Mr. Wu Jianguo, a guest from the county government, arrived much slower than he had said on the phone, and it was not until a week later, on Sunday, when the sun was about to set, that he entered the village in a new 'Mitsubishi' off-road vehicle. As soon as Li Jiaming, who was in the valley flat, saw Wu Jianguo, he hurriedly asked Mao Tong and the fine dog to call the adult, a few hundred yuan is already a lot of money in the countryside, and he didn't want to cause any gossip.

To Wu Jianguo's surprise, who came from other places, Li Jiaming sold him at the price given by the township cadre, not the 50 yuan a catty of stone honey that he offered on his own initiative. Wu Jianguo has been in the queue in the countryside and knows what a few hundred yuan means for a rural man.

"Kid, are you sure it's 15 yuan a catty?"

"Hey, hey, little dog, how much did your maternal uncle sell last time?"

The grandmother's house is in Youyuan Village next door, and the price of the last sale was 14 yuan, but it did not prevent the leather girl from immediately affirming: "15 yuan, uncle, this price is very low!"

"Then 15 pieces!"

Wu Jianguo smiled and rubbed Li Jiaming's head, and the second aunt cut the huge honeycomb, and weighed the bee sugar, winter sugar, and stone sugar one by one, and the golden honey, snow-white winter sugar, and stone sugar mixed with fresh moss exuded an attractive sweetness. Li Jiaming was left with about eight or nine catties of honey for his own use, and the rest was weighed in total, 363 yuan, and the second aunt and Aunt Hongying took the initiative to waive a fraction.

"Xiao Jiaming, thank you", Wu Jianguo smiled and motioned to the driver to move things, paid Li Jiaming himself, and rubbed his head again.

Li Jiaming, who regretted that his second aunt didn't leave honey for his fourth uncle, laughed like a silly boy, "Hey, hey, I have to thank Uncle Wu for buying our honey."

This is a simple mountain child, Wu Jianguo took the new hot tea from his little sister and thanked him, "Hehe, you keep your uncle's business card." Uncle is going to open a factory in your county next year, and I will go to my uncle's place to play when I have time in the future. ”

"Thank you, uncle", Li Jiaming thanked him, and walked happily to the three aunts with the money.

For a businessman, he can say goodbye after paying both money and goods, but after Wu Jianguo paid three hundred and sixty yuan, he looked at this mud house common in the southern mountains with a teacup with interest.

Clean, the houses in the countryside are basically a little dirty, and there are always some traces of chicken feces and duck feces on the ground, but although this house is not spotless, it can also be called a bright and clean window. The white porcelain teacup in his hand is also very clean, although the production is very poor and the porcelain surface is damaged, and the tea is only a coarse tea made by the mountain people themselves, but it is held in the hand and drunk in the mouth makes people feel very warm and comfortable.

"Aunt Hongying, Aunt Jinfeng, stone sugar (honey) is 15 yuan a catty, and winter sugar is 8 yuan...... It's 360 yuan in total, and 120 yuan for a family. I've kept nine and a half pounds for myself, and I'm going to give you another."

"120 is fine, those catties of sugar are considered to be given to your aunt by your aunt. ”

Aunt Hong Ying and Aunt Lian Xiang hurriedly interrupted Li Jiaming, took the 120 yuan with a smile, and rarely praised their son, so much that the hairy and thin dog's nose were skyrocketing. The people in the mountains are simple, and the requirement for men is to be able to support their families, and the two skins have helped the family make money, so they will naturally be proud.

gave 240 yuan to the two aunts, Li Jiaming left another 5 yuan for himself, as pocket money to go to the county seat to participate in the competition, and gave the rest to the second aunt, and said with a smile: "Second aunt, just make two new clothes for Sister Man and Sister Wen." ”

The second aunt was happy, took the money and slapped Li Jiaming on the back of the head, and scolded with a smile: "The adult's business, the little lady has to worry less! The aunt will save it for you, and after you go to the countryside to study next year, she will use it for you." ”

"Hey, hey, hey", Li Jiaming scratched his head, smirked a few times, his little mouth was crooked, his eyes blinked, and he signaled that Wu Jianguo and the others behind him were not leaving, and the second aunt hurriedly said: "Boss Wu, it's not early, let's have a meal here?"

"No, thank you, sister-in-law, we say goodbye", Wu Jianguo waved his hand, gently put the teacup on the table of the Eight Immortals, touched Li Jiaming's head again, and joked: "Jiaming's little friend, my uncle has only one daughter and no son." Why don't you be my godson?"

This Boss Wu is not an ordinary person, he will become a big man in the future, Tonggu and Xiushui are just the places where he made his career, but Li Jiaming doesn't want to climb high, why do you have a godfather if you have a father?

"Uncle Wu, you think too highly of me, I'm just an ignorant mountain guy, I don't dare to embarrass you. ”

Wu Jianguo, the big boss, somehow, actually sighed, took out an old fountain pen from his coat pocket and handed it to him, and said solemnly: "Jiaming, give you a gift, study hard!"

This black Parker gold pen must have been very valuable, as its old color indicated that it was an old object from decades ago, but Li Jiaming respectfully followed it. People are rich people who don't care about a pen, and Li Jiaming doesn't care about a small parka pen either, just as a gift from the elders to the juniors.

Li Jiaming took the pen with both hands, bowed slightly and thanked him: "Thank you, Uncle Wu."

"Goodbye", Wu Jianguo nodded with a smile, touched Li Jiaming's head again, and then sighed and took his driver away.

After sending off the guests, the second aunt went home to stir-fry vegetables and prepare for dinner, and the full sister and little sister, who had stood in the hall for more than half an hour, watched Li Jiaming put the remaining honey into canned bottles, one bottle, two bottles, three bottles, and four bottles, but they didn't make a cup for them to drink.

"Don't look at it, whoever studies seriously in the future will be given bee candy to whoever eats, and those who are not serious will not have it!"

"Oh", the two little ones left step by step, Li Jiaming put three bottles of honey and took one bottle and went to the uncle's house.

"Auntie, this is bee candy for the third and fourth brothers to soak in water. ”

The aunt who had finished eating and was cooking pigs, just now was still telling the uncle that Li Jiaming had no conscience, and now seeing that he came to deliver honey, she hurriedly took the canned bottle with a smile, carefully put it in the dilapidated cupboard, and praised: "Our family still has a conscience, and your fourth brother didn't hurt you in vain." ”

"Hey, hey, auntie, I'm going to the county tomorrow to participate in the competition, do you want me to bring things to the eldest brother and second brother?"

"No need, take the test well and fight for the family!"

The aunt who squinted and smiled answered very quickly, and Li Jiaming also smirked a few times, and went out of the small kitchen to the second aunt's house opposite for dinner.

When his father left, he explained that his family's land would be handed over to the second uncle, and he would send his living expenses back every month. Since eating at the second aunt's house is not eating white food, Li Jiaming is not stubborn, and takes his sister to eat at the second aunt's house. Besides, it's cold, and I have to go to school again, so I can't let my little sister eat cold rice and cold dishes at noon, right?

Entering the kitchen, looking at the rice noodles and egg custard on the table, Li Jiaming's heart was warm, and the little sister quietly told him that these two dishes would only be served to the table by the second aunt when he was at home in the morning and evening. Manmei once argued for food, but the second aunt didn't give it, and said that her brother didn't come back, and the delicious things should be eaten by the family. But Li Jiaming knew that the second aunt's chopsticks never reached into these two bowls, even if the second sister and the third sister came back, they would not stretch their chopsticks into these two bowls of dishes.

Li Jiaming once again reiterated that only those who study seriously are qualified to eat honey, and the full sister and the little sister who are still disappointed have dinner with him and his second aunt. After washing the dishes and chopsticks and washing the feet, the second aunt took the insoles and cotton clothes made for the second uncle, and took Li Jiaming and the three of them to Uncle Chuan's house.

Yesterday, the school notified that they would report to the township primary and secondary schools before 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, and then Teacher Wang would take Li Jiaming and the three of them to the county seat to participate in the competition. The second aunt can ride a bicycle, but the family's bicycle has already let the second sister ride to school, so she has to ask Uncle Chuanzu to send Li Jiaming to report.

"Okay, I'll send Jiaming!"

Uncle Chuanzu agreed, Aunt Cha Ju brought two cups of hot tea, and stuffed a new ticket with five yuan tied with a red slip of paper to Li Jiaming, and said with a smile: "Then, if you don't take it, Auntie will be angry!"

"Auntie, I really don't want it, I brought five yuan myself, it's enough!"

"What's yours is yours, and what your aunt gives is your aunt's! You're going to participate in the competition, and this is an auspicious thing for you!"

"This", Li Jiaming looked at the second aunt for a rare time, Chongxiang has the custom of giving 'tea money' to the scholars, but it is all for the people who go out to study, and they have already taken the exam once in the township, and it is really embarrassing to take the money again this time.

The second aunt saw that Aunt Cha Ju insisted on giving, and said with a smile: "Auntie's mind, you can continue, and Sister Jin will want you to tutor more in the future." ”

Uncle Chuanzu rubbed Li Jiaming's head, grinned and said: "That's it, if you want to talk about it, uncle and aunt also want to thank you for tutoring Jin Mei! There are many people in this house who can read, but Jiaming is the most conscientious and knows how to take his younger brothers and sisters to study together." ”

This is said to the second aunt's heart, the four sons of the uncle's family can read more than the other, but in addition to the family morality taught Jia Ming, his three daughters don't say that the uncle who used to be a substitute teacher, and even none of the four nephews taught a teacher, especially the eldest sister and the second sister used to make fun of their stupid brains. Every semester, the two white-eyed wolves go to study, and the third uncle gives 'tea money', but when it is Jiaming's turn to compete on behalf of the township, the aunt doesn't give a penny of 'tea money', and it is better for the uncle who is separated by a while to be a man.

Women like the short chat between the east family and the west family, and the uncle and aunt are usually not popular, the second aunt got up, and Aunt Cha Ju also agreed.

Aunt Cha Ju's eldest son, Junya, stuttered a little, and when he was in elementary school, he was one class lower than Da Yan and Erya. Because of his stammering, he didn't dare to ask the teacher even if he didn't understand something, and he begged his uncle for this matter, and wanted the uncle who had been a substitute teacher to teach him. The uncle went to teach, but after the army was deliberately laughed at by the big man and the second man, he 'stuttered and wanted to study', so he never went again.

Now the military is working in Guangdong with the fourth uncle, and he doesn't go to his uncle's house every year to pay New Year's greetings, let alone go to the eldest brother and second brother to play. Similarly, the eldest brother and the second brother start school, and the uncle and aunt can only ask the second uncle, the fourth uncle, and the father to borrow tuition.

Adults gossip, Li Jiaming didn't dare to interject, after drinking a cup of bean chrysanthemum tea, he took the three little ones away, and there was a hairy stone in the attic They asked him to supervise it.

Not long after the four of them arrived at the study, Aunt Hong Ying and Aunt Lian Ying came, and each of them took a new ticket of five yuan with a red note to Li Jiaming as 'tea money', and a few boiled eggs for him to eat on the way, and when they left, they also confessed: "Jiaming, if they are disobedient and don't study seriously, you will call me!"

After the stout Aunt Lian Ying finished speaking, she glared at Mao Yan who lowered her head again, stretched out her hand and twisted his ears, and threatened: "Mao Yan, Jia Ming beat you, if you dare to fight back, see if I don't kill you!"

"Hey, hey, don't dare, Jiaming is my teacher", Mao Tong laughed with him, looking at Li Jiaming, who was also smiling 'hey, hey, hey', for fear that he would sue.