Chapter 30: Start Again
Now she has nothing, even if she finds Zhang Lin's relatives, she will face a lot of trouble, and this baked cake shop has a small reputation under her management, and the skills of Aunt Li and Ning Er are very reassuring to her, which makes Lin Jinxiu, who originally wanted to open a store, feel that she has taken the first step.
This is what I miss, and what the original owner has never felt, the happiness of home.
"Great!" As soon as she heard that Lin Jinxiu wanted to stay, Ning'er became happy, hugged Lin Jinxiu and didn't let go, laughing and dancing, actually crying.
"I thought Sister Lin would leave us......" she said while crying, Lin Jinxiu, who couldn't cry or laugh, couldn't tell whether she was happy or sad.
Lin Jinxiu and Aunt Li exchanged glances, and Aunt Li looked at Lin Jinxiu's eyes with pity.
"Okay, okay, don't cry, don't cry." Lin Jinxiu patted Ning'er on the back and kept comforting her, "Is it okay to go with me today to find a carpenter to rebuild the shop for us?" ”
"Good, good!" Ning Er agreed while crying, but the little paw was still unwilling to let go of Lin Jinxiu's clothes, "Also, I have to buy things for Lele, Lele's things are too few......"
Ning'er has also regarded Lele as her family.
"Okay." Lin Jinxiu responded.
After appeasing Ning'er, Lin Jinxiu walked to Aunt Li's side, took her hand seriously, and looked into her eyes: "Auntie, are you willing to let me continue to live with you?" ”
Aunt Li's left hand is in Lin Jinxiu's hand, and her right hand is still holding Lele, under Lin Jinxiu's sincere eyes, how can she say something like unwillingness?
Lin Jinxiu smiled.
Of course she knew what Aunt Li meant.
"Auntie, if you want, your embroidered sister is your own granddaughter." Lin Jinxiu said.
It took seven days to find two relatives in this world who were wholeheartedly good for her, and Lin Jinxiu felt that she had made a lot of money.
Before going out, Lin Jinxiu and the others tidied up the more important things in the house and brought them with them, after all, now that the house is burned like this, even if the lock is still good, it has lost its anti-theft effect.
Fortunately, the three of them don't actually have anything, and a small package can hold it all.
After the three of them went out, Lin Jinxiu booked two rooms at the nearest inn, placed Aunt Li and Lele there, and took Ning'er out to do what she had to do.
Out of the inn, Lin Jinxiu asked around about the most famous carpenter in the county, and asked several people in a row, and the answer he got was Zhang Mou.
Zhang Mou? The name sounds familiar.
Lin Jinxiu pinched her chin and thought for a long time before she reacted, isn't this Zhang Mou the name Zhang Lin wrote on that small note?
It turns out that Zhang Lin's relatives are carpenters! What a coincidence.
"Sister Lin, do you know this person?" Ning'er asked.
"This person is a relative of the benefactor I want to take refuge in the county this time." Lin Jinxiu said with a smile, "This is also a coincidence, so I'll take this opportunity to visit him." ”
Asking left and right finally asked the way, Lin Jinxiu and the two walked straight towards Zhang Mou's store.
Zhang Mou was an old bachelor over forty years old, not tall, very thin, but those arms were extremely powerful.
He worked hard all his life as a carpenter, and was born with a crazy craftsman, not thinking about tea and dinner, not close to women, and lived in this county for nearly 20 years with his own craftsmanship, and was nitpicky about his works, the more expensive the works, the more exquisite, and won the love of the rich and noble people in the county.
The Eight Immortal Chairs in Cui Shao's house, the mahogany square table in Shen Erfat's house, and even the table in the county magistrate's court were all from the hands of this ingenious carpenter.
When Lin Jinxiu and the others walked into Zhang Mou's shop, Zhang Mou was concentrating on his work, and the wood chips he had planed out with the planer in his hand were as thin as paper, and they fell to the ground flutteringly.
"May I ask if it's Master Zhang Mou?" Lin Jinxiu asked.
The thin man shrunk on the stool raised his head and looked at Lin Jinxiu: "What's the matter?" Wait a little while to make things, there will be work in these two days. ”
"It's not." Lin Jinxiu said, "It was Zhang Lin, the village chief of Beigang Village, who introduced me, and I just happened to want to ask you to help make something, and the price is negotiable." ”
As soon as the thin man heard that it was Zhang Lin who introduced him, he immediately put the planer in his hand at hand, stood up and wiped the sawdust in his hand on his pants and saluted Lin Jinxiu: "Oh, I know, it's Lin Jinxiu Lin girl, right?" I received my brother Zhang Lin's letter a few days ago, it is you who saved my nephew who is struggling, thank you so much! ”
Ning Er and Aunt Li were very interested in Lin Jinxiu's past, and they just listened quietly without speaking.
"It's just a matter of raising your hands." Lin Jinxiu bowed down and saluted back, "It's nothing, nothing." ”
"How long has the girl been here?" Zhang Mou looked around, wiped three stools with a cloth for Lin Jinxiu and them to sit on, after all, there was no shortage of stools in this carpenter shop. After the three of them sat down, Zhang Moucai asked.
Lin Jinxiu looked up at the sky: "These days...... It's a long story......"
Under Lin Jinxiu's very brief summary and Ning Er's interjection from time to time, Zhang Mou was stunned to understand what had happened in the county in the past few days, mixed with the rumors he had heard, to form a complete story.
"It turns out that you are the Lei Feng girl who was called a heroine by the people around you." Zhang Mou crossed his arms and nodded, "I admire, I really admire it." ”
"No, no, no." Lin Jinxiu was a little embarrassed and waved her hand again and again.
"So, because the store was burned, it had to be built from the house, right?" A carpenter is a carpenter, Lin Jinxiu said that he had something to ask for when he entered the store, and after hearing that Major Cui burned down the shop where Lin Jinxiu had settled in the past few days, Zhang Mou knew the reason why Lin Jinxiu came here.
Lin Jinxiu nodded: "That's right." Starting from the house, to the tables, chairs, and benches in the store, everything needs to be redone. Everyone said that the master made a good table and chair, so they came to visit the master. ”
Zhang Mou was obviously very confident in his craft, and when he heard the neighbors say that his things were well done, his face was full of reason: "I have been a carpenter in this county for 20 years, and no one can surpass me in this craft of dealing with wood, Miss Lin, your shop is in my hands!" ”
"Then thank you, master." Lin Jinxiu hurriedly expressed his gratitude, "The price is negotiable, don't be polite, master." ”
Zhang Mou waved his hand and shook his head: "Absolutely not polite to you, I have wanted to rob the cakes in your store for a long time, as long as I can eat your magical corn tortillas, my wish is also true!" ”
This was a piece of cake for Lin Jinxiu, and she immediately promised Zhang Mou that as long as she could get the furniture and storefront of their residence ready, she would entertain them with the magical corn tortillas.
"Then the girl will wait a moment, and take this little girl to the streets, and when I have finished this stool quickly, I will go with the girl." Zhang Mou said and picked up the wooden planer in his hand again.
Lin Jinxiu agreed, turned around and signaled to Ning'er, and the two walked out of Zhang Mou's store together.
"The people my sister knows are so powerful!" Leaving the stranger, Ning'er returned to her cute appearance, and the conversation between Fang Cai and Zhang Mou made her admire Lin Jinxiu even more.
She wanted to know Lin Jinxiu's past, but she was too embarrassed to ask, so she could only quietly write it down first, thinking that she would ask her later.
Lin Jinxiu was thinking about a list of things to buy in her heart, but she answered Ning'er's words twice.
At this time, Lin Jinxiu's eyes caught a glimpse of a stall selling jewelry on the side of the road, on which was a wooden-shaped hairpin, and at the top of the hairpin was a small rabbit carved not very finely.
Lin Jinxiu felt that this hairpin was really suitable for Ning'er at the first glance, childish and lively, but pure and lovely.
She walked up to the stall and talked to the stall owner, and after a little bit of the price, she bought the hairpin, which was already very cheap.
Ning'er thought that Lin Jinxiu bought this hairpin because she liked it, but she didn't expect Lin Jinxiu to put the cute little rabbit on her head after changing hands.
"Sister Lin, is this for me?" Ning Er put her hands on top of her head and stroked the cute hairpin, and her eyes began to glow again.
Lin Jinxiu nodded: "It's for you." ”
This is the first time Ning'er has received jewelry. She took the hairpin off her head and held it tightly in her hand, suppressing the feeling of wanting to cry, she just said thank you forcefully, put the hairpin in her clothes, and was reluctant to wear it at all.
New quilts, pillows, clothes, ink, brushes, account books, under the leadership of Lin Jinxiu, everything has to be bought, which makes Ning'er, who is used to simplicity, more and more shocked.
"Sister, is it really good for us to buy such an expensive thing?" Ning Er hugged the thick and Xuan quilt that Lin Jinxiu had chosen, and couldn't wait to bury her whole face in it.
Is it expensive? Lin Jinxiu didn't know how to answer.
Maybe for Ning'er, these things are something she hasn't used after living for so long, but for Lin Jinxiu, the quality of these things is no better than what she has used.
"It's just a necessity for life." Lin Jinxiu explained to Ning'er, "When you have money in the future, I will buy you many sets of clothes and let you change them every day." ”
"No, no, no!" Ning'er shook her head vigorously, "Ning'er needs two sets at most, no, three sets are fine!" ”
Lin Jinxiu smiled. The little girl really loves beauty.
Lin Jinxiu and Ning Er went shopping for a long time, bought everything that was necessary for life, and bought a change of new clothes for Aunt Li, so the two returned to Zhang Mou's shop with a lot of things.
The time was just right, and the moment Lin Jinxiu stepped into Zhang Mou's shop, Zhang Mou just recruited a few of his apprentices and was discussing with them how to build Lin Jinxiu's baked cake shop.
"Master Zhang, we're back." Lin Jinxiu greeted him.
Several of Zhang Mou's apprentices turned their heads to look, and they were attracted by Lin Jinxiu and Ning Er. After buying new clothes and tidying up and dressing up, the two of them were both beautiful embryos, and the apprentices who soaked in wood chips every day saw the two beauties in an instant, and their eyes lit up.
Only Zhang Mou still looks like a craftsman, and the changes between Lin Jinxiu and Ning Er don't seem to have any effect on him.
"Miss Lin, let's go." Zhang Moudao.
"Good. Then trouble the masters. Lin Jinxiu nodded.