"Uncle Jiang, this is the firewood I picked up for you. It's getting cold. Fei Chai."

Because his mother Zhang Yanhong was seriously ill and could not work hard, Xiao Binbin had to go to the neighborhood to find the dead tree and go home early in the morning to save the wood for the winter. In addition, he had to find enough wild vegetables, because his family Because of the lack of labor, the rations of the mother and son are very small, and it is necessary to mix enough wild vegetables to cook together in order to barely eat enough.

The brother of Zhang Yanhong’s mother-in-law went out to work, but several sisters-in-law stayed in the village. She entrusted her more than one acre of land to several sisters-in-law and gave them more than one hundred kilograms of food each year. It is kind. Occasionally, when a man sends money back to cut meat, he will always give a small bowl to the mother and the child to solve the greedy.

The mother and son were so hard to support, I don't know how long it can last.

"Did you collect a lot of firewood yesterday?"

Yesterday, the river gave sugar to the children in the village. Those children spontaneously piled up the firewood in the firewood room, but the firewood did not help burning. If you want to keep warm all night, that firewood is enough for half a month. .

The original person fell into rheumatism because of the practice of exercise when he was young. When the wind and rain and the cold days, the bones in the bones were painful. The bed he slept in and the house he lived in had to be burnt hot to barely manage. Fall asleep comfortably.

Jiangliu is not a person who clearly has the conditions to treat himself badly, so he had contacted the owner of a coal yard he knew last night and sent a car of coal a few days later.

In addition to their own use, some are for the elderly in the village.

Not everyone is unconscionable. When things started to blame, when everyone blamed the river, there were still many people in the village who spoke for them, but many old people in the village did not have mobile phones and did not know the network. They thought they told reporters After the good words, the grievances of the original body can be washed away. Where do they know that some reporters are only willing to publish the news that the audience looks at, rather than publishing the truth that is true but boring in their mouths.

"It would have snowed in Yueshan Mountain after the last time. At that time, the firewood was soaked in the snow and it was not easy to burn, and it was not easy to collect firewood on snowy days."

The little boy who had been at home for a long time smiled a little, and then he was a little embarrassed, looked at Jiang Liu and asked, "Uncle Jiang, I will collect firewood for you every day from now on, aren't you going to take the apprentice, I am this year Just six years old, can endure hardships, can you accept me?"

It seems that this is too utilitarian, and Xiao Binbin quickly explained: "Even if you don't accept me, I will collect firewood for you."

Because he was too nervous, he said something stumbled, and as soon as his voice fell, he bowed his head in frustration.

He felt that he was now a bad boy in the eyes of Uncle Jiang. Does Uncle Jiang think he collected firewood for him to force him to accept him as an apprentice.

"Hardworking?"

Jiang Liu took the basket of firewood in his hand.

Although it wasn't winter yet, because of the rough work, the six-year-old boy had several cocoons on his hands, cracked finger joints, and many scratches on the back of his hands.

The cheapest glycerin is also unaffordable for this small family. Just as the mother and son Xiao Bin received a lot of firewood from a small factory in the mountain, he dipped the firewood paper with saliva and stuck it to the wound, or used the outer layer of the earthen stove iron pan The ash scraped down, these are the earth recipes handed down from the ancestors.

A child with such a pair of hands can indeed endure hardship.

Moreover, the memory of the original body tells him that this child is more diligent and harder than he imagined. The original body even firmly believes that this will be the best disciple he has taught and perfectly inherits the pedigree of their Jiang family.

But why did he hurt his body?

Turning the memory of the original body over and over, Jiang Liu is really unwilling to believe that this child will do things that are betrayal.

"I can do it, I can endure hardship."

Xiao Binbin didn't see the complex emotions in Jiang Liu's eyes. He only knew that since Uncle Jiang asked him this, it meant that he intended to accept him as a disciple.

He nodded violently, for fear that the river would not believe him.

"Come in three days and formally apprentice to learn art."

Jiang Liu didn't know how he would choose this time, and accepted his apprentice as originally planned.

"Uh huh."

Xiao Binbin was so excited that he couldn't himself. If Jiangliu had said to be a teacher after three days, I'm afraid he would want to kowtow to call a master now.

"By the way, I ordered the briquettes at the coal yard, you don't need to help me collect firewood anymore."

Not commenting on what Xiao Binbin might do in the future. Now his life is hard enough, and Jiang Liu does not mean to ask the other party to do nothing.

"Good Uncle Jiang."

As soon as Uncle Jiang bought briquettes, Xiao Binbin also extinguished his heart to help Jiangliu collect firewood. Their family had never bought briquettes, but Xiao Binbin also knew that briquettes were very resistant to burning.

Seeing Uncle Jiang's life strengthened his heart to learn art well. In the future, when he learned this skill and earned money, he would also buy a lot of briquettes so that his mother and two younger sisters could live warm and comfortable. winter.

"No, yes, master."

Xiao Binbin was also clever, and soon realized that it would be inappropriate for him to call Uncle Jiang at this time, and quickly changed his name to Master.

"Ok."

Jiang Liu responded and admitted his identity.

After Xiao Binbin left, the little girl who had been hiding outside the wall tucked in.

"Uncle Jiang, I and I want to learn too."

Jiang Liu looked at the person, and he found the girl's identity from the memory of his original body.

Xu Meihua, the Xu family is the surname in this village, Xu Meihua's father is a rare man in the village, he works outside the construction site, can earn more than 10,000 yuan a month, this is for the villagers A huge sum of money.

Moreover, Xu Meihua's father was filial. Unlike many young people in the village who went out, there was no news. He fixed his parents' money every month. With the money he earned, he built a small two-storey house.

Just a filial son may not be a good husband, a good father.

Xu Meihua’s grandparents wanted to hold grandchildren, and Xu Meihua’s mother gave birth to the Xu family three daughters, Xu Meihua is the oldest, already eight years old this year, there are two younger sisters, named Huaihua and Taohua, Huaihua is 6 years old and Peach Blossom is 5 years old.

Because of the failure to give birth to a son, Xu Meihua’s mother and daughter had a very difficult time at Xu’s house, especially when Xu Meihua’s father sent back a message saying that he was looking at the woman on the job site and received a marriage certificate. And after giving birth to a child, Xu Meihua's mother and daughter were swept out by Xu's old couple.

When Xu Meihua's mother married Xu Meihua's father, she was only fifteen years old, and she was never younger than the age of receiving the marriage certificate. Therefore, the couple had no legal proof, plus Xu Meihua's mother had no culture, guts Little cowardly, in the case of consciously not giving birth to his son's fault, honestly took three daughters-in-law to live in the old house of the Xu family, the mother and daughter were very sad.

It is a matter of course that Xu Meihua wanted to learn the skill.

"I and I can also endure hardships, and I can eat any bitterness."

Xu Meihua hesitated to watch the river flow and quickly expressed himself.

She was a girl. From the beginning, the girl was out of the choice of Jiangliu. Just seeing that she was so thin that she could break her arm as if it were folded, and her black and yellow skinny cheeks, Jiangliu was really not good to say something she refused.

"I don't accept female apprentices."

Jiang Liu shook his head.

The flame of hope in Xu Meihua's eyes was extinguished. She lowered her head and looked at her toes, then reached out and wiped her eyes, and turned to leave.

"However, for the next few days, I may need someone to help me cook. If you are willing to help, in addition to three meals a day, I can give you 100 yuan a month."

A hundred dollars in the outside world may only cost one meal for takeaway, but for the mountain people, it is enough to do many things, not to mention the rivers and three meals.

Cooking and cooking is not difficult for girls on the mountain. Xu Meihua started working for her mother when she was four or five years old. The cooking and cooking work at home was already taken over by her. She knew this It was Jiangliu who kindly helped her, nodded excitedly, and responded.

The next process is almost the same as the previous one.

The Xu and Wang families took their children to Jiangliu to study here. He also finally accepted 8-year-old Xu Quanjun and 6-year-old Wang Gouzi.