Chapter 44: A Birthday Present
Ji Dong regretted it, very, very regretted, it was uncomfortable to scratch his heart, why did he elope with this woman? He glanced impatiently at Aunt Xiu who was squatting on the deck, her face was dark and covered with red rashes, and she looked very terrible. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
For no reason, Ji Dong felt disgusted in his heart.
His uncle is a county magistrate, he has a shop, he has food, drink and friends, his mother...
Ji Dong has never missed his own mother, he has been floating on the sea for so many days, he is really fed up!
If Ji Dong at this time knew that the silver ticket sewn in his underwear had been replaced with a fake one, he would continue to drift at sea for more than half a year, probably he would jump off the boat without hesitation.
During the summer vacation in school, Qinglan and Mingyu helped in the store every day.
When she got the deed that day, Qinglan handed it to Wu Shi and asked puzzledly: "Why does Ma Qiang want this shop, this area is not prosperous." ”
"It will be renovated next year." Wu Shi heard it from Master Ding.
It turned out to be demolished... The 6,800 taels is a lot of money, after all, there is more than this money in the book alone.
If the deed is given out, Qinglan doesn't care, anyway, Ma Qiang is so capable, and the change of ownership is not easy to capture.
Ma Qiang was very open, and immediately paid 5,000 taels of silver tickets, plus more than 3,000 taels from Ji Dong and more than 1,000 taels from Xiaobao, barely able to pay back the book money.
Shu Lao Er took the silver ticket and looked at his daughter uneasily, where did he get so much money? He has begun to make up all kinds of possibilities, whether his daughter sold him or something.
"Dad, don't worry, this money is absolutely fine, Xiaobao borrowed me, I can make an IOU! Isn't that Mingyu? Qinglan told the truth halfway, Xiaobao did give money, but it wasn't just 10,000 taels.
"That's right, I also pressed my handprint!" Mingyu was afraid that his father would suspect it, so he hurriedly proved it for his sister.
"Oh~" Shu Lao Er breathed a sigh of relief, it was good that the sun came.
"But Dad," Qinglan was afraid of goofs, "You must not let others know, especially Master Ding, Xiaobao is carrying his father behind his back!" ”
"That," Shu Lao Er thought that Xiaobao was looking for Mrs. Ding to get it, he didn't believe that Xiaobao could save so much money, "I said that I found someone to borrow it, but such a large amount of money..."
"Dad, don't worry~~~" Qinglan was helpless, his father was really hard to fool, "Aren't you going to the post station to deliver food, if you don't go, the food will be cold~~~!" Qinglan said as she pushed his father out.
Shu Lao Er was helplessly pushed out of the door by his daughter, and the children were older and had their own ideas.
Since the second brother Shu quit his errand, he began to concentrate on taking care of the business of the restaurant, and at the suggestion of Qinglan, he delivered takeaways on a small scale.
The post house is full of officials, and they are not used to eating the clear soup and little water in the post house, so Pan Erniang launched a box lunch, a la carte stir-fry hot soup and the like according to the requirements of her daughter.
Sending Shu Er away, Qinglan returned to the sun in the courtyard and lifted the big black mud pot. Mingyu helped her hold the basin, and Qinglan carefully checked whether the paint she had put on yesterday had dried.
This is a simple lacquerware drying dish, lacquer is different from other paints, it must be in a high temperature and humid state to dry quickly.
Weixian is hot and dry in summer, Qinglan took two basins and made a self-made humidification equipment, the black mud basin buckled on the top, touched a layer of water every two quarters of an hour, and below was a mud basin of similar caliber, which was filled with water, and there was a deep porcelain bowl in the middle, which contained a third-order Rubik's Cube coated with lacquer.
This is a birthday gift prepared by Qinglan for Thirteen, looking for a tall aunt and saving it with the leftover scraps of wenge wood.
The six sides of the Rubik's Cube are red, yellow, blue, green, and black respectively, and the bottom surface is the primary color, pasted with oiled paper, for fear of accidentally dyeing it when painting.
Each surface is polished smooth and flat before painting, and the middle one of the nine grids is deliberately carved with different patterns.
When the lacquer is first applied, the color is darker, and the color will become brighter and brighter with time and friction in the later stage.
Qinglan carefully scratched the edges with her fingernails, and the patent leather sank a little dent, but soon bounced up again, Qinglan knew that this layer would not be dry, and it could go up and down.
Urushi is expensive, especially in the north, and is a rarity. When Qinglan went to buy materials, she was severely ridiculed by the shopkeeper.
"Do you know lacquer? Dare to buy it. When the time comes, don't run back crying and make trouble for our family. The shopkeeper said and glanced at Qinglan's white and pure face again.
When urushi is exposed to the air, it volatilizes a type of urushiol, which makes people skin allergic, and it is difficult to avoid it even if it does not come into direct contact with the skin. Therefore, it is not good to be a painter, and when you first come into contact, you have to go through such a grinding "face".
But Qinglan really couldn't find a better material, at this time, the furniture in the north was dyed and waxed, but the Rubik's Cube was not a whole, and the wax would definitely not work. Mere dyeing... It's terrible to think about, especially after friction.
Lacquer is the only paint that Qinglan can think of, which can replace paint, and it is also very brilliant.
Qinglan is not afraid of allergies, but Weixian County is small and does not sell medicines specifically for allergies.
Qinglan is afraid of eating bitter medicine soup, so she wears gloves when applying paint and tries to avoid skin contact. However, no matter how cautious she was, allergens in the air could not be avoided, so after twenty days, Qinglan began to have small pimples all over her face, and her itchy heart was more itchy than mosquito bites.
Pan Erniang thought that her daughter had a rash at first, but it can be seen that she does not have a fever, only her face and hands are long, she thought that she was picked up by insects, and smoked the house with mugwort for three days, choking Brother He so much that she refused to go into the house to sleep, and Zhang Guanjie slept in front of him.
After Zhang Guanjie came to Shu's house, Shu Lao Er used the wooden planks left over from repairing the house to build a simple small bed for him, with lotus leaves nailed in the middle, which could also be folded. Every night, Zhang Guanjie sleeps in the front store, guarding the door by the way.
Qinglan itched so much that she finally chose bitter medicine soup. However, looking at the Rubik's Cube she polished, Qinglan felt that she had not suffered in vain.
Xiaobao's birthday is in early September, and Thirteen's birthday is in early October. On Xiaobao's birthday, Qinglan gave him a "big villa".
The crust of the "villa" is made of biscuits and toned fondant, like a lid on the cake base. Take down the roof, the layout inside is chic and fine, with chocolate candies and the like, the "room" is decorated in an orderly manner, and the "villa" is also lined with "sweet".
Xiaobao was startled when he opened the gift, to tell the truth, if it weren't for the fact that the colors were so bright and the room type was so weird, he thought it was a house burned for his ancestors during the sacrifice!
Qinglan heard that she and her mother's aunt had worked hard to make fondant cakes, and they were so "slandered" by Xiaobao, that they flew towards him with hatred and a copy of "Mencius".
"I'm kidding!" Xiaobao blocked the cake with his body, and quickly explained to Qinglan that he was actually very happy in his heart, and it was the first time he had seen such a thing, let alone the birthday gift that Qinglan specially prepared for him!
Xiao Bao's expression made people itch his teeth, and even Mr. Ji couldn't stand it, and at the invitation of Xiao Bao's "insincerity", he ate the "garage" on the spot.
Thirteen was also unceremonious, opened the "roof" and took the chocolate "sofa".
Xiaobao wanted to cry without tears, and he was distressed, and he wanted to take it home to show off!
Maybe Xiaobao's birthday gift was too stimulating for Thirteen, or the chocolate with nuts was too delicious, and he strongly begged Qinglan to make another identical one, and he wanted to send it back to the capital! Qinglan can't, she smokes herself in her heart, calling you to show off, telling you to show off! Or obediently find my mother and aunt to make another one.
Next, Thirteen begins to look forward to his birthday present.
On the fourth day of the first month of October, Pan Erniang specially prepared a bowl of longevity noodles for Thirteen, (she felt sorry that Thirteen's parents were not around) The noodles were a whole one, covered with meat.
The steamed meat was steamed last night, and the fragrance ~~~ The whole yard was filled with the fragrance of the meat, and the Qinglan sisters and brothers who were about to go to bed were hungry for drooling, and one person ate two pieces before he was willing to go to bed.
When she arrived at the Tingxiang Courtyard, Qinglan handed over a box in the eyes of the thirteen blazing eyes, she was inexplicably apprehensive, strange, why are you still so nervous about giving gifts this year!
Thirteen took the box and didn't open it, but raised his eyebrows and glanced at Qinglan: Why is the master's box so small?!
In fact, the box is not small, there are three Rubik's cubes inside, but compared to Xiaobao's fondant cake, it is natural... Qinglan was uneasy by Thirteen's eyes, what's wrong? What's wrong with the gift?
Thirteen retracted his eyes and slowly opened the box. In fact, he wanted to open it when he returned to his room, but Xiaobao and Mr. Ji on the side were full of anticipation, so he had to open the gift.
This is...
There are three Rubik's cubes lying quietly in the box, which are the third, fourth and fifth orders, each of which has six different eye colors, which are smooth and delicate to the touch, and the color seems to be leaked from the chalcedony.
Each side of the Rubik's Cube was painted with thirty coats of paint, and Qinglan polished it for more than ten days, until the color seemed to reveal the essence of water, and she carefully put it away.
Thirteen touched the Rubik's Cube, his heart was warm, such lacquer art, I am afraid that it will take a long time to polish it with fine sand and dry cloth, and the lacquer... Thirteen finally understood why when school first started, Qinglan had some faint rash marks on her face.
"Thank you." Thirteen almost never said these two words, in the imperial city before, he didn't need to say it, and later when he came to Shandong, he was a guest of honor in the Qin Mansion and in the Ding family, and he didn't need to say it. It must be that I often hear Mingyu say these two words, and he is infected, and he definitely thinks after Thirteen finishes speaking.
"That..."Qinglan wanted to explain, this is not just an ornament, it is an ornament... I can also... Qinglan hesitated for a while, why did she want to thank this little kid, she didn't know how to take it.
Fortunately, Xiaobao, who lacked roots in this regard, solved Qinglan's problem by asking a timely question, "What is this thing for!?" ”
Mr. Ji and Thirteen both wanted to step forward and cover his mouth, the former thought it was an ornament and didn't want to embarrass the two students, and the latter because of inviolable self-esteem.
Qinglan breathed a sigh of relief, grateful to Xiaobao for his straightforwardness and simplicity, "This is called a Rubik's Cube, you can play like this." ”
Can you really play!? Mr. Ji and Thirteen looked at each other.
Qing Lan disrupted the third-order Rubik's Cube, and it took less than a minute to restore it and hand it to everyone, and Thirteen was interested: I like it very much!
"I'll only do this," Qinglan said truthfully, pointing to the other two: "I won't know these, Thirteen, you can study it yourself!" ”
Mr. Ji was obviously fascinated and couldn't take his eyes off it.
Qinglan remembered it in her heart and gave the third-order Rubik's Cube she left to Mr. Ji. She made a total of six, three for thirteen, and three third-order, Qinglan was not very satisfied, naturally she couldn't catch up with the fine-grained work of thirteen, but she could still play, one for her sister and brother.
"What about me?!" Xiaobao's eyes widened.
"Wait... Next year. Qinglan felt that she couldn't stand Xiaobao's complaining eyes, now that it's cold, the paint can't dry, big brother.
Thirteen was very satisfied, turned a blind eye to Xiaobao's pleading, hum, let you get your "villa" cake in front of the lord all day long!
It was Mingyu who generously gave his own to Xiaobao, "We have one more at home, and my sister will give it to me next year." "But I made up my mind not to let my sister do it again, it's really hard to get through paint allergies, especially in summer.
This time, Xiaobao was embarrassed, but Mingyu really sent him, Xiaobao didn't refuse, if he refused again, it would really hurt Mingyu's heart.
Li's health has not been very good since the beginning of the year, and now it is getting worse and worse, and Old Man Pan no longer comes to the store to help, but Pan Wuniang, who does not fall for a day.
Because there is - Zhang Guanjie is here in the store~
Qinglan feels that the motivation of her aunt every day is Zhang Guanjie, the two of them are really happy and bitter, and they keep bickering, and some regular customers in the store will make fun of the two when they see them.
It is no secret that Pan Wuniang likes Zhang Guanjie, everyone in the Pan family knows in their hearts that when Zhang Guanjie is filial, Old Man Pan will probably prepare for the relationship between the two.
In addition to Pan Siniang, the Li family is most worried about her little daughter, she knows her body in her heart, and knows that she will not live long.
So when Pan Erniang told her daughter that Pan Wuniang would get married next month, Qinglan's heart sank, grandma... Is it going to come this far? Thinking of the warm and comfortable embrace when she first came, Qinglan sighed deeply.
Lee's condition was even worse than Qinglan expected, her heart disease was getting worse, and she was currently showing symptoms of uremia.
Pan Wuniang's wedding was in a hurry, but fortunately, most of them were ready-made, and Pan Siniang didn't move much at that time. Pan Siniang waited for Chief Zhao Guard, oh, it's time to call Captain Zhao now.
In the autumn of this year, most of the evidence in the Qu Keyuan case that shocked the whole country came from the hands of this Zhao Xiaowei, and Emperor Jingtai remembered that it was not easy for him to search for evidence at the border pass, and he endured humiliation and burden, and gave the word "halberd", and the official was reinstated.
Zhao Ji couldn't return to Weixian in time, so he repaired a letter to Pan Siniang and Li Shisan, and returned to the border to take office non-stop.
Fortunately, he was safe, Pan Siniang comforted herself, after more than a year, there was finally a message, Pan Siniang immediately picked up the pen to reply to Zhao Ji, but did not mention the critical illness of her mother.
Zhang Guanjie did not show filial piety, and there were no relatives to help him operate, everything was presided over by the Pan family, and the old man Pan did not hold a banquet to invite guests, he was afraid that his daughter-in-law's body would not be able to stand it, so he only invited his family and neighbors to be lively and lively together.
(To be continued.) )