Iron Bull Legend

He held a big red lantern and asked the children to stand in front of the door of his house and stand on tiptoe to watch.

Early in the morning, on the street, idle adults were greeting each other, children running and jumping around were playing with each other, and there were children paddling an ice cart made by their parents, followed by a large group of people with runny noses. A child with a snot-filled nose.

Tomorrow is the New Year's Eve, and every house has festive couplets posted on its door. If the house is in good condition, there will be a small iron ox hanging on it. After practicing horse riding with the Jin sisters, they quietly sneaked into the house known as the bullpen. Inside, there were frozen rice cakes and frozen pears in their pockets. They covered them with their little hands, which turned red from the cold. When several old men saw it, they screamed in distress and covered their faces with their little hands.

Today, a few old people did not teach the children knowledge. Some of them gave them a notebook. The notebook was made of the paper they saved and stapled together with thread. It only had about twenty pages, but it was the only treasure they could get rid of at the moment. , presented a pencil and an eraser with only half a piece left, which the three children held in their hands very rare.

"Uncle, who knows where the children have gone?" Sister-in-law Jin asked while stroking the soles of her shoes.

"Haha, those little guys are so smart that they went to those old men at the end of the village." Mr. Guo said casually while eating melon seeds.

"Uncle, how can that be done? That's..." Sister-in-law Jin put down the soles of her shoes and was about to get off the kang. She was interrupted by Mr. Guo and looked at Mr. Guo blankly.

"Those kids are so good at that, and those dozen or so old scholars, each of them used their best skills to teach a few kids, oh, damn it..." Mr. Guo stopped talking and sighed. Take a breath,.

"Uncle, how did you know?" Sister-in-law Jin looked at the old gentleman in front of her with some confusion, but she didn't see them following the children.

"Every day, several children would rather take a detour than go straight, just because they are afraid of being known by others. I also discovered it accidentally. When I knew that I was teaching children to read, I felt relieved. You can also rest assured that they are good to the children. Now." Mr. Guo expressed the doubts in Sister-in-law Jin's heart.

"Bang..." At this time, the door was pushed open hard, and Little Tieniu rushed in.

"Grandpa, Grandpa Ke is sick. Go and save him quickly." Little Tieniu hurriedly pulled Mr. Guo as soon as he entered the room.

"Okay, I'll go right away. You go there first and I'll arrive later." After Mr. Guo finished speaking, he got up and went back to the next door to pick up the white-washed military backpack.

Following the path the children took before, they walked around to the dilapidated and low house, gently opened the door, and saw a group of people in the house gathered around the fire pit, shouting anxiously.

"My grandpa is here, some grandpas please give way." Xiao Tieniu was the first to see it and shouted quickly.

More than a dozen people got out of the way, and Mr. Guo quickly walked in and saw an old man lying on the fire bed, covered with thick quilts. The old man was still shivering, his face was pale, and his head was covered with cold sweat.

Walking closer, he gently opened the old man's eyelids, took a look, took his pulse again, soothed his brows, opened the military backpack he carried with him, took out a small bottle, and then took out a needle bag. Five gold needles were already there. Holding it between your fingers, you opened the vial, and the smell of white wine filled the room.

The thin filiform needles were dipped in the vial, and he opened the old man's clothes. Five filiform needles were inserted into several acupuncture points of the old man at once. He gently twisted and flicked the needle, and the tail of the filiform needle made a buzzing sound. Swirling.

Five or six minutes later, Mr. Guo quickly took out the needle, and then took out a long needle. After disinfection, he inserted it into the Baihui point on the top of the old man's head. The needle disappeared. After flicking it, he quickly took out the needle, and the old man woke up slowly. .

"I'm so exhausted, it's like carrying a big sack weighing two to three hundred kilograms, crushing me to death." The old man's first words came out after he woke up.

"Grandpa Ke, are you okay?" Little Iron Beef asked in a low voice next to the old man's pillow.

"Grandpa is okay, did it scare you?" Grandpa Ke asked.

"No, I'll call grandpa to treat you." Little Tieniu puffed up his chest and said proudly.

"Good boy, thank you. I also thank your grandpa, cough." Grandpa Ke coughed twice.

"You're welcome. You are suffering from a lack of nutrition and are suffering from cold." Mr. Guo said.

"Yes, we are short of medical treatment and medicine here. It would be nice to have enough food. Alas." Grandpa Zhang spread his hands and said helplessly, with a sad expression on his face.

"In the future, if anyone gets sick again, please ask Tieniu to find me in advance. I will stay here for a while. At the same time, I would also like to thank you all for teaching the three children. Thank you." After speaking, Mr. Guo took a step back and bowed. .

"Mr. Guo, you're welcome. Does Mr. Guo know Tong Boyuan, Mr. Tong?" Mr. Zhang came over with excitement in his eyes.

"That's the master, and I am his most unfilial disciple Guo Haodong." Mr. Guo said with some respect, and then stared at the old man in front of him.

"Haha, I see that you have a bit of Tong Lao's demeanor when performing acupuncture. Great, Tong Lao's successor is indeed well-deserved. I admire you." Mr. Zhang bent down and returned the gift, laughing.

"Do you know your tutor?" Mr. Guo asked, clearing up the doubts in his mind.

"Brother Guo, I have also received guidance from Mr. Tong, but I am dull and have no acupuncture skills. Alas, it is also because I am not good at studying..." Mr. Zhang told a past incident, and everyone listened. So sad.

Mr. Zhang, whose original name is Zhang Ji, is originally from Fujian Province and has been studying medicine for generations. He specializes in decoctions and medicines. He has little knowledge of acupuncture. Otherwise, when Grandpa Ke fell ill all of a sudden, he started to treat it, and there would be no such thing. Recognize and get acquainted.

More than a dozen people chatted in the room for a long time. Finally, it fell on Xiao Tieniu to describe Xiao Tieniu's cleverness one by one, which made everyone happy. Guo Haodong had trained Xiao Tieniu as a closed disciple, which also made more than a dozen people happy. The bit was very sad.

Guo Haodong returned home with Xiao Tieniu and the others and briefly told the story. Mrs. Jin quickly packed up a lot of food and daily necessities and sent them to Mr. Guo under the cover of night. In this way, they communicated with each other in secret. reached consensus.

The team organized a fireworks display. This year, a lot of mountain goods were harvested and a lot of daily necessities were exchanged. Naturally, there were many more fireworks than in previous years. Adults and children wore new clothes and families happily gathered on the threshing floor at the head of the village. .

Tieniu didn't go, and naturally neither did the two Jin sisters. Sister-in-law Jin obviously felt something was wrong with Tieniu, and told Mr. Guo to stay at home with their three children.

"Tieniu, tell Auntie, what's bothering you?" Sister-in-law Jin asked casually while sitting on the edge of the kang, making cloth shoes.

"Auntie, why don't my parents accompany me? The children in the village said that their parents are dead. Is it true?" Xiao Tieniu hesitated for a while before expressing the doubt in his heart.

"Little Tieniu..." Sister-in-law Jin couldn't continue talking as soon as she called "Little Tieniu". Her eye circles immediately turned red, and her eyes were full of anger.

"Aunt, I know, I won't be sad, I'm strong." Xiao Tieniu interrupted Jin's thinking and directly expressed his thoughts, just like an adult, looking out at the dark sky Ye, not talking.

"Little..." Jin's sister-in-law just said one word, but she didn't say any more. He wanted to give the child his own space, and no amount of comfort would be of any use. Only he would know the matter if it happened to him. , not to mention he is still a child less than two years old. ,

On the threshing floor at the head of the village, most of the members of the team went there and set off flower tubes, two kickers, sky-piercing monkeys, etc. Finally, after a hanging, ten rings and one goo-dong for a long time, everyone went home happily to receive the gods. went.

Jin Lan and Jin Zhu were lying on the window sill, looking at the flashes of fireworks coming from the direction of the village, and listening to the sound of crackling firecrackers, their hearts had drifted away.

Looking back, after feeling Xiao Tieniu's emotions, the two of them chatted incessantly, leaning on Xiao Tieniu. However, Xiao Tieniu just quietly listened to the two young ladies talking and laughing, while he remained silent. language.

After eating a meal of steaming dumplings, Little Tieniu did not let him come out of silence. He watched the children help clean up the dishes and chopsticks silently, and then returned to the kang and looked at the darkness outside the window.

"Uncle, Little Tieniu..." Sister-in-law Jin said with some worry after telling Mr. Guo what happened just now.

"It's okay. He is still young. As time goes by, he will slowly return to reality. I will also pay attention to his emotions and take the time to guide him." Mr. Guo was also very uncomfortable. He could not accept this reality, let alone A child.

At night, Little Tieniu had another dream, dreaming about the old man with the white beard. Today, the old man with the white beard did not practice. He sat opposite him and listened to him tell about his parents. The old man with the white beard had been listening. , after he finished telling the story, the old man with white beard asked him.

"In your heart, is it more important to miss your parents, or is it more important to live bravely?"

"I don't know now, I can't figure it out." Xiao Tieniu thought for a while and said.

"Don't think about things you don't understand. You'll understand them naturally when you grow up."

Little Tieniu was awakened again by the sound of roosters crowing in the early morning, so he put on his clothes and ran out to fill the water.

The family has become accustomed to the daily life of Little Tieniu. The Jin sisters also quickly got up and dressed and washed. The heavy snow outside has stopped. The whole world is covered with snow. Because there is no food to eat, birds have flown to humans. residential area.

After the little iron cow put the water in the water, he saw the birds landing under the eaves. He immediately felt much better. He pouted his little mouth and tried to whistle like an adult. After trying several times, he could only hear the blowing air. Voice.

Turning back to the house, the hot meal had been served. Mr. Guo sat at the top of the table. A tin pot was placed in front of him again. The mellow aroma of wine once again attracted Little Tieniu's eyes.

"Huh, you don't know how to learn well at such a young age." Mr. Guo snorted, picked up the wine glass and took a sip. The spiciness of pure grain wine made him frown slightly.

"Grandpa, the wine is so spicy, why do adults like to drink it?" Xiao Tieniu ignored Mr. Guo's dissatisfaction and said in a childish voice.

"Humph, I still don't know what you are thinking, don't think about it, hurry up and eat." Mr. Guo directly exposed Xiao Tieniu's little thinking, making the whole table laugh.

The two little girls Jinlan and Jinzhu burst into laughter when they saw the embarrassment of Little Tieniu. Sister-in-law Jin was even moved to tears by how thoughtful Little Tieniu was at such a young age.

"Happy New Year to Grandpa, Auntie, Sister Lan, and Sister Zhu." Xiao Tieniu diverted everyone's attention and sent out his blessings in a crisp voice.

"Happy New Year, Happy New Year." The blessings on the wine table continued.

After the family had finished breakfast, the three siblings went to the open space in the yard next door and started to stand up. Mr. Guo did not go over and chatted with Mrs. Jin every sentence.

For nearly two hours, the three of them said hello to the two people in the house and ran towards Grandpa Ke's house.