Chapter 21 A Delicate Porcelain Vase
"Grandma, why are you mending clothes again, how many times have you told you, you can't be too distracted when you're old, it's not good for your eyes, these sewing and mending jobs are handed over.... My mother and aunt are fine. Xu Qingyan originally wanted to say that it would be good to hand it over to me, but she didn't have the memory of the original owner, and she didn't know if the original owner would sew clothes, so she temporarily changed her words.
"You girl, where can you be tired by mending up two clothes, your mother and your aunt have to go to the field and serve the vegetable garden, I can help them share some of it. If you can sew, my wife will be lazy, but who told you that this girl can't hold a needle and thread. ”
"Hey, hey.... Grandma, don't worry, I will study hard when I have time in the future, and I will leave the matter of sewing clothes to me in the future! ”
"Yo, look at this little mouth sweet, don't just say it. Say, what's the matter with finding grandma? Cao asked with a smile on his face
"Grandma, how do you know that I have something to do with you, so I can't come to talk to you."
"Come on, I don't know yet, when will you chat with my wife."
"Grandma, you are really clever, you even guessed this, then I'll tell you directly, I heard Arwen say that you have a particularly beautiful porcelain vase, I want to see how beautiful it is?" Xu Qingyan didn't directly say that she would borrow it, but wanted to see if the porcelain vase in Ah Wen's mouth met her requirements before making a plan.
"Oh, how do you remember to see that, that, when I was young, your grandfather gave it to me!" Cao Shi recalled with a face after listening.
When Xu Qingyan heard it, there must be a story in it, and her interest was even stronger. "Grandma, I heard Arwen say it's beautiful, just show me it, let me open my eyes!"
As soon as Cao heard that his granddaughter was coquettish, he had no choice but to put down the clothes he was sewing and mending, got up and walked to the southeast corner of the room, where there was a big wooden box.
Cao Shi opened the wooden box, reached under his hand and touched it, and soon took out a small porcelain vase that was only a little larger than an adult's thumb. Xu Qingyan looked at the size of this porcelain bottle from a distance, and couldn't help but be a little disappointed, it couldn't hold much potion like this, but it was better than nothing.
"Oh, here you go, take it, a small bottle is worth it when you come here to see." Cao Shi covered the wooden box and handed the porcelain vase in his hand to Xu Qingyan.
Xu Qingyan took it carefully, took the porcelain vase and looked at it carefully, the porcelain vase was pale green throughout, and the bottle body was painted with a picture of green mountains, in which the green mountains were half-covered by clouds and mist, which looked distant and mysterious, like a fairyland.
Xu Qingyan was very curious, what was this bottle used for, and what could it be decorated with such a small size. "Grandma, what did you buy this bottle for, what can it hold at such a small size?"
"Hey, when I talk about this, I regret it, this is not long after I got married to your grandfather, when your grandfather took me to the county town to go shopping, I bought it at a small stall. At that time, I liked this bottle and thought it was very beautiful, but it cost me a hundred yuan to buy it. ”
"Hey, but at that time, your grandfather was not in the middle of the family, and the family was quite wealthy, so I bought him for me as soon as I said I liked him. Who knew that it didn't take long for the accident to happen, and I also followed your grandfather all the way to our back mountain village. Cao Shi said while reminiscing, occasionally with a smile on his face, it should be a yearning for the good memories of his youth
"If I had known, our family would be like this later, I shouldn't have spent 100 yuan to buy this bottle that should not be eaten and drunk in the first place, you said that if I had spent 100 yuan to buy a silver bracelet or something. In those difficult days after your grandfather's death, you can finally sell it for some living money. Thinking of the hard days before, Cao's eyes began to turn red again.
Seeing this, Xu Qingyan hurriedly comforted: "Grandma, don't be sad, haven't you already survived this hard life, our family's life will definitely get better and better." ”
"Well, yes, it's going to get better and better, it's going to get better and better." After listening to Xu Qingyan's words, Cao finally felt a little better.
"It's thanks to the dream that you girl had, our family can earn those silver, wait for the spring sowing, let's buy a few acres of land, your father and uncle are diligent and willing to work, as long as our family has land, this day will slowly live." Cao Shi thought of this, and only then did he start to smile again.
"Well, grandma, I will make more money for you to spend in the future, so that you can eat meat every day until you don't want to eat it."
"Yo, don't draw flatbread for grandma, I don't want to eat meat every day, as long as our family can eat enough, the family is safe and happy." Cao Shi said happily.
"Grandma, your bottle is so beautiful, can you borrow me for two days?" Although the bottle is a little smaller, it is better than nothing.
At present, the Xu family has no other bottles that can hold talisman water, she doesn't dare to ask for money to buy it, this thing is not easy to make excuses, and this small bottle actually has a matching exquisite cork, it is simply the best, so as not to accidentally pour out the talisman water.
"This kid, what is there to play with this thing, just look at it twice and see it, what is interesting." Cao Shi laughed.
"No, grandma, you can borrow me to play for two days, I haven't seen enough, you can borrow me to watch it for two more days, I'll return it to you in two days, I promise it won't break." Xu Qingyan pulled Cao's sleeve and said coquettishly.
Cao couldn't be entangled by her, so he had to nod and said: "Okay, then you can take it, if you really like it, grandma will give it to you, anyway, this thing is just good-looking, it shouldn't be of any use, but this is also something that your grandfather gave me, you have to take good care of it." ”
"No need, grandma, since it was given to you by grandpa, you might as well keep it for yourself, I'm just looking at it fresh, and I'll return it to you in two days." Xu Qingyan felt that since it was a good memory between her grandparents, how could she accept it casually.
Carefully put away the bottle, Xu Qingyan went back to her own room and began to make painkillers, the painkillers made the day before yesterday, except for the small bottle, the others were poured by her, first, I don't know how effective the medicine is, second, I am afraid that it will be bad if it is left for a long time, and she is also afraid that she will be found by other people in the family, she is not easy to explain.
Now that this porcelain vase is coming, Xu Qingyan decided to make a bowl immediately and fill it with this bottle. The rest of Xu Qingyan couldn't bear to be so violent after witnessing the medicinal effect of this talisman water. It's all money, and if you sell the potion tomorrow, you must buy more porcelain bottles to fill the talisman water.
Xu Qingyan opened the porcelain bottle and looked inside, it may have never been filled with anything, but it was very clean inside, but Xu Qingyan still washed it with water, after all, it was better to clean the things that contained medicine. After cleaning the porcelain vase and preparing the talisman materials, Xu Qingyan began to concentrate on making talismans.
Sure enough, with the successful experience, it was much easier to do it the second time. Although when the last stroke was completed, it was still a sore hand, but it was a little better than the first time.
Fill the porcelain bottle with the pain-relieving water and cover the remaining water in another bowl and hide it in a corner, so that it is not easy to be discovered.