Tang Ningyuan looked at his cousin who walked in front of him with a brocade robe and jade belt and a jade tree in the wind, and he should have been holding a fan in his hand, but at this time, he lifted two pottery urns, which looked a little funny no matter how he looked at it. Besides, in this icy and snowy place, it is too cold to expose your hands directly, and now you have to carry two cold urns full of snow, so it is strange that these fingers are not frozen. In my heart, the boss was unwilling to do this work.

Lin Xiaozhu saw his reluctance, so he said, "Tang Gongzi, there are these two urns left, Xiaozhu will pick them." After speaking, he gave Yuan Shi a look.

Now that Lin Xiaozhu has fully recognized his situation, he will no longer be indignant about the inequality between classes, he will only be angry with himself. In his position, seek his government. Since Yuan Tianye took her out of the mountain, fed and clothed her, and then let her learn cooking, she felt obliged to do her part. In this hierarchical ancient times, it was impossible to require the two sons to have a gentlemanly demeanor and put aside their identities to help people work as slaves. Yuan Tianye was able to lift the urn, she was already very surprised and moved. But it is impossible to ask Tang Ningyuan to do the same.

Yuan Shi saw that his son-in-law had lifted the urn, he probably didn't want Lin Xiaozhu to be tired, where did he dare to let Lin Xiaozhu carry the burden? "Otherwise, I'll pick up the snow urn and go up the mountain to collect pine snow." ”

"Forget it, you guys hurry up and collect it. We'll have to use that water to make tea later. Tang Ningyuan was in a hurry to make tea with snow water, reached out and picked up the urn, and walked quickly forward to catch up with Yuan Tianye.

Lin Xiaozhu and Yuan Shi glanced at each other, shrugged their shoulders, and hurriedly chased after them.

However, where can those two people with long hands and long legs catch up? When she followed far behind, she returned to Yuan Tianye's courtyard. I saw that the two of them had already packed themselves up and sat down to drink tea.

As soon as he saw her enter the house, Tang Ningyuan hurriedly said, "Hurry up and take out the bird, don't suffocate it." He also sent his little servant Tang Wei, who had a heart disease, to close the doors and windows tightly, and let him find a birdcage. Lin Xiaozhu took out the hand that had been gently covering it from the cloak, handed it to Tang Ningyuan, and carefully opened the palm of his hand, allowing the bird, which had already been awakened by the heat, to stick out its head from between her fingers.

"Well, it's not dark, it's not good-looking." Tang Ningyuan muttered. After Tang Wei found the birdcage under Yuan Tianye's guidance, Lin Xiaozhu put the bird into the birdcage. He finally saw the appearance of the bird clearly, and glared at Lin Xiaozhu: "You girl, how can you catch a crow?" Bad luck! Hurry up and throw it out. ”

"Tang Gongzi, all things in heaven and earth, all beings are equal. How can you let it freeze to death just because it's a crow? "Lin Xiaozhu is uneven." Even an ant or a small insect in this heaven and earth has its right to live. ”

Tang Ningyuan sneered: "It's really a woman's kindness." So you say. If there's a wolf in the wilderness, should we also rescue it and let it be raised so that we can eat it? If you don't know the story of Mr. Tokuo, I'll tell you. ”

Is there still a story about Mr. Tokuo in this era? Lin Xiaozhu was slightly stunned. He retorted, "Wolves eat people, but crows pose no threat to our personal safety." Again. Even if wolves can eat people, they still have the right and necessity to live. For example, there is a place where the wolves often eat cattle and sheep, and the people organize and work together to kill all the wolves. In the end, guess what will happen to this place? ”

Yuan Tianye, who was sitting on the side and listening to their argument with a smile, frowned slightly when he heard this.

Lin Xiaozhu asked, there must be some mystery there. But Tang Ningyuan couldn't think of it for a while, and he was unwilling to admit defeat. I had to glance at Lin Xiaozhu with disdain, and said forcefully: "How is it?" Since then, there have been herds of cattle and sheep, and people have lived a prosperous life. ”

"Wrong! Since then, rabbits have no natural predators. Breeding like crazy, and finally gnawing all the grass. As a result, the cattle and sheep starved to death, and the people had no source of livelihood, so they had to bring in wolves from other places to survive. ”

"Where did you hear about this?" Yuan Tianye stood up suddenly, his eyes staring at Lin Xiaozhu tightly, as if she was gone in the blink of an eye.

Lin Xiaozhu was taken aback by him. Yuan Tianye has always been calm and quiet, when have you ever seen him so excited? Quickly explained: "I listened to my grandfather. ”

"Your grandfather?" Yuan Tianye frowned, his eyes still staring at Lin Xiaozhu, as if he wanted to see through a hole in her heart, and see clearly whether what she said was the truth or falsehood.

When he left Xiashan Village, he sent Yuan Jiu to investigate; Later, he felt that Lin Xiaozhu was not like a child from the mountains at all, so he sent Yuan Wu to investigate. Lin Xiaozhu's deceased grandfather was a goods dealer, relying on his good kung fu, he went out of the mountains with a cousin, sold some jewelry, clothing, needles and threads, and then went back to the mountains to sell things to the mountain people. Later, Lin Xiaozhu's father grew up and became a family, so he inherited his father's business, took over his father's burden, and became such a hawker. However, on the way back to the mountain, he was killed by a wolf. And Lin Xiaozhu's mother heard the bad news and had fetal gas, but she was in a difficult birth, and she also swallowed her breath when she gave birth to Lin Xiaozhu.

Although Lin Xiaozhu's grandfather often goes out of the mountains, he has seen the world among the people in the mountains. But to say that he is literate and has great wisdom, Yuan Tianye doesn't believe it - if that were the case, he might have settled outside the mountains a long time ago, and it would be impossible for him to return to the mountains to live, and let his only son follow his own old path and lose his life.

So, where did Lin Xiaozhu learn all kinds of wisdom and methods that are completely different from others? He didn't believe that he couldn't read a word, didn't read a book, and only socialized with those vulgar people in the ravines, Lin Xiaozhu could have such a temperament and insight comparable to that of a person full of learning.

Others say that he Yuan Tianye is a genius, but he knows that if his father hadn't invited various famous teachers to teach him, he would just be a little smarter than others. But Lin Xiaozhu, what she hasn't learned, never seen, or heard of, she can see it, understand it as soon as she hears it, and she is too smart to draw inferences from others, as if she knows these things herself. Could it be that there are really people in this world who are born to know?

Lin Xiaozhu looked at Yuan Tianye's way of looking like he was suspicious. I had to insist that my grandfather taught me. Anyway, he died, and there was no proof of his death: "Yes, it's my grandfather." Although he was a merchant when he was young, he was clever from a young age. When I went out of the mountains, I also learned to read from people, read books, and knew all kinds of knowledge. Everything I knew was taught to me by my grandfather. He took pity on me as a fatherless and motherless child, and taught me to be extra attentive. While playing the family card, when he said this, he blinked his eyes wide, and after a while, his eyes were red, and a crystal tear came out of his eyes.

Yuan Tianye was a little stunned, didn't dare to ask any more, and said in a low voice: "Your grandfather will be very happy to know that you are doing well." ”

Tang Ningyuan couldn't see girls shed tears the most. As soon as he saw Lin Xiaozhu's tears, he couldn't stand it: "Okay, don't cry." It's a big deal, this son asked you to raise this crow. ”

When he said this topic just now, he was diverted, and when he saw that Tang Ningyuan still said that he was a crow, Lin Xiaozhu couldn't care that there were still tears on his face, and he glared and said: "Who said it was a crow, that's a starling!" ”

"Okay, okay, if you say starling, you can be a starling, even the ninth brother." Tang Ning saw tears in his eyes, without any principle, "After a while, your tenth brother will also come back from collecting snow." ”

"It's a starling. It's still a chick, probably falling from the nest. When you grow up, you can still speak human language. Lin Xiaozhu couldn't see his perfunctory appearance, wiped away his tears, reached into the cage, and ripped open the bird's wings, "Look at its wings, are there two white ones, like eight characters?" ”

Tang Ningyuan stretched out his head under the birdcage and looked: "Hey, there really is." But does it really speak human language? ”

"Yes. I've heard of this bird before. Yuan Tianye said. After speaking, he looked at Lin Xiaozhu: "It's too cold this weather, you don't need to carry water in the future." However, you are responsible for the work of raising birds. Every morning, noon and evening, you feed it and teach it to speak. ”

"Uh, isn't it?" Lin Xiaozhu made a bitter face, "Just let Brother Yuan Shi feed him casually." I have to learn this and that every day, and I run three times a day, which is inconvenient. Although she finds bird training very interesting, she will soon learn how to stir-fry in the stove, and she hopes to spend more time on studying. Besides, she didn't want to see Yuan Tianye all day long. Although this guy is pleasing to the eye, he will be aesthetically tired if he sees too much. When he was idle and had nothing to do, he would have put her in it, and maybe she would have been put in. It's better to stay away from him!

"That's it." Yuan Tianye waved his hand.

Tang Ningyuan was still sympathetic to Lin Xiaozhu's two tears, and said unfairly: "I said cousin, it's just for her good." But now you're asking this girl to do extra things, and you can't do it without a reward. ”

Yuan Tianye saw that Lin Xiaozhu heard the word money, his eyes lit up, he raised his eyes to look at him, he felt tightness in his chest for no reason, raised his eyebrows and said: "It's just to feed a bird, and I need money, what am I going to do with such a calculating subordinate?" Lin Xiaozhu, you said, do you want to give a reward so that you are willing to do this job? ”

"No, no, how could it be?" Lin Xiaozhu secretly slandered, and he had to deny it repeatedly. This guy has said everything about this, what else to ask, isn't this bullying her and not daring to resist? However, she really didn't dare to resist.

Stinky Yuan Amano!

It doesn't matter, one of the two is willing to fight, the other is willing to suffer, Tang Ningyuan can't say anything more, and muttered: "Xiaoqi!" Then he waved his hand to Tang Wei, who was standing aside, and said, "Hurry up and barbecue, my son is hungry." ”

"Everything is ready." Tang Wei said, "According to my cousin's orders, they are all placed in the warm pavilion." ”

"Let's go, let's eat." Tang Ningyuan winked at Lin Xiaozhu, turned around and went out first.

Lin Xiaozhu adhered to his duty, raised his eyes and glanced at Yuan Tianye, and stood quietly on the side waiting for him to leave first.

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