In front of the kitchen in the backyard of Zhang's house, the two brothers, Dog Er and Gou Yu, were lying on the ground in a large shape, their chests were panting like a bellows, while the short-necked cook on the side was snickering.

The dog didn't have the strength to get up when he heard this, so he lay on the ground and said to the cook: "I said Master Zhang, but I didn't toss a stupid boy like you." Yesterday I said that I had a tank of water, and you kept using it, so I feel that there are enough three tanks of water! It's almost noon, and the work of the two of us in the utility room is not done at all, and I can't explain it after a while! ”

The cook laughed when he heard this, then stopped his work and walked to the dog and said, "Don't complain, if it weren't for the fact that my little servants were all sent to the front yard, I wouldn't have bullied your two little brothers." Seeing that you two are still honest and honest with you, the steward of the inspection is close to me, and if I can't pass the relationship, I will share it with him, and I will not let you be punished. After speaking, he said

"Hurry up, I still have some chicken bones left in the pot, and then get some cooking cakes for your brothers and sisters to soak in chicken soup to eat, it's cool! Hurry up and wash your hands, hide behind and eat" After speaking, he pinched the arms of the two and said: "This body has also lost some weight, drink more chicken soup today to make up for it!" ”

As soon as the two people lying on the ground heard that there was chicken soup to drink, their saliva couldn't stop flowing. A carp didn't feel tired even when he was fighting, so he ran after the cook and ran to the back.

A stack of cooking cakes and a plate of vegetables filled with a large bowl of chicken soup, the two of them ate heartily, and their stomachs were full. The cook was dumbfounded, and kept looking at it, for fear that they would break their belly.

Seeing that the dog was holding his calves and holding a round belly, holding a big bowl and wanting to get chicken soup to drink, the bluffing cook quickly stopped and said: "Xiaolang, don't eat anymore, if you eat it again, your stomach will be broken." ”

"Okay," the dog said, licking his lips and regretting.

And the dog next to him, who was burping seven or eight in a row, interjected: "Master Zhang, this is no wonder boy, this chicken soup you stew is really a fairy who can't stop drinking it!" ”

This sycophant really hit the cook's heart, and he couldn't find his smiling eyes before he stopped, and then he continued: "No matter how delicious it is, you two can't drink it anymore." ”

"That Master Zhang, can the kid bring a bamboo tube back when he gets off work?"

"Okay, but I don't have a bamboo tube for you to use, you two go find it yourself."

The dog thanked him three times in a row, and then led the dog out of the kitchen and walked to the utility room.

I spent the morning fetching water, and the work here was not done at all, although there was the cook to endorse it, but the dog was more honest and didn't want to be so troublesome. It only took two pillars of incense time, squinted a little, and led the dog to take the tools that he cleaned yesterday and pushed open the door of this utility room.

In this room there was a lot of tattered things, there were old cabinets and broken stools, baskets of old clothes piled up on a mountain, and when I removed a few half-man-high coarse water tanks, I saw a large iron pot with a missing edge lying quietly in front of me, and there was a pile of slightly broken pots and pans in the basket beside it.

After picking it up roughly, he put together a set of utensils, thinking that the dilapidated house of the Naba family was suitable, and then thinking of the nursing home at the door, he was worried, but he didn't know how to take them out!

After thinking about it for a long time, there was nothing I could do, so I had to put it aside and not think about it, and continued to rummage through the pile of garbage, hoping for something else.

From under the window in the corner of the house, a large bundle of bamboo tubes was turned out, a foot long and thigh-thick, and there were more than twenty of them.

Seeing this pile of bamboo tubes, the dog's eyes lit up, and he said in his heart, if these bamboo tubes are connected together, spread from the well to the kitchen, when drawing water, you only need to pour water into the tube at the edge of the well, and the end will flow directly into the water tank, so that you can save some effort.

Meimei thought about it for a while, lowered her head and counted again, and then she was deflated, only more than twenty steps away. At the moment, it seems that it can't be paved, but with this idea, it is good, thinking that Zhang Yuan, who is rich and rich, is willing to pay some silver money out of this bamboo tube and it is not expensive, it is not as much as you want. When I had the opportunity to meet Zhang Xiaosan's father Zhang Da in charge again, I mentioned to him that it was no problem to get some rewards.

At the innermost part of the room, seven or eight straw mats were bundled on a wheelbarrow with a missing leg, and a thick layer of soil fell on it, which was probably not used for a long time.

Look inside a few large and small stone urns and clay pots piled together, some cracked, some are still intact, and after laboriously crossing a pile of wood, you can see an old rocking chair made of bamboo below.

It looked like it was novel, and I couldn't resist my curiosity, so I and the dog moved out and washed the soil on it, wiped it three times with a broken linen cloth, and the two of them scrambled to squeeze inside, and kicked the ground hard, and the bamboo chair swayed and shook.

Enduring the squeaky squeak, the two of them played a few laps each, and it was no longer uncommon, so it was no wonder that this loud noise would be thrown here to feed the soil.

After carefully rummaging through it again, there was no other thing available, and the two of them were just like yesterday. The intact and usable ones were thrown aside, and the broken, worn-out, and large pieces were all dismantled and piled up on the other side, and the small ones were moved first and then the big ones.

As for how can that big water tank stump a dog who thinks he is a smart person!!

First clean up the road, take a wooden stick and put it under the bottom of the water tank, and then use a bamboo pole to warp one end, slowly press, the water tank will roll out of the house by itself.

If you really can't move it or the damage is serious, you will smash it with a hammer Kuang Kuang, put it in a sack and carry it out, anyway, it is not your own, what is distressing.

The two of them tossed and turned, and it took two hours to move the house out, and when they saw that it was dark and it was estimated that it was Shen hour, they rubbed each other's legs, beat their shoulders, and had to get up again after a short rest.

The two of them carried the bucket to the well, but they didn't dare to use the water in the kitchen tank anymore.

However, the chicken soup he boiled is really fragrant, that is, there is not much meat on the bones of this chicken, lick his mouth, and wait for another day to make a few rope sets to catch a few pheasants on Nachai Mountain to relieve his hunger.

When I came back with a bucket of water, I first wiped the water tank, then went to fetch water to fill the water tank, and the rest of the old people tossed back and forth to the well. The two of them swept and wiped one by one, and their backs were so sore that they were sweating all over, and then they stopped.

Just when he was about to splash the dirty water into the courtyard, he found that a large number of people came to the courtyard at some point, looking at him quietly.

At first glance, the leader was Zhang Xiaosan's father, Zhang Da Steward, and standing next to him was the short-necked cook in the kitchen and a few people in steward clothes, and behind them was a large group of small people carrying various things.

The two of them were stunned, they didn't know what was wrong, the old driver came over, and hurriedly ran over to make a salute and said: "The kid is dizzy, I didn't see the arrival of the stewards, and I hope to atone for my sins, I don't know what the stewards are looking for the kid?" ”

The steward smiled, and didn't say anything, but walked around the house outside the courtyard, and then stopped in front of the rocking chair in the courtyard and said: "It's nothing, come here to see if there are any old things used by the master, and when I saw this rocking chair, I suddenly remembered that the old man liked to make all kinds of wood when he was young, and the eldest young master had just turned three years old at that time, so he made a short rocking chair for him to play." Who knew that the eldest young master was naughty, turned his head on the rocking chair and fell down, knocked several bags on his head, and the bad master was blamed by Mrs. for a long time, alas, this time the old man actually went! After speaking, he took out the handkerchief in his sleeve, covered his eyes, and cried bitterly.

The stewards and servants around were also crying, and the dog and the dog were left to stay in embarrassment, thinking that it was wrong, and quickly making some sad appearances.

Steward Zhang cried a lot, then wiped his tears with a handkerchief and said softly: "That's it, people will die eventually, and I may have to accompany the master in some time." After speaking, he turned his head and said to one side's face: "I just looked, these two brothers work very carefully, and they deserve to be excellent, you must not fail to reward them, and then inform the servants and hired workers in the palace to make them need to be so serious." ”

The square-faced steward responded to the promise, and walked a few steps forward and said to the dog brothers: "If you get the honor, you will be rewarded with three times the salary!" You haven't thanked Steward Zhang for his kindness. ”

After hearing this, the dog didn't realize why the excellent reward this time was more than the last time, so he dragged the dog and made a series of words: "Thank you Steward Zhang, the kid will do things carefully!" ”

The steward nodded, and was about to turn around and lead the group away. At this moment, the dog took a step forward and shouted, "Steward Zhang, please stay, the kid has something to say." ”

Steward Zhang turned around and looked at the dog with a puzzled face and said, "What's the matter?" ”

The dog didn't care about replying, so he hurriedly saluted and ran to the corner to hold two bamboo tubes, and pointed: "The boy carried water today, and saw that the well was a long distance from the kitchen.

Today's small tidying up the utility room, see this bamboo tube and think of a way, like this two by two, and then spread to the front of the tank, when the draft only needs to be in the well water to fill the water, into one end of the water will automatically flow to the kitchen, so is not time-saving and labor-saving! After speaking, he picked up the wooden cylinder in his hand and made a few demonstrations.

After hearing this, Steward Zhang stroked his beard and pondered without saying a word, but saw the short-necked cook on the side clapping his hands again and again and said, "Good boy, you are really smart enough, you can think of such a labor-saving method." Hurry up, I can wait for the kitchen to use it in a hurry, and I'm worried that no one will help me carry water tonight. ”

When the dog heard that he was going to be dragged to work again, he hurriedly said: "Master Zhang, Master Zhang!" Let go and listen to the boy's words, this bamboo tube can only be paved for five or six steps, but it can't be connected to the kitchen! ”

The cook was stunned for a moment, then let go of the dog's hand and turned his head to look at the steward.

But when he saw the steward Zhang, he smiled and said, "Brother Zhang, don't worry, since there is such a labor-saving method, how can it not be used." Even if this bamboo tube is not enough, I asked Mrs. tomorrow, and I approved the money to buy some around.

As for tonight, I will transfer a few handymen to help you carry water, and when the bamboo tube arrives, I promise that I will definitely lay it for you first! ”

After speaking, he said to the dog: "The little brother's name is Gou'er, right?" ”

The dog hurriedly replied: "My name is Zhao Gou'er, and behind me is my brother Liu Gou'er!" ”

Steward Zhang nodded and said, "Dog, do you know how many bamboo tubes you need to use from the well to the kitchen?" ”

The dog was stunned for such a simple question, he still needs to ask himself as a big steward, I think it is this steward who will test himself again!

So he replied respectfully: "This step should use this foot long bamboo tube three, from here to the kitchen should have three hundred steps, I think when you need nine hundred, but if you can find the long bamboo tube can save a lot, there are fewer seams, this damage and leakage will be less." After speaking, he thought about it carefully and said: "After all, the bamboo tube is easy to be damaged, so it is better to use it as a pottery tube, and it can be buried deep in the ground, and it should not be damaged!" ”

Steward Zhang on the side looked at the dog and kept talking, and he didn't interrupt and looked at him with a smile.

It wasn't until the dog Balabala said a lot that he found out, and he scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "Let Steward Zhang laugh, it's the kid who is verbose!" ”

"It's okay, you're right, dog, have you ever been to school?"

The dog thought for a moment and replied sincerely: "The boy only learned some words with his father, and never went to school. ”

'Going to school' is like 'going to school' in the Hereafter. The Song Dynasty was a dynasty with a very strong commercial atmosphere, and the prosperity of the economy created a great breakthrough in industrial technology, papermaking technology was improved, and movable type printing made books popular among the people.

In addition, in order to improve the literacy rate of the common people, the imperial court issued various policies to encourage the "revitalization of education," and the major colleges and private schools bloomed everywhere like bamboo shoots after a rain.

When the people have money, they will spend some of it, send their children to study in major academies, and those who are more competitive can also get a 'jinshi' to go home to glorify their ancestors in the imperial examination, and from then on the sparrow will become a phoenix!

If you don't want to be angry, you can find a decent job by knowing a few words.

Therefore, the Song and Song dynasties were the era with the most prosperous culture and the highest literacy rate in ancient China since the founding of civilization. It's hateful that she has had polio since she came out of her mother's womb, was beaten by Jin to survive, and was driven into the sea by Yuan to feed the fish!

Exactly, after Yashan, there will be no China, and the Chinese people should not forget the national shame!