Chapter 117 Home
The fat rich businessman and the failed scholar were sent away one after another along the way. Soon after arriving in Huaining County, Zhu Pingan was the only one left in the carriage.
The closer it is to home, the more excited Zhu Pingan becomes.
The birds miss the old forest, and the fish in the pond miss their old abyss. There is no warmer place than home, and no warmer people than family. It's beautiful outside, but I have to go home.
Arrived in Kaoshan Town, Zhu Pingan said goodbye to the horse and carriage shop, took his luggage and walked around the town for a short time to buy some small gifts for his family. I bought a silver earring for my mother, a small jar of ten-year-old wine for my father, and a bag of fine tobacco for my grandfather...
After buying the things and packing them carefully in the luggage, Zhu Pingan walked out of the town with the luggage on his back.
There is a strange ox cart parked at the intersection out of Kaoshan Town. It is much longer and wider than ordinary ox carts. It has two rows of seats and a roof made of clean linoleum on top. Provides shelter from rain and sun, bullock cart In front of it is a big, strong black cow with its tail smashed, and a big bell hanging around its neck.
There are already five people sitting on the carriage. In front of the big black cow, a strong bronze man is holding a bottle of water. Feed the big black cow water from the basin.
"Hey, Shouyi, look at that boy coming over there, is he your second child?" An aunt in the car saw Zhu Ping'an walking towards this way in the distance, what did she think? Why did he feel familiar? I couldn't help but say to the man in front of me who was holding a water basin to feed the cows.
"Auntie, you're here again. This is the third time this month alone." The bronze-colored man said with a wry smile. He continued to feed the cow salt water without raising his head. He himself was fooled twice. If you don't, you will be fooled a third time. After the cow finished drinking, he had to rush home. If he came home late, his mother should complain again.
Zhu Pingan recognized his own bullock cart at a glance. It was too conspicuous, so he carried his luggage and walked in the direction of the bullock cart.
"Shouyi, Shouyi, it's really your second son. People from the town were beating gongs and drums at your door a few days ago. It's not that your second son is back now." Niu. The aunt sitting in the car looked at Zhu Ping'an who was getting closer and closer, and she believed her eyes more and more. She couldn't help but excitedly reached out and patted the man feeding the cow on the shoulder.
"Mom, stop making trouble. Once Dahei drinks this basin of water, I will drive everyone home." The bronze and strong man feeding the cows said with a bitter smile, as if he was deceived by the aunt on the oxcart. Afraid.
The aunt was so excited that she didn’t know what to say to convince the man feeding the cows. However, the other people on the cattle cart were not from Xiahe Village and did not know Zhu Pingan, which made the aunt even more unhappy. Know what to say so that the man who feeds the cows The child believed it, and just patted the man feeding the cows on the shoulder several times, and kept saying, "It's true, it's true..."
Although the aunt has never heard the story of the boy who cried wolf, she still The mood is the same as that of the child herding sheep in the story.
"Dad, I'm back."
Just when the big black cow was about to drink up a large basin of water, the man feeding the cow suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from above his head.
Familiar, this voice is so familiar that you can hear it even if you cover your ears.
The man feeding the cows suddenly became excited.
As for the excitement of the man feeding the cow, the big black cow has the best say: I was drinking the water well, well, the water was a little salty and tasted good, and I wanted to drink it when I saw it. It’s over, I didn’t expect, I never expected, the basin was pressed up to my nose...I choked with tears...
The man who fed the cow was Zhu Pingan's father, Zhu Shouyi. In excitement, he pressed the basin in his hand to the big black cow's nose. Then he didn't care about feeding the cow anymore. He raised his head and looked at Zhu Pingan, who looked dull and honest. A smile suddenly broke out on his face, and then he pretended to be casual and said: :
"Why are you back? A few days ago, someone from the town government came to my house to tell you that you passed the test and passed the exam. They also said that you might continue to study there and then you will be admitted. I’m going to Yingtian to take the exam again.”
Zhu Ping’an put his bags away. On the ox cart, he said hello to the aunt and others on the ox cart, then took the water basin from Zhu Shouyi's hand and helped feed the cows. While feeding the cows, he explained to his father: "It will be more than eight months before the college exam can be taken. It's only April now, it's still early, I can still warm it up when I go home Xi, besides, the food cooked by my mother is more than a hundred times better than outside.”
“It takes half a month to go back and forth, so it’s better to stay there and study.” He rubbed his hands, then checked the rope buckle of the bullock cart, looked at Zhu Pingan and said something.
Before Zhu Pingan opened his mouth, the aunt in the car interrupted, "Xie'er, don't believe your father's words. You don't even know that when the aunt teased your father for the first time that you were here, you Dad is so happy.”
"Ahem, ma'am, you are talking nonsense..." Father Zhu felt a little embarrassed, but luckily his face was dark and the redness was not visible at all.
After Zhu Pingan got into the car, three more people came up one after another. There were nine people in the car. Zhu's father waved his whip and drove the big black cow out of the town.
The car was also very lively. When they found out that the person sitting on the car was the youngest child in the town who had recently been making a lot of noise in the town, the passengers on the oxcart either surrounded Zhu Ping'an and asked questions. As Zhu's father asked how to educate his children, etc., for a moment, it felt like a modern child with outstanding scores after the college entrance examination being surrounded by parents asking about his experience.
Zhu’s father drove the oxcart in an S-shape along this curved path and sent people from different villages on the oxcart to their homes. After driving the oxcart for so many years, Zhu’s father almost closed his eyes. can accurately deliver people to their homes.
When we returned to Xiahe Village, the only passenger on the oxcart was an old lady. The auntie was a talkative person and chatted with Zhu Ping'an and Zhu's father on the oxcart.
Entering Xiahe Village, I met villagers I knew one after another. The villagers all praised Zhu Ping'an when they saw him. It seems that the people who came to the town to announce the good news by beating gongs and drums a few days ago had a great influence. At least basically the whole village was happy. Knowing that Zhu Pingan was admitted to Tongsheng and ranked first in the entire Anqing Prefecture, you must know that the highest academic qualification in Xiahe Village is Tongsheng. After giving birth, my uncle took the exam for N years before passing the exam. When the villagers sent Zhu Pingan and others to take the exam, no one expected that Zhu Pingan could pass the exam. Now Zhu Pingan not only passed the exam, but also passed the exam. Ranked first in the entire Anqing Mansion, so when people see Zhu Pingan, they want to look at Zhu Pingan, which is so strange.
Zhu Ping'an also greeted the neighbors one by one, which made the neighbors very happy and felt that they had face. This is what the villagers care about.
Because it took a lot of time to talk to the neighbors, my mother Chen had already prepared the meal when I got home.
I heard the conversation between my eldest brother and my mother before I entered the door.
"Mom, why did you make a big table of dishes again, including chicken and fish, we can't finish them." This is the voice of the eldest brother.
"What do you know? What if Pig comes back? He is not as lucky as you outside. He can eat the food I cook every day. I don't know if Pig has lost weight again..." The mother's voice came next. Come over.
"The restaurants outside are better and more delicious..." The eldest brother muttered softly.
"What, Dachuan, say it again, mother didn't hear you clearly!" The mother's voice was three points higher.
"Ahem, cough, cough, I said the food cooked by my mother is much better than the ones cooked in restaurants outside..."
Under the power of his mother, Mrs. Chen, the dull and honest eldest brother was forced to say something to please him. That's it. It seems that the elder brother has been punished for this in the past two days. (End of chapter)