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Chapter 157 Click, Cut

Chu Ge and Xiu Niang came out early today, they drove into the carriage, went to Hanchizi to pick up old man Li, and drove to the town together.

Old man Li sat cross-legged behind the car plank, with his hands in his sleeves, and yawned, "Hey, Chu Wazi, what are you two doing this-this-so early."

Xiu Niang took out a square cloth scarf from the basket and tied it on her head with her backhand, "Uncle Li, let's go to town today."

Old man Li looked at her, "Rush to the town? Why are you rushing to the town?"

Chu Ge rode the hemp rope and said with a smile, "Uncle Li, we came down from the shop in the town, let's hurry over to have a look today."

Old man Li listened for a while, then waved his hands, "Hey, Chu Wazi, Chu Wazi, stop the car first."

Xiuniang wondered if this old man Li had just finished his porridge early in the morning, and then immediately got out of the car.

She thought about it and asked, "What's the matter, Uncle Li, what's wrong?"

Old man Li sat in the back of the car and couldn't explain clearly, he just kept yelling at Chu Ge to stop the car, he had something to say.

Xiu Niang looked at Old Man Li and responded, then turned around and asked Chu Ge to find a secluded place to stop the car first. They had already left the village, and Chu Ge's horse was walking fast, and they arrived at Datu in a short while. on the road.

Chu Ge drove the carriage under the big tree on the side of the road, so as to cover it from the sun for a while, he tightened the hemp rope and stopped the carriage, turned around to look at old man Li, and asked a question.

The old man Li held the handlebars of the car with both hands, and turned his head towards them with narrowed eyes, "Chu Wazi, what did you two say just now?"

Chu Ge blinked, and said as a matter of course, "Our shop, what's the matter, Uncle Li?"

Xiu Niang looked at Chu Ge and smiled, she just said that in a daze, doesn't it mean she didn't say anything, she patted Chu Ge's hand and said something to old man Li.

"Uncle Li, it's like this. Chu Ge and I bought a paving workshop in the town earlier. We didn't want to make washing boards, so we have to have a paving shop, or we can finish it. Things are just kept at home, there is no place to sell them.”

"No, the man sent the title deed of the shop yesterday, let's go and have a look together today, that room, the front is the shop, and the back is a big yard, then you can be there, Uncle Li. The boards are made in the yard, and when they are finished, they can be bought and sold.”

Chu Ge smiled, "Uncle Li, if we can take a good look at it later, you can move to the town to live, so you don't have to run around."

Old man Li waved his hand, "Hey, it's not this, it's not this, I mean, you just said, whose shop in the town has closed down?"

Xiu Niang frowned, looked at Chu Ge, thought for a while, and finally understood what old man Li meant, she smiled, and said, "Uncle Li, of course the shop in the town belongs to us. From now on, if the shop makes money, Uncle, your handwork money will be counted, and we will split the bill when it is over, and Chu Ge and I will leave you [-]% of the share money."

Old man Li didn't seem to believe it. He looked at Chu Ge and Xiu Niang dumbly, only his lips moved.

Chu Ge also smiled when he looked at him, "Uncle Li, I see that my brother is also busy, so I didn't come here to take care of you, and the money we share from now on will be enough for my uncle's retirement, I think. Once the money is paid, if one percent is not enough, we will make it together.”

Xiu Niang looked at Old Man Li and said with a smile, "How are you doing, Uncle?"

Old man Li grinned his old mouth, lowered his head, and suddenly turned to sit down. He arched his back and cleared his throat, "You, you two can figure it out."

Chu Ge smiled, said while throwing up the hemp rope, and drove the bay red horse on the road, "Hey, uncle, we've made it so, you sit down, we're on our way."

Xiu Niang glanced at Old Man Li, then turned around and sat down with a smile. She knew that what Chu Ge said must have moved Old Man Li. Originally, Chu Ge was not related to him. That's why, it's just such an outsider who not only finds him a relatively easy job, but also pays him a salary every month, and also allocates [-]% of the money he earns every year to let him support the elderly. This son is not like this Good miles.

It turned out that when Xiu Niang and Chu Ge sent wood to Old Man Li, they heard him talk about their own children during the chat, but that was all they said, and then they passed on a few sentences. The kids are not doing well.

Otherwise, this old man Li is a good carpenter, so he can't make money anywhere, but his own children just let him live alone in Xiayang Village, and there is no one to come to see it during the holidays. Old man Li had only Chu Ge alone, and he often went to visit him when he was free in the village.

Xiuniang also knew in her heart that Chu Ge did this because on the one hand, he wanted to help old man Li, and on the other hand, he wanted to return a favor to old man Li. When Chu Ge asked Wen to come to Xiayang Village to live, Although I saved money to buy a dilapidated house and had a place to stay, there was nothing in the house.

At that time, Chu Ge had no spare money and could not buy any furniture, so he spread straw and spent a few days in the house. Old man Li saw it when he passed by once, so he searched for some firewood in the mountains and built it for him. Some tables, chairs, wooden beds, etc., did not ask Chu Ge for carpentry money afterwards, Chu Ge has always kept this in mind, what he said to old man Li today seems to have given his heart .

Chu Ge drove through Shangyang Village in his carriage, and old man Li asked him when he could arrive in the town, and he said, "Uncle Li, we'll be there in just one more bag of cigarettes."

Old man Li responded from the back of the car, stretched out his hand and smashed his waist, the carriage was moving so fast that his old waist would be knocked apart.

This time, Xiu Niang took out a key from the basket and handed it to Chu Ge, "Chu Ge, we will be in town soon, you and Uncle Li go to the shop in the back street first."

Chu Ge watched as he took the key with one hand and drove the carriage with the other, and asked thoughtfully, "Xiu Niang, what about you?"

Xiu Niang covered the basket with a floral cloth, and after hearing what Chu Ge said, she smiled, "Didn't we agree with the shopkeeper yesterday, I'm going to help him catch bugs in the field today." There is a saying, do you use people's money to eliminate disasters?

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"Sister-in-law, take a sip of tea to moisten your throat. This is a new tea just picked from the ground."

Master Wang held a tea bowl and put it in front of Xiuniang with a smile.

Xiu Niang looked at her and moved her mouth, why did she feel so awkward when the little sister-in-law shouted out of his mouth, "Master Wang, you have grown up with me for several years, you can call me my sister."

Master Wang laughed and rubbed his hands, "Hey, sister, it's not too late today, so it's time to go to the fields in the village."

Xiu Niang took a sip of tea, "It's too early to go to the fields in Xiayang Village."

Master Wang replied in a daze. He watched Xiu Niang sitting in the backyard drinking tea as if nothing had happened, and he didn't say why he came here. That expression was really scary, they just said that the woman came to the shop today and asked him to "invite" him to the field to have a look at the Erbao vine.

But the word "please" from the shopkeeper is difficult to deal with. Seeing the woman's gritty effort, he is not good at urging or anything. He has to settle the matter here, or the shopkeeper will definitely fire him.

He walked back and forth beside Xiu Niang, and finally yelled suddenly, "Hey sister, the sun is fine today, why don't I take you to the fields outside the town for a walk."

As he said this, he kept posing as if he was inviting outside. Xiu Niang looked at him and blinked, "Ah, oh, let's go..." It turned out that the person who was going to take her to the field was Master Wang. Why didn't he say it earlier.

"Little sister-in-law, take a look, it's there, just pass another ditch in front and you'll be there."

Master Wang wiped his sweat with his sleeves, and led a few other men to show Xiu Niang the way as he walked.

When she got out of the town and reached the west side of Datu Road, Xiuniang finally saw a large area of ​​Erbao vines. She walked by and looked around, and saw that there was something in the fields outside, which didn't look like crops or anything. of.

"Hey, girl, look at this piece..."

"Master Wang, does the land here belong to you?"

"What? Oh, no, only the fifteen acres of land belong to Manager Tian, ​​and the rest belong to other medicine shops."

"Then do all the pharmacies in this town have their own open spaces here?"

"Hey, that's not true. There are only four or five families in the town who can have fields outside...Hey, sister, don't talk about this, you'd better come over and have a look at these Erbao vines..."

Xiu Niang turned her head and looked at the fields in front of her. She looked around and smiled, "Hey, these trees are all lush and luxuriant. Master Wang, you are really good at raising them."

When Master Wang heard the praise, he talked a little proudly, why did he have people staring at the ground day and night, and why did he take care of these Erbao vines carefully.

Xiu Niang asked Master Wang to talk there, walked to a plant and knelt down, and then said to the guys behind, "Hey, where is my basket?"

A buddy standing at the front made a sound, and put the basket in front of Xiuniang, "Hey, I'm carrying it... This basket is quite heavy."

Xiu Niang smiled, and untied the flowered cloth on the basket, "There are iron lumps in here, so it won't sink."

Master Wang talked halfway through, but he didn't care about himself, so he stopped in resentment.

"Hey, sister, what are you doing with so many scissors?" He looked at Xiu Niang squatting in front, with a basket of scissors beside her.

Xiu Niang took out a handful, it looked sharp, she turned to him and said, "Master Wang, have you ever trimmed the branches of these Erbao vines?"

Master Wang curled his lips, "Hey, this Erbao vine is not a garden in someone's mansion. Is there anyone who trims the hair? Besides, this seedling is very expensive, how can I hold scissors... ..."

"Crack!"

Before Master Wang finished speaking, Xiuniang used the scissors to cut off the Erbao vine in front of her...

(End of this chapter)