Dual Cultivation Masters in Huadu

Chapter 8

The next day is the day for the market in Gu Yue Town. According to the local practice, every third and sixth day of the lunar calendar is a day for the market.On the long mountain road, you can see mountain people going to the market with baskets on their backs.There are still two days before the Chinese New Year, and now is the time for every household to buy new year's goods.

Almost all the people who worked outside all year round came back at this time.If you have money or not, go home for the New Year.There were obviously more pedestrians on the roads leading to Gu Yue Town.

Ye Ling and Ma Guixiang walked in front, chatting with the third sister-in-law and several women in the village.Ye Huiqiu's mental head is a little bit unwell, and the circles of his eyes are a little dark.

"Ergou." Ye Wenshan called Ye Huiqiu by his nickname, "Why are you like this? Did you not sleep well last night?"

"It's okay, I was a little late watching TV last night." Ye Huiqiu said.He really slept very late last night, but he didn't watch TV, but read a book.He read the two books brought back from the old Taoist priest.I flipped through the book "Mai God's Arithmetic" briefly, and there are really all kinds of fortune-telling methods on it, but it's not a deceptive method like "clamping the gun", but a real fortune-telling formula , but the words are very dazzling, Ye Huiqiu still has no idea about whether there is such a thing in his heart.

And that Heaven and Earth Acacia Art has been read for a long time.There are a total of eighteen pictures on it, and there are many arrows, which seem to be something about luck.But this thing is really incomprehensible, and Ye Huiqiu has no interest in these things.On the contrary, these [-] pictures are vividly drawn, which made the blood flow for this young man, and he has been watching them for most of the night.Looking at the bottom is bulging, hard and uncomfortable.It wasn't until midnight that he fell asleep in a daze.

"Cheer up." Ye Wenshan thumped his son on the back and said, "Today we are going to meet the Horseshoe Ink Master. It took me a lot of effort to persuade him to accept you as his apprentice." You look dizzy and campy, if Master Mashang Mo wants to see you?"

"If you don't want it, then don't, it's nothing special." Ye Huiqiu thought to himself, but dared not say it out loud.Otherwise, Ye Wenshan would really beat him up.

Guyue Town is a big town.There is an ancient river and a moon river here, and the ancient moon town is located at the confluence of the two rivers.It is only forty minutes away from Heishan County, and the transportation is convenient, so the town of Gu Yue is still developing well.

The town has a main street with many teahouses on both sides.And this time of Chinese New Year is the best time of the year for teahouse business.Rural people wandering all over the world will gather at teahouses to drink tea when they return home to celebrate the New Year.

Especially those masons who are very mobile, asking each other about whether the other party's work is good this year, whether the money is good, and where there will be shortages of people tomorrow.A little later, there is not even a place to stay in the teahouse.

The teahouses here set up a few Eight Immortals tables in the store, and each of the eight people puts a cup of cheap Tuocha on the table, and then chats with each other.After the chat, those who like to jam a few times will let the store take out the local cards to play for half a day, and even eat lunch on the card table.I waited until the evening before I patted my butt and went home.

Ye Ling's mother and daughter had already gone to the market to prepare new year's goods with their baskets on their backs, so Ye Wenshan took Ye Huiqiu to look for them one by one in more than a dozen teahouses in the town.Finally stopped in front of one of the teahouses.

At this time, there happened to be a table with people who left.Ye Wenshan dragged Ye Huiqiu in and sat down.

"Master Horseshoe Ink, so you are here." Ye Wenshan tugged on his son's sleeve before he could sit still, and stood in front of the next table with a big smile on his face.There is a square face, and a man in his 40s is sitting on top of it with a big horse and a sword.

The name of this horseshoe ink master is Ma Dashan, and he is from a nearby village below Rongshu Village.Ink master means master in the profession of mason.Of course, many old people in this line of work, those with better skills are also honored as ink masters.It is said that this title is extended from the profession of carpenter.Whether you are a carpenter or a plasterer, you have to work according to the design, and you need an ink fountain to understand the design and master the level.And this kind of work often requires people with high level and excellent craftsmanship to do it, so such people are called ink masters.It's a bit similar to today's construction workers, but the title palm ink master also has a kind of master-student relationship in it.

That Ma Dashan sat there like stars and moons, and the people at the table were all his apprentices, talking about the way to survive this year.

Hearing Ye Wenshan's greeting, that Ma Dashan turned his head, then patted his head vigorously, and said, "Oh, I remembered. You are that Ye from Rongshu Village, what's the matter with Ye?"

"My name is Ye Wenshan." Ye Wenshan didn't feel unhappy about this person's reaction, and said with a smile all over his face, "I worked as a handyman on the construction site for half a year."

Ma Dashan said: "I remember, I remember. Do you drink tea too?"

Ye Wenshan said with a smile: "It's not the thing I told you last time. This is my baby, and the family is in trouble. It's not that I don't study now, and I think I will go out to work on the construction site when the new year begins. Do you think so?"

Ma Dashan looked up and down at Ye Huiqiu who was standing behind him, and then said slowly: "This kid has delicate skin and tender flesh. Handyman is a hard job. Can he bear it?"

"I can take it, I can take it. He has to do all kinds of farm work when he's at home."

Ma Dashan stared at Ye Huiqiu and didn't speak for a long time.Ye Dashan hastily took out cigarettes from his pocket and scattered them all.He usually smokes cigarettes worth two or three yuan, but this time he specially prepared a pack of ten yuan.He kept saying good things to Ma Dashan.

Ye Huiqiu stood behind, feeling sore in his heart.Looking at his father's humble appearance in front of everyone.He had the urge to rush out the door.

Finally, after Ye Wenshan had said all the good things.That Ma Dashan finally nodded, and then he greeted his apprentices to start playing cards.

Ye Wenshan finally let out a long sigh of relief, and then stood respectfully behind Ma Dashan watching them play cards, with a humble smile on his face.

"Father, I want to go out for a while. I want to get together with my classmates. I will come back at night." Ye Huiqiu said in a low voice.

"Huiqiu, go and play. You're going out after the new year, go meet them now." Ye Wenshan knew he was sorry for his son, and said with a sigh.

Ye Kai walked out of the teahouse, looking at the crowd in front of him, tears flowed down his face.The reality is so cruel, and my father's rickety body seems even more rickety.