Chapter 136: Little Master of Skillful Hands
Qu Xiangming touched his head embarrassedly and said, "Nothing, I just made it up. It's not very good."
"It's okay, as long as we can weave a pattern out of it. Yitai, go and help pick some reed leaves." Jiang Xinlan stretched out her hand and pushed her husband beside her and said.
"Okay, Jinsheng, let's go together." Zhao Yitai put his arm around Yang Jinsheng's neck and walked forward, causing Yang Jinsheng to scream, "Brother-in-law, be gentle, you're pinching my neck."
"Oh, sorry, sorry, didn't notice."
"I haven't noticed yet, your eyes are just for show..."
Jiang Xinbai looked at their backs and shook his head, then squatted down again, "Second sister, Lele, how about we divide these duck eggs equally as we agreed just now?"
"Sure, I have no objection." Li Lele was the first to raise his hand in agreement.
Jiang Xinlan also nodded. Naturally, she had no objection.
"Okay, let's put fifty duck eggs in each basket first." Jiang Xinbai said and then started putting duck eggs into the basket padded with reeds, counting as he put them in, and soon the basket was filled with fifty duck eggs.
"I've got it ready, what about you guys?"
"I'm ready too."
"Me too."
Jiang Xinbai looked at the remaining duck eggs on the ground again and silently estimated in his mind, "Then each family should be able to get about 30 eggs. Just wait for Xiang Ming to weave the baskets."
"Wow, I never thought I could pick up so many duck eggs for free. Look at this head, it's not small. It's really pie in the sky." Jiang Xinlan sat down on the ground. She now looked at these duck eggs more fondly than her own mother.
But Jiang Xinbai was a little confused. She looked at Li Lele and his wife and asked, "Lele, Xiang Ming, how come no one has discovered such a good place? Logically, where there are reeds, there will be wild ducks, so there must be duck eggs as well. Why hasn't anyone come to pick them up?"
"How could they not know? A lot of people must have died here in the past, and many were buried on the spot. Plus, there are a lot of small animals in the reed marsh, moving here and there, so wouldn't it be possible for some superstitious rumors to spread?" Li Lele pointed to the ground, then pointed inside the reed marsh.
"Ah~" Jiang Xinlan jumped up from the ground instantly, "Lele, are you saying it's buried here?"
"Then I don't know!" Li Lele looked innocent. She was still young at that time, so who knew where it was buried exactly.
"No wonder, no wonder I always feel it's so dark around here, Xiaobai, why don't we go home quickly? I'm scared." Jiang Xinlan looked around, always feeling like someone was watching her, and she felt uneasy.
Jiang Xinbai pulled Jiang Xinlan over and comforted her, "Second sister, it's okay. It's been so many years. Besides, people have died in every piece of land in our country. Why are you afraid in broad daylight? We are here for you!"
"That being said..." Jiang Xinlan was still a little scared.
Li Lele looked at them with embarrassment on her face, "I didn't know Sister Xiaolan would be scared. I wouldn't have said anything if I had known."
"What don't you want to say?" At this time, Yang Jinsheng and his companion came back from picking reed leaves. After hearing what Li Lele said, they asked curiously.
"No, nothing." Li Lele closed her mouth tightly. She didn't want to scare anyone again.
Zhao Yitai immediately noticed that Jiang Xinlan's face looked strange. He reached out and touched her forehead. "It's not hot, Xiaolan. Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"
"It's nothing, I just feel it's too quiet here, a bit scary." Jiang Xinlan naturally couldn't say that there might be many people buried here.
Zhao Yitai hugged her shoulders and said with a smile, "What's so scary about this? There are so many of us!"
Qu Xiangming, who was weaving a basket at the side, silently quickened the pace of his work. He also wanted to leave this place as soon as possible.
Yang Jinsheng picked up a basket and looked at it carefully, then said with a smile: "Xiang Ming, your craftsmanship is really good. You weave it very well. Just now you said that you couldn't weave it well. You were too modest!"
"Hehe, it's nothing. I was just thinking about it when I was bored." Qu Xiangming really didn't think it was a big deal. After all, you would be able to learn it if you looked at it a few more times.
"Don't look at Xiang Ming just because he is a grown man. He actually has very skillful hands. For example, the cool mats that we sleep on in the summer are all woven by him. They are very dense and will not fall apart no matter how much you sleep on them." Li Lele started to praise him whenever she got the chance. She really thought her husband was capable. Not only did he work to earn money, but he could also repair and make all kinds of small things around the house, saving the family a lot of money!
"That's really amazing. You can learn so well even by self-study." Yang Jinsheng admired Qu Xiangming for this. Anyway, he knew nothing about these handmade things.
Thinking of this, he suddenly remembered that the summer mat at home should be replaced, so he smiled at Qu Xiangming and asked, "Xiangming, do you want to take the job?"
"Ah?" Qu Xiangming looked confused.
Li Lele, who was standing by, quickly pushed him. "Brother Yang asked if you could take the job. By the way, Brother Yang, what do you want Xiang Ming to do? In addition to making summer mats, he can also make small beds for children. For example, the bed in my eldest brother's house is the one he sits on. He can also make small stools, chairs, and other things."
Yang Jinsheng glanced at Jiang Xinbai and asked, "Didn't you say the mat at home was broken? Why don't we replace it this year? It's just right for Xiang Minghui to weave it."
Jiang Xinbai nodded, "Okay, we'll pay Xiang Ming to weave it. Oh, and we'll weave a cool mat..."
"Okay, let's talk about this slowly when you get back. Or why don't we go home first? Don't you think it's getting colder here?" Jiang Xinlan gathered her clothes together. She didn't want to stay here for a moment.
Jiang Xinbai saw the impatience on her face, so he clapped his hands and said, "Then go back first and talk about it later."
It was already one o'clock in the afternoon when they got home, and they were all starving.
"Xiaobai, let's leave the duck eggs at your house first. We'll come to your place after we finish our meal." Jiang Xinlan said this and left in a hurry.
"Hey, let's eat here! And..." Jiang Xinbai ran away before he finished his words. It was obvious that he was really hungry.
Li Lele also put the bag in the yard and said with a smile: "Sister Xiaobai, we will put ours here with you first and come back later."
"Okay, you have to teach me how to make salted duck eggs without mud later!" Jiang Xinbai originally wanted to dig some mud and bring it back to pickle salted duck eggs, but Li Lele said that she knew a way to pickle them without mud, so she was too lazy to dig the soil.
"Jinsheng, bring Xiaobao back after dinner, and let mom have a rest." Jiang Xinbai prides herself on being a caring and good daughter-in-law, but she still wants to let her mother-in-law have a rest. As soon as they go to work tomorrow, Xiaobao will have to be taken care of by her mother-in-law again.
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