Han Xing Yuan Gu

Gu raised his hand and lifted the basket so high that the rabbit couldn't reach it. Li Gu said, "What's the rush? I'll have something for you later." Ji Zhiqing went to Ji Zhiqing's place, and along the way, he was full of domineering aura, so frightened that no chicken dared to approach him.

Finally at the door, he found that no one was at Ji Zhiqing's house, so Li Gu could only wait with Tu Yuming with his hands in his hands.When Little Rabbit Ya No. swallowed loudly for the 18th time, Li Gu finally couldn't take it anymore, and pouted impatiently: "Eat it, eat it, pick a small one."

When Ji Hanxing came over, he saw the scene where the rabbit was eating with one hand and a mouthful of juice.All the children in the mountains like this beautiful new friend. Tu Yuming's eyes lit up when he saw him, and he grabbed one and hurriedly handed it to Ji Hanxing: "Xingxing, Xingxing, I'm here to give you persimmons."

Li Gu quickly stopped the man, and intercepted the humanoid weapon before he got a hand of persimmon water on Ji Hanxing's body.Tu Yuming was unwilling to be robbed by Li Gu of the big persimmon that he had just picked out to offer his courtesies. However, the force value was far different from Li Gu's, so he could only suck his fingers with hatred, and still stared at Ji Hanxing.

Li Gu glanced at the persimmon he had snatched with distaste, his hands were sticky with juice, and he was only of good size, pulled Tu Yuming past, and rubbed shamelessly on his clothes.Then he greeted Ji Hanxing with a smile: "Come and eat persimmons. Rabbit's grandma gave it to him, and the village chief asked him to bring it here."

Ji Hanxing walked over with small steps, full of perfect etiquette like a rich boy: "Thank you brother."

When he was about to reach out to take the persimmon, Bai Nennen's fingers flashed in front of Li Gu's eyes, and Li Gu suddenly remembered something: "Wait a minute, don't touch your own hands, I will peel it for you." Carefully peeled off the skin of the persimmon, revealing the inside When the juicy pulp comes, hold it with one hand and pass it over: "Just eat it with my hand, don't drip it on yourself."

Ji Hanxing tilted his head and looked at him, his brows and eyes slightly curved, he responded in a low voice, leaned over, opened his mouth and took a sip.

Li Gu suddenly felt very satisfied, like feeding a puppy, seeing him eating was also very happy. "Is it tasty?"

The sweet taste spread on the tip of the tongue, and Ji Hanxing licked the juice on his lips: "Well, it's so sweet."

set the rules

The old village head broke off a brittle branch, frowning and scratching on the dry land.Seeing Ji Zhiqing approaching, he consciously snuffed out the low-quality cigarette that was dangling from his mouth.Ji Zhiqing took a look at the stream of consciousness he had drawn, and said, "Winter and spring are really the only time to build roads. In summer and autumn, there are many showers, so construction is inconvenient."

The village chief listened to him like a primary school student, wishing he could prick his ears up, for fear of missing a word: "Yes, that's what Ningchuan is like. So I want to organize some people to repair the road now. Going to the market next to the Chinese New Year can also add a small amount of income to the villagers."

Ji Zhiqing did not directly answer his words, but took another look at the planning map drawn by the village chief, then looked at the distant mountains, and finally pointed out calmly: "Those mountains are not good, they are so bald that there are not a few trees left. , I am afraid that it will not be able to survive the rainy season starting in June next year, and mudslides will destroy the entire section of the road.”

The old village chief crushed the extinguished cigarettes with his feet, and the corners of his mouth drooped unconsciously: "The poor and the weak can kill chickens to get eggs, there is no way..." He sighed for a long time. It was a sigh coming from the depths of his skin, with a trembling echo.No way, it is probably the most commented on this small village by others, but everyone has the right to say that, the village chief can't.He has no choice but to search from the barrenness and poverty to find a way for this remote place abandoned by the world.

The young and middle-aged people who stayed in Ningchuan did not have much labor, and the young and vigorous went out to work to make a living. The rest were more or less defective. The road construction team organized looked like a federation of old and disabled at first glance.The village can't offer any other benefits, so it can only subsidize lunch and dinner for those who participate in road construction.The village head didn't let the road construction affect the schooling of the children in the village, and he was still unshakable, and asked them all to attend Ji Zhiqing's lecture.

Li Gu had a rare quarrel with the old village chief the day before the road construction team started work. He watched the man who raised him struggle to sleep at night in order to plan a feasible route, and his mouth was worn out with others for a source of stone. The little sense of responsibility in Li's little sense of responsibility swelled up a little bit, and he had to participate in whatever he said.

"Whatever you children, the men in the village are not dead yet! You read your book."

One sentence extinguished the great dream of the young boy who wanted to be indomitable. Li Gu poked his neck like a little beast that refused to admit defeat: "Why! Shao Li's father in the next village said that he would take him out when he came back this year. I am also very happy this year." Four, why can't you do things anymore? You always know that you are asked to come and let you come, but you are so old and have so many things to do, can you come?"

The old village chief snorted disdainfully, walked over and tapped Li Gu's chest with the back of his hand, slapped it twice, and said sarcastically: "You are so young, how many bags can you carry with this small body? How tall are you now? If you want to pick it, you can pick it for two days, and you will be a dwarf for the rest of your life. Are you happy?" Li Gu was so angry that he was like a pot of boiling water, steaming out, "It's impossible for me not to grow taller, but you! I'm almost too old to shrink back and try my best to be brave. You just wait for the day when you can't make it."

Originally, he wanted to receive the emperor's order to serve the country, but he didn't expect to be ridiculed. Li Gu felt that there was no way to communicate with the old man, so he walked away angrily.After two steps, he came back again, and poured out the old village head's footwashing water. He was doing things respectfully, but his nose was upturned, not wanting to say a word to this old man.

The village head watched as he poured out the water, put the basin back and took it to the door.Sitting on the bed, he laughed out loud: "Hmph, the little bastard is a good baby."

The next day, the village head took the Old Disabled Association to repair the road in a mighty way. Li Gu couldn't cheer up sitting in class.

For the first time, he felt this sense of powerlessness, hating himself for not being strong enough, not useful enough.I can only be trapped in a small dilapidated classroom, listening to the teacher tell him from the beginning the knowledge that should be taught to children.

He thought it would be great if he could be like Shao Li's father. He could work as a small contractor in other provinces, and he could send home any money he had during the holidays.He had to admit that from the bottom of his heart, he was envious of Shao Li. Being able to go out to work was the most hopeful life among their peers.

During lunch, he sneaked over to see the situation of the road construction team. The weather was so cold that sweat was still coming out from the core of his hair and flowing down the exposed dark skin covered with dust.Li Gu saw the old village chief pick up two bowls of dry rice, walked to a corner away from people, lifted his trouser legs, and slowly rubbed his slightly swollen ankles.

Tears were about to come out of the young man's eyes, Li Gu cursed, and forcefully suppressed the sadness that he didn't know where it came from.

In the afternoon class, Ji Zhiqing did not see Li Gu.

When the old village chief saw Li Gu in the quarry, his expression turned cold instantly: "Who told you to come, go back!"

Li Gu stiffened his neck: "I won't go back! I have strength, and I can go back and forth much faster than you, so I should be here!"

Many people who were working looked here, and the old village chief also knew that he would not listen to him if he was stubborn, so he would beat him if he took off his shoes.Others persuaded him from both sides, telling Li Gu to be soft, and asking the old village chief to raise his hand to let the child go, but they couldn't stop the two from fighting.

The shoe board didn't wake him up, and the old village chief came over with a shoulder pole angrily: "I told you to skip class! I told you not to study! The little bastard only read a few words and felt that he could go to heaven. Your mother's future Want to pick stones for a lifetime!"

Li Gu was beaten hard by him, and he didn't want to admit defeat, he didn't cry out when it hurt, and he was born with the old village chief's shoulder pole.The onlookers couldn't stand it anymore: "Children come out of good intentions to provide labor, and it's okay to delay reading for a day or two." How about reducing the time it takes to read characters?"

……

The words got into his ears, and the village chief's pole paused.Just when everyone thought this farce was about to end, he knocked on Li Gu's knee in a cold voice: "Kneel down."

There was no sound around, only the sound of the bamboo pole hitting the flesh, one sound at a time, without any room for relaxation.People who thought they were only angry between adults and children gradually became serious.Li Gu gritted his teeth, the stones scattered on the ground pierced his trousers, bleeding from his knees.Li Gu didn't say a word, and no one around spoke, the world seemed to have suddenly quieted down, and there was a bit of solemn atmosphere abruptly.

I don’t know how long it took before the village chief’s pole stopped, and he didn’t look at the onlookers. His voice was not loud but clear, “I have also explained the great truth. If you don’t listen, you can force it. Children must study. From here, it is Ningchuan's rules."

One

As soon as Li Gu opened his eyes, what he saw in front of him was the big flowered pillow towel on his small bed. He dared to make a heroic sacrifice and became the chicken who killed chickens and monkeys, and was placed in such a shape when he came back.

He felt that his sleeping position was very indecent, like an old bastard who had been paralyzed in bed for many years.So he tried his best to move, wanting to turn over, this turning over was terrible, and he discovered two things that made him want to die immediately.

One was that Ji Hanxing was holding a book and sitting upright by the head of his bed. Hearing the sound, he looked towards him, his bright eyes staring at him with nowhere to hide.The second thing is that his buttocks are naked at the moment, the buttocks that had been scorched by a meal of fried pork with bamboo boards should have been smeared with medicine, and the wind blows through, making it chilly.

Li Gu felt a little bit pained.

Under the attack of seeing Ji Hanxing's surprise and the humiliation of his bare bottom, Li Gu sat up in shock in his dying state, struggling to turn himself over, trying to grab some quilt to cover his bare bottom.But he was seriously injured, and of course the result of this effort would not be very good. One lost his balance, and his buttocks kissed the hard bed fiercely again, but failed to turn over, and could only let out an "aww" cry of pain without image.

Ji Hanxing put down the book very calmly and walked over, helping the loveless brother Li Gu turn over, with a deliberately suppressed smile in his beautiful eyes.Li Gu continued to be placed as a bastard with his butt facing upwards, Baba hoped that the kid would keep the quilt on his buttocks for himself, so as to preserve his last dignity, but in the end he was thrown down mercilessly by the kid: "Just now When Grandma Rabbit came, she said that she couldn’t cover things, Brother Li Gu, don’t move, just lie down for a while, the room is still warm anyway, and I’ll give you some medicine.”

"...You gave me my medicine?" Li Gu's voice trembled, and so did his heart.

Ji Hanxing blinked: "Grandma Rabbit taught me to paint the left side, and I painted the right side. The village chief asked me to take care of you, and I will paint it from now on."

Li Gu: "..." It can be seen that when the sky is going to kill a person, it usually doesn't just give him one kind of misfortune.Li Gu wailed inwardly, and fell headlong into the pillow, he couldn't tell which thing made him want to die more.

"Brother, are you in pain? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

The child whispered softly in his ear and asked, Li Gu, who had always thought about problems in a single line, finally knew what it was like to be complicated.She turned around and showed a little red face: "Xing Xing, brother can actually come by himself, it's fine."

Ji Hanxing shook his head resolutely, his eyes were as clear as a mirror, but the knife was sharp and accurate: "You couldn't even turn yourself over just now."

Li Gu was crying in his heart, it was a moment of joy when he was a hero, he didn't expect the treatment of a hero to be like this... It's hard to describe in words.

So he changed the subject abruptly, "How long have I been asleep?"

"It's been about two hours since you came back here...By the way, you haven't had lunch yet, are you hungry?"

Li Gu really wanted to say "It's okay, I'm not hungry" calmly, but his stomach made noises before him.Li Gu felt that he had probably lost all face in his life. He originally wanted to be a cool little elder in front of Ji Hanxing, but he didn't expect to be so foolish.

Ji Hanxing worked hard to suppress the corners of his mouth that were about to turn up, put the book he was reading on the bedside, and ran away bouncing: "I'll go and heat you up."

Li Gu watched as he moved a small bench to the stove, tiptoed to pour water into the cauldron, put it into the steamer, and carefully placed the large bowl containing the food on it.Seeing this, Li Gu trembled in fear. With this kid's size, he was really afraid that Ji Hanxing's rice would burn himself if it wasn't hot enough.He simply stopped worrying about face, and while struggling to get down, shouted at the top of his voice: "Xing Xing, be careful of the hot water! Stand still, if you can't do it, forget it."

While speaking, Ji Hanxing had closed the lid of the pot skillfully, got off the small bench, and wiped off the footprints on the bench: "Don't worry, I do it often, it doesn't matter."

Li Gu breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to move back, because it was face down, it was a bit difficult to move like this, and accidentally rubbed against his vulnerable place.

Ji Hanxing came back with the bench in his arms, only to see the tangled and inexplicable pain on his face.

"Brother, are you okay?"

"No...it's okay...his...it hurts."

Ji Hanxing was terribly worried at first, but seeing how cowardly and miserable he looked, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.Li Gu watched and laughed with him, the wound on his body didn't seem to hurt that much anymore.

The old village chief didn't come back until very late.Ji Hanxing was picked up by Ji Zhiqing earlier, and Li Gu was lying in the room alone, and finally he was able to hum and haw without any scruples, and soon heard the door knocking, which sounded like a village head.Li Gu didn't know how to communicate with him, so he buried his head in the pillow towel and fell asleep again.

The old village chief was very tired during the day, at this moment Li Gu could hear that his footsteps were a little heavy.

The village chief came over and lifted the quilt that Li Gu had pulled up by himself, and inspected his injuries.Li Gu's heart became even more depressed. If he had known earlier, he wouldn't have pretended to be asleep, and he could still maintain the dignity of his butt.

The village chief sat down by the edge of the bed, and sighed softly: "Boy, I know you haven't slept. Did you get hurt from the beating today?"

Li Gu raised his face that had been covered with flowers on the pillow towel, and looked at the old village chief.There are many things in life like this. When no one asks, you can get through it by gritting your teeth. When someone cares about you, you feel emotionally turbulent and difficult to restrain.Li Gu originally held his breath and waited to choke back, but after spending the whole afternoon with Ji Hanxing, his anger has long since dissipated, leaving only a little bit of grievance that a child of this age should have.He was afraid that he would cry if he didn't live up to it, so he turned his face and muttered: "It's okay, I'm getting better soon."

The old village chief snorted and said, "Yes, you are the one with the skin."

Li Gu subconsciously wanted to talk back, but when he saw that the edge of the worn-out shoe of the old village chief couldn't say anything, the two of them were silent for a while.

After a long time, the old village chief said, "Are you also like those people, who think that reading is not as useful as feeding pigs?"

Li Gu thought for a long time, not knowing what to say.

The old village head smoothed the corner of the pillow cover for him: "Let me tell you this, if you feed a pig now, it will be slaughtered next year, and it will feed several people for a while. This is visible. You are studying now, and when you read next year, others may not be able to see any changes in you. But five, ten, or 20 years later, it will be different. I am stupid, and I can’t tell you the truth, but you can do it yourself Look, which of these people's living methods in the village do you want? You think reading is useless, and reading can't give you what you want. If you think reading is useful, this will be your way in the future, which is different from others road."

Li Gu's voice tightened: "I see."

In the end, the village head found a compromise and allowed Li Gu to pick stones as long as he had time to finish his homework and eat.

But this old guy didn't forget to avenge his personal revenge, and insisted that Li Gu was a gangster with no establishment, and he would not be subsidized for lunch and dinner.Li Gu was about to get angry, he wasn't as miserable as he was, who was always disgusted by being forced to work for others.

Ji Hanxing hooked his hand: "Brother, I can deliver food to you."

Li Gu was out of breath, and reached out to rub his hair: "Our stars are the best. There is a lot of dust there, so don't come here."

Teacher Xiao Ji

Li Gu's injury was rather embarrassing. He couldn't put on his pants for the first few days, and his buttocks hurt when the fabric rubbed against him.

The other minors went to study as usual, and all active old and disabled teams in the village were mobilized to build roads.Ji Hanxing was an exception. He had already learned what Ji educated youth taught, and of course he was not in a physique capable of building roads, so now he was a real "idleman", so he was entrusted to take care of Li Gu.Before leaving, the village chief knelt down and shook hands with him solemnly, very like a revolutionary comrade handing over important documents: "Leave Li Gu to Teacher Xiao Ji." Ji Hanxing felt that he had received great attention, and his eyes were happy. He bent up: "I promise to complete the task, the village chief can rest assured."

Ji Zhiqing also found it amusing to see him as a young adult, pinched his little face, and confessed to him again before leaving, promised to take good care of others and stick to it to the end, rubbing medicine, heating meals, and talking with patients every day The last few sentences are all ambiguous.Ji Hanxing nodded, and said skillfully: "I understand, what you say is what you say."

Li Gu could be regarded as a blessing in disguise, and he was in a great mood to learn that he could face a doll that looked like he could pinch it out of white flour every day.The village head made the breakfast. Not long after he left, Ji Hanxing came over with a stack of books, found a taller bench as a table, and stacked them neatly.In his pocket, he still had some snacks from Grandma Rabbit, which were dried and candied fruits from the mountains. When he saw Li Gu, he took them out without reservation and gave them to him.

Ji Hanxing hasn't been in the village for long, and he doesn't have much contact with people, except for the rabbit grandma who often feeds him, but he has a deep impression on this person who often goes to fetch water for work at home. He is happy to receive this task , All the way called "Brother Li Gu", Li Gu straightened his upper body with bare buttocks, stretched his neck out of the window, and agreed crisply.

The first time Li Gu saw him, he felt that Ji Hanxing was different from the children in the mountains. No matter how you looked at him, he was a well-behaved elf. If only he had such a real brother.Thinking again that I have no father and no mother, I am afraid that a younger brother will have to be an orphan with me, and I think that it would be nice to have such a son in the future, and I will definitely love him very much.

But when Li Gu saw clearly the pile of books he had brought, he couldn't feel relieved.In order not to delay his study, Ji Hanxing still brought over Ji Zhiqing's teaching content every day, and even brought over an extra copy of Tang poetry and Song Ci that he was reading, plus a copy of ancient prose and Guanzhi.The veins on Li Gu's forehead were throbbing.

These are considered rare things in the mountains, and in Li Gu's eyes they exist like a heavenly book, and he feels that he may not be able to understand the things in it for half his life.Ji Hanxing didn't give him a chance to refuse, he taught him the course every day, and taught him an ancient prose.The foundations of the two of them are completely different. Ji Hanxing received this kind of enlightenment education. He is familiar with ancient Chinese and can recite most of them. It’s just that he is too young to be able to write all of them. Only now is he looking for a book to read.Li Gu didn't know a few big characters, let alone ancient Chinese.Ji Hanxing just read a sentence for him to read along with him, and then explained it to him word by word, and then asked Li Gu to recite it by heart.

It's not really tough, I have to change my ass after lunch.What Li Gu applied was the herbal ointment prepared by Grandma Rabbit. He had to wash off the old one with warm water first, then wiped it dry before applying the new medicine.Ji Hanxing fetched water very dutifully, and Li Gu was moved and embarrassed when he saw him coming with a basin big enough for himself to take a bath.Wanting to speak directly but afraid of dampening the enthusiasm of the children, he gritted his molars for a long time before opening his mouth: "Well, Xing Xing, let's wash and wipe the medicine yourself, brother."

"why?"

"Because..." Before he finished speaking, Ji Hanxing's buttocks became hot, and Ji Hanxing had twisted a hot towel to cover his injured area, and Li Gu's face turned red.

"Because of what?" Ji Hanxing asked again.

"No..." Li Gu was speechless, he decided to lay flat on his stomach and not struggle to avoid revealing more parts: "Brother is afraid that you will be tired."

"I'm not tired." Ji Hanxing picked up the towel, carefully wiped off the traces of medicine left yesterday, and then applied new medicine evenly.

Li Gu buried his face in the pillow, and thoroughly acquired the novelty of shame, although he couldn't say why he was ashamed.It's normal for children in the mountains to run with bare buttocks when they are seven or eight years old. Li Gu didn't think there was anything wrong with it before, but when facing Ji Hanxing, he always felt that well-dressed people are more suitable to stand with him.

In the morning, he learned new characters and changed his medicine, and in the afternoon, he memorized ancient prose for several hours. When Ji Zhiqing came to pick Ji Hanxing back, Li Gu's brain was a little stuffed, and he was in a daze.After saying goodbye, Ji Hanxing poked his head out from the door, "Brother, I will come after dinner tomorrow morning."

Li Gu was happy: "Okay, brother is waiting for you."

Ji Hanxing was also very happy, and added: "I'll give you a dictation." Li Gusheng couldn't help it: "...oh hehe, good... good..."

Many years later, Mr. Li, who had just started the company, went to talk about the list, and the other party was the deputy mayor in charge of investment promotion, who was notoriously difficult to deal with.Li Gu drank with him cup after cup until he was so drunk that he passed out.After waking up, he learned that he had won the business.Li Gu was at a loss, the secretary told him that you recited the entire Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng when you were drunk, and the deputy mayor said that it was the first time he saw such a businessman in his life.

Everything learned becomes a character. Li Gu later thought that the village head's metaphor at that time was not entirely correct. There is no way to compare the meaning of learning characters and feeding pigs. What he "eat" is not feed, but pigs. Special things that can be integrated into his spirit and blood can make him a different and better person from the original.

On the third day, Li Gu was finally able to get out of bed.In addition to endorsement, Ji Hanxing also began to teach him how to write.Under the urging of this little teacher, his handwriting was still ugly, but his strokes became clearer. Even Ji Zhiqing said that this is a very hard-working style of writing.

Li Gu could move by himself, so he said that he would never let Ji Hanxing touch the stove again. He had a deep impression of Ji Hanxing at first. He always thought that Ji Hanxing was a fairy in folklore, made of snow or clouds, and breathed alive The little doll who is dead, lest the objects in this world make him bump into bumps.When it was time to eat, Ji Hanxing sat down on the small bench, pulled up his pants and moved stiffly to the kitchen, rubbing against the stove to warm up the meal for the two of them.

Ji Hanxing ate less, and Li Gu felt that the rice was too hard for him, so he didn't like it, so he grabbed two sticks of corn and steamed it the next day.Ji Hanxing gnawed on the corn cob like a little hamster. Satisfied, Li Gu stretched out his hand to wipe off the corn kernels he accidentally got on: "Is it delicious?"

"Well, it's delicious," Ji Hanxing grabbed another one and handed it to him: "Brother eats it too."

Li Gu smiled: "Brother won't eat it, I'll leave that one for you as a snack in the afternoon."

Food delivery

Li Gu recovered from his injuries in a few days and was able to run all over the place again, so he went back to the classroom.After a few days of absence, he actually recognized all the words Ji Zhiqing asked in class, everyone followed along, and his voice was louder than anyone else, as if he was afraid that others would not know that he knew a few more words. He also rushed to answer two questions, bluffing the children in the class for a moment.

The tail in Li Gu's heart was soaring to the sky. The children in the mountains wanted to make him a king of children, because he was a good fighter and he was a child of the village chief. up.Tu Yuming bared his rabbit teeth and clapped his hands, feeling that his close friend had done something extraordinary.As soon as he took the lead, the children in the class applauded one after another, Li Gu himself was stunned, he was a little dazed with excitement, he turned around and bowed to everyone a few times, like receiving an award in the Olympic Games, and felt that he didn't have much face after he finished. He obediently ran back and sat down.

Ji Zhiqing usually doesn't like to laugh very much, but he has been watching all this with gentle eyes.We learn from others how we judge good and bad, which in turn influences our own code of conduct.The applause that seemed to be full of jokes and booing made Ji Zhiqing feel a little bit of irony in his heart. At least in the hearts of these children, something began to be different.No matter how dim it is, if a seed is planted, everything will be very hopeful.

The village chief was busy building roads, so he didn't have time to go to the back of the classroom to supervise the students' style of study. Li Gu sat on a three-legged stool for the village chief to maintain classroom discipline.Not only did he perfectly inherit the power of the old village chief's hidden weapon, but he also possessed the power of a role model because of the few words he recognized inexplicably, and he was quite capable of convincing everyone.

When it was time for lunch, the children went home. Li Gu, relying on his long legs, didn't care about his own lunch, but rushed to the quarry, replacing the village chief to help carry some loads.After finishing the work, he walked up to the village head again, and asked with a shy face, "You really don't give lunch?"

"No," the old village chief snorted, "When have you ever seen me favoritism? I told you that you are a non-staff member, so you don't have any subsidies." Li Gucai didn't want the old, weak, sick and disabled staff, and curled his mouth gone.Thinking of the two cold steamed buns on the top of the pot, luckily I brought them out in the morning, and I was about to find a corner to eat alone, when I heard someone call from a distance, "Brother Li Gu!"

Ji Hanxing ran over with a huge basket, dragging his little arms and legs.His skin was pale, and there was a little sweat on his face. It was shining white under the sun, as if it would glow.Li Gu quickly jumped down from a high place to pick up the heavy object in his hand.I couldn't help but feel a little happy, and then I was a little worried after thinking about it: "Didn't I say that you were not allowed to come here? Why did you come here? How dirty it is here, and there is a lot of dust."

Ji Hanxing pursed his lips slightly. Li Gu has been careless for 14 years. At this moment, Fuzhi realized that what he said was wrong, and quickly rubbed his hands on his pants. , Rubbed his hair: "I'm glad you came, but I feel that the road is far away, and I don't want you to run away." After speaking, I felt embarrassed, and I didn't dare to look at Ji Hanxing.I don't understand why I have to explain, and I don't understand why I am embarrassed. It seems that it is embarrassing to say it directly, and I am afraid that Xing Xing will be angry and sad if I don't say it.

Ji Hanxing frowned slightly when he heard what he said, took out the bowl and chopsticks from the basket and handed them over with both hands, his eyes brightened: "It's okay, brother, eat quickly."

Li Gu took it from Shan Ruliu, and the bowl was still hot when he touched it. The road was so far, thinking that Ji Hanxing would probably have to run all the way here, so he said, "Xing Xing, don't come to deliver my food tomorrow."

"Isn't it delicious?" Ji Hanxing tilted his head and asked him.

"The road is too far." Li Gu decided to be honest with him: "Don't come so far, I can take care of it at noon."

Ji Hanxing looked at him for a while, and thought for a while: "Then... how about you wait for me under the second tree at the mountain crossing at noon every day. We can all walk less, isn't that good?"

Of course it's fine, Li Gu likes this pretty kid very much, and is willing to play with him often.The only fly in the ointment is that Ji Hanxing wants to help him with his homework whenever he has time. Li Gu has returned to the classroom to learn how to read normally. Let's pour it first and then talk.

The progress of road construction is fast, and even the face of the old village head is stained with joy: "At this speed, at least a short section can be passed on the fifteenth day of next month. More things can be brought out of the mountains to sell." On the road Before the pass, there were dozens of miles of mountain roads, potholes, steep and dangerous places, and everything had to be transported out purely by human and animal power, which caused a long-term separation between Ningchuan and the outside world.

Li Gu listened to what the lord said, and happily went to Ji Hanxing: "Xing Xing, do you want to go out to play?"

Ji Hanxing looked over, and waiting for his next words, Li Gu was very excited: "The village chief said that he would bring a few more people out at that time, so I'll beg him to take us along."

Ji Hanxing closed the book: "They are going to the market, so they must be busy with a lot of things. If we go, we can't help but only add to the chaos. It's better not to go."

Li Gu probably forgot that Ji Hanxing originally came from the city, and the road that would not pass through aroused his curiosity about the outside world, making him eager to look and explore, and he couldn't wait to bring Ji Hanxing with him share the fun.

Ji Hanxing's small retreat did not dampen Li Gu's enthusiasm for going out of the mountain, and the young man slapped his chest loudly: "Let's not trouble the adults, I will take you to the city. You don't have new ink to write Well, I'll buy it for you."

Ji Hanxing couldn't bear to point out a fact: "But Brother Li Gu, none of us have any money."

"It's not easy, let me tell you..." Li Gu suddenly got stuck for a while, then laughed and laughed: "What are you worrying about, kid, brother will definitely let you use new ink."

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Relying on mountains to eat mountains depends on water to drink water, especially in places like Ningchuan, where the economy has no level of development, it is extremely dependent on the natural environment and climate.Fortunately, God has given me a lot of good weather during the road construction period. Although the so-called "road construction" at this stage is nothing more than compacting the road on the rugged mountain road and paving it with a layer of rough stones, The practical significance is beyond heaven.But this small improvement is enough to encourage the villagers to go out and go further.

It was not the first time Ji Zhiqing noticed that Li Gu had fallen asleep in class.In his opinion, Li Gu is a responsible and motivated child. Although he has not received much education, he can see the character and courage of the child.Although Ji Zhiqing usually doesn't treat him very special, he is very concerned about it in his heart.Since the improvement of road repairs, Li Gu has often fallen asleep in class, and this is the fourth time today.

Ji Zhiqing glanced at Li Gu who was so sleepy, turned his head, and wrote on the blackboard calmly.

With a loud bang, Li Gu fell on his back together with the three-legged stool.Probably this scene was too funny, the children in the class were surprised and laughed, and soon became a noisy mess.

Ji Zhiqing turned her head and glanced at the noisy students, and everyone gradually quieted down.Li Gu rubbed his butt in embarrassment and looked towards Ji Zhiqing, he was ready to be asked if he was okay and then say it didn't hurt like a hero.Ji Zhiqing didn't pay attention to him, just gave him a cold look, and then continued to lecture.

He didn't pay attention to it, and the students in the class naturally didn't like to watch it too much.Li Gu was bored, and Pai Hui went back to sit on the three-legged stool that shook even more.

After class, Li Gu followed Ji Zhiqing and went to his house to fetch water for him as usual.Ji Zhiqing didn't say a word, so Li Gu could only bite the bullet and follow him, doing things for him silently and skillfully.Unexpectedly, he overestimated himself, and Li Gu fell asleep at the door with his broom in his arms before Ji Zhiqing went to change his homework.His eyes were blue, and he looked extremely tired.

Ji Hanxing came over and poked his face. Li Gu didn't wake up, and asked Ji Zhiqing, "What's wrong with Brother Li Gu? You're so sleepy in broad daylight."

Ji Zhiqing gave Li Gu a complicated look, with anger in his eyes, and a little bit of compassion.

In class the next day, Ji Zhiqing left some time for everyone to memorize and write their homework freely as usual.

Li Gu watched Ji Zhiqing go out, hurriedly arranged the stools secretly, and ducked out through the leaky back door of the classroom.

A small man was waiting for him in the woods, and handed him a bamboo basket, in which there were faintly visible slingshots and iron animal traps made by local methods.The man is small in stature and has a pleasing smile on his face, which makes people feel a little kind when they see him.

Li Gu familiarly picked up the bamboo basket and walked with the man: "Uncle Tu, where are we going today?"

"Go to the back mountain where there are few people before it is dark, it may be dangerous, you have to follow me closely."

It was Tu Yuming's father who spoke.The mountains in Ningchuan haven't been developed yet, although it's dangerous, there are many good things. If you buy some and sell them along the road to the city, you can earn quite a fortune.Li Gu went to urinate one day, and saw Tu Yuming's father sneaking out with something on a net rope, and the place he passed was covered in blood.It was only then that Li Gu found out that he had been secretly reselling pheasants recently.At that time, Li Gu didn't understand that this was illegal, he only knew that Uncle Tu was a good person.Good people don't do bad things, this is how this young man understands life.

A kid who is short of money, followed by an adult who is short of money. Neither of them understands the law. They only know that the village chief will probably not allow this, so they sneak away from them.I dare not release animal traps during the day, for fear of accidentally injuring the villagers. When the sun is about to set, I will bring slingshots, earthen guns and the like to find the habitats of these animals.The live ones are tied up and sent to the game restaurant in the county outside the mountain.

Li Gu did all this at night, so he was not energetic during the day.

Li Gu was always restless when he was hunting that day, and he accidentally killed the two pheasants before he could catch them alive.

Dead pheasants cannot be stored for too long, and it would be a pity to throw them away. Seeing that the sky was about to dawn, I hurriedly carried them to the river to dispose of them.

When he squatted down to wash the blood on his hands, a tall, thin and handsome man came out of the morning mist. Ji Zhiqing said, "Did you fall asleep because of this class?"

Li Gu shook his hands, and answered with a guilty conscience, "Yes." Ji Zhiqing couldn't see any joy or anger on his face, and Li Gu added in a low voice: "It can be sold for money."

Ji Zhiqing was noncommittal, walked over, knelt down, snatched the dying pheasant from his hand, and dealt with it sternly.Not to mention the blood on those hands, even the old village chief who wiped the blackboard himself would think it was a blasphemy. Bai Shengsheng stroked the wet feathers and dirty wounds with his hands. Li Gu was shocked to see him, and quickly stopped him: " No teacher, you can't do this!"

"You can do it, why can't I?" Ji Zhiqing raised his head, his tone still calm.This was worse than beating Li Gu, the boy shrugged his nose and was speechless.

"What do you want money for?"

Li Gu was embarrassed to say that he wanted to buy Ji Hanxing new ink, clean practice paper and pens.Ji Hanxing lives with Ji Zhiqing, he has always been very good, and he doesn't ask for anything. He can be dismissed with a few books, and he is more at ease than anyone else at a young age.Tu Yuming was about the same age as him, and that kid was always envious of other people's new gadgets, such as colored glass marbles and pictures with heroes.Uncle Tu also said that he would buy a football for Tu Yuming when he made money.

Li Gu really felt sorry for Ji Hanxing, he knew that Ji Zhiqing was not his real father, and the two of them didn't know what kind of distant relatives they were.With a small heart, he casually speculated and felt that Ji Hanxing was very pitiful.He also wanted to buy new shoes for the village chief, and there were many things he wanted, but he had no money, or the whole of Ningchuan had no money like this.He is too young, he can only use his own way to fight against the stinginess of life, and wants to do his best to make some small changes.But Ji Zhiqing's attitude made him feel that it might be wrong to do so.

Ji Zhiqing handled the dead pheasant swiftly, while driving at a leisurely pace.