Chapter 116: Don't You Need Me With You?
You don't have to go to the county seat to buy silver bracelets, there is a silversmith in their village, who specializes in helping people in the nearby ten miles and eight towns to make some silver jewelry.
Qi Lele went out with some silver, and didn't let Xie Zi'an follow, lest he spend more money back.
The silversmith's family lives in the middle of the village, near the big banyan tree, a craft passed down from their ancestors, and when Qi Lele goes, the other party is making silver jewelry.
It was still early in the morning, so Qi Lele moved a small stool and sat there to watch the silversmith work.
A kerosene lamp was lit at the table, and the silversmith held a thin tube in his mouth, and blew the flame of the kerosene lamp into a thin line of fire, melting and softening the silver, and then putting the softened silver into a copper mold and striking it, clanging and ringing, with a few different rhythms.
After a short time, the silver nugget was made into a new flower shape, and then it was hammered and filed on a small anvil to remove the burrs, and finally put it into a clay pot on the side, only to hear the sound of "thorn", and when it was taken out again, the silver jewelry was ready.
Qi Lele stretched out his head and took a look, this is a wishful lock, half the size of a palm, it should be given to the little doll.
The silversmith looked at the Ruyi lock carefully, and seemed to think it was good, so he put it on the tray on the side.
Qi Lele laughed and shouted, "Master Qin."
The silversmith's surname is Qin, and no matter how old or young in the village, they all call him Master Qin, and after a long time, few people can call his real name.
Silversmith Qin didn't seem to care, he used to be called Little Master Qin, and now he is Master Qin, and when his son has practiced his skills, he will become Master Qin, and their ancestors of the Qin family have been like this for generations.
"It's Siya, what's the matter?"
Qi Lele said, "My uncle's family has added a grandson today, and I want to give him a pair of silver bracelets."
"Okay, how much does it take?"
Qi Lele smiled, "How many are you looking for? It's not too heavy, it's not too light, it's pretty much it."
"Wait."
Silversmith Qin got up and entered the house, and after a while, he took a box and came out: "If you have a fancy one, just pick a pair, I made it in my spare time."
"Okay."
Qi Lele was about to take a good look, when a human voice suddenly came from behind him.
"Hey, isn't this Siya?"
Qi Lele turned his head and shouted with a smile.
"You're picking a silver bracelet? To your uncle's nephew?"
Qi Lele nodded in response.
The woman approached and enthusiastically helped pick and choose, and finally picked out two: "Just these two, right? These two are the most substantial!"
Qi Lele smiled and said, "Does my aunt want to buy a silver bracelet too? Then these two will be given to my aunt, Master Qin, I want these two, how much silver?"
"Hey, I picked it for you!"
Qi Lele still had a smile on his face: "Don't bother with your aunt."
Qin silversmith said, "The bracelet is one or two or eight dollars, and the salary is 300."
This price happened to be at the price in Qi Lele's heart, she nodded, took out the silver and was about to hand it over, but was held down by the woman: "Anyway, let him pass the scale, do you believe what he says?" You stupid girl."
"I believe in Master Qin." Qi Lele said, and decisively handed over the silver.
The smile on the woman's face paused, and then she smiled again: "It's the aunt who is troublesome, Siya is now the daughter-in-law of the old man's family, and she is different from us country women!"
Qi Lele didn't respond, Qin silversmith took the silver, looked at the woman, and said lightly, "Do you want the bracelet, don't put it away for me."
The woman threw the bracelet back into the box: "What am I buying it for! What a lot of money!"
Qi Lele glanced at Qin Silversmith slightly apologetically, and Qin Silversmith waved his hand at her, turned around and entered the house, and did not come out again.
Seeing this, Qi Lele also prepared to go back: "Auntie, there is something else at home, I'll go back first."
The woman hurriedly said, "I'm going over there too, let's go together."
Qi Lele smiled and didn't speak, just quickened his pace.
"Hey, Siya, your family's method of raising seedlings, can you say no to your aunt?"
Qi Lele said: "Auntie, this method is what my father saw from the book, and it is the first time my family has tried it, and I don't know what it is. My father and Uncle Li Zheng have agreed that when the harvest is harvested this autumn, if the grain production at home increases significantly, they will tell everyone how to raise seedlings and plant them together. Why don't you wait?".
Where was the woman willing to give up: "Then why did the Qi Baojiang family also follow the seedlings?"
"Uncle Qi said that he didn't care if he could increase production, so he thought this method was novel and wanted to try it."
After a pause, Qi Lele said again: "If this method is really good and safe, and the people around me don't say it, I have to tell them about my mother's side, right?"
"You don't hate your mother? She was trying to grind you like that."
Qi Lele smiled: "She is my mother, she has raised me for more than ten years, scold me a few words, can I still hate her? Besides, if it weren't for her, where would I be able to marry into the Xie family?"
The woman was silent, as if to consider the truth of her words.
Qi Lele really didn't want to take care of her anymore, so he walked forward, and suddenly saw Xie Zi'an coming not far away, and his eyes suddenly lit up: "Why are you here?"
Xie Zi'an lifted the things he was carrying in his hand and said, "This is the fish that my father caught, let's send a few to my father and mother."
Qi Lele glanced at the fish he was carrying, and couldn't help but smile: "Okay."
When she saw Xie Zi'an, the woman quietly stepped back, and she was already far away at this time.
"Don't need me with you? Huh?"
Qi Lele didn't need to look up to know the smug face of the person in front of her, she puffed out her cheeks: "It's just a matter of a few words, it's the same whether you come or not."
Xie Zi'an sighed: "Also, I forgot that Madame can be eloquent."
Qi Lele snorted and changed the subject: "Dad actually went fishing? And how much fishing?"
"He taught me all about fishing." Xie Zi'an smiled, "Thanks to Madame's mathematical method, otherwise how could there be this fish to eat?"
Qi Lele looked puzzled.
"Daddy likes to fish and figure things out."
Qi Le was happy, thinking about math problems in his heart, and he was able to catch so many fish!
In fact, in the past two days, Qi Lele has taken the time to turn out the textbooks and exercises in the space from childhood to adulthood and put them alone, just thinking about turning back and handing them over to Xie Zi'an step by step.
At this time, everyone was busy in the field, and the two of them went directly to the field of Qi with the fish, and many people saw it along the way.
Qi Xiaojin was the first to see them and greeted them with a smile: "Why are you here?"
"I'll send you two fish."
Not long after, Chen also came over, saw the two big fish that were alive, and said with a smile, "You really sent them here and kept them for yourself."
"There's still one at home."
Hearing this, Chen was not polite to them, took the fish, and prepared to take it back to raise it first, and then go back to eat it fresh.
Qi Lele also followed Chen.
When Qi Xiaojin turned around, he saw Qi Xiaocai staring at Qi Lele, and immediately patted him: "Don't look, everyone is far away."
Qi Xiaocai shook the hoe in his hand hard, and smashed it on the ground with hatred, as if he was venting something.