Chapter 212: The Boy's Life
When I was wandering left and right, I only saw the ridge of the thatched hut outside the house 'swishing', and it seemed that something inexplicable was passing by!
I was terrified, ', what is this!' ’
When I turned my head again, another gust of wind came with a 'hissing' sound, which pinched the candle and extinguished it several times!
Childe rushed over in fright, shielding the wick with a crooked palm to prevent the wind from coming in and extinguishing it!
After a few flutters, the candle flame swayed in a graceful posture, and finally the wind was clear!
Childe breathed a sigh of relief, in this wilderness, if there is no candle flame, the black rumbling, how do you want me to sleep at night, isn't this my life?
As soon as this side stopped, there was an inexplicable beast cry over there! Stretching out his neck to look at the window again, only to hear a few sounds of 'Mimi', a black cat lay down, and in the place where the grass hut roof ridge was 'squeezed', a pair of cat paws pounced, and grabbed a mouse out!
Looking back at the window, he revealed a pair of blue eyes, opened his small mouth with a beard, and made a few "Mimi" sounds, and jumped off the roof, and the "Mimi" jumped and disappeared!
Childe breathed a sigh of relief: "Damn, it turned out to be a dead cat!" It almost scared my soul away! ”
Childe walked back slowly, took out a box from it, took out some fragmentary copper plates from it, counted them one by one, and counted them! He shook his head in annoyance: "With such a little money, how can I go to the capital to take the exam!" ”
Miss Dou watched the child's every move in the window, and laughed comfortably: "It turned out to be a down-and-out scholar!" It seems that all the people in the world are miserable! Struggling for that little dream! If you want to be prosperous, you can't get glory, and if you want to be rich, you can't get rich! Struggling to make a name for himself. But those four books and five classics that I learned. It is of no use in the world! Before gaining fame. Not even the ability to survive! ”
"But this boy still has a little ability, and he can solve the problem of food and clothing with paper kites!" It's so cute to look at the unstable look! It seems that such a knowing person must be teased!
She rolled over, turned into a body, a beautiful and sexy dress in clear clothes, and looked at her fair legs, and a flash of inspiration. After blowing a breath of warm air, the surface muscles that could be broken by blowing immediately turned from white to powder, and from pink to deep red, and the blood stains on the skin overflowed!
'Ouch' and fell to the ground!
The young man in the house was still reading books, and suddenly the breeze blew in front of the window, and the candles in front of him swayed slowly, as if they were about to be extinguished! He hurriedly stretched out his hand to cover the flames. Watching the flame sway, it finally stabilized. Breathe a sigh of relief!
Suddenly heard the sound of 'ouch' from outside the door, and was immediately startled, who could it be so late! And beyond this wilderness, who will find the way here!
I am surprised! The sound of panting outside the door intensified! had no choice but to reply: "It's here, who is it!" ”
Outside the door, there was no reverberation!
I had to tremble and walk over, unload the support of the broken door, and as soon as I opened a crack in the door, I saw something outside, and immediately screamed in horror!
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In a remote mountain village, in a dilapidated house with four walls, a young boy wrapped in a thin coat sat under the desk in front of the windowsill, flipping through the books!
The desk was filled with all kinds of books, and those books filled the entire desk!
And the young man trembled and took a dried radish next to him, dipped a little soy sauce on the small dish next to him, put it in his mouth and chewed it indiscriminately, and then shivered, and began to bury his head in hard reading again!
A peasant woman next to her washed the dark cauldron with a rag, then took a wooden spoon and took a puff from the wooden barrel next to her, but nothing came out!
She sighed, then brushed all the clothes on her shoulders and went deeper into the bucket, and now there seemed to be some movement, and she was very happy!
I immediately took the spoon out and saw that there were some leftover rice grains inside, but it didn't seem to be much! But she still didn't give up, and still poured a few times into the depths, but the effect was not high, and she hollowed out the bottom of the bucket, and only took out half a spoonful of rice, and reluctantly put it into the pot!
Then I shook the inside of the barrel next to me, and found that there was no movement! So I put my hand in it, touched it, and when my hand reached the bottom, it felt a little prickly! But when I came out, I saw a few grains of rice in my palm!
It seems that there is only half a spoonful of rice left in the house, how will I live in the next few days!
The peasant woman looked at the boy and shook her head helplessly!
Forget it, let's have a meal! So I washed the half spoonful of rice, put it in the pot, added a spoonful of water, felt that it was wrong, added another spoonful, and kept stopping, when I added ten spoonfuls, I shook my head, and if I added it again, this porridge would be too thin, and I wouldn't be able to eat anything!
So he stopped adding water, put the lid on the pot, and started a fire!
The peasant woman kept carrying firewood into it, looking at the fire inside the stove!
Suddenly, she heard the sound of a wine bottle breaking at the door, and she turned to see that the porcelain on the ground was shattered, and a drunk man collapsed on the ground, and was going crazy with alcohol!
The peasant woman walked over helplessly, stretched out her hand to hold his waist, and wanted to help him up!
looked at his drunken appearance, and sighed: "Master, can't you drink less?" The house is almost out of the nest! ”
The drunkard felt that there was something moving in his body, and when he looked back, he saw that the peasant woman was helping her, and smiled flatteringly at her: "Wife, I have come back from listening to you!" ”
But I thought of something again, lowered my head and stretched out my hand to touch the ground, and after touching it for a long time, I didn't seem to touch anything, and I was stunned: "Where is my wine!" Where's my wine? Why don't you see ......?"
"Master, how do you know how to drink! I don't know how to go out and find something to do, I can't even lift the pot at home! ”
This aroused the drunkard's anger, and he pushed the peasant woman away, and asked, "Is my wine hidden by you again?" Isn't it, hurry up and give it back to me! ”
"Drink, drink, you know to drink, you just drink to death!" The peasant woman let go and threw him to the ground!
The drunkard was angered now, Huo Di stood up and yelled at the peasant woman: "I'm just these two, and you are not as good as I want!" You still have to hide my wine, and you won't let me live! ”
"Drink, drink, you know how to drink! Do you know that there is no rice in the pot at home? ”
"The family knew to let me go out and do things! Do you know that I am under a lot of pressure, I am always angry with my boss outside, he still exploits me, and always deducts my wages, do you know that I am in pain? "The drunkard is drunk!
"Where can you go crazy and take all that line to drink?"
"I'm not the only man in the family, why just go out and do it alone!"
"You stupid! Only my son can read in the family, if I don't provide for him, what glory will our family have! "The peasant woman argues with reason!
The drunkard rushed to the front of the case and pushed the young man aside, the young man looked at him in horror and didn't dare to speak, only to see him holding the book on the desk, picking it up and tearing it up, and scolding loudly: "Reading is a fart, after reading books for so many years, I haven't seen him bring a child to the family!" I don't think it's better to read it at all, let him go out to work as soon as possible, earn a few dollars, and marry an old heirloom to inherit the generation! ”
The peasant woman held the young man in her arms, and watched him continue to tear the book, her heart was like a raging fire, and she was so angry that she pushed him against the wall: "You are such a little bit of talent!" Why are you so blind, in the future, your son will be famous, and you will have a light on your face, you know no! ”
"Ha, ha, ha, I used to think so too! Ever since I went to the Crane Tower with that group of friends and listened to those eunuchs talk about it, I completely understood! It turns out that this official position was bought with money, and even if we poor people read through the books, we won't be able to make any fame! You'd better wash up as soon as possible and be sober! ”
The drunkard laughed so much that the muscles on his face twitched, as if he was crazy!
The peasant woman couldn't believe what he said, so she had to hug the boy and cry non-stop!
The surrounding neighbors surrounded him, and an old man couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Uncle Mao, Aunt Mao, what's the matter!" When a family lives a harmonious life, they should live in harmony, so that they can live comfortably! ”
The peasant woman couldn't cry anymore: "Third uncle, they are all drunkards, they are like worms outside, they are drunk at home, and they are angry with our mother and son!" I can't live this day, third uncle, you have to be the master for me! ”
The third uncle seemed to be very angry, trembling and stumbling on the wooden cane, rushed to the drunkard, and whipped it on his ass!
The drunkard hurriedly dodged and wrinkled at the third uncle: "No, third uncle!" I'm talking to my mother-in-law! Persuade her to tell our children to stop studying, and it is better to go out and do some work than to read that broken book at home! ”
The third uncle put the crutches on the ground, shook up a slight dust, and was so angry that his beard flew up, turned his head to look at Aunt Mao, and asked, "Is it true?" ”
Aunt Mao nodded slightly, tears flashed in her eyes, and she pretended to be tough and said: "Third uncle, this child is willing to study hard, and he will definitely have a future in the future!" It's going to get ahead! ”
"Really?" The third uncle's heart trembled slightly!
"But we don't have any rice in the pot! And the whole family is counting on my little salary to live, how can this live! Since I hurt my foot, I can't do heavy work, the salary is getting less and less, the boss sees it, and loses his temper with me all the time, and he can't wait for me to make a mistake and let me go! ”
The third uncle looked at the drunkard's lame leg and faintly shed a few tears! (To be continued......)