After worshipping the Buddha and eating fasting, the dishes are generally some cabbage tofu, pumpkin beans, winter melon and eggplant, which are all carried up from the bottom of the mountain by the volunteers.

The children were admonished by their parents to eat as much as they wanted, not to waste it, not to spill it on the ground, otherwise it would not only disrespect the Buddha, but also disrespect these hard-working volunteers.

After the meal, a few children accompanied by adults, went out of the temple gate, and the first thing that imprinted into the three dogs was, what a big ginkgo tree, how big is it, the waist of the tree feels as big as the big round table in the village.

Why didn't I see it last night, it was probably dark and I didn't pay much attention to it, but now I see that there is a super big pine tree outside the temple gate, and there is a big ginkgo tree on each side, including the one I saw before.

The pine trees grew up from the valley below, and their branches were luxuriant, whirring in the mountain wind; The ginkgo tree grows on the top of the mountain, very thick but not tall, as if it feels that if it grows too tall, it will be blown off by the strong mountain wind, so it grows sideways.

These three big trees are at the temple gate, like three incense sticks, with the ancient temple standing for hundreds of years, the morning bell and the evening drum mountain wind stirred, watch the flowers fall, listen to the sound of birds; Enjoy the sky, smell the forest is clean.

The temple gate is out of the direction, I heard that it is the Jiangshan County area of Zhejiang, turn your head to see the back of the temple, it is Luocheng, stand here to see this basin, like a big sand table, surrounded by high mountains, the bottom is a field, and there are some small hills.

Under the guidance of their mother, the three dogs could only see a little bit of their own village, and at the foot of the dangerous mountain, they vaguely saw that there seemed to be a few houses, and most of the others were blocked by a hill in front of them; It's a pity that I can't see my own house.

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Sangou Mingcheng Mingyue and the three of them walked together almost every day to go to elementary school, the summer was fine, the dawn was early, grab some food in hand, eat while walking, you can rush to the morning class and not be late; In the afternoon, after school, you can walk for nearly an hour to go home, and you can go up the mountain to herd sheep and chop firewood.

In winter, it is a little miserable, you have to get up before dawn, rush in the dark, sometimes you will light a torch, sometimes you will walk in a hurry, you will walk in the dark, fortunately, this road has been walked very familiarly.

If it rains in winter, I will get out of the warm quilt with a lot of determination, shivering from the cold, hiding one hand in my pocket and holding an oilcloth umbrella in the other, and walking step by step on the muddy and cold dirt road.

At this time, the younger brothers and sisters of the Sangou family have reached the time to study in private school, and it is really hard for the three people to study at home, and they can't make ends meet.

Sangou's father was even bent over by the burden of the family, and many people didn't understand why he still let his eldest son go to what elementary school? He just lowered his head and smiled, not answering anything.

The children of the poor are in charge of the house early, and a pair of cloth shoes of the three dogs are usually reluctant to wear, but in the summer, they are okay, they carry the cloth shoes in their arms, and when they arrive at school, they wash their feet in the small ditch, and put on the cloth shoes and enter the school gate.

But on the muddy road in this winter, Sangou was even more reluctant to wear his cloth shoes, although he stepped barefoot in the biting ice mud under the winter rain, the feeling was the same as cutting meat with a knife, but after a while, his feet didn't feel very good, and he was numb.

The mud road is not fast, and a girl in Mingyue is even slower, seeing that such a speed is about to be late, Mingcheng simply picked up his sister and walked, regardless of whether the shoes were shoes or not, they were okay, and they brought an extra pair of shoes to the school to change in the schoolbag.

The back is tired, the three dogs take over and continue the back, this force the whole body is warm, the feet are not cold, Mingyue called a few times and said to give his shoes to the three dogs to wear, and he can't wear them, the size is wrong, Mingcheng wants to give his spare shoes to the three dogs, and the three dogs resolutely don't.

The road is in a hurry, the feet are no longer cold, but it is a little difficult to wash the feet in the small ditch in front of the school, to break a thick layer of ice, to be able to get the water below, the ice water, is really ice, and I can't take care of so much, hurry up and wash, put on cloth shoes and enter the school, and then it will be late.

Later, Mingcheng's mother made a few more pairs of shoes and secretly stuffed a few pairs of shoes to Sangou's mother, so that Sangou no longer had to walk barefoot on the winter mud road; But the dog still can't change eating, this is what Mingyue said.

Because even if you bring a pair of spare shoes in your schoolbag, Sangou still has to walk barefoot, really, Mingcheng Mingyue was so angry that he took off his shoes and socks, and he also had to walk barefoot, forcing Sangou to wear shoes and walk together.

The problem of shoes is solved, there is a problem of eating, such a long way, it is unrealistic to rush home to eat lunch, many children far away from school, they bring meals and vegetables to school every day, put them in the cafeteria cauldron to steam, and get their own food.

Everyone's lunch boxes are varied, with good family backgrounds, with lightweight aluminum lunch boxes, envying others; For the average family, bring a big bowl, crockpot or something.

It is inconvenient to bring porcelain for long distances, and for fear of being broken, they bring a small bucket made of wood, similar to a small rice Zhen (wooden barrel for steaming rice) with a handle and a wooden lid, but the bottom plate is solid, unlike the hollow bottom plate of Fan Zhen.

Bring more is a large bamboo tube, this is easy to use, the bamboo tube is loaded with rice noodles and vegetables or other food, cover the bamboo tube lid, take a rope button, will not spill out.

A rope is put on both sides of the bamboo tube, which can be carried on the shoulder, which is very light; Engrave a name on the bamboo tube, put it directly in the school steamer, take it out and eat it immediately, and there is a fresh fragrance of bamboo.

Sangou Dad also made one for Sangou, and later Mingyue and Mingcheng saw it, and still thought that this bamboo tube was good, so Sangou Dad made a few more to send them.

Later, because of this reason for eating, everyone became familiar with the local Zheng Shoucheng of the school, Shoucheng and Sangou they were enrolled at the same time, and there were not many people in primary school at that time, and there was one class in each grade.

At the beginning, everyone was not familiar with it, the city was guarded by locals, and every day when they went home for lunch, they naturally played less with children like Sangou and them.

Later, Mingcheng went home and occasionally talked about the people in the school, and when it came to Shoucheng, he checked it, and he was still a distant relative, and it turned out that Shoucheng was still the grandson of Mingcheng's aunt (aunt, grandpa and sister), and he was counted as a brother of the same generation.

When Mingcheng's father and the father of the city, he had to walk by relatives from time to time, and when he arrived at Mingcheng's generation, he moved less, Mingcheng seemed to have been to the city guard house when he was very young, and he had heard that there were relatives there, but it was too young at that time, and now he can't remember it very much.

Unexpectedly, when I said it casually at home and checked it, I was really related to the kid named Zheng Shoucheng, so Mingcheng and they slowly began to get acquainted with Shoucheng.