The honest woman breathed a sigh of relief and said, "This is Xiahe Village, who are you looking for?" ”

Qin Xiaoyu's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she made them blindfolded, and turned back to Gu Xiaobei and said, "Sister-in-law, this is this village." ”

Gu Xiaobei got out of the car and asked with a smile: "Is there a person named Xia Shuisheng in your village?" I heard that he opened a jade processing factory. ”

The woman nodded: "Yes, go ahead and see an alley and turn left and go in." After saying that, he hurriedly entered the hospital and closed the door.

Qin Xiaoyu looked at the closed door suspiciously, turned his head and asked Gu Xiaobei, "What's the situation?" ”

Gu Xiaobei shrugged: "Maybe the two families have a feud." As he spoke, he shouted Qin Xiaoyu to get in the car and set off.

After opening it for another five or six minutes, I saw a rusty iron gate, a pile of stones piled up in front of the gate, and a large yard of two or three acres covered with dead grass.

Qin Xiaoyu looked at the desolate and dilapidated courtyard: "It can't be an information error, right?" How could this not be a jade processing factory? ”

Gu Xiaobei also stared at this with round eyes, she still listened to an insider's introduction, how could it be a bankrupt factory.

There was a dog barking in the courtyard, followed by a few coughs, and an old man with a slightly hunched back came over, looked at the white car at the door, and hesitated: "Who are you looking for?" ”

Gu Xiaobei hurriedly got out of the car and said loudly with a smile: "Let's find someone named Xia Shuisheng, uncle, do you know where he is?" ”

The old man glanced at Gu Xiaobei a few times, but his vigilance did not decrease at all: "He has long been out here, and I don't know where to go, I am only responsible for guarding the gate." ”

Gu Xiaobei looked at the old man's honest face with an unnatural look, and said with a smile: "Then thank you." As he spoke, he turned around and walked to the car door, and suddenly turned around and shouted, "Uncle Xia, let's go." ”

The old man sighed defenselessly, then looked at Gu Xiaobei with a smile on his face, and said with some annoyance: "I am surnamed Xia, and everyone in this village is surnamed Xia." ”

Gu Xiaobei said affirmatively: "But only you are Xia Shuisheng's father." ”

Father Xia sighed: "Yes, I am the father of the water, if you come to ask for the account, our family will not have a dime, if you look at these stones if they are valuable, they will be taken away." ”

Gu Xiaobei smiled and waved his hand: "Uncle, you misunderstood, we are not here to ask for accounts, we are here to find Director Xia for something, but why did this factory go out of business?" ”

Daddy Xia shook his head: "A bunch of white strips, which are eaten and taken every day, can only hold on to ghosts, but I pity the craftsmen of a village." ”

Gu Xiaobei walked up to Father Xia and asked with a smile, "Uncle, can you tell us where Director Xia is?" We want to talk to him. ”

Father Xia thought for a while, hunched over and closed the big iron door, and said to Gu Xiaobei, "You come with me." ”

Gu Xiaobei turned around and got into the car, and drove the car and shouted to the old man to get in the car, but the old man insisted on not getting into the car, afraid that the dust on his body would stain Gu Xiaobei's car.

Gu Xiaobei whispered to Qin Xiaoyu: "Such a simple and honest uncle, and they are all craftsmen, how can they not live the factory?" ”

Qin Xiaoyu whispered back: "Didn't the uncle say it just now, it is estimated that it is a township tyrant or something." ”

Gu Xiaobei nodded in agreement, and slowly drove behind the uncle.

The car turned a corner and stopped at the gate where they had asked for directions.

Qin Xiaoyu and Gu Xiaobei glanced at each other in surprise, it turned out that it was Xia Shuisheng's wife just now.

Father Xia took Gu Xiaobei and Qin Xiaoyu into the door, and the woman who was peeling the buds of rice grains in the courtyard saw it and quickly stood up: "Dad, what are you bringing them back for?" ”

"What about aquatic? Go and call him out, and say that someone has asked him about his craft. "Father Xia instructed his daughter-in-law Xingmei.

Xingmeihu glanced suspiciously, turned around and opened the door curtain into the house, and a loud voice came out: "Do you know that carved at home, can these stones be eaten as food?" Someone is looking for someone outside, so get out quickly. ”

After a while, Xia Shuisheng opened the door curtain and came out.

Gu Xiaobei looked at the honest Xia Shuisheng, and said directly: "Director Xia, we are from the capital, and I heard that you have a jade processing factory here, so I came over to take a look." ”

Xia Shuisheng was stunned for a while, shook his head and waved his hand: "No, no, now the factory is no longer dry, and the workers have gone home to farm, you can go elsewhere to take a look." ”

"Director Xia is modest, the jade processing factory is a money-making industry, and it depends on craftsmanship to eat."

Seeing that Gu Xiaobei and the others were really here to talk about business, Father Xia shouted Xingmei to make lunch and slaughtered the big goose at home.

Although Xingmei felt sorry for the goose, she was a filial daughter-in-law, so she answered the call to catch the goose and kill the goose.

Gu Xiaobei and Qin Xiaoyu glanced at each other, but they didn't stop them, the two of them had the same idea in their hearts, just leave some money after eating for a while.

Father Xia went to move a few more stools, asked Qin Xiaoyu and Gu Xiaobei to sit down, sighed and said: "Aquatic is shy, and he can't manage the factory. Shengsheng has eaten up a factory that can be revitalized, and he still owes a lot of money for raw materials. ”

Gu Xiaobei knows that this phenomenon is now common in villages and towns, and the phenomenon of playing white strips and eating for nothing is already the norm.

"Then why don't you recognize your identity, even if it's the leaders of the town, they should all know you, shouldn't it be to avoid them, right?" Qin Xiaoyu was a little puzzled.

Father Xia sighed: "Now the factory is closed, although the people above don't come to eat and drink, but I want to give this factory to others, on the condition that my family Shui Sheng continues to carve things in the factory in the past, Shui Sheng is honest, but Wen Shi has his own set of skills, and many people actually agree to take over this factory because of his craftsmanship." ”

Gu Xiaobei knew that this could be regarded as a kind of bundling, tying an excellent jade carving master to a bankrupt factory.

"It's good if you don't agree, do you still sign a deed of sale?" Gu Xiaobei said.

Father Xia shook his head: "Craftsmen are born to eat by craft, and how many people in the village rely on this craft, and they all expect that Shui Sheng can take them to get rich and build a new house." ”

Gu Xiaobei and Qin Xiaoyu glanced at each other, Xia Shuisheng, a simple man, had a real heart and regarded the livelihood of the people in the village as his responsibility. Gu Xiaobei thought about it for a while and said to Xia Shuisheng: "Director Xia, can we take a look at what you carved?" ”

Xia Shuisheng nodded happily, got up and entered the house, and after a while, he took out a dustpan of large and small stone carvings and put them in front of Qin Xiaoyu and Gu Xiaobei.

Qin Xiaoyu picked up one and looked at it carefully and repeatedly, secretly surprised in his heart, Xia Shuisheng was indeed a master of asking stones, and respected every stone. The direction of the cracks in the stone and the distribution of colors are fully utilized, preserving the original perfect side of the stone.