37. Writing
Geng Qiu looked at the small green vegetables in the greenhouse that had only grown the length of his fingers, and sighed, he couldn't harvest it yet. Although there are still bean sprouts, I brought them last time, and this time I brought them again, and they are not as fresh as the first time. After thinking about it, he soaked two bowls of peas and prepared to fry an orchid bean to take to Dr. Li and Steward Zhou to drink. This orchid bean, he likes it very much, and it is basically the most common snack he can eat when he is a child. When he was a child, in the small countryside, the most common thing was just orchid bean seeds and twist flowers such as home-cooked snacks. Taking advantage of the boiling oil pot, Geng Qiu fried a few more pots of fried tofu and a few handfuls of peanuts. The third aunt also fried some radish and vegetable balls, tofu meatballs, and noodles and fruits, which should be used to improve the life of the family.
Such the same thing, as soon as it comes out of the pot, it will make the whole house fragrant. Even Ah Hao couldn't sit still, so he ran to the kitchen and asked, "Brother Qiu, what are you going to get, it's so fragrant." ”
"You taste it. Every day, I either fried cabbage or stewed radish, and today I also made a few fresh dishes, so that everyone can satisfy their hunger. Geng Qiu said with a smile. Everyone in the family tasted two of these meatballs, and the rest was set aside. But orchid beans and peanuts are packed up and ready to be taken as gifts. These balls are not new to the people of the Zhou Mansion. But for his own family, this is the first time that he has panicked, and even the third uncle happily ate a few tofu meatballs.
"Yes, it's delicious." Ah Hao had a tofu meatball in his mouth, another dough fruit in his hand, and a small plate of orchid beans, which he ate more happily than Brother Ning. Ah Niuguang was holding a tofu ball, and he was so anxious that he couldn't wait to grab it from Ah Hao. Who told him that he didn't have a few teeth, and he couldn't eat a lot of things.
"Don't say it, just this pea, it's just soaked open, cut two cuts, and fried it to become an orchid bean, and the taste is really good. Brother Qiu, I said that all your ingenuity is used in eating. Ah Hao ate a few orchid beans and said with a smile.
"Eat yours. If you don't have my cleverness, where are you going to eat this orchid bean? Hurry up and eat, and send some to the village chief's house when you're done. Geng Qiu scolded with a smile. He was served another bowl of porridge. Today, if you open an oil pot at home, you won't be cooking dinner seriously. Everyone ate all kinds of meatballs while they were half full, plus a bowl of porridge and a plate of sour cabbage stalks, and the family ate happily.
Geng Qiu picked up fried tofu, radish balls, noodles and fruits, put a few small bowls, put them in a basket, covered them tightly, and handed them to Ah Hao. Geng Qiu was completely deliberate, he found that Ah Hao had been worried about it recently, and he was thinking about things all day long except copying books. There are many things that he can't help Ah Hao, and he doesn't understand many things. So let Ah Hao go out and walk around, talk to outsiders, maybe he can solve it.
Ah Hao took the basket and sent it to the village chief's house. In the poor families in the township, there are very few times when the oil pot is opened, and the dishes that the big guys usually eat basically do not put oil, and the oil is too expensive to eat. Fortunately, Geng Qiu took everyone to catch a lot of big fish, and exchanged it for some wild boar meat for everyone, so that everyone's bowl had more oil and water. Otherwise, this winter, every household is not all boiled cabbage and radish on the batter, this pot has a little more oil and water, and the children will grow extra strong.
So when he brought these bowls of vegetables, the village chief was startled, and he said repeatedly: "This is too expensive, and your family is not rich, how can you give us so much." ”
"It's rare to open an oil pot, let's taste it." Ah Hao said. Their family doesn't have to worry about food and clothing now, and thinking about making some home-cooked snacks is actually nothing. But in this poor mountain village, even if you have money, you don't dare to spend it lavishly, and the food is all sneaky. If it weren't for the fact that his family lived too far away, everyone knew that he had a good martial arts, and he usually had a cold face, no one would dare to go to his house. Otherwise, I am afraid that not the whole village will know about his family's boiling oil pot, and the adults can bear it, and the children will have to run over to beg for food.
The village chief took the basket and went to his house to get a few eggs and put them in the basket. His family's life is only a little better than others, but because he has a son who is studying, he is even poorer than everyone else. Eggs are also saved for oil and salt, this weather is cold, the storage time is long, and the family has only accumulated twenty or thirty eggs. He also knew that Ah Hao would not ask for a gift in return, so he only took ten eggs. Ten eggs are worth ten dollars, not enough to buy a pound of salt.
The grandson of the village chief's family, the black boy, thought that Geng Qiu was coming, and ran out with a shout, "Uncle Qiu, Uncle Qiu, what are you doing with delicious food at home?" ”
"You stinky boy, just remember to eat." The village chief scolded in his mouth, but picked up a piece of fried tofu and gave it to him.
"It turned out to be Uncle Hao." As soon as the black boy saw Ah Hao, he was much more honest, and he stopped and said hello in a proper manner, and then took the fried tofu and ate it.
The people in this village, whether young or old, smile when they see Geng Qiu, Geng Qiu has a sweet mouth, and he will cheer with everyone, relatively speaking, everyone is much more intimate with him. On the other hand, Ah Hao, everyone has a lot of rules in front of him. is not only because Ah Hao is a public identity, but the biggest reason is that he has an indescribable indifference and nobility around him.
Don't look at the coarse cloth clothes he wears now, he is no different from ordinary villagers, but in a group of people, he stands out. Even Geng Qiu was by his side, and he was compared to a complete scumbag. Ah Hao is innate and has cultivated a bearing that he has cultivated since he was a child, which is incomparable to everyone.
Ah Hao didn't make small talk with everyone, but just said a few words, and walked back with the basket.
"You're back so soon, and you're not playing at the village?" Geng Qiu took the basket and asked.
"What's so interesting about his family, just the village and Xiao Hei are at home."
"You are the person, go to someone's house and talk to someone." Geng Qiu shook his head, not knowing what to say.
In fact, he himself is not a very good relational person, and in order to survive better here, he has to learn to deal with all kinds of people. There are various ways to learn about this era. How can I understand it, reading books is one thing, but now I don't have this condition, I can't find such a book. I had to talk to people to get to know it.
In the past, when Ah Hao's mind was not very clear, he didn't dare to ask, for fear of causing him to get sick. Now Ah Hao's mind is much clearer, and he doesn't dare to ask some words. Otherwise, how should he deal with himself as a stand-in? If he tells everyone about his origins, will anyone believe him? I'm afraid he'll think he's a demon and a monster.
Now, he has to say that God seems to be good to him, and as soon as he came, he picked up a man who didn't know much about his brain, but was strong in martial arts, and solved the problem of eating and drinking. ran with Ah Hao all the way, and no one knew them on the road. Finally ran to this place where birds don't, not to mention that no one knows his origin, even Ah Hao's origin is not clear, anyway, they have a regular household registration, this thing is the most important, without it, it will be a big trouble. If he lived in a group of people who knew Ah Hao well, he wouldn't know how to hide himself.
"Are you too idle to do?" Ah Hao asked.
"Uh, what do you mean?"
"I don't think you're very good at writing, so follow Brother Ning to practice big characters in the future."
"No, I'm not a child, what kind of big characters do I practice." Geng Qiu shouted, beating him to death, he didn't want to learn to write calligraphy like a child of a few years old. He naturally hated brushes, and even after he had a computer and mobile phone, he rarely wrote by hand. He was sure that the words he could write with a brush now would definitely be worse than what Ning Ge'er could write.
"Not to mention that you want to take the merit test, you must also be able to read and write, and you will always be able to read and write in the future." Ah Hao said, he couldn't help but say it, and also took a pen and paper to him and asked him to practice.
"What to take the test, the old man has long passed the age of the exam. I also practiced big characters with the little kids. Where do I put my face? Geng Qiu smiled bitterly.
"I think you're afraid, and your handwriting isn't as good as Brother Ning'er." Ah Hao obviously remembered that a few days ago in the Zhou Mansion, Geng Qiu didn't write himself, but let him write, and he felt more and more that Geng Qiu didn't know how to write.
"Yes, so what? I didn't learn to write when I was a kid. Geng Qiu's shameless answer stunned everyone.
Ah Hao stayed for a while, and even more strictly asked him to write, Geng Qiu couldn't do it, in front of everyone, he reluctantly lifted the pen, and wrote the word Geng Qiu in the posture of catching insects.
"Haha. Ha ha. Everyone couldn't help but laugh when they saw what he wrote. It's really these two words, it's too ugly to write. Not to mention any style fonts, even the strokes are of different thicknesses and the structure is scattered. It's comparable to a child who has just learned to write. The third uncle can write. The third aunt also knows a few words. Although the two of them are not educated, at least they can see that Geng Qiu's writing is much worse than that of Brother Ning.
"You, why did you write like that?" Ah Hao shook his head, he really couldn't imagine that anyone could write such ugly words.
"What, just be able to write and recognize, what's the use of writing so well?" Geng Qiu was even more embarrassed, and continued to write a full sheet of words.
It's just that every word is so ugly that people can't understand it. There are also ink dots of different sizes on the paper, and some words and several strokes are focused together, in short, the horizontal is not horizontal, the vertical is not vertical, and the hook point is even more decent. Lying on their stomachs, the words are squeezed together from word to word, and some even lack the pen and draw less. This really can't be blamed on Geng Qiu, he hasn't written for too long, and he can't remember how to write some words for a while. Not to mention using a brush, even if he is given a signature pen used by modern people, he may not be able to write very beautiful words. The font is one of his major weaknesses.