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Chapter 406 The boy who herds cows and reads books
"Moo!"
The ox tied to the persimmon tree finally couldn't bear the threat posed by the ghostly face standing next to it. It let out a howl from the inside, and its four hooves pawed anxiously on the ground. It had a tendency to be "scared".
Seeing this, Zhang Taiping patted Ghostface's neck and asked him to step aside temporarily, lest the scalper would be really frightened and unable to deal with it.
The boy on the tree finally took his mind off the book and raised his head when he heard the cry of the cattle below the tree. He still looked at Zhang Taiping under the tree and the grimace walking not far away, not knowing what was going on.
Zhang Taiping smiled and asked under the tree: "Aren't you afraid that others will steal the cow?"
"Who would come to steal the cow?" The stunned eyes gradually regained their vitality and became more alert. "I'm watching and no one can steal it."
Zhang Taiping still smiled and said: "Not necessarily, if I had just stolen the cow, I would have pulled the cow away, and you were still on the tree without responding."
The boy shook his head disapprovingly and said, "There is a little flower dog down there. If you really pull the cow, the little flower dog will definitely outwit you."
"Then did you hear the little spotted dog barking?"
The boy was slightly startled again, and looked at the little flower dog under the tree. After Ghostface retreated not far away, it was still lying on the ground and did not dare to move. It was obviously afraid of Ghostface to the core, and it was probably Ghostface that wanted to bite him now.
If you break its neck, it will obediently extend its neck.
The boy looked at the grimace not far away and said, "Is that big dog yours? Xiaohua seems to be very afraid of it?"
Zhang Taiping nodded slightly: "It's natural that your little flower dog will be scared. Mine is just a Tibetan Mastiff, the uncrowned king among big dogs. Let alone your native dog, even big dogs don't dare to do it.
Presumptuous in front of it.”
"The uncrowned king? This word seems to be used well, but I don't know what it means." Zhang Taiping was a little dumbfounded by what the boy was paying attention to. When Zhang Taiping mentioned the difference between the two dogs, he was paying attention to what Zhang Taiping said.
Idioms used in discourse.
"To put it crudely, it means an emperor without a crown."
The boy shook his head and still didn't quite understand.
Zhang Taiping changed his approach and continued to explain: "Have you watched the TV series "The Secret History of Xiaozhuang"?" This TV series is currently being broadcast by Shaanxi Second Television Station at this time.
The boy nodded, his eyes bright: "My dad didn't let me watch TV when I was in school. During the summer vacation, I watched this TV series from beginning to end." With the topic he was interested in, the boy slipped down from the tree.
.
Zhang Taiping said: "If you have watched this TV show, I can explain it to you. Which character do you like best in it?"
"Of course it's the Regent Dorgon!" the boy blurted out, and then he said with some enlightenment, "Do you want to tell me that the Regent Dorgon is the uncrowned king?"
This time it was Zhang Taiping's turn to be slightly surprised. Unexpectedly, the boy's reaction was not slow enough, so he nodded in agreement. He was absolutely incompetent to be a teacher, because he didn't even consider whether such explanations and education would be harmful.
Plant a seed of pursuit of power in the boy's heart.
The boy nodded slightly this time with a thoughtful expression.
At this point, Zhang Taiping didn't want to dwell on this issue anymore, so he asked: "Have you studied?"
"Here we go, third grade."
"How old are you?"
"twelve."
Entering third grade at the age of twelve is already two years later than children outside the mountains, but this is a common phenomenon for children in the mountains. "How are your grades in school?" Zhang Taiping asked with a smile. Generally, little boys of this age do not
I like adults to ask about my grades, because boys at this time are very active and playful. They are often not as good as girls in terms of grades and don't like to be mentioned.
Unexpectedly, this boy didn't have any hesitant expression, but said naturally: "The first in mathematics is 100 points, and the second in Chinese is 98 points. There is a girl who has more points than me."
One point.”
Zhang Taiping looked at his slightly annoyed expression and guessed: "You secretly read a book while grazing cattle during the summer vacation and wanted to surpass him?"
"Not bad!" The boy was quite ambitious.
"Then what book are you reading?" Zhang Taiping said with a smile.
"No." The boy handed the book over and said, "I am the only one in my family who can understand this book."
After Zhang Taiping took the book, he felt a pain in his balls. This non-yellowing book was not a story or a fairy tale by Andersen, but a book called "Diary of a Madman" by Lu Xun. The most ridiculous thing was the words in it.
It is not a modern demining method, but a vertical order of rows from right to left, and it is also mixed with traditional Chinese characters that have not been completely changed.
Zhang Taiping praised the "Diary of a Madman" which looked like an antique and said, "Can you really understand it?"
"Um." The boy's face turned slightly red. "There are some words in there that I don't recognize, and there are some words that I don't quite understand what they mean."
Zhang Taiping returned the book to him and said: "This kind of book is not something you can read now. No matter how you read it now, it will not improve your Chinese proficiency. You should read other books."
The boy scratched his head and said, "I searched all the cabinets at home and found a book like this."
Zhang Taiping felt that this boy was really interesting. He leaned against the persimmon tree and said, "Didn't you just say that your father doesn't allow you to watch TV during school? So he must want you to study hard. You asked him to watch TV for you during school."
Just buy a few books from the bookstore in the town."
"Well, my dad has indeed always said that rural children can succeed only if they study well, otherwise they will die in the mountains all their lives and have no future." The boy nodded and agreed with Zhang Taiping's suggestion.
"Your father is right. For a child from a peasant family, studying is the most convenient and quickest way to get ahead." Zhang Taiping did not say those words about being the top scholar in any field.
"Alas!" the boy sighed and said, "I don't know what book to buy, do you know?"
Zhang Taiping tapped his head with his fingers and thought about some of the books he had read back then: "Ask your father to buy you a copy of "Andersen's Fairy Tales", as well as "Three Hundred and Fifty-Six Nights", "Youthful Essays", "
"Selected Essays of the Times", plus a copy of "Five Thousand Years of China"."
"How much do so many books cost?" the boy asked hesitantly.
Zhang Taiping was stunned and fell silent when he heard the little boy's words. He didn't know what it was like. It is said that the children of the poor will become masters early. This is true at all. They are both eleven or twelve years old.
, maybe the children in the city no longer know how many KFCs they have entered, while the little boy in the mountains is still thinking about the price of a few books.
"It doesn't cost much, especially if you buy it at a second-hand book stall, it's even cheaper." Zhang Taiping shook his head and replied.
"Buying used books is a good idea." The boy nodded pretending to be mature, which made Zhang Taiping want to laugh.
The little boy glanced at the old scalper's place, walked over, untied the scalper from the tree, tied it to another tree, and replaced it with fresh grass for it to eat.
After coming back, he asked Zhang Taiping: "Can you call your big dog over and take a look?"
Zhang Taiping smiled and nodded, then waved to the ghost face not far away, and the ghost face walked over calmly.
"This dog is so big, bigger than a wolf."
Zhang Taiping patted Ghostface's back and asked him to squat next to him, looked at him and said, "Have you ever seen a wolf?"
"I've never seen a real wolf. I saw it on TV. It's about the same size as the wolfdog I saw, but not as big as your uncrowned king dog."
Zhang Taiping did not correct the little boy that the idiom was inappropriate, and nodded: "This Tibetan Mastiff is indeed bigger than the average wolf."
"Can you let me touch it?" The boys were all interested in this.
Zhang Taiping shook his head. The ghost face also had its own dignity. At home, only Zhang Taiping could pat its neck and back at will, and no one else could. So he was not harmed by his own generosity.
The dignity of the grimace.
Seeing that Zhang Taiping did not agree, the boy stopped asking for this matter, and instead changed to another topic: "I heard that you know kung fu, can you teach me?"
"You know me?"
"I know you! You are Yaya's dad. My dad is always telling me that when I grow up, I hope I can make money like you, and don't be like him who can't make money."
"Oh? Who is your father?" Zhang Taiping asked curiously.
"Wang Shunyou, my name is Wang Xuetong. My father said he gave me the name himself." The boy smiled with his white teeth.
"Wang Shunyou's son?" Zhang Taiping muttered, "I met you just after I came from your father's place. It seems that I am quite destined to be with your family."
"Can you teach me some martial arts?" Wang Xuetong asked again.
Zhang Taiping smiled and said: "As long as you can persist in standing on the horse for thirty minutes in the morning, I will teach you kung fu."
"Yeah." Wang Xuetong nodded solemnly, "I'll go back and give it a try."
Two people, one large and one small, were squatting under the persimmon tree and before they knew it, the sun had risen over the top of the mountain and began to emit strong heat.
Wang Xuetong raised his head and covered his eyes, looked at the sun in the sky and said, "It's time for me to go back. The old scalper is also full."
Zhang Taiping nodded. While Wang Xuetong was pulling the cow, he did not forget to call the little dog twice, but the little dog had already sneaked away without knowing where it was.
After the boy left, Zhang Taiping leaned against the tree and thought about Yaya, Tiantian and Ye Ling going to school. The summer vacation is about to end, and they should make some preparations after returning. When the three little girls arrive in September
It's time to go to school too.
ps: Please give me flowers!
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