Chapter 141 Bud
Shitou was still in shock, and after a moment's pause he realized that there was something even more amazing to see. He then ran towards the yard, grabbed the hen and ran in.
The hen was dozing off, but now she was so scared that she started kicking her legs and flapping her wings, wailing "cluck-cluck".
Lao Lin asked Shitou to hold the chicken and put it on the ground, then he found a piece of white charcoal and drew a straight vertical line in front of the chicken.
Then he said to Shitou: "Okay! I have pinned the chicken, you can let go now!"
"What? Let it go! If you let it go, it will fly all over the house and onto the table, ruining the food!"
"It's okay! I said it would stay still, so it will stay still!" Lao Lin looked confident.
Shitou also wanted to confirm what Lao Lin said, after all, the fish really turned its head just now.
Just fly away, he can catch it wherever it flies.
Shitou slowly let go of his hands, and a magical thing happened - the chicken really lay on the ground with its eyes wide open. It had been flapping its wings around just now, but now it was motionless, as if it was frozen.
Wu Erlaizi was surprised at first, then he became anxious.
"What kind of magic are you using? You're not going to kill the chicken, are you? If my mom hadn't begged me desperately, I wouldn't have agreed to let you bring it here!"
When Aunt Cuifen came out of the kitchen, she heard Wu Erlaizi's last words and she got furious!
As soon as he came in, he punched Wu Erlaizi's head.
"You are a brother! You have lost your conscience! Tongya saved your mother's life, and holding a chicken is worth it for you to be so nonsense here! If you don't feel ashamed, I will..."
Wu Erlaizi was beaten so hard that he ran away with his head in his hands. "I...wasn't that! Mom! Stop hitting me! The chicken was killed by that stinky old man!"
Lao Lin already started to regret it and quickly stretched out his foot to rub the line.
As soon as the line was gone, the chicken started to move.
It raised its neck, looked around, and flapped its wings to prepare to fly again.
Stone was stunned!
Amazing!
It can be settled when it is said to be settled, and it can be alive when it is said to be alive.
This old man can really perform magic tricks!
Wu Erlaizi rushed forward like a bear, hugged the chicken, touched his head which was hurt by my mother's beating, and yelled to Lao Lin:
"You stinking old man, you still play magic, and you still say it's settled. This is feudal superstition. You should be sent to labor camp if you don't want to be shot!"
Su Tong had been watching quietly behind the door curtain, starting from when Lao Lin poured water into the glass.
This should be the first time that Lao Lin showed his original self.
After hearing what Wu Erlaizi said, she came out, poured out the water from the glass, and said to Shitou:
"Shitou, come here! Pour the water in like Lao Lin did."
Disbelief welled up in Shitou's eyes, "I, I can do it too?"
Su Tong nodded.
Shitou picked up the bowl and poured water into the glass, imitating Lao Lin. When the water level exceeded the height of the fish, the magical thing happened again.
The fish turned again.
Stone was stunned!
"I, I can also cast spells... No! No! I can also cast magic!"
"It's not a spell or magic, it's the refraction of light that causes this phenomenon. It's physical knowledge."
Su Tong reached out and took the cup from Shi Tou's hand and poured out the water inside.
Then he poured clean water in, and the fish turned its head again.
“No matter who pours the water, the fish will turn around, because this is a real phenomenon that exists all the time in life. It’s just that most people don’t pay attention to it, or even if they do, they can’t understand it. This is why we need to read!”
"Only by reading can we understand these phenomena that seem strange to us and come up with the correct explanations, rather than just attributing them all to superstition."
Su Tong looked at Wu Erlaizi again, "Today is New Year's Day, and Lao Lin just wants to have fun for everyone. If you make any louder noises, everyone in our yard will go to labor camp with you!"
Wu Erlaizi had always been afraid of Su Tong. He hunched his neck and hugged the chicken, muttering:
"How do I know what he did? He didn't explain it clearly, and he didn't allow others to tell him..."
"There are always people who are better than you. If you don't understand, you can learn, you can ask, and you can talk about it, but you can't talk nonsense. Not only can you not talk nonsense now, you can't talk nonsense outside."
Su Tong said sternly: "You are promoting scientific principles as feudal superstition. If others hear you, you should know the consequences!"
What consequences! Parade through the streets! Labor camp!
Wu Erlaizi was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he threw the hen away, "Hey - hey - I, I didn't encourage it! I... I... Besides, there is no outsider here! How would others know..."
After saying this, he ran out, shouting as he ran:
"Mom, I'm going home first! I have to go to my uncle's house to have New Year's Eve dinner tonight!"
Aunt Cuifen stood nearby, looking embarrassed.
Su Tong then said, "Aunt! I exaggerated a bit, it's okay!"
Aunt Cuifen said, "He has a big mouth. If you don't scare him, he won't keep it shut."
The two looked at each other and smiled.
Lao Qi walked in later, listened to the general situation, and now walked over quickly to support Lao Lin.
"You! You! Haven't you suffered enough?"
Lao Lin had already regretted it a long time ago. He was too happy today and it was easy to lose control when he was happy.
It was because of their academic studies that they fell to this point and almost lost their lives. He must be crazy to show it off.
If there is any disturbance, it will be everyone in this yard who will be implicated.
The two old men looked at Su Tong apologetically. Without having time to think about why Su Tong understood the principle of refraction, they supported him and walked out.
Su Tong said nothing more and quietly cleaned the table with Aunt Cuifen.
Only Shi Tou stood there in a daze. He felt as if he had caught a glimpse of a world that he had never known.
After a while, he grabbed Su Tong's arm.
"Sister Tongya, why is that chicken frozen?"
Su Tong glanced at the stone and said:
“It’s a visual trap caused by the visual characteristics.”
"What? What...sex? What...well?"
"Doesn't your school offer physics classes?" Su Tong asked.
"Physics? No!"
Shitou counted on his fingers, "Chinese, math, politics, and basic education for agriculture. But I never took basic education for agriculture. I don't have textbooks. I just worked for the commune."
Su Tong picked up a pile of bowls, looked into Shi Tou's eyes and said:
"Shi Tou, study hard! Go out! There is a bigger world out there waiting for you to discover."
Su Tong turned and went into the kitchen. Shi Tou was still standing in the main room in a daze. He felt that something seemed to be sprouting somewhere in his heart.
He remembered this day until many, many years later.
With the help of Aunt Cuifen and Qiuyu, the house inside and outside was cleaned up quickly.
Aunt Cuifen left first, and Su Tong urged Shitou to go home. According to custom, he had to go back to light lamps at his grandfather's grave.
Su Tong told Shitou to go early and come back early, come over to eat New Year's Eve dinner and keep watch together. Shitou smiled and agreed, and ran away, looking back every few steps.
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It started snowing in the afternoon. Su Tong and Wu Qiuyu were frying peanuts and dried sweet potatoes in the kitchen. They were supposed to have fried them before the New Year, but things got delayed one after another.
At this moment, one of them was standing in front of the stove waving a spatula, and the other was adding firewood to the stove. The flames in the stove door were flickering, and the two of them were chatting casually, leisurely and peaceful.
This was the scene Qin Yi saw when he walked in.
Amidst the falling snow, Su Tong stood behind the stove, wearing an apron. Her waist was so slender that it seemed impossible to hold one hand around her. There was a faint smile on her face, like a light and timeless painting.
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