When Zhu Shun was about to arrange twenty-seven county schools, Liu Hanru also arrived in the west city of Shunshengchuan.

A small, barren county in a ravine.

There are only a few thousand people, which is basically equivalent to a larger village compared to the large counties around Gyeonggi that often have tens of thousands of people.

The west city of Shunshengchuan is in the Taihang Mountains, because it is too poor, and there is not even a county.

But all the officials who made up for the vacancies here all made up for the money and left here as soon as possible.

There is only one local master book left in the entire county office.

The chief bookkeeper learned that Liu Hanru was here, although he was a guilty person, he was also a five-grade Langzhong.

Decentralized to the locality, it is a high-ranking official at the level of the prefect of the prefecture, where dare to slack off, and quickly set up a banquet.

When Liu Hanru saw the banquet, his face instantly darkened, and there was a chicken on the table, and the others were all wild vegetables.

Do you think he, Liu Hanru, is so foolish?

Liu Hanru was also born in a poor family at the beginning, and in order to no longer live that kind of hard life, he was desperately greedy.

Not only have I eaten this wild vegetable, but when I was a child, I was almost beaten to death in order to fight for a wild vegetable.

Liu Hanru originally wanted to reprimand the chief bookkeeper, but when he saw the two Dongchang fans who were sent over by Wang Chengen next to him, they just took a sip of gruel and immediately left here.

I thought about going to be a farmer a day earlier, and leaving this shabby place a day earlier.

The main book has never been out of Shunshengchuan Xicheng in his life, where to recognize the East Factory, but the name of the East Factory has been heard.

When one of the Dongchang fanzi revealed his identity, the chief bookkeeper dared to show favoritism, first withdrew the banquet, and then asked a small official to take the three of them to a farmer's house with a decent life.

It's good, but it's a thin drink.

Leaving the county government and walking along the mountain road to the family, Liu Hanru and the three of them saw a scene they had never seen before.

Standing on the top of a mountain where no grass grows.

Afar.

It's all endless yellow earth.

Ravines and ravines, mountain rocks are exposed to the scorching sun.

I can't see a little bit of green.

The whole earth is like a furnace.

Liu Hanru and the three of them came to a canyon in silence, and under the cover of the towering gorge wall, they finally had a rare shade.

The canyon is dotted with caves, and there is actually a ploughing ox.

When the ploughing ox saw the man coming, he barked a few times, 'moo-moo-'.

But the desolation here is more and more prominent.

The little official knew that there were two Dongchang fans around him, and handed Liu Hanru over to one of the families, so he ran away, and didn't dare to stop for a moment.

There are only three people in this family, an old man, a young son and a daughter-in-law.

The old man was an authentic farmer, he didn't like to talk much, and led Liu Hanru into a very clean cave.

On the kang in the cave, a layer of hay is carefully spread.

There was also the only quilt in the house, but it was covered with patches.

Liu Hanru usually lives in a brocade satin mattress at home, with a few calligraphy and paintings hanging in the room and a furnace of spices.

Where did you suffer from this poor environment?

Liu Hanru walked in with his nose covered and glanced at him in disgust: "How could this official live in such a place." ”

After speaking, he walked out of the cave, stood on the empty yellow earth, and looked around for scenery.

There is no scenery here, except for the sand swept up by the wind, there is only a single grass of yellow earth.

Shunshengchuan West Castle is very hot during the day and cold at night.

Liu Hanru only wore a long shirt when he came, and in the middle of the night, he shivered from the cold.

There was really no choice but to reluctantly walk into the dirty cave and lie on the hay.

When he fell asleep in a daze, Liu Hanru had only one thought, it was so warm.

The next morning, get up.

The two Dongchang fans left him here and went back, and came to pick him up a month later, and when they left, they explained fiercely that no one was allowed to take care of Liu Hanru.

This made the careful master book, so frightened that he almost didn't kneel on the ground.

Dongchang fans have spoken, let alone take care of Liu Hanru, even if there are no people who dare to see him.

Liu Hanru, who was unrestrained, the first thing he did when he got up was to ask the old man for water: "The official wants to bathe and change clothes, and hurry up to prepare a bucket for the official." ”

The old man's son happened to come back from the field, this kid is a famous thorn in the county, and the most despised are these officials who can only scavenge the people's fat and ointment.

kicked Liu Hanru over and spat on him: "You still want to take a bath?" You fucking hurry up and work in the field with Lao Tzu, or you won't have anything to eat today. ”

Liu Hanru, who fell on the loess, dusted off the loess on his body and stood up from the ground: "Do you know that this official is the fifth grade ........ of the dynasty?"

Before he finished speaking, he was kicked again, and the old man's son was already angry, so he picked up his fist and smashed it over his face.

After playing a cup of tea, the old man grinned: "Son, it's almost over, if you fight again, you will die." ”

The old man's son spat a mouthful, and then let Liu Hanru go.

Liu Hanru remembered this tanned young man fiercely in his heart, got up from the ground with a blue nose and swollen face, and worked on the ground with a hoe.

Only came back in the evening to eat.

During the meal, Liu Hanru's anger immediately came up, and he didn't care if he would be beaten, so he directly threw Tao Wan, who was missing, to the ground.

Several people were squatting at the door of the cave to eat, Liu Hanru's meal was on the grinding plate on the west side of the cave, and the old Han family of three was squatting next to the stove in the east.

In the open-air stove, steaming white gas was bubbling and there was a stream of aroma.

Liu Hanru smashed the only intact Tao Wan in the old man's house, and suddenly rushed over bravely: "This official is also a person, and you actually feed the wheat bran for the official." ”

"Your family of three is good, and you can eat here ........"

Before he finished speaking, Liu Hanru, who lifted the lid of the wooden pot, suddenly couldn't speak.

There was no imaginary meat soup in the big iron pot, just a bunch of roots and wild vegetables, and the aroma he smelled just now also made him feel sick for a while.

Liu Hanru, who was desperate to save face, didn't know what to say, anyway, the old Han family of three couldn't understand it, and walked into the clean cave with his head held high.

Midnight.

Liu Hanru, who felt that the quilt was very dirty, covered the bed with patches on his body.

The next morning, when he got up, Liu Hanru saw a clay bowl with a missing mouth on the stone mill, and there was still wheat bran in it.

Liu Hanru drank it honestly, although it was very scratchy, but there was an indescribable aroma of rice.

After eating, Liu Hanru followed the old man's son to a small ravine seven or eight miles away.

There is a small river that is so shallow that it can break at any moment.

Three or four acres of fields were cultivated along the river, and some drought-tolerant wheat was planted.

The harvest season is coming soon, and the wheat is growing well, and the yellow stalks are heavy with wheat.

Liu Hanru stood next to a deep pit by the river, filling the barrels.

The old man's son carried two buckets, two very heavy buckets, and kept watering the wheat field.

I hope to have more wheat harvest.

From morning to noon, barely watering an acre of land, the old man's son lay tired on the yellow earth and fell asleep.

Liu Hanru stood silently beside him.

Seven days passed like this, Liu Hanru looked at the old man's son who was sleeping soundly on the yellow earth, silently picked up the burden, and prepared to water.

When he picked up the burden, he realized how heavy the burden was, one bucket was more than forty catties, and the two added up to almost a hundred catties.

Liu Hanru staggered and almost fell to the ground, took a deep breath, and slowly walked over step by step.

It took a stick of incense, but it was only a trip.

Liu Hanru knew that the old man's son was about to wake up, so he hurriedly put the bucket and burden away.

When the old man's son woke up, he was afraid that the other party would suspect that the position was wrong, so he took the initiative to say: "While you are sleeping, the official filled the water." ”

The old man's son had actually found out a long time ago, didn't say anything, and continued to carry water.

Half a month passed like this, and the old man's son suddenly did not come back, and lived alone in a shed next to the wheat field, guarding the wheat that was about to ripen.

Fortunately, there are not many people who dare to come over to steal wheat in the town, and there are only two or three scattered ones, all of whom were beaten back by the old man's son.

However, the old man's son was also injured, and when the old man heard his daughter-in-law crying about his son's condition, he picked up a hunting bow and went to the wheat field to keep vigil for his son.

These acres of grain are the hope of the whole family, and if they don't exchange these grains for some wheat bran, in winter, their whole family will starve to death.

Liu Hanru looked at the old man who was lying on his back, holding a hunting bow and preparing to fight with a group of young people, when he suddenly stood up and said, "I'll go with you." ”

The old man, who was lying on his back, did not speak, let Liu Hanru follow, and replaced the old man's son together.

When the old man's son left here with a limp, he patted Liu Hanru on the shoulder hard, almost scaring Liu Hanru to death.

When he first came over, the beating, Liu Hanru still has palpitations when he thinks about it.

In the afterglow of the setting sun.

The old man's son limped and disappeared into the yellow earth.

The shadow is very long.

Liu Hanru didn't know why, he smiled inexplicably, his smile was a little less hypocritical and a little more mellow.

On the third day, when the old man's daughter-in-law came to deliver the meal, she actually smiled at Liu Hanru.

Liu Hanru looked at the restrained smile of the black and thin woman in front of him, he had seen too many beautiful smiles, and even saw the smile of the female champion at the top of the flower case.

I was a little flattered.

Liu Hanru took a sip of wheat bran porridge and asked casually: "Hey, why don't you have grandchildren?" ”

The rickety old man suddenly clenched the notched pottery bowl, and it took a long time to let go, and replied: "I can't feed it, I'm starving to death." ”

Liu Hanru froze in place, looking at the wheat bran porridge in his hand.

Once again, it was hard to swallow.

Until the one-month deadline came, Liu Hanru followed the two Dongchang fans to leave this barren small county, and he never spoke.

On the way back to the capital, he was always in a trance, walking and walking, not knowing where to go, if it weren't for the two Dongchang fans looking at him, they would have fallen into the river.

Just when he was about to arrive in the capital, Liu Hanru took the wrong road again, and came to the door of the Beijing Normal University Hall in a trance.

I saw an asymmetrical couplet.

Liu Hanru stood in place, unable to move, staring at the couplet in a daze.

Reading for the rise of China.

Realize the great rejuvenation of the nation.

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