carved heart

Chapter 3
Even though what Yan Shencai said just now, but he knew in his heart that this hurt to Lord Hou, it was nothing.The Marquis of their family has a strange physique, no matter how serious the injury is, as long as he can get enough rest, he will heal quickly.

He was worried about something else at the moment.

He lowered his voice and asked, "Has Master Hou's strange illness finished?"

Yan Mo also replied in a low voice: "When I found Master Hou, all the veins on Master Hou's face disappeared." After a pause, Yan Mo said again: "It's just that there is a strange thing, there is half a footprint on Master Hou's trouser leg. "

Yan Shen, who has always been calm and composed, showed a look of surprise, and then he narrowed his eyebrows and said angrily: "That kid is really audacious, he even dared to step on the golden legs of our Lord Marquis! When he is caught, he will not peel the skin, I will swallow it alive killed him!"

As if in response to his rhetoric, the door creaked.

A little boy ran out, overjoyed and said: "You two, Master Hou is awake."

Both Yan Shen and Yan Mo were startled.

In the past, Lord Hou would have to be in a coma for a few days before he could wake up.How long have you been in a coma now?an hour?No, not even half an hour.The two rushed in immediately.The man on the soft couch had already sat up, and the boy beside him was kneeling on the edge of the bed making tea.

The aroma of tea came out.

The little boy filled the cup half full, and the tea soup was green in color, an early spring spring green of one or two hundred gold.

The cuckoo's bloody white-glazed thin-bodied teacup is as steady as a mountain in the man's too slender fingers. He smells the tea soup lightly, smells it again, and smells it three times.The little boy held up his hands, took back the teacup, poured it all out, bowed to the ground, and left lightly.

A hoarse and low voice sounded.

"Where are the people?"

Yan Shen and Yan Mo knelt down together, Yan Mo said: "Master Hou, I will be able to bring it back before Zishi. This time it is because of my subordinate's inefficiency, I ask Master Hou to punish me."

Shen Changtang glanced at Yanmo's hands, and said, "Yan Shen received ten lashes, and Yan Mo received five lashes, it's not an exception."

"Yes, Lord Hou."

Yan Mo asked again: "Then the kid..."

"There is only one person in the world who is plotting to take my life. The time has not come, so I will make a note this time. As for that child..." Shen Changtang said lightly: "Kill him, there is no need to leave the whole body."

While speaking, Shen Changtang's long eyebrows suddenly furrowed slightly.

Fingers parted the blood-stained skirt, and a bloody white jade finger fell into his palm.

Yan Shen hurriedly called Xiao Tong to the carriage to fetch a clean robe, but when he came back, he saw his master Hou lifted up the thin quilt, staring at his trouser legs and concentrating on himself.Yan deeply understood, and immediately gritted his teeth and said: "It's unreasonable, a mere kid dares to ruin Lord Hou's trouser legs! If you treat someone back, he will be ashamed!"

Unexpectedly, Shen Changtang showed a rare smile in ten thousand years.

"It's a bold one."

Yan Shen thought that his eyes were dazzled, so he blinked, only to find that there was a genuine smile on his Master Hou's mouth.A little boy came in from outside and said softly, "All the top doctors in Gongcheng have brought them."

Shen Changtang brought back Baiyu's fingers slowly, and said calmly: "Let them go back, Yan Mo." After a slight pause, his slender phoenix eyes were as deep as ink, and he said slowly: "Go to Gongcheng to find a girl."

Yan Mo thought he had heard wrong.

His Lord Hou is looking for a girl?Even finding a sow would convince him even more!

When Jiang Xuan saw Ah Yin covered in blood, she almost cried.

Ah Yin didn't want her to worry, so he concealed the troubles he had encountered, and said in a gentle voice, "Don't worry, I just fell when I was digging for silver today, and unfortunately I fell on a puddle of blood, so I was covered in blood."

Jiang Xuan knew about Ah Yin's burial of money, so she said: "My sister almost scared me to death."

Ah Yin smiled and said: "I can't die, my sister will definitely not let you die in one day." She took out the ingot of silver from the skirt, Jiang Xuan's eyes widened, and said: "My sister has hidden so much silver! Is there ten taels of silver for an ingot?"

"Five taels at most."

"Five taels is also a lot."

Ah Yin said: "Not much, we have a lot of places to use our money now. The most urgent thing we need to do is to earn more money so that we can be safe in the future. Gongcheng is too small and has a lot of people, so we can't Appeared in Gongcheng."

She pondered slightly.

Jiang Xuan said: "I heard from Uncle Qin that in recent years there have been more towns in the vicinity, and they have sprung up because they are close to Gongcheng and convenient for nuclear mining."

Ah Yin was also thinking about this, and said: "Tomorrow, let's go around the town and see what opportunities there are."

Jiang Xuan was a little worried: "Most of the nuclear carving technicians are gentlemen, and my sister is a woman, so you want a woman to disguise herself as a man? Is it convenient?"

Hearing this, Ah Yin sighed: "I also thought about dressing up as a man, but..." She glanced at herself, and said very straightforwardly and objectively: "I can cover up the femininity of my appearance, and I can also hide the femininity of my appearance." Carve out the Adam's apple, the chest does not need to be covered, but the voice cannot be changed, once you open your mouth, it will reveal your secrets and attract others' suspicion, so it is better to be frank."

Jiang Xuan couldn't help looking at Ah Yin's chest.

The two are three years apart.

But if it is said that Jiang Xuan's breasts are like valleys, Ah Yin's breasts are like plains.

God rewarded her for her brute strength when she was in a crisis, and the flat chest that goes with her brute force, what a pity...

Ah Yin coughed heavily.

Jiang Xuan blushed slightly, and said: "Sister, I have no other intentions. Then...then...what if Mrs. Tomorrow sends someone over?" Mentioning her mother, Ah Yin felt even more sad, and she said: "Winter Yun has to serve the eight members of the Yin family and cannot get away; Uncle Qin is old and cannot leave the Yin family; the remaining servant has to serve Brother Hao. Besides, with my mother's temperament, I must think that I can handle it. She doesn't have to worry about it. Before Xie Lang's wife is decided, I think my parents won't think of me for a while."

Jiang Xuan was very distressed, and said: "Sister, don't be sad, because Xie Lang is not good enough for you."

A Yin pulled his lips and smiled.

"There is nothing sad or not. Actually, I have figured it out a long time ago. Instead of saying that I waited for Xie Lang to marry me for five years, it would be better to say that I spent five years giving up. He lied to me, but I let it go. She laughed at herself again: "What's more, in front of my parents, Xie Lang's injury to me is not worth mentioning at all."

When Ah Yin and Jiang Xuan rested, they felt a faint pain in their chest, and for no reason they thought of the nobleman they met in the forest today.

She rubbed her chest.

... I hope we don't meet again in the future.

The town is not very far from Cangshan Mountain, but it is also a half-day journey.Ah Yin hired two donkeys, and they arrived in the small town around noon.The town used to be famous, and from afar, I saw a huge stone engraved with the words "Hebei Town" in vermilion.

Jiang Xuan covered her mouth with a snicker, and said, "It's so brightly carved on the boulder, I'm afraid others don't know that all the people living in the town are nuclear carving technicians."

Ah Yin was very excited.

In the past, her grandfather never allowed her to show her nuclear carving skills outside. When she was learning nuclear carving, the only people who could communicate with her were her grandfather and sister Axuan.But now it is full of nuclear carving technicians!Complete!All!yes!
She turned over and got off the donkey, stopped in front of the boulder to observe, and said: "The handwriting is vigorous and powerful, which shows the skill of the sword. If there is a nuclear carving, I really want to see it."

There was a gentle sneer.

Ah Yin looked up, and saw a bright girl showing disdain for her, and casually said to the girl dressed as a maid beside her: "These days cats and dogs can talk about nuclear carvings, how can nuclear carvings be those mediocre people?" Can talk about it? It's ridiculous."

The maid smiled lightly: "Young lady said so."

"Go, go in, lest someone pollute my ears."

Jiang Xuan was slightly annoyed, and was about to refute, but was stopped by A Yin.She shook her head lightly, and said: "Nowadays nuclear carving is flourishing, talented people can be appreciated. Just now that girl looks like she is only twenty-eight years old. If she is also a nuclear carving artist, she should be proud and arrogant at this age."

Jiang Xuan muttered: "When my sister was 16 years old, the most expensive nuclear carvings sold outside were not as good as my sister's."

Ah Yin shot her a look, and said: "You should be humble when you go out, not to mention there are heaven and man outside the sky, and there are people outside."

"No, sister is the most powerful."

Ah Yin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but there was nothing he could do about her.After entering the town, Ah Yin found that there were quite a few girls walking on the street. After inquiring, she found out that most of them were maidservants who came to buy nuclear carvings for their masters.There are a lot of stalls and shops in the town, all of which are nuclear carvings. Due to the uneven level, some are full of people, while others are empty.

A Yin pretended to choose the nuclei, and asked: "I just saw a girl with bright facial features, it seems that she has dabbled in nuclei."

She wanted to describe the girl's appearance again, but the stall owner slapped her thigh and said, "You are talking about the jewel in the palm of the Luo family in Gongcheng, Miss Luo San! She is different from ordinary people. Last year, the Luo family gave birth to a girl." The genius of nuclear carving is the eldest brother of Miss Luo San. His nuclear carvings are loved by the prime minister. He was recruited to Yongping at the end of last year and became a guest in the prime minister's mansion. Now he is a celebrity in front of the prime minister. Little girl, Do you know that one person can ascend to heaven? Not to mention the people in Hediao Town, even the people in Gongcheng have to give three points to their Luo family."

Ah Yin had heard about the Luo family, but he didn't pay attention to it at the time.

The stall owner said again: "This Luo San girl is also a bit talented. Now, relying on her elder brother's prestige, no one dares to control her when she walks around in Hediao Town. What is the purpose of our carved nucleus? No Is it just for the sake of being famous one day? I have been carving stones for three years, and the shape and shape of the carvings are not bad. Look at this, it is very honorable to buy it back as a fan pendant. See, you are the first time to come back to our stone carving Town, right? The reputation of me, Ma Dahe, is known to the whole street."

Someone from the stall next door laughed.

Ma Dahe said without changing his face: "Why are you laughing? Come laugh if you have the ability to sell more than me!"

The man looked embarrassed.

Ma Dahe rubbed his hands together and said, "Little girl, what do you think? It's not expensive..." Looking up and down at A Yin in front of him, he narrowed his eyes and said with a smile, "It's the first time you've come here. I only charge you thirty Wen."

Thirty Wen, Dong Yun's monthly money for half a year.

Jiang Xuan was speechless and said, "Sister, isn't this stealing money?"

Ah Yin didn't express his opinion, he picked up the carving with his fingers and put it in his palm to look at it.

It is a stone carving of a longevity peach on top of a monkey's head.

The spring is bright and beautiful, reflected on Ah Yin's slender and white fingers, which is particularly dazzling.Ma Dahe's guilty conscience came suddenly, for some reason, the girl in front of her looked like a yellow-haired girl, and her speech and conversation were mediocre, but when she quietly looked at her nuclear carving, the pair of extremely thin hands were like this Calm and powerful, it seems to be able to turn clouds and rain with ease.

Ma Dahei said in a rough voice: "Buy it or not? If you don't buy it, don't get in the way!"

Ah Yin asked: "This is a stone carving of thirty Wen coins, what kind of stone carvings are there for one hundred Wen coins?"

When Ma Dahe heard this, he thought he had met a master who spent money like water, and immediately said with a smile: "Yes, yes, I, Ma Dahe, have everything here." He opened a wooden box and took out a satin brocade box. It is an Arhat nuclear carving.

Ah Yin smiled and said, "It turns out that Boss Ma is good at carving Arhats."

"I have studied art with a teacher for three years, and I have carved countless arhats. The number of arhat-carved rosaries I sell here is eighty if not a hundred." He glanced at the monkey-headed longevity peach pit carving in Ah Yin's hand, and said: "Of course. , the monkeys I carved are also extraordinary, it’s rare that you, a little girl, know how to appreciate my skills, I’ll sell you 110 Wen for arhat carvings, which happens to be the Year of the Monkey, so the ones in your hands will be given to you as extra heads.”

Ah Yin asked again: "If I buy it, can I dispose of this nuclear carving?"

"You can smash it if you want!"

Ah Yin said: "I only brought thirty Wen, and I will buy this nuclear carving in my hand first." As he said, he really took thirty Wen and handed it to Ma Dahe.After receiving the money, Ma Dahe was very happy, and asked, "Another Arhat carving, when do you plan to buy it, girl? I'll keep it for you."

My heart is full of joy.

I met the silly God of Wealth today!

Ah Yin said, "A quarter of an hour later."

Hearing this, Ma Dahei looked past Ah Yin and looked outside the town.Dozens of carriages were parked neatly on the flat open space.He immediately flattered and said: "I can go out with the girl, so that the girl will not be troubled back and forth."

"No trouble." Pointing to the wooden box under Ma Dahe's bench, she asked, "This is the utensil you used to carve cores, can you lend me some?"

Ma Dahei stared at her in a daze, and after a while he came back to his senses, and somehow gave the wooden box to Ah Yin.Ah Yin opened it, was slightly satisfied, took out a sharp cone knife, and then whispered a few words in Jiang Xuan's ear.

Jiang Xuan understood, her eyes lit up slightly, and she opened her mouth and shouted: "Here is a stone carving of a monkey offering peaches, and it only sells for 110 Wen. Come and see it!"

As soon as these words came out, Ma Dahe looked at A Yin like a fool.

The owner of the stall next door couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

The stall of Ma Dahe is not far from the exit of the town, it is a bustling place with people coming and going, many people have been watching from the sidelines just now, and now listening to a watery girl yelling such absurd words crisply, The number of people around gradually increased.

Ma Dahe's thick skin couldn't stand it, and he said angrily, "Hey, you..."

Ah Yin acted as if he had never heard of it, and asked softly, "Is anyone buying it?"

Jiang Xuan echoed with a smile: "Anyone want to buy it? It's only 110 characters."

The crowd burst into laughter, and someone teased: "110 texts, do you count a pair of beautiful sisters?"

Jiang Xuan stared at a pair of big copper bell eyes, and said: "My sister is hard to buy!"

Ah Yin was not annoyed, and held the sharp awl knife in the midst of the commotion.There are five types of nuclear carving tools: hair file, flat file, flat cone, cone, and pointed cone, among which the pointed cone is used to carve binoculars.Ma Dahe's Monkey Offering Peach Pit Carving has its shape, but lacks its spirit.Grandfather Yin taught Ah Yin how to carve monkeys, and caught a monkey specially. Ah Yin faced each other for an hour every day, for half a year, and then he could fully grasp the monkey's demeanor in his heart.

Monkeys are the most naughty and evasive, and a pair of monkey eyes is the essence of monkey core carving.

The noise in the crowd stopped suddenly.

Most of the people who can come here know something about nuclear carvings.As soon as the yellow-haired girl held the sharp awl knife, everyone immediately knew that she was a knowledgeable person. The posture of holding the knife was very standard, and her movements were smooth and smooth, without any sloppiness.

Gradually, gradually...

Someone let out a sound of surprise.

Just now it was just an ordinary monkey, but in just a moment, it seemed to come back to life, and the cleverness of the monkey offering peaches was lifelike.Although it has not been polished or polished, everyone knows that such a knife skill, not to mention 110 Wen, is willing to buy [-] Wen.

"120 Wen, sell it to me!"

"I'll post 150 essays!"

"Get out of your way, I will speak first!"

Ah Yin finally sold it at a price of 160 Wen. She took the money and turned around slowly.Ma Dahe's face is green and white, he knows that it is not difficult to carve a monkey, but it only takes some time to carve a vivid monkey, the hard part is to modify the finished product.

His face was slapped very loudly by a yellow-haired girl.

His skills are not as good as others, so he can only admit defeat.

Before Ah Yin could speak, Ma Dahe tidied up the stall in desperation and left quickly.The owner of the stall next door saw that Ah Yin's eyes had changed, and he said, "Young lady is very skilled! I don't know who she studied under?"

Ah Yin smiled and said, "Is there a resting place nearby?"

"Yes! It just so happens that I have to close the stall early today, so I'll take you there." He grinned, and said again: "My name is Fan, and my name is Fan Haohe."

(End of this chapter)