After the hurricane, the eldest brother and the second brother felt that the thatched hut could no longer live, but we could not afford to build the brick house. The master master is dressed in green cloth, with a Chinese face, a beard, and eyebrows like two sharp swords, tough and powerful. Perhaps because of his long time on the construction site, his skin was dark and shiny, and certainly not as bright as a light bulb, but he could locate it in the dark.

The eldest brother's first reaction was that the second brother must have caused trouble again, but the second brother was confused, wasn't the winery already finished? Could it be that something is wrong?

"Master, why are you here?" The second brother glanced around, and finally found a big wooden stake, moved it over and wiped it with his sleeve, and said with some embarrassment: "I'm really sorry, there was a typhoon two days ago, our house was blown away, and the stool didn't know where to fly......"

"Alright! Where to sit? Not so much detailed. "Master Fu Daming Meng Jianqiao, a native of Mengjiazhuang, lives in the same village as my cousins.

He sat down with him, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took one out and put it to his lips, looked around, took the cigarette down again, and said with a sigh: "It's been a long time since I've encountered such a fierce wind, and the last time I saw it was when you were so old as Erhu." At that time, most of them were thatched huts, and when the wind blew, almost the entire village was gone, and many people died. What he didn't mention was that his father was also one of those many people, and as the eldest son, he had been stirring up the whole family since that day at the age of thirteen.

"Many houses in the town have also been smashed with broken roofs, master, are you okay with your family?" The eldest brother asked while stacking firewood.

"My house is sturdy! No matter how strong the wind is, it's okay! The master is full of confidence in his words, he is building a bungalow, not like a tile house, and he is a master when he smashes it, besides, he is a master! If his own house collapses in one blow, who would dare to ask him to build a house? "What are you going to do? Can't you always live in a cave? ”

"We ...... Haven't figured it out yet. The second brother hesitated, "That, master, it just so happens that you are here, I want to ask for advice, if you build a sturdy wooden house, how deep do you have to lay the foundation?" ”

"It depends on how big the room is, and how to get the solid soil layer." The master took out a match and lit a cigarette for himself, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled a string of smoke rings, which I regarded as a skill, because most people puff out smoke that is similar to a chimney, and cannot define the shape.

The second brother glanced at the eldest brother who was sorting out the firewood, and then looked at the third brother and me who were playing not far away, "It's enough for the four of us to live!" He said.

"A wooden house is a good idea, as long as there is enough wood, it doesn't cost much." The master looked left and right, and the mountains were full of crooked trees, and there was no shortage of them.

More than five generations of people living in Tao Town have a mountain forest, the ancestor of the old Liu family is Tao Town Wasteland Cattle, the mountain forest area is larger than the average family, when the pot can not be opened, the eldest brother and the second brother also cut the wood to sell on the market. When the wind fell, the trees fell and crooked, and if they were not used, they could only be used to make firewood.

The master walked to the location of the original thatched hut and walked around, and said, "You have a very small land, so if you want to build it, build a big one." ”

The second brother smiled bitterly and said, "It's good that my brother and I can make a room as big as it used to be." When he was working on the construction site, he secretly watched how the masters built sheds, and thought about trying it with his eldest brother.

"You kid don't think building a wooden house is as easy as building a house for a child, do you? Just the two of you, cover it in the Year of the Monkey and the month of the Horse? The master said unceremoniously.

The second brother scratched his head and said, "We want to build a triangular shed first, as long as it is strong, we are afraid that the wind will blow and fall." ”

"It's not a day or two to live, how can the triangular shed be a long-term solution?" The master threw the cigarette butt to the ground, stepped on it and spun and trampled mercilessly, as if the cigarette butt had an enmity with him, "In this way, catch up with Ming'er, I'll find a few people to come over and put the shelf on first." ”

"No, no, no, no, master, I'll just take it slowly with my eldest brother, don't dare to trouble the master!" The second brother waved his hand busily.

"Are you worried about money?" The master stared at the second brother.

The second brother lowered his head and said honestly: "I won't tell you, right now, we really don't have any money." ”

"Did I say I'm going to take you money?" The master said angrily.

"That's even worse!"

"I'm not working for nothing! I see that you have a lot of timber here, and I need a batch of black leather strips at the new construction site over there, so I will help you build two wooden houses, and you will give me two truckloads of good timber, and no one will owe anyone. The master had a serious face and could not be said.

"Two carts of wood aren't worth much...... the second brother seemed to suddenly remember something, "Master, are you here to find wood today?"

"Oh, look at my memory!" The master slapped his thigh and said, "That's it! Didn't I mention to you about the winery glass bidding before? Did you send a wine glass later? ”

When the second brother heard this, he drooped his head and said: "Don't mention it, my eldest brother didn't eat or drink for a few days and nights, and finally rushed out a set of cups. ”

"All shattered? Didn't leave one? ”

The second brother recalled the scene at that time and said: "It should be all broken, I also borrowed a broom from the construction site and cleaned the broken porcelain." ”

"That's weird......" the master looked puzzled.

"What's wrong?"

"I heard that last month, the city leaders visited the winery, and an official accidentally saw a wine glass on the table in the guard's room, took it and looked at it, and immediately liked it very much, saying that it was seven or eight points similar to an antique, and asked where he bought it, and if there was a good one, he was willing to spend fifty yuan to buy a set. The guard said that he passed by the makeshift office a few months ago, and saw a cup in the gutter, so he picked it up, although it was missing, but he looked good, so he picked it up, and usually used it to mix paste and post notices. Falling at the door of the temporary office, eight out of ten are the people who participated in the bidding, but the factory director asked around and didn't know whose house, and later several caves did the same, but they couldn't make the original appearance. When I heard about it yesterday, I suddenly remembered that you had also participated in the bidding before, and wondered if the cup would be yours, so I came over and asked. The master seemed to feel sorry, and suddenly added, "By the way, I heard that there are a few chickens painted on that cup." ”

"Huh? Such a coincidence? The cup I sent that day also had a picture of a chicken on it. The second brother was afraid that he would remember something, so he turned to the eldest brother who was still collecting firewood, and asked in a loud voice: "Brother! What was drawn on the glass we sent to the distillery last time? ”

The eldest brother broke the branch into a tree that was about two feet long, and replied, "What did you forget?" Roosters, hens, chicks, centipedes, and flowers, what's wrong? ”

"Flowers! That's right, that's right! I heard that there are flowers too! Master said excitedly.

The second brother fell into deep thought, and after a moment, he looked up at the master and guessed: "Master master, did you say that it was possible to roll a drain at that time, I didn't notice it?" ”

"It must be so! You're knocked over, the cup falls to the ground, and when you sit up, you find the cup broken, hey! Unexpectedly, there was still one in the ditch! "The master played an allegro, as if he had witnessed the whole scene.

"At that time, it was Zhao Jiancheng who knocked me down, his father Zhao Xingxing, although the cup was broken, he should have also seen the tricks on it, you just said that the director of the distillery asked all the bidders, and they all said that they didn't know, and it was really not ours." The second brother said with some hesitation.

"The Zhao family? The last time the bid was won by the Zhao family, and I heard that their family was the first to reburn the cup without success. The master thought for a while and said, "Although we can't think of people in a bad way, there are more people in this world who pretend to be confused in their hearts, and no one can say for sure." Thinking about it on the other side, maybe he really didn't take a closer look? Anyway, it's said that the cup is still in the security room, so why don't you go and see it? ”

According to the eldest brother's own identification, the missing cup was indeed burned by him. At that time, he tried many cups and was not satisfied, and suddenly remembered that his father had mentioned that since ancient times, the best wine cup was the chicken bowl cup in the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty.

I heard that the original owner of the wine glass was found, and the director of the distillery, Qin, asked the security guard to quickly invite someone to the director's office, but when the eldest brother stood in front of him, he couldn't believe that the wine glass that couldn't be made by more than a dozen big kilns in Tao Town was actually made by a minor child. He pointed to the wine glass on the desk and asked the eldest brother, "You made this glass?" ”

"Yes!" Although it is the first time to meet a leader-level figure, the eldest brother is not stage frightened at all.

"What evidence is there for what you say?" Director Qin asked again.

"What evidence? What I did was what I did, can I still lie? "The eldest brother is an honest man with a straight intestine, but one sentence turned Director Qin down.

Although the eldest brother's words are not very good, he can't find anything wrong, probably the kind of people who are not very flexible, but most of such people are bored and do practical things, which gave Director Qin some confidence, "Then can you burn another set of exactly the same one?" ”

"Yes!" The eldest brother replied simply.

"How long?" Director Qin is a person who has seen the world, knows what kind of people to say what kind of words, to the eldest brother, if you can communicate with one word, don't waste the second word.

"Seven days."

"How much?" Director Qin is quick to speak.

The eldest brother was just about to speak, but the second brother standing behind him stepped forward and replied first: "No money!" ”

Don't want money? This was unexpected, and Director Qin moved his eyes to the second brother's face, "Who are you?" ”

"My name is Erhu, and he is my brother." The second brother is not in a hurry.

Director Qin nodded, and asked again: "If you don't want money, what do you want?" ”

The eldest brother looked at the second brother, and the second brother seemed to have been prepared, and said calmly: "If my brother's cup is satisfactory to the director, then if the winery still needs a wine glass next time, I hope we can make it." ”

Director Qin laughed, and said in his heart that this kid is smart enough, a set of wine glasses is not worth much, if the price is high, it will look greedy, it is better to sell personal favors; As long as you accept their wine glasses, it is to recognize their strength, and it is justified to buy wine glasses from their kiln in the future, and besides, he is the director of a winery, and he will not lose his credibility in front of the two children.

"Okay! As long as you can make this set of cups, the 500 sets of zodiac wine glasses for this year's New Year will be yours. ”

"Thank you, Director!"

"Don't thank me yet, let's make the cup first." Director Qin said with a smile, and then asked, "You are so young and so good at craft, who did you learn from?" ”

"I won't, my brother learned from our father." The second brother saw that the eldest brother had no intention of answering, so he answered for him.

Director Qin raised his eyebrows, "What about your father?" Wouldn't it be more powerful? If you have the opportunity, you need to see and learn. ”

The second brother was silent and said, "Our father...... It's gone. ”

"Oops! That's a shame. ”

The security guard on one side took the opportunity to speak: "Factory director, you are a foreigner, you may not know, his father is Liu Dawan, Liu Dawan's porcelain burning technology is this in our Tao Town!" The security guard gave a thumbs up.

"It turns out that the tiger father has no dog! After those seven days, wait for your cup! Director Qin looked at the second brother, "Don't fall again this time!" ”

The second brother agreed to come down. This time, you must not fall again.

On the seventh day, a set of extravagant and shallow-bellied, delicate and delicate chicken bowl cups were presented to Director Qin on time. The carcass is light and transparent like cicada wings, the glaze is smooth and smooth like jade, the blue and white bottom glaze is soft and elegant, and the bright and colorful bucket is full of fun. Not to mention the skills required for the cup that is so translucent that it can be used to make a lampshade, the easy brushstrokes and the light makeup and heavy makeup, the complementary color mixing technique is enough to make many art students who have studied art for many years sigh to themselves, and all of this is only from the hands of a big brother who is less than 17 years old and has only graduated from elementary school.

Director Qin is a layman in porcelain, and he can't put it down when he sees the cup. "I heard that ten years ago, a real antique cup was sold for more than 5 million Hong Kong dollars at a Hong Kong auction, which is really worth more than gold!"

The eldest brother was noncommittal when he heard it, for him, whether it was five million or five cents, after all, it was just a set of wine glasses, could it be that the wine in five million wine glasses would be surprisingly fragrant? Having said that, this set of wine glasses has made the inconspicuous big brother a little famous, and several high-end porcelain sellers in the city specially asked the big brother to make antique porcelain for them. They laughed and said that today's people are pursuing cultural tastes, and a little hillbilly like Big Brother who has never seen the world will not understand.

Master Fu did what he said, led eight people to spend three days, for us to build a delicate cabin, the mountain is damp, the wooden house is built two feet from the ground, and there is a corridor and terrace around the house, which can reduce rats and insects directly into the house, and second, it is convenient to dry clothes or something, and you can also sit and enjoy the shade in summer; The wooden roof is covered with a tarpaulin and asbestos tiles, so you don't have to worry about rain leakage. For the four siblings who have lived in the thatched house for nearly two years, the wooden house is tantamount to a palace, luxurious and comfortable. The eldest brother and the second brother could only choose the best wood, carry it down the mountain, and load two trucks full of two trucks for the master to transport away, as for the favor, he can only wait for the opportunity to return it later.

In order to facilitate the guests who buy porcelain to go up the mountain, the eldest brother erected a big signboard of "big bowl of porcelain" at the intersection of the Jiudong Bridge, and made signs all the way to the gate of the fence of our beautiful wooden house, with a boxy, not very smooth plaque as the end point of the road, and the plaque was brushed with a thin layer of white paint with a visible bottom, just to slightly highlight the content above. In the center is the "big bowl of ceramics" four wolf characters, four corners of the four small names, the upper left corner is "big dragon", the upper right corner is "two tigers", the lower left corner is "three bridges", and the lower right corner is a little different, because I am not good at writing, but I don't want my brothers to ghostwrite, so I wrote a crooked "15". Since then, although the days are still poor, I finally no longer have to eat the last meal and worry about the next meal, which is already a great happiness.