Chapter 5 Opportunities

He Yu's elder brother He Qing, who went to private school for three years, has outstanding academic performance, and is often praised by Mr.

Since He Yu's grandfather passed away, there is no longer a private school run by Mr. Da Shui Dong, and the children who study have to be sent to the private school in the neighboring village to study, and the nearest one is nearly ten miles away, which needs to be boarded, and the cost has increased a lot!

He Qing has been studying for three years, and his family really can't afford it! No, since last year, he has been apprenticed to the city to learn the trade.

After leaving the bazaar, He Yu's father kept his head down in contemplation and walked home silently, showing that he was extremely unsettled in his heart.

Although he didn't walk very fast, it wasn't something that an eight-year-old could keep up with, He Yu was trotting all the way, and it didn't take long for him to be out of breath and unable to walk.

The father came back to his senses, looked at his son apologetically, picked up He Yu with his hand, put it on his back, and strode forward.

At dusk, He Yu saw the familiar courtyard on the side of the mountain.

Maybe it was really a heart, He Yu's father and mother looked at each other at the same time with their hands on the pergola.

Her mother stood on the pedestal, holding her sister in her left hand, and the afterglow of the setting sun covered her whole body with a layer of holy brilliance, showing unprecedented beauty!

Even the honest father showed a stunning gaze. This beautiful scene will always be fixed in He Yu's mind!

He Yu's mother was born in a large and dilapidated family, and received a good tutor since she was a child! Beautiful, generous, smart and capable, he is a qualified "master".

He Yu's eldest brother, He Qing, is sixteen years old this year, and he is now the pride of the family! I heard that when he was an apprentice in the city to learn a craft, he not only managed to eat and live, but also had thirty copper plates to take a month.

By the time he was officially hired, he would earn even more! And his master, the expectations for him are high! has released the rumor that he will inherit the mantle, and is expected to become a decent city man who eats by his craft.

He Qing stood behind his mother, looking at He Yu gently, due to the large age gap and not being together for a long time, He Yu timidly called his eldest brother, pulled his sister He Yuanying, entered his hut, and showed off his harvest this time to go to the mountain.

He Yu took out the collected wild fruits in the same way, which made his sister laugh like a silver bell.

Today is a rare member of the family, He Yu's mother is very happy, and specially cooks a few good dishes, He Yu eats very sweet!

The night in the big water cave is very quiet, and generally no one goes out. Almost every country man has a dog, and he can use it for hunting.

If someone walks around at night, the barking of dogs one after another tells the whereabouts of the person who is coming.

Ordinary people, lighting tung oil lamps at night is a luxury, most of the children are in the fear of the ghost story, with the quilt covered to fall asleep, thus forming the habit of going to bed early and getting up early.

He Yu went to bed early and fell asleep early because of the fatigue of the long journey, and he actually snored, so that the eldest brother next door, He Qing, couldn't sleep for a long time!

At noon the next day, when He Yu was sweating profusely, facing the scorching sun, leading the big black ox and carrying a bundle of dry firewood back to the house, the third uncle, whom he admired very much, followed him into the house.

It was the arrival of Uncle He Yu this time that brought him a rare opportunity to change the fate of his life.

He Yu's third uncle is not too tall, his eyes are bright, and his face is fierce. Brother He Yu's job as an apprentice in the city was introduced by his third uncle.

The third uncle is very fond of He Yu and his nephews, and every time he goes home, he has to teach them to read and write, memorize poems, and talk about some outside things and test him with some questions.

Therefore, when He Yu saw the third uncle, he was very excited! walked up to the third uncle, greeted the third uncle in a proper manner, and called obediently: "Hello third uncle", he honestly stood aside and listened to his father chatting with the third uncle.

I heard that the third brother was coming, He Yu's father, who rarely played the prestige of the head of the family, told his mother to go to the kitchen to fry a few snacks, and he sat down with his younger brother to chat!

The third uncle looked at He Yu with a smile, and after looking at him, he praised him with a few words like "smart", "obedient", and "sensible".

Then he turned his head and talked to He Yu's father about the purpose of this time.

It turned out that the Yang Family Sect Hall opposite the Third Uncle's grocery store was a time to recruit disciples with foreign surnames for free once every five years, and the requirement was that boys between the ages of eight and twelve could not only read and write for free, but also take care of food and housing.

According to the notice at the door of the Yang family's sect, the test began in the past few days, and the shrewd third uncle, because his son was still young, and the third uncle's son was a single seedling, and he was reluctant to be sent outside to suffer, so he naturally thought of He Yu, who was of the right age.

After a while, He Yu's mother served three meat and three vegetarian dishes, six plates of exquisite dishes on the table, and He Yu's father and third uncle drank sweet potato shochu.

The Yang family is a famous family within a radius of 100 miles, and it is said that some people in the family have become big officials in the imperial court, and most of the children in the family are famous. Even if it is a county order, he is also polite to the people of the Yang family!

What is rare is that the Yang family's family rules are very strict, and the children of the family rarely bully others, and their reputation in the local area is quite good!

Father He, who has always been honest and honest, still has doubts about He Yu going to school in the Yang family sect for free, and he faintly feels that something is wrong.

Honest people have their own standards for judging things, and they feel that people send you to study for nothing, and it is impossible to have no price!

Besides, with the criteria of how his father behaves, he feels that he can't take advantage of others in vain, and he owes this great favor, so he has to let him sit down to repay the Yang family!

He Yu's father didn't have any idea in his heart, and habitually looked at He Yu's mother, and his mother looked at He Yu with a look of reluctance on her face.

When she looked at He Qing, who was chopping firewood outside, she thought that her eldest son was going to marry his daughter-in-law soon and start a family, and the family really couldn't afford He Yu to go to school, so she nodded firmly, and Father He finally made up his mind and agreed.

The third uncle decided to take He Yu away in the afternoon, and before leaving, his father repeatedly told He Yu to be honest, be more tolerant in case of trouble, and don't quarrel with others.

He Yu's mother, who seemed to be dissatisfied with her husband's children, who only knew how to restrain herself, glanced at her father with white eyes, took He Yu's father's words and said:

"You can't bully people, but you can't be bullied just anymore! Don't be afraid of the occasion, your third uncle will take care of you, usually pay more attention to your body! ”

On the third uncle's carriage, watching the figures of his parents and brothers and sisters gradually moving away, He Yu bit his lip and forcibly held back the tears in his eyes.