“That won’t do!”
Erhua couldn't hold it in anymore and interrupted.
Granny Zhu looked at him in surprise and asked, "Who is this?"
Tang Sannan replied: "He is my little disciple."
Granny Zhu said "Oh" and sighed, "Sannan, you are such a kind-hearted person. A young apprentice can interrupt the master casually. If it were someone else, they would definitely not do that."
This old lady is really shrewd. On the surface, she praises Tang Sannan, but secretly insults Erhua. She is just about to point at his nose and scold him: What's it to you? It's your turn to speak here!
After she said this, Erhua couldn't say anything even if he was upset.
Erhua had to swallow the words that were on the tip of his tongue, and his heart ached.
"Oh, all the melon seeds are gone. I'm sorry for not treating you well. Erhua, hurry in and get some more!"
After the master gave the order, Erhua had to go into the house. At that moment, Luo Zhen was carving at his desk and seemed to have no interest in the conversation outside.
Erhua ran around the room, opening and closing the cupboard door, looking here and there, taking small steps and rubbing his hands together.
"The melon seeds are in the first drawer under the cupboard."
It’s amazing that Luo Zhen knew what Erhua was doing without even looking up!
Erhua opened the drawer dejectedly, feeling uneasy and unhappy.
"Senior Sister, who did that Grandma Zhu introduce to you? Why don't you object?"
"Dad always considers me. I don't need to object to this. He won't agree."
Luo Zhen spoke slowly and calmly, but Erhua was like an ant on hot pan.
"Really?" Erhua was clearly worried, "What if..."
"Nothing will happen, Dad won't do that."
Erhua looked outside and saw Grandma Zhu speaking excitedly and coherently.
"But that Granny Zhu is too talkative. You just heard it. She is obviously mute, but she said that she couldn't speak clearly.
Isn't this a trap for you? Master is so polite to her! "
Luo Zhen gently swept the sawdust off the table, then slowly looked up at Erhua and said, "Isn't this how matchmaking is done? Granny Zhu isn't being too excessive. If this one isn't suitable, maybe the next one will be. You better be polite."
After saying this, a blush rose on his face, and Erhua felt even more upset.
"Next? There's another one?"
Luo Zhen lowered her head somewhat embarrassedly and whispered, "What else? Stay at home and be an old maid?"
Erhua was speechless.
"Sannan, I know you want to keep Luo Zhen at home and find a live-in son-in-law, but...ah, it's difficult...
Although this young man can't speak clearly, he's good in other aspects. I'll go and talk to him, maybe he'll be willing to come!
A young man who wants to be good in every way would definitely not be willing to be a live-in son-in-law."
Tang Sannan's brows were furrowed into a shape of a "川" (川) character, and a pile of peeled melon seeds were already on the table.
Seeing that he didn't explicitly refuse, Granny Zhu glanced at Erhua and pressed the issue: "Look, if you take such a senior apprentice at home, people will gossip about it after a while. It's better to settle it down sooner rather than later."
"Here, melon seeds, Grandma Zhu, eat more."
Erhua put down the melon seeds expressionlessly, muttering to himself: Eat more melon seeds and talk less!
Before leaving, Granny Zhu pulled Tang Sannan aside and muttered a few words to him. Tang Sannan nodded repeatedly and said at last:
"Let's think about it."
"Master, do you really want to consider that mute?" Erhua couldn't hold it in any longer as soon as Grandma Zhu left.
Tang Sannan smiled bitterly and said, "Of course I won't consider it. But Grandma Zhu is right about some things. I won't consider this mute today, but tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, next year, and the year after next, I might not even be able to find one like him.
I don’t know if I will still be able to refuse like this in two years.”
The master's words were like a bucket of cold water that poured over Erhua from head to toe.
Maybe in two years, Luo Zhen will marry a man who is worse than a mute!
Erhua seemed to have lost his soul for the whole morning. He held the carving knife but didn't know where to start, and he had no idea what to carve.
Just throw away the carving knife and do something else!
Even his work was not very efficient, and he kept muttering to himself: "No, dumb people are not good! No, ugly people are not good!" (He himself was not good-looking either).
It was no wonder that he was anxious. He was already extremely grateful for being able to return to his master's home to learn the craft, and he didn't dare to think of anything else.
I will just watch Luo Zhen find a good family quietly, and as her family member, I will protect her for the rest of her life.
But if Luo Zhen really marries an ugly guy, Erhua will never be happy in his life!
They don't deserve such a good Luo Zhen!
Then who is worthy of it?
The thought that he dared not think about deep in his heart finally surfaced: It would be better to reveal his true feelings to Luo Zhen, so that even if she rejected him, he would have no regrets.
Besides, I was the one who hurt her first, so if she is angry, I should bear it. How can I promise her a lifetime if she can't even bear such a small thing?
Thinking of this, Erhua threw away the broom in his hand and sat back down to carve wood, unable to hide the smile on his face.
We had old duck soup for dinner. Grandma Sun started stewing it in the afternoon and stewed it for three hours. The duck meat and bones were separated and the soup was clear.
Erhua served Luo Zhen a big bowl of soup, but he only ate the bones and meat.
Because he always remembered what his father said: When his father was learning the craft, his master's wife stewed old duck soup, the master and his wife drank the soup, and threw away all the duck bones.
People say: All the nutrition is in the soup.
Tang Sannan took out another bowl for Erhua and said as he poured soup into it, "You should drink too. There's plenty of soup!"
After dinner, the master and Grandma Sun went outside to enjoy the cool air while Erhua and Luo Zhen cleaned up the wooden table.
Erhua was sweeping the sawdust with his hands, but his eyes were secretly looking at Luo Zhen.
Luo Zhen was extremely beautiful, with fair skin, willow-shaped eyebrows, and small eyes that were curved like the crescent moon in the night sky.
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