Chapter Seventy-Two: Craftsmanship
No, there is another one, and that person is his own master.
As a former merchant, he can be said to know exactly how much money Sun Chen can save, but whenever Sun Chen wants to report to him, he will find a reason to divert the topic, as if he is indifferent. But Sun Chen knew that he was deliberately pretending to be confused!
Throwing off the buzzing emotions in his mind, Sun Chen assured his grandmother with a serious face, "Don't worry, grandma, I will definitely give the best escort to Erniu, and I won't let her future husband's family look down on her because her mother's brother is incompetent~"
"Brother~" The second girl was very embarrassed, and her whole little face turned red.
"Hehe, our second girl is shy~" Li Wangshi looked at the pair of children left by his daughter, "You also have the ability, but it's a pity that your mother's life is hard and you can't wait for this day~" Saying that, her tears couldn't stop flowing, this is thinking of her daughter who died early.
The three concubines who were standing on the side immediately stepped forward when they saw it, took out a handkerchief and carefully wiped away her tears, "Mother, don't cry anymore, Lang Zhong said that you can't let you cry anymore, or your eyes will be out of sight." ”
"Yes, grandma, don't be sad, my mother didn't see how capable her son was, and she didn't enjoy her son's filial piety, you came to enjoy it instead of her! What's more, I also want to honor your old man instead of her~" Sun Chen touched her skinny hand and comforted.
"Okay, good, good," Li Wangshi looked at Sun Chen, "I'm just waiting for my grandson to be honored~" As he spoke, the tears that had been wiped away fell again.
Suddenly, as if she remembered something, she instructed her third daughter-in-law, "Look at me and I'm glad to be here, you must not have eaten at this hour, right?" Qiaoling, go and heat up a few steamed buns we ate at noon, and then fry one side (about half a catty) of meat with soybean sprouts, so that they can eat the mat. In the evening, when your two uncles and concubines, as well as your cousins and cousins come back, I will make you something to eat! ”
The third uncle Li Hansen has been married for four or five years, but after the third concubine Tong Qiaoling lost a child due to overwork, she was never able to conceive again, and now only the eldest uncle Li Hanmu and the second uncle Li Hanlin's family each have a boy, named Li Yicong and Li Yiming respectively.
When he came, Sun Chen had already expected that he would stay at his grandmother's house, so he was not worried that Yang Shuping would not see anyone after he returned home. On the other hand, he also wanted to take a closer look at what kind of livelihood this family was suitable for in order to lift them out of poverty.
The three concubines have good skills, and the ordinary large plate of soybean sprouts fried back to the pot meat made Sun Chen and Erniu eat it all the time. You must know that the two of them ate a lot of meat during this time, and only three people with Yang Shuping could eat so much meat at home.
"The fried dishes of the three concubines are really delicious, much better than what I made!" The second girl couldn't help but praise loudly.
I didn't expect it to be such an ordinary sentence, but it made the sentimental grandmother cry again, "Good girl, if your mother is still here, which turn will you do these jobs~"
It took a few more people to persuade her for a long time before she was no longer sad. In the end, she was old and in poor health, and after crying, her grandmother lay down and went to sleep, leaving her third uncle Li Hansen and her third concubine Tong Qiaoling to accompany Sun Chen's brothers and sisters.
Sun Chen looked at the furnishings in the house and found that the furniture here was more complete than that of ordinary people, and according to their living conditions, this was obviously a bit unreasonable.
"These are nice, aren't they? Although it is not a precious wood, the workmanship is comparable to the craftsmanship of any carpenter. The third uncle, Li Hansen, saw Sun Chen's gaze and showed off a little proudly.
"You made all these things, third uncle?" Sun Chen guessed, in fact, he didn't need to guess that Sun Chen already knew, if someone else had such a skill, the pride in his eyes would not be so obvious.
"Yes! During this time ago, there was no need for short-term work in the town, so I stayed at home and made a few benches and this Eight Immortals table~" Li Hansen pointed to the low cabinet placed on the side, "This was made before, your grandmother wanted, she didn't have many things, and it didn't be much use if it was too big, and the one in my house was taller and bigger than this." ”
"Third uncle, where are all your tools?" Sun Chen asked.
"Right behind the house, I built a shed there."
There are eight main houses in my grandmother's house, and there are six or seven rooms in the size of the matching rooms, counting the vegetable garden at the back, which covers an area of more than one and a half acres, which sounds very large. But my grandmother has three sons who have already started a family, plus my cousin and cousin, there are as many as nine people in the family.
It gets crowded. So miscellaneous things can only be placed in the backyard.
"Take me to see where you work!"
"Okay!" It was rare for the nephew to be interested in his baby, and Li Hansen led him to the back of the house with great interest.
The second girl who was stunned on the side had already come back to her senses, in her opinion, her brother would never do anything meaningless, like such a child in someone else's house, although it was said that this other person's house was her grandmother's house, running around, it was still very unusual.
Could it be that my brother has found some way to make money? Thinking of this, she also couldn't sit still.
Tong Qiaoling didn't know Erniu's thoughts, and thought that she was a little impatient because she was bored sitting alone. After thinking about it, she went back to the house and took out the silk flowers she wore when she was a girl and handed them to her, "Erniu, I don't have any good things for you, I haven't worn these silk flowers a few times, and they still look like new." It's just that the color is too bright, and now I can't wear it, it's a pity to put it, if you don't dislike it, give it to you? ”
As if sensing the second girl's hesitation, she added a little embarrassedly, "When the concubine has money in the future, I will buy you new fabrics to make!" ”
The two sisters-in-law in the family are both boys, skinny and troublesome, she thinks that such a fragrant and soft girl is good, and she can dress up no matter what.
"Then thank you, Sanfeizi." Erniu didn't want it, but her brother left her a lot of silk flowers, but in the end, it was a piece of her heart, and she couldn't live up to it no matter what. Holding it in her hand and looking at it carefully, she suddenly found that these silk flowers in her hand were much better than the handicrafts that her brother had left for her before.
Although the fabric is slightly inferior to the one at home, it is obviously very delicate in terms of color matching and styling design.
"Where did you buy all these silk flowers? It's really good-looking~" The second girl looked at it and said what was in her heart.
"Erniu likes?" Tong Qiaoling was obviously very happy, "This is what I used to sew according to the silk flowers I sold when I was fine, and I couldn't get good fabrics over the years, so I also stopped thinking about it." ”
The second girl was surprised, and she remembered that what the third concubine said just now was 'buy new fabrics to make,', not that she wanted to 'buy new ones'! I didn't expect the three concubines to have such skills, but why didn't she think about taking them out?
Since Sun Chen became a merchant, everything has become a commodity in his eyes, always thinking that something may sell hot. Under his influence, Erniu also became like this, in Yanzi's words, - into the eyes of money.