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Chapter 135 A bag of brown sugar

The weather was getting colder day by day, and Wang Zhong's clothes gradually became thicker.

There is nothing to do in the winter, so Wang Zhong just beats the furniture at home.

Every day after school, Debao would come to Wang Zhong's house and follow him. He was serious about learning. Wang Zhong didn't hide anything, and taught him bit by bit.

Mai Miao is just like a little follower, following Debao all day long, Gawa and Shuiwang are still the same, they can't calm down and learn from Wang Zhong, and they can't stay behind Zhe Debao for a while, Wang Zhong is also ignorant of this no way.

After a few days of hard work, looking at the two pairs of grand master chairs and two carved high tables in Wang Zhong's hands, Ma Debao could see everything in his eyes.

"Brother Wang Chong, 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 mortise and tenon! It is not only the foundation, but also the most profound and profound knowledge in the woodworking industry. It is a knowledge that can be studied for a lifetime!" Wang Chongyu said earnestly.

"Studying the knowledge of a lifetime?" Although Ma Debao thought that Wang Zhong's chair was well done, he still didn't quite believe it.

Wang Zhong smiled and said: "If you really want to learn a craft, you must have the drive to study this craft as a science. In the carpentry industry, learning advanced depths has 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 triangular ruler." Wang Zhong took out the triangular ruler for drawing lines and said, "Hooking three strands, four strings and five strings, isn't this mathematics?"

"And this stool, this table! How to design the strongest and save the most materials! Then you have to know how it bears force and how to make it 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 thought about it? Are you planning to continue studying, or what?" Wang Zhong suddenly remembered that he had never asked Ma Debao what he wanted to do.

Ma Debao lowered his head and pondered for a while, before saying, "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 yams in the morning, steam yams at noon, and stew yams at night!" Ma Debao raised the corner of his mouth and said mockingly, "I don't want to eat yams every day anymore!"

Wang Zhong could tell that this was from his heart, because when he was speaking, there was something flickering in Ma Debao's eyes called firmness.

"Young people, it's normal to yearn for the outside world!" Wang Zhong said: "Especially for you at this age, you must feel that the world outside is vast and there is a lot to do!"

"Brother Wang Chong, what you said is exactly what I think in my heart!" Ma Debao said: "Going outside is better than living in poverty in our poor mountain valley!"

"Debao!" Wang Zhong suddenly raised his hand and patted Ma Debao on the shoulder: "How about we make a gentleman's agreement?"

"A gentleman's agreement?" Ma Debao looked at Wang Zhong, and asked suspiciously, "What kind of gentleman's agreement?"

"You are only fourteen this year, and you will study with me for another four years. You will be studying while studying. After four years, you will be considered an adult at that time. Whether you want to stay at home or go out to work to earn money, I I won't stop you!"

"How about it?"

"Why four years later?" Ma Debao wanted to escape from Yongquan Village, a ravine, a poor place, but now he was too young to leave behind. He originally planned to wait another two years before leaving, but Wang Zhong suddenly said four years.

In the past, Ma Debao would have ignored it, but since he has been with Wang Zhong for the past few months, watching how Wang Zhong digs kilns and burns bricks step by step, and builds houses and cellars, Ma Debao has already treated Wang Zhong well. It is regarded as an idol, and it is quite adored.

"Four years later, according to our country's laws, you will be an adult. I don't need to explain what an adult is!" Wang Zhong said with a smile.

Ma Debao didn't agree directly, but thought for a while, and asked, "Brother Wang Chong, can I ask, why don't you stay in a big city and go to our poor place?"

Wang Zhong looked into Ma Debao's eyes and met his doubtful eyes, but he didn't answer directly, but asked instead: "Debao, you said that we are a man, and we have come to this world for a while. What?"

Ma Debao frowned, thought about it, and asked tentatively: "Outstanding? Glory to the ancestors?"

"Then what do you think is called getting ahead, honoring your ancestors?"

Ma Debao was stunned by this question, opened his mouth, and felt that something was wrong when he reached his mouth, then shook his head and said: "I didn't think so much, I just thought about leaving this poor mountain valley ditch, to the outside world, to a better life."

"I don't want to eat potatoes for three meals a day. I want to eat white noodles, I want to eat meat, and I want to earn a lot of money! Let my father and my mother live a good life."

And wheat seedlings!Debao looked at him and added in his mind.

"Money, material things!" Wang Zhong said: "Your idea is not wrong, these two things have always been linked together, the more money you have, the more material life you can enjoy."

"But how can you be sure that you will be able to make money once 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 work hard, I can always make money."

The smile on Wang Zhong's face was even wider, he raised his hand and patted Ma Debao's shoulder lightly, and said, "As long as you are willing to work, you can indeed earn money, but what will you do? A brick is half a bucket of water, and a carpenter has just learned how to burn it." You only know superficially about bricks and tiles, what can you do when you go out?"

"Work to earn money!" Ma Debao said firmly, apparently already thinking about it.

"Working to make money?" Wang Zhong shook his head and said, "What kind of work are you going out now? To dig coal for someone? You are half a boy, you eat more than you do, and the coal boss is not stupid. Instead of looking for you, why not look for an adult with stronger strength and stronger bones?"

Ma Debao was taken aback by Wang Zhong's words, not knowing how to refute, and frowned.

"Brother Wang Chong, what can I do?"

Wang Zhong said: "It's not what you can do, but what you want to do and what you will do!"

"Do you know what you are doing outside to make money now?"

Ma Debao still shook his head.

"Look, you don't know what to ask!" Wang Zhong shook his head: "If you run out of your mind as soon as you get hot, you will either be abducted into a black coal kiln, or you will be brought into a black brick kiln, where you will be fucked day and night. Live, no one knows when he died in the well.”

Although what Wang Zhong said was a servant, Ma Debao still didn't quite believe it.

"Four years!" Wang Zhong shook his head, sighed, held up four fingers, and said, "Four years, follow me to learn the craft hard in these four years, and after four years, you will grow up, if you still put your heart into it If you want to run outside, I will never stop you!"

Ma Debao thought about it for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! Brother Wang Chong, I promise you!"

Although he didn't believe what Wang Zhong said was so dangerous outside, he also understood that if he had a skill, no matter where he went, he would be able to ask for food and earn money.

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 didn't forget that besides the main quest, he also had a side quest, and Ma Debao was a foreshadowing and assistant for completing the side quest.

After four years, if Ma Debao still wants to leave with all his heart, he can only blame Wang Zhong for his lack of charisma and lack of ability.

"Brother Wang Chong, you haven't told me why you don't want to live well in the city, but why do you want to come to our poor mountain valley?" Not Ma Debao
"There is a saying that people have their own ambitions! Have you heard your teacher Bai say it?" Wang Zhong said.

Ma Debao nodded.

Wang Zhongdao: "You want to make money, you want to be famous, you want to honor your ancestors, you want your parents to live a good life, and you don't have to eat yams all day long. This is your ambition and your pursuit."

"I also have my pursuit, my ambition. In my opinion, even if all the people in the village go out to work, there is no way to solve the root cause of the poverty in Yongquan Village, Gangou Township, and even Xihaigu as a whole. status quo."

"Falling leaves always have to return to their roots. If you work outside and earn money, don't you come back?"

Facing Wang Zhong's question, Ma Debao said: "Then I will definitely come back!"

Wang Zhongdao: "Yes, we have to come back in the end. Yongquan Village is our home, but what about after we come back? There is no place to work, and we just sit and eat with the money we earned from part-time work? Continue to live with our faces facing the loess and our backs facing the sky. !"

"When we have children in the future, our children will be like you now when they grow up, running out with all their heart, wanting to live a good life, but when they get old and can't do it anymore, they run back again, or like you Like Gawa’s father, he ran out and never came back, and when the old people gradually die and the young ones go outside, will Yongquan Village still exist?”

Ma Debao's heart trembled when he heard that, and he immediately shook his head, "Brother Wang Chong, I don't want to do this!"

Wang Zhong patted Ma Debao's shoulder again, and said while comforting him: "So I've been thinking, is there any way, so that the villagers in Yongquan Village can earn money near their homes without having to go out to work? , making life more and more prosperous."

"Brother Wang Chong, is there such a way?" Ma Debao looked at Wang Zhong, and for some reason, his heart was suddenly touched, his eyes full of expectation.

"Not yet!" Wang Zhong shook his head, but he couldn't see the slightest bit of frustration on his face. The corners of his mouth were raised with a confident and high-spirited shallow smile: "But I believe that as long as we have this idea, have this perseverance, and are willing to persevere, Persevere in trying, try our best, think, search, and one day, we will find a way.”

"Brother Wang Chong!" Ma Debao suddenly felt that Wang Zhong in front of him, at this moment, had grown infinitely taller.

"Didn't you just come to Yongquan Village for a few months? How could you have such an idea?"

Looking at the doubts on Ma Debao's face, Wang Zhong smiled and said: "The world was in chaos back then, if Yongquan Village hadn't taken in my great-grandfather and great-grandmother, it would be another matter whether I would be here today. Later, my grandfather and I My father is outside, and it was the folks who helped to contain the bones of my great-grandfather and great-grandmother so that they could be buried in the ground."

"The kindness of a drop of water should be repaid by a spring, not to mention such a kindness. I want to try and learn from those ancestors who threw their heads and blood for the establishment of Xinhua, who were not afraid of life and death, and who were not afraid of hardships. In my life, I will do something for the folks in Yongquan Village, and even our entire Xihaigu.”

"Debao, there is a saying that I think is right. If a man is a man, if he is poor, he will take care of himself alone, and if he is rich, he will help the world. Now I can already take care of myself and help the world. I dare not think about it. I can do something for our fellow villagers. What, I think I can still try."

"Brother Wang Chong!" After hearing Wang Zhong's words, Ma Debao looked at Wang Zhong with a little more enthusiasm.

"I······"

But the words came to his lips, but he didn't know what to say.

Wang Zhongdao: "Okay, I just want to have a heart-to-heart conversation with you, there is no other meaning, so don't think too much, it's too early to say this now, besides, didn't we agree, you learn to miss me , four years later, if you want to leave or stay, I will not persuade you anymore!"

"Brother Wang Chong, I must study hard!" Ma Debao said firmly.

"Okay!" Wang Zhong patted Debao's shoulder with a smile, pursed his lips, and looked quite excited: "I'll go to the county to find out if there are any good materials these days, and you will come back on the weekend ! Let's continue to study! Try to get you out of the teacher as soon as possible."

"Ok!"

"Brother Wang Chong, then I'll go back first!"

"What are you going back to! I've been busy all day today, so I'll stay and have dinner together tonight!" Wang Zhong quickly called him to stop.

"No, I..." Ma Debao turned around just now, with a look of surprise on his face: "Sister Shuihua?"

Wang Zhong also turned his head to look at the water flower standing outside the fence door: "Shuihua?" He hurried over and opened the gate made of the fence: "Why are you here?"

Shui Hua also suddenly came back to his senses, and hurriedly handed three grates of different sizes to Wang Zhong and said, "Didn't you say that there were a few grates in the house last time! No! I made them up myself!"

It's just that there was a little more emotion in the gaze that looked at Wang Zhong that he didn't usually have.

Wang Zhong took the grate and looked it over, then said with a smile, "It's really well done!"

"Shuihua, you are so skillful!"

"That's right! My Sister Shuihua is famous for her ingenuity!" Depot said proudly.

"Just right! I'm going to make oil-splashed noodles, and Shuihua will stay for a meal together. I'll take it as a thank you for these grates!" Wang Zhong smiled and invited Shuihua into the room.

"No, no, I have to go back and cook for my father!" Shuihua waved his hands repeatedly to refuse.

"What's the matter, it will be ready later, you bring a bowl back to Old Shuan Shuan!" Wang Zhong hurriedly winked at Debao.

Debao hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Shuihua: "Sister Shuihua, why don't you go away, you don't know who my brother Wang Chong is, you just sent these grates here, if you don't eat his meal today, he can go to heaven every day!" Go work for you at home!"

Wang Zhong's eyes widened, and he looked at Debao in disbelief, but Debao smiled, as if he didn't see it, and said to Shuihua, "Sister Shuihua, oily noodles!"

As he spoke, he swallowed his own saliva.

Shui Hua was helplessly pulled into the kitchen by Depot.

Depot helped to light the fire, and Shui Hua took the initiative to do the kneading and rolling of the dough.

Wang Zhong couldn't resist her, so he let her go.

Take out a piece of mutton more than half a catty from the cabinet.

As soon as the mutton was taken out, Debao's eyes lit up, and he swallowed subconsciously: "Brother Wang Chong, where did you get the mutton?"

"Where did you say it came from? Of course you bought it!" Wang Zhong replied with a smile.

But Splash, the smile on the face of the mutton disappeared immediately: "Just eat a noodle, save this mutton and eat it yourself later! Don't mess with it today!"

Wang Zhong smiled and washed the meat in cold water, put it on the chopping board, picked up the kitchen knife and cut it while saying: "This meat is bought for eating!"

"Brother! You haven't been to the county for the past few days, have you? I've been eating lunch at your house every day these days. Why haven't I seen a piece of meat? Sister Shuihua is here today, and you said you want to eat it!"

Debao, who was squatting in front of the stove and lighting a fire, suddenly interrupted.

Wang Zhong wished he could give this kid a thumbs up.

Water Splash and Mian paused for a moment, his complexion changed slightly, and his eyes unconsciously moved towards Wang Zhong.

"You're the one who talks too much!" Wang Zhong glared at him.

But Depot smiled, as if he didn't see it.

"By the way, Debao, I've been forgetting to ask you, how long do you guys have for the winter vacation?" Wang Zhong knew that the matter with Shui Hua couldn't be rushed, so he had to take his time, so he quickly changed the topic.

"There's still about a month left! What's the matter, Brother Wang Chong?" Originally, Depot didn't feel like studying after the summer vacation this summer. It was Wang Zhong who was willing to go back to school to continue studying with Mai Miao's father because he used teaching him skills as a bargaining chip. .

"One month, that's about the same!" Wang Zhong said: "Let's keep it secret first, and I'll tell you when the time comes!"

"Brother Wang Chong, don't take someone like you, half-talk!" Debao was a little unhappy.

"Okay, when the fire is done, go outside and pull a few scallions and come back, and then go to the warehouse next door to get some yams!"

One roasted mutton with scallions, one stir-fried potato shreds, and a large bowl of oil-splashed noodles for each person. Wang Zhong himself directly took a big urn that was about the size of a face plate, accompanied by mutton and shredded potatoes, and the three of them ate a round belly .

After eating, before leaving, Wang Zhongzai quietly stuffed a bag of brown sugar and a note into the basket while the water was not paying attention.

In the basket was also a bowl of oil-splashed noodles for Mr. Li, covered with mutton, green onions and shredded potatoes.

When Shuihua returned home, Li Laoshuan, who had been waiting for a long time, couldn't wait to take the basket from Shuihua who had just entered the door, walked to the table, squatted on the bench, and opened the curtain impatiently.

"Father, hurry up and eat, I have to send the bowls, chopsticks and basket back to Brother Wang Chong after I finish eating!" Shui Hua was a little absent-minded, still thinking about what Wang Zhong and Debao said outside the courtyard just now. those words.

In his mind, the image that belonged to Wang Zhong was constantly rising.

"Got it, got it!"

"It's so delicious!" Li Laoshuan looked at the oily and ruddy wide noodles in the basket, as well as the mutton slices and potato shreds covered on top, and he was satisfied before eating. I swallowed several mouthfuls of saliva. .

There were still two heads of red garlic on the table, and Li Laoshuan had prepared it long ago, just waiting for Shuihua to bring back the oily noodles.

"what?"

"What is this?"

Li Laoshuan's doubtful voice rang out. He had just picked up the bowl when he saw the note at the bottom of the bowl and the fist-sized yellow greased paper bag under the basket.

"Isn't it the scallion fried mutton and potato shreds made by Brother Wang Zhong, what else?" The unidentified Shuihua also came over, and happened to see the oiled paper bag in the basket, and couldn't help picking it up curiously: "What is this?" thing?"

There is also a double-folded strip under the oil-paper package.

"Ok?"

Shuihua curiously picked up the note and opened it, only to see that it said: "Brown sugar brewed in hot water has the effect of nourishing yin and blood! During special times, don't let it get cold."

Looking at the content on the note, Shuihua was cold for a while, and then her delicate and pretty round face was quickly stained with a faint blush.

Li Laoshuan took a long mouthful of noodles, and asked vaguely: "What is written on it?"

Shui Hua hurriedly put the note behind her back: "Nothing!"

The abnormality of Shui Hua was written on his face, and Li Laoshuan was not a fool, how could he not see it, but he did not force Shui Hua to speak, but looked at the oil paper bag 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 large chopsticks of noodles. Hearing this, he paused, his eyes lit up, and he didn't even eat the noodles. He put the noodles back in the bowl, quickly took out the oiled paper bag, put it on the table, and opened it carefully. , "It's really brown sugar, such a big bag!"

"This broken counselor is kind!"

As he spoke, he picked up a little bit with his finger, put it in his mouth and tasted it: "It's so sweet!"

Shuihua quickly rewrapped the opened oil paper: "Father, if you don't eat the noodles, it will be cold!"

Li Laoshuan didn't think there was anything wrong, picked up the chopsticks, picked up a large chopsticks noodle, lowered his head and was about to put it into his mouth, when he suddenly paused, looked at the water flower and said, "Then Sui I don't want to fall in love with you." Bar!"

As soon as these words came out, the expression on Shuihua's face froze. He picked up the brown sugar and walked to the side, subconsciously clutching the note in his hand tightly. Excellent, no matter how you look at it, you can see me."

Having said that, there are already ripples in her heart.

Shuihua is not stupid, on the contrary, she is very smart. How could she not feel Wang Zhong's excessive concern and try to get close to him?

But she didn't reject Wang Zhong's approach at all, and even vaguely looked forward to it.

Li Laoshuan didn't think about it so much, he took a big mouthful of noodles, broke off a piece of sour, stuffed it in his mouth, and then put a piece of mutton in his mouth.

After Li Laoshuan finished eating, the sky was getting dark and night was approaching. Shui Hua cleaned the dishes, carried the bamboo basket, and returned to Wang Zhong's house again.

"Brother Wang Chong, return your basket and bowl!"

"Didn't you say it, don't be so anxious, you can return it tomorrow!"

"It's still early!" Shuihua hesitated, not daring to look directly at Wang Zhong: "Thank you for the brown sugar!"

"You're welcome!" Wang Zhong said with a smile, "It just so happens that I'm going to the county seat tomorrow, and I'll buy some goji berries and red dates on the way back, and I'll send it to your house when I come back at night!"

Splash's cheeks quickly turned red, and he became more and more embarrassed: "No... no need to spend money!"

"Also, you...how did you know...know..." Even speaking, I faltered and stumbled, and it took me a long time to spit out half a sentence. Such a private matter, As far as Splash with traditional concepts is concerned, 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 knowing. I have followed an old military doctor in the army, and I understand a little bit. When I saw you just now, I found that your complexion was not quite right, and I My sense of smell is also relatively sensitive, and when I got close, I could also 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 don't need it myself. I keep it. And you are in this state, drink more brown sugar water. It can nourish Qi and blood, and is beneficial and harmless to the body.”

"Thank you! Brother Wang Zhong!" Shui Hua looked at Wang Zhong in a little surprise. He didn't expect Wang Zhong to be good at medicine. He could even tell that he had menstruation. Then he remembered what Wang Zhong said just now, and quickly waved his hand Said: "But the red dates and wolfberries are unnecessary! Brown sugar water is enough!"

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 you can't just drink brown sugar water. You should also drink more hot water, warm water, and warm water. Helps relieve discomfort."

"Also, the weather is getting colder and colder recently, so remember not to touch cold water. Although you are in good health, this is a special period after all, so it's better to pay attention to it."

"Yeah! I remember it, thank you!"

"Hi! I didn't do anything, I have nothing to thank!" Wang Zhong said with a smile: "It's getting late, it will be dark soon, you'd better go back early, lest you can't see clearly later Way to go!"

"Yeah!" Shuihua nodded: "Then I'll go first! You should rest early too!"

"Go slowly! I won't send it off."

Saying goodbye to Wang Zhong, Shuihua even left at a much faster pace.

It was night, the stars were hidden, and the dim moonlight poured into the house from the window coffin. I slept in water and clothes, covered with an old cotton quilt, but I couldn't sleep at all.

Wang Zhong's figure kept appearing in his mind, and all kinds of things during the day also came to his mind one after another. This night, Shui Huafang's heart was trembling, and his heart was like numbness. Can't sleep either.

Before this summer, in Shuihua's heart, besides her father, the only man who pretended to be Ma Defu, who grew up with her, was her childhood sweetheart and childhood sweetheart.

But in the past few months, a man named Wang Zhong appeared in her world, and at some point, he quietly squeezed into her heart.

It is not in vain that Wang Zhong has tried various methods in the past half a year, constantly increasing the chances of getting along with Shuihua, finding things to do in different ways, and asking Shuihua to help him cook for his kindness again and again. As an excuse, he went to Shuihua's house time and time again, showing courtesy in different ways.

It finally worked out.

(End of this chapter)