Yixin couldn't keep up with the jackal's train of thought, thought about it and asked, "What is the situation?" ”

The black jackal hated that iron could not become steel and said: "The lord has occupied all the positions at the top, and now we can only work hard at the grassroots level." The king said that there will be fewer and fewer knights in the future. And you have also seen that whether it is from the Jilu or Mao tribes, as long as they have the ability, they will be promoted. Our competition will become more and more fierce. If we don't work hard now, there will be no hope in the future. Do you understand? ”

Yixin may have heard this question for the first time, and he was a little sluggish.

The black jackal continued to lower his voice and said, "Don't think that if you grow up, those high-ranking officials will give up their positions. Don't forget. Those titles can be passed down to their children. The child of the Duke of Potu is also a marquis. Even if we work hard now, how young do we have to be to fight to become a marquis? What we can do is to reach a certain height before their children grow up. Otherwise......"

The black jackal thought endlessly. Yixin silently memorized these words in his head.

After talking for a while, the black jackal may have felt that it was enough, so he took a breath and said something else: "Although you have worked in the coal yard for the past six months, you must pay attention to hygiene. Prepare two sets of clothes. One set is used for work, and one set is worn to attend classes. It is convenient to boil water in the coal yard, and it is best to bathe frequently. In any case, there must be no lice on the body. The king did not like to see lice the most, and so did the other dignitaries. If you make a good impression and get your name back on their desk, you'll have a little more chance. What you've done recently is already a stain, but it's a good thing you've been clever enough to get past on your own, otherwise you'd have been killed in the mines...... So, you can't afford to make any more mistakes in the future. ”

"But, but I don't have any money......" Yixin listened to it for a long time and held back this sentence.

He didn't do anything in the first place. When he took his younger brothers to wander in the pasture, he had no way to make money. Occasionally, there is a few pocket money, and you may have to use it to win people's hearts. Therefore, he is poor and white.

The black jackal sighed secretly, took out a few big and small coins, stuffed them into the righteous novice, and continued: "You take it first." No thanks, just remember a few of us when you go back. Originally, Qiu went to the sailboat, Peng Ying went to the grassland, Shanzhi went to the west, and you went to the Government Council. If you finish this set, Peng Ying can only give way to you, he has to come back from the grassland and don't know how troublesome it is. You remember to write to them more often and copy what you have learned. ”

These people don't grow up together. But they were all the children who joined Ji Lin from other tribes in the early years. Later, for a while, it was said that the baby elephant soldiers would continue to recruit children, and the jackal paid attention to these people and came into contact with them. It was only after the next few frenzied elephant hunts that the elephants were tamed enough that the baby elephants were no longer valued, so the expansion stopped, and these people did not enter the baby elephants. The contact between several people was maintained.

Yixin took the money that was still with his body temperature, looked through it in his hand and said, "Why don't I go to the east, anyway, it hasn't been decided yet, so Peng Ying doesn't have to move the nest." I write as much as I learn for them, you can rest assured. ”

The black jackal patted Yixin's shoulder, indicating that his money was not spent in vain.

"However, I don't remember a lot of what the king said. Do you remember clearly? I also have to deal with the king's exams. Yixin was worried in a blink of an eye.

The jackal said, "You can write down the most important ones, and the king will emphasize them." Like tonight, you should always remember Tarzan, right? How far is Mount Tai from Maozhou, and in which direction should you always remember, right? Also, if you don't want to forget it yourself, you can often tell people, talk to your mother, talk to your friends, or write to them. ”

"Uh-huh."

"Besides." The black jackal seemed to have endless words to say in one day, "It's not without benefit for you to stay in the city for half a year." You will take advantage of this half a year to ask your mother to show you a woman, and then make her belly bigger. Your mother will be willing to let you go. Before, my mother didn't want me to go out when I didn't have children, but now that I have two children, she doesn't care about me. ”

"I'm not married, I'm going to marry a picker." Yixin unexpectedly didn't listen to the black jackal, and said this categorically.

"Silly, isn't it?" The black jackal slapped Yixin on the head, almost beating Yixin to a heel fight.

"The men of the city, especially a little kid of your age, who wouldn't want to marry a mushroom? But who can marry her? She has already lived in the palace, and whoever dares to touch her will surely die a miserable death. I just told you to get down to business, and I thought you had grown up, why are you so naïve? The black jackal said this, and he couldn't help but smack his lips.

Cai Fu is now the dream lover of all the men in Chaolin City. Just one look at it will make you forget it. But only a teenager like Yixin would be determined to marry her.

"The king is not like that." Yixin is still unwilling to argue, seemingly for Lin Ji, but actually for himself.

The black jackal was happy to continue to hit the little boy's weak heart, and continued to analyze: "Are you really stupid? The king is certainly not such a person. But the queen is. The mushroom was brought into the palace by the queen. And as soon as the queen got the mushrooms into the palace, she forced the king away. The mushroom picker is smart and smart, so no one knows how much the queen has suffered in private. In this way, how could the queen still let Cai Rong out of the palace to marry? She is the queen of the kingdom, and she also needs dignity. Cai Fu just went out of the palace to get married, where did she put her face? ”

"That ......"

"Even if it is in the old death palace, it should not come out to marry. You can save it. Listen to me, if you want to marry a baron, you have to go to school and find a female classmate who is a good student. When you go back and wait for you to be promoted to an earl, she may be made a baron. Got it? The jackal continued to talk about his life experience.

This matter can be approximated by the situation of the rain. After Stone Beak was made an earl, Yu Ji was also made a baron. Yu Ji is the same as the black jackal, at most it is a little more credit than him. In the eyes of the black jackal, the rain and the knighthood and he was not sealed, that is, she entrusted the blessing of the stone beak.

"Looks like you still can't forget the rain." Yixin hit the nail on the head at this time.

"Don't make a fuss. Me and Yu were just teammates before. Nothing. I'm just telling you that it's possible. I'm already a father of two children now, don't talk nonsense, it's bad for my family. The black jackal said this, and he didn't know whether to comfort himself or try to convince Yixin.

In winter, there were only street lamps on the streets, and only near the palace, and the two came to the dark streets, and the black jackal continued to give Yixin a face-to-face lecture: "I heard that the king is a little dissatisfied with smelting. In the past, charcoal was used for smelting, but the king seems to have said that a better way to smelt is to use a kind of coking coal. It's confidential, don't talk nonsense. What I mean to you is that since this kind of thing is called coal, it will definitely be related to your coal yard, you pay attention to this, take advantage of the situation to make some credit, and when you enter the army, you may be a ten-captain...... Of course, don't be too careful, lest the coal yard not let people go......"

As the two spoke, a lantern approached in front of them, and under the light, a half-sized elephant and a delicate figure appeared.

"Dad." The delicate figure shouted timidly, but it was the wife of the black jackal.

The black jackal walked a few steps quickly and said, "Why are you here?" Who will watch the child? ”

"It's dark and the road is slippery, so I want to come out with Erxiang to pick you up. The child showed it to the sister-in-law. The woman said.

"There are no elephants to ride here, what are you bringing them for?"

"You and you sit down, and I will lead you without violating the rules. and you are warmer on the back of the elephant. ”

This woman is too stupid to be saved. Thinking like this, Yixin borrowed the lantern in the woman's hand and went back alone.

The black jackal does think that her woman is stupid. If this kind of woman is in that hot spring cave, she may be eaten in two days. But this woman's concern for him is genuine. He can't pick anything more.

This elephant is the jackal's mount in the baby elephant barracks. The baby elephants have grown up, but the elephants are not yet adults. Some of the elephants were kept in the homes of these baby elephant soldiers.

These elephants have been trained for many years and are quite sensible. The jackal handed the lamp in his hand, and the baby elephant took the lamp with his nose and held it high.

The black jackal let her woman go on the elephant's back, and the woman only said that she didn't dare when it was dark. The jackal had no choice but to hold the woman in one hand, let the elephant block the wind, and slowly walk home.

When I got home, my neighbors were asleep and the house was quiet. There are only two or three lights in the house waiting to be returned.

The jackal asked the woman to go back to the house first, and drove the elephant into the elephant house himself, so that the old elephant in the elephant house did not bully the little one, and then returned to the house with the lamp.

The jackal's adoptive father, Sutu, took out a bowl from the kitchen with his feet and said, "Your mother left you a hot soup, and I brought it out for you." ”

The house is designed with underfloor heating, which is relatively warm. The black jackal put down the lamp, took off his coat and said, "I haven't seen you so attentive, what do you ask me for?" ”

Su Tu smirked twice and said, "The king is back, there may be some big moves." Today, more than 30 young men were added to the coal yard at once, and many people speculated that the action was here. The coal yard came to inform me to pack up the car and get ready. I thought that the old elephant was too lazy to pull much, so I wanted to borrow your baby elephant to pull it for a few days. ”

A few years ago, when Su Tu married his mother, he was still a proud man. It's just that in the previous years, when hunting elephants, he was trampled on the soles of his feet by elephants, so he was crippled.

It stands to reason that he could go to the police station as a policeman and beat people with sticks. I don't know what he planned at the time, though. did not accept this arrangement, but was willing to follow others to catch the car and pull the goods.

Later, when the disability allowance was distributed, he did not ask for money, but asked for an older elephant. Later, he paid for a big car and took up a professional job as a driver.

In recent years, there have always been minerals and grains brought in from outside the city, and goods such as wine and cloth have been pulled out of the city. Because he was taken care of, his business was not bad. Therefore, the income is higher than that of the centurion, and the life of the family is good.

The black jackal said: "Your old elephant is slaughtered and no one cares, but my small head is fostered, where can I compensate if you are tired of me?" ”

The baby elephant and the black jackal grew up together, and the relationship was excellent. It was also because of this in mind that they were given the option of keeping these officers at home. The cost of this forage is also partially reimbursed by the army. Although no one cares what to do with it, but if it is injured and dies. This matter can be investigated.

Moreover, the little elephant of the black jackal is more obedient and sensible than humans, and he doesn't want it to be too tired.

"Make sure you don't let it pull too much." I just thought the old elephant was too lazy, so I could find a companion for it, and they could go faster. ”

"Do you want two elephants to pull a cart?" The black jackal asked as he took a sip of soup. This idea is problematic. Now there are no roads so wide, and there are no such strong wheels.

"That's not the case. I consulted with your mother. We came up with some big money and bought another car. We pulled two carts like two elephants. ”

"You're driving two cars by yourself? I don't agree with that. The jackal shook his head.

"I wouldn't dare if it were any other car." But isn't the baby elephant sensible? It can walk as long as it is held on a thin rope. No problem. We've all figured it out. We pulled a winter with two cars. In the coming year, when the donkeys and horses on the grassland enter the city, many people will definitely sell the elephants to buy donkeys and horses, and we will buy one or two more elephants at that time. I heard that many slaves have entered the village now, and few people in the deer are willing to use them. We can hire one or two. When we go out, there will be three or four cars, three or four people. Although my leg is lame, I have a bow on my back, and I must have no problem doing stewardship. ”

The black jackal continued to shake his head and said, "These are your guesses, and you can't be sure. Moreover, our family now has food and clothing, what do we want to earn so much money for? ”

Su Tu said: "You envy those lords who have guards in and out of their entourage, and servants at home to serve. With the money, we can also hire several. Even if you don't want to, do you want your woman to go out and pick you up so late every day? Now those grassland people are in the city, and the Maos look at women the same way they look at livestock, and there will be more such people in the future, don't worry? ”

The jackal opened its mouth, but finally didn't say anything more. He believed he could be knighted, but there was nothing wrong with letting his family enjoy it earlier.

The life of a small citizen is always spent in various calculations.

On the second day, Xu Tu walked around the city on crutches a few times, thinking about it for a day, and scolded his mother more than once.

The price of these things such as leather ropes and belts has actually increased by three small dollars compared to the spring time, saying that there is no elephant to kill now, and the kingdom's fur inventory is limited.

The cart had risen by two dollars compared to when he had purchased it before, saying that the wood was going to be dragged farther away, and the big trees in the area south of Chaolin City to Hudong Town were almost cut down.

At noon, he bought two large sweet steamed buns. The price of steamed bread did not rise, but he found that the steamed bread had faded a lot, saying that the sugar had been pulled to the Mao tribe. In order to subsidize everyone, the boss who sells steamed buns puts more flour, and the result is naturally lighter.

In the afternoon, he finally looked at the car, and the matching rope belt was ready. limped home with a car, and happened to meet Yixin with a drop of water.

Yixin said to him from afar: "Uncle Sutu, the coal yard has notified you to gather at half past six tomorrow morning, otherwise there will be no breakfast." ”

Sutu stood still, and the response was good.

Yixin ran away like a gust of wind, and ran back like another gust of wind in the blink of an eye: "Uncle, you go up in the car, and I'll help you pull the car." ”

Yixin was stubborn: "I can pull, I can pull." No need to help. ”

Yixin said: "Uncle, I'm not helping you, I'm asking you to help." And it came to pass that I am now going to the royal palace to see the king. I'm afraid I have lice on my head. Your hands are clean, you sit in the car and help me take a look, and I'll pull your car back by the way. ”

When he heard that Yixin was going to see the king, he didn't care about getting into the car, so he pressed Yixin's head and checked it carefully. After that, he took out a handkerchief and wiped the mist off Yixin's head.

It's just that Sutu's handkerchief is a little dirty, and after wiping it, he feels not very satisfied: "It would be nice if my woman was here, her handkerchief is a cotton cloth rewarded by the king, clean and absorbent." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, another handkerchief was handed over. It is the woman who has to be taught. Naturally, followed by the woman of Sutu.

Xu Tu said: "You woman, don't work hard in the vegetable shed in the west of the city, what are you doing here?" ”

The woman said: "I estimated that your car was almost picked, so I took leave with the steward to help you push the car." I helped you push the cart and I'll go back. ”

Sutu said angrily: "Stupid, isn't it? It takes an hour to walk back and forth, and even if I go back here slowly, how long will it take? ”

Yixin took his handkerchief and wiped it twice, and then turned around and left. He can see that all the women in the black jackal family are stupid.

He just thought like this, and when he turned around, he suddenly felt like he had been beaten horizontally, and he couldn't speak, as if he had been poured a handful of ...... Dog food.