The old man who beat the man was none other than Zhang Carpenter. After hearing what Li Qingyou said, not only was he not afraid, but he even laughed.

"Even if he is beaten to death, it doesn't matter. His mother signed a complaint when he sent him to be my apprentice. His death will be in vain. There is no point in complaining to the Yamen." The old man burped from wine and spoke with his mouth full.

Spray alcohol.

This era is so unfair. Apprentices are sent to learn skills from their masters. In addition to being given gifts, they are actually treated as free servants, and they do not care whether they live or die.

Because when families send their children to apprentice, the master has to sign a life and death certificate, which means that if you die during the apprenticeship, your death will be in vain. Even the government will not care, after all, it is written in black and white.

If the apprentice's family is rich and can give more silver coins, the master's attitude will be better, otherwise...

And most of the time, the master doesn't teach anything at all. Everything depends on the apprentice stealing the skills, and they take whatever they steal. Occasionally, the master will give some advice when he is happy.

Even so, Li Qingyou found it hard to accept, "He is so young and he is your apprentice, how can you be willing to beat him like this?"

There were bloody marks on the little apprentice's wrist, which hurt just looking at them.

Carpenter Zhang curled his lips and glanced at Li Qingyou up and down, "What do you want to do here?"

Li Qingyou then remembered the purpose, and hurriedly said it again, and took out the piece of paper, "Just follow the engravings on it, the size should also follow this, and these are the dimensions."

In addition to the town characters written by Feng Wenru, there is also a line of small characters below, recording the mold and the size of each character.

Carpenter Zhang took it and looked at it with squinted eyes. His hands were shaking, perhaps due to years of drinking. Li Qingyou doubted whether he could do a good carpentry job like this.

"I can carve it, but the small characters are difficult to engrave. It will cost more..." Before Carpenter Zhang could finish his words, a man suddenly walked out of the room.

"Don't do it for her."

What a coincidence, it was Goudanniang who came out. The two had a fight yesterday, and now she was looking at Li Qingyou's luck.

"Brother, it was her sister who beat Goudan's head. His head was as bloody as a gourd. She didn't want any money from her. She would go to whoever she wanted." Goudan Niang said this to Carpenter Zhang, her eyes

But he glared at Li Qingyou and his sister with hatred.

It’s really a narrow road between enemies.

Li Qingyou didn't expect to meet Goudanniang here. From what she heard, she and Zhang Carpenter were still relatives. Even if she didn't ask, she knew that the deal couldn't be done and she could only find someone else.

Originally, Li Qingyou was planning to leave, but Goudanniang refused to let her go. She stood in front of her and pointed at her nose and scolded her, scolding her something unpleasant and unpleasant.

This is not Mao Er Hutong, and no one cares whether Li Zhaodi is the right person, so Goudanniang is confident, "You little bitch, you hook up with wild men all day long, and that stupid boy Zhang Tieniu is the only one who is obsessed with you..."

"If you leave a wild man to live with your family, who knows if you are still innocent?"

"You should be soaked in a pig cage..."

Adi's originally tense little face was instantly filled with anger. He clenched his fists and was about to pounce. Even if he couldn't beat the fat and strong woman, he still wanted to bite off a piece of her flesh.

Li Qingyou grabbed him, shook his head slightly, and sneered when he turned to Goudanniang, "You can scold me, I won't argue with you, but let your son be careful in the future. Next time I meet him, I'm sure

The beating was worse than yesterday."

It's too shameful to scold a shrew in the street. People always have weaknesses, and children are the mother's weakness. Regardless of whether Li Qingyou can really do it, she did scare the bitch.

Her dog Dan is only ten years old, which is several years younger than Li Qingyou.

"You..." Goudan Niang was so angry that she couldn't speak. She turned around and glared at the drunken Carpenter Zhang, "Brother, you should say something."

Carpenter Zhang staggered over, his eyes widened, and he waved his fist fiercely, "How dare you? Believe it or not, I'll beat you up with my fist and you won't be able to find the north, south, east, or west?"

Was Li Qingyou so frightened?

Through this period of experience, she discovered a truth, that is, good people can be bullied, and good people can be ridiculed. Retreating will not lead to understanding, but will only get worse.

"What's the matter, you still want to take action?" Li Qingyou sneered, and even took a step forward, pointing at his face, "Come on, hit me here, and then we'll meet in the Yamen to see if your yard can pay for it."

Anyway, this is not the first time she has entered the Yamen, so she will get used to it.

The common people were afraid of seeing officials, so Zhang Carpenter became honest now. He had sobered up a bit from the wine, and said bitterly, "I don't know what a woman is." Then he turned around and entered the house.

Without Zhang Carpenter's support, Goudanniang couldn't make trouble, and she was afraid that Li Qingyou would really cause trouble for her son, so she could only glare at her angrily, trying to kill someone with her eyes.

"It's not embarrassing to come out and play harp just now." Li Qingyou gave her a sarcastic smile and pulled her brother out, "Let's go, there are plenty of carpenters, I don't believe that without him, we can't be a rotten egg."

No more making trough cakes.”

Adi was held by Li Qingyou's hand. He turned around and grinned at Goudan Niang, but the fierce look in his eyes sent chills down her spine, and she was actually frightened and took a step back.

When Adi turned his head again, he found that Li Qingyou had stopped and saw her looking at the little apprentice sitting outside the Zhang family gate, crying and wiping away tears.

"Does it hurt too much?" Li Qingyou took out a piece of osmanthus candy from the paper bag and handed it to him, "Stop crying, this is for you to eat."

She bought this for her brother on the way here. Seeing the little apprentice crying pitifully, she couldn't bear it. She sighed and said, "Why don't you stop studying here? Why don't you just eat?

"

I'm afraid I'll lose my life if I stay any longer.

Unexpectedly, the young apprentice shook his head and did not take the candy. He choked and said: "I, I didn't cry because I was beaten by the master. My mother is sick and needs fifty cents for medicine. I want to follow

The master asked me to borrow some money, but he refused, so I beat him up..."

So that’s it.

Li Qingyou thought for a while, counted out fifty coins from his wallet and handed it to him, "Go get some medicine for your mother."

The young apprentice forgot to cry and looked at Li Qingyou in a daze, but did not dare to take the money for a long time.

"Isn't your mother waiting to get medicine?" Li Qingyou handed the money forward again, but heard the young apprentice say that his mother wouldn't let him ask for other people's things for free. After thinking about it, he asked: "How long have you been studying carpentry with me?

?”

"More than three years." The young apprentice held out three fingers.

"How about this? Just treat the money as if I hired you. How about you help me carve words on the mold?" After three years of apprenticeship, I should have the basic skills. I think carving a few words will be about the same... right?

The young apprentice's eyes lit up, "Can you trust me?"

Li Qingyou nodded and deliberately made a tigerish face, "So you have to work hard, otherwise I will be angry."
Chapter completed!