Chapter 17 Falling into the Ground
The kiln is old and dilapidated, and not far away smoke is rising from the chimney and slowly drifting into the air, and there is a turntable for making pots and pans at the mouth of the kiln.
Kaizi still stubbornly held the zodiac pottery sculpture in front of Li Dazhuang, his stubborn little face was full of expectation, but his father behind him did not like to touch pottery by himself, and he did not want him to inherit the mantle left by his father.
"This, Master Su, ...... you see" Li Dazhuang was in a dilemma, on the one hand, he was worried that the flower pot he made would disappoint Lu Mengjian, but on the other hand, the child's insistence made him a little shaken, and the clay sculptures of the zodiac were really beautiful.
"Alas, you put the drawings away, look at it in two days, if you can, then I will officially open the kiln," Su Xunian sighed, took the drawings from Li Dazhuang's hand, Kaizi on the side almost jumped up with joy, but his shoulder was slapped hard by his father, "Bastard boy, don't you go to school for dinner and go to school!" "
It will take at least three hours to finish burning a kiln, Kaizi calculated in his heart, and then rushed home happily.
"Master Su, I don't know how much this money costs?" Li Dazhuang stretched out his hand and took it into his arms.
How do you know that Su Xunian waved his hand, "Let's wait until I see what it looks like before paying, I see that the appearance of the flower pot on this drawing is very fresh, I don't know if my stupid hands can make it!" "
Li Dazhuang smiled when he heard this, "How can it, Master Su's craftsmanship is famous in our ten miles and eight towns, and I think your master's craftsmanship is also amazing, a rabbit is made like a real one, if it is outside, maybe it can really be caught as real." "
Su Xunian looked like he hated iron but not steel, shook his head helplessly, and suddenly remembered that it was time to add firewood to the kiln, so he asked Li Dazhuang's address and surname, sent Li Dazhuang out, and hurried back to the kiln to add firewood to continue the fire. I walked outside and picked up the drawings to take a closer look, and found that I didn't know any of the small notes written next to it, so I couldn't help but sigh, I still couldn't let the bastard boy help.
When Li Dazhuang returned to the village, it was still early, and he saw Zhong'er writing and painting alone in the courtyard with a wooden stick, and there were words in his mouth, "Write a person, and learn to be a man for the rest of his life......
Hearing Li Dazhuang's footsteps, he happily greeted him, "Dad, look, my mother taught me to write today, this is a person, that is a wooden ......."
"You said that the master taught you to write?" Li Dazhuang glanced at his son suspiciously.
"Well, Shi Niang is amazing, the handwriting is as beautiful as what Mr. wrote, and she can tell a lot of stories," Zhong'er couldn't help but admire Shi Niang when she thought of it, "And Shi Niang also knows the names of many flowers, and she has planted a lot of flowers in the yard, and Shi Niang said that she can't manage it in the future and will ask her to help!" As he spoke, he heard a voice from the other side of the wall.
Aunt Li was standing beside Lu Mengjian at the moment, watching her carefully graft a branch of dragon cypress to a pine tree dug from the foot of the mountain to make rootstocks, and carefully bandaged it with a rope.
"Dream note, where does that layer come from?" Aunt Li had never heard of the phloem xylem that Lu Mengjian said, but felt extremely unfamiliar, Lu Mengjian simply pointed to the white and green parts of the tree fault, and retold it in extremely simple language, until Aunt Li fully understood, her mouth was dry.
Before he finished the business in hand, he heard a sound at the door, and when he looked up, the village chief and Li were looking at the door, and when they saw Lu Mengjian, they walked in.
"The village chief is here, go to the house and sit down," Lu Mengjian greeted him with a smile when he saw this, put the scissors in his hand on the ground, invited the village chief to the room, and hurriedly washed his hands, there was no tea at home, so he poured two cups of white water and handed them to the village chief Li Zheng.
"Ahem, Mrs. Lin, I wonder how Mr. Lin's illness is recovering now?" The village chief saw Lin Daimo lying on the bed face in, thinking that he was still sleeping, so he cleared his throat and exchanged glances with Li Zheng.
"There is Lao Village Chief and Li Zheng are worried, my husband's illness has improved a lot, and although his body is still a little weak, it is no longer a big problem," Lu Mengjian didn't know what the purpose of the two of them came this time, and replied thoughtfully.
Lin Dai Mo was sleeping lightly, and he had already woken up when he heard the voice of the visitor, but he still closed his eyes on the bed and pretended to sleep, listening carefully to the conversation of the people in the room.
"That, Mrs. Lin, many people in our village came to ask Mr. when he could teach the children, and this month's bundle has also been handed over, but it has only been a few days...... Actually, we don't want to do this, but it's not a way for children to be like this without class," Li Zheng said stubbornly, and he always felt as if there were sharp eyes staring at him behind him.
When Lu Mengjian heard this, an imperceptible sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, "What does the village chief and Li Zheng mean ......?"
"Either return the bundle for half a month, or ask Mr. to teach as soon as possible," the village chief spoke again, "Mrs. Lin, we really can't, but it's ......not easy for the villagers in our village to save some bundles."
I knew that people's hearts were sinister, but I couldn't imagine that I had fallen into the well so far, Lu Mengjian's heart was instantly cold, the village chief was willing to take them in, and Lu Mengjian had already had the heart to reciprocate, it can be seen that Mr. Lin was sick, and they didn't even want to wait for a few days of recovery time, so they immediately pulled down their faces, and were just about to open their mouths to return all the restraints, but they heard the voice of the person on the bed.
"Thank you for the concern of the village chief and Li Zheng, Xiaosheng will go to the school tomorrow to teach, please rest assured." Lin Daimo turned around slowly, his voice was flat, and he couldn't hear a trace of weakness at all.
The village chief waited for this sentence, and smiled busily, "I'm really sorry to wake up Mr. Lin, since Mr. Lin has answered, I think his body is almost recovered, and I will inform the children in the village to go to the school tomorrow." Li was about to ask about Lin Daimo's condition, but was pulled by the village chief.
"Then we won't bother, please Mr. Lin have a good rest, and take his leave!" Seeing the opportunity, the village chief stood up and walked out, and Li Zheng looked back at Lin Daimo and hesitated for a while, and then followed out.
"Your body is so weak, why do you have to come down, I will return this month's bundle to them!" Lu Mengjian thought of the village chief's words just now, and poured a cup of hot water, still unrelieved, and rolled his eyes at Lin Daimo.
Aunt Li would follow Lu Mengjian into the room, but she didn't expect the village chief to say such a thing, and she was ashamed and angry in her heart, "I'm really sorry, I blamed me for saying that Mr. is good at learning, I thought that I could let you stay, at least you can eat, so I asked the village chief to invite Mr. to teach, but I didn't expect the village chief to say such a thing today, I knew this, I can't push Mr. to the school anyway......"
Lu Mengjian had long felt that it was very strange for Lin Daimo to suddenly become Mr. Teacher that day, but he didn't think that Aunt Li was making a contribution to it, and he thought that Aunt Li was also out of selfishness to let Zhong'er enter the school, but no matter what, the position of Mr. Teacher also helped the Lin family a lot, and these days, Aunt Li can clearly see the good of her family.
"Aunt Li, don't blame yourself, if you hadn't recommended Mr. to teach, I'm afraid we wouldn't even be able to eat, and it would be too late to thank you for the dream, just blame our husband for not being angry." The village chief thinks that there are also his unspeakable points, you see that now that Mr. is in good health, he can go to the school tomorrow, you can put one hundred and twenty hearts! "
"Mr. Ke......"
"Aunt Li, do you think I'm not good," I don't know when, Lin Daimo actually got out of bed, stood barefoot firmly on the ground, and didn't look like a sick person at all.
"It's so cold on the ground, why don't you even put on your shoes, hurry up and lie down on the bed for me," Lu Mengjian hurriedly roared Lin Daimo back to the bed, and then turned to Aunt Li and said, "Aunt Li, Mr. is really fine, don't worry, Zhong'er is going to the school tomorrow, you go back and prepare for him!" "
Aunt Li put her mind at ease and patted her head, "Oh, no, Zhong'er's monkey is talking about going to school every day, I have to go back and prepare something for him to go to school, and when he heard that Mr. was good, he jumped up with joy." After saying a few more words, he hurriedly walked home, and after a while, he heard the cheerful laughter of Zhong'er next door.
The children of the Zhuang family always seem to be so simple and happy, not at all like modern children, who carry heavy school bags every day, and have to sacrifice their spare time to learn piano, dance, music, and art, and lose the joy of virginity at a young age.
When there were only two people left, Lin Daimo's face showed a trace of exhaustion.
"What are you doing, obviously your body is not well, you want to stand up and go to the school, and they have to pay them back, I really don't know if your brain is in water or you were kicked by a donkey," Lu Mengjian covered the quilt with the person on the bed, accidentally touched Lin Daimo's hand, only to feel extremely cold, remembering that he still volunteered, and hated the root of his teeth.
"It's not about restraints, it's just that I agreed to teach the children to read, how can I not believe in my words, it's just that I will make my own decisions about tomorrow, so you don't have to mix." After Lin Daimo finished speaking coldly, he still turned his back to Lu Mengjian and closed his eyes.
"Hmph, kindness is treated as a donkey's liver and lungs, you can support it yourself!" Lu Mengjian couldn't get angry, turned around and went out to serve the newly budding Yueji.
Early the next morning, Lin Daimo cheered up to change his clothes and wash, and he was already out of breath after just a few steps. There was dry food on the table that had been prepared last night, and I ate a few bites of pickles, and it was already dawn. It's just that when he stood up, he still felt that his legs and feet were weak, and Lin Dai Mo walked to the door, only to find that there was a cane cut from tree branches at the door.
Lu Mengjian hid in the quilt and refused to get up, and when he heard Lin Daimo's footsteps stop at the door, he couldn't help but poke his head out and look, just in front of Lin Daimo's eyes.
"That, you take the stick with you, and rest when you're tired on the road." Lu Mengjian finally couldn't help but open his mouth.
"I don't call that, my name is Lin Daimo. Thank you, though......"