"Uncle Jiang, here is the firewood I gathered for you. It's getting cold, Fei Chai."
Because his mother Zhang Yanhong was seriously ill and unable to work hard, Xiao Binbin had to go to the nearby dead branches to go home early in the morning to save enough firewood for the winter. In addition, he had to find enough wild vegetables, because the family Due to the lack of labor, the rations for the four of them are very small, and they need enough wild vegetables to cook together to barely be able to eat.
Zhang Yanhong's natal brothers went out to work, but her sisters-in-law stayed in the village. She entrusted her family's one-acre-plus field to a few sister-in-laws, and gave them more than 100 catties of grain every year. It is kind, and occasionally when a man sends money back to cut meat, he will always share a small bowl for the mother and child to satisfy their greed.
The mother and son just held on like this, and they don't know how long they can last.
"Didn't you pick up a lot of firewood yesterday?"
Yesterday Jiang Liu distributed sugar to the children in the village, and those children spontaneously piled up the firewood they picked up to fill the firewood room, but the firewood is really unstoppable, if you want to keep warm all night, that little firewood is enough for half a month .
The original body suffered from rheumatism due to practicing kung fu when he was young. When it was windy, rainy or cold, his bones would ache. Sleep comfortably.
Jiang Liu is not a person who treats himself badly even though he has the conditions, so last night he had already contacted the owner of a coal yard that Yuanshen knew, and sent a truckload of coal over in a few days.
In addition to their own use, some are distributed to the elderly in the village.
It's not that everyone has no conscience. When things got serious and everyone blamed Jiang Liu, there were still many people in the village who spoke for Yuanshen. It's just that many old people in the village didn't have mobile phones and didn't know the Internet. With good words, the grievances of the original body can be cleared away. How did they know that some reporters are only willing to publish news that the audience will like, but not the truth that they say is true but boring.
"It will snow in the mountains in the last month or so. At that time, the firewood will not be easy to burn if it is soaked in snow water, and it will not be easy to collect firewood when it snows."
The little boy who was in charge of the house at a young age smiled, and then he was a little embarrassed, looked at Jiang Liu shyly and asked: "Uncle Jiang, from now on I will collect firewood for you every day, aren't you going to take in apprentices? I'm exactly six years old and can endure hardships, can you accept me?"
Seemingly thinking that what he said was too utilitarian, Xiao Binbin quickly explained: "Even if you don't accept me, I will still gather firewood for you."
Because he was too nervous, he stumbled when he spoke, and as soon as his voice fell, he lowered his head in frustration.
He felt that he might be a bad boy in the eyes of Uncle Jiang now. Would Uncle Jiang think that 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 the cold winter has not yet arrived, the six-year-old boy has several calluses on his hands due to the rough work he often does. The joints of his fingers are cracked, and there are many scratches on the back of his hands.
The cheapest glycerin is also beyond the reach of this small family. It happened that Xiao Binbin's mother and son took over a lot of work of pasting firewood boxes from the small factory at the foot of the mountain. The scraped ash was wiped, these are the earth recipes handed down from the ancestors.
A child with such hands can indeed endure hardship.
Moreover, Yuanzheng's memory told him that this child was even more diligent and hardworking than he had imagined. Yuanzheng even firmly believed that this child would be the best disciple he had ever taught, perfectly inheriting the unique knowledge passed down by their Jiang family.
It's just that why did he hurt the original body?
Turning the original body's memory over and over again, Jiang Liu really didn't want to believe that this child would do something treacherous.
"Yes, yes, I can endure hardship."
Xiao Binbin didn't see the complicated emotions in Jiang Liu's eyes, he only knew that since Uncle Jiang asked him that, it meant that he intended to accept him as his disciple.
He nodded sharply, for fear that Jiang Liu would not believe him.
"Come over in three days and formally learn from a teacher."
Jiang Liu didn't know how he would choose this time, and accepted him as his apprentice as originally planned.
"Hmmmm."
Xiao Binbin was so excited that he couldn't help himself. If Jiang Liu hadn't said that he would be a master in three days, he would probably kowtow to call him master now.
"By the way, I ordered briquettes at the coal yard, so you don't have to help me collect firewood anymore."
I don't comment on what Xiao Binbin might do in the future. Now his life is hard enough, and Jiang Liu didn't ask him to work hard for nothing.??meaning.
"Good Uncle Jiang."
Upon hearing that Uncle Jiang bought briquettes, Xiao Binbin also put out 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 determination to study hard. In the future, when he learns this skill and earns money, he will also buy a lot of briquettes so that his mother and two younger sisters can live a warm and comfortable life. winter.
"No, yes, master."
Xiao Binbin was also clever, and soon realized that it was inappropriate for him to call Uncle Jiang at this moment, so he quickly changed his name to Master.
"Um."
Jiang Liu complied, acknowledging the other party's identity.
After Xiao Binbin left, the little girl who had been hiding outside the wall came in coyly.
"Uncle Jiang, I, I want to learn too."
Jiang Liu looked at the person coming, and he found the girl's identity from the original body's memory.
Xu Meihua, the Xu family is a common surname in this village. Xu Meihua's father is one of the few capable men in the village. He works on construction sites outside and earns more than 10,000 yuan a month. A huge sum of money.
Moreover, Xu Meihua's father is filial, unlike many young people in the village who go out and never hear from him again. He regularly sends money to his parents every month, and with the money he earns, the family built a small two-story building.
Just a filial son may not be a good husband or father.
Xu Meihua's grandparents wanted to hold grandchildren wholeheartedly, and Xu Meihua's mother gave birth to three daughters in succession for the Xu family. Xu Meihua was the oldest and was eight years old this year. She also had two younger sisters named Sophora and Peach Blossom. Huaihua is 6 years old and Taohua is 5 years old.
Because of the inability to have a son, Xu Meihua's mother and daughter had a hard time in Xu's family, especially when Xu Meihua's father sent back news that he met a woman at the construction site and got a marriage certificate. And after giving birth to a child, Xu Meihua's mother and daughter were kicked out by the Xu family's old couple.
When Xu Meihua's mother married Xu Meihua's father, she was only fifteen years old, and she was not old enough to get a marriage certificate. Therefore, the couple never had a legal certificate. Small and cowardly, he honestly brought his three daughters to live in the former old house of the Xu family under the circumstances that he felt that he had not given birth to a son. The life of the mother and daughter was very sad.
It was only natural that Xu Meihua wanted to learn skills.
"I, I can also suffer, I can suffer no matter what."
She is a girl, and girls were not in Jiang Liu's choice from the very beginning, but seeing her thin arms that seemed to break when folded, and her black and yellow skinny cheeks, it was really hard for Jiang Liu to say no.
"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, looked at her toes, then wiped her eyes with her hand, and turned to leave.
"However, in the next few days, I may need someone to help with cooking. If you are willing to help, I can give you 100 yuan a month in addition to three meals a day."
A hundred dollars in the outside world may be just the cost of a takeaway meal, but for the people in the mountains, it is enough to do many things, not to mention that Jiangliu also covers three meals.
Cooking is not difficult for girls on the mountain. Xu Meihua has been helping her mother since she was four or five years old. She has already taken over the cooking at home. She knows this It was Jiang Liu who kindly helped her, nodded excitedly, and agreed.
The next process is almost the same as the previous life.
The Xu family and the Wang family successively brought their children to Jiangliu to learn from them, and he finally accepted 8-year-old Xu Quanjun and 6-year-old Wang Gouzi. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com