"Shiro is here!"

Just now, Du Zhizhong and the eldest grandfather were talking very loudly, and the Du Ming and Duxin brothers who were working in the yard had heard it a long time ago, and they greeted the two of them when they came in.

The eldest grandfather has two sons and two daughters, Du Ming Du Xin inherited his father's craftsmanship and carpentry work is beautiful, and both of them are masters in the county's carpentry shop. On weekdays, I take on some jobs arranged by the carpentry shop, and I also take odd jobs.

Recently, the two of them took over a batch of tables and chairs, Du Ming Du Xin was polishing the last few tables, and Du Youyin Youcai was helping beside him. When Du Zhizhong saw it, he hurriedly stepped forward to help paint a few tables next to him.

"What's the matter with Shiro?" Du Xin asked casually.

Du Zhizhong laughed twice, "There's something wrong, I'll talk about it later." Seeing that Du Zhizhong was not in a hurry, a few people didn't ask.

The ancient lacquer does not have the pungent smell of the modern one, and Du Xiaoxi does not avoid it, and after eating a piece of pastry, he plays with the bamboo dragonfly in his hand.

The small wooden sticks flew around in the sky, Du Xiaoxi chased the bamboo dragonfly and giggled, and peeked at the reactions of everyone in the yard from time to time, looking at it quickly! Look! I'm having fun.

Everyone was really attracted by the strange wooden stick that could fly in Du Xiaoxi's hand, Du Ming Du Xin naturally would not put down the work in his hand because of a gadget, and the seven-year-old Du Youbao threw the wooden knife in his hand and pounced.

"Sister, what is this? This will also fly? Play well! ”

Du Youbao relied on his height and strong body to pick up the bamboo dragonfly before Du Xiaoxi, and fiddled with Du Xiaoxi's appearance a few times and lifted it into the air.

Du Youbao is Du Xin's old man, nine years old behind his second sister, and more than a round away from Du Youyin, he is one of the most favored baby eggs in the grandfather's family, and he is Du Ba's naughty partner.

"Bamboo dragonflies can fly just like paper swallows."

"Is there a starling? I'm going to play with him! Saying that, Du Youbao was going to find Du Ba.

Du Xiaoxi also wanted to use bamboo dragonflies to generate income for the family, but he couldn't let him go out and show off, "This is mine, if you dare to rob me, you will sue Grandpa." ”

The thing that children are most afraid of is to tell their parents, Du Youbao still remembers the last time he grabbed candy with Du Xiaoxi and was chased by his father with a broom for two streets. decisively withered in front of his little sister who was more favored than himself.

Du Youbao snorted angrily and threw the bamboo dragonfly into Du Xiaoxi's arms, and said disdainfully: "Who is rare!" Turning his head and pestering Fourth Brother Du to make one for him.

While the two villains were talking, Du Zhizhong had already told Du Ming and Du Xin that he wanted to do more things to sell bamboo dragonflies. The two uncles naturally saw at a glance that the bamboo dragonfly method was very simple, and they really wanted to sell it. Just sell it fresh.

Du Ming was very relieved to see that his cousin's family had come to his house in advance, and saw the spread speed of Paper Feiyan, even if he felt that the bamboo dragonfly had nothing to gain, he still said happily: "I think this will work, but we can't do much if the two families are in a hurry, I think it is better to find more people together." ”

There are not many carpentry jobs in Dujia Village. However, grandpa's simple tables and benches are not said to be easy for everyone, and most of them can still be made. Bamboo dragonflies are just things that move knives, and if you do it quickly, you can earn a lot of money.

As for the market, Du Ming and Du Xin are not worried about the two at all, the bamboo dragonfly is a small gadget and not a large piece of furniture does not have a problem of losing money, and the market is not a problem, the village may be reluctant to make one or two pennies for their children to play, but the residents in the county will hardly do this.

Children want anything new when they see it, as long as they see other children having fun, even if they are crying and rolling on the street, they have to pester their parents to buy one. Thinking about it, parents are still willing to spend a penny to stop the crying of the little family.

Du Zhizhong also felt good that the uncle had money to earn together, and after discussing it, the three of them planned to do a few things first, take them out for others to see, and by the way, talk about the things that were made to sell.

Du Xiaoxi saw that he had already discussed, and he felt beautiful in his heart, feeling that he had nothing to do, so he said hello and went home.

The grandfather's house is located in the center of the village a little east of the village, and the Du family is simply built at the outermost entrance of the village because of the livelihood of killing pigs.

There were two green cloth curtain carriages parked next to the Du family's soaphorn garden, and Du Xiaoxi's eyes lit up the moment he saw the carriage. It's delicious.

The old elm who was feeding the horses saw Du Xiaoxi coming back and greeted him with a smile: "The tenth lady is back, and the second master and the young master have just entered the door." ”

"Grandpa Yu has packed up and gone to the house for tea!" Du Xiaoxi responded and ran home.

Some time ago, Liu Yao's cousin got married. As the only male in the family, Liu Yao was taken by his father to attend the wedding banquet in his uncle's office, and after coming back, he was left for a few days by Mrs. Liu, who was reluctant to let her grandson go to the countryside to suffer, and he was reluctant to come back until today.

Liu Yao'an stood quietly beside his father, Liu Zi'an took a sip of tea, put down the bowl and said, "This time, there is one more thing besides sending Xiaotu over. Xiaotu's child is already six years old, and a few years ago, his grandmother was reluctant to let him go to school too early, and I thought it was about the same now. Liu Zi paused and continued: "But the master let this child live in the elder brother's house for the past two years, so I thought about discussing it with the elder brother. ”

Daddy Du originally thought that there was something big, but when he heard that it was a matter of going to school, he grinned: "I want to go to school, it's just right, my kid just entered the clan school last year, and Xiaotu happened to go with them." ”

Liu Zi'an doesn't think so, it's not that he looks down on the Du family's genealogy, relying on one or two well-known shows to teach how good it is, his son naturally wants to invite a famous teacher.

"Although our two families are in-laws, they are outsiders after all, and entering the Du family's genealogy is not a criticism of the elder brother's family. Uncle Xiao Tu and Master Geng are good friends, and he wants Xiao Tu to worship under him. ”

Father Du is also a person who has been in the county for decades, and as soon as he heard that the famous Geng Fuzi taught a few people, he knew that the Liu family looked down on the old talent in their ethnicity. He snorted uncomfortably: "If you want to worship, you can worship!" ”

Liu Zi'an saw that Daddy Du's face was unhappy, and he suddenly cried and laughed, "I'm also for the good of Xiaotu, waiting for Xiaotu to have a reputation in the future, and I can earn a life for the little girl, right?" ”

Hearing that his daughter became the wife of an official family later, Father Du's face instantly turned into a smile, and he said happily: "This is good, this is good!" ”

If it's really so good, I don't have to come to talk to you.

Liu Zi complained in his heart and continued: "This Geng Fuzi's academy is too far away from the old brother's house in the south of the city, if Xiaotu worships Geng Fuzi as a teacher, he will definitely not be able to stay in Dujia Village, even if it is the courtyard of the old brother's house in the county seat, it will not be able to catch up, the master said that Xiaotu is best kept in the old brother's house for three years, will it be bad for Xiaotu to leave after only one year?" ”

This question is not easy to answer, Daddy Du rubbed his hands and said, "I don't know about this." Or when Fifteen Little Xi'er goes to see the master, we'll ask. ”

That's what Liu Zi'an was waiting for.

Master Xile is famous, and last year he was knighted by the emperor for his rice and fish farming. In the past few years, Master Xile has guarded the Shanshui Temple and lived in a shallow way, except for the occasional person who came out to meet people, and the person who took the initiative to visit was not seen. Liu Zi'an wanted to ask the master's meaning, so naturally he could only turn around and find the master's apprentice to try.

When Du Xiaoxi entered the house, the two had already agreed to send the child to see Master Xile together. Seeing Du Xiaoxi come in, Liu Zi'an's smiling face showed a little satisfaction.

"Happy girl to come to uncle!" Liu Zi'an beckoned to Du Xiaoxi, and Du Xiaoxi ran over with a smile on his face.

The future father-in-law is very important, and he can slap his mother-in-law to death at a critical time, Du Xiaoxi is happy to brush the favorability of the future father-in-law.

"Hello Uncle Liu!" Du Xiaoxi saluted obediently. Smile sweetly.

Liu Zi'an was all kinds of satisfied with the daughter-in-law that Master Xile pointed out to his son, and Master Xile's knighthood was even more remembered by many people. The eldest brother used to be up and down because he didn't have many connections in the court, and since Xiaotu set up the apprentice of Master Xile, the eldest brother has also gotten up, but he has become a fourth-rank official in a few years. A few days ago, the foggy girl who was married by the eldest brother's family was able to marry into the Hou Mansion, and I heard that the old lady of the Hou Mansion believed in Buddhism, and tried her best to promote this marriage, and the Liu family was able to climb high.

Liu Zi'an praised the girl's good looks, then turned around and opened the box carved by red acid branches on the table, and took out a red gold Ruyi collar and put it around Du Xiaoxi's neck.

"This is a gift from your uncle and aunt, do you like it?"

The shiny gold collar flashed Du Xiaoxi's dog eyes, and this entrenchment collar made Du Xiaoxi have a kind of street with a paper vinegar to support the resistance and release of the carbuncle of the school. ≌饷椿beer 1.鸸馍辽grain └ for (1) ㄓ簦备道 Zhai 诮邮懿涣 and.

Du Xiaoxi touched the gold collar around his neck, pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled, "I like it", I am reluctant to take it out.

Liu Zi'an nodded with satisfaction, and dragged his son who had been smiling quietly next to him, "You two have to get along well, Xiaotu don't bully your sister, Dad will come to see you in a few days." ”

After instructing his son, Liu Zi'an refused Daddy Du to leave for dinner.

Liu Yao watched his father leave without looking back. Dejectedly, he followed the crowd into the courtyard.

Du Xiaoxi saw that her little fiancé was in a bad mood, and immediately jumped out as a pistachio, "Brother Xiaotu, where have you been these days?" Is it fun? After speaking, without waiting for Liu Yao to answer, he continued: "Do you like this collar?" Or give it to you! ”

Liu Yao stared at Du Xiaoxi, who was full of smiles, for a few seconds. said sullenly: "I went to marry the fourth and fifth sisters, and I went a long way by boat, and I saw a lot of people, which was not fun." Then he took out an identical collar from the placket and motioned to Du Xiaoxi to look, "I have it too." ”

Such an ugly thing is, of course, in pairs.

"Uncle Niang said that it was the host of Xiangguo Temple, and she must take it with you."

The two lowered their heads and muttered for a while, and then they were dragged by Du Youbao, who came over with a bamboo dragonfly to show off, to play with bamboo dragonflies.

In the blink of an eye, it was fifteen, and Liu Zi'an came to the door again.

It was still two green cloth carriages, and Du Xiaoxi and Liu Yao were carried into the carriage. Liu Zi'an followed and got into the car and sat down, seeing that Daddy Du hadn't come up yet, Du Xiaoxi poked his head out, "Why hasn't Dad come in yet?" ”

Daddy Du sat down next to Lao Yutou, patted his stomach and laughed: "Dad is sitting aggrieved inside, or is it bright outside." ”

Du Xiaoxi glanced at his father's plump waist and nodded to show that he understood.

Two carriages ran on the official road, and from time to time the joyful laughter of the girl came, and finally arrived at the Shanshui Temple near noon.

Leaving Lao Yutou and Xiao Xiao Qingfeng to help move things, the four of them turned into the back mountain.

It is a good time for the peach blossoms to bloom and the pear blossoms to white, and last night it rained a little bit of mountain rain, walking through the forest mixed with the scent of soil and flowers, and it was indescribably pleasant to breathe in.

Quiet fruit groves spread throughout the valley, and the four of them walked slowly along the stone path, and near the end of the row of houses, there was a roar of a bad old man in the distance.

"You unfilial son, hurry up and give me work! Do you think you know more than you can do? Can you look down on others? Lao Tzu told you that there are more people in the world than you can endure! Since you know that you can't do it, hurry up and help your master, and the master is in a good mood to pass on your supreme treasure! ”

"What are you doing with little money? Don't always indulge your master, no matter how old you are, you are still not diligent and do not distinguish between grains! ”

Father Du and Liu Zi'an looked at each other, their faces full of disbelief, when did the kind master of joy in their eyes become a grumpy old man.

When the four of them entered the house, they saw the Joy Master in a gray robe standing with his hair scattered and pointing at the handsome young man on the Luohan bed and scolding him, while the young man covered his face with a green bamboo cotton handkerchief and did not look at it. Next to the bed, a white-faced little guy stood aggrievedly, cleaning up the monk's robes scattered all over the bed.

Seeing someone coming in, Master Joy put down his raised fingers, shook the robe on his body, and calmly turned around and said, "It's here!" ”

Father Du and Liu Zi'an nodded in unison, and replied dryly: "It's here." ”

Master Joy walked to the side of the bed, pushed away the young man who pretended to be dead and sat down, and said, "Sit down, serve tea!" ”

Chande sighed, hurriedly threw the robe in his hand and came over to pour tea.

Liu Zi'an has quickly accepted that Master Xile is a person who is inconsistent with what he seems, and Daddy Du is a little difficult to accept, and the second father of the girl looks a little unreliable.

Liu Zi'an had seen Master Xile a few times, and was afraid that the master and nobles would forget things, so he took the initiative to introduce himself, indicating that he was the future father-in-law of the master's little apprentice.

Master Xile checked his memory skills and knew what others were thinking at a glance, and then Liu Zi'an's words The two quickly talked together.

Liu Zi'an expressed his and his family's endless admiration for the master, and then thanked the master for his concern for his mother's physical condition, and finally expressed his intention.

Master Xile glanced at Du Xiaoxi, who was talking to Liu Yao and his senior brother, and the pride in his heart had nowhere to vent.

Closed his eyes, touched the rosary on his wrist and turned around a few times, looking like a master, he opened his eyes after half an hour, and said indifferently under Liu Zi'an's expectant gaze: "Lao Wei thinks that it is better for Liu Yao's little donor to live in the Du family for three years, didn't Liu Shi find that the little donor's body has obviously strengthened a lot in this year, and he rarely gets sick?" ”

Liu Zi'an looked up at his son who was sitting on the bed talking to the delicate boy, the emaciated son had raised a lot of meat in a year, and the amount of food like a kitten had doubled before, but he didn't get sick. The master deserves to be a master, always so effective.

The Master of Joy was praised and his heart was filled with pride.

Living in the village for a year and running away from the east and west, it is strange that you are not strong, as for being sick, you are not by your side, and you don't know if you are sick!

Thinking about the changes in his son this year, Liu Zian gritted his teeth, "Then let's stay in the Du family." "As for worshipping Master Geng as a teacher, it is not too late in two years.

Master Xile nodded, with a teachable expression, "Don't worry about Lord Liu, the old man calculates that the Du family study is a good thing for Lord Liu, although Lord Liu can rest assured." ”

Liu Zi'an couldn't hide the joy on his face when he heard this, there was nothing more gratifying than his son having a good future and being a father.

(To be continued.) )