Chapter 22 Carve the world eighteen

Carve the world eighteen (1) Gejiu is a trough, Those who die will die; go ha ha ha ha Come and escape overnight. ——Yunnan folk songs Gao Shimei brought Mrs. Bai's mother and son to an old city, and saw that Zhou's family opened four or five grocery stores. The hostess seemed to be a very capable woman named Zhou Yaoshi. She stood at the door and greeted them with joy. , and held Mrs. Bai's hand to inquire about the health and wellness, and quickly settled them down, washed their faces, drank water, and ate food.At night, Zhou Yao mistook Gao Shimei and Mrs. Bai's mother and son as a family, so they arranged them in the same room.At that time, Gao Shimei was very embarrassed and always reluctant to enter the room.After Zhou Mingda found out, he said that Zhou Yao's messed up the mandarin ducks.Then, they asked Mrs. Bai, mother and son, to move out and live in a small dark and damp house at the door.Gao Shimei was a little dissatisfied with this, but it was inconvenient to explain.Seeing Mrs. Bai, mother and son happily walking into the small room, Gao Shimei felt a little relieved.That night, they all had a feeling of coming home.

From the second day on, Gao Shimei asked Zhou Mingda to deal with the matter of buying wood, and at the same time fiddled with his woodcarving tools.What impressed people the most was that Gao Shimei had someone take him around the mountains and rivers around the old city, and finally found a big rock that he liked the most.In the eyes of ordinary people, there is nothing special about this big rock, but Gao Shimei is quite satisfied with it and is full of praise, saying: "Only lucky people can meet such a wonderful strange rock." Gao Shimei invited It took several young men two and a half days to move the big rock into the gate of Zhou's house.People looked at Gao Shimei with great curiosity, watching him hammer and chisel the big stone into a one-meter-high whetstone.The whetstone has three colors, one yellow, one green, and one black. The black part is the hardest, with an extremely fine texture, a bit like sheep liver stone, and a bit like rosewood.The red part is very rough on the surface, and the texture seems to be very soft, but it is not, it is as warm and firm as yellow rosewood.The green part is very watery, it seems to have oil, and it is as charming as jade.Gao Shimei said: "I decided to go up the mountain to look for rocks because of a strange dream. Sure enough, I found this strange big rock. It is thick, thin, soft, and hard, and it is all in one. It is really a rare strange stone." , God help me too." Gao Shimei was really excited for the acquisition of this big stone for a few days, because he couldn't find someone to communicate with, he often talked to himself, saying that this big stone is better than the German double-sided oilstone and the British stone. Broken grinding wheels are much better. If someone exchanges those foreign goods with him, he will not agree.

Gao Shimei stood in front of the big rock all day long, sharpening the carving knives, big and small.He even sharpened a carving knife for more than ten days.Those sharpened carving knives are extremely sharp.Gao Shimei often held them like magic, touching the blade carefully with his thumb, and he could clearly feel that the blade seemed to be a strange cool wind that could penetrate his flesh.At that time, the military hair on his left hand and legs was the most unlucky, and he shaved off them all.Sometimes, with great interest, he plucked out a few hairs and blew gently on the blade, each hair was instantly split into two.

The hostess Zhou Yaoshi expressed dissatisfaction with this, and she quietly said to her husband Zhou Mingda: "This master Gao from Xizong plays with his belongings all day long and doesn't work, as if he is making a living." Zhou Mingda said: "Let Master Gao sharpen the tools before you can carve the lattice door. As the saying goes, three parts are craftsmanship, seven parts are tools." After listening to her husband's words, Zhou Yao felt that there was some truth, so he stopped talking.Many people in the old city have heard that the lattice doors carved by Gao Shimei are miraculous, so people often come to Zhou's house to see what's going on.Every time, people saw Gao Shimei sharpening knives, and her behavior was very strange. She regarded every tool sharpened as a god and worshiped it.Everyone didn't dare to ask random questions, and they were confused, but they talked behind their backs, saying that Zhou Mingda had invited a master carpenter who loved sharpening knives.

More than four months have passed, and Gao Shimei is still sharpening the knife, and he has already polished off more than half of the one-meter-high boulder.The hostess Zhou Yaoshi was even more dissatisfied. She quarreled with her husband, asking him why he invited such a greedy and lazy master?Zhou Mingda said: "Gao Shimei is indeed a master chef, but I didn't expect him to work like this?" Zhou Yao said: "If this continues, it's okay? It's no wonder it doesn't make my family poor?" Zhou Ming Da said: "Then what should we do?" Zhou Yao said: "How about this, make things difficult for him, make him look ugly, let him know that we are not cowards, fools, or idiots. You ask him to make a coffin for your mother first, If we don’t do well, we’ll find fault with him and deduct his wages.” So Zhou Mingda came to Gao Shimei’s yard where Gao Shimei sharpened his knife, and said to Gao Shimei, “Master Gao, my mother is not young anymore. Please make a coffin for her old man. The work of carving the lattice door will be suspended for a while, and we will talk about it after the coffin is finished. From tomorrow on, you don’t need to sharpen the knife and start making the coffin.”

Carve the world eighteen (2) Zhou Mingda bought a batch of pine trees, all of which looked like lumps.How can such "timber" be used as a coffin?Gao Shimei understood that the Zhou family was making things difficult for him, so she said, "I never make coffins, but this time, for Boss Zhou's sake, I will make you the most beautiful coffin in the world!" Of course, the Zhou family didn't know that Gao Shimei had a unique skill, that is, he could untie the knots layer by layer, and then reassemble them as needed.Ten and a half months later, a coffin made entirely of Mingzi wood knots was placed in front of everyone.It was a "colorful coffin" full of natural gas, yellow and orange, shining brightly, which made people amazed.From then on, everyone never dared to underestimate Gao Shimei.Zhou Mingda and Zhou Yaoshi also often smiled happily, because that strange coffin has become the treasure of their Zhou family, and their family will not sell it no matter how high the price is.

Zhou Yaoshi gradually turned his attention from Gao Shimei to the two of Mrs. Bai, mother and son.Originally, Gao Shimei had already explained that Mrs. Bai would take care of his life, pickle duck eggs for him, wash clothes for him, and beat his back for him.But Zhou Yaoshi often used various excuses to ask Mrs. Bai to do other work.For example, let the foolish son lead her to fetch water, let the foolish son chop wood with her, and let the foolish son pull the truck with her. I don't know when, an interesting thing-"diorama" became popular in Gejiu Street.The locals call it "La Yang Pian".It is said that this kind of thing was imported from abroad.The first time Gao Shimei saw such a magical thing, she was immediately fascinated.He took out all the copper plates on his body and handed them to the middle-aged man in an old suit, felt hat, and old cloth shoes, which meant that he was going to wrap up this thing like a wooden box now, In the process of watching him, he can no longer allow others to intervene to watch.Gao Shimei excitedly put her eyes close to a small hole on the wooden box, and the middle-aged man pulled the silk thread on the wooden box, and dreamy pictures appeared in the wooden box.There are foreign babies, foreign girls, what kind of Venus, the Madonna, the Statue of Liberty, the Gleaners, weddings, forests in the morning mist, war scenes and so on.About seven or eight pictures make up one scene.Gao Shimei kept bowing her waist, holding the wooden box with both hands, switching her left and right eyes, and watched six or seven games in succession.The middle-aged man smiled and said: "Sir, it's over." Gao Shimei said: "Let's play another better show, sir!" Then, the middle-aged man manipulated the traction of the picture sang the contents of the wooden box: "Look, she is a noble princess... waiting for her Prince Charming... The princess's plump thighs and shimmering breasts seem to be in the dusk Contemplation... The princess's face was approaching the sharp weapon, she could already smell the iron smell from the weapon, and felt that it was about to burn, and she was going to taste the blood of the enemy. At this moment, the princess closed her eyes , knowing that a war is about to begin..."

Gao Shimei really wanted to buy such a "wooden box", but it was not available in the market in Gejiu. He asked someone to go to Kunming to buy it, but after waiting for several months, he finally failed to buy it.Therefore, as soon as he heard the sound of gongs and drums outside the door, he knew that the person who "pushed foreign films" was coming.He immediately put down what he was doing, ran out the door, clasped the wooden box with both hands, and watched greedily.Once, Gao Shimei asked the middle-aged man while watching: "Why did the young man in the painting turn into a lion?" The middle-aged man replied: "Ghost knows? The stories of these foreigners are all inexplicable and messy things. From then on, Gao Shimei no longer asked the middle-aged man any more questions, because he knew that the middle-aged man was not much smarter than him.

On this day, Gao Shimei got a little tired from watching "La Yang movies". He saw Mrs. Bai's stupid son standing beside him, so he said, "Come on, let you watch one too." Unexpectedly, the son of the foolish son sat on the ground in fright when he saw it, his mouth was open and he could not speak, and his eyes were fixed.Gao Shimei slapped him lightly, and he cried out.Gao Shimei said: "What's the matter with you? Little Hanbao, the people inside are fake, they won't beat you and scold you, what are you afraid of?" Hanbao's son ignored him, sat for a while, got up by himself, and People ran away laughing.Gao Shimei looked at the back of the idiot son, trying to figure out his fear when watching "foreign movies", and burst out laughing unconsciously.

After half a year, Gao Shimei began to carve the lattice door.He carves much slower than before.Especially because of his vision, his eyes were getting closer and closer to the board.He struggled through each day, his body getting weaker and weaker.Finally, he couldn't hold it any longer and fell down. Zhou Yaoshi was already dissatisfied with Mrs. Bai, mother and son, and had been struggling to find a suitable reason to drive them away.Now the opportunity has finally come.One day, Mrs. Zhou Yao said to Mrs. Bai: "Master Gao asked me to buy a few ducks to feed. From now on, your task is to raise ducks and marinate duck eggs for Mr. Gao to eat. When you can't finish eating, you will sell them on the street. Master Gao is ill, I can take care of him alone, you don’t need to worry about him.” Sister-in-law Bai followed Zhou Yao’s arrangement, bought 40 ducks, and went to herd ducks with her son all day long.She can't see ducks, so she always relies on her stupid son to drive them away.Sometimes, the naughty boy would drive the ducks far away on purpose, so that his mother would hate him and scream loudly.In the evening, Mrs. Bai managed to drive the ducks into the house, fed them, and cleaned the yard.Poor Mrs. Bai often lies in bed too tired to get up.

Carve the world eighteen (3) Since the son of a foolish son saw the "pull foreign film" that day, he felt that it was actually not scary, it was quite interesting.So, I often pestered my mother, clamoring to go see it.Sister-in-law Bai was really helpless, and couldn't imagine what that thing looked like, so she agreed with Han'er to drive the duck into the creek, and then let him lead her to Gejiu Street, where she found the middle-aged man who "pulls foreign movies".At that time, Mrs. Bai was penniless, so she could only hold her son's hand and stand aside "watching" blankly.The idiot son kept revealing the secrets in the wooden box to his mother.Mrs. Bai kept nodding, and asked how could there be so many things in the box?The son of Han Bao said: "That is a real treasure chest, bought from a foreign country." The foolish son has been standing there refusing to leave, and Mrs. Bai can't hold him back no matter what.Over time, the pitiful image of their mother and son entered the eyes of middle-aged men.The middle-aged man's senses are very sensitive, and he can tell at a glance that Mrs. Bai is a smart, kind, and capable woman.For a moment of ecstasy, he enthusiastically asked Mrs. Bai to sit on his stool, put the lead wire on her finger, and asked her to "pull foreign movies" for her foolish son non-stop.The idiot son became happier the more he watched, and screamed excitedly: "The big ass is coming out... the big tits are coming out... ah, the big black wolf is also coming out... the big flower snake is also coming out..." Mrs. Bai couldn't help telling her tragic experience to the middle-aged man who "pulls foreign movies".As he talked, he was so sad that he couldn't help crying.While comforting Mrs. Bai, the middle-aged man revealed a little bit of his life experience to her, saying that he had worked as a sand worker, built railways, and sold foreign goods. Finally, he bought these two wooden boxes from a foreigner and started a business. The business of "pulling foreign films".This business is fairly easy to do. Watching a game for a copper coin can earn twenty or thirty copper coins a day, and life is good. It was a muggy afternoon.The foolish son led his mother back to the small river.Although Mrs. Bai was in a happy mood, she was inevitably a little nervous.She repeatedly asked her son to quickly count the ducks, but the son was still in a state of excitement. He said to his mother: "When I have money, I will ask that uncle to help us buy a big box, and let my mother go to the street to 'pull foreign films'." "Sister-in-law Bai said: "Little fool, you are dreaming, we are so poor, when will we be rich?" "Soon, soon, I have grown up, I will be like that uncle Satin, railway construction, find a lot of money to buy 'Layang films'." After counting the ducks, there are always 7 ducks short.Aunt Bai was trembling with fright, and told her son to search for it quickly.At that time, the sun was very close to the top of the mountain, and the mountain peaks, woods and downstream river water became gentle and charming.In the sky, rosy clouds dragged a huge shadow and drifted eastward.On a big tree next to Mrs. Bai, an owl appeared, staring blankly at her.But Mrs. Bai couldn't see all of this. She no longer had time and scenery in her heart, only ducks.The foolish son walked downstream along the river.Mrs. Bai sat under the tree anxiously, waiting for the good news from her son. it's dark.Several nearby villagers who knew Mrs. Bai saw that she was still guarding around a group of ducks, and shouted in despair: "Han'er, come back quickly! Han'er, where are you? Han'er, I'm waiting for you here, you Come back quickly!" The ducks surrounded her like a maniac, quacking and drowning her cries. A villager was very sympathetic to what happened to Mrs. Bai, and hastily mobilized several bold and strong young men, carrying muskets and lanterns, to search along the river where Mrs. Bai and Han'er often released ducks.However, the villagers saw nothing but the deposited sand and stones; they heard nothing but the sound of flowing water.They continued their search down the creek.During the search, everyone made several speculations, made unremitting efforts, and even prayed to God for help, but there was no result.Someone said: "Han'er may have been possessed by a demon, and got lost in the woods on the river bank and couldn't get out." After tossing around in the middle of the night, the villagers dragged their nets from the hill to the river and from the river to the hill to search for Han'er's whereabouts.Finally at the entrance of a cave, Han'er's body was found.The villagers described the tragic scene like this: Han'er was curled up under a big rock, with two fists clenched, one of which was still holding a bamboo pole for driving ducks.There were a few paw prints on his face... his throat was bitten... a big hole was torn in his navel... his intestines were pulled out... he was pulled off... there was no blood on his body, and there were no signs of being bitten on his skin.Everyone affirmed that from the scene, Han'er met neither a tiger, nor a leopard, nor a jackal.What animal then ate him?No one can tell.In short, that enigmatic beast sucked Han'er's blood and licked it dry instead of eating his flesh.What a monstrosity. Carve the World Eighteen (4) Zhou Mingda took Sister-in-law Bai home and let her sit at the door of that dim hut. Day after day, she didn't know how time passed, nor did she know how hungry she was.She was as quiet as a dead person, and she seemed to be asleep.After discussing with Zhou Mingda, Zhou Yaoshi drove out the remaining ducks and sold them all.Zhou Mingda also decided not to let Gao Shimei know about it for the time being, so as not to cause other troubles. But the news that Mrs. Bai lost her son has already spread throughout the old city.After dinner, everyone was talking about the terrible thing.One day at noon, the middle-aged man who "pulls foreign films" came to Zhou's house and said to Zhou Mingda, "I have the ability to support Mrs. Bai, let her come with me!" At this time, Zhou Mingda was suffering from being unable to settle Mrs. Bai, and after hearing the middle-aged man's words, his expression seemed a little overjoyed.The sudden "beautiful" ending of this matter was beyond Zhou Mingda's imagination.But Zhou Mingda is a seasoned businessman after all. He immediately calmed down and said, "You can take her away, but you have to pay us a sum of money. My family has already supported their mother and son." Almost a year." "How much do you want?" "You can give as much merit as you want." "I am out of the ocean." "No, at least five oceans." The middle-aged man who "pulls foreign films" is very straightforward, without saying a word, he went to help Mrs. Bai after paying the money, and Mrs. Bai did not refuse, and followed him and left.Zhou Mingda and his wife felt very strange. After pondering for a long time, they couldn't figure out what the relationship between the middle-aged man and Mrs. Bai was.Zhou Yaoshi said to her husband: "You sold Mrs. Bai in a foolish way?" Zhou Mingda asked back: "You said, what's the use of keeping a blind man?" One day, Gao Shimei suddenly felt that she hadn't seen Mrs. Bai for a long time, so she asked Zhou Yao: "Where has Mrs. Bai been these few days?" Zhou Yao immediately burst into tears and said, "Don't mention that good woman. Now, she sees that you are sick, so she does nothing, let her foolish son lead her around the streets all day, and hook up with a wild man, she is about to become a slut. I want to Opening a shop and taking care of you, I'm almost exhausted." Gao Shimei said sadly, "I brought her here with good intentions, and you also treated her mother and child sincerely, did you expect her conscience to be so bad?" Zhou Yao went on to say: "Yes, this woman is not of one mind with us anymore. It is better to let her go early." Gao Shimei said: "She is blind and has a stupid son. Where can you tell her to go? "Zhou Yao said: "There is a foreign church in Huangmao Mountain, which specially takes in helpless people like Mrs. Bai." Her mother and son are sent away. I don't want to see them either." This morning, Gao Shimei woke up from her deep sleep.For a long time, he was not sure what it was that woke him up.He lay on the bed, thinking of nothing, and didn't open his eyes, but he always felt that something was not right.Thinking about it carefully, he felt as if a window had opened on the wall above his head, but this was impossible. It was fine last night. Could it be that the world has changed today?Can a house without windows have windows?The wind blew in through the window, and he couldn't help shivering.This is a fact.He asked, where is the window?Where is the wind coming from?He tried to determine the relationship between the window and the wind, and tried to close the window.He saw a cloud of mist drifting in from the window, drifting in.Floating into his brain, churning incessantly.He rubbed his eyes vigorously and beat his head.When he calmed down, there was nothing in front of his eyes, and the sunlight outside slanted in, like pulling up a few black ribbons.He understood that his eye disease had worsened again, and the world became darker in his eyes. Gao Shimei got up slowly from the bed, walked to his workshop, washed his hands repeatedly with two basins of clean water, waited to dry, put on a white coat and tied a blue cloth apron, and began to carve his lattice door.He still shows infinite patience, and he carves the details with greater precision.Under his carving knife, is a hunter and his fierce horse.The gallantry of the horse stands out through its light and dark thighs and rounded rump.The folds of the hunter's clothes and the mane of the fierce horse are fine and fine, clearly visible.The horse's eyes were shining, and the trees and grasses trembled slightly in the breeze.With Gao Shimei's hand on them, with a light knife, their mood will change subtly.However, every time Gao Shimei used a knife, it seemed very difficult.After he uses the knife, he must try to bring his eyes close to the object he is carving, close until he can no longer get close.Then he raised his head, closed his eyes, touched the place he had just carved with his hands, and exhaled deeply.after.He sat there motionless, as if everything around him had nothing to do with him.After a long time, he was able to return to the previous state, picked up the carving knife, and lightly chiseled the place he had touched. Carve the world eighteen (5) Zhou Yaoshi came behind Gao Shimei and saw the crab carved on one of the lattice doors so naively and vividly, as if they were crawling.She couldn't help touching it with her hands, and said while touching it: "It's well carved, it's just like the real thing, will its big pincers pinch my hand?" Gao Shimei looked back, Knowing that she was messing with his lattice door, he stood up and pushed her away abruptly. "How can you touch my grid carving with your dirty hands?" "Why do you push me? Are you asking Huazi to kick out the temple owner?" Zhou Yao scolded, "Who are you? Who feeds you? What's so great about you? You're a bad carpenter, you're going to turn the world upside down?" "Are you blind? Do you want to touch it with your hands? You didn't see that my wood is spotless, so how can you touch it with your hands?" "You are the blind man. What can I not see? What can I not see?" "Do you think you can see everything with your eyes open? Let me tell you, only I can see some of the things I sculpt." "Bah, what's the point of things that only you can see? Then I invite you to go back to your hometown to work and carve things that only you can see. You use a sedan chair with eight people to carry my old lady to see, and my old lady also don't go." When Gao Shimei heard this, she packed up her tools and was about to leave.Zhou Mingda rushed over after hearing the sound, and repeatedly comforted Gao Shimei, saying that a master carpenter should not haggle over every detail with a short-sighted woman.Besides, in front of Gao Shimei, Zhou Mingda had already slapped his wife.Only then did Gao Shimei feel that she had saved face, reluctantly agreed to stay, and calmly said to Zhou Mingda: "The materials I use are all high-quality wood, they are alive, and any dirty things will block their pores. If they are touched by unclean hands, they will leave a dirty mark on them. Even if they are washed with the cleanest water in the world, they cannot be washed clean. Even polishing, waxing and painting cannot cover them up. Inside Pedestrians will say that my hands and feet are not clean and my skills are not good enough, so the carved objects contain impurities. Now that I am old, I can’t ruin my reputation!" After Gao Shimei finished speaking, she stood up, He leaned against the wall with difficulty, seemingly unable to breathe.But every sentence and every word he said seemed to still glow with a lonely and gloomy light in the room.Of course, Zhou Mingda also heard a kind of deep and compassionate sincerity from Gao Shimei's words. Gao Shimei has not been on the street for more than a year, and she rarely even goes out of the house.Since the Zhou family no longer provided him with opium (opium), he always sat in the house smoking hookah when he was not carving.When people pass by his workshop, they always smell the smell of inferior tobacco leaves coming out of the door, disturbing the fresh air outside the house.The room was even more smoky and messy, and he was vaguely seen raising his head, exhaling a cloud of black and thick smoke.Every day, except for the routine weighing of sawdust, Zhou Yao came in for a while, and avoided it at all other times.She was afraid of Gao Shimei's scolding, and she was also afraid of the smell of cigarettes. One day, Zhou Mingda told Gao Shimei that there were more and more foreign goods on the street, and he wondered what the world would be like?After hearing this, Gao Shimei came to the street alone.He didn't see too many changes, he only saw some beautiful women on the street holding up flowered umbrellas, and they deliberately swayed, looking very happy.He walked into a shop and asked if there were a lot of foreign goods recently?The owner of the store knew Gao Shimei, so he introduced it to him enthusiastically, saying: "Foreign goods are good. Take a look, the match that just came in is British, so easy to use. Do you want to buy a box?" Gao Shimei saw that the owner was holding a small iron box with a foreign painting on it, which was similar to the one he saw in "Laying Foreign Films".Pushing open the small iron box reveals a row of small round beads of red, yellow, green and black on the branches. The branches are evenly plump and extremely beautiful.A layer of fine sand grains protruded from the bottom of the small iron box, which was blue in color.The shopkeeper took out a stick and wiped the bottom of the box with the bead head. With a click, the bead head immediately ignited a small red flame.The shop owner said: "This is called a match, a kind of fire. With it, there is no need for a fire sickle and fire grass." Gao Shimei watched in amazement as the small flame burned up the branch, bent naturally, and became a small black spots.He immediately bought a box, put it in his pocket, and said with a smile: "This little guy is very interesting." The shopkeeper said: "In addition to matches, we also have British bleached cloth, American twill cloth, and Japanese cotton wool." Gandhi cloth, Gandhi cloth from India, do you want to buy a few feet?" Gao Shimei stroked the foreign cloth with her hands, thinking, seemingly dissatisfied.He said: "No, no, it's too thin, and it's not easy to wear with homespun cloth. Say it, don't you? Boss!" The shopkeeper didn't speak.Gao Shimei turned and left. At this time, there was a familiar sound of gongs and drums not far away.Gao Shimei was startled, and walked a dozen steps forward, and saw a man in a corner, yelling what?There was something melodious, affectionate, seductive about the voice.Gao Shimei took a closer look, and it turned out to be the middle-aged man who "pulls foreign movies".It seems that he hasn't changed much, and his clothes are similar to before, the only difference is that he wears a pair of suede shoes on his feet.Gao Shimei thought, it must be a pair of foreign goods, but he couldn't tell whether it was German or French.A scene that surprised Gao Shimei even more appeared.He saw that the middle-aged man who "pulls foreign films" was surrounded by a little woman who manipulated the lead wire.Take a closer look, isn't that Mrs. Bai?It's true, it's her, it's her.Gao Shimei almost cried out.Mrs. Bai sat on the left side of the wooden box, indifferent.Her complexion was much fairer and smoother than before.The mottled shadow of the sycamore tree dyed her body with a layer of light green light. Except for the dull eyelids, the posture of her arms and the lines of her figure, as well as the elegant rhythm shown by her light and even breathing, It all shows that her situation has undergone tremendous changes and she is living in a wishful world. Carving the World Eighteen (6) The happy and healthy breath emanating from Mrs. Bai engulfed Gao Shimei like sea water, and penetrated into the depths of his heart.He didn't know whether to be happy for her or feel sorry for her?He called several times, "Sister-in-law Bai, sister-in-law Bai, I am Gao Shimei, Gao Shimei." But Mrs. Bai remained motionless, as if she hadn't heard the call.Gao Shimei walked up to her and called out, "Sister-in-law Bai, it's me, Gao Shimei, have you forgotten? Gao Shimei, I'm Gao Shimei!" Sister-in-law Bai still refused.Gao Shimei was about to hold Mrs. Bai's hand and continue to call her, when the middle-aged man spoke, "Are you the master Gao who specializes in carving lattice doors? My wife may not know you, so don't be scared Look at her." After a pause, the middle-aged man asked again: "Master Gao, I haven't seen you for a long time, do you still watch my 'Laying Movies' today? If you don't, I will close the stall." "Let's go!" Aunt Bai finally spoke, "Let's go somewhere else!" The middle-aged man who "pulled foreign films" immediately put away the wooden box and tripod, put it on his back, and walked away holding Mrs. Bai's hand.Gao Shimei stood there for a long time, but couldn't recover. "Damn it," Gao Shimei scolded, "Who has seen such a heartless and unintentional woman?" Gao Shimei seemed to have walked for a long time before returning to Zhou's house.Sitting alone in his workshop, he instinctively picked up a triangular knife and sat in front of the lattice door to carve.Throughout the day, he felt a stone pressing on his heart.What he sculpts today is also lacking in spirit and looking sick.He wanted to change them, but the carving knife in his hand seemed to have lost the vitality, aura and spirit it should have, and could not communicate with the wood.He put down the carving knife and walked back and forth in the room, "How did I become like this?" He said to himself, "It seems that no matter what, I can't do anything." He put the lattice door down On the ground, I just climbed on it to carve, but my hands were shaking badly, my nose was always flowing out like water, and my calf twitched from time to time. 4 years have passed.Gao Shimei was like doing hard labor in hell. Apart from his physical weakness, what tormented him the most was that there was always a black dot in front of him that couldn't move up and down, flickering frequently.He couldn't tell what it was, but it appeared when he closed his eyes.As soon as I opened my eyes to feel it, it disappeared in a flash.Originally, a lattice door should consist of six doors, but when Gao Shimei carved the fifth door, his eyes were covered with gray and black things, and everything quickly receded before his eyes, and he could no longer continue to carve. "You can't raise him for nothing," Zhou Yao said to her husband, "You haven't seen that my family's business is getting more and more difficult now. The local goods are washed away by the foreign goods, and the store is about to close. A big carpenter who doesn't work, why don't you drive him out of the gate? Why are you standing still?" Zhou Mingda said: "Then pay him the wages!" Zhou Yao said: "Should I give him less? He seldom works recently, and besides, his eyes seem to be gone.” Zhou Mingda was almost furious when he heard this, and said, “Why is your heart so bad? Master Gao is a good carpenter. There is no ambiguity, where can you find such a carpenter? However, if you want to drive him away now, it’s okay, but you have to pay him according to the original standard, not less. Those wood slag and sawdust, You weigh yourself every day, how much silver you should pay, how much gold you should give, you know very clearly." Zhou Yaoshi had never heard her husband say such blunt words, and she felt guilty all of a sudden, and dared not talk to her. The husband had no choice but to honestly calculate the salary and send it to Gao Shimei. Gao Shimei walked out of Zhou's house with a bag of gold and silver on her back and a cane.