"Uncle Jiang, this is the firewood I picked up for you. It's 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 dead branches of trees and go home every 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 mother and son have very little rations, and they need enough wild vegetables to mix and cook to barely be able to eat.
Zhang Yanhong’s parents’ brothers went out to work, but several sisters-in-law stayed in the village. She entrusted the family’s more than one mu of farmland to several sisters-in-law to plant, and gave them more than 100 catties of grain every year. It's kind. Occasionally, when a man sends money back to cut meat, he will always share a small bowl for the mother and son to satisfy their cravings.
The mother and son are holding on like this, and they don't know how long they can last.
"Didn't you already pick up a lot of firewood yesterday?"
Yesterday, Jiang Liu distributed candy to the children in the village. Those children spontaneously filled the firewood house with the firewood they had picked up, but the firewood couldn’t help but burn. If they wanted to keep warm all night, the firewood would be enough for half a month. .
The original body fell into rheumatism because of the practice of qigong when he was young. When it was windy, rainy and cold, the seams of the bones would hurt. Sleep comfortably.
Jiang Liu was not someone who clearly had the conditions to treat him badly, so last night he had already contacted the owner of a coal yard he 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.
Not everyone has no conscience. When things got bigger and everyone blamed Jiang Liu, there were still many people in the village who spoke for the original, but many elderly people in the village did not have mobile phones and did not know the Internet. They thought they would tell the reporter. With good words, the grievances of the original body can be washed away. How could they know that some reporters are only willing to publish news that the audience sees, rather than the truth that is true but boring in their mouths.
"After the last few months, it will snow in the mountains. At that time, the firewood will not be easy to burn if it is soaked in the snow water, and it is not easy to collect firewood on a snowy day."
The little boy who was in charge of the house at a young age smiled, and then looked a little embarrassed, looked at Jiang Liu and asked, "Uncle Jiang, from now on, I will pick up firewood for you every day, don't you want to accept apprentices, I am this year I'm just six years old and can endure hardship, can you accept me?"
Seemingly thinking that this was too utilitarian, Xiao Binbin quickly explained, "Even if you don't accept me, I'll pick up firewood for you."
Because he was too nervous, what he said was stumbling, and when the words fell, he lowered his head in despair.
He felt that he was probably a bad boy in Uncle Jiang's eyes now. Wouldn't Uncle Jiang think that he picked up firewood for him to force him to accept him as his apprentice
"Hardworking?"
Jiang Liu took the basket of firewood in his hand.
Although the winter has not yet arrived, due to the frequent rough work, the six-year-old boy has grown several calluses on his hands, the knuckles of his fingers have been cracked, and there are many scratches on the back of his hand.
The cheapest glycerin can’t be afforded by this small family. It happened that Xiao Binbin’s mother and son took a lot of work to paste firewood boxes from the small factory down the mountain. The scraped ash is smeared, these are the earthwork handed down from the ancestors.
A child with such hands can indeed endure hardship.
Moreover, Yuanshen's memory told him that this child was more diligent and hard-working than he imagined, and Yuanshen even believed that this would be the best disciple he taught, perfectly inheriting the unique skills of their Jiang family.
Just why did he hurt the original body
Turning the original body's memory over and over, Jiang Liu really didn't want to believe that this child would do something treacherous.
"I can, 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, he meant to accept him as a disciple.
He nodded sharply, for fear that Jiang Liu would not believe him.
"Come here in three days and officially learn from the teacher."
Jiang Liu didn't know how he would choose this time. As originally planned, he accepted his apprentice.
"Mmmmmm."
Xiao Binbin was so excited that he couldn't help himself. If Jiang Liu hadn't said that he would apprentice after three days, I'm afraid he would have wanted to kowtow and call him a master now.
"By the way, I ordered briquettes at the coal yard. You don't need to help me pick up firewood anymore."
Not to comment on what Xiao Binbin might do in the future, now his life is hard enough, and Jiang Liu has no intention of asking the other party to work in vain.
"Okay Uncle Jiang."
When he heard that Uncle Jiang had bought briquettes, Xiao Binbin also put out his heart to help Jiang Liu collect firewood. Their family had never bought briquettes, but Xiao Binbin also knew that briquettes were very durable.
Seeing Uncle Jiang's life has strengthened his heart to study art. In the future, when he learns this skill and earns money, he will buy a lot of briquettes, so that his mother and two sisters can live a warm and comfortable life. winter.
"No, okay, Master."
Xiao Binbin was also clever, and soon realized that it was inappropriate for him to call Uncle Jiang again, so he quickly changed his name to Master.
"Um."
Jiang Liu responded, believing the identity of the other party.
After Xiao Binbin left, the little girl who was hiding outside the wall squeezed in.
"Uncle Jiang, I, I want to learn too."
Jiang Liu looked at the person who came, and he found the girl's identity from the memory of the original body.
Xu Meihua, the Xu family is a big surname in this village. Xu Meihua's father is one of the few capable men in the village. He works outside the construction site 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, there is no news when they go out. He regularly sends money to his parents every month. With the money he earns, the family builds a two-story building.
Just a filial son may not be a good husband or a good father.
Xu Meihua's grandparents wanted to hold their grandchildren, and Xu Meihua's mother gave birth to three daughters to the Xu family. Xu Meihua is the eldest, who is eight years old this year. There are two younger sisters, named Huaihua and Taohua respectively. Sophora japonica is 6 years old and Peach Blossom is 5 years old.
Because they couldn't give birth to a son, Xu Meihua's mother and daughter had a very difficult life in Xu's house, 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 swept out by the Xu family.
When Xu Meihua's mother married Xu Meihua's father, she was only fifteen years old, and she was not old enough to receive a marriage certificate. Therefore, the couple has never had a legal certificate. In addition, Xu Meihua's mother was illiterate and courageous. He was timid and weak, and when he felt that he did not give birth to a son, he honestly took his three daughters and lived in the old house of the Xu family. The life of the mother and daughter was very sad.
It was only natural that Xu Meihua wanted to learn her skills.
"I-I can endure hardships, no matter how hard I suffer."
Xu Meihua looked at Jiang Liu hesitantly, and quickly expressed herself.
She is a girl. From the beginning, the girl was not in Jiang Liu's choice. Just seeing her thin arm and her black, yellow and thin cheeks, Jiang Liu really couldn't say the words of refusal.
"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 reached out to wipe her eyes, and turned to leave.
"But in the next few days, I may need someone to help me with cooking. If you are willing to help, I can give you 100 yuan a month in addition to three meals a day."
One hundred dollars in the world outside may only be the cost of a takeaway meal, but for the people in the mountains, it is enough to do a lot of things, not to mention that Jiangliu also includes 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 taken over cooking at home for a long time. She knows this. It was Jiang Liu who kindly helped her, nodded excitedly, and responded.
The next process is almost the same as the previous one.
The Xu family and the Wang family brought their children to Jiangliu to apprentice, and he finally accepted Xu Quanjun, 8 years old, and Wang Gouzi, 6 years old.