"That's the house in front."

Sun Wukong looked in the direction pointed by the old man, No. 15 Crowley Street, which was a two-storey single-family building. It was so coincidental that it was the residence of the man who had sold all the peach wood from the old Bush lumber shop.

Along the way, he already knew that the old man's surname was Huang, and his name was promising. He has a son, a police officer, who works in the 1o1 subdivision of the New York Police Department, married a white girl, and has two sons.

The year before last, he and his wife came from Huaguo to visit their son, but his wife died of illness not long after. Originally, he wanted to return to China, but his son was not worried about him staying alone in China, so he stayed in the United States.

The son and daughter-in-law have their own jobs, and they can only be at home at night a day, and the two grandsons are at the age of rebellion, and they are not close to his grandfather at all, so he often stays at home alone.

If you stay for a long time, you will inevitably think about a lot of things, and in order to give yourself something to do and not be cranky, you will pick up the wood carving craft that has been left behind for many years. I carved something every day, starting with cats, dogs, zodiac signs and other small animals.

By last year, wood carving techniques had become more sophisticated, and more difficult and complex things were carved, such as carving a nine-story pagoda out of a piece of peach pit.

For this wood carving, he was only used to beat the time, and later carved things, if it is more fine, some people like to buy it. The carved wood carvings can be sold to help the family, so I put a little more thought into it.

Among all the wood carving crafts, the peach charm carved from peach wood is the most popular among buyers.

He went around to inquire about buying peach wood and came back, specializing in carving peach charms, such as Zhong Kui peach charm, fortune boy peach charm, Guanyin peach charm, Peng Zu peach charm, etc., or to ward off evil spirits, or to attract wealth, or to receive blessings, or to pray for longevity, each with a good omen.

Slowly, the handicrafts he carved out became famous in Chinatown and the neighborhoods around Chinatown, and more people came to him to buy woodcarving handicrafts, and the income was endless, not much better than that of his son who was a policeman.

By this time of the year, 100,000 dollars had been saved. Of course, being able to save so much money also has a lot to do with his natural frugality.

The $100,000 he was going to save for his grandson's future college education. Because the cost of living and studying in a better private university in the United States is very high, if you can't get a full scholarship, the average ordinary family will have to support a college student, which will be very stressful. Especially Huang Bo's son, who has no savings.

Although his son insisted on not wanting his money, he persuaded him to eat and dress better now that he had worked hard for most of his life, and not to stay at home all day to do wood carving, but to play around while his legs and feet could still walk, but he had worked hard all his life and was used to this busy life, and there was no way to change it.

When you enter the house, there are all kinds of wood carvings, either finished or semi-finished, or just carved with some simple outlines.

"Did you carve them all out of yourself?" Sun Wukong pointed to one of the monkeys that was scratching their ears and cheeks, lifelike and vivid, and asked. This monkey wood carving is so similar to some of his previous monkey soldiers in Huaguo Mountain.

"When people are old, useless, idle and bored, they can only do these things that don't require brains and don't take much effort." The old man's tone was a little light, and he was not proud of the fact that he had carved so many vivid wood carvings, "Just put me on the sand over there." ”

Waiting for Sun Wukong to put him down, he gently rubbed his sprained right ankle, and then with the help of Sun Wukong, he brought a medicine box, wiped off the blood stains on his body, and applied medicine to the bumped and sprained parts.

After dealing with the injury, the old man also planned to call his family, but he looked for a cane next to him, and stood up by himself: "This was bought by my son last year, but I didn't expect it to come in handy so quickly." You sit down for a while, and I'll make you a pot of tea. Oh, I forgot, you young people, generally like to drink something more stimulating. ”

"You sit down, you don't have to be busy, your feet are not well yet. If you want to drink tea, I'll make it for you. When it comes to making tea, my craft is probably a lot better than yours. "Sun Wukong is not interested in the so-called pungent drinks that young people like to drink, such as Coke. Because I tried a little before, but it only accumulated a breath of qi in my stomach, and it didn't do any good for my body.

So he prefers tea a little more than those drinks.

In the past, he always liked to make friends, no matter which way the immortals, he would go up to ask for a cup of tea to drink, such as the Antarctic immortals, the old man under the moon, the Dragon King of the East China Sea, these old immortals, are all good tea people. Over time, I actually have some experience in tasting tea and making tea.

Of course, those who can enter the eyes of the old immortals are all the best fairy teas, which cannot be found in the mortal world.

"It turns out that you are also proficient in the tea ceremony, but I didn't expect that you could make up your mind to study the tea ceremony when you don't look very old." Although the time to contact this young man is still very short, Tong Guò listens to his words and watches his deeds, and the old man is already very satisfied with Sun Wukong's calm style. Correspondingly, what he said was naturally believed in him.

Under the guidance of the old man, Sun Wukong took out a set of tea sets for making tea, and then made an understatement, and soon brewed a pot of fragrant and refreshing tea.

"By the way, I heard that you came to Crory Street for something, I wonder if I can help?" While drinking tea, the old man asked about Sun Wukong's visit to Crory Street.

"It's a bit of a coincidence." Sun Wukong explained his purchase of peach wood as he spoke.

"I can't imagine that there is such a thing, which means that these peach trees are related to you." The smile on the old man's face increased when he heard this, and he was worried about how to repay the young man in front of him, "Since you need these peach trees, then just take them, put them here with me, and carve some useless dead things such as cats and dogs." ”

"I can't say that, let's say a price, and I'll see how much I can buy." The old man has a lot of peach trees here, worth at least a few thousand dollars, and Sun Wukong has limited money in his pocket, so he can only do what he can.

"What are you talking about, isn't your friendship worth even such a little wood?" The old man was very dissatisfied with Sun Wukong's attitude, and when he was short of breath, his tone became stern, "And if it wasn't for you just now, if you didn't say the 100,000 dollars, I'm afraid my life would be gone." ”

"It's not easy for you to make some money, not to mention that you bought so many peach trees with money. I'm only helping you because I want to help you, not your peachwood. One thing is one thing, not to be confused. Sun Wukong shook his head and replied very seriously.

"That's it, take as much as you need, take it first, and then give it when you have money later." The old man saw that Sun Wukong was unmoved, knowing that this young man was extremely strong-willed, and he decided that one thing would not be changed by external objects, and he couldn't help but sigh while feeling relieved, so he had to change his attitude.

"I don't need much for the time being, I'll buy a little bit and go back and try it to see if it works." For the meridian disc to be reproduced with peach wood, although Sun Wukong thought that it might be useful after a bold conjecture, he actually had no bottom in his heart, after all, he had never set up this magic circle. Not even the real one, let alone the fake one.

After deciding on the peach wood, Sun Wukong suddenly remembered that the meridian plate was carved out of peach wood, and he needed wood carving skills, and he didn't know anything about wood carving. There happened to be a master of woodcarving in front of him, so he proposed to learn woodcarving from the old man.

"I thought it was a big deal, but it turned out to be just wood carving. Ever heard the story of the oil seller? This craft is actually a familiar craft, as long as you can calm down and spend a little more time, it is easy to get started. The old man smiled and said, "Are you in a hurry to go, if you are not in a hurry, now I can teach you some basic wood carving techniques." ”

Sun Wukong looked at an old-fashioned wall clock hanging in the hall, it was more than two o'clock in the afternoon, and he only had to rush back before seven o'clock in the evening: "It's still early." ”

(Two more today, ask for some recommendation votes.) Wan Fang also knows that the book is still very thin, but the collection has hundreds. Hundreds of collections, corresponding to the daily recommendation votes, but only a few more than ten votes, is it not that almost all the students who have collected are waiting to fatten up? But we have to know that if you want to fatten a book, it is difficult to fatten up without such a fertilizer as a recommendation ticket! ）

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