuiying is a failure Whatever, I still rely on you."

"Hongying made a note of it, and she must have let it out for the miss." Hongying's tone was very steady, just like her. If it was about being nice and flattering, she wanted to do a good job with the lady in a down-to-earth manner. Give yourself a thing.

It turned out that Chen Zhang's favorite and most dependent maid must be Cuiying, but Cuiying screwed up one after another, and Chen Zhang didn't have much trust in her. On the contrary, it was the calm Hongying who made her trust even more.

Hongying hid the powder in her sachet, and when Cuiying came back, she was already standing in the corner as usual, silently doing what she used to do.

Cuiying took two story books, and saw that Hongying was still standing in the corner like a piece of wood and fanning the lady, with a stiff expression on her face, and she was not likable at first glance, Cuiying was a little nervous The heart is completely let go.

She thought that although Zhang Matchmaker's affairs were not handled well, the lady didn't care too much when she saw it, and Hongying looked dumbfounded and didn't like her, so she must still be the person she trusts most.

Thinking of this, she looked at Hongying with a bit of pride in her eyes, no matter what, Miss's most capable maid is still herself.

Hongying didn't seem to be able to see her pride, and repeated her actions silently. Chen Zhang took the script book and opened it, "Just leave Cuiying to serve."

"Promise." Hongying handed the long-handled fan to Cuiying, saluted and then retreated.

Cuiying thought it was the young lady's importance to her, and when she took the fan, she was all smiles, and stood beside the beauty's couch to fan Chen Zhang.

On the other side, Yunli already knew that the owner of the Pearl Teahouse was Mrs. Chen, and her first thought was that Chen Gousheng wanted to kill En Ge, and she wished she could roll up her sleeves to beat Chen Yingcai, or Li Enbai said that he would not lose money by stealing chickens, He was scolded for harming others, so he coaxed Yunli into peace.

"Brother En, is Chen Yingcai afraid of you?" Yunli asked thoughtfully, holding Li Enbai's hand and walking slowly along the road.

Li Enbai didn't need to answer, he answered himself, "It must be, otherwise why would he want to ruin your reputation? It must be jealous that you study better than him, afraid that you are better than him, hum, shameless villain." He walked While thinking about it, he still stepped on it hard, as if Chen Yingcai was right under his feet.

Li Enbai looked at him intently, with a relaxed and loving smile on the corner of his mouth. His hand tightly held Yunli, wrapping around a hand slightly smaller than his palm, like a dragon guarding his treasure.

Yunli's hands are not very delicate, but rather rough. He has never been a pampered person since he was a child. He has to do all kinds of work, so there are inevitably some calluses on his hands, and sometimes the nails are hard on both layers. barbs.

In comparison, Li Enbai's hands are not as smooth and fair, but Li Enbai never dislikes him when he is holding him. Every callus on his hands has been stroked and painted by Li Enbai.

Li Enbai touched his palm, "It's time to change to a new hand oil, the current one doesn't work well."

"It's okay, it doesn't matter if you don't apply it. I can't do my work after applying hand oil. Otherwise, I have to reapply after washing my hands. It's too wasteful."

"You still have to use it, otherwise it is easy to get frostbite in winter. Last year you almost got frostbite on your hands, and your fingers were always cracked, because you didn't wipe your hands with oil after touching water." Li Enbai argued hard, and he must say Pears with hand oil.

Yunli couldn't talk to him, "Okay, okay, can't I use it? It's a set of principles."

Soon, the hotter August came, and the cicadas seemed to lose the strength to sing. The daytime in Huaimu Village became extremely quiet, only in the early morning and evening would there be crowds gathering, chatting, or weeding the fields.

This day Li Enbai came back from Liu's Mansion in the town and brought back many books. This is the homework Liu Chuncheng left for him. He asked him to spare an hour or two every day to read. These books contain many categories, such as astronomy, history, B&Bs, Historical Records... etc., if you can have a general impression in your heart after reading it, you can also be regarded as rich in knowledge.

He could only read one by one patiently, and when he ran out of patience, he went to peel two pieces of wood to make something to relieve the pressure. Some big items, such as the jacquard machine that is close to the loom, the threshing machine that is close to the tiller, and so on.

At first, Yunli wanted to persuade him not to put such a lot of pressure on himself, to study hard, and to think about making money later, but Li Enbai said that this was his way to release the pressure. After confirming it several times, he could only let him read. The weird behavior of planing wood while reading a book.

It has been hot and stuffy for more than a month, and finally woke up one morning and it was cloudy, and the air was slightly cooler. Yunli happily called Qing Geer and Xue Geer to go to the back mountain to pick fruits together.

I've been bored at home for a long time, and it's good to go to the back mountain to play around.

Li Enbai was also dizzy from reading, so he went with him, but he didn't keep pace with the four brothers, but lagged behind them so that they could whisper.

The outer fruits on the mountain had already been picked, and there were only small unedible fruits left. Yunli and the others were very disappointed, so they made an appointment to walk a little inside.

"Pear, Brother Xue, here is a wild berry tree, it's all red, come quickly." Brother Qing had good eyesight, and was the first to spot the ripe fruit, calling for everyone to pick it together.

This is not a place they usually go to. They haven't stepped out of the way yet. The weeds are half the height of a person. Brother Yu beat the weeds with the branches in his hand. If there are snakes or insects, they can be driven away.

Brother Yu reacted the fastest. He opened the way in front, and several other brothers followed behind. The trouser legs and sleeves were tightly wrapped around the skin to prevent bugs from getting into the clothes and biting people.

While Brother Yu was opening the way, Yunli and the others were still looking around, "There are wild berries over there!" "I saw them too!" "There are also over here!"

There are a few more plants near the one Qinggeer found, and two or three on the other side not far from these plants. Yugeer is working hard to open the road, but the scope of their paintings is getting bigger and bigger .

When Li Enbai came over, the four of them were weeding bitterly, and Brother Yu was sweating all over his face, "What are you doing? You don't want to pick fruit, why are you sowing grass?"

"I'm afraid that there will be worms in it, so I have to beat all the grass to get past it."

Yunli frowned. When he was young, he was ignorant, and he often went straight into the grass. Once, when he was picking fruit in the grass, he stepped on a snake. He was so frightened that the snake chased him for a long distance. .

It was Brother Qing who beat the snake away with the stone, otherwise he would have been bitten. After returning home, he had nightmares for several days in a row. Every day he dreamed of a huge snake chasing him and then He ate it.

Since then, he has had a shadow on the half-person-high grass, and he has to beat the grass every time before he dares to go in, otherwise he would rather stand on the side.

It was the first time Li Enbai knew that he was chased by a snake when he was a child, and he nodded his head, "You are said to be chased by a snake once, and afraid of haystacks for ten years. Come out, all of you, and I will come."

Brother Yu and the others quickly got out of the grass, stood on the grassless stone, and watched as Li Enbai stepped into the grass with his long legs. The branch was like a sickle in his hand, and a small piece of grass fell down in a short while, rustling There was a lot of movement coming from the grass.

Yunli stood behind and watched, "Brother En, be careful."

"Well, wait for a while." Li Enbai is so strong that he can sweep down the grass in one stroke. There is no way to hide anything in the grass. Not only are there no snakes, but there are very few insects, and many of them are even dead.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Li Enbai knocked down all the grass in this area. After waiting for a while, he didn't see any snakes before turning around and letting the four little brothers come over.

He always felt that this area was a bit too quiet, but he looked around and found nothing strange. Watching Yunli and the others picking wild berries that were only the size of a finger belly, Li Enbai consciously stepped forward to help carry the small basket .

The one picked by Xue Geer had few ripe fruits, so he switched to the other side first. There were only two or three trees here. I don’t know if it’s because of the shade, but there were fewer ripe fruits. He stood up, looking at the bottom of the fruit that had just been placed in his basket, feeling a little pity.

"Have you all finished picking?" Brother Xue looked around, she didn't come here very often, but passed by occasionally, I wonder if it's always so quiet?

He looked around for a while, before Yunli and the others said, "It's over, but it's so small, it's only one bottom."

"That's right, it's not enough to fit between the teeth, why don't we go and see if the plum trees in the south are ripe?" Brother Qing asked.

"Go and have a look, where should I put this first?" Yunli took a look, and there were not many of them, and it was only half a basket if put together.

"Leave it here, I'll go to your house to wash and eat later." Brother Qing directly poured his into Yunli's basket.

"Okay, Brother Jiu just made some snacks today!"