Chapter 272 Chapter Thirty-eight Strange Patterns

Uncle Jin still remembered that because the fourth day was the last day, work was done late.When Master Yi's apprentice left with the toolbox on his back, it was already evening when the sky was full of sunshine. After the wooden bed was finished, Uncle Jin did not immediately replace the old bed.Uncle Jin's wife said that the wood of the new bed is still wet, and it will take two days to wait for the wood to dry before it can be used.Otherwise, people will easily get sick when they sleep.Uncle Jin set up the wet and heavy wooden bed in the main room.That night, Uncle Jin's wife woke up in the middle of the night, took Uncle Jin's hand and shook him awake.

Uncle Jin opened his sleepy eyes and asked his wife, "Did you have a nightmare? Why did you wake me up in the middle of the night?" His wife said to him quietly: "My wife, listen, is there a thief in our main room? I heard the rustling sound. Could it be the thief's footsteps?" As soon as Uncle Jin heard what his wife said, he immediately pricked up his ears to listen carefully to the voices in the main room.After waiting for a long time, Uncle Jin didn't hear any footsteps. "Are you dreaming? Or maybe there is dross in your ears. There is no sound." Uncle Jin listened for a while to make sure there was no sound. "It's true that there is no sound. Go to sleep at ease. I have hidden all the money my son sent us, so don't be suspicious. Go to sleep! Go to sleep!"

When Uncle Jin's wife heard what he said, he thought he was suspicious, so he yawned and fell into a deep sleep again. The night was uneventful. The next day, Uncle Jin moved the new wooden bed outside to dry, and then moved it back into the main room at night.He carefully looked at the patterns carved on the wooden bed, and felt that the patterns were different from those carved by Master Yi when he was a carpenter for others.But he didn't pay much attention to it, maybe Master Yi might hate the same style, and suddenly taught the apprentice a new trick on a whim.It can be seen from the carving patterns that Master Yi, an apprentice, is already very skilled, and his level is no longer below that of Master Yi.

No wonder Master Yi is so relieved to leave all the tasks to the apprentices to complete, but he himself snores on the chair all day long.Uncle Jin said he thought so at the time. The next night, Uncle Jin was woken up again by his wife. "What are you doing?" Uncle Jin rubbed his heavy eyelids and asked unhappily.He had just counted the money sent back by his son in his dream, and was woken up by his wife when he was halfway through the count, so he was naturally unhappy.He looked sideways at his wife, who had already tilted her head high and was listening to something. "It's strange, there was still a voice just now, why didn't it stop when you called me?" Uncle Jin's wife muttered, putting her head back on the pillow in disappointment, while still holding on to Uncle Jin's arm.

"Did you eat less lard recently, and your eyes are dim and your ears are not working?" Uncle Jin said with a slight sarcasm, turned over and closed his eyes to sleep again. "It's true, I really heard the voice. You thought I had eaten too much and had nothing to do, so I woke you up in the middle of the night on purpose. I'm not stupid!" Uncle Jin's wife was dissatisfied with his attitude and complained. Uncle Jin had no choice but to change his tone: "Okay, okay, I know you are not stupid. But I really didn't hear what you said. Go to sleep. You have to work tomorrow. Cover your ears with the quilt, and you won't listen What's the sound. Hey, I can't sleep well with you." Uncle Jin was really sleepy, and fell asleep immediately after speaking.

Uncle Jin's wife waited for a while with her eyes open, and then slowly fell asleep again without hearing the strange sound.The next day she looked around the room carefully and found that nothing was missing.Not to mention the pots and pans, even the embroidery needles used the day before are still in their original places. Maybe it was because I was woken up in the middle of the night the previous two nights.On the third night, Uncle Jin's wife didn't disturb him, but he woke up by himself.Uncle Jin looked at his wife who was sleeping next to her, her face was peaceful.He looked out of the window again, and saw a lonely sycamore tree silently under the moonlight.A black shadow flew out of the sycamore tree with a flutter, and went to nowhere.It should be the owl waiting for the mouse to come out of the hole late at night.

After the fluttering sound, the world is clean again, as clean as death, not even the chirping of grasshoppers.Of course, it was midnight, and the grasshopper had to sleep too.Uncle Jin opened his mouth and let out a long yawn, then turned his body sideways, ready to re-enter the watery dreamland. At this time, a small and slow voice appeared! chi chi chi chi... Like something crawling on the ground, like a snake but not a snake, like a mouse but not a mouse.Uncle Jin was about to wake up his wife when the voice disappeared again.Is there really something?Uncle Jin thought of the voice his wife had mentioned in the first two nights.Maybe something else I don't know about.Whatever it is, as long as it's not the footsteps of thieves and it's not too noisy, don't worry about it.

After the third day, the new wooden bed seemed lighter.The moisture in the wood is no longer heavy.Uncle Jin thought, maybe the sound he heard at night came from the old bed.The old wooden bed was used when the son was born, and now the son has grown up and gone abroad, and the old wooden bed, which is more than 20 years old, has loosened in many places.As soon as a person sits on it, it will shake like a child's cradle, and the joints of the wood will creak. Uncle Jin moved the old bed out of the bedroom, replaced it with a new one, and went upstairs to hold dry straw and spread it on the bed of the new bed, and then put on the quilt.

He thought, sleeping in a new bed for the first time tonight, he would definitely have a big and fragrant sleep. After making the bed, Uncle Jin took out the extra straw and dried it on the ground.Master Yi happened to pass by his floor with a toolbox. Uncle Jin greeted Master Yi: "Hey, Master Yi, where are you going to be a carpenter?" Master Yi said: "The threshing machine of a family in Hongjiaduan broke down, so I was asked to fix it." Uncle Jin asked: "Isn't there a carpenter in Hong's section? Why did you come to our village to call for a carpenter?"

Master Yi said: "The carpenter there is making wardrobes for others, and he is too busy." "Oh." Uncle Jin nodded. When Master Yi was about to walk out of the ground, Uncle Jin suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly called Master Yi and asked, "Why did you go to Hong's section alone?" What Uncle Jin meant was, why didn't your apprentice come with you? How about going to the Hongjia section?