Zhang Qiye said: "I think this is also the case, the children in the countryside are not as good as those in the city, those who are disobedient, even if you say that you scold, this is really to have those who are too naughty and disobedient to discipline, even if they are beaten, no one will be dissatisfied." Laughing, he continued: "Isn't this all for the sake of the child, who can have any opinion?" ”

Yan Yubai was silent, and his wife opened his mouth to relieve the siege: "That's it, let's think about it when we go home, and I will discuss it with him." I won't tell you anything, my family's old saying really doesn't mean that I'm afraid of being tired and afraid of trouble, or I'm afraid that I can't discipline these children well and delay them. ”

"Delays are not permitted." Lu Wuye said: "We are poor in the countryside and don't have any money, but if Mr. Yan comes to teach the children to study, he will still pay for books and miscellaneous fees, even if he doesn't have any money, three meals a day, three festivals a year, it is inevitable." ”

As soon as he mentioned money, Yan Jibai's face was even more unsightly, he smiled reluctantly, and said: "Fifth Master Lu, and Brother Zhang, you two persuaded me like this, I shouldn't have disagreed, and I didn't disagree." Besides, it's not about money, I'm really afraid that I won't be able to teach well. After a pause, he continued: "That's it, I'll go back and think about it, let Lu Yu go to my house in two days, and I'll give you an answer, what do you think?" ”

Lu Wuye, they are not stupid, Yan Jibai's words have already been said to this point, of course, it is not good to continue to persuade again, they all said that they are waiting for the good news of Yan Jibai.

Lu Yu felt in his heart that there was a good chance that he would agree.

Next, no one mentioned the matter of teaching in vain, so that the atmosphere would be much more relaxed and harmonious, naturally, most of the topics turned to Lu Yu, who made him a lot older, but he hadn't married yet.

As Lu Yu's elder, Lu Wuye was very concerned about Lu Yu's family affairs, and asked him when he and Yan Xi'an would get married.

Lu Yu said with a smile, it will take another year or two.

"In another year or two? You had to be forty then, right? ”

Lu Yu smiled dumbly, thinking, "When am I almost forty?" He silently calculated again, and then suddenly found that he was almost thirty-four, and he was indeed no longer young.

Lu Ming smiled and said: "Don't worry, my brother looks young, he stands with me, if no one says, he thinks I'm a brother, he's a brother." Lu Yu glanced at Lu Ming, his younger brother has been worrying about a lot of things in the past few years, and he has become a father again, so he does look a lot older.

"Da Yu looks young, and I don't know what he ate, why is he growing back?"

Lu Yu didn't like to be discussed, but he was often helpless, so he had to listen with a smile. As uncomfortable as Lu Yu is Yan Xi'an.

Finally finished eating, Lu Yu asked Yan Xiding to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and he ran away with the goats. Yan Xi'an and Lan Shaofang didn't follow along, they both played in the backyard.

Now it was a bit early to herd the sheep, Lu Yu drove the sheep to the mountain, felt that it was too early, and brought the goats into the Anding Valley, let the sheep graze on the side, and he himself took a shovel to turn the soil in the field.

Flipping and flipping, before I knew it, it was almost dark. At this time, Lu Yu suddenly remembered that they might have to go home, and he had to send them off.

So when Lu Yu returned home, he found that Lao Gao and Lu Di were also at his house, talking with Yan Jibai. Zhang Qiye and Lu Ming have already gone back.

The three of them were still talking about letting Yan Jibai teach, and at this time, Yan Jibai's tone seemed to be a little looser, because he was discussing with Lao Gao where it would be more appropriate to open a school.

Lu Yu said: "I think the big courtyard in the village is suitable, the place is big and quiet. ”

Lu Di smiled and said, "We haven't discussed it yet, Da Yu, you have been herding sheep for an afternoon?" ”

Lu Yu had already put the sheep in the pen and came back and said, "Yes, I see that the weather is good, so let the sheep stay outside for a while." He said again: "Uncle Yan wants to go home and think about it again, and you two are also here to urge?" ”

"Where is the urging, I just want to discuss." Lao Gao said: "Da Yu, you also have a sheep cub at home?" ”

"Yes, what about the three, and yours too?" Lu Yu said again: "Lao Gao, your family is small, does he want to study?" ”

"Why don't you want to? Mr. Yan hasn't been talking about it for a few days. Lao Gao said: "There are four ewes in my family who are pregnant with cubs, and one of them looks similar." ”

"That's good." Lu Yu nodded, and said, "I'll cook at night, and you two can eat here." "Lu Yu grinded a lot of rice noodles in the morning, and there was a lot of meat, although he asked Lu Ming to bring some back to the town, and the rest could still be eaten a few times.

Lu Di said: "I also have meat at home, there are rice noodles, you can help me get two lotus leaves later, I heard that the lotus leaf steamed pork is quite delicious." ”

"It's delicious, you can pick it yourself, and you have to choose the kind of leaves that are not old or tender." In fact, Lu Yu himself didn't know that if the lotus leaf was too old or too tender, the taste of the steamed meat would be different.

Lao Gao and Lu Di were not in a hurry to pick lotus leaves, and continued to discuss the matter of the school venue with Yan Jibai. Lu Yu came back late, and because he was a junior who was white, it was not good to say anything, so as not to be thought that he was urging him.

Later, Yan Jibai said: "If you really run a school in the village, the courtyard in your village is indeed good." As for whether I can come, I still have to go back and think about it first. Listening to his tone, it seemed like he was about to agree.

"That's okay, then I'll make a little money for my family first, thank you." Lao Gao got up and went to Lu Yu's backyard to pick lotus leaves.

Lu Di also smiled and said: "My girl is small, if I really study with you, I will trouble you to take care of it with more effort." "Lao Gao and Lu Di, these two guys, seem to feel that Yan Jibai has agreed.

After dinner, Mrs. Yan said that the four of them should go back and let Yan Xiding stay here. Lu Yu nodded and said okay, he felt that no matter how good his home was, no matter how long they lived there, they would always feel that they were not as free as in their own home. In the same way, Lu Yu has never been used to living in other people's homes, whether it is Lu Ming's family or Yan's family.

Lu Yu sent Yan Jibai and they came back, and found that Yan Xiding was sitting alone in the courtyard, silent.

The moon was not round tonight, but it was very bright, and the lotus leaves in the pool were covered with a layer of moonlight and turned into bright silver discs.

"Xiding, aren't you happy?" Lu Yu also moved out a chair and sat side by side with Yan Xiding, looking at the lotus pond in front of him.

Yan Xiding did not speak.

"What's wrong? Didn't make you unhappy when you went back? Lu Yu felt that Yan Xiding had been staying at his house for several days, and it seemed that he was getting used to it more and more, and there was no reason why he would be unhappy because he didn't take him home.

Sure enough, Yan Xiding shook his head and said, "No, I don't want to go back." ”

"Hehe, don't want to go back? Don't want to shake Fang? ”

"I don't want to, what do you want her to do." Yan Xiding's tone sounded a little angry, but more frustrated.

"What? Did you quarrel? ”

Lu Yu guessed correctly, Yan Xiding nodded, and continued to be silent.

"No wonder neither of you speaks during meals." Lu Yu asked with a smile: "Why are you quarreling?" Did you apologize to her? ”

"Why should I apologize to her? I didn't do anything wrong. Yan Xiding was a little excited, got up from his chair, walked to the edge of the pool, stretched out his foot and kicked a few pieces of soil into the pool.

The clods of earth entered the water and rattled.

Lu Yu smiled and said, "You don't understand this, boys and girls quarrel, do you still have to distinguish between right and wrong?" It doesn't matter who is right or wrong, you just have to apologize, and you have to apologize very sincerely. ”

"I don't apologize, I'm not wrong."

"Young, you don't understand." Lu Yu asked again: "Then you say, why are you quarreling?" ”

"No, there's nothing to say."

At this moment, Lu Yu suddenly understood completely that Yan Xiding was no longer the little kid who didn't understand anything before, he was now a real teenager, with a temper, a personality, and a teenager who was prone to sentimentality and crankiness. So Lu Yu felt that he should treat Yan Xiding with the way and attitude he treated adults, and he said: "You see that there are only the two of us in the family, and your sister and Shaofang are not here." If you have any contradictions with Shaofang, of course you can tell me, and I will analyze it for you. ”

Yan Xiding hesitated for a moment before saying: "It's a trivial matter, in the afternoon, the two of them said that they wanted to pick lotus leaves, let me pick them, and I picked two pieces." ”

"Uh-huh, and then?"

"Then I picked it, and I thought about getting two big pieces for the two of them, and I took off my shoes and went into the water to pick them." Yan Xiding lowered his head again and said, "When I picked it up, the two of them actually ran away. ”

"Where have they gone?" Lu Yu asked again: "You won't be angry because of this, right?" ”

Yan Xiding shook his head and said, "I wasn't angry at that time. Then I went to them, and the two of them hid in the room and talked, and when they wouldn't let me in, I pushed the door a few times. ”

"It's nothing, and then?"

"Then Lan Shaofang came out and asked me why I pushed the door so hard." Yan Xiding's face was full of unhappiness, and he hung his head and said, "It's her husband who is angry." ”

Lu Yu nodded and said, "She's angry because you pushed the door hard." You didn't break my door, did you? ”

"I'm not stupid, why would I break the door of your house?" Yan Xiding was already very unhappy, Lu Yu still said this about him, he was so angry that he didn't want to talk anymore.

"Okay, okay, I'm kidding you." Lu Yu always smiled, and asked again: "Then you haven't spoken?" ”

Yan Xiding said: "That's not over yet. At that time, I was not angry, so I took out the lotus leaf and gave it to her, two lotus leaves, and I gave her the bigger one. He lowered his head again, sat down, and said sullenly: "Mr. Lan Shaofang is angry, she took the lotus leaf, tore it up, and threw it on my face." ”

"Is that so?" Lu Yu said: "This is indeed her fault, the little girl has a big temper, didn't you just disturb the two of them whispering, as for being so angry?" ”

"yes, I don't understand, why does she lose her temper."

Immediately, Lu Yu smiled again and said, "Although this is the case, you still have to apologize to her first." ”