After being full of wine and food, the two of them ate fruit and rushed back with the mentor's meal, of course, such an errand was still Jiang Hai. Jiang Hai quietly opened the lunch box, and sure enough, it was meaty.

"You just bring him like this every day, and he doesn't go to the cafeteria himself?"

"Yes, since I brought him a taste of sweetness, rubbing me every day, I don't know what it means to stay at home all day. Yang Fan was puzzled

"Then how did he go to the cafeteria last night, I still saw him. ”

"Yesterday he said he was having dinner with another mentor, it seems to be called Li Feng's. Said truthfully

Mentor Li Feng, I'll have to ask him another day. Jiang Hai thought to himself

"I saw that there was not rice in the kitchen, but also vegetables in the vegetable garden. ”

"That was before I came, the guy was too lazy to leave so he did it himself, and now he doesn't cook rubbing. ”

Back at the residence, Tutor Chen Jun was still lying on the chair, and when he got closer, he saw that he had fallen asleep, and the two woke him up and handed him the lunch box.

"Yang Fan, are you done today?"

"Not yet, then you don't want to go?, do you still want to go when it's dark?" Chen Jun opened his eyes and said to Yang Fan with sleepy eyes

"And Jiang Hai, you will be with Yang Fan today, what he does, you do it. ”

The two had to carry buckets to fetch water.

The Deer Academy is located on the mountainside, close to the top of the mountain, and there are not many water sources, except for a few places. The place where the instructor arranged to fetch water was on the mountainside, which was quite a long way to go, and it took about half an hour to go back and forth.

There is a water source flowing slowly between the mountains and jungles, the water is not too thick to be a few fingers, and there should be animals here to drink, and there are some fresh footprints on the fallen leaves around the pond.

Just after lunch, I didn't have time to take a sip of water before I was called to fetch water. Yang Fan put down the bucket, took out a gourd scoop from the stone pile, scooped a scoop of water in the pond, and drank it.

"Cool, it's really comfortable to drink such a sip of water at this time" Yang Fan was full of intoxication and handed the gourd scoop to Jiang Hai.

Jiang Hai also scooped a scoop and drank it. Not to mention that this water is really delicious, the entrance is cold and cold, with a special sweetness, pure natural earth flavor. It is no exaggeration to say that this is the best water Jiang Hai has ever drunk. This mountain is full of aura, and the clear spring that is nurtured is also contaminated with this aura, flowing out of the spiritual wood and strange grass among the mountain stones, and this Chen Jun also understands the enjoyment.

After a short rest, the two of them rushed back with water, after all, there was not much time, and the task assigned to Yang Fan by the mentor was to fill the pool. It's less than half a morning.

Yang Fan's two buckets of water were half full, while Jiang Hai was two full buckets. The former persuaded Jiang Hai that he couldn't provoke it, but Jiang Hai answered the challenge. Yang Fan couldn't say anything more. The two of them slowly climbed up.

After walking less than 500 meters, Jiang Hai already felt a little struggling. My legs were heavy, and my shoulders ached terribly. It seems that the weight of these two buckets of water is still underestimated.

Jiang Hai has a refining body, and the weight is heavier than this water, but he still forgot the difference, one is a short-term body explosion, and the other is a long-term weight. Obviously, the pressure on the latter is even greater, not to mention that this is the first time for Jiang Hai, and the body can't adapt to it at all.

"How about it, you're okay," Yang Fan saw Jiang Hai's struggle.

"It's okay, I can still carry it. "I'm just gasping when I speak

"Why don't you pour out a little bit of water. ”

"It doesn't matter, let's go slowly"

Yang Fan also saw the perseverance in Jiang Hai's eyes, and slowed down his pace to let Jiang Hai follow.

When the mountain road came, it was a downhill road and I didn't feel much difficulty, and at this time, the winding and rugged, spiraling and tactful narrow mountain road was like a hurdle, step by step, and Jiang Hai had to waste a lot of strength every step he took. The burden on your shoulders must also be carefully watched on the road under your feet, without paving stones, if you step on the air carelessly, people will turn over on their backs and fall to nowhere. Under the double pressure of physical strength and spirit, I can only walk as slowly as a snail, one step at a time, but I don't give up.

The journey of half an hour, the two of them walked and climbed for an hour, and when they came back, the mentor only opened his eyes and looked at the water in the bucket of the river, and then closed his eyes again.

Pour water into the pool, and the pool is only three-quarters of the water, and you have to lie down for a while.

I didn't care about resting, so I left with a bucket again. This time, Yang Fan fetched more water in both buckets, Jiang Hai knew that he wanted to help himself, but he did not lose the slightest or slowly carried the two buckets on his shoulders, which made Yang Fan a little surprised.

"A boy like me has never been at home at all, and even dresses with someone to serve me, I never thought I would have today. But I'm not tired of it, do you know why?" Yang Fan, who was walking in front, suddenly looked back at Jiang Hai

Jiang Hai shook his head

"Because I'm going to prove myself, because I'm going to surpass myself. Seeing that Jiang Hai was puzzled, he continued: "I want to prove that not all rich children are gentlemen, because I want to surpass the self that I think is too comfortable." ”

"Although I am not as talented as you, and I may even be at the bottom of the Deer Academy, I am trying. On the first day, I could only pick up a little water. But I didn't give up, little by little, so I lit the lantern and picked up the pond water until midnight. The next day I added a little water, but it was still late at night. Every day I add a little bit. Until now, barely before dark, the task was completed. ”

Jiang Hai listened word by word, but he couldn't imagine that this noble young master would have such thoughts. Maybe he's really not a gentleman.

"Actually, I admire you, whether it's your enviable talent or perseverance. You can see that you are a person with big ambitions. Yang Fan said

"The more you get, the more you bear. I can't tell you what I've been through. But if I don't work hard, I'll lose a lot of things I care about," Jiang Hai dropped this sentence to Yang Fan.

The two were speechless for a while, and Yang Fan could only savor the deep meaning in that sentence.

Four buckets of water were poured down, and the pool of water had overflowed. Mission accomplished.

"It's not dark yet, you two chop that pile of firewood and use it at night. The mentor spoke

The two of them had to pick up the axes on the side and walk to the pile of wooden mounds.

Yang Fan rested a wooden pier on the root of the tree, and held the axe high in both hands and held it up with a powerful axe, and the wooden pier instantly became two halves. Pick up half of them, and it's another split. It took a total of three axes to split a wooden pier to the size of a firewood.

He handed the axe to Jiang Hai and motioned for him to try it.

Jiang Hai took the axe, took a wooden pier, and held the axe high, but it was a grin, and there was pain in his shoulder at the moment. It turned out that carrying water, Jiang Hai's feet were already red and swollen. Gritting his teeth and enduring the pain, an axe

"Click" wooden piers cracked, splashing a lot of wood chips. Two halves lie on the roots of the tree. Taking one of them, the axe slammed into half of the wooden pier, lifted the axe in the air and struck down with the wood. Half of the wood becomes two pieces. Split the other half in the same way. That's the finished piece.

Looking at the stacked wooden piers, Jiang Hai only felt that his eyes were dark and his head ached. How long is this going to be?

Perhaps knowing Jiang Hai's thoughts, Yang Fan said, "You don't need to finish splitting, ten is about the same." ”

Jiang Hai put away his worry at this time.

Little by little, the sun went west until the other side of the mountain was out of sight. The two danced the axes in their hands in the sunset, chopping wood and sweating rained down from the two still immature cheeks.

After the meal, it was dark, and the time flew by another day, and the night in the mountains always came early, and the sky brightened relatively quickly. At this moment, I can't see my fingers. The surroundings were quiet, the birds and cicadas were gone, and the night was returning to the house? There was a faint light coming out of the darkness, which was the light of an oil lamp. On the other side of the hill, that's where the college is located.

Jiang Hai and the three of them sat around the fire. The large temperature difference between day and night in the high mountains is a bit outrageous. At this moment, I can't wait to put on a quilt. Fortunately, I chopped the firewood for heating during the day. The door was closed, although the wind was blowing from the cracks in the house in all directions. But it's still warm.

Yang Fan handed Jiang Hai a medicine bottle.

"This is our family's special ointment, which you apply to your shoulders and hands. No scarring and no calluses. ”

Jiang Hai expressed gratitude, this is what he needs most at this moment. From time to time, the pain in the shoulder came, the redness and swelling were extremely red, and there were some abrasions, and the skin on the hands was also worn out, and if it was not treated, it would be a great loss to work tomorrow. Poured and perhaps rubbed on the body. A burst of coolness. I don't know what herbs are there to relieve pain, it's very comfortable.

"The day's work is done. Let's come to the evening. After Chen Jun finished speaking, he walked into his room.

"Do you have anything to do at night?" Jiang Hai asked Yang Fan

"You'll find out later. ”

Later, I saw Chen Jun walking out with a chessboard, and saw that the vertical and horizontal sides were divided into two sides, each with thirty-two grids, this is chess.

"Have you seen it?" the tutor asked Jiang Hai

"Seen"

"Do you know how to play?"

"Not really" Jiang Hai replied, because Jiang Hai's impression of chess was perfected from generation to generation, and there are different opinions on its origin. I don't know what their rules are, so that's all I can say.

"Then you can see me and your senior brother playing chess first. Pull Yang Fan's pendulum and start.

Yang Fan took the red first attack, and he didn't want to be the first cannon directly. And Tutor Chen Jun corresponded to a taxi. The attacker directly knocks out Black's pawn, and Black has to defend with an elephant. The attacker is out of the box, but Black is directly arching the wingman. The attacker is also out of the rook, and Black is also out of the rook at the moment. You come and go. Jiang Hai can see that this is exactly the same as the chess in his influence.

After several battles of wits and courage, Yang Fan perfectly exerted the advantage of the red side, that is, to take the first step and attack wave after wave, while the mentor was step by step. Defuse its offensive. Jiang Hai watched it from the sidelines, but he shook his head for Yang Fan. Because this guy only did a good job of attacking and defending. If you go on like this, you're going to lose.

Sure enough, within four moves, Black's cannon had already come in. Yang Fan didn't care. And still continuing his attack. I've already lost, but I want to remind but I still hold back. Because there is a saying in the chess game that is very good, 'watching chess without saying a true gentleman'. This phrase was a phrase that his grandfather often taught.

Yang Fan's attack was stumped by the iron bucket-like defense, and most of the mentor's subordinates were on the defensive, one ring after another, and they didn't know where to start. The attacker's discs are in a stalemate, while Black is on the other hand. A few more discs are already feasible, and one by one, Black's discs enter Red's camp. Yang Fan only returned to the defense, but it was too late, and the cannon that came in earlier had already become a sword in the abdomen. I wanted to kill it, but I found that the cannon was under heavy protection. Gritting his teeth, he raised his sail and replaced Black's cannon. But it is to drink doves to quench thirst, and losing the vanguard is also a defensive jackpot like a broken arm, and can only surrender under the form.