Xiaolong walked to the vicinity of the mountain beam and took a look, it turned out to be the lame Uncle Wu. Xiaolong shouted and said, "Uncle Wu, what are you doing?" ”

Wu Sifu looked up and saw that it was Li Dacui's son Xiaolong and a handsome woman.

Wu Sifu happily responded: "Xiaolong, are you back?" Earning a lot of money out there? It's out! ”

Shen Xiaolong hurriedly came to Wu Sifu's side, handed over a cigarette, and the two exchanged a few words, and Wu Sifu went home with the palm leaves picked from the mountains.

Shen Xiaolong looked at Wu Sifu's back and said to Yingzi: "Yingzi, this is a good person. I respect him as a gentleman. ”

"Tell me about it." Yingzi came to be interested.

"Uncle Wu is younger than my father. Back then, my dad begged and came to Zhucun to be adopted by my grandfather, but my grandmother didn't want to see my dad, and after having an uncle, she didn't like my dad even more.

After my parents got married, they split up, and my grandmother only gave them 10 catties of rice in one room and one pot, and there was no oil.

Seeing that my parents were pitiful, Uncle Wu took a lump of oil from their house to my parents, and often gave me vegetables, corn and other food, and often helped us. ”

Yingzi was surprised: "Your father turned out to be adopted?" I must have suffered a lot. ”

Xiaolong nodded and continued: "My grandparents dot on my uncle the most, and they can't wait to pluck all the stars in the sky for him.

My uncle has been idle, unskilled, and lazy since he was a child, and when my grandparents were old and sick, my uncle didn't care at all. ”

Yingzi interjected and asked, "Then where is your uncle now?" ”

Xiaolong shook his head: "Who knows? He pointed to a dilapidated house in the courtyard and said, "Look, that's my uncle's house."

Later, my grandparents got sick, and my mother ignored them. Uncle Wu said to my mother, the two old ones are not good to you, but they raised Shen San after all.

Although the merit of the living is not shallow, the merit of the nurturer is as great as the sky, so you should do good deeds and take care of them as much as you can.

Not only that, but he often took things to visit my grandparents and lied to them that my mother told him to take them. ”

Yingzi looked at Wu Sifu's back and asked curiously, "What did your mother do later?" ”

Xiaolong smiled: "My mother knows that Uncle Wu is filial piety for her, and she is very moved. My mother can't listen to ordinary people's words; But Uncle Wu's words, she listened to them. My parents took care of my grandfather's and grandmother's funerals. ”

"What about the uncle?" Yingzi asked again.

"Alas—" Xiaolong sighed, "as soon as grandparents go, Uncle will eat a meal from the east and a meal from the west."

When my dad was there, my uncle's rice bowl was always kept at my house. My mom scolded me many times, and he went to my aunts' house to eat.

Later, my father had an accident in the coal kiln, my mother cried sadly, I was young and ignorant, and it was Uncle Wu who helped us manage my father's future life.

However, in the past two years, he has been very lucky, and the two old men in their family have died of illness and owed hundreds of thousands of debts. Alas, how can good people have such a miserable life. ”

After listening to this, Yingzi was silent and did not speak, looking at the rugged mountain road from afar, and the bamboo forests on both sides of the road were full of noise.

After a while, Yingzi said slowly: "Good people will be rewarded." ”

Wu Sifu carried the palm leaves home and kneaded them into ropes to prepare to hang the meat.

Pingping washes the smoked meat and places it on a cutting board, while Wu Sifu replaces the blackened rope with a new palm leaf rope.

Pingping looked at the brown and yellow bacon on the cutting board, thinking that it was not easy for Sifu to feed two fat pigs at home alone.

I had to run around to take care of my sick father before, but I couldn't come back from vomiting, and I don't know what kind of torment and torture he went through.

At that time, I heard my mother say that Sifu's father was sick, and he thought that he was not seriously ill, so he didn't ask more, but he couldn't afford to be sick, and then he died forever.

If I had known earlier, I would definitely throw away my grudge with Sifu and come back no matter what.

Alas, this man is too strong, and he likes to carry everything alone.

It seems that making up your mind to come back is the right choice. Otherwise, he is home alone, and he doesn't know how lonely and desolate his life will be.

Thinking of this, Pingping seemed to have more respect and love for the man in front of her.

Wu Sifu will change the rope of the bacon to hang on the bamboo pole to dry the moisture, tomorrow morning, he and Pingping will send the bacon to the village office, and then use Quan Wa's tricycle to the side of the national highway, waiting for the tiger's father Wu Ming to pick them up.

The next day, Sifu and Pingping had breakfast early and walked to the village office with bacon on their backs. When I walked to the village office, it seemed to be just dawn, but it was actually past 8 o'clock in the morning.

Wu Sifu called again to urge Quan Wa. After waiting for a while, Quan Wa was late. When they arrived at the side of the national highway, Wu Ming's car was already waiting there.

Wu Ming put the bacon in the trunk of the car, and warmly invited Sifu and Pingping to go to the city to play, saying that they would take a look at Xiaotian by the way.

Wu Sifu felt that there was no farm work to do at home, and he could buy some New Year's goods for his family when he went to the city, so he readily agreed.

Pingping heard that she could go to see Xiaotian, and she was overjoyed to accept it.

Wu Ming took Sifu and Pingping straight to his farmhouse restaurant. As soon as he got out of the car, he arranged for the clerk to take out the bacon in the car, and ordered to cook a large piece at noon to treat everyone.

Wu Sifu hurriedly said to Wu Ming, I sent you some sausages and pork ribs, and asked them to cook them together for everyone to taste.

Wu Sifu didn't know that the kindness and enthusiasm of a rural man were actually advertising for himself.

Wu Ming took Sifu and Pingping to visit his farmhouse restaurant.

The farmhouse restaurant specializes in firewood turkey, that is, half-cooked chicken that is stir-fried on the spot in a large iron pot on a firewood fire, and then simmered over medium heat;

During the simmering process, the waiter will spread a circle of bud rice cakes on the edge of the inner wall of the iron pot.

Due to the oil immersion in the pot and the baking of firewood, the appearance of the bud grain yellow has a layer of burnt yellow and crispy.

Hungry guests can eat the bud rice cake at the bottom, and after the chicken is cooked for half an hour, you can eat it in large pieces.

Not long after the emergence of this type of catering in Zhuxian County, Wu Ming's farmhouse business was booming.

The dining area is built on the edge of an artificial fish pond, with adobe brick walls and stoves, and rough mats around the inner wall, and bamboo screens, baskets, brushes and other utensils in rural stove houses hung on the walls, which have become the characteristic furnishings and decorations of the restaurant;

Around the large iron pot are four wide benches, and on the table of the iron pot there are earthen bowls and bamboo chopsticks.

Sitting here to eat, it feels like eating in your own house in the countryside.

Sifu and Pingping watched as they walked, praising Wu Ming's design and creativity.

Sifu looked at the bamboo products such as drying mats and bamboo screens on the wall, and sighed: "The bamboo products of our bamboo village have actually entered the big restaurants in the city, which is good, not bad." ”

When Wu Ming heard this, he asked, "Brother Wu, you have so much bamboo there, do you all know how to weave these bamboo products?" ”

"Absolutely. The bamboo sieves and baskets he weaves are much finer than those on your wall.

There is also this drying mat, all of which are yellow and contemptuous, if he is asked to make it up, it will definitely be one green and one yellow, or all of them will be contempt, then it will be exquisite. Pingping said on the side.

"I didn't expect Angkor's bamboo scorn work to be so good. It just so happened that I was going to open a branch in the south of the city, and I was now making a storefront.

When the time comes, Angkor will help me weave some mats, bamboo sieves, and shakupans, so that I don't have to go to the farmers' market to buy them. Wu Ming said briskly.

"No problem. During the Spring Festival, I can start to help you make up. Wu Sifu replied briskly.

After the tour, it was time for lunch. Wu Ming beckoned Sifu, Pingping and the chefs of the restaurant to have lunch together.

Lunch is the firewood turkey that Wu Ming just introduced, accompanied by bacon, sausages, cured pork ribs, etc.

When the chefs tasted the cured products brought by Brother Wu, they all said that the taste was pure, and it was completely the taste of bacon that they had eaten when they were children.

Everyone asked Brother Wu about the curing and smoking methods of bacon sausages, and Wu Sifu said that his third aunt helped get it.

This was followed by a rough description of the pickling and smoking methods. He also knew that these chefs didn't really want to understand the craft, and it was impossible for them to marinate and smoke bacon themselves, so he chose the key parts to introduce them.

Wu Ming saw that everyone thought that the wax products brought by Wu Sifu were good, so he instructed the chef to recommend them to the guests as special side dishes in the future.

If the response from the guests is good, you can consider promoting this dish in the future.

Pingping saw that the waitress serving the dishes and collecting the dishes was about the same age as herself, so she asked Wu Ming if there was any age and experience limit for the restaurant to recruit waitresses.

Wu Ming said: "It is more difficult for restaurants to recruit small workers now, and young people are reluctant to do it because small workers in restaurants are very tired.

Washing vegetables, washing dishes, serving vegetables, cleaning up and other work, those who can't endure hardship generally can't do it.

Therefore, I generally recruit women who are healthy, able to bear hardships and stand hard work, and are around 50 years old, and the salary is slightly higher than that of other stores. Employees in their own stores are rarely mobile and relatively regular. ”

Pingping then asked, how much salary is there for such hard work?

Wu Ming said that it is not very high, about 1,500, plus full attendance, performance or something, about 1,600 yuan.

When Pingping heard it, this salary is a little lower in Guangdong, but in a small county like Zhuxian, it should be good.

I wrote down this salary in my heart, and thought that I would rent a house in the city in the next year, find a job as a waiter in a restaurant, and cook for Xiaotian to improve my food.

After lunch, Wu Sifu and Pingping said goodbye to Wu Ming in a hurry, saying that they wanted to visit Xiaotian at school.

Wu Ming thought that he was far away from the school, and the two of them were wasting money by taking a taxi, so he drove them to school.

Wu Ming sent a message to Huzi's homeroom teacher, saying that Xiaotian's parents were coming to visit him at school. The head teacher quickly replied to the message, saying that the school starts at 2 o'clock, you should try to hurry.

Xiaotian didn't know that Pingping had returned, Pingping thought, when she saw Xiaotian later, would Xiaotian not call herself?

If you still hold a grudge against yourself, what is it good for?

When they came to the school, the three of them quickly came to the mathematics teaching and research department of the third year of high school and met the head teacher, Mr. Yang.

When Mr. Yang saw the woman next to Wu Sifu, it was estimated that it was Xiaotian's mother, and asked hesitantly, "This is Xiaotian's mother, right?" ”

Pingping embarrassedly answered "yes". Teacher Yang then informed the parents of Huzi and Xiaotian's results.

said that the two children have been studying hard recently, their grades are stable, and they will take the college entrance examination next year, as long as they play normally, there is no big problem in going to key undergraduates.

The most important thing for you parents now is not to increase the burden on your children's minds, not to put mental pressure on your children, and to appropriately alleviate their anxiety and tension.

When you have time, you can take them to watch movies and play basketball. Of course, food nutrition also has to keep up.

The three of them listened to Teacher Yang's teachings, and they all nodded frequently. After a while, the bell rang, and Teacher Yang hurried to the classroom to call Huzi and Xiaotian to the office.

When Xiao Tian saw his parents in the office, he was very excited, and hurriedly shouted, "Dad, Mom, when did you enter the city?" ”

"We sent bacon to Huzi's house." Wu Sifu hurriedly said.

Huzi was very happy to see that Xiaotian was not awkward when he saw his mother come back, and happily greeted Wu Sifu and Pingping.

Pingping pulled Huzi's hand and exclaimed, "What a handsome young man." Then he took Xiao Tian's hand and looked at the son in front of him carefully, his eyes couldn't help but redden.

When he left, Xiao was only half a big man, and now he has grown so tall. It's just a little thin, and the clothes are thin, and my heart is sour.

Wu Sifu saw that class time was approaching, so he said to Pingping: "Pingping, after a few days of vacation, Xiaotian will be back." Don't worry about their lessons, let's go back quickly. ”

Pingping let go of her hand, and told Xiaotian to listen to the teacher at school and do her best.

Huzi interjected on the side: "Auntie, we can't just do our best, we have to work hard, otherwise how can we be admitted to university?" ”

As soon as Huzi's naughty joke came out, the dull atmosphere was instantly broken. Xiao Tian also hurriedly said: "Don't worry, I have my own measure." ”

The three parents said goodbye to their children and the class teacher and hurried out of the school gate.

Wu Sifu took Pingping to walk around the pedestrian street again, saying that he was buying her a good dress.

Pingping said, I have a lot of clothes, I don't need to buy them. If you want to buy it, when Xiaotian is on holiday, each of our family will add a new set of clothes, a new atmosphere for the new year.

Wu Sifu felt that Pingping was reasonable, and the two discussed going home.