Chapter 35: A Chinese Wandering Spirit (2)
Speaking of which, Ning Caichen's failure has become a habit, and it has also become a habit for everyone to watch. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
There is a way, there is a failure every year, and every year to the Ning family!
From the initial sigh and sympathy to the final numbness and habituation, it only took ten years for the villagers of Tonghua Village.
In the past ten years, seeing that the original child sprouted a blue beard and grew into the appearance of a weak-crowned man, the villagers sent him away again and again with hope, and again and again with hope to send him away.
The village has tested one stubble after another for children, and the man who should have stood in his thirties still failed.
The sympathy of the crowd has long been numb.
Once or twice is bad luck, ten times eleven times is also bad luck, so what if you still fail the test after seventeen times?
Scold!
It's not a matter of luck!
Xu is eyes looked at the eyes of the villagers day by day, Xu is finally unable to withstand the seventeen consecutive blows, Ning Caichen on the day he finished the eighteenth exam, he actually went to jump into the well with his neck stalked!
Tonghua Village exploded in one fell swoop.
The man who was carrying a hoe and preparing to plow the ground, the old woman who was feeding the chickens at home, and the aunts who bit each other's ears to do needlework, hurriedly put down what they were doing and gathered in front of the small thatched hut of the Ning family.
That time, Ning Shusheng jumped into the well and became the hottest event of the year in Tonghua Village.
When the results of the eighteenth exam came out, there was no doubt that Ning Caichen had fallen off the list again, but everyone didn't look at Ning Caichen with contempt this time.
Even, there are a few good aunts and sisters-in-law, and they also gave a few eggs from the family to the Ning family, encouraging Ning Caichen to supplement his strength and make persistent efforts next year.
Even, even Father Ning, who had been sighing and frowning, sighed a few times less, and did not put mental pressure on Ning Caichen.
Ning Caichen, who was treated kindly, swore that this time, he would definitely be a child to repay the kindness of the villagers.
The nineteenth exam started, and Ning Caichen felt that he didn't want to take the exam well, so as soon as he finished the exam, he immediately asked his father to slaughter the old hen that had been raised at home for many years and had stopped laying eggs to celebrate that he was finally on the list.
Father Ning was suspicious, no matter how foaming Ning Caichen said, the knife in his hand was raised for a long time and did not fall.
I've taken the test many times, but this many times doesn't mean that I have the certainty of being sure, but what is the result?
Father Ning glanced at the shriveled old hen who had raised eggs for many years and laid eggs all his life, and finally couldn't help but go under the knife.
Ning Wang's family stopped doing it when he saw this, this hen was raised by himself, the old man never intervened once, and his son was on the list to celebrate and kill, what could not be killed?
snatched the knife at the moment, waved the knife in his hand, and a dry chicken head rolled twice with the splashed blood, and finally stopped unwillingly, and did not move with the old chicken eyes open.
"You, you-" Daddy Ning blew his beard angrily and glared, "I'm the head of this family, I said I couldn't kill it, how did you kill this mother-in-law?"
"What's the matter?" Ning Wangshi glared back, "This hen was sent by my brother, and I fed it, and now my son is on the list, so I killed this hen to eat meat to celebrate, why can't I do it?"
"You-" Father Ning was choked and speechless, this mother-in-law didn't expect that she was still a very thoughtful person secretly, and after a long time, he shook his beard before he came down: "He's not hit yet, if he is hit, I'll kill him naturally!"
Unexpectedly, this sentence annoyed Ning Wang's family: "Is there a father like you......? How many times has our son taken the exam, and he finally wants to pass once, why are you still cursing him? Is he my son...... Why is my life so miserable, my son's father doesn't recognize him!"
"No, I ......" Ning Dad wanted to explain, but was overshadowed by Ning Wang's howling cry.
Finally, he silently shut up, dragged the old hen with her head separated to the stove, boiled a pot of water, and plucked her hair.
After plucking, the old hen, which was already shriveled, looked even more shriveled and rested in a pot of boiling water, like a shocking skeleton.
The family had two bowls per person, and drank the bland chicken soup to the bottom.
Just two days after drinking chicken soup, the list was released, and there was no name of Ning Caichen on it!
Ning Caichen fainted directly in front of the list.
Ning Wang's family even cried and grabbed the ground, saying that now you are satisfied, it is all your curse, and now it has become true!
Father Ning smoked silently, thinking, maybe the mother-in-law was right. It's all my own blame for this crow's mouth.
The villagers watched, and felt that Ning Wang's crying was not tasteful enough, and Ning Dad didn't scold Ning Wang's family, or Ning Shusheng shouted that it would be better to throw himself into the well.
Ning Caichen woke up, Ning Dad built him a separate small thatched house, so that he could study with peace of mind, in order to let him have more time to read, he also specially sold grain and bought half a catty of tung oil.
This time, Ning Caichen felt that he didn't have the face to face everyone, so he didn't say a word at the moment, packed up a pair of pants - that is, bottoms, and went to study hard behind closed doors.
The reason why you only wear pants is to put an end to your desire to go out, do you think, you are a scholar, are you embarrassed to go out with only pants?
The reason why I still have to wear a pair of pants is also because of the reader. Scholars should be face-saving, and they should not do that indecent act.
What's more, if you get the results after this hard work, it will be a good story in the future, right? If someone asks you for your method, you won't say that you don't even wear pants in order not to go out, right?
I'm afraid that as soon as these words come out, the juniors who originally admired the pursuit of secrets and experience will immediately turn their eyes on you: it is really an insult to the face of the reader!
In short, Ning Caichen studied hard behind closed doors.
He originally wanted to learn from the ancients, but when he looked up, he found that the thatched house had no beams, and he was ready to learn from the ancestors, but he couldn't find the awl, and the axe couldn't start, so he could only secretly use the self-inner restraint method.
As a result, just three or five days of constraints, it will not work.
He desperately wanted to go out and hang out. It's so uncomfortable to live behind closed doors!
Xu was moved by his sincerity, Ning Caichen fell asleep reading at night, but the oil lamp was overturned by mice, and the thatched house caught fire.
Fortunately, this is green thatch, and it didn't burn, so Ning Caichen picked up a small life.
Father Ning, who came up with this idea, was 'complained' by Ning Wang's fierce crying.
Soon, the exam came again, and unsurprisingly, Ning Caichen didn't win again.
The Ning family is jumping again!
Ning Wang's: "Who told you to study hard behind closed doors in that Laoshizi hut, my son almost burned his life, how can he be in the mood to take the exam?
Ning Dad was difficult to object, Ning Caichen heard this, and cried loudly and shouted that he had no face to live and was going to throw himself into the well again!
The villagers once again surrounded Ning's house.
The good deeds pulled Ning Caichen and didn't allow him to jump, but Ning Caichen had to jump.
In this way, there was enough trouble, and Ning Caichen was also persuaded to take the exam again next year.