The sound of whimpering came intermittently to the bottom of the river. There was despair in the hot, sad tears rolled into the water, and Sui Lian'er, who was sleeping at the bottom of the noisy river, frowned and opened his eyes angrily.

A brush appears on the water.

"Who's not going to sleep at night! Run me here and call the soul! ”

As soon as the misty eyes opened, just in time to meet the other party's frightened little eyes, Sui Lian'er immediately smiled.

"Yo, He Wenshun of He Xiucai's family. He Wenshun, seeing that it is dark, hurry home quickly, no more, the family should be worried. ”

He Wenshun lowered his head and muttered in a low voice.

"They won't worry about me."

Sui Lian'er came to the interest, and came to the little boy, with a blue and white face, in the afterglow of the setting sun, stealth and terror, with a bloody mouth, and frightened:

"Then you're not afraid of me, I'm a water ghost, and I'll catch people as stand-ins."

As he spoke, he stretched out his fingers, revealing his sharp nails, making a hideous appearance of wanting to eat people.

He Wenshun took a step back in fright, fell into the water, and soon the guilt in his heart suppressed the fear and permeated.

He closed his eyes tightly, looking righteous and regent.

"Then you can grab me as a stand-in, it just so happens that I don't want to live anymore."

Sui Lian'er snorted, interestingly, and slowly approached with ill intentions.

"Since you say so, then you're welcome."

After speaking, he grabbed He Wenshun's ankle and pulled it hard.

He Wenshun's tightly closed eyes kept trembling, and he really held on not to resist.

Until a bang.

"Okay, open your eyes, you want to do it for me, I don't want to."

As she spoke, she came out of the river, and the ticking water trailed her all the way.

Sit on the old tree roots on the shore, pat the roots, and greet the little boy.

"Come here, sit down, tell me why you suddenly want to die."

He Wenshun obediently followed, sat next to him, and whispered.

He Wenshun is from He Xiucai's family in Xiaohe Village, his grandfather is an old Xiucai, and he opened a private school in Xiaohe Village.

He and his cousin are also in his grandfather's private school, but he and his cousin have been enlightened since they were three years old, like a comparison, whatever his grandfather taught, his cousin could learn, he studied for two or three days, and he didn't come back, and his grandfather scolded him every day.

Every time he didn't memorize a book, or if he made a mistake, his grandfather would beat him.

His hands now have a thick layer of calluses.

This time I tested in the private school, and invited the lord of the county to come over. He took the penultimate test, and his cousin took the first test, laughing sarcastically at others, and his grandfather didn't hang on his face, so he angrily took out the ring ruler and beat him.

But my grandfather was very old, and he fainted under the strenuous exercise.

When the others saw this, they came over to accuse him of being unfilial and should not be avoided, and under the pain of self-blame in his heart, he thought about paying this life to his grandfather.

After speaking, he whispered with tears in his eyes.

"Sister, you say that I am so useless, I can't read well, I can't do my work well, what do I do in life. It's better to die, if you die, let your father and mother have another one, maybe the next one will be able to read and please your grandfather. ”

Sui Lian'er was furious, it was clear that the sour show would not teach!

Raised eyebrows and crossed hands.

"He Wenshun! Don't cry, I ask you, did you feel a headache when you were reading just now? ”

He Wenshun shook his head, at the beginning, he was happy, smelling the fragrance of ink, he could be in good spirits all day.

"And when did you start?"

He Wenshun lowered his head and said sadly:

"My cousin said I was stupid, he memorized the three-character scripture in one afternoon, and I stumbled and didn't know a word, which was really embarrassing for my grandfather. ……”

As he spoke, He Wenshun's eyes turned red again.

Later, every time he memorized and studied slowly, his cousin would say that he was too stupid, how could a show like his grandfather have such a stupid grandson.

Gradually, the study that brought him joy became very heavy, he began to have a headache when he saw the books, and he couldn't learn to study, and his grandfather's daily precepts were never less.

Sui Lian'er sighed inwardly, reached out to touch his head, saw his wet palm, and took it back.

"From today onwards, you bring your books and I'll teach you. That's it, as for the ones in the school, if you understand it, you can listen to it, and if you don't understand it, write it down, and then talk about it when you make up for it when you get back. ”

He Wenshun wanted to refuse, but as soon as he spoke, Sui Lian'er interrupted him.

"Let's go, stop saying that everyone cares about you, you see, aren't the people who care about you coming?"

After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the river.

He Wenshun followed Sui Lian'er's line of sight, and described the embarrassed He Da and his wife as helping each other over.

When the woman saw the little boy, she cried and hugged him, beating him incessantly.

"You kid, why are you so stupid, what does your grandfather's accident have to do with you, he has a good face, he is angry with himself, what does it matter to you. If something happens to you, what will happen to me and your father! ……”

He Wenshun felt his mother's tears falling on his body and slid into his heart, his heart was sour, and his long-suppressed emotions seemed to be vented, and he cried loudly.

He Da held his wife and children forbearingly, and his heart was in pain.

……

After class the next day, He Wenshun carried the schoolbag made by his mother, came to the river happily, and happily called "Sister, sister, I'm here." ”

Sui Lian'er's eyes were hazy, and he came out of the river with a yawn.

Leaning against a big tree by the river, holding a branch in his hand.

He said weakly: "Don't call me sister, call me a water ghost!" Where won't. ”

He Wenshun clenched the book in his hand embarrassedly, and said a little shyly: "Sister, I won't." ”

Sui Lian'er opened his eyes and looked at him like him, and his face turned a little pale before he said.

"It's all said, don't call me sister, call me a water ghost! Let's start with the first one, I remember that the first book you learned was the Three Character Classic, right? ”

He Wenshun nodded, took out the three-character scripture with some dust from his schoolbag, and handed it to Sui Lian'er.

stubbornly called his sister, he didn't call him a water ghost, he called his sister.

Facing He Wenshun's firm eyes, Sui Lian'er compromised, it's not a big deal, just call it, and you can't drop a piece of meat.

Raised his hand and refused to hand over the three-character scripture.

Tap the book with a twig.

"Turn the first page, and then start reading, don't learn anything else today, learn first, the beginning of man, nature is good; Sex is similar, Xi is far away. These four sentences, no problem, right? ”

He Wenshun shook his head.

Sui Lian'er tapped the book with a twig and asked him to read along.

Make sure he's proficient in reading.

Sui Lian'er continued: "Now close the book. ”

He Wenshun obediently closed the book, feeling a little apprehensive.

Sui Lian'er nodded with satisfaction, and said with a serious face:

"I'll explain what those words mean, and then you'll try to remember, do you understand?"

He Wenshun reflexively sat upright and said loudly

"Got it."

Sui Lian'er rubbed his ears and said with some small complaints: "Don't shout so loudly, my ears are not deaf, I can hear." ”

He Wenshun smiled embarrassedly, and the atmosphere that was still a little serious just now instantly relaxed.

Sui Lian'er pointed to the first sentence in the book and began to explain: "At the beginning of man, his nature is good; Sex is similar, Xi is far away: It is said that they were all kind when they were born, but they faced different environments in the process of growing up, and their temperaments gradually became good and bad. If you look at this glyph, it looks like a person's legs, imitating people's extroversion, but it still has ......."

He Wenshun was fascinated by what he heard, and he didn't look at Sui Lian'er to explain these sentences, and there were side references, which were wonderful.

At the end, Sui Lian'er licked her chapped lips, she was a water ghost, and she actually felt thirsty.

"Got it?"

He Wenshun nodded happily.

"Got it."

Sui Lian'er looked at him with satisfaction and tapped his head with the number.

"Now that you understand, while you still have memory, memorize it for me."

He Wenshun shook his head and stumbled down.

After gradually becoming fluent, Sui Lian'er handed him the branch in his hand and said, "Recite it while writing, use the branch." ”

He Wenshun took the branch, recalled what Sui Lian'er said just now, and wrote it stroke by stroke.

Soon, the empty river was filled with words.

Sui Lian'er nodded with satisfaction and woke up He Wenshun, who was still addicted to it.

"Okay, it's getting dark, hurry home, come tomorrow or this time, remember."

He Wenshun hummed happily, packed up his books and suddenly remembered something, and looked up at Sui Lian'er.

"Sister, what should I call you, master?"

Sui Lian'er leaned against the tree indifferently.

"Just call me sister, let you call the water ghost you don't call, hum."

He Wenshun sighed, said goodbye to Sui Lian'er, and left in a hurry.

Towards the back of the boy leaving, Sui Lian'er made a casual move, and the river surface was flooded, washing away the place where the words were written just now.

He Wenshun returned home happily, and before he entered the door, he shouted happily: "Dad, mother, I'm back." ”

He Wenshun put down the clothes in her hand, shook the water in her hand, and took He Wenshun's schoolbag.

"I'm back, it's just time to eat, call your dad to eat."

He Wenshun staggered and called his father over.

On the way over, I was still chanting words.

He Da strained his face and knocked on the table.

"Eat."

He Wenshun pulled He Da and said to He Wenshun gently: "Why are you so happy today?" ”

He Wenshun excitedly showed his father what he learned today.

He Da and his wife glanced at each other.

looked at He Wenshun with satisfaction.

"People are willing to teach you, you have to study hard, you know? Also, this apprenticeship is indispensable, I will prepare it for you tomorrow and go with you. ”

He Wenshun pouted, lowered his head, chopped rice, and refused in a low voice,

"My sister said that she didn't want to see outsiders."

Seeing He Wenshun's eyes fluttering and his head bored, He Da and his wife instantly understood that their son was lying.

But the son finally got closer to them, and if he was estranged because of this, it would be more than worth the loss.

Early the next morning, He Wenshun, who was preparing to go to school with his schoolbag, looked at the contents of the schoolbag and was a little puzzled.

"Mother, why are you putting snacks in my schoolbag?"

Mother He didn't raise her head to work on the work in her hands, and said: "Which sister is that for you, if she likes it, I'll do it for her again, by the way, I'm going to your grandfather's house in two days, don't forget to ask for leave from the school." ”

He Wenshun put the pastry in the back of his schoolbag and patted it with satisfaction, if it weren't for seeing his sister, he wouldn't want to go to school.

"Got it, I'm going to school."