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Chapter 15 Apprenticeship?

Zeng Chusheng smiled and handed the pork to Zhou Yancheng, "Brother Zhou, take it. There are two kilograms of pork in it. We will talk about it later when we have time."

If he had been an official in the past, he would have invited them to stay for a meal, but in this situation, there was nothing good to eat at home, so they had to hurry up and eat.

Although he believed that Brother Zhou would refuse to stay because of his personality, he was too lazy to talk nonsense.

It's okay to meet someone who knows how to behave. If he meets someone who is greedy for petty gains and he invites him, and that person actually stays to eat, he will feel uncomfortable if the food at home is gone.

So why bother with those nonsense.

When doing things, he has to consider his family first, and then other people. The most important thing is his own comfort.

His relationship with Brother Zhou is not good enough to give him a free meal, and he also has two little babies, who will bleed after eating one meal.

Zhou Yancheng took the pork and nodded with a smile, "We all live here. We will meet each other in the future. Let's talk then."

Zhou Shitang looked at the small basket containing pork and asked curiously, "Uncle Zeng, is this basket made of bamboo? It looks quite new and very practical."

Hearing this, Su Huaili also turned his head and looked over.

Zeng Chusheng said with a smile on his face, "It is indeed made of bamboo. I cut the bamboo into thin strips and then weaved something at will."

Zhou Shitang admired him, "What an amazing craftsman."

Zeng Chusheng's smile grew wider, "When I was a child, I learned some lessons from the old people in the village out of boredom. Then I went to study, thinking that I would never need these things in my life. I didn't expect that in middle age, I would pick up the skills I learned when I was a child."

"There are a lot of bamboos in the mountains. You can also grow them yourself. You can use them to make many things. Just tinker with them."

The Zeng family had several thatched houses. There was an open space in front of the house, surrounded by a fence. The fence was made of bamboo, and the small stools on which Zhou Shitang and the three of them sat were also made of bamboo.

There are many large and small things also made of bamboo.

Some are made of trees.

Everything is available.

Zhou Shitang saw it and couldn't help but sigh. It's really good to know a craft. You can use it wherever you go. If there is no environment, you can create your own environment.

She thought of the dilapidated home, which didn't even have a wall.

Zhou Shitang said, "Uncle Zeng, do you accept a disciple?"

She could recommend her brothers.

She knew that some things were only passed down to disciples. Uncle Zeng was a very good person, and her brothers could improve their family's life even if they knew a skill.

Zhou Yancheng knew what his daughter wanted to do after thinking for a while, and couldn't help but smile.

Su Huaili blinked.

Does Miss Zhou want to learn basket weaving?
Zeng Chusheng was embarrassed, "I make these things casually at home, and they are not done well. How can I delay others by recruiting apprentices?"

Zhou Shitang said seriously: "I think Uncle Zeng's work is very good and very practical. For example, this small stool will not collapse when a person as big as my father sits down."

Zeng Chusheng couldn't help laughing. He turned to look at Zhou Yancheng: "Brother Zhou, your daughter is so good at talking."

Zhou Yancheng: "..."

He only weighs over 100 kilograms.

Zeng Chusheng continued: "It would be sturdier to make stools out of wood. I chopped a lot of bamboo back then, and when I had extra, I made a few stools and used them till now." "Since you don't mind it, if you want to learn, , I can teach you without accepting disciples. Becoming a disciple is a major event in life, you can’t just find someone to become a disciple.”

He didn't want to delay others.

Zhou Shitang smiled and nodded, "Actually, I want to recommend my brothers to learn from you, Uncle Zeng."

Zeng Chusheng didn't do any ink, "Okay, I'll teach them. You can just ask them to come over when I'm free."

Zhou Shitang was grateful, "Thank you so much, Uncle Zeng."

Su Huaili: These father and daughter are really good at talking. They can learn their skills from others.

He was really too stupid at the beginning. He tried to figure out everything by himself and got a lot of blood from his head.

He learned a lot today.

Zhou Yancheng and the others said goodbye to Zeng Chusheng, and met a little girl when they walked out of Zeng's house.

When Zeng Shuangyan saw so many people walking out of the house, and saw the small basket and meat in Zhou Yancheng's hand, she glanced at Zhou Yancheng calmly.

She recognized that this basket was made by her father, and the meat in it was given by her father.

When did dad become so generous?

Also, when did we have meat at home?

Dad actually sold the precious meat?

Zeng Shuangyan suppressed many thoughts in her heart, nodded to Zhou Yancheng and others, then walked aside and let them go first.

Zhou Yancheng and others also nodded to her, said nothing, and continued to leave.

Seeing them leaving, Zeng Shuangyan strode into the house and walked into the kitchen, "Dad, did you go hunting in the mountains today and get some meat?"

Zeng Chusheng was boiling water in the kitchen and preparing to brush the pork. When he heard his daughter's voice, he added a piece of firewood and said, "Yeah, how did you know?"

After he finished speaking, he thought that the Zhou family had just left not long ago, and his daughter probably saw the basket in Brother Zhou's hand, and then said, "Have you seen your Uncle Zhou and the others?"

Zeng Shuangyan nodded, "I saw an uncle holding a basket, and I recognized it as yours. It must be the Uncle Zhou you mentioned. Why did you sell the meat? Our family hasn't had meat for a long time."

Zeng Shuangyan did not agree with her father's approach.

Zeng Chusheng signaled his daughter to calm down and said slowly: "I picked up a wild boar today, with dozens of kilograms of meat. They exchanged medicinal herbs for a pound of meat with me. Your mother often coughs, and their medicinal herbs can just cure it." cough."

"We both had needs, so we made this deal."

Zeng Shuangyan was pleasantly surprised, "What a wild boar! This is so good! It will be enough for our family to eat for a long time."

"But you're not fooling me, are you." Zeng Shuangyan recalled the size of the basket she saw and the meat inside, made a rough estimate, and raised her eyebrows at her father, "Isn't it more than a pound of pork?"

Zeng Chusheng smiled and nodded, "My daughter really has a keen eye for recognizing things. She is indeed more than a pound. You should have seen a little girl just now. She knows many medicinal materials and knows how to treat some minor illnesses and pains."

"I thought about giving them more pork to make friends with them, so that it would be easier for me to ask for help in the future. She also generously told me how to boil that medicinal plant into soup."

Zeng Shuangyan suddenly realized, "It's the father who thinks long-term, but it's the daughter who is narrow-minded."

Zeng Chusheng made no secret of his inner happiness and waved to Zeng Shuangyan, "Come here and light the fire. I'll cut the pork. We'll have a big meal tonight. The remaining pork will be marinated with a little salt and put away for later. Eat it. Or you can exchange it with someone else, whatever you want."

(End of this chapter)