I rewrote family history

Chapter 38 Night Color
"After I got a graduation certificate from Hongwentang Junior Primary School, the master heard that I got a job copying books in the county government workshop, so he stopped instructing me. Occasionally, he even let me eat together in the back house..."

"And it was at that time that my relationship with the young master improved a lot."

Xu Cong looked up at the ceiling of the ward.

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It was dark, with only a ray of sunset light left.

The kerosene lamp filled with Mobil was lit with a poof from the tinder, illuminating the entire wing of the stable.The kang, pot stove, firewood pile, wooden table for cooking, bamboo weaving Shau Kei and other guys' styles have all taken away part of the light.They scramble for the brilliance, cramming it into every crevice.

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Xu Er, who dragged his tired body, lay on the edge of the kang, panting for a long time.His legs fell under the pit, and he didn't bother to take off his shoes and get on the kang.

His face was facing the beams and pillars of the roof, and there was a beating heartbeat in his ears, without any noise.The temples on both sides are tingling, tired.

It could also be heatstroke.

He used the light in his spare time to examine everything on the top beam.

The lower edge of the beams was covered with soot from the stove for many years, which looked like charcoal wood.At the corner between the beams and the roof tiles, he saw dense spider webs, dirty and full of dust, and several finger-sized spiders were spinning and swimming...

"No wonder there are no flies disturbing the ears."

Xu Er Lengzi said this sentence to himself.

Today he was first doing copying work in the workshop.After copying 250 orders, he got fifteen coppers.Then he trotted all the way back to Xujiapuzi.It was hot and he was dying of exhaustion.Immediately afterwards, the master called him to the back house, encouraged him a few words, and gave him a kerosene lamp as a gift.

He knew this kerosene lamp. It was a gift given by the shopkeeper in the oil shop when he went to Hemiao Street in the county town to buy a load and a half of Mobil oil last time.This is not the kindness of the shopkeeper in the oil workshop.It is a regulation of Mobil Matheson Co., Ltd., buy oil and send lamps.

Today, after more than a month, the dusty kerosene lamp finally glows and glows in a room.

This kerosene lamp looks like a gourd with a slender waist and a big belly. It is not exquisite, and there are some rough glass edges.At least not as good-looking as the lady's lamp in the master's study.

In order to keep warm in the stable and toilet room, the windows are opened very small.The light from the past poured in, only able to illuminate a small half of the room, and the rest of the room was neither dark nor bright.

With the help of a kerosene lamp burning Mobil, Xu Erlian had a clear view of the inside of the side room of the stable for the first time. First time in 15 years.That's why he was so curious.

It's just a familiar scene after all.

He was tired, and unconsciously fell asleep in a daze.

Dazed, he seemed to feel a mouth struggling to hold him, it should be Master Hu.Master Hu dragged him onto the kang, and covered him with a blanket, mainly his stomach, to prevent him from getting cold.

Then, warm mung bean water and creamy eggs poured into his stomach.

After a while, he woke up.

"You're suffering from heat stroke." Xu San'er held an oil lamp in his hand, and the dim light reflected on his face. He felt it blended with the night and couldn't see clearly. "I just boiled mung bean soup and beat a poached egg. , you eat it, eat it, and you'll be fine."

Mung bean water is a refreshing food.

Poached eggs with mung beans and poached eggs are farmers' diet therapy for heatstroke.

"Father, why don't you turn on a kerosene lamp? The kerosene lamp burns Mobil oil. When the light is on, it can illuminate a room. The oil lamp you use is too dark."

Xu Er shouted in a daze.

These days, if anyone owns a kerosene lamp, it is enough to boast about.Walking the streets and alleys, at the head of the village and the corner of the village, is also a good topic of conversation.When it is mentioned, there will always be envy in the eyes of others, as well as some jealousy.

"I'm not used to that lamp."

Xu San'er walked around, the thick smell of dry smoke mixed with the smell of sweat, Xu Er couldn't help but hold his breath, he rubbed his forehead, the hardened sweat stains made his skin feel a little uncomfortable, "you get used to it if you use it a lot, it's easy to use an oil lamp Blind your eyes."

Speaking of eyes, he looked up at Xu San'er.The light of the oil lamp was dim, and only Xu San'er's general outline could be seen, but his eyes were like the two ever-burning lamps under the ancestral tablet in the village ancestral hall, burning slowly, neither bright nor dark.

"Father, your eyes are no different from the master's."

Xu San'er was completely hidden by the night, and the only remaining pair of eyes looked brilliant under the light of the oil lamp.In the past, no one would pay attention to Chang Gong's eyes.

"What nonsense are you talking about."

Xu San'er frowned, and approached Xu Er's fool, he stretched out his hand to touch Xu Er's forehead.The underarm odor made Xu Er's stupefied breathless.He touched his forehead again, and the temperature was generally not bad, "I don't have a fever, just rest for a while and it will be fine. Stop copying books for a while."

"I can't stop. Dad, you don't understand. There are too many people in the workshop who want to copy books. If I ask for leave and go later, the subordinate staff of the workshop may not assign me again."

"I don't want to trouble Mr. anymore."

Xu Er shook his head in a daze.

After he finished speaking, he forced himself to move to the top of the kang and turned on the kerosene lamp placed on the high platform between the top of the kang and the stove.Ye Ran's brilliance filled the whole room again.

With the light, the room was no longer dark, and he suddenly felt a little more comfortable.

"Father, why don't you ask me where I got this kerosene lamp?"

He was curious.

Last time, when he went home and brought a big white steamed bun, Xu San'er tied him to the stable post.The second time, he smuggled some walnut cakes, but Xu San'er hesitated to speak.This time, Xu San'er didn't even ask.

The gray and white fox on one side barked a few times.

Only then did Xu Er stunned realize his difference.He is one of the few elementary school students in the entire Xujiabaozi, even if he is not as good as some of the older generation's talented scholars, he can still be regarded as a scholar.The graduation certificate from Hongwen School's ordinary elementary school changed Xu San'er's view of him.

"You have saved a lot of money, it's not a problem to run back and forth all the time."

Xu San'er ignored him and talked about another matter.

The room that was suddenly lit up made him feel a sense of nowhere to land.This light is exactly the same as the light in the old man's study.He went to the hearth, where the lights dimmed a bit.He scooped up another bowl of mung bean water and handed it to Xu Er.

"Elementary elementary school is fine, but in high elementary school, if you run back and forth, it will always affect your studies. Dad is not capable, so he can't help you much..."

Xu San'er fumbled for the pipe on his waist.

He paused again, "Father is going outside to smoke cigarettes, by the way, you can go to school with the young master tomorrow, the young master has given orders, and the young master told me about the kerosene lamp."

He slipped on his rag shoes, went out, and squeezed into the night.

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