The fertile water of farming does not flow to outsiders' fields

Xue Yinsong helped him up: "This is just a superficial opinion. Mr. Pei is a person who has read books. I hope you don't laugh at me." Although I know a few words, my knowledge is not as good as yours, how can I have the face to call myself a scholar? Besides, I said earlier that you and I are brothers, so from now on you will call me a man of excellence."

Chang Hui also sneaked into the backyard at this time: "Father, I finished writing those words, each written a hundred times." Xiao Xiucai patted his head and said, "Okay, can you help Uncle Xue peel the beans? Changhui took Douzi and sat on the small stool. Seeing that little Xiucai had disappeared, he whispered, "Aba, what did you just say? I rarely see Daddy treat people so respectfully."

Xue Yinsong smiled and said: "What do you know! Just a little boy, hurry up and peel the beans, how about having duck soup and fried beans for lunch today?" Changhui smelled the fragrance of the duck soup, and begged with a calm face : "Aba, give me another piece."

Recently, Xue Yinsong's heart was softened by his Aba calls, so he went to grab another duck and said, "Eat, Aba will take you to catch loaches and grasshoppers in the afternoon."

Changhui's eyes lit up: "Really? Really?"

Xue Yinsong said: "Really, eat quickly, don't let your father see and tell you, we will leave after eating." The autumn harvest is over, he has to go to see the recovered land before deciding what to plant. Fortunately, he is from a farming family. Although he is not very good at growing rice, ordinary vegetables are not difficult for him.

Chang Hui happily gnawed on the duck bones, then slipped back to the front yard with a wipe of his mouth.Xiao Xiucai asked him to rewrite the worst words, and agreed to let him play with Yingzi.

Xiao Xiucai put down his pen and rubbed his sore shoulders. He felt very comfortable reading a book recently. Although the bed was accidentally burned that day, luckily the house was fine.Thinking about strolling to the east wing, I saw that the walls had been repainted, the brand new white still smelled of lime, and the new bed was covered with straw mats with bamboo pillows.

Looking around was very satisfying, Xiao Xiucai went around and decided to move back tonight.

Lunch was duck soup and stir-fried green beans. Changhui seemed like a hungry tiger going down the mountain, pointing his chopsticks at the duck frequently. The little scholar taught him again: "It's not in line with etiquette. Don't pick up a dish too often, even if it's delicious." Changhui said This time he listened obediently, as long as Xiao Xiucai looked at him, he would use his chopsticks to plan rice, and if he didn't pay attention, he would pick up ducks.

After going back and forth several times, Xiao Xiucai also noticed it, but he didn't know how to educate him.

Xue Yinsong looked at him with a dark smile, and said sternly: "Changhui, if you want to hold your chopsticks, you should take out your chopsticks in an upright manner. Don't be sneaky like others. You can eat whatever you want. Your father doesn't mean that you eat too much, but that you eat too much. Eating too fast, eating too fast is not good for your health."

Changhui glanced at the little scholar, saw that he didn't make a sound, so he boldly went to pick up the duck, he was not as anxious as he was just before serving, he ate some green beans after eating one piece, and then went to pick up the duck piece, but his father didn't make a sound.

The little scholar here also breathed a sigh of relief. He himself doesn't know how to teach children. He often feels powerless when facing Changhui. Fortunately, Xue Yinsong is often on the sidelines, making him realize the responsibility of being a father. .

After the three of them finished their meal slowly, Xue Yinsong went to wash the dishes and greeted them to go out.

The three carried small bamboo baskets and walked towards the head of the village. There was a section of backwater bay beside the small river beside the village. The water flow was slow and silt accumulated, so there should be loaches.Xue Yinsong has eaten river loach, and the taste is much more delicious than that of pond loach. River loach has a mud-yellow body with dark gray oval spots. The fins on the chest and back are larger than that of pond loach, and of course it is also larger.

Xue Yinsong took off his shoes and rolled up his trouser legs and said: "There are small clam shells in the river that are easy to cut your feet, so don't go into the water, just feel the seaweed with your fingers, there are small holes as thick as your fingers, and the loach is slippery when you catch it." You need to use your nails." As he said, he was going to try his luck in deep water.

Xiao Xiucai and Changhui were both from the city, and they could only feel unlucky to meet such an irresponsible master. They stretched out their hands to touch for a while, but they both retracted in fright.Changhui felt wet and slippery, while Xiao Xiucai was afraid that a monster would come out of it and bite off his fingers.

Chang Hui took out the small cloth bag and said, "Father, I brought a cloth bag this trip, please help me catch fireflies." The little scholar said, "You can only catch fireflies at night, where can you see them during the day?"

Changhui pouted, and ran away to catch grasshoppers in the grass.

While cheering himself up, little Xiucai stretched out his hand to touch the mud wall, and finally touched a crack, only to feel something coldly sticking to his hand and slip away, so frightened that he fell down on the ground.

His heart skipped a few beats, and Xiao Xiucai sat for a while before stretching out his hand again. This time he had gained experience, so he rolled up the sleeves of both hands and started doing it together. After touching it, he put the bamboo basket in front of the hole and poked it with a small stick. , After a while, I actually caught one.

A very small loach, a little longer than the little finger, is not enough to fit between the teeth if you really want to eat it, but the little scholar is so excited that he can't wait to hug and kiss.There are not many cracks in the stones in this area, and he touched only two of them in total, and was so tired that he sat down on a stone beside him to rest.

In the distance, Xue Yinsong was bent over and busy, and seeing him constantly pulling the bamboo baskets, he knew that he must have gained a lot.Little Xiucai looked at his bamboo basket, feeling very unbalanced.

Changhui was tired after going wild for a while. He didn't catch fireflies, but he was very satisfied with catching a bag of grasshoppers. He proudly showed it to Aba.

Xue Yinsong said with a smile: "Don't throw this grasshopper away, you can feed it to the chickens when you go home. The old chickens have made a good nest these days, and if they lay eggs again, you will eat them." Changhui's eyes lit up, and he pulled the bag and said: " I'll catch some more."

Little Xiucai felt that catching loach was really not something he was good at, so he washed his hands and sat down to rest.Xue Yinsong came over with a bamboo basket and said with a smile: "Tired?" The little scholar nodded and said: "Sure enough, the ruler is short and the inch is long. This requires people with dexterous hands and feet, so I won't make a fool of myself."

Xue Yinsong smiled: "I knew you hadn't played before when you were young, so I specially called you here. It doesn't matter if you can't catch it. The most important thing is to participate."

The little scholar slowly recalled his words and said: "Brother Xue, I always feel that you are not an ordinary person." Xue Yinsong smiled and said, "Why do you say that?"

The little scholar said seriously: "I think you are a hermit-like figure. You always advise me not to be an official, but you never say not to study. This is enough to prove that you are actually a scholar, and even an official. You probably don't see the darkness in the officialdom." I just resigned from office angrily and lived in seclusion. I always feel that what you said before is your personal experience, so you can be so sure. "

Xue Yinsong was surprised, and he said after a long while: "It seems that even if I deny it, you won't believe me. In fact, I'm just an ordinary countryman who farms land and raises pigs."

Of course the little scholar didn't believe it, he had long regarded him as a senior in his heart, shook his head and said: "You know this secret, I know it, don't worry, I will keep it for you." clarify.

He searched the mud wall by the river, and caught more than a dozen of them in a short while. The little scholar was anxious, jumped up and stared at him: "I obviously searched for it just now, why did you catch so many again?" ?”

Xue Yinsong said with a smile: "Loach will not stay at the entrance of the cave. The cave is usually one foot long, and you have to reach in to touch it." Little Xiucai did not dare, because the slippery feeling always reminds people of insects and snakes Yes, it will be troublesome if you bite off your finger.

Xue Yinsong laughed. He picked up the bamboo basket and groped all the way there, planning to touch half of the basket and raise it to improve food later.

The little scholar looked at him with some envy, Xue Yinsong smiled and said, "I am very skilled at catching this since I was a child, just like you can pick up a pen and write at any time when you are studying since childhood." The little scholar thought for a while and said, "Even if you have many excuses , I will not believe that you are just a simple countryman." Xue Yinsong could only smile wryly.