Chapter 147: A Craft

Recently, Ran Jinglin's life has been much more comfortable.

Li Weidong has not seen him since the last time he wrote a letter.

On the contrary, it was Zhou Xiaobai who asked for advice from time to time.

In this regard, the prison guards who are responsible for guarding the prisoners also turn a blind eye.

"Brother Xu."

"Why do you kid have time to come over? Is it time to send New Year's goods? ”

After Xu Zhiqiang saw Li Weidong, his eyes lit up and he immediately greeted him.

"Tsk, Brother Xu, this year hasn't arrived yet, what kind of New Year's goods will you send? And didn't the wild boar be sent in advance? ”

Li Weidong shook his head.

As the New Year approaches, more and more people have recently asked him when he will send the New Year's goods.

The reason why I asked him was because everyone knew that he got this year's New Year's goods single-handedly, and there were more than a dozen kinds.

Even if there is anything, it has long been passed on.

Nowadays, everyone is looking forward to the delivery of New Year's goods.

"The wild boar meat I sent last time, I haven't tasted it yet, and it was hidden by your sister-in-law, so I don't have to wait until the New Year to eat it, and I'm not afraid of covering the smell." Xu Zhiqiang was distressed with happiness on his face.

As long as you wait for this year's New Year's goods to be sent, you will definitely be able to have a big fat year at home, and you can also honor the old people on both sides.

Neighbors will also drool with envy.

Look at who says working on a prison farm is no different from going to jail.

After complaining happily, Xu Zhiqiang glanced at Ran Jinglin, who was working in the distance, and gestured to Li Weidong.

"Send him another letter?"

"No, I came here this time because I had something to trouble Brother Xu."

Li Weidong shook his head, he hadn't seen Ran Qiuye in the recent past.

Since the last time the other party confessed and took out the correspondence, there has been basically no problem.

This kind of thing, although it is a bit taboo, but as long as no one pursues it, it will naturally be fine.

But Li Weidong still reminded the other party that if the family can leave, it is better to leave for the time being, and come back in a few years.

Because in her brother's letter, it was mentioned in this matter.

It's just that Ran Qiuye refused.

In her words, even if the suffering is temporary.

In this regard, Li Weidong didn't say anything more, and if he had enough ability in the future, he could help her.

At least she won't be treated unfairly.

"What's the matter? You said. ”

Although Xu Zhiqiang was a little surprised, he still responded happily.

"Do we have any craftsmen on the farm who can carve jade? I've been interested in that one lately, and I want to follow it for two days. ”

In order not to leave future troubles, Li Weidong didn't mind finding another master for himself and studying for two days.

Anyway, it doesn't take much time, and it can hide people's eyes.

"Jade carving?"

Xu Zhiqiang frowned suddenly, don't look at the fact that there are a lot of 'talents' on the farm, but it doesn't mean that there are three hundred and sixty lines, and there are all the lines.

At present, jade carving is a scarce industry, and there are not many in the capital, not to mention that they have committed an accident, and they happen to be locked up in their farm for transformation.

"I don't think so."

After thinking for a moment, Xu Zhiqiang shook his head.

"Didn't you?"

Li Weidong was a little disappointed.

But at this moment, a weak voice sounded next to him.

"Report, report."

"Say."

Xu Zhiqiang glanced at the prisoner who raised his hand, a little impatient.

"I, I'll do a little carving."

The prisoner who spoke looked to be in his thirties and forties, with tattered clothes, a hunched neck, and small eyes.

"Chen Fugui, do you know how to carve? You know how serious lying is here. ”

Xu Zhiqiang looked at the other party coldly.

In his impression, this Chen Fugui always cheats and cheats when he works, and he has never heard of dealing with jade before.

"I know that I have always liked to fiddle with wood carving since I was a child, and later when I was working in a furniture factory, I learned wood carving from a master for a while." Chen Fugui hurriedly said.

"Fuck off, who's going to carve wood? We're talking about jade carving, do you understand jade? Xu Zhiqiang glared at him angrily.

"Yes, I understand, the master who taught me used to make jade carving, he said that jade carving and wood carving, in fact, there is not much difference, as long as you master the know-how inside.

Although I have never actually carved jade, I still carve beautiful wood, and I know how to carve jade. ”

Chen Fugui didn't want to let go of such a good opportunity.

You only need to look at Ran Jinglin's current treatment to know.

"Where was the furniture factory where you used to work? What's the name of that master? ”

Before Chen Fugui began to be happy, Li Weidong had already thrown him away.

"Huh?"

Therefore, Chen Fugui was a little dumbfounded.

"He's dead."

"Chen Fugui, if I find out that the person you said is not dead, believe it or not, I will let you squat on the farm for another ten years?" Xu Zhiqiang took over the conversation.

"No, I swear, the old master died before I came to the farm, he died of illness, he had no children or daughters, and I bought the coffin. By the way, he left behind a set of jade carving tools when he died, which was hidden under my bed, in a box under the third brick. ”

Chen Fugui said it all in one go.

"The tool?"

"I'll hand it in, I'll turn it in."

"Just hand it over, how much it is, I'll buy it."

Li Weidong said at this time.

If you can have a set of jade carving tools, it will undoubtedly be the best.

As the saying goes, to do a play is to do a whole (set).

"I don't want money, I'm willing to hand it in."

Chen Fugui's head shook like a rattle, how dare he ask for Li Weidong's money.

"Okay, let you make an honest offer, no one is greedy for your little thing." Xu Zhiqiang said.

Asking for things from prisoners without permission, this kind of thing can be big or small, if Chen Fugui goes to report it, then Li Weidong will definitely have no good fruit to eat.

Since this matter passed through him, he naturally would not leave any trouble.

"This ...... I don't want money. Chen Fugui hesitated.

"Don't want money? So what do you want? ”

"I want food, twenty catties of stick noodles, give it to my family, and that set of tools is yours."

Chen Fugui looked at Li Weidong with an open look.

As a strong laborer in the family, after he came in, the family must have a hard time.

Seeing that the Chinese New Year is coming again, he will talk to him even if he is punished, just to fight for some benefits.

"Twenty pounds? Chen Fugui, are you a lion with a big mouth? ”

Xu Zhiqiang suddenly said unkindly.

"Xu Tou, I swear, absolutely not much, I also asked someone to see it before, saying that the set of tools was specially made by the best craftsmen, and even the material is what kind of gold."

"Gold?"

Xu Zhiqiang suddenly had an expression of deceiving a ghost.

How can it be that the noodles made of gold are only worth twenty catties?

"It's alloyed, right?"

Fortunately, Li Weidong explained at the critical moment.

"Ah, yes, yes, it's alloyed."

Chen Fugui nodded quickly.

"I'll give you thirty catties, and the extra ten catties will be regarded as tuition, what do you think?"

Whether it's alloy or not, Li Weidong doesn't care, anyway, he doesn't really want to be a jade carver.

Give ten catties more, it's not that he's poor and generous, since he learns other people's skills, there is naturally no reason to learn in vain.

Even if Chen Fugui is only a prisoner at present, his skills are real.

You can learn it with ten catties of stick noodles, and it is obvious that Li Weidong has earned it.

"Okay, okay, I promise."

Originally, Chen Fugui was ready to halve, but unexpectedly, Li Weidong not only agreed, but even added ten catties to him to learn art, how could there be any reason not to agree.

"I'll bring the stick noodles tomorrow, and I'll trouble Brother Xu to help me run."

Li Weidong didn't know where Chen Fugui's family was, and he had no experience in this kind of thing, so it was better to ask Xu Zhiqiang for help.

"Don't worry, leave this little thing to me, and I promise to help you do it."

After Xu Zhiqiang finished speaking, he said to Chen Fugui again: "Can you write?" Go back and write a letter to my family, and I'll bring it with me when the time comes. ”

"A little."

Chen Fugui nodded.

In fact, even if he can't, he can find someone to help write it for him.

Ran Jinglin, not far away, used to be a big professor.

After finishing his business, Li Weidong chatted with Xu Zhiqiang for a few words and returned to the office.

"I notice you seem to be quite busy lately?"

As soon as he sat down, Zhou Xiaobai put down the book in his hand and looked up at him.

"After all, he is about to become a cadre, so it's normal to be busy."

Li Weidong leaned back in his chair lazily and replied in a respectful manner.

Since I came to the farm, I haven't done much of my own work, one will go out on a mission, the other will catch the enemy, and I will also take care of the New Year's benefits of the farm.

Zhou Xiaobai said that he was busy, but he was not purely joking at him.

"If you really want to be a cadre, shouldn't you go to university?"

Zhou Xiaobai didn't take Li Weidong's words seriously.

She's not stupid.

Li Weidong just came to the farm, and he has only been a regular for a few days?

Do you want to be a cadre?

I don't know if it's better to say that he is ignorant and fearless, or if he is whimsical.

Even if she, a college student, comes to the farm, she only enjoys the treatment of a cadre, and if she wants to become a real cadre, she has to mix up her qualifications for a few years first.

And this is already far away from ordinary workers.

Although it is not necessary to be a college student to be a cadre, college students have a greater advantage over workers.

In her opinion, if Li Weidong really wants to be a cadre, he should go to a university first, and then work in a down-to-earth manner for two years after graduation.

"That normal path doesn't work for me."

Li Weidong shook his head, it's 1963 soon, and he still goes to college?

He's fine.

Although a diploma is a good thing, climbing to a certain height is an important resume.

But Li Weidong's original intention of wanting to be a cadre was to fight against Chang Qingbo, and in those years, he had enough strength to protect himself, and he never thought about how big an official he was.

So, in a short period of time, the diploma did not play much role for him.

Instead of going to college and wasting these precious years, it is better to start from now on and work hard.

With a game farm by his side, as long as he is given a suitable stage and a group of forces that belong to him, it is not a problem.

Listening to Li Weidong's words, the more out of tune he became, Zhou Xiaobai shook his head.

She believes that when Li Weidong hits a wall and falls on his heels in the future, she will know how important what she says is.

And Song Yan on the other side didn't even raise his head from beginning to end.

It's just that he knows more things than Zhou Xiaobai, Li Weidong said that he wants to be a cadre, which seems to be nonsense, but with his understanding of Li Weidong, since he said this, it is basically eight or nine.

He didn't expect that the scientific talents he wanted to cultivate would want to be cadres.

He doesn't plan to interfere with Li Weidong's choices and aspirations, he, as a master, is only responsible for teaching knowledge and taking the helm of Li Weidong's life path, so as not to let him go astray.

The next day, Li Weidong brought a full thirty catties of stick noodles and handed them to Xu Zhiqiang, who didn't talk nonsense and left directly behind his back.

Before noon, he came back with a box and handed it to Li Weidong.

The box looks old and a little damp.

There were quite a few tools wrapped in wax paper lying inside.

However, most of Li Weidong does not know him.

waited until Chen Fugui was found, and only then did he get to know these tools under the introduction of the other party.

There are thallium, toothless saws, drills, awls, carving knives.

In the hands of ordinary people, these tools seem a little novel, but in fact they are not very useful.

But in the eyes of Master Zhuoyu, it is not a priceless treasure, but it is also equivalent to a divine weapon that the knights of the rivers and lakes crave.

In the next few days, under the teaching of Chen Fugui, Li Weidong had a general understanding of carving, and unexpectedly, Li Weidong actually belonged to the kind of seedlings that God appreciates and eats.

Although it was only wood at the beginning, it also looked good, which made Chen Fugui say that he was born to eat this bowl of rice.

Xu Zhiqiang on the side pouted.

If you eat this bowl of rice, I'm afraid you can starve to death.

Li Weidong has this leisure and hobby, and he doesn't worry about eating or drinking, so he is too lazy to learn what carving is.

During this period, Li Weidong went to Zhang Yunshang's house again and got a lot of Hetian jade from there.

The quality is definitely far inferior to the jade pendant Xu Damao gave him, but the quantity is large.

There are more than a dozen pieces of Hetian jade the size of a fist alone.

Not to mention the small leftovers, which fill a small bag.

This made Li Weidong wonder if he bought it directly.

But no matter what, there will be an additional hidden and safe source of energy in the future.

Because there is no urgent shortage of energy at the moment, Li Weidong did not throw the jade into the game farm, he decided not to practice practicing jade carving in advance, and then convert energy when it is used up.

The main reason is that he has carved it in the past few days, and he found that he really likes this craft.

Especially when carving things, his heart will be unusually peaceful, and time will pass unconsciously.

At the moment when there is no TV and no mobile phone, it is definitely the best choice to pass the time and consume energy.

Then, whether it was at Li's house or on the farm, a strange scene occurred.

As long as he was fine, Li Weidong either held a piece of wood or a piece of jade in his hand and carved there.

Except for Li Shuqun muttering a few words of unprofessionalism, the rest of the people had no opinions.

The two little ones were also arguing to ask Li Weidong to carve their appearance for them, although Zhou Xiaobai didn't say it, but looking at her appearance, as long as Li Weidong's craftsmanship is complete, she will definitely not be polite.

Compared with the idle state on Li Weidong's side, Wu Min and Xiang Tianming's busy feet do not touch the ground.

Since capturing the first enemy, and then the information provided to Tianming, they quickly locked on to the second enemy, and after such a long time of squatting, they finally found one of the contact points of the other party.

(End of chapter)