mtl008 Chapter 235 Village Life (9)
Chapter 235 Village Life (9)
After going through so many things, Li Weisheng has become much more mature and stable and does not dig deep into the matter.
Li Weikang was still not in the right state of mind, and perhaps he didn't even hear what she said clearly, so he nodded.
Chen Youmao has always been tactful. He took Fang Xiaoyu, who wanted to ask more questions, home with him.
After parting, Xia Qingyue and Han Zhibai went straight to the carpenter's house. As expected, the furniture was almost finished, with only a few pieces left to be finished.
They said to the carpenter, "When it's done, send it to Li Benfu's home in the village and say it was Xia Qingyue and Han Zhibai who called them."
Without explanation, Li Benfu and his team would never accept anything of unknown origin.
After leaving the carpenter's house, Xia Qingyue hurried back to her home. Han Zhibai followed closely without asking why.
She ran back to her home and went straight into the main room. She went to the right side of the wardrobe, stood in front of a large wooden box on a square wooden cabinet, opened the box, and took out two wooden boxes several inches long.
There are flowers and plants carved on the upper right corner of the front of the wooden box. The flowers are lilies and the grass is auspicious grass. With just a few strokes, they are carved vividly, showing the vitality and gracefulness of the flowers and plants.
Above the flowers and plants are two nimble magpies, standing opposite each other, pecking at food with their heads down.
Since ancient times, magpies have symbolized the announcement of good news.
Han Zhibai recognized that this was the gift Qian Yurou and Xiaomei had given him on their wedding day.
She held a wooden box in each hand and gestured for him to help open them.
"I was too busy the past two days to watch it."
With two clicks, Han Zhibai opened the wooden box. Inside was a pair of warm-colored, orange-red hairpins. The hairpin heads were shaped like blooming peach flowers, and the other was shaped like slender, elegant and simple bamboo leaves. Both had clear and three-dimensional veins and exquisite workmanship.
In another wooden box was a pair of red love knots. At first glance, they seemed ordinary, but upon closer inspection, one could see that their patterns followed a certain pattern. They were a pair of birds holding flowers and leaves, with two red tassels hanging below, which was exquisite.
"How beautiful!" she exclaimed, intoxicated by the visual feast.
Han Zhibai also showed a little surprise in his eyes, "They are thoughtful. It takes a lot of effort to make these things."
"Yes, the time was so short, they didn't know how many days and nights they had to endure."
She said with some sadness: "I don't know if I'm wrong, but I feel like Big Brother seems to be a little different towards Yu Rou. To put it bluntly, he seems to like her."
I thought he would be surprised to hear this.
Unexpectedly, he didn't react at all and remained calm.
"Did you discover something too?"
He nodded and said, "According to my recent observations, Big Brother treats Miss Qian a little differently than he treats other people. I saw him a few times standing alone, staring at her foolishly. Sometimes he would smile, but most of the time there was sadness in his eyes."
"We can't take this matter lightly. I'll find a chance to test Big Brother later." She said cautiously.
The two of them went to Li's house hand in hand. Several young men were washing vegetables and preparing food for lunch. Fang Xiaoyu was sitting in the yard eating snacks.
Seeing them coming, Fang Xiaoyu waved happily, "Qingyue."
Xia Qingyue walked over and just sat down when she heard the other party say, "I was going to cook, but they kicked me out. Qingyue, come and have some fried peanuts and pumpkin seeds."
Fang Xiaoyu grabbed a handful of roasted nuts and stuffed them over.
"Qingyue, are you going up the mountain this afternoon?" His tone was full of reluctance.
Xia Qingyue peeled some peanuts and ate them. They were crunchy and fragrant. "Yes, I haven't taken care of the poultry on the mountain for two days. I don't know what happened to them."
The two chatted while eating snacks.
Over there, Han Zhibai picked up an axe and chopped wood at the kitchen door, chatting with Li Weisheng and Chen Youmao who were squatting there picking vegetables and peeling garlic.
After sitting for a while, Xia Qingyue clapped her hands and said she was going to wash her hands.
Fang Xiaoyu stood up immediately, "I'll go too, wash my hands and set the table."
When he walked near the kitchen, Li Weisheng glanced at Xia Qingyue coming over, and quickly stood up and picked up a small thing in his hand to show her.
"Sister, look at this."
"Isn't this a bamboo tube for lip balm? Eh..."
When she turned it in her hand, she saw that it had lost its green color. There was a hollowed-out pattern of blooming lotus flowers on the yellow tube, and two oval lotus leaves at the bottom. The roots and stems were slender, which gave it a unique artistic conception.
Moreover, the weight in her hand was obviously a little heavier. The shock in her eyes had not yet faded. She leaned her hand to take the bamboo tube and saw that the inner layer was double-layered, and the inner layer was a thinner bamboo tube.
After reading it, she suddenly realized, "The inside can be used to hold lipstick and lip balm, and the outside is a carved and hollowed-out decoration."
She pinched the bamboo tube and twisted it, and the inner bamboo tube slowly rose up.
"Brother, did you do this?"
Li Weisheng said: "A few days ago, I saw some bamboo tube-like things in my parents' room. My mother said they were given by my younger sister. I took a look at them out of curiosity and made this out of random thoughts."
She was surprised and asked, "So you only spent two days to finish it?"
Chen Youmao said: "Although the family has been a bit busy these past two days, my second brother did some work during his spare time, but he didn't work for two days.
My second elder brother has been deft with his hands since he was young, and was good at weaving and carving small gadgets. But as he grew a little older, he was busy making a living, hunting to make money, and with the heavy farm work at home, he gradually became less skilled.
In the past, Bai Li was busy with farm work and took time to make small things like this. He could make several of these in a day."
Li Weisheng felt a little embarrassed and his face turned red.
Xia Qingyue thought about it carefully. In the original owner's memory, Li Weisheng had made some exquisite little gadgets for her to play with when she was a child.
She said: "Putting lip balm in this kind of bamboo tube will make it more colorful. When things get on track, I should be able to sell it for a good price."
Li Weisheng said, "Sister, that's what I was thinking of doing. I wanted to make this first to show you how to do it."
"Second brother, tell Qingyue your thoughts." Han Zhibai looked at Xia Qingyue and said. This was what they had just talked about.
She looked at Li Weisheng curiously.
Fang Xiaoyu found it curious. She took the bamboo tube and looked at it over and over again, unable to let it go.
“When I was a kid, I made something similar and sold it on the street, but few people bought it. Our families were poor, and the money was not enough to buy food, so how could they bear to buy something that looked good but was useless?
Those who are willing to spend money to buy it are those with a slightly better-off family background. They will buy it if they like it, but there are very few such people. In addition, it is a small town with not many people coming and going, so it is impossible for someone to come and buy it every day. It is not like food, which people cannot live without no matter when and where.
But this bamboo tube is different. You can put lipstick in it, which is very popular among women. I think if possible, I will make some in the spring of next year and sell them in several nearby towns to see how they sell.”
After saying this long string of words, Li Weisheng lowered his head and grabbed his trousers on the sides of his legs with his ten fingers. These ideas were something he came up with on the spur of the moment in the past two days.
Xia Qingyue suddenly asked: "Second brother, is this what you want to do?"
Li Weisheng raised his head, his eyes sparkling, and nodded firmly, "I know this road is not easy to walk, but I still want to be like Miss Qian, no matter how difficult and dangerous it is, I have to go through this journey!"
She looked at him and smiled: "Then just go ahead and do it!"
From what he said, it can be seen that he was not acting rashly, but had thought it through carefully.
In her opinion, if a young man has ideas and ambitions, he should be allowed to go out and practice more. It doesn't matter even if he stumbles or fails. Every failure makes you wiser. The impact of life experience on a person is immeasurable and far-reaching.