The pottery hall workers all stopped what they were doing.

Li Shuishan stepped into the door, and several big men looked at him with slippery eyes, and a middle-aged man with a wooden stick in his hand and a big thick neck in it turned around, pointed beside him, and said, "This is our ginger's livelihood, and it is also your guy's meal, don't be lazy, otherwise I will be merciful and invite you away." ”

Li Shuishan took advantage of the fact that the big thick-necked man didn't pay attention, so he ran to the back of the crowd, and looked at an old man with a pipe rolled in his hand, a gray robe on his body, and two wooden beads in his hand, as if he had come here to enjoy it, "I am not used to staying at home, and I am guilty here, and my little granddaughter is really not worry-free." ”

"A group of people outside, how many of them can do what meets the standards of our family, if you can't be idle, I will arrange you in the old family in the city, the crooked mother-in-law's house, how many workshops for you to call, what are you not satisfied with. ”

The gray-robed old man took a puff of cigarette, and the voice of reprimand rose one after another in the room, and then the delicate voice was mixed with hoarseness, "Grandpa, let me do it at this time, otherwise I will be unwilling, and I will be weak and sick, and then ......"

Speaking of this, the gray-robed old man took a puff of his cigarette, mumbled, looked at Jiang Yun, and turned his head, "I really think I can't do anything about you If Jiang Liang at home provokes trouble and is dragged back to the house by me, you can stay here for a few days." ”

"I don't care about this matter, I'm just passing by here, next time I'll ask your father to drag you back in person, your mother thinks how many times you've cried, and I don't see you distressed. Speaking of Jiang Yun's heart, he was silent for a while, "The granddaughter will go back soon, so don't worry about it." ”

"What about Jiang Chenggong", the black-robed old man could even scream, and walked out from a corner next to him.

"I'm here. ”

"Take good care of my ginger girl, if you don't want to go back, forget it. He said calmly, and with the middle-aged man with a big thick neck, he turned around and walked out of the room slowly.

"I don't think you, like me, want to go back. He said.

"That's exactly what my uncle said. She walked out and smiled.

There was a knock outside the door.

"Start work, start work. Lao Yao pulled the clay on the ground, dragged a broken sack, gritted his teeth and said.

Li Shuishan, who was hiding behind the crowd, just saw the big man in the gray robe walking out.

"It's coming. He rolled up his sleeves and ran in, Jiang Yun sat on the chair and pondered, took a sip of tea, and held it in his mouth, Jiang Chenggong next to him saw Li Shuishan staring, and turned his head.

After a while, Jiang Lao walked out of the house with a straw hat and saw Li Shuishan's busy figure smiling.

caused Li Shuishan to feel depressed, watched the tall figure leave, picked a hairy grass, held it in the corner of his mouth, and was still abusing in his heart, one day he went to him to drink and tell him a go.

At noon, the sun fell in the courtyard, provoking the donkey who brought in and pulled away the mud to scream bitterly, baring his big teeth, and the donkey boy next to him grabbed the donkey's mouth and poured a scoop of cool well water, shook his head, and pulled the mud out when he was stuck.

The figures walking in front of the door were exposed to the sun, and a few people looked at the bucket of water at the door that had just been changed, and when they put it down, it overflowed, and then a few big mouths of Chinese characters drank a scoop, and it was not enjoyable, so they dug a few more scoops.

It was Li Shuishan's turn to touch his head and come over to drink some water to quench his thirst, and the group of bareback men smiled and said to let him go and fetch water, "This water is better than the well water on the other side of the street, which is delicious and cold." ”

Li Shuishan looked at a group of muscular men, afraid that if he didn't say anything, he would be surrounded and give him good fruits to eat, so he had to pick up the bucket silently and slowly go to the streets and alleys.

There are a few fruit trees in the streets, and the fruits on them are red, and counting the number on them makes people dizzy, just to see that this fruit is not a peach, and it is not an apricot, but it is just pasted and smelled fragrant.

The fragrant and red little fruit made him can't help but pull one off and wipe it on his clothes, and take a bite, the sour smell rushed up the bridge of his nose to his brain, and he rolled his eyes for a while, which was like drinking sour water, and the saliva was dripping and dripping, spitting and foaming, and said: "It's so sour, it's really unpalatable." ”

There was an old man behind the tree, leaning against the wall to take a nap, and he smiled: "This fruit can't be eaten, it's just a matter of making tea and drinking, it's good that you kid didn't sour your front teeth." ”

He regretted it a lot, and when he walked here, he watched the water in the well splashing, and wanted to take off his clothes and take a cold shower, but the old woman next to him stared at it with a straight look, as if this well was famous, Li Shuishan drank a few more sips, and the old men sitting on the stone bench next to him shook their fans and closed their eyes and hummed songs, shaking their heads from time to time.

"You're here for the first time, right?" The old grandmother looked at it for a long time, and she didn't know this Li Shuishan's face, but she just felt very unfamiliar, so she asked.

"Yes, mother-in-law, what's the matter?" he filled the bucket at once, and then dragged the well rope down, "Remember, this well has a rule that no water can be poured out, and no rice can be washed for cooking, or tea and water must be boiled. ”

"How can there be so many requirements for this well?" This made Li Shuishan very puzzled, lest he wait until he could finish drinking the water and pour it on the ground, "If it is not used up or unintentionally poured on the ground, will there be anything abnormal?"

The old grandmother smiled, "There is no way, that is, you are unlucky for a few days, don't care about this spirit, remind you junior, don't do it." ”

He was just about to leave when he heard the old woman ask; What do you see in the well?"

Li Shuishan looked puzzled, shook his head, and said, "Nothing." ”

He walked back to the pottery hall with the bucket.

There were already a few big men with their upper bodies exposed in front of the door, wiping the sweat on the top of their heads, urging Li Shuishan.

The naked thin old man was the first to snatch the scoop and glared at a few of them, but they just stood and said with a smile: "Tiger head and tiger brain, you know how to bully this new apprentice." ”

They were too lazy to take care of the old man, turned their heads and didn't drink water, so they went to work, and the thin old man handed the scoop to Li Shuishan and said, "Remember not to be afraid of anyone in this pottery hall, I will support you." ”

He said in his mouth, and did not forget to give Li Shuishan an expression, he smiled, thanked him for his kindness, scooped up the water in the bucket and gave it to the thin old man, and said, "This water is very delicious." ”

The thin old man took a sip and nodded, "Everyone calls me Lao Yao, and you call me the same as them, but don't be unreasonable." ”

After listening to the old man, he went to help out, and by noon, the food he ate had changed again, much more delicious than the porridge that Li Shuishan drank in the hole, whether it was the perch with the chopped head, or the chicken that burned out the umami, all of which made him increase his appetite, so as not to eat too much, and it was difficult to walk and work.

The big man in it is indeed not as diligent as others, so he likes to take advantage of some small advantages. Take off the big shoes on your feet, hold your hands, and knock them on the stone platform below. I was still a little unconvinced and looked at the new kid, saying that a group of people in this group were bullied, and seeing people's rough faces, a thick arm like a bucket can strangle a person.

To be honest, they were all scared.

When they see the bully of the new kid, they don't bother. But the old Yao in charge of the affairs spoke, like a death order, which made them all breathe a sigh of relief. Because there hasn't been any human life here for a long time.

One of them died, because he did not fetch water, but slept on the ground with his mud bag in his arms, and was sunburned alive. Maybe it's dehydration, plus depression. Besides, there is nothing to do with others, it is all held in my heart.

"Horrible. ”

The big man who heard this ate a large chicken leg and chewed it wantonly in his mouth, looking at him to let him know who he was the boss of this place.

The call at the door was loud, as if something important had arrived.

"I shouldn't say that, I'm also a teenager with aspirations, how could I succumb to others. ”

But Li Shuishan didn't dare to shout loudly.

But what he is most unwilling to do is to be oppressed by others.

Among them, three big men holding fists, but the muscles on their chests are not as fierce as him, but they are afraid of their hands and feet, and they have such a fierce appearance in vain, even if they are extremely unfriendly to Li Shuishan. This young man, who had a similar fate as herself, was as thin as a bamboo pole, only snorted on his mouth, was often beaten, and did not dare to tell his family, and seemed to have an extremely similar aspect to him.

"I just went to practice my guts. ”

In the evening, he left as soon as possible, waiting for the thin young man at the entrance of the village.

"Ahh ”

He saw the newcomer Li Shuishan calling to him in the distance, so he shook his head at him, because he was going home to take care of his mother.

"What's wrong with your mother?" Li Shuishan ran over, he wanted to say but there was no way, it could only be useless to say it, "It's not much, I need to go home early." ”

"Do you want to go for a drink with me?"

"Drinking?" This is something Ah Gan has always wanted to try, and no one is willing to be brave with him, so he simply gives up. This time, he nodded and agreed to Li Shuishan's request.

In addition to being happy, he took Li Shuishan back to the house of the broken tile house, looked at the window frame half-hanging, and blocked the air leakage on the wall with discarded straw, it seemed that the house was also some years old, and he saw his mother lying on the bed with her eyes closed, her eyes were wrinkled, and there was no movement when Ah Gan came back.

"It's coming, it's coming. ”

His mother couldn't open her eyes, she was beaten by her father, and she couldn't see the sun and moon for the rest of her life. But he could still feel the sound of his son's dry breathing, and his ears, he could hear it.

He replied softly, "It's good to come back, it's good." ”

"Your uncle seems to have sent something good, and he told me to put it on the table, and let you have time to see if you still need help, be clever if you need it, and come back when you are done, and don't trouble them. ”

Li Shuishan walked lightly, not letting her hear that there were still outsiders coming, and quietly withdrew from the house. I heard a few sounds of cooking and waited until my mother finished eating. He breathed a sigh of relief.

In summer, the weather was very hot, and the late summer breeze at night brought coolness to Ah Gan's heart, so he said, "Could it be that someone deliberately blew the wind to cool me, and I have been waiting for a long time." ”

This big talk is like deliberately making fun of yourself.

Unlike the big house, there is a little girl wearing linen, shaking a fan, waiting for the young grandmother, the young master enters the hall, and sprinkles water in the yard so as not to get dusty.

At this time, Li Shuishan called him, "Ah, okay?"

"Alright, alright. ”