"The heavy snow came suddenly, not to mention that those rich families did not prepare charcoal, I am afraid that even the charcoal sellers in the town were not fully prepared!"

Li Er interrupted with a wave of his hand: "What could be burned charcoal in previous years and sold it can't be burned this year?" You also sent it! How to send it? ”

Li Si shook his head and said, "Second brother, I said that you are brainless, and you still don't believe it!" Do you think, how many of these snowshoes can be made by the mother? With this, our family is the only one! ”

"That's right!" Li Er looked at his feet and exclaimed: "Without this, those who burn charcoal can't go up the mountain, where else can there be firewood to make charcoal!" ”

This time, Li Si raised his eyebrows once.

"Okay, go home! You're not afraid to shake it off no matter how much you shake it! ”

Li Si grabbed her and said, "Mother, let's go, these charcoal ......"

The corners of Lin Tao's eyes twitched: "Yes, then you can stay here overnight." ”

Ignoring Li Si, who was in place, Lin Tao strode down the mountain.

"No, mother! Spend the night here, and you can't freeze to death? Li Si shouted in the back.

Lin Tao had a headache and pinched his eyebrows. Fourth, this kid, you say he's stupid, he's in the direction of making money, and his eyes are quite sharp. But you can say that he is smart, sometimes he can really anger you to spit out a mouthful of 82-year-old blood.

The family went down the mountain, and as soon as they entered the door, Xu greeted them.

"Mother, third uncle, you are back!"

Seeing her anxious look, Lin Tao unconsciously began to look for someone in the courtyard: "What's wrong?" Grandma is gone? ”

"How could I be gone? Am I not fine here? ”

Seeing the old lady poking her head out of the stove shed, Lin Tao breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the old lady didn't lose herself, it wouldn't be a big deal.

"Mother, look at this." Xu ran to the stove shed and came out with a basket.

Lin Tao took it and took a look, it was actually more than a dozen eggs!

"Your aunt sent it?"

Xu shook his head: "The uncles who came to return our clothes and shoes said that they were for the third uncle." I didn't dare to take it, but as soon as they put it away, the people ran away. I don't dare to move, so I can only take it home and dispose of it when you and the third uncle come back. ”

Zhu kept taking out the basket from the stove.

Lin Tao counted it silently, sixteen baskets, no more, no less, the same number of people who led the mountain today.

"Mother? You see, there are eggs, there are dried wild vegetables, and there are dried wild fruits. Are we going to give these things back? Xu asked.

"Why do you want to give it back?" Lin Tao shook his head: "Those clothes and shoes are also made by you with a needle and a thread!" Shouldn't a little bit of a return? ”

Xu nodded in understanding, turned around and took the things to the stove.

I didn't expect the third child to come over.

"Mother, everyone chopped firewood for a day, don't you accept them for things?"

Lin Tao raised his eyebrows and looked at Li San, who was a head taller than him, and stroked the placket on Li San's chest and said, "Three, don't think that you are superior just because you haven't been hungry for a few days." ”

"Mother! I never felt like I was superior. ”

"Then you just want to help them?" Lin Tao asked.

Li San nodded frankly.

Lin Tao smiled: "Three! It's good to want to help others. But sometimes, good things are not so easy to do. Mother will tell you a story about my mother when she was a child! ”

Li San nodded seriously, helped her, and entered the hall.

Today, next to the hearth, a small wooden chair has been added, a pot of water is heated on the hearth, and there is a wooden rack for drying clothes next to it, and there is a solid wood hanger made by the third child according to her instructions.

Not to mention, the third child is as meticulous as he is when he does his work.

For example, she didn't mention polishing this solid wood hanger, and this kid took a stone and polished it carefully before giving it to her.

sat down, and the third child handed her a cup of hot water.

After taking a sip, Lin Tao said: "When my mother was young, there was an uncle from the same township who left his hometown to work hard. Finally, twenty years later, this uncle finally got ahead. ”

So during the Chinese New Year, he returned to his hometown with infinite scenery, not only rebuilt the ancestral hall, but also gave the old people in the village who were over 60 years old, and each person wrapped ten taels of silver money. The dolls in the village also have a reward of one or two silver. ”

"Do you think there's something wrong with him doing that?"

Li San shook his head: "If the old man has silver, he will not be sent to the clay pot kiln." The little babies can receive a reward and be fed and clothed. My son thinks there's nothing wrong with it. ”

Lin Tao nodded and said, "Since then, the people in the village have praised this uncle. And when he did this, it was a whole decade! In ten years, there has been no interruption! The old people are happy, and the young people are busy giving birth. Because there are many children, the money that the family can receive will also be more. ”

However, there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and people have good and bad luck, this year, everyone is still celebrating the New Year like in previous years, but this uncle is gone. You know what? Lin Tao turned his head and asked.

Li San frowned, and replied for a while: "I'm in a hurry, I'm worried about whether he is out or something." ”

"It's real to be anxious, it's real to be worried, it's just that it's not what you think. It was the old man who was in a hurry, because without the ten taels of silver, they might have passed this year, and there would be no next year. What worries them is that those young people who have given birth to a litter of babies, because there are so many babies, if they can't receive the reward, how can they feed them. ”

After saying that, she noticed that the third child's brows were tightened.

"After the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the ancestral home of this uncle's family was splashed with dirty water by someone. However, no one stood up to help the uncle speak, and everyone said behind his back that the uncle deserved it. You know why? ”

Li San wrinkled his eyebrows and shook his head.

"This is called Shengmien, fighting Mi Qiu. If you give someone a small help in times of crisis, he will appreciate you. But if you help people too much, they become dependent, and once they stop helping, they will attract jealousy. ”

Li San frowned: "So that's the case." ”

After taking a sip of hot water, she felt that at this time, it was the most suitable time to bring out the real events of X Dong.

Human nature is the most complex thing in the world.

"But, mother, what does this have to do with the uncles sending things?"

Hearing Li San's question, Lin Tao squirted out all the hot water that Lin Tao didn't have time to swallow.

Co-authored, all this saliva of myself is wasted?

After coughing for a long time, Lin Tao eased up.

"Why doesn't it matter? Mother just wants to tell you that help should be given to others when they need it! Don't let them feel that because you are the village chief, all the help you give them is deserved! Otherwise, when they need help, no matter what reason you don't reach out, it will be your fault! ”

Li San nodded: "I see." ”