Su Jinyao looked at Su Xiangui's expression and felt that his interest didn't seem to be so high, so she asked, "What's the matter, Dad, is Siping's apprentice clumsy, or is he not diligent?" Or is it because he has poor understanding and the things he makes up are not good-looking? ”

Su Xiangui shook his head and said, "No, I can't say what it feels like." Siping's hands are very skillful, and his brain is also easy to use. What I taught him, he could remember it by looking at the shape of my mouth and saying it a few times, and he could learn it by practicing it a few times. If he hadn't been able to hear or speak, he would have learned much faster. But what did he make up...... I've always thought it was a little weird, but I couldn't really tell what was wrong. So it's better for you to see for yourself. ”

Su Jinyao felt strange when she heard Su Xiangui's words, but she didn't understand too much, so she walked over and took a look.

Siping seems to have made a lot of things this day, all of which are about the same size as the basket made by Su Xiangui, it should be because Su Jinyao has size requirements, so he came according to this specification.

But Su Jinyao lifted a basket and looked at it, and she understood what Su Xiangui meant. Because...... Abstract!

The shape of the basket is strange, at first glance it looks like it is broken, the left and right sides are asymmetrical, and the basket is unevenly thick. But if you look closely, you can see that Siping definitely put a lot of effort into making the basket like this. I thought that the color of the bamboo pieces he used was carefully matched, and it was a gradient color, from light to dark.

Pick up a basket and look at it, it also feels the same, like it is broken, one side is bulging, and the other side is recessed into a large piece, as if someone has stepped on it. However, the technique used is very special, and the bamboo pieces selected are not the same width, because the size of the bamboo pieces is different, which forms this special shape.

It can be said that the baskets woven by Siping are all made with thought, and the creativity is very chic, and the workmanship is not the best for the time being, but it can be seen that he is very serious. If you practice well over time, you will definitely not lose to Su Xiangui in terms of craftsmanship.

"Jinyao, don't you think it's strange too? I asked Siping, why did he bother to make it like this. In order to choose the color of the bamboo chips, he squatted in the yard for an hour, picked a lot of bamboo, and made them with bamboo pieces on the shade and yang sides. But this thing that came out, whether it was round or not, whether it was flat or not, was really a four-way thing. ”

Su Xiangui said, with an embarrassed expression on his face, and said, "Jinyao, you said that you don't require the style and shape of the basket, so I told Siping like this." But if he continues to make it up like this, don't you have to pay him for it? ”

Su Jinyao didn't make a sound, and looked at the other two baskets carefully, and then arranged the baskets in turn and placed them on the edge of Su Xiangui's kang. He asked, "Dad, do you see anything special about these baskets?" ”

"Huh?" Su Xiangui looked at the basket, smiled helplessly, and said, "It's quite special, each one is special." I just can't say what it is. ”

Su Jinyao also smiled when she saw Su Xiangui's embarrassed look. Then he said, "Dad, we have found a treasure." Siping's idea is the most valuable, he is simply a natural artist. ”

Su Jinyao couldn't suppress the tension and excitement in her heart, and said, "From our ordinary aesthetic point of view, the left and right are symmetrical, the sky is round, and the place is round, and it is beautiful to have a perfect circle." But Siping's technique seems a little strange, but in terms of color matching and ingenuity of configuration, there is definitely a master's creativity. If it is carved and perfected, it will be a completely ingenious and unique work. ”

Su Jinyao praised Siping's compilation as a "work", which shows that she has a high opinion of it. And Su Jinyao feels that these baskets may not be good in the eyes of ordinary people, but as long as there are one or two knowledgeable people to appreciate them, they are really magnificent works of art.

Su Jinyao's appreciation was difficult to understand to Su Xiangui, but in his eyes, he really didn't see a good thing. However, since Su Jinyao's face was happy, he didn't refute Su Jinyao's interest, but just nodded and said, "Okay, since Jinyao you like it, then so be it." Dad has no other skills, so he can only teach him some more crafts and let him do better. ”

Su Jinyao nodded vigorously and said, "Dad is right, his current creativity is good, but his craftsmanship is really not good." Today, I took out my father's basket and sold it, and thanks to my father's exquisite craftsmanship, I didn't let people take advantage of the loopholes. ”

Before, Su Jinyao saw that the basket made by Su Xiangui looked good, so she asked if the basket was sturdy, and Su Xiangui did a "destructive test" for Su Jinyao at that time, asking Su Jinyao to flatten one of the baskets and then pull it back to its original state.

Su Xiangui said confidently at the time, "Dad's craftsmanship is the best, as long as it is not broken, no matter how bent or flattened, it can be restored as before." Back then, your second uncle was able to make a few of these baskets, but he didn't make them as well as his father. Later, your second uncle is gone, this craft, it is estimated that there is only a father's meeting. ”

So Su Jinyao remembered this sentence and remembered such an experiment. But if you can show it today, you can be regarded as winning back face and earning silver.

Su Jinyao briefly said that Ma Liu imitated the basket made by Su Xiangui and wanted to sell it for a good price. However, he still concealed the actual price, but he didn't want Su Xiangui to feel too surprised.

Su Xiangui listened, sighed and said, "Dad, I learned this craft from my grandfather, and later learned to weave baskets, baskets, baskets, and baskets, and most of them were used to help the neighbors weave them in their spare time, but I didn't sell a few." But my daughter is out of luck, and she can still sell this basket. It's not a waste of my father's craft. ”

Su Jinyao hurriedly said, "Dad, Siping's creativity is good, and your craftsmanship is also a master." The two of you have an idea, the other has a craft, and this is combined, and it will be later

Wait and count the money. ”

"Okay, okay, Daddy is waiting to count the silver." Su Xiangui smiled, and all the words were said by Jin Yao. He also said, "In the future, my father will make more baskets and sell them for more money, so that your sisters' dowries will also be rich." Build two more rooms and let Xiaocheng'er marry a good daughter-in-law, that is my greatest blessing. ”

Su Jinyao's eyes were crooked when she saw Su Xiangui smiling, and she was also happy from the bottom of her heart.

At this time, Xiao Cheng'er came in from outside the door and asked, "Second sister, eldest sister asked if you boiled the bath water?" She said she went to the shower, and if you did the same, add another bucket of water. ”

"Wash. But you can rest, I'll just boil the water myself. After Su Jinyao finished speaking, she said to Su Xiangui, "Dad, then let's do it first." You continue to teach Siping the craft, but don't limit his thinking, he can make up whatever he wants. However, you don't have to make up too much, rare things are expensive, and strive to make each of your compilations a boutique of the best, not those that are too ordinary. ”

"Hey, okay, Daddy understands. I also understand the truth that scarcity is expensive. Su Xiangui agreed. Now it's even more Jinyao who says that everything is right.

"Thank you, Dad." After Su Jinyao finished speaking, she smiled at Su Xiangui and ran out of the house.

Xiao Cheng'er also followed behind Su Jinyao, and asked all the way, "Second sister, why don't you go and prepare a change of clothes, and I'll help you boil water." ”

"You don't need to prepare, it's just two sets, either this set or that set." After Su Jinyao finished speaking, she looked at the clothes on her body.

She is usually at home, and she still picks the old clothes of the silly girl to wear, but those that are too tattered are not needed. Only when she went to the town or the city did she wear the dress that Sophie gave her. Although she cherishes wearing it, it's really not a problem to have only such a set of clothes that are not bad.

Xiao Cheng'er saw Su Jinyao looking at her clothes in a daze, so she smiled and said, "Do you think your clothes are shabby?" Actually, second sister, you are very beautiful, buy a few sets of clothes to dress up, just like a lady from a big family. ”

"Have you ever seen a young lady from a big family? I'm far from them. Although Su Jinyao said this, she felt in her heart that she was indeed too far behind the young lady from a big family. However, it is not the difference in appearance and temperament, but the ability to stand on one's own feet and make money by supporting one's family, while those young ladies from large families are just embroidery, fluttering butterflies, and occasionally writing a few sour poems. Such a gap is a thousand-year-old ideological gap, dare to ask who can compare with her in ancient times.

Xiao Cheng'er smiled and said, "Why haven't you seen it?" Second sister, do you still remember the carriage and the two young ladies I met when you and I first went to Xiaoshuipu? I think if you wore that dress, you would look better than the two of them. ”

After Xiaocheng'er said this, Su Jinyao also remembered that she had indeed met such a graceful and luxurious lady at that time. And the name of "Quanqing Bamboo Fragrance" was given by the noble lady.

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Jin Yao knocked on Xiao Cheng'er's head and said, "I can't imagine that you still remember this incident." What you said is right, those two little girls should be regarded as the real eldest lady, but it is wrong to compare the second sister with them. People are pampered, we are self-reliant, and there is a difference in nature. ”

"After that, we will also be a rich family like that, isn't it the same?" For the good days in the future, Xiaochenger has always been full of confidence.

Su Jinyao smiled and said, "Okay, the second sister has always believed in you." However, I said there was an exam, so hurry up and get a pen and paper. While I'm boiling water in the kitchen, I'm going to test you quickly. ”

Hearing Su Jinyao say that she still had to take the exam, Xiao Cheng'er began to pout again, looking reluctant.

Su Jinyao pushed him with a smile and said, "Go quickly." If you enter the school in the future, a child like you who doesn't listen to Mr. will be beaten in the palm of your hand. ”

"Huh? Is that amazing, sir? Xiao Cheng'er looked shocked and asked, "Then why did Mr. beat someone?" The beating hands hurt so much, why can't you say it well. If that's the case, I'd better not go to the school. I'm always active, and sometimes I talk a lot and have a lot of questions. If you are annoyed by asking your husband, it is not to beat your palms every day. ”

Su Jinyao frowned slightly when she heard this. For ancient education, she only watched more from TV, as if her husband really likes to use bamboo boards to hit the palms of primary school students, and always mutters what "you can't do if you don't fight". Su Jinyao disagrees with this, but she is powerless to change anything.

Su Jinyao felt that it was necessary to send Xiaocheng'er to the school. Because no matter how well he teaches Xiaocheng children, he also needs to be able to get in touch with the outside world, contact more children of the same age, and read and study with these children, which can be regarded as an accumulation of contacts. If some of these children are also prosperous in the future, and their careers are open, then there is a friendship between him and Xiaocheng'er, and they can take care of each other, which is more important than anything else.

Therefore, Su Jinyao can teach Xiaocheng'er knowledge that he can't learn in the ancient school, but he can't give him a network, which needs to be cultivated and maintained by Xiaocheng'er himself, and Su Jinyao can't help it. This is not to say how powerful Su Jinyao is, but she is very aware of the importance of judging the situation and the strength of her network.

Su Jinyao had to comfort Xiaocheng'er and said, "There are also gentlemen who don't beat people." In addition, Mr. likes good children, reads well, is smart, and has eyesight, and children will not be beaten. The second sister thinks that Xiaocheng'er is such a well-behaved and sensible child, so she will definitely not be beaten. ”

Of course, Xiaocheng'er still doesn't understand the powerful relationship that Su Jinyao thought of, but Su Jinyao said that if he let him go to the school, he naturally wanted to listen to Su Jinyao's words. Then he nodded and said, "I know, second sister, if I can really be admitted to the school, I will listen to Mr. lectures, read and write well, Mr. likes diligent and smart children."

Son, of course he won't hit me. ”

"Well, Xiaocheng'er is so good." Su Jinyao touched Xiao Cheng'er's head and gave him an approving smile.

Xiaocheng'er is a child who is easy to satisfy and happy. Because of Su Jinyao's encouraging smile, he happily went to get the pen and paper, ready to let Su Jinyao give him the exam.

Taking advantage of this, Su Jinyao added another bucket of water to the cauldron. A few sticks of firewood were added to the stove, and when the water was hot, she went to take a bath.

Sophie took a shower and came out to pour water, just in time to see Xiaocheng'er running happily to get a pen and paper and run to the kitchen. couldn't help laughing and said, "Are these two people enchanted?" Why do you get all these things every day? I know the difficulty of writing, and I don't know what Xiaocheng'er likes. ”

Listening to Sophie's chatter, Xiao Cheng'er stopped at the kitchen door again, turned around and said, "Sister, you are really different from the mystery of this book and the joy of writing." If you look at the soft brush dipped in ink, leaving square handwriting on the snow-white rice paper, the mood is too delicate. In particular, the same word, when combined with other different words, is a different word, a different sentence, and a different meaning, which is really interesting. ”

Sophie pouted when she heard this, and said, "What strange things are you talking about?" Because my eldest sister is illiterate, you can fool me. I've heard that there are thousands of words that are commonly used, and there are many, many words when you say a sentence, and you say that they are the same words and have different meanings, isn't that too strange? ”

"Eldest sister, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand, beware of making jokes to others." Xiao Cheng'er was so anxious that he stomped his feet, ran into the kitchen and put down the paper and pen, and ran out in a hurry, grabbed Sophie, who was still pouring water, and picked up a piece of firewood and said, "Sister, look at it, this word is 'know', but if you replace this 'dao' with a ''you', it becomes 'know'." I know, big sister knows, right? It's the one that screams the most in the trees in the summer. ”

Saying that, Xiaocheng'er also "squeaked" and learned a few sounds to know the scream. It's not as loud as the real scream, but it's quite similar.

Sophie looked at the words on the ground, but she didn't know any of them, so she had to smile and say perfunctorily, "Okay, eldest sister knows, the 'knowing' that I know and the 'knowing' who know are the same word, right?" It's not early, so go to bed quickly. Your second sister is also tired for a day, don't always quarrel with her. ”

After saying that, Sophie poured out the water, brushed the big wooden basin again, put it back in the back barn and went back to sleep.

Xiao Cheng'er was stunned for a while, and knew that the eldest sister was perfunctory, and she must have not learned at all. But now that the eldest sister ignored him, he could only return to the kitchen with his mouth flat.

Su Jinyao saw Xiao Cheng'er's mouth pouting, so she smiled and said, "I see your mouth, you can tie a donkey." Don't flatten your mouth, if you flatten it again, you'll be a duck's beak in the future. ”

"Second sister, why do you say that the eldest sister is different from you? Hello

Like anything, the eldest sister doesn't seem to like to learn anything, and she always thinks she can do anything. Xiao Cheng'er was still depressed, and felt that the eldest sister's temperament really made him unable to stand it as a younger brother.

Su Jinyao thought for a while and said, "Since you have memorized these books, you will also use a lot of idioms, so you should know the meaning of the phrase 'everyone has their own ambitions', right?" Actually, as long as your eldest sister thinks it's good, then there's nothing wrong with that. In fact, people can't live all their lives to cater to others, let alone care about other people's eyes. In other words, the eldest sister is living very freely. She can do whatever she wants, and being free and easy is not a happy life. And you or me, or even my father, have no right to ask others what kind of path to take or what kind of life to live. When she grows up, she has her own choices, and we can only help her and respect her, instead of imposing on her with our ideals and consciousness to make her what kind of person she becomes. ”

After listening to Su Jinyao's words, Xiao Cheng'er was stunned for a long time before saying, "Then second sister, what if I say that I don't like to read either?" Do you still want to give me an exam? ”

(End of chapter)

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