September 6, Year of Lesambu.

Outside the firewood gate, bellflowers, open all over the bamboo fence courtyard.

Today, Che couldn't help but be overjoyed, not only because the dog became an official as he wished, but also because all the fathers and villagers came to support Che and share this joy with Che. Over the years, thanks to the care of your fathers and fellow villagers, Che and the dog were able to settle down in the treasure land. Therefore, today, Che held a banquet in the cold house to thank his father and fellow villagers for their kindness in the past! ”

In front of the wood door, an old man wore a new felt hat on his head, and his hair exposed outside the brim of the hat was already gray. With a thin face, a dark complexion, a few dark spots crawling in the corners of his eyes, and a pair of charitable eyes under his faint eyebrows.

"Che Lao is really polite! We are fortunate to step on the same piece of loess, and the neighbors should take care of each other! A short-bearded old man got up from the banquet, held a wine bowl in his hand, and shouted at Zhou Gao: "Folks, let's hold up the wine bowl together and congratulate Che Lao!" ”

"Congratulations to the old ......"

"Thank you ......"

By the time the guests had dispersed, it was late at night.

From time to time, there were a few barking dogs outside the chai door.

In the thin window, two sparse shadows fainted in a dim candlelight.

"Xibao, stretch out your hand." The old man looked serious, and the ring ruler in his hand was tightly clenched.

Xibao knelt in front of the hall, spread his palms flat, and his waist straight.

"Remember, when was the last time Grandpa trained you like this?"

"The child remembers." Xibao raised his head and looked through the high hall, everything in the past seemed to be vivid, "At that time, Xibao was six years old, very naughty, always causing a lot of trouble for Grandpa in the school, and Mr. asked Grandpa to take the child home several times. Because at that time, the child didn't want to study at all, and the child remembered one ......"

On that night eleven years ago, he cried and shouted and knelt down to his grandfather's knees, and his tears couldn't stop flowing.

"Grandpa, the child doesn't want to study, the child hates Mr., hates book friends, and hates the boring scriptures, beg Grandpa to let the child drop out of school! The child really doesn't want to go to the school anymore, please grandpa......"

Seeing his dejected appearance, Grandpa suddenly opened his eyes angrily, suppressed the thousands of anger rushing to his heart, and asked in a lonely tone: "You!" You say it again......"

"Ask Grandpa to let the child drop out of school! The child can't read it anymore! He said it over and over again, and he thought that in this way, he could talk about Grandpa.

Until Grandpa took out a ring ruler from the front of the hall, his face was full of hatred, "Stretch out your hand!" ”

Seeing the ring ruler, he couldn't help but tremble, but he had to obey Grandpa's order to bite to death.

It's just that when the ten fingers came out, he was caught off guard by Grandpa and dragged in the palm of his hand, unable to retreat.

He buried his head to the side, not daring to look at Grandpa again, let alone looking at the picture of the ring ruler falling madly in the palm of his hand, but gritted his teeth tightly.

On the ancient walls, the shadows are vivid. Grandpa raised the ring ruler high above his head again and again, making his eyes red.

After a few thunderbolts fell, Grandpa's anger subsided slightly, and at this time, he asked: "Do you still want to drop out of school?" ”

I have to admit that the ring ruler hit his palm, and it really hurt, but he still shook his head.

It's just that this shake attracted an even more brutal beating from Grandpa.

He finally couldn't stand the pain, and snatched the ring ruler from Grandpa's hand that he wanted to raise again, with teary eyes, choking out the truth.

"Children really don't want to read books for the rest of their lives...... The child just wants to stay with Grandpa and learn the craft of making fireworks from Grandpa...... Grandpa is usually worried that the fireworks trick handed down by his ancestors will fail in the hands of Grandpa, and every time the child sees Grandpa frowning about it, the child is very sad in his heart...... The child didn't want to see Grandpa sad about it, so he wanted to annoy Mr. in the school, so that Grandpa felt that the child was destined to be unsuccessful, so that Grandpa would pass the fireworks trick to the child, and in the second half of his life, Grandpa would have no worries...... Grandpa, the kid really didn't mean to make you angry......"

Hearing him say it with tears in his eyes, Grandpa's originally blazing eyes also surged into a deep autumn water......

The weak arm seemed to be raised stiffly, and the ring ruler finally slipped out of Grandpa's palm.

Grandpa leaned forward, a pair of trembling hands slowly hugged his aggrieved little face, and opened his mouth with great bitterness: "Grandpa is worried that the craftsmanship handed down by the ancestors will be defeated in the hands of Grandpa, Grandpa is only worried that Xi Bao'er will live up to Grandpa's expectations one day, and is worried that Grandpa will not be able to fulfill the promise he made three years ago in the future......"

Later, after listening to Grandpa tell the story of three years ago, he knew what Grandpa made three years ago. Raindrop Book House

When he fled to Akita Village, Pingyang County, Qinhuai, he was seriously ill and had nowhere to seek medical treatment.

When the villagers learned of their plight, they all expressed sympathy, and every family made a strong contribution and had the money to contribute, so that they were able to settle down in Akita Village and have a home in Lisang.

Grandpa also said that the place where they first fled was not Li Sang, before Li Sang, Grandpa took him to many places, but those places did not give them a chance to live, on the contrary, they were violently expelled by the locals and coldly despised by the aliens, and several times, they were almost tied up by the locals and hung on the city.

But Li Sang is different, Li Sang is very tolerant of people of different races, there are no indifferent eyes here, there are no groups of sticks, they can walk on the side of the street unharmed, they don't have to worry about begging along the street and being bitten by vicious dogs, and they don't have to worry about stopping in front of a house to ask for a sip of water to drink.

The villagers of Akita Village are like relatives to them, asking for warmth, helping them settle down, helping them invite Langzhong, helping them ask the school, and helping them solve all kinds of problems caused by racial differences. During the New Year's holidays, there are things to give, and nothing is indispensable for a cordial greeting. There, they seemed to be reborn.

Since then, Grandpa has secretly promised in his heart that the kindness of the villagers will be repaid in the future, in the past, Li Sang gave them a chance to be reborn, and in the future, he will make this place more prosperous and healthy.

"Adhering to Grandpa's wish, the child worked hard for several years, and finally lived up to Grandpa's expectations and became the parent of the people."

Che Lao nodded seriously, he was very relieved, he could still remember the past so clearly, he hadn't forgotten it......

He clenched the ring ruler in his palm, hit his broad palm heavily, and admonished with a tight look: "This ruler is to let you always remember the events of the past!" In the future, what you have to do is not only to remember, but also to practice Grandpa's obsession with repaying the grace of dripping water with a lifetime! ”

"The child will remember it!" Xibao replied.

Immediately afterward, another foot fell.

"This ruler is to warn you that in the future, you must be a real good official! Don't be greedy for wealth and nobility because of your humble position, climb high branches, and learn from the people who sold official beards and corpses in the former dynasty! You must always firmly believe that if you keep a piece of land, you will be blessed by thousands of households! The Xiangping County you are going to, although the sparrow is small, it is full of organs, although it is a land of projectiles, but it is also related to the fortune of the country! ”

Che Lao said seriously, and looked at Xi Bao'er's eyes for a little more.

"The child remembers Grandpa's earnest teachings, and he will definitely be a real good official!" Xibao also solemnly promised.

Immediately afterwards, Che Lao put away the ring ruler, lit three incense sticks from the incense platform, and handed them to Xibao's hand, "Goodbye to your father-in-law!" Your current brocade robe is inseparable from your father-in-law! ”

He raised his eyes, his eyes couldn't help but glow with a trace of sadness, and he recalled: "At the beginning, Fu Lao saw that you were studious and regarded you as the pillar of the country, but he was afraid that you would not be born and have no way to serve the country, so he had the heart to accept you as a righteous son. If you want to talk about the expectations of you, your stepfather is no less than your grandfather. It's just that he left early, and he didn't see you wearing an official robe and a black veil. He is a child of yours in this life, and the little expectations he had before his life are all pinned on you! ”

Xibao held the incense stick in his hand and said to Grandpa: "Grandpa, rest assured, the child will not forget the teachings of his father-in-law before his death, and as an official, he should think about the people and the future of Li Sang!" ”

"Good, good! Hearing my son's words, Grandpa was relieved! ”

Thinking about his decades of dedication, he finally had a resounding response, and the heartstrings that had been tightened for more than ten years were finally loosened.

Xibao knocked down three heavy heads, comforting his grandfather for half his life's hard work. That night, he engraved the words of his fathers firmly in his heart, and also melted his lifelong ambition into his blood.

Since the farewell of Chaimen, it has been a year since the old car said goodbye to Xibao.

The last three months of that year were the last days he spent with Xi Bao'er.

Le Sang Van Jin Nian, November 21.

Fu Mansion, long night.

"Those wind people from the north are too rampant! Rely on the land deed at hand and do whatever you want in the area of the sand lawn! Just because they are grazing wolves on a large scale, the nearby villagers have not suffered less, last month the case of the evil wolf destroying the farm has not been completed, and this month there was a case of the evil wolf hurting people! If I hadn't personally gone to the grassland to investigate today, and stopped the dispute between the villagers and the wind people in time, I am afraid that there would be a murder today! Fu Xibao slapped the case heavily, and the frightened Chen who was waiting on the side was shocked, and it took a while to calm down.

Chen squeezed the handkerchief in his palm, leaned over to him, and continued to wipe the redness and swelling on his forehead for him, frowning and muttering: "You have made the official of the government a bodhisattva?" If you don't need to raise an idler for a while, you have to come out on your own! Fortunately, the fists of the wind people today have eyes, and they didn't hurt the vital point, otherwise, you would have suffered! ”

Seeing that he was silent and worried to herself, she couldn't help frowning even tighter, secretly raised her eyes to look at her father-in-law, let go of her red lips, and couldn't stop complaining: "Shaping grassland is between the two boundaries of Xiangping County and Linxian Fukang County, most of the land is owned by Fukang County, and a small part is from our Xiangping County. Now the wind people have taken a fancy to it and are willing to buy it at a high price! It's pie-in-the-sky trading! I have long advised you to sell that land, and you will not listen! Now it's okay, it's a lot of trouble, and it's going to be hard now! You see how knowledgeable and clever the officials of Fukang County are, and they sold the land early in the morning! Partial to you, brainless! ”

I felt that the more Chen said it, the more outrageous it became, and when I heard her talk about the county order of Fukang County, I couldn't help but feel the anger in his heart rising again and again.

With a shake of his precious head, he swept away the unsightly veil, slammed his stone-like fist twice on the table, and rebuked indignantly: "Woman's opinion! Woman's view! ”

Seeing this, as if he had been greatly wronged, Chen was in a hurry, and in an instant, tears burst into his eyes. He retreated to his father-in-law and cried: "Father-in-law, look at him!" I'm a woman who says she can't move him! I don't know if he'll listen to you! ”

Chen thought that this matter was persuaded by his father-in-law, and Xibao should listen to it, and Gai Ming'er took a step back and sold the remaining part of the land to the wind man, but he didn't know that this fire was burning more and more!