3. Father and Son
Seeing that the boy did not react much, the old gentleman angrily raised his hand and pinched the boy's face; "Chen Yide!"
This angry rebuke was somewhat tinged with laughter and tears.
"Hmm..."
As the work on his hands gradually increased, the boy named Yi De finally reacted, and saw that a painful look began to appear on his immature face, and the two thick eyebrows unconsciously moved closer to the middle, until he couldn't bear it anymore, and then opened his eyes in a daze.
Seeing that this little baby was so interesting, the old gentleman couldn't help but play with it, thinking that the kung fu in his hand had increased a little more.
"Ahh
The sudden increase in force made Yi De, who was still in a daze and half asleep, wake up instantly, not only screaming in pain, but also reaching out to grab the old man's wrist, and his body subconsciously retreated while his hand wanted to break the old man's pliers.
But the old gentleman's playfulness has not disappeared, and it is so easy to let Yi De go, so he himself followed while Yi De retreated, until Yi De grabbed his hand and shook his head like a mad dog and shouted:
"Ahhh Master, Master, I was wrong! I know wrong, Master!! ”
Hearing the word apology, the old gentleman was no longer embarrassed, so he had to let go of his hand and wave his sleeves violently, then put his hands behind his back, and the corners of his mouth that were originally raised were also pressed down, posing as if he would be severely punished, and snorted coldly: "What's wrong?" ”
Yi De, who was finally freed from the clutches of the devil, rubbed his red face and breathed in a big gulp of cold air, and the appearance of his rebirth really amused the old gentleman who finally held his face.
After rubbing it for a while, Yi De remembered the question that the old gentleman had just asked, he hurriedly stood up straight and stretched out, holding his head with both hands that was about to be pulled down, and said in a milky voice: "The fault is that you shouldn't sleep." ”
"Humph! I don't know if I don't know if it weren't for the sharp eyes of the old man, you would still be squatting here tomorrow morning. Go back tonight and write a 300-word review to the old man! ”
"Yes, Master is wise." Yi De nodded, still not daring to raise his head to look at the old gentleman.
"Alright, alright." The old gentleman waved his hand impatiently: "Disperse." ”
"Yes, Master, I'll see you tomorrow." Yi De rubbed his face, bowed to the old gentleman, and then ran indoors, like a fish washed ashore by the sea at last seeing the appearance of the high tide again.
Looking at Yi De, who was struggling to escape, the old gentleman raised the corners of his mouth uncontrollably, but after a while, as if he remembered something, he quickly called Yi De, who was about to disappear: "Eh! Xiao Yi! Did you hear what the old man said just now?! ”
"Hear me!"
When the voice came, he was no longer in the garden, only Yi De's anxious response came from the room.
Seeing this, the old gentleman also shook his head and smiled bitterly, then he turned around, looked at the sky above the garden, and couldn't help but sigh.
This sigh is like a spring breeze mixed with the cold wind, slight but so heavy, so heavy that the last voice is trembling.
Obviously, human emotions can be hidden and difficult to detect, but they like to express them vividly in some insignificant behaviors.
His expression was solemn, but there was a spring breeze blowing.
As soon as the dead leaves were blown down to the ground at the door, they were trampled hard by Yi De, who had arrived at home, and the leaves made a crisp cracking sound when they stepped on the ground. He lifted his foot and looked at the slag for a moment, then opened the door and stepped in:
"Daddy! I am back! ”
As soon as the door was opened, there was a smell of medicine, and the boredom of walking back was also swept away by this smell of medicine. Yi De jumped over the threshold, turned around and was about to close the door, when he heard an old voice from inside the house: "Come in." ”
Hearing this, Yi De hurriedly closed the door and ran quickly to the house.
As soon as he entered the room, he saw the familiar figure sitting in the medicine table, holding the book in one hand and a few hay branches in the other.
Yi De stepped forward softly, not daring to interfere loudly with Chen Guang's medicine, thinking that he would secretly go back to the room and write the 300-word review. Who thought that before he was halfway through the road, Chen Guang raised his head slightly and asked, "What did Mr. say today?" ”
Yi De, who had not yet landed on the ground, suddenly became dumbfounded, his face was as embarrassed as a duck with his mouth open but out of breath, he hurriedly stood up straight, his drooping head made Chen Guang unable to see his purring eyes, and his little hand with nowhere to place pulled the corners of his clothes, and suddenly raised his head and said, "I practiced Zama walking today." ”
"Oh?" Chen Guang glanced up at Yi De and didn't make a sound. He grabbed a handful of root pieces and threw them into the bowl, then picked up the pestle from the side and began to pound: "How long can I tie it now?" ”
"A stick of incense!" Yi De proudly raised his little head, if he had a tail, he would probably be able to lift to the sky.
"So powerful, did the gentleman praise you?" As if seeing Yi De's triumphant appearance, Chen Guang laughed.
"No, the other classmates also wore a stick of incense like me." As he spoke, Yi De lowered his head again, looking aggrieved.
Seeing this, Chen Guang also put down the work in his hand, looked at Yi De, who was about to drop his ears on the side, and said in a flat tone: "Do you know why Mr. didn't praise you?" ”
"Of course I do, because that's the punishment." Yi De muttered in his heart, but he didn't dare to say anything, just froze in place, staring blankly at his father on the side.
"This is because Sir doesn't want you to be too proud, and Lu Shengren once said: Pride is the product of ignorance. Your husband, I am afraid that you can't help boasting, once you are proud, you don't know that there is a heaven outside the sky, and there are people outside the world, and then you will be complacent, and it is difficult to progress, which is also your husband's good intentions. ”
After speaking, Chen Guang also nodded, and a look of relief fell into Yi De's eyes, as if he felt lucky to have such a good husband.
Hearing these words, Yi De also had a feeling, and he frowned, as if to grasp the life insights he gained from it:
"Dad, who is Sage Lu?"
“…….”
"I don't think he said that."
"Go, go, go back to your room and rest!"
"Oh."
Yi De shrugged his shoulders and bowed to Chen Guang next to him, and Chen Guang on the side also waved his free hand, so that Yi De was able to return to the room.
This time, Yi De lay on the bed, feeling a little depressed. His father had been a pharmacist in the city for as long as he could remember, and his mother had died a few years ago, and he had heard his father say that he was still a few months old at the time, and he couldn't bear to abandon him, so he gritted his teeth and pulled him up alone, but other things, my father kept silent.
In order to let his children learn a few more words, Chen Guang soaked in the herb pile all day and night, studying the effects and side effects of various herbs, so as to write down the data one by one and then mass-produce drugs and sell them to others, which earned him the tuition fee for the private school now.
And now, he deceived his father, and this conscience will be really unhappy for a while, which is why he is so low. But I remembered what my father said before, after learning the knowledge in a private school, you can try to interview officials, and then you can live a better life than you do now.
Thinking of this, Yi De secretly swore in his heart that he must get ahead and let his father get rid of these herbs. So he got up from the bed, went to the table, prepared the pen, paper and ink, and sat down to write.
But this review book is not so easy to write, he really doesn't know how to put together these three hundred words to extract these three hundred words out of his mind, after all, he has only been able to read for less than two months, although it adds up to more than three hundred words, but it doesn't look like a sentence when put together, or I think of writing it later, let's breathe now.
So he threw the pen down on the table, got up, and walked out of the room. When passing by Chen Guang, he was still immersed in the medicine, but he said, "Don't go too far." ”
"Good!"
Seeing that Chen Guang's words hadn't caught Yi De's tail, he had already opened the door and jumped out without looking back, and he responded loudly during the process.
Chen Guang still lowered his head and pounded the medicine, but an imperceptible smile appeared on his face.
Outside the door, Yi De was sitting under the big tree, looking at the sky in front of him, the clouds were a little thick and yellow, but they couldn't tell how clean they were.
It was a street, and this tree was one of the roadside, and he would come to rest under it almost every day, and sometimes he would climb it. It was interesting to sit on the trunk of a tree with a number of passing crowds and carriages. But compared to this, he is more looking at the sky.
Every time he looked at the sky, his heart would be filled with a wave of unexplained emotions, as if there were important things waiting for him, but he couldn't say clearly, and he couldn't get over.
He always thought how good it would be if he could fly, if he had eyes that could see through the clouds and into the depths of the sky, and if he could, he wanted to jump up and push through the clouds and see beyond the sky.
But he couldn't, that's why he always wanted to.
"Tsk!"
A crisp cry woke up Yide, and he turned his head to look for the source of the sound, and sure enough, in front of him stood a small bird, which was chirping towards Yide, and with each step, the head twisted like a square log.
"Xiao Ding! You're playing again! ”
Seeing this bird, Yi De's immature face became bright again, just like when he met a good friend.
"Tsk!"
Edder quickly got up from the ground, slapped the dirt on his buttocks, and reached out to take the bird and let it stand on his shoulder. As he walked, he said, "What are we going to do today?" ”
"Tsk!"
"No, you're always playing tricks on this."
"Whew!!"
"Where are you going?"
As he spoke, he walked through the door, and this scene happened to be seen by Chen Guang, but he didn't say anything, just looked thoughtful.
At night, the clouds in the sky are like surging ink.
In the room, Yi De bit the tail of his pen and held his cheek, and the candle lit next to him glowed orange-yellow, reflecting its shadow on the wall.