Chapter 7 Jade Carving(1/2)
The whole action was flowing and flowing, and it was completed in one go.
Ma fell so much that he almost couldn't get up. Oh, lying on the ground screamed.
"Let me keep your mouth clean, and let me hear you gossip about my house next time, I will teach you how to be a new person!"
Bai Wei pulled down her clothes and glanced at them coldly.
Several aunts were shocked.
The Ma family is tall and big, with a head taller than Bai Wei. She easily knocked the person down.
I swallowed my saliva and felt the pain in my fart.
But thinking that he took out a few taels of silver for nothing and wanted to put it into the Bai family's hands, he was so angry that he dared not speak out!
Ma's fall was so solid that his waist was broken that he couldn't move.
Disgraceful and furious in front of the neighbors.
Bai Wei was petite and very ruthless. Ma didn't dare to provoke her, so she swallowed her anger!
Jiang was almost scared to death. He was afraid that Bai Wei would make enemies with others, so he hurriedly pulled her home.
Several women helped Ma up.
Ma's butt, which had fallen into several petals, had a dark face, and stared at Bai Wei's back fiercely.
"The little bitch who hits the sky with lightning, sooner or later, God will take you!"
He sniffed hard on the ground.
I wish I could peel off Bai Wei’s skin!
"Say less, Bai Wei has become a human after falling into the well. She is vicious and dares to interrupt Gu Juren's hand and cut off his future. If you make her angry, you have to fight with you!"
Ma Shi stared at her eyes, "Who is afraid of her?"
Bai Wei looked back from afar.
Ma's heart trembled and he took a step back. Seeing her pushing the door into the yard, she swears with her hips on her hips.
I couldn't calm down, so I changed my steps and went to the Liu family.
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Bai Yunfu was sitting on a bamboo chair, rolled up his trouser legs and mud on his feet. He had just returned from the ground.
He held the bread in his hand, ate half a piece of it, and said, "Qifu, it's not that I don't arrange work for you. Gu Shi'an's affairs are a big deal, and the neighbors have a lot of opinions about your family. Our village has arranged the work for man-made houses. If you put it in normal times, they won't say anything."
Bai Qifu sat opposite in silence.
Bai Yunfu said earnestly: "Tell me what your family is doing? I didn't agree with you when you raised Gu Shi'an, you insisted on raising him. You had craftsmanship before, and your family was in good condition, but now your hands are useless and you can't work. Ah Meng is not worse than Gu Shi'an, but he is not lucky. Anyway, Gu Shi'an has the reputation of a scholar, why can't you give up your son, help the family, and then promote Gu Shi'an? I don't have to ask me to work in a low voice today!"
Bai Yunfu advised Bai Qifu at that time, because he was afraid that Gu Shi'an would delay, so that the village would gossip.
"Gu Shi'an's success is not to give you the Bai family, but to give him the Gu family to be the best. He is a scholar who is in a house and earns money faster than Ah Meng, and his family will not be as poor as this. If you have a scholar in your family, who dares to exclude you?"
Bai Qifu touched his hand and remained silent.
Bai Yunfu sighed, "Since you have raised Gu Shi'an as your son-in-law, you should take good care of Bai Wei. What do she and Shen Yu... look like?"
Seeing Gu Shian making a name for himself, Bai Wei was not good at being involved in a relationship with Shen Yu and missed a son-in-law for nothing.
If he was Bai Qifu, he would be angry to death.
Bai Qifu moved his lips and knew that Bai Yunfu believed the rumors. He wanted to explain, but their family had a bad reputation. Gu Shi'an was a good man in the village. Who would believe him to betray him?
Bai Yunfu asked Lin's family to fill a few kilograms of grain and a few sweet potatoes for Bai Qifu, "Your second brother opened a jade shop in the town. Ask him if he can do your work."
Bai Qifu tightened his fingers, took down the food, and bent down to thank Bai Yunfu.
Seeing Bai Qifu leave, Lin complained: "Bai Wei is so sick that he is dying. Even if he doesn't see him, how can he help him? If he can help, he will not separate. Putting aside the brothers' money, he will make a fortune." He put away the tea bowl and said, "I think Bai Wei is an honest person, devoted himself to Gu Shi'an. What is going on? We haven't seen it with our own eyes, don't talk nonsense. Bai Meng is a good person, hardworking and willing to endure hardships. If you have a job, help."
Bai Yunfu was stunned for a moment, narrowed his eyes slightly, remembering one thing.
At that time, he advised Bai Qi to offer Bai Meng a lecture again, and not to worry about Gu Shi'an for the time being.
After leaving the Bai family, he met Gu Shian at the gate of the yard. Then it was reported that Gu Shian and Bai Wei were engaged.
Thinking about it now, Gu Shian was afraid that Bai Qifu would give up on him, so he proposed to marry Bai Wei and get married after passing the exam.
Bai Wei Fourteen, where can I delay it?
The more Bai Yunfu thought about it, the more he felt that this was not simple, and he pulled the corner of his mouth, "It's not that I refuse to help, because of money, the villagers are eager to drive his family out. What do you know? Don't worry about the affairs of the Bai family, just don't take any harm."
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Bai Wei went home and placed the shepherd's purse in the kitchen.
Jiang said anxiously: "Ma is Liu Juan's eldest uncle. She has a small belly and loves to hold grudges. She talks about our family in Feng's ear, but she has to make trouble again. It's hard for your elder brother to get stuck in the middle."
Liu Juan is Bai Meng's fiancée. Because the Bai family could not bring out the betrothal gift, they had not married Liu Juan for a long time. Feng's family was dissatisfied with the Bai family.
Gu Shi'an passed the exam. Feng had a little good face and came to urge him a few times, asking the Bai family to quickly make a date to get the wedding done.
After Bai Wei and Gu Shian retired from marriage, Feng never came again, and Jiang was worried.
"Mom, when Gu Shi'an comes here with the money, we will get the wedding for the elder brother." Bai Wei did not place her hope on this money. She thought about getting a set of tools, carved the agate stone in her hand, and sent it to the town to sell. Let's see if the jade shop will take care of the job.
Jiang had no opinion and nodded heavily, "You can't hurt people again next time."
Bai Wei nodded perfunctorily.
She felt the stone and was about to enter the room, and saw Bai Qifu coming back.
"Dad, you're back."
Bai Qifu smiled on his black and thin face, holding the food and sweet potatoes in his hand, "Girl, you like to eat sweet potato meatballs, let your mother make it for you later."
Bai Wei looked at the few kilograms of brown rice in the cloth bag and took it, "Dad, where did you get the food?"
Bai Qifu's smile remained unchanged, "Dad has found a job and will go to the town to work tomorrow, so you won't be hungry."
Bai Wei pursed her lips. She knew what was going on in the village.
He couldn't use his right hand and could find work, so he wouldn't stay at home for several years.
I'm afraid this food was borrowed by someone.
Bai Wei looked at his gentle and kind eyes, always smiling in front of her, as if she was not worried or troubled.
He hid the pressure in his heart and did not want to worry them.
Bai Wei felt uncomfortable with her chest and said in a low voice: "Dad, have you never thought about passing the stone carving skills to her elder brother?"
Bai Qifu's smile drooped away bit by bit.
He had planned to pass the imperial examination before and send Bai Meng to study.
"Dad, I want to learn!" Bai Wei looked at Bai Qifu firmly, "Stone carving is a big job, I can't do it, so I plan to go to the town to learn jade carving. Jade carving makes money compared to stone carving. After I learn it well, I will send my elder brother to study."
Bai Qifu was stunned.
"Dad, when you were doing stone carvings, I often learned a lot of things by your side. If you don't want me to endure hardships, I secretly learned it alone. With this foundation, it will definitely not be difficult for me to learn jade carvings." Bai Wei lays the foundation for herself in the future, otherwise she will suddenly know jade carvings, so she will not be suspicious to the Bai family?
"You are smart and if you want to learn, you can learn." Bai Qifu's eyes were covered with bloodshot and his voice was hoarse, "It's useless to be my father."
He took out a key from his sleeve and put it in Bai Wei's hand.
"This is the key to the shed behind the house."
Bai Wei knew that there was a simple bamboo shed behind the house. Bai Qifu usually made stone sculptures inside, but after his hands were scrapped, it was abandoned.
I thought I would have to talk too much, but I didn't expect it to be so easy to talk to.
She looked at Bai Qifu's solemn expression and suddenly realized that maybe he didn't believe she could do it well.
I just couldn't bear to refuse.
She sent the food to the kitchen and went to the shed to unlock it. She thought it would accumulate dust, but it was very clean and tidy inside.
I was surprised, and then felt sad.
This is Bai Qifu's lifelong career, how can he let go of all his efforts?
Let it be abandoned?
Bai Wei stood in front of the wide wooden frame with stone carving tools on it.
Chisels, flower hammers, chopping axes, chisels, carving knives, etc.
Each one is wiped cleanly.
But there is nothing she can use.
Bai Wei looked at the agate stone in her palm and sighed slightly. Without money, she couldn't get all the tools. Even though she had ambitions, she couldn't move forward.
As the light dimmed, she turned her head and looked at it. Shen Yu stood at the door, and his tall figure blocked the door halfway.
Shen Yu looked at her clean and beautiful eyes, and was a little confused about why he was here. He spoke, "Your father said you want to learn jade carving."
Bai Wei frowned.
Shen Yu's eyes fell on the stone in her palm, "The tools here are not suitable."
To be continued...