"Rong four years old, can make pears. Brother Yu Chang, should be a prophet. The first filial piety, the second sight and hear. Know a certain number, know a certain text...... Mother, I'm done with my back. ”

After eating, Bai Qi began to recite the sentences he learned yesterday.

This kind of ordinary allusion can be taught by Shen Yourong himself, and he doesn't need Zhu Ming and Zhu Guoxiang to bother.

Shen Yourong asked, "Do you remember what it means?" ”

Bai Qi thought carefully and said: "Kong Rong will give pears to his brother when he is four years old, and he must honor his elders and love his brothers......"

Shen Yourong said happily: "Very good, my mother will teach you the next few sentences today." ”

saw Zhu Guoxiang carrying a dung bucket, which contained dry chicken manure, and shouted at Zhu Ming: "Come and help!" ”

"What for?" Zhu Ming asked.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "Go to the stove and get some grass and wood ashes." ”

Zhu Ming was puzzled: "Dean Zhu, what are you going to make trouble again?" ”

"Corn sowing." Zhu Guoxiang said.

"We don't even have land, where are we going to sow seeds?" Zhu Ming couldn't figure it out.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "The yard is planted ...... Don't talk nonsense, go get the ashes! ”

Zhu Ming found a wooden basin in the kitchen, used tongs to dig out the ashes of the stove, filled a small half basin, and slowly returned to the courtyard.

But I saw that I had gone to the eaves of the thatched house, and was mixing and stirring something with a shovel.

"The ashes are coming." Zhu Ming said.

"Put it there." Zhu Guoxiang continued to wield the shovel.

Chicken manure, silkworm sand, straw, weeds, fallen leaves, and even peat from nowhere.

The ashes were quickly poured in, and they continued to stir repeatedly.

Zhu Ming finally understood: "This is composting?" ”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "It is almost the season of spring corn sowing, first pile up and ferment the nutrient soil, and then use the nutrient soil to knead into a mud ball, and insert the corn into the nutrient ball. The corn seedlings sown in this way grew strong, and when we got the land, we transplanted the corn seedlings. ”

"That's it?" Ju Ming pointed to the mound of manure.

"You also grew up in the countryside, why don't you know how to do any farm work?" Zhu Guoxiang said with disdain.

Zhu Ming said with a smile: "When I was in the countryside, my grandparents didn't let me work, and I was busy going up the mountain to catch birds and swimming in the river all day long. ”

While they were working, Mrs. Yan came to take a look and could see that the father and son were composting, but they didn't know what the fertilizer was going to be used for.

Mrs. Yan didn't ask much, and let them toss around.

Finally, after finishing the work, I saw Zhu Guoxiang coming out with two fishing rods: "I'm bored all day long, let's go, go fishing by the river!" ”

"Not interested." Zhu Ming is not a fisherman.

"Whatever you want." Zhu Guoxiang took a hoe to dig earthworms.

It was boring to stay here, Zhu Ming took a fishing rod and asked curiously: "Where did you get the hook?" ”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "Looking for the sewing needle that Shen Niangzi wants, it is a fish hook when it is burned red and bent." ”

Zhu Ming looked at the simple fishing hook and the fishing line made of hemp rope, and complained: "It's hell if you can catch a fish." ”

After digging some earthworms, the father and son went to the river together, and Zhu Ming took the horse away, just so that the thin horse could go out to breathe the wind.

On the way, I met several villagers, and they all greeted them warmly, and the father and son were obviously familiar with the village.

There is a passenger boat by the river, which is not used to cross the river, but is a means of travel for the old white man's family.

The boat runs to the county seat on a regular basis, and villagers can pay to take it, but they can't get into the cabin at will.

There are also two small fishing boats on the river, facing the sun, a net sprinkled, splashing thousands of broken waves, flashing with sparkling brilliance.

"Dean Zhu, what are you wandering around?" Zhu Ming shouted.

Zhu Guoxiang carefully checked the hydrological topography and replied casually: "Find a suitable fishing spot." ”

Zhu Mingcai didn't care what the fishing spot was, he chose one with fewer weeds, hung an earthworm and threw it into the water, then lay on the ground and slept, and pulled out a weed and bit it in his mouth.

The warm spring breeze blows gently, and the warm March sun shines on the face, which feels indescribably comfortable.

Before I knew it, I fell asleep.

When he woke up again, he didn't know when, Zhu Ming stretched his waist and sat up, and finally remembered that he was still fishing.

When I pulled the rod, I saw that the bait was gone.

This guy walked towards his father with a fishing rod on his shoulder, and asked with a smile: "Dean Zhu, how is the harvest?" ”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "I caught a few of them. ”

"Let me see." Juming looked at the bucket.

There are seven in total, which is quite a lot, but unfortunately all of them are small strips.

Zhu Ming teased: "Your fishing skills are not good, you haven't caught a serious fish." ”

Zhu Guoxiang asked rhetorically: "The meal is not serious?" ”

"This fish is very silly," Zhu Ming recounted his glorious history, "once during the Chinese New Year, I bought a box of firecrackers, which are the kind of firecrackers that can be burned." Passing by the creek near my grandfather's house, I saw a lot of food sticks swimming around, and I immediately had a genius idea. I wrapped the tail of the cannon in mud and threw it into the water when the flame went out. When the cannon falls into the water, white smoke and white bubbles will come out, and the food strips will swim over and peck and bang when they think they are eating...... One wipe cannon blows up more than a dozen meal sticks. ”

Zhu Guoxiang was speechless: "What a mess." ”

Zhu Ming was triumphant: "This has a trick, I tried it several times before I succeeded." First of all, it must be covered with mud, otherwise the cannon will float on the water. Secondly, the mud should not be wrapped too much, and if the gunpowder is wrapped, the explosion will not have much power. It was the second day of the Lunar New Year, and I used a few boxes of guns to blow up more than a pound of meal sticks and went back, but it was cheaper than the fat orange at my grandfather's house. ”

Speaking of grandpa, father and son were silent, they were very homesick.

Especially Zhu Ming, who vowed to dominate the world, in fact, he wished he could wear back to modern times, and he had enough of the ancient times where he lacked everything.

"It's coming!"

Zhu Guoxiang pulled the rod sharply and quickly dragged the fish out of the water, but this time it was a big crucian carp four fingers wide.

Zhu Ming praised: "Yes, Dean Zhu, it's up to you to eat meat tonight." ”

The temptation of eating meat gave Zhu Ming the motivation to start hanging bait fishing.

It's a pity that his temperament is too jumpy, and he has no patience at all, let alone crucian carp, and he can't even catch a meal.

Zhu Guoxiang was speechless about this, and complained: "With your temperament, you can actually calm down and read so many ancient books." ”

Zhu Ming said: "That's different, where the hobby is." ”

After catching the air several times in a row, Zhu Ming finally gave up and rolled up his trouser leg to catch crabs.

Suddenly, a group of people walked towards the river, the leader wearing silk clothes, and stepped on the Bai family's passenger boat one after another.

Although he didn't know him, Zhu Ming still bowed his hand and greeted: "It's polite." ”

The man in the silk coat was stunned when he saw this, glanced at Zhu Ming's legs stepping on the water, and got into the cabin with a disdainful expression, even nodding in return.

Passenger ships are off shore and drifting away.

Zhu Ming muttered: "Cut, what a Jiba thing!" ”

Estimating that it was almost time to cook, the father and son carried the fish back.

There were a total of four crucian carp, a small carp, and the rest were all meal strips, as well as a few crabs touched by Zhu Ming.

Mrs. Yan took the fish to take care of it, and Shen Yourong went to pick side dishes.

Zhu Ming followed behind Shen Yourong, described the silk-clothed man he met, and asked, "Who is that person?" Very rude. ”

Shen Yourong said: "There is a mole at the corner of his eyebrows, it must be Bai Chongwen, the eldest man of the Bai family, he may have to take a boat to the county seat." ”

"How many sons does the old white man have?" Zhu Ming asked.

Shen Yourong said: "The old white man has a room outside the original match, and he has miscarried several pregnancies, although Bai Dalang was born, but his biological mother died of dystocia. Later, the old white member continued to give birth to two sons and three daughters. Bai Erlang is called Bai Chongwu, and Bai Sanlang is called Bai Chongyan. Mrs. Xuxian's maiden family is very strong, and the old white members are not allowed to take concubines. I heard that when he was young, the old white man raised an outer room in the county, and I don't know if he gave birth to a child. ”

"What are these three sons doing?" Zhu Ming asked again.

Shen Yourong said: "Bai Dalang stayed in the village and managed the fields, tea mountains and shops. Bai Erlang works as a priest in the county seat and is a serious county clerk. Bai Saburo is amazing, he studied in the state city, and he was sent to Beijing by the middle of the lift, and he was almost admitted to the Jinshi. ”

Zhu Ming asked again: "I fought with that Bai Dalang, he didn't even look at it, and several Lang Jun of the Bai family are like this?" ”

Shen Yourong whispered: "Bai Dalang has had no mother since he was a child, he has a very strange temperament, and he has a bad relationship with his stepmother. Bai Erlang is very sleek, and he greets everyone with a smile, and I heard that there is a nickname called Smiling Tiger in the county. Bai Saburo is a real reader, likes elegance, is easy to make friends, and is extremely enthusiastic about treating people. ”

Love elegance?

Good friends?

Zhu Ming's heart is happy, and he is also good at making friends, especially rich local tyrant friends.

(Thank you for the tips and support of brothers such as Chengyan and Ji You!) ）