Mingxi, although it is named after the stream, is really a big river. The irrigation of farmland and daily drinking water in the village depend on it. It can be said that Mingxi is really the river of life in Dali Village.

And because of this big river, over the years, the harvest in the nearby villages along the way has been mostly good. Therefore, after the plumpness of the warehouse, the villages near Mingxi became more and more popular. Under the education of the saints, most of the people in Dali Village are also good.

However, for Li Zhongming's family, who are only eight years old, the family has been getting worse and worse in recent years. In recent years, the Li family has experienced the death of Li's father, and Xiao Zhongming has suffered from another serious illness.

Under this repeated encounter, the Li family's money has been spent more and more, and their savings have become increasingly shallow. However, Li's mother is still willing to spend money for Li Zhongming's growth to study. In order to support Li Zhongming's studies, Li's mother had to rent out all the best acres of land and plant, and spun and weave cloth day and night to subsidize the family, which made Xiao Zhongming afford to go to school.

Although Li Zhongming looked at the poor family and his worried mother, he also mentioned giving up studying and farming at home, but his mother Liu sternly refused, and reprimanded Xiao Zhongming for his cranky thinking.

In the end, after Li's mother still accumulated enough restraints, she let Li Zhongming, who had been self-studying at home, enroll in Zhu Fuzi's school in a neighboring village.

"Mother, I'm back", I saw Li Zhongming, a young boy carrying a small bookcase, stepping into the door and returning home. Skillfully put the bookcase on his back in its place, and came to his mother Liu, saluting and greeting.

"Ming'er, I'm back, how about going to school today, did you write down what the teacher taught?" , I saw that Liu also stopped what he was doing and asked his son's study carefully.

Facing his mother's earnest face, he listened to the kind and meticulous inquiry. Xiao Zhongming was not impatient at all, but answered his mother's questions seriously.

Listening to her son's detailed answer and looking at her son's growing face, Li's mother couldn't help but recall in her mind that before her late husband died, she sincerely confessed to herself, asking herself to raise her son well and provide for her children to read and read.

Although Li's father did not achieve any fame, he did not even participate in the county school, but when he was young, he was educated by an old master in the village. But even so, it also broadened Li Fu's horizons, and later limited by his own talent and the poverty of his family, he did not continue to study.

It is precisely by relying on this knowledge that Father Li can not only manage the family's fields well, but also handle the disputes between neighbors in the village very well, so that Father Li is very prestigious in the village by virtue of diligence and justice.

Therefore, after accumulating abundant savings at home, Li's father has never dared to forget the expectation of supporting scholars.

Especially when Li's mother was pregnant, the husband and wife both dreamed that a child with a book and riding a sheep fell from the sky and came into her arms. After waking up from a dream, when the husband and wife told each other, it turned out to be exactly the same, exactly the same.

Soon after, Xiao Zhongming was born and did not show any miracles, but Li's father still began to teach Xiao Zhongming to read and hyphenate since he was a child.

But Li's mother knows that her son has been quiet since he was a child, and even if he can't learn to remember the things taught by Li's father for a while, he can also endure the temperament and learn silently by himself, and even her husband does not have this quiet atmosphere.

Slowly retracting the memory, Liu finished asking the question, and asked his son to go to review his homework. When I came to the kitchen, lit a fire and cooked, I saw the rice jar that was about to dry up, and I thought of my son's restraint after that, and I calculated the family's savings, and I couldn't help but decide that there would be another hour to the daily weaving time.

When the night gradually rose, the night came, and after dinner, the mother and son turned off the lights early in order to save oil. At this time, Li's mother continued to weave cloth, and Xiaozhong Ming recited the scriptures by memorization.

As the sound of the machine and chanting continued, the night gradually deepened.

"Ming'er, that's all for today's practice, I'm going to school tomorrow, let's go to bed," Mother Li comforted.

"Okay, mother, you've been tired all day, so rest early", Xiao Zhongming also persuaded Liu.

"Okay, okay", Liu Shi hurriedly responded, but still said, "I'll finish weaving for a while, you can sleep first." ”

Knowing that he couldn't persuade his mother, Xiao Zhongming had to rest early first, and then persuade his mother with the sound of a slapstick and the reason why he couldn't sleep.

He took off his shirt, lay down on the bed, and after thinking about the content of the day's lecture several times, he got up and came to his mother's side when he heard the sound of the machine and did not want to stop.

Persuaded his mother, "Mother, let's stop here today, let's rest early." And listening to the sound of the machine, my heart will always be concerned about my mother. If my mother can't sleep peacefully, how can I rest in peace."

Looking at her son's sincere appearance, Mother Li, who understands her son's temperament, knows that although her son is young, sometimes he is stubborn and stubborn, and he can't get rid of it. I had to get off the loom, go back to my room, and rest.

Seeing that his mother finally listened to his advice, Xiao Zhongming also returned to the room and fell asleep slowly.

The moon sinks in the west, the sun rises in the east, and the night passes like this very quickly. Only the dew on the blades of grass and the sound of insects disappearing indicate that a new day is about to begin.

Reminded by the body's biological clock, Xiao Zhongming quickly woke up, tidied up his clothes, washed his face, and came to the open space in the courtyard to practice the Five Birds Guiding Technique.

This is when Li Zhongming was weak when he was young, and his father spent a lot of money from the county hospital to learn it from the doctor.

Since practicing this guiding method, Xiao Zhongming's body has indeed improved, and he rarely gets sick later. Even if you get sick, some minor illnesses can recover quickly.

So not only has I developed a habit to strengthen my body, but also to commemorate my father's loving heart and hardship. Xiao Zhongming must not only adhere to this habit, but also practice it well.

From the shape of a tiger, a deer, an ape, a bear to a bird, these five sets of movements were displayed back and forth on Xiao Zhongming's body, and when half an hour passed, he slowly put away his body.

"Ming'er, come and eat porridge, don't delay the teaching time of the school, if you are late, Zhu Fuzi will be displeased", Li Mu Yin taught.

"Got it, Mother", came to the dining table, picked up the porridge bowl, ate carefully while blowing, and after eating the porridge in the bowl, washed the porridge bowl and put it back in its place.

After carrying his small bookcase and saying goodbye to his mother again, he got up and went out to the private school.

Now, Li Zhongming has been enrolled for more than a year, and he has gradually become accustomed to teaching in the private school. Although Zhu Fuzi, the teacher of the school, has not achieved fame so far, even if it is the county school public examination, he has not been examined. However, in this countryside, barren output and difficult environment, it is extremely difficult to have an old school teacher who is literate and hyphenated and has rich experience in taking exams who is willing to stay and teach and educate people.

Over the years, even though Zhu and his son failed to train a county student, the low teaching constraints still intermittently attracted many poor students to study here.

The surrounding villagers, through years of poor life, also know that for their children, it is a great harvest to come to the private school to study, to be able to read and understand words, and to know how to calculate and understand. Moreover, after a short period of study, it is a blessing to be able to go to the township to find a job as a man, and even go to the county to ask for a job as a servant.

After all, the output of land is limited, and for poor families, it is natural for them to go out to work and subsidize their families, and those who are literate and hyphenated not only have more opportunities, but also find jobs that are more lucrative than lighter.

Therefore, some people who are struggling with poverty are still willing to grit their teeth to support their children to study here. Even though Zhu Fuzi has greatly reduced the fee standard, it is especially astronomical for poor families.

Therefore, now, there are not many people in the private school, except for Li Tianming, there are Zhu Xu, the son of Zhu and his son, Zhu Rou, the daughter of Zhu Fuzi, who also read and write together, and there are two students who have followed Zhu Fuzi before.

However, they are much older than Li Zhongming, and they are just for literacy.

In the past, students who were admitted to the county school studied here, but after repeatedly failing to take the exam, they stopped coming.