Prosperity through farming

Chapter 4

Grandma Qiao is the only gray-haired and wrinkled old man who is still alive in Zhangjiazhuang. Yes, this is also a strange thing in Zhangjiazhuang. In the whole village, except for the young and married, there are basically no elderly people. Existence, until now, besides Grandma Qiao, Xiaohan only has a few gray-haired ancestors I saw when I went to the village last time.

It was another "should", and Zhang Xiaohan's small face wrinkled as soon as he finished speaking, "It's so strange, who told me this? Why am I so sure?"

Seeing that his daughter has fallen into the useless confusion that she often falls into, Zhang Hoe took her daughter's hand by the back of his neck and hugged her into his arms, throwing her to the sky, "Don't think about it, obediently!" Baby, you will know all your problems when you enter the private school and study slowly for a few years, and after you enter the village school, you will be able to understand after a few years of study. Before I took you to the village school, the ancestors said, you You are born with profound blessings, and when the time comes, you will have a chance, don't rush to break your head, good boy, you are only four years old, what's the rush."

When Zhang Xiaohan was thrown into the air, his attention was already turned away because of the sudden surprise, "Yeah," after he heard his father coming so slowly, he couldn't help being taken aback, "Oh".

Yes, she is still young, but the important thing is, "Daddy, will I really know these things after I go to private school?" She was afraid that she would not think about it all the time, and she would never remember it again. , So, even though she knew that no matter how much she thought about it, there would be no result, she still tried her best to capture the blurred line of thinking whenever she felt it, but now, her father actually said that as long as she went to a private school to study, she would be able to know...

She had weird subtle feelings again.

"Yes," Zhang Hoe held her firmly in his arms, "Actually, you should have noticed that our village is a bit weird, and there are basically no old people, because people in our village have to go to private schools when they are one to five years old. But in the private school, everyone has to learn a kind of forging method, and those who learn it well will age slowly and become stronger." He sighed, "Uncle Tie Li's parents are from the previous generation. They are the best educated people, so now they don’t look old at all, they don’t look like Tie Li’s parents at all, but like his brother and sister-in-law.” At the end of the talk, he muttered and felt a little depressed.

Zhang Xiaohan is very good at focusing on the key points, "Then father and mother have learned well?"

Zhang Hoe had nothing to say, and rubbed his nose, "Everyone has their own strengths, your father is very talented in farming, that's why he stayed in Zhuangzi to farm."

"Farming is also very important!" Zhang Xiaohan said this with a comforting tone and expression, implying that I will not underestimate you because of this.

Zhang Hoe was angry and funny, "Little thing, unexpectedly! Do you think these grains are so easy to grow? Besides, if I am not a good farmer, I will not be able to marry your mother. Your mother is the only precious daughter of the three generations of the Zhong family. If I'm not good at farming, the gentlest and safest craft, and I can stay in the village to practice all the time, and won't make your mother a widow or worry about any accidents, how could the Zhong family...cough, cough!" To his daughter With big clear eyes, he shut up and said to a four-year-old kid that he slipped his tongue, shouldn't it matter?Tsk, having a daughter who seems to understand everything is really...

"Let me also raise a small animal, and I won't tell mother what you said." Xiaohan asked his father a condition with a smile.

"Cut," Zhang Hoe shook his hand, and the big clothes wrapped Zhang Xiaohan thickly, "you go and talk about it, your brother told your mother a long time ago, do you know what happened to him? Let's run quickly, You might meet your two older brothers by the river."

"Woo," Zhang Xiaohan was caught off guard and wrapped up in a blindfold, "bad daddy, stinky daddy!"

"Zhangjiazhuang can't keep small animals," Zhang Hoe said to Nailu, "Your mother also had a little friend. When she married into Zhangjiazhuang, she stayed at Zhong's house and only had time to play with it when she returned to her mother's house. "

"Huh? But at Zhongjiazhuang, everyone seems to have small animals as companions, my brother said." He betrayed his eldest brother from under his thick clothes in a muffled voice.

"You'll know this when you go to the village school." Zhang Hoe spoke while driving along the road, not panting at all. "After you go to the village school, if you still want to raise children, you can raise them in the mountains. We definitely can't in the village. Let the little animals in."

Zhang Xiaohan said "Oh", "Then when can I go to the village school?"

"After you pass the exam in the private school, you can go to the village school," Zhang Hoe said. "As for the private school, you should also go to the private school on New Year's Day next year."

The sound of milk, and the sweet voice of a child wrapped in clothes, came out again, "It will take a long time."

Oh, upon hearing Baby Nier's voice, Zhang Hoe couldn't help but want to kiss her hard.

Stopping under his feet, Zhang Hoe peeled off the clothes covering her, and kissed her cheeks several times, "Oh, our baby, it's so sweet."

"Brother, daddy is kissing my sister again." Zhang Jingzhe jumped over from the river.

"I want to kiss too, Xiaohan can't just give kisses to daddy." The eldest brother rushed over barefoot.

Zhang Xiaohan's eyes focused on his eldest brother's bare legs, and then he was taken aback. Now she saw it clearly with her own eyes. He only took two steps for nearly half a mile? !
Did something go wrong?
No wonder it takes two hours for me to go from home to here, but it takes less than three hours for my elder brother to run back and forth.

Several words popped up in her mind, "martial arts", "lightness", "internal force", "qigong", "meditation", "dantian", "meridians"...

I was a little dizzy by the whole string of words that popped up suddenly, so I didn't guard against the slobbering kiss on the face of the eldest brother and the second brother.

Oh, that's why she doesn't like to be kissed by her brothers. Her father and mother never kiss her so much that her face drools.

"Daddy!" Xiaohan turned to his father pleadingly with his face wet.

Zhang Hoe took out a handkerchief from nowhere, and wiped the drool left by the two brats for her, "Good boy, just wipe it off."

Seeing that his daughter was still crying, he glared at the two sons who smiled contentedly because they made their sister look pitiful. You are happy to have achieved your goal. The trouble is for me. "Why don't we go wash?"

"Wash." Xiaohan nodded, urging him firmly.

Zhang Hoe obediently carried his daughter to the river, knelt down, and scooped up water to wash his daughter's face.

The water is very cold. In February, the ice has just started to melt. Due to the special terrain of the small farm, the winter is not very cold, and the water is ice enough for children.

The water splashed on her face, Xiaohan shook slightly, but she didn't say anything, she could still bear the cold, her "cleanliness" was more important than the cold.

Immediately, the second handful of water in Dad's hand became warmer, and it drenched his face, much more comfortable.

The sound of boys playing in the river—

"Han Lu, that's your sister? She's so pretty." "It's nothing strange, I knew Chunni was talking nonsense." "The one from Wangfu Wangzi?"

"Jing Zhe, your younger sister is prettier than you!" "When I grow up, how about being my brother Qi's wife?"

"Fuck you!" The second brother's voice was much thicker than that of the eldest brother.

From time to time, there are greetings, "Brother Hoe", "Uncle Hoe", "Uncle Hoe"...

After drying his face, Xiaohan looked at the elder brother and second brother who were stepping on the water and cooperating to teach those naughty boys who talked nonsense, and pulled Dad's clothes, "Brothers, aren't you afraid of the cold?"

Zhang Hoe looked at the two children who were playing together with other children in the village, and his expression was very proud, "I won't be afraid of the cold after learning kung fu in a private school. He has resisted the cold, it seems that his talent is really good."

Zhang Xiaohan looked left and right, this small river is too small, isn't it?And, "Didn't you say that uncle and uncle were fishing? Why didn't I see it?"

"The shallow water here is the section of the river for children to play, and the fishing place has to go a little further," Zhang Hoe asked his daughter, "Do you want to watch your brothers play here, or do you want to go to the river?" Going to go fishing?"

"Look at fishing!" Xiaohan made a decision without hesitation.

"Then, let's walk along the river," Zhang Hoe took his daughter's hand, "It's a long walk, do you want me to carry you and run there?"

Zhang Xiaohan shook his head, "I'll go by myself."

Now she roughly understands why Zhang Hoe has to cover her head and face every time she runs. Just looking at the pace at which her elder brother runs, the wind resistance must be too great. If there is nothing to cover him, his face will be torn apart by the wind without taking two steps.

Moreover, she made a fuss about coming out just to investigate the environment. If she wrapped it up, she wouldn't be able to see anything, which would be against her original intention.

"Okay then," Zhang Hoe called into the river, "Han Lu, Jing Zhe, I'll take Sannier to see your uncle fishing, are you here to play or come with us?"

The two older brothers quarreled with their classmates without raising their heads, and while splashing water on the enemy, they turned back, "I can't go through, after we finish teaching them, I will go to uncle and the others to join you."

"Teach us? Cut, well thought out."

"That's right, I don't know who will teach whom."

The chattering noises of the boys and the sound of splashing water sounded behind him, Xiaohan followed his father along the river and walked forward.

Walking forward, the surface of the river is gradually widening, and the color of the water is gradually turning blue, but it is still so clear that you can see the bottom of the river at a glance. From time to time, there are small fish and shrimps swimming through the water, and walking forward, the water is getting deeper From time to time, green and lush aquatic plants emerge from the gaps between the stones polished smooth by the water underneath, fluttering their leaves in the water, and small fish and shrimps play around in it.

(End of this chapter)