Chapter 86 I'm going to learn how to fluff cotton
After sending the people away, the sound of piano could be heard again in the room.
After a moment, there was a clang sound.
Bai Xiaofeng pressed his slender fingertips heavily on the strings. He tilted his eyes and spoke with a chilling voice, "Why does he have to grow a beard?"
A gray-robed attendant appeared and knelt, "Master, calm down! Broken Blade and Du Buqin are not ordinary people. If we want to avoid arousing their suspicion and still let the Su family approach us, we need to find an ordinary craftsman. Now that winter is approaching, every household needs to prepare for the winter. Changdong happens to be able to fluff cotton and works in the garment industry, so he is the most suitable candidate!"
"There are so many ordinary people in this city, but can't you find someone who's not so ugly?"
"Master, Changdong is the only one who can fluff cotton... The Su family is in need of cotton and clothing, so they were very enthusiastic about Changdong the moment they met. Most importantly, of all the craftsmen, he's the only one who's the closest in stature to you."
Bai Xiaofeng closed his eyes, calmed his mind, and when he opened his eyes again, his emotions had disappeared and he had returned to normal.
"Let him shave his beard."
“…”
After giving the order, Bai Xiaofeng stood up from the guqin, walked to the wall, pressed the mechanism on the flower stand beside the wall, and entered the inner room.
The secret door behind him closed automatically, blocking out the outside world.
The inner room is extremely simple, with only a desk, a wooden shelf, and some strange and bizarre materials packed separately.
Bai Xiaofeng took off his wide-sleeved white moon robe that was in the way, walked to the wooden shelf, and picked out the materials placed on it.
Make the mold, freeze the material, and carve on the mold.
Within half an hour, a mask as thin as a cicada's wing appeared in his hands.
When he walked out of the inner room again, his face had changed, and his white moon robe had been replaced with a gray coarse cloth shorts.
With ordinary facial features and a thin body, he looks like another long winter.
"How is it? Are there any flaws?" Bai Xiaofeng put one hand behind his back and asked the attendant who was still kneeling on the ground in a lazy tone.
The attendant looked up and took a closer look, then lowered his head and said, "Master, your hands are just as good as Changdong's!"
Just missing two mustaches.
Also, your expression and posture are not humble enough...
Bai Xiaofeng glanced at the person who lowered his head, waved his folding fan, and walked out.
"master?"
"No need to follow me. I'm going to learn how to fluff cotton."
“…”
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Walking on the loess road at the foot of Tubei Mountain, the little sweet baby took two steps and jumped one step, then stopped to look at his own small footprints.
Having a lot of fun.
The weather was getting cold, and the adults were worried that the child would catch a cold, so they covered her with several layers of clothes, not caring about whether the inner layer was long or the outer layer was short.
"Tianbao, you've walked back and forth a few times and you're still playing? Come up the mountain with Grandpa Du, and Grandpa will take you to find chrysanthemums!"
Tianbao turned his head and looked at the ground.
The small footprints she had deliberately made were covered by the big feet of Du Grandpa.
Tianbao, "No, I have chrysanthemums."
"Grandpa Du, I will be older than you in the future!" She pointed at the big footprint and vowed.
Du Bujin followed the kid closely with his hands behind his back, and in order to match the little one, he walked very slowly.
Hearing this, the old man snorted and rolled his eyes, "You're already a little ancestor, how much older do you want to be? The only age you can't surpass is Grandpa Du."
The child tilted his head, his eyes curved into crescents, and said, "Hehe!"
The old man also curled his eyes and said, "Huh."
There are thatched houses on both sides of the loess road. There are a lot more of them than when I first arrived, and they are built one after another along both sides of the road.
It was afternoon, and the residents had finished their work in the vegetable gardens that morning, so they were all staying at home, growing mushrooms.
Hearing the laughter of the little kids outside, Li Xiaoxiao, who was a bit bolder and familiar with the Su family, ran out. But she didn't dare to get too close. She held out a roasted yam in her hand and stretched out her arm to hold it out from a distance. "Tianbao, these are freshly baked yam eggs. They smell so good! Do you want some? They taste better when they're hot!"
Tianbao jumped over and took the yam egg with a blackened skin, and his hands were immediately covered with dust.
She didn't despise it, and with her other hand she rummaged in her bosom, and took out a small green ball and handed it over, "Uncle Li, this is a return gift."
Li Xiaoxiao didn't dare to take Xiao Tianbao's things, and waved her hands, "No, no, no!"
The old man stood there without coming over. People living in this area would hide when they saw him, so he didn't want to go up to them and cause trouble. "Here, take it. I made these pills specially. They're sweet and melt in your mouth—"
Before he could finish his words, Li Xiaoxiao had already rushed back into the house and even closed the gate.
The corners of his mouth twitched even though he was not poisoned.
Damn.
These are real sugar beans! Although they are made of medicinal herbs, they are not poisonous! Not poisonous!
Uncle Li didn't want it, so Tianbao put the sugar beans back into his arms, peeled the roasted yam with his little hands, separated it into two halves, and gave the other big half to the poison-proof one.
"Hey, you don't want a big one now?"
"The big poison grandpa eats." Tian Bao tilted his head, smiling, "return the gift."
The poison is not able to invade my heart, and it feels as if my heart is soaked in sugar water. It is so comfortable.
Little brat, when you're mean, you really mean it.
When it’s sweet, it’s really sweet.
Anyway, it suits his appetite as he is immune to poison.
The father and son were competing with each other to eat the yam eggs, taking turns to eat.
The yam egg, half the size of a palm, was divided into two halves, and the two of them managed to eat more than ten mouthfuls of it.
"Old Du Du Du... Little, little sweet baby..." A trembling voice called out from behind.
An old man and a young boy looked back.
The new neighbor was holding a large sack, covering half of his face, and his eyes were still evasive and he didn't dare look people in the eye.
They had met in the Su family courtyard this morning. When Du Lao saw him, his eyes immediately fell on the large, eye-catching sack. "Are you carrying cotton?"
Changdong bowed and nodded.
"Just carry it, why are you covering your face?"
"I shaved my beard, and my mouth feels a little cold. I'm not used to it yet..." The big sack dropped a little, revealing the man's hairless face.
Du Buqin immediately tilted his neck back and clicked his tongue, "He's already ordinary. If he shaved his beard, he'd be even harder to spot in a crowd. He'd be more distinctive with a mustache."
Chang Dong, “…”
At their feet, the little baby nodded in agreement, "Grandpa Du, you have your own unique style."
Du Buqin laughed heartily, thinking that Bao was praising him. "You have the best taste! Come on! Let's go find Duan Dao and ask him to bring back two pieces of fabric from the city so I can make you a new cotton-padded jacket! This long, overlapping, short one is so ugly!"
"It's not ugly." Tianbao disagreed.
The clothes that grandma gave her don’t look bad.
"Grandpa Du is wrong. It's not ugly, it's not warm enough! What color material do you like? It has to be fine cotton, which is softer. Little girls wear red, red looks good! Hehehehe!"
The old man picked up the kid, threw him over his shoulder, and flew away in an instant.
After the two of them went away, Changdong, who was slightly bent over, straightened up, looked at the direction they left, gritted his teeth, and a dangerous light flashed in his eyes.
The hand holding the sack almost made a hole in it.
No characteristics?
Can't find it normally?
I am not vulnerable to poison. I will remember our accounts and settle them with you one by one!
Passing by Xiao Su's yard, I could hear the chattering of an old man and a child, accompanied by various sounds of laughter and sighs.
Changdong hunched his shoulders again, holding the big sack and shuffled back to his room, opening and closing the door.
A flawless little guy.
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