Old Man Ma is already very old, he should be about a round older than Zhou Li's late grandfather, he is full of sparse white hair, wearing reading glasses and staring intently at the chessboard, the whole person is full of thought, and even makes Zhou Li a little unbearable.

As he thought, he muttered slightly.

"Hiss~~"

"Oops......"

"This ...... Am I going like this?"

"...... or not"

"Tell me about it!"

"Sister of the Li family, it's your turn!"

"General!" a slight female voice came from Brother Nan's mobile phone, she quietly turned down the volume again, and raised her eyes to look.

Old Man Ma didn't seem to hear it, and still looked at the chessboard seriously.

"General!" said Brother Nan.

"Hmmm......"

Old Man Ma stared at the chessboard for a long time, looked everywhere, and finally straightened up, slapped his hands and spread them out—

"Oh!

"Hey, hey~~" Brother Nan snickered, turned his head to look at Zhou Li beside him, and immediately received the white eyes sent by Zhou Li, but she only thought that this was a strange way for Zhou Li, a somewhat strange person, to express her love, so she still winked at him with a smile, "I'm amazing, right?"

“......”

"Huh?"

"Awesome. ”

After Zhou Li finished speaking, he lowered his head deeply, rubbed the oblique knife in his hand, making a slight rustling sound, with an indescribable sense of healing, which could wash away the debt in his heart to Old Man Ma - it was not that he helped Nan to abuse, he was just Mingzhe to protect himself.

"Sand, Sand......"

What he carved in his hand is a cartoon cat, with soft and simple lines, and it is almost finished, which looks a little like a dumpling.

Sawdust fell to the ground.

Old Man Ma put away his chess pieces and went into the house.

Brother Nan hunched his waist and moved a chair to sit next to him, staring at the cartoon cat in his hand: "Not bad, a little charm, when can I have the level of Uncle Ma?"

"Far from it. ”

"When will you be able to carve a human statue?"

“...... I carved a cartoon of you, and I'll bring it to you in two days, and if you fail, forget it. Zhou Li said.

"Sensible!"

Old Man Ma also came out, holding the semi-finished products that had been carved for a few days, a shovel knife, a butterfly knife and an eyebrow opening knife, and sat down in the position where he was playing chess before with a smile and said: "The light outside should be better, you don't care about me......"

He still carves the same woman.

In the past month, he had carved four statues of women, three of them had been burned, and only one remained—he felt that the one was better than the one on the shelf, so he burned the one off the shelf and put the other one on the table.

I heard him say that he has been carving this portrait for many years, and it has become a habit.

Maybe it's just because of decades of repeated polishing that you have such an amazing work?

It's just that Zhou Li still feels a little pity, he thinks that the others are also very well carved, even if they don't sell them for money, it's better to give them away than to throw them in the stove and burn them, it's a pity to burn them.

While carving, the old man Ma hummed a tune, this is his habit, humming the Tianxian match that everyone is familiar with.

Zhou Li also habitually raised his head and glanced forward.

Across the courtyard, you can see Brother Nan's door, and at the same time, her principal and uncle, as well as the second uncle, also live here, Zhou Li will be a little worried when he comes here every day, and he can't help but fantasize about meeting Brother Nan's relatives in his mind.

“enmmm......”

He hurriedly lowered his head and carved it seriously.

Brother Nan's voice sounded beside him: "Can you carve a pistol for me?" the Desert Eagle kind, or a revolver, or a rifle, and I can use it when I pick up my little nephew from school when the epidemic is over." ”

Can't hear can't hear ......

At night.

Zhou Li brought the carved finished product to the dumplings and looked at her expectantly: "What do you think this is?"

This statue was carefully conceived and conceived, and under the guidance of Old Man Ma, he carved it very delicately, and even then there were two failures. Now this finished product has been polished and polished, and it can be used for collection.

"A lump of wood. ”

Dango's eyes were shining, and he looked the statue up and down.

"What wood?"

"Like a cat. ”

"What cat?"

“...... It's not Dango-sama's. Tuanzi understood Zhou Li's words, she took two steps back, and shook her little head.

“...... That's right. Zhou Li corrected her.

"It's not. ”

"Why? I'm sad. ”

"Danzi is not like this!" Tuanzi looked at the statue, shook his head again, and said in a firm tone, "The light is not slippery in autumn, yellow and yellow, Danzi is very good-looking, with hairy hair, white, and flowers." ”

"That's what wood carving is like. ”

"It's not Dango-sama anyway. ”

"Look—"

Fortunately, Zhou Li was prepared, he turned over the wood carving, and the bottom was engraved with the words 'Tuanzi Lord': "It is written here." ”

"Dango-sama doesn't know how to read. ”

"It's okay, the group, the child, the big, the people ......"

"Don't listen, don't listen!"

“......”

Zhou Li was so sad, he also bought good boxwood, and spent a lot of money and a lot of thought.

After all, it was a mistake......

......

The acacia flowers in Yancheng are blooming again.

It's a pity that there are no locust trees near this community, Zhou Li only saw the locust flowers when he went out shopping yesterday, think about it, he will have a full year anniversary when he meets the acacia order, and the changes in this year are really big enough.

At lunchtime.

Zhou Li said to Aunt Jiang: "I'm going to go to a classmate's hometown tomorrow to fish for crayfish, and I may not come back in a few days." ”

Hearing this, Aunt Jiang and Lao Zhou glanced at each other.

Zhu Shuangze and Zhu Bing looked at each other.

Aunt Jiang asked, "Which classmates are going?"

Zhu Shuang said: "Which classmate, is it far away? I also want to go crayfishing, I have never fished crayfish when I am so big." ”

"A lot of my classmates will go. ”

"Oh. Aunt Jiang was a little disappointed, "Then you have to be careful, when the water is deep, stay away from the water, and pay attention to safety." ”

"Got it. ”

"Brother, can you take me? I can liven up the atmosphere and cheer you on for singing. ”

"It's not good, no one else knows you. ”

"Oh......"

I wish you a disappointed face.

Back in the room, Huai Xu immediately asked him, "Are you going back to Brother Nan's hometown to meet your parents?"

"Didn't you say it, many students will go. Zhou Li patiently explained again.

"Isn't that what you said to Aunt Jiang?"

"yes. ”

"I don't really believe what you say right now. ”

"It's a pity. ”

"Can I go then?"

"I was about to tell you, are you going or not? There are also Zhang Hao, Kang Xue'er and Jiang Han, if you want to go, you will become Huaixu. When the time comes, we will say that we are college classmates. ”

"What does Huaixu look like......"

"Even if Aunt Jiang and Lao Zhou know Huaixu, or just become a man. Zhou Li said.

"Whew!"

"It's almost May. Zhou Li sat down on the edge of the bed, picked up the cartoon version of Brother Nan he carved and looked at it.

"May, was the first time we saw each other?"

"April, the end of April. ”

"It's been a year......"

Huai Xu suddenly looked Zhou Li up and down: "You have a girlfriend in a blink of an eye." ”

Zhou Li: ......

April 29.

Zhou Li came to Brother Nan's shop.

Brother Nan still personally brought them noodles, and then sat down with a smile and watched them eat.

Zhou Li put his hand into his schoolbag and found a statue, which was also carved from boxwood. Because of the level problem, he obviously can't carve it directly according to the real person one to one like the old man Ma, and after cartooning it, he can't strictly require the similarity of appearance.

It can only be said that it looks like a god.

After Brother Nan took it, he immediately looked at it carefully.

The little girl in the statue is wearing slim jeans, with a pair of long legs, and a pair of mid-top sneakers under her feet, and the top is visible as a jacket, probably denim, but not colored.

The hair was not long, and there was a small tuck at the back of the head.

She had her hands in her pockets, and she looked a little unbeaten.

Zhou Li made it like a paper man in an anime, and for this reason, he has referred to a lot of anime in the past few days.

"I wanted to make a statue of you when you played basketball, you like to play basketball, wear a jersey and pants, and get a basketball, but I thought about how hard it is to carve jerseys and pants. Zhou Lidu was still groping in his bag, "This statue is not an ordinary statue, strictly speaking, it can be regarded as a small magic weapon, and it is very practical." ”

"Can you help me with my homework and take online lessons?"

"It can repel insects. ”

"Deworming?"

"Some small bugs, like mosquitoes, flies, even cockroaches and spiders, but not rats and snakes. ”

"Mosquito repellent is good, it's summer. Brother Nan said as he stared at the top of the statue's head, "Why is there a hole in the top of the head?

"Found it. ”

Zhou Li finally took his hand out of the bag, it was a gadget wrapped in layers of paper.

He opened it one by one.

Brother Nan was stunned for a moment, and muttered, "What is so mysterious...... Eh, a little wooden silk?"

To be precise, it's a small, curved, thin piece of wood.

"Be careful, it's fragile. ”

"Really good at playing ......"

Brother Nan seemed to have realized something.

Sure enough, she blinked and watched Zhou Li carefully twist the small wooden wire, leaned over, broke the wooden carving in her hand to aim the top of the wooden carving's head at him, and then ...... the small wooden silk Plugged in.

All at once, the statue came to life.