Chapter 306: The Boy Who Herds Cattle and Reads

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The ox tethered to the persimmon tree finally couldn't bear the threat of standing next to it with a grimace, and let out a howl at the innermost, and its four hooves were anxiously digging on the ground, and there was already a tendency to be "surprised". Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info\qΒ5。 \\

Seeing this scene, Zhang Taiping patted the grimace's neck and asked it to step aside temporarily, so as not to be really shocked by the scalper.

The boy above the tree heard the cry of the ox below the tree, finally pulled his mind out of the book, raised his head, and looked at Zhang Taiping under the tree and the grimace walking not far away, a little unaware of what was happening.

Zhang Taiping smiled under the tree and asked, "You don't look like you're afraid that others will steal the cow?" ”

"Who's going to steal the cattle?" The stunned eyes gradually regained their brightness and became smart, "I'm watching, and no one can steal it." ”

Zhang Taiping still smiled and said: "Not necessarily, if I had pulled the cow away if I stole it just now, and you were still on the tree and didn't react." ”

The boy shook his head disapprovingly and said, "There is still the little flower dog down there, if you really pull the cow, the little flower dog will definitely outwit." ”

"Then did you hear the barking of the little flower dog?"

The boy was slightly stunned again, looking at the little flower dog under the tree, after the grimace retreated not far away, it was still lying on the ground and did not dare to move, obviously afraid of the grimace to the bones, it is estimated that now the grimace is going to bite off its neck, it will obediently stretch its neck.

The boy looked at the grimace not far away and said, "Is that big dog yours, Xiaohua seems to be very afraid of it?" ”

Zhang Taiping nodded slightly: "This little flower dog of yours will naturally be afraid, mine is just a Tibetan mastiff, the uncrowned king of the big dogs, let alone your earth dog, even if it is a big dog, he will not dare to be presumptuous in front of it." ”

"The Uncrowned King? It feels like a good word, but I don't know what it means. The boy's concern made Zhang Taiping a little crying and laughing, Zhang Taiping said the difference between the two dogs, but he was paying attention to the idioms used in Zhang Taiping's words.

"A superficial understanding is that the emperor does not wear a crown."

The boy shook his head, still not quite understanding.

Zhang Taiping changed his approach and continued to explain: "Have you watched the TV series "The Secret History of Xiaozhuang"? "During this time, Shaanxi No. 2 is broadcasting this TV series.

The boy nodded, his eyes lit up: "My dad didn't let me watch TV when I was in school, and I watched this TV series from beginning to end during the summer vacation." With a topic of interest to him, the boy slipped down from the tree.

Zhang Taiping said: "You have watched this TV, so I can explain it to you." Which character do you like the most? ”

"Of course it's Lord Regent Dorgon!" The boy blurted out, and then said with a bit of a sudden realization, "Do you want to tell me that the regent Dorgon is the uncrowned king?" ”

This time it was Zhang Taiping's turn to be slightly surprised, but he didn't expect this boy's brain to react slowly, and nodded yes. He is absolutely incompetent to be a teacher, because he does not even consider whether such an explanation and education will plant a seed of power in the hearts of boys.

The boy nodded slightly this time with a thoughtful expression.

Speaking of which, Zhang Taiping didn't want to dwell on this issue anymore, so he asked, "Are you going to school?" ”

"Up, third grade."

"How old are you?"

"Twelve."

At the age of twelve, he only started the third grade two years later than the children outside the mountains, but this is a common phenomenon for children in the mountains. "How are your grades in school" Zhang Taiping asked with a smile, generally young boys at this age don't like adults to ask about grades, because boys at this time are active and playful, and they are often inferior to girls in grades and don't like to be mentioned.

Unexpectedly, this boy didn't have any expressions that he couldn't say, but said naturally: "The first place in mathematics is 100 points, the second place is 98 points in Chinese, and there is a woman who has one more point than me." ”

Zhang Taiping looked at his slightly annoyed expression and guessed: "For a while, you secretly read a book when you were herding cattle in the summer vacation and wanted to surpass him?" ”

"Not bad!" The boy is quite ambitious.

"And what book are you reading?" Zhang Taiping smiled and said.

"No." The boy handed the book over and said, "I am the only one in my house who can read it." ”

Zhang Taiping felt a pain in the egg after taking the book, this non-yellowed book is not a book like a story about Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales, but a Lu Xun's "Diary of a Madman", the most is that the words inside are not modern demining methods but vertical from right to left line of order, which is also mixed with traditional Chinese characters that have not completely changed.

Zhang Taiping raised the "Diary of a Madman", which looks like an antiquity, and said, "Can you really understand it? ”

"Uh." The boy's face turned slightly red, "There are some words in it that I don't know, and there are some words that I don't quite understand what they mean." ”

Zhang Taiping returned the book to him and said: "This kind of book is not something you can read now, no matter how you look at it now, your language level will not improve, so let's look at other books." ”

The boy scratched his head and said, "I searched all the cabinets in the house, and I found this book." ”

Zhang Taiping felt that this boy was really a little interesting, leaned against the persimmon tree and said: "Didn't you just say that your father didn't let you go to school on TV, so he must want you to study hard, you just ask him to buy you a few books in the bookstore in the town." ”

"Well, my dad has indeed always said that rural dolls can only get ahead if they study well, otherwise they will have nothing to do if they die in the mountains for the rest of their lives." The boy nodded, agreeing with Zhang Taiping's suggestion.

"Your father is right, for a child from a peasant family, it is indeed the most convenient and fast way to get ahead." Zhang Taiping didn't say the words of those who made champions.

"Alas!" The boy sighed and said, "I don't know what books to buy, you know?" ”

Zhang Taiping tapped his head with his fingers and thought about some of the books he had read back then: "Ask your father to buy you a copy of "Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales", as well as "Three Hundred and Fifty-six Nights", "Juvenile Beauty", "Selected Essays of the Times", plus a copy of "Five Thousand Years of China". ”

"How much does it cost to have so many books?" The boy asked hesitantly.

Zhang Taiping was stunned when he heard the little boy's words, and he didn't know what it was like in his heart, and he said that the children of the poor were in charge of the house, which was not false at all. At the age of eleven or twelve, maybe the children in the city don't know how many KFC they have entered, and the little boy in the mountains is still thinking about the price of a few books.

"It doesn't cost much, especially if it's cheaper to buy it at a second-hand book stall." Zhang Taiping shook his head and replied.

"It's a good idea to buy used books." The boy nodded pretending to be old-fashioned, which made Zhang Taiping want to laugh a little.

The little boy glanced at the old ox, and went over and untied it from one tree to another, and replaced it with fresh grass for it to eat.

When he came back, he asked Zhang Taiping, "Can you call your big dog over and take a look?" ”

Zhang Taiping smiled and nodded, and then beckoned to the grimace not far away, and the grimace walked over with a smile.

"This dog is so big, bigger than a wolf."

Zhang Taiping patted the back of the grimace and made him squat next to him, looked at him and said, "Have you ever seen a wolf?" ”

"I've never seen a real wolf, I saw it on TV, it's about the same size as the wolf dog I've seen, not as big as your uncrowned king dog."

Zhang Taiping didn't correct the idiom of the little boy, and nodded: "This Tibetan mastiff is indeed bigger than the average wolf." ”

"Can you let me touch it?" Boys are interested in this.

Zhang Taiping shook his head, the grimace also has its own dignity, and only Zhang Taiping can pat its neck and back at will at home, and other people can't do it at all. So he didn't damage the dignity of Grimace because of his momentary generosity.

Seeing that Zhang Taiping did not agree, the boy did not ask for anything more on this matter, but moved on to another topic: "I heard that people say that you know kung fu, can you teach me?" ”

"You know me?"

"Recognize! You are Yaya's father, and my father always whispers in my ear that I want you to make money when I grow up, and don't make money like himself. ”

"Oh? Who is your dad? Zhang Taiping asked a little curiously.

"Wang Shunyou, my name is Wang Xuetong, and my father said that he personally gave me the name." The boy smiled with his white teeth.

"Wang Shunyou's son?" Zhang Taiping muttered, "I met you just after I came from your father, and it seems that I have a good relationship with your family." ”

"Can you teach me a few martial arts?" Wang Xuetong asked again.

Zhang Taiping said with a smile: "As long as you can persist until the morning and stand for thirty minutes, I will teach you kung fu." ”

"Hmm." Wang Xuetong nodded solemnly: "I'll go back and try it." ”

Two people, one big and one small, squatted under the persimmon tree, and before they knew it, the sun had risen over the hill and began to emit a strong hot light.

Wang Xuetong raised his head and covered his eyes to look at the sun in the sky and said, "I should go back, the old scalper is also full." ”

Zhang Taiping nodded. Wang Xuetong pulled the cow and didn't forget to call the little flower dog twice, but the little flower dog didn't know where to sneak away.

After the boy left, Zhang Taiping leaned on the tree and thought about Yaya, every day, and Ye Ling going to school. The summer vacation is almost over, and they should make some preparations when they go back, and by September the three little girls should also enter school.

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