Left thumb?
Hearing Lu Cheng's words, Xu Wen subconsciously lowered his head to look at his finger. At the same time, he recalled Senior Brother Zhou's image in his mind.
Most people wouldn't deliberately look at his fingers. Moreover, Senior Brother Zhou's left hand was always covered by his sleeve, so it was difficult for others to notice if he was really missing a finger.
Senior Brother Zhou was right-handed, so losing his thumb didn't seem like a big deal, but Xu Wen knew it wasn't.
Any missing finger in a hand, even the one that is not used frequently, will affect the more delicate work. Not to mention the thumb affects grip, without it, a lot of work can not be done.
Senior Brother Zhou's injury directly caused his body to be crippled and he could no longer become a carpenter.
Being chopped off…Does this mean that the other party did it on purpose?
"Who cut it?"
"It's Qi Kun!"
Lu Cheng lowered his voice even further, almost whispering, but Qi Kun's name was especially clear.
"Qi Kun? Who is this?"
"You don't even know Qi Kun?"
Lu Cheng's eyes widened in shock.
Xu Wen shook his head, confirming that he had never heard of this name before.
"You're really strange. You can read, but you don't know Qi Kun." Lu Cheng muttered," Qi Kun is Qi Zhengze's son!"
"Who is Qi Zhengze?"
Xu Wen's words made Lu Cheng choke. He didn't seem to expect him to be so ignorant. He stared at Xu Wen for a long time before explaining.
Qi Zhengze is the owner of Yuemu Pavilion. Don't tell me you don't even know where Yuemu Pavilion is?"
Xu Wen's original body vaguely remembered Yue Mu Xuan's name, but Xu Wen did not know what place it was.
Lu Cheng was helpless. He explained in detail with a tone of " Why did I come to talk to you?"
Yuemu Pavilion was the largest wooden workshop in this area, and its scale was even higher than Yao Clan's wooden workshop. Different from Yao's Wood Shop, they also engaged in timber business, up to the capital, down to Lingnan, everywhere can see Yue Mu Xuan signboard.
As the owner of Yuemu Pavilion, Qi Zhengze's skills were not mentioned. His connections and power definitely far exceeded Yao Pingyuan's.
Qi Kun was Qi Zhengze's elder son. He was fifteen years old this year, slightly older than Xu Wen and Lu Cheng, and one year younger than Zhou Zhicheng.
The last time Master Yao brought Senior Brother Zhou into the city, they met Qi Kun. For some reason, there was a conflict. Senior Brother Zhou's finger was cut off by Qi Kun, and his entire person was crippled because of this. He could no longer be a carpenter.
Senior Brother Zhou had planned to take the apprentice examination next year and was confident that he would pass it.
In this way, Senior Brother Zhou could no longer take the test. Master Yao had to find another good disciple and pass the apprentice test as soon as possible in order to retain the qualifications of the Yao Clan Wood Workshop.
Lu Cheng's mouth was very sharp. He explained this matter clearly in a few words.
In the end, he said angrily: "I hate people like Qi Kun the most. He cuts off people's fingers and ruins their lives without saying a word. It's too much!"
When Xu Wen and Senior Brother Zhou first met, he was given a blow by the other party and arranged for the heaviest work.
Later, after dealing with more, Xu Wen knew that Zhou Zhicheng was actually the same as his name. He was a very gentle and sincere person. Senior Brother Zhou arranged for him to do heavy work because Master Yao had some prejudice against him at the beginning and specially gave him a chance to eliminate these prejudices.
He had nothing to do with Xu Wen. He did it purely because he was a good old man.
Such a person would never have a conflict with anyone casually, especially a conflict so intense that someone would cut off his finger.
If this was true, Qi Kun was indeed a real villain.
But now Xu Wen noticed something else--
"How did you know?"
"Hmm?"
"There's no news about Senior Brother Zhou's broken finger in the workshop. It's obvious that Master Yao doesn't want to publicize it. How do you know that? You know so much about it?"
Xu Wen had just finished asking when he knew that his question had hit the nail on the head.
Lu Cheng grinned, his face full of happiness. He chuckled a few times.
"I heard about this in Tianzi Square."
"You went to Tianzi Square?"
"Heaven, Earth, Black and Yellow Square, I've gone through all of them. Master Yao personally brought me there, hehehe!"
Lu Chengmei for a long time, finally told Xu Wen, this time he has been according to Xu Wen said, do not make unnecessary small moves, just do their own things. Half a month later, he discovered that Master Yao had been paying attention to them. He became more careful, and behaved very diligently and inquisitively, and finally caught Master Yao's attention.
Over the past few days, Master Yao had taken him to the various word workshops to read them, and he had come back to ask him what he thought.
Lu Cheng wanted to say something, but before he could say anything, he thought of Xu Wen.
So he first organized what he wanted to say in his mind, and then said it in an orderly and orderly manner according to Xu Wen's appearance.
As expected, Master Yao was very satisfied with what he heard and told him that he might accept him as an apprentice in two days.
Hearing this, Lu Cheng didn't even know what to do. His first thought was to come over and tell Xu Wen.
"Master told me to study hard and take the apprentice examination in a year! If I can pass the exam, I might be able to enter the Hundred Trade Union in another year's provincial examination and another year's academy examination!"
Lu Cheng's eyes lit up. He imagined that three years later, he would have already changed his mind to Master Yao.
" Unfortunately, if you hadn't rejected Master, you might have gotten the recommended spot for the apprentice examination."
Lu Cheng said this sincerely and did not show off. Xu Wen could tell.
"Maybe I can go with you in a year?" Xu Wen smiled and said.
" Impossible. The apprentice examination must be recommended by the workshop. In the entire Yao Clan Wood Workshop, only my master is qualified." Lu Cheng shook his head.
He sighed happily and regretfully, and finally left happily.
For him, being recommended for the apprentice examination was an opportunity to change his life.
Xu Wen watched him leave and turned back to the old woodyard.
In the entire Yao Clan Wood Workshop, only Master Yao was qualified?
That's impossible.
A person like Tian Qing would definitely not lie about such matters.
Time continued to pass, and everyone in the old woodyard changed unconsciously.
Xu Wen studied with Lian Tianqing and eagerly absorbed everything he taught.
Logically speaking, he was an adult at heart and had already passed the peak of his concentration on learning. But now, he was like a real thirteen-year-old youth. He had no distractions and learned faster than Tian Qing.
Xu Wen learned too quickly, causing even Tian Qing to feel some pressure from time to time. In particular, some of the ideas he revealed during his study would often make Lian Tianqing fall into deep thought.
He had been stuck in a bottleneck for many years, and now, he had actually discovered some clues to a breakthrough from this youth…
The feeling was even stronger among the apprentices of Lianlin and the old lumberyard.
Originally, because Tianqing's level was too high and too profound, they could only barely learn a little from the middle.
Now Xu Wen added what he had learned to his own understanding and told them. Everyone suddenly felt enlightened.
And they stayed in the old wood yard for more than a year, and their practical experience was far richer than Xu Wen's. Xu Wen constantly consolidated and deepened his understanding in such rumination.
Teaching and learning benefited each other. Tian Qing and Xu Wen, Xu Wen and Lian Linlin formed two perfect cycles. The entire old wood yard continued to advance in silence.
Logically, there was a monthly evaluation every month, and all the people in each lumber yard would be comprehensively evaluated. Such changes should be easy to detect.
But since the monthly review in September, the performance of the old lumberyard in the third round and the way Xu Wen managed the warehouse made Master Yao realize something and start making some changes.
Xu Wen only took two days at that time, just a simple induction of the three warehouses of the old lumberyard. To really perfect it and apply it, the amount of engineering is not small.
Of course, Master Yao would not place such a heavy responsibility on a thirteen-year-old village youth. It was said that he had specially hired an expert money and grain advisor to reorganize and manage the Yao Clan Wood Workshop.
For this reason, the monthly assessment was suspended, and few people noticed the old lumberyard.
Busy time passed quickly, as if it was only a blink of an eye. Xu Wen had been in this world for nearly a year.
It was August in the middle of summer, and in five days, it would be the day of this year's student examination.