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

The little scholar hurriedly said: "People are looking for father to help."

Changhui turned around and went into the room to write with half-belief, and finally turned to the window and said, "Father, don't find me a stepmother, I'm afraid."

The little scholar gave a wry smile, answered indiscriminately and went into the room to read.

He has recently been influenced by Xue Yinsong's reactionary thinking, and began to think about whether it is good to study and become an official.According to Brother Xue, one must pay bribes to become an official, and one must pay bribes to become an official, but he doesn't believe it.For scholars, the three cardinal guides and the five constant principles are the most basic moral norms. They are worthy of the world and the earth, and stand on two feet in the world without shame.

Just as he was feeling the awe-inspiring justice, he suddenly remembered the common saying: most of the righteous people are those who butcher dogs, and those who are ungrateful are all scholars, and suddenly their arrogance is a little bit lower.

It's just that if you can't do something by reading, why bother studying for more than ten years?Brother Xue's small ideals are certainly reasonable, but everyone is modest and shirks that they can't do big things, so who is waiting for the big things in this world?

In the past, Shennong tasted all kinds of herbs and finally wrote "Shennong's Materia Medica" to benefit the future generations; Dayu controlled the water for more than ten years, and he never entered the house three times, finally put an end to the flood of the Yellow River and made the people on both sides live and work in peace and contentment. Of course, we should aspire to do great things, how can we stand on the sidelines and be at ease?

The more the little scholar thought about it, the more passionate he became, and he almost slapped the table and rose up. He was thinking wildly when he heard the knock on the door, but someone came.

Xue Yinsong pushed open the door and said, "Stay away. I'll go to the backyard to fetch some manure. You and Changhui both enter the house and close the door. It smells bad."

Xiao Xiucai went into the house and stood by the window with Chang Hui, only to see Xue Yinsong leave after a while, leaving behind the smell of dung in the yard.Changhui couldn't bear it anymore, went to the corner and vomited a few times: "Father, I don't want to eat vegetables and rice anymore, I want to eat meat!"

The little scholar also felt uncomfortable smelling it, so he went to the cupboard and touched a sachet and handed it to him, "Hold it and smell it, the smell will dissipate after the wind blows."

But Changhui was thinking about Xue Yinsong: "Then Aba also smells terrible? Dad, I'll go to bed and cover it with a quilt. You can give this sachet to Aba."

The little scholar took it over and said, "Okay, I'll bring it to Uncle Xue when he comes back."

Xue Yinsong went back and forth more than a dozen times to pick up the manure, buried all the ground yesterday and didn't want to move it again, so he called off work and went home early.Although there are only two acres of land, he only made a small half of it, and the rest will be made up in a few days. The most urgent thing now is to go to the county to buy seeds.

During the meal, Xue Yinsong announced that he would go to the city early in the morning. Changhui was the most happy and clapped his hands.Little Xiucai also planned to buy some rough paper for Changhui to write on, and also wanted to buy him a brush pen, and he planned to add a few more books... Sure enough, there were many places to use the money.

Before dawn on the second day, the three of them got up early, washed up with oil lamps, cooked some porridge, and then hurriedly set off.Because there are a lot of things to buy today, I have to hire another mule cart when I arrive in the county.

Although Lizheng's family has an ox cart, both Xiao Xiucai and Xue Yinsong feel that it is better to ask for others than to ask for themselves. Besides, the favors owed will have to be paid back sooner or later.

Changhui was only six years old after all, and he lost energy after walking for a long time. Xue Yin loosened his coat and put it on his back as he walked all the way.Xiao Xiucai began to worry that he would not be able to carry it on his back. After all, he had to walk more than ten miles to the city. Later, seeing that he was walking at a leisurely pace without showing any signs of fatigue, he felt relieved.

When they reached Fuchun County, the sun had just hung, and the two paid the city tax and entered the door. Xue Yinsong took the cloth bag and said, "Go and play with Changhui. I'll go and see the seeds, rice grains, and quilts. Don't delay too long, wait for me by this door in an hour."

Xiao Xiucai agreed, and shook Changhui awake to make him stand on the ground.Xue Yinsong originally only wanted ten taels of silver, but Xiao Xiucai thought that he would buy things for the winter, so he gave most of the silver taels to him, and kept only five taels for himself.

Although Chang Hui came from a big family, he didn't go out too often, he stared at all kinds of small stalls but was a little scared, and stood timidly behind the little scholar, refusing to leave.

Little Xiucai finally coaxed him to go to the store to buy books and paper, and then went shopping with him to play.Although Fuchun County is a small county, it is the only county in the nearby Baili Mountains, so it is particularly prosperous and full of mountain products.

Changhui looked at the stalls selling pheasants and hedgehogs along the way and said, "Father, what are those?" Go forward.In front are all kinds of groceries, bamboo baskets, fences, pottery, etc. Changhui looks at them with great interest, and even touches them if he likes them.

The little scholar was very pleased. The ancients said that reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. It really makes sense!The two of them were not in a hurry because they had bought all the things. They walked slowly while strolling. The little scholar thought that every day was so lively. After listening to an old farmer, he realized that it was a market, which only happened on the first and fifteenth day of the new year. big set.

Changhui's eyes lit up when he saw the candy maker, he hurriedly squeezed over and stared stupidly, refusing to leave.The little scholar followed him, and the two of them stood watching the master making candy.

There was half a piece of malt sugar boiling in the small pot, and the master skillfully copied half a spoonful of it and began to drip sugar on the white marble surface to draw pictures.First draw a big outline, draw the wings with a few strokes in the middle, then draw a tail and finally use red sugar beads as eyes, and a magpie is ready.

Changhui stared greedily at the magpie being handed to a child next to him, and licked the sweetness involuntarily.Xiao Xiucai thought that this was the first time he brought Changhui to the county seat, so he said, "Daddy will buy one for you."

But Changhui quickly shook his head: "Don't buy it, Daddy, I'll just watch it for a while, I don't want to eat candy, but it's fun to watch." Xiao Xiucai's nose was sore after hearing this, and he quickly took out his purse and said: "Buy one, Daddy wants to eat too."

Changhui stared at the master longingly, saw his dexterous hand waving casually, and after a while drew another puppy, struggling and said: "Father, don't buy it, let's go." He said, But the feet refused to move, and the eyes seemed to be glued to the sugar spoon, only following the rotation of the sugar spoon.

After all, Xiao Xiucai touched a few pennies and bought the cheapest magpie.

Changhui took the magpie, reluctant to eat it, thought for a while and said, "Father, let's eat together when Uncle Xue arrives."

Xiao Xiucai hurriedly agreed, seeing too many people, afraid of being crowded, he hurriedly picked him up and walked away.Changhui was very happy, turning the sugar magpie left and right and asked, "Father, have you ever seen a magpie? The sugar man uncle said it was a magpie."

The little scholar nodded: "The magpie is bigger than this one, with a little white tail, but I haven't seen it in Chenjiacun. Next time I see it, I'll show you."

Changhui raised his hand in satisfaction, and held it from a distance to admire: "It must be very sweet, Daddy, I'll eat a small piece..." Just as he was speaking, a few people rushed in front of him, and Xiao Xiucai almost fell when he couldn't dodge it Changhui missed and watched the sugar magpie fall to the ground with a plop, and was stepped on by the people rushing up from behind.

Those few people chased a man in gray and disappeared in a blink of an eye. The people who were hit could only sigh to themselves that they were unlucky and got up to pat their clothes.Chang Hui was stunned and cried loudly, this was the first time Xiao Xiucai saw him cry, the cry was earth-shattering, the tears flowed like the Yangtze River, and like the Yellow River flowing endlessly.

Little Xiucai was busy comforting him, talking nonstop and even saying to buy another one, but Changhui still cried, because he cried so hard, his face was flushed and he was sweating, he was choked on saliva and coughed several times.

Little Xiucai was at a loss, so he had to hug him and hurried to the city gate to look for Xue Yinsong.