Because of him, Zhou Jin, who had never carried water, started his water-carrying career. Until Zhou Dalang grew up and could carry water, he was always responsible for the water-carrying business at home. In the past, this work was all done by Qian. Before that,
It was his parents who did it;
Because of him, Zhou Jin, who rarely goes to the fields, has to get up and go to the fields before dawn. Originally, his parents called him Qian, but when Zhou Yin cried, he would not let go of his wife until she died, and he wanted to go out with a hoe.
It became him.
I wonder if Zhou Yin is more outsmarted than his brother who is twenty years older than him. He is naturally smarter than other children.
When Zhou Dalang could only bite his fingers and eat with gusto, Zhou Yin, who was almost two years younger than him, was already following the older children in the village looking for something to eat.
Sweet grass roots, sour wild fruits, even birds on the trees, small fish in the river, rabbits in the mountains...
Of course, he had no ability to catch them, so he just followed them, handed them a stick, lit a fire, flattered them, and so on.
Relying on his "diligence and ability", Zhou Yin ate a lot of snacks outside. I wonder if it was because of this that he looked better than his nephews and nieces, with more flesh on his face.
Adults all like fleshy children, probably to maintain their cuteness, and many adults like to feed such children.
So under a virtuous circle, Zhou Yin got to eat more than others.
So before he realized it, Zhou Dalang, Zhou Xi and Zhou Erlang were all running behind him, because my uncle always gave them the delicious food he got...
Unknowingly, Zhou Jin not only lost his wife, but also lost the support of his three children.
Therefore, even if Zhou's father and Zhou's mother died, Zhou Jin could not stand up and make the decision. Zhou Yin still bullied him more and less.
Maybe he was used to it. Zhou Jin, who used to be so lazy, was forced to get up early and work continuously for five years. Even though Zhou's father and mother passed away, he still couldn't change it and returned to laziness.
Every morning, he would wake up on time.
When he wants to be lazy, his wife keeps nagging in his ear. Of course, this is not scary. He has been nagging by his mother since he was a child, so he can completely turn a deaf ear.
The scary thing is Zhou Yin.
Whenever he gets up and finds that Zhou Jin hasn't gotten up yet, he will bring his nephews and nieces to drag him. Although they are small, they can't control their strength and climb on the bed and step on him several times. Even if there is gold on the bed, Zhou Jin will not do it.
Can't lie down.
Zhou Yin grew up poor but happy as the invisible "head of the family".
In the old Zhou family, apart from the Qian family, only Zhou Yin dared to fight with Zhou Jin, and he always won.
Even if Zhou Jin is twenty years older than him, he can't overpower this younger brother who is only as high as his chest.
Zhou Yin became sensible earlier than other children. He knew early on that his eldest sister-in-law was having a hard time. There were many children in the family, and the only ones who could work were his eldest brother and his eldest sister-in-law.
And the eldest brother has to go to the military service every year. If he is unlucky and gets a bad job, he might get the same disease as his father, or he might just die outside.
Therefore, he has had a deep sense of crisis since he was a child, "When I get older, I will make money, and make a lot of money. Then our family will use the money to go to the army, and you won't have to go to the army, brother."
Although Zhou Jin still dislikes this younger brother, he is really heartbroken at this moment. His wife is right, this boy is more considerate than other children.
Zhou Jin felt a little relieved, but within two days this relief was gone. Because this boy actually grabbed a small bag of wheat from home and slipped away to the county seat with the teenagers in the village.
We were there for two days and almost scared Zhou Jin and Qian to death.
After getting him back, Zhou Jin finally couldn't help but have a big quarrel with Qian. In fact, it was a unilateral quarrel because Qian didn't say a few words and just listened to him scolding and lecturing others.
"Just spoil him. You are so young and you dare not let the adults take you to the county town. If you are slapped..." Zhou Jin just thought about it and couldn't help rolling up his sleeves and going to beat him.
The first time Zhou Yin was beaten by his brother was because he went to the county town. Although his butt hurt a lot the next day, which affected his walking a bit, as soon as the injury healed, he ran to the county town again.
Only then did he realize that there were so many people, so many things, and so much money in the county.
He can earn money by running errands for people in the county town. He can earn steamed buns and steamed buns by moving tables, chairs and benches for people, and washing dishes and dishes...
Although it is difficult to even raise it yourself, my family is still very surprised when I take it home occasionally.
Zhou Jin scolded him several times and found that he could not control his younger brother. Qian also started to turn a blind eye, so he could only swallow his breath silently and no longer cause trouble for Zhou Yin when he went to the county seat.
Zhou Yin became even more arrogant. Not only did he go to the county town, but he also started to hunt some birds and send them to the county town.
It is said that some people in the county make porridge with birds, which is so delicious that one bird can earn three pence.
Zhou Yin, who was only nine years old, was prospering in the county town. Of course, this was what he thought.
By chance, Zhou Yin was lying outside a window and saw the gentleman in the room teaching students how to read.
He was fascinated by what he heard, so he squatted there and listened for a long time. When he left the city and returned to the village, he kept reciting something along the way: "The sky and the earth are black and yellow, the universe is primitive..."
He didn't understand the meaning, but he thought it sounded good, so he read it along.
He thought about it all the way home, almost singing. He was so happy that he couldn't help but do some somersaults on the grass.
Then he took a nap at night. When he woke up in the morning, he found that he could only remember six sentences. The remaining four sentences were vague and he could not remember them clearly. After repeating them a few times, he simply became not sure.
Just forgot about it.
For the first time, Zhou Yin felt that he was so stupid, so he ran directly to the county town without taking anything with him. When he found the window of the school, he quietly lay there and looked in...
But today, my husband taught me new sentences. He waited until the evening, when they were about to leave school, and then he heard a student holding a book and reading yesterday's "Heaven and Earth Xuan Huang" in it. He was refreshed and remembered it firmly this time.
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Zhou Yin squatted on the ground and recited it several times. When he came to his senses, it was almost dark.
He jumped up, spread his legs and ran out of the city.
Finally, he returned to Qili Village in the dark.
There was another howl of ghosts and wolves in Qili Village. Several families who were already preparing to go to bed pricked up their ears and shook their heads, "Why is Zhou Jin beating Zhou Yin again?"
"Who knows? It's strange to say that in the past two years, when the child was young, he didn't even spank him. Now that he is so old, he gets beaten every now and then."
Their son smiled "hehe" and said, "Zhou Yin must have gone to the county town again."
"Don't imitate him. You're not as smart as him. If you run to the county seat at such an old age, what if you get arrested by a flower girl?"