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Chapter 406 The Boy Herding Cows and Reading Books

"Moo!"

The ox tied to the persimmon tree finally couldn't bear the threat brought by the grimace standing next to it, and let out a howl from the inside, pawing anxiously on the ground with its four hooves, showing a tendency to "shock".

Seeing this situation, Zhang Taiping patted Grimace's neck to make him step aside temporarily, lest the scalper would be really shocked and difficult to deal with.

Hearing the call of the cattle below the tree, the boy on the top of the tree finally pulled out his mind from the book and raised his head, looking at Zhang Taiping under the tree and the grimace walking not far away without knowing what happened.

Zhang Taiping smiled and asked under the tree: "Aren't you afraid that others will steal the cow?"

"Who will come to steal the cow?" The eyes in a daze gradually regained their spirits and became lively. "I'm watching, and no one can steal it."

Zhang Taiping still smiled and said: "Not necessarily, if I stole the cow just now, I would have pulled the cow away, and you are still on the tree without responding."

The boy shook his head disapprovingly and said: "There is also Xiaohuagou down there, if you really pull the cow, Xiaohuagou will definitely outwit you."

"Then did you hear the little dog barking?"

The boy was slightly taken aback again, and looked at the little flower dog under the tree. After Grimace receded not far away, it was still lying on the ground and did not dare to move. It was obviously afraid of Grimace to the bone, and it was probably Grimace that was going to bite now. If it breaks its neck, it will obediently stretch its neck.

The boy looked at the grimace not far away and said, "Is that big dog yours? Xiaohua seems to be very afraid of it?"

Zhang Taiping nodded slightly: "Your little flower dog will naturally be afraid, mine is just a Tibetan mastiff, the uncrowned king among big dogs, let alone your earthy dog, even a big dog would not dare presumptuous in its presence."

"The uncrowned king? This word seems to be used very well, but I don't know what it means." The boy's attention made Zhang Taiping a little bit dumbfounded. Zhang Taiping talked about the difference between the two dogs, but he was paying attention to what Zhang Taiping said Idioms used in discourse.

"A superficial understanding is an emperor without a crown."

The boy shook his head and still didn't understand.

Zhang Taiping changed his method and continued to explain: "Have you watched the TV series "Secret History of Xiaozhuang"?" During this time, Shaanxi No. [-] TV is currently broadcasting this TV series.

The boy nodded, his eyes sparkled: "My dad didn't let me watch TV when I was in school. During the summer vacation, I watched this TV series from beginning to end." With a topic he was interested in, the boy slipped down from the tree .

Zhang Taiping said: "I'll explain it to you after you've seen this TV show. Which character do you like the most?"

"Of course it's Prince Regent Dorgon!" The boy blurted out, and then he said suddenly, "Do you want to tell me that Prince Regent Dorgon is the uncrowned king?"

This time it was Zhang Taiping's turn to be slightly surprised, unexpectedly the boy's brain reaction was not slow, so he nodded in agreement.He is absolutely incompetent to be a teacher, because he doesn't even consider whether such an explanation and education will plant a seed of power pursuit in the boy's heart.

The boy nodded slightly this time with a thoughtful expression.

Speaking of this, Zhang Taiping didn't want to dwell on this issue anymore, so he asked, "Are you going to school?"

"Going on, it's the third grade."

"How old are you?"

"twelve."

The third grade at the age of 12 is already two years later than the children outside the mountain, but this is a common phenomenon for children in the mountains. "How are your grades at school?" Zhang Taiping asked with a smile. Generally, boys of this age don't like adults asking about their grades, because boys at this time are active and playful, and their grades are often inferior to girls. Children, do not like to be brought up.

Unexpectedly, the boy didn't have any hesitant expression, but said naturally: "Mathematics No. 1 is 98 points, Chinese is 2 points No. [-], there is a woman who has one point more than me." .”

Looking at his slightly annoyed expression, Zhang Taiping guessed: "For a while, you secretly read books during the summer vacation to overtake him?"

"Not bad!" The boy was quite ambitious.

"Then what book are you reading?" Zhang Taiping said with a smile.

"No." The boy handed over the book and said, "I am the only one in my family who can understand this book."

After Zhang Taiping took the book, he felt a pain in his ass. This non-yellowing book is not a book with stories like Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales, but a Lu Xun's "Diary of a Madman". The most ridiculous thing is the words in it It is not the modern way of demining, but the order of rows from right to left, with traditional characters that have not been completely changed.

Zhang Taiping raised the "Diary of a Madman" which seemed to be an antiquity and said, "Can you really understand it?"

"Uh." The boy's face turned slightly red, "There are some words in it that I don't know, and some words that I don't know what they mean."

Zhang Taiping returned the book to him and said: "This kind of book is not something you can read now. No matter how you look at it, your Chinese level will not improve. You should read other books."

The boy scratched his head and said, "I searched all the cabinets at home, and only found this book."

Zhang Taiping felt that the boy was really interesting, so he leaned against the persimmon tree and said, "Didn't you just say that your father doesn't allow you to watch the TV while you are in school? In this way, he must want you to study hard. You ask him to watch TV for you when you are in school." Just buy a few books from the bookstore in the town."

"Well, my dad has always said that rural children can only get ahead if they study well, otherwise they will die in the mountains all their lives and have no future." The boy nodded and agreed with Zhang Taiping's suggestion.

"Your father is right. For a child from a farmer's family, it is indeed the most convenient and quickest way to get ahead in education." Zhang Taiping didn't say what he said about becoming a top scholar.

"Oh!" the boy sighed and said, "I don't know what book to buy, do you know?"

Zhang Taiping tapped his head with his fingers and thought about some of the books he had read back then: "Let your father buy you a copy of "Andersen's Fairy Tales", as well as "350 Six Nights", "Beautiful Essays for Teenagers", "Selected Essays of Time" ", plus a copy of "5000 Years of China."

"How much does it cost so many books?" the boy asked hesitantly.

Zhang Taiping was stunned and fell silent when he heard the little boy's words, he didn't know what kind of feeling it was in his heart, it is true that the children who are seen by the poor are already in charge of the family.At the same age of eleven or twelve, maybe the children in the city don’t know how many KFCs they have eaten, while the boys in the mountains are still thinking about the price of a few books.

"It doesn't cost much, especially if you buy it at a second-hand book stand." Zhang Taiping shook his head and replied.

"Buying second-hand books is a good way." The boy nodded his head pretending to be old-fashioned, which made Zhang Taiping want to laugh.

The little boy glanced at the place where the old scalper was, walked over and untied the scalper from the tree and tied it to another tree, and replaced it with fresh grass for it to eat.

When he came back, he asked Zhang Taiping, "Can you call your big dog over to have a look?"

Zhang Taiping nodded with a smile, then waved to the ghost face not far away, and the ghost face walked over calmly.

"This dog is really big, bigger than a wolf."

Zhang Taiping patted Grimace's back and let him squat beside him, looked at him and said, "Have you ever seen a wolf?"

"I haven't seen a real wolf. I saw it on TV. It's about the same size as the wolf dog I saw. It's not as big as your uncrowned king dog."

Zhang Taiping didn't correct the idiom "little boy" and nodded his head: "This Tibetan mastiff is indeed bigger than the average wolf."

"Can I touch it?" Boys are interested in this.

But Zhang Taiping shook his head, the grimace also has its own dignity, at home only Zhang Taiping can pat its neck and back at will, other people can't at all.So he didn't damage Grimace's dignity because of his momentary generosity.

Seeing that Zhang Taiping didn't agree, the boy stopped asking for this matter, but changed to another topic: "I heard that you know kung fu, can you teach me?"

"you know me?"

"I know! You are Yaya's father, and my father always tells me that when I grow up, I want to make money like you, and don't be like him who can't make money."

"Oh? Who is your father?" Zhang Taiping asked curiously.

"Wang Shunyou, my name is Wang Xuetong. My father said he gave me the name himself." The boy smiled with his white teeth.

"Wang Shunyou's son?" Zhang Taiping muttered, "I met you just after I came from your father's place. It seems that I have a good relationship with your family."

"Can you teach me some martial arts?" Wang Xuetong asked again.

Zhang Taiping said with a smile: "As long as you can persist until you stand on horseback for 10 minutes in the morning, I will teach you Kungfu."

"En." Wang Xuetong nodded solemnly, "I'll go back and try."

Two people, one big and one small, squatted under the persimmon tree, and before they knew it, the sun rose over the top of the mountain and began to emit intense heat.

Wang Xuetong raised his head, covered his eyes, looked at the sun in the sky and said: "I should go back, the old scalper is full."

Zhang Taiping nodded.Wang Xuetong didn't forget to call the little flower dog twice while pulling the cow, but the little flower dog had already sneaked there without knowing it.

After the boy left, Zhang Taiping leaned against the tree and thought about Yaya, Tiantian and Ye Ling going to school.The summer vacation is coming to an end, and they should make some preparations when they go back. The three girls should also enter school in September. "Moo!"

The ox tied to the persimmon tree finally couldn't bear the threat brought by the grimace standing next to it, and let out a howl from the inside, pawing anxiously on the ground with its four hooves, showing a tendency to "shock".

Seeing this situation, Zhang Taiping patted Grimace's neck to make him step aside temporarily, lest the scalper would be really shocked and difficult to deal with.

Hearing the call of the cattle below the tree, the boy on the top of the tree finally pulled out his mind from the book and raised his head, looking at Zhang Taiping under the tree and the grimace walking not far away without knowing what happened.

Zhang Taiping smiled and asked under the tree: "Aren't you afraid that others will steal the cow?"

"Who will come to steal the cow?" The eyes in a daze gradually regained their spirits and became lively. "I'm watching, and no one can steal it."

Zhang Taiping still smiled and said: "Not necessarily, if I stole the cow just now, I would have pulled the cow away, and you are still on the tree without responding."

The boy shook his head disapprovingly and said: "There is also Xiaohuagou down there, if you really pull the cow, Xiaohuagou will definitely outwit you."

"Then did you hear the little dog barking?"

The boy was slightly taken aback again, and looked at the little flower dog under the tree. After Grimace receded not far away, it was still lying on the ground and did not dare to move. It was obviously afraid of Grimace to the bone, and it was probably Grimace that was going to bite now. If it breaks its neck, it will obediently stretch its neck.

The boy looked at the grimace not far away and said, "Is that big dog yours? Xiaohua seems to be very afraid of it?"

Zhang Taiping nodded slightly: "Your little flower dog will naturally be afraid, mine is just a Tibetan mastiff, the uncrowned king among big dogs, let alone your earthy dog, even a big dog would not dare presumptuous in its presence."

"The uncrowned king? This word seems to be used very well, but I don't know what it means." The boy's attention made Zhang Taiping a little bit dumbfounded. Zhang Taiping talked about the difference between the two dogs, but he was paying attention to what Zhang Taiping said Idioms used in discourse.

"A superficial understanding is an emperor without a crown."

The boy shook his head and still didn't understand.

Zhang Taiping changed his method and continued to explain: "Have you watched the TV series "Secret History of Xiaozhuang"?" During this time, Shaanxi No. [-] TV is currently broadcasting this TV series.

The boy nodded, his eyes sparkled: "My dad didn't let me watch TV when I was in school. During the summer vacation, I watched this TV series from beginning to end." With a topic he was interested in, the boy slipped down from the tree .

Zhang Taiping said: "I'll explain it to you after you've seen this TV show. Which character do you like the most?"

"Of course it's Prince Regent Dorgon!" The boy blurted out, and then he said suddenly, "Do you want to tell me that Prince Regent Dorgon is the uncrowned king?"

This time it was Zhang Taiping's turn to be slightly surprised, unexpectedly the boy's brain reaction was not slow, so he nodded in agreement.He is absolutely incompetent to be a teacher, because he doesn't even consider whether such an explanation and education will plant a seed of power pursuit in the boy's heart.

The boy nodded slightly this time with a thoughtful expression.

Speaking of this, Zhang Taiping didn't want to dwell on this issue anymore, so he asked, "Are you going to school?"

"Going on, it's the third grade."

"How old are you?"

"twelve."

The third grade at the age of 12 is already two years later than the children outside the mountain, but this is a common phenomenon for children in the mountains. "How are your grades at school?" Zhang Taiping asked with a smile. Generally, boys of this age don't like adults asking about their grades, because boys at this time are active and playful, and their grades are often inferior to girls. Children, do not like to be brought up.

Unexpectedly, the boy didn't have any hesitant expression, but said naturally: "Mathematics No. 1 is 98 points, Chinese is 2 points No. [-], there is a woman who has one point more than me." .”

Looking at his slightly annoyed expression, Zhang Taiping guessed: "For a while, you secretly read books during the summer vacation to overtake him?"

"Not bad!" The boy was quite ambitious.

"Then what book are you reading?" Zhang Taiping said with a smile.

"No." The boy handed over the book and said, "I am the only one in my family who can understand this book."

After Zhang Taiping took the book, he felt a pain in his ass. This non-yellowing book is not a book with stories like Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales, but a Lu Xun's "Diary of a Madman". The most ridiculous thing is the words in it It is not the modern way of demining, but the order of rows from right to left, with traditional characters that have not been completely changed.

Zhang Taiping raised the "Diary of a Madman" which seemed to be an antiquity and said, "Can you really understand it?"

"Uh." The boy's face turned slightly red, "There are some words in it that I don't know, and some words that I don't know what they mean."

Zhang Taiping returned the book to him and said: "This kind of book is not something you can read now. No matter how you look at it, your Chinese level will not improve. You should read other books."

The boy scratched his head and said, "I searched all the cabinets at home, and only found this book."

Zhang Taiping felt that the boy was really interesting, so he leaned against the persimmon tree and said, "Didn't you just say that your father doesn't allow you to watch the TV while you are in school? In this way, he must want you to study hard. You ask him to watch TV for you when you are in school." Just buy a few books from the bookstore in the town."

"Well, my dad has always said that rural children can only get ahead if they study well, otherwise they will die in the mountains all their lives and have no future." The boy nodded and agreed with Zhang Taiping's suggestion.

"Your father is right. For a child from a farmer's family, it is indeed the most convenient and quickest way to get ahead in education." Zhang Taiping didn't say what he said about becoming a top scholar.

"Oh!" the boy sighed and said, "I don't know what book to buy, do you know?"

Zhang Taiping tapped his head with his fingers and thought about some of the books he had read back then: "Let your father buy you a copy of "Andersen's Fairy Tales", as well as "350 Six Nights", "Beautiful Essays for Teenagers", "Selected Essays of Time" ", plus a copy of "5000 Years of China."

"How much does it cost so many books?" the boy asked hesitantly.

Zhang Taiping was stunned and fell silent when he heard the little boy's words, he didn't know what kind of feeling it was in his heart, it is true that the children who are seen by the poor are already in charge of the family.At the same age of eleven or twelve, maybe the children in the city don’t know how many KFCs they have eaten, while the boys in the mountains are still thinking about the price of a few books.

"It doesn't cost much, especially if you buy it at a second-hand book stand." Zhang Taiping shook his head and replied.

"Buying second-hand books is a good way." The boy nodded his head pretending to be old-fashioned, which made Zhang Taiping want to laugh.

The little boy glanced at the place where the old scalper was, walked over and untied the scalper from the tree and tied it to another tree, and replaced it with fresh grass for it to eat.

When he came back, he asked Zhang Taiping, "Can you call your big dog over to have a look?"

Zhang Taiping nodded with a smile, then waved to the ghost face not far away, and the ghost face walked over calmly.

"This dog is really big, bigger than a wolf."

Zhang Taiping patted Grimace's back and let him squat beside him, looked at him and said, "Have you ever seen a wolf?"

"I haven't seen a real wolf. I saw it on TV. It's about the same size as the wolf dog I saw. It's not as big as your uncrowned king dog."

Zhang Taiping didn't correct the idiom "little boy" and nodded his head: "This Tibetan mastiff is indeed bigger than the average wolf."

"Can I touch it?" Boys are interested in this.

But Zhang Taiping shook his head, the grimace also has its own dignity, at home only Zhang Taiping can pat its neck and back at will, other people can't at all.So he didn't damage Grimace's dignity because of his momentary generosity.

Seeing that Zhang Taiping didn't agree, the boy stopped asking for this matter, but changed to another topic: "I heard that you know kung fu, can you teach me?"

"you know me?"

"I know! You are Yaya's father, and my father always tells me that when I grow up, I want to make money like you, and don't be like him who can't make money."

"Oh? Who is your father?" Zhang Taiping asked curiously.

"Wang Shunyou, my name is Wang Xuetong. My father said he gave me the name himself." The boy smiled with his white teeth.

"Wang Shunyou's son?" Zhang Taiping muttered, "I met you just after I came from your father's place. It seems that I have a good relationship with your family."

"Can you teach me some martial arts?" Wang Xuetong asked again.

Zhang Taiping said with a smile: "As long as you can persist until you stand on horseback for 10 minutes in the morning, I will teach you Kungfu."

"En." Wang Xuetong nodded solemnly, "I'll go back and try."

Two people, one big and one small, squatted under the persimmon tree, and before they knew it, the sun rose over the top of the mountain and began to emit intense heat.

Wang Xuetong raised his head, covered his eyes, looked at the sun in the sky and said: "I should go back, the old scalper is full."

Zhang Taiping nodded.Wang Xuetong didn't forget to call the little flower dog twice while pulling the cow, but the little flower dog had already sneaked there without knowing it.

After the boy left, Zhang Taiping leaned against the tree and thought about Yaya, Tiantian and Ye Ling going to school.The summer vacation is coming to an end, and they should make some preparations when they go back. The three girls should also enter school in September.

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