"Ah? Five cents? Okay, okay, no bargaining! Absolutely no bargaining!" Ah Chou was rarely straightforward. Five cents was much cheaper than she had imagined. Ah Chou immediately led Uncle Chen into the room and whispered to Uncle Chen, "Uncle Chen, my family member's legs and feet are not very good. You can see it. Don't be too surprised."
"Okay, I understand." Uncle Chen nodded. He had always wondered why only Ah Chou, a little girl, came in and out of the house. Only then did he realize that there was someone else in the house.
"This is the Uncle Chen I told you about, the one who's here to build a kang for our house." Achou led Uncle Chen and the other two in and introduced them to Zhong Mingwei.
"Uncle Chen. Sorry for the trouble." Zhong Mingwei nodded at Uncle Chen while sitting on the bed.
"No trouble, no trouble." Uncle Chen nodded and bowed hurriedly. He was a man who had seen the world and had met all kinds of people. But when he suddenly saw the man sitting on the bed, he couldn't help but feel terrified. Although the man was half a head shorter when sitting like this, he was stared at by his deep eyes. Uncle Chen's calves couldn't help but twist, which was even more frightening than seeing the county magistrate. Uncle Chen smiled and apologized, "Of course, of course."
Zhong Mingwei nodded and said to Ah Chou, "Girl, go make some tea for Uncle Chen."
"Hey, hey, hey! It's been cooked early in the morning." Ah Chou hurriedly responded and ran to the kitchen.
Uncle Chen waved his hands in a hurry: "No, no, no, no need to go through so much trouble..."
"Uncle Chen, I would like to trouble you to make something for me..." Zhong Mingwei interrupted Uncle Chen, stretched out his hand to call Uncle Chen over, then leaned in front of Uncle Chen and whispered something.
"Is it like this?" Uncle Chen was startled and then pointed to a chair in front of the bed.
"Yes, it's about this height," Zhong Mingwei nodded, and said to Uncle Chen, "Thank you for your help."
"It's not a big deal, it'll just take a while." Uncle Chen said hurriedly.
"Tea is here," Ah Chou came in with a large teapot in one hand and a pile of bowls in the other. Seeing the two chatting animatedly, he poured tea and asked with a smile, "What are you talking about? You're so excited?"
Ah Chou was actually quite worried about Zhong Mingwei's temperament. After being the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace for so many years, could he really become an ordinary citizen like them? Could he really live a down-to-earth and ordinary life with her? Ah Chou was very worried. Although she never said it, she was really happy to see Zhong Mingwei talking to Uncle Chen so peacefully today.
"We're talking about building a kang." Zhong Mingwei said with a smile.
"Yes, yes, it's about building a kang," Uncle Chen nodded hurriedly. While taking the tea bowl handed over by Ah Chou, he asked Ah Chou, "Miss, what kind of kang are you planning to build?"
"It should be as wide as possible, and as big as possible," Ah Chou gestured. Zhong Mingwei was tall, so the kang couldn't be too small. As she said this, she suddenly looked at Uncle Chen cautiously, "Does it cost extra for a bigger size?"
"No, no, it's just a matter of a few bricks for the kang," Uncle Chen waved his hands and asked Ah Chou, "Miss, should the stove be built inside or outside the house?"
Ah Chou hurriedly said: "Outside, outside..."
She had seen in Jixian Book House that the kang in Grandma Chen's room was connected to the stove, and there was a big pot at the head of the bed. It was said that after winter, people were too lazy to go out, so they usually cooked in the house. Ah Chou actually thought that the arrangement was quite good. She wouldn't have to run to the kitchen before dawn in the cold weather. As soon as the meal was ready, it could be delivered to Zhong Mingwei, hot, and there would be no need to worry about it getting cold. But in that case, the house would inevitably smell of oil smoke. Of course, she didn't care, as she was used to living in the kitchen, but Zhong Mingwei certainly couldn't stand it.
"It's built inside the house." But Zhong Mingwei interrupted Achou and said to Uncle Chen.
"Okay, I'll take care of it right away." Uncle Chen nodded in agreement, and took his two apprentices out to prepare.
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