Drunk for the rest of my life

Nian'er is eight years old.

Not long after the two of them lived in this Yunshan small courtyard, one day, Li Xin took Nian'er down the mountain for a walk.

This is a custom, and the dumb man hadn't come to improve the food for the two at that time.Although Li Xinjun possesses various skills, he is not very good at cooking.If he felt that Nian'er was hungry or he didn't have the inspiration to cook, he would take his apprentice to the restaurant and have a tooth-tasting ceremony.

The two of them didn't ride horses, they slowly swayed down the mountain holding hands.

Just after arriving at the foot of the mountain, I saw a pair of brother and sister who were dressed in luxurious clothes but were in a panic.

Applying Nian'er's logic, looking at the clothes, he doesn't look like a child from a poor family.But the complicated and expensive clothes are now full of dust and filthy, telling the story that the owner has just experienced a lot of ordeal.

There is a small stream at the foot of the mountain. The stream flows down from the mountain, passing through the small lake at the back of the mountain for a walk, and then rushing to a distant place to nourish more human beings who need water.For example, the pair of brothers and sisters in front of me.

The pond in the back mountain has become the territory of the two masters and apprentices. Li Xin really found a local craftsman, and he methodically fulfilled his wish of "enjoying the coolness, enjoying the lotus, playing in the water and fishing".

Looking again, my brother was lying under the shade of a tree with a gray face.The younger sister held the stream water in her hand, as if she wanted to feed her brother, but unfortunately the distance was too far, the stream water kept slipping through her fingers, only a few drops at a time.The little girl tossed and tossed back and forth tirelessly, and every time a few drops were dropped on her brother's lips.

It was already summer now, and the little girl was sweating profusely with red cheeks.Looking at the body, it should be impossible to move my brother; I don't know how to change it, so I can just take something to hold some water?No matter how bad it is, you can take a handkerchief and wet your clothes before wringing it out.

Alas, I was anxious to wait and see the thoughts, and thought silently in my heart: stupid.

Li Xin approached and knelt down to check on his brother's condition.

Nian'er picked a plantain leaf casually and went to the stream to fetch a handful of clear water. When passing by the little girl, she didn't stop and said, "Ignorance!"

My brother was unconscious, but he had no trauma, his temperature was too high, and he didn't sweat.It should be just a common cold with fever.

Li Xin fed the boy a pill, took the water from Nian'er's hand and poured it down.He recruited the little girl and roughly asked about the situation.

There was an accident in the family of the two brothers and sisters, and they were going to seek refuge with their father's old friend with the token.But on the way, he was met by robbers first, who robbed him of the money; the servant then stole the only token left and left;

The little girl sobbed at the end.Nian'er thought to herself: It's also pitiful, her brother also fell down, she is a little girl with no strength to restrain a chicken, it's really not easy.

Li Xin said a few words of relief in a warm voice, and then gave some silver taels as a gift, seeing her brother wake up leisurely, it should be all right.Stop this matter and pull Nian'er away.

Some inexplicably feel sorry for Nian'er's sensibility, most of those life skills are due to the force of life.Children who live a happy life, once they leave the environment they depend on for survival, they will probably be like this pair of brothers and sisters.Thinking of him, he survived eight cold and hot days alone, the bitterness of which can be imagined...

In the evening, the master and the apprentice sat beside the pear tree to enjoy the shade.The pear sapling has just been planted, about the same height as Nian'er, tender green sprouting new shoots.

Li Xin asked: "Nian'er, do you know when the morning dew condenses and when it falls?"

Nian'er shook her head and replied, "I don't know."

Li Xin asked again: "Do you know how the wild flowers in the mountains are shy and how to wait for them to bloom?"

Nian'er thought about it, then shook her head: "I don't know."

Li Xin's question was very tricky, if it was a little more close to life, Nian'er would probably be able to answer it.How can a child who is struggling to make ends meet respond to some seemingly specific but vague things?

Li Xin smiled: "Then do you still think you know more?"

Nian'er immediately understood what Master meant, and said in a low voice, "I'm wrong with Master. I shouldn't have said anything to hurt that little girl. I'm just as ignorant as her."

Satisfied now, Li Xin hugged Nian'er and sat on her lap, reaching out to wrap him in her arms.Continued: "If you know you are ignorant, you are not ignorant! How about Nian'er going to school?"

I don't know when, the two of them have gotten used to such intimacy.Li Xin even felt that the child had grown a lot of flesh, and it felt very good to be held in his arms as it was so small and soft.

Nian'er nestled comfortably in his arms and asked, "Master, did you learn your intelligence in school?"

"Haha, the world is so ignorant. The so-called smart people are just good at hiding their ignorance. However, going to school can make you more knowledgeable and able to distinguish right from wrong."

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On the second day, Li Xin took Nian'er to find a private school in the town.In a not-so-prosperous location, in an unremarkable small courtyard, you can hear the sound of reading aloud from a distance, childish and tidy.

Li Xin took him to pay homage to his master, and officially entered the school.

The master is an extremely young scholar, with a flair and elegance in his clothes.It is said that he passed the provincial and general examinations early on, but he pretended to be very noble, and refused to roll around in that vanity fair, and stayed in this beautiful small place to teach.Seeing the two of them, they frowned slightly, and they were slightly polite and alienated when they spoke.

There was also an older gentleman, stern and rigid, with a goatee, who didn't come very often.

From then on, Nian'er had one more homework - going to school.