"Since you are a guest, please come in!" Erhua politely made way for half of his body.
When three people came in, Erhua asked them to sit down and told Lao Niu to bring tea and salted peanuts.
The little boy looked at the adults cautiously and tentatively reached out to take the peanuts, but the man noticed it early and glared at him with his head tilted. The little boy was so scared that he dropped the peanuts in his hand.
There was a pickled vegetable bun (wrapped in gauze) on the little monkey's head. Erhua felt a little sorry and said:
"It's okay, let him eat."
"The little monkey is acting lawless outside and we won't give him food!" said the man.
Erhua seemed a little embarrassed and smiled awkwardly.
"Oh, I'm too embarrassed to come here. All the wood in the yard was damaged by my useless brother, right?" the man asked.
"That's right. It's obviously your fault, yet you still dare to hire someone to destroy our things. There is really no law!" Xiao Ma couldn't help but complain.
"Xiao Ma!" Erhua scolded.
The pony felt humiliated and was unwilling to accept the defeat.
"Little brother, you're right." Unexpectedly, the other party was very sincere. "My name is Ding Cheng, this is my brother Ding Cai, and my son Ding Qiang.
To be honest, I can't control my son. It's my fault. I didn't control him well. The man at home passed away a long time ago."
Hearing this, Erhua's face was obviously stunned, and then he had an expression of "I didn't expect it to be like this".
Luo Zhen happened to come out of the house. Erhua stood up and helped her sit down. Ding Cheng nodded to her politely.
“Call me Erhua, this is my master, Po Luozhen, and my two disciples, Little Horse and Old Ox.
"Children are ignorant, that's normal, that's normal," Erhua said. "But it's wrong to bully Xiao Niangyu outside. She's a child of flesh and blood, raised by her parents."
Ding Cheng nodded quickly, then turned his head and glared at his son fiercely. Ding Qiang was so scared that he rolled off the chair.
"I just hit her a few times, but who knew she would be so weak, so weak, so weak to be hit."
"Shut up!" Ding Cheng raised his hand and was about to hit him in the face. Ding Qiang screamed and hugged his head with both hands.
The expected slap did not fall, and a hand grabbed Ding Cheng's slap.
"Hey, your son beats people hard, and you beat your son hard, you are the same!" Lao Niu had no expression on his face and spoke in a naive tone.
“…” Ding Cheng withdrew his hand.
Ding Qiang looked out from between his fingers and found that it was Lao Niu who helped him. He rolled and crawled to hide behind him.
"We were wrong in this matter. We also paid compensation to Xiao Niangyu's family." Ding Cheng thought for a moment and said, "I'm also in the furniture business. These woods are worth a lot of money. We will pay for them."
"Brother, what about Qiangqiang's head? They don't have to compensate us?"
Ding Cai had an expression of dissatisfaction since he entered the door. When he heard that Ding Cheng was going to compensate for the wood, he finally couldn't sit still anymore.
"Shut up! You've led him astray. You always spoil him and let him do whatever he wants!" Ding Cheng was unhappy.
"Me! Okay, I'll lead him astray! Then you lead him yourself!" Ding Cai stood up and walked out.
"Hey, little brother——"
"Let him be!" Ding Cheng ignored his brother.
"How about this: you pay for the lumber, and we'll take it. It was indeed our apprentice who broke your son's head, so we'll pay for his medical expenses and nutrition.
However, please ask your brother to come over and apologize, and this matter will be over."
Luo Zhen spoke in a dignified, generous, gentle and firm manner. Ding Cheng looked over and originally thought that what he saw was a flower with a broken stem, but he didn't expect it to be a pine tree standing against the wind.
He couldn't help but admire it in his heart.
"Yes, yes, it's my duty." Ding Cheng said.
Erhua calculated the loss, which was a total of 1,200 yuan. Ding Cheng opened his suit, took out a stack of money from his chest pocket, and took out the money without hesitation.
After the treatment, Erhua also gave him medical expenses and nutrition expenses. Ding Cheng refused twice but finally accepted it.
"Little monkey, come back with me." He called his son.
Ding Qiang seemed not to hear and continued to hide behind the old cow.
"Did you hear that? Go back quickly!"
"I, I won't go back!" Ding Qiang rubbed his hands, looking nervous, his body trembling slightly.
"Why don't you go back? Do you want to stay for dinner?" Ding Cheng was obviously a little impatient.
"I want to stay and learn how to carve rosewood! I want to follow Second Master and Brother Lao Niu!"
Shocking statement.
"Who is your second master!" Xiao Ma patted Ding Qiang's head, but not with much force.
"Master Erhua, that's the Second Master!"
Ding Cheng suddenly knelt in front of Erhua, calling him "Master" with tears and snot, which made him feel a little embarrassed. He felt so embarrassed that his biological father knelt to him instead of kneeling to him.
Everyone present was extremely surprised, Ding Cheng the most.
Although he is usually busy with business, he has some understanding of his son. The child stopped studying before graduating from elementary school and hangs out with his uncle every day, eating, drinking and having fun without any behavior.
Many times, I earnestly advised him to learn how to do business from me, but he was used to having everything handed to him, and he didn't want to put in any effort or use his brain at all.
Could it be that he was really beaten stupid by Xiao Ma?
He changed his mind and realized, no, it’s not about beating the stupid one, it’s about beating the smart one, the sensible one.
"I've been trying to get you to learn business from me every day, but you've never listened."
Ding Cheng said this while observing his son carefully. Wow, different, really different.
"Who is Master Erhua? Look at this room full of craftsmanship. Even if you're kneeling before him with all sincerity, how could he possibly hire you with your appearance? Just come back with me and continue your antics. You're a complete loser in this life!"
Ding Qiang took his father's words seriously. He moved over on his knees, grabbed Erhua's trouser leg tightly and said, "Master, please accept me as your disciple. I will learn your skills well. I don't want to go back and make jokes. I will just help Brother Lao Niu and not cause any trouble for you. Please have pity on me..."
Well, this father and son, one is flattering others and the other is playing the victim, Erhua is stuck on top and can't get down.
"Ahem." Luo Zhen cleared his throat and said, "It's not impossible to be an apprentice."
"Thank you, Master's wife! Thank you, Master's wife!" Ding Qiang kowtowed three times to Luo Zhen.
"Hey, I haven't finished speaking yet."
"Please speak, please speak." Ding Cheng took two steps forward with light in his eyes.
"First of all, once you enter this door, you have to listen to us and bullying the weak must not happen again.
Secondly, since you are here to learn a skill, you must be prepared to learn it and change your past habit of making jokes."
The father and son nodded repeatedly.
"Three, if you make a mistake, we won't show mercy, you have to bear it."
After Luo Zhen finished speaking, he paused, drank the water in the cup and closed his mouth. He had already said what he wanted to say, and it was up to them to decide how to proceed.
"Yes, I can do it all. Master and Madam, please accept me."
After a moment, Erhua said, "Xiao Ma, Lao Niu, you have a new junior brother today."
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