Chapter 32: Building the Box
After lunch, it was already early afternoon, Gu Anning locked the door with the child in her arms and left.
I had already agreed with the village chief yesterday that I would go to his house this afternoon to get the completed title deed.
The sun in the afternoon was very scorching, in order to prevent the sun from getting to Xiaole in her arms, Gu Anning put on an oil-paper umbrella to block the sun.
Because the afternoon sun was scorching, humid and hot, there were only a few people working in the fields on the village road.
After coming to the village chief's house with an umbrella, Gu Anning took the umbrella back, stretched out his hand and knocked on the door.
The village chief, who was already waiting inside, heard a knock on the door from outside, and thought to himself, could it be that An Ning's girl is here? Thinking of this, he then walked forward to open the door.
Due to the weather, it was difficult for the family to work in the fields, and his wife went to someone else's house to chat, the son went back to the room to study books, and the daughter sat in the room with a female worker, and he was the only one in the main hall in the whole family, so he was the only one to open the door.
Sure enough, as soon as the courtyard door opened, Gu Anning, who was holding Xiaole, appeared in front of him.
"An Ning, you're here, come in." The village chief beckoned her into the house.
Gu Anning nodded, and walked in with him.
Following him all the way to the main hall, after the two sat down, the village chief poured her a cup of tea and took out the title deed from his bosom and spread it out on the table.
"An Ning, the title deed has been completed, you take care of it."
"Well, I see, thank you village chief." As she spoke, Gu Anning picked up the completed title deed on the table and folded it into her arms.
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After saying goodbye to the village chief, Gu Anning went directly to Uncle Qi in the village to help other people's families make tables and chairs.
There are no boxes at home, and if you want to sell some self-made masks, you have to make some boxes first.
According to the memories left by the previous master, Gu Anning easily found Uncle Qi's home.
Seeing that the gate of the courtyard was open, Gu Anning stepped forward and did not step in directly, but habitually and politely reached out and knocked on the open courtyard door, and said, "Excuse me, is there anyone?"
"Yes, yes, come, come."
As soon as she finished speaking, a woman's anxious response was heard inside, followed by the sound of her hurried footsteps as she ran.
After a while, a woman stood in front of Gu Anning. The woman was a little surprised when she saw the girl holding the child in front of her, and said, "An Ning, why are you here?"
Gu Anning smiled at her and said, "Hello auntie, I'm here to find Uncle Qi, I don't know if Uncle Qi is at home?"
As soon as she heard that she was here to find her man, she knew that Gu Anning in front of her should want to build some furniture.
Because usually people in the family come to look for their men, most of them come to him to do woodwork.
So now that she heard her come to him, she knew why.
"Yes, he's at home now, I'll take you in to find him."
"Okay, I'm sorry for the trouble." Gu Anning said very politely.
So, the two of them walked in one after the other, and the woman led her into a transparent room, and said to the middle-aged man who was banging on the table and sweating like rain: "Ah Qi, you stop what you are doing first, An Ning is coming to you."
When the man inside heard this, he stopped what he was doing, and then wiped the sweat from his forehead and face with a towel hanging from his shoulder, and turned towards the door.
When he saw the person standing at the door, although he was a little surprised in his heart, he still smiled and said: "It's An Ning, uncle is not free yet, you and your aunt will go to the living room and wait for a while."
He still had a little left to finish the table, so he didn't want to leave so quickly, and wanted to finish the last step before leaving.
Gu Anning nodded when she heard this, and the aunt beside her took her to the main hall.
"I'll pour you a glass of water, you sit here for a while, he'll be here soon." The aunt who brought her to the hall said that she poured a glass of water for her.
"Thank you, auntie." Seeing her pour water for herself, Gu Anning thanked her very politely.
Hearing her polite thanks, the aunt waved her hand and said with a smile: "Don't be so polite, I still have some things to do, so you can wait here for a while."
"Okay, auntie, you can go." Gu Anning nodded at her with a light smile.
After the woman left, Gu Anning looked around for a while and then withdrew her gaze.
Uncle Qi's house is a large brick house that has been made for decades, and according to this house, it should have been made in his father's generation.
Now, the old brick house has a small hole in some places, and a little crack in some places, but it has not been patched.
Looking at the surrounding furnishings, and then looking at the clothes on the two of them, it seems that their family should not be rich.
According to the memory of the former owner, this Uncle Qi was honest and honest, helping the people in the village to build tables, chairs, cabinets or something, and the price was very low, and he did not ask for the same price as others.
Moreover, now that every household is almost furnished, he has a lot less work.
Therefore, his honest and honest family background is not very good.
Thinking about it, a man with a red face walked in from outside, and finally smiled at her sitting in the chair, and said, "An Ning, I'm really sorry to keep you waiting."
When Gu Anning heard this, she shook her head slightly and said, "It's okay, it's okay, but I bothered me."
When Uncle Qi heard this, he quickly waved his hand and said, "Don't bother, don't bother." With that, he sat down on a chair and poured himself a cup of slightly cool boiling water and poured it into his stomach.
Working in the room on a hot day, he was also hot and thirsty.
After pouring several glasses of water, he exhaled comfortably, looked at Gu Anning and asked honestly, "Anning, what furniture do you want to make?"
Gu Anning heard this, and then explained to him in detail the box she wanted.
After a long explanation, Uncle Qi finally knew the shape and size of the box she was going to make.
"Okay, these boxes aren't much of a problem to make, but I don't know how many you want?"
"Uncle Qi, you help me build fifty boxes that look exactly the same, I need them urgently, please speed up, uncle." Thinking of what he said to many people in the bazaar, Gu Anning also urged this Uncle Qi.
When Uncle Qi heard this, he knew that she was in a hurry, so he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll start doing it for you right away."