Volume 1: The Young Man Who Entered the Rivers and Lakes for the First Time 06 Went to the East and West
In Wuyun Village, I saw a piece of red paper pasted horizontally outside the door of a house, and the five big characters of 'Wuyun Village School' were written on the red paper. The school is not big, the courtyard is very large, there is a stout willow tree in the courtyard, the willow leaves are swaying in the wind, there are three houses in the courtyard, the bottom is made of stones, and the top is an earthen wall, the stone has been a little blackened, and the earthen wall has been mottled. The main hall is where the lecture is held, and there is an old man who is teaching on the stage, the old man is about the age of Mo Ershun, wearing a white coat, holding a ring ruler behind his back with his right hand, and holding a book in his left hand, reading:
Li Qingzhao "Occasional Success"
Fifteen years ago at the end of the flower,
Xiang Cong has been endowed with flower poems.
Looking at the similarity of the flowers and the moon today,
Ande feels like in the past.
The students in the audience read along.
A thick-eyed child fell asleep on the futon holding a book, and the old master on the stage slowly walked in front of the thick-eyed child.
There was a short-haired girl sitting next to the thick-eyed child, who had a pair of clear and clear eyes, and saw that the old master was coming soon, and then pinched the thighs of the thick-eyed child. The thick-eyed and big-eyed child was suddenly awakened by pain, and then slowly opened his eyes, wiped his hair, wiped his eyes, and asked:
"Is school out?"
Then the students burst into laughter. As soon as the boy looked up, he saw the old master staring at him, and he was instantly startled. The old master asked angrily:
"Zhu Shun, get up and read what we talked about in this lesson?"
Zhu Shun scratched his head and stood up, his face flushed, and he squinted at the short-haired girl next to him, as if asking:
"What did you say?"
I saw the short-haired girl slowly let go of the book in her hand, and then the old master followed Zhu Shun's eyes to glance at the short-haired girl, and the short-haired girl was frightened and immediately put away the book.
Zhu Shun's face became more and more red:
"Teacher, I don't know."
Then the hall burst into laughter again.
The old master took the ring ruler and hit Zhu Shun's hand twice, Zhu Shun was agitated by the pain, and at this time, the outside slowly heard when ~~when~~~when; Then there were a few more dang~dang~ dang, and at this time it was the bell for the end of school.
The old master looked out the window, and the sun was about to set at this time, and the sky was dyed crimson, like a magnificent red ocean, which was very spectacular, and the old master said:
"Zhu Shun, punish you for copying "Occasional Cheng" thirty times on a day off, and the others have no homework."
Then the other students ran like arrows to the door, and there were many elders waiting at the door.
Zhu Shun walked out of the threshold of the school, and a short-haired girl quickly followed behind, this was the girl sitting next to Zhu Shun, the girl stood in front of Zhu Shun and looked very tall, about the same age as Zhu Shun, but half a head taller than Zhu Shun, and the two of them walked slowly on the country road. Wang Min is the best friend in Zhu Shun School. The girl asked:
"Zhu Shun, how did you do it? Why did you fall asleep? ”
Zhu Shun replied:
"Oh, Wang Min, I get sleepy when I listen to the old master's lecture, I don't know what's going on?"
The girl named Wang Min looked very sad and swallowed just as she was about to speak.
Zhu Shun also saw this situation and asked:
"What's wrong Wang Min, is there anything bothering?"
Wang Min sighed and replied:
"Zhu Shun, I'm leaving in two days, my father has obtained a reputation and is now an official in the capital, and he wants to take me to the capital to study in a private school."
Zhu Shun replied:
"The old master in the capital should be very good at teaching, and it may not be a bad thing to go, if you want to go home, you can come back."
Wang Min's eyes are red:
"I don't want to go, I don't want to go, I can't bear you, and the master and classmates."
Zhu Shun also looked sad and said:
"You and your father have a good talk, just stay here, and we can still fish together, catch crabs together, and steal sweet potatoes together."
Zhu Shun muttered again:
"I don't want you to go."
At this time, the two of them were speechless, so when the sun was setting, the wheat was swaying in the wind, and the little sparrows around were chirping non-stop, walking on the country road, there was a house not far in front, and there were several batches of good carriages outside the house, which was Wang Min's home.
There was a tall man standing at the door, he was dressed as a man of letters, and when he was about a year old, he looked over and said:
"I'm back, Wang Min, I'm going to leave soon."
Wang Min replied:
"I don't want to go, I want to stay here."
The literati replied:
"I'm going to leave now, and I'll have a chance to come back."
Wang Min then took out a small cloth bag with a butterfly sewn on it from his pocket and gave it to Zhu Shun, Wang Min said:
"This is what I gave you, if you miss me, take out this bag, which means that I am in front of you."
Then Wang Min got into the carriage, and the literati looked at Zhu Shun with a smile and said with a smile:
"See you soon!"
Then the literati got into the carriage, and a strong man with a carriage in front rode towards the north, and a small head slowly poked out of the window in the distance, looking at Zhu Shun. Zhu Shun stood there blankly, watching his friend.
The back in the story is like a touch of dust and sand blowing in the autumn wind, the shallow parting is the end of the play, and those sorrows lurk in the heart, inadvertently, always bring the ebb and flow of sadness. In this world, there has never been a pen that can outline a similar landscape, just as there has never been a comparable language to describe my state of mind.
Zhu Shun returned home, it was already evening at this time, Zhu Shun slowly sat on the bed, looked at the small bag embroidered with butterflies, held it tightly in his hand, looked out the window, looked at the moon covered by dark clouds outside the window, the breeze was blowing, the cicadas of the scorching heat were still loud, and the crickets outside were screaming from time to time.
A familiar voice came from outside:
"Zhu Shun, come out and catch the turtle."
Zhu Shun hurriedly got up and ran outside, only to see a young man with thick lips standing outside, Zhu Shun walked out and said:
"Yang Yu, are you the only one?"
Suddenly, two more children suddenly appeared, startling Zhu Shun.
"Hey, hey"
I saw a dark-skinned child laughing there:
"And Me and Xingzheng"
Then a skinny child also came out and stammered:
"Zhu. Zhu Shun, let. We.. Caught the turtle together. ”
Zhu Shun smiled:
"Zong Yao and Xingzheng are also here."
The swarthy child's surname is Gao, his name Zongyao is also Zhu Shun's playmate, and the other stammering skinny young man is surnamed Zhang, and the name is Zheng, and the thick-lipped child is surnamed Yang, called Yang Yu, all of whom are Zhu Shun's playmates.
Yang Yu looked at Zhu Shun and said with a smile:
"Zhu Shun, why don't you call that girl out?"
Zhu Shun asked suspiciously:
"Isn't it Mengqiu, you just shout."
Yang Yu pushed Zhu Shun hard and said:
"You're the biggest, you go shout."
Zhu Shundao:
"Okay, I'll go shout."
Yang Yu smiled:
"Brother Zhu takes the lead, because Brother Zhu wants to lead us!"
Then Zhu Shun walked in the front, the three children followed, and when they arrived at the house of the old man Yang Xianzhen, Zhu Shun knocked on the door and shouted:
"Mengqiu, come out and play together."
In one of the rooms, the candlelight was bright, and a little girl was holding a brush and practicing calligraphy and painting, and when the little girl heard the voice, she replied loudly:
"I'm coming, wait for me."
Then the little girl ran quickly behind the door and opened it. Walked out and asked:
"Brother Zhu, where are you playing?"
Zhu Shun replied:
"Let's go to the forest by the Wu River and catch the turtle?"
Mengqiu asked suspiciously:
"Brother Zhu, what is a turtle?"
Zhu Shun took Mengqiu's hand and said with a smile:
"Come, give it to me, and you'll know when you go."
Then Mengqiu followed with a smile:
"Okay!"
In the end, the five children ran into the forest by the Wu River, and another evening breeze blew in the forest, and another evening breeze blew, was the tide whispering, or was the pine wave calling? It turned out to be one hundred and ten big-leaved poplars, and there were countless points of light in the forest, illuminating the forest, and it was the firefly.
Zhu Shun took a knotted turtle in his hand, walked to Mengqiu and handed it to Mengqiu:
"This is the turtle."
Mengqiu saw that the turtle was knotted, and he didn't dare to pick it up with his hands, and he looked very scared. Zhu Shundao:
"Don't be afraid, it doesn't bite, this thing can be made into food, and it's delicious."
Mengqiu shook his hand and held the knotted turtle, at this time Mengqiu's face was full of smiles, and said:
"Thank you, Brother Zhu."
Then Yang Yu saw this scene, took the small basket and slowly walked in front of Mengqiu and said:
"I've given these to you, and I'll catch them for you."
Mengqiu put down the small basket and looked at Yang Yu with a smile, the two small dimples fell again, and said:
"Thank you, Brother Yang."
Yang Yu's cheeks flushed, scratched his head and replied:
"If you like it."
At this time, it was drizzling in the sky, and Zhu Shun said:
"It's raining, let's all go back"
Mengqiu Road:
"It's close to where I live, so go to me first."
Then the five children all ran to Old Man Yang's house.
Old man Yang was lying on the recliner and drinking a little wine. Seeing this group of children, the smile on his face stretched out again, like a chrysanthemum blooming, seeing this group of children, Old Man Yang remembered his childhood, maybe the old people all over the world like to recall the past, not just the old people.
Yang Xianzhen asked:
"Did you catch a turtle?"
Mengqiu replied:
"Yes, madam, I heard Brother Zhu say that this thing is delicious."
Yang Xianzhen said with a smile:
"It's really not bad, I'll make it for you, but I have to wait until tomorrow, I need to marinate it overnight."
Zhu Shundao:
"Good! We washed my wife. ”
Then Zhu Shun took Zong Yao, Xingzheng and Yang Yu to wash the caught turtles in the rain, and after washing, they were all put in a bowl.
Then the old man got up slowly, took the bowl tremblingly, sprinkled some coarse salt in the bowl, and then put it on the table, and then lay down on the chaise longue.
Yang Yu asked:
"Madam, is that Uncle Yang?"
Yang Xianzhen said:
"Your Uncle Yang should be chatting with the villagers outside."
Then the group of children and the old man chatted, and the old man told the children interesting stories about his childhood, like a storyteller, and the children listened very carefully.
The rain slowly stopped, and the children ran home.
The next day, in the early morning, the children gathered again at the house of the old man Yang Xianzhen, and looked at the bowl full of turtles, and drooled.
Old man Yang Xianzhen sat on the recliner and pointed to the knotted turtle in the bowl with a fan, and said with a smile:
"Kids, try it all."
Then Yang Yunfeng took a few pairs of chopsticks, then hugged two pots of wine by himself, sat on the seat and drank the wine, ate the turtle, and said with a smile:
"Ah, the taste of childhood, I really haven't eaten it for a long time."
Yang Yunfeng opened the seal, then poured a bowl of wine and served it on the table next to Old Man Yang, and said:
"Grandpa, this wine is not bad, come and taste it."
Yang Xianzhen took a sip and said:
"It's exciting, but it's good."
Yang Yunfeng poured a big bowl by himself and then took a sip, Zhu Shun saw this scene and asked:
"Uncle Yang, is this delicious?"
Yang Yunfeng looked at Zhu Shun and said with a smile:
"It's delicious, pour it for you, do you want it?"
Yang Yunfeng looked at Zong Yao, Xingzheng and Yang Yu and asked:
"Come?"
Yang Yu patted his chest and said:
"Of course I want to, my dad likes this, but he won't give it to me."
Yang Yunfeng looked at Yang Yu:
"Young man, give it a try, how about you just take a sip and I'll give you a small gift?"
Yang Yu drank it without saying a word, then his cheeks flushed, coughed a few times, and instantly vomited, spit out Yang Yunfeng's face, Yang Yu said:
"Poof, what is this, it's so spicy, it's so spicy!!"
These young men all took a sip and vomited one after another, all looking very puzzled, Zong Yao asked:
"Why do many people like to drink, I can't stand the smell."
Yang Yunfeng smiled:
"You'll like it later, and you'll understand later."
Mengqiu took a bite of a knotted turtle, and then said:
"This stuff is delicious."
Yang Yunfeng said:
"If it's delicious, eat more."
The group of children finished eating, and then they all looked at Old Man Yang Xianzhen and said:
"Thank you, ma'am, for your hospitality."
Then the children left.
The children left one after another, and at this time there were only Yang Yunfeng and Yang Xianzhen and grandchildren in the room. Yang Yunfeng asked:
"Grandpa, why don't I take you to Taishan County?"
Yang Xianzhen replied:
"No, I can't bear to be here, your grandmother is buried here, and I can't bear the villagers."
Yang Xianzhen asked again:
"Are you leaving?"
Yang Yunfeng replied:
"Yes, recently, in the coastal places, there are many warriors from the Kou Kingdom who have come to harass the sea border, and the great man is going outside to eradicate this situation for the sake of the country and the people."
Yang Xianzhen raised his head and laughed, patted Yang Yunfeng's shoulder and said:
"Grandpa supports you, the great man of chivalry, for the country and the people!"
Yang Yunfeng said:
"But, Grandpa, your body."
Yang Xianzhen said again:
"Yunfeng, you don't have to worry about my body, which relatives like to want their son Jackie Chan, if you stay by my side all day, you will miss the time to do great things, if you miss the opportunity to do business, I will feel guilty,"
In a rape field outside the village, Mengqiu was telling Zhu Shun about the places that Uncle Yang had taken her to over the years.
This group of children longed for the outside world very much, and at this time a thick-lipped child took a branch, and then swept it up against the rape flower field, and the flower heads of the rape flowers were swept away.
The thick-lipped child was Yang Yu, Yang Yu was dancing with a branch and said:
"Death, thief! Eat me with a sword! ”
Zhu Shun rubbed his forehead and said helplessly:
"This product, I should have read too many villain books!"
Zhu Shun turned his head to look at the head of the village, at this time a bloated woman walked slowly, saw this group of little children tossing his rape flower field like this, and then ran quickly, at this time Zhu Shun said softly:
"Run."
Then a group of children dispersed, only Yang Yu continued to wave his "sword" and then the woman walked behind Yang Yu with a branch, stunned for a long time, and then pumped Yang Yu's buttocks, Yang Yu was excited by the pain, jumped up, and then saw the bloated woman, so he ran quickly, and the woman chased behind with a branch.
In a reed, the group of children hid, and they all looked at the scene where the woman chased Yang Yu, and finally Yang Yu was chased, and then the woman whipped two or three times before running out. At this point a child stammered:
"Yang. Yang Yu.. than my family's. Rhubarb is running fast. ”
Another swarthy kid retorted, "Of course Yang Yu is stronger than a dog." ”
Day after day, day after day.
One day, at the door of Mr. Yang's house, a group of children sat on the ground, Yang Yunfeng told the children about his experience in the rivers and lakes, and the children listened carefully and looked forward to the outside world.
Yang Yudao:
"Uncle Yang, why don't you teach us a few tricks?"
Yang Yunfeng replied:
"Okay, if you want to learn, I'll teach you in the next few days."
From noon to afternoon, the children studied very carefully, the children held branches, and Yang Yunfeng wielded a knife.
One day, two days, three days... After ten days of children in the school, Yang Yunfeng gave each of the children who wanted to practice a copy, and they would practice, and they would also tell them what "chivalry" was, and the children did not know that what they learned was the peak of Yang Yunfeng's knife technique, "Shuofeng Knife Technique", half a volume.
Yang Yunfeng was very happy to see that the child practiced very hard, and Yang Yunfeng's main purpose was to cultivate more talents.
The idea of "the great man of chivalry, for the country and the people".
One day, Yang Yunfeng took Mengqiu to say goodbye to the children:
"Practice hard, and you'll become heroes too!"
Mengqiu looked at Zhu Shun, Yang Yu, Zong Yao and Xingzheng and said:
"Brothers, we have a chance to meet again!"
The four of them said goodbye one after another, watching Yang Yunfeng and them go away.
Year after year, ten years passed like this, the first eight years they came at least once a year, and the next two years they never saw them.
Ten years will experience too many things, in a hot summer season, it is pouring rain outside, lightning and thunder, the wind blows the poplar trees outside, there is a candle in a thatched hut, there is a young man looking at a book, the title: "Xu Xiake's Travels" He bare his upper body, touching his stubble, lying quietly on the bed and reading the book, the young man has thick eyebrows and big eyes, his eyes are clear, and he looks at the book quietly.
He was Zhu Shun, who was eighteen years old at the time. Zhu Shun can do any job, he is a good worker in the village, because he failed to take the exam, he has been staying at home, and now Zhu Shun has become a loner, and his playmates have parted ways with him: because of his family, Yang Yu moved to the county town, and only went home during the Chinese New Year, and he didn't see him many times a year; Gao Zongyao, like Yang Yu, is at home, and he has also moved into the county town, and he rarely goes home, and he only comes back for a few days during the New Year; Zhang Xingzheng went to Beijing a few days ago to get famous. Now that only Zhu Shun is staying in the village, Zhu Shun put down the book "Xu Xiake's Travels" and muttered to himself:
"I admire Xu Xiake very much, his goal is so clear, it's not like I don't know what to pursue, do you eat here and wait for death?"
Zhu Shun got up and looked at the heavy rain outside and said:
"What am I after? What is the meaning of human life? ”
"The path of life is just a few decades, and it is just a grain of meson in the world."
"If a man has to pursue, what shall I pursue? Do you want to be famous? What happens after you get famous? ”
"I'm going to go outside and see, life is just a few decades."
"How big is the outside world?"
"I want to see how big the world really is!!"
To realize the ideal, we must be brave to break through; A good life is not far ahead of you; Down-to-earth looking up at the dawn of victory; Grow persistently towards the distance of dreams with passion; Beautiful ideals await the climbers to succeed in illuminating; Success requires the strength to overcome obstacles and move forward......