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Chapter 140 Why Are You Asking?

"Sister-in-law Six, let's not talk about the laundry board with anyone..."

"...The next one is the 15th Lantern Festival...Let's go to town together..."

"...can you run into that guy who sells and sells laundry boards? If so, let's ask him when he will come to town..."

"...Who will help us to carry the washing board, isn't it going to be a nuisance..."

Xiu Niang talked in a different way, so that she would not talk about the washboard, at least not until her shop was ready.

Because if other mothers-in-law and aunts know about it, they will ask people to carry it around when they think about it. Originally, the washboard that Xiuniang asked Chu Ge to make for herself did not exist in this era. I'm not afraid of them looking for it, anyway, I can't find it anyway.

It's just that Xiuniang thought about it later. She told Liu Shi earlier that she bought her washboard in the town, and there are more than ten or twenty wood shops in that area. There are too many people rubbing the clothesboard, and the brains are created as soon as they are excited, so isn't she busy these days for nothing?

Although those wooden stores are all used to make furniture for the big mansion, maybe they don’t like the small gadget of the washboard, but Chu Ge also said that there are several small workshops opened in the back alley, Xiu Niang But there is no guarantee that they will not think about this, anyway, it is always right to pay more attention to everything.

Xiu Niang thought about it, and said with a smile, "How about Sixth Sister-in-law?"

After hearing what Xiuniang said, Mrs. Liu thought it was good. On the day of the 15th Lantern Festival, the two of them went to the town together, and everyone discussed what to bring back to the village for the festival, and then looked for the man who bought and sold laundry boards. Anyway, I haven't gone out for a walk all year round, so I have to take advantage of this time to have a good time.

She thought about it, but she remembered someone again, if she went out with Ji Laoliu, what if that thief boy started making a fuss.

Mrs. Liu thought about it and said, "Hey, sister, it's a good feeling, then let's go together later... Hey, but, we have to leave early, or let that bastard get entangled, that's terrible." It's not easy, right?"

Xiu Niang was taken aback when she heard this, she frowned slightly and thought for a while, then she suddenly understood who the "skin boy" Liu was talking about was, and she also knew what Liu meant. She finally asked, If he said "isn't that right" to himself, wouldn't it be obvious that Hei Wazi was going to be brought along?

But as far as Xiuniang is concerned, she is 1 times unhappy. As for the black fat boy in Liu's family, he is very skinny, just like the black loach in the river, he just ran away without paying attention .

If heiwazi were to be asked to follow them at that time, then the two of them would have nothing to do with their family, except to take care of the little devil.

But Xiu Niang can't just tell Mrs. Liu that, no matter how naughty that black child is, it's still Mrs. Liu's own child.

She thought about it and smiled, and said to Mrs. Liu, "Hey, sister-in-law Liu, isn't this boy naughty? Why are you scolding him? I look at him as a very good boy. If he wants to follow, let him ..."

Now that Xiuniang was talking, Liu Shi was amused, there were many people rushing to the town this time, she brought Hei Wazi with her, and someone just happened to help her keep an eye on it, then she could have a good time shopping in the market .

"Hey, but, Sixth Sister-in-Law, we are rushing to town this time to buy some things for the holidays, so I brought Hei Wazi with me, and others have little strength, so what if we get squeezed?"

Mrs. Liu paused for a moment, and smiled, "Hey, yes, yes, bring this bastard with you, not to mention taking up space, and you can't help with things, or, don't bring it Follow this kid."

"Well, anyway, the weather is good now, and my son likes to stay in bed. Let's go after breakfast, Liu sister-in-law, you can tell the big girl at night, don't Hei Wazi and the others wake up and can't find you and Liu. Brother is in a panic."

"I know, I just told Da Ya to take good care of my siblings."

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Chu Ge went up the mountain with a hatchet, and when he came back, he carried a bundle of dead branches on his back. He walked to the entrance of the yard, opened the door and entered.

Xiu Niang was drying clothes in the yard at the moment, she turned to look at Chu Ge, "I'm back."

Chu Ge looked at Xiu Niang, and he was not surprised, but he responded in a dumb way. When he went out, the gate of the courtyard was locked, but when he came back, he saw that the lock was gone. Is mother at home?

Xiu Niang put her clothes on the rope and looked at the hatchet in Chu Ge's hand. She smiled, "You took the guy up the mountain, and you just broke some branches and came back."

Chu Ge walked to the stove, put the firewood on his back aside, put away the hatchet, looked at Xiu Niang's pretty smiling face, and said dumbly. "I was thinking about chopping some wooden blocks back, but the woodland on the top of our mountain, which was originally the old brother Shi's, was taken away by someone. Now they are collecting wood there, so they are not allowed to enter. .”

Xiu Niang said "Oh", "I'm busy with work so soon."

"Xiu Niang, who are you talking about?"

"I forgot to tell you that the woodland of Mrs. Dao's house was taken over by Mrs. Liu's brother. It seems to be pulling wood for a few big houses in the neighboring village. In the future, if we want to collect firewood, we have to leave The road to Hanchizi."

The woodland of Shi Laodao's family had been idle for a long time. The east end of the village was from Xiuniang and the others. For the sake of convenience, they often went to get firewood from them. The mouth is closed with one eye open.

But everyone is also self-conscious. When they arrive in the woodland, they pick up some dead branches and beat two or three dead trees. The trees of good material are not moved. They wouldn't go to the woodland of Shi Laodao's house to look for wood. Everyone would hand it over to the carpenters, and let them contract labor and materials to get it.

"Sister-in-law's brother? Is it the second brother Liu who came from the village before?"

"Well, that's right... hey, Chugo, what are you doing with this washboard?"

Chu Ge looked at the washboard in the yard, and then thought about it, "I saw that you didn't take this washboard, and I was thinking about taking it for you."

Xiu Niang glanced at Chu Ge, walked over to pick up the washboard, shook it, and smiled, "Really, then why didn't you bring it to the stream for me?"

Chu Ge paused, "Forget, forget."

Xiu Niang chuckled, "Okay, you forgot."

Chu Ge looked at Xiu Niang suspiciously, "What?"

"It's nothing." Xiu Niang said with a smile, and put the washing board behind the water tank, so that if you don't go around to look in front of the water tank, you won't be able to find it at all.

Earlier, she told Mrs. Liu that she broke the washing board by herself, so she didn't use it. If Mrs. Liu stepped in and looked at it while wandering around the room, then she would be hard to say.

After searching for it, he tied the apron, and took the potato heads that Chu Ge had washed earlier into the stove.

She added water to the pot, placed two pairs of chopsticks, put the potato heads on it, then closed the lid, put it on the fire and it came out.

Chu Ge sat in the yard repairing the hoe. Every time the hoe was repaired, it didn't grow or work anymore, and it always fell off.

Xiu Niang looked at it and said, "Chu Ge, don't fix it, let's go to town and buy another one later."

Chu Ge said, "It's okay, I'll put another piece of wood on it, and it'll be fine when it's plugged tightly."

Xiu Niang listened to what Chu Ge said, but she just responded casually, took a small stool and sat next to Chu Ge, and watched him repair the hoe as before.

Chu Ge moved his hands and tapped the hoe. He was used to Xiu Niang looking at him like this. Although he was still a little uncomfortable, he was better than before.

Xiu Niang leaned closer to Chu Ge and looked at him with her hands on her knees.

She blinked her watery eyes, "Chugo?"

Chu Gemu replied, "Oh."

Xiu Niang said, "Chuge, why don't you ask me, this Erbao vine is well pounded, why do you need to change the washboard?"

With a hoe in his hand, Chu Ge looked back at Xiu Niang and thought about it, "Xiu Niang, you can do whatever you want, why should I ask?"

Xiu Niang paused, looked at him and smiled, "Well, you asked me about this."

She thought about it and said again, "Chu Ge, are you familiar with Uncle Li? Didn't you say that Uncle Li is quite good at carpentry?"

Chu Ge thought about it and said, "If you want to say something familiar, it's just like this. It can only be regarded as conversational. Xiu Niang, you also watched that day. Uncle Li has a very strange temper and doesn't like to talk to people."

Xiu Niang smiled, this old man Li is not a bad temper, but a straight temper, just like what the elders said, the master blacksmith sells hedgehogs, he is both tough and tough, and he only treats people who are pleasing to his eyes work.

She said, "Chu Ge, in two days, you can go and see Uncle Li, he is an old man who lives alone in the village and has no one to take care of him."

Chu Ge nodded, "Well, Chengli, I'll dig some potatoes and taro in the field later, and send them to Uncle Li together."

Xiu Niang said, "After that, call Uncle Li to come to our house to celebrate the Lantern Festival. Our area is more lively, and there are many children, and no matter what, they are better than Uncle Li alone."

Because Old Man Li made some things for himself earlier, Chu Ge didn’t charge for anything, which made Chu Ge feel that he owed Old Man Li, but Xiu Niang said this today , making him feel that taking advantage of this festival to take good care of Uncle Li is doing his best.

He looked at Xiuniang and smiled, thinking that his own daughter-in-law was kind, "Oh, I see."

Xiu Niang also smiled, "Then when you go, try to talk to Uncle Li and ask him to come and work in our shop."

Chugo paused, "What do you do?"

"Of course I'm doing carpentry. We run a wood shop. It's impossible without a good craftsman."

After Xiu Niang finished talking to Chu Ge, she smiled and got up and went to the stove. She thought in her heart that when the spring came, she would look for a shop, find a master, and open the shop without any accidents. making money...

Haha, that's what Xiu Niang thinks, but at the beginning of spring, Wen gave birth to her second child, a fat six-pound... girl...

(End of this chapter)