There is a vacant lot in Fengzhuang that is specially used to dry wheat during the harvest season. Now that it has entered the hot summer, the wheat has long been put into storage, and the millet is not ripe, so it has become a place for children to play on weekdays.

Especially at dusk, when the farmer's house is all harvested, and it is not dinner time, the children of the village will come here to play together.

"Dog, shall I exchange this finch for the twist flower in your hand?" One of the eight or nine-year-old babies was holding a bird in his hand and said to a little boy of six or seven years old.

The little kid looked at the brightly colored bird, with a longing look in his eyes, but he pinched the twist flower in his hand tightly and shook his head firmly: "No." The master said that only the fastest literate person can eat this twist flower. Brother Niu, you can't compare to me, I can't give it to you. ”

The older baby wiped the saliva from his mouth and said with annoyance: "Somehow, I learned the fastest when I worked with my sister on weekdays, but when it came to literacy, I always couldn't remember." ”

There were other children laughing next to him: "Niu Wa, you are too slow to read, even we can't compare, let alone compare with dogs, I can't eat twist flowers, you don't have to think about it." ”

"Go, go!" Ah Niu was not annoyed, but waved his hand to others angrily, and directly stuffed the bird in his hand into the dog's arms, and said, "Then this finch is for you, can you just spare me?" It smells so good! ”

The dog reluctantly looked at the bird in his arms, as if he had made a big decision, and then stretched out his hand holding the twist flower, and hesitated: "Then you can only take a bite, not too much." ”

Niu Waden nodded again and again: "I know, I will take a bite." ”

As soon as I bit into it, it was fragrant, crispy, salty, and full of oil, and the cow baby squinted happily.

The other babies next to him were greedy, swallowed their saliva, and shouted: "Dog, dog, I'll catch a finch for you tomorrow, will you give me a mouthful?" ”

At this moment, two buffaloes came from a distance, one behind the other, the pace was not slow, and there was a person sitting on the side of the buffalo in front, playing the willow flute leisurely, and the one that followed was being held in the hands of the old butler.

"If there is really a hidden wind!"

In the shadows under the trees in the distance, unnoticed, a man and a woman were looking at the man, and it was the man who spoke.

But seeing that the person sitting on the back of the buffalo sat without a sitting statue, and his body moved up and down with the back of the cow, he did not have the demeanor of a child of a family who could keep his body straight even if he sat on a bumpy car, but the breath of the willow flute was not chaotic at all. Although there is no positive shape, it has a different look.

The woman next to the man did not speak, and was particularly indifferent.

The man seemed to have expected this situation, and perhaps he was used to it, but he was not angry, but he listened to the sound of the willow flute for a while, and smiled softly: "This music is fresh, I have never heard it." ”

"The Lord's house is here!" The children who were playing around finally noticed the sound of the flute and shouted, and the scene was chaotic, and everyone put away everything in their hands, and those who could not put it away were put aside in a proper manner.

The little dog blushed, and the child's voice was high-pitched: "Hurry up and line up, hurry up and line up!" ”

After the children had put their things away, they hurriedly lined up in two rows, from highest to lowest.

Seeing this, the man's face finally became serious, his expression was a little shocked, and he lost his voice: "The ignorant boy in the countryside can be compared to the soldiers?" ”

can understand orders, and can also make corresponding formations, and there is already a preliminary prototype of the army.

The indifferent woman's eyes finally fluctuated slightly, and she said softly: "The country boy is right, but ignorance is not. ”

"Oh? What do you mean by that? ”

"Li Langjun, let's take a look first, and we'll know later."

"I heard you yelling to eat twist flowers from afar, what's the matter? Do you think you're learning faster than a dog? Feng Yong turned over and asked with a smile.

All the children were silent, but the cow baby, who had just eaten a bite of twist flowers, grinned and said, "When I go back to the Lord's house, they all envy me for being able to eat twist flowers, and they want to exchange finches and dogs." ”

Niu Wa is going to be beaten again!

All the children shrunk their necks in unison, gloating at the cow baby.

"Master, I was wrong." After Niu Wa finished speaking, she felt that something was wrong, and lowered her head to admit her mistake.

"How many times have I told you, when you talk in the queue, you have to raise your hand and stretch out your left hand!" Feng Yong's face sank, and the branch in his hand slapped three times on Niu Wa's palm, which made him take it back, and his heart was relieved. It's good to be a teacher, beat other people's babies openly, and other people's parents will be grateful to you, and even some parents feel that the teacher is not ruthless enough, and they will make up for it again when they go home.

The more eager the parents are for knowledge, the more so. Of course, in the years before Feng Yong's crossing, such good parents were almost extinct - it doesn't matter if the child learns well or not, but you can't let my children be wronged. If you dare to let my children be wronged, I will smash your family's job!

"The dog learns well, that's because he's smart, and none of you are smart, so work hard. As long as you are willing to study hard, there will always be twists. Three days later, let's have a small test, as long as you can silence the thousand-character text to the 'jade out of Kungang', you will be rewarded with twist. If any of them can't even do this, then in the next ten years, not only will they learn to raise chickens with their sisters, learn to read with dogs, and they will not be allowed to play in the evening, but they will also herd the cattle for me, and they will also cut the night grass for the cows. ”

As a part-time teacher, Feng Yong has learned the true meaning of a rural teacher in the last century. In that simple era, when it was the busy farming season, the school teachers directly pulled the students in the class to do farm work for their own families, who dared to make irresponsible remarks?

For example, now, the farmers who have nothing to do waiting for dinner are watching from afar, no matter whether Feng Yong beats or scolds, they will not show a little distress for their children, but gritted their teeth and hated their children for not being angry, and secretly pondered that they would reward him with a meal of fried pork on bamboo boards when the little rabbit cub went home in the evening.

When I heard that the main family was going to pick a few babies to help my sister, the dealers had an indifferent attitude. How much work can a half-grown child do in the house? At most, you can eat a full stomach. The old man at home works hard, which can also feed the children, and more importantly, parents can also teach their children the craft of farming at home. What can you learn in the house? Ministering?

However, when they knew that the children who entered the house could learn to read and write, the farmers on the village immediately went crazy, and went straight to the house with the children.

So in the end, all the children under the age of twelve and over the age of five in the village became the servants in the Feng Mansion, and none of them were left behind. If it weren't for the fact that the children under the age of five were too young, it would be estimated that there would be a few more children. As for those over the age of twelve, they are already considered a ding mouth in this era, so naturally they can't be accepted casually.