Holding the money he had chased, he walked on the dry and hard road in the wheat field, which was paved with sand, and the sand had been trampled firmly, and some grass stubbornly stuck out its head, breathing its own air on the ground. That air is the result of breaking through obstacles, and that air nourishes the stems and leaves. Bathed in sunlight, it grows quietly in the dark night.

The sun was shining in the west, and the village lord and housekeeper stood in the golden light.

"What are you doing?" The butler shouted to the brick kiln owner.

The kiln owner took a silver coin in his hand and showed it to the butler: "I went to ask for money, but my customer forgot to give it because he loaded the jar." ”

"I asked for money, I said why did you run so fast?" The butler said.

"Uh-huh." The kiln owner replied.

"This man is asking for money." The housekeeper said to the village lord. The village lord nodded and snorted, seeing that the kiln master who came did not speak. The kiln owner approached and said to the two: "Village master, housekeeper, go into the courtyard and drink saliva, those workers will only load two carts." ”

The three of them went to see the two brick carts, and at this time one of them was naked in the cave, and the upper body was shiny and shiny, as if soaked in a bucket of oil, and sweat soaked through the waistband of his pants. His face was flushed, and his belly was heaving, and he was dragging a carriage full of bricks.

"Load another one." The butler watched as the worker came out with a cart of bricks.

"Is this worker tired enough?" The village lord said.

"It's okay to work." The kiln owner praised the worker.

Workers pull a cartload of bricks out and park them on the roadway. He wanted to take a break, but when he saw the kiln master standing there and looking at him, he immediately went to drag the empty carriage to the brick kiln, and said in his heart: "Why is the kiln master there?" ”

"It's coming, there's still two cars left." Seeing the worker pulling the cart in, the housekeeper said.

The village owner looked at the sun and said, "After loading those two empty cars, let's go back to the village, go back to the village and let the brick cart pull the bricks to the south of the cross street to the house that collapsed, housekeeper, you follow the brick truck to the house that collapsed, and the kiln owner and I will go to the village government to get money." ”

The housekeeper and the kiln owner should respond, just wait for the empty car to be filled, return to the village with the brick cart, and enter the village with the brick cart.

The workers complained that the kiln owner was there and could not rest, so they pulled the cart into the cave. The workers were all shirtless, but Lao Xia was wearing clothes, and it was already hot in the cave, and he was tired from work, his whole body was very hot, and the beads of sweat on his face seemed to be rolling down like soybean grains. He wiped his face and said, "Rest for a while." ”

The worker pulled the cart to a pile of bricks, and he said, "The kiln owner is outside, why don't you rest?" ”

Lao Xia looked out, and the other workers also looked out. Lao Xia said: "No, I have to rest for a while, I'm here at this age, I can't do you." Lao Xia said, sitting on the brick and resting.

The guy looked out with a sweaty face, and the kiln master was talking to the village supervisor's house. He said, "Let's take a break, the kiln owner didn't look here." I'm tired too. ”

The worker who pulled the cart in looked out and said, "Take a break." "When he finished speaking, he leaned against the brick.

Some people rested, and other workers didn't care, they all looked for land and rested in a place where the kiln owner couldn't see. The square-headed guy wiped his sweat and said, "There are still two cars left on this trip, are these two cars loaded with tiles?" ”

The workers looked at the pile of tiles, and the workers who pulled the car in wiped their sweat and said, "It's all right, whether it is loaded this time or not, it will be loaded next time or it will be loaded next time." ”

Lao Xia tugged at his clothes to make his chest cool and cool, and he said, "Let's take the tile this time, in case he uses the tile, the bricks are there." ”

Listening to Lao Xia's words, the workers thought about it, and the worker who dragged the car in said: "Okay, just listen to Lao Xia, this time I will install the tiles for him." ”

Workers rest in the cave, avoiding the sight of the kiln owner.

After chatting for a while, the kiln owner said, "Let's go into the courtyard and drink saliva, and sit in the courtyard." Just two cars short, fast. ”

The cave, the brick cart on the road in front of the cave, the brick cart is pulled by two horses. The village supervisor's family did not want to go to the courtyard to drink water or sit in the courtyard.

Seeing the village supervisor's house looking at the cave and brick cart, the kiln owner asked, "The village supervisor's family doesn't want to drink water, or don't want to go to the courtyard to sit?" ”

Before the bricks were installed, he didn't know what to do? The village owner took a look in a circle, looking at the sky, the wheat field, the ground under his feet, the cave, and the brick cart on the road. He said, "Oh, I don't know what to do, so let's sit in your courtyard?" ”

"Sit down, if you don't know what to do, sit." The kiln master paused, and said, "Come and go." The kiln owner stretched out his hand and took two steps.

"Let's go." The village owner looked at it, raised his hands and feet and walked with the kiln owner. "Please" the kiln owner and the village owner walk side by side. Looking at the back of the kiln owner and the village owner's head, the housekeeper went to follow the village owner's side.

The kiln owner said, "The village master will sit in the courtyard, and I will scoop some water to drink." ”

The village lord snorted and didn't say much.

Walking into the gate, the three of them entered the courtyard, and the kiln owner said, "Wait a minute, the village supervisor, I'll go get two stools." ”

The village lord snorted and looked up at his brick kiln, at the top of the brick kiln, at the tall chimney.

The kiln master entered the house, brought two stools out, put them in the courtyard, and said, "The village master sits at home, and I will scoop some water for the two adults to drink." ”

The stool was brought in, and the village lord said to the housekeeper: "Sit" After the words were finished, the village master sat down first.

"Okay" the butler replied and sat down. The master went to the bowl pile and took out two medium bowls, and brought the bowls to the water tank outside, and put the bowls on the bowl head, and moved the bowl head. The water scoop floated in the jar, on the water in the half jar. The kiln owner reached out and picked up the water scoop, causing the calm water to vibrate and ripple.

The kiln owner scooped a ladle of water, covered the cylinder head, and washed the two bowls down with water. He placed the two bowls on the lid and poured the remaining water from the scoop into the two bowls. When the water was poured out, both bowls were not full, one with more water and the other with less. The kiln owner put the water scoop on the cylinder head, carefully picked up the two bowls, and went to the village owner and the housekeeper.

"The village supervisor's house, please drink water." The kiln master brought the water bowl to the village owner and the housekeeper, and extended the two water bowls to the two adults.

Two bowls, less water reaching out to the village lord and more water reaching out to the housekeeper. The housekeeper stretched out his hand to catch the bowl with little water in front of him, but it was not good for people to reach out to him and not drink it.

Before the housekeeper could pick up the bowl, the village owner said, "Is your water raw or cold?" ”

Looking at the water tank, the kiln owner replied: "This is raw water." The village owner doesn't drink raw water? ”

The village owner did not drink it because of the lack of water in the bowl of water stretched out to him, but because he did not like to drink raw water, and his stomach hurt when he drank raw water. But it's okay to take two sips, he will drink raw water when he is really thirsty, or he will drink it if he forgets.

The village owner replied: "Don't drink raw water, come with some cold boiled water, or tea, it's okay." ”

Seeing that the village owner didn't drink, the housekeeper pushed down the water bowl in front of him, "Bring me some cold boiled water or tea, you don't have to pour these." ”

"Neither of you drink?" The kiln master saw the two adults holding the water bowl.

"Don't drink it." The village lord returned.

The housekeeper said, "Go and pour cold boiled water, or tea, pour more for the village master, and pour less for me." Don't make it the other way around, pour more for me, and pour less for the village owner? ”

The kiln owner glanced at the water bowl in his hands, and said, "Okay, I'll give the village master more and the housekeeper less." ”

The butler snorted and nodded.

The kiln owner said: "There is cold boiled water, but not much. There was no tea, no one drank tea. ”

There is no tea, and there is not much cold boiled water. The village owner asked, "How much cool boiled water is left?" ”

"I guess I can have him half a bowl." The kiln owner gestured to the village master with the water bowl in front of the village master.