Chapter Twenty-Six: The Old Man of the Carpenter

Seeing the three of them running back a little bit in the dust, Helan Minzhi was very happy, at least these three people really went to do things, not wandering outside. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

"I've seen the young master, we have already inquired about the things you explained." It was Ah San who replied, it seems that after only one trip, the other two people already knew that Ah San was better than the two of them in interpersonal communication, so they didn't rush to speak.

"Oh? Tell me, how about the inquiry? ”

"Back to the young master, we are in the East Market, and we went directly to the horse tailor according to your instructions. She is indeed there, and the current tailor's shop is not small, and she has a good reputation in the southwest corner of the East City. We also showed her your drawings, and she said that it was not too difficult, it depended on what kind of cloth to use. In fact, the little one has also seen the young master's drawings, and there is almost no difference between what you need and what you need on the carriage. Ah San didn't speak quickly, and he spoke carefully. Apparently he had seen the importance of this matter.

After hearing what he said, Helan Minzhi was already relieved. It seems that there is no mistake in his estimation, the sedan chair is not technically difficult for the Tang people, and every skilled tailor can make it.

"Did you follow my instructions and show her only the drawings that she needed to make?"

"The little ones have all followed the young master's orders, and they don't dare to make the slightest mistake."

"That's good, that's good." Seeing that the three of them were a little red and dry, Helan Minzhi realized that since he entered the door, he didn't even let them drink saliva and asked directly. Hurriedly handed the kettle in front of him to them: "Pour your own water, drink saliva first, see that your mouths are dry, you haven't run less this day, right?" ”

Ah San took the kettle, handed it to Ah Da first, and then said with a smile: "It's okay, we don't have any other ability, just this leg, this mouth, have the strength to do things for the young master." ”

Helan Minzhi smiled and didn't answer, and waited until they had all finished drinking before continuing to ask, "Have you ever found that carpenter?" I'm a tailor is a trivial matter, and the carpenter is the main thing. ”

Hearing Helan Minzhi ask the carpenter, the three of them were all embarrassed, but Ah San still didn't dare to hide it: "Don't dare to hide it from the young master, the three of them have been running this matter since they went out in the morning and came out of the tailor's shop until now." The tailor, surnamed Zhang, heard that he had left two years ago. ”

"Gone?"

"The young master may not have understood, this is gone, it is the vernacular of the peasant family, the meaning of passing away." Ah Da interjected.

"Ah, I see. That carpenter is gone, what about the rest of the place? Have you looked for it? ”

"This, young master, most of the carpenter shops in this East City are made of furniture, and few of them make such relatively large concrete objects that have not appeared. We walked a few houses and no one wanted to do it. ”

"How's that for good?" Helan Minzhi was a little anxious, but he didn't show it. He knew that since the three of them didn't cry when they ran back, it meant that there was already a solution.

"Young master, don't worry, the little ones will find some farmers who do carpenter work in the East Market. According to common sense, although these people do not know any etiquette, most of them are illiterate. But for this little bit of craftsmanship handed down by his family, each of them is very exquisite. ”

"I believe that." After all, he was not a wealthy family back then, and when he was a child, he often saw farmers doing carpenter work.

Hearing Helan Minzhi's belief, a relaxed look instantly appeared on the faces of Ah Da Ah Er and Ah San, and the corners of his mouth turned up in unison, revealing a smile. The three of them were afraid that the young master of the family did not believe in the craftsmanship of the common people. At this time, hearing that Helan Minzhi could believe it, the three of them felt more relaxed.

"It's good for the young master to believe, it's good to believe. I also invited the old carpenter, just waiting outside the door, young master, if it is okay, then prepare materials today, and work can start tomorrow. ”

Helan Minzhi stood up and walked outside to see the old carpenter they had found.

As soon as I walked out of the door, I saw an old man with a scruffy beard standing bent over the door, looking inside the door from time to time. The most common dress of the Tang people, gray-black coarse linen, the cuffs are a little tattered. The hair is messy and the beard hasn't been cleaned up in a long time. Standing there, this temperament can't deceive people, just an ordinary peasant.

"This is our young master." Ah San looked very dog-legged and shouted at the old man.

The old man hurriedly took two steps forward, wanting to say something, but he didn't know what to say. Standing there, I looked a little nervous.

"Don't be nervous, dare to ask your surname?"

"Don't you dare to call it expensive, don't you dare to call it expensive, the little cheap surname is Sun, everyone calls me Sun Laosan." The old man waved his hand again and again and said to Helan Minzhi.

"Will you make this thing on my picture?"

This Sun Laosan scratched his scalp, and with great strength, as if his head was about to be broken, he said with a little embarrassment: "This dare not hide from the young master, the old man will not." ”

As soon as his words fell, Ah Da Ah Er Ah San instantly became anxious. Ah Er is okay, after all, he has a docile temperament, although he also blames him, but he didn't say anything.

But Ah Da and Ah San couldn't bear this: "You old thing, just now you patted your chest with me and promised that you would, and now in front of the young master, you... Say you won't? Believe it or not, I'll tear you up. ”

Ah San scolded, Ah Da was going to smoke this old man. The old man was so frightened that he quickly lowered his head, holding his head with both hands and not daring to say a word.

"Alright." Helan Minzhi roared, and the audience fell silent in an instant. The three of them looked at him nervously, although they were scolded by this old man, but after all, it was the three of them who were not doing well, and no one knew how Helan Minzhi was going to punish the three of them.

"I'm scared my husband, my three slaves just bought it, and they don't have much education, so please forgive me." Still very polite to talk to the old man.

"Little boy, you are so polite, Xiao Lao'er was wandering around the market just now, and he drank two more sips of horse urine before, so he couldn't find the north. This time boasting about Haikou, this, this... ”

"No, the person next to me said you were a carpenter." Ah Er said in a deep voice.

"That's right, don't other people still say that you do a good job as a carpenter? Are you still repairing the pagoda in the city? Ah San also hurriedly added, for fear that Helan Minzhi would think that the three of them were looking for an inexplicable old man to fool him.

"Here, it's true that the little old man is a carpenter, and he can also do work. And I've been doing this for nearly a lifetime, and I don't dare to say anything else, as far as the carpenter is concerned, I'm a quasi-worker. But the little master's drawings, the little ones really haven't done it. Sun Laosan said tremblingly with trepidation. But Helan Toshiyuki could still hear his confidence in his carpenter's craft.

This time, I also understood that it was not that I couldn't do carpenter's work, I didn't know how to make this picture, and I couldn't make a sedan chair. Isn't this nonsense? The sedan chair has never appeared, and no one will do it.