Seven or eight days later, the brick wall of Liu Guiyuan's house was finally built, which was larger than the original fence enclosure, and a reddish-brown wooden door was opened due south, and a narrow door was opened in the direction of the pigsty on the west side, so that it was convenient to enter and exit in the morning and evening.

During this period, Grandma Luo went to the town twice in an ox cart, the first time she and Liu Hongjube accompanied, and went to Sun Jingxuan's foot shop to sit for a while, just to see Sun Jingxuan's personality. Before leaving, Liu Hongjube left a sachet embroidered with lotus flowers in stone blue.

The second time accompanied by her and her second sister, she went to the pastry shop opened by her aunt Zhang Xiangqiao, her shop has been open for half a month, at first there was no business, Liu Guiyuan taught her to make a dyed ginger candied fruit, put it in front of the shop and invite someone to try it, tried it for a few days in a row, her shop gradually became popular, I believe it will get better and better in the future.

Uncle Zhang Chengdong brought some rice noodles and fruit cakes, and drove to his niece's house.

Zhang Cheng pushed open the half-hidden wooden door and walked into the yard, a puppy slipped to his feet and barked, Liu Huaan, who was washing clothes in the yard, heard the dog barking, looked up, and said happily: "Uncle is here, eldest sister, Guiyuan, come out and see." ”

In the hall, Liu Guiyuan was teaching Liu Hongjube to write the word "jujube", and as soon as he wrote it, he heard her second sister shouting in the yard, followed by Zhang Chengdong's voice: "I haven't seen it for half a month, why has it changed so much?" ”

"Uncle is here, come in and sit, my grandmother is behind and someone is coming."

Liu Hongzao hurriedly put down the charcoal and invited his uncle to come into the house to sit, Liu Huahua washed half of the clothes in the basin, hurriedly wrung out the water, threw it at the newly built drying rack, and ran out from the west gate to call his grandmother.

Liu Guiyuan brought a few snacks from his aunt and his own fried watermelon candy to the table, and Liu Hongzao poured a cup of half-hot watermelon peel tea, handed it to his uncle and said: "The courtyard wall that was built just now, I am a few little girls, living in the courtyard wall with peace of mind, unlike before, I dare not go out at night." ”

Liu Hongzao is telling the truth, before eating and serving the urinal, he hurriedly forked the door, and if anything important fell outside, he had to wait until the next day to get it, which is like now, everything can be put outside, not afraid of people stealing, no matter how late it is and dark, her sister can open the door of the hall to talk.

Zhang Chengdong was not busy sitting, he circled around the courtyard wall of her house, touching the rows of blue-gray bricks, the more he looked at it, the more satisfied he was, his own courtyard wall could not be compared with this, it was a yellow clay wall back then, and a thin layer of mortar was coated outside, and the slag began to fall off after a long time.

"Uncle, it's just a courtyard wall, why don't you keep watching, aren't you tired all the way?" Liu Guiyuan asked after him.

"I'm not tired, I'll come by car for you...... Oh, my mule cart is still out there. ”

Zhang Chengdong was afraid of going to the wrong house just now, so he left the mule cart outside, and after coming in, he was attracted by the new courtyard wall, and forgot about the mule cart for a while, so he hurriedly went out to lead the mule cart in.

Liu Guiyuan's customized wooden door is wide, so that the ox cart and mule cart can enter, Zhang Chengdong pulled the reins and led the mule in, took out the rice, flour, fruit cake and some gadgets loaded on the car, and said with a smile: "Red dates, longan, uncle tells you a good news, my bamboo garden is all alive, and there is no old bamboo!" ”

Since Zhang Chengdong dug silt at the bottom of the river from his home, it has been almost two months now, and his bamboo garden has completely changed its face, from the original drooping old man to the current vitality, all thanks to the three nieces, especially the longan girl.

Liu Guiyuan pursed his lips and smiled when he heard it, the last time his grandmother came, she said that the bamboo roots sprouted, and after a few days, the bamboo garden must have been fully restored.

A few people were talking, Liu Huahua and Grandma Luo, who was holding lotus seeds, came in from the west gate, Zhang Chengdong hurriedly helped her, and asked her with a smile: "Mother, you live here well, I brought some polished rice and fine noodles from home, you remember to eat." ”

Grandma Luo pushed away Zhang Chengdong's hand, handed the lotus seeds to Liu Hongjujube, and said to her eldest son: "No, I don't eat those things, and besides, if you bring rice and noodles, outsiders still think that I eat bran vegetables at my granddaughter's house, and my life is miserable." ”

It is said that old children and old children, Grandma Luo is living a comfortable life now, but there is more and more potential of old children, obviously the uncle is a filial piety, and wants to make her old man eat better, but it has become a thankless effort in her mouth.

Liu Guiyuan hurriedly played a round, took Grandma Luo's hand and said, "Grandma, my uncle is kind, I'm afraid that a few of us will eat too hard at home and lose our bodies." You see, he also bought several kinds of pastries, but his aunt didn't have to sell them, so let's try them and see how they are, and then ask my aunt to learn how to make them. ”

As soon as Liu Guiyuan said pastries, Grandma Luo really stopped counting her uncle, and went to taste pastries instead, in fact, the pastries on the market tasted good, but since she opened a pastry shop at her aunt's house, Luo Lao Niang instantly became a gourmet, and said for a while that this cake was light, and the crisp looked stupid, anyway, in her heart, only her daughter made it delicious and good-looking.

Zhang Chengdong breathed a sigh of relief, and handed some of the gadgets that he hadn't finished just now to Liu Guiyuan and her second sister, almost all of them were bamboo gadgets, including fruit bowls, trays, rice loills, dustpans and other bamboo products, as well as bamboo swords, bamboo ladders, bamboo turtles, bamboo crabs and other small toys.

"This is all your cousin Tiezhu has nothing to do for you to play, ah, this bamboo dragonfly leaves lotus seeds to play."

Zhang Chengdong took a bamboo dragonfly to tease Liu Lianzi, who was spitting bubbles, and when Lianzi saw someone teasing her, her eyes followed the bamboo dragonfly for a while, and finally stretched out her little fat hand to catch it.

Liu Hongjube took the bamboo dragonfly and handed it to the lotus seed, and said with a smile: "Uncle, the lotus seed is only four months, and she will have to wait at least eight months when she can play." ”

Lotus Seed now turns over, looks up, grabs things, and will lie prone and raise her head to touch things, and recently she has become obsessed with spitting bubbles, and someone will babble and laugh when someone teases her, but it is too early to ask her to play with bamboo dragonflies.

Zhang Chengdong said that it was okay, make a few for them to play with first, and tell him what toys lotus seeds need when the time comes, and tell him that he can do them immediately.

Liu Guiyuan was eating a piece of hawthorn cake, and suddenly thought that the lotus seeds needed a stroller, so he told his uncle the general appearance of the stroller, hoping that he could make one, so that they and Grandma Luo would not have to hold the lotus seeds every day.

Zhang Chengdong thought for a while, when he was doing business outside, he had seen a rich man push that kind of cart, at first glance it looked a bit like a chair, there were fences on all sides, a child in the middle, a wooden board in front of it, which could be used to feed food, and there were pulleys under the cart, which could be pushed outside at will.

"I've seen what you said, wait until I go back and talk to Tiezhu to see if I can do it, it will take a little longer."

Zhang Chengdong has only seen it once, and he is not sure that he can really make it, so Grandma Luo tasted the pastry, so she walked to the yard to assign his eldest son, and said: "I think it doesn't matter if you make a car or not, you have time to make a bamboo bed for three nieces, and their daughter's bed should be made more meticulously, and some flowers will be carved outside, which is beautiful." ”

Grandma Luo often heard Liu Guiyuan say that the family should build a new house, and when the time comes, it will be larger, and there will be three rooms in it, one for each of their three sisters. She remembered it from then on, and only waited for her son to tell him when he came.

Zhang Chengdong has no reason, without three nieces, can his bamboo garden come back to life? There is also an old bamboo root carving, once a delicate one is carved, it can be sold for a lot of money.

"This mother can rest assured, not to mention the three bamboo beds, I have all the bamboo chairs, bamboo tables, and bamboo and wooden boxes that they need in the house, and when the three of them get married, I, the uncle, will have to make a few more things as a dowry."

The eldest sister's face was flushed when she said this, Liu Guiyuan and Liu Huahua smiled stupidly, and Grandma Luo was full of joy when she heard it, and she was very satisfied with her uncle's statement.

Liu Guiyuan was very moved, she helped her uncle once, and her uncle remembered it in her heart, and she often sent some food from home to play, how could she not be moved?

Thinking of this, she was recently brewing a plan to make money, and she played with the main ladder in her hand, and immediately had an opportunity to report to her uncle.

"Uncle, you and your cousin can carve some bamboo products, have you ever thought of selling them in the town?"

Zhang Chengdong sat down, took a sip of herbal tea, and nodded: "Of course I thought about it, but I can't make money selling this." Last month, your aunt asked Tie Zhu to make a dozen or so knick-knacks, and they were sold in the town, but they were sold for several days, and the women liked to talk about the price. ”

This kind of gadgets for children to play with are not worth much, and they are a quantity, but Tiezhu makes things carefully, and those women with children like it but are reluctant to pay for it.

Liu Guiyuan smiled and said his thoughts: "Uncle, it's going to be autumn soon, do you know what those scholars will do before the exam?" ”

"Worship the gods, eat the lottery, and ask for a lot?" Of course Zhang Chengdong knows this.

Worship the god of Wenchang in general, but there are also worship Confucius Temple or Guandi Temple, and eat Caitou, is to eat some auspicious food before the exam, such as champion cake, and brother porridge and Dingsheng cake, etc., as for asking for a sign, there have been since ancient times.

"Yes, they all like to touch some auspicious things, if you can repair some small bamboo knots and string them with colored threads, and then give them a high auspicious name, can you sell them for money?" Liu Guiyuan gestured his little thumb at her uncle and said, "It doesn't need to be too big, just the length of the fingers, and they are convenient to wear on their bodies." ”

Liu Guiyuan knew about Qiuqiu, or Tian Rubai came to teach her to read and write, Qiuqiu is also called the township test, which is held every three years, each time on August 9, 12, and 15, and the test venue is in the respective state capitals, and their local candidates happen to be in Tai'an City, that is, their capital city.

"Taller and taller? It sounds strangely auspicious, but if you want to keep the bamboo joints, it will have to be long. Zhang Chengdong knows more about bamboo than Liu Guiyuan, and said the difficulties at once, the current meaning, too long bamboo, is not good to wear on the body.

Liu Guiyuan didn't think so finely, she thought about it temporarily, referring to the jade bamboo pendant of later generations, so she hurriedly remedied: "No, just make a little thumb so long, the middle knot can be carved out with a knife, and two more leaves are carved next to it, if you still want to be exquisite, and then wear some beads in the bead shop, it will definitely look better." ”

Zhang Chengdong thought about it carefully, it was really, the small bamboo was repaired casually, and two more knives were drawn on it, and a bead color line was worn, which was really good-looking, plus the auspiciousness of the festival, those scholars and students who rushed to take the exam would not be reluctant to buy it, and everyone wanted to ask for a lottery, right?

"That's it, I'll go home and prepare, it's August in two days, don't hurry up and be afraid it's too late."

Zhang Chengdong is very short of money in his hands, although his bamboo garden has regained its vitality, but it takes time for Hsinchu to grow into a big bamboo, the old bamboo root carving is valuable, but he is reluctant to ask others to make a big head, just want to ask the master to carve carefully, this work consumes effort, and the money will naturally come slowly.

"Uncle, even if it's too late, it's okay, you can sell it all year round, not only students who are rushing to take exams, but also ordinary scholars, businessmen, and even those who are officials can buy it."

Liu Guiyuan didn't forget to remind him, but his uncle used to be a businessman, how could he not think of this little detail, I saw him nodding with his back to Liu Guiyuan, and said that he knew that he knew, so he led the mule and pulled the cart out.

"Chengdong, you slow down on the road, what, two pieces of mung bean cake will be eaten on the road." Grandma Luo wanted to keep him for dinner, but she knew that he was eager to make money.

Zhang Chengdong took the mung bean cake and set off with the reins, although it can be sold all year round, but the autumn is once in three years, if you can carve out a small bamboo knot and send it to Tai'an Mansion to sell, it is called making money......