The second aunt squeezed out the crowd and entered the yard, and saw that there was a lot of joy inside, and her own Erzhu was in the yard, and Ergou and Dasheng did not know where they received the news, so they arrived early, and Erzhu was taking out cakes and pastries from their baggage and distributing them to them, still muttering in their mouths.

"Dawang and Shanzi also have a copy, and when they come to give it to them, there will be more!" When he turned his head and saw her, he smiled: "Mother! ”

As soon as the second aunt saw Erzhu, she hurriedly stepped forward: "Erzhu, what's going on, how is the lawsuit going?" How can there be a carriage to bring you back? What the hell is going on? ”

"Mother! We won the lawsuit, my sister-in-law saved people in the county government, and the county lord also gave him a plaque of great merit, and the carriage was specially sent back by the county lord. ”

The second aunt was dizzy when she heard it, and it didn't seem to be true: "My God, don't lie to me!" ”

"Mother, don't believe it, the county master also gave Shen Hong a lot of books in the house, the county master likes Shen Hong, saying that he is a little prodigy, you follow me into the house to read."

The second aunt followed him into the house, and saw two thick stacks of books on the kang table, square and exquisite.

"Oh my God...... The second aunt stretched out her hand and carefully touched the book cover, this is the book given to Shen Hong by the county master, this is not known to anyone who has ever had it, and this is the first time in ten miles and eight towns.

"Isn't there a plaque? Why didn't you look at the plaque? ”

Erzhu scratched his head, and was also a little puzzled: "The little sister-in-law said to the lieutenant that she was too young to afford it, and she rubbed her tongue with the lieutenant for a long time, saying that she had let the lieutenant take care of it on her behalf, and now it is hanging in the lieutenant's house." ”

The second aunt also scratched her head, not understanding why such a good thing should be handed over to the lieutenant chief for safekeeping.

At this time, Lin Piao was coming out of the room, and he had just packed up the small gifts of beaded hairpins he had gotten, all of which were locked in the innermost cabinet, and some small snacks from the dim sum shop in his baggage.

When the second aunt saw him, she hurriedly asked about the plaque.

"It's best to let the governor take care of it, we have a lot of children here, so as not to be bumped into at home when you get it, isn't it disrespectful to the county lord?" Lin Piao said in a serious way, in fact, Lin Piao thought that this noble plaque would henceforth become famous in all directions, and that the old and young people in the village would all come to visit and pay respects, and it would not stop for ten days and half a month, so it would be better to let the lieutenant chief keep it, and the lieutenant chief would act as a tour guide to introduce the process of how they obtained this plaque in the county government.

Lin Piao opened the oil paper in the small bag and handed it to the second aunt: "Come and eat a snack, the county government brought it back, there is a sugar trap in it." ”

When the second aunt heard this, she couldn't find any other reason, so she took a piece of pastry and put it in her mouth: "Then I'll have to go to the governor's house to see what that plaque looks like." ”

After talking for a long time, the second aunt hadn't seen Shen Hong: "What about Shen Hong?" I haven't seen anyone else. ”

"He's tidying up the house, putting away the candlesticks on the shelves, and he'll be able to put the books in the house later."

Lin Piao sorted out his things: "I'll pack up my things later and send them to Da Zhuang's house." ”

Although they are both called Da Zhuang, the lame Da Zhuang and his big brother Da Zhuang have the same name.

"I'll go with you." The second aunt thought that it was Da Zhuang who was the first to see Shen Hong fall into the water and call people, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that this child had a good heart.

Lin Piao picked up a little bit of the fresh food he brought back this time, put a few eggs on a basket, and went to Da Zhuang's house with his second aunt.

"Da Zhuang's father is also a brother, called Zheng Qiu, pitiful to say, he is also a widow, he has pulled the child to the present, you call him Uncle Qiu."

When they arrived outside Da Zhuang's house, the second aunt shouted outside the chai door: "Are you at home?" ”

After a while, a voice from inside responded: "Yes." He hurriedly walked out and opened the chai door to see who it was, and saw that it was the second aunt and Lin Piao, who were a little flustered.

Lin Piao explained that he had come to thank Da Zhuang for saving Shen Hong, Zheng Qiu suddenly panicked, hurriedly beckoned them to sit down, and said again and again that it was not a big deal, and Lin Piao said that he took the things for a long time before he took them.

Lin Piao looked at his thin and rough hands, and then at the house that could be called a house with four walls, and the most piled up in the house was firewood, and there was not a single decent utensil.

Lin Piao chatted with him for a while: "If you need anything, just open your mouth, don't be polite to us." ”

"That's it, you're welcome." The second aunt helps.

Zheng Qiu shook his head: "There is everything, everything is enough, and there are already a lot of these you have sent, I don't know when I will eat them." ”

Lin Piao looked at him weak and stubborn, and it was difficult to say anything more, so he could only say goodbye and leave after greeting a few more words.

The second aunt sighed when she walked out of the yard: "Zheng Qiu is like this, his life is not good, he is stubborn, he is not willing to let others look down on him, he is from another village, I heard that it is not good to fight a small life, the family dislikes him as a brother and is very mean to him, and later married and gave birth to a child, and finally gave birth to a son, but he was born a cripple, and his man is also a muddy, because of this matter beat him every day, and later said that he wanted to go out to make money, and make money to marry a woman to divorce him, this time he raised Sister Yao outside, and he didn't want him and his son to mix with Sister Yao, I used to come back once a year and a half, but now everything in the house has been sold, and no one wants the broken house, so I haven't come back much in the past two years. ”

"Zheng Qiu's life is hard, but he has a good heart, he never gossips about something that he doesn't have, he just lives with his head down, and his family is also big and strong, and he usually looks sullen and doesn't like to greet people, but he is a sincere child."

Lin Piao listened and turned his head to look at the second aunt: "Auntie, you say, how should we repay Uncle Qiu and Da Zhuang." ”

The second aunt thought for a while: "I don't know if Da Zhuang is willing to study, so he has more mouths and more benches." "It's not a hassle for Shen Hong and Lin Piao, but to say that the reward is a real reward.

"Auntie, then please come to the door tomorrow and ask Uncle Qiu what he means."

The second aunt nodded, and she didn't care about anything else.

When she returned home, the second aunt took care of all the things that Erzhu had brought back, and then thought about going to the chief's house to see the plaque that Lin Piaode, and then went to the direction of the chief's house. How this plaque came to be and so on.

Where had the people ever heard of such a thing, and instead of eating the row, they were entertained by the county lord, who ate and drank, and finally gave Lin Piao a plaque praising his behavior.

"Don't squeeze, don't bump into it, a few people slowly enter, and put it on the front of the hall." The lieutenant commander directs the rhythm of the visit.

The people in the village came in an endless stream, and after reading the plaque, they found it unimaginable, and Lin Piao came back with a plaque from the county lord a few days after leaving the village. Thinking of Shen Hong getting the book from the county lord again, the lieutenant also said that the county lord directly said at that time that it was not a matter for Shen Hong to take the test as a child.

As soon as these words spread out, the faces of the second aunt and Yuling were going to turn green, and the people who had previously said that they wanted to come to them to read and write did not mention this matter for the past two days, Lin Piao and Shen Hong were so glamorous now, and they also got acquainted with the county adults, not to mention sending their children to study and read, even if they went to the test for fame, they had to follow Shen Hong to get involved in his light is the right way out.

The second aunt had been talking about it for a while, so she waited to look through the yellow calendar to find a good day and an auspicious day, so that all the parents of the students who had set up a plan to come would come to visit them in a neat and tidy manner, and make a show for the people in the village to see whose small private school was the most decent and the most stylish.

The second uncle was so angry that she fell ill, and Yuling also closed the door to take care of the children, and was reluctant to go out for several days.

The eldest aunt came to see Shen Hong with some gifts, a small pigeon and a basket of herbs and rhizomes dug in the mountains, saying that he was frightened when he fell into the water again, and let him stew and eat to nourish his body, but this time he didn't dare to mention the matter of succession, after all, Lin Piao was in the limelight, and they also knew through this incident that Shen Hong was not an ordinary child, and Lin Piao was not an ordinary person.

On the other side, the second aunt took advantage of the cool weather in the early morning, and walked to Zheng Qiu's house with a vegetable basket after finishing the geography.

"Are you there?"

Zheng Qiu had just come back from the field, and he had just washed his feet: "Here." He opened the door and saw that it was the second aunt who hurriedly welcomed him in.

"How do you have some time?"

"I'm not here, Qiu'er, I'll ask you something."

Chapter 28

Zheng Qiu saw that the second sister-in-law's expression was serious, and he felt a sigh in his heart, not knowing what it would be, so he could only put down the things in his hand: "You say." ”

"Do you want your family to read and write?"

Zheng Qiu stayed in place for a while, and the second sister-in-law patted him several times before he came back to his senses, and he didn't know what to say: "This, this ......"

"What's this, isn't it possible for such a big good thing to be unwilling? If you don't think about yourself, you should think about your family Da Zhuang, your family Da Zhuang saved Shen Hong, Lin Piao is not a conscienceless, you let Da Zhuang go to study and write, and don't charge you anything, and you will treat your family Da Zhuang well, what are you hesitating about such a good thing. ”

"This ...... Second sister-in-law, I am willing, I am definitely willing, it's just ......" Zheng Qiu struggled for a while before he spoke: "It's just that everyone gave it to Shu Yu, and if my family is strong, I didn't give it, so I saved Shen Hong for him......"

"What do you mean by saving Shen Hong for him? Do you think this is a trivial matter? That's a living life, saying that I want to repay you, but you are embarrassed to get up. ”

"I ......" Zheng Qiu thought about it, such a good opportunity will not be there again, he originally wanted Da Zhuang to read a few words, he wanted to save up his belongings again, and rush to Shen Hong to be admitted to Tongsheng so that Da Zhuang could seize this opportunity, but he didn't expect this kind of thing, this opportunity fell directly in front of him, which made him a little flustered.

Under the eyes of the second sister-in-law, he gritted his teeth: "Read, such a good thing, I must read it." ”

He was strong all his life, and he didn't like to listen to other people's gossip the most, because he was afraid that the village would talk about him and Da Zhuang about this matter, and he was afraid that he would not give him a restraint, so that he would make Da Zhuang inferior in the private school by virtue of this kindness.

But the opportunity is right in front of him, if others say it, he should not hear it in the future, and if others look down on Da Zhuang, he will teach Da Zhuang so that Da Zhuang just doesn't know.

He turned Da Zhuang into a cripple, and he couldn't help but seize this opportunity for Da Zhuang.

The second aunt didn't know that he was thinking so much in his heart, and when she saw him nod her head and read it, her eyes were a little red, and she quickly patted him on the arm.

"Qiu'er, what's the matter, don't be sad."

"I'm not sad, I'm happy."

That night, Zheng Qiu called Da Zhuang to him and seriously told him about reading, Da Zhuang was silent and his eyes were ignorant, and finally nodded, he didn't know whether reading was good or bad, only that his father wanted him to read, so he would read.

The sister-in-law is a kind person, and Shen Hong is not bad, she will never bully him, but she will bully him, and he will not tell his father when he comes back.

The two of them spent the night in silence, and the next morning, Zheng Qiu got up early in the morning, called Da Zhuang, Da Zhuang was still dazed, rubbed his eyes and hurriedly got up.

Zheng Qiu picked up a circle, wiped Da Zhuang's face again and again, even wiped the ear groove three times, and found the most neat clothes for Da Zhuang to wear, saying that it was the most neat, but it had also been worn for almost two years, and it was washed white, except that there was no torn pudding, and it looked like that.

Da Zhuang's face was wiped red, standing in the cool air of the early morning, Zheng Qiu stepped forward to hold him, walked towards Lin Piao's house, and told him all the way.

"When you get to Brother Shen Hong, you have to be obedient, don't make trouble for your sister-in-law, you have to listen to what they say."

"Father, I know." Da Zhuang nodded seriously.

"Get along well with Erzhu and them, you also have to listen to them, they are also brothers, don't make them angry."

"Father, I know."

Zheng Qiu's heart sank all the way, he thought all the way, and Da Zhuang responded to me one by one.

When he arrived at the door of Lin Piao's house, he suddenly pushed the door open, revealing a surprised face: "Uncle Qiu, Da Zhuang, why did you come so early, this Erzhu just got up, next time you don't have to be so early, you can sleep more." ”

Zheng Qiu couldn't answer, looking at Lin Piao's smiling face, he didn't know why the whole person suddenly fluttered lightly, and the stone in his heart seemed to disappear all at once.

Lin Piao walked to the second aunt's house by himself: "Come on, it is estimated that breakfast has just been made and it is hot." ”

Zheng Qiu and Da Zhuang followed him into the door in a daze, and Da Zhuang saw his little sister-in-law walking around in the courtyard, the courtyard was steaming white, and his figure was hidden inside, and when he walked in front of him after a while, he stuffed something into his arms.

Hot, white, nestled in his arms, a boiled egg.

"Eat quickly, class will start later."

Lin Piao stuffed another one into Zheng Qiu's hand, Zheng Qiu couldn't shirk it, so he could only sit down in the courtyard and eat, and then stood up uneasily: "The child is here, I still have to take care of the land." ”

"Uncle Qiu, you can't cook alone, come over and eat together at noon."

"It's not going to work...... How can this be done? ”

"What's not to do, now there are more and more people here, and there are more and more children to take care of, the second aunt may not be busy alone, you come over to help the second aunt fight, and by the way, you won't delay the meal."

Zheng Qiu thought for a while, what Lin Piao said was not a lie, there are many people on Shen Hong's side, and there are more and more things to take care of, and the second sister-in-law is too busy to be alone, he came over to do some work, and he can still look at Da Zhuang.

"Cheng, I'll come over after finishing the field."

Da Zhuang had breakfast and joined the ranks of early reading, and in the past two days, Da Zhuang had received almost ten new students, due to the uneven progress, Lin Piao divided them into two classes, although they were studying in a courtyard, but the progress of the large class and the small class was different, and this matter obviously gave Shen Hong a headache for a while, but soon, he came up with a solution.

Shen Hong asked the people in the large class to assign tasks, and he taught the people in the large class new things, and the people in the large class were responsible for teaching the people in the small class to read the Three Character Sutra, and as long as the people in the small class made progress fast enough, they could be promoted to the large class.

Erzhu and Ergou Dasheng and the others had a miserable face, they had only learned the tail of a thousand characters, and now they had to teach the newcomers to read and read every day, and they tasted the madness when Shen Hong taught them.

Lin Piao comforted them: "Review the old and learn the new, how long have you only learned the Three Character Sutra, if you don't consolidate it well, you may forget it in a blink of an eye, this will be the time to strengthen your knowledge." ”

The two pillars and two dogs Dasheng were fooled by him and bravely devoted themselves to teaching.

Children don't necessarily listen to their parents, but they must listen to the leading big brother, not to mention that there are so many leading big brothers here, Shen Hong is very knowledgeable (for them), Erzhu is extremely powerful, Ergou is smart and cunning, Dasheng treats people down-to-earth, there is always one that can clean them up, a group of children will be honest as soon as they enter the school, with a pair of clear and ignorant eyes, secretly vowing to get the approval of the eldest brother.

Inside the courtyard wall is the sound of immature reading aloud, floating in the morning mist of the countryside.

Although it is crisp and good-sounding, Lin Piao has a headache when he is noisy, and he always finds time to go for a walk in the mountains to clear his ears, sometimes his second aunt accompanies him up the mountain, and sometimes Uncle Qiu accompanies him.

Picking wild fruits in the mountains, picking mountain peppers, soaking sour and delicious sour radish, because there are more students, the bundle of bunches received is naturally rising, two of them are in good condition, quite sent some things over, usually always send some egg cakes over.

Everyone's food level has also begun to improve, stewed chicken soup, pickled pepper rabbit, hot and sour chicken offal, stuffy duck, you can always eat a dish of meat in a meal, although because there are too many people, one person will get a few bites, but for Lin Piao, a gluttonous person, the taste is already half satisfied.