Xiao Kunshui didn't eat much, and after taking two sips of wine, he wiped his stubble, "Pingzi, it's boring to talk too much, the second uncle doesn't have any other requirements for you, go to my house to eat if you don't eat, I'll buy it for you when you run out of wine, just a little, if you want Ye'er to go to high school, you have to let her read it with peace of mind." Oh, that's right," Xiao Kunshui pointed to the back pot meat in front of him again, "Don't be blind if you have two children, save a little." ”

There wasn't much wine left, and if the two of them were divided, it would be even less, Xiao Kunshui pulled Xiao Zhengping outside the house after drinking the wine - he knew this nephew's temperament too well, he didn't tell Ye'er when he sold the land, and he must have hidden it from selling the forest now.

When he got outside, Xiao Kunshui took out another handkerchief and took out a pile of banknotes wrapped in it.

"Pingzi, no one's money fell from the sky, your uncle and I almost counted the coffin book in order to make up this little money, you have to have some heart."

Looking at the large pile of gross tickets, Xiao Zhengping's heart was extremely bitter, and he didn't dare to look up at the second uncle.

Xiao Kunshui lifted Xiao Zhengping's hand, put the money on his palm and patted it, "This money, don't worry about paying it back, just take care of Ye'er." ”

Xiao Zhengping tried his best to hold back his tears, but he still dropped two drops, but fortunately, it was dark and the second uncle couldn't see it.

"Second uncle, don't worry, I will definitely pay back the money, Ye'er and I will definitely manage it well, I still have to make a lot of money, give my brother a leg treatment, so that you and your uncle can enjoy happiness."

Xiao Kunshui didn't answer, reached out and patted Xiao Zhengping on the shoulder, and then walked towards the courtyard gate with his hands behind his back.

Putting the money back in his pocket, Xiao Zhengping wiped his eyes and returned to the house.

Xiao Xiuye was holding a rice bowl and was staring curiously at the door, when she saw her eldest brother walking into the house, she quickly lowered her head again.

Xiao Zhengping sat down next to Xiuye, and after being silent for a while, he took Xiuye's hand and said seriously: "Ye'er, you have to study, even if you don't do it for me or for yourself, you have to do it for the eldest uncle and the second uncle." Brother swore to you today that he would live a good life in the future and never go out to fool around again. ”

Xiao Xiuye was frightened by the suddenly serious Xiao Zhengping, she stared at her eldest brother in a daze, and nodded in disbelief after a while.

The next day, the first thing Xiao Zhengping did when he got up was to urge Xiao Xiuye to go to school, and the two of them got some food casually, and they both walked towards school.

Today, Xiao Zhengping's destination is not the brigade supply and marketing cooperative, but to meet Xiao Xiuye's teacher.

When Xiao Zhengping took Xiao Xiuye's hand and walked into the teacher's office, the teachers in the room were stunned - who would have thought that the famous street slickers in the team would return to school one day?!

Xiuye's teacher's surname is Gong, and when Xiao Zhengping was studying, Teacher Gong was also his teacher.

Xiao Zhengping pulled Xiuye and walked straight to Teacher Gong, regardless of the strange eyes of others, and said directly: "Teacher Gong, I sent Xiuye back, she wants to continue studying, she has to take the high school entrance examination and high school, no matter what reason she has in the future, please don't give up on her." ”

After saying that, Xiao Zhengping let go of Xiuye's hand, bowed to Teacher Gong, and then left without looking back.

Back at home, Xiao Zhengping removed the bandage on his head, picked up the broken bamboo basket and went up the mountain again.

He hadn't looked carefully at the list he had copied back last time, but he could be sure that the prices of the sheep and the bamboo girl were relatively high.

After touching the mountain for a long time, Xiao Zhengping understood why the price of these two kinds of mushrooms was high - it was too difficult to find!

Fortunately, he came this time with a purpose, so although it was difficult to find, he still picked a small half basket, and the rest were better quality fir fungi.

After the basket was filled, Xiao Zhengping did not go home, and after eating two August melons picked on the mountain that had not yet cracked, he went straight to the township supply and marketing cooperative.

After a bumpy road and more than two hours, Xiao Zhengping came to the township supply and marketing cooperative.

This time, He Yongfu was much more enthusiastic than last time, "I didn't see you yesterday, I thought you wouldn't come!" ”

"I'm busy at home, big brother, you see, this time I picked more sheep and finches." As he spoke, Xiao Zhengping poured a basket of mushrooms on the ground.

He Yongfu was picky for a while, and finally gave Xiao Zhengping sixteen yuan and seven cents.

In the same way, Xiao Zhengping took the money and didn't leave in a hurry, went to the supply and marketing cooperatives to get a box of cigarettes and gave it to He Yongfu, He Yongfu still symbolically pushed, and finally said that he would not accept it as an example.

"Big brother, I've been here twice, and I don't know your surname." After stuffing the cigarette, the next step is to talk.

The man opened the cigarette case, took out two and handed one to Xiao Zhengping, but Xiao Zhengping pushed it away.

"My surname is He, my name is He Yongfu, what about you, little brother, what is your name?"

"Brother Yongfu, my name is Xiao Zhengping, and the villagers call me Pingzi. Hey, big brother, let me ask you something, I see a lot of mountain goods in our big mountains, why don't you look lively here? ”

He Yongfu spit out a puff of cigarette with satisfaction and replied: "It's not brave enough, there are few people in the market, who dares to sell mountain goods?" ”

Hearing the words rush to the market, Xiao Zhengping's heart suddenly opened, "Big brother didn't say that I almost forgot, when is our market?" ”

"The third day of the first month, the eighth day of the first month, the thirteenth ~~" He Yongfu counted with his fingers, and was suddenly stunned, "Yes, there will be tomorrow, anyway, every five days, you just need to remember this number." ”

After speaking, He Yongfu stared at Xiao Zhengping up and down again, and asked, "Little brother wants to make a deal?" ”

Xiao Zhengping touched the back of his head and said with a smile: "I want to think about it, but I don't know what to do." ”

He Yongfu pouted at Xiao Zhengping's trouser pocket with money, "I said that you will reach the half-monthly salary of your work on this day, and you are still thinking about what you are doing?" ”

"Big brother, aren't you pretending to be confused? The mushrooms are easy to sell, but it's hard to pick, and besides, this thing can grow a few times a year, and it's gone after the solar term, so I'm going to drink the northwest wind when the time comes? ”

He Yongfu was stunned, "What's the matter, more than ten yuan a day, it's not enough for you to spend a year for three or five months?" ”

"Hey, there is a school-going girl at home, I'm still a bachelor, don't I want to earn a little more if I can earn a little more, so that I can save a daughter-in-law's capital."

"What's the matter? No more adults at home? He Yongfu has no problem calculating the age and being Xiao Zhengping's father, and he immediately heard the problem from his words.

"Mom and Dad are dead, so my sister and I are left."

"Good boy!" He Yongfu patted Xiao Zhengping's shoulder appreciatively when he heard this.

After talking to He Yongfu about some more things, Xiao Zhengping said goodbye and said that he had to go home.

After spending a few yuan to buy some oil, grain, rice and noodles, and buying a brighter oil lamp and kerosene for Xiuye, Xiao Zhengping went home. Originally, he planned to buy two new bamboo baskets, but the supply and marketing cooperatives didn't have them, Xiao Zhengping thought carefully, isn't the uncle half a carpenter? There are not many others on the mountain, there are bamboos, and you shouldn't be slapped if you find an uncle to make two bamboo baskets!

This time I bought more things than last time, walking on the way up the mountain with a broken bamboo basket on his back, Xiao Zhengping, who had not done physical work for a long time, was so tired that his legs were straight and weak.

Speaking of this road, it is also Xiao Zhengping's sad thing, his father was killed by the bombing when he was repairing this road, and it was precisely because of his father's death that this road was stopped halfway through, and no one has mentioned it until now.

was walking hard, and suddenly a few tobacco sellers caught up from behind him, and after a few jokes with Xiao Zhengping in a sarcastic tone, he stepped forward.

Xiao Zhengping noticed that each of these people was carrying a small bundle of tobacco leaves.

Although flue-cured tobacco is the collective economy of the team, Xiao Zhengping rarely touches tobacco leaves, the reason is very simple, when his father was alive, he was studying, he didn't need to touch, after his father died, he went to fool around, and then divided the fields and land, and every family built their own flue-cured tobacco stove, but his family didn't have it, even if he wanted to touch it, he didn't have that opportunity.

So Xiao Zhengping wondered, don't they all sell cigarettes from the mountains to the acquisition station? Why did these people come back?