Originally, Shen Yunshan also knew a little bit about the interaction between Shen Zhaojin and Li Delan, and he was happy to see this matter come to pass.

He felt that he also had his brother Shen Yunpei as an official in the imperial court, although the official was not as big as Li Zhangtong's Zhongtang Lord, but the blood relationship was much closer than them and Li Zhangtong, so if his son could marry Li Dalong's daughter, it would be considered a good match.

became the mayor of the town, Shen Yunshan felt that the balance between himself and the rest of the town had been broken, and Li Dalong's scholarly family was insignificant in his heart.

Since the sack of deserters in the First Sino-Japanese War, the town of Haixi Chunan has not been spared from the continuous war. The Republic of China was founded, and the common people looked forward to living a peaceful and peaceful life every day.

Li Dalong's family has more than a dozen acres of fertile land, and the grain he collected has almost been robbed by the soldiers and bandits who passed by before and after, and the firecrackers made in the workshop at home cannot be sold - the soldiers are in chaos, and the common people can't even take care of food and clothing, so how can they have spare money to buy firecrackers?

There are a few students who can't afford to pay food because they are far away from Li Dalong's house for lunch, and there are fewer people who can give gifts to the private school during the New Year's holidays, and the number of students in the private school is gradually decreasing.

Whenever he saw a student drop out of school because of poverty, Li Dalong felt heartache, but Li Detong, who gave him a headache every day, did not leave.

One day, a disheartened Li Dalong said the idea of stopping his private school.

"What are you talking about!" Li Liu objected vigorously, "useless is a scholar." You can't do anything else but teach. Also, if there is no private school at home, who can manage Xiao Degang?"

So, the two of them pondered for a few days, and finally came up with a way to let students pick up dung and grass to cover the tuition fees. They hope that by doing so, they will be able to maintain the "incense" of the private school.

If the countryside wants to have enough food and clothing, they can only rely on farming, and if they want crops to grow well, they must apply more fertilizer. There are many types of dung, but the only type of dung that is fertile and easy to pick up is dog poop.

The students in the private school joined the team to pick up manure or grass, and the children who had dropped out of school were very excited to hear the news and returned to the private school with their "tuition" one after another.

Although Li Dejin is usually naughty, he also sees the difficulties at home and remembers them in his heart. He thought, "Why don't I pick up the manure myself, so that I can lighten the burden on my family and go out for a walk." ”

So Li Dejin got up early every day, and then called Li Detie to pick up dung together. The two brothers took a dung spoon and took turns carrying a dung basket to walk around the village, but most of them carried an empty dung basket home.

Once, when he saw Li Detong carrying a basket full of dung, Li Dejin ran up to him and stopped him and asked: "I said, third brother, where are you picking up so much dung! I haven't been able to pick up a soak of dog shit for many days." Tell me where you picked it up, okay?"

Li Detong glanced at Li Dejin, winked at Li Detie again, and then turned around and left without saying a word.

"It's still a secret!" Li Dejin said to himself, "I have to figure out what's going on!"

Li Detong had just walked not far when he heard a woman shouting: "Ouch, this is not a ghost! I don't know which peerless eighth generation has drained the dung in the latrine! Alas...... Peerless of the eight generations!"

"I see, it's stolen!" Li Dejin suddenly realized.

......

The next day, as soon as it was dawn, Li Dejin did not wake up Li Detie after getting up, and went out alone with a dung basket and a dung spoon. He thought all the way: "I'm going to make it full of dung basket today, so that Da and Mom can see how good I am!"

When he came to the neighbor's latrine, Li Dejin was dumbfounded—the latrine was clean, and there were a few bubbles of feces floating on his face in the manure pit, as if he was laughing at him. He tried to fish, but it was frozen like iron, and he couldn't get it.

"Oh, that's right! Let's go to someone else's latrine and see how about it!" In this way, Li Dejin ran to three latrines in a row, and the result was the same - the pit was washed into the water the night before.

Li Dejin had no choice but to walk home listlessly with a dung basket. On the way, I saw that Li Detong was not as energetic as yesterday, so he asked, "Little Detong, why haven't you picked it up today?"

Li Detong walked away without looking back.

......

Because it was snowing at night and it was too cold, the Li Dejin brothers followed the example of adults and walked around the village with straw ropes around their waists.

When they turned a Zhuangzi, they didn't feel very cold, and they were sweating, but they didn't gain much.

"Little Degang, look!" Li Detie suddenly shouted excitedly, pointing to a dog in front of him.

The dog was squatting on its hind legs, with its tail erect, and was pooping hard. The brothers held their breath, their eyes fixed on the dog, not daring to move, for fear that they would scare the dog away.

"Hey...... Is it Brother Degang and Brother De Tie in front?" suddenly came a crisp and immature girl's voice behind him, and the dog that was pooping was frightened, straightened up and ran away.

"Tube Xiaoya!" Li Detie shouted in surprise as soon as he turned around.

Li Dejin didn't look back, he knew who it was as soon as he heard the voice, and scolded in his heart: "Hmph! This dead little girl, if she doesn't come sooner or later, she will be scared out of a bubble of shit." ”

After a while, Guan Xiaoya panted and ran to Li Dejin and Li Detong, her face had become red and fluttering, and the corners of her mouth showed two shallow pear vortices.

The ignorant Li Dejin has no feelings for Guan Xiaoya's beautiful appearance, he doesn't seem to like her at all, and often laughs at her, saying that she is not ashamed, she just wants to be a bride when she wears a wedding dress, and sometimes she stains her clothes and makes her cry with anger.

But despite this, Guan Xiaoya still likes the smart and naughty Li Dejin.

"Sister Guan, you are so good-looking, and your mouth is sweet, Mom said the same!" Li Detie was so excited when he saw Guan Xiaoya, "Hehe! Sister Guan, Xiao Degang doesn't like you, I like you!"

Li Dejin slapped Li Detie on the shoulder and said, "Let's ignore her, let's go and pick up dung quickly!"

"Little Degang," Li Detie said angrily, "Why are you beating me again? I'm talking to my daughter-in-law about your!"

"What? She's your daughter-in-law?" Li Dejin smiled and leaned back, "You see that she is dressed like a flower butterfly, different from other women's mustaches, like a goblin!"

Guan Xiaoya was so aggrieved that she cried on the side.

"You're talking nonsense!" Li Detie shouted, "Guan Xiaoya is just good-looking! I like to see her wearing red clothes, like a bride." My mother and sister both said, Guan Xiaoya is my daughter-in-law!"

"You're stupid, and you still want to find a daughter-in-law? Who doesn't want you!" Li Dejin sneered.

"You don't know, I always worship with her at night!" Li Detie whispered into Li Dejin's ear.

"Hahaha...... Oh...... You're dreaming!" Li Dejin laughed.

"It's a dream, it's just like the real thing! We're still playing together and ......," Li said.

"What else are you doing?" asked Li Dejin.

"I won't tell you!" Li Detie said angrily, "Anyway, she's not your daughter-in-law!

"Big brother," Li Dejin grabbed him and said, "You are a toad who wants to eat swan meat!"