It's time to get to work.

Early in the morning, the woman got up and planned to cook, but found that Li Hu was no longer in the house, and after a little recollection, there seemed to be movement in the house when the rooster crowed. Yan'er said sullenly: "He won't look for snow to take a bath, right?" He was dumbfounded...... I'll go to the river and look for it. When he arrived at the river, it was true that Li Hu broke a piece of ice, took a bath in the river, ran along the river, boxed, and came back with two buckets of water. Yan'er stomped her feet and shook her head when she saw him, and screamed, "Who told you to get up so early and go to fetch water?" You are so diligent, my mother said that I was lazy. Yes. She pointed her finger and pouted, saying, "Sue you." The stone quarry is tired. Get up so early, and run and carry, when the time comes, see if you are still energetic? Don't tell me if you're tired. ”

When he went back, breakfast was already cooked, Li Hu finished eating, Yan'er stuffed him with a nest again, and then let him go out with others, and told her mother: "Remember to ask for money that day." People say, the surname Zhang's love is relain, you don't want it, he said that he remembered, remembered, after a long time, he didn't admit it, took out a notebook for you to see, and told you that the day and day on it was less, and then you thought you were really wrong. ”

Li Hu turned his head and was happy: "Yanyan, you forgot." I am literate. He doesn't remember, can't I read it? ”

Yan'er had no choice but to shut up.

She sent Li Hu out, until the young men who walked with Li Hu laughed at her, "Li Hu goes to work, you are not willing to send it, send it", then she quarreled with them fiercely and ran home with a red face.

She came and went, just like that, Li Hu looked back at her, her braids flying and jumping behind her head, it was as lively as a bee.

Looking back, he said, "Do you remember our training yesterday?" This morning, we lined up in a column to practice running, and then when we couldn't run, we practiced walking. ”

In this way, more than ten miles away, they ran to work.

Yan'er returned home and didn't bother to do anything else for a day.

When the girls from the village came to play with her, she said, "There's nothing to do anyway, so let's go to the stone field together." Not to mention the girls, even her sister-in-law and her mother couldn't help but laugh at her, so she had to hide from her upset, scribble with Li Hu's pen, and practice writing her name. In the evening, when she saw that it was getting dark, she could not do anything and ran to the entrance of the village.

In the past, people could only come back after dark, but before it was dark, this group of young people came back...... Yan'er caught up, thinking that they were collectively gone, and was about to say two words to them fiercely, when the dog chestnut shouted to sù: "Yan'er." On the first day we went to work today, we destroyed all the people in the stone field, and in the afternoon, the stones we should have carried were finished, and everyone said that the descendants of this Yang Village were like cows. ”

He smiled brightly, and the other teenagers did the same, hugging Li Hu, shouting as they walked.

Back at home, Yan'er and her mother also began to ask Li Hu.

Li Hu said: "People in other villages are still carrying horizontal logs, we are padding logs, helping to pull, now in winter, there is ice and snow, is that not fast?" Tomorrow we're going to try it out with a sled, and if we do, it will be faster. So that the quarrying is not available to us at all. ”

Yan'er's mother won't ask.

In the next half month, two teenagers would rest every day, saying that Li Hu would rest, and then look for carpenters, blacksmiths, and people to weave cables everywhere.

Suddenly, one day after work, everyone's face was different from usual, like the first day to work, and their spirits were flying.

When they got home, the people in the family learned that their wages had risen, and one person got four cents that day.

This was a great event, and the next day, they went to work, and the elders all flocked to Yan'er's house to talk to Yan'er and her mother about it.

Yan'er and his mother also knew, and said worriedly: "They got a sled to pull stones and snatched people from other villages alive, will they fight with people when they turn around?" ”

It's not unreasonable to worry, two days later, it's a fight.

On the day of the fight, several of the young men in Yang Village were slightly injured, but they came back in good spirits.

Why, the battle was won.

Li Hu alone beat down five or six adults who went to work, and the teenagers were not to be outdone, and defeated the people from other villages together, and returned with honors.

Hearing them come back, Li Hu also said: "You get little salary, what are you looking for us for?" You are looking for the owner of the field, you don't dare to look for him, what's the use of looking for us? ”

Yan'er and her mother couldn't help it, and called Li Hu at night and told him about him, but Li Hu just laughed.

I see that a month is about to pass.

It was dark that day, and the teenagers came back, Yan Yan thought that something bad was wrong, and when she took Li Hu home, she found that he was carrying a money bag in his hand.

Li Hu proudly handed it to her.

As soon as she opened the money bag, her eyes straightened, and she shouted, "Mother." Come and see. Li Hu's money. ”

She poured it on the table, and "banged" off a big coin, a small article, and a silver horn.

Yan'er and her mother were stunned at the time, turned her head, and asked Li Hu worriedly: "How did you come?" Why so much money? ”

Li Hu smiled and said, "I can draw." ”

He said: "The day before yesterday, the wealthy of Chen Zhai mainly renovated the house, to carve a big eagle, we here, are to draw a lion, a dragon to paint a tiger or something, I can't find a painter who can paint an eagle, I went to paint, after the painting told them, and so the masonry carved the painting, it can be filled in the color, the painting will be colored, yesterday, to fill in the color, today the rich man will use the stone at home all to deal with me, these have to pay the wages and have a deposit. ”

The family was stunned.

Yanyan didn't believe it and demanded, "You paint." You draw one. Can you also draw? ”

Li Hu didn't paint and said, "I'm too tired." I'll show you another day. ”

Yan'er's mother took Yan'er out and went to other people's houses to ask others. asked, the teenagers did know that Li Hu was called to paint, but they didn't know how much money they get, saying that Li Hu didn't say it, but just asked them to save two yuan a day, and put a tool to change when the time comes. Yan'er's mother thought that Li Hu had a heart, so she deliberately didn't say it, and she didn't dare to say how much money Li Hu had gotten, so she came back quietly and said to Yan'er's sister-in-law: "What is the price of the painters in the stone field, go back and ask others, Li Hu's money is given to him." If you change the tool, don't let the family pay for it, let Li Hu pay alone. ”

Another half a month has passed, it is said that many rich people are looking for Li Hu to paint, the money is less, Li Hu does not accept at all, the teenagers already know that Li Hu has earned a lot of money, they do not have Yan'er and her mother's unexpected jealousy, but it seems particularly mysterious, and then together, if you want to say anything loudly, but also avoid people, one of the thin teenagers began to learn to write, as soon as people saw him, they began to call him "clerk".

The elders of the village were still wondering.

Suddenly, one day, they didn't go to work, and they brought an old stonemason into the village, went to the house of Dog Chestnut's house, and let Li Hu meet him alone.

In the evening, Yan'er's uncle came to the house, and when he saw that Li Hu was not there, he said to Yan'er and her mother: "Li Hu is not a mortal. Does he want to open his own quarry and do it himself? ”

Yan'er and her mother were very happy, and said with a smile: "When he comes back, I will ask him." ”

His uncle said, "Don't wait. You go look for it, and ask him quickly. Zhang Chang is waiting at my house. He didn't know that Li Hu belonged to your family, and found my family, today Li Hu suddenly didn't let people go to work, looking for people from other villages, and others began to ask him for a price, he couldn't stand it, so he came to find Li Hu and asked Li Hu to help him. I didn't know what Li Hu was thinking, so I didn't dare to reply, so I dragged him and asked myself. ”

He said again: "Tell Li Hu, let him not be young and vigorous, why don't people open a stone quarry?" The one surnamed Zhang is a strong man, and there are still people in the family, if there is no one above, not a strong man, can the stone field be opened? He deducted people's money at every turn, and they ran to him twice for three days to beat him. Li Hu wants to open, then he has to think in the long run, first, he is still young, and second, our village is small, and there are few people. In case the surname Zhang knows that his thoughts are difficult, our village can't beat people. You just told Li Hu, if you open a stone field, you have to tell the adults, let's make preparations early, go to the township and county to find someone to rely on, and support us, if there is no adult to find a way for them, can they do it? It's all about causing trouble at home. ”

Yan'er and her mother sighed, so she went to look for it, and asked several families, only to know that Li Hu and Dog Lizi went to a village not far away to buy livestock.

She was uncomfortable with these things, and felt that this Li Hu didn't say anything, it was too unusual.

But when she got home, as soon as she talked about her dissatisfaction, Yan'er was happy.

She said, "I know." He was going to buy a donkey, and I said you have nothing to do to buy a donkey, and our mother will let me beat you when she finds out. And he said, "Then I won't say." ”

Yan'er's mother asked, "What did he buy a donkey for?" ”

Yan'er said, "Grind the stones." ”

"What?!"

Yan'er was overjoyed and said, "He wants to try grinding stones." He wanted to try everything. He said that the surface of the stone slab was uneven, relying on a little or a little chiseling, too slow, so he thought about grinding it with a mill, and saw if he would think about it? Fortunately, it is in our house, if his father and mother are here, they will beat him every day. ”