When Huang Xueheng heard Guo Dalu's three words, he chuckled in his heart -- When did Li Hua get involved with Guo Dalu? Do you still recognize him as a senior brother? Wait, before he left Yin County, Li Hua pestered himself to ask about the technique of printing on straw paper, but he was entangled by him and pushed Guo Dalu to the head, could it be said that Li Hua got acquainted with Guo Dalu because of this? However, this matter of recognizing Guo Dalu as a senior brother is too, too outrageous!

Li Hua is a master and teacher of the county school, and a scholar of the Eight Classics! Guo Dalu was mistaken for a fugitive slave by himself in the past, but now although he has a correct name and is an apprentice of a strange person in the famous mountains, after all, his identity and age are there, and he is just a country boy, how did he become Li Hua's senior brother?

Then what should I call Guo Dalu when I see him in the future? Still call him nephew? But Li Hua is his colleague, and he has a fellowship with his peers, so what should he call Li Hua? Isn't this all messed up?

At this time, I heard a few officials outside the house say: "Speaking of Houlong Village, I remembered that the straw paper was also the first to be sold from the people in Houlong Village, by the way, there is also a toilet." Since the spread of the manure accumulation method, everyone knows that this manure is a good thing for fertilizing crops, and they are looking for manure everywhere, and other villagers are angry that Houlong Village can get enough manure from a few toilets every day, and they also want to draw gourds in the same way, and want to build a few toilets in the market and the county seat. But people just recognize the toilets built in Houlong Village, especially the toilets with the big manure method written on the two outer walls of the bazaar, which are the most popular, and some people even make a special trip to it for convenience, saying that it is convenient there and can accumulate good deeds. Those foolish men and women in the countryside are truly unreasonable and absurd!"

The voice outside suddenly lowered his voice: "Alas, do you know? I heard that the method of accumulating fertilizer and punctuation marks were also circulated in Houlong Village, and the yellow pen sticker was just taken for now, and he said with a black heart that he had seen it from ancient books--"

A cough sounded, Huang Xueheng slowly paced out of his duty room, glanced at the officials who closed their mouths and looked embarrassed, and shook out of the yamen step by step, as soon as he entered the house, he immediately ordered the old servant to set up the car, he personally moved the box of gold to the car, and hurriedly went to Houlong Village - he suddenly found that every once in a while, he would change his impression of Guo Dalu, this kid always has unexpected moves, this godnephew, he still has to make a good friend, at least, he can no longer be treated as a nephew.

Huang Xueheng took the old servant to drive the car halfway, and suddenly ordered the old servant to turn around and go to the Huancun where his hometown was located, and when he arrived at the ancestral house in Huancun, his wife greeted him with a happy face: "Master, why are you here? Didn't you say that there is something important to do in Fucheng, and this matter has been done?"

Huang Xueheng nodded carelessly: "The matter has been done, I just came back from Fucheng, what about Man Yuan?" Man Yuan is the name of Huang Xueheng's son.

Huang's wife was embarrassed when she heard her husband ask her son: "This child ran outside early in the morning to go wild, you know that our children are not crazy with other children in the village, they just dig into which corner and make their own fools, and they don't pay attention to anyone except me on weekdays." Master, you have to think of a way, you can't let your child stay in the country for the rest of your life, right?"

Huang Xueheng sighed for a long time: "Child, mother, do you think I am willing to let Man Yuan be unproductive for the rest of his life? It's just that this child is congenitally deficient and much slower than others, if I let this child be a clerk like me, with his temperament, he would have been stripped of his skin and bones, and he would have swallowed so much that there was not even a slag left." Originally, according to my plan, I took advantage of the fact that I am now a pawn, and I will do a good job in Yin County, accumulate a good reputation, leave some shade, and then let Man Yuan Wu'er stay in the countryside for the rest of his life, be a rich man, and live a peaceful life. ”

Hearing her husband's sigh, Huang's wife said ashamedly: "Master, I'm sorry for you, I've had a knot for many years, and I only gave birth to a child in Manyuan, otherwise, you can bring a few more concubines--"

Huang Xueheng raised his hand: "I will never mention this again, I once found a famous doctor to show me the body, the Manyuan child was born insufficient, it is the loss of the five elements in my body, and it has nothing to do with you, as for asking for a few concubines, alas, I have seen too many wives and concubines in the yamen, and the concubines are fighting each other, and finally a good family is dissolved, and it falls apart under the outsiders' manipulation of right and wrong." ”

Seeing his old wife crying, Huang Xueheng's tone turned soft: "Don't cry, I know a strange person today, and I want to bring Man Yuan to his door, maybe in the future, I can bring a great opportunity to the child." ”

Huang's wife was overjoyed: "Is this really the case? I, I'll call the child." Huang's wife immediately called the servants of the family and went around looking for her son Huang Manyuan.

Huang Xueheng waited for a long time, and he was a little impatient, only to see a few sturdy servants, carrying his son Huang Manyuan and hurriedly running over, Huang Xueheng saw at a glance that the clothes on his son's body were hooked by tree branches, and his long hair was draped on his shoulders indiscriminately, and the headscarf was lost somewhere, and a few weeds were still stuck to his hair.

He was also used to seeing his son go out and wander around, making him unkempt, but he was not angry, and smiled gently at his son: "Man Yuan, where did you go today?"

Huang Manyuan's eyes dodged his father, and he said in a daze for a while: "In the mountains." ”

Huang Xueheng felt a pain in his heart, his son Huang Manyuan has been like this since he was a child, he can eat and drink, what do you teach him, he can learn everything, even literacy is very early, but he can't get along with people normally, he is nervous when he talks to people, his eyes don't know where to go, and if he wants to force him, he simply closes his eyes, doesn't say or move.

Huang Xueheng lowered his voice softer: "What are you doing in the mountains?"

"Look for the eggs. Huang Manyuan lowered his head, his shoes rolling on the muddy floor.

Huang Xueheng was stunned: "What are you looking for bird eggs? Do you want to eat eggs? Don't you have eggs and duck eggs at home, you want to eat eggs, just tell your mother, why go to the mountains and make yourself dirty?"

Hearing his father's voice suddenly became a little anxious, Huang Manyuan suddenly became nervous, and his words stammered: "Bird eggs, don't eat them, give birth to birds--"

Huang Xueheng was confused, what does this bird egg and raw bird mean?

At this time, a servant next to him whispered: "Master, I know that the young master is looking for birds' eggs, a few days ago, the young master saw the old hen at home hugging the nest and hatching the chicks, so he said that he also wanted to give birth to chicks, first took the eggs at home, put them under the armpits, sandwiched them day and night, and refused to put them down even when he went to bed, but the eggs were quickly broken, and the clothes and quilts were dirty, and the young master was not allowed to touch the eggs. So the young master ran to the mountains, digging out the bird's nest, and wanted to put the bird's eggs in the arm's nest to continue to hatch. ”

Hatching eggs in the armpits?

Huang Xueheng's scorched beard kept shaking, his hands were trembling, if it wasn't for his son's congenital disease, he would have slapped him a long time ago, he looked at it, and saw that his son's armpits were a little wet, thinking about it, he must have stuffed the bird's eggs into the armpits just now, he sighed: "Man Yuan, you are a human, not a chicken or a bird, you can't hatch eggs." ”

Huang Manyuan suddenly raised his head and looked directly at his father: "Why?"

Huang Xueheng was stunned: "What, why?"

Huang Manyuan said: "My son touched the hen's buttocks, the chicken buttocks are hot, and the son's armpits are also hot, why can the chickens hatch, but the son can't hatch?"

Looking at Huang Manyuan's serious face, he firmly believed that he could hatch eggs, Huang Xueheng shook his head helplessly, and a few servants next to him couldn't help it, laughing out loud, Huang Xueheng glared at them: "Whoever laughs, go down and get ten slaps, come on, change clean clothes for the young master." ”

After a while, Huang Manyuan, who had changed into new clothes, was sent to Huang Xueheng, Huang Xueheng said: "Son, Daddy took you to meet someone, this person is only a little older than you, but he has a real ability, you will follow him in the future, how much you can learn depends on your blessings." ”

Huang Manyuan lowered his head and remained silent, Huang Xueheng waved his hand, let the old servant help his son get into the car, nodded at the old wife with tears in his eyes, and the carriage had to go.

After a while, Huang Xueheng's carriage arrived at Houlong Village, he came to Houlong Village, and drove to Zhu's old village chief's house: "Old Zhu, where is Guo Dalu's nephew's house?"

The old village chief Zhu hurriedly greeted him: "Alas, this is not a yellow pen sticker -- no, no, is it Lord Huang now? No wonder the magpie on the branch chirped in the morning, and it turned out to be a distinguished guest. ”

Huang Xueheng didn't take it big, jumped out of the carriage, and helped the old village chief Zhu who made a big salute: "Old Zhu, what kind of distinguished guest am I, do I know that now even Master Li, who is a county student, is also teaching children to read in your village." Okay, I'm not polite to you, I'm here to find Guo Dalu. ”

Old Village Chief Zhu said: "Guo Dalu and Li Huafuzi are both in the straw paper workshop by the stream, so I will take you there." ”

Huang Xuehengdao pulled the old village chief Zhu into the car and introduced: "This is my son Manyuan, Manyuan, I have seen Uncle Zhu." ”

Huang Manyuan lowered his head, stared at the floor of the carriage, and called out "Uncle Zhu" in a low voice, the old village chief Zhu had long heard that Huang Xueheng had a congenitally deficient son, and he didn't care, so he answered, pointed the road in the car, and took Huang Xueheng's father and son to the straw paper workshop.

As soon as Huang Xueheng jumped out of the car, he heard the sound of argument coming from the workshop: "No! No! This writing has been written vertically from top to bottom, from right to left, since ancient times?

When Huang Xueheng heard this voice, wasn't it Li Hua and Li Fuzi? He had always been gentle and elegant, why did he sound angry just now?

At this time, another voice said lightly: "Senior Brother Li, don't worry, think about it carefully, if there is no punctuation mark, it is okay to write vertically, but now with punctuation marks, especially the use of quotation marks and quotation marks in books, and then writing vertically, then this symbol will be messy? In contrast, it is much more convenient to write horizontally." ”