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Generally speaking, there is no taboo in carpentry, and there is no need to wait until night to repair it, but if the client insists on such demands, it will inevitably cause people to think too much.

It may also be that Xu Zhiqiu has always encountered monsters and ghosts in the past few days, so he is a little sensitive.

But anyway, it never hurts to be cautious.

So Xu Zhiqiu asked his second uncle for more specific information. When he learned that he would go to a family in the west of the city at night, he asked himself to go with him. He said so clearly, so he found an excuse at random, saying that he wanted to see the second uncle's craftsmanship.

In this way, when it was Haishi at night, Second Uncle Xu took Xu Zhiqiu to the agreed place. It was a wealthy family in the west of the city. Not only did they live in a big mansion, but they also had many servants.

When the two came to the gate of the courtyard, an old man dressed as a housekeeper was already waiting outside. Seeing the second uncle carrying the carpenter's tools, he greeted him and asked, "But the carpenter Xu who came to do the work?"

Uncle Xu nodded and chatted with the housekeeper.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xu Zhiqiu first glanced at the old housekeeper, and after seeing that there was nothing unusual about it, he turned to the house again. After looking at it for a while, he also found nothing wrong.

After Second Uncle Xu chatted with the housekeeper, the uncle and nephew were taken to the yard by the housekeeper, and after twists and turns, they came to the corridor outside the inner house. At this moment, the door of a nearby room opened suddenly, and a woman walked out of the house. When he saw Xu Zhiqiu and Xu Anshan, he frowned, and asked loudly: "Housekeeper He, who are these two? They have very strange faces, but I have never seen them before."

Xu Zhiqiu looked for the voice, and saw that this woman was not dressed normally, and she must be one of the hostesses in the house who could ask the housekeeper like this. Judging from her tone and appearance, she should be someone not to be trifled with.

The old man called Butler Crane stopped in his tracks and responded, "This is Carpenter Xu and his nephew. It's normal that Madam hasn't seen them before."

"Carpenter?" The woman asked again, "Who called?"

He Guanjia said: "It was called by Da Furen."

"Huh, I thought it could only be her." The woman said angrily, "The carpenter was called to work in the middle of the night. She was really sick. Please tell her for me. If it disturbs my rest, I won't bear it." on."

After saying that, the woman went back to the house, and closed the door forcefully with a bang, it seemed that she was extremely at odds with the lady.

Butler He, as the housekeeper in the house, knew the grievances and grievances between the wives for a long time, so he lowered his head and pretended not to hear, and took Xu Anshan and nephew Xu Anshan to the inner courtyard at the end of the corridor when they returned to the house. .

There are only three rooms in this small courtyard. Butler He knocked on the door of the middle room, and the door opened soon. It was the eldest lady who went out. Compared with the woman just now, the eldest lady looked very kind and behaved well. It is also more in line with the identity of the owner of the house, but he is a little older, and he should be almost fifty.

Butler He whispered a few words with the eldest lady, and the eldest lady beckoned to Xu Anshan: "Come, please come inside."

Xu Anshan responded, and Xu Zhiqiu naturally followed behind. He had been watching all the way and didn't notice anything wrong.

The two entered the eldest lady's room, and the eldest lady asked the maid to make two cups of tea, then pointed to the small wooden bed in the corner of the room and said, "Xu Carpenter, this is what I want to repair, please be more careful."

Xu Anshan looked over and saw that the wooden bed was pitifully small, and he couldn't lie down even with his legs curled up. It should be for children. The lady walked to the side of the wooden bed and said with a smile: "My daughter-in-law lives a little later. A child is about to be born, this is a wooden bed specially prepared for that little guy, unfortunately it was damaged by a few troublemakers, so I want you to fix it."

Xu Anshan nodded, and then observed the condition of the wooden bed. It seems that the damage is not serious, but a few pillars and the corners of the bed are broken. This is a very simple matter for him, but there are many small holes left in some places. The tooth marks on the teeth should have been bitten by something, and it will take some work to polish them.

Xu Zhiqiu also noticed these tooth marks, which didn't look like human bites, but they didn't attract his attention too much. In his mind, they might just be the bite marks of mice, cats or the like.

Xu Anshan didn't think about it at all, he took out tools and began to repair the wooden bed. The lady had already ordered someone to prepare the wood, so Xu Anshan repaired it very quickly, and within two quarters of an hour, he replaced all the broken parts of the wooden bed with He bought a new one, and then he took the tool and began to polish off the tooth marks on the wooden bed.

At this time, the Da Furen and Xu Zhiqiu were chatting one by one. Suddenly, there was an exclamation from outside the door. It was from the little maid who made tea just now. He gestured a few times, maybe he wanted to say something, but it was inconvenient to say something when he saw outsiders.

"What made you so flustered?" The eldest lady blamed, then got up from the seat and walked out the door with the maid.

Xu Zhiqiu was a little curious, but it was not easy to go out to find out.

After a while, the lady went back to the room and sat down as if nothing had happened, until Xu Zhiqiu's eyes fell on her, she said casually: "Actually, it's nothing, just a wild dog Sneaked into the yard, the girl's timid family was taken aback."

Xu Zhiqiu nodded with a smile and didn't say much.After the time for a stick of incense passed, Xu Anshan waved his sore arms a few times, put his tools back into the wooden box, and said to the eldest lady: "Madam, this wooden bed has been repaired, look Look, if there is something that doesn't fit your eyes, just say it."

The eldest lady stood up and observed carefully, and then asked Butler He to pay the money with satisfaction.

When he left the house, Xu Anshan was very happy holding his nephew's shoulders. This job was not difficult, but he got two qian silver, which was much more cost-effective than the tiring work in the past. He couldn't help feeling that the rich family is really rich.

Butler He was still leading the way, and when he heard Xu Anshan praise his wife for her generosity, he also smiled and said that it was because of his good craftsmanship that he won the favor of the lady, otherwise he would not have given so much money, Xu Anshan thanked again happily.

When the few people were talking and laughing as they approached the gate of the courtyard, a black shadow suddenly jumped in front of them and hit Xu Anshan's calf.

Xu Anshan barely stood still, feeling pain in his calf, and asked in surprise, "Oh, what is it?"

Butler He apologized: "It was too dark and I didn't see it clearly. It should be a wild dog that sneaked into the yard. The lady's servant girl was startled earlier."

Xu Zhiqiu couldn't help frowning as he looked at the direction where the black shadow flickered away. Because it happened so suddenly, he couldn't see what it was, but its outline didn't look like a dog.