Yesterday's terrible battle has passed, and it is another hot morning. The two brothers of the Tong family came, and the little beggar also went, but they didn't see Qi Xiaoxiao and Chen Fatty for a long time. The appearance in the thatched hall has not moved since the little beggar left. When it was time for the lecture hall, the old head came, but he threw down the sentence "fix the tables and chairs in the house", and carried his hoe to the countryside.

"Mr. Gu, are you angry?" asked Tong Hu, shrinking his head.

"I don't know, I don't think so. "The little beggar really didn't understand, yesterday the old head saw himself guarding the dilapidated thatched hall, and only called him out for dinner, so he didn't say anything. When I sat in the courtyard after dinner, I didn't mention the broken school.

"How could it not be. Mr. Gu accepted us to read and write, not to pay for silver taels, and we also smashed his things. Tong Shi hurriedly interjected, feeling that he couldn't help it.

"But he ...... two"

"That's to blame, too. Before Tong Hu finished speaking, he was interrupted by Tong Lion, "Chen Lu greeted me and the two of us, we misunderstood that he wanted to bully me in a different way, so he ran away, leaving Chen Lu faceless, he has always cared about these things the most." Also, he did bring four boxes yesterday, two more than usual. ”

"That's not to blame him, he always bullies the children in the village, or I'll run away or something. Tong Hu drooped his head.

The three of them immediately fell silent. Let's talk about this, everyone is at fault, but everyone is right, he Chen Fat has done a lot of evil, and the two brothers were bullied and afraid, so they didn't dare to say anything, so they had to hide. Where did you ever think that Chen Fatzi would also have a kind eyebrow and kind intentions? Looking at his angry appearance yesterday, it can't be faked.

"What now?" asked Tong Hu, scratching his head.

"I can only repair the tables, chairs and benches, so that I can give Mr. Gu an explanation. The child lion lowered his head, if he didn't fix it, he must have gone to school, and when the family asked, he had to be scolded again.

Fortunately, they are all children of peasant families, although they are young, they have done all kinds of rough work. The three of them picked up the planks and sticks that could be used in the thatched hall, took small axes and went to the outskirts to cut bamboo, but most of the effort had passed, and not a single bamboo had been cut. "Why are the three of us doing it? I'll find Qi Xiaoxiao and call Chen Fatzi. Tong Hu said, his heart became more and more unbalanced, the little beggar didn't care, or silently buried his head in chopping bamboo.

The two brothers of the Tong family threw away the tools and ran towards the village, and after a while, they saw the two of them come back with Qi Xiaoxiao, who still had bruises on his face, all of them were angry, but they were helpless. Qi Xiaoxiao didn't say a word, didn't seem to see the little beggar, took the axe and went to the side to chop the bamboo.

Chen Fatty didn't come with him, looking at the appearance of the three people who were fried and fried, it was estimated that they were deflated by Chen Fatty Meat. How did the little beggar know that Chen Fatty didn't even let them in, only leaving Qi Xiaoxiao to kick the door of his house loudly.

Nanxi Village, Chen Lu's house.

In a low-slung village hut, Chen Feirou's house is extremely prominent. Most of the houses are thatched huts and wooden houses, but his house is a house built of stone, which was newly built for his mother and wife after Chen Lu's father developed up. The house and courtyard were newly repaired, but the corners of the large courtyard have been left with dilapidated thatched huts that have not been demolished.

"Why don't you go out and have a look?" a woman in her forties looked at Chen Lu, who was sulking in the corner in front of her, and said with a kind face. The woman was dressed modestly, with her hair tied in a cloth, and she looked like a peasant family.

"Everybody hates me. I obviously brought two more boxes yesterday. ”

"You're always bullying them. ”

"But if I don't bully them, others will bully me. Chen Fat's round body shrank in the corner, the thatched house was in tatters, but he did not dislike it at all in the village landlord's house, this is his eternal home, whenever he is in a bad mood, only this leaky place can help him block the wind and rain.

As he spoke, tears fell from Chen Fat's eyes. When he was very young, his father left and married another woman in the town, so Chen Fatty became a gossip in the village. When adults talk too much, they will inevitably be listened to by children, and this will be passed around, and he will become the child who has no father to raise in the mouth of rural children.

Chen Fatty was not fat before, but after being ridiculed, he had to eat more, and when he ate too much and had strength, he began to bully the children around him, and his reputation as a bully naughty boy also spread. In his young opinion, if he is afraid of bullying others, no one dares to say in front of him that he is a child without a father, and he will live as a fat meat in other people's mouths.

Chen Lu buried his head in his chest, refused to speak, and sobbed quietly, his body trembling constantly.

The woman looked at the poor man in front of her, and gently stroked the palms of her hands, which had been roughened by farm work, on his head and ran them along his hair. For so many years, Chen Fatty has no friends, but there are little followers around him, but they are all scared by him. The children in the village have fathers and mothers, and only wild cats and wild dogs can give him some comfort, until that day when he knew that the little beggar had no father and no mother, he suddenly became a little happy and a little heartbroken, and a sentence of "You are my brother" became his stubbornness.

"Lu'er, not everyone wants to bully you. Niang is a peasant family, not as good as you who read sage books, and you can't tell the big truth, but as long as Lu'er is happy when she is with them, Niang will be happy. ”

"Happy?" Chen Fatty was a little confused for a while, he didn't know the answer, but he knew that he couldn't be happy when he was a child after beating Qi, or when he was bullying the children in the village, he couldn't be happy either. Maybe at the beginning, he would be happy because those who scolded him were beaten and cried, but when the people around him called him Chen Fat, he was really sad. In the end, even he didn't know, learned to look at no one, learned to speak ill of each other, and became his own protective color.

"Mother doesn't like Lu'er to be unhappy. The woman took Chen Lu's hand and smiled kindly, "Some people may ...... if you miss it."

"Maybe not, maybe not, the old gentleman taught. Chen Lu suddenly looked at the woman in front of him, and squeezed out a smile with tears, and his snot spurted out. The woman pinched Chen's fat little nose and smiled and carefully wiped it off for him.

The mother and son quietly leaned against this small dilapidated house for a long time.

"Mother, you still have someone who hasn't missed it. Chen Fatty looked at the woman in front of him with a smile, said this, and without looking back, he took the two food boxes on it and ran away.

The woman shook her head, scolded "bastard," and laughed.

......

It was noon, and the four little beggars cut down the bamboo. Qi Xiaoxiao and the three of them went back to their home before they came, saying that the old gentleman would leave them for dinner at noon, so they would not return. Naturally, the parents of each family were happy, and they nodded vigorously in agreement, thinking that the old head was going to teach them that set of immortal things. However, this is not the case, not only did they not leave them to eat, but the old head and the ancient mother-in-law did not come back until noon. I had no choice but to starve.

The four of them dragged the bamboo to the courtyard and cut off the bamboo leaves, when they suddenly saw a chubby figure running towards them.

"What are you doing here?" Qi Xiaoxiao saw Chen Fat, and his anger came up, and he didn't give a good face at all.

"Of course I'll pay for what I break. ”

"Hey, it's not like we're going to pick up the cheap when we're done cutting the bamboo. Qi Xiaoxiao said with disdain.

Chen Fatty snorted, directly picked up the small axe on the ground, and looked at Qi Xiaoxiao fiercely: "You can say a few per person!"

"Two!"

After hearing this, Chen Fatty took the small axe and left, ignoring the mockery from Qi Xiaoxiao behind him.

......

The sun was shining fiercely, and the four figures were sweating in the small courtyard. I didn't eat lunch, and when I saw the two food boxes left by Chen Fatty Meat, I was so hungry that I was a little disdainful, he Chen Fatty Meat was very delicate, and he came to work with snacks.

Most of the day was westward, and the four busy figures leaned against the big trees in the courtyard to catch their breath, and finally repaired the tables and chairs. As soon as the four of them sat down and didn't rest for long, they saw the fat figure who had left against the sun returning far away, dragging a bamboo in one hand, and walking the village road.

The four people under the shade of the trees really didn't expect Chen Feirou to drag two bamboos back, to be honest, the four of them dragged a total of two, plus the original scattered wooden strips, even if it was more than enough to make five tables and chairs. The little beggar patted his buttocks, and without thinking about it, he hurriedly stood up and ran over, leaving the three people in place, Qi Xiaoxiao turned his head and turned his head away, leaving only the Tong brothers looking at each other, a little embarrassed.

The two little beggars struggled for a while, and finally dragged the bamboo back. But now it's Chen Fat's turn to make it difficult, he can eat bamboo shoots, where can he make bamboo tables and chairs, and he was stunned for a while. The three of them in the shade of the tree looked funny, after all, they were still the children of a rich family who grew up pampered. But the little beggar laughed: "I'll help you." ”

Chen Fatty scratched his head a little embarrassedly, and only after a long time did he whisper a "thank you".

But as soon as the word "thank you" came out, Chen Fat, who was standing in a daze, was pushed away by Qi Xiaoxiao, "It's useless, don't hurry up, it's hard for Mr. Gu to explain when he comes back." With that, he walked to the little beggar and took hands, and the two brothers of the Tong family also followed.

As soon as Chen Fatty was pushed, the anger was about to come up, and when he saw Qi Xiaoxiao walking away, he laughed innocently.

......

When the sun sets, the reddish-orange light spreads over the entire sky, and my heart will be brighter. The roar on the tea mountain is clear and bright, and the farmers who return late on the village road are also humming a song, busy and leisurely. In the wild courtyard on the outskirts of the village, five tall, short, fat and thin boys were still beating and beating in the afterglow, holding thin hemp rope tightly wound. It's the little fat man who is the most useless, which coolie uncle shouted, and then he had to stuff the food into his mouth, sweating profusely, and laughing heartily. The little beggar was a little embarrassed and didn't dare to ask for it, but the little fat man asked, "Dare to ask the master, what to eat?", then he was gagged and laughed.

Pity the two bamboos that the little fat man pulled back, they are useless. He complained for a long time while running errands, and everyone dug a deep pit in the land next to the thatched hut and planted bamboo in it. The pit has been dug many times, the digging is shallow, the bamboo always falls, the deeper it is dug, where does it care whether it will take root and live, as long as it is so upright, it is a beautiful scenery.

......

"Chen Lu, the nickname Chen Feirou is not as good as Chen Feizhu. The little beggar said with a grin.