Li Chuanlin's mountain seems to have a lot of trees, but in fact they are almost sold, and within a year his stepmother and wife passed away, he does not sell the trees on the mountain, how can a farmer who plows food in the soil have the money to take care of the aftermath of his two relatives? However, what is good to sell in these years is fir wood, cypress wood and the like are not easy to sell, and the three brothers went around the mountain for a while, but still found two suitable big cypress trees.

In the past, cutting trees in the mountains was a relatively easy job, just cut down the trees, peel them, and throw them on the mountain to wait for the natural shade to dry, and then carry them down the mountain. Not now, in recent years, the price of wood has become higher and higher, and some treacherous villains have begun to steal other people's homes. Li Jiaming's mountain is close to home, and the sound can be heard when someone steals wood at night, but the precious cypress wood used to make the gate should not be placed on the mountain to dry well.

The second uncle sawed the cypress wood used for the gate, peeled the skin, and then sawed two large logs into six sections and carried them down the mountain. No matter how heavy the fir is after drying, it is only two or three hundred catties, but the wood that has just been cut down is four or five hundred catties, not to mention the cypress that is much heavier than the fir wood. The three brothers carried the six-section peeled cypress down the mountain and loaded it onto the cart, and it was already evening, and the people were too tired to move, so they sat on the side of the road and smoked and rested.

The fourth uncle is the only one of the three brothers who has gone to junior high school, and has worked in Guangdong for several years, not only saving the money for his marriage and building a house, but also can be called a very knowledgeable person in the village. Today, the cypress wood that made the gate was finally done, and the fourth uncle was also happy, taking advantage of the fact that only the three brothers were there, he begged: "Second brother, third brother, after finishing the house, Jinhua and I want to go out and work for a few more years to earn a starting capital (the original capital for doing business)." Jinhua's two younger brothers are still young, you can help me take care of her family, okay?"

This is not a difficult matter, the second uncle casually admitted: "Yes, I will go with the third child to help for a few days when the farm is busy." ”

"Thank you, second brother, third brother, this is a great help to me!"

The fourth uncle's politeness made the second uncle happy, and scolded with a smile: "Didn't Ming Yan learn from you? The third, don't you know, when waiting for dinner at noon, the fourth sister-in-law gave Ming Yan the fruit to eat, and he was also the fourth child to thank him like this. ”

"It's not strange to have many people", the fourth uncle also laughed, and said to the third brother: "Third brother, Ming Yan is really sensible, and this fall can be regarded as a blessing in disguise." ”

Speaking of Li Jiaming's sensibility, his father also felt pleased, and said with a pack of 'Zhicheng' cigarette butts for five cents, and said with satisfaction: "Hehe, I think so, when I went out at noon, I deliberately looked at the house, and it was clean." ”

It is difficult for people in the mountains to make money, and the fourth uncle, who got married and built a house by part-time work, has a deep understanding, and sent a cigarette to the two elder brothers, suggesting: "Third brother, it's not me who says it's my younger brother, you also have to go out to work and make more money." Ming is smart, and the story told by the teacher can not only be told to Wen Mei and Man Mei, but also told so well. He will now take his sister, wash clothes and the like, unlike the eldest and second children, watching his father and mother tired and tired, and pretending to read books, this is the real sensible.

Let me tell you, if you are sensible, you will study carefully. My former classmates, who were able to take the normal examination, agricultural schools, and key high schools, were all sensible early. Ming Yan has been the first in the class since the first grade, and now he is sensible again, and he will definitely study in the future, you don't make more money, so you rely on helping people to make furniture in the slack time, how can you afford it in the future?"

The uncle's two sons are in high school in the county, and the two younger ones are outstanding in the middle school in the town, and the aunt usually shows off, but the second uncle doesn't say it, and his heart is also very crooked. Ming Yan and Wen Mei asked your sister-in-law to help you bring it, if you don't worry, don't run away, follow me to the county (city) to find something to do. The small workers on our construction site are all eight yuan a day for food and housing, and you can do carpentry. I'll go and talk to the foreman, and when you have carpentry work, you can do carpentry and get fifteen dollars a day. When you don't have carpentry work, you can learn masonry with me, and you can get fifteen yuan a day after you learn. After a few years of hardship, the family accounts can be paid off, and the money for studying in the future will not be worried. ”

The second uncle, who has always taken care of his two younger brothers, refilled the cigarette butt in his hand with the cigarette just issued by the fourth uncle, and continued to persuade: "Third brother, you are different from me, I am four sisters, and one of them can't read more than the other." I don't think about their studies now, and when they marry in the future, I will give a dowry as much as the gift money is. After two years, I will build a house when I have saved enough money, and when my sister grows up, she will recruit a man and give us a pension.

Ming Yan is twelve years old this year, and he will be in the first year of junior high school next year, you have to stay at home, don't talk about those debts in the future, that is, the tuition fees of your two children are enough for you to sleep. ”

That being said, but leaving Li Jiaming, who was more than twelve years old, at home with his sister, even if the second uncle agreed to let his sister-in-law help bring it, his father was still very uneasy, and muttered: "Hey, let's watch it again during the New Year, we have to wait for Ming Yan to finish elementary school." Ming Yan's temperament, you don't know, if you make a mistake, how can the second sister-in-law control it. ”

The second uncle thought about it, Ming Yan's two brothers and sisters are indeed a little smaller, his wife wants to take three younger ones, and two are in junior high school, and he is really afraid that he can't control it, so he changed his words and said: "I want it, wait until Ming Han graduates from elementary school." If he can read, you can take them to your sister-in-law and go out to earn money for a few years. Let's go, go home and eat. ”

When the three brothers returned home, the three sisters who had gone to their grandfather's (mother-in-law's) house to play also returned, chattering in the kitchen. As soon as she saw the fourth uncle, the eldest sister who had just graduated from junior high school rushed over, pulled his sleeve and begged: "Fourth uncle, after the New Year, will I go to work with you?"

"No, what kind of work does a seventeen-year-old girl do?" (the teaching level of rural schools is poor, and there are many students who repeat grades)

"The fourth aunt went to work at the age of sixteen, why can't I?"

The fourth uncle is also the age when he likes to play, not a few years older than his eldest niece, and said with a straight face: "How sensible she is, can you compare with her? The part-time job is very hard, if you can raise a pig for the New Year, I will take you there." Otherwise, if I take you out, I will be clamoring to go home in a few days, and I will waste your yes (Dad) hundreds of dollars in travel expenses?"

"Really?"

"It's still cooked!"

"That's it, if I raise a pig for the New Year, you don't take me there, be careful that if you have a cub girl in the future, I will beat you to death. ”

Li Jiaming next to him was also so happy that he seemed to 'return' to his childhood, and when he saw that the fourth uncle had pitted the eldest sister in two or three sentences, he turned his head and went straight to joy.

"Mingya, what are you laughing at?"

The eldest sister's anger made Li Jiaming hurriedly suppress her laughter, this is a spicy eldest sister, don't look at her usually the best for herself, if she gets angry, she will not be soft when she knocks her head and twists her ears.

"Tsk, say you're ignorant, you still don't believe it. You are the eldest sister, so you know that you are the one who bullies Ming Yan and their little ones. ”

It's okay not to say this, but as soon as she said it, the eldest sister became angry, and her eyes looked at the kitchen of the uncle's house opposite, and her voice was so loud that she could hear it clearly from dozens of meters away, "Fourth uncle, you are wrong! I, the eldest sister, treat my younger brothers and sisters as a treasure, for fear that they will cry." It's not like some brothers who don't have brothers, and they can scare a little girl when they touch his pen. ”

As soon as the eldest sister's words fell, the eldest aunt appeared at the kitchen door with a rice bowl, and said loudly with a smile: "Eldest sister, don't be so angry." Your eldest brother is going to take the university entrance exam next year, and he is also in a hurry, so his temper is not very good. After eating, I'll ask your eldest brother to tell a few stories to Manmei to suppress her surprise. ”

As soon as these words came out, the pungent eldest sister immediately became dumbfounded, and even the second aunt, who liked to quarrel with the eldest aunt, pretended not to hear it, and shoveled the vegetables in the pot with a black face.

College students in the early nineties are still very rare and eye-catching, even if the eldest and second junior high schools were not admitted to key high schools, they are also among the top in the second middle school in the county, and the grades of junior high school in the town are also among the best, far from the eldest sister who has the lowest grades in the class and has left a grade. According to the junior high school teacher in the town, even if he can't pass the exam next year, he still has a lot of hope of going to the county middle school for a year of tutoring.

The eldest sister, who was still tender, was squeezed by the old and spicy aunt with two or three sentences, but the fourth uncle happily touched Li Jiaming's head, and his voice was also very good: "Mingya, if you hear it, you have to study hard!"

The adults quarreled, Li Jiaming didn't dare to answer, he scratched his head like a child, and the fourth uncle was even happier when he saw it, and continued to say loudly: "We are still sensible and conscientious, and we know how to take my sister and do hygiene at such a young age." Ming Yan, if you can be admitted to the university in the future, the fourth uncle will work for a few years for nothing, and he will also help you Ye Ye (Dad) to provide for! The fourth uncle has no ability, his eyes are still quite good, you will definitely honor me as an uncle when you have a future in the future!"

There is a level of this, and I choked the aunt who can speak well, even if I want to attack the fourth uncle or two sentences, I can't find the stubble. The eldest sister, who had just been stabbed by her aunt with two or three sentences, also helped: "Mingya, if you can be admitted to a key high school, the eldest sister will also help the third uncle!"

The two uncles and nieces sang and harmonized, and put Li Jiaming on the fire to roast, fortunately he was just a twelve-year-old fine man, and the aunt could only suppress the fire when she was angry, and turned around to scold her son, her voice was so loud that it was harsh.

"Da Yan, Erling, if you can't get into college, see how I clean you up! There are also three people, if you can't get into the key high school next year, you will come back to the field and kill you three debt collectors!"

The eldest aunt scolded her three sons, but she missed the youngest fourth brother, but immediately shut up the fourth uncle, who could speak well, and sat down at the dining table to wait for the food to eat.

To say that the eldest brother and aunt are not like brothers and sisters-in-law, the four nephews can read more than one another, the eldest and second nephews can be admitted to high school, not to mention, the third who is in the third year of junior high school is also the first in the whole grade every year. The key to the key, the fourth child who has always smiled when he sees his uncles and aunts, is a genius that even the junior high school teachers in the town admit!