Cheng Xiang also looked at the old man in front of him.
His complexion is dark, his face has been covered with wrinkles like knife carvings, and his hair on his temples has turned gray.
His body was a little stooped. It seemed that years of fatigue had bent his body for a long time and he could no longer straighten up.
The old man saw Cheng Xiang's face clearly, and then looked at the tall Zhou Tianlei next to her, looking a little panicked.
His lips trembled and he opened his mouth without making any sound.
He raised his hand and made several movements.
Cheng Xiang couldn't understand, so he looked at Zhou Tianlei. Zhou Tianlei also shook his head, indicating that he didn't understand.
Cheng Xiang thought to himself that he couldn't directly ask him if he was spying on her, right?
So while making gestures, he said: "I want to make a bathtub, a bucket for bathing."
Pointing to his carpentry tools, he gestured to the shape of a barrel and made a bathing gesture.
The old man nodded clearly, pointed to his ear, and extended a thumb.
Cheng thought for a moment and asked, "You mean, can you hear me?"
The old man nodded.
It turned out that he only had a speech impediment and no problem with his hearing.
That would be easy.
Cheng wanted to explain his purpose directly: "I want you to help make a bathtub, can you?"
The old man nodded and let them into the yard.
Cheng Xiang walked around the yard and saw many wooden gadgets placed on the stone slabs on the west side.
There is a small chopping board, a rolling pin, a small wooden bowl, and a small spoon.
There were also wooden puppies and little mice. Cheng Xiang held them in his hands and played with them for a while. They were exquisite, smooth and lifelike.
The old man looked at Cheng Xiang, who was playing with objects with a childlike expression, and smiled slightly.
He took out a piece of paper with a few words crookedly written on it. What size? What does it look like?
"You want to ask me how big it is and what style it is?" Cheng wanted to ask him.
The old man nodded.
Cheng thought about it and said, "The size is enough for two people to take a bath. I don't know much about the style. Just watch and make it."
The old man thought for a moment, looked at Zhou Tianlei, and nodded.
Then pull them in front of the wood and let them choose what wood to use?
After Zhou Tianlei carefully looked at the material of the wood, he said, "Let's use cedar wood. It has high density and is more durable."
Cheng Xiang nodded.
After determining the size of the material, Cheng wanted to ask: "How much does it cost?"
The old man looked embarrassed, rubbed his hands, shook his head, and waved his hands.
"What do you mean? No money?" Cheng Xiang asked doubtfully.
The old man nodded and made a sending gesture with his hands.
"Give it to me?" Cheng Xiang guessed what he meant with doubts on his face.
The old man nodded again.
Cheng Xiang and Zhou Tianlei looked at each other. Zhou Tianlei looked at the old man calmly and asked, "Do you know her?"
The old man shook his head quickly when he heard this.
Zhou Tianlei raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Then why do you do business at a loss?"
The old man didn't know how to answer for a moment and froze on the spot.
Suddenly there was a shouting voice at the door: "What are you doing?"
Cheng Xiang and Zhou Tianlei looked back and saw Zhang Qingxiang running in from the door in a hurry and blocking the old man.
He glared at Zhou Tianlei and Cheng Xiang with a wary look on his face, and shouted: "What are you going to do? I am the one who comes to your house to keep an eye on you. Come to me if you have anything to do, so don't embarrass my father."
Zhou Tianlei's pupils tightened, he stared at Zhang Qingxiang, and asked seriously: "Do you admit to going to my house to spy on me?"
Zhang Qingxiang was speechless for a moment and didn't know how to explain.
What did the old man behind him seem to understand? He pulled Zhang Qingxiang over and made a series of gestures with a puzzled look on his face.
Zhang Qingxiang pulled the old man aside, comforted him and said, "Dad, don't worry about it. It has nothing to do with you."
The old man refused and was still gesticulating excitedly. He even reached out and punched Zhang Qingxiang in the body.
Zhang Qingxiang had a look of helplessness on his face. The tall man, who was about 1.8 meters tall, just stood in front of his father with his head shrunk, and allowed his father to teach him a silent lesson.
There was no impatience or rebuttal, but a look of submission.
"We are just here to customize the bathtub, nothing else." Cheng Xiang said beside him.
Zhang Qingxiang looked at Cheng Xiang in astonishment and scratched his head in embarrassment.
"But" Cheng wanted to change the topic and said, "Now it seems that there is indeed some involvement between you and me. I hope you can tell the truth."
The old man was polite and kind. Although he could not speak, he could tell that he was sincere towards Cheng Xiang. He was just like an honest and friendly old man from the country who would never do the obscene behavior of peeking at a woman from a good family.
Although Zhang Qingxiang looks domineering and arrogant, he has no ambitions, is honest and honest, and does not look like a treacherous person.
Therefore, Cheng thought there was no need to go through the rounds with them, it would be better to ask directly.
"I don't know you, but you peek in front of my house again and again. I don't think you are people with evil intentions, but I am also curious, why do you do this?"
After Zhang Qingxiang heard what Cheng Xiang said, he glanced at his father in surprise. It seemed that he had just found out that his father also went to visit Cheng Xiang.
When the old father heard these words and saw his son's eyes, a hint of embarrassment appeared on his weathered face.
After a period of silence, the old man slowly raised his head and began to make gestures with his hands.
Zhang Qingxiang looked at his father's gesture, and his expression changed from doubt to relief. He raised his head and translated to Cheng Xiang, "My father came to see you because of Zhang Ningning."
"Zhang Ningning?" Cheng Xiang was stunned when he heard the name, and immediately reacted: "Cheng Ningning?"
When the old man heard Cheng Ningning's name, a look of disappointment appeared on his face.
Cheng Xiang saw Zhou Tianlei's slightly confused eyes and explained: "It's the daughter brought by my stepmother."
Zhou Tianlei nodded understandingly after hearing this.
Cheng Xiang looked at the old man and seemed to think of something. No wonder the name Shilipu in Zhushan Town sounded familiar. His father had said before that this was the hometown of his stepmother Su Qing and Cheng Ningning.
"Are you Cheng Ningning's father?" Cheng Xiang's pretty face was full of surprise.
The old man nodded slightly.
Zhang Qingxiang continued: "My father heard that a military commander in the city married a daughter to Zhoujia Village, and he also found out that her surname was Cheng.
He thought it was Ning Ning who had been married off. After all, no one would marry their biological daughter to the countryside. If she wanted to marry her, she would definitely marry an adopted daughter, so he wanted to go over and see if it was Ning Ning. "
I see, but didn't Cheng Ningning say that his father in the country was addicted to alcohol and had a rough personality, and that she and her mother were abused by his father in the country?
But the old man in front of me is obviously a kind and honest old man?
Cheng Xiang chuckled and thought to himself: Cheng Ningning, Cheng Ningning, you and Su Qing are good at public opinion.
Recalling the conversation between Su Qing and Cheng Wanshan when they first came here through the book, this poor old man not only had his reputation slandered, but he might also have been cuckolded without knowing it.
Cheng Xiang was deeply shocked. Su Qing abandoned her family and husband in order to climb the ladder.
In the original work, Cheng Ningning cuckolded Zhou Tianlei in order to escape from the countryside and ran away with the man.
These mother and daughter are really the same.
