I was about to speak, but Mei Niang and my mother-in-law pushed the door in, but Sister-in-law Xiang didn't dare to sit anymore, and stood aside and stopped talking.

"You sit, alas, Liniang is married, why is it like a piece of meat is missing." The mother-in-law sat down, motioned for Sister-in-law Xiang to sit down, and said with a sigh.

"Where's Qiang'er?" They knew what I was looking for Xiang's sister-in-law, so they took Qiang'er to play outside, and they all ran in at this time, where is the girl?

"Oh, the little button is here, make a little wooden horse for Qiang'er, and Qiang'er will play." The mother-in-law glanced at Sister-in-law Xiang meaningfully.

"This kid!" Sister-in-law Xiang scolded in a hateful whisper, she didn't see the old lady's eyes, I knew that she was still distressed about her few jujubes, I glared at her.

"When the dates are harvested, I'll send you...... No, can I let your grandson sit on the jujube pile and eat enough? ”

"Thank you, ma'am! Thank you, old lady! She laughed and made sencha for her mother-in-law and Mei Niang. The mother-in-law laughed.

"What did you just say?"

Madame asked the old slave what he liked to do, and the old slave was saying that he wanted to be a carpenter, and Madame was also frightened. Old lady, you also think that this kid is unproductive! There are dates, she can say anything, and immediately complained to the old lady with righteous indignation.

"What's the point of doing that?" Mei Niang asked.

"You see how well I am doing in Zhuangzi? Although I don't refer to him as his brother, but with the kindness of his wife and old lady, it is not difficult to be a steward, right? What's more, he has been studying for a few years, so he should be better than his brother! After speaking, he felt unwilling, and emphasized, "What's better than being a carpenter, right?" ”

"How could he want to be a carpenter?" My mother-in-law also stayed for a moment, looking at me, I shrugged, and I was also embarrassed. You can't let the future queen's brother-in-law be a little carpenter, right?

Mei Niang frowned and thought for a long time, "Mother Xiang, go and bring the little button, I have something to ask him." ”

"Yes!" Sister-in-law Xiang went out respectfully.

Soon Qiang Er came in on a wooden horse, and the three of us looked at the proud little man, and we really wanted to laugh but couldn't. The first time I looked at Qiang'er seriously, she was eleven years old, not young, how could she still be like a child? My mother-in-law also looked at Qiang'er, and turned her head to look at me, and I think she was despising my teaching.

"Mother, am I heroic? Like today's groom officer? "Rose didn't see me and her grandmother's distress, and proudly showed me her new toy.

"Show the Trojan horse to my mother." I didn't bother to pay attention to her, I reached out to catch the wooden horse, and took a closer look at the good work, the horse brown, the horse eyes and the horse teeth were carved like the same, and the paint was very delicate. But no matter how delicate it is, it's just a Trojan horse, and it's only a dozen dollars on the set. I finished reading it and handed it to my mother-in-law; After reading it, the mother-in-law gave Mei Niang, the three of us carefully studied this Trojan horse, and no one noticed that Sister-in-law Xiang had already put the little button in.

"Pretty, isn't it? Brother Button made it for me! "Just like she did, get carried away.

"How old are you? Still playing this? "The Trojan horse finally came back to me, and I reprimanded Qiang'er, but still gave it back to her, who was in a hurry.

looked at the button, although this kid looked at him and seemed to be very familiar, but thinking about it today, it seemed that it was the first time to look at him seriously. Dark, strong, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, it doesn't look ugly, think: "Buttons...... By the way, what's your big name? ”

"It's called a button, ma'am!" Sister-in-law Xiang seems to think that I am asking too much.

"The master took a list of words for the villain, and the word Feihong." The words are quite decent, and it seems that the books have not been read in vain in those years.

"What's your last name?" I nodded, thinking about it, I am used to being called Xiangsao, and I really don't know what their family name is.

"Madame, what's wrong with you? What else does the slave care about, wasn't the old lady Wu Xiang who gave the name to my family back then? ”

"Alas! Are you really old and confused? I don't know Uncle Xiang's name is Wu Xiang? I asked Uncle Xiang what his real surname was? "I gave my sister-in-law a blank look.

"My surname is Guo!" The button said calmly.

I nodded, looking more reliable than Xiang's sister-in-law. Come to think of it, look at Qiang'er, she's having fun on the side, as if she doesn't want to hear what we're talking about, she only seems to have that Trojan horse in her eyes. I sighed, lowered my head and drank water as I asked, "Your mother just said that you don't study well and want to be a carpenter, didn't you?" ”

"The villain doesn't want to be a carpenter."

As soon as he spoke, I squirted the water out of my mouth again and glared back at my sister-in-law. Did the mother and son deliberately prevent me from drinking water? Sister-in-law Xiang immediately lowered her head and wiped the table.

"Brother Button wants to learn to make lacquerware!" Rose jumped up and scrambled to speak, buttons smiling. I gave Qiang a blank look, and she immediately lowered her head and went to play with the Trojan horse.

Lacquerware? I like, that's good, at least it's a little more advanced than that carpenter. It seems that the relationship between Button and Qiang Er is really good, Qiang Er knows Button's ideals, and Button is willing to talk about these things with Qiang'er. But can I call it an artistic thing, and can I have enough to eat here? I looked at a lacquer box on the table and thought for a moment, "How much silver did we buy this box?" ”

I asked Xiang's sister-in-law.

Sister-in-law Xiang glanced at it and said disdainfully, "Two two!" ”

I remember she complained to me when she bought it and said it was too uneconomical.

"It's expensive to buy, this box is average, my mother should look at a few more." The button bowed his head very uncooperatively.

"As long as it works, I think it's pretty much the same." Sister-in-law Xiang hated to bite her son to death, and it was already embarrassing for her to spend so much money to buy it, and she didn't bother to pick it?

I held up the lacquer box and looked at it back and forth, left and right, and thought it was good. looked at Mei Niang, Mei Niang also took it and looked at it for a long time, "What's wrong?" ”

"The pattern is not fine enough, and the lines are not soft enough. The phoenix's eyes are godless and not fresh enough. ”

"You're better than this?"

"The villain won't do it." He was a little helpless.

I'm dizzy, damn, it's just a mouth after talking for a long time! I wanted to lose my temper, but I looked at Qiang Er on the side, put down the box, and thought for a while, "Do we have a good master here?" Do you think you have talent? ”

"The villain wants to try."

"That's not going to work, how long do you have to try? Besides, can you learn to do this to support your family? I shook my head, "You might as well learn to be a carpenter, at least it only takes a day or two to make a Trojan horse, one sells ten patterns, one makes a small stool with five patterns, you hire two apprentices, and you make at least three ...... a day."

"Mother!" Mei Niang rubbed her forehead, and I stopped and looked at her. She looked at the button, and she cleared her throat: "Did you hear what my mother said, if you are not sure to do your best, give up as soon as possible." ”

"I want to do it!" He stared at me.

"That's right, mother, Brother Button must have learned well, you can hire a master for him." Rose took my hand, her eyes full of pleading.

I took a deep breath, "Three years, I'll give you three years, three years, if you make a better lacquer box than this and come back, I'll give you Qiang'er." ”