Chapter 56: Wu Xiucai
When Jiang Baoqing and Jiang Yunshan moved out, because of the break with the old man Jiang's family, Zhou went to their house with a smile and took away the thin bedding, squinting his eyes, and his tone was very yin and yang: "Even if you throw it out to a beggar, you can't cheap that kind of white-eyed wolf with a dead heart!" ”
Even Jiang Baoqing and Jiang Yunshan's clothes with patches and patches, the Zhou family originally wanted to take them off Jiang Baoqing and Jiang Yunshan, but in the end, a clan elder who came with them couldn't stand it anymore, and pointed to the half bag of brown rice: "The first ten acres of fertile land in people's homes, you will give this to other people's children every year?" Why don't you spit out the harvest of five acres of land from previous years? ”
Zhou went out with a gloomy smile.
At this time, when he arrived at his new home, there was no bedding on the newly cleaned kang, so Jiang Baoqing went out with Jiang Yunshan and came back with a lot of weeds, spread them on the kang, and made a straw mat. Jiang Baoqing also picked a lot of wormwood, which can be regarded as mosquito prevention when spread inside.
Jiang Yunshan looked at this humble environment, felt a little uncomfortable, and wiped his face: "Baoqing...... I've wronged you. ”
Jiang Baoqing was very unimpressed, and said with a smile: "Brother, what kind of grievance is this." I've moved out of that environment, and I'm not aggrieved where I live. ”
Jiang Yunshan opened his mouth, and before he could say anything, Jiang Baoqing called out happily: "By the way, brother, let's go clean up the stove, today I want to eat the fried tofu with wild onions you made." ”
Jiang Yunshan didn't have time to be sentimental, and when he saw Jiang Baoqing running out again, he hurriedly shouted: "Baoqing, slow down, your shoulders are not good, be careful of your shoulders!" ”
Jiang Baoqing ran out, and saw Sun Dahu standing there outside the courtyard, looking bound and didn't know what to do.
Jiang Baoqing moved out of Jiang's house, was in a good mood, and shouted "Brother Big Tiger".
Sun Dahu's face turned red, and he hurriedly covered up: "...... I, I'm also playing with your brother, come and see if there's anything you can help with. ”
Jiang Yunshan happened to come out of the house, and when he heard Sun Dahu say to come over to help, he was a little flattered, and hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no, how can you trouble Brother Dahu." ”
Sun Dahu scratched his head: "I heard just now that you want to renovate the stove room?" That's not very good, I'm alone at home, and I've tinkered with the stove a few times, but I'm more experienced. You both have thin arms and thin legs, so let me come. ”
The sincere words of the people have been said to this part, and it will be a bit hurtful to push it again.
Jiang Yunshan whispered embarrassedly: "Then it's troublesome Brother Tiger." ”
Sun Dahu seemed to have some good errand, came in happily, rolled up his sleeves, and walked to the stove room.
The exterior walls of the stove room are all blackened, and there are also several large holes, and there is a whirring air leakage.
Sun Dahu spat twice on his hand, hunched over and shoveled out of the hearth with the ashes of the shovel.
Jiang Yunshan took a thick firewood stick and poked it down from the stove.
The two of them were in full swing, Jiang Baoqing rolled up his sleeves and was about to enter, Sun Dahu hurriedly said: "Baoqing girl, it's very dirty here, you little girl, go out and rest." ”
"Brother Big Tiger, this is nothing." Jiang Baoqing came in with a smile and joined the ranks of cleaning up the stove.
Sun Dahu was stunned, his face was a little red, and he didn't know what to say, so he had to work hard.
The three of them cleared the stove first, Sun Dahu and Jiang Yunshan pushed the car to the river to get some river mud, and Jiang Baoqing looked at the yard at home.
Jiang Baoqing stood in the courtyard, looking at where he needed to repair and tidy it up, and listened to a slight movement in the distance.
Jiang Baoqing looked left and right, and saw the broken yard not far from their house, and there were also workers in it, who climbed to the eaves and repaired the roof there.
Coincidentally, it seems that the house, which has been abandoned for a long time, is also about to move in.
Jiang Baoqing took this to heart. As the saying goes, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, and a good relationship with neighbors will never be worse than their relationship with the old man Jiang and Mrs. Li.
Just as she was thinking about something, someone gently knocked on the broken door of her house.
Jiang Baoqing looked over with some surprise, and there was a middle-aged man in a long shirt who looked a little older, his fingers curled and buckled the edge of the door, and smiled at Jiang Baoqing: "Little girl, is this the Jiang family?" ”
It's very polite.
Jiang Baoqing smiled at him: "It's the Jiang family." Who are you looking for? ”
The middle-aged man smiled: "My surname is Wu, and I teach at the county school. Little girl, is Jiang Yunshan your brother? ”
Jiang Baoqing understood as soon as he heard it, this was probably the gentleman that his brother Jiang Yunshan learned in the county.
Jiang Baoqing was in awe, almost touched the ground, and solemnly gave Mr. Wu a big salute: "Jiang Yunshan is my brother." Bao Qing thanked Mr. for his nurturing kindness to his brother over the years. ”
Wu Xiucai, who was dressed in a Xiucai gown, hurriedly helped Jiang Baoqing up, and said with admiration: "I once heard Yunshan mention that his sister at home has been sick for many years and was cured once. When I saw it today, she was worthy of Yunshan's sister, even if she had been sick for many years, this was also a well-behaved and generous person. He was very emotional.
Jiang Baoqing hurriedly invited Wu Xiucai in: "I just moved, my home is simple, and I don't mean to snub Mr. ”
Wu Xiucai didn't care, he looked around, saw the decay in the courtyard, the houses were dilapidated, and he felt a little emotional in his heart.
He has long known that the conditions at Jiang Yunshan's home are not very good, and it can basically be said that he is not full of food and clothing. He gave birth to a love for talents, and introduced Jiang Yunshan to an errand as a scholar to tidy up the desk, which was used as a bundle and a daily subsidy.
These two children are indeed not easy.
Wu Xiucai sat on the stone bench in the courtyard, and did not have half of the shelf of the master Xiucai, and chatted with Jiang Baoqing peacefully: "Baoqing, your brother is out?" ”
Jiang Baoqing was just about to answer, when he vaguely heard Sun Dahu's happy shouting on the side road: "Mud!" ”
Jiang Baoqing smiled a little when he heard this, and said to Wu Xiucai: "Sir, my brother just went to the river to dig river mud, and he will come back." ”
Wu Xiucai nodded.
When Sun Dahu and Jiang Yunshan carried a basket full of river mud into the yard one after the other, Jiang Yunshan at the back put down the burden, and then saw Wu Xiucai sitting in the courtyard, and was so shocked that the whole person froze there, and the words stammered: "First, Mr. first?" ”
Obviously, he didn't expect Wu Xiu to come here to look for him.
Wu Xiucai's ease when he chatted with Jiang Baoqing was gone, he got up from the stone bench, his expression was very serious, and he shouted Jiang Yunshan's name: "Yunshan, I haven't returned to the county school to study in these days, and even sent a letter back that I wanted to quit school." What do you want to do? ”
Jiang Yunshan shuddered, hung his head in shame, walked to the division commander, and knelt down, but did not explain anything else: "Sir, Yunshan has disappointed you." ”
Sun Dahu was obviously a little confused, and he didn't know how to put it in his hands and feet. These villagers, who are digging rice and eating in the loess, obviously have some natural awe for scholars like Wu Xiucai. With sweat on his forehead, he looked at Jiang Baoqing as if asking for help.
Jiang Baoqing smiled apologetically at Sun Dahu, Sun Dahu immediately felt like he had taken a reassuring pill in his heart, although he was still a little panicked, but at least he had some confidence in his heart.
Wu Xiucai looked at Jiang Yunshan, who was kneeling in front of him, and his tone was a little painful, "Yunshan, I am a little older than you, and I will be the teacher of Daxi." I have taught you for the past few years, and your character and qualifications are excellent that I have never seen. It's just that I don't know why, but after a small county test failed, why did it collapse and get to the point of dropping out? ”
Jiang Yunshan's nose was red, but he couldn't speak.