Strategy to develop champions

Chapter 12

When Yang Shi and Zhao Caifeng returned home, it was almost sunset. Before Yang Shi left, she made pancakes for the three children. Now she lifted the lid of the pot and saw that there was one left untouched. Sitting on the stool in a daze as before, Zhao Wu has come back with a small basket full of weeds from the hillside, and now the Zhao family is so poor that they can hardly cook, so the chickens raised in the backyard rely on the weeds on the hill to survive.

Seeing that her younger son was so well-behaved and sensible, Yang took his basket and asked, "Where's your sister? Why isn't she in the room?"

Zhao Wu then replied: "At noon, my sister refused to eat cakes and cried so much that the aunt Xu next door took her and drank some millet porridge with Brother Bao. When I went out, I saw her and Bao Brother and son are sleeping together on Grandma Chen's kang."

Although the grandma of the Song family had inconvenient legs and feet, she was capable of taking care of the two children. After hearing what Zhao Wu said, Mrs. Yang felt relieved a little, and called Zhao Caifeng to the next door to bring Zhao Caidie back.Although the fences of the two families have their own openings, there is only one common part in the middle, and there is a small door on the top. For convenience, Zhao Caifeng directly opened the small door and walked from the side.

It was already late at this time. When Zhao Caifeng passed by, she saw a desk under the window in the left inner room. The light was dim at this time, but Song Mingxuan was still reading there. Holding a pen, Zhao Caifeng glanced inside unintentionally, and saw that there was a plate of white water in front of his desk, and he dipped a brush into the white water to write on the desk. When the desk was dry, the original water stains would disappear. gone.

The poor can't even afford paper and ink. It seems that the Song family and their Zhao family are really the same.

When Zhao Caifeng went into the house to hug the butterfly, Grandma Chen also came out on crutches. Seeing Zhao Caifeng, she said, "Caifeng, help me get a bucket of water in the backyard. There is no water in the water tank outside the kitchen. .”

Zhao Caifeng left Zhao Caidie and went out to fetch water for Grandma Chen. The well platform was only one foot high, and a large wooden cover was made on it. She probably put it on because she was afraid that the children would come to play when they were free. Zhao Caifeng It took a lot of effort for the teenage body to take it down.

Zhao Caifeng had never been a warm-hearted person before, but this time she filled a whole tank with water for the first time.When Grandma Chen came out on crutches, she saw that the tank was full of water. Grandma Chen thanked Zhao Caifeng, dug out a small spoonful of millet from the rice tank, and washed it with clean water.

Seeing that Grandma Chen's legs and feet were inconvenient, Zhao Caifeng simply squatted in the stove and helped her light the fire. The smoke filled the air for a while, and Zhao Caifeng was choked and coughed several times.Fortunately, the air in ancient times was very fresh, and it should be fine to be smoked once a day when cooking tea and rice.

Grandma Chen saw that Zhao Caifeng was coughing badly, so she said, "Caifeng, you go back, I'll let our second dog light the fire, this matter won't bother him."

Zhao Caifeng just burst out laughing when she heard the words, Grandma Chen specifically emphasized that this matter would not trouble him, so it seems that this matter was actually quite difficult for him before, but there has always been an old saying that a scholar who has no use for anything, If you can't get into the Jinshi examination, then it is really useless, at most you can be a teacher, maybe no one is willing to invite him!
"Grandma, don't worry, I won't be troubled by this matter." Zhao Caifeng lit the fire and went to the front living room to lead Zhao Caidie home. When passing by the room, she saw Song Mingxuan was still working hard there, but it was just an ancient book. No matter how big the words are, I can't read them clearly at this hour.

"It's getting dark, what are you looking at? Don't be the number one scholar, you'll be blind for nothing." Zhao Caifeng used to be a well-known top student, and she was admitted to a prestigious school with the top five scores in the city during the college entrance examination. It seems to her that learning requires a method. For example, if there is no light at the moment, it will be difficult to read, and it will hurt the eyes after a long time, killing two birds with one stone.

Song Mingxuan didn't expect a voice to come out of his window suddenly, so he was taken aback. Presumably it was because he was so engrossed in reading that he didn't notice anyone passing by for a moment.At this time, when Zhao Caifeng reminded him, he also felt that the light was a bit dim, so he just stretched out his hand and rubbed the center of his brows, as if he wanted to relieve his fatigue. Song Mingxuan clearly had an immature face, but his gestures were extremely serious and mature, which made Zhao Caifeng feel Very interesting, perhaps most of the ancient scholars were like this.

Song Mingxuan raised his head and glanced at Zhao Caifeng, remembering what Mrs. Xu said to him that day, he suddenly felt a little hot on his cheeks, and hurriedly lowered his head and said, "Thank you."

Zhao Caifeng didn't know that Song Mingxuan's heart was full of twists and turns at this time. He only thought that the ancients were polite, but they shouldn't be controlled by some kind of etiquette in this small mountain village. Does it need to say a word to blush like this?Zhao Caifeng didn't pay attention to him, just said: "Dinner is being made in the back, the fire is bright by the stove, you can go there to read, but be careful of sparks flying out and burning your book."

(End of this chapter)