Chapter 245 of 887
Chapter 245: Not optimistic
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"Quite your breath, calm your breath, tell them what's the matter, I'll tell
them!"
Father Xu came to Niu Dali, accompanied by a smiling face, "What's the matter,
see my face, don't get angry, let's calm down, let's talk slowly."
"Brother Xu, it's really not our old cow who is picking bones in the egg. Go
and see what those people are doing. Just the bucket will be broken in a short
time."
"How many water can the bucket hold?"
"If this waterwheel is set up like this, it will look like a good one, and it
won't work!"
"This is smashing my sign!"
Don't blame Niu for being angry. As a craftsman, what he values most is
whether the things he makes can be used and whether it is easy to use.
Even though some of the parts were not made by him himself, he was supervising
the work. In the end things were made, and he couldn't just pat his ** and
leave after taking the money.
And if this waterwheel is rectified, who else in the entire Anshun County
would recognize him as a great skill?
This is not just smashing the signboard, it is completely smashing his great
job.
He could bear without hitting others, he already saw the face of Mr. Xu.
After all, Mr. Xu was the elder brother he recognized, he was invited by Mr.
Xu, and things got out of hand. In the end, Mr. Xu was the one who was
embarrassed.
Because Niu Dali can leave without hesitation.
"Brother, I wronged you!"
Father Xu patted Niu Dali on the shoulder and understood that Niu Dali was
already restraining because of him.
"I'll take care of this!"
Because of the remnants of the previous dynasty, Mr. Xu was also suffocating
in his stomach. Now, coming here is these bad things again, and the anger in
this heart is rising.
"Guan Laojiu, it's you!"
When Mr. Xu walked from a distance, he had already seen who was snarling Niu
Dali.
Guan Laojiu is a well-known carpenter craftsman in Lingshui Village. And he
and Guan Laojiu were born to the same parents. In this Lingshui Village where
the Guan surname is the main name, as the brother of the patriarch, Guan
Laojiu is also very famous.
However, his card face arrived at Mr. Xu's place, and it was totally
unworkable.
"Pack your things and get out!"
Mr. Xu controlled his temper and didn't do anything.
This is to give face to Guan Laoqi, and also to give face to the fathers of
Guan Laoqi and Guan Laojiu who died young.
Guan Laojiu was directly named by Mr. Xu, and he was also taken aback.
Because his relationship with Mr. Xu is not bad either.
Especially when he was young, he followed Mr. Xu around for a long time. It's
just that when I grew up and got married, the relationship gradually faded.
However, in Guan Laoqi's heart, he and Old Man Xu are old friends, and it is
incomparable to an outsider Niu Dali.
"Brother Xu, no, listen to me to explain!"
Guan Laojiu stood up, "I am not—"
"Old nine, what kind of temper are you, I know!"
Father Xu raised his hand to interrupt Guan Laojiu's explanation, "When I was
young, you often followed me. If you pretend to be big, you are the one I grew
up with, it's not too much."
"Don't explain this matter today, and I won't listen."
"If you want to recognize my brother, don't say anything, pack your things
honestly and go!"
If it weren't for the first friendship, Mr. Xu really didn't want to save Guan
Laojiu's face.
Mr. Xu knew exactly what Xiao Jiujiu Guan Laojiu played. It's nothing more
than thinking that he can play around with building a waterwheel.
Wanting to find an excuse to squeeze the cow away vigorously, he came to do
this business. But Mr. Xu understood that this ** thing is a mastery and
low-handed. This waterwheel is related to the livelihood of a villager. Can it
be a joke?
If the waterwheel is so easy to build, there will not be only a few well-known
waterwheel builders in Anshun County.
Although some people in this world do not live up to their names.
But the craftsman eats craft rice.
Under the prestigious reputation, there are no vacancies. As for the
craftsmen, there will be basically no big deviations.
"Okay, okay, I'm going!"
Facing the angry but unsatisfied old man Xu, Guan Laojiu packed up his things
well aware of the current affairs and left.
And after dealing with Guan Laojiu's stingy head, the rest of the people don't
need Old Father Xu to beat him again, and they all understand who should
listen to when working here.
"How? How long will it take to fix it?"
After Father Xu shocked the audience, he pulled Niu vigorously to the side to
speak.
"As long as you seize the time to get your hands out of work, at most five
days, the first waterwheel can be erected in no time."
"This is good, this is good!"
When Mr. Xu heard this, he was relieved.
"Brother Xu, don't be too happy too soon!"
Niu Dali didn't wait for Father Xu to be happy for a while, so he poured cold
water on him.
"If you really encounter a severe drought like twenty years ago, the surface
of the Taohua River will continue to fall. By that time, the waterwheel will
not be able to eat water, and it will be useless!"
"Uh……"
Old man Xu grimaced, "You kid can't look forward to it, okay?"
In the severe drought twenty years ago, the fields in Xiangyi Mansion were
almost without crops. If it weren't for the court's disaster relief, it would
have been timely, but that year, I don't know how many people would die.
But even so, I still heard that some elderly people died on a hunger strike
just to save a few more meals for the rest of the family.
That year, Mr. Xu went to the mountains to hunt, relying on game and wild
vegetables, plus the court's relief food, the family can be considered to be
carried down.
"Brother, to be honest, I also want to be raining!"
"But in the past two days I was repairing a waterwheel by the river. According
to my observation, this severe drought is inevitable."
"Sure enough, ** is still hot."
"My old man's eyes are really poisonous!"
"Then what else? Keep your grain quietly!"
Mr. Xu looked up at the blue sky above his head, not to mention how bad it
was.
"Do your best, obey the fate!"
Coming back from the river, Mr. Xu saw his daughter-in-law who was playing
with Fubao in the yard. The distress on his face instantly disappeared, put on
a smiling face, and came to the front with a smile.
"Father's little Fubao, do you miss dad?"
"what!"
Fu Bao looked sideways at the old man who greeted her, and his eyes narrowed
slightly. Why does she always think that his father's smile is so fake?
"came back?"
"How's the waterwheel repaired?"
Old Mrs. Xu looked at Mr. Xu with a slightly serious expression. From the day
when Mr. Xu said there was a severe drought, she was also paying attention to
the weather.
There are some things, if you don't pay attention to it, you will feel
nothing.
But once you turn your attention to it, you will find that there are problems
everywhere and nothing is right.
Today's old lady Xu also firmly believes that this day will be a severe
drought.
"At most five days, the first waterwheel can be erected."
"It's just that, I heard from Dali, their father thinks this year's drought
can be compared with the drought that happened 20 years ago."