Chapter 126 Attic Fireplace

Master Wu was a man of nearly fifty years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he used to work for large families in the town, and his skill was to build an attic. The attic he built was praised for its solidity and beauty.

But as the saying goes, the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and Master Wu is getting older and older. The apprentices of the church starved to death of the master, and the young people who came later were more energetic and passionate than him, so ~~.cn-update the first release~~ Gradually, Master Wu lost his "market", and after a serious illness, he decided to return to his hometown to care for the elderly.

Because he developed in Huixian Town in his early years, there are many people in the village who know him, but few know that he is a craftsman master. Guan Wen also turned around for a long time before he heard about him, and Master Wu was considered retired when he said this, and he agreed to this job or listened to Guan Wen talk about the "fireplace" thing, which aroused the enthusiasm of the young man to start work, so he agreed to discuss it.

Guan Wen welcomed people into the hall, Li Xin scooped up the boiling water, made a pot of hot tea, and brought it over, and also sandwiched the red-hot charcoal block and added it to the charcoal basin.

Although Master Wu is old, he looks good and has a good spirit, and he is accompanied by a junior apprentice, and Master Wu introduced that it is his distant nephew, named Wu Biao, who learned the craft from Zhong'.

Wu Biao's name is Biao, but he looks like a delicate and indifferent young man, only sixteen or seventeen years old, and his body is still very thin.

Master Wu is not a procrastinator, and when he enters the house, he begins to get down to business.

"It's a bit difficult to build an attic only when the house is up." Master Wu said: "The houses in the town are generally built with two floors, and the attic is only set up by the families of unmarried girls. Those people are green bricks and tiles. The hardness is enough, the attic is better, and the head of our village, the mud tile wall, and the wooden pile, are a little difficult. ”

Guan Wen looked at Li Xin, and Li Xin smiled: "Master Wu, we don't understand what you mean, we also look at the attic. It is also practical, and it does not occupy a place on the ground before I think of one.

My sister-in-law is young and has to stay for another two years, which is also appropriate. We haven't been in touch with anything else, I don't know much, so you said, can this attic be raised? Let us have a bottom in our hearts. ”

Master Wu said: "Then I have to see if the foundation is strong, and how well your wall can bear it." ”

Guan Wen hurriedly said: "I'll take Master Wu to have a look." ”

As the group walked, Master Wu said, "I heard you say that you want to connect the West House side with a series of two separate attics, right?" There is also a small space above the stove for smoking. The project is somewhat large. ”

As he spoke, he began to check, and from time to time asked Guan Wen some questions when he first started the house. It didn't take long to hear Guan Wen talk about the house, and he nodded and said, "Your house is built sturdily, and it doesn't seem that there are any corners cut at first glance." "Ya-Wen * Yan + Love $ First @ Fa"

Guan Wen said with a smile: "It's all the villagers who came to help do it, and they must all do their best." ”

Because Master Wu has been working in the town for a long time, he has encountered a lot of things such as cutting corners and filling up materials with inferior materials, so he will say this.

After turning around from the firewood room, the spare room, Ah Mei's bedroom and the stove room, Master Wu nodded and said, "If you can get up, it will take a little effort, and it may take longer. I'm afraid it will take a month or two. ”

In a month or two, it's almost the end of the New Year.

Li Xin calculated the time and felt that it was okay, so Chong Guanwen nodded.

Guan Wen said, "Master Wu. We can wait for this time, but I don't know ...... over there."

"I'm idle and have nothing to do, and I don't have to worry about these days." Master Wu looked at the roof, and then asked Guan Wen: "What kind of fireplace did you say......

"This is what my daughter-in-law thinks." Guan Wen took Li Xin over, hugged her and said, "Daughter-in-law, you talk to Master Wu." ”

Li Xin had already prepared, and took advantage of the time to pour tea and put paper and pen to the hall.

Ask Master Wu to go to the hall, Li Xin took the pen and sketched while explaining to Master Wu in detail. Master Wu will also ask a few words when he encounters something he is puzzled about. Wu Biao watched carefully on the side. It's like learning a craft.

Guan Wen and Ah Mei stayed aside, and Li Xin would turn around from time to time to ask their opinions. During this time, Lao Guan also came out of the house to observe. But he probably didn't understand, and took a cigarette stick to knock on the crumbs of the cigarette that had been burned in the cigarette gun.

After Li Xin and Master Wu finished discussing. Master Wu's whole person is already glorious.

"This thing is good, if it is made well, then the house will be as warm as the stove."

Master Wu's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said to Guan Wen: "Your daughter-in-law is really capable!" ”

Guan Wenle smiled happily: "She just has an idea, doesn't this have to be done by Master Wu?" ”

Master Wu also smiled on his face, and his originally serious face was relieved by this smile, and he looked much gentler.

"I'll go back and think about it first, if I go to work, I may have to go the day after tomorrow." Master Wu said to Guan Wen: "Take advantage of the fact that you have moved all your things in the past two days, and you don't need to live in the place where you live, but you don't need to move the stove, and there is no obstacle to the project." I'll bring someone back the day after tomorrow. ”

Guan Wen hurriedly answered, and asked Master Wu again: "Then ...... this salary?"

"My rules for doing things, you buy the materials yourself, and I am only responsible for the work." Master Wu said to Guan Wen: "The people I brought are honest and reliable, and they will never steal this for you, if it can be completed within a month, you will pay me a total of five taels of silver, more than a month, even if it is more than two months, you will only pay me one tael more." I will share the wages of my subordinates, I don't have anything to do with you, you take care of the lunch at noon, and you don't care about the morning and evening. If you can trust me not to cut corners or deliberately postpone, then we will decide. ”

Guan Wen looked at Li Xin, the financial power of the family is in the hands of the daughter-in-law, and this attic matter is also the daughter-in-law's mind, of course, the daughter-in-law has to take the idea.

Li Xin thinks that this Master Wu is also a cheerful person, she also heard Guan Wen say that Master Wu is diligent and conscientious, he does have two brushes, and his reputation is very good, so he should not be greedy for her money.

The material is out of her, and you can find cheap and good materials, and you can find acquaintances. And they calculated the wages themselves, which saved her a lot of trouble.

Weighing the pros and cons, Li Xin was not ambiguous, and Chong Guanwen nodded.

Guan Wen immediately clapped his hands and said, "Master Wu, let's just make up our minds." ”

Li Xin said with a smile: "Don't worry, Master Wu at noon, I will definitely let you eat well and be full." ”

Wu Biao has only been listening to the side, Li Xin said that he finally found a place to interject, with the excitement of the young man and said with a smile: "I have long heard that the big pot of rice made by Sister-in-law Guan tastes the best, and it is better than the one made by himself, and Brother Kuizi of the Gu family also showed off to me, saying that if Sister-in-law Guan goes to the town to open a restaurant, the business will definitely be very good, and the taste is better than the taste of Fumanlou......"

Master Wu coughed, and Wu Biao immediately silenced and laughed.

Master Wu said with a straight face: "How many times have I told you, you must be steady and down-to-earth, watch more, listen more, think more and talk less, and it is not beneficial to learn to be so flamboyant." After a while, Cai'an revealed his true form, and let your eldest brother and sister-in-law of the Guan family see the joke. ”

Wu Biao said slowly: "I know the master......" It sounds a little pitiful.

Li Xin and Guan Wen both laughed, leaving Master Wu and Wu Biao to have lunch, Wu Biao shouted again: "Master, master, you see I didn't lie to you, right?" I didn't lie to you! Doesn't that taste particularly good......"

Master Wu didn't train him this time.

When he left, Master Wu also said to Guan Wen with a straight look: "Your daughter-in-law's craftsmanship is indeed good, I also went to Fumanlou to eat, a medium banquet, and a proprietor invited me at that time." That dish is not as good as your daughter-in-law. If you really go to the town and open a restaurant, you can do it. ”

Guan Wen nodded with a smile, and sent Master Wu away and said to Li Xin: "I praise you for your good craftsmanship." ”

"They haven't eaten it, don't you praise me every day when you're used to it?"

Guan Wen smiled and said, "I'm not glad I didn't praise you?" Will I boast every day in the future? ”

Li Xin pushed him, seeing that he had forgotten about Guan Zhicheng at this time, and didn't want to mention it, he hooked Guan Wen to settle accounts with him, "This time, the wages and materials will cost another ten taels of silver to go out, and we still have ten taels in our hands." Money is not spent, but it is still necessary to find some money to make a living. ”

Guan Wen nodded and said, "You should look for it." But now that hunting is closed in winter, we have no fields and can't grow crops, so we only guard this acre of mountains and forests......"

"You are stupid, the mountains and forests are full of treasures, you don't need to bother with it." Li Xin crossed his fingers and counted with him: "In the paddy field, you have to plant crops, seeds, and manpower, if the manpower is not enough, you have to buy cattle, buy iron plows, bend over to sow seeds and pull weeds, etc., under the hot days and heavy rains, they don't stop, and after a year of tiredness, you have to harvest so little rations, and you have to pay so much, you feel pain when you look at it." But the mountains and forests are different. Trees and forests are ready-made, bamboo is also native to your own seeds, don't want you to sow seeds, don't want you to irrigate, when you want to go to the mountains and forests to get it, animals, fungi, you can pick your own. Do you calculate, is it more real than you are tired and tired? ”

Guan Wen thought along with what she said, but felt that there was really some truth. It's just that I always feel like I'm missing something......

Li Xin smiled again: "If you want to make money, you don't necessarily have to earn it from the ground, I have an idea of making money here." ”

Guan Wen hurriedly shook off his heart and asked Li Xin, "You said to listen to it?" ”

Li Xin took out the papers he had collected and muttered to Guan Wen.

Guan Wen listened, frowning for a while and comforting his eyebrows, there were some things he didn't understand, and he didn't know how to ask, but Li Xin said, he just listened honestly.

Li Xin said and pushed him: "Do you understand?" ”

"That's it...... For women, the oil for hand guards? ”

Li Xin was angry: "You didn't listen!" ”

Guan Wen smiled bitterly: "I don't understand, isn't this oil sold?" Xin'er, would you do that? ”

Li Xin didn't bother to tell him, and said, "I'll go and discuss with Ah Mei, you don't understand anything." ”

Guan Wen laughed, and when Li Xin went out, he remembered what kind of rice he thought was missing!

If you don't grow crops, where will you get rice, and how can you eat fragrant rice without rice? Aren't the people at the head of the village working hard for a year just to be able to eat two meals of white rice during the New Year? There is everything in the mountains and forests, but rice cannot grow from the mountains and forests......

Guan Wen still didn't remember Guan Zhicheng anymore.