The weather was getting colder day by day, and Wang Zhong's clothes gradually became thicker.

There was nothing to do in the winter, so Wang Zhong was making furniture at home.

Debao would come to Wang Zhong's house after school every day and follow behind him. He was so serious about learning that Wang Zhong didn't hide his secrets and taught him step by step.

Mai Miao was like a little follower, following De Bao all day long. Ga Wa and Shui Wang were still the same as before. They couldn't calm down and followed Wang Zhong to learn. After a while, they couldn't stay behind De Bao. Wang Zhong was also worried about this.

no way.

After a few days of work, Ma Debao could see the light in his eyes as he looked at the two pairs of Taishi chairs that were gradually spliced ​​together in Wang Zhong's hands, and the two high tables with withered flowers.

"Brother Wang Zhong, how can you really make such a beautiful chair without using a single nail?" Ma Debao's voice was full of shock and curiosity.

"It would definitely look better with paint."

"This is the mortise and tenon joint! It is not only the foundation, but also the most profound and profound knowledge in the carpentry industry. It is a knowledge that can be studied for a lifetime!" Wang Zhong said sincerely.

"Studying knowledge for a lifetime?" Although Ma Debao thought Wang Zhong's chair was well made, he still didn't believe it.

Wang Chong said with a smile: "If you really want to learn a craft, you must have the motivation to study this craft as a knowledge. In the carpentry industry, you can learn advanced skills and have a lot to do with mathematics and physics."

"Mathematics and physics?" Ma Debao looked at Wang Zhong in confusion.

"The simplest one is like this triangle ruler." Wang Zhong took out the triangle ruler for drawing lines and said: "Cooking three strands, four strings and five, isn't this mathematics?"

"And this stool and this table! How to design it to be the strongest and save the most materials! Then you have to know how it bears force and how to be the strongest. There are many things here, but they are all related to physics."

Ma Debao nodded thoughtfully.

"By the way, I haven't asked you yet, have you thought about it in the future? Do you plan to continue studying or do something else?" Wang Zhong suddenly remembered that he seemed to have never asked Ma Debao what he wanted to do.

Ma Debao lowered his head and pondered for a while, then said: "Brother Wang Chong, I want to leave Yongquan Village, I want to go out, I want to go outside, I want to make money!"

"Roast potatoes in the morning, steam potatoes at noon, and stew potatoes in the evening!" Ma Debao raised the corner of his mouth and said self-deprecatingly: "I don't want to eat potatoes every day anymore!"

Wang Zhong could tell that this was what he was saying, because when he spoke, something flashed in Ma Debao's eyes, which was called determination.

"It's normal for young people to yearn for the outside world!" Wang Zhong said: "Especially for those of your age, you must feel that the world outside is vast and there is a lot to do!"

"Brother Wang Chong, what you said is exactly what I am thinking!" Ma Debao said: "It is better to go outside than to live in poverty in our poor mountains and ravines!"

"Debao!" Wang Zhong suddenly raised his hand and patted Ma Debao on the shoulder: "How about we make a gentleman's agreement?"

"Gentleman's agreement?" Ma Debao looked at Wang Zhong and asked doubtfully: "What gentleman's agreement?"

"You are only fourteen this year. You will study with me for four more years and learn while studying. Four years later, you will be eighteen years old and you will be considered an adult by then. You may want to stay at home or go out to work to earn money.

No matter what, I won’t stop you!”

"How about it?"

"Why four years later?" Ma Debao wanted to escape from Yongquan Village, a mountainous and poor place, as soon as possible, but he was too young now, and there was no way he could leave behind him. He originally planned to wait two more years before leaving, but

Wang Zhong suddenly said four years.

In the past, Ma Debao would have ignored it, but after following Wang Zhong for the past few months and watching Wang Zhong digging kilns, burning bricks, and building houses and cellars step by step, Ma Debao already had a deep understanding of Wang Zhong.

He is regarded as an idol and worshiped quite a bit.

"Four years from now, you will be eighteen years old. According to the laws of our country, you will be an adult when you turn eighteen. I don't need to explain to you what an adult is!" Wang Zhong said with a smile.

Ma Debao did not agree directly. He thought for a moment and asked, "Brother Wang Chong, can I ask, why are you going to a poor place like ours instead of staying in a nice big city?"

Wang Zhong looked into Ma Debao's eyes and faced his doubtful gaze. He did not answer directly, but asked instead: "Debao, you said that we, as men, came to this world for a while.

What?"

Ma Debao frowned, thought about it, and asked tentatively: "To stand out? To honor one's ancestors?"

"Then what do you think means to be successful and honor one's ancestors?"

These words made Ma Debao stunned. He opened his mouth. When he came to the words, he felt something was wrong. Then he shook his head and said: "I didn't think so much. I just thought about leaving this poor valley."

Go to the outside world and live a better life."

"I don't want to eat potatoes three times a day. I want to eat white flour, I want to eat meat, and I want to make a lot of money! Let my father and my mother live a good life."

There are also wheat seedlings! Debao looks at it and added in his mind.

"Money and material things!" Wang Zhong said: "Your idea is not wrong. The two have always been connected. The more money you have, the richer material life you can enjoy."

"But how can you be sure that you will be able to make money when you go out?" Wang Zhong looked at Ma Debao and asked in a deep voice.

Ma Debao thought for a while and said firmly: "As long as I am willing to work, I can always make money."

The smile on Wang Zhong's face became even wider. He raised his hand and patted Ma Debao's shoulder gently, saying: "As long as you are willing to work, you can indeed make money, but what do you know? Clay tiles are only half a bucket of water, and the carpenter has just learned how to burn them.

You only know how to make bricks and tiles, what can you do when you go out?"

"Work to make money!" Ma Debao said firmly, obviously having already thought about it.

"Work to make money?" Wang Zhong shook his head and said, "What kind of job are you going to do now? Mining coal for others? You are a young man like you. You eat more than you work, and the coal boss is not stupid.

Instead of looking for you, why not find an adult with greater strength and stronger bones?"

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Ma Debao was stunned by Wang Zhong's words. He didn't know how to refute and frowned.

"Brother Wang Zhong, what can I do?"

Wang Zhongdao: "It's not what you can do, but what you want to do and what you can do!"

"Do you know what you can do to make money outside now?"

Ma Debao still shook his head.

"Look, you don't know what you are asking!" Wang Zhong shook his head: "You run out when your brain gets hot, and you are either kidnapped into a black coal kiln, or you are taken into a black brick kiln, and you are fucked day and night.

No one knows when he will die underground if he lives."

Although Wang Zhong said he was a servant, Ma Debao still didn't believe it.

"Four years!" Wang Zhong shook his head, sighed, raised four fingers, and said: "Four years, follow me and learn the craft well in these four years. In four years, you will also grow up. If you still have one mind

If you want to run out, I will never stop you!"

Ma Debao thought about it for a long time, then gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! Brother Wang Zhong, I promise you!"

Although he didn't believe what Wang Zhong said about how dangerous it was outside, he also understood that if he had some skills, he could beg for food and make money no matter where he went.

Ma Debao is a talented person with a bright mind, hard work, courage and determination in doing things. He is a rare talent.

Wang Zhong has not forgotten that in addition to the main mission, he also has a side mission, and Ma Debao is a foreshadowing and assistant in completing the side mission.

After four years, if Ma Debao still wants to leave, it can only be blamed on Wang Zhong's lack of personality and ability.

"Brother Wang Chong, you haven't told me yet, why do you have to come to our poor mountains and ravines instead of living a good life in the city?" It's not Ma Debao.

"There is a saying that everyone has his or her own ambitions! Have you ever heard your teacher Bai say it?" Wang Zhong said.

Ma Debao nodded.

Wang Zhongdao: "You want to make money, be successful, honor your ancestors, and want your parents to live a good life without having to eat potatoes all day long. This is your ambition and your pursuit."

"I also have my pursuits and ambitions. In my opinion, even if everyone in the village runs out to work, there is no way to fundamentally solve the problem of poverty in Yongquan Village, Ganggou Township, and even the entire Xihai.

current situation.”

"Falled leaves must return to their roots. If you work outside and earn money, won't you come back?"

Facing Wang Zhong's question, Ma Debao said: "Then I will definitely come back!"

Wang Zhongdao: "Yes, we have to come back in the end. Yongquan Village is our home, but what happens after we come back? There is no place to work, so we just sit back and eat with the money we earn from working? We continue to live a life with our backs facing the sky and the earth facing the earth.

!”

"When we have children in the future, our children will be like you now when they grow up. They will run away and want to live a good life. But when they get older and can't do anything anymore, they will come back again, or like

Gawa's father was like that, he ran away and never came back. When the old people gradually die and the young people all run away, will Yongquan Village still exist?"

Ma Debao was shocked when he heard this and immediately shook his head, "Brother Wang Zhong, I don't want this!"

Wang Zhong patted Ma Debao on the shoulder again and said comfortingly: "So I have been thinking about how we, the villagers of Yongquan Village, can make money close to home without having to go out to work.

, live your life more and more prosperously."

"Brother Wang Zhong, is there such a way?" Ma Debao looked at Wang Zhong. For some reason, his heart was suddenly touched, and his eyes were full of expectation.

"Not yet!" Wang Zhong shook his head, but there was no trace of frustration on his face. The corners of his mouth were raised, with a confident and high-spirited smile: "But I believe that as long as we have this idea, this perseverance, and are willing to persevere,

If we keep trying and try our best to think and search, one day we will find a way."

"Brother Wang Zhong!" Ma Debao suddenly felt that Wang Zhong in front of him had grown infinitely taller at this moment.

"You've only been in Yongquan Village for a few months, haven't you? How could you have such an idea?"

Seeing the confusion on Ma Debao's face, Wang Zhong smiled calmly and said: "Back then, the world was in chaos. If Yongquan Village hadn't taken in my great-grandfather and great-grandmother, it would be another matter whether or not I would be here today. Later, my grandfather and I

My father was away, and it was the villagers who helped collect the bones of my great-grandfather and great-grandmother so that they could be buried in peace."

"The kindness of a drop of water should be repaid by a spring of water, not to mention such a kindness. I want to try and learn from those ancestors who sacrificed their lives and blood for the founding of New China, and were not afraid of life, death, or hardship, and did their best.

In my lifetime, I will do something for our Yongquan Village, and even for our fellow villagers in Xihaigu."

"De Bao, there is a saying that I think is right. A man who is poor will take care of himself. If he is rich, he will help the world. Now I can take care of myself alone and help the world. I don't dare to think about it. I can do something for our fellow villagers.
To be continued...