80s Taoism

In the evening, Zhang Youping drove the cattle with a load of firewood on his shoulders. The pole and the dustpan creaked as they rubbed against each other. It's like the melody of music is flying on the country road.

"There is peace, there is peace." Zhang Jiujin's father, Zhang Qianlong, walked quickly to Zhang Youping's side.

"Wow. (Sound of calling the cow to stop)" Zhang Youping pulled the rope and stopped the cow, "Brother Qianlong, what are you doing?"

"Why don't you just let your cub go to herd cattle? How about raising the cub at home? Can you raise it for a lifetime? By the way, you can go to the brigade and ask, you should be able to have a second child in this situation." Zhang Qianlong quarreled for a long time, but he didn't get to the point, as if he cared about Zhang Youping's matter so much.

"Our first child is a boy, how can we still approve a second child? Besides, one in the family is enough for me, how dare we have a second child?" Zhang Youping shook his head. If Zai Zai was not in the current situation, Zhang Youping might still have some ideas, but now that Zai Zai has become like this, he has given up the idea of ​​having a second child.

"Oh, yes. One cub in your family is more able to toss than several cubs in other families. But you two have suffered a lot." Zhang Qianlong said sympathetically.

"Brother Qianlong, do you have something to do?" Zhang Youping naturally knew that Zhang Qianlong would not come over to care about him for no reason. There must be something else.

"That's right. Hasn't my house been set up (foundation and baseline drawn)? Tomorrow, it will officially start construction. Do you think you can help me with a few jobs?" Zhang Qianlong said the real thing.

"That's for sure. Building a house is a big deal. There's no need to be so polite between us brothers. Just give a shout and I'll come over." Zhang Youping readily agreed. In those days, it was not time to talk about money in everything. Every family helps each other, just entertain and eat. To build a house, only basic material costs are required. Of course, master workers must have wages. Because master workers are basically professionals. For example carpenters and plasterers. Those who help are all assistant workers.

The reason why Zhang Qianlong called Zhang Youping to stop on the road, of course, had his purpose. He looked embarrassed, and then said, "Youping, I know I shouldn't say hurtful words. But my family is building a house, which is a lifetime thing. So I'll just say some things, don't take offense."

"Brother Qianlong, just say it." Zhang Youping almost knew what Zhang Qianlong wanted to say. There was a trace of sullenness in my heart, but I could only suppress it.

"While my house is being built, can you tell the beggar not to go to our new house?" When Zhang Qianlong said this, he didn't dare look beyond Zhang Youping. He knew that Zhang Youping's face would definitely be ugly.

Just as Zhang Qianlong expected, Zhang Youping's face turned livid as soon as he finished speaking, and the veins in his hands on the shoulder pole swelled up. After a long while, Zhang Youping said, "Qianlong, beggars won't go to your new house. Don't worry."

Zhang Youping's address to Zhang Qianlong lacked the word "brother", and after he finished speaking, he drove away without looking back.

Zhang Qianlong looked at Zhang Youping's back in embarrassment, "Oh, what's all this?"

When Zhang Youping returned home, Liu Qiaoye, who was careful, soon noticed that Zhang Youping's complexion was not very good.

"Youping, what's the matter? Are you feeling uncomfortable?" Liu Qiaoye asked the man with concern. The man is the sky of the family, and if the sky collapses, the family will be ruined.

"It's okay. By the way, I'm going to help Qianlong's house tomorrow. They're going to build a new house. Let the beggar stay at home and don't go there. I'm afraid others won't welcome you." Zhang Youping tried his best to suppress his emotions. He didn't want the whole family to bear this kind of unhappiness. After finishing speaking, Zhang Youping took a look at Zai Zai, who was sitting on the threshold and was fiddling with a compass.

Liu Qiaoye is a shrewd woman, after hearing the man's words, she immediately knew that the man had listened to someone else's words.

"It's not like we don't have food. Why do we go to other people's house? It doesn't matter if they build a new house or a dragon palace, there's nothing to see. Don't say that others are not happy with our baby, we won't go even if eight sedan chairs come to invite us. Baby, mother is right?"

Zhang Jiaohua felt that the compass in his hand was a very high-end toy, among the little kids in Meiziao, this toy was definitely the only one in the shit of a scorpion. After hearing Mother's words, he didn't even raise his head, "Mother, I want to herd cattle tomorrow."

"Such a smart cub, it's okay to be bored at home all the time. If he wants to herd cattle, let him do so." Liu Qiaoye looked at the man with a questioning look.

Zhang Youping thought for a while, he was going out to help out for a while, and his mother-in-law had to do all the work at home, so he really didn't have time to herd cattle.

"Cub, can you guarantee that you won't take a bath in the pond?" Zhang Youping asked.

"I promise not to take a bath in the pond." Zhang Jiaohua said excitedly.

Zhang Jiaohua still dozed off a lot, and started to feel drowsy at night. The mute’s 14-inch black-and-white TV was turned on loudly, and Lantian Liubizhi’s advertisement sounded “good teeth, good appetite, good health, delicious food”, no longer attracted Zhang Jiaohua. Although after knowing this ad, there will be a TV series. Zhang Jiaohua sat on the threshold for a while and then fell asleep.

Liu Qiaoye picked up Zai Zai and prepared to put him on the bed, "Youping, our baby has been dozing off so much recently. I don't know what's going on. If we have time, we can take him to the hospital for a checkup. What do you think?"

"Yes. It's a pity that I can't buy a TV anymore. I plan to save some money and buy a TV before the Chinese New Year." Zhang Youping said regretfully.

"It doesn't matter whether you watch the TV or not. Aren't cubs more important than TVs?" Liu Qiaoye complained.

"That's not what I mean. Now the village doesn't wait to see Zaizai. I'm afraid he'll be offended if he wants to watch TV at someone else's house. That's why I want to buy a TV and put it at home. Zaizai won't have to go to other people's house to watch TV in the future. But Zaizai's medical treatment is important. After the help is finished, I will go around the town to see if there is a place to work as an assistant. Transfer some money and come back. With the TV, Zaizai will have something to do." Zhang Youping rubbed his hands.

As soon as Zhang Jiaohua fell asleep, the old Taoist priest appeared in front of him.

"Copy the scriptures tonight. You must carefully copy the words on it. Don't make any mistakes. If you make a mistake, you will have to hit the board." The old Taoist sternly knocked the bamboo board on the table.

"Snapped!"