Chapter 14: The Effect of the Nest
Xuan Wentao and Xuan Wenjiang are not idle these days, they also follow to learn carving when they have time, maybe the genes are better, the artistic talent of this family is not low, Xuan Miaoer draws simple things, they can also carve a rough idea, but after the good age of learning, the more difficult ones are not good.
But Xuan Anrui quickly found the essence of carving, perhaps with artistic talent, and his comprehension ability is particularly strong and hard-working.
Xuan Miaoer was even more stingy with her eldest brother, took out her big tree root to show Xuan Anrui, and took out the drawings she had drawn for a few days and put them in front of Xuan Anrui: "Brother, you see if this tree root is the same trend as my painting, I want to use the original appearance of this tree root to carve, this is called root carving." ”
Xuan Anrui looked at the root of the tree, and then looked at Xuan Miaoer's drawing paper, which was indeed very similar: "This idea is good, I also want to carve one." ”
"Big brother will dig a few small roots tomorrow, start practicing from a young age, and then I will teach my eldest brother to draw, and we will carve together, but it must be kept secret, even if I sell it, I will sell it to worthy people, maybe this will be a big plan to make money in the future, but let's keep a low profile regardless of the family." ”
In fact, the current paper is still not cheap, so Xuan Miaoer uses it to save, but now that she can make money, she must be willing to pay the capital, so that her brothers can have the ability to make money, so she is as willing as possible to buy paper, ink, pen and inkstone.
A few days ago, I went to the town to sell wood carvings again, this time I sold more than last time, and I got a total of one hundred and fifty Wen, she was ruthless, and bought three kinds of color ink, which are naturally three primary colors, with these three, are you afraid that you don't want the color?
Xuan Anrui is now obedient to this sister, and after this sister recovers from her illness, the whole person is different.
This carving is just a brother and sister who have time to carve for a while at night, usually they still have to do small wood carvings first, and work hard to earn money in front of them, after all, food and clothing are the most important.
After selling the wood carving pendant twice, Xuan Miaoer also figured out what style of wood carving is popular, and naturally carved more, and some implications are not accepted by others, and they are not carved.
Tomorrow it's the turn of the fourth aunt to cook, Xuan Miaoer finally breathed a sigh of relief, and has been helping her mother cook since she came here, these ten days are a round, and the three daughters-in-law at home come in turn, but I heard that when it is the turn of the fifth aunt to cook, she often goes back to her parents' house, so most of them are Liu and Wang's cooking.
Even if it is a turn between two people, it is better than a family, not to mention that Xuan Miaoer is also thinking of a way, when it is the turn of the fifth aunt to cook, she will go back to her parents' house, so should she do it a few more times when she comes back? Don't just calculate your own family, Liu's belly is not small, and you should find a reason to rest.
Early the next morning, Xuan Miao'er felt that Liu got up early as usual: "Mother, let's not cook today, why are you getting up so early?"
Liu said while dressing: "Your grandmother has always said that your fourth aunt made a hard nest, so I have to help her steam the nest." ”
Xuan Miao'er pulled Liu: "Mother, if we don't get up today, why should we help her? After that, my mother can't cook well, it's not delicious, let others do it." ”
Liu was happy to see his daughter protecting him, but if he really didn't go, wouldn't he be scolded again: "No, if you don't go, you will have to be scolded too." ”
Xuan Miaoer was determined not to let the Liu family get up: "No, I won't let my mother go, I don't believe that my mother doesn't cook, and the whole family is hungry." ”
Xuan Wentao said while getting dressed: "Listen to Miao'er, you don't cook today, sleep more." ”
Seeing that Xianggong's daughter said this, Liu no longer insisted: "Okay, I won't cook today, if you are scolded, don't feel wronged." ”
Xuan Miaoer smiled and hugged Liu and lay down again, Xuan Miaoer was very satisfied, and thought that she would find a way to let her father and second uncle rest, but she couldn't all rush for a day, otherwise it would be a big deal.
Liu felt that he hadn't gotten up late for many years, and he wasn't so comfortable lying down, but looking at the innocent smiling face of the daughter in front of him, he didn't have so many worries.
Wait until the time is almost up, the mother and the two get up and get dressed, Xuan Miaoer scooped up the water to wash her face and brush her teeth, looked at the little stick, Xuan Miaoer really didn't want to call it a toothbrush, this is a willow branch, dip a little salt on the teeth, salt is also to be bought with silver, so you can't use it more, just use the stick to grind your teeth, I feel like a hamster.
Forget about brushing your teeth with a stick, you can also use a stick to go to the toilet, and you can scrape that feeling, absolutely ~~~, it's just wonderful, the ancient stick, the effect is really big, Xuan Miaoer sighed in her heart.
This breakfast Xuan Miaoer thought that it would not be so smooth, this is her original intention, some things are taken for granted when you become a habit, just like if you give a beggar ten yuan a day, one day you give him a piece, he thinks you are wrong.
So if you want to change the problems in the family, it is not overnight, since you haven't found the opportunity to split up, then you must let your family have a stable position in this dire situation, at least don't be used and bullied all day long.
Sure enough, as soon as she sat down, the fourth aunt Wang spoke first, and she said to Ma: "Mother, I made this nest today, not as good as my sister-in-law, it is a little hard, mother, be careful, don't knock your teeth." ”
These words were obviously complaining, and sure enough, after Ma picked up the nest head in his hand, the atmosphere was wrong: "Didn't you say that your steamed nest head was hard? Why did you steam it yourself? ”
Liu didn't dare to raise his head, and whispered: "My daughter-in-law is not feeling good today, so I lay down for a while." ”
Ma threw the hard stone nest head into the basin and said, "At my age, I have to beg you if I want to eat something delicious?"
Xuan Miaoer looked at Liu and knew that this mother had been oppressed for a long time, and she had no blood at all, so she hurriedly said: "Grandmother, don't be angry, the fourth aunt's nest is not steaming well, it is a lack of exercise, and no one will come out in life, let the fourth aunt help her mother do it a few more times in the future, and she will be able to steam it well." ”
As soon as these words fell, how could Wang agree: "I was born stupid, no matter how many times I have steamed this, I can't steam it well, or my sister-in-law has talent and steam it well." ”
Xuan Miaoer said with a smile: "That fourth aunt means that my mother is going to steam her head for a lifetime? This turn of cooking is to change people to rest, my mother gets up early three hundred and sixty-five days a year, and this iron body can't stand it, not to mention that my mother is still double?"
Ma snorted coldly: "What's wrong with the double body? Which child am I pregnant with and delaying my work, just your mother?"
"Of course, grandmother is amazing, but grandmother also has to think about it, after a while, my mother will have to be confined, at that time, no one will help the fourth aunt, then the fourth aunt will not cook?
Ma didn't know how to refute it, and looked at Wang angrily: "You learn to cook more in the future, don't have to beg others for everything, don't ask others not to look at their faces?"
Wang's heart is not happy, originally she was also a rough person, she just likes to steal and slip a little cautiously, usually in this family she can bully is the Liu family, now Liu's daughter has come out to call the shots, and her future work is indispensable.
When I thought that she and the Liu family could really work in this family, my heart was unbalanced at this time: "Mother, I and my sister-in-law do the most work in this family, the third sister-in-law does not come back all year round, and the fifth brother and sister often go back to their parents' house." But we haven't split up, then we have to work, filial piety to the old man is due, the third sister-in-law's family doesn't come back, Qing'er isn't like this, shouldn't she usually cook, and the fifth brother and sister go back to their parents' house every time it's her turn to cook, isn't this bullying?"