Chapter 12 Uncle, I Don't Sell My Body
The four of them came to the world-famous Liuli Factory together. The sulfur glaze factory was originally a workshop for firing glazed tiles, and later everyone brought glazed products here to trade, and gradually formed a lively bazaar.
Zhu Youzhen and Ke Qingqing each grabbed a string of sugar gourds in each hand, and walked in front of them bouncing up, while Guocheng and Wang Chengen followed side by side. It's just that Wang Chengen's eyes have been staring at Zhu Youzhen, and Guocheng's eyes have been scanning the stalls on the street.
To say that the level of Daming firing glaze is really high, a piece of handicrafts can really be described as ingenious, verdant plant glazed sculptures, as if a gust of wind blows, the leaves will flutter; The realistic animal glass seems to be frozen at the moment of the sculpture; The colorful characters are beautiful and look forward to it, just like Wu with the wind, and Cao Yi out of the water. It's more about daily necessities, like pen washes, vases, bowls, spoons, and so on. This qiē made Zhu Youzhen and Ke Qingqing laugh at Mimi, it was like walking into the palace of a fairy tale. Guocheng has not been able to find the right bottles, these bottles are beautiful, but they are too big, how expensive do you have to sell for perfume, and what year do you have to use them? It seems that Guocheng's trip is going to be empty, who will be idle and make a small bottle that can only hold half a mouthful of water?
Zhu Youzhen gained a lot, and after a while, Wang Chengen had several more glass products on him. Originally, the unlucky messenger of this porter was not the turn of Wang Chengen and Wang Da in charge, but Guocheng said that he wanted to travel in micro-clothes without guards, so Zhu Youzhen took a fancy to things, and Wang Chengen had to pay for it plus transportation.
Seeing Wang Chengen's eyes coming over for help, Guocheng said: "Ah Jian, what are you doing to buy so much glass?" ”
"Give it away," Zhu Youzhen said with a smile, "Give it to the emperor...... The grandfather surnamed Huang, his father, his mother, and Brother Guocheng. ”
Guocheng was sweet in his heart, he couldn't imagine that the little guy still remembered himself at this time, and his heart was greatly moved, so he decided to criticize him sternly - he really didn't know that firewood and rice were expensive, and those few gadgets just now cost a lot of silver.
"Ah Jian, do you know that Liuli can't be given away casually?" Guocheng decided to make up a nonsense, a lie that could break Zhu Youzhen's idea of buying glass again.
"Ah, I haven't heard of it."
"Medicine Buddha said, May when I attain Bodhi in my next life, my body will be like glass, clear inside and out, pure and unblemished. In other words, sending glass has the meaning of wishing people to become Buddhas. ”
"Isn't that good?"
Guocheng rolled his eyes, this Ah Jian is simply a selective idiot, he said his words so clearly, he couldn't hear what he meant, no wonder he was fooled by Yuan Chonghuan in history.
"Where does the Buddha live? Live in the Western Heaven Elysium. ”
"Oh, it turns out that giving people Liuli is to wish people to board the ...... early" Zhu Youzhen was so frightened that he didn't dare to go on.
The surrounding stall owners were all so angry that their faces turned blue, and today's business was ruined by these two little guys. When I first started listening to Guocheng reciting Buddhist scriptures, everyone nodded again and again, first, the little guy's voice was crisp and sweet, and second, the benefits of glass were vividly explained. Unexpectedly, before this head was finished, the little guy began to distort the Buddhist scriptures, saying that the glass that ward off evil spirits was a vicious curse. Is it easy for us to do a small business, although our business has not been opened for three years, and it has been open for three years, but if you say so, it is difficult for us to open for ten years. Sure enough, as soon as the little guy's words were finished, the customers who were admiring the glass hurriedly put down their things, like touching a hot potato.
Ke Qingqing was dumbfounded when she heard this, she was about to use her private money to buy a statue of Zhuge Liang and give it to Guocheng, because the statue was very similar to the grown version of Guocheng. Wang Chengen listened to the fact that he was secretly picking on the big brother in his heart, look at Guocheng, he can talk more, and he can turn the thoughts of His Royal Highness the Emperor and Sun around in one sentence. This has to be replaced by someone else, and "crackling" and counting Zhu Youzhen will not only not solve the problem, but will intensify the contradiction.
Suddenly, Ke Qingqing Xian Guocheng stared straight at him, muttering in his mouth, "It's so beautiful", and he couldn't help but feel happy and ashamed in his heart. I am glad that Guocheng has finally shown his beauty, and it is not in vain that he has been dangling in front of him every day for the past few days, nor is it in vain that he is carefully dressed up today; It's a shame that Guocheng actually praised himself in front of the public. Guocheng rushed towards her in a hurry, and Ke Qingqing hadn't decided whether to pretend to be shy to avoid it, or bravely meet it, but now Guocheng bypassed him and rushed towards a glass stall behind. She snorted angrily and ran to the front.
The glazed stall is very special, the glaze sold is colorless and transparent, very rough, not to mention the god, not even the shape is similar, compared to other people's colorful glazed handicrafts, the difference is not a star and a half, no wonder no one patronizes this half a day. Guocheng recognizes that where is the glass, it is clearly glass. Does Daming have glass? Legend has it that when Zheng He, the eunuch of the Three Treasures, went to the West, he brought back some glass craftsmen from overseas. However, at that time, glass was only used as a special kind of colored glass, and the handicrafts produced by zuò were far worse than five-color colored glass in terms of aesthetics. The glassmaker wanted to change his career to make glass, but which glassmaker did not keep the glass-making technology a secret, so the glass-making technology was slowly lost. This stall owner may be the descendant of those Western (note: the meaning is different from the current Western) glassmakers.
Guocheng's biggest regret after crossing is that he can't make glass, you must know that glass is very versatile, like a mirror in life, a magnifying glass in science, a microscope, a telescope in the military industry, which can be separated from glass.
Guocheng put down the glass, turned his head and whispered to Wang Chengen: "Inquire who made these glasses, and try your best to invite this glass master back." ”
Wang Chengen said: "I'm afraid I can't afford it, although the glazer is a craftsman, but not in the list of craftsmen, the price of a piece of glaze is expensive, and the salary of the glazer must not be low." ”
"Look at the stall owner's age, less than twelve, look at his face, and look at the patches and patches on his clothes, their family's life will not be much better than that of the artisan household."
Wang Chengen carefully looked at the glass stall owner, sure enough, he was just a teenager less than twelve years old, although he looked good-eyed, but his face was very poor, his hair was combed neatly, and he wore a piece of clothing that had been patched many times, similar to Baijiayi (in order to make the baby grow up healthily, parents will go to the neighborhood to ask for rags and make clothes for their children, called Baijiayi) clothes, the hem is rolled up high, it seems that the size is not appropriate.
Wang Chengen had a bottom in his heart, stepped forward, and whispered to the young man: "Young man, who made the things on your stall." ”
The young man was very vigilant and asked rhetorically, "What are you asking for?" ”
"Did you make it? Okay, I've taken a fancy to you and want you to go back. ”
The young man's face turned red all of a sudden: "Uncle, please respect yourself, I don't sell my body." ”
"That's right, I don't want your body, just your art. No, I want your art and your body again. It's still not right, I don't want your art, and I don't want your ......" Wang Chengen has no experience in inviting people, and he has been muttering here for a long time, and he didn't make his meaning clear. It's no wonder that he has seen the palace recruit people on the street one day, and the attendants who enter the palace are basically pulling relationships and entering through the back door.
When the young man heard what Wang Chengen said, his face changed, and he was so frightened that he didn't even care about the stall, and ran away. Guocheng hurriedly grabbed his clothes and said repeatedly: "It's not that uncle who invited you, it's me who wants to invite you." ”
Although the young man is a few years older than Guocheng and much taller, he is a starving person after all, but his strength is about the same as Guocheng, and he struggled a few times, but he didn't break free. He looked at Guocheng, who was dressed beautifully, not like Wang Chengen's accomplice, and asked, "Are you really not in the same group as him?" ”
Wang Chengen interjected: "Why isn't it a gang, he is the young master of our family." ”
The young man's face changed, and he struggled again. Guocheng secretly complained in his heart, how could he speak like this, didn't he drive people out, and hurriedly signaled Wang Chengen with his eyes not to speak anymore.
Guocheng said very sincerely: "Don't get excited, after listening to my words, if you still want to go, let's go." ”
Guocheng let go of his hand, although the young man's upper body put on a deferential look, but the lower body was arched with his front legs and straight with his hind legs.
"Although the glass you sell is in poor condition, it is better than being transparent and colorless, my family has opened a perfume workshop, and I need to make a lot of small transparent glass bottles, I want you to go back and make bottles."
Seeing Guocheng's sincerity, the young man believed eight points, and said: "I didn't make these glasses, my father made them, but I will do them too, if you invite the two of us to go to your house to do things together, I will do it." ”
Guocheng shook his head, the young man's face darkened, and he turned around to leave, but he heard Guocheng say: "The rules of our family are that the salary is very high, and your father can receive two taels of silver per month, but the child is under the age of sixteen and cannot work, so he must accompany Young Master A Jian to study together." ”
The boy is overjoyed, usually when he sees other children's children go to school, not to mention how envious he is, this time it's good, not only can his father receive a high salary, but he can also go to school. But when I thought that my father was seriously ill in bed, I was worried again.
Guo Cheng saw that the young man's face was cloudy, and knew that he must have encountered something difficult, so he asked: "Seeing that you are so hesitant, have you encountered any difficulties, say it, maybe I can help you solve it." ”
The young man stammered and told Guocheng about the family's predicament. It turned out that the boy's father was called Wu Fa, and his name was Wu Youcai, but the two were not biological father and son, he was the righteous son who was picked up and raised more than ten years ago. Wu Fa did not learn to make colorful glass all his life, life has been very difficult, he did not marry a daughter-in-law, and after picking up a baby, he raised him as his own son. Although the life of the two is poor, it is peaceful. However, since Wu Fa got seriously ill a few years ago, he has been bedridden, although there have been a few times when he has made glass, but it is as rough as a clay figure pinched by a child, and it is difficult to sell a piece in a few days, and life is becoming more and more difficult day by day. Their neighbor Chen Lao Yuanwai is a pervert who likes prostitution, and when he happened to see Wu Youcai, he had a bad idea and wanted to buy him back and play with him. Therefore, the young man will be wary of strangers, and misunderstand that Wang Chengen is also beating him for bad ideas.
Guocheng said: "Then let's go to your house to see your father, Steward Wang, you can ask a doctor to take a look on the way, cure the disease, and go to work with us." ”
Wang Chengen saw that the price of the glass bottle on the street was very expensive, and his heart was half cold, and he used this to fill the perfume, no matter how expensive it was, it was also for the glass master to make a wedding dress. Later, seeing that Guocheng only used two taels or six dollars of silver, he invited a glass master, although the craftsmanship is poor, but he can always make a glass bottle, so he agreed.
Guocheng beckoned Zhu Youzhen and Ke Qingqing to go to Wu Youcai's house together. Ke Qingqing walked over and snorted heavily, following behind. Guocheng scratched his scalp and thought, I didn't offend her, why did I get angry in a good way? Ask Zhu Youzhen, the second monk is also confused.
When he heard the names of Wu Youcai and Wu Fa, Zhu Youzhen's belly was about to burst with laughter: "Wu Youcai, no money, poor bastard, Wu Fa, lawless...... Hahaha......"
Wu Youcai blushed and explained: "I knew you would laugh, it was difficult for our surname Wu to choose a name, Wu Jin, no gold, Wu Yin, no silver, Wu Yong, useless." ”
Wu Youcai's home was very close to Liulichang, and several people talked and laughed, and soon came to his home. When I saw his house, Zhu Youzhen and Ke Qingqing were shocked, this house is too broken, it is short and small, and it is crooked, I am afraid that a gust of wind will blow it down. Guo Cheng, Zhu Youzhen, Ke Qingqing, Wang Chengen, and the doctors invited did not dare to go in, this had to come to a gust of wind, and they were buried alive in it.
Wang Chengen coughed dryly and said, "Well, we won't go in, you take your father out, and the doctor will help him see a doctor outside." You see, here outside the willow green flowers, we are enjoying the scenery outside. ”
Wu Youcai looked at the bare alley outside, he didn't know what they were thinking, and he didn't invite him, so he walked into the house alone.
There was a sound of conversation in the room, and then the sound of moving tables and chairs was heard, and the boy moved all the tables and chairs out of the room. Wang Chengen moved things for so long, he was tired, sat on a bench, and immediately jumped up with a "sigh". He looked at the stool, and it turned out to be a protruding nail that had stabbed hard in his ass. When several people saw Wang Chengen touching his buttocks, they all felt a chill behind their backs, and they didn't dare to sit anymore.
Wu Youcai took Wu Fa out and sat on a chair. The doctor cut his pulse and asked about the situation, but it was not a serious illness, a few pairs of herbs went down, and he could be cured after a while of recuperation.
Wu Youcai was about to take Wu Fa into the room to rest, but several people stopped him together and didn't let him in. Wu Youcai has lived here for more than ten years, where is he willing to believe their words, he wants to let his father rest, so he has to go to the house.
While a few people were arguing, a breeze blew, and the house swayed, swayed, and fell with a "boom".
Wu Youcai was shocked into a cold sweat, and said to Guocheng: "Childe saved Xiao Ke's father and son, and the two lives of Xiao Ke's father and son will be handed over to Gongzi, and in the future, Gongzi will let us go east, we will go east, let us go west, and we will go west." ”
Guocheng really thinks that he is a very lucky person, he can find a glass wizard by shopping casually, and he cleans up people's hearts. He originally tried to entrap these two people, but now he didn't need it, the evil wind did him a great favor.
Wang Chengen invited a carriage, and several people returned to Wenchang Palace Hutong with Wu Youcai and his son.
After getting out of the car, Guocheng said to Ke Qingqing: "Come over tomorrow at noon, I am going to talk about "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" to you." ”
Ke Qingqing was overjoyed and nodded in agreement. However, she thought about it, she was angry, how could she agree so quickly, and she was about to give Guocheng a little face, but saw that Guocheng had already walked into the courtyard.
Zhu Youzhen followed Guocheng into the back room and said: ""The Legend of the Condor Heroes, I also want to listen to it!" ”
Guocheng smiled and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Ah Jian, that story was originally told to you." Don't you remember the last time I said I was going to tell you the story of a big hero? This is the story of that great hero. ”
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