Chapter 13 Jinjiang First Release Chapter 13 Someone came to the door...
Fang Shu felt that Wu Sheng's suggestion was really unreasonable, but after hearing it, he felt like there was something wrong in his heart, and he became hesitant at the slightest breeze.
Yu Qinglong was a good-looking guy, and most importantly, he could make gadgets, which he really loved.
But he couldn't just ask her out for marriage. What if she wasn't interested? Besides, his feelings for Qinglong weren't the kind of affection a man might have for a woman, or a man for a boy. If he rashly proposed marriage, what would happen if they didn't get along? A lack of compatibility was one thing, but what if she disliked him?
"Is there no other way?"
"Yes," Wu Sheng said, "You can continue to buy from him. But he's a man, and he'll get married sooner or later. After he gets married, it's hard to say whether the man will let him sell things to you again."
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Fang Shu's face turned as black as coal when he recalled the day when Yu's third uncle wanted to marry Yu Qinglong to Zhao Laosi.
No matter what, Yu Qinglong would never say that someone like Zhao Laosi was not a human being. He was clearly a beast.
But if he were to marry Yu Qinglong, would his mother agree?
After returning home, Fang Shu went to Fang Wu several times.
Fang Wu was preparing to make pancakes when she asked him to sway back and forth until he felt dizzy. She said in disgust, "Why are you walking around? Is your waist better now? Just lie down!"
Fang Shu opened his mouth, wanting to ask if he could go to Yu Qinglong's house to propose marriage. But then he thought, forget it, it's too rash and reckless.
So he went back to his room.
After a while he came back and asked, "What kind of pancakes do you want to make?"
Fang Wu said, "Sugar cakes, isn't that your favorite?"
Fang Shu nodded: "Thank you, mother."
Speaking of the sugar cakes I gave to Yu Qinglong before, it seemed that Yu Qinglong also liked them very much and ate them not long after he got them.
If this is a man, he must be his soulmate.
At this time, Yu Qinglong didn't know that Fang Shu had begun to consider proposing marriage to his family just because of the two wooden toys. He was still happy about the one hundred coins.
He had already made up his mind. He would tell his family the truth when he got home, give them a portion of the money, and keep some for himself as a backup.
He wouldn't leave too much, just twenty cents would be enough.
In the afternoon, Yu Qinglong was walking home when he heard Hu Bo calling him again: "Yu Qinglong, stop right there!"
His tone was very fierce, and now he didn't even pretend.
Yu Qinglong turned around and looked Hu Bo up and down. How dare he challenge him? Didn't he see him beat up Yu Qingfa the other day?
Hu Bo said, "What are you looking at? You're such a good pretender. You're usually quiet, but you're actually more shameless than anyone else! You secretly sent something to Mr. Fang from the neighboring village! I saw it all!"
Yu Qinglong laughed: "You saw it all? What did you see? Did you see it alone, or did you see it with someone else? If you saw it alone, then you are shameless, right? I have nothing to do with him. He came to Doctor Mo's house to treat his injuries, and my master and Sister Mo were there. But you secretly went to see a man and took something, and you still have the nerve to criticize me? Brainless thing."
"Who are you calling brainless?!"
"I'll scold anyone who's brainless! I'm telling you, Hu Bo, don't think I won't hit you just because you're short, weak, stupid, and say bad things! Don't have those bad ideas in the future, or don't blame me for being rude!"
Yu Qinglong said this crisply and turned to go home.
Hu Bo tried to pull him, but he swung his arm, causing Hu Bo to stumble. Hu Bo was so angry that he stamped his feet on the spot.
He couldn't understand it! How did Yu Qinglong suddenly become so powerful? This idiot always listened to what he said before! It was really weird!
The more Hu Bo thought about it, the more unwilling he became. He ran towards the Yu family's old house. He wanted to tell Yu Qingfa!
Meanwhile, Yu Qinglong returned home and briefly explained the situation. He emphasized that Fang Shu had come to Dr. Mo's house for a medical consultation and had come across Liang Mo's toys, wanting to buy them. He realized they were Liang Mo's creations, which led to his money-making venture. However, they had no private contact, and Dr. Mo and Mo Xiaoning were aware of the situation.
Before he came back, he did confess to Dr. Mo and Mo Xiaoning about asking Liang Mo for help. Dr. Mo and Mo Xiaoning didn't blame him, but only told him to be more careful in the future.
"Can I really accept this money?" Zhou Yuehua held the copper coin in both hands, feeling very reserved. "This is the scholar's money."
"It's okay, he's just a good student. You don't have to be so afraid of him. We're all human, and he doesn't have superhuman powers." Yu Qinglong said, "Just keep it. But Dad, I'm keeping twenty coins for myself. If I come across something useful in the future, I might buy it."
"Okay, this is what you earned." Zhou Yuehua was generally happy and said with a smile, "Then Dad, will you accept it?"
"Well, keep it. If you can make more money in the future, I'll give it to you."
"Do we still need to carve those words?" Yu Qingye asked.
"Go ahead, second brother. Master Fang mentioned something I didn't know before, and I think we can give it a try. But we can't tell anyone about this, or we'll never make any more money."
"Why do you suddenly have so many ideas?" Yu Dayou asked. His youngest son had always been quiet and cautious, but recently he had become unusually bold and talked much more than before.
"Father, it's not that I suddenly have so many ideas. I used to have them but was afraid, so I didn't dare to speak them out or act on them. Now I dare to do it. After all, I've already gone through something as serious as having my engagement broken off by the Wang family. What else do I have to be afraid of?"
In this era, for a boy or girl, being rejected in marriage was an extremely serious matter, meaning that future marriage proposals would be demoted to a lower rank. Even brothers and sisters would be implicated.
Those wicked people in the Wang family are extremely vicious.
Yu Dayou still felt something was amiss. Actually, it wasn't just him; everyone else in the family felt the same way. But the child was still the same child, growing closer to them, remembering everything, and never harming them, so they couldn't imagine any other possibility.
I heard that if a person is possessed by some unclean things, he or she will become evil and may even harm others, but my child is not like that.
Yu Qingjia laughed and said, "This is great! Maybe I'll become a wealthy man in the future."
Zhou Jianer said, "From now on, just take care of your business. You don't have to do the housework. I'll take care of it slowly."
Yu Qinglong said, "That can't be helped. I still have to help. Sister-in-law, you have to take care of yourself." Then he sat up from the stool and said, "Brother, let's go to the woodshed again. I have some new ideas today, but I can't do it myself. Can you help me?"
As long as it could make money and was legitimate, Yu Qingye would do anything. He thought, even if he couldn't marry Bai Wanqiu, at least life at home would be better. So he quickly got up and followed his brother.
Yu Qinglong decided to build a larger waterwheel, the kind Fang Shu had suggested would attract wealth and fortune. It would ideally have not only a wooden surface but also a stone base. Even better would be a rockery with some greenery.
But doing this is a huge project and it will definitely not be completed in a short time.
Apart from anything else, he wanted to draw out his ideas first, but he didn't have any paper or pen to use.
Yu Qinglong couldn't help but think of his grandparents.
When his parents weren't around, his grandparents spent as much time with him as possible. They also enrolled him in various interest classes, giving him more opportunities to interact with other children. They taught him Chinese painting, violin, taekwondo, basketball, and even took up street dancing for a while.
But even into adulthood, his only remaining interests were painting and basketball. One was to calm his mind, to help him avoid being swept up by his emotions, and the other was to allow him to exercise and minimize his physical limitations. Both were chosen by his grandparents, and he naturally enjoyed them, too.
Although neither of them is particularly professional, they are enough to cultivate one's sentiments and exercise one's body.
I don’t know how my grandparents are doing.
"Little brother, what's wrong?"
"Oh, it's okay. Second brother, I have some ideas in my head, but I can't express them. I want to draw them for you. But we don't have paper and pen at home, and you can't take them with you when you go back to town. Do you have any good ideas?"
"The solution... just wait for me."
Yu Qingye went out with these words. He returned about a quarter of an hour later with a handful of hair and a few willow branches in his hand.
Yu Qinglong asked, "What kind of hair is this? Where did it come from?"
Yu Qingye said, "This is dog hair. Doesn't Erban have a dog? I cut some from that dog."
Zhang Erban is also from Shangxi Village and is a good friend of his second brother.
Yu Qingye said, "Little brother, go soak these willow branches in clean water."
Yu Qinglong did as he was told. Yu Qingye then smoothed the fur, picked out some smooth and strong ones, washed them, and then found a small cotton bag to put them in a ventilated and cool place.
After that, he took out the willow branch that Yu Qinglong had soaked in water and twisted it slowly to pull out the wooden core inside. He then cut the willow bark into pieces about the same length as the pen holder, split it open from the side, and placed it at one end to dry in the shade.
When it was almost dry, he smoothed the dog hair neatly, aligned it, and wrapped it with a thin thread. He then used the willow bark to half-wrap the dog hair, leaving a section about as long as a fingernail, with the tips of the hair facing outwards, and then tied it tightly with thread.
A simple brush is made at almost no cost.
"See if you can use it, little brother."
"Yes, absolutely," Yu Qinglong said. "Second brother, you're really smart." He hadn't thought it was actually possible. Although it was made with local materials, simple writing and drawing were completely sufficient.
"It's just that this paper is difficult to handle." Qing Yuye said.
"I have an idea I've been wanting to try. There's a forest on the hill behind our house. I see a lot of birch trees there, tall and big. Let's get some birch bark and see if we can stick it on the wood."
"Birch bark?"
"yes."
Paper was a precious commodity in those days. A roll of paper cost 200 sheets, and the cheaper ones were 80 to 100 wen, which he couldn't afford yet. Birch bark had a certain absorbency, and the best ones were white enough. He just needed to find a thick piece and cut off a large piece, and he could write or draw on it.
Yu Qingye said, "Then let's go now. Hurry up and we can still get back before dark."
It's almost the fourth month of the lunar calendar, and it doesn't get dark so quickly.
The two brothers took a cloth bag and a knife and went out.
As soon as they closed the door, the brothers saw two people outside. A man and a woman, the man sturdy and the woman thin. They were both wearing cotton, but the woman's was clearly better woven and purple. This color of clothing was rare in the village, and she was also wearing makeup.
These two people were not from Shangxi Village. Yu Qinglong did not recognize them, and the original owner did not remember them either.
As Yu Qinglong was sizing him up, he was also sizing him up. He was about to speak when the other person spoke first, "Are you the third brother of the Yu family?"
Yu Qinglong didn't say yes or no, and asked the other party: "Who are you?"
The other person laughed and said, "You don't recognize me, but you will recognize me soon."
After saying this, she walked towards the west of the village. Yu Qinglong didn't understand what this person was doing there.
He was just wondering whether he should chase her and ask her when Yu Qingye said, "Why is she here?"
Yu Qinglong asked, "Do you know him, Second Brother?"
Yu Qingye said, "I guess I know her. Her last name is Li, and she's a matchmaker. But she doesn't usually come to our area. She mostly acts as a matchmaker for people in town."
He'd been around town a lot recently, so even though he'd never spoken to some people, they looked familiar to him. He was sure he'd seen the man next to him somewhere, too, but he couldn't quite place where.
But what are they doing here?
Yu Qinglong didn't understand either, but he felt a little strange in his heart.
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