Chapter 1: Juntong meets the old scholar and leaves him alone

In the middle of the mountains.

The white stone cliff at the top of the mountain reflected the glow of the golden sun, and the day dawned.

Halfway up the mountain, there are a few hazy mist bands, drifting slowly towards the top of the mountain, and the mountains and mountains are gradually clearly revealed.

This place is called Haojiapo, and seven or eight out of ten people on the slope are surnamed Hao.

On the slope of Haojia, there are patches of woods, mixed with patches of farmland that have been pioneered. From the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain, there are a few houses and a few peasant families. In the early morning, the rooster crows melodiously and pleasantly, echoing each other from afar, and occasionally two or three dog barks are sandwiched in it, bringing vitality to the quiet mountain village.

The Hao family, the ancestral row of five large tile houses, is very spacious. It's a pity that the people are not prosperous, and there is only one single seedling of Hao Jiayu.

Hao Jiayu is full of poetry and books, and he is the person who can splash ink the most on Hao Jiapo. His wife is the eldest daughter of the Peng family compound in Huilongchi, who is beautiful and lovely, kind and virtuous. Although he has never entered the school and cannot read and write, he has listened to the sound of books in the Peng family's compound since he was a child, and he has never forgotten it, and he can understand its meaning deeply. After marrying Hao Jiayu, the husband and wife fell in love, and gave birth to a pair of twin sons in the second year, the first born was named Hao Chuantao, nicknamed Taowa, and a silver bracelet on his small wrist; Later, he was born with the name Hao Chuanbo, nicknamed Bowa, and a gold bracelet on his small wrist. The family loves like a treasure and caresses it with all their might, and a pair of boys are red and white, smart and strong, and they are especially popular. The difference is that Chuantao is arrogant by nature, when you tease him, he just opens his eyes and watches you blink, without crying or laughing, and a serious look seems to be studying your mentality; On the contrary, it is lively and active, as long as someone teases him, greets him with a smile, dances with his hands, babbles in his small mouth, and the hala flows down, causing others to laugh and bend over.

After Hao Jiayu failed in many scientific expeditions, he gradually became discouraged. After middle age, he calmed down and helped his parents manage those few acres of thin land at home and raise a pair of sons. However, his father died early in an inexplicable liver disease, and his mother was overly sad and followed within half a year. Hao Jiayu, who lost his parents, had to open a private school in his house, accepted more than ten students within a radius of dozens of miles, opened classes, and earned some money and food to support his family. Hao Jiayu allowed him to enter the classroom to listen to the class, placed a long wooden table in the last row of the class, and made two chairs that were much higher than ordinary stools. Haitao Haibo is talented and smart, and he has surpassed the learning progress of many senior brothers in his teens, four books and five classics, Tang poems and Song lyrics, and even the Analects of the Mountains and Seas, can be recited and explained. Chuanbo loves to draw and love poetry, and often casually recites some self-created poems, which amazes Hao Jiayu. Originally, I had the idea of teaching two children by the way, these two children were so outstanding, and it was not in vain that Hao Jiayu worked hard. When others praised the two children, the uncontrollable laughter showed Hao Jiayu's love for it.

The Chuan Tao Chuan Bo brothers are already twelve or thirteen years old.

That day, as soon as the sky was bright, Chuantao sat up from the bed and put on his clothes and was about to get out of bed, Chuanbo reached out and grabbed his brother's clothes and said, "I also want to get up, go play with you, and wait for me." So the two brothers got dressed and went out of the house. The room was still quiet, and Haitao whispered to Hai Bo, "Shall the two of us go and carry a bucket of water back?" Do something for Daddy. Hai Bo nodded. So the two brothers carried an empty wooden bucket with their father's flat pole and went to the well. The big yellow dog watched the brothers walk away, his tail still wagging incessantly.

A flat forest path with weeds and branches on the side of the road has been cleared by my father. Turn the hill bag, there is a small ravine in front, and in the ditch is the well dug by the ancestors, and there are a few branches of trees stretched obliquely on the well, and the trees are full of green teng.

A trickle of water from the cliff tumbles down the steep rocks and pours into the well, making it crystal clear. A well is a stone pit carved out of the rock and filled with mountain springs. Haitao took out the scoop from the bucket and reached into the well to scoop water, but unexpectedly, a big black frog suddenly burst out of the water, landed on the instep of Haitao, and then kicked and jumped into the thatch, and there was no trace. Haitao jumped up in shock, stepped on the side of the road, lost his balance, and fell into the thatch under the ridge. Hai Bo saw Chuantao fall into the grass, he was at a loss for a moment, and shouted: "Brother, brother, where are you?" In the grass, the frightened Chuantao heard his brother's exclamation, and immediately responded: "I'm in the grass, it doesn't seem to be broken, don't be afraid." ”

Hearing Chuantao's voice, Chuanbo's heart was a little calm. The grass was too deep, and Chuanbo only saw the grass that was knocked down slowly lifting up, but he couldn't see Chuantao's figure, so he said, "What should I do?" ”

Chuantao moved his body in the grass, his hands and feet could move, and there was no pain, surrounded by high thatch, except for a deep blue sky above his head, he couldn't see the situation outside, so he had to say: "Don't move, I'll walk out slowly." So he broke the dense thatch with both hands and drilled out in one direction. Suddenly, I stepped on something soft under my feet, squatted down and touched it with my hand, and it felt a little warm. I couldn't help but feel curious, and when I looked at it in the faint light, good fellow, it was a person lying here. This was shocking, and he screamed.

Chuanbo heard Chuantao's screams and felt scared. "Brother, brother, what's wrong with you?"

When Chuan Tao heard his younger brother's words, he was slightly determined: "There is a person lying here." ”

Chuanbo asked, "Is it a living person?" "It's still hot, it's a living person." The sea waves are frightened, and it feels like a living person is lying here. So he said, "Don't you have a flat burden in your hand?" There are hooks at both ends, so find a strong tree, hang one hook in a nutshell, and throw it to me. ”

Chuanbo thought about it, and Chuantao must have wanted to climb up along the flat shoulder, so he did so. I found a small tree that looked sturdy, hung the hook firmly at the base of the tree, grabbed the other end and threw it in the direction of the sound that the waves were making.

Chuantao in the grass saw the flat hook dangling above his head, jumped twice and finally grabbed it, pulled hard, and it was really strong. So he climbed up along the pole.

The two brothers stared at each other, wondering, what should the man in the grass do?

In the end, Haitao came up with an idea: "The two of us don't have the strength to get that person out, so we can only go back and call Dad." ”

Running all the way, the brothers were out of breath, and as soon as they arrived at the house, they cried out: "Daddy, daddy......"

Hao Jiayu had already gotten up, wondering why the bucket was missing?

Hearing the panicked screams of the waves, he hurried out the door. The two brothers crashed into their father.

"What's going on?"

Seeing their father, the brothers were no longer flustered, and told the story that they wanted to carry water, fell into the grass, and found a person.

The father and son came to the well again, and the flat pole hanging from the small tree was still there, and a bucket was placed on the edge of the well. Haitao pointed to the thatched bushes on the side of the road and told his father, "People are lying there." ”

Although Hao Jiayu is a scholar, he grew up in the mountains since he was a child, and he also does farm work, so he is not small, and tells his son: "Just stand here, I'll go down and see what the situation is." ”

For adults, this thatch bush is not that deep, this kind of grass is really common, and it is everywhere. Find a place next to you where you can easily put your feet, and feel your way into the grass step by step.

When Hao Jiayu saw the person in the grass clearly, he probed the person's pulse with his hand, felt that it was still beating, and did not see any blood, nor could he find any injuries on his body, he might just faint here. So he took the man by both hands, and carried him on his back, and carried the man out.

The old man, with his hair long and unkempt and his clothes, had not woken up after tossing for so long.

Hao Jiayu was originally a humble gentleman, and when he saw this situation, he knew that it was a person who had fallen into distress and unfortunately fainted here. Directly took his son and carried the old man to the house.

Hao Jiayu put the old man on the chair, asked his wife to pour a big bowl of hot water, broke the old man's mouth, and fed it slowly.

Soon the old man awoke. Slowly opened his eyes, lips one by one, as if to say something.

After a long time, I finally heard a voice: "Hungry...... Hungry ......"

Peng seemed to understand what the old man meant by eating, so he soaked last night's leftovers in hot water and handed them to the old man. As soon as he saw what he was eating, the old man's godless eyes instantly lit up, and he quickly took the bowl, and he didn't use chopsticks, and poured the soup and water directly into his mouth.

This bowl of boiling water soaked in rice saved the old man's life.

The old man ate something, his spirits improved, he got up from the chair, knelt on the ground with his knees, and said while kowtowing: "Thank you for saving your life, thank you to ......."

Hao Jiayu couldn't stand it, reached out and pulled the old man up, and helped him to sit. I told the story of how the two children got up early to carry the water and found him lying in the grass.

The old man was grateful.

Slowly told about his own affairs.