Aoki is extremely serious in the school. He knew that he could sit here and listen to his master's lectures, which his father and sister had earned from working at home, and besides, the questions that Chrysanthemum asked him every day were strange, and if he didn't listen hard, he really couldn't answer.

He was not a talkative person, but sometimes in order to clarify a problem, he had to ask Master Zhou repeatedly for advice. After a long time, Zhou Fuzi also understood his habits, and he spoke in great detail when he was talking.

For example, today, when the Master talks about the constitutional question of the Analects, "Tzu said, 'The scholars of the past are themselves, and the scholars of today are people'", he said, "What is the meaning of this sentence? It refers to the fact that the ancients studied hard and focused on improving their own knowledge and cultivation, while today's people learn more to seek fame and show off to others. ”

He glanced at the peasant children of all sizes below, and said solemnly: "I am studying hard in the cold window to increase my knowledge and prepare for something in the future, not just to seek fame or show off to others.

If you can learn the talents of heaven and earth, you will naturally be able to become a future and seek the well-being of all people; But even if you don't achieve fame, you are not afraid - not only can you read and reason, even if you farm and do business in the future, you will have some planning and calculation, and you can still act in moderation and make a difference. ”

Then, he explained it in detail, and listed a lot of facts to prove that "three hundred and sixty lines, the best in the line", the use of knowledge to the extreme, the avenues of the world are all connected.

Speaking of this, he looked at Aoki and Zhang Huai meaningfully.

These two students are the oldest in the school, and they came here for a clear purpose, isn't it just to read more words, so as to increase their knowledge and knowledge. They study very seriously, and he also likes these two students very much, and always tries to explain them in simple vernacular, hoping to let them learn more things.

After school, Aoki was still thinking about his master's words before he got up for a while.

He first helped Master Zhou tidy up and clean his residence, and then warmed up his evening meal, and then carried the dishes and chopsticks that Master had eaten at noon and went out of the school.

As soon as he came out of the academy gate, he saw Zhang Huai waiting on the side, and when he came out, he greeted him and shouted: "Aoki! ”

Aoki looked at him strangely and asked, "Why haven't you come home yet?" Looking for me? ”

Zhang Huai blinked vigorously, rubbed his nose again, and said in a muffled voice, "Something." I want to talk to you. ”

Aoki glanced at him and said, "Then let's go, send me to the end of the village." After saying that, he stepped on the frozen ground and walked away first.

As soon as the sun set, the ground where the snow melted quickly froze, and all the places where there was water froze.

The two walked side by side, and the "crunch" sound was very rhythmic.

Seeing that Zhang Huai didn't speak, Aoki couldn't help but say loudly: "If you don't speak again, I'm going home." ”

Zhang Huai turned his head to look left and right, he was almost out of the village, and there was no one nearby - it was so cold, and everyone was at home at this hour.

He stopped, looked up at Aoki, and said softly, "Aoki, I want to marry Chrysanthemum!" ”

Aoki stopped abruptly, stared at him with his mouth wide open, and said angrily for a long time: "You said you would marry if you wanted?" So why did you say that in the first place? ”

Zhang Huai didn't apologize this time, he stared at Aoki's eyes, and said seriously: "Aoki, we are good friends, you don't know who I am?" Can I deliberately bury chrysanthemums? Chrysanthemum is still young, I never thought about it in the past, and I thought she was a sister like you. My mother asked in a hurry that day, and I said that without thinking about it, I didn't dislike chrysanthemums. Just like you and Liu'er. ”

Aoki said angrily, "What are you talking nonsense? Why did it happen to me again, what did I have to do with Liu'er? ”

Zhang Huai said: "I know you have nothing to do with her. But Liu Er likes you, you can't see it? It's just that you never thought of marrying Liu'er, could it be that you also dislike her? I know you either dislike her, or you don't want to marry her, and even if she finds you, you don't want to marry her, do you? ”

Aoki was speechless for a long time after hearing this, his face tightened, and he asked for a while, "Then why do you want to marry Chrysanthemum again?" You think you can marry if you want? ”

Zhang Huai smiled bitterly and said, "I never thought about it in the past, but when the chrysanthemum jumped into the lake, I thought about it every day." Just like my mother said, chrysanthemums are all good, if it weren't for my bad face, how could I be worthy of her. At the beginning, I thought that if I married a chrysanthemum, I would indeed feel a little nervous; But as the days went by, the more I thought about it, the more I couldn't get rid of it. It's weird, I'm ...... I can't forget the chrysanthemum all day! It turns out that I have liked her for a long time, but I don't even know it. Last time, I heard that damn matchmaker tell the flower lady that she was going to tell a forty-year-old widower about chrysanthemums, you don't know how uncomfortable I felt when I heard it! I said to myself, 'Aoki will definitely not agree, Uncle Zheng and Aunt Zheng will not agree', it turns out that I am so scared. If you really agree to marry Chrysanthemum, I don't know what to do. With so much in my heart every day, I think about it day and night, I can't live this day. I've figured it out now. I said to listen to you because I want you to know my heart. Chrysanthemum is still young, and I know that it is impossible to marry her at the moment-didn't she say that she will talk about marriage in four years, and I have four years to let you see my mind. ”

Aoki quietly listened to Zhang Huai talk about his thoughts, and saw that he was so decisive and full of complexity. He reconciled with Huaizi, not only because he listened to Chrysanthemum's words, but also because he didn't blame him very much.

He also knows that it is really difficult for a male baby to marry a chrysanthemum without any repercussions. This is not as good as the family in Xiatangji, you can marry a girl without a bride price. Poverty, in the end, is only temporary, and can be earned with both hands; But if Chrysanthemum's face is not good, it will be worn for the rest of her life. is an older brother, and he will not dislike her; But it's really hard to ask others to do the same.

For a while, I was happy and worried, and I was happy that Huaizi had a vision and saw her sister's goodness; The worry is that now my sister is afraid that she will not easily agree to this family business - she is getting more and more ideas.

He glanced at Huaizi and said with some schadenfreude: "It's useless for you to tell me this, Chrysanthemum has an idea now." My father also told my mother that she had the final say on Chrysanthemum's family affairs. ”

When Zhang Huai heard his words, he became more and more uncomfortable, and said in despair: "I know. She won't even look at me! ”

Seeing his soulless appearance, Aoki said angrily, "Isn't there still four years? Look at your little bit of interest. If you don't do it well, I think you want to marry a chrysanthemum. I can tell you, yesterday chrysanthemums made a big business again, you don't care, I'll see you cry back! ”

Zhang Huai was shocked: "Big business? ”

Isn't the chrysanthemum getting farther and farther away from him, he will plant a few acres of land, where does he have any ability? Suddenly, the mood became even lower.

Aoki took him a few steps forward and said to him, "Have you forgotten what your master said just now?" We have to use what we have learned to succeed, and we can't just read dead books. Let me tell you, our Qingnan Village is next to Xiaoqing Mountain and Xiaoqing River, but it is a good place. Let's use our brains more......"

Aoki, who has always been silent, said a lot of rare words, telling Zhang Huai that acorn fruits can be fed to pigs and chickens, fish and shrimp can be raised in the mirror lake, even wild chrysanthemums in the field can be used to soak in water and fill pillows, and the bamboo on the mountain is also useful.

He finally said: "We can't read this book in vain, we have to use our brains. Relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the water to draft water, as long as we work hard, we will definitely find a good way to make money. Didn't the chrysanthemum just use his brain to come up with a way to sell the roast pig in the water? ”

Zhang Huai looked at Aoki in surprise - did he think so much about himself silently? For a while, I was both admired and lost in my heart - I was really far behind. However, it doesn't matter, as long as he works hard, he won't be worse than Aoki.

"At the moment, I can only raise pigs first, and this cost is small. When the snow was over, I told my father and mother to go and pick up the acorns—can they still pick them up? He made a quick decision.

Aoki smiled: "Of course you can pick it up, just run farther." The back mountains have been picked up by my family. Come with me, and I'll tell you how to make this acorn to get rid of the bitter taste. In the evening, you take some home and feed them to the pigs, and see if your pigs eat them. ”

Zhang Huai was overjoyed when he heard it - he was just able to meet the chrysanthemum. He had been unable to sleep since the night before, and he was completely ill with lovesickness. Besides, he can't waste Aoki's kindness, Aoki is going to work hard with him and want to do something decent.

He hurriedly said, "You wait first, my family will go and talk to my mother, don't wait for me to have dinner." After saying that, he turned around and ran.

Aoki pouted and muttered, "I didn't say I would invite you to dinner." ”

He bothered to mention Zhang Huai so much, of course, because the two were good friends, but more importantly, Aoki also wanted Chrysanthemum to marry Zhang Huai. He can guarantee the character of this friend, and the chrysanthemum marries him and reassures him. But Chrysanthemum is like this now, I'm afraid that I really don't want to marry him, so he wants to help him.

Suddenly, he remembered something, and hurriedly shouted at Zhang Huai, who was about to enter the corner of someone's house: "I want to go to Carpenter Li's house to get a wooden barrel." You'll be waiting for me here in a moment. ”

Zhang Huai paused for a moment and agreed from afar.

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