The weather was getting colder day by day, and Wang Zhong's clothes gradually became thicker.
There was nothing to do in the winter, so Wang Zhong was making furniture at home.
Debao would come to Wang Zhong's house after school every day and follow behind him. He was a serious learner, but Wang Zhong didn't hide his secrets and taught him step by step.
Mai Miao is like a little follower, following De Bao all day long. Ga Wa and Shui Wang are still the same, unable to calm down and follow Wang Zhong to learn. After a while, they can't stay behind De Bao. Wang Zhong also reacts to this no way.
After a few days of work, Ma Debao could see the light in his eyes as he looked at the two pairs of Taishi chairs that were gradually spliced together in Wang Zhong's hands, and the two high tables with withered flowers.
"Brother Wang Zhong, you can really make such a beautiful chair without using a single nail?" Ma Debao's voice was full of shock and curiosity.
"It would definitely look better with paint."
"This is the tenon and tenon joint! It is not only the foundation, but also the most profound and profound knowledge in the carpentry industry. It is a knowledge that can be studied for a lifetime!" Wang Zhong said earnestly.
"Studying knowledge for a lifetime?" Although Ma Debao thought Wang Zhong's chair was well made, he still didn't believe it.
Wang Chong said with a smile: "If you really want to learn a craft, you must have the motivation to study this craft as a science. In the carpentry industry, you can learn advanced skills and have a lot to do with mathematics and physics."
"Mathematics and physics?" Ma Debao looked at Wang Zhong in confusion.
"The simplest one is like this triangle ruler." Wang Zhong took out the triangle ruler for drawing lines and said: "Cooking three strands, four strings and five, isn't this mathematics?"
"And this stool and this table! How to design it to be the strongest and save the most materials! Then you have to know how it bears force and how to be the strongest. There are many things here, but they are all related to physics."
Ma Debao nodded thoughtfully.
"By the way, I haven't asked you yet. Have you considered the future? Do you plan to continue studying or do something else?" Wang Zhong suddenly remembered that he seemed to have never asked Ma Debao what he wanted to do.
Ma Debao lowered his head and pondered for a while, then said: "Brother Wang Chong, I want to leave Yongquan Village, I want to go out, I want to go outside, I want to make money!"
"Roast potatoes in the morning, steam potatoes at noon, and stew potatoes in the evening!" Ma Debao raised the corner of his mouth and said self-deprecatingly: "I don't want to eat potatoes every day anymore!"
Wang Zhong could tell that this was what he was saying, because when he spoke, something flashed in Ma Debao's eyes called determination.
"It's normal for young people to yearn for the outside world!" Wang Zhong said: "Especially for those of your age, you must feel that the world outside is vast and there is a lot to do!"
"Brother Wang Chong, what you said is what I'm thinking!" Ma Debao said: "It's better to go outside than to live in poverty in our poor mountains and ravines!"
"Debao!" Wang Zhong suddenly raised his hand and patted Ma Debao on the shoulder: "How about we make a gentleman's agreement?"
"Gentleman's agreement?" Ma Debao looked at Wang Zhong and asked doubtfully, "What gentleman's agreement?"
…."You are only fourteen this year. Follow me for another four years and learn while studying. Four years later, you will be eighteen years old and you will be considered an adult by then. It doesn't matter whether you want to stay at home or go out to work." Whether it’s making money, I won’t stop you!”
"How about it?"
"Why four years later?" Ma Debao wanted to escape from Yongquan Village, a ravine and poor place, as soon as possible, but he was too young now, and there was nothing he could do if he left. He originally planned to wait two more years before leaving, but Wang Zhong suddenly said four years.
In the past, Ma Debao would have ignored it, but after following Wang Zhong for the past few months and watching Wang Zhong dig kilns, bake bricks, and build houses and cellars step by step, Ma Debao had already become obsessed with Wang Zhong. He is regarded as an idol and worshiped quite a lot.
"Four years from now, you will be eighteen years old. According to the laws of our country, you will be an adult when you turn eighteen. I don't need to explain to you what an adult is!" Wang Zhong said with a smile.
Ma Debao did not agree directly. He thought for a moment and asked, "Brother Wang Chong, can I ask, why are you going to a poor place like ours instead of staying in a nice big city?"
Wang Zhong looked into Ma Debao's eyes and met his doubtful gaze. He did not answer directly, but asked instead: "Debao, you said that we, as men, came to this world for a while. What?"
Ma Debao frowned, thought about it, and asked tentatively: "Get ahead? Guangzong Yaozu?"
"Then what do you think means to be successful and honor one's ancestors?"
These words made Ma Debao stunned. He opened his mouth. When he came to the words, he felt something was wrong. Then he shook his head and said: "I didn't think so much. I just thought about leaving this poor valley." ditch, go to the outside world, and live a better life.”
"I don't want to eat potatoes three times a day. I want to eat white flour, I want to eat meat, and I want to make a lot of money! Let my father and my mother live a good life."
And wheat seedlings! Debao Kankan added in his mind.
"Money and material things!" Wang Zhong said: "Your idea is not wrong. The two have always been connected. The more money you have, the richer material life you can enjoy."
"But how can you be sure that you will definitely make money when you go out?" Wang Zhong looked at Ma Debao and asked in a deep voice.
Ma Debao thought for a while and said firmly: "As long as I am willing to work, I can always make money."
The smile on Wang Zhong's face became even wider. He raised his hand and patted Ma Debao's shoulder gently, saying: "As long as you work hard, you can indeed make money, but what do you know? Mud and tiles are only half a bucket of water, and the carpenter has just learned how to burn. You only know how to make bricks and tiles, what can you do when you go out?"
"Work to make money!" Ma Debao said firmly, obviously having already thought about it.
"Working to make money?" Wang Zhong shook his head and said, "What kind of job are you going to do now? Mining coal for others? You are a young man like you. You eat more than you work. The coal boss is not stupid. Instead of looking for you, why not find an adult with greater strength and stronger bones?"
Ma Debao was stunned by what Wang Zhong said. He didn't know how to refute and frowned.
"Brother Wang Zhong, what can I do?"
Wang Zhongdao: "It's not what you can do, but what you want to do and what you can do!"
…."Do you know what you can do to make money outside now?"
Ma Debao still shook his head.
"Look, you don't know what you are asking!" Wang Zhong shook his head: "You run out as soon as your brain gets hot, and you are either kidnapped into a black coal kiln, or you are taken into a black brick kiln, and you are fucked day and night. No one knows when he will die underground."
Although Wang Zhong said he was a servant, Ma Debao still didn't believe it.
"Four years!" Wang Zhong shook his head, sighed, raised four fingers, and said: "Four years, follow me and learn your craft well in these four years. In four years, you will also grow up. If you are still single-minded, If you want to run away, I will never stop you!"
Ma Debao thought about it for a long time, then gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! Brother Wang Zhong, I promise you!"
Although he didn't believe what Wang Zhong said about how dangerous it was outside, he also understood that if he had some skills, he could beg for food and make money no matter where he went.
Ma Debao is a talented person with a bright mind, hard work, courage and determination in doing things. He is a rare talent.
Wang Zhong has not forgotten that in addition to the main mission, he also has a side mission, and Ma Debao is a foreshadowing and assistant in completing the side mission.
Four years later, if Ma Debao still wants to leave, it can only be blamed on Wang Zhong's lack of charisma and ability.
"Brother Wang Chong, you haven't told me yet, why do you have to come to our poor mountains and ravines instead of living a good life in the city?" It's not Ma Debao.
"There is a saying that everyone has his or her own ambitions! Have you ever heard your teacher Bai say it?" Wang Zhong said.
Ma Debao nodded.
Wang Zhongdao: "You want to make money, be successful, honor your ancestors, and want your parents to live a good life without having to eat potatoes all day long. This is your ambition and your pursuit."
"I also have my pursuits and ambitions. In my opinion, even if everyone in the village runs out to work, there is no way to fundamentally solve the problem of poverty in Yongquan Village, Ganggou Township, and even the entire Xihai. current situation.”
"Falled leaves must return to their roots. If you work outside and earn money, won't you come back?"
Facing Wang Zhong's question, Ma Debao said: "Then I will definitely come back!"
Wang Zhongdao: "Yes, we will come back in the end. Yongquan Village is our home, but what happens after we come back? There is no place to work, and the money earned from working is sitting on nothing? Continue to live a life with your face facing the loess and your back facing the sky. !”
"When we have children in the future, our children will be like you now when they grow up. They will run away and want to live a good life. But when they get older and can't do anything anymore, they will come back, or like Gawa's father is like that, he runs away and never comes back. When the old people gradually die and the young people all run away, will Yongquan Village still exist?"
Ma Debao was shocked when he heard this and immediately shook his head, "Brother Wang Zhong, I don't want this!"
Wang Zhong patted Ma Debao on the shoulder again and said comfortingly: "So I have been thinking about how we, the villagers of Yongquan Village, can make money close to home without having to go out to work. , live your life more and more prosperously."
.... "Brother Wang Zhong, is there such a way?" Ma Debao looked at Wang Zhong. For some reason, something suddenly touched his heart, and his eyes were full of expectation.
"Not yet!" Wang Zhong shook his head, but there was no trace of frustration on his face. The corners of his mouth were raised with a confident and high-spirited smile: "But I believe that as long as we have this idea, this perseverance, and are willing to persevere, Keep trying, try our best, think and search, and one day we will find a way."
"Brother Wang Zhong!" Ma Debao suddenly felt that Wang Zhong in front of him had grown infinitely taller at this moment.
"Haven't you only been in Yongquan Village for a few months? Why do you have such an idea?"
Seeing the confusion on Ma Debao's face, Wang Zhong smiled calmly and said: "Back then, the world was in chaos. If Yongquan Village hadn't taken in my great-grandfather and great-grandmother, it would be another matter whether or not I would be here today. Later, my grandfather and I My father was away, and it was the villagers who helped collect the bones of my great-grandfather and great-grandmother so that they could be buried in peace."
"A drop of kindness should be repaid by a spring, let alone such a kindness. I want to try and learn from those ancestors who sacrificed their lives and blood for the founding of New China, and were not afraid of life, death, or hardship, and did their best In my lifetime, I will do something for our fellow villagers in Yongquan Village and even all of Xihaigu."
"De Bao, there is a saying that I think is right. A man who is poor will take care of himself. If he is rich, he will help the world. Now I can take care of myself alone and help the world. I don't dare to think about it. I can do something for our fellow villagers. What, I think I can still try."
"Brother Wang Zhong!" After hearing Wang Zhong's words, Ma Debao looked at Wang Zhong with a more fiery look.
"I······"
But when the words came to his lips, he didn't know what to say.
Wang Zhong said: "Okay, I just have a heart-to-heart relationship with you. I have no other meaning. Don't think too much about it. It's too early to talk about this now. Besides, didn't we agree that you should learn to miss me?" , after four years, if you want to leave or stay, I will no longer advise you!"
"Brother Wang Chong, I will study seriously!" Ma Debao said firmly.
"Okay!" Wang Zhong smiled and patted Debao on the shoulder, pursed his lips, and said with a quite moved expression: "I will go to the county town to look for any good ingredients in the past few days, and you can come back at the weekend. ! Let’s continue studying! I’ll try to get you to start school as soon as possible.”
"Um!"
"Brother Wang Zhong, I'll go back first!"
"What are you talking about! I've been busy all day, let's stay and have dinner together tonight!" Wang Zhong quickly stopped him.
"No, I..." Ma Debao just turned around, a look of surprise immediately appeared on his face: "Sister Shuihua?"
Wang Zhong also turned to look at Shui Hua standing outside the fence door: "Wai Hua?" He quickly walked over and opened the fence gate: "Why are you here?"
Shui Hua suddenly came to her senses and hurriedly handed three grates of different sizes to Wang Zhong and said, "Didn't you say last time that there were a few grates missing at home! No! I made them all up myself!"
It's just that the look in Wang Zhong's eyes contained a bit of emotion that he didn't usually have.
Wang Zhong took the grate, looked at it, and said with a smile: "It's so well made!"
…."Water Flower, you are so skillful with your hands!"
"That's right! My sister Shuihua is famous for her ingenuity!" Debao said with a proud face.
"Just in time! I'm going to make fried noodles. Shui Hua will stay and have a meal together. Just think of it as a thank you for these grates!" Wang Chong smiled and invited Shui Hua into the room.
"No, no, I have to go back and cook for my father!" Shui Hua waved her hand and refused.
"What's the point? It will be ready later. You can bring a bowl back to Uncle Shuan!" Wang Zhong quickly gave Debao a wink.
Debao hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Shuihua: "Sister Shuihua, don't leave. You don't know who my brother Wang Zhong is yet. You just sent these grates. If you don't eat his meal today, he will go to bed every day." Go work for you at home!"
Wang Zhong's eyes widened and he looked at Debao in disbelief, but Debao chuckled, as if he didn't see it, and said to Shuihua: "Sister Shuihua, the oil is splashing on your face!"
He swallowed as he spoke.
Shui Hua was helplessly pulled into the kitchen by Debao.
Debao helped light the fire, and Shuihua took the initiative to take over the work of kneading and rolling the noodles.
Wang Zhong couldn't resist her, so he let her go.
He took out a piece of mutton weighing more than half a kilogram from the cabinet.
As soon as the mutton was taken out, Debao's eyes lit up and he swallowed subconsciously: "Brother Wang Zhong, where did you get the mutton?"
"Where did you say it came from? Of course I bought it!" Wang Chong replied with a smile.
It was a splash, but the smile on his face immediately disappeared when he looked at the mutton: "Just have some noodles, keep this mutton for later and eat it yourself! Don't do it today!"
Wang Chong smiled and washed the meat with cold water, put it on the eucalyptus board, picked up the kitchen knife and cut it while saying: "This meat is just for eating!"
"Brother! You haven't been to the county for the past few days. I've been at your house for lunch every day, and I haven't seen a piece of meat. Today, Sister Shuihua is here, and you said you want to eat it!"
Debao, who was squatting in front of the stove to light the fire, suddenly interjected.
Wang Zhong wished he could give this kid a thumbs up.
The movement of Shui Hua kneading the noodles paused for a moment, his complexion changed slightly, and his eyes unconsciously moved towards Wang Zhong.
"You are the only one who talks too much!" Wang Zhong glared at him.
Debao smiled, as if he didn't see it.
"By the way, Debao, I always forgot to ask you, how long will it take for you to have winter vacation?" Wang Zhong knew that things with Shui Hua couldn't be rushed and had to be taken slowly, so he quickly changed the topic.
"There's about a month left! What's the matter, Brother Wang Zhong?" Originally, Debao would no longer be studying after the summer vacation. It was Wang Zhong who used to teach him a craft as a bargaining chip, so he was willing to go back to school and continue studying with Mai Miao's father. .
"One month, that's about the same!" Wang Zhong said: "Keep it a secret for now, and I'll tell you later!"
"Brother Wang Zhong, I don't want you to be like this, just half of what you say!" Debao was a little unhappy.
"Okay, once the fire is done, go outside and pull out a few green onions, then go back to the warehouse next door and get some potatoes!"
One had roasted mutton with green onions, the other had stir-fried shredded potatoes, and each person had a big bowl of oil-splashed noodles. Wang Zhong himself held a large vat about the same size as his face plate. Along with the mutton and shredded potatoes, the three of them all ate their fill. .
After dinner, before leaving, Wang Zhongzai quietly stuffed a bag of brown sugar and a note into the basket while Shui Hua wasn't paying attention.
….The basket also contained a bowl of fried noodles brought for Li Laoshuan, which was also covered with mutton, green onions and shredded potatoes.
When Shui Hua returned home, Li Laoshuan, who had been waiting for a long time, couldn't wait to take the basket from Shui Hua who had just walked in. He walked to the table, squatted on the bench and eagerly opened the curtain.
"Dad, please eat quickly. After you finish eating, I have to send the bowl and basket back to Brother Wang Zhong!" Shui Hua was a little absent-minded, and her mind was still thinking about what she just heard Wang Zhong and Debao say outside the hospital. Those words.
In his mind, the image of Wang Zhong continued to grow.
"I got it, I got it!"
"It's so fragrant!" Li Laoshuan looked at the shiny and rosy wide noodles in the basket, as well as the mutton slices and shredded potatoes covered on top. He looked satisfied even before eating. He smelled the fragrant aroma and was already excited. Swallowed several times.
There are two heads of red garlic on the table. Li Laoshuan has already prepared it, and is just waiting for the water splash to bring back the fried noodles.
"Huh?"
"What is this?"
Li Laoshuan's doubtful voice rang out. As soon as he picked up the bowl, he saw the note at the bottom of the bowl and the fist-sized yellow oil paper bag placed under the basket.
"Isn't it just the fried mutton and shredded potatoes made by Brother Wang Zhong? What else is there?" Shuihua, who didn't know why, also came over and happened to see the oil-paper bag in the basket. He couldn't help but pick up the oil-paper bag out of curiosity: "What is this? thing?"
There is also a folded paper strip underneath the oil paper bag.
"Um?"
Shui Hua curiously picked up the note and opened it, only to see what was written on it: "Brewed with brown sugar and hot water, it has the effect of nourishing yin and replenishing blood! During special periods, do not be cold."
Looking at the content on the note, the water splash was cold at first, and then a faint blush quickly appeared on the delicate and pretty round face.
Li Laoshuan took a mouthful of noodles and asked unclearly: "What is written above?"
Shui Hua hurriedly put the note behind her: "Nothing!"
Shui Hua's abnormality was all written on his face. Li Laoshuan was not a fool, so how could he not see it? However, he did not force Shui Hua to say it. Instead, he looked at the oil paper bag that Shui Hua put in the basket and asked, "What is this bag?" thing?"
Shuihua said: "It should be brown sugar!"
Li Laoshuan had just picked up a big piece of fast noodles. After hearing this, he stopped and his eyes lit up. He didn't even eat the noodles. He put the noodles back into the bowl, quickly took out the oil paper bag, and placed it carefully on the table. Opening it, "It's really brown sugar, such a big bag!"
"This coward actually has good intentions!"
As he spoke, he picked up a little bit with his finger and put it in his mouth to taste: "It's so sweet!"
Shui Hua quickly rewrapped the opened oil paper: "Dad, if you don't eat the noodles, they will get cold!"
Li Laoshuan didn't think anything was wrong. He picked up the Kuai Zi and picked up a big bowl of Kuai Zi noodles. He lowered his head and was about to put it into his mouth. Suddenly he paused again, looked at the water splash and said, "Don't be interested in that, you idiot." You’re done!”
As soon as these words came out, the expression on Shui Hua's face froze, he picked up the brown sugar and walked aside, subconsciously holding the note in his hand tightly, his heart suddenly became entangled, but he still said stiffly: "How is it possible, Brother Wang Zhong is so Excellent, how can you like me?"
Even so, there were already ripples in my heart.
.... Shui Hua is not stupid, on the contrary, she is very smart. How could she not feel or detect Wang Zhong's excessive concern and trying every means to get closer?
But she didn't reject Wang Zhong's approach at all, and she was even vaguely looking forward to it.
Li Laoshuan didn't think too much. He took a big mouthful of noodles, broke off a piece of sour noodles, stuffed it into his mouth, and then put a piece of mutton in his mouth. It was so beautiful that he didn't care about anything else.
After Li Laoshuan finished eating, the sky was getting dark and night was approaching. Shui Hua washed the bowls, carried the bamboo basket, and returned to Wang Zhong's house again.
"Brother Wang Zhong, return your basket and bowl!"
"Didn't I say that there's no need to be in such a hurry? You can just return it tomorrow!"
"It's still early!" Shui Hua was a little nervous, not daring to look directly at Wang Zhong: "Thank you for the brown sugar!"
"You're welcome!" Wang Zhong said with a smile: "I happen to be going to the county town tomorrow, and I will buy some wolfberry and red dates on the way. I will send them to your house when I come back in the evening!"
Shui Hua's cheeks quickly turned red and she became more and more embarrassed: "No... no need to spend money!"
"Also, you...how do you know...know..." Even when he spoke, he was stumbling and stumbling. It took him a long time to get out half a sentence. Such a private matter, For Shui Hua, who has a traditional concept, it is really a bit embarrassing to talk about it.
Wang Zhong explained softly: "Don't think too much. Chinese medicine pays attention to seeing, hearing, asking, and understanding. I have practiced medicine with an old military officer in the army, and I know a little bit about it. When I saw you just now, I found that your complexion was not right, and I My sense of smell is also relatively sensitive, and when I got closer, I could smell the faint smell of blood on your body."
"This woman's menstruation is a very normal physiological phenomenon. I don't mean anything else. I just happen to have brown sugar at home and I can't use it myself, so I just leave it alone. And in your current state, drink more brown sugar water. It can replenish qi and blood and is beneficial to the body.”
"Thank you! Brother Wang Zhong!" Shui Hua glanced at Wang Zhong in surprise. She didn't expect that Wang Zhong could actually have medical skills. He could even tell that he was menstruating. She remembered what Wang Zhong had just said and quickly waved her hand. Said: "But you don't need the red dates and wolfberry! Just brown sugar water!"
Usually, let alone wolfberry and red dates, there is not even brown sugar water.
Wang Zhong took advantage of the situation and reminded: "By the way, a woman's body will definitely feel uncomfortable during menstruation. At this time, remember to touch cold things and not just drink brown sugar water. You should also drink more hot water, warm water, etc. Helps relieve discomfort.”
"Also, the weather is getting colder and colder recently. Remember not to touch cold water. Although you are in good health, it is a special period after all, so it is better to be a little more careful."
"Yes! I remember it, thank you!"
"Hi! I didn't do anything, so I have nothing to thank you for!" Wang Chong said with a smile: "It's getting late, it will get dark soon, you'd better go back early, so as not to see clearly later. Way to go!"
"Well!" Shuihua nodded: "Then I'll leave first! You should also rest early!"
"Slow down! I won't send you away."
After saying goodbye to Wang Zhong, Shui Hua even left much faster.
It's night, the stars are hidden, and the dim moonlight shines into the house from the windows and coffins. I sleep in water and clothes, covered with an old floral quilt, but I can't fall asleep no matter what.
Wang Zhong's figure kept appearing in his mind, and all the things during the day also appeared in his mind. That night, Shui Huafang's heart was trembling, and his heart was numb. He listened to the biting cold wind whistling outside and beating on the doors and windows, tossing and turning. Can't sleep either.
Before this summer, apart from her father, the only man she pretended to be in Shui Hua's heart was her childhood sweetheart, Ma Defu, who she grew up with.
But in the past few months, a man named Wang Zhong appeared in her world, and he didn't know the moment from which he squeezed into her heart quietly.
In the past six months, Wang Zhong had tried every means to increase his chances of getting along with Shui Hua, finding things to do in various ways, and shamelessly asking Shui Hua to cook for him again and again to repay his kindness. As an excuse, I went to Shuihua's house again and again, trying to be courteous in different ways.
It finally paid off.
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