Seeing that his mother was still wiping her tears with emotion, Sun Yuan sighed with emotion in his heart, and said: "Mother, I have been walking for a day, and there is no water at home, and my son wants to wash his feet and sleep." ”

"Ah, but the water is gone, so my mother will pick it up." The mother hurried to the tank and picked up the pole.

Sun Yuan hurriedly said: "Mother, it's dark outside, don't be so troublesome, I won't wash it." ”

"Then where is it, you walk for a day, soak your feet in hot water to refresh your muscles and bones. Besides, if there is no water in the tank, how will I have breakfast tomorrow? ”

Mother wanted to go out, but Sun Yuan couldn't help her, and only said: "Mother, let's go pick it together." ”

"Yuan'er, what stupid thing are you talking about, you have never done heavy work, how can you pick up water, don't spill it, run for nothing." As he spoke, he picked up a bucket and went out.

Sun Yuan couldn't help her, so he could only sit down with a wry smile. Some time ago, he also did farm work, but he couldn't do it by himself, except for carrying water. Two large buckets of water together, close to a hundred catties, but it is not what his current body can bear. Besides, the work of carrying water also has certain requirements for a person's physical condition, and people who have been doing this kind of work for a long time have thick muscles and calluses on their shoulders, and they don't feel anything when they are pressed on it.

But now his shoulders are thin, he doesn't have any muscles, and as soon as the flat shoulder falls, it directly presses the collarbone. There is only a thin layer of flesh on the collarbone, which is really painful. I really can't do this by myself, and I can't force it.

Instead of fighting with his mother, it is better to study hard and strive to be on the list in the county exam three days later to get through this difficulty.

As long as you pass the test and become a protégé of Zhou Zhi County, you will be considered to have taken a solid step in your future plans. Manhood should be responsible, that refers to the big festival, and there is no need to dwell on such trivial matters.

Seeing that it was still early, Sun Yuan simply ordered a straw and passed it into the stove, took out the collection of essays, and then recited it silently.

The night was so quiet that the mother's footsteps were clear, including the bucket into the well and the murmur of autumn insects.

The mother picked up the first load of water, scooped some into the pot, and stood silently beside Sun Yuan.

Sun Yuan was reading well in the alley, and he didn't know how long it had been, knowing that the grass had burned out, and he came back to his senses after a dark moment in front of him.

looked up, but saw a pair of surprised eyes from his mother: "Yuan'er, you are literate...... I can read and ......."

Sun Yuan nodded, thought about it, in the past, he was just an ordinary peasant child, and now he suddenly can read and write, it is inevitable that he will be shocked, and he really needs a reasonable explanation, so he said: "Mother, a few years ago, my son was ignorant, and he was messing around with people outside all day long. But in those years, I also knew a few words. ”

"This ...... Do you know all the words on it? ”

"Acquaintance." Sun Yuan picked up a copy of "Four Books" in his hand, pointed to a passage on it and read: "Zi said: 'Listen to lawsuits, I am especially human. Will there be no lawsuit? 'The ruthless must not do their best, and they are afraid of the people's will, which is called Zhiben. ”

This is exactly a passage in "University", because he was afraid that his mother would not understand, Sun Yuan explained: "The meaning of this sentence is that Confucius said that when I hear a case, I am like a litigator." And it is necessary to completely eliminate the matter of litigation. Certain...... Mother, Mother ......"

Before the words were finished, Sun Yuan's mother was already in tears: "Yuan'er, you have been messing around outside all these years, and your mother has been disappointed in you, thinking that you will never have a future in this life." But I don't want to, but you gave my mother such a big surprise today...... Unexpectedly...... He was able to read and write...... Oh my God, you are really good to me, and there is hope for my grandson......"

Everything is inferior, only reading is high, in the eyes of ordinary people, readers are born to be big people.

Sun Yuan was sad in his heart, and hurriedly supported his mother and said, "Mother, don't cry." ”

The mother's voice became louder: "It's a pity that our family is so poor, how can we afford you to study?" ”

Sun Yuan's heart was sour, and he forced a smile: "Who said that I want to study, the reason why my son is studying his homework now is to be able to participate in the county exam the day after tomorrow." As long as I passed that level, I became a student of Zhouzhi County, and I didn't dare to come to our family at the risk. Mother, this matter is very important, don't cry, and you have to study, if you cry, it will affect me. ”

"Ah, yes, yes, I can't cry anymore, you're so good at studying."

His mother wiped his eyes, helped Sun Yuan boil water, and told him to wash his feet.

ordered another lamp of oil for Sun Yuan, but he didn't leave, just sat quietly beside his son, looked at him with a happy face, and refused to look away.

That night, Sun Yuan studied his homework until 23 o'clock Beijing time in the later world, and then went to bed.

On the second day, he planned to get up before dawn to endorse the book, but after thinking about it, he still lay on the window until it was white. After all, lighting a lamp to read a book costs lamp oil, which requires money, and the family does not have much money.

Sun Yuan made a study plan for himself, first of all, he did not memorize the model text for the time being, and spent a day reading through the "Four Books" annotated by Zhu Xi to thoroughly understand the scriptures. You know, the range of questions in the county exam is in this book, if you can't even read the questions, what else will you test?

Or, even the basic scriptures are poor, and even if the articles written are decent, they will also be famous.

In the remaining two days, he memorized sixty pieces of Fan Wen. As for Bagu writing, try to warm up with two more essays the night before the exam.

Ancient houses, especially in the Jiangnan area, were built low and narrow, and in broad daylight, the houses were also dim and unknown.

Sun Yuan could only hold the book, carry a chair to the barn outside the house, and look at it silently.

At this time, it was the autumn harvest season, and there were villagers threshing and sunbathing everywhere, and Sun Yuan's peculiar behavior naturally attracted everyone's attention. Besides, Sun Yuan caused such a catastrophe the day before yesterday.

So, someone secretly came to observe. I was shocked at the same time.

"It's amazing, Sun Yuan actually knows the words, and he still holds a book and reads it again?"

The news spread through the village in an instant, as if it had grown wings.

There were many people who ran over to see the excitement, and they were afraid of Sun Yuan's courage when he beat the official the day before yesterday, so they didn't dare to approach, but only stood behind the wall, sticking their heads out incessantly.

The scene in front of him was so tiger-like that everyone didn't expect that an ordinary peasant kid would be fascinated by a book that could only be read by a big man, and he still had words in his mouth.

Suddenly, an atmosphere of mystery and majesty permeated the barn, creating awe.

One morning, an elder in the village couldn't hold his breath and walked in and asked, "Sun Yuan, do you really understand books, or do you pretend?" ”

Sun Yuan didn't answer, in fact, he didn't bother to talk nonsense with these people. What fellow villagers, when their families are in trouble, these people have never lent a helping hand, even if they have a good word. For them, Sun Yuan was completely disappointed, in the final analysis, these people were all surnamed Mao. In their minds, Mao Cheng is their own person, and Sun Yuan's family is just an outsider.

He picked up the stick in his hand and wrote on the flat yellow earth: "The villain is like a ghost, the more you are afraid of him, the more he will find your head." ”

What Sun Yuan wrote, the elder naturally couldn't understand, but he knew that it was indeed a word, and it was written very beautifully, just like the plaque on the lintel of the temple.

Someone exclaimed again: "It's amazing, Sun Yuan can read and write, our village has a prodigy!" ”

After thinking about it, I felt that the word prodigy was very inappropriate, and a prodigy at such an old age, Sun Yuan is eighteen years old this year.

"It's amazing, why is the village out of the father!"

This is the first time someone has praised Sun Yuan, and his mother was so excited that she cried again: "Yuan'er is going to participate in our Rugao county exam the day after tomorrow, and his name has been reported." It is the exam presided over by the lord of the county, what kind of character is the lord, that is the Jinshi, the stars in the sky descend to earth. Yuan'er can read and write, how he doesn't know, can be corroborated. ”

"It's out of the prime minister...... Sun Yuan was dumbfounded: "You are the prime minister, your whole family is the prime minister!" ”