The dog came more often, and he was familiar with Li Zhangshi. When he saw it, he shouted from afar: "Master Li, can there be meat worms in the porridge today!" ”

When Li Zhangshi heard this, he opened his mouth and scolded: "Grandpa, I have washed it eight hundred times, where did the insects come from!" The bird who came here was smiling nonsense" looked up and saw that it was a dog, and said while stirring the porridge with a big iron spoon: "It turned out to be you, a monkey, don't you want to eat porridge anymore when your belly is full today?" ”

The dog laughed, "How dare you, Master Li, the porridge you boiled is not thick or light, the fragrance is ten miles, even if the stomach is full, you can drink three more bowls after smelling your old porridge." ”

"Hahaha, as far as your skin monkey mouth is sweet, I put frosting in this porridge, and the frosting is expensive, and only those big officials can eat it. This time, the old men of Dongcheng saw that you were pitiful and donated some porridge for boiling, which is cheaper for you poor eggs! ”

At this time, an old man in his fifties said: "What Guan Ye Li said is that those old men outside the staff are really good people, this is the first time I have eaten porridge with frosting!" ”

The dog listening next to him pouted, thinking "kind fart", in order to bury his father, his five acres of irrigated land and fifteen acres of dry land were mortgaged and sold to Liu Yuanwai in the village. Of course, the dog knew that it was selling at a loss, but at that time the village was burned to the ground, and few people died, and there was land everywhere. He was young and ignorant and didn't know how to farm, and he was in a hurry to bury his father and mother, so he had to sell the wasteland to Liu Yuanwai at a price. Now this Liu Yuanwai lives in Dongcheng.

The dog spat out, gritted his teeth and whispered: "If it weren't for the county lord forcing the foreign masters to pay for food, those people wouldn't be happy to pay!" Then he raised his voice and said: "Rice is the same rice, whether this porridge is delicious or not depends on the craftsmanship of our Li Guanye!" Dongcheng Old Man Li's house also opened a disaster relief hall, the rice porridge can be boiled and eaten to jump off the big teeth, and the stomach is louder than the sound of a buffalo when he walks! ”

The people around listened to the dog's witticism, and instantly laughed and leaned back and forth.

That Li Zhangshi laughed when he heard this, and then knocked the iron pot with an iron spoon, "Okay, okay, you monkey don't make fun of me anymore, you guys are all about to stand in line, aren't you hungry?" ”

It turned out that when he first started making porridge a month ago, the county government found a primary apprentice for Li Zhangshi to help him. This little apprentice is lazy and doesn't wash the rice and boils it directly, if the dog and the disaster victims eat it, they won't say anything, after all, it's good to have free porridge to eat, so many complaints. Unfortunately, on the same day, the second master of the county government, Sun Zhubo, came to inspect and wanted to make some people-friendly images for the people to see, so he asked Zhang Zhusi, who accompanied him, to bring a bowl of porridge over. The priest was also dizzy, and the junior apprentice handed over the porridge, but he didn't pay attention to check it, so he gave it to Master Sun.

The first bite of eating a stone, Master Sun's thin face darkened, disaster relief porridge, eating a stone is nothing, and he didn't make a sound, then scooped up the second spoonful, and kept a heart to look at the porridge carefully with his eyes, this careful look at the bad thing, half a small worm is twisting in the porridge! So he vomited all over the place, and a people-friendly drama was not performed.

After going back, Zhang Zhusi and the apprentice were driven out of the yamen with a board, and even took Li Zhangshi and fined him.

Most of the people who come here are those who have suffered from the war, most of them are old, young, sick and disabled, and those who are young and strong or have some leftover rice at home will not come to receive the righteous porridge to drink, which is a shame.

In the eyes of the people of the Song Dynasty, they thought that eating relief food was a very shameful thing, and as long as they had the slightest ability, they would not come to receive it. It's not like the later generations, who drive a car but receive a subsidy for poor students issued by the state. The family took advantage of two or three suites, but found a relationship to live in low-rent housing. The people generally believe that being able to take advantage of the country is a manifestation of ability. Therefore, the hearts of the ancients were still very sincere, and people were very particular about virtue and ethics, and they were not as thick-skinned as later generations.

After three or five people, it was the turn of the dog. When the dog walked in front of him, Li Zhangshi scooped a spoonful of porridge with an iron spoon and poured it into the dog's bowl. The same goes for the dog leftover next to him.

Just as the dog was about to leave, Li Zhangshi said in a very small voice in the dog's ear: "Little dog, in two hours, you will come over to help me clean up this guy's things, today is the last day, and there is still some brown rice left." Take it secretly! These brown rice are all going to be distributed today, and they have already been released. I don't think there are very many of these people here today. I guess I can't finish it, but there won't be too much left, so you can take it! ”

The dog's face was overjoyed when he heard this, and he also lowered his voice and said to Li Zhangshi: "Thank you, Master Li, but the kid looked at an old errand next to him and kept an account book, and a steward surnamed Zhao looked at it, will you be okay?" ”

Li Zhangshi turned his head to look over there after hearing this, and said casually: "It's nothing, these servants will leave after the vegetarian bun is finished." That's all left here is me and a few people. I sent Minzhuang to go first, and you took it again! ”

"Okay, Master Li, thank you. The little incompetence is to report that there is something to run errands, remember to call me. ”

"Hehehe. Good dog, there you go! Go eat porridge. ”

Seeing that Li Zhangshi's fat face squeezed out a flower. Hurriedly pulled the dog to the side, found a piece of big bluestone and squatted down, and drank the porridge with a snort.

As the saying goes, half the size eats the poor father. The dog and the dog drank three bowls of porridge in a row before they filled their bellies.

The queue was repeated again. The two of them took the porridge and cautiously walked towards the south gate. Slowly cross the stinking gutter. Came to the courtyard of the half-collapsed old house of the Ba family.

This old house of the Ba family used to be the house of a priest in the yamen. This priest was a scribe recruited by the Chengdu government, in his thirties, and did not have a wife. Later, he took a concubine in Youchuan County, and hired an old woman in her forties to serve her. However, both the oshiji and her concubine died in the war, and the house was empty.

This original three-room main house, the courtyard of the east and west wings, was also burned by the fire, and only one intact east house and a half-pulled atrium that had not collapsed, as well as a west wing room for miscellaneous items. The furniture in the house, the most valuable, were taken away, and only some crude and worthless things remained.

The window frames in the house were gone, and there was a black window hole, and in the corner of the yard, there was a thick stack of straw, where the dog had slept last night. The dog followed the dog here to find a clean big stone, put down the bowl of porridge in his hand, and found a clean wooden board to cover it.

At that moment, the two of them were standing in the courtyard, and the dog said to the dog: "Let's clean up this place, and no one will drive us away from this dilapidated house, so we will live here in the future." ”

The dog looked around, especially at the main house where only one and a half houses remained, and did not dislike the messy ruins here, but danced happily.

"Brother Alang, did you say we're going to live here in the future? Is this our new home? ”

"Home?"

The dog suddenly fell silent, because he remembered the small courtyard where he used to live and was always full of laughter, and the father and mother who loved him, the little yellow dog named Huang Api. Hate that war disaster! The dog clenched his hands.

It wasn't until he was shaken vigorously by the dog that he struggled out of the painful memories. Looking at the worried eyes of the dog left, he wiped away the tears fiercely, nodded heavily, and said, "Yes, the dog is our new home here." ”

"Great, Brother Alang, we have a home again!"

Grabbed the dog who was as happy as a spinning top, and threw him a broom made of branches and weeds, while he picked up the other one and walked towards the east house.

While there is still some time, we have to clean up the east house first so that we can have a place to stay at night. The broken bricks, the broken tiles, and the broken adobe bricks were all thrown into the corners of the courtyard.

And those that are intact and still usable are placed in front of the West Wing. The long wooden Rinko is a treasure, so she carefully placed it in the wing! In the future, I will keep repairing the half-pulled atrium.

The broken wood was moved to the courtyard to be used for the fire. For a while, the dust was flying, and the dogs and dogs were covered in stinky sweat and covered in dirt. It is estimated that it has been almost two hours outside, and the time agreed with Li Zhangshi is almost up. The dog pulled up the energetic dog leftover who was working on the side, walked out of the courtyard gate and walked east, walking about twenty steps. There is a well here, which is where the surrounding families get water.

In the ancient villages, the equipment was rudimentary, and it was all manpower, and it was very laborious and expensive to dig a well. So not every household has a well. Often, seven or eight families work together to dig a well and share it. Only those who are not short of money will dig wells alone.

After five or six rounds of the reels used to draw water, a small wooden barrel filled with water was fished out of the well. In ancient times, the water level of groundwater was relatively shallow, and water could be produced within a dozen meters. Unlike the dense population of later generations, the water consumption is relatively large, and the depth of wells in some places is tens or even more than 100 meters.

On the bluestone slab next to the well, the two of them washed happily, especially the dirty water that had gone down to the ground with their faces and hands.

Although I don't have the money to buy new clothes and pants, I can still do it cleanly and hygienically. My mother once said that illness is caused by dirty hands. Every time I didn't wash my hands after eating, I would be beaten with a stick by my mother's father and supervised to wash myself.

I also dipped my hands in some water and gently wiped the soil on my hair. If the weather is too cold, if the hair is wet with water and cannot be dried, it is easy to get typhoid fever when the cold wind blows, so you have to wipe it clean with a cloth. But I don't have that time, so I can only take care of it a little.

Washed hands picked up two handfuls of water and drank two sips. Look at the bucket and there is still half a bucket of water left. The water was too dirty to be poured back into the well, so it was lifted up and poured into the roots of the big tree beside it.

This big tree must be 100 years old, and he and the dog can only hold it hand in hand. It's late autumn now, and the yellow leaves on the branches have fallen off a few of them.

Big trees go through spring, summer, autumn and winter, and like people, they also go through childhood, youth, middle age, and old age, until death.

Although it lives longer than people and is very enviable, it also has the disadvantage of not being as good as people.

It has no human feet, and it cannot leave here to measure the vastness of the alpine grasslands, nor can it see the waves of rivers and lakes, nor can it fly to the sky to see the splendid and colorful planet.

It can only take root here, and always have to guard the unchanging soil all day long, and sit and watch the various scenes of life unfolded around it. We always thought that it was a scene on the side of the road, a scene that we had seen in a hurry.

Actually, no, we are the guests who break into its eyes.

Scold! Life, how weird.