Jia Huan's rebirth and revenge

"Second son, you have a quick mind. Think about it, is there any work to earn money in this winter? Although this autumn, everyone in the village has earned some money, and the matter of eating has been settled. , but the houses in this house are not very good. If there is a snowstorm or something, it is estimated that several houses will be crowded in the cave like your house. Also, in the beginning of spring, the green and yellow are not picked up. Yes, it’s troublesome, fishing in spring is not a good time, it’s easy for those fish in the sea to lose their children and grandchildren, we fishermen can’t do such immoral things, otherwise what will our descendants eat in the future.”

The town is not close to the village, and it will take an hour and a half to go all the way. The old and the young can't be fools and dumb when they sit in the car, so the village chief simply talked to Jia Huan about everything. In other words, in fact, he didn't necessarily want Jia Huan to follow up on what he said, but he really gave an idea. He just asked casually. He didn't want him to ask this question, but he asked in the right place, because Jia Huan really gave an idea. .

"Village chief, if you don't tell me, I forgot. We can't make wind chimes, but the fish bones of each family seem to have accumulated a lot last time. Tell me, if everyone in our village puts fish bones Put it together and put together a big object, can this be done? Like putting together a big fish? I thought, those city people have never seen what a fish looks like in the sea. If there is a Will they be interested in the real thing? Will anyone buy it?"

To put it bluntly, the idea is actually simple, it is to arouse the curiosity of those rich people, and then let them pay for their money. Jia Huan actually knows best about the behavior of rich people. The more people buy it, the more face they get, which some others don't have.

Of course, the village chief didn't know, he was terrified after hearing Jia Huan's words.

"What? Gather a fish and sell it? Can this thing be sold? It's not a valuable thing, but a bone carving. It's a craft anyway. If you sell it for money, what kind of skill is it to gather bones?"

"Anyway, it's okay to stay in winter, and it doesn't take much to collect it. Let's try it? If it can be sold for money, it is no matter how little it is. At any rate, each family can collect one or two bags of rice, even if there is no rice. , it’s good to have the money to buy a catty of oil, it’s better than nothing, isn’t it.”

Jia Huan's face is full of innocence, don't tell me, the village chief couldn't find a reason to refute such a reason, but it's just such a reason, the strength of a poor family, time is the most valuable thing, try Try not to lose anything. If you can really get money, no matter how little it is, that is good.

The village chief thought and thought, and finally couldn't bear the temptation, nodded fiercely, and said:

"Well, let's try it after we go back. It doesn't take much anyway. By the way, second son, why are you here today?"

"Let's find an old book. Our family is full of white people, and there is no one who can read. Seeing that there is nothing to do in winter, I just want to get a book and go back. I can recognize as many as possible."

"Yeah, you kid, it's ok, you're big enough, do you want to grow your skills?"

"Hee hee, village head, you know our family, the three boys, the things in the house, the house will always belong to the elder brother, and the little three and I always have to find a job to eat, isn't it, if we can read, then it will be no good , how can we have a better job. We don't want to be a master, we just want to have a better life in the future."

What he said was practical, and the village chief nodded in agreement after hearing it.

"That's the reason. It's better to be able to read than not to be able to read. Okay, it depends on what you did for the village this fall. I'll help you. I'll take care of buying books." By the way, I also took care of the word recognition. Although I don't know all the words, I can still read the Three Character Classic. I also went to school to study for a year."

Well, this is the sleepy pillow.What Jia Huan lacks is this first step. As long as someone gives him this step, he can say that he learned to read from the village head, and the rest is just groping by himself. Don't think of him as a monster you know from birth.

The village chief said he could do it, and found a second-hand bookstore for Jia Huan. The old guy there was a former classmate of the village chief. Well, this classmate was so hot. He was actually a classmate in the village chief’s school. , It has been more than 30 years, and the relationship is still so good. The friendship between classmates at this time is really painful. Those who don't know think that the two have some quirks.

Look, with the shoulders hooked, Jia Huan just wanted to turn his head away and see if anyone around was spitting. Fortunately, maybe these are two old men, and they suspect that there are no short-sleeved people, so this What happened didn't happen, but Jia Huan benefited.

"The children in the school don't want this three-character classic. See if the copying is not neat, and there are places where it has been altered. Count your [-] Wen, and it's all paper money."

Jia Huanle, this book costs the most money, don't even think about official engravings without one or two taels, even this copybook usually costs one or two hundred cash, but this one only costs thirty cash, This is no different from what I picked up, and this ink and paper,

"Then this is the leftover material that was cut. You can take it and give me a hundred coins. For a basket of ink, if there are some scraps, I will give you twenty coins. For the pen, here it is. This is what I used to write. I picked it up from the examination room, although it’s a bit bald, but I can still write it. I’ll give you fifty characters. Only this inkstone is not available right now, but it’s also convenient. Find a broken tile, and you can make do with it. No, I don’t see anyone anyway, just practice by yourself, if it doesn’t work, first use a branch to write on the sand, and then use a pen after writing. You are all beaches, and the most important thing is sand.”

The old man in the bookstore was quite capable of executing Jia Huan's request as cheap as possible. It's just enlightenment, why should it be better?It's a waste of money if you ask for it, it's not as good as this.

The village chief obviously thought the same way. He nodded after reading it again, and continued to echo:

"No, it's not worth buying this thing. You can't eat or drink it. Your family doesn't rely on the number one scholar. You can just learn to write. If you really have that ability and talent, then you can find a way to get it together." A neat and usable set is enough, and it’s still such an affordable price.”

What else can Jia Huan say?Although he had never seen such a makeshift Four Treasures of the Study in his two lifetimes, he had to admit that it was extremely cheap. Adding all of them together, it was only two hundred Wen, and the one tael of silver was still left. After writing eight hundred words, the corners of Jia Huan's mouth were about to twitch, and only then did he stop his desire to complain.

"Can you pick up things in the examination room?"

In order to divert his complaints*, he followed up by asking such an inconsequential question.

"Why not? If you didn't take the exam, there were those who were stupid, got kicked out, or threw things away happily after the exam. It's no wonder that these people don't leave anything behind. Those government servants don't understand that these things are also valuable. I don’t care, put a few pennies in, go in and go around, I can always get something, it’s just more or less, good or bad, it’s just that our place is small, and the only place I can go is near the county government office, otherwise If it’s a rural exam, the ones you can get during the exam are good things. I heard that if you are lucky in the capital, you can get some good things like Duanyan.”

What he said aroused the village chief's gossip, and the two old men got together and began to talk about the idiots of those scholars who got dizzy in exams. The black line of the head.

After collecting all these things, since he has saved money, Jia Huan will naturally not spend it recklessly. In fact, he intends to get some things back for the family. After all, he still has five taels of silver hidden, and he is not short of money. With the village chief around, he still held back, adhering to the principle of not revealing his wealth.

But the village head, after delivering the things, took Jia Huan to other places, where his old friends kept asking questions. At first, Jia Huan didn't understand what he was asking. But after listening to it a few times, he realized that what the old man was asking was actually the habits of some big families, and he knew why as soon as he turned his mind.

It seems that the village head is still very concerned about the fish bones that Jia Huan said. He wants to reassure himself, and wants to know if the rich man really likes those weird things, so that he can When he told the villagers to do what Jia Huan said, he felt confident.

Knowing the intention of the village chief, Jia Huan simply acted as a follower for once, without saying anything, without asking anything, just listening quietly, until on the way back, he opened his mouth and said:

"Village Chief, shall we still do it?"

"Do it, why don't you do it, it's nothing at all, you boy, you are smart, you know what the village chief asked, right, you, come on, I understand, these rich people are weird, the more we feel wrong Maybe they want it, they are more likely to want it, you say I am already old, how come I don’t understand it like a doll like you? I am old, I am really old..."

Having said that, the village head is obviously in better spirits, with a contented smile on his face.It can be seen that there is confidence.

"Hee hee, if the village chief really earns money, you can buy me food. I have an idea."

Pretending to be a child, Jia Huan also realized that he had gone too far, so he hurriedly made up for it.