Seeing that winter is coming, the leaves in the yard of the big tiger have almost fallen, this season in previous years, the farm work is gone, and the sky is dark early, the big tiger and his family can only habitually get into the quilt early, sleep when they can, can't sleep, they can also wander in the quilt, with reverie to pass the long night. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

At this time, Jin Guangzheng, the father who is separated by a wall from the big tiger, sat on the kang head uncharacteristically and smoked a dry cigarette, and his wife sat under the oil lamp, giving the big tiger and the big dragon a winter cotton coat, usually at this time, Jin Guangzheng has no sleep, and will chat with his wife, instead of smoking alone, his wife saw that Jin Guangzheng was a little abnormal, so he stopped his work and took the initiative to talk to Jin Guangzheng:

"I said boss, why aren't you sleepy today?"

Jin Guangzheng didn't seem to hear his wife speak, and still lowered his head and snorted dry smoke.

"Boss! I'm asking you?! ”

"I'm thinking about it, so I asked you to ask so many questions, and it was broken."

"Think about something, don't think about it yourself, say it and listen to it."

"Do you remember the carpenter surnamed Chang who used to make furniture for our family?"

"Then why don't you remember, his family lives in Changjiazhuang, and the male and female have no children, hey, the master, why did you think of him for no reason?"

"It's not that I remembered him for no reason, but that he came to Mr. Li's house in our village today and called me over."

"What did you call you for? We don't have any wood work to do. ”

"At first, I also wondered, but when I got there, I realized that Carpenter Chang came to Old Man Li's house and said that he was visiting the door, but he actually wanted to accept our big tiger as his apprentice."

"What? Want to accept Dahu as an apprentice? Did you promise someone? ”

"No, I haven't discussed it with you yet, can you promise someone?"

"Chang Carpenter asked our big tiger to apprentice with him, but he didn't put forward any conditions?"

"Mentioned, he said, in order to make the big tiger feel at ease apprentice, he is not allowed to go home during the three years of apprenticeship, he will teach all the skills to the big tiger within three years, and the big tiger can leave him and start another stove at the end of the three-year apprenticeship, he also said that within three years, eat and live for nothing, and do not charge a penny from our family."

"Say something else, I can still accept it, that is, I can't stand it if I don't let the big tiger go home for three years, are you willing to do it?"

"Look at what you said, if I am willing, I can still sleep and smoke?"

"If you want me to say, our big tiger has suffered so much in the coal kiln, and it was not easy to return home, we and the child are not hot enough, and we have to go to apprenticeship for three years, I don't agree."

"I look at this matter, you and I don't count, I should still listen to Dahu's thoughts."

"No, you don't know, Dahu is a filial child, he will definitely promise to go to the apprenticeship for the sake of our old man, in my opinion, let's talk about this later."

"Master Chang, do you want to give me a reply?"

"Let's wait and see."

In this way, the matter of the Great Tiger apprentice was put aside for the time being.

After a busy day's work in the field, the father and son of the big tiger had just finished dinner, when they saw Jin Changyuan limping in the door:

"Uncle, I heard that Han San is back! My dad is holding a scythe and is going to go to him for an explanation, and my mom is afraid of dying, so you should hurry over and persuade him! ”

Jin Guangzheng took the big tiger and ran to Jin Changyuan's house, and found that the door of Jin Changyuan's house was open, and there was no one in the family, Jin Guangzheng expected that Jin Changyuan's father went to Han San's house, and Jin Guangzheng rushed to Han San's house again, and as soon as he entered the courtyard gate of Han San's house, he saw Jin Changyuan's father, carrying a sickle in one hand, and Han San's collar with the other, questioning loudly:

"Han San, you have to explain to me today, we have lived in Shayu Village for so many years, starting from the elders of your family, the friendship between our Jin and Han families is also good, I don't understand, how can you do such a hurtful thing."

"Uncle Jin, it's not what you think." Han San argued.

"It was you who took away the three children of our Jin family, we can not pursue this, after all, it is our own children who are not sensible and voluntarily go with you, what we can't tolerate is that you knew that Changyuan was smashed and seriously injured, you didn't even ask, let the three teenage children go home on their own, do you know how many days these three children have been on the road?"

"This..."Han San was hesitant and couldn't say a whole sentence.

"For twenty days, when he came back, Jin Changyuan had half his life left, you said, are you what a human being should do? I really didn't expect that you had been in the coal kiln for a few years, and your heart had become as black as coal, and now Jin Changyuan's life was saved, but his leg was lame and crippled for the rest of his life. ”

"Uncle Jin, you put down the sickle first, you are holding the sickle, it's weird and scary, I don't dare to say it!" Han San's appearance is relied.

"Brother, you put down the sickle, let's hear how he argues." Kim Kwang-jeong persuaded Kim Chang-won's father to put down the sickle.

"Uncle Jin, the situation at that time was like this, when I knew that Jin Changyuan was smashed, I was also very anxious, but what I said in the coal kiln didn't count, I just ate under the kiln owner, and I had no money in my hand to treat Changyuan's injuries, you want to complain, and you can't complain about me, I just have the heart and the power, right?" Han San was still quibbling with a hippie smile.

"Are you talking about human words? If you really treat these three children as human beings, should you find a way to send them home, or give us a message to let us pick up the three children from the coal kiln, you haven't done any of this, what are you still arguing about, don't forget, counting from your grandfather's generation, we are old neighbors who have lived for decades, you can do this kind of unconscionable thing, it is reasonable and reasonable, you don't occupy anything. Jin Guangzheng questioned Han San.

The quarrel of Han San's family alarmed the neighbors, and everyone looked at Han San with angry eyes.

In this simple mountain village, no one has been able to do such an unbearable thing so far, Han San's actions are like a fly falling into a pot, it can't eat the dead, but it can disgust the dead.

At this time, Han San still wanted to continue to quibble, but when he looked up and saw the angry eyes of the villagers and the old Jin family, he changed his strategy, and came to a 'dead pig is not afraid of boiling water', he squatted in the middle of the yard with his head in his hands and played Lai Pi, in the face of accusations, that is, the dead fish did not open its mouth, Han San's move completely angered Jin Changyuan's father, he picked up the sickle in his hand, and Han San's head was about to be cut off, Jin Guangzheng rushed up with an arrow, grabbed Jin Changyuan's father's wrist, and snatched the sickle down.

"Don't stop me, all of you have seen it, Han San has lost his conscience and is a scourge, I have to teach him a lesson today." Kim Changwon's father, whose eyes were bloodshot with anger, shouted loudly.

"You beat him to death, have you thought about it? What to do with Changwon? How do younger siblings live with children? Your home is completely ruined, people are doing it, the sky is watching, are you worth it for this kind of villain? Kim Kwang-jeong shouted at Kim Chang-won's father.

"If you say that, we can't do anything about him?" Kim Changwon's father was angry.

"It's not that there is nothing to do with him, if he doesn't repent, one day, he will be punished." Jin Guangzheng said as he stared at Han San.

"I understand what you said, but I can't swallow this mouthful, if he Han San doesn't give me an explanation today, this matter will never be over." Kim Changwon's father is still giving Han San one last chance.

"You bastard, don't you hurry up and admit your mistakes to Uncle Jin and the villagers, our old Han family, why did you give birth to a rebel son who recognizes money and doesn't recognize people, today, if you still recognize me as a mother, you will admit your mistakes in front of the villagers and Uncle Jin, and ask for forgiveness, otherwise, I will not have your son." Han San's mother walked out of the crowd and said to Han San.

"Mom, you don't know what's going on, what's going on? At that time, I also had a problem. Han San finally spoke, but was obviously still quibbling.

"I understand, yes, Changyuan's leg injury was not caused by you, but after Changyuan was smashed, you should find a way to send Changyuan home, you shouldn't let it go, you are so much older than Changyuan, don't you understand this truth, listen to Damn, don't quibble, quickly admit your mistake." Han San's mother continued to persuade Han San.

His mother's sincere words did not arouse Han San's conscience, and he buried his head in the crotch of his pants again. On the surface, he lowered his head and didn't speak, but in fact, the little abacus in his heart has been playing, what he wants is to admit his mistakes in public, and it is not difficult to ask for forgiveness, what he is worried about is that after these things are done, Jin Changyuan's father will ask him to compensate for Jin Changyuan's legs, these years, he has not learned anything else in front of Zhou Papi, he will not do anything that suffers, even if he has no humanity, he will not do it, so he has made up his mind not to admit his mistakes.

After giving Han San the last chance, Han San continued to play tricks, and Jin Changyuan's father said something like this in front of all the villagers:

"Today in front of all the villagers, I swear, from now on, the fate of the Jin and Han families is over, in the future, the red and white affairs of the Jin and Han families will not feast on each other, do not interact with each other, our well water does not violate the river water, if the people of the old Jin family do not agree with my proposition, stand up and speak now, if not, from now on this will be counted. Han San, you remember, all of this is caused by you. ”

Jin Changyuan's father's words made Jin Guangzheng's back a little cold, how many generations of friendship between Jin and Han families can not be said to be terminated because of Han San alone, but Jin Guangzheng also knows that at this moment, what anyone says will anger Jin Changyuan's father, the people of the old Jin family present, in the face of Jin Changyuan's father's anger, Jin Changyuan's disabled left leg, and Han San's ruthlessness, all chose to be silent, and choosing silence means agreeing with Jin Changyuan's father's statement.

After Jin Changyuan's father finished speaking, he pulled the limping Jin Changyuan out of Han San's house.

After a night of tossing, the onlookers all went home.

After returning home, Jin Guangzheng repeatedly thought about the scene that happened in Han San's house, thinking of the encounter of the big tiger brothers going down the mine to dig coal, Jin Guangzheng made up his mind to send the big tiger to Master Chang's house to learn the arts, last time because of the big tiger apprentice, his wife did not agree, this time, Jin Guangzheng decided to hide from his wife and directly have a showdown with the big tiger, this is also a decision made by Jin Guangzheng bravely, he hopes that the big tiger can agree.

The next day, when it was time for dinner, a family of four sat warmly around the kang table to prepare for dinner, Jin Guangzheng was hiding something in his heart, his eyes did not dare to look directly at his wife, in order to relieve the tension, he asked his wife to take the bottle of liquor that was only willing to drink during the New Year on the table, the wife wondered in her heart, and muttered out in her mouth:

"What kind of wine do you drink this year?" Despite muttering, my wife brought the wine to the table.

The wine was brought to the table, Jin Guangzheng poured a glass for Dahu first, Dalong saw his father pouring wine for his brother, and he also clamored for a drink, Dahu also wondered, he had never drunk liquor, what happened to his father this time? took the initiative to drink to herself, Dahu was puzzled, and her wife was also puzzled, she took the wine poured to Dahu to herself, complaining to the old man, she didn't want to drink if she wanted to, and she shouldn't pull Dahu.

Who knows, the wife's complaint did not work at all, Jin Guangzheng took the wine glass from his wife again, and handed it to the big tiger again, in order to prevent his parents from arguing over the wine, the big tiger picked up the wine glass and did it with his father, as the saying goes, the wine fight is intimidating, under the influence of alcohol, Jin Guangzheng completely forgot, to discuss the apprenticeship with the big tiger alone after drinking, at the wine table, he said the matter of the big tiger's apprentice:

"Big Tiger, do you know why Dad made you drink today? I don't say, you don't know, or you guess. ”

"Old man, listen to your words, do you have something to tell Dahu?"

"Of course, it's about the big tiger, you and the big dragon can also listen to it."

"Dad, don't sell it, just say anything about it!" Big Tiger put down his glass and said.

"Okay, I'll just say it, a few days ago, Master Chang found me and said that he wanted to take in an apprentice when he was old, he picked and picked among the children in our village, and finally picked you, the apprenticeship period is three years, including food and accommodation, but there is one, during the apprenticeship, you can't go home. Master Chang said that after the three-year apprenticeship expires, you can start anew, Dahu, Dad wants to hear your thoughts. ”

"What? It's the matter of the Big Tiger apprentice again, haven't we already said it and won't mention it again? Why did you bring up this stubble again today. My wife asked, putting down the chopsticks in her hand.

"Originally, I didn't want to mention it again, but after Jin Changyuan's father went to Han San to ask for an explanation, it made me understand one thing, Dahu They went to the coal kiln to sell coolies, not to mention that they couldn't make money, Jin Changyuan also fell disabled, and asked others for an explanation, and was refused, right now, Master Chang wants to accept Dahu as an apprentice, just an opportunity, our big tiger, if you learn the craft, you can eat with the craft, this is much better than serving other people's jobs, wife, think carefully about whether what I said makes sense."

"No matter how reasonable you say, I am not willing to let the big tiger go, and I will go for three years."

"You think I'm going to give it up? Aren't we thinking about the future life of the big tiger? Take advantage of the fact that now, the crops in our field are done by me and Dalong, and Dahu goes out to learn the craft for three years, and when Dahu's apprenticeship expires, our family can be together again. ”

"I think you, a dead old man, have made up your mind to let the big tiger apprentice." My wife wiped her tears and got up and went to the kitchen.

"Dad, I'll go and persuade Mom." Dahu put down the dishes and chopsticks, got up and went to the kitchen.

"Mom, I think what my dad said makes sense, now our family's income is counting on that bit of land and fruit trees, and the harvest is not very good, you and my dad are getting older and older, I don't have much money at home, if you can really learn a craft, you can still earn cash in the future, and improve our family's life This is a good thing, isn't it three years? It's gone in a flash, Mom, don't worry, I'm really willing to go. ”

"Big Tiger, are you talking from your heart?"

"How can I tell a lie in front of you? If you say it from your heart, you can put a hundred hearts. ”

In fact, when Dahu said this to his mother, he was very sad, he really couldn't bear this home that he had just regained, but he didn't want to see that his parents were worried about his apprenticeship, so he had to choose the path his father chose for him.

Dahu returned to the dinner table, at this time, his father Jin Guangzheng's wine had passed, and he did not want to say from his mouth that he had to be an apprentice, but hoped that Dahu would make his own decisions like a man.

"Dad, I'm willing to go to an apprenticeship, and the sooner the better." After saying this, Dahu got up and went back to his room.

Dahu's answer was expected by Jin Guangzheng, but Jin Guangzheng didn't expect that Dahu would use ' The sooner the better' to say, looking at the big tiger who got up and went back to the house, and his wife who wiped his tears in the kitchen, Jin Guangzheng was upset, how could he be willing to let the big tiger who had just escaped from the sea of suffering and reunite with his family, and he had to leave home for three years as an apprentice, but as a father, his love will not be as emotional as his wife, so exposed, he is more rational, unwilling to return or reluctant, or will endure the pain of cutting love, even if he is crying in his heart, he will not show it, maybe this is a heavy father's love.

Jin Guangzheng decided to give Dahu two days to prepare, and two days later he would take Dahu to Changjiazhuang Master Chang's house to formally apprentice.

In two days, Dahu had a small reunion with his good partners Jin Changyuan and Jin Changshuo, which was regarded as a farewell, and he also went to the school to say goodbye to Mr. Zhang.

On the last night before leaving, Dahu remembered the last important thing, which Dalong needed to complete for him, and Dahu woke up Dalong, who was already sleeping in the bed, and admonished:

"Dalong, brother, early tomorrow morning, I will go to Changjiazhuang with my father to Master's house, this walk is three years, and I can't go home to spend it with you during the New Year's holidays, I can't let go of one thing in my heart, I want to ask you to help me complete it."

"Brother, what the hell is going on? You say. ”

"It's what my grandfather entrusted us, and the New Year is going to send couplets to the villagers for free, you have to bear it, we have paper and ink, and I have the content of the door couplet, and I put it in a drawer, and then you can copy it, remember, this is the right thing, don't patronize it, forget it."

"Brother, you leave this matter to me, you can be regarded as finding the right person, do you know? My current calligraphy is getting better and better, of course, it is a little worse than you, but compared with the children in our village, it is not a star and a half, brother, when your apprentice comes back, my calligraphy will definitely surpass you. ”

"Start bragging again, Dalong, Dad has asthma, you can do more work in the field, don't keep letting your parents worry about you." The big tiger told the big dragon.

"Oh, brother, how are you like your mother, you love to nag, don't worry, I remember everything!"

Seeing Da Long's innocent appearance when he agreed, Da Hu's tears still couldn't help but flow, and he immediately turned his head and got into the bed.

Chang carpenter's home, located in Shayu Village across a mountain of Changjiazhuang, don't underestimate a mountain apart, close to slow to catch up with a day's journey, in order to arrive at Changjiazhuang before dark, Dahu and his father set off from home at five o'clock in the morning, almost noon, Jin Guangzheng and the roadside tea stall old man inquired, they are away from Changjiazhuang, there is still half the way, Dahu told his father that he was a little hungry, Jin Guangzheng had to ask for two bowls of tea in the tea stall, took out the cake from the baggage, the two sat on the stool of the tea stall, and began lunch, After feeding their stomachs, the two got up and continued to walk half the way.

It was really as Jin Guangzheng expected, before dark, they arrived at Changjiazhuang.

Changjiazhuang is surrounded by mountains and rivers, the scenery is beautiful, there are more than 20 families living in total, and they are all in charge of their own families.

Chang carpenter's home is in the east of the village, in a boxy courtyard, outside the courtyard, there is an old locust tree, under the old locust tree, there is a stone table and several stone benches, through the stone table and the smooth surface of the stone bench can be seen, here is a place frequented by the villagers.

Jin Guangzheng stepped forward and knocked on the door a few times, and after a while, Master Chang opened the door, and when he saw Jin Guangzheng and the children beside him, Master Chang understood, he let Jin Guangzheng and his son into the courtyard, and shouted to his wife who was eating in the house, 'There are guests at home, Go to the kitchen and get another dish', Master Chang's voice fell for a long time, only to see Master Chang's wife, slowly walked out of the house, she glanced at the big tiger father and son, it was a greeting, Master Chang quickly came to the wife, introduced the big tiger father and son, the wife reluctantly nodded at the big tiger father and son, and reluctantly went to the kitchen to cook.

When Master Chang's wife went to the kitchen to cook, Master Chang took the big tiger father and son into the house.

As soon as Jin Guangzheng entered the house, he kept making excuses to Master Chang, apologizing, in Jin Guangzheng's opinion, the last time Master Chang went to Shayu Village to discuss the matter of accepting Dahu as an apprentice, he did not reply to Master Chang in time, which was rude, and now he did not say hello, and brought the big tiger to recognize the master, which is even more rude, if Master Chang blames him for this and turns their father and son away, he has nothing to say, but on the contrary, instead of blaming him, Master Chang also warmly received them, Jin Guangzheng felt more and more that what he was doing was not personnel, and he apologized from the bottom of his heart to Master Chang.

Master Chang accepted that Jin Guangzheng cared so much about integrity, he told Jin Guangzheng that he was a handful of years, and what he valued now was not the so-called etiquette, but the importance of his own craftsmanship, passed on through the big tiger, Master Chang's generosity, so that Jin Guangzheng admired, he asked the big tiger to kneel down and worship Master Chang immediately, but was stopped by Master Chang, Master Chang told Jin Guangzheng that this apprentice he was settled, if he must follow the old rules to apprentice, but also wait for the child to fill his stomach.

Jin Guangzheng insisted again and again that he wanted the big tiger to eat after worshipping the master and his wife, at this moment, Master Chang's wife, put a plate of eggs and a plate of shallots mixed with tofu and served it to the table, Master Chang saw his wife's face pulled by the elder, he was worried that his wife would not give Jin Guangzheng father and son face, and the apprenticeship might not be carried out, so he called his wife out of the house, and timidly proposed to his wife that he should leave a face when the big tiger apprenticed, try to be generous, and don't let everyone be unable to get off the stage.

Because, Master Chang knows best in his heart that his wife is unwilling to accept apprentices by himself, but he is helpless, the old couple are old, and there is no one under their knees, one man and half a woman, especially now, doing some big work, some are inadequate, and the wife is also forced to agree to accept apprentices, and the wife listened to Master Chang's instructions and did not refute, which made Master Chang grateful.

Back in the house, a simple apprenticeship ceremony began.

Jin Guangzheng arranged for the master and his wife to sit on both sides of the Eight Immortals table, Jin Guangzheng shouted in his mouth, 'The apprenticeship ceremony begins', the big tiger walked to the master and his wife and knelt down, and with Jin Guangzheng's 'kowtow to the master', the big tiger turned his head towards the master and kowtowed three times, 'kowtow to the master's mother' The big tiger turned his head to the master and his wife again, and kowtowed three times, 'Get up, salute the tea of the master and the mother', the big tiger took the tea from his father's hand, brought it to the master and his wife, and shouted in his mouth, 'Please drink tea from the master' Please drink tea, Master Chang took a sip of tea, and said to the big tiger father and son with a smile:

"From today on, Dahu is the first apprentice I accepted, and the last apprentice, I will pass on my skills to Dahu without reservation, and I also hope that Dahu can learn the craft well in these three years, and in the future, I can take the lead and eat by craftsmanship, I will say this, wife, you are also Dahu's master and wife now, you also say a few words to Dahu."

"I don't have anything to say, I've been hungry for a long time, let's eat." The master almost didn't raise her eyelids and answered the master's words.

"Big Tiger, this will be your home in the future, you have to honor our master and mother like we do, don't you say it, master and apprentice are like father and son, you can't make the old couple angry, everything must be done in a hurry, you must share more for the master and mother, and fulfill the responsibilities of a junior, if you make the second elder angry, I will not agree." Jin Guangzheng told the big tiger.

"It's far away, it's far away, it's all a family from now on, and you still say what are you doing, let's eat at the table, come, big tiger, just sit next to the master." Master Chang pulled Dahu and sat down.

Facing the food on the table, Dahu instinctively picked up the chopsticks to pick up the dishes, but inadvertently saw the tense face of his wife and the eyes staring at him, which made him have never been timid, the chopsticks he held in his hand were still, and he took a nest head in the basin with his left hand, carefully broke a piece and chewed it in his mouth.

At this time, the four people at the dinner table were ostensibly eating, but the four people were thinking very differently in their hearts.

Master Chang is the most affectionate of these four people.

He accepted Dahu as an apprentice as he wished, which is equivalent to accepting a half-pull son, thinking back to his and his wife's life for decades, although it is still passable, but the regret of having no children and no daughters is with him after all, especially when he sees that the next generation of his buddies and brothers has grown up one by one, and he has no children and no daughters, which is even more regretful, for so many years, Master Chang has never shown it in front of his wife, on the contrary, he has doubled all the care to his wife, so that he has developed the problem of his wife's self-esteem, and now it is good, Accepting this apprentice just filled the regret in Master Chang's heart, the depression that he couldn't vent, and let him see the hope of life.

The master is the most complicated of these four people.

Over the past few decades, the master has become accustomed to the life of the two people in the world with the master, and is accustomed to the arrogance of the master who is obedient to her, and her temperament is different from the characteristics of ordinary women, she does not like children around her knees, and enjoys the days of being childless and light, and looks down on those women who worry about their children all day long, thinking that they do not understand.

The relatives of this family had intended to give them a son, and they would set up a family in the future and send them to the end of their lives, but she was a thousand and ten thousand against, and even looked for death and life for this, and finally did not adopt them, and now, the reason why the master agreed to the master to accept the big tiger as an apprentice is not because she understands that she is alive, but that she fell ill with her wife a few days ago and almost died, so she made the decision to agree to accept the apprentice.

A few days ago, I don't know what the reason is, after the two of them finished dinner, when they were about to go to bed, the master first felt a pain in the stomach, and then vomited and diarrhea, and then her, the symptoms were the same as the master, the two of them from the night, tossed until the next morning, the two of them vomited and diarrhea, dehydrated, lying on the kang and couldn't move, because on weekdays, she rarely interacted with relatives and neighbors, no one knew what happened in her home, the two of them lay at home for two days, and the water and rice did not hit the teeth.

Fortunately, on the third day, a neighbor came to Master Chang to repair the cabinet, only to find that the old couple had lost their vitality, and later, the neighbor invited them to Lang Zhong, took medicine, and the two of them relieved their breath, this incident reminded her that when there was no illness, the two of them lived in the world of moisture, and the two of them could not move at the same time, and there had to be someone around them, otherwise, no one knew about the death in the house, but when she saw that her wife pulled the big tiger to her side to eat, she was disgusted and unkind or hung on her face.

Jin Guang is the most uncomfortable of these four people.

Don't look at him holding chopsticks in his hand, one by one to give Master Chang two mouths of cloth vegetables, on the surface polite, in fact, his heart is the most uncomfortable, tomorrow he will go home alone, he will be separated from the big tiger for three years, and the pain of separation from his son is still secondary, the next three years, whether the big tiger and his wife get along well is what he is most worried about, although it is only one day to contact with the master, but the temperament of the master makes Jin Guangzheng look afraid, let alone a child.

It can be seen that Master Chang is an honest person, but he must also be a person who says it at home, once the master and the big tiger have a conflict, the big tiger only has to be punished, the master is willing to help the big tiger is powerless, the big tiger is at home is a hard life, but at least the parents will not speak coldly to him, will be a baby to love him, in the master's house is not necessarily, but from another angle, Jin Guangzheng has found an outlet for himself, it is not easy for people to learn the craft, and the big tiger is no exception, it is three years, gritted his teeth and passed.

The big tiger was the most dazed of the four.

Just woke up from the nightmare of escaping from the coal kiln, and had to face three years of separation from his family, for the next life, he was at a loss, helpless, today there is still a father by his side, tomorrow after his father leaves, he will live with this strange family for three years, a sense of loneliness and fear, spontaneously, so that the big tiger is at a loss, especially to see, the cold almost expressionless face of the master, the big tiger doesn't want to think down, and he is worried about facing the master, the big tiger also hints at himself, put in the truth, slowly adapt, slowly integrate, and learn art with his heart.

The dining table is not big enough to accommodate four people, but it can't accommodate the four different mentalities hidden by four people.

They are all making choices and compromises on the balance of their own survival, and they are all trying to find a balance of survival for themselves through inner entanglements, so that they can continue to survive.

After dinner, the big tiger father and son returned to the small west house in the courtyard, this small west house was originally the place where Master Chang put the wood, and now the big tiger is here, some wood also needs to be moved to the yard, broken into boards for use, just vacated for the big tiger to use.

Big Tiger father and son, sitting on a makeshift bed, no one spoke, although they both knew what each other was thinking, what they wanted to say to each other, but at the moment they faced each other with silent silence, which may represent the mode of most fathers and sons, we imagine that if at this time, also in this small West House, the same face-to-face sitting is not the father but the mother, then the situation will be shockingly reversed, maybe the mother will hold the hand of the big tiger, tears poured out parting, so that the big tiger is difficult to part, in contrast, It seems that the father's expression is a bit similar to cold, but in fact, it is wrong, most fathers in the world love their children no less than their mothers, but men's expressions are different, they are good at wrapping their shells tightly and hard, even if they are crying in their hearts, they will not show it easily, this may be the rationality of men, Dahu can understand the heartache and reluctance of his father from the heart.

For a whole night, the father and son of the big tiger sat like this, silently counting the countdown in their hearts.

Early the next morning, Jin Guangzheng pulled the big tiger and met the master and mother again, which means that the time for the big tiger and his father to separate has come, after a night of painful struggle, the big tiger is ready to part with his father, he sat next to his father last night, he repeatedly warned himself, he wants to be like a man, what he shows to his father is a strong big tiger, no matter how sad he is, he will not let the tears fall in front of his father, he wants his father to go home with a happy mood.

Before leaving, my father told the big tiger in front of the master and his wife, seeing that his father was about to leave, the big tiger held back his tears, he deliberately didn't look at his father, but his father Jin Guangzheng stretched out a warm and powerful big hand, put it heavily on the shoulder of the big tiger, and pinched it twice, he wanted to use this action to hint to the big tiger, don't let the tears fall, that way, it will make the master unhappy.

Dahu knows that his father's intentions are good, and he says that his father's love is like a mountain, and this time he really understands it.

At this time, the father and son tacitly understood that each other felt the strength given by each other, and his father Jin Guangzheng put his heart at ease, without looking back, took a big stride, walked out of the yard, and disappeared in the sight of the big tiger.

After my father left, Master Chang called the big tiger to the yard, and took out all the guys who have accompanied him for many years, and introduced their names, uses and origins, this is the first lesson that Master taught to the big tiger, just like going to school back then, it is an introductory class, Master Chang said as if he was at home with the big tiger, these guys have a life and a story for each of them, and we must not only use them on weekdays, but also take good care of them and love them.

Tools are like people, if you treat it well, it will naturally return to you, take an axe as an example, you just let it chop wood for you, as a coolie, but never polish and maintain, he will be rusty, will not listen to the call, when it is critical, it will give you the color.

Listening to the master's description of the painting of the tools, it really opened the eyes of the big tiger, in the original cognition of the big tiger, the carpenter is just the scattered wooden boards, after processing into different shapes, put together into a square is a box, put together a long is a cabinet, he did not expect that the carpenter's knowledge is far more than this.

It seems that he has to redouble his efforts, Master Chang saw that the big tiger was very focused when he listened to him, and the original worry was put down, because for a thirteen-year-old boy, it is the time to be alive and jumping, and few people can afford to listen to the advice of the elders for a long time, and not be anxious, the big tiger is still rare, Master Chang saw hope, he felt that he had picked up a treasure, and he taught him even more energetically, so that his wife was forced to stop when he beckoned them to eat.

The sky in the mountains is covered by mountains and mountains, and it is bright at night.

He came to the yard and picked up a broom, began to clean the courtyard, and put the scattered planks and the wood that had not yet been opened, and put them neatly next to the wall and back, and after doing these loose work, the big tiger lit the stove and began to boil hot water, and after the hot water was boiled, the big tiger sat on the stone bench in the yard, waiting for the master and his wife to get up.

The sky was bright, and the sound of the master's cough came from the house, and the big tiger knew that this might be a signal for the master to get up, so he quickly made the tea, and then through the door curtain, he asked the master and his wife to say good morning.

Master Chang looked around the courtyard and saw that the tea was brewed, the scattered wood was placed, the yard was cleaned, and the due etiquette had been fulfilled, and he was very satisfied.

At this time, the master brought breakfast to the stone table, the master beckoned the big tiger to sit down next to him, and after working for a morning, the big tiger's stomach was a little hungry, he saw that the master and the master and the mother took a nest head to eat, and he also learned to take a nest head, when he was about to break off a piece and send it to his mouth, he heard the master and mother speak:

"Big Tiger, you are a newcomer, there are some rules, or set up first, so as not to get along with everyone in the future, although it is said that before your apprenticeship, the master is to talk to your family, to eat and live, but did not say, what the master eats, you will follow what you eat, at the moment our family's food is not rich, the nest is our family's staple food, your master is our family's main laborer, the staple food should be eaten by the master, only when he is full, we can have food, what I said is clear enough, you should not grab the nest head with the master to eat, You should consciously eat sweet potatoes. ”

"Master, I didn't think about it so much, I understand what you said, I shouldn't eat wotou, I should eat sweet potatoes."

The big tiger was like a child who had made a mistake, his face was swollen and red, and he quickly put the nest head in his hand back and took back a piece of sweet potato.

Master Chang was very angry when he saw his wife say such unkind words to the big tiger, this is the wife is playing on the topic, deliberately looking for the big tiger's stubble, there is no shortage of food at home, and there is no shortage of the big tiger's nest to eat, Master Chang really wants to stand up for the big tiger to say a word, but want to stand up and can stand up are two different things, over the years, his arrogance and doting on his wife has made the wife develop a habit, this habit, is still being sublimated, becoming more difficult and tolerant, and now realize that it is too late.

Master Chang took advantage of his wife's lack of attention, winked at the big tiger and frowned, which could be regarded as showing his dissatisfied attitude towards his wife.

Dahu nodded at Master, picked up the sweet potato, said hello to Master and Master, and returned to the Little West House.

Who knows, after the big tiger entered the house, before his ass sat down, he heard his wife arguing with his master:

"I told you a long time ago, I don't object to you accepting apprentices, but you can also accept a stronger body, you look at this big tiger, not to mention the thin bones, just came, he wanted to be on an equal footing with us, what we eat, what he also wants to eat, I don't understand, how much work can he help you do? Not to mention, you are still a cheap bone, let him sit next to you every time you eat, even my wife is placed on the second, do you really think he is your son? I see that you, a dead old man, just dislike me, didn't give birth to a boy and a girl, and deliberately snubbed me. The more my wife talked, the more outrageous it became, and her voice also raised an octave, for fear that the neighbors would not be able to hear her.

"If you don't say a few words, no one will treat you as a dumb person, if you're right, I'll recognize this child, and you won't talk in front of the child in the future." The master talked back to his wife.

"Chang Youcai, you dare to shout at me for a child, it's really against you, I tell you, from now on, I won't serve you, you just wait to drink the northwest wind." After speaking angrily, the master turned around and went back to the house.

The words of the master and his wife deeply stung the big tiger, he didn't dare to come out, and he couldn't come out to persuade the old couple to fight, because he was the fuse, and any word he said might ignite the war between the old two, the big tiger was in a dilemma and hid in the house, or the master broke the deadlock, he called the big tiger and came out to break pine wood with him.

Master and Dahu want to break a pine wood with a length of two meters and a diameter of half a meter, this piece of wood has been at home for many years, and Master Chang himself has been thinking about this piece of material.

At first, Dahu didn't take the sawing seriously, thinking that as long as he could endure hardships and spare no effort, he would be fine, but he thought that after just pulling for more than ten minutes, Dahu felt that his arm was a little disobedient, because it was the first time to saw with the master, and the big tiger didn't want to show how weak he was in front of the master, and the big tiger mobilized the strength of his whole body to cooperate with the master's saw.

When he gritted his teeth and persisted for an hour or so, Master Chang reminded Dahu that he could take a break if he couldn't hold on, Dahu wiped the sweat on his face with his sleeve and told Master that he had no problem and didn't need to rest.

When it was time for lunch, Master told Dahu to stop sawing and prepare for lunch.

The wife was angry with the master in the morning and did not prepare lunch, and the master was too lazy to provoke the wife again, so he went to the kitchen to bring out the nest, sweet potatoes and pickles that had not been eaten in the morning, and the master and apprentice sat in the yard eating cold food.

In order not to let the master worry about himself, after the big tiger greeted the master again, he took the leftover sweet potatoes and returned to the small west house.

Master saw the big tiger, a piece of sweet potato did not eat, the heart knows very well that the big tiger is tired, sawing work, on the surface looking at you and me is very easy, in fact, it is the hardest and most tiring work in the wood work, not to mention a child, is an adult to work for a few hours, the body is difficult to hold, the first time the tiger can last a morning, it shows that he has a spirit in his heart not to admit defeat, which is very similar to him.

When he saw that the big tiger didn't cover the quilt, he lay on the bed and fell asleep, and took the bed quilt to cover the big tiger, in the process of covering, his hand inadvertently touched the big tiger's head, and found that it was hot and hot, and the master concluded that the big tiger was sweating and was blown by the cool breeze when he was pulling the saw, and the master originally wanted his wife to find some sweating and fever medicine for the big tiger to eat, but thinking that his wife was still angry about the morning, and didn't want to make any extraneous branches, he made a bowl of hot water for the big tiger and put some ginger shreds, Let the big tiger drink it while it's hot, and then go to work in the yard again.

After drinking the ginger water in a daze, the big tiger fell asleep again.

Although the master was still angry with the master, and stayed in her room all morning and did not come out, she had been paying attention to the master's dynamics, and in her judgment, the master would definitely come into the house as usual to coax herself, and the matter might have passed if she played tricks again, but when she saw that the master not only did not coax herself, but also went to the small west house, and shouted to the big tiger to ask for warmth, and the evil fire came up again, she rushed to the middle of the courtyard and shouted at the master:

"Let me ask you, are you an apprentice for our family or a master invited from outside, what's the matter, the cat didn't come out of the house just after working all morning, and I wanted to steal and play tricks, so I couldn't bear to let you, the master, work in the yard alone."

"What are you talking about, how ugly it is, to tell you, the big tiger was cold in the morning, and now he still has a fever! I told him to rest. Master was afraid of waking up the big tiger and hurriedly explained to his wife.

"I really don't believe it, what's the matter, he just got sick when he did some work, and he can't be instructed in the future, if I want him to say that he just wants to eat and drink in our house and not work, I tell you the truth, I can't tolerate him, if you protect him again, I'm not done with you."

"Don't you be unreasonable? Don't forget, you are an elder, and you must be like an elder when you speak and act. The master couldn't help but talk back to his wife.

When he understood that it was because he had overslept and caused the quarrel, he slapped his head with his hand, regretting that he was not angry, he lifted the quilt and rushed to the courtyard as fast as possible, and quickly apologized to the master and his wife:

"Master, don't be angry, it's all my fault, I promise there won't be a next time."

"What? Do you want to have a next time? To tell you the truth, this is the first time, and the last time, you go to the little West House now, Mari pack up your things and leave here quickly, we can't afford to hire you as a master. "My wife's words, I put a gun with a stick, and I also gave an eviction order.

"Master, don't drive me away, I really know it's wrong, don't worry, I will make up for it, from now on I will let Master rest, I will see alone, when you call to stop, I will stop, please give me another chance, if I don't do well, I don't need you to say, I will pack up my things and leave, Master, please." Dahu didn't know what to say to make his wife change her mind.

"Wife, you see that the big tiger has talked about this, you can give the child another chance." In order to keep the big tiger, the master had no choice but to intercede with his wife.

In the face of the big tiger's confession of mistake and the master's plea, the master felt a certain satisfaction in her heart, and her anger subsided a little, and she put on a victor's posture, neither agreeing nor opposing, and made a strange noise from her nose before turning her head back to the house.

The big tiger took a saw, and got on the shelf, and started to do it alone, the master signaled the big tiger several times to participate in the tug-of-war, but was rejected, and I don't know where the evil energy came from, all of them worked until it was almost dark, and the big tiger still refused to stop, the master saw that the big tiger was playing with his life, he went into the house and begged his wife to speak, so that the big tiger stopped what he was doing, the wife disdained, and then the master repeatedly begged, the wife reluctantly came out, she walked to the big tiger, grabbed the saw in the hand of the big tiger and threw it on the ground, the big tiger knew, In this way, the master and mother left themselves, and the big tiger got off the donkey and bowed to the master and mother to express his gratitude.