Lu Cheng came inexplicably, and he left inexplicably.

Xu Wen ignored him, went back to the room to get some things, and called Lian Linlin: "Let's go." ”

Lian Linlin looked at the cloth bag in his hand and asked curiously, "What is this?"

"Some of the bamboo branches that I have cut before can be used as pens. Pen and paper are not easy to obtain, so writing on the dirt floor with bamboo branches is also a way. Xu asked.

"Dirt floor...... I know a good place!" Lian Linlin's eyes lit up and he said happily.

On the way, Xu Wen mentioned the end-of-month evaluation that Lu Cheng said just now, and asked Lian Linlin: "What were the results of the old wood yard in the past?"

Lian Linlin shook his head: "My dad never takes this kind of thing to heart, we are at the bottom every month, haha!"

"Isn't it uncomfortable to give way to people every time you go out?" asked Xu.

"It doesn't matter, I don't go out much anyway, haha. For some reason, Xu Wen always felt that the smile on Lian Linlin's face when he said this was not like real happiness.

"By the way, what about Senior Brother, didn't he say he wanted to come together?" Xu asked to change the subject.

"Hehe, he can't come today. Daddy was going to do something and called him for help. Therefore, the senior sister is the senior sister, and it is also his senior sister who learns to read and write!" Lian Lin Lin instantly danced with his eyebrows again, and became happy.

In the afterglow of the sunset, the girl's eyebrows and eyes were extremely vivid, as if there was a light flickering.

Xu Wen looked at her, something in his heart moved slightly, but then he thought of something again, and quickly dispelled all thoughts.

"It's okay, I'll teach you, and you can teach him too. Even if there is anyone under the master who wants to learn to read, he can come and learn. Xu Wen looked away and said with a smile.

"Okay!" Lian Linlin said happily, and then pointed ahead, "Look, there it is!"

What she brought with her was a good place.

It was a small lake, and the setting sun shone on the lake, sparkling waves, and the breeze blowing, bringing cold water vapor and refreshing spirits. Occasionally, waterfowl skim past the lake, leaving ripples in their wake.

There are reeds growing around the lake, and among the reeds there is a smooth muddy field, neither soft nor hard, which is perfect for writing.

"It's beautiful. Xu Wen squinted his eyes and stared ahead.

"Yes, Daddy brought me here! You wait for me for a while!" Lian Linlin said happily, ran to the reeds on the side to tinker for a while, and then ran back, urging, "Let's start!"

Xu Wen took out a bamboo stick and asked, "What words do you want to learn?"

When ordinary people learn to read and write, the first thing they want to learn is mostly their own name.

Lian Linlin tilted his head and asked, "How should I write the wood of the wood?"

Xu Wen looked at her deeply and wrote the word "wood" on the smooth mud floor.

"Wood is a tree, born of the earth. This horizontal is the ground, the small vertical above is the exposed part, and the three strokes below are the roots. ”

Wood is a pictograph, the glyph is simple, it has not changed since ancient times, and Xu Wen is very simple to explain.

Lian Linlin's eyes lit up and said, "It's easy to remember!"

She took the bamboo stick from Xu Wen's hand, drew a scoop on the gourd on the soft clay, and also wrote a few wooden characters.

She learned very quickly, and the strokes were still a little stiff at first, but after writing a few, they were already exactly the same as Xu Wen's words.

"Well written. Xu asked for compliments.

Then without waiting for him to teach, Lian Lin Lin wrote the two wooden characters together again, and winked at him slyly: "I don't need you to teach, I will use this word, Lin, this is my name." ”

Xu Wen raised his eyebrows: "How did you learn it?"

"Shuangmu is a forest, and my father gave me the name because of this. Lian Linlin said.

What a nice name to understand......

Xu Wen mentioned the "pen" and changed the stroke of the character, saying: "The character is correct, but there is a little change in the way it is written. When two pieces of wood are written together, the left pen should be written as a dot, and there is a feeling that the two trees are leaning against each other. ”

Lian Linlin was pointed out by him as soon as he showed off to Xu Wen, looked at him with a flat mouth, and said angrily: "I don't, I'm going to write like this." This is the forest of even the forest!"

As she spoke, she snatched the bamboo skewer and wrote two forest characters on the ground, all of which were independent of the two woods.

However, although she has only written a few, the font is already a little beautiful, so it looks particularly sassy and charming, and it is not ugly.

"Well, even the forest of Lin Lin is the most special, and it is different from other forests. Xu Wen smiled and accommodated her.

"That's it!" even Lin Lin said, laughing himself.

Then Xu Wen taught her three words, one "Lian", one "worker", and one "craftsman".

The ancient and modern writing of the word craftsman is the same, the ligatures are different in complexity and simplicity, but the glyphs are simple, and Xu Wen still remembers.

For beginners, it is impossible to chew more than you can, Xu Wen knows this very well, so he will not teach it after teaching five words, and let Lian Linlin practice by himself.

Even Lin Lin made a few jokes at first, but now he is very serious.

She repeated these five words stroke by stroke, writing all over the mud, and then smoothed them out and started again.

The sun sets, the moonlight shines, and even Lin Lin has written hundreds of times in just five words. Xu Wen accompanied her patiently and did not urge.

Finally, she finally came back to her senses and looked up at the sky: "Ah, it's so late!"

"Well, tired, aren't you? Xu asked.

"Wait!" Lian Lin Lin jumped up, but the result may be because he squatted for too long and his blood did not flow, and he fell down.

Xu Wen didn't pay attention at all, reached out to pull it but didn't hold it, and watched her sink headlong into the mud puddle.

The mud pit is very shallow, not dry or thin, and it is muddy. She lay her hands in the mud and did not move for a while.

Xu Wen was a little worried, and shouted, "Little Senior Sister?"

"Hahaha!" Lian Linlin suddenly turned upside down, sat in the mud puddle, and laughed, "Why am I so stupid, I can't stand myself, hahaha!"

Xu Wen was stunned for a moment, and was also amused by her.

The crisp and hearty laughter echoed in the reeds, and Lian Linlin jumped up, wiped the mud on his body, and said, "Thank you for teaching me to read, I have a good thing for you!"

As she spoke, she jumped to the place where she had secretly hidden her at first, and after a while of tinkering, she carefully grabbed a net bag.

The moonlight shone on her hands, as if a silver light was jumping in them.

"What is this?" Xu asked the probe to look.

There are some large and small shrimp jumping in the net pocket, the whole body is white, and the shell is so transparent that it seems to glow.

"White shrimp! It's delicious, come, I'll give you one." ”

She washed her hands in the water on the side, picked up a white shrimp and handed it to Xu Jin, and picked up another one herself, demonstrating how to eat it for him.

The transparent shell of the shrimp is peeled off, and the flesh inside becomes more and more white. She took a bite into it, and urged Xu to ask while eating: "Eat, it's very fresh!"

Xu Wen had eaten raw shrimp before, but it was always served at a Japanese restaurant, and the chef handled it. Standing on the edge of the lake under the moon, it is the first time to peel live shrimp and eat them.

However, when he peeled off the shell of the shrimp and put the shrimp meat in his mouth, the sweet feeling instantly melted in his mouth, and he suddenly had a real sense of the world.

The shrimp in the mouth is real, the person in front of you is real, and everything that happens is real.

The world once existed, and now it is presented in its entirety before his eyes.

All his experiences, all his feelings, all his learnings, were all his own.

On this night, Xu Wen was not like a few days ago, as soon as he lay down in bed, he was able to fall into a dreamless sleep in an instant.

He lay on the bed, listening to the snoring around him, resisting the desire to turn over, thinking about what had happened in the past few years.

He accepts an inheritance, meets a man, and wonderful things unfold, and he comes into this world.

Inexplicably, he remembered what Grandma Liu asked him in the small building of the imperial capital.

Why do people live for a lifetime?

What am I here for?

He thought about Lian Linlin, Lu Cheng, and the teenagers around him.

The moonlight shone through the bamboo window. I don't know how long it took, but he finally fell asleep unconsciously.

Although I slept late yesterday and had insomnia for a while, Xu Wen did not feel tired the next morning, and was as energetic as usual.

He finished picking up the water as usual, and went to the place where he was chopping wood to take a look.

In the past few days, Lu Cheng would finish his work in advance, and then wait for him to go to Huangzifang together.

But today, all the firewood was chopped, but there was no one in Lu Cheng.

Thinking of what happened yesterday evening, Xu Wen smiled and went to the old wood yard alone.

As soon as he stepped into the gate of the old wooden yard, he stopped and was stunned.

An open space was carved out next to the shed where the old wood was stacked, and several wooden shelves were neatly placed on it.

The shelves are large and thick, and they look like shelves, exactly the same as Xu Wen had imagined before.

He didn't expect that he only mentioned it to Lian Linlin yesterday, and he saw it today.

Lian Linlin was standing next to the wooden frame, his fingers gently caressing its surface. When she saw Xu Wen coming, she immediately showed off excitedly: "Look, my dad did it last night!"

"What did you do in one night?" Xu Wen said in surprise.

"It's just a few shelves, and it doesn't take much effort. Master Lian came out of a shed and said nonchalantly.

As he spoke, he glared at Xu Wen, his expression was quite unkind, and Xu Wen was a little inexplicable.

He snorted and commanded, "Aren't you very capable?" Don't leave until you're done!" Then he instructed his daughter, "You go and help! Learn how to write, your father and me...... Let's go!"

"Oh...... Oh!" Lian Linlin responded happily, and jumped in front of Xu Wen like a rabbit, "What do you want me to do?"

Xu Wen heard some of Master Lian's meanings, and looked at him with some surprise. Hearing Lian Linlin's words, he retracted his gaze and said, "There were a lot of those wooden plaques yesterday, can you finish carving them?"

"No problem!" Lian Linlin said briskly.

At this time, even several other apprentices of the master also came over, and Xu San said, "Master asked us to help too...... What are we going to do?"

Xu Wen looked around at them and laughed: "Let's vacate the warehouse first and put the shelves in!"