Early the next morning, Huang woke up Lin He and Sanya, and did not dare to alarm Xiaobao, otherwise it would be another commotion, Sanya and Lin He also did not wake up Xiaobao lightly, and the two of them took Dabao's winter clothes and dozens of big money from Huang, and wrapped a few puppet toys made yesterday with a burden and went to the village to drive the ox cart.

When they arrived at the entrance of the village, there were several people waiting for the ox cart there, and it seemed that they were going to take the ox cart to the next town, and one of them was a man with a child, and the child saw them coming and shouted, "Erya, Sanya, will you go to the town too"?

Sanya responded, "Ergouzi, you are so early."

Lin He saw that this was the second dog, that is, the initiator who injured her head, this second dog was very cute, about six years old, with a long tiger head and a tiger brain, the six-year-old was almost as tall as Lin He, his face was red and fluttering, and he was much better dressed than them, although the clothes were also half-old, but at least there were no patches, and the man who was holding him next to him also turned to greet them and said, "Erya, Sanya, go to town so early." ”

Sanya called "Uncle Li", and Lin He also called and said, "It's too cold, let's go to the next town to send winter clothes to the eldest brother." Uncle Li knew that their eldest brother was an apprentice in the town next door, so he nodded.

Sanya and Ergouzi whispered over there, "Ergouzi, why haven't you come to our house to play during this time, listen to your mother, you went to grandma's house, is your grandma's house fun, why did you go for so long?"

The second dog said, "Well, yes, my grandmother's house is fun, my mother went to pick me up several times, grandma kept me and didn't let me come back, and my mother also said that I should know more words with my uncle at my grandmother's house, and now I know a lot of words."

Ergouzi said while showing off to Sanya, looking at the envy in Sanya's eyes, Ergouzi's vanity was satisfied, and then said, "When you are free, I will go to your house to teach you and Xiaobao." Sanya nodded.

Lin He knew that Ergouzi's family was a good family in their village, Ergouzi's family had a few acres of thin fields, and they didn't need to rent land from the landlord to plant, and the family of three couldn't eat all the grain harvested every year, and there were still a lot of leftovers, and Uncle Li did a good carpenter job. When it's not a busy farm, you can also help people do some carpenter work to earn money, Ergouzi's grandmother's family is also a good family, it seems that Ergouzi has an uncle who is a showman, and in this era, there is a scholar in the family, which is amazing, and even the daughter who married out is a few points higher in the eyes of others. In addition, Uncle Li and Aunt Xu's family are good people, and their popularity in the village is very good.

After waiting for almost half an hour, an ox cart came in front, Uncle Li scooped out four cents to the old man who drove the ox cart, and told him that there were four people together, Lin He took out the money and returned it to Uncle Li, Uncle Li refused to accept it, and touched Lin He's head with a smile and said, "I haven't eaten breakfast yet, I went to the town to buy some steamed buns to eat, the children's family, don't be hungry."

Ergouzi also said beside him, "Sanya, wait a minute, buy candy for these two pennies, my father is rich." ”

Uncle Li knocked on the head of the second dog and said, "This stinky boy", although it was a blameful tone, it was full of spoiling. Lin He was embarrassed to push it anymore, so he had to put away the copper coins, and he would have a chance to repay them in the future. There were a total of eight people sitting in the ox cart, and the other few Lin He didn't know each other.

The ox cart staggered away for almost an hour, Lin Meng sat on the ox cart really uncomfortable, his bones were shaken and about to fall apart, when he couldn't stand it, he heard the old man who drove the car say "It's here", Uncle Li took a few children down from the ox cart, and then sent them to the street where Dabao hit the blackshop, and then told them the specific location of the Dabao blacksmith, and then took the two dogs away.

Lin He and Sanya kept walking forward, and saw an iron shop from a distance, and a child in the blacksmith was wearing a very large leather-like apron for iron, holding an iron hammer much thicker than his own arm, and knocking on a red-hot iron knife one by one, and after a few knocks, there was a middle-aged man in his thirties shouting, "Stinky boy, pour me a glass of water."

The child immediately put down the hammer and went to pour water, and when he poured the water and handed it to the man, he accidentally sprinkled some water out, and the middle-aged man immediately jumped up and grabbed the child's ear, "Why are you so useless, you can't do anything." The child just stood there with his head down, not daring to say more.

There were still a few teenagers in the iron shop who were eating on the side table, Lin Meng looked at it, wasn't it his ten-year-old big brother who was pulled by the middle-aged man's ears? Lin Meng suddenly felt that his nose was sore, and tears almost fell, they all knew that Dabao must have a bad time in the blacksmith, but they didn't expect to do such a heavy thing, the big iron hammer was terrifying to look at, if it accidentally smashed on himself, he was afraid that he would be seriously injured if he didn't die. Originally, the matter of blacksmithing was not something that a ten-year-old child could do.

Sanya called "big brother".

Dabao suddenly raised his head, looked around, and finally saw his two younger sisters standing there with a burden on their backs, and suddenly forgot that they were being lectured by the master, so they immediately ran over, grinned and said, "Erya, Sanya, why are you here?" Lin He held back his tears and didn't speak, just nodded.

Instead, Sanya pouted and said, "Big brother, your master is so bad, he still beats you."

Dabao smiled and said, "No, I was careless all of a sudden, Master taught me."

After waiting for a while, Lin He finally made up his mind, he must bring Dabao home today, he can't do things here anymore, it's a big deal to go back, everyone in the family will be frugal, and he won't starve to death, Dabao is so big, and he is abused physically and mentally here, no. Thinking of this, Lin He said to Dabao, "Big brother, we don't do it here, the family is much better this winter than in previous years, I can do embroidery and sell it for money, and my father has found something to do." You're so miserable here. ”

Dabao smiled and said, "It's not bitter, as long as the family can eat enough, the eldest brother will be fine."

Lin He said, "Big brother, no, you must go back with me today." Dabao was a little surprised when he saw the firmness in Lin He's eyes, and before he could speak, Lin He had already pulled Dabao to the blacksmith shop, and said to the middle-aged man, "You are the owner of this blacksmith shop, my brother won't do it, you calculate his salary, and we will leave today."

Dabao was about to speak, Lin He stopped him with a look, Dabao pouted and didn't make a sound, Dabao's master looked at the little girl who was not yet eight years old in front of him and said, "At the beginning, Dabao begged me to accept him as an apprentice, saying that he wanted me to teach him to make iron, but now he says no, I know the situation of your family, if it wasn't for Dabao's pity, I wouldn't accept him, don't say you want to come back in a few days." ”

Lin He glanced at him fiercely and said, "If I don't do it, I won't do it, don't talk nonsense, calculate the salary, and my brother will pack up his things and leave immediately."

The middle-aged man paused, the eyes of the little girl in front of him seemed to be eating people, but they were not like the eyes of a little girl, I didn't expect the honest Dabao to have such a powerful sister, but no matter how powerful it was, it was just a child, so he said, "Dabao hasn't finished a month yet, and there is no salary." ”