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Chapter 178 Small Workshop, Big Workshop

It was raining heavily this morning, and Qiaoer came out with an umbrella, but she just bought too much meat and couldn't carry the basket with one hand, so she hid in the butcher's shop for a while, and came out when the rain subsided.

In the morning, Qiao'er listened to Xiu Niang's words, and went to the street to buy meat by herself. She looked at the three slices of pork belly and a few stick bones in the basket. Although it took a lot of effort to carry it, she was still happy .

Because it is raining today, there are few people who go to the butcher shop to buy meat. She has a sharp tongue and chattered with the shop owner for a long time, and the meat is four or five cents cheaper per catty. Calculated in this way, she can give The owner saved a lot of money, and in the end she asked for some stick bones, so she could make soup.

Qiao'er was still thinking that she would ask for credit in front of Miss Xiuniang when she went back, and let her brag about herself. Thinking of this, she could walk much more easily.

To be honest, she has grown up so much, and she has never seen such a capable woman like Xiuniang's sister-in-law. Not only is she a good person, she can also write, count an abacus, and run a shop. She is really amazing. Tomorrow, she must let Xiuniang's sister-in-law teach her how to read.

After thinking about it all the way, she came to the back of the workshop, saw that the door was open, and entered the yard with a smile. She stood the oil-paper umbrella under her arm by the door, and wiped the rain on her face with her sleeves .

She saw the mother-in-law and aunt of Wang Er's family standing at the door of the kitchen, stretching her neck to look at the main room. She walked over and greeted, "Sister-in-law of the Wang family, look at the meat I chopped today, it's quite fat..."

Wang's mother-in-law heard the sound and saw her, and hurried over to help Qiao'er lift the basket, but she didn't expect the basket to be so heavy, and she didn't use much force at first, almost straining her arm.

Qiao'er looked as if she was going to lift her hand, but the auntie of Wang Er's family waved her hands and chattered, and lifted the basket with all her strength.

"Hey, why is it so heavy...Hey, sister Qiaoer, don't worry about this for now, sister, you hurry up, go to that room, your Muzi was called in by the shopkeeper."

Qiaoer listened for a while, "What? What did the shopkeeper call my Muzi?"

The mother-in-law of Wang Er's family shook her head. All the guys in the workshop were resting in the east room. She looked at it and whispered, "Hey, sister, I don't know what's going on, I just came out While fetching water, I watched the shopkeeper call Muzi out into the main room, his face was quite dark, as if something happened."

Qiaoer frowned, "What's the matter with this Muzi... Hey, yes, I'm going to find Miss Xiuniang..."

The mother-in-law of Wang Er's family put the basket on the ground and pulled her, "Sister, don't go, I just saw that Miss Xiu also went in."

Qiaoer was a little anxious now, she hurriedly thanked Aunt Wang's mother-in-law, covered her head with one hand, and ran across the yard to the main room. As soon as she entered the door, she saw Muzi standing in the middle of the room, the shopkeeper Hexiu The sister-in-law sat in front.

When they saw her coming in, they all turned their heads and looked at her, wondering why she came here.

Qiaoer looked at Muzi, hurried over to stand with him, and said to Chuge and Xiuniang, "Shopkeeper, sister Xiuniang, if there is anything my Muzi does that is not authentic, I will give it to you two on Muzi's behalf." Make up for it."

As she spoke, she bowed first, stood up and said, "Shopkeeper, Miss Xiu, please don't say goodbye to us."

Xiu Niang and Chu Ge glanced at each other, and seeing Qiaoer's anxious look, she said, "Sister, who said that you and Muzi are going to say goodbye, the shopkeeper and I have called your Muzi over, because we have something to ask Ask him."

Qiaoer listened for a moment, looked at Muzi, saw that her man nodded, her face turned red immediately, she faltered and said something, and retreated behind Muzi.

Muzi was disturbed by Qiaoer, looked at Chu Ge and Xiu Niang, and then came back to his senses, he said with some guilt, "Xiuniang's sister-in-law, the shopkeeper, I, I really don't know the shopkeeper of the Yuanmu shop Who is it... I didn't work there..."

Xiu Niang looked at him and smiled, "Brother Muzi, you told me about the old car that was covered in moss earlier, and that it slipped and fell on the old car. You all know, apart from the guys who worked in the garden wood shop at that time, who else would know so clearly."

Muzi paused, seeing that he was a little annoyed that he talked so much this morning, "Sister-in-law Xiuniang, you are too smart to hide anything from you," he looked up at Chu Ge, and said in a low voice, "The shopkeeper Yes, I, I used to work in a gardening company."

Xiu Niang just smiled and didn't say anything, she was smart or not, it was all a cover, in fact, she was cheating Muzi just now, the old car had an accident, people in the town were talking about it, not saying anything It was all spread, and she thought that this Muzi should have worked in the garden wood company earlier, so she lied to him.

Chu Ge took a look at Xiu Niang, and asked Muzi, "Brother, then you did a good job at the garden wood shop, why did you come to me..."

Qiaoer looked at Muzi, and came out from behind him, "Shopkeeper, shopkeeper, Miss Xiu, Muzi resigned by himself, oh, but it's not because Muzi's carpentry work is not good, but because of me and my mother-in-law. ...Ever since the Che Laoguai incident, we were all worried about Muzi, that's why we let him..."

Xiuniang glanced at Chuge, and they both smiled, then Xiuniang said to Qiaoer and Muzi, "Sister, brother Muzi, don't think too much, it's not a crime to work there, you two What are you afraid of, the shopkeeper and I called Muzi over today, just to ask, who is the shopkeeper of this Yuanmu shop, and who is the big boss, and what kind of people they are."

Muzi and Qiaoer glanced at each other, although they didn't understand why the shopkeeper and the proprietress asked such a question, but they still said, "Really, Miss Xiuniang?"

Xiu Niang looked at the two of them, showing her dimples and smiled, of course it was true, knowing oneself and the enemy can make a plan...

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"Shopkeeper, it's raining today. If you're tired, go to the back hall to rest for a while. I'll see you later."

A clerk took a cup of tea and put it on the cabinet, talking to the shopkeeper Wang who was dozing off.

"Well——" Shopkeeper Wang was woken up, glanced at the guy, squinted his eyes, stretched his waist, and yawned, "Hey, I'm old, I can't help it, I sit down Just—just—just sleepy."

The guy looked at it and wanted to yawn, but he held it back and said, "Boss, it's raining and cold today, you can go to the back hall for a while, and I'll tell you when Che Laoguai comes back." .”

Shopkeeper Wang wiped his face with his hands, and said, "Hey, when did that old car leave?"

The guy said, "He installed the boards in the backyard early in the morning. Now... I guess it's time to go to Chu's workshop at this moment."

"Hey, Cheng, then you just stay here and watch. I'll go upstairs and call the master first. If the old man of the car comes back later, you can go upstairs and report."

Shopkeeper Wang pursed his lips, nodded, got up and moved around a few times, and said that he was going to the backyard, but before going upstairs, he stopped by the workshop to see how the guys were doing their work. It's like that, it will go up in a while, if Second Master Yang asks, he can say yes.

Second Master Yang stood by the window, listening to the sound of rain outside, stretched out his hand to open the wooden window, looked at the whole back street, his eyes were sharp, he locked the street, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Shopkeeper Wang went up to the second floor. Seeing Second Master Yang standing alone in front of the window sill, he said, "Master, it's raining and cold today. Don't stand by the window to blow the wind, it's freezing carefully."

Second Master Yang turned his head and saw shopkeeper Wang, and pointed to the chair in front of him with a smile, "Old Wang, come, sit down and talk."

He half closed the wooden window, sat down at the desk, tightened his collar, and said with emotion, "Hey, Lao Wang, you are right, I am almost forty now, not like I used to be." , Blow some wind, some rain, nothing serious, I just blew on the wind for a while, now I know it's cold."

Shopkeeper Wang smiled, "Master, you can put this on me. At your age, are you still in your prime?"

Second Master Yang waved his hand with a smile, "Old Wang, we are old buddies, don't give me honey, hey, by the way, who is that in the backyard, have they left?"

Shopkeeper Wang said, "Oh, master, I was just about to tell you about this. Che Laoguai pulled up the discarded materials in our backyard today. gone."

Second Master Yang nodded, "Yeah", and said, "Hey, did you tell that Che Laoguai this morning, it's almost done, don't make too much trouble, we're just going to stir things up , not to play a rogue."

Shopkeeper Wang smiled and replied, "Master, don't worry, this Che Laoguai is also an old man in our workshop, he knows what to do, don't worry about it."

Second Master Yang shook his head wearily, "Don't worry about it. When that old car returns, I still have something to ask him and let him do it."

Shopkeeper Wang looked at Second Master Yang, he had something in his heart, but it was hard to say it, so he finally spoke after thinking about it.

"Master, it's raining today, there's nothing to do on the cabinet, just take a rest, let's play chess, don't worry about the Chu family's workshop, isn't it just a small workshop."

"Small workshop?" Second Master Yang sneered, "The young couple from Xiayang Village, they can make us use the leftover wood to make the washboard. This is spending a small amount of money to make a lot of money. We cannot underestimate them in this regard.”

Seeing that shopkeeper Wang still had some disbelief, Second Master Yang didn't yell loudly like before, but spoke calmly.

"Old Wang, it's true that they are a small workshop now, but if we really ignore it, this small workshop will become a big workshop."

(End of this chapter)