carved heart

Chapter 20 Mountains and Flowing Water (2)
The young man flattered again, and when he was about to leave, he glanced at the people behind Ah Yin without any trace, and asked, "Miss Yin, do you need to go to another place to carve nuclei? There are so many people here, I'm afraid it will disturb Yin." Miss. Mr. Li has spoken, as long as the girl is willing, he is willing to rent the best inn in Gongcheng for Miss Yin to carve cores."

Ah Yin said: "Don't worry about me, I live in a room in the outer courtyard. There are few people and it is very quiet."

The young man raised his eyebrows immediately, and said in a high voice: "What? Outer courtyard? Isn't the outer courtyard for servants to live in? How can you wrong the girl to live in such a place? When the villain just entered the door, he saw that it was broken and torn. If Li Knowing that his nuclear carvings were produced in such a dilapidated place, the members also feel that it is not enough face."

He glared at Yin Xiuwen, Yin Xiuwen only felt his heart tremble, and said: "This young man has misunderstood, and he is only staying here temporarily. It just so happens that the house in the west wing of the inner courtyard is broken, and it has not been repaired yet. I am afraid that my daughter will be exposed to it." I just made my daughter feel wronged in the outer courtyard for a few days, and after a few days it will be repaired, so I will naturally go back to live."

Xiao Lang stared again: "How many days?"

Yin Xiuwen was terrified of Li Yuanwai's tricks that the young man said just now, so he hurriedly said: "It was a few days ago, but since my daughter has such a big deal in her hands, I should take Li Yuanwai's nuclear carving as the first. Yun, go and help Second Concubine right away and ask Second Concubine to free up the room. Second Concubine’s room is full of sunlight, and she doesn’t feel tired when carving cores.”

Second Aunt's complexion changed drastically.

"master……"

Yin Xiuwen said with a straight face, "Why don't you go soon?"

The second aunt was unwilling, so she could only grit her teeth and respond.

Yin Xiuwen reacted quickly, arched his hands, and said to the young man, "Please tell Mr. Li that although Yin's family is small, he will never wrong his daughter, and no one will disturb her carving core."

The young man nodded in satisfaction.

As soon as Xiao Lang left, Yin Xiuwen looked at Ah Yin a little differently.In the past, when he saw his daughter, he was always shouting and drinking, but this time when he saw his daughter, he felt very pleasing to the eye. The 50 taels of silver that Xiao Lang just said was absolutely real.

"A Yin, you are too. I told Dad earlier, how could Dad step on your nuclear carving?"

The second aunt said in a strange way: "With such a skill, she doesn't show it sooner or later, but she shows it at this time. The eldest girl is also very casual."

A Yin said indifferently: "Didn't father usually let me carve cores?"

"Would you know that you can carve so well? My daughter is also promising. A family of sculptors seeks from hundreds of schools, so she can gain prestige." Yin Xiuwen swept away the haze of today, and said again: "What's the matter with that Li Yuanwai?"

Ah Yin said: "I don't know, it's all the thread pulled by that young man. I heard that Jiangnan area is notorious for having a bad temper, but it is very happy to give money." She smiled lightly: "Last time The nuclear sculpture that my father stepped on was what Li Yuanwai wanted."

Immediately, Yin Xiuwen felt the cold air penetrate into the soles of his feet, whizzing into his bones, grinned, and said: "I came back so late, there is no use for dinner, right? The food in the kitchen is cold, let your mother warm it up for you." Oh, no, let's do it again." Seeing that the second aunt was still standing here, Yin Xiuwen pulled his face: "What are you doing standing here, is the room vacant?"

At this time, Ah Yin took out ten Wen coins from his pocket, and said: "Ah Yin earned 20 taels of silver a while ago, and wanted to honor his father. But last night, many utensils were damaged, so I had to find a blacksmith to rush to make them again." , so I have to spend a lot of money. Now my daughter only has ten coins left, although it is small, but the heart of honoring her father is indispensable."

Yin Xiuwen looked at the ten cents in Ah Yin's palm, and his intestines turned green with regret!

20 taels! 20 taels!
He squeezed out a forced smile, and said, "You're welcome, as long as Dad knows what you want."

It was the first time for Ah Yin to feel such a happy mood, and he was especially grateful for Mu Yanghou's sentence - why don't people fear you and look up to you?
Jiang Xuan got Ah Yin's order and stayed in the house.

It wasn't until seeing Second Aunt's long face that owed her tens of thousands of taels that she knew she was going to move back, and it wasn't the original room, it was the east wing room where Second Aunt lived.Jiang Xuan was in shock, thinking that something big had happened, so she hurriedly left the room.

As soon as he stepped through the vertical door, he saw the master talking beside his sister. The night was getting dark, Dongyun lit a lantern, and the yellow light reflected on his blue and white eye bags, which was a bit funny for no reason.

Ah Yin stretched out his hand to greet her, "Ah Xuan, come here."

Yin Xiuwen smiled, and the wrinkles under his eyes deepened: "You two sisters have been close since childhood, and the room is small. It is a bit wronged to live together, but it doesn't matter. Hurry up and change to a bigger house tomorrow. You two sisters share one room. One piece, Meng is nothing..."

"Father, it's Meng Buke."

Yin Xiuwen said: "Yes, yes, yes, it is better to be literate, decent enough."

"It's all thanks to the father that the daughter has ink in her stomach."

This flattery made Yin Xiuwen feel guilty. In the past, his daughter Wenwen was quiet and rarely spoke, but now she choked to death like a pepper, and she was so unlucky that she choked.

Jiang Xuan looked at it from the side, and felt that the sky had changed. Why did the master seem to be a different person when he came out after staying in the house for a while?
How could Ah Yin not know Jiang Xuan's doubts, and signaled her to be safe and calm, and when the room was ready, there was no one around, so Ah Yin told Jiang Xuan what had happened in detail.

"...I didn't let you present because I was afraid that you would reveal your secrets. You have met Fan Xiaolang. He pretended to be a domineering young master. He was indeed a bit reluctant, like singing a big show. Fortunately, the eyes of his father and second aunt were 50 I didn't see anything wrong with being blinded by two silver coins, if you were there, I'm afraid you would not be able to help laughing."

Jiang Xuan's point is not this, she said: "Sister, the master will not embarrass you like this. But now he clearly treats you as a boy who spreads money. How much does the master have to suck such a big piece of white meat like my sister?" Second blood!"

Ah Yin was amused.

"Look at your analogy. I was worried that you would think that I did something wrong. It's really unfilial to think about my father's affairs nowadays."

Jiang Xuan was in a hurry: "Whatever my sister said, as long as my sister can be good, so what if I blame everyone in the world!"

"I will bear all the people in the world, and I will also bear you!" She patted the back of her hand, and said softly, "Sister, don't worry, I have thought about what you think too. If I can take this step, I will never let my father fiddle with me." But I don't want to treat my father as an enemy, but I don't respect him in my heart anymore."

After that night, Ah Yin's treatment at home has obviously improved a lot, and even Dong Yun knows that the eldest girl in the family can earn the most money.Whoever has the most money is the one who can really make up his mind, and for this reason, he is even more attentive in serving Ah Yin, with the big girl before the big girl and the big girl behind.The second aunt saw it, and poohed bitterly, but she seemed to be unable to do anything other than pooh, her private money of 20 taels of silver was still waiting for the master to take it back from her.The God of Wealth, he holds the money that everyone loves, and he will offer it when he offers it.If you can give back her private money, she can sleep under a tree!

Regarding Ah Yin's change, Qin shi cried with joy. She used to think that it was not good for her daughter to play nuclear carving, and it was not good for the girl's family reputation, but she didn't know that she could earn so much money.Their family is not a big family, so what is their reputation?Still money is the most important thing.Now that her daughter has money, she also has something to rely on, and she speaks harder.I used to cook some hot dishes for my daughter in the kitchen, and I was afraid of being called a waste by the master, but now I don't have to sneak around.

For the 50 taels of silver, now really the whole family offered Ah Yin good food and drink.

When the grandfather of the Yin family passed away, he left shops for the two houses of the family. The big house was the incense, candle and ingot shop, and the second house was the coffin shop. They both hired staff to look after them.Dafang's shop doesn't make much profit, and it can only be said that it can barely maintain food and clothing.Now it was the end of the month, Qin went to the shop to look at the account books, and took out five taels of silver, which was ten or twenty cents more than last month.In the past, it would have been divided into two parts, one for household use and one for Brother Hao's study income.

After returning home, Mrs. Qin told Yin Xiuwen that she wanted to use the extra money to cut new clothes for her daughter.

Yin Xiuwen had no objection, and said: "I asked my daughter yesterday, and she said that the nuclear carving can be done today. When my daughter comes back, we have to tell her, don't waste the money when you get it." Last time 20 taels The silver disappeared in the blink of an eye, and he was in pain all night.

While talking, Ah Yin also came back from the outside.

But instead of coming to the main hall, Jiang Xuan came over and said, "Madam, my sister is very tired today. I should have greeted the second elder, but I was really tired, so I asked me to come and greet my sister."

"Don't come here if you're sleepy, just carve the core with peace of mind."

Having said that, Jiang Xuan also went back.

Yin Xiuwen was thinking about the matter of money, and felt uneasy, so he thought it would be better to ask him.The girl's family can't help spending too much money.If he was too sleepy, he just walked over.However, Yin Xiuwen was a little dumbfounded as soon as he left the door of the main hall.

Standing not far away were two sturdy men with thick backs, their arms were as thick as tree trunks, and they looked quite bluffing.

Jiang Xuan was talking with the two of them, and seeing Yin Xiuwen leaned out, she ran over to Yin Xiuwen and said, "Master, these two are the guards forced by Yuanwai Li, and they said they were here to protect the nuclear carvings." It's safe, my sister couldn't push it no matter what, so I had to accept it. The taller ones are called tiger eyes, and the shorter ones are called tiger fists. My sister said that, after checking the household registration documents, they are all innocent people, and they look honest and honest. Simply stay and serve as a nursing home for our family, and it will be decent for the master to have someone follow him when he goes out in the future."

When Yin Xiuwen heard this, he immediately looked like a master, walked out pretending to be majestic, coughed heavily, and said: "Although our Yin family is a small family with no rules, we still have to abide by what should be observed. The Yin family doesn't have many houses, and there is only one firewood house left in the outer courtyard, it's a cool place to live in because of the hot weather." As he spoke, he glanced at the two of them, waiting for their response.

Jiang Xuan quickly said: "This is the father of the eldest girl."

Unexpectedly, the two of them glanced at Yin Xiuwen, and only responded lazily.

Yin Xiuwen held his breath in his heart.

Jiang Xuan quickly arranged Tiger Eye and Tiger Fist, and said to Yin Xiuwen in a nice way: "Hey, master, those two have served a rich family after all, and they are not very happy to come to our house to live in the woodshed. Just wait until you get used to it! After all, we are members of our family now, and it will be unpleasant for someone to come to our family in the future, and the two of them stood outside the door like gods, how could anyone dare to come and find fault with us!"

Yin Xiuwen remembered how he was escorted home by people from Yuanbao Casino a few days ago.

At that time, there were two people who could hold the field standing, how could those people be so presumptuous!Thinking about it this way, the anger is smooth, and living in the firewood room is simply a sign of dissatisfaction!Yin Xiuwen turned around and went back to the room, completely forgetting about going to tell Ah Yin.

Ah Yin left early the next day, and Yin Xiuwen didn't expect his daughter to come back until the lights came on.

Tiger Eye and Tiger Fist hugged their arms full of things, and Ah Yin said with a smile: "When I went home, I passed the West Market, so I went there to buy things for my parents and brother Hao." Rouge, gouache, brocade, food, books and ink were all available, and Ah Yin said again: "Everyone in the house bought it, and everyone has a share."

Yin Xiuwen's eyeballs were almost glued to his head, and he asked, "How much did it cost?"

"Not much, the total is only two taels of silver. The shopkeeper saw that I bought too much, so he wiped away the change."

Yin Xiuwen breathed a sigh of relief when he heard it, and looked left and right, but he didn't see the silver bag.Ah Yin patted his head belatedly, and said: "I almost forgot, a daughter has earned money, so she should honor her father." He took off the money bag and handed it to Yin Xiuwen.

Yin Xiuwen opened it and saw that there was only fifty Wen in it.

His face darkened, but because of the two strong men behind Ah Yin who were staring at him, he insisted on not having an attack.

Ah Yin said: "This is all my daughter's family has left." She sighed melancholy: "There should be 48 taels of silver, but does father remember? It was the invitation card for the fighting nuclear conference. Originally, my daughter wanted to My father is right, so I don't mind going, so as not to be embarrassing, but I went out and inquired and found out that this invitation is hard to find. I don't know who passed it on. Knowing that my daughter has this invitation, I have to take a look at what the invitation looks like. My daughter is feeling bitter. The invitation was sent by Mr. Luo. If outsiders know that the invitation has been torn up by our family, wouldn’t Mr. Luo think that our Yin family despises his nuclear carvings? So when I came back, I entrusted someone to exchange 55 taels of silver for a new invitation card. Now my daughter is still on credit and owes the person seven taels of silver. A business can be paid off after a while. It's a small matter when the money is gone, but offending the Luo family is a major matter. Father, do you think your daughter is right? "

Thinking that the invitation card was hard to come by, he personally tore up one, and now he posted another 55 taels of silver upside down. He felt a little dark before his eyes, and it took him a long time to squeeze out a hoarse "yes" word from his throat.

Ah Yin returned to the room.

Jiang Xuan smiled with crooked brows and eyes, and said in a low voice, "Master, did you admit it?"

"I can only admit it, I guess I can live in peace for a while."

It was not in vain that she specially invited Ren Yazi from Fangcheng next door at a high price. After a few days of picking, she chose Tiger Eye and Tiger Fist. They looked like they could bluff people, but they were extremely loyal. This family only obeyed her orders.When the show starts, it has to start well and end well.Li Yuanwai in Jiangnan is not fake, and her nuclei carving in the picture is also real, but Suizhou is too far away in Jiangnan, and she used his name to stage a good show, and there is no way to verify whether it is false or not.But in the end, it was a bit of a mistake, because I owed favors, Ah Yin was going to give some extra heads as favors.

"Sister, do you want to give these to Li Yuanwai? It's... too much." Suddenly, she focused her eyes and said, "Moonlight in the lotus pond! Isn't this elder sister of the nuclear carving always very precious?" ? Also give it to Li Yuanwai?”

A Yin clasped his fingers together, with a somewhat uncomfortable expression on his face.

"No."

"Master Hou, Miss Yin asked her subordinates to send it over."

The brocade box was opened, and inside was a thumb-thick nuclei carving, lotus leaf fields, and two small fish swimming in the sparkling pond. The moon was reflected in the water, which was a beautiful sight.Two fingers with distinct phalanges rubbed the carving, and Chen Dou said again: "Miss Yin said that fan pendants or jade pendants are also very beautiful."

With a loosening of the fingers, the nuclear carving returned to the brocade box.

He said lightly: "Does a nuclear carving want to dismiss Master Ben?"

Chen Dou said, "Your subordinate will take it back."

Did a nuclear carving want to send him away?

Ah Yin thought about this sentence, then looked at the moonlight carving in the lotus pond in his hand, feeling a little troubled.

In order to carve out the essence of the moonlight in the lotus pond, she squatted by the lotus pond for several nights to experience the lotus pond under the moonlight. In order to carve out the moon in the water, she fell into the pond. OK

But thinking about it, it's true that the marquis wants anything, and what she thinks is very precious may not be worth looking at in his eyes.

It's just that she didn't feel comfortable if she didn't convey her thanks.

She racked her brains to think of what she could do to catch Mu Yanghou's eyes.

It happened that Jiang Xuan came in, put a plate of goji berry cakes on the table, and said casually, "Sister, you have been staring at me for so long, but what did you learn from it?" Once it goes out, it's pitch black, and all the thoughts in my heart are poured out.

Ah Yin was afraid that Jiang Xuan would be worried about Mu Yanghou's matter, so he kept it a secret.

Now that Jiang Xuan took a look at herself, the thought of confiding was just around the corner.

After all, Jiang Xuan has been with Ah Yin for a long time. She was hesitant to speak, and immediately smelled something unusual. She said "sister, wait a minute" and ran out joltingly. When she came back, she was out of breath, with the There is an extra teacup and a fruit box.

She placed them one by one, and poured two more cups of wolfberry and chrysanthemum tea soaked in honey, her eyes were very bright.

"Sister, please tell me, my sister is all ears."

Ah Yin couldn't hold back in the end, and came with Jiang Xuan one by one except for the few times when she was frivolous. Jiang Xuan opened her eyes wide after hearing this, and was obviously very surprised: "It was that noble man who taught my sister! The honorable person is willing to spend his time on people like us, which is a little different from what I imagined. Sister, one nuclear carving can't be dismissed, how about the two?"

A few days passed, and the two lotus pond moonlight carvings did not return.On that day, Chen Dou sent him there, and when he came back, Ah Yin asked Chen Dou how Lord Hou looked, but Chen Dou only said four words with no expression on his face.

Ah Yin was slightly relieved.

(End of this chapter)