A sewing machine is not light, and a sewing machine costs hundreds of dollars, but it is a precious thing, and if you touch it slightly, you have to feel distressed to death.

Yang Xun just saw that Song Yunping and his family had a lot of things on the board, so he offered to help.

When he didn't want to get out of the car, before Yang Xun stepped forward to help, Wang Chong easily moved the sewing machine weighing more than 100 catties from the board car.

"Brother-in-law, you have so much strength!" Yang Xunzhong gave a thumbs up and said with admiration.

Yang Xun's endurance is good, after all, he has been selling steamed buns for many years, carrying dozens of pounds of burdens

"Sister Xiaoping, brother-in-law, I really don't need to, I've eaten dry food!"

Facing the enthusiastic Wang Zhong and Song Yunping, Yang Xun smiled helplessly and wanted to refuse the warm invitation of the two.

"It's just eating, if you're really not hungry, then eat less! Just deal with two mouthfuls. ”

Wang Chong is okay, but Song Yunping said that he would invite Yang Xun to his home for a meal, Yang Xun is young, the yellow hair on his lips has not faded, and he looks like a child, but he carries a burden of twenty or thirty catties every day, sells steamed buns in ten miles and eight towns, his skin is tanned, his ears are also frozen with frostbite, and his bare hands are not as immature as a young man, and he is rough like a middle-aged man who is thirty or forty years old and has been engaged in heavy physical labor all year round.

Yang Xun couldn't resist Song Yunping, so he could only follow Wang Zhong and Song Yunping back home.

"You sit down for a while, and the meal will be ready in no time!" Song Yunping asked Wang Zhong to greet Yang Xun, and he turned around and went into the kitchen.

There was hot water boiled by Wang Chonggang in the hot water bottle in the morning, Wang Chong made a pot of tea, and came to Yang Xun.

"Drink tea."

"Thank you, brother-in-law." Yang Xun was a little restrained, Wang Chong's family looked ordinary from the outside, no different from other houses in the brigade, but as soon as he entered the door, it was completely different.

The ground is paved with red bricks, and there are two circle chairs on each of the three sides against the wall, the middle is a high one, and there are several human meridian diagrams, anatomical diagrams, and whole body skeleton diagrams hung on the wall facing the door, and there is a long case against the wall, and there are tea trays and thermos bottles on the table, which are clean and tidy.

"Brother-in-law, your house is really clean." Yang Xun took the initiative to find the topic.

Wang Chongdao: "It's all Xiaoping's credit." ”

"Brother-in-law, when did you and my sister get married, why haven't I heard about it?" Yang Xun asked curiously.

Wang Chongdao: "I got the certificate yesterday, I didn't do anything, so I invited Secretary Yang to be a witness, and our two families sat together and had a meal." ”

"Yesterday?" Yang Xun was a little surprised, he thought that Wang Chong and Song Yunping had already married.

"On such a cold day, why do you still come out to sell steamed buns?" Wang Zhong asked.

Yang Xun lowered his head, a little embarrassed: "No way, my family conditions are not good, I don't sell steamed buns, and the tuition fees of my younger brothers and sisters will not be enough." ”

Wang nodded and said, "It's so cold now, your steamed buns are not easy to sell!" ”

Yang Xun sighed, didn't hide it, and said bluntly: "It's really not easy to sell." ”

Wang Chongdao: "In this winter, even if you wrap it in a quilt, it will take less than two hours to put it, and the steamed bun will be frozen hard." ”

"Nothing else you thought about doing?"

Yang Xun spread his hands and said helplessly: "But I don't know anything except selling steamed buns." ”

Wang Chong looked at Yang Xun's still a somewhat childish face and said, "If you believe me, come back in ten days, and I will teach you a way to make money at that time." ”

"How to make money?" Yang Xun looked at Wang Chong with doubts in his eyes.

Wang Chongdao: "Don't worry, it's not for you to kill people and set fires." ”

"What's that?" Yang Xun asked curiously.

Wang Zhong smiled mysteriously: "If you are really interested, you will know when you come over." ”

Yang Xun nodded and didn't ask any more.

Wang Chong's family is behind the Song family, and Wang Chong's purchase of a sewing machine has spread throughout the entire mountainside brigade before he enters the village, attracting countless onlookers.

As soon as the two of them sat down and didn't say a few words, someone came to the door to see the sewing machine that Wang had bought again.

"Doctor Wang, I heard that your family bought a sewing machine?"

"Aunt Liu, you are really well-informed, I just arrived home, you will know!"

"Hey! That's a sewing machine, and before you even entered our brigade, the news spread. ”

"Where's your sewing machine?" Let's see? ”

In these days, a sewing machine is not a rare object in the city, but in the countryside, it is a real rarity.

"In the Westinghouse, I just brought it back, and I haven't had time to install it yet."

"Haven't installed it yet?"

Wang Zhong got up and lifted the curtain of the West House: "No, there it is." ”

Aunt Liu looked inside at the door again, and sure enough, she only saw the table top of the sewing machine, but she didn't see the machine, but Aunt Liu couldn't help but walk in curiously to observe it up close.

After asking Wang Chong's opinion, and after getting permission, he carefully put his hand on the sewing machine.

"Doctor Wang, are you planning to let your Xiaoping be a tailor?" Aunt Liu asked curiously.

"Isn't it that Xiaoping's job has never been settled, where am I willing to let her do the heavy work in the field, so I am thinking about buying a sewing machine and coming back, so that she can do some sewing and mending work, and I can also subsidize the family."

"Quite a bit of money, right?" Aunt Liu asked again.

Wang Zhong said: "The price is not too expensive, but the ticket is not easy to get." ”

Nowadays, everything needs tickets, sewing machines, bicycles, watches, are all precious things, bicycles are better, Secretary Yang of the brigade has one, but no one has ever had a sewing machine and watch in the entire mountainback brigade.

Whenever there is anything to be sewn in the villagers' homes, it is basically solved by their own women by hand with needle and thread.

Seeing Song Yunping bring the fried vegetables to the table, the two followed Yang Xun to prepare for dinner, and the villagers who came to see the sewing machine reluctantly said goodbye.

After eating, Yang Xun also left, carrying his heavy flat shoulder, and embarked on the journey of selling steamed buns again.

Wang Zhong helped Song Yunping install the sewing machine in the Westinghouse, and helped Song Yunping cut the cloth she bought back to the right size.

Looking at Wang Chong's movements that were even more skillful than herself, Song Yunping asked curiously: "If I didn't know that you were a doctor, seeing your craftsmanship, I would definitely think that you were a tailor."

Wang Chongdao: "I've been here alone for so many years, if I can't do this little work, then all these years have not been in vain." ”

Song Yunping stepped on the sewing machine and began to sew the cut cloth according to the shape drawn by Wang Chong, while Wang Chong was handling the duck feathers saved by the family.

These duck feathers have been saved by Wang Zhong for several years, and he has already processed them, but if he wants to use them, he is still in the final process.

Cut off the excess parts one by one, and put the trimmed soft and fluffy duck feathers into the dustpan.

Song Yunping didn't call Song's mother to help, she just wanted to surprise her parents after the clothes were ready.

Early the next morning, Wang Chong and Song Yunping carried two jars of medicinal wine, half a piece of cloth, a piece of meat, a fish, and two new cotton jackets made by the two of them overnight as a return gift to accompany Song Yunping back to the door.

"Do you want to go back to the door, what are you doing with so many things, it's a waste of money!" Mother Song saw that the two of them were fish and meat, and she felt distressed in her heart.

"Mom! These are Wang Chong's intentions, and he honors you and my father! Song Yunping held her mother's hand, but there was a bright smile on her face.

Mother Song is also a knife-mouthed tofu heart, but she thinks it's too wasteful to buy so many things, so she said a few words, just her temper, where is she willing to say half a sentence.

"You two will talk first, and I'll go cook with Xiaoping."

Returning to the door is also particular, Wang Zhong and Song Yunping brought so many good things, the Song family naturally can't be stingy, and they will definitely make a table of delicious food to entertain their daughter and son-in-law.

Song's mother is not as extravagant as Wang Chong's cooking, but today is not the usual, today is the day when her daughter returns to the door, Song's mother also gritted her teeth and stewed the fish brought by Wang Chong, and cut the meat in half.

It didn't take long for the steaming meal to be served on the table, and the mother and daughter brought the dishes and chopsticks, beckoning Father Song to eat with Wang Chong.

After eating, Wang Chong put forward a proposal for the two families to eat together in the future, which was said before the marriage, and in the future, Wang Chong and Song Yunping will give Song's father and Song mother a pension for the elderly, so that Song Yunhui can work hard outside with peace of mind.

It just so happens that Song's father also has a hand in medicine, and he is far more proficient in medicinal materials than Song Yunping, a half-man, and he can just help Wang Chong tinker with medicinal materials and catch medicine for the villagers who come to see a doctor.

Song Yunping's needlework was also taught by Song's mother, and now that the sewing machine has been bought, the mother and daughter no longer have to sew and mend slowly under the oil lamp with needlework and squinting their eyes as before.

Taking advantage of the fact that there is no work now, the mother and daughter dismantle the old quilts that are not used at home for the time being, take the quilt covers to wash, and take the lumps of cotton to the town to play the cotton again, and then sew them up again.

This busy work is seven or eight days, and in a blink of an eye, it will be the day when Wang Chong told Yang Xun that he was good.

Early in the morning, Wang Chong came back from the morning exercise on the mountain, Song Yunping also made breakfast, and the family of four had just finished eating, and Yang Xun, who was carrying the burden, arrived.

"Sister!"

"Uncle Song, Aunt Song!"

"Brother-in-law!"

Yang Xun is a sweet-mouthed person, and as soon as he entered the door, he greeted everyone with a smile on his face.

"Yang Xun is here!" Song Yunping saw that it was Yang Xun, and hurriedly greeted him warmly.

"Come, tea!" Mother Song brought Yang Xun a cup of freshly brewed hot tea.

It's not a good tea, it's just a tea taste.

"Thank you, Aunt Song."

"It's quite punctual." Wang Zhong said to Yang Xun.

Yang Xun said with a smile: "I got up early in the morning before dawn, and rushed over after eating two steamed buns, for fear of delaying time." ”

Wang Zhong said: "Okay! You'll give me a hand later. ”

Yang Xun asked curiously: "Brother-in-law, what craft do you want to teach me?" ”

Wang Chongdao: "Have you ever heard of chicken feathers for sugar? ”

"Chicken feathers for sugar?" Yang Xun's eyes lit up: "I heard that there seem to be a lot of people doing this in Yiwu." ”

Wang Chongdao: "Chicken feathers for sugar is just a general name, sugar, just like the steamed bread you sell, is hard currency, the key is that this sugar is not like steamed bread after boiling, even if it is put for a long time, it will be cold and hard, and the taste will not deteriorate." ”

Yang Xun looked at Wang Chong with an expectant face: "Brother-in-law, do you know how to make sugar?" ”

Wang Zhong smiled and said: "It's not to make sugar, it's to boil sugar." ”

"Boiled sugar?" Yang Xun muttered suspiciously.

Wang Chong said: "Come with me and you'll know." ”

Saying that, Wang Chong took the lead in getting up, and Yang Xun followed.

Wang Chong led Yang Xun and went out all the way forward, but he didn't enter his own kitchen, but walked to Song Yunping's house in front and got into the kitchen of Song Yunping's house.

Song Yunping's house is an old courtyard house, surrounded by a courtyard wall, as long as the door is closed, you can't see what is going on inside.

In the kitchen and yard, the materials and tools that should be prepared have been prepared in advance.

Wang Zhong demonstrated each step, and then let Yang Xun get started by himself, while he stood aside to point out and correct what Yang Xun did wrong.

Boiling sugar is a technical job, time-consuming and laborious, it is true that not everyone can do it, although Yang Xun is not tall and does not have much strength, but he has a smart energy in his bones, and he is willing to study and know how to ponder, rather than simply painting cats and tigers.

For most of the day, looking at the bubbling sugar liquid in the pot, the smile on Yang Xun's face became brighter and brighter.

"Brother Wang Chong, this is it?" Yang Xun kept stirring with a wooden shovel, and looked up excitedly to ask Wang Chong.

Wang Chong said: "I still owe a little fire, this color has to be boiled into amber!" ”

"The heat of boiling sugar is also very important, whether the fire is big or small, it will affect the quality of the sugar, it must be just right, the color of the boiled sugar is the brightest, and the taste is the best."

When the heat was almost ready, Wang Chong demonstrated it first, and then taught Yang Xun how to get the sugar liquid out of the pot and pour it into the mold prepared in advance to cool.

Put the abrasive full of sugar liquid under the eaves and wait for it to dry naturally, Yang Xun turned around and went into the kitchen again, scraped out the little sugar liquid left in the pot with a spatula, and couldn't help but scrape a little with his fingers and put it in his mouth.

Just one bite made Yang Xun's eyes light up instantly.

"Is it sweet?" Wang Zhong next to him asked with a smile.

Yang Xun immediately nodded like pounding garlic.

"Sweet! I've never had such sweet sugar. Yang Xun said excitedly, completely forgetting that it was such a sweet sugar, even other sugars he had never eaten a piece of it since he could remember.

"When the sugar solution cools down, you can take it out and sell it." Wang Chongdao.

"Brother-in-law, how should this candy be sold appropriately?" Yang Xun asked.

Wang Chongdao: "You have to calculate it yourself, the big guy is not a fool, if you sell it expensive, will everyone still ask you to buy it?" ”

"But if you sell it cheaply, you can't make money, not to mention, you have to lose money."

Yang Xun nodded approvingly: "Brother-in-law, tell me about the cost of boiling these sugars!" ”

Wang Zhong took out a folded piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Yang Xun: "Nuo, everything you want to know is written on this, the quantity, the unit price, as for how much money was spent, you go back and calculate it slowly, the sugar you boiled out today will be regarded as if I lent it to you, and after you sell the sugar and make money, you will pay back my capital." ”

"Brother-in-law!" Yang Xun's voice trembled a little, looking at Wang Chong, there seemed to be tears flickering in his eyes.

"Thank you!"

"If you really want to thank me, do this work as soon as possible and earn money so that you can pay your younger siblings' tuition!"

(End of chapter)