Chapter 78: Good Wind Relies on Strength

Du Zhongkui returned to his hometown after graduating from high school, learned the craft with Zhao Carpenter, went to the village, did 100 family jobs and ate 1,000 meals, and paid 15 yuan to the team every month. Zhao carpenter has good skills, but unfortunately he is illiterate. In the past, when I was in contact with the work, I blushed and had a thick neck without speculation in three sentences, and often the cooked chickens flew away. After he accepted Du Zhongkui as an apprentice, he not only became the shopkeeper, but also did more and more work, and the higher the wage was collected; He became more and more appreciative of Du Zhongkui, a senior apprentice, so he broke the rule that the apprentices he accepted should work for nothing for three years, and Du Zhongkui was paid a salary of 60 yuan per month in addition to food and housing, which was higher than the salary of college graduates at that time.

One day at lunch, the host's family chatted that the relatives of Shujiang officials wanted to make furniture, and expressed their willingness to help take over the work. Carpenter Zhao smiled faintly without interest, and Du Zhongkui hurriedly took over the conversation: "Thank you." Our master and apprentice will discuss and discuss before giving you the letter? The host nodded. Du Zhongkui thought: "Apprenticeship is just an expedient measure. We must seize the fleeting opportunity in a timely manner and dare to go to the big river and the sea. ”

In the afternoon, Du Zhongkui did his work and said: "Master, we must get the job that the master said at lunch." "I can't finish the work in the countryside right now, so I went to the city to suffer the crime?" "It's good at the moment, but the countryside people are tight on hand and the price is low, and they will concentrate on doing something in the next year, while the wage in the city is high and there is no distinction between spring, summer, autumn and winter. Besides, the master's craftsmanship is really overkill to do these simple and rough work in the countryside, and even if it is ingenious, it is difficult to have a person who knows the goods. The relatives of the owner's family are big officials in the city, can they not know the goods? With a casual snort, our stall will be spread out, and you will only have no money in your pocket, master. ”

Carpenter Zhao listened to the music and said with a smile: "Zhongkui, you have this mouth." The host may just talk casually, but if we really want to go, we may not be able to do it. "Master, you just need to nod your head, I have my own way to worry about anything else." "What's the solution?" "We pay for the master's coming and going, and his wages for furniture are halved." "No, no. He took advantage of it. "Master, I can't bear to let the child trap the wolf. As long as he helps us take over that job, even if I let my master and apprentice work for him for more than ten days, we will make a lot of money. "What, let our hard-earned money go down the drain like this?" "Master, otherwise, you will deduct all expenses from my salary." "Zhongkui, you are the general's army." "Master, don't get me wrong. My apprentice has been with you for more than a year, and you know some of my virtues. What's more, the master is good to me, and no matter how good I am, I can't disrespect the master. I just think that this incident is a great opportunity for God to give me a master and apprentice. Master, don't miss the opportunity, you won't come again. ”

Carpenter Zhao put down his work and rolled up a dry cigarette and pondered: "My apprentice has a good brain, drinks a lot of ink, and has an opinion on things, all of which I have always seen in my eyes. He must have made sense that he took this matter so seriously. Carpenter Zhao lit a dry cigarette and took a few puffs and said, "Zhongkui, you know that the master has black eye sockets, and he has been walking around the ravines and ravines with your master since he was a child, and he has never seen the world. But the master believes in you, and what you think you can do, the master will do with you. "Thank you, master."

A few days later, Du Zhongkui's master and apprentice entered the city, and the owner of this house was called Wang Runze, deputy director and chief engineer of the Shujiang Coal Industry Bureau, and he was indeed a big official. The family lives in the foothills of Meijia Mountain in the urban area, with an old-fashioned brick and wood structure on the first floor and a bottom, an independent yard, spacious rooms, and exquisite decoration.

Wang Runze sat on the sofa and said: "Don't worry about wages, there is only one requirement, please draw drawings according to my ideas, and I feel satisfied and then do according to the drawings." Carpenter Zhao was dumbfounded, and Du Zhongkui said, "Okay, Director Wang." My master and apprentice will draw it for you to see within three days. "Young man, I declare first of all that I do not underestimate you, but if you draw it in a week, whether I am satisfied or not, your wages will be calculated."

In the evening, Carpenter Zhao sighed: "Alas. Zhongkui, the people in this city are really called to live. "Master, the Wang family is not an ordinary city person. Don't sigh, my master and apprentice will come and live this immortal life one day. "The master has a cheap life, how dare you think of such a great fortune and great wealth. Ah, Zhongkui, you promised Director Wang to draw drawings in three days, can you do it? The master can't get his hands on it. "Master sleep with confidence, at the critical moment, you just need to move your mouth."

Late at night, Du Zhongkui pondered hard under the lamp, pondering carefully: "Wang's literacy, occupation, status and specific requirements...... Small and chic, elegant tones are more appropriate. Well, here is the re-conception ......" Du Zhongkui wipes and paints on the paper from time to time. In particular, he took great pains to design the coffee table: it seems that the coffee table is small and simple, but it is the highlight of this set of furniture, and the design should be simple and bright, full of variety and not branches.

Carpenter Zhao turned over and woke up and urged, "Zhongkui, it's time to sleep." "Master, I'm young and fine." Carpenter Zhao turned over and fell asleep with a **. Du Zhongkui yawned and rubbed his temples, lit a cigarette and pondered for a while, tore the sketch of the coffee table that had been changed to a blur, threw it on the ground and said to himself: "If the old one doesn't go, the new one won't come, and the gongs and drums will be reopened." ”

Three days later, it was Sunday, Zhao carpenter master and apprentice took out the drawings to ask Wang Runze's opinion, Wang Runze looked at the selection of the coffee table drawings and took a closer look: the design is two-layered, the two arcs are tangentially supported, the plane is large and small, and one is obtained; It extends linearly from square to both ends, gradually becoming oval, and the four legs adopt four equal concentric arcs; Main color, plum red; The whole is an exaggerated circle, and the upper right corner is marked with "Fangyuan coffee table".

Wang Runze praised and said, "Well, Master Zhao, this design is unique." Carpenter Zhao couldn't understand and said, "Director Wang, what are you talking about?" "I mean, I'm very satisfied with the furniture drawings you designed." "Ahh Director Wang. How can I have this ability, it was all painted by my apprentice Du Zhongkui. Du Zhongkui said: "To be exact, it was the master who said that I would do it." Wang Runze said with a smile: "Famous teachers come out of high apprentices." ”

A girl opened the door and came in, she met Du Zhongkui's eyes and hurriedly avoided it, and said, "Dad, there are guests at home." "Yes. Wei Jin, let me introduce you, Master Zhao, Master Xiao Du. "Oh, the two masters are good."

Wang Weijin is in her twenties, with a rose-colored short-sleeved shirt and a mid-length skirt, tall figure, delicate eyes, abrupt sister peaks, shawl long hair like a curtain of black waterfalls, a smile like a bead in her mouth, and her words like wings fluttering, a white-collar woman's style.

Wang Runze said: "Wei Jin, will the criticism meeting in the mine be held this afternoon?" "Isn't it like putting on a recording, I'm taking a leave of absence." "Ghost girl, this is not good." "Dad, what does Confucius have to do with today's politics more than 2,000 years ago? The workers stopped work to hold criticism meetings, and they had to pay for everything with a ticket. Du Zhongkui joked: "Only buy rat medicine without a ticket." Wang Weijin glanced at Du Zhongkui and snickered, Wang Runze glared at his daughter and squeaked: "You young people." ”

Wang Weijin went to the back room, and Wang Runze said: "The four girls in my family were recruited to work in the Shazhai Coal Mine after graduating from high school last year. Carpenter Zhao praised: "The people in the city are blessed and noble." The fate of a countryman is a lifetime of bitter cold. "Master Zhao, if you say this, Master Xiao Du also has an opinion." Du Zhongkui changed the topic with a smile and said, "I heard that Director Wang is also the chief engineer? "Memorize a name." "There must be a lot of books on this." "Master Xiao Du is interested?" Du Zhongkui nodded: "China is rich in coal resources, but its mining technology is very backward. Honeycomb coal is rationed in the city, and it is more difficult to buy coal in the countryside. It shows that the future development potential must be huge. Carpenter Zhao listened and wondered, but Wang Runze was a little interested: "Young people, ambitious." If you want to read, just come and get it. ”

Du Zhongkui's apprentice worked in Wang's house for more than two months, and whenever he had time, he held the borrowed books and gnawed on them, and Wang Runze gradually looked down on this young carpenter. Master Du Zhongkui and his apprentices were busy, and Wang Weijin came to make tea with a thermos: "Master Zhao, Master Du, take a break." Carpenter Zhao responded with a smile and went to drink tea and smoke in the shade of the tree outside the house, Du Zhongkui did not say a word and planked the planks as usual, Wang Weijin secretly glanced at him and said, "Master Du, what a big shelf." "I don't think about it, I have to plank a plank to get paid." "Sharpening knives doesn't delay chopping wood, take a break and drink tea before drying."

Du Zhongkui put down his work and took a sip of tea and said, "Today is not Sunday, right?" "You want to say that I don't follow the rules by relying on my good father?" "What am I, don't get me wrong." "The road is uneven, and others shovel it. Today, I went to the bureau with the mine manager for a meeting, and I went home by the way. Ah, I heard my dad say that you borrowed a lot of professional books from him, and those tomes are useful for you to do carpentry work? "What did Chen Shi say when he was farming with a human servant?" "The bird's nest knows the ambition of the bird, right?" "I'm a little carpenter, how dare I be delusional." "Do you think you're still modest?" "Feel good about yourself."

Wang Weijin chatted with Du Zhongkui for a while and said: "Tonight's meeting is scheduled to watch a movie, I heard that there is a new film "Spring Miao" Do you want to watch it?" "Yes, it's a pity that the back door to buy tickets didn't open to me." "I have a ticket left." Wang Weijin said as he took out the two tickets with serial numbers, tore off one and handed it over, glanced at Du Zhongkui shyly, and turned to walk.

Carpenter Zhao did his work and said, "Zhongkui, I think Miss Wang is interesting to you. "Master, your apprentice is not a toad." "Don't fool me, although the master is a big boss, he can't even see this? What do you need to do? "Listening to the master say this, it reminds me of something I want to ask you for help." "What's the matter?" "Last year, my mother gave me eight characters, and my husband said that I must worship a person with a name with water as a godfather, so that my life can be smooth and prosperous, and every evil will turn into good fortune." "Isn't Director Wang's name all water? Ah, the master understood. ”

Before lunch on Sunday, there was a letter of candy and two bottles of wine on the coffee table, lit with incense, Wang Runze Weijin's mother sat happily in the middle of the living room, Zhao Carpenter sat on the right side, and the descendants of the Wang family stood on both sides. Wang Weijin secretly thought: "Du Zhongkui is shrewd and studious, hard-working, especially his rich social knowledge, but he is a vital capital in life. Although he is now a countryman, with his father's relationship, recommending him to go to college or taking care of an internal recruitment quota is not just a hello. ”

Carpenter Zhao put up the master's shelf and said, "Zhongkui, what are you grinding?" Kneel down and worship your godfather and godmother. Du Zhongkui pretended to be embarrassed, the Wang couple were silent, Wang Weijin covered his mouth and smiled, others thought it was funny. Carpenter Zhao got up and pulled Du Zhongkui and urged, "Hurry up!" ”

Du Zhongkui walked up to the Wang couple and knelt down and shouted: "Godfather, godmother." Worship, the Wang couple happily agreed, Du Zhongkui respectfully kowtowed three times in a row, Wei Jin's mother said: "Okay, Zhongkui, get up quickly." Du Zhongkui was about to stand up, and Carpenter Zhao said, "Zhongkui, wait." And what about your godbrother, sister, and sister-in-law? Du Zhongkui knelt on the ground and turned around: "Brothers and sisters-in-law, sisters-in-law, accept my worship." He raised his head and met Wang Weijin's eyes, Wang Weijin's face was crimson, and Wei Jin's mother glanced at her and said, "Master Zhao, don't be embarrassed for the child." With that, he got up and took Du Zhongkui with both hands.

Soon, Wang Runze deliberately found a house from the unit, so that Du Zhongkui's master and apprentice could settle down, and the carpentry work was overwhelming, and the love between Du Zhongkui and Wang Weijin was even more thriving, but he didn't expect the Wang family to take the initiative to ask Zhao Carpenter to be a matchmaker and get engaged. In the second year, Du Zhongkui miraculously recommended going to Shujiang Mining College. After graduation, he was directly assigned to work in the Shazhai Coal Mine on the outskirts of Shujiang City.