Chapter Ninety-Three: Meeting an Acquaintance
When he realized that the voice came from Liu Cuiping, Bai Qianning stood up with a swish, and hurriedly ran out to hug Xiao Douding, who was still chasing Xiao Tangyuan in the yard.
"You're staying at home, aren't you allowed to come out and hear it?"
After explaining, Bai Qianning walked to the door and checked the situation through the crack in the door.
Today, when the Xu family was talking about homely things, she heard about the current situation of the Zhao family. Since Zhao Laogen was arrested, Liu Cuiping's only backer has fallen, and Zhao Laosan died a few days ago, Liu Cuiping's whole person has completely collapsed, and she no longer has the arrogance of the past.
And Zhao Tiezhu knew that he was cuckolding but could only hold back because of the power of the village chief, but now he is okay, he fights with Liu Cuiping when he is unhappy, and the Zhao family's yard jumps every day. And because these two people have never done anything good before, the neighbors only watched the excitement when they saw it, and none of them stepped forward to pull the shelf. As for the sisters of the Zhao family, they have not been back since the last time they entered Tianxiang Building.
Listening to the movement outside at this moment, Bai Qianning pulled the corners of his lips, it seems that Xu Xiuzhu's interpretation of today's painting is not exaggerated, and the Zhao family is only afraid that it will be really over this time.
Closing the door, Bai Qianning didn't want to get involved anymore, but when she turned around, she saw Grandma Zhao, who had just come out of the room, standing in front of the window.
"Grandma!"
Bai Qianning called in a low voice, she knew that no matter how ruthless Zhao Tiezhu was, after all, he was Grandma Zhao's son, and no mother would be unmoved when she saw her child chasing her daughter-in-law all over the village.
Grandma Zhao didn't respond, just looked at Liu Cuiping, who had been beaten and swollen outside the window, sighed long, and muttered, "What a sin!" ”
"Grandma, or I'll ......" Bai Qianning looked at Grandma Zhao like this, a little unbearable.
Grandma Zhao just shook her head and said, "No need, you are self-inflicted, you can't live, you can't live!" Then he turned and went into the back room.
Seeing this, Bai Qianning didn't intervene anymore, only thinking about going to the county tomorrow for fear that Tianxianglou would have to go too, no matter what, she had to know the recent situation of Zhao Daniu and Zhao Erniu, her family had become like this, and there was no reason not to come back to see it.
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The next day, early in the morning, Bai Qianning and Uncle Xu went to Uncle Qin's house together, and according to the agreed time, Master Lin, a carpenter, and Brother He, a mason, also arrived at Qin's house.
Because he had to transport wood and bricks, Uncle Qin drove the old carriage alone, while Bai Qianning, Master Lin, and Brother He sat in the newly bought carriage, driven by Uncle Xu. Uncle Xu's skills in driving the carriage are not very good, but fortunately, he learns things quickly, and the carriage is more stable, and he is safe along the way.
Bai Qianning sat in the carriage and chatted with Master Lin and Brother He, and without chatting a word, he understood the temperament of the two people in front of him.
Master Lin's real name is Lin Dashan, and he is a well-known carpenter master in Shili Eight Villages, and I heard that even people in the surrounding towns often come to ask him to build houses or make furniture. And most of the time he refuses, there is only one reason, it is too far away from home, and it takes a few months to build a house, he is afraid that he will not be able to take care of his wife and children at home, so he only does the work nearby, and only makes some convenient home to carry far away, so that people can measure the size and send the wood, and he will let the family pull it away after he is done.
Because of this, although he has the technology in hand, he has also been diligent for many years, at most he has mixed food and clothing, plus the daughter-in-law at home is not in good health, and the children are still young, and life is often tight when the New Year is bad.
Bai Qianning saw that Master Lin was young but always frowned, and he looked old, so he couldn't help but ask: "I don't know what kind of disease Sister-in-law Lin has, I can't hide it, I have learned some medical science from my grandfather since I was a child, maybe I can help." ”
I saw Master Lin sigh, shook his head and said, "Hey! I see that you are still young, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to cure her illness! A few years ago, I was able to earn some silver, and the doctors in the town and county all looked at it, but most of them said that it was a stubborn disease in the confinement, and it could not be cured, but they were prescribed medicine to bring back to drink, and it is not an exaggeration to say that in the past few years, dozens of medicines have been eaten, and there is no good sign at all. ”
As Master Lin spoke, he shook his head vigorously, it seemed that he had spent a lot of effort for his daughter-in-law's illness.
It is rare to see such a man who will know how to hurt people, Bai Qianning has no reason to care, and she made up her mind that Sister-in-law Lin's illness was cured.
But she didn't want to pack the ticket at the moment, but comforted: "Master Lin, don't worry, there are people outside this person, there is a sky outside the sky, you can always meet someone who can cure your sister-in-law well, go back to the village later, I will follow you to show my sister-in-law, no matter what, there will always be hope if you look at it more." ”
"Well, then thank you White Girl."
Master Lin arched his hand towards Bai Qianning, but his heart was still bottomless, but his gratitude to Bai Qianning was very real, after all, this time to build the farm, the carpentry work was handed over to him to be in charge, the salary was three times that of others, and the silver could also be paid half in advance, which was a good thing that was not changed anywhere.
As a mason, Brother He is the same, he is very grateful to Bai Qianning, they were born in such a remote village, and they have a foreign surname, and no one will give him a good face on weekdays. Even if he wants to ask for help, it is just because he is strong, to put it bluntly, he is called as a laborer, and because he is in his early thirties and has not married a daughter-in-law, he has been told a lot of gossip in private.
In addition, his name is He Shuanggen, and the children in the village directly changed his name, and he was called He Dangen He Dangen on weekdays. He was angry about something, but he couldn't see it like a child, so he could only pretend not to hear it and leave quickly.
Of course, these things were all things that Bai Qianning had heard about when she was talking to Aunt Xu before, so Bai Qianning felt that the two people that Uncle Xu had found for herself were very reliable, and now they have chatted all the way, and they have confirmed their conclusions.
When he arrived in the county, in order not to delay other people's time, Bai Qianning asked Uncle Qin and Uncle Xu to guard the carriage outside the city, and he followed Master Lin and Brother He to the shops specializing in wood and masonry and mud.
According to the introduction of Master Lin and Brother He, this first batch of materials is used to lay the foundation, and it is necessary to use the top wooden stakes and stone flutes, Bai Qianning will hand them over to negotiate with the boss, and he will take a look on the side, pick and choose.
I don't know if it's a coincidence, I saw the glazed tile placed at the highest place at a glance, and this tile is exactly the same as the one used in the other courtyard of Yan Moze in my memory.
"Boss, what is the price of the glazed tile?"
Bai Qianning knew that this thing must be valuable, so he deliberately asked first.
Seeing her question, the shopkeeper looked up and down the clothes she was wearing, and was about to tell her the price in a contemptuous tone, but he heard a cough from inside the shop, which made him swallow back the "one tael of silver" that he was about to blurt out, and then trotted into the inner room.
When he came back, he had already put on a flattering face, nodded to Bai Qianning and asked, "Does the girl want the glazed tiles on it?" I'll have someone take it down and you can see it. ”
Then he waved to the shop and told them to hurry up and get it.
The glazed tile was in his hands, and the shopkeeper seemed to be afraid of getting Bai Qianning's hand dirty, so he kept holding it in his hand and approached to introduce it to Bai Qianning: "The girl has chosen the right glazed tile when she likes it, but it's not a secret, this tile is built by the top craftsmen in Jin City, and at night, it can emit a faint blue light through the illumination of the moonlight, not to mention how beautiful it is." ”
"Oh?" When Bai Qianning heard this, he was interested, and recalled that day in Yan Moze's courtyard, as if he had indeed seen another thin layer of blue light on the roof. Then he couldn't help but ask: "Then this tile must be very expensive, right?" ”
"Expensive is expensive...... No, no, it's not expensive, and this piece is only a penny ......"
As the shopkeeper spoke, there was a cough in the house, and he seemed to be frightened, so he quickly changed his words: "Oh, no, I'm wrong, this glazed tile is not worth much recently, and you can buy ten pieces of silver for one penny." ”
"Really?" Bai Qianning asked, but his eyes couldn't help but look in the direction of the inner room. The corners of his lips pulled up a faint smile, and he deliberately raised his voice and said: "This friend sells at such a price, isn't he afraid that I will buy too much and lose all the restaurants?" ”