Halfway up the hill,.

A mountain road leads directly to the bottom of the mountain, and small villages are faintly visible.

It was the time of the noon sun, when the mountain road was crooked, and a person walked up.

This man was dressed in coarse cloth clothes and tied with coarse cloth belts, and the sun squinted his eyes, and also dried his white hair sweat, and it was so hot that he refused to open his heart, and his collar was still tightly hidden.

He carried a basket on his right arm, and a piece of cloth was specially placed at the friction between the forearm and the handle, and he walked a few steps, cat's waist, put down the basket and straightened his waist, loosened his legs, rubbed his arm according to the pad, took two breaths with his teeth, shook his head, and then changed the pad cloth to his left forearm, cat's waist, and carried the basket up, only three miles from the village to the woods, he changed his hands more than forty times, making both forearms red, like two boiled dog shrimp claws.

Entering the forest, there was shade on the side of the mountain road, he held on not to walk in the shade, walking in the sun, an old farmer carrying a hoe and walking from behind, recognized him, and slowed down to greet: "Zhang Yushi." ”

He was very embarrassed when he heard the sound of footsteps behind him, and now he felt even more nervous when he heard someone greet him, and hurriedly said, "It's not been for a long time, but don't call it that anymore." Old farmer: "Yes, this memory is really not done, it seems that it has been back for a long time, why haven't I looked at you all the time?" He laughed, but his eyes still didn't dare to look at the old peasant: "Oh, I always read at home, and I don't go out of the house much." The old farmer: "Ah, it's good to read, it's good to read, what are you doing?" Him: "Send food to my father." ”

The old farmer: "Ah, it's good to deliver food, it's good to deliver food, what about your daughter-in-law, why don't you let her send it." Him: "I'm also working in the mountains, working with my father." ”

"Ah, good work together, good work together. After speaking, the old farmer pouted his beard and looked up to the sky and clicked his lips: "Why does it sound so awkward." With a wave of his hand: "Hey, let's go first." ”

Watching the old farmer rub over, he swallowed his saliva, let the saliva press his heart back, cat's waist, put the basket, straighten the waist, knock his legs, wiped his sweat, changed the pad, and put the basket back up.

An old lady with a small foot came down the mountain road, carrying an empty basket, probably to deliver food to the workers who had just returned, holding a snotty baby in her hand, and said hello to the old farmer when she walked to the opposite side, missed it and nodded with a smile with him, and while walking down, she pulled the child: "I know to drill into the shade, look at people, man, husband, you have to walk in the middle, understand, learn a little." ”

When he heard this, he felt hot all over, but he didn't feel hot, and after walking a few steps, he only heard the child say to the old lady, "Grandma, the sun is panicking in the middle." ”

Old lady: "The right way in the world is the vicissitudes of life, and of course the vicissitudes of life are panicked." After a while, the child's voice said: "We don't have vicissitudes anymore." He turned around and saw the child looking up and holding his grandmother's hand, the two of them slipped aside, and were walking into the shade of the tree, and the old lady paused the child: "Don't worry, you will have it in the future." ”

After climbing the mountain for a long time, I finally came to my own forest area, the forest is not small, the trees are hung with green fruits at this time, and there is a small wooden house on the side of the road, as a daily use of watching the forest, the mountain is inaccessible, occasionally there are two bird calls, it looks quiet.

He took the basket into his hand and walked forward, and heard a "yo" sound in the wooden house, which was the voice of his wife Wu: "Dad, Dad, it doesn't work, it hurts." He straightened up, only to hear his father's voice coming from the house again: "Bear with me, what's the big deal." His wife: "No, no, no." It seemed that something had been knocked down in the house, and his father: "Come on, you grit your teeth, and I'll get it out." ”

He listened outside, and in an instant it was like cold water pouring on his head, and all the sweat in his body was sucked into his pores, and he threw the basket and ran two steps and pushed the door: "Dad." ”

The wooden door "banged" open, only to see his wife Wu's hand on the edge of the table crooked on the chair, his father squatting on the ground, holding his wife's white feet in his hand, Wu's mouth opened a little crooked, staring at the boss, his father was twisting his neck at the same time stiff movements to look at him, the ground was thrown only rolled white cloth socks, on which was stained with blood, and next to it was thrown a broken iron kettle with a lid that fell, probably when the action was violent, it was thrown to the ground.

When Wu saw that it was him, he hurriedly greeted: "Oh, you're here, Dad is hurting too much, you hurry up." ”

Him: "Dad, what's wrong?" ”

His father: "What else can happen on the mountain, come on." As he spoke, he stood up and handed him the needle in his hand: "You have good eyes, pick it for her." ”

He squatted down and saw that there were several wooden thorns on the soles of his wife's red and tender feet, two of which were thinner, and they had broken into the flesh, and he suddenly felt distressed: "Dad, how is this pierced, why don't you look at her well." Wu glanced at him with disgust and whispered: "It's me who is careless, can I blame my father." ”

His father squatted aside, pulled out the cigarette pouch and pot with the cigarette: "Why are you here today, your mother?" ”

He: "My mother's heel hurts, I made wine and rubbed it for her for a long time, and I came out without much relief." ”

His father: "Where's the rice?" ”

Him: "Outside." ”

His father said "um", got up and went out, and saw the basket crooked on the ground, and two steamed buns fell out, so he picked it up, patted the soil, found a shady place to squat, and ate it with a cigarette.

He listened to the footsteps, stood up and looked at the window, and saw that his father was far away, so he squatted back to pick the thorns, and while picking, he couldn't help laughing, and Wu looked back at him like a scrutiny: "It's not funny, what are you thinking." He raised his face, a little embarrassed: "I heard that you were in the house, and I thought ...... Hey, hey......" Bow your head.

When Wu Shi heard this, he suddenly understood, his feet were crooked, and he gave him a small mouth with a "snap", and hated him: "Dirty heart and lungs, nest at home all day, and don't think about me for the good." When he looked at his own small appearance beautifully, "Flutter" smiled again, and said coquettishly: "This has given me a wake-up call, right, you don't fight, I should also think about the future, the fertilizer and water don't flow into the fields of outsiders, and it's not sorry for you." ”

Although he knew that this was a joke, he was also furious in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Don't talk nonsense, see how I clean you up at night." Wu leaned back in the chair, supported his cheeks with the back of his hand, and said with a smile: "Let's talk about the evening at night, I have enough for the second half of the night." As he spoke, his white toes twisted in his hands.

He pinched his wife's white and greasy little feet, looked at her smiling eyes, his chest jumped suddenly, and his father shouted outside, "It's not over yet." He was taken aback: "Right away, right away." ”

After the bandage, he took his wife out of the house, went to eat under the shade of the tree, and after eating for a while, his father knocked on the cigarette bag and pot, and loaded a pot of cigarettes, looking at the woods: "It's been so long, I also figured it out, ten Confucianism and nine beggars, my father has relied on planting oranges over the years, and he has also confessed to you. ”

He listened a little confused, thinking to himself that his father was old, how could he say that the scholar was poor, and later he was involved in becoming an official, which sentence is the key point, this is not only the problem of the three-character classic, but even the language organization ability has degraded.

Seeing that he chewed the steamed bun without squeaking, his father lit the fire, snorted his cigarette, and said: "The people in the village are real, talking and laughing, not bad-hearted, you look at the chickens, ducks and geese, you have to put a day's wind before going to the nest, always put the one in the nest, it is easy to plague." ”

He heard a little eyebrows, the action of chewing steamed buns slowed down, a small straw stick flew to his hair, and his wife Wu leaned over, pinched her fingers like a bird, and pecked him lightly.

His father: " In the morning, the village chief came to a trip, and told me, these families under the mountain take care of the trees, the children in the family are running crazy all over the mountain, it is not a thing, the ancestral hall of the village has a place, each family sells oranges and has money, each is prepared to repair, I want to annoy you to come out, give them a Meng, and also know that you are a bent talent, but I think you are all old neighbors, I want you to take care of the feelings of this water and soil, and know your roots, not than the gentleman who invited the outside to mix things up, and then miss the child's life, afraid that please not move, I dare not come directly to find you, find me here, you see if it is okay, I will go to give someone a reply。 ”

He understands that since he came back from the demotion of the official, he is afraid of seeing his neighbors, hiding at home and not daring to see people, he can't afford the work on the mountain, his wife has nothing to say, he went up the mountain to help his father do this and that, he has not had a word of complaint, but how can he be worthy of her, such an adult, stay in the house for two years, let his parents feed, when is it a head, can he still nest for a lifetime.

Thinking in his heart, the steamed bun in his mouth was hard like a stone, and he couldn't chew anything, his wife Wu saw that his face was not good-looking, and said with a smile: "It's a shame that he can open this mouth, it's not overkill, our family doesn't lack that idea of bunching, the children are wild and whatever, why bother to mess with that naughty, Dad, you always don't know the troublesome nature of Jingshi, I've been at home for two years, and I'm still annoyed when I think about it for a while, not to mention him, it's not good for him to nurture his heart quietly." ”

When his father heard this, he looked at him and nodded: "Yes, yes, I'll go back to him in the evening." "Knock the cigarette pouch, get up and get ready to work.

"Wait,. ”

He froze for a moment, and raised his face as if determined: "Dad, this is righteousness, you go back to him and say that I will go." ”

Each family went out to clean up the ancestral hall in the east of the village, set up tables and chairs, and piled up a whole department of three sacrifices and five ceremonies, and the parents waited at the door of the ancestral hall with their children.

When he came, he changed into a Confucian robe and tied a square scarf on his head, just like when the villagers sent him to the exam.

People supported him, smiled hehe, introduced him to his own children, this is a big fat, that is a second cow, at first he was still a little restrained, slowly infected by everyone, also smiled, took the students to sacrifice Confucius, according to the size of the seat arrangement, since then, the children have a place to study, he is gradually cheerful, home also has laughter, mother's heel does not hurt anymore.

On this day, his wife Wu sent him lunch, walked outside the ancestral hall, the sound of reading did not stop, so he did not break in, listened under the shade of the tree outside, the husband read a sentence in it, said a few words, calmly, and the voice was thick, but it was quite like a gentleman, which reminded her of the situation when she first got married: the cave room was full of candles, he was all over the house, and he didn't get closer, and then sat at the table and didn't move, seeing that in the middle of the night, he sat on his buttocks and couldn't help but take a look at the hijab, which was good, he took the book and looked at it at the pair of lamps, as if he could turn out an ancient person to perform this Zhou Gong ceremony for him, and he hated that he flew out of his shoes with a flick of his foot, and slapped him in the faceThinking of this, she burst into laughter.

At this time, there was a commotion in the ancestral hall, it seemed that the village chief's son Sanpang was hungry, grinding to go home early, he made a fuss, and the other children also coaxed, and the husband slapped the book on the table to ask him to behave. Wu thought that this wild child was afraid of being familiar, and he really couldn't control it when he was familiar, so he was busy looking in by the door, and saw that the footsteps in the house were in chaos, and the tables and chairs were ringing, and the husband chased after Sanfat with a ring ruler and asked him to stand down. Beat me, you are also worthy, you canned bastard, squatting at home, your father is afraid that you will become a madman, kowtow to my father, cry into a flower cow, and the calf worships the Quartet before inviting students from various families, you beat me, beat me, you drink the northwest wind, go home and lick your wife's stinky feet. ”

The ring ruler fell to the ground, only to see her husband's back straight there, the two sleeves kept trembling, Wu hurriedly rushed in and slapped his hand on the table: "Three fat, you stand down for me, how my feet stink, how did you see it, how did you smell it, young age, you are a molesting woman, you are so bold, go, don't you want to go home, I will follow you home, let's find your father, find your mother, and comment on this reason." ”

The three fat were a little scared by this general, and they didn't squeak sullenly, and the other children laughed and stretched their necks to look at it, and Wu pointed with his hand: "Sit down for me, put the tables and chairs in order, and see what he does, he is the one who is going to go to the county to fight a lawsuit, you learn from him, and you also want your mother to send you prison food." When the other students heard this, they immediately moved the table and chair, and sat up straight with their legs between their hands, and she took advantage of her stunned strength to come over and grab the three fat hands: "Let's go, find your father, let's go to the county office." The third fat cried and sat back with his buttocks: "Master...... You don't pull me, you don't pull me, I'm not going home, I'm not going home......"

Wu smiled secretly in his heart, but felt that it was not in place, and wanted to stretch it again, but he heard the sound of footsteps behind him, and her husband ran out.

She hurriedly asked, "Where are you going?" When he chased him out, his husband ran out of the village in the direction of the river, and he immediately panicked, knowing that the literati were small-minded, so he didn't want to seek death anymore, and he couldn't take care of the students, so he turned his head and chased after him.

After all, the man's feet are fast, when she chased to the river, her husband was gone, the river was very fast, and she couldn't see any ripples, she put her hands together and shouted on the water: "Xianggong, Xianggong." A group of children caught up behind and saw each other, looked at each other, and said, "Oh no, Mr. has already thrown himself into the river." Thinking that he had something to do with this human life, maybe he would go to prison, he cried.

While crying, a small boat came down the river, and the fisherman held the penny, and there was an official on it, shaking his hand and asking: "Hey, does Zhang Qi and Zhang Yushi live in this village?" ”

Wu Shi was crying uncontrollably, and when he heard this, he hurriedly stopped his tears and asked, "Yes, I am his wife, what are you looking for him." ”

The official took out the official document and shook it in his hand: "The old man of the high pavilion ordered people to investigate the old case, clean up the grievances, and found that Zhang Yushi impeached Xu Jie, not only did he have no fault, but he had merit, and now the court has ordered that Zhang Yushi be reinstated, and there may be a reward." ”

When the students heard this, they cried even more, and they all said, "You're late, Mr. just jumped into the river." ”

The official was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly turned around and instructed the fisherman: "Catch it quickly, there may be salvation." ”

The fisherman nodded and poked the penny in the river, and the official gave him a kick: "Jump down and save it, the good man was also poked to death by you." ”

was making a fuss, when I heard a shout from the shore: "Don't fish, I'm here." ”

Everyone was around and around, but they couldn't find anyone, or Wu's eyes were sharp, and they saw a hand timidly stretched out in the grass pit under the big willow tree on the shore and was shaking, she hurriedly ran over to see, sure enough, it was her husband squatting in the grass pit, one hand covering his face, and one hand shaking there, she was angry and funny: "What are you doing here, don't come out quickly." Zhang Qi didn't move, he couldn't get through it, he covered his face and turned around and ran towards the village.

Wu didn't know what he had done, so he hurriedly asked the official to sit at home and let the children go home for dinner.

When I returned home, my mother-in-law was washing clothes under the eaves of the wing room, and Wu was busy asking where her husband was. Wu smiled: "Daxi, please come and sit in the hall, and let me summon my father-in-law." It didn't take much effort, Zhang Qi's old father also called back, and the neighbors and the children's parents also arrived when they heard the letter, and congratulated them in unison, but after a thousand calls, Zhang Qi just didn't come out, his father frowned, and his mother stabbed his daughter-in-law: "Others don't work, you see." ”

Wu nodded, walked in front, the neighbors followed happily, all gathered outside the door of the wing room or at the base of the window and waited silently, pressed stubble and stood a lot, Wu entered the house, and saw that her husband was squatting in the corner of the wall, so he complained: "You dead man, what kind of awkwardness is making trouble, how can you not come out to say hello to everyone at this time." ”

Zhang Qi covered his ears with his hands, stuck his head in his crotch and cried: "Go out quickly, how can I still have the face to see people." ”

Wu smiled: "Why don't you have a face, now is the time for you to show your face." On the kang on the side, he approached and patted him on the back: "I know, you are letting a child scold you for being a wreck, you can't get by, what is there, now that you have been reinstated, who can say anything else, the village chief is also here, bringing something and two bottles of wine, and I want to give you congratulations." ”

Zhang Qi cried: "What does it have to do with that, what does it have to do with that." ”

Wu was stunned: "Then what are you doing here?" ”

Zhang Qi: "You didn't listen to what San Fat said." Wu said with a smile: "Listen, what can you do, say that you are a canned king, you are, you are a big person, and you are angry with the child." Outside the door, everyone heard that the village chief's face was a little unbearable, he glared at his son fiercely, and picked up the pig's trotters and wine bottle in his hand, which meant: "I can't kill you when I go home." I only heard Zhang Qi in the room say: "It's not that, it's the back, even his children know, who else doesn't know in the village, how can I meet people......"

Wu thought for a while: "Behind, what's behind." Zhang Qi said: "It's the back." Wu became more and more strange: "Later...... What the hell? Zhang Qi became angry, turned his head sharply and roared: "It's just that I like to lick your feet." At this moment, he suddenly found a bunch of heads crowded at the door, all with one expression, the village chief at the front, his mouth wide open, and his eyes wide.

With a click, a pair of white pig's trotters fell on the brick floor.