Waiting for the car to go away, Qiao Junsheng, who had been standing in the sun, looked up at the blue sky in autumn, let out a long breath, and with that breath out, his heart was relaxed and empty, and he walked into the courtyard with heavy steps.

When Uncle Qiao saw his grandson coming back, he smiled and said, "Brother Qiao, come here, grandfather has something to tell you." ”

When the grandfather and grandson entered the house, Uncle Qiao said earnestly: "Brother Qiao, although you said that you would no longer conduct scientific research in the spring, your grandfather did not approve of it, but he did not force you. Now it's been half a year, have you figured it out? If you really want to give up that path. If you give up, your grandfather will allow you, just a little, and from now on, even if I die, you will never return to our home. Just when you were born in Nanfeng City, you grew up in Nanfeng City, and in the future, you will die here. With our ancestral craftsmanship in hand, if you want to come to the Zeng Wu family, they can't lose you, and in the future, they can protect you. But Brother Qiao, you still have decades to live in the future, do you really just want to live under the protection of others? If you give your grandfather a word today, no matter what the answer is, your grandfather will never mention it to you a second time in the future. ”

For a moment, the room was quiet and a needle drop could be heard.

After a moment of silence, Qiao Juncai said: "In the past, Junsheng was ignorant, so you were worried about grandfather, and from now on, Junsheng will pick up the studies he left behind." Wang Hou will be the prime minister, would you rather have a kind? Miss Zeng Ba is right. I won't hide behind someone else for the rest of my life. Our Qiao family will also have a day when we will raise our eyebrows. Grandfather, one day, your grandson will let you return to your hometown in style. ”

Looking at his grandson's childish and resolute face, Uncle Qiao showed a smile that was both relieved and sentimental, pulled Qiao Junsheng in front of him, sighed, and didn't know whether this was right or wrong in his heart. Then he said: "It's not your grandfather who forced you." But a dignified man, you should live a decent life, otherwise, how can you be worthy of your dead father. Grandfather is waiting for you, and one day, you can also take this old bone of grandfather and go home. ”

"Grandson, I won't tell my grandfather to wait for a long time."

Uncle Qiao smiled, and then he talked to Qiao Junsheng about what Banniang Xun said: "...... Mr. Xujiang is also a famous Confucian in the south of the Yangtze River, if you can really enter Xujiang Academy, it is also your blessing, and several brothers of the Zeng family are also studying there, you are with them, and you can grow more, I heard Miss Eight say, that is, Mr. Zigu, and then he also lived in Nancheng County for a long time, there is a Zeng family to take care of you, and you can take care of yourself when you are young, and your grandfather is also relieved. Miss Zeng Ba also said that the matter of changing her nationality and enrolling in school is not without precedent, the Zeng family is an official in the end, and since Miss Ba opened her mouth, she must be able to help you think of a way, and if you have the opportunity to enter the state school, you can participate in the autumn and spring examination...... Now what our family lacks is not money, grandfather is also fine, in the future, you don't have to worry about grandfather, whether it is the eighth lady of the Zeng family, or the third mother of the martial family, they also take care of their grandfather, and then the apprentices I accepted, there are also a few good, you can rest assured about the things in the workshop, grandfather only hopes that you can put your heart on your studies, and I will be able to go away with a smile in the future. ”

The grandfather and grandson talked for a while, and then they went their separate ways.

In the afternoon of the next day, Banniang almost typed the draft of the Chen family's patterns, and just waited for the two days to draw the draft, so she went to the Chen family's Shangyi, and was drawing, when she heard May come over, saying that Linchuan had sent someone there, and Wu asked her to come over to speak.

Banniang was shocked, and she couldn't care about the things on the table, so she got up and followed May to the main courtyard, and saw that Wu was talking to someone from Linchuan, Banniang stepped forward, and when the person identified himself, he knew that he was a powerful steward of the Wang family, and he was busy asking about his grandmother's body, and the man smiled: "I just told the young grandmother in the house, although the old lady is seriously ill, now there is no big problem, but in the end, she is old, and she still needs to recuperate for a few days. Don't worry about it. Master Zeng said that in a few days, the old lady's condition will be better, so he will go home and bring the old lady to Nanfeng when the time comes. ”

Wu smiled and said hard work, asked everyone in the Wang family how they were doing, and left Zijing to talk to the steward.

Because the steward had only arrived in the afternoon, he thought that he was in a hurry, and he knew that he had probably not eaten lunch yet, so he called Mrs. Wang in the kitchen to prepare lunch, and when it was ready, he invited the steward to eat.

Wu Shicai said to Banniang: "Since grandmother is back, the Wei courtyard should be cleaned up." ”

Banniang also said that the old people are most afraid of the cold, the best summer in the Wei courtyard, and the winter is inevitably deserted, Banniang said: "I found a few felts from Quanzhou last time, and when the time comes, I will shop in the grandmother's house, in addition, our family is not short of that money now, so I ask someone to buy some silver carbon from the north, and I always want to make my grandmother more comfortable." ”

Wu naturally agreed, and Zijing said: "It just so happens that I have a friend who is in the bamboo charcoal business at home, so there should be some way, so I'll go back and ask." ”

Wu also said yes, so he simply went to the house and got a hundred guanzi: "The family is more nervous about money recently, you just have to ask your friend, and after a while, the steward in the grange should be able to hand it back, and buy the two hundred guan first." ”

Zijing said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, collect the money first, and when the carbon arrives, it's not too late to send the money." ”

Speaking of the Grange, Zijing said again: "Even if my grandmother is good, I am also idle at home, even if I go to the academy, I have to wait for my brothers to come back, I have nothing to do at home, and it is the autumn harvest season at this time, didn't Seventeen Lang say that he wanted to go to the Grange?" I happened to go to see our family's grange together, my brothers are not there, and I am also a man in the family, so I can't just eat white food. ”

Wu scolded with a smile: "What is the name of the words, what do you say about eating white food." But it's good for you to take a look, because of your grandmother's body, in recent days, the things on our family's grange, all the troubles, you just don't understand, go and see maybe you can help some, and then it's the family's grange, you see, learn more about it, it's not a bad thing. ”

After the steward finished eating, he was brought over by May, and he was going to say goodbye and go back, Wu stayed once, and the steward only said that he would go back to resume his life, and Wu didn't want to stay much, so he asked Banniang to order two five-guan jiaozi, saying that it was for his road money, and the steward did not accept it. Wu said with a smile: "That's the young grandmother in your house who is careful, in the end it is to run errands for our family, how can you entrust the king to manage things, this money is just collected, if you don't collect it, our family will have something to do in the future, how can you bother your family again." ”

Then the man in charge took it. He took his leave and went back.

Although it is okay to listen to the old grandmother, but Banniang is still a little relieved in her heart, if it is really no big problem, how can it be easy for grandmother to be persuaded to return to Nanfeng if she is used to living in Linchuan? But this worry is only to think about it in my heart. So as not to say it, Wu and Zijing are worried.

The next day, Zijing followed Lu Qiqi to the grange. Banniang also got busy. After the Chen family's drawings were sorted out, I went to the Chen family, and then I saw the three young ladies of the Chen family, the Chen family's mother-in-law and several young ladies saw the pattern, and the strokes were very clear, that is, the colors were very good, and the important household items, in addition to the renderings placed in each room, were also drawn one by one, and everyone in the Chen family was very satisfied. A few young ladies also like it.

Banniang was satisfied with the things, so she quoted the price, a total of more than 4,300 yuan. This is more than 600 times less than their family's budget, Mrs. Chen and Chen Dashao's grandmother don't say it, but they are happy in their hearts, and they happily paid the deposit of 2,000 yuan for Baniang, and asked when it will be done, Banniang smiled: "Made in winter, I'm afraid that I will have to wait for next spring, but I will definitely not delay the relocation of the house, and it will definitely be delivered by the end of April next year at the latest." Although Mrs. trusts me, but in the end it is business, if Chen Da Shao's grandmother is empty, also go to our shop to sit, I will write the deed, and then sign the deed with Chen Da Shao's grandmother, if I can't hand over the goods when it expires, just punish me. ”

The Chen family didn't think that the Zeng family's eight mothers were so disciplined and careful, in fact, they generally don't need to make a deed to buy things, but Chen Da Shao's grandmother is also a cheerful person, thinking that it will be beneficial to her own family to make a deed, so she smiled and said: "That's it, if it's convenient for Miss Zeng Ba, I'll go tomorrow afternoon." ”

Banniang said with a smile, and asked the three young ladies of the Chen family to go to her shop to play. Mrs. Chen was in a good mood when she saw that she had saved more than 600 yuan, so she said: "Cheng, as long as you don't bother them with a few noisy girls, I will ask them to find you to play, I just saw some gadgets in your shop, and I want to come to these girls who also like it, and ask them to pick some when the time comes." ”

This is exactly what Banniang wants, she asked a few young ladies, which means this, she likes Mrs. Chen to go to the road, smiled and thanked her, and then said goodbye, Chen Da Shao's grandmother sent Banniang out.

Banniang saw that the Chen family's affairs were decided, so she went to the woodwork workshop, looked for the Liu family father and son, took out the patterns one by one, and talked about the Liu family father and son in detail, because it was the first customer, in order to make the customer satisfied, the Liu family father and son were also very attentive, and discussed all the details with Banniang one by one, such as what kind of furniture, what kind of wood to use, etc. By the time everything was finalized, it was dusk. Because it was also the day of enrollment in the school, Banniang simply took Tie Dan and Dog Dan home together.

Thinking that Xiao Jiu and Jue'er would be very happy to see their two friends come back.

When I got home, because the two boys were also very familiar with the family, they went to the backyard to find Xiao Jiulang, and Banniang went to the main house, and saw the person sitting in the house who was talking to Wu, and immediately pounced in surprise.