Chapter 38: Apprenticeship
As the days passed, the weather got colder and colder.
In the blink of an eye, the snow fell intermittently for more than half a month, each one was bigger than the last, and the cold winter in the north finally came.
On this day, Zhu Shencone got up as early as usual, pushed open the door and saw that a heavy snowfall last night made the surroundings white, and even his small courtyard had fallen a thick layer.
With such a heavy snowfall, boxing is definitely not possible, and the snow in the courtyard is so thick that it is not even easy to walk.
Zhu Shencone found a broom and shovel, cleared the snow in the yard, and not long after sweeping, his sister-in-law Zhang also came out of the main house with Qiao'er.
"Thank you uncle." Seeing that Zhu Shencone was sweeping the snow, Zhang said a word to him, and when he saw Zhu Shencone's Qiao'er, he was excited to run over, but the snow on the ground, Qiao'er was small, and Zhang hurriedly grabbed it, saying that he would play after the snow was swept away.
"Father! Father! Snow! Snow! What a lot of snow! ”
Qiao'er was still a child, and the three-year-old child began to really have memories, perhaps this was the first real snow she had ever seen since she could remember.
Seeing such a big snowfall, and the white expanse of the yard, Qiao'er was so happy that she shouted at Zhu Shencong, and wanted to run over to play in the snow together.
Where did Zhang wait for Qiao'er to toss in the snow? The child is weak and the weather is cold, what should I do if I play in the snow and suffer from the cold? Although Qiao'er is just a girl, she is also the blood and blood of her and her deceased husband, and in this world, for the Zhang family, she is only such a dearest person.
But what does the child know, Qiao'er, who was already watching the snow excited, struggled to get over, but was dragged by her mother, and couldn't break free after a few strokes, Qiao'er shed tears as soon as her small mouth was flattened, and looked at Zhu Shencone pitifully, shouting with a crying voice, "Father!" Father! Snow! Snow! ”
"Little naughty, don't cry your nose, isn't my father here?" Zhu Shencone hurriedly stopped what he was doing and stepped forward, hugged Qiao'er from Zhang's hand, reached out to comfort her nose, and took out a handkerchief from his arms to help her wipe away her tears.
"Sister-in-law, it's rare to have heavy snow, so let Qiao'er play for a while." After comforting Qiao'er a few words, Zhu Shencone said to Zhang.
"Qiao'er is still young, and the weather is cold."
"It's okay, just don't let her toss the snow on the ground, come! You look at her first, look at me! Zhu Shencone knew what Zhang was worried about, smiled and said this, then handed Qiao'er to Zhang's hug, and said to Qiao'er, don't worry, look at it.
After finishing speaking, Zhu Shencone went to find a broken basket and came out, put the broken basket in a place in the yard, and then used a shovel to pile the pile of snow that had just been swept out onto the basket.
Seeing Zhu Shencone working so busy, Qiao'er didn't know what he was going to do with his round eyes, but Zhang Shi understood after looking at it twice, and a smile appeared on his face.
After a while, a chubby snowman gradually appeared, and the broken basket with snow outside was the snowman's body, and the big snowball rolled out of the snow was the snowman's head.
Seeing that this snowman was slowly forming in Zhu Shen's hand, Qiao'er Coke was broken, it was the first time she saw a snowman, she clapped her little hands and applauded, and wanted to run over to take a closer look.
"Don't worry, wait until I'm ready." Zhu Shencone turned around and said a word to Qiao'er, and continued the work at hand.
After a stick of incense, the whole snowman finally has a look, Zhu Shencone stood up straight and looked at it carefully, stepped forward and retouched, and then went to the corner of the courtyard to find some charcoal slag back, he put two charcoal slags of the same size and relatively round to the eyes of the snowman, and then took a long piece as a nose, and the last piece was placed in the position of the mouth, and when it was fiddled with, the snowman had eyes, nose and mouth, and looked more like a person.
"Isn't it good?"
"Good! Good! Qiao'er clapped her little hands excitedly, her happy little face turned red, this snowman is too rare, not to mention how cute she looks chubby, where is the slightest resistance for children to such things?
Let Zhang take Qiao'er to see the snowman, with the attraction of the snowman, Qiao'er can't care about playing in the snow. Zhang thanked Zhu Shencone, and his heart was relieved, Zhu Shencone smiled and waved his hand and said that this is all a trivial matter, as long as Qiao'er is happy, and then he continued to sweep the snow that had not been swept just now, and when all the snow was swept away, Zhu Shencone was also tired and sweating.
"Uncle Hard, go change your clothes, I've boiled ginger soup, remember to drink a bowl, don't catch a cold."
"Thank you, sister-in-law." Zhu Shencone responded, and hurriedly went to the house to wipe and change clothes, this era is not the next generation, just run to the hospital to hang a bottle of water or take some cold medicine at home.
Now there is no such condition, often a small illness can kill someone, although Zhu Shencone has always been strong, but he can't be negligent, he doesn't want to fall down because of a cold, especially in this era when there is no special medicine.
I went to the house to wipe my sweat, changed into dry clothes, and then drank ginger soup again. When it was finished, Zhu Shencone came to the hall, breakfast had been set, Zhang and Qiao'er had run out, Zhang took Qiao'er to watch the snowman play with her for a while, and now he has been hugged into the house.
With a simple meal, after eating as before, Zhu Shencone took the bowl and chopsticks to rinse it off, and then put it in the stove room.
Before he could get out of the stove room, he heard someone knocking on the door outside.
Rushing to the door, Zhu Shencone walked out of the stove room and walked quickly towards the door, and when he got to the door, he asked who was outside while lowering the bolt, and a familiar voice came from outside the door.
"Sixth Master! It's me! Second! ”
"The second year of junior high school? What are you doing here? "Open the door, it was really Wang Chuer standing outside the door, this kid was wearing a sheepskin jacket and standing happily at the door and smiling at Zhu Shencone who opened the door, seeing him Zhu Shencone hurriedly beckoned him to enter the door, and at the same time wondered why he came over early in the morning? Could it be that something happened in Wangjia Village?
Wang Chuer answered the call and entered the door, he didn't come empty-handed, he still brought things, there were a lot of things, a piece of bacon, two pheasants, and a honey dog.
Wang Chuer entered the door and put down the things, saying that in addition to bacon, Wang Jinwu went into the mountain to fight, this day became colder and colder, Wang Jinwu went into the mountain a few days ago, and he was lucky to hit some prey, and he left some, so that Wang Chuer specially brought these to Zhu Shencone.
Then there is no way to enter the mountain in this weather, it can be regarded as a New Year's gift from Wang Jinwu to his cousin in advance, this time Wang Chuer came to Pingyang to follow the big convoy passing by Pingyang, the big convoy went fast, they set off in the dawn of the day, this is not just into Pingyang City, Wang Chuer went directly to Zhu Shencone first.
asked if he had used it, Wang Chuer smiled and said that he had already used it. Zhu Shencone beckoned him into the house, and went to the stove room to bring a bowl of ginger soup boiled by Zhang's in front of him to drive away the cold.
After taking the ginger soup, Wang Chuer thanked him, took two sips and drank it, and after drinking, he put the bowl aside and talked to Zhu Shencone.
This time I came to Pingyang, in addition to coming to the city to buy some things, the main thing was to send prey to Zhu Shencone and meet him.
The last time Zhu Shencone returned to Pingyang from Wangjia Village, nearly a month has passed in the blink of an eye, and Zhu Shencone made explanations and arrangements when he left Wangjia Village.
"Sixth master, the people on the other side of Sheep's Head Mountain have passed, and the news that came back says that the people have settled down." Although it was at home, Wang Chuer didn't dare to raise his voice, and said to Zhu Shencone in a low voice.
"Who did my uncle arrange to come over? How many people? ”
"When you go, five will leave two, one is Yinsheng, and the other is Iron Tree."
Zhu Shencone nodded, he was familiar with these two people, and they were both his own people who followed Zhu Shencone to run salt in Wangjia Village. Among them, Wang Yinsheng needless to say, he is Wang Chuer's brother and one of the main members of the gang, as for Wang Tieshu, he is also his own person in Wangjia Village, although he is young, he is very practical and does things very safely, and his uncle Wang Rong chose these two to go to Sheep's Head Mountain after careful consideration.
"What's going on over there at Sheep's Head Mountain?" Zhu Shencone asked.
"There's nothing going on over there, and now the heavy snow will close the mountain Li Hu and they can't do anything, but the residence has been built, although it is not as good as the house in the village, but there is no problem with the residents, plus the sixth master, your previous arrangement, there is no shortage of food in the mountains for the time being, Yinsheng They also brought some food utensils when they went, and it is absolutely no problem to survive this winter."
Hearing him say this, Zhu Shencone was also relieved, the geographical location of Yangtou Mountain is important, and now Li Hu and these people have taken refuge in themselves, and Wang Yinsheng and they are in charge of the salt road in the future, these things must be arranged properly.
Wait until the snow melts in spring next year, and then Sheep's Head Mountain will play an important role, and Zhu Shencone is very concerned about Sheep's Head Mountain, this matter was explained to Wang Rong privately before leaving Wangjia Village, and Wang Rong naturally understands this.
"What is the situation in the village? Nothing, right? ”
"The village is good, this time I came to Pingyang to help the village buy some New Year's goods back, thanks to the sixth master, you ...... in the past two years." Wang Chuer grinned, and before he could speak, he was interrupted by Zhu Shencone raising his hand.
"There is no need to say this anymore, I am also from Wangjia Village, can I still be considered a person if I don't help my own people?"
Wang Chuer's face was grateful, although Zhu Shencone said so, but Wang Chuer is also a grateful person, what was Wangjia Village like before, what is Wangjia Village like now, isn't he Wang Chuer clear? If it weren't for Zhu Shencone who took Wangjia Village out of this salt road, where would he have a good life today?
"By the way, in the second year of junior high school, how are the two people brought back now?"
"You mean Master Zhang and Li You?"
Zhu Shencone nodded, and Wang Chuer smiled: "Li You, this kid is good, although he is as simple as his father, but he is a real person, these days he has followed Uncle Jin Wu to practice boxing and kicking, Uncle Jin Wu accepted him as an apprentice, and he has changed his name to Master." ”
This made Zhu Shencone a little surprised, but it was not strange to think about it carefully.
Wang Jinwu and Li Hu are originally straight men, although the two have fought once, but after that competition, not only did they not form a grudge, but became friends.
Especially now, Li Hu has taken refuge in Zhu Shencone, everyone is also their own people, Li Hu's son followed him to Wangjia Village, Wang Jinwu, as Li Hu's friend, it is natural to take care of one or two.
And Wang Jinwu's fist and foot kung fu is already good, although Li You is young, but since he was a child, he also learned some fists and feet with Li Hu, and the two became familiar with each other, and it was natural for Wang Jinwu to teach Li You to do some punches and feet. However, Wang Jinwu actually directly accepted Li You as an apprentice, which Zhu Shencone didn't expect, but this is not a bad thing, but a good thing.
The current master and apprentice are not the nominal masters and apprentices of later generations, the princes of heaven and earth are the masters, and the relationship between the master and the apprentice is almost comparable to that of father and son. Li You worships Wang Jinwu as his teacher, which is equivalent to a family, which will be of great benefit to Zhu Shencone's future arrangements.
"What about Master Zhang?"
"Master Zhang......." When it came to Zhang Xijun, Wang Chuer didn't answer immediately for a while, and Zhu Shencone saw his hesitant expression, and instantly became vigilant.