The man sighed and said: "Yes, Li Bo's shopkeeper didn't say it, he actually said that when we open up the wasteland, if we pick up any strange and interesting stones, you can also send them to the shop to exchange for RMB." www.biquge.info A while ago, I dug up some green stones in the mountains and sent them to him, and he was very happy to see them, and not only rewarded me with one yuan of renminbi, but also gave me a bag of sugar. I thanked him again and again, and he said that he didn't need to thank him, but thanked Mr. Houlong if he wanted to thank him. ”

The woman hurriedly bowed to a simple portrait pasted on the stove: "Yes, yes, yes, I have to thank Mr. Houlong." We lost the kudzu grassland, I thought that the whole family would starve to death at this time, but I didn't expect to escape to Yinxian County, and the shop opened by Mr. Houlong was a gift to the family and food, and the family finally didn't have to starve and freeze anymore, which was all Mr. Houlong's favor. ”

Mr. Houlong on the portrait has a big beard, the ink used by the painter in the countryside is thick, and the pen is broken, so the painting has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and because it is pasted on the stove, it is smoked, and it is dirty, but the peasant family has great respect for this portrait, and the woman also specially got some wild fruits from the mountains, and put a dish in front of the portrait.

The man licked the bowl clean, said with satisfaction, and said, "I'll go to the god bean kiln to take a look, and next year's harvest will all depend on this god bean." ”

The man got out of the shack, opened a small cellar, climbed in, and looked carefully, a bunch of divine beans were lying in the cellar with a good look, this divine bean originally only had three or four, which he stole from Houlong Village, a few days ago, three immortals came to the sky, one was a child, one was a fairy who was so beautiful that people didn't dare to look at it directly, and one was a bookish immortal, the three of them showed their immortal skills on the nearby mountain, and cultivated a mountain after a mountain of divine beans, and the three or four divine beans of their own family were blessed by them to become this big pile。 With this bunch of beans as seeds, there will be a bumper harvest next year.

The man stroked the bean, smiled deeply at the wrinkles on his face, and then came out of the cellar satisfied.

When the man returned to the shack, his son and dog also came back, and as soon as he came home, he took out an egg from his arms: "Mother, I am not willing to eat salted eggs in Yixue today, I am not willing to eat them, I brought them home, you can taste them." ”

The woman was heartbroken and happy, and stroked the dog's face with her wrinkled hand: "Since it is given to you in Yixue, then you can eat it yourself, this is Mr. Houlong's kindness to you, we adults can't take advantage of this." ”

The dog said: "It's okay, many children in Yixue are the same as me, they are wandering from other places, they all secretly bring food home, the second sister who shares the food is kind, every time she pretends not to see it, and secretly stuffs us with a few more bites of food." ”

The man frowned and said loudly: "How can this be? You originally ate the food in Yixue, which is already a great favor from Mr. Houlong, if you eat more and occupy more, and even take it home to your parents, isn't that taking advantage of Mr. Houlong?

Hearing the anger in his father's words, the dog knelt down and said loudly: "My son doesn't dare to come nonsense, this egg is my son's share, I am not willing to eat it, I take it home to my father, I really don't dare to eat more." ”

Although the woman feels sorry for her son, she also knows that this is a man who makes rules for his son, although the family is poor, but the poor must be poor and have backbone, if a person goes the wrong way since childhood, he will not be able to change it when he grows up, and his life will be over.

Not only did she not persuade her, but she said: "Your second sister is kind to her, we can't think that it is the goalkeeper, in the future, you must not bring the food back home, you can eat as much as you want, as long as you learn the skills, even if you are hungry, you will be happy." ”

The dog hurriedly replied loudly, he pointed to the salted egg: "Dad, mother, then this egg - I have already taken it home, and then return it, not good, in this way, other children will not dare to take it home, some children are poorer than our family." ”

The man thought for a moment: "Let's not take it as an example." ”

The dog happily stuffed the salted egg into the woman's hand: "Mother, you can eat it quickly." ”

Where is the woman willing to eat, put away the salted eggs, and planned to add a dish to the grandfather and son tomorrow, she said: "You say this is called salted eggs? This is really fresh, and the eggs are still salty?"

Gou'er smiled: "There are not only salted eggs in Houlong Village, but also Songhua eggs, the Yixue class has talked about the method of making salted eggs and Songhua eggs, these eggs are sold in the market, but they are much more expensive than ordinary eggs and duck eggs, and the major restaurants are rushing to get them." In the past, the villagers of Houlong Village made their own salted eggs and Songhua eggs to sell in the market, but now people can't look down on these small money, and there is a shortage of people in various workshops in the village, so these small businesses are not done. I've copied the recipe here. ”

As he spoke, the dog took out a piece of paper from his bag and copied two squares with a pencil in simplified Chinese and punctuation.

The woman took the prescription, although she didn't know how to read, but she understood that this was another way to make money at home, she immediately calculated, there was still a few pennies in her private room, and when the newly embroidered handkerchief purse was sold, she had the capital to buy eggs and duck eggs, and then what salted eggs and Songhua eggs were made according to the recipe.

Seeing his mother's joy, the dog plucked up his courage and said, "Mother, Teacher Li in Yixue said that I have studied my homework well and asked me to go to class during the day in the future." ”

The woman was stunned: "You also go to class during the day, but you have to help your father with farm work during the day." "The children of poor families have to work, and at the age of a dog, they are already half a laborer, and they can help his father do a lot of work, such as carrying water, chopping wood, digging ditches, and drawing water, and if he also goes to school during the day, the burden on the family will be heavy all of a sudden.

The dog rubbed his hands: "Mother, this is a rare opportunity, only seventy or eighty children in Yixue can listen to the daytime class, I heard, it is a scripture taught by Mr. Houlong himself, which is equivalent to half a foot stepping into the door of science." ”

The woman hesitated and looked at the man, who frowned: "What's the matter, dog, do you also want to learn to practice? This cultivation is extremely expensive, where can people like us cultivate immortals?"

Dog Er hurriedly said: "The practice of science is different from other sects, the cultivation is merit, the practice is mundane, Mr. Houlong specially taught us how to burn coal and make steel, I heard that in the future, we will learn what will fly balls, carts pushed by teapots and other knowledge." ”

The men and women's eyes widened: "What?!The cart pushed by the teapot? Aren't you crazy? How can this teapot push the cart? It's not a cow or a horse? I don't even have legs, how can I push it?"

The dog was quite proud, he was in the Yixue class, when he heard Brother Hao say this, he also thought that Brother Hao was crazy, but Brother Hao only did one thing, so he was convinced. At this time, he drew a gourd in the same way, filled the tin teapot at home with water, and put it on the briquette stove: "Father, mother, look at this teapot." ”

The man and woman watched their son toss, the teapot boiled quickly, and the mouth of the teapot was full of white steam, and the woman was about to reach out and lift the teapot, but the dog stopped her: "Mother, wait." So saying, he took a rag and plugged the spout.

The woman blamed: "What's the blame for this, I don't mention the water when the water is boiling, and I don't need money for this coal." ”

But she hadn't said a few words when she saw a sudden burst of white heat erupt from the lid of the teapot, and the iron sheet flew up over the lid of the teapot, and fell to the ground with a bang.

The woman hurriedly picked up the lid of the pot, wiped the mud stains on it with a painful heartache, and scolded: "Dog, do you have itchy skin?

The dog was triumphant: "Dad, mother, have you seen it?" This teapot lid is made of iron sheet, and the weight is not light, but because the hot gas is blocked by me, the spout is blocked, and there is nowhere to go, so I actually force the lid to fly! This is the power of steam! Brother Hao Ge'er said, if we make the teapot very big and big, and burn it in the same large coal stove below, the steam generated by heating will not know how great the strength is, more than that of cows, horses, and donkeys, and this steam can help people do a lot of things!"

The man didn't think so at first, his son was messing around, but he listened to it, but he was fascinated, and he slapped his thigh hard: "Oh, this is amazing, this cow, horse and donkey have to be fed with high-quality good food, and if you are not careful, you will get sick, and you have to take care of it carefully, but the extra-large teapot you said is made of iron, and it eats coal, and you don't know how to work at all, even if people rest and sleep, the big teapot can continue to work." ”

The dog nodded again and again: "Dad's words can be to the point, Teacher Li of Yixue said that this is mechanization, and the machine made of iron is used to replace people to work, and that person can enjoy happiness." ”

The man smiled from ear to ear: "You don't have to work to eat and drink, that's not a fairy-like day--by the way, dog, that's what you learned during the day? Learn! We must learn! The family is developed, but it depends on you! Dad is useless, he will only dig and eat in the soil for the rest of his life, and the glory of the ancestors depends on you!"

When the dog heard that his father agreed to attend his daytime class, he was overjoyed, and he said: "Dad, the Yixue has arranged for good students in the class to give literacy classes to foreign workers, as long as they are taught to recognize a hundred words, they will be rewarded and paid." I can teach classes during the day and literacy classes at night, so that I can earn a few more yuan for my family. ”

The man nodded again and again: "Medium! Medium!"

The woman liked it so much that she didn't know what to say, so she held the dog in her arms and groped his face: "Our dog is actually going to be a little gentleman for others, it's amazing, it's amazing." Literacy class, recognize a hundred words, obediently, you can't recognize a single word in a basket. (To be continued.) )