When he came out from Li’s house, it was about four or five o’clock in the afternoon, Zhu Pingan went to his benefactor’s house to take another look, there was still no one there, it seemed that his benefactor would not be coming back in the short term.
Autumn is high, but still very hot, the farmers are still working hard in the fields, sweating to ensure a good harvest this year. The yellow rice became golden under the sunlight, making the sweaty farmers put on a big smile.
As the breeze blew, golden waves rolled up in the paddy fields, sending the fragrance of rice into the nostrils.
Walking along the country road, Zhu Pingan greeted his neighbours in the fields from time to time, and a few compliments on the good crops in the fields would make these neighbours happy for a long time.
Almost home, and saw his mother Chen’s is chatting with a group of aunts and mothers, mother Chen’s eyebrows fluttering in talking to the aunts and mothers say something, the aunts and mothers are envious of the look.
“Hehe, Auntie, isn’t that your family’s Pingan Lang?” One of the amazons saw Zhu Pingan and said to Chen.
Chen then turned her head and saw Zhu Pingan, and then waved her hand to greet Zhu Pingan over.
Zhu Pingan took two quick steps and came over, first calling out to his mother, and then greeted a few of the surrounding amahs as well.
“Swine child ah, tell mother again, what is the use of this granary of yours, mother always fails to remember.” Chen’s face was full of pride as she spoke ah.
Err.
Mother is still really happy about this.
However, since the mother likes it, then he must cooperate fully, so Zhu Pingan will be the role of the granary privilege, in the vernacular to describe it again, which there is no lack of slightly exaggerated places, but who let the mother Chen just love to listen to it.
“Shouyi’s family, you can wait to enjoy your blessings, your Ping’an Lang is so smart, in the future you will be able to become a big official.” The aunts and mothers expressed their envy of their mother Chen and praised Zhu Pingan’s intelligence.
“He’s not smart, he’s just hardworking, every time I get up to cook I can see him in the courtyard reading and practicing his calligraphy.”
Mother Chen said this on her lips. But between her brows was the pride of being proud of her son.
In the past is not very like and big aunt gossip mother, but these two days is always like to pile up in the group of big aunt, and then no matter what they talk about, always be able to shift the topic to their own family two small body. Then enjoy everyone’s envy and jealousy, every time can be happy all day.
This time too, after enjoying everyone’s various kinds of envy, Chen only reluctantly went home with Zhu Pingan, on the way. Mother Chen’s face did not stop smiling, the whole person glowing, as if a dozen years younger.
When Zhu Pingan and his mother returned home, there was no one at home yet, his father drove the oxcart back and forth between the town and the mountain village as usual, and his elder brother went into the mountains to prepare for the running water banquet three days later. While his mother Chen started preparing dinner, Zhu Pingan returned to his room to start copying the Li family’s collection of books that he borrowed today.
Everything was well organised and methodical.
The first to return was Zhu Pingchuan, the elder brother who went into the mountains, and his elder brother’s harvest this time seemed to be much larger than usual. The basket on his back was full of things, and he was carrying two fat rabbits in his hand.
The next to come back was Zhu’s father, who drove the carriage into the house and took down the meat buns, fruits and other items bought from the town.
The dinner was very cosy, and the love and care of the family could be felt everywhere.
It’s good to be at home.
Zhu Pingan couldn’t help but let out a sentence of emotion.
It’s good to be at home?
Not everyone holds a positive opinion, for example, at this time the dusty but waited until dark to return home Zhu Pingan’s eldest uncle Zhu Shouren is not so think, home? Home? Home is not as good as the prosperous Qinhuai River.
Or the Qinhuai River is good ah, their own suave someone to appreciate; which is like now, home have to sneak.
As for why sneaky, not because of their nephew. The first time to participate in the children’s test, who expected the county test government test hospital test, not only successfully passed, but also very difficult to the government test as well as the difficult to add to the difficult hospital test to pick the first place. Not only on the Xiu Cai also got the head of the case. Himself, bad luck, ill-fated, another year when the list ah. I have been in school for decades, and I have taken the exam more than ten times, but I have been robbed by a fledgling brat.
Outside is nothing. The closer you get to the countryside, the more ashamed you feel, so you wait until it’s dark and less people can’t see before entering the village.
Alas, the ancestors blessed nephews do not bless uncle ah.
Before the examination, he looked for a fortune teller, said our old Zhu family ancestor blessing, his own this time nine out of ten, did not expect to be his nephew robbed. Some other day find a feng shui gentleman to look at, always feel that the old two family some obstacles to their own home, pressure on their own luck.
The eldest uncle Zhu Shouren thought, while sneaking from the village entrance to the Zhu family’s old house to rush.
Fortunately, at this time everyone is at home to eat or rest, there is no one in the village street, which allows the eldest uncle Zhu Shouren smooth walk to the Zhu family’s old house.
Zhu Shouren stood in the Zhu family’s old house for a while, brewing up his emotions, before gently pushing open the door of the Zhu family’s old house.
At this time, the Zhu family’s old house had already eaten dinner, Zhu old master was sitting in the courtyard under the starry sky to take a cool. These days the old man Zhu is happy and painful, happy because of their own small grandson to compete in the examination of a Xiu Cai case first place, painful because of their own eldest son and failed to pass the examination. In fact, the old man Zhu most want or his eldest son can high school, if he can make the decision, certainly will be the younger grandson’s merit to their eldest son. However, reality is reality, making Master Zhu miserable while happy, and vaguely disappointed in his eldest son.
Master Zhu also misses his oldest son, his youngest grandson has been back for two days, how come his oldest son hasn’t come back yet, nothing happened on the way, right?
The old man was just thinking about his oldest son when he realised that the door had been pushed open and a man had walked in.
The figure was somewhat familiar.
Before Elder Zhu could take a closer look, he saw the figure walk over, wail, and kneel on the ground.
“Father ah, son is unfilial ah, failed the examination again, woo woo woo, son is unfilial ah. The son left home at the beginning of February to prepare for the examination, reciting in the morning, warming the book at night, never stopping ah. The son didn’t have to take the county exams or the government exams, but he never stopped studying, and he even gave his swine a few pointers during that time, so that he could pass the county exams and the government exams without any problems. However, the times are not favourable, the son’s body is not good ah, early not sick late not sick, but the fast hospital exams when sick, the son is also worried about the body is not good, can’t shine the ancestors, they teach swine child ah, swine child is not let the son disappointment. Just son’s luck is not good ah, the examination body is still very sick, the failure of the effort ah, son is not filial ah.”
The eldest uncle knelt on the ground, hugging his grandfather’s thighs, crying sadly.
It turns out that the swine’s son was able to pass the examination thanks to his own eldest son’s teaching, no wonder ah. Grandfather’s vague disappointment in the eldest uncle just rose, after listening to the eldest uncle’s heartfelt words, it disappeared.
“Swine’s son has been back for two days, why are you just coming?” Grandfather had another question in his mind.
“My son hiked for several days, day and night, to save money.”
The eldest uncle hugged his grandfather’s thighs, with a handful of snot and a handful of bitter tears, and spoke with special sincerity.
But not day and night ah, the eldest son into the door of the sky is dark how long ah, just to save money to reduce the burden on the family, the grandfather at once believed the words of the eldest son, looking at the night before the return of the eldest son, almost old tears
