The little boy is four years and nine months old this year, and he will be five years old in three months, and the minimum requirement for education with the old master in the village is five years old.

It was still two months since the old master began to accept apprentices in September, so when he saw the bear child with snot, Zhang Jie felt that he was quite close to him.

"If you want to see it, you can meet it, I'm afraid that people won't be able to eat you!" Standing far away at the entrance of the village, looking at the children playing in front of a slightly dilapidated house, Zhang Jie touched the little aunt beside him with his arm and said softly.

This is the third day of going home, everything at home is settled, and those who come to the house of the seven aunts and eight aunts who should contact their feelings are also in contact with their feelings, and those who should fight the autumn wind are also fighting the autumn wind, so they all go back satisfied.

The little aunt is homesick, Zhang Jie naturally wants to accompany her on a trip, Xiaoli Village, Zhang Jie often comes, but it is the third time to accompany the little aunt, when she came three years ago, the first time was like this, just looking at the dilapidated little family from a distance, looking at the middle-aged couple who are not very old, but their faces are full of vicissitudes, and the little boy who is just one year old.

The second time was to go to Zhao Shuang's house with my little aunt to sell toothbrushes, and that time was rich, and it was also at that time that my little aunt earned the first money in her life.

And this time, it is three years later, I have just been admitted to Xiucai, which can be regarded as a small friend's achievement, and the little aunt carries twenty taels of silver in her arms, in this small village, there are twenty taels of silver, and it can already be regarded as a good family.

The old man of the little aunt's money did not allow anyone to move, even if the third uncle and the third aunt paid attention a few times, the old man stared at him and did not dare to stretch out his hand, otherwise the little aunt would not have saved such a large sum of money in just a few years.

The middle-aged couple is not there, it is estimated that they went to work in the field, and several girls in the family are nowhere to be seen, I think it is to follow the adults to the field, otherwise they will go to do odd jobs, anyway, it is unlikely to be idle at home.

Therefore, at the door of the house, there is only the broken boy.

When he saw the little boy for the first time, although he was only a little more than a year old, Zhang Jie knew that the little aunt next to him hated the little boy at that time, because of the existence of this little boy, the little aunt and her sister were given away.

And today, three years later, what Zhang Jie sees in the eyes of his little aunt is more distressed, and then there are, or some unspeakable emotions.

"In the end, blood is thicker than water, let's go and see!" Seeing that the little aunt still looked like she wanted to go but didn't dare to go, Zhang Jie, who didn't plan to leave any regrets in her heart this time, took the initiative to take her hand, and then walked towards the little boy.

When Zhang Jie led Zhang Xia to the little boy, he saw the little boy with snot looking up at the two of them, and then, the little boy looked at Zhang Xia carefully, and after a while, the little boy who was snorting his nose suddenly burst his mouth and smiled: "Seventh sister!" ”

The little boy said that the seventh sister said, Zhang Xia's eyes next to him instantly turned red, and she was slightly stunned, and then Zhang Jie, who was squatting down, asked strangely: "How do you know that she is your seventh sister?" ”

"Last year, my mother also dragged me to secretly see the seventh sister, and my mother told me that she was my seventh sister, but my mother said that she couldn't recognize it now, otherwise people would not want the seventh sister, and the young sister, my mother also took me to see, and my mother said, when I grow up, if I have a big career, I will take the two sisters who are outside home, and then, we can be together as a family."

The little boy said seriously, a small face that was somewhat similar to Zhang Xia was also very solemn, and his big round eyes looked at Zhang Xia from time to time.

"Do you want to learn?" took the handkerchief in his hand, and then helped the little boy wipe his nose, not disgusted with the little boy's dirty at all, Zhang Xia, whose eyes were always red, also squatted down, stroked the little boy's messy hair with her hand, and asked softly.

"I don't have any money at home." The little boy said softly, and finally said with a smile: "It's okay if you don't get schooled, there are many children in the village who don't get school, they are still manly, my sister is waiting for me, and when I grow up, I will take you to our house, so that no one will bully you." ”

"Yes!" Zhang Xia, who also nodded very seriously, grabbed the dirty handkerchief in the palm of her hand, got up gently, and then said softly: "Don't tell us...... Your father and mother have been here, and I will have the opportunity to study in the future, so I must study hard, and the seventh sister is waiting for the day when you take me home. ”

When he said goodbye to the little boy, Zhang Jie found that his little aunt's red eyes looked like himself from time to time, and Zhang Jie, who couldn't see the girl's tears, could only sigh helplessly:

"You can't afford the cost of a silver ingot, and it's your own brother, so you may not be happy to pay for it. As for the age, the school will start in two months, that is, the age will be enough for a month, and I will help him talk about it from the old master, there will be no problems, as for his parents, who will come forward, I am afraid that people will know what is going on at a glance! ”

Zhang Xia, who could be regarded as having received a satisfactory answer, nodded, and then did not rush home, but turned around and went to Xiaochen Village.

Zhang Jie naturally knew what she was doing, so she stopped talking at this time, and when the two came to a dilapidated thatched house, they saw a girl about the same age as Zhang Jie chopping wood under the scorching sun.

The girl's body was tanned by the sun, her small face was also covered with sweat, her thin body was carrying a big axe, and it seemed very difficult to chop firewood, but the girl was very serious, I don't know how long she had been doing it, and a large pile of chopped firewood had been neatly placed in front of her.

"Xiaoli, let's take a break, work can't be done in a day, drink saliva! Gasping for breath in dryness. In the thatched hut, an old lady came out tremblingly, holding a bowl with a missing opening, and the old lady's hands trembled so badly that before she could take a few steps, most of the water in the bowl was spilled.

"Mother, put the water there, you go into the house and look at your father, when I finish chopping these firewood, I can go to Li Dahu's house to change five copper plates, and then I can catch some medicine for my father, the big god dance danced by the flower aunt in Zhangjia Village doesn't work, and it cost ten dollars in vain, Uncle Chen said that I still have to go to the county seat to catch medicine for my father, otherwise it will be bad to get sick."

After taking a breath and wiping the sweat from her forehead with her cuffs, the girl continued to chop the wood with all her might.

"It's not that the great god dance that your aunt Hua danced doesn't work, it's that the dead old man is old, and the person who Lord Yama wants to collect, your aunt Hua broke her leg, and you can't save it." The muttering old lady put the bowl on the windowsill beside her, then found a small bench and sat down, and accompanied the girl in the scorching sun.

"Raising a child to prevent old age, it's just that the child hasn't grown up yet, and the old one is already old." Looking at the old and young under the scorching sun, Zhang Jie sighed softly.