Chapter 8 Mother
Jiang Yao had just left, and Carpenter Xu, who was sitting on the chair looking a little sluggish, had already stood up immediately.
Looking at the red envelope on the table next to him, his eyes were obviously much brighter than before.
“After completing this business, I made a small profit.”
“I can go buy wine again. I happen to have some peanuts at home. I won’t be drunk tonight. If you don’t stop, you have to drink at least a pound.”
While talking to himself, Carpenter Xu happily grabbed the red envelope and opened it.
There are many taboos in their profession.
After the work is done, the reward will be whatever others give him. He cannot argue with others over money.
Otherwise, the spells he knows will completely fail.
In the early years, he was indeed a carpenter, and his craftsmanship was pretty good.
However, since his wife and son died in accidents one after another, he felt that there was not much hope in his life, so he gave up on this craft and began to give up on himself.
After giving up his carpentry skills, he relied on the little magic in his hands to make money to make a living.
Under normal circumstances, after he helped others perform rituals, the red envelopes given by others contained at least thirty-three yuan.
Of course, if you meet a wealthy boss who is willing to give you a little more, Carpenter Xu will not say anything more and will just accept it happily.
Although Carpenter Xu has not explicitly stated this charging standard, it has long been an unspoken rule in private.
To be honest, thirty-three yuan is really not much.
Those who know Carpenter Xu and have a little understanding of him will definitely not argue with him in this regard if they really need to ask him to take action.
Tong Gang was younger. When he told Jiang Yao about Carpenter Xu, it would be good to have a place to live.
As for Jiang Yao, after knowing that Carpenter Xu lived in Mawan Village, he did not go to the elders in the village to inquire more, so he ran here without hesitation.
He knows nothing about the unspoken rules and so on.
Carpenter Xu opened the red envelope with a smile, and when he looked at the few cents inside, his face instantly darkened.
“Damn it, I spent so much effort to help him resolve his troubles, but this bastard actually gave me sixty cents in his red envelope.”
“What’s next? This time, he dares to come to the door again, I will kick this bitch away..."
Xu Carpenter cursed, but fortunately there was no other house nearby, otherwise, his curses seemed to be vented, It will definitely make the surrounding neighbors turn their attention to this place.
When he was tired of scolding and his anger subsided a little, he picked up the few cents and put them into his pocket.
"Isn't sixty cents money? At the village canteen, bulk wine only costs two or three yuan per catty."
"Not to mention more, it should be okay to buy two taels of wine for this amount of money. !”
Muttering to himself, Carpenter Xu closed the door and limped towards the direction of the village canteen.
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After leaving Carpenter Xu, Jiang Yao rode his bicycle at a very fast speed.
A few hours ago, when he came here, he saw a truck on the road, and he was worried that he would hit it.
There must be grass on the roadside, and he was worried that a poisonous snake would emerge from it and bite him suddenly.
Now that he has eliminated the disaster, his waist is no longer sore, his legs are no longer painful, and a worn-out bicycle feels like a luxury sports car when he rides it.
I just don’t know whether he is worried about Carpenter Xu chasing after him with a pole... "When I have a little more money in the future, I will buy some good cigarettes and wine." , come and see Carpenter Xu.”
"Although he has a weird temper, he still has a good heart."
"Although the money I gave was a little less, I didn't break the rules. I did my best. Maybe he I will feel dissatisfied, but at most I will just not do my business next time.”
During the ride, Jiang Yao said secretly to himself.
He could imagine Carpenter Xu's reaction after opening the red envelope. Jiang Yao felt really sorry about this.
However, if he didn't do this, he would have to go back first and come over to find Carpenter Xu after collecting enough money.
His buddies spend a lot of money when they have money, but when they have no money, they often go hungry for two meals in three days.
Borrow money from them? No matter what Jiang Yao thought about, it felt unreliable.
As for her mother Yuan Xiuhua, she would often make a few bucks by dragging a cart and selling vegetables for a day.
Jiang Yao felt uncomfortable asking her for money, and it was difficult for him to ask her for money.
Besides, he was pressed for time, and every day he delayed would be more dangerous.
If he failed to ask Carpenter Xu to help him today, just the journey home from there would make him a little worried.
Taken together for all these reasons, Jiang Yao could only make a fool of himself and say sorry to Carpenter Xu.
After all, if you don’t serve yourself, you will be punished by heaven and earth, right?
It was just past nine o'clock in the evening, and Jiang Yao was riding his bicycle and had already parked in front of his house.
The lights were still on in the room. It was still early and her mother, Yuan Xiuhua, was probably not asleep yet.
"Mom!"
While pushing open the door and moving the bicycle in, Jiang Yao greeted Yuan Xiuhua who was watching TV in the main room.
In the village, many people have replaced their homes with large color TVs. The 12-inch black and white TV in his home was bought by Yuan Xiuhua from someone else's old one, and it cost about a hundred yuan.
“You came back so early today?”
After a brief moment of shock, Yuan Xiuhua came to his senses.
She stood up immediately, took the bicycle pushed by Jiang Yao, and parked it beside the main room.
"You have all your fishing stuff at home, but you didn't go out fishing tonight?"
"When I came back, the fire in the coal stove was out. When did you go out during the day? It should be You haven’t had dinner yet?”
“There is some food in the kitchen that I made in the evening. If you are hungry, you don’t need to heat it up, you can just eat it.”
"Run outside every day to play and play, but don't do anything bad."
"It's not like you don't know that a group of guys older than you in the village were arrested not long ago. Several, several even ate the peanuts directly.”
“There are not many good guys who hang out all day long!”
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Mothers like to nag in front of their children, and the same goes for Yuan Xiuhua.
Ever since Jiang Yao entered the room, she had basically never stopped talking.
Although Jiang Yao thinks that he has traveled through time, since he has received all the memories of his predecessor, it is impossible for him to have no feelings for his mother Yuan Xiuhua.
No matter what she told him, whether it was right or wrong, Jiang Yao nodded repeatedly and would not argue with her at all.
"Is there any food? I'll go eat some first!"
"Mom, you watch your TV and don't worry about me."
It wasn't that Jiang Yao didn't want to listen to his mother's nagging and finding an excuse to leave, but that he was really hungry and a little panicked.
After all, he still had a bowl of noodles in the morning, and he didn't eat any rice for most of the next day.
After greeting Yuan Xiuhua, he strode towards the kitchen.
(End of this chapter)