Chapter 18 Wood Carving

In the afternoon, Wang Peng came to Zhang Taiping's house early to ask how to make money.

"Big handsome guy, I'm here to make money with you. As long as it is a handsome guy's method, it will definitely work, go up to the oil pot under the mountain, if I Wang Peng frowns, it will be a sac without eggs. As soon as Wang Peng entered the courtyard, he shouted impassionedly when he saw Zhang Taiping lying on the sleeping chair.

"What are you shouting?" Zhang Taiping stood up and patted him on the back of the head, and scolded with a smile: "Still go up to the oil pot at the bottom of the mountain?" Watching too many underworld movies, right? Come with me to plant a tree first. ”

Zhang Taiping grabbed a strong man, went to the orchard, and planted the remaining fruit trees in the idle vacant land. There were outsiders, and Zhang Taiping did not water the space water into the tree pit. Even the closest person Zhang Taiping doesn't intend to tell the secret of the space, it's not that he doesn't trust, but that there is such a thing as a secret, the less people know, the better, and he is not afraid of unintentionally saying that he will show his mouth or show something abnormal, causing unnecessary trouble and even danger. So Zhang Taiping decided to keep the secret of the space in his heart. In a few moments, the two men planted all the saplings and watered the ordinary river.

After planting the fruit trees, Zhang Taiping asked Wang Peng to help move the sawing table, planer and other woodworking equipment stored in the room where farm tools and groceries were stored in the back room to the wing room and scrub them clean. I put some oil on the machine, plugged it in, checked the operation of the machine, and fortunately it was working normally. Wang Peng laid his hands on the side, and by the way, he cut a few simple push-lid wooden boxes for holding things separately, and he didn't touch the wood for several years, and he felt that the craftsmanship was a lot rusty. Zhang Taiping is quite fond of carpentry, a technique that can create things, especially carving, so he is ready to pick up his craft again for leisure time.

Pack up the wooden box, Zhang Taiping still has a purpose. Seeing that there was still a surplus of fine red almond wood, Zhang Taiping, who was reluctant to waste it, had an idea and took out the carving knife. Zhang Taiping's big hands flew up and down like butterflies, and in the eyes of Wang Peng next to him, the carving knife in Zhang Taiping's hand was like life, and the afterimages were swept through the air, and the sawdust fell one after another. In a moment, what was originally a columnar piece of wood turned into a lifelike little girl, the little girl was dressed as a princess, with her fingers to her mouth, and the curious expression on her face seemed to come to life. After carving, looking at the statue of Yaya, Zhang Taiping was both proud and surprised.

The reason why Yaya can be carved so superbly is that Yaya's figure and demeanor are completely imprinted in the bottom of my heart. But I was a little surprised by the previous state, although Zhang Dashuai's carving skills were good in the past, but it had not yet reached this situation. I have just entered a wonderful realm, as if I have been fused with the carving knife, making it like an arm, and I can express what I want in my heart. As for why the sudden improvement in the form of skill jumping, Zhang Taiping can only attribute it to the fact that the space has greatly improved the quality of his body, so that the sensitivity of reaction and the grasp and control of strength have been further improved; And the mentality and life experience are completely different.

"Big handsome guy, do you know how to fly knives with Xiao Li?" Next to him, Wang Peng closed his mouth in amazement and asked stupidly.

"Don't call 'big handsome guy' in the future, just call 'big handsome' or 'big brother'." Zhang Taiping frowned and said. The beauty is okay, she is called "big handsome guy" by a big man all day long, and she gets goosebumps.

"Why, isn't that good?"

"So many whys, if you are told to change it, you will change it, don't do more nonsense."

"Okay, then I'll just call it 'big brother', it's closer than 'big handsome'." Wang Peng smashed his mouth and said, "By the way, you haven't told me if it will be Xiao Li Feidao." ”

Zhang Taiping walked towards the front yard and said casually: "I will also descend the dragon eighteen palms, can I knock off a finger mountain, do you believe it or not?" ”

Wang Peng muttered suspiciously, "Impossible, right? ”

It was getting dark, dinner was almost ready, and Yaya was sitting alone on the kang in the bedroom watching TV. Zhang Taiping gave her the wood carving, she screamed in surprise, the smile on her face was dazzling, climbed on Zhang Taiping's leg, and kissed Zhang Taiping on the face as a reward.

Wang Peng patted the back of the black and white TV and complained: "What kind of TV is it, the splash is so big." As he spoke, he slapped hard.

Zhang Taiping ignored it, there were a lot of such TVs in the past few years, and now I don't know that I have run to that corner of history. Often when the image is not clear, it will be better to slap it a few times, so Wang Peng patted the fuselage. It's a bit of a hit when the goods are out.,It's just that Zhang Taiping doesn't care.,It's a waste product that should have been thrown away a long time ago.,After selling the medicine this time,,Will buy a new color TV.。

After dinner, Zhang Taiping left Wang Peng to eat together. At the dinner table, Wang Peng was a little sluggish, mainly because Cai Xiaomei was present, Wang Peng was beaten by Cai Xiaomei when he was a child, and it is estimated that there is still a shadow in his heart now, seeing her is like a mouse seeing a cat, very well-behaved.

The next day, Cai Xiaomei was ready to return to school, with only three days off on the National Day, and she had to make up for her children this afternoon.

Early in the morning, Yaya ran to the back room with a wood carving and told Zhang Taiping.

"Dad, my aunt wants Yaya's little wooden man, can you make one for my aunt too?"

Zhang Taiping nodded and said, "Okay, make one for your aunt too." ”

When he came to the chamber, he held the knife, and after a little thought, he began to cut it. After a while, a youthful beauty with short hair, jeans, and hands in her trouser pockets appeared in front of her. This is not as expressive as Yaya's, mainly because its figure is not as deep into the bone marrow as Yaya.

Yaya held two wooden figures and ran back to the front room, gave that one to the aunt and said, "Auntie, Yaya asked Dad to make one for you, don't you want Yaya?" ”

Cai Xiaomei pretended to be embarrassed and said: "Okay, my aunt doesn't want you anymore, but when your father carves again in the future, you must let him make one more, understand?" ”

"Hmm!" The little girl nodded vigorously in response.

After breakfast, when Cai Xiaomei was sent away, Cai Xiaomei said to Zhang Taiping.

"Don't think I'll forgive you if you give me a rotten wood carving. If you still treat my sister badly in the future, I will always have a way to clean you up, believe it or not? ”

Zhang Taiping smiled and didn't speak.

Cai Yazhi quickly glanced at Zhang Taiping's expression, blocked Cai Xiaomei's finger pointing at Zhang Taiping, shook her head, and waved her hand to signal him to hurry up.

Cai Xiaomei shook her hair, picked up the rosin cake that her sister had baked last night, and possibly the wooden man, and turned to leave.

For the next day, Zhang Taiping pruned the fruit trees in the orchard, during which he proposed some space water, diluted it many times with well water, and then watered the newly planted fruit trees, just to ensure that they could fully survive and not to make them change beyond the laws of nature.

My wife has been studying beside her, and the cultivation of fruit trees is not an easy and easy task, and there are many ways to prune alone. Different fruit trees are pruned in different ways, with different pruning lengths and different times. Now this is the season for pruning the low vines, and the taller cherry and walnut trees have to wait until the leaves fall in the late autumn and winter when the leaves are gone.

Zhang Taiping looked at his wife's distressed expression and said, "Are you distressed about the branches that were cut off?" ”

Cai Yazhi blushed and shook her head. Zhang Taiping was attracted by the beautiful scenery in front of him for a moment. Then he coughed and explained.

"Most of the vines planted in the orchard are dwarf seedlings, with few spacings between plants, small roots, shallow downward roots, and fierce competition between trees, which makes it difficult to absorb water and nutrients, and if you don't prune the extra branches, it will be difficult for the fruit trees to grow tall and thick. In the year of fruiting, you have to comb the flowers and set the fruit, otherwise let it grow naturally, the nutrition can not keep up, although the number of bunches on the tree is a lot, but all of them are small and sparse, not only the taste is not good, but the appearance is also very poor. On the other hand, if the fruit is pruned properly and thinned properly, leaving only one bunch on each branch, and as many bunches of grapes as there are branches on a tree, then the fruit will be very large, and the taste will not be the same. Each string has more than two catties, and each catty can be sold for a good price of six or seven yuan. ”

Cai Yazhi opened her mouth in surprise, this was the first time she had heard that grapes could be sold for such a price. The grapes I saw in the market used to cost more than two yuan a catty, and a catty can weigh several bunches, and there are not many people who buy them. I don't know if the price of six or seven yuan can really be sold.

Zhang Taiping didn't seem to be surprised enough, and said, "Let's calculate this and this account." One acre of land has one hundred and fifty trees, and one tree has fifteen branches, that is, fifteen bunches of grapes, each bunch of two catties. Knowing what she was thinking, Zhang Taiping continued, "Don't worry about not being able to sell it, there are many people who eat good things." It's not six or seven yuan, just five yuan a catty, do the math, one acre of land can earn 22,500 yuan a year, our grapes are three acres in total, and grapes alone can earn more than 67,000 yuan a year, not to mention adding cherries and peaches and the like. ”

Cai Yazhi swallowed her saliva after hearing this, her chest rose and fell like waves, and Zhang Taiping's heart was hot, and she immediately classified getting a marriage certificate as a top priority.

Involuntarily, he kissed it quickly on the mouth. Immediately, Cai Yazhi's apricot eyes widened, and she stood on the spot. Then his face was quickly covered with a red glow, as if it could drip blood. Zhang Taiping was dazzled by his shy posture again, charming and pure coexist, which can tease men's hearts the most.

Cai Yazhi felt as if her face was about to burn, so she covered her face and turned around and ran back to the house. Although they have been married for four years, this is the first time that they have been lightened in the daytime. Kissing is the most common form of intimacy in the city, and it can be seen in some public places, but this is unacceptable for Cai Yazhi, who has been living in the mountains.

After Cai Yazhi ran away, Zhang Taiping laughed at himself and said, what's wrong today, like an inexperienced junior brother. Completely forgotten, he is still a virgin in his original clothes in terms of mentality.

In the next three days, Zhang Taiping picked another batch of saffron, plus a total of one kilogram in the previous days, worth more than 25,000 pieces. After the second picking, Zhang Taiping ordered the space to automatically eradicate the saffron roots. Saffron should only be used as initial start-up capital, not as a means of collecting money. In fact, for Zhang Taiping, after having space, money is not the ultimate goal he pursues, just a tool for service in the process of life, he doesn't care how much it is, as long as he can take it out when he needs it, the main thing is to enjoy the process of life bit by bit.