??184 Chapter 184
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After the Spring Festival, Shanshan's winter vacation was coming to an end. She and her sister Mengmeng were sent to Damian Village to live for a week. The two of them had company and could visit their grandparents' pig farm from time to time. It was so fun to have so many piglets.
The two of them didn't even think about missing home.
When we woke up in the morning, grandma Song Chunhua dressed us up as two little dumplings, wrapped us up in thick clothes. After breakfast, we were free to move around. We played with the old hen, helped grandma pick eggs from the chicken coop, and then went to touch the big yellow dog at Grandma Lai's house.
Lai Fengxia lives alone. Four years ago, she picked up a little yellow dog in the mountains. The dog followed her home pitifully and she raised it to be fat. Lai Fengxia named it Lai Fu.
Don’t be fooled by Lai Fu’s big size. Perhaps because he was bullied as a child and was picked up by Lai Fengxia, he is very friendly to people. He behaves well to everyone in the village, unlike the wolfhounds in other villages, whose barking can often scare timid children to tears.
Shanshan and Mengmeng touched it one by one, first its head and then its body, and then its tail. Lai Fu just sat there lazily, wagging his tail and sticking out his tongue from time to time.
Therefore, the two of them would go to play with the big yellow dog every day and often bring it food.
However, because Lai Fu has such a good temper, there are always people who want to bully him.
After breakfast that day, Shanshan and Mengmeng went to Grandma Lai's house hand in hand again. As soon as they arrived at the yard near the gate of Lai Fengxia's house, they saw three little boys throwing stones at a big yellow dog.
Lai Fengxia was not at home today as she had gone out to help with matchmaking. Lai Fu was wandering outside the yard when someone threw a stone at him. He felt a burst of pain but was not annoyed. He just took a few steps back and dodged.
"What are you doing?" Shanshan was petty and arrogant. She pushed away her cousin's hand and rushed over, blocking Lai Fu with her hands outstretched, "Don't throw Lai Fu."
The three little boys throwing stones looked about seven or eight years old. They knew Shanshan and knew that she was the granddaughter of the Liang family. "We are playing with the dog. What does it have to do with you?"
Meng Meng then came over and walked to Shan Shan's side. Meng Meng is thirteen years old this year, a big kid. She frowned at the little carrot-heads who loved to bully the dog and said, "You are not allowed to bully people... No, you are not allowed to bully dogs. You even threw stones at the dog. You are really annoying."
"Why are we so annoyed? We are playing with it!"
Lai Fu knew that the three people in front of him didn't like him, so he quietly moved behind Shan Shan and Meng Meng. Shan Shan looked at Lai Fu with heartache, reached out to touch his soft head, and comforted him, "Lai Fu, it doesn't hurt, huhu."
Turning around, Shanshan pouted and looked at them fiercely, "Stop throwing the rifle, or I'll tell your parents!"
This was the most effective phrase she had heard teachers use to scare children. If there were disobedient children in the class, the teacher would say they would call the parents.
Everyone is honest.
The three children looked at each other in bewilderment. They knew that the Liang family was now the richest in the village. Their parents told them that they even had a pig farm. Last year during the Spring Festival, the Liang family distributed two kilograms of pork to every household in the village without asking for money. They thought that eating someone else's pork was a waste of money, so the three boys could only leave in disappointment.
"Sister Mengmeng, they are so mean!" Shanshan was still angry. The dog was so cute, why did they throw stones at it? It was so infuriating!
But the person involved...the dog involved didn't care too much. It stuck close to Mengmeng and Shanshan, wagging its big tail and asking for touches, and was touched all over by the two of them.
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Shanshan and Mengmeng have been in Damen Village for a week and will be returning to the city tomorrow. Today, they were picked up by their aunt and taken to the pig farm. They looked at the fat white pigs from a distance. Are they pigs? They are all meat!
The pig farm is now developing well. The first batch of pigs has been supplied to the primary school where Xu Shengya is studying. In addition, with the help of Song Jianguo, another batch has been supplied to the soft drink factory.
The size of the pig farm also doubled, and five more people were hired in the village. Because it helped solve some of the villagers' livelihood problems, the team leader also specially praised the Liang family's pig farm and encouraged everyone to actively seek a way out.
The team leader himself was also thinking about setting up a factory in the village. The cotton processing factory in the neighboring village was not large in scale, but it actually promoted the development of the entire village. He could not fall behind.
After seeing the pigs, Shanshan and Mengmeng went to Lai Fengxia's house to play with Lai Fu. However, they didn't know where the dog had gone. They looked around but couldn't find it. They only saw two ducks, three big white geese and four chickens in the yard of Lai Fengxia's neighbor's house.
There was no one at the neighbor's house, only a few chickens and ducks in the yard.
When primary school student Shanshan saw the great white goose, she remembered the poems she had learned. They have not learned many poems now, and "Ode to the Goose" is one of them.
She tried hard to memorize it and still remembers it now.
"Geese, geese, singing with their necks bent toward the sky..." Shanshan approached the great white geese and recited aloud to them. The teacher said this was the best way, reciting "Ode to the Goose" to the geese's recitations.
Mengmeng watched from the side and thought her little cousin was very interesting. She silently appreciated her interaction with the big white goose.
"This is Luo..." Very good. After a winter vacation, Shanshan could no longer remember who the author of the poem was. "Someone wrote a poem for you. Are you happy? Little duck and little chicken, you are a bit miserable. No one writes poems for you."
Shanshan looked at the chickens and ducks with sympathy, and then looked at the great white geese with pride. She wanted to reach out and touch the geese. She had just recited a poem, and they must be very happy.
As a result, just as Shanshan was about to reach out her hand, she felt the big white goose suddenly stretch its neck, glare at her, and raise its mouth to peck her.
Shanshan withdrew her hand instantly!!!
Why is this great white goose so unfriendly?
As a result, the biggest white goose was even more unfriendly behind her. It chased Shanshan and its sharp beak was about to peck her butt. Shanshan was shocked by the goose's momentum and ran away, shouting, "Sister Mengmeng, save me!"
Meng Meng had never seen such a scene before. This big white goose was too ferocious. She picked up a broom from the wall and tried to chase it away, but the goose became even more ferocious and pecked at the broom. Meng Meng was so scared that she threw the broom away instantly.
The big white goose turned its attention to Shanshan again. Perhaps it disliked the poem she was reciting, but its paws, which were supposed to be caressing the beautiful water waves, were now stomping on the ground as it chased Shanshan madly.
Just as it was about to peck Shanshan's butt, Shanshan screamed, trying not to get rid of this big goose. Suddenly, a yellow figure flashed by.
"Woof woof woof!" Lai Fu rushed out from the side, stood in front of Shanshan, and barked at the big white goose with such imposing manner.
Shanshan looked at Laifu, her eyes welled up, "Wow, wow, wow, dogs are still the best! They protect me!"
With Lai Fu, Shanshan is finally not afraid anymore! Dogs are the best!
However, Shanshan was too happy too soon. The big white goose was not scared by the big yellow dog that was a size bigger than itself. Instead, it took the initiative to attack, making a low gurgling sound in its throat and attacking Lai Fu.
Shanshan and Mengmeng watched the big white goose chasing Lai Fu everywhere, pecking at him with its long sharp beak. Lai Fu couldn't deal with it and could only run. As he ran, he found that the big white goose turned around and chased Shanshan. Lai Fu ran back and barked at the big white goose.
The two men and their dog were chased everywhere by the big white goose, and were finally rescued by some villagers who passed by.
Shanshan and Mengmeng were not injured. Whenever there was danger, Lai Fu would bark to attract the big white geese away. As a result, the dogs were pecked several times and some of their fur was pecked away.
Seeing the big white goose with such a strong momentum being locked in the pen, Shanshan and Mengmeng hugged Laifu to keep warm, it was so scary!!!
"Shanshan Mengmeng, don't go near geese in the future. These geese are very fierce. Even the dogs in the village can't beat them." Aunt Liu knew clearly that the fighting ability of these geese was amazing.
"Got it." Now, they knew it too well.
On the day of their departure, Shanshan and Mengmeng went to say goodbye to Laifu. Shanshan whispered to Laifu, "When you see geese in the future, avoid them. Don't mess with them."
If you can't afford to offend us, we can afford to hide from you! We can bend and stretch!
I don’t know if Lai Fu understood or not, he just barked twice.
After the winter vacation, in the Chinese class after the new semester, the teacher asked everyone to review the knowledge learned in the previous semester and recite "Ode to the Goose". Shanshan bit the pen, very entangled, she now hates the goose, it's too scary! Not cute at all!
The Chinese teacher, Ms. Yang, collected the ancient poems that everyone had memorized and saw the following words written on the booklet signed by Hsu Yun-shan:
"Wing Dog"
"Woof woof woof, singing with its neck bent to the sky. White hair floats on the green water, and red paws paddle the clear waves."①
Teacher Yang: “…?”
Do you think that students can't remember poems? Not really, they can recite all the difficult ones, but they wrote all the geese as dogs. But if they remembered them, how could they write the main character of the poem, the goose, wrong?
Teacher Yang was very confused.
During the break, Teacher Yang called Shanshan over and asked her, "Shanshan, do you still remember the poem "Ode to the Goose"? Did you forget it during the winter vacation?"
Shanshan nodded. Of course she remembered.
"Then recite it to the teacher."
"ererer, singing with my neck bent to the sky..."
Teacher Yang heard that Shanshan obviously recited the three words "goose, goose, goose" hastily, but she recited the following poem very well. What is going on?
"Shanshan, tell the teacher why you didn't memorize the first part of "Ode to the Goose"? And this time when you were doing the dictation, you actually wrote "wang wang wang". What's the matter?"
Shanshan recalled the time when she was chased by a big goose and felt a little aggrieved. "Teacher Yang, I don't like geese."
"Ah? Why don't you like Happy Goose anymore?" And, what does liking or not liking Happy Goose have to do with reciting poems?
Shanshan told her teacher about how she was chased by a giant goose in Damian Village and almost had her butt pecked. She didn't even tell her parents about this.
Teacher Yang had never expected that this would happen, being chased by a goose. She had never experienced this before, and it seemed that Shanshan was very scared.
"Is that goose so powerful?"
Shanshan nodded seriously. That goose was really amazing! It was simply a bully!
"I don't like geese anymore."
Teacher Yang was made to laugh and cry by the students, but the poem "Ode to the Goose" silently endured everything.
Who can King Luo Bin go to for justice?
Later, Liang Baozhen heard about this from Teacher Yang and found out that the girl was actually chased by a goose all the way in the village and even wrote a mistake in the poem.
She pulled her daughter forward and asked, "We don't like geese because they are so fierce, but ancient poems are ancient poems, they are different."
"Then why should we write poems for giant geese? Giant geese are not good at all. Dogs are better. Our Laifu is the best, so we should write poems for Laifu." Shanshan still felt it was not good. How could people write poems for such a fierce giant geese?
"Of course there are. There are many poems in history that mention dogs."
Shanshan blinked her big eyes, "Really? How come I didn't know that?"
"You are only in the first grade now, and you have only learned a few poems. In the future, when you are in the second grade, third grade, fourth grade, fifth grade, and then in junior high school and high school, you will learn many, many poems. By then, you will find that there are 300 Tang poems, which describe many animals and many people."
"Then I want to learn it now!" Shanshan was interested in learning, so she wanted to see what poems were written for dogs. Dogs are so good, she must write more poems for dogs than for geese!
Liang Baozhen never expected that it was a goose chasing a man incident that suddenly made this elementary school student interested in learning. For this reason, she went to Xinhua Bookstore to buy a collection of 300 Tang poems. Although Shanshan didn't know many words yet, she was willing to read the 300 Tang poems and ask her family members when she didn't understand something.
When Xu Shengjie returned home, he was a little surprised to see that his daughter did not go out to play at night but was reading in the yard. Is a first-grade student so hardworking?
"Shanshan, what are you looking at?"
"Dad, I'm looking for the dog." Shanshan was flipping through the Three Hundred Tang Poems carefully.
Xu Shengjie: "...Isn't he stupid?"
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Xu Shengjie has recently finished his work at the clothing store and has had some free time. He often reads newspapers and starts working on a new business.
"You want to get a pager?" Liang Baozhen became interested when she heard what the man said.
In a few years, pagers will indeed gradually become popular. Although they are expensive, they still cannot stop the demand of people who are becoming increasingly wealthy.
"Yes, think about it, it's inconvenient for people to go out, and few people have telephones installed at home. Even if they do, they can't be contacted once they go out. You can't carry such a big phone with you. Didn't Second Brother Wu show us his pager that year? I later learned about it and it's really useful. At least when you're outside, you can know that someone is looking for you, so you can respond to the critical moment."
Liang Baozhen knew that what he said was all right. Mobile phones would be the future development direction. "What are you going to do? There is only one paging station in Shanghai now, right? But there are very few people selling pagers now."
"I asked Brother Wu, and he said that he was acquainted with the person who built the first paging station in Shanghai, and that he was the one who introduced the pager. I can go and learn from him. He works in Shanghai, and I want to see if there is a chance for me to work in Beijing."
The more Xu Shengjie thought about it, the more he felt that this market had great potential, especially since many people were making more and more money and were willing to spend it on expensive items. Take himself and Qin Huai Hong Saner for example, they were both willing to spend three or four thousand to buy a pager. For them, convenience far outweighed the money.
"I have an appointment with someone to go there this Saturday." Shanghai is not far from Beijing, and Xu Shengjie plans to leave on Saturday and return on Tuesday.
"I want to go too." Liang Baozhen had never been to Shanghai. She had only seen it in newspapers and on TV. She was full of curiosity and yearning for the city. "It just so happens that Sister Jing has a shift this Sunday. I'll get off work on Saturday so let's go together."
"What about your next shift?"
"Ask for leave. Three days should be enough for me." Liang Baozhen had not had a few days off in many years of work. When she heard that the man was going to Shanghai, she was immediately excited. She wanted to see the Shanghai that was very famous in later generations.
Xu Shengjie was naturally happy to hear that his wife was willing to go, so he just treated it as a trip for fun. Originally, he introduced the person in charge of the pager to Wu Erge just to get to know him first.
The two had a good plan, but it was discovered by the young lady and Shanshan also spoke up.
"Dad, I want to go too!"
Xu Shengjie thought the girl was just joking, "You still have to go to school."
The first task of primary school students is definitely to go to school.
"I don't go to school on Sundays, and my mom also works." Shanshan knew that her mother worked six days a week just like her, "I want to go too!"
"Mom needs to take a leave, but you are different." Xu Shengjie pinched the lady's face.
Shanshan was also full of yearning for Shanghai. The reason was very simple. One of her classmates' aunt was studying at a university in Shanghai. She once sent her some very fragrant White Rabbit milk candy. Shanshan smelled the candy and it had a rich milky aroma.
But that classmate only brought one to school, so Shanshan could only smell it.
"Dad, I can also take a leave. Last time you said you would take me to a place to play every year. Have you forgotten?" Shanshan continued to pester her father.
Xu Shengjie thought about it and thought that he had said the same thing when he took Shanshan to Guangdong. However, this girl had a good memory and could still remember things that happened several years ago.
"You asked for leave from school to go out and have fun?" Xu Shengjie thought it was unbelievable, even though he had skipped school in the past, and many people around him even skipped school as a common occurrence.
But if his daughter wanted to do this, the old father would be a bit hypocritical. After all, he should be strict with Lu Wa and lenient with himself.
"I remember the pinyin that the teacher taught me very well. I can recite poems, recognize a lot of characters, and learn multiplication and division. I can take three days off without any delay."
"Go ask your mother." Xu Shengjie saw that the young lady also wanted to go, but did he dare to make the decision on such a matter?
Liang Baozhen had already heard the voice of the girl behind her trying hard to persuade her father, her little mouth chattering, maybe saying.
When the lady's footsteps approached, she turned a page and continued reading.
Shanshan's sweet voice rang out, "Mom, I want to go to Shanghai with you."
"You need to study." Liang Baozhen answered casually without raising her head.
"But I've learned it all." Shanshan pouted, a little dissatisfied, "You and Dad are going, and I don't go, I'll be so pitiful!"
How did this rise to the level of being pathetic? Liang Baozhen put down the book and turned to look at the girl. Her eyes were red with tears that were about to fall. "You are so old, why are you still crying? If anyone tells others about this, Xiaofang next door will laugh at you."
Shanshan wiped her eyes with the back of her hand and said angrily, "Laugh if you want to. I'm so pitiful that it doesn't matter if I'm laughed at again."
"Why are you crying again?" Xu Shengjie felt distressed when he heard the sobbing voice of the lady. He rushed over, squatted down, patted the lady's back, and held her in his arms, "Go, let's take three days off!"
"Ahhh, Daddy is the best!" Shanshan burst into laughter instantly and almost cheered out loud.
"Xu Shengjie!" Liang Baozhen almost couldn't help rolling her eyes. Is this what she agreed to?
"Hey, what can you learn in the first grade of elementary school? It's either one plus one equals two or recognizing a few words. Taking three days off won't delay anything." Xu Shengjie has actually been thinking this way all along, but he didn't dare to say it before. Looking at the look in his wife's eyes now, sigh.
Shanshan noticed that her mother had a serious face and frowned, but her fierce eyes were directed at her father. She breathed a sigh of relief and silently cheered for her father in her heart.
Very good, now the conflict has shifted to mom and dad, and it has nothing to do with Shanshan!
"You're just accustomed to your child like this? Now she's in the first grade and she's asking for leave to go out and play. What about the second, third, and fourth grades? Will you do the same before the college entrance exam? You can't let her develop this habit from a young age."
Shanshan saw her mother talking a lot, and then saw her father seemed to be about to surrender, so she hugged her father's neck and said in a baby voice, "Dad, I can't do it, I love learning."
"You're overthinking this. It's rare for our daughter to want to go out so much, so we can't fail to satisfy her. Did you hear me? Shanshan said, just this once." After saying this, he lowered his eyes to look for the daughter to confirm, "Is that right, Shanshan? Promise your mother."
"Yes!" Shanshan said loudly, holding up a finger. "Mom, just this once."
Liang Baozhen felt helpless watching the father and daughter working together. A first-year primary school student only learns the most basic things, and a few days of delay would not have much impact. She was just afraid that Shanshan would develop the habit from an early age. However, looking at the child's expectant eyes, she still felt a little reluctant.
After all, he is still two months to seven years old, and he is a child who likes to play.
"Okay, this won't happen next time." Liang Baozhen confirmed with the lady again.
"Okay!" Shanshan smiled immediately and rushed over to hug her mother.
"Okay, then let's go as a family. Ask Teacher Yang for leave on Monday and tell him that we're going to visit relatives." Xu Shengjie felt that he was a father who kept his word.
Shanshan was so happy that she stuck to her mother and asked her, "Mom, have you ever eaten toffee?"
Liang Baozhen didn't know why the girl asked this, "What's wrong?"
"I heard that there is a kind of special fragrant milk candy in Shanghai. It is delicious and full of milk flavor." When Shanshan said this, her eyes were full of little stars and longing, as if saliva could drip from her little mouth.
"You want to go to Shanghai just for this?" Liang Baozhen remembered that this was the White Rabbit milk candy produced in Shanghai. She had heard of it but had never eaten it.
"Yes! Mom, I want to eat with you."
"Little clever boy, you want to eat it yourself, right?"
"hey-hey!"
Shanshan was happy for a week thinking about going to Shanghai to buy White Rabbit milk candy, and even going to school became enjoyable.
The fat boy in the back seat noticed something was wrong with Shanshan. Why was she so happy again? Oh no, the little comrade betrayed the organization and started to like school again.
Pangpang lay on the table in despair, and he was the only one who was determined not to go to school.
When the bell rang for the last class on Saturday, Shanshan was the first to rush out of the classroom, leaving her usual friends behind. However, they were not angry at all because Shanshan said she would go to Shanghai to bring back White Rabbit milk candies for everyone.
My parents picked me up at the school gate, and the whole family boarded the train to Shanghai at 7 o'clock in the evening.
This happened suddenly and I could only buy two hard seat tickets. If I wanted to buy a sleeper ticket, I had to find connections and book it in advance. Fortunately, the train time from Beijing to Shanghai is not as long as that to Guangdong, so I can bear with it.
After a fourteen-hour drive, the family finally arrived in Shanghai.
The author has something to say:
Shanshan: I don't like goose goose anymore!
① The last three lines are from "Ode to the Goose"
See you tomorrow night~
Thanks to the cuties who irrigated the nutrient solution: 1 bottle of Qianmo Hongchen; 20 bottles of Wanan; 10 bottles of Shuiqianduo;
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