The rise of the poor

Chapter 68 Snow and Bamboo

Thin as paper, easy to eat and delicious.

It was around noon when he came out of the house of the rich man, and the snow was still outside. As long as Zhu Ping'an thought of the mutton shabu shabu he just ate, he would have a feeling of spring breeze on the tip of his tongue.

Humming a strange tune, a copy of The Doctrine of the Mean, annotated by Zhu Xi, lay quietly in his sloping schoolbag, and Zhu Ping'an stepped into the wind and snow again.

Auspicious snow is a good year. In the folk, snow is a sign of a good year. Whenever it snows, the farmers are always happy.This year's heavy snow, next year's harvest will definitely be good, the saying of Ruixue Zhaofengnian has been verified for thousands of years.Snowman builds, snowball fights, skiing, etc., all come with snow.But after it snowed, I had to face a very embarrassing problem, that is, the heavy snow closed the road and the traffic was inconvenient.

At this time, the heavy snow was already palm-deep, and walking on the road was particularly laborious.Zhu Ping'an stepped on his way home in the wind and snow, and suddenly thought that Mr. Sun was no longer with his children, and he was a little old. Snow sweeping was a difficult thing to do.So, Zhu Ping'an changed direction and went to Sun Laofuzi's house.

Going to Old Master Sun's house is also a familiar way. Over the years of Meng Xue, Zhu Ping'an has often gone to Master Sun's house to ask for advice.

Old Master Sun's house is not far from rich man Li's house, and he arrived at Old Master Sun's house within about 10 minutes' walk.Mrs. Sun is also from a well-to-do family, and the courtyard with civil structure can be regarded as an upper-middle family in the village.

Those of you who have read many novels may have this idea: Old Master Sun was moved by Zhu Ping's diligence and studious, and thought that this son was not in the pool, and he would entrust his daughter to him and so on.

Hehe, you guys are overthinking it. Mrs. Sun is almost 40 years old, and her daughters are in their [-]s. Even her granddaughter has already started a family, but all of them live in the town.Old Master Sun and his wife live together, which is a good story.

Old Master Sun's house is not closed at night, so you can walk in directly. A clump of bamboos are planted in the courtyard, which adds a bit of poetry to the courtyard.

When entering the door, Old Master Sun was tidying up his bamboo.The heavy snow and the wind were tight, and the snow and the strong wind bent the bamboo. Old Master Sun was worried that the bamboo would be broken, so he was helping the bamboo to clean the snow with a small broom.

"Teacher." Zhu Ping'an entered the courtyard and bowed his hands to Master Sun, who was tidying up the bamboo.

"Oh, Ping'an is here." Old Master Sun knew that Zhu Ping'an was here without turning his head, and with emotion, Old Master Sun asked Zhu Ping'an while tidying up the bamboo, "Ping'an, what do you think about this bamboo? ?"

Perception of bamboo?

Zhu Ping'an didn't quite understand what Old Master Sun meant. He looked at the bamboo that Old Master Sun was tidying up. The wind and snow were pressing against the environment. The bamboo was still stubbornly green. There was a saying that the three friends of the cold season, pine, bamboo and plum, said, "Cuizhu is proud of it. Xue Lingshuang, not afraid of wind and snow, students should learn their character."

When Old Master Sun heard the words, he put down his broom and shook his head, "It's true that Dongzhu is proud of snow and frost, but the snow fell on the bamboo. The waist will eventually be crushed by the snow. There is also a kind of bamboo, which will bend after the snow falls, quietly waiting for the wind and sunshine to melt the snow, and when the snow melts and falls on the ground to moisten the root system, the bamboo will thrive. , as tall and straight as ever.”

Speaking of this, Old Master Sun turned his head to look at Zhu Ping'an, "Ping'an, we want to make the bamboo that is proud of snow and frost in winter, but we want to make the second kind of bamboo. It needs to be able to stretch and bend. Deviating from the original intention! If you leave the green hills, you will not be afraid of running out of firewood."

"Students have been taught." Zhu Ping'an benefited a lot and made a deep bow.

Old Master Sun waved his hand, twitched his beard and said, "In this section, I am very optimistic about you. In a few months, the boy's test will be held. For you, this scientific test will be Feng Xuezhi and Cuizhu. To be crushed."

It turned out that Old Master Sun was worried about this, worried that if he did not perform well in this scientific examination, that he would be beaten by failure and would not be able to stand up, so he used bamboo to help himself.

"Please don't worry, my teacher, it's safe to know." Zhu Ping'an immediately assured him to prevent Old Master Sun from worrying.

"Well, then I can rest assured." Old Master Sun smiled happily.

"You old man, why do you let Ping An stand in the wind and snow, come Ping An, and taste the newly brewed tea by the teacher."

The wife's hair was gray, but she was neat and tidy, and there was a sense of bookishness on her body.

"Hehe, thank you, Mistress. In ancient times, warm wine killed Huaxiong. Today, let me leave a name for warming tea and sweeping snow." When Zhu Ping'an faced his mistress, it was much easier than facing Old Master Sun, with a naive smile. He picked up the shovel, broom and other tools in the yard, and started working in full swing.

"You child!" The teacher exclaimed.

Old Master Sun twitched his beard and smiled, and continued to tidy up his bamboo.

When Zhu Ping'an started to sweep the snow, it was still cold with a broom in his hand, but after sweeping for a while, the heat evaporated from his body, and his whole body became warm.If it wasn't for the fear of catching a cold, Zhu Ping'an would have taken off his clothes.

It didn't take long for the snow in Old Master Sun's yard to be swept out by Zhu Ping'an, and a long road was also swept out of the door.

Sweeping the snow and making tea is very fragrant. After drinking the tea from his wife and saying goodbye to the master, Zhu Ping'an braved the snow to set off on his return journey.

The thatched hut where Zhu Ping'an's family originally lived has now become a two-in and two-out yard of blue bricks and red tiles. Father Zhu has made a lot of money in ox carts traveling between town and villages over the years. The mother, the housekeeper, made more money, so she rebuilt the yard.

"Really, what kind of snow is it falling?" Looking at the heavy snow in the yard, Mrs. Chen was extremely unhappy.

"Hehehe, Ruixue is a good year, it's a good sign." Father Zhu smiled naively while sweeping the snow.

"Zhao you are tall, if it doesn't snow, our ox cart will earn at least dozens or hundreds of dollars a day." Chen said regretfully.

Hehehe, mother Chen, as always, her eyes lit up when she mentioned money.

"Yeah, She'er is back, hurry into the house and bake on the stove." Mother Chen's eyes were sharp, and she saw Zhu Ping'an returning in the snow for the first time, and hurriedly greeted Zhu Ping'an to enter the house.

"I'll help my father sweep the snow before going in." Zhu Ping'an smiled.

"Don't worry about him, he's using all his brute force."

Regardless of this, Mrs. Chen walked over a few steps, dragged Zhu Ping'an into the house, patted off the snow on him, and pressed Zhu Ping'an in front of the stove.

Mother's kindness, Zhu Ping'an did not refuse, and sat down to bake his hands.

"Where's my brother?" Zhu Ping'an couldn't help asking without seeing his brother.

As soon as the elder brother Zhu Pingchuan was mentioned, the mother Chen Shi said angrily, "Shortly after you left, your elder brother went to the old Zhang's house to sweep the snow. He really married a daughter-in-law and forgot his mother. If I didn't marry, I forgot about me in a corner."

The eldest brother Zhu Pingchuan just got engaged to the daughter of the old Zhang family in the same village last year. Because the old Zhang family loves the daughter, they say that they will get married when they are eighteen. After calculating the time, they should get married next year.

"Hehehe, my mother is jealous, don't worry, my son won't get married like my brother, and my son will also take his mother to sweep the snow."

"You have no conscience, you are more wicked than your brother. He is only going to sweep the snow by himself, but you even want to take the old lady with you!"

Chen Shi was so interrupted by Zhu Ping'an, his mouth was strange, but his mood was much better.

(End of this chapter)