The two croppers who had worked all day washed their hands and faces after dinner and fell asleep, sleeping soundly until dawn, and they were full of energy. Before going to Chengguan Village again, Pan Yang went to the supply and marketing cooperatives to buy a pack of Hongtashan for eight cents and five cents.

Pan Yang bought it not by himself, but by Master Zheng.

The so-called taking people with short hands and eating people with soft mouths, Master Zheng took Pan Yang's Hongta Mountain, opened it and smoked one, Pan Yang smiled and asked, "How?" Doesn't it taste bad? ”

Master Zheng spat out the circles under his eyes, raised his finger to point at Pan Yang, and said with a smile, "You kid, you're really slippery, let's say, what do you want to say to me this time." ”

Pan Yang smiled, scratched his head and said, "I want to ask you what kind of soil is good for burning bricks." ”

Master Zheng had a smug look on his face, and the experienced Taoist pointed out, "The material of this brick can be used clay, coal ash, mountain sand, construction waste, etc., but clay is the best, coal ash is second, and the worst is of course construction waste If you use clay to burn, the specifications are mostly 95 and 85 bricks, 85 is thin, and people in the city build a pot stove, washstand, flower beds, etc.

Master Zheng has been burning bricks for more than 20 years, and when he talks about his brick-burning experience, he will talk endlessly, if he can, he really can't finish talking about it for three days and three nights, Pan Yang listened carefully, and he almost didn't take a pen to write it down.

Master Zheng saw the ghost idea in Pan Yang's heart, and smiled, "Oh, you kid, just tell me the truth, don't you want to learn to burn bricks?" ”

Pan Yang nodded without hesitation, and humbly asked, "I don't understand anything, so I have to bother the master to guide me." ”

Master Zheng shook his head and said, "You can't do it, I'll tell you about it, don't look at what I'm saying now, it's not easy to do it when the time comes, if it's really that simple, anyone will burn bricks, if you don't listen to my advice, the bricks will burn out at that time, and you will lose all your money." ”

Pan Yang insisted, "If I don't try, how do I know if it will work?" ”

Master Zheng laughed, "Cheng, I have the same persistence I had back then!" But I'll give you a preventive shot first, you kid don't have to figure out how to burn it yourself, at least someone has to guide you at first, and then you can take your time when you get started a little. ”

As soon as Pan Yang heard Master Zheng say this, he immediately approached Master Zheng and smiled.

As soon as Master Zheng saw her like this, he knew what the hell she was going to do, so he turned around and turned his back to Pan Yang and warned, "I can sue you, don't make up your mind on me, I won't agree to you!" ”

Having said that, Pan Yang touched this person's hard-mouthed and soft-hearted temperament, and he didn't pester him hard at the moment, which was only annoying people, but every time he came to pull bricks in the future, he brought some wine, stuffed a few packs of cigarettes, or bought some peanuts or something, and he didn't come empty-handed

As long as the kung fu deep iron pestle is sharpened into a needle, when the canteen of the county high school is almost completed, Pan Yang and Master Zheng are also familiar, and the last trip to pull bricks, Pan Yang sat down next to Master Zheng, sat down on the pile of waste bricks, took out two cigarettes from the cigarette case and handed them to Master Zheng, Zhengse said, "Master, when the work in the county is completed, I will immediately go back to build a kiln factory, after it is completed, I would like to ask you to instruct me to burn the first kiln bricks." ”

Master Zheng stretched out his hand to take the cigarette handed by Pan Yang, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it, squinted into the distance, he suddenly gave Pan Yang the cigarette in his hand, turned his head to look at her and said, "I heard that you never smoke?" Now draw one and show it to me. ”

Smoke one?

Pan Yang stared at the cigarette in front of him, and then looked at Master Zheng, who seemed to be looking at her joke, gritted his teeth and took it, unskillfully sandwiched it between his fingers, wiped the foreign fire and lit it, put it in his mouth and took a puff.

An indescribable strange smell instantly spread in her mouth, spicy and rushing, almost choking her to tears, Pan Yang pursed her mouth tightly and held back, letting the smoke erupt from her nostrils

Her expression can be regarded as amusing Master Zheng, and Master Zheng immediately laughed, so happy that tears overflowed.

Pan Yang looked at him and smiled toothlessly, speechless for a while.

It took a long time for Master Zheng to stop laughing, and he couldn't help nodding and saying, "Cheng, I should do your business, count me as fateful!" ”

Hearing this, Pan Yang's eyes widened with joy, "That's decided, no repentance is allowed, whoever repents is raised by his woman." ”

Pan Yang's words can be regarded as stimulating Master Zheng, Master Zheng clapped his hands and said, "Okay, if I don't go then, I will be raised by my woman!" ”

After the two were decided, the stone in Pan Yang's heart fell, and now he was just waiting to go to the county high school to settle the accounts, pack up his things and go home to discuss where to build the kiln.

Knowing that Master Zheng promised to help, Yao Baozhong was also so excited that he didn't even wait to return to his hometown and said directly to Pan Yang, "Zhaoke, just build a kiln in my family's land, my family's two plots of land are connected to one, both are clay, and it is the most suitable for burning bricks!" ”

Pan Yang nodded and said, "Cheng, let's go home and discuss the details, and first go to the high school to find the steward's checkout and ask for money." ”

Pan Yang and Yao Baozhong worked in the county for exactly ten days, according to the number of two trips a day, one hundred bricks per trip, two hundred bricks a day, two pennies, ten a day, ten in ten days!

This hundred yuan may not be anything to Pan Yang, because the purpose of her bricks is to find connections, learn to burn bricks, remove the money she spent on gifts to Master Zheng these days, plus the money for Xiuying's grocery purchases, after deducting 7788, she basically didn't earn any money, far less fast than she made money by watching grocery stores at home, and she was so tired every day that she had to die or live, but for the future, she endured it!

Yao Baozhong's 100 yuan can be regarded as exhaustive, he doesn't need to spend money on accommodation, he also brings food from home, and he doesn't need to spend any more money on food for Tuo Panyang's blessings, 100 yuan in ten days, I really can't think of it!

However, Yao Baozhong is not a person who takes advantage of others, thinking that Xiuying will be born soon, before leaving, he took a spare time to go to the department store to buy a small dress for Xiuying's doll, and bought some fruit pastries as a thank you, and gave them to Xiuying.

Yao Baozhong also has five children in his family, in addition to the eldest daughter who has already married, and the eldest son who has reached the age of marrying a daughter-in-law, the eldest son is Yao Qimei, who has just turned thirteen, and two younger sons

After Yao Baozhong returned to his hometown, he was not in a hurry to go home, but went to the supply and marketing cooperatives in the township, gritted his teeth, and was extravagant, spending money to weigh a pound of fruit candy, as well as a bag of pastries and a bag of peanuts and melon seeds, and a piece of it was brought back to the children to eat.

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Pan Yang has been away for the longest time this time, and as soon as she got home, she didn't even have time to wash the ash layer on her face with pressed water, so she gave the little radish head Pan Shijiao tightly and stuck it in her arms, screaming non-stop.

Only when he sees Pan Shisuo's little radish head, Pan Yang will feel that time flies, now Pan Shisuo is already four years old, and then turn over this year, and she will grow a year old The little radish head that only staggered and walked when she first came has now pedaled all over the world, and she is so naughty, Zhang Xuelan has to spend time watching him all the time, and she has to take the little radish head with her for everything, for fear that he will slip to the river and stream to play in the water and plant it headlong

Pan Yang really missed the little radish head, touched his thick black hair, and asked, "Are you obedient at home, naughty or not?" ”

The little radish replied seriously, "I am very well-behaved, and I look at the grocery store with my grandfather every day, but I eat a little too much sugar." ”

Afraid that Pan Yang would say him, the little radish head was busy again, "Don't blame me, the sugar is so delicious, I want to eat another one after eating one"

Looking at this little appearance, Pan Yang couldn't help laughing, and then taught him with a straight face, "If you eat too much and have a toothache, you won't be allowed to have more than two a day in the future, do you know?" Otherwise, there will be caterpillars in your teeth, eating your teeth, biting your teeth empty, turning black and rotten."

The little radish head was frightened, his eyes widened, he hurriedly opened his mouth, raised his head to Pan Yang and said, "Ada, help me see if there are any bugs in my mouth." ”

Zhang Xuelan was squatting in the yard chopping pigweed, listening to the conversation between the father and son without nutrition, she couldn't stop laughing, and said angrily to Pan Yang, "How old are you, and you still scare children, can you look like you!" ”

Pan Yang laughed, "I'm not scared, don't give him too much sugar in the future, it's not a good thing." ”

Zhang Xuelan didn't dwell too much on this topic, it was noon, Zhang Xuelan knew that her man must have suffered a lot during this time, otherwise he wouldn't lose weight, of course she felt distressed in her eyes when she saw her man, and now that her man is back, she naturally wants to make up for her well, so she asked, "What do you want to eat at noon, I'll do it." ”

Pan Yang smashed his mouth and said as he pleased, "I want to eat roasted potatoes with meat, cold tofu, braised large pieces of meat, steamed eggs, and cornmeal flatbread, and then burn a bowl of kelp soup." ”

Although there is the most Chinese cabbage in the family this season, Pan Yang has been eating Chinese cabbage for more than ten days in a row, and he really doesn't want to see that thing again

Zhang Xuelan said, "I want to eat a lot!" ”

She complained so much, but she still did what Pan Yang wanted to eat, and if she didn't have it at home, she would spend money to buy it at the supply and marketing cooperative. Zhang Xuelan went to cook, Pan Yang fell asleep on the bed for a while, I have to say, it doesn't feel too good to go home, the gold and silver nests are not as good as their own kennels!

Pan Yang fell asleep in a daze, or was woken up by Pan Shisong, at noon Pan Shixun and Pan Shiyun stayed at school to eat, Zhang Xuelan brought the food to the table, Pan Yang asked, "Did you send it to Ada?" ”

Pan Shisong poured a bowl of soup for Pan Yang and said to him, "Don't worry, Ada, as soon as my mother finished cooking, I sent it to Grandpa while it was hot, and Grandpa should have finished eating." ”

Hearing this, Pan Yang said that he was really good, sandwiched a piece of meat for Pan Shisong, and said with a smile, "Reward a piece of meat." ”

As soon as she finished speaking, the radish head protested, "I burned the fire for my mother at noon, and I will be rewarded." ”

Pan Yang hurriedly sandwiched another piece of meat to the little radish head, and said impartially, "You are also good, and you will be rewarded with meat." ”

Zhang Xuelan knocked on the table with her chopsticks backhand, and said angrily, "One is better than the other, they all eat well, what kind of moth!" ”

The two radish heads were originally chattering, but when Zhang Xuelan yelled at them, they immediately stopped, and obediently took a big bite of the steamed bun and vegetables.

After eating, Zhang Xuelan packed up the dishes and chopsticks and went to the well to wash the dishes, Pan Yang rested for a while before eating, and now he is not sleepy, he took the rattan cut by Pan Hengchun and sat on the second-story stone steps to weave a rattan basket.

Zhang Xuelan washed the dishes, and suddenly said, "Pan Zhaoke, your son's wings are hard now, he can't go to school well, he fooled around with a bunch of second-rate people, and stole the peppercorns on the pepper trees planted by others, and everyone came to the door, but I was half angry, and I didn't want to beat him with a rolling pin, but I ran away, I didn't know when he was out of the house last night When he came back, I can't take care of your son, he came back from school today, you have to take care of him, don't care about him, and you won't be able to go to heaven in the future?!" ”

Pan Yang finally realized that she could no longer raise Pan Shiyao's children.

In fact, having said that, she herself is still an immature child, let alone able to manage children, if it weren't for this era, she would still be a little princess spoiled by her parents, and the family would not depend on her

It seems that the squeamish bag is far away from her, and she is now a rough man who has an old man to support and a child to educate, and has to endure hardships to earn money.

What kind of sin did she create in her previous life, or did she owe her grandfather and have to suffer this kind of sin for her grandfather!

She can endure some hardships in order to earn money, but what if she can't educate her children well, what face will she have to see her grandfather in the future, and how to explain to her grandfather!

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After school in the evening, Pan Shiyun went to the next class to find Pan Shixun as usual, since he went to the commune middle school, the brother and sister rode a bicycle back and forth, and Pan Shiyun would go to Pan Shixun every day after school, and then the brother and sister went back together.

But today, Pan Shixun asked her to go back by herself, saying that he still had something to do and couldn't go back with her, so let her go first by bicycle, and he would walk home.

He's got something else to do, what can he do!

Pan Shiyun didn't leave, blocked the door of the classroom and said, "No, you have to tell me something, otherwise I'll go back and tell Sù Niang that you ran away, and you just wait to be beaten." ”

A few people in the class were still waiting for him outside, Pan Shixun pushed Pan Shiyun a little impatiently, pushed Pan Shiyun to a stumbling side, and finally got out of the way, taking advantage of this vacancy, Pan Shixun rushed out with his schoolbag in his arms, and ran away without a shadow as soon as he slipped through the smoke, but Pan Shiyun was so angry that he stomped his feet.

Pan Shiyun had no choice but to ride a bicycle home alone, just arrived at the entrance of the alley of the old Pan family, her mother Zhang Xuelan was sitting at the door picking vegetables, and when she saw Pan Shiyun, she asked, "Shixun, why didn't you come back?" ”

Pan Shiyun told the truth, she didn't know where Pan Shixun went, she just ran away anyway!