Chapter 034: A Visit to My Hometown
Qin Lanzhou's legs took a week before he finally got off the ground.
Fortunately, some time ago, in order to catch up with the competition works, they pushed down a lot of orders, and now that they are in the off-season, she and Situ Mo are idle.
Not to mention how beautiful this week is, she lies in bed all day watching American dramas, and lives a life of clothes and food to open her mouth.
Of course, Situ Mo is inconvenient to take care of her.
Knowing that she was injured, her mother Du Caiyu immediately killed her from her hometown in Suzhou City, brought several local chickens, ducks, and quails, and gave her and Situ Mo a big meal.
Thanks to her mother's care, Qin Lanzhou's leg injury healed quickly, especially the ancestral bruise medicine brought by her mother from her hometown was particularly spiritual, but in a week, Qin Lanzhou's ankle had become swollen, and as long as she was a little scruple when walking, she would not feel pain.
Seeing that Qin Lanzhou's injuries were in good condition, Du Caiyu was thinking about going back to her hometown in Sucheng, probably thinking about her old man.
Qin Yi, like Qin Lanzhou, is the master who can't take care of himself, Du Caiyu can only ask the neighbor to bring him and his old mother food, Qin Yi has complained several times that it is not in accordance with the taste......
Although Situ Mo doesn't say much, he is extremely keen to capture people's minds.
So, after rushing to make the last order, Situ Mo said to Du Caiyu and Qin Lanzhou in a consultative tone:
"Master, either I will drive you back to Sioux City tomorrow, and if you come for a few days, the master should be depressed; Second, I won the award, and I guess I want to go back to my hometown and get nervous in front of my master and grandmother, what do you think? ”
Situ Mo's words were well versed in Qin Lanzhou's thoughts, causing Qin Lanzhou to wink at him mischievously:
"Senior brother, you know me."
"That's okay, grandma has been talking about it many times, saying that I haven't seen you for a long time."
When Du Caiyu heard this, he nodded and said with a smile.
So early the next morning, after they explained to Xiaosheng and Xiaomo to look at the store, they set off and drove to their hometown in Sioux City.
Qin Lanzhou's hometown is close to the mountains and rivers, called Anhe Town, since the Ming and Qing dynasties, it has been famous for gold shops in Suzhou City.
Qin Lanzhou's father, Qin Yi's craftsmanship, is to learn from his ancestors, and he is already the thirty-third generation of the Eight Classics.
It is said that back then, the ancestor of the Qin family was a goldsmith for three generations in a row, and later retired to Anhe Town in his later years.
And all of this has a clear historical record, and there are still intact genealogies and materials in the ancestral hall of Anhe Town.
Anhe Town is full of people with the surname Qin, but in the family of the people surnamed Qin, only Qin Lanzhou's father has insisted on the craft of fine gold craftsmanship to the end, and once had a glorious moment in Sioux City.
But no matter how beautiful it is, since my father injured his right hand at his peak, and only Qin Lanzhou, a female baby, broke the traditional so-called incense, their vein is considered to be in decline.
Nowadays, the goldsmithing shops in Anhe Town have gradually disappeared, and there are fewer and fewer people engaged in goldsmithing, and everyone has started to make other businesses......
Qin Lanzhou won the award this time, presumably his father and grandmother should be very happy.
Seeing Situ Mo's car driving along the country road all the way to Anhe Town, Qin Lanzhou saw his own golden duplex villa with a golden appearance like a gold ingot, and the two hundred-year-old banyan trees nestled together outside the villa.
The hometown love instantly rose from Qin Lanzhou's heart, and as soon as Situ Mo stopped, Qin Lanzhou ignored the leg pain, held the golden trophy, and jumped open the gate of the courtyard......
"Scare the child's heart, master, don't pay attention to her, she is deliberately smiling you. In fact, in the past few years, she has made great progress, she is willing to spend time learning crafts, and she also has a set of business, you should praise her more. ”
Situ Mo smiled and said good things for Qin Lanzhou, he glanced at Qin Lanzhou, but Qin Lanzhou shrugged his shoulders disappreciably, making Situ Mo helpless with her.
"If you don't praise her, she has such a high tail, if you want to praise her, she can't go to the sky!"
Qin Yi scolded coldly with a straight face, but his heart was still as sweet as eating honey.
The Qin family has been passed down from generation to generation, adhering to the ancestral teachings all the way, and Qin Yi has an extremely lofty sense of belief in the fine gold craftsmanship in his heart.
It is this sense of belief that sustains his father and his persistence in passing on this skill to this day even when he was the poorest and most miserable.
His father has always taught him a saying: do one thing for the rest of your life.
And he has always adhered to these six-character proverbs, carefully teaching Situ Mo and Qin Lanzhou not to forget the ancestral teachings and the inheritance of the family.
The fine gold craft industry is indeed very boring, you must be able to sit still, endure loneliness, in order to get through.
Fortunately, his two apprentices were both angry, and they didn't let him worry about learning art, but in Situ Mo's body, he still had a little regret...... If it weren't for that incident back then, I'm afraid Situ Mo would have been a well-known master craftsman all over the country by now.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but set his eyes on Situ Mo, seeing that he was wearing a black shirt and black trousers, still wrapping himself in a thick black, although his eyebrows seemed to be peaceful, from his body, he could no longer see the vigor of the past.
Doing craftsmanship requires not only perseverance, but also strong spirituality, and Situ Mo's current situation, I'm afraid he has no intention of moving forward.
This kid is obviously a good material, but he is too fateful.
Qin Yi couldn't help but sigh heavily, and the three of them stood together in front of this wall of honor, and for a while they seemed to have a heart in their hearts, and fell into silence.
"It's time to eat!"
Du Caiyu's shout relieved them of their deadlock.
"Let's go, let's eat!"
Qin Yi gave an order, and ran impatiently in the direction of the restaurant.
Qin Lanzhou and Situ Mo walked side by side behind him, and seeing Qin Yi's anxious roar, Qin Lanzhou couldn't help but muttered in a low voice:
"Look, I usually show off my mother's martial arts, but I really have this virtue without my mother."
Situ Mo couldn't help laughing suddenly, and he couldn't help but feel more emotion in his heart.
He grew up in the Qin family, and his grandparents treated him generously since he was a child, needless to say, Qin Yi has always been a master and a father, not only teaching him to learn art, but also spending a lot of money to send him to further study and cultivate him to become a talent.
He didn't know who his real parents were, and when his grandmother picked him up under the banyan tree, there was only a note in his swaddling clothes with his birth date and surname Situ written on it, and nothing else.
If it weren't for their family, his life and death would be uncertain, let alone where he would be gone.
His life was given by the Qin family, and the Qin family was a great benefactor to him.
Although he never called Qin Yi and Du Caiyu "Mom and Dad", in his heart, they were equivalent to his parents and the closest people he was to in the world.
He and Qin Lanzhou went to the courtyard to help his grandmother to the restaurant, and after such a short while, Du Caiyu had already put out a table of food.
After the family sat down around the big round table, Qin Yi took out the Moutai he had treasured for a long time and said to Situ Mo:
"Xiaomo, come, accompany the master to have a drink."
"Dad, my brother has quit drinking a long time ago, don't ...... it"
Qin Lanzhou just wanted to help, but Situ Mo shook his head and said:
"It's okay, it's rare for me to go back to my second home and have a drink with my master."
Seeing this, Du Caiyu didn't say much, and immediately took out two white wine cups from the wine cabinet and put them in front of the master and apprentice.
Time is like a light veil, gently brushing on their family, and everyone at the table has indescribable affection flowing in their blood.
Grandma vigorously sandwiched vegetables into Situ Mo's bowl, Du Caiyu quietly peeled the shrimp and put it into Qin Lanzhou's bowl, Qin Yi and Situ Mo touched the wine cup a few times silently, and the liquor in the wine cup rolled into the spleen and stomach of the two of them with a unique mellow aroma......
After a few glasses of white wine, Qin Yi touched his round belly and said to Situ Mo:
"Xiaomo, you come with me to the study, let's talk."
"Okay."
Situ Mo's face was a little ruddy from the high degree of white wine, he stood up obediently, and went to the study with Qin Yi one after the other.
"Mom, you see that Dad is biased, and if he has anything to say, he always confesses to his senior brother alone."
Qin Lanzhou stared at their backs and couldn't help but mutter.
"Your father is not partial, isn't this worrying for your senior brother? At this moment, your senior brother is in his thirties and has not yet started a family, and your father is very worried when he doesn't say it. ”
Du Caiyu looked at the backs of the two men and said with some concern.
"Xiaomo's heart, I think it's still the same as Coptis chinensis, it's bitter-"
Grandma, who was chewing slowly with a rice bowl, said slowly at this time.
"What is there to worry about, if my senior brother can't marry a wife, it's a big deal for me to marry him!"
Qin Lanzhou said disappreciably, although it was a joke, but as soon as she said this, Du Caiyu's pair of chopsticks hit her head in the next second:
"What nonsense is nonsense in broad daylight, this kind of talk is not allowed to hang on your lips in the future. Senior brother will always be senior brother, and you can't mess with the seniority. ”
Du Caiyu's tone was serious, and her eyes were about to pop out.
Seeing that his mother, who had always been kind and pleasant, suddenly changed her face, Qin Lanzhou was so frightened that she touched her head and shrunk her neck:
"Mom, I'm kidding, you see you take it seriously."
Qin Lanzhou immediately rounded up the words, but most of his heart was cold, like a fist hitting cotton, and there was an indescribable feeling of suffocation in his heart.
"There should be a degree of joking, you are so old, what to say and what not to say, you must be clear in your heart. Now that you've finished your studies, don't focus on your craft, if you have a suitable boy, talk about ...... first"
Du Caiyu spoke decently again.
As soon as Qin Lanzhou heard these arguments, he immediately covered his ears and expressed strong protest.
The mother and daughter made such a fuss, and the grandmother held the rice bowl and suddenly smiled from ear to ear.
The acquaintance outside the window screamed one after another, making Qin Lanzhou, who was full of food and drink, a little tired, and she accompanied her grandmother and leaned on the recliner in the yard to take a nap.
Situ Mo came out after talking with Qin Yi for about an hour, and when he came out of the study, Qin Lanzhou had already woken up.