These words passed through Wu Cuimei's mouth and reached Liu Qingshan's ears.

Wu Cuimei looked at her son, who was making flower pots and planting rhododendrons in the yard, and said, "Qingshan, have you heard what I just said? Look at what the people in the village are talking about you now, can't you just take your heart and work hard?"

"Mom, didn't I say it a long time ago, don't care what others say, just be yourself. Liu Qingshan sighed helplessly and said, "Don't live in other people's gossip, just do what you like to do, and do so much." ”

"That's true, but, you see that you've been digging stone flowers for so long, and you haven't seen you make a penny with these stone flowers, so you can't go on like this. Wu Cuimei had a headache and said, "As the so-called sitting and eating the mountain is empty, our family has gold and silver mountains, and there will be a day when we are empty, you should hurry up and collect your heart, and see what you can do to make money." ”

"Oops, I see. "Liu Qingshan is most afraid of his mother's nagging.

Although he himself doesn't care much about what others say, since he is a child, he has to take into account the feelings of his family.

So, he thought for a moment and said, "Well, I'll go with you tomorrow to pick tea, and that's fine." ”

Hearing this, Wu Cuimei was happy: "That's good, with your help, our family's tea will definitely be picked this year." ”

There is a lot of tea woodland at home, and I can't pick it all every year.

It stands to reason that the tea leaves in the mountains can be picked two rounds a year, but because Liu Qingshan's tea woodland is too much, just picking one round is enough to choke, so the second round of tea leaves around the Dragon Boat Festival is generally not picked.

Wu Cuimei muttered happily: "If you can pick all the tea leaves this year, even if it is dry tea, there will be hundreds of catties, and when the time comes, when your uncle and second uncle come to celebrate the festival, it will be no problem for one person to send ten catties." ”

Liu Qingshan: ......

Early the next morning, Liu Qingshan really brought a snakeskin bag and a small cloth bag, and then helped his mother into the mountain.

Tea woodlands are generally not too far away and are all near the village.

The mountain road near the village has been repaired to be wider and smoother thanks to the village chief pulling wood, and it is not very difficult to walk.

However, this is still a bit hard for Wu Cuimei, who is physically weak, so when she is halfway through, she will inevitably have to rest a few times.

When I arrived at my tea plantation, it was already more than eight o'clock in the morning.

It's only one or two kilometers of mountain roads, but it took more than an hour to walk.

Wu Cuimei panted and sat on the stones on the ground, looked up at the slanted terrace, and sighed: "Qingshan, look at it, these tea trees are all planted by your father, although your father has no great ability, but he is much better than those lazy people in the village, so ah, don't always quarrel with your father, your father has been busy all his life, and he has been fortunate all his life, whether it is these tea trees or fir trees, it is all for you." ”

Liu Qingshan listened to his mother's words, and was also very touched, standing next to a plump tea tree, gently pinching the tender tea leaves, and said: "Well, I know, my dad and I just love to fight, and I don't love my dad." You see, I didn't buy everything my dad wanted. ”

Wu Cuimei nodded with relief, then glanced at her son secretly, turned her head again, looked away, and then said in a breezy tone: "Yes, I know you love your dad, but do you know what your dad wants most?"

This familiar taste......

Liu Qingshan keenly smelled the unusual smell in the air.

Without waiting for him to reply, my mother continued: "What your father wants most is to see you get married as soon as possible, have a wife, and have a child, this is what your father wants most." ”

Really!

Liu Qingshan couldn't cry or laugh, pretending not to hear his mother's words.

Although the family of three has discussed this issue countless times, and he has said many times that he has advocated his own life, the problem of his parents urging marriage still cannot be changed.

Just when the old mother came and went to repeatedly emphasize this issue, Liu Qingshan suddenly saw a familiar figure, and hurriedly shouted: "Agui, Agui." ”

It's Saturday, and it's the day of herding cattle.

After discussing with her sister early in the morning who would go to herd the cattle and who would bring which cows, Agui went out happily.

According to custom, he led the cow and the calf all the way to the old village.

Because there are too many crops in other villages, it is easy to make trouble raising cattle, so it is better to go to the mountains of the old village to graze cattle.

When he went out, he met the aunt in the village again, in order to avoid calling the other party wrong and causing the other party to be unhappy, Agui secretly patted the cow's buttocks and asked the cow to go down from the side road, and then he followed. In this way, it can be regarded as successfully avoiding trouble.

Sometimes, it's really troublesome.

Mom said that when Dad left this world, he attracted a lot of gossip, and even now that he has grown up, those gossip can still reach his ears from time to time, like flies that can't be driven away, buzzing there.

There are a few naughty children in the village, after listening to the gossip from their parents, they will say it directly in front of Agui, such as: "Agui, if your father dies, you will die too." ”

Every time Agui heard such words, he would be very angry and angry, and then he would scuffle with the other party.

He was afraid of death, especially scared.

He was afraid that if he died, what would his mother do?

He's the only man in the family now, so he's going to have to live well, and live better than those pesky guys.

In line with this belief, Agui drove the cattle into the mountain at a much faster pace.

When he reached the mountain, he tied the oxen to the roots of the big trees, and let the cows graze around by themselves, and he rolled his eyes and searched everywhere to see where there was bracken that could be sold for money.

However, he had not taken a few steps when he heard someone shouting his name.

"Agui, Agui. Liu Qingshan called out loudly.

Ah Gui raised his head, looked around, and finally barely saw Brother Qingshan standing in the green tea woodland.

"Brother Aoyama. Agui happily raised his hand and waved vigorously.

"Agui, what are you doing?" Liu Qingshan saw Agui wandering around, so he asked in a loud voice, "Aren't you herding cattle today?"

"Let it go. Agui searched around and replied, "The cow is on a leash, I'll see where there is bracken, and I'll pick some bracken too, so that my mother can sell it for more money tomorrow." ”

Wu Cuimei stood up, looked at the little man not far away happily, and said with a smile: "Agui, you are really sensible, you are still so young, you know that you can help your mother make money." ”

Listening to his aunt's praise, Agui scratched his head embarrassedly, and said with a smile: "My mother said that it costs a lot of money to go to high school, and I have to pay tuition, accommodation, and food, and my sister will go to high school next semester." ”

Well, he thought about it for a while and muttered to himself: "If my sister goes to the county seat to study in high school, she will definitely meet a lot of new friends." At that time, if her new friend invites her to eat, she will definitely need to invite someone back, this is called courtesy, it costs money to invite someone to eat, even if my sister wants to eat something better, she will definitely need a lot of money. ”

A few dollars, a dozen dollars......

This is a lot of money in Gui's concept of money.

After all, a pair of children's slippers costs only three yuan, a pair of shorts costs five yuan, and a pound of apples handled cheaply by the fruit boss is only one dollar.

A few dollars or a dozen dollars, it's a lot of money.

Ah Gui thought that from now on, he would have to help his mother find bracken while raising cattle, so that his mother could sell it for a little more money, and when the time came, his sister would be able to go to high school smoothly.

Seeing Ah Gui muttering there alone, Liu Qingshan wanted Ah Gui to come up and help him pick the tea, but he thought that Ah Gui's mother was so easy to be grateful to Dade, if he paid Ah Gui and asked Ah Gui to help pick the tea, Ah Gui's mother might ask Ah Gui to return the money.

In this way, all the effort will be in vain.

He looked at the bracken standing on the edge of the tea field, and still smiled: "Agui, don't wander around there, come up to me, my tea field is full of bracken, you come up and pick it." ”

When Agui heard this, he looked happily at the edge of the tea woodland, from a distance, he couldn't really see it, but he really saw the plump and plump fresh bracken in the green weeds and bushes.

couldn't care about 3721, Agui ran and climbed to the tea woodland of Brother Qingshan's house, and when he arrived at the ground, the whole person felt light, and stood for a while before he gasped.

"Oh, as for you. Seeing him like this, Liu Qingshan couldn't help but laugh and said, "Isn't it just a few bracken, as for exciteing you like this?"

Wu Cuimei was different from her son's flirtation, she looked at Agui with a distressed face, and said, "Agui, you run slowly, what should I do if I fall?"

Agui laughed twice, and said heartily while running towards the bracken swaying in the wind: "It's okay, it's okay, it's not the first time I've run like this, it's not so easy to wrestle." Wow, there's really a lot of bracken here, Brother Aoyama, don't you want it?"

Liu Qingshan shook his head: "No, what am I going to do, I have to pick tea now." ”

As he spoke, he glanced at his mother meaningfully.

Wu Cuimei laughed: "It seems that I forced you to pick tea with me." ”

"Hehe, actually, it's good to pick tea. Ah Gui said while folding the tender bracken, "My mother said that the price of tea is also high now, almost ten yuan a catty." ”

Speaking of money, Liu Qingshan thought of Agui's mother, so he asked, "Agui, has your mother been picking bracken every day to sell recently?"

"Uh-huh, yes. Speaking of his mother's sale of bracken, Ah Gui Lao was happy and said excitedly, "My mother goes very early every day, and then sells it before noon and goes home, and when she returns home, she can pick bracken again in the afternoon." She goes to the county seat once every two days, and she can sell it for hundreds of dollars every time she goes. ”

"Haha. Liu Qingshan was also very happy when he heard this, "That's good, in this way, even if your sister is going to high school, you don't have to worry about tuition." ”

Agui nodded: "Mm-hmm, but, my mother said that the money is still not enough, and there is still a lot of difference." So, I also have to work hard to help my mother pick a little more bracken. “

Liu Qingshan felt a little strange, although he said that high school needs to pay for himself, but he doesn't need a lot of money.

Moreover, the last time Agui's mother helped him work, he had already paid more than 2,000 wages to Agui's mother, plus the current bracken, even if Agui's mother's income during this period was not 10,000, but there were still five or six thousand.

Naturally, five or six thousand yuan may not be able to allow Ah Hua to finish three years of high school, but the tuition fee for the start of September next semester should be more than enough.

Although Liu Qingshan felt strange, he didn't think much about it, thinking that it was just Agui's mother coaxing the children, and her purpose was nothing more than to make the children thrifty.

He smiled and said, "Then Agui, you hurry up and pick more, and don't let go of a single one." ”

"Okay, I'm going to have to pick all the bracken here today. Agui nodded vigorously, with a firm and happy smile on his face.

For him, this is happiness.

It is not a mountain of gold or silver or a mansion or villa that can give people happiness, a small bracken, a small help, can also create great happiness.

A Gui's happy smile infected Wu Cuimei and Liu Qingshan, and the two looked at each other and smiled, forgetting what the issue was discussed before meeting Ah Gui.

This is exactly what Liu Qingshan wants, and he doesn't have to worry about urging marriage now. While he was easily picking the tender tea leaves, he chatted with Agui.

However, although Agui is also a rural child, he is not as powerful as he imagined.

After picking the bracken for a while, he sat down to rest.

Looking at his pale face, you know that he is not lazy, but really tired.

Seeing this, Wu Cuimei said distressedly: "Agui, if you are tired, go home first, and it will not be too late to pick the bracken tomorrow." ”

Ah Gui rubbed his eyes, shook his head and said stubbornly: "No, I must finish picking the bracken here today, so that I can go to another place tomorrow to pick it." ”

"You are a small child, and you have to herd cattle and pick bracken, there is no need, making money is an adult's business, you children can do a good job in learning. Wu Cuimei continued to persuade.

Ah Gui is still as stubborn as a calf: "I don't want it, I must finish picking the bracken here today." ”

He stood up firmly, and continued to pick bracken.

Liu Qingshan also wanted to persuade him, but seeing that Agui was so determined, he didn't speak.

At noon, Agui was going home, and he stuffed the two red dates left in his pocket into Wu Cuimei's hand: "Auntie, give it to you." ”

Wu Cuimei was flattered and looked at the two red dates in her hand, was stunned, and asked, "Ah Gui, where did you get the red dates?"