Chapter Twenty-Four: First Love
That morning, Chen Hansheng was learning to make those bronze objects in the workshop, when he suddenly heard a crisp and familiar girl talking in the hallway. As soon as Chen Hansheng heard that voice, he immediately became excited, it was not a strange girl's voice, but the voice of Wang Wenxiu, a classmate who had been in the same class and table as him.
Chen Hansheng, who was sitting by the door at this moment, looked up and looked into the aisle house, and Wang Wenxiu was wearing a colorful skirt, walking into the aisle house like a willow in the wind, and began to set up a sewing machine.
"Wang Wenxiu!" Chen Hansheng couldn't help but shout.
"Chen Hansheng!" Wang Wenxiu glanced at Chen Hansheng in surprise, and his eyes exuded an unexpected surprise and uneasiness.
"Have you really learned to be a tailor?" Chen Hansheng walked to the aisle room and helped Wang Wenxiu move the sewing machine. Compared with the Wang Wenxiu when they broke up at school, the Wang Wenxiu in front of her is simply a new Wang Wenxiu, although she still has that face shape, she looks more pretty than before. Big eyes, long hair, tiny green onion nose, white skin, and the fragrance that emanates from it make Chen Hansheng happy and excited everywhere.
Chen Hansheng was about to speak further to Wang Wenxiu when a tall man came in the hallway, and this person was Wang Wenxiu's uncle. As soon as Wang Wenxiu saw his uncle come in, he immediately became nervous. Uncle just snorted, and Wang Wenxiu didn't dare to squeak.
At the same time, Chen Hansheng was also called into the workshop by the master and instructed Chen Hansheng to learn to make silverware with him.
In the aisle house, Wang Wenxiu was also instructed by the master, who was also a master and an uncle.
Chen Hansheng and Wang Wenxiu are only separated by a wall from each other, but they can't take a step beyond the thunder pool, and can only do their own things within the scope of their respective jurisdictions and in accordance with the rules agreed between master and apprentice. In the presence of the master, they didn't even have the right to speak, so they could only do what they were doing silently. If you are not serious, or even just take a look, you will be scolded and beaten by the master.
Although Chen Hansheng likes Wang Wenxiu, he only regards her as a former classmate and has no deeper thoughts. However, those who knew that Wang Wenxiu and Chen Hansheng were classmates took the opportunity to joke with Chen Hansheng, saying that they were first lovers, which made Chen Hansheng very embarrassed, and also had a bad thought, but I don't know if Wang Wenxiu would have the same idea as him.
When there was nothing to do, Chen Hansheng looked up and went to the aisle house to look at Wang Wenxiu, he suddenly felt that Wang Wenxiu was really good-looking, the kind of girl he wanted to love, especially Wang Wenxiu's pretty face, beautiful black hair, big and always like a puddle of water, as well as the wind swinging willows, and the crisp voice that sounded better than a bird's call, which fascinated him more and more.
Chen Hansheng, who wanted to talk to Wang Wenxiu, began to look for opportunities. As long as the master was not there, he would have to glance into the aisle house to see if Wang Wenxiu was there, if Wang Wenxiu was doing things there, Wang Wenxiu's master happened to be not there, Chen Hansheng walked over to see Wang Wenxiu without anything to do, and said a few words to Wang Wenxiu without words. It's just that such opportunities are really rare, even if his master is not present occasionally, Wang Wenxiu's master is present, so they have no chance to speak. Occasionally, there was an opportunity for Wang Wenxiang's master to not be present, and his own master was present again, and there was no opportunity to communicate with Wang Wenxiu. This oppressive atmosphere made Chen Hansheng feel like a little lion with his hands and feet tied.
Chen Hansheng, who has a heart, began to look for more opportunities to speak. As soon as the bell rang for dinner, Chen Hansheng hurried to find a rice bowl and went to the canteen to stand in line to buy food. The strange thing is that Wang Wenxiu is always in front of him, so he can take this opportunity to say a few words to Wang Wenxiu, even if it is a few words or two words, it can make Chen Hansheng feel that this is a pleasant conversation.
The encounter when queuing for dinner too much made those who like to joke secretly spread the news that Chen Hansheng was in love with Wang Wenxiu, and also exposed their premature first love in front of everyone's masters.
In this regard, although Chen Hansheng's master also heard about it, he pretended not to know. It's just that Wang Wenxiu's master began to act. He even used a very stern attitude to warn Wang Wenxiu when he gave Wang Wenxiu instructions every day, "When you are an apprentice, you should be an apprentice with me! Don't be half-hearted! Don't let people gossip!"
Then, the uncle ran to the door of the small workshop and said to Chen Hansheng's master, "Master Chen, do you think what I said is reasonable? You and I are both apprentices of our own family, if the management is not strict, and the future is not proficient, the apprentice's life will be missed!"
"Yes, yes!" Chen Huaqiang hurriedly responded.
At the same time, he glared at Chen Hansheng.
Of course, Chen Hansheng understood what his uncle meant by glaring at him, but Chen Hansheng couldn't let go of this matter now. He felt more and more that Wang Wenxiu was the object of his pursuit. He was even more afraid that if he didn't pursue it, other apprentices would pursue it.
Chen Hansheng is a person who is easily excited and anxious, he has always wanted the opportunity to express his heart to Wang Wenxiu, but he has never had such an opportunity. There was no such opportunity during the day, and Wang Wenxiu returned to his home after dark. Wang Wenxiu's home is next to the Zhongli store, she always comes in the morning and goes back when it gets dark. Wang Wenxiu learned tailoring, tailors are often to work, Wang Wenxiu often followed the master to the countryside to do work, only when there is no work to do, can stay in the factory. Such opportunities are becoming fewer and fewer, and they are becoming more and more anxious for Chen Hansheng. Occasionally, they can meet together, and there are others present, so Chen Hansheng can't show his heart.
finally seized an opportunity, Chen Hansheng's master and Wang Wenxiu's master were called by the director Wang to talk about things at the same time.
As soon as they walked on the front foot, Chen Hansheng came to Wang Wenxiu's side, and held something in his hand, and when he wanted to say a few words to Wang Wenxiu while wiping it, the female accountant who had been guarding there was between them. Chen Hansheng really wanted the accountant to find an opportunity to walk away at this moment, but the accountant seemed to be deliberate, that is, he kept standing in the middle and did not leave, and even did not leave as if he wanted to be a temporary policeman, and kept staring at him and Wang Wenxiu with his eyes.
The opportunity has finally arrived.
The accountant went to the toilet.
Chen Hansheng looked at Wang Wenxiu excitedly.
Wang Wenxiu also looked at Chen Hansheng with a premonition.
Chen Hansheng looked nervous.
Wang Wenxiu's face was flustered.
Chen Hansheng finally couldn't control himself, and stammered, "Wenxiu! I, I ......."
Wang Wenxiu looked at him expectantly, his eyes full of shyness and nervousness.
When Chen Hansheng was about to muster up the courage to blurt out, someone outside coughed in advance, and then Wang Wenxiu's master and Chen Hansheng's master came in. The entry of the two masters made the two apprentices nervous at once.
Wang Wenxiu's master saw the trend of development, and he criticized Wang Wenxiu heavily, "You listen clearly to me! You are here to learn art, and you have to have the appearance of learning art to learn art! Don't let people look at it, think that I, the master, don't have a rule!"
The master's words are heavy enough, if the attitude is serious, it may make Wang Wenxiu beaten and scolded.
Chen Hansheng began to feel pressure, of course, not on his side, but on Wang Wenxiu's side. If Wang Wenxiu was wronged because of love, it was not what he wanted to see.
Contradictions and anxieties made Chen Hansheng more and more uneasy.
Occasionally, it is rare to see Wang Wenxiu, and in each other's eyes, there is a tacit understanding and encouragement of affection. This kind of encouragement made Chen Hansheng once again burn the excitement of wanting to show his heart.
The opportunity has finally arrived.
On this day, Chen Hansheng was doing something, Wang Wenxiu suddenly came to his side, and handed Chen Hansheng a copper earthen pot, saying, "My earthen pot, I don't know where the dew is, you check it and help me weld it." ”
When Chen Hansheng took the earthen pot, his heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and he glanced at Wang Wenxiu hungrily, Wang Wenxiu smiled shyly and affectionately, and turned his face away, and at the same time turned around and went to her territory.
Chen Hansheng immediately put down other things to check this earthen pot. For him, inspecting the earthen pot is just a formality, and what he wants to look for is not the loophole of the earthen pot, but Wang Wenxiu's answer.
After testing the waters again and again, Chen Hansheng finally found the loophole of the earthen pot. The hole was small, almost the size of a pin's eye. Chen Hansheng found a cut copper strip, scraped the perimeter of the loophole fiercely, put hydrochloric acid water, and then used a ferrochrome iron to glue tin, and completely patched the small loophole.
The earthen pot filled with water was placed there steadily, but Chen Hansheng's mind began to shift. He felt that this was a rare opportunity, and he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to show his heart to Wang Wenxiu.
"Has the earthen pot been repaired?" asked Wang Wenxiu in the aisle.
"It's fixed!" Chen Hansheng said, "However, the water is being tested, and it will take a few hours to get it." ”
"Then I'll come and get it before I go home. Wang Wenxiu continued.
"Okay! No problem!" Chen Hansheng agreed again and again, and at the same time, he already had a brilliant idea in his mind.