In the autumn of 1920, Dahu followed Master to take on a big job. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The man's surname is Li, nearly sixty years old, runs five coal kilns, has married three daughters-in-law, gave birth to four daughters, but there is no son, 'unfilial piety has three, no queen is the greatest', Li Caizhu decided to marry the fourth room, determined to leave a root for the Li family in his lifetime.

It is said that because the rich man Li often likes to go to the garden to listen to the play, he can also go on stage and hum two voices, this time he comes and goes, and the actor who is more than 30 years younger than himself is good, he wants to marry the mandarin duck into the door, the mandarin duck proposed, eight sedan chairs, the Ming media is marrying, playing a new set of furniture, if there is enough time, the conditions proposed by the mandarin duck are not high at all, but the rich man is in a hurry, has found several batches of carpenters, people are too tight and give up, Master Chang is also through a friend to introduce this single job, At first, Master Chang also wanted to refuse, worried that he would not be able to complete it, but when he thought that it was about to be the end of the year, the family needed a sum of money to buy New Year's goods and add some wood, so he gritted his teeth and took over this big job.

In order to meet the deadline, the rich man Li arranged the big tiger master and apprentice in the backyard of his house to take care of food and housing.

The master and apprentice made a rough calculation, and after completing this set of furniture, it should take more than a month to build, and the rich man Li only gave the master and apprentice twenty days, which was shortened by nearly half, in order to ensure the quality and quantity of the completion, the master and the big tiger made a clear division of labor, rough work, heavy work, strength work, mainly the big tiger, light work, fine work, technical work, mainly to the master, in addition to eating and unwinding the kung fu, the master and apprentice are doing it day and night, and there is very little sleep.

There is no light in the night work, the big tiger picks the work that is not too technical, chisel the tenon and assemble the furniture and other fine work in the daytime, Master Chang is responsible for the technical work of carving the dragon and the phoenix on the wardrobe door, the master and apprentice have worked hard day and night for half a month, a new set of furniture is basically completed with only one process, the rich man Li looked for the mandarin duck to see the furniture, the mandarin duck was full of praise for the craftsmanship of the master and apprentice, the fourth aunt was too satisfied, the rich man was of course happy, and then, the master and apprentice carried out the final process of polishing and lacquering.

During the day, the paint has been polished once, and at night, after the paint is dry, the master and apprentice are ready to polish the furniture again, at this time, Dahu felt that the master was a little tired, and his movements were a little uncoordinated, Dahu quickly helped the master into the house, and went to the yard to polish the furniture, and Dahu focused on the work, and did not pay attention to the master.

Suddenly, the big tiger heard' Oops, quickly put down the sandpaper in his hand and ran over, took a closer look, only to find that the master had been sitting on the ground, because it was dark, the big tiger could not see where the master was injured, but his intuition told the big tiger that the master was not lightly injured, the big tiger picked up the master and entered the house, by the light of the oil lamp, the big tiger saw that the master covered the ankle with his hand, and the blood kept flowing down the ankle, the big tiger didn't have time to ask the cause of the injury, in order to slow down the speed of the master's wound bleeding, the big tiger tore his shirt into strips, tied it tightly to the upper end of the master's ankle, and then ran to the rich man for help。

Who knows, knocked on the door for a long time, the rich man reluctantly opened the door, when he heard that he was begging him to help invite Langzhong, his face immediately drooped down, the rich man told the big tiger that he had no obligation to ask the helper to ask Lang Zhong, as for the injury or not has nothing to do with him, but there is the same, if the injury delays the construction period, delays him to marry the fourth aunt, not only can not get a penny, but he also wants the big tiger master and apprentice to compensate for the loss.

Dahu made a guarantee to the rich man to ensure that the work would be delivered on time, but begged the rich man to advance some wages for the master to invite Langzhong, and then deduct it from the salary when settling the bill, but the rich man was indifferent, and finally asked the family to knock the big tiger out of the door, and in the face of the rich man's indifference, the big tiger ran back to the house and picked up the master and left the rich man's house.

In the dark night, the big tiger ran aimlessly down the mountain with the master on his back, and he didn't know where to meet Lang Zhong who treated the master's injuries, but he firmly believed that as long as he didn't give up, the master had hope, and on the way to run, the master was almost unconscious due to excessive blood loss, and finally, the big tiger vaguely saw that there seemed to be a big car shop in front of him, and the big tiger was like grabbing a life-saving straw, and rushed in with the master on his back.

Dahu recklessly rushed into the cart shop with his master on his back, and was stopped by a man who was patrolling the cart shop at night:

"Guys, are you staying in the hotel, or resting, why don't you just break in without saying hello, this is not in accordance with the rules."

"Master, it's important to save people, my master's foot and neck were cut and he bled a lot, please find a way to help heal him, he has already fainted." Dahuzi carried the master behind his back and begged the man.

As soon as he heard that human life was at stake, the man did not slack off, and quickly let the big tiger master and apprentice into the house, and arranged for the master to lie down, the man took a quilt and covered the master, turned his face to ask the big tiger about the master's injury, at this time, a scene that surprised the big tiger appeared, and at the moment when the man looked up at the big tiger, the two people called out each other's names almost at the same time:

"Are you Brother Gangzi?"

"You're a big tiger?"

"I'm not dreaming, am I?! How did you end up here? Dahu couldn't believe that the person in front of him was a gangzi who was digging coal in a coal kiln and was almost killed by Zhou Papi.

"I want to ask you, how did you come here?" Gangzi was also as puzzled as the big tiger.

"Brother Gangzi, I'll be free for a while, let's have a good chat with each other, now, you have to quickly find a way to stop my master's blood." Dahu said as he asked Gangzi to see Master's injuries.

"Big Tiger, to tell you the truth, I can only be regarded as a half-pulled veterinarian, and I don't know if these medicines of mine will work on people." Gangzi voiced his concerns.

"It's okay, Brother Gangzi, as long as you can stop the bleeding for the master, you can rest assured that the master can use it, I will take care of anything!"

With the words of the big tiger, Gangzi went to the cabinet to take out the hemostatic medicine, before the medicine, Gangzi carefully dipped the cotton wool in water, wiped the wound little by little, and then the white medicine surface to stop bleeding was thickly sprinkled on the master's wound, and then wrapped the wound with a clean cloth, before untying the cloth that the big tiger tied to the master, Gangzi told the big tiger that fortunately he tied the cloth strip on the upper end of the master's wound, which played a role in delaying bleeding, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable, and the blood from the master's wound slowly stopped. It was only from the master's mouth that the big tiger learned about his injury.

Half a month of hard work day and night, so that the master's body has a serious overdraft, in the night to polish the furniture, the master is exhausted, the big tiger let the master rest for a night, he finished polishing the rest of the furniture, but the master lying on the kang can not sleep, thinking that there are still a few days to hand over, worried about living problems, got up and came to the yard again.

He subconsciously went to the toolbox on the stool, but the stool fell down, and an axe in the box fell out, impartially, and smashed on the master's right ankle.

"Brother Gangzi, our three brothers used to be in the coal kiln, did stupid things to you, and almost caused you to lose your life, for this matter, I have been blaming myself in my heart, after you were thrown out of the gate by Zhou Peel, I secretly looked out at the crack of the gate at night, and found that you are no longer there, I can accidentally meet you today, I am happy and ashamed, not only do you not blame me but also saved my master, compared to you, I am simply not a person, Brother Gangzi, you just beat me to relieve my anger, I feel better." The big tiger said the words that had been hidden in his heart for a long time.

"Big Tiger, to tell you the truth, when I was beaten by Zhou Papi's men in the coal kiln, I really hated you to death, and it was my life that day, I was thrown out of the gate by Zhou Papi's men and became unconscious, and when I woke up, I was already lying in this big car shop."

"Brother Gangzi, you met a nobleman." Big Tiger said.

"No, according to the master who rescued me and my father-in-law, that day, he went to treat the cattle of a family not far from our coal kiln, and found me on the way back. When Master saw that I was seriously injured, he left me behind and asked Lang Zhong to heal my injuries. ”

"Master is so nice, how is his old man's health now?" Dahu asked with concern.

"Of course, he is now quite strong, and when Master learned that I was an orphan, he gave me his only daughter, and left the cart shop to the two of us to run, and I also learned the art of treating livestock from Master. Maybe this is a 'blessing in disguise', and then I figured it out, it's not easy for you three to sell coolies in coal kilns at such a young age, and I still bully you, and now that I think about it, what I did is really not what you should do. ”

"Brother Gangzi, don't say that, I don't have the face to stay here."

"I'm telling the truth, and if I want to apologize, I should apologize to you too."

"Brother Gangzi, when we left, the workers took food and money to help us, and in the future, if I have the opportunity, I will definitely visit them again."

"What? Don't you know yet? I listened to my fellow villagers, after your brother left the coal kiln, there was a collapse accident in the coal kiln, covering more than a dozen workers, I heard that they could have lived, it was the ruthless Zhou Papi who saw death and did not save it, and ordered his subordinates to seal the kiln mouth, as a result, more than a dozen brothers, all covered in it, that Zhou Papi is really wolf-hearted, to say something that should not be said, if it wasn't for your brother three who 'blacked' me back then, I would not have left the coal kiln, not leaving the coal kiln, maybe I was one of the workers who was killed. ”

"Brother Gangzi, don't scare me, did that coal kiln really kill more than a dozen workers?"

"Big Tiger, can I talk nonsense about this matter that is vital to human life?"

Gangzi's answer made the big tiger extremely sad, he couldn't suppress himself, covered his face and cried bitterly, the big tiger's grief, only he can interpret, that is, these workers in their most difficult time, the hard-earned money and food, selfless dedication, to help them escape from the sea of suffering, but also rely on the good deeds of these workers, support them, not afraid of difficulties and dangers, and finally reunited with their families.

And now, these kind-hearted people have suffered this catastrophe and have been buried in the ground forever, saying that the sky has eyes, but the sky should open its eyes, rescue these kind people, and punish wicked people like Zhou Papi, but no.

Dahu used his own way of crying to vent the grief in his heart.

Back to reality, he knew that he was powerless to change, and he could only face it with his spirits.

Dahu followed Brother Gangzi back to the house, and when the master saw Gangzi, he bent himself up to stand up and thank him, but was held down by Gangzi:

"Don't see outside, Dahu's master is my master, it's nothing to help with this, but I paid attention to your wound when I gave you hemostatic medicine, it was cut too deeply, and my hemostatic medicine can only temporarily alleviate the condition, as for the injury that didn't hurt the muscles and bones, I still have to find a Lang Zhong to diagnose and treat it, otherwise it will be too late to fall disabled."

"Master, what Brother Gangzi said is right, we have to go home quickly and find a good man to see."

"Otherwise, I have a carriage here, and I'll let the guy drive you home, and I'll take care of you along the way." Gangzi said as he instructed the guy to set up the car.

"Brother Gangzi, thank you for your kindness, when Master's injury is healed, I will come back to see you, you have to take care."

The master and apprentice sat in a carriage and arrived home in less than half a day's effort.

Dahu had just entered the hospital with her husband on her back, and her wife ran out of the house to greet her, and when she saw the thick gauze wrapped around her wife's feet and still oozing blood, she was dumbfounded, and began to complain while lifting the door curtain:

"The two of you have been gone for more than half a month, leaving me a lonely old woman at home and no one asks, now it's okay, as soon as you come back, you come back with injuries, it's really yours."

"Master, Master's injury is quite serious, we have to invite Master to take a look at Langzhong as soon as possible."

"By the way, I forgot to ask you, how did your master's foot hurt? How did you protect Master? The master began to ask questions to the big tiger.

"It was dark, and I didn't see how Master was hurt, and by the time I found out, it was too late."

"Look at how light you say, it's not you who dare to hurt you, I have already reminded you that this apprentice of yours is out of tune, but no one listens, this time your master is self-inflicted." The master and wife pointed the finger at the big tiger.

"Don't make any noise! I'm not dead yet! You know what you know about yelling at the big tigers? If it weren't for the big tiger this time, maybe I would have seen Hades a long time ago. "Master is dissatisfied with his wife's accusation of Dahu.

"Am I not doing it for your good? Not only do you not accept my affection, but you also dare to yell at me, so you say, what should we do now? "My wife is still not angry.

"Master, can I say a few words?" Seeing the master, he sighed and didn't say a word, and Dahu had no choice but to come forward.

"Just say what you like, no one will stop you." The master said disdainfully.

"Master, after my cousin's leg was smashed, he asked the gentleman who taught in our village, and invited Lang Zhongzhi, if you have no opinion, I will go to Mr. now and ask him to help invite Lang Zhong to come to the house to treat the master, and the master's injury can not be delayed any longer." Dahu looked at his wife and said.

"Then you should hurry up and go, what are you still rambling about here." The words of the master came out horizontally.

"Master, you have to give me some money to invite Langzhong."

"What? Take money from me? How much money do you make in the past half a month? Is it where you are? Or is it put in your master's? Take it out and use it first. "My wife refused to pay for it, but mentioned half a month's salary.

"Master, the master was injured before they could settle the bill, and we have no money in our hands."

"Then you've been working for nothing in half a month? I didn't earn a penny, and I had to pay for a doctor, what is this called? My wife complained and went to the cupboard to get the money.

Although the words complained about by the master were not heard, she reminded the master that there are still a few days, and the deadline for delivery is coming, and now he will definitely not be able to get out, if he lets the big tiger stay by his side, then he really responds to the words of his wife, and the first half of the month has been paid day and night, and it is really in vain.

Thinking of this, the master didn't care about getting angry with his wife, he told the big tiger that his injury would be delayed for a few days before treatment, and the big tiger had to rush back to the rich man's house to finish the rest of the work, or the loss would be too great, the big tiger's idea was to do the work, but the master's injury could not be delayed, the two choices had to choose one, then choose to treat the master's injury, the master was resolutely opposed, and the master and apprentice had their own opinions.

Dahu took the money from his wife and ran out of the house, and he first went back to his home in Shayu Village.

Since it was already night when he entered the village, and Mr. Zhang was not at school, Dahu had to return home first, he proposed to his father that the master was injured, and the work of the rich man's family, and he was anxious to wait for them to do it, whether he could borrow the donkey cart in the village for a period of time, the father said that he wanted to seek the opinion of the village principal, Dahu followed his father to go door to door and said, several principals agreed to Dahu to borrow, because the time was too tight, Dahu did not stay at home for long, and drove the donkey cart to Mr. Zhang's house.

Mr. Zhang learned that after the purpose of the big tiger coming home late at night, he took the big tiger to find Lang Zhong's home, at this time Lang Zhong had already slept, because Lang Zhong was old, he was unwilling to rush to the night, and promised to go with the big tiger the next morning, thinking of the master's injury, the big tiger knelt in front of Lang Zhong with a 'poof':

"I beg you, save my master, I don't want to regret it, I remember when you treated my cousin's injury, you said that if my cousin's injury was not delayed, he would not be disabled, my master's injury has now been delayed for a day and a night, although the bleeding has been temporarily stopped, but where the injury is, I don't know the bottom of my heart, I am especially afraid that the master will be like my cousin, delay the condition and become disabled, then he will be miserable for the rest of his life."

Seeing that the master did not say anything, Dahu continued:

"I know you may be worried that it is not safe to walk at night, I borrowed a donkey cart, you sit on the donkey cart, we will arrive at my master's house in a few hours, I will send you home after seeing a doctor, please."

Lang Zhong was moved by Dahu's true feelings, and finally agreed to rush to the master's house with Dahu immediately.

When I arrived at the master's house, it was already the second half of the night, Lang Zhong carefully checked the injury of the master's ankle, the wound was not long but the injury was very deep, only one day's work, the foot and neck had been swollen like a big steamed bun, and the infection around the wound was serious, Lang Zhong thought that the bones were not injured, but the tendons were injured, fortunately, the tendons were not cut, and the treatment would not leave disabilities, but Lang Zhong also proposed that in the treatment stage, the master should be able to use medicine on time, heal the injury attentively, and not move around casually, especially to avoid the second tear of the wound, otherwise there will be trouble.

Dahu was relieved, and after he sent Lang Zhong away, he rushed back to his master's house in the morning.

For a whole day and a night, the big tiger didn't hit his teeth, and ran back and forth a few times, he was so tired that he wanted to go back to the small west house to sleep well, but as soon as he entered the house, he saw the master frowning and sighing.

"Master, people can say that as long as you take medicine on time and take care of your injuries, you will get better soon, and you should be happy." The big tiger comforted the master.

"Big Tiger, it stands to reason that I should be happy, but you see, my feet and neck are swollen like a steamed bun, I can't walk on the ground, the rich man's work has not been done, I can't pay on time, we can't get a penny, seeing that it's almost the end of the year, how can we make some money, buy New Year's goods, and prepare some wood for next year."

"Master, I..." Dahu was about to make his words clear, but was interrupted by Master.

"I originally wanted to let you go to the rich man's house alone to finish the rest of the wooden work, settle the account, and I will recuperate at home steadily, but no, the final process of furniture is a key job, and now you have not fully mastered the heat of polishing and lacquering, if because the last process is not done, let the rich man find fault, then it is not a simple matter of not getting paid, delaying him to marry the fourth aunt, we can not afford this responsibility, you say, there is this matter to press me can I recuperate at home."

"Master, what else should I do? Just for this matter, you don't have to worry, I have already thought about it, we have to finish the work, we have to get the money, you let me eat some food, drink some water, and tell you slowly. "Dahu deliberately sold a pass.

The master listened to Dahu's words, as if he had an idea, and the master hurriedly asked his wife to go to the kitchen, heated the meal, and brought it into the house.

The reason why he went home first and borrowed the donkey cart was that he was worried that he would not be able to earn money for the rest of the work, and he would have to compensate for the loss, and the big tiger's idea was to ask the master to ask Langzhong to diagnose the injury, and after the master used the medicine, he used the donkey cart to pull the master to the rich man's house to sit down for himself and complete the key process of polishing and lacquering.

Master listened to Dahu's thoughts, tears were about to fall, he felt more guilty about Dahu, since he was injured, Dahu didn't eat a mouthful of food, drank a sip of water, closed his eyes for a while, and was subjected to unwarranted accusations and attacks by his wife, after all, a child who is only a teenager can think so thoughtfully for himself for this family, it is really rare.

Master admired his vision of choosing apprentices even more, somehow, Master looked at the way Dahu was eating and talking, and the feeling of distress suddenly came up, he was thinking, maybe this feeling is only a father and son, Master's feeling is not a whim, but getting along with Dahu, bit by bit, Master believes that Dahu's sincerity and kindness will definitely impress his wife in the near future, and by then, this home will really be a complete home.

Before going to the rich man's house, Dahu went to Langzhong's house to get enough internal and external medicine for the master, in case he arrived at the rich man's house to take it later, and after a few hours of hard work, Dahu drove the donkey cart to the master's house and went to the rich man's house, and before he entered the hospital, he heard the rich man reprimanding his subordinates:

"You are all waste, let you find a painter this little thing, you can't do it, so far you haven't even found a human hair, you say, what's the use of raising you?"

"You can't blame us entirely, we found a few painters, your fourth aunt is too dissatisfied, you have to wait for the original master and apprentice, you say, where can we go to find them." One of the subordinates was also full of grievances.

As soon as he heard that the fourth aunt was going to wait for the original master and apprentice, the rich man was embarrassed, he was worried that he would not be able to marry the fourth aunt on time, and he would not be able to hold the beauty.

The fourth aunt also rushed over, greeted the master and apprentice, in front of the fourth aunt, the rich man pretended to ask about the master's injury, Dahu knew that this was the rich man deliberately made it to the fourth aunt, but still perfunctory to the rich man, Dahu's purpose is to quickly polish and paint the furniture, check out and leave.

Dahu moved a chair for the master, put it in the courtyard, the master sat in command, according to the master's teaching, the furniture was polished, painted, painted, and then polished and painted after the paint dried, a few rounds down, the furniture was completed, the fourth aunt was very satisfied with the work done by the master and apprentice, he instructed the rich man, to give the master and apprentice more money when settling the bill, the rich man did not dare to disobey, and really paid more at the checkout, the master took the money and took out a bunch, stuffed it into the big tiger's pocket, and the big tiger quickly took it out and gave it to the master.

This single job was finally completed in a thrilling situation.

On the way home, the master again offered to give Dahu money, but Dahu insisted that he should not, and Dahu said what was in his heart:

"Master, for more than a year, you have not regarded me as an apprentice, but as a son, in my heart, you are the same as my father, you care for me, to be honest, I was quite a stranger when I first came to Master's house, and I was looking forward to the three years to pass quickly."

Seeing that the master bowed his head and was silent, Dahu continued:

"But in the process of apprenticeship with you, your character touched me, you are not like a craftsman in the eyes of others, you do not have a 'church apprentice, Starve to death the master's old traditional concept, but focus on cultivating love apprentices, you will teach me all the skills without reservation, so, I have slowly taken this as my home, you as my father, since it is a father and son, you will not see outside in the future, we earn money, that is, our family's money, we are handed over to the master, so that the master is also happy, the year before the purchase of more New Year's goods, prepare more wood, next year we have to continue to do it. ”

Dahu's heartfelt words touched Master and ignited Master's hope for his future life.

After that, Dahu drove the donkey cart to solicit business with the master until the master's foot injury healed.