The first mention of separation

In the evening, when the fourth master was eating, he saw that the old man's face was not very good, Cheng Yulan shook his head at him, and the fourth master lowered his head and drank porridge.

Old Man Yang glanced at the fourth master with slanted eyes, knowing that he had something to say, but he didn't want to listen to it now, because he was also annoying.

His wife has never begged him, this time she begged herself to save her mother's family, and wanted her brother's granddaughter to marry, his brother's family is also not divided, there are too many people, and now they can't eat, and their family is the same. They are also too busy to take care of themselves, where can they take care of others?

But since his wife married him, she has never said a word to refute him, and she is already very good to him, and now she has to help him with this favor.

The little girl is about the same age as the fourth baby, but the fourth baby will not marry her, she can only marry the boss, but the boss himself has taken a fancy to the granddaughter of the village chief, and he can't do it. can only let her marry the second child, well, ask the second child to come back from the county, he learned to repair cars in the county, has a craft, but he has just gone to study for two or three months, there is no salary for him, and he has to bring his own meals. So he went there to learn his craft, and he couldn't keep up with it for a few days if he came back.

Then it's better to give it to the third child, alas, what is this called? Everyone started to get married from the eldest child, and their family actually came upside down, thinking of this, he was even more annoyed.

The fourth master saw that the old man was silent for a long time, so he had to look at his grandmother, and grandma Cheng Xiaocui's face was a little happy, what was the matter?

The fourth master didn't want to guess anymore, so he paused and said: "Grandma, my little sister's education is not good, I mentioned it, but the village chief didn't agree, so I mentioned Xiang'er." You don't have to worry, when there are more children in school, I will find an excuse for her to go to school to help too. ”

Cheng Xiaocui listened, her face was even softer, and she said with a smile: "Okay, good, it's good that you know it in your heart, we have a lot of family and a lot of food, but the three of your uncle's family are all female babies, and now they have thick hands, so they can't find a good mother-in-law's house, and now you are alone in the family to study, you have to help the family some." ”

The fourth master nodded, but did not speak, this strange atmosphere made him suspicious.

Cheng Xiaocui continued: "Siwa, this Xiang'er is too young to be suitable for you, you are about to work, it is best to find someone who can serve you, what do you think of Yujiao?" I came to play at home last year, and you know that there is nothing to say, and the figure is good, and there is nothing to say about a big fat boy. ”

Only then did the fourth master know that grandma actually had this idea. His cold face was pulled down, and he said coldly: "Grandma, I don't have to worry about my marriage at home, the eldest brother and the third brother have not started a family, when will it be my turn?" Let's go in order. I'm not in a hurry, Xiang'er is still young, we are not in a hurry, are we grandpa? ”

As soon as Old Man Yang heard that the fourth master was still measured, he nodded silently and said, "Yes, let's come in order, everyone has a hard time these years." Yujiao and the third baby got engaged first, and when the second baby also had a partner, they would get married together and have a group wedding, so as to save some money. ”

Cheng Xiaocui heard that it was okay to give Yujiao to the flexible third baby, but it was a pity that the fourth baby, the fourth baby was the most promising at home, but she liked her Ye family's granddaughter, and she was not happy for a while, so she said that she knew, it was all up to the old man, and then she went back to sleep early before she finished eating.

Old Man Yang didn't care about her, he knew that she had never been very comfortable in her heart, but she never asked about his past, and he didn't bother to mention it.

The fourth master went back to the room after eating, and shouted Shizuka in his heart, Shizuka immediately responded to him, and the two of them chatted.

"Fourth Master, what do you think you want to learn in this world?"

"Well, let's learn this red manual first, the quotations on the red manual are really useful and meaningful. What about you, do you have any good advice? ”

"Well, you learn this slowly, but if you want to be admitted to university, you must first learn mathematics, physics and chemistry, this world does not pay attention to articles, as long as you learn mathematics, physics and chemistry, you will not be afraid to go all over the world."

"Oh, is that the set of books sent by the system? Then I'll take a look first, by the way, what do you want to learn? ”

"I, I don't know, I used to work with a computer, and now the computer hasn't come out, so I'll learn medical skills first, it's popular to go there."

"It's okay, if you have a foundation, let's learn this first. Be good, go to bed early, don't think too much, I'm there for everything. ”

"Okay, good night."

"Hey, what does this touch mean? Good night? ”

"Hey, hey, yes, yes, sleep, and you'll only be able to say goodnight to me alone in the future, you know?"

"Well, I know, let's sleep, touch it."

"Poof... What is it, what is it? ”

"Oh, that's good, what's the matter."

"Yes, good."

“...……”

The fourth master was puzzled, thinking about it, is it really a good night? I fell asleep when I couldn't figure it out, and Shizuka fell asleep sweetly and happily.

At seven o'clock the next night, in a small courtyard cleared out by the village chief that no one lived in, there were fifty or sixty people, and a 60-watt orange white weaving lamp shone brightly, and a small circle centered on the blackboard. Everyone sat in a row, the big blackboard in front of them was painted with black lacquer on wood, and the black lacquer was obtained by Secretary Shen to find a relation, and the village chief gave 5 yuan to get this blackboard done.

The fourth master saw that everyone had come, so he stood in front of the blackboard and taught the first book in his life.

"Today, we will start with the three words man, heaven and earth, and each person will write a word on a branch and read it. Start writing the first word, people. ”

So everyone wrote very seriously, and after half an hour of writing and recognizing three words, they began to re-learn the little red manual. Everyone worked hard to read aloud to the fourth master.

Every time you read a word, you have to see that word carefully, people sitting in the dark can't see it, the fourth master moved the blackboard away, let everyone sit in a circle around the light, the fourth master watched everyone study very hard, he thought of the first time he went to the study, where the chairs and benches were clean and atmospheric, and the eunuch helped him carry the schoolbag, food box, the teacher and all the brothers were sitting and studying, and the glass lamp offered by Francis, bright and shining.

The fourth master was reminiscing, and he felt that someone was pulling the corner of his clothes, and he looked down and saw that it was his eldest sister, "Fourth brother, what is this word?" ”

The fourth master looked at the people around him, they all raised their heads and wanted to listen to him teach words, the fourth master coughed and said: "Each of you has written the first sentence ten times before you know the words, and then I will go over one by one to read it and teach you to recognize it." ”

The fourth master also wanted to teach everyone seriously, but he really couldn't teach so many people alone, so after the first night of studying, the fourth master asked Shizuka and Zhaodi to help.

After a week like this, Old Man Yang asked Yang Dabao to call back the second apprentice in the county and the third in the county.

In fact, Yang Dabao's three sons didn't eat at home, because they couldn't eat enough, so they were all mixing outside, and they could always mix themselves up, but this was not a long-term time.

The fourth master saw it early, so he waited for the eldest brother and the second and third brothers to come back, and the eldest brother was apprenticed in a carpenter's house in the village and lived in someone else's house.

At noon, everyone in the family was there, one table for women and one table for men, and there were only two pots of clear rice porridge and a hard cake made of rice and corn flour mixed with bran on the table, and there were no vegetables.

The fourth master drank a mouthful of rice porridge, and the cakes were given to the eldest and third, and the second child could eat something good with the master outside.

The old man looked at these foods, and knew that this was all the food in the family, and tomorrow there would be no food, and he would have to borrow it again, and the wrinkles on his forehead would be a few deeper.

The fourth master drank the porridge in the bowl in one gulp, and said to Old Man Yang with a serious face: "Grandpa, the tree has big branches, and the branches can live." Look at our family, can we still live? ”

Old Man Yang didn't expect that the fourth master would say this to him, so he put down his chopsticks and said with a long sigh: "I know, your big house has been wronged, but your uncle's family only has three female babies, and their family will be sad when they divide the family, there is no labor, there is no work, what do they eat without work?"

Don't think about separating up, your mother and I are not dead. After speaking, he glanced at Yang Dabao.

The fourth master knew that today was just a test of the old man's attitude, and it was definitely not so simple to split up, not to mention that it was a famine year that had not yet passed, so it could only be regarded as a test.

The fourth master saw that the time was not early, so he said that he was going to school, and said lightly before leaving: "This society is a change that leads to change, and the general rule reaches the Quartet, and one layer of unchanged is death." ”

Old Man Yang's eyes suddenly tightened, and his face was difficult to see, this truth was once said by Wang Junlan, and he explained it to him. But he was dead and refused to change, so he lost Wang Junlan.

Today his grandson said the same thing to him again, and his heart turned upside down. Yang Dabao didn't understand what had changed, he just saw that the old man's face was not good-looking, it must have been his four children's unpleasant words, so he rubbed his hands awkwardly and said, "Dad, don't worry, I, I'll beat him tomorrow." ”

"No, he's right, I'm an old stubborn." After saying that, he got up and walked outside the house with his hands behind his back.

The family watched Old Man Yang bend over and slowly walk away from the sunset.

The fourth master didn't care how his words would make the house splash three layers of waves, but he walked to Shizuka's house calmly and found Shizuka to go to class together.

After Yang Xiaobao and his daughter-in-law Cheng Jiadi returned to their house, they began to quarrel.