Chapter 20 Repayment of Debts

Three days later, he left home with his son and a little futon and lived in a cave not far away. In order to exchange for his wife's medical expenses, he gave the house and all the land to others out of context, and promised to move out today.

Not only that, but he also signed a one-year cheap deed of sale at a bridge construction site, and also borrowed some money from the bank. Now I can only pay off the debt little by little, and pay off everything I owed before. Otherwise, the father will repay the debt to the son, and he will let the son suffer this suffering, and he really does not want to.

Thinking that his son would have a catastrophe when he was nine years old, he knew that his time was short, so he worked hard. After doing the construction site, I have to find work to do in private, thinking that in addition to paying off the accounts, I also have to think about my son's future life.

In this way, he basically had to work two or three jobs a day, went back to the cave very late to accompany the children, and sometimes fell asleep on the haystack intermittently after returning, covered with a thin bedding. But fortunately, it's just summer, and it's not too cold.

The children of poor families have been in charge of the family for a long time, and they should have been intermittent and innocent, but they were hit hard and became a family. They had been living in this cave for more than half a month, the father went out early and returned late, and the son cooked his own food, and also cooked his father's share.

A pile of stones is simply piled up in the shape of a stove, a broken pot is placed on it, some wild vegetables are placed in the pot, and there is a small wooden barrel, this is their home.

One night, when the father came back late, and the son was waiting for him to fall asleep, the father asked after eating, "Do you feel bitter about such days?"

The son smiled and said, "It's not bitter, because you are by my side." ”

The father touched his head and said with a smile, "Me too, because you are by my side." No matter how hard and tired you are during the day, I don't feel tired when I see you at night. By the way, the children in the village have started to read again, so you can also go and audit. ”

The son said, "Well, I already know, I went twice during the day today." The first time I entered the house, I was kicked out by the gentleman who taught, and the second time I didn't enter the classroom, I studied quietly at the window. But while they were resting, the children found me and drove me away. ”

Although there was moonlight, it was night, and my father saw one or two bruises on his face after a closer look, and he asked, "They beat him, does it still hurt?"

"It didn't hurt, they didn't have any strength, I broke free and ran away at once, they didn't run as fast as me. Later, I observed that there was a hidden place behind the house, and they should not find out, so I will go there tomorrow. "There's some excitement in the intermittent conversation.

The father smiled bitterly: "Well, learning more things will be good for you." It's really hard for you. Thinking that he didn't have much time, and seeing that the child was quite clever, he was a little relieved about his future.

In the days that followed, the father went out early as usual, and the child went out after eating.

In the village before them, there was a lake facing the place where the gentleman was taught, and the weeds were overgrown between the houses and the lake. Intermittently hid in the grass, looking through the gap between the two planks, and studied carefully.

Sometimes when the children have a long rest, they will run far ahead of time, and when they all enter the house and start the lecture again, they will quietly sneak back to their own position, and after several analyses, it is now also smooth sailing.

The husband taught the children to write, and the children took a brush to write on the paper, and the husband also walked around to correct the children's mistakes. Listening intermittently, he stretched out his right index finger and licked it in his mouth, letting his fingers stain his saliva, and then wrote on the wooden board of the house wall. But licking can write up to two strokes at a time, and sometimes he doesn't even finish a word, which makes it difficult for him to do it. But that's the only way to go, and it's nice to be able to listen here.

Sometimes it rains heavily, and he will be drenched all over his body intermittently, but he still does not leave, and he is serious and composed there. Sometimes he was lost in thought, completely oblivious to the water from the eaves falling on his back. If it only rains for a short while, it will be fine, but it will be dry on the way back. But if the next whole day is miserable, you have to wear wet clothes all day. Fortunately, no matter how wet he is, he will not catch a cold or get sick, which can be regarded as the favor of God. In fact, it was the ice heart in his body that was playing a role, he didn't know.

At night, in the cave, there was a small fire and two people. Intermittently and happily told his father what he had learned today, and he also licked his fingers and dipped his saliva in the way of writing on the flat stone one by one.

My father was very pleased and said, "Why don't I go and buy you the four treasures of the study, pen, ink, paper, and research, so that you can write a few beautiful words?"

Intermittently said: "No, it's good like this, I'll get it with a bamboo tube of water in the future." We'll pay off the bills first, and you can take a break. ”

My father said, "But if you use water, you won't be able to finish writing, and you won't see a complete word." ”

Intermittently, "I can write on the ground." ”

"Okay. ”

After a few more days like this, he came back out of chapter in the evening, and when he saw his son, he said happily: "Come, make you the four treasures of the study." ”

The son was very happy to open the wrapped cloth, which contained a square plank more than a foot wide, a small bag of river sand, and a thin stick the length of a brush.

Intermittently excitedly said: "Father, you are so smart, why didn't I think of it." ”

Lay the plank flat on the ground intermittently, then pour the sand on the plank, smooth it with your hands, and finally write on it with a thin stick. After writing the full word, wipe it with your hand again, and you can repeat it, and when you don't write, you will put the river sand up again, and it is also easy to carry, and it is indeed the four treasures of the book.

My father said, "When I was building the bridge, I saw that there was some waste wood, so I asked the master carpenter to help me and went to the river to get some river sand. In this way, you can write all the words you write, but you can't write many words at once. ”

Intermittent was very happy: "It's okay, that's enough." Father and son laughed happily.

In the following time, he carried a small wooden plank on his back, carried river sand, and quietly sneaked into his position with a small wooden stick. After arriving, he fiddled with his small sand table, wrote repeatedly on it with a wooden stick, and listened carefully. Once a small snake crawled on his sand table, and he didn't care about writing in the free place, and the two were fine.

In this way, the four seasons alternate, and as long as the husband lectures, there is no absence. Sometimes he felt that the gentleman here was too basic, so he went to another place where the children were studying. In nearly two years, he had learned what others had to learn in six years, and of course, the year his mother taught him should have been three years.

After going back intermittently in the afternoon, he cooked and waited for his father to come back to eat together, and in the process of waiting, he kept writing on the sand table, so uninterrupted, and made rapid progress. In fact, in terms of learning, he has already surpassed children who are one or two years older than him, but he doesn't know it.

In the past two years, he has aged very quickly, his skin has become very rough, and his hands are full of thick calluses, but he is very happy when he comes back. The intermittent height has also grown a lot, and although he wears rotten clothes picked up elsewhere, he still looks like a little boy.

Father and son ate and slept together, day after day, season after season. When it's hot, I sleep on the ground or on a rock, and when I wake up, I have many small packets of mosquito bites. When it was cold, they slept on straw mats, and then lit a small fire next to them, so they had several burns on their bodies, and they spent two years.

The blind sparrow has not been sick in the past two years, otherwise it would be troublesome. Intermittently because he was implanted with the ice heart by the old man when he was born, he was not afraid of the cold and the ground was freezing, and he relied on the fire to drive away the cold when he had a small cold during the discontinuity, but there was no waste of medical expenses. They do not complain, they do not complain, they enjoy the change of seasons, sigh at the beauty of the world, and often hear bright laughter in the cave far away from their homes in the middle of the night.

On the day he was nine years old, his father did not go out to work again, but went to the mountains to hunt a hare and came back. In the evening, they made a fire in the hole and roasted the rabbits.

Out of context: "Today is your ninth birthday, let's start a meat celebration for a while." ”

"Well, it's been a long time since I've eaten meat. I also celebrate that my father has finally paid off all his debts, and we can live freely from now on. ”

Broken Chapters laughed and said, "Well, in fact, I paid it off half a year ago, and I also saved some money for you in the past six months." ”

Intermittent surprise: "Ah, why didn't you say it earlier, you don't have to be so happy when you pay it off, you don't need to save any money for me." ”

They tore and ate the rabbit and said out of context: "I don't have much time, and you will have to walk alone in the future." ”

After hearing it intermittently, a sense of fear suddenly arose, and he asked, "What do you mean? Why does it sound so familiar, like what my mother told me before?" ”

Out of context, it doesn't matter, and says, "Hmm." Almost, my time is coming. ”

He stopped eating meat intermittently and asked, "Why?" what do you know, and you are so fearless, and even a little happy. ”

"Seeing that you now basically have the ability to live independently, and you have completed the knowledge that other children can learn in six years in these two years, I can basically rest assured, it would be nice if I could accompany you for another two years. However, I am already content. It's also time to spend time with your mother and report back to her about your current situation so that she doesn't have to worry. ”

Intermittently asked, "There are some things I don't seem to know yet?"

Out of context: "It's time to tell you the truth, in fact, when your mother was just pregnant with you, there was an old man ......"

I told him all those things one by one out of context, and after listening to them intermittently, I cried, and blamed myself: "It was all because of me, because of me, grandma, grandpa, and mother, and now it's your turn again." Why, why did you want me to come to this world, I would rather not come to this world, and I want you to live well. Why do you make such decisions without asking me how I feel, why?"

The father smiled and said, "Silly boy, we are all extremely happy and happy for your arrival, and we are also extremely proud, we are all willing, why should you blame yourself." If you are really ashamed, then live well and happily, this is what we want to see. ”

His father explained the truth to him for a while, and only then did he slowly untie the knot and become positive again. The father said, "If you can meet this grandfather in the future, you must repay him well, and you must treat him as your own grandfather, because he has already regarded you as his own grandson." ”

"Well, I remember. No wonder I'm not afraid of the cold or the cold, it turns out that Bingxin is protecting me. Intermittently touching his chest, he said to himself, "Thank you, Bingxin." Thank you, Grandpa. ”