Chapter 1 Peach Spring
The morning dawn is shining, and everything is awake. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Towards the early morning, a sudden drizzle washed away the hustle and bustle of the previous night, and Taoyuan Village in the morning was so clean that it was intoxicating.
On the open plains, sparsely populated and the roads are depressed.
In Taoyuan Village, which is shrouded in spring mist, there are a few rooster cries from time to time. A black dog that was about to wash the group of chicks behind the old hen in blood was chased and killed by the majestic rooster at the head of the village early in the morning, and escaped all over the place.
In the small village, the gates of more than 20 families were opened, and the men had already gone out to farm, while the women stayed at home to prepare the day's things, and then took the little ones with them to the ridges.
After the locust plague, the wind and rain were smooth, the taxes were reduced, and the fields were taken care of on a beautiful spring day, and it was estimated that they could leave enough rations for their families during the autumn harvest.
Thinking like this, the woman's heart was hot, and she slapped the back of her child's head, urging her to eat quickly, and then looked up at the sun who was trying to jump on the horizon, and the action of handling housework was faster.
"Auntie, don't keep beating me, what should I do if I hit me stupid? But the gentleman said that I was born smart, and I will definitely take the top exam in the future! The little guy raised his head, showed his teeth that had not yet grown together, and muttered dissatisfiedly: "Auntie, you can't beat the champion in the future like this!" ”
The woman put down the work in her hand, bent down, smiled and pinched the smooth face of the little guy with both hands, then straightened her face, and crossed her waist with her hands: "Bai Jialangjun is a fairy descending to earth, you little rabbit cub didn't even grow hair, so you learned to speak big, I'm going to finish eating, and then go learn to write!" ”
"When! While! While! Three unhurried voices sounded.
"Phew!" The little guy put down the bowl with lightning speed, wiped the corner of his mouth with his chubby little hand, wiped off the wild vegetable residue, opened his little feet, and ran out of the door.
"Auntie, I'm going to class!"
More than a dozen children, some older and some younger, the eldest twelve or thirteen years old, and the youngest only four or five years old, ran in the same direction of the village.
The vigorous breath instantly threw a small pebble into the calm Taoyuan Village, blowing a pool of spring water.
In the open space at the head of the village, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy sat cross-legged on the ground, dressed in a clean and neat linen coat, with black hair, a fair and beautiful face, one hand holding one cheek, and looking at the child running over with a smile.
"Good morning, sir!" The lively voice resounded throughout Taoyuan Village.
The young man straightened his clothes, glanced at all the children present with dark eyes, and nodded lightly: "Good morning, classmates!" ”
"Heaven and earth are yellow, and the universe is desolate. The sun and the moon are shining, and the sun and moon are shining. ......" A dozen children looked at the black letters on the wooden board next to the boy and read aloud word by word, and the expressions on the young faces were as if pilgrims had seen their faith.
The women quietly walked from the other side, occasionally looking back at their children, and their mood was like this blue sky, fresh with a sweet taste.
The red sun has finally jumped onto the horizon with great difficulty, the last star in the sky has not completely receded, and the refreshing taste of the spring sun shines on this ancient and civilized land with hundreds of millions of rays of light.
The white chessboard sat on the ground, looking at the group of children in front of him, a little fascinated.
This group of children is like a group of devout believers, like sponges, desperately absorbing this hard-won knowledge.
In White's memory of his past life, such a child is almost invisible.
Is this Datang? Even after the terrible pain of the locust plague, people are still full of hope and optimism for the future.
White looked up to the west, and in the invisible distance, there was one of the greatest cities of this era slowly rising, and there were many historical giants sitting there, leaving their names for thousands of years.
Every time I think that I have come to such a great era, white chess is always full of inexplicable excitement, and then there is a long night and waiting. As for what to wait for, White didn't have a clear answer in his mind, so he thought and did so.
In the backyard of the house, two plants have pulled out their buds in the spring rain this morning, green and full of life, which makes people feel pity when they look at it.
As the children leaned over to write, a middle-aged husband stood behind the children, his trouser legs pulled up, his feet bare, and covered in muddy water.
Bai Qi got up slightly, walked up to the farmer, and asked in a low voice, "Uncle Liu, is there something going on in the field?" ”
"Bai Jialangjun, the cylinder car you installed a few days ago can't move this morning!" Uncle Liu's face that had been tanned by the sun for many years showed anxiety, and the high-drum car solved the problem of them diverting the river water from the low position to the dry land at the high position, and now it suddenly did not move, for fear of delaying the agricultural time, which was indeed a little uneasy for a group of tenants.
Bai Qi thought for a moment, then smiled at Uncle Liu and said, "Uncle Liu, I'll go over and fix it as soon as possible!" ”
A smile appeared on Uncle Liu's swarthy face.
"Little students, that's all for today's class, go to the field with Uncle Liu and me first!" Bai Qi turned to Uncle Liu and said, "These little guys are very diligent, especially Uncle Liu, your son, who is small and clever, and will have a unique future in the future!" Let them go along and see if any of the little ones can learn anything from it. ”
Uncle Liu grinned, rubbed his big cracked palms, and then showed a fierce face to a group of little guys: "Go there to listen to Mr. Bai's words and learn something!" ”
The little ones jumped up with joy and circled the white chess.
White picked up the four-year-old dog because he noticed that the little guy was wiping his nose with his pants.
The group walked towards the ridge, and the older boy dragged the small one tightly, taking care of it as he went.
In the spring, the grass grows green and covered the earth, and there is no way to see the boundless yellow mud and dead silence of the locust plague before.
Not only are people easy to forget their pain, but everything in the world is the same.
The river is about four or five meters above the ground of the fields, and the low trees are swaying in the spring breeze, and swallows are passing through the air, carrying the message of spring.
The river was flowing slowly, and at the slope of the river, a wooden waterwheel stood half in the water, and a long wooden conveyor belt slanted upwards to connect with another waterwheel above the river, and a canal was under the waterwheel on the ground, extending into the fields not far away. The waterwheel was slowly turning, but no water was passing through the conveyor belt and carrying it up to the canal.
White put down the dog, bent down and pinched a handful of dirt in the field, half of which was crushed to pieces. Obviously, although it had only rained this morning, it still did not completely wet the soil in the fields.
The children looked for their own fathers and mothers, and there was a burst of laughter and scolding by the river.
A bunch of people were gathering around two waterwheels, seriously banging on something.
"Ancestor." Bai Qi came to the silver-haired old village chief and said respectfully.
"Fengqu, you came just in time, these two cylinder cars suddenly broke down this morning, and they can't bring water up, Carpenter Zhang can't see what the problem is, you can come and see." The old village chief patted Bai's shoulder.
White answered, summoned the two youngest and oldest students, and led them to the waterwheel to observe.
"Dawa, Niuzi, you used to work with me on these two cylinders, and now you come to try to fix them, just as my homework for you today." Bai Qi pointed to the two cylinder cars and said to the two children beside him.
"Yes, sir!" The two children, Dawa and Niuzi, were obviously very excited about this first homework, their faces were red, and their emotions were overflowing.
The waterwheel on the ground is braked by manpower or animal power, and then the waterwheel in the water is driven by the conveyor belt, and the water four or five times high from the ground is conveyed to the ground through the bamboo conveyor belt, flows into the canal, and then irrigates the dry field.
White saw very clearly that the problem was in the waterwheel above, where the pedals that needed to be stepped on by human means were connected to the waterwheel, and there was a broken bearing.
While everyone was holding their breath, it took a long time for the big baby and the cow to climb the tree, and when the sun had climbed the tree, they just circled the waterwheel around the ground, but still did not find a specific problem.
Bai Qi stepped forward, patted the two who were as anxious as ants on a pot, and gave them an encouraging look: "You have found the right direction, but you haven't understood the details yet, and you have done a good job!" ”
White took out a wooden bearing from the toolbox, bent down, and poked his head under the pedal, replacing the broken bearing.
Dawa and Niu Zi stepped on the pedal in amazement, only to see the waterwheel slowly turning, and the waterwheel in the river also began to turn, and water came from the conveyor belt, poured into the canal, and merged into a clear stream, which flowed into the fields.
"Ancestor, look." White handed the broken bearing in his hand to the old village chief.
The old village chief held the bearing in his rough hand, and there seemed to be a flash of light in his cloudy eyes. He handed the bearing back to White, pulled the old buddy next to him, and glanced at White.
"Fengqu, this matter will be handled by you!"
"Ancestor, I'm afraid they're already here." Bai Qi bent down slightly and smiled at the old village chief.
The figures of six or seven peasants broke into the morning light, and walked towards them from the mist.
"It's really fast...... the old village chief moved the corners of his mouth and spit on the ground: "You're so thick-skinned!" ”
"Uncle Liu is good!" The first big man, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, his ancient skin shone with a unique light in the sun, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.
The five middle-aged farmers behind him, who were also in good shape, saluted the old village chief one after another.
"Sixth son, come to our poor countryside in Liujia Village early in the morning, aren't you afraid of getting your new shoes wet?" The old village chief was supported by white chess and said slowly.
"Uncle Liu is outside, the sixth son hasn't seen his uncle for a long time, he woke up this morning and saw the rain, and he was worried about your body, so he came to visit your old man early in the morning!" Liuzi's posture was very low.
White saw that Liuzi's eyes were calm, not as calm as stagnant water, but as calm as if he was chatting about something completely unrelated to him, even if every word that came out of his mouth was emotional.
"Oh?" The old village chief raised his head and looked at the six sons in front of him, and said a sentence that made the faces of the five farmers behind the six sons change slightly: "Let's see if these two broken water trucks are really broken?" ”
The sixth son raised his head, his eyes were very calm, and his face was full of smiles: "Of course, during the visit to the elders, the six sons will not dare to resign!" ”