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Chapter 115 Niu Tianci Biography (9) - Molting Chicken

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The chicks that look like yellow fluffy balls are very beautiful, and the chickens with full feathers are also very beautiful; the most unpleasant ones are those in the period of moulting: bald and bald with a few hard wings turned over, long legs, bare buttocks, naked and not enough to be disgusting more than enough.Children also have such a period, although heroes are no exception. "Seven and eight years old are disliked by dogs", that is, at that time.Because of his long stature, his arms and legs are slender, his face has some freckles, his front teeth are "concave" at the base, his eyebrows often fly down to his eyes, and his nose is vertical.The appearance changes three times a day, but generally it is based on the principle of dislike.The appearance is like this, and the soul is not behind.It is the time when words are practical enough, talking all day long except eating and drinking, having opinions about everything, and taking pride in lying.He is full of energy, and only turns his head to sleep when he has to; when he wants to wake up, he has to touch his hands and kick his feet, and he is always worried if his shoes are not broken.When talking, you have to snort your nose, when you are obedient, you have to wink your eyes, when you cough, you shrink your neck, and when you ride on a dog, you want to pee.Hungry all day.The voice drilled into my head, and sometimes I stammered deliberately.The eyes are very sharp, looking for people's weaknesses: the second sister-in-law has a hole in her coat, and the third aunt has a little mud behind her ears... They all observe carefully, and then report in public to complete the annoying feat.Cunning, sometimes brave; cruel, everywhere annoying.Godsend to this period.Seven years old.The flesh of the two cheeks was removed in a planned way to show the thinness of the lips.He solemnly buried the pair of upper front teeth under the crabapple tree, and often dug them out to have a look.He has grown a lot in stature.The legs are thin and crooked, slightly like walking on stilts.The arms are thin and long, and they wobble even when they are not walking.The small eyed bean-like rotation.The nose is curled, as if smelling the black spots on the bridge of the nose.The flat brain is extremely flexible, and the neck is as thin as an onion.

Mrs. Niu is not pessimistic about this change in appearance, children have to change.She remembered that her younger brother was like a thin rabbit when he was eight or nine years old, but he looked like a Huang Tianba when he was sixteen.It's nothing. What she didn't expect was this: with her ability to discipline rehearsals, Fuguan was not only physically unseemly, but also acted like a living monkey.She is very sad.He is not allowed to go out and learn to be bad all day long, but he will be bad from the bottom of his heart!The more you tell him to be honest, the more he jumps around, the old lady can't think of a reason.The more I tell him to behave, the more he speaks with sharp eyes. Where did he learn this?You have to be called several times before you come to eat, and the two of you have to hold back to wash your face; if you don't give fruit to eat, you will steal it.He is still very courageous, if you say a word, he will say a few words; otherwise, he would just keep silent and wink at the corner of the wall.It's useless to beat, and besides, the bones of the whole body hurt people's hands.

The most annoying thing is that he has to discuss everything with Si Huzi!It turned out that Si Huzi saw Tianci's front teeth fell out, so he didn't dare to treat him as a child anymore, so he started to use a new word-our brothers.Tianci also likes this kind and interesting word very much. As soon as he stepped out of the screen door, he shouted: "We brothers, are you telling a joke?!" The koans are all under jokes.His hero has also become a god-given hero; Huang Tianba hits darts with both hands, catches darts with both hands, single-handedly, shakes his head once, and explores serial tricks alone!According to Tianci, since Si Huzi has a friend like Huang Tianba, he must also be a hero, very capable, and very determined.

So he had to discuss everything with Si Huzi.Si Huzi did have an idea: "My brothers asked you something." It's strange to say that Tianci is not annoying at all in this season. "Let's talk about it, brother," Si Huzi was also very sincere. "I want to buy a knife; aren't there any on the street? Grimaces, knives, guns, and dolls; I don't want a doll, so I'll buy a knife first." Because Tianci lacks front teeth, he has to use a lot of strength to explain the "knife" clearly Correct, so I splashed four tigers and spit all over my face. "Mom doesn't give me money, what should I do?"

"Single strike, Huang Tianba, catch the dart with both hands?" Si Huzi realized the purpose of his visit.Tianci smiled and put his tongue against the gap of the front teeth. Si Huzi thought for a while: "Go to the street with Dad, walk to the front of the stall, no matter what you say, you won't leave anymore; look, Dad, that knife is so good! Don't say you want it; just keep praising it, understand? If Dad bought it for you, tell Mom when you come back, I didn’t want it, Dad bought it for you! It’s okay to say it with a little eyes.” "What if Dad doesn't buy it?"

"Just leave!" "Where's the dart?" "You don't need to buy it, just find a few small bricks. Look, this is a knife," Mao Yuzi said in Si Huzi's right hand, "pass it to the left hand, take out the dart with the right hand, and hit! Practice one!" He took the dart, opened his mouth a little, and his eyeballs shone a little, but it seemed to be smaller, and he still changed hands to take out the dart.He seemed to be very attentive, and he didn't do it clumsily at all. Dad really bought a bamboo knife, painted with silver.In the backyard, Tianci practiced swords and darts and punched several holes in Mama Ji's window paper.He admires and appreciates the four tigers.Everything must be discussed between the two of us, which made the old lady Niu gasp for breath.

Sometimes, the old lady still has to ask for help from the four tigers: Tianci has already felt his own strength. Although he is thin and eyed like a chicken, his intelligence and vitality make him unwilling to show weakness.He is willing to hate it deliberately, although he can be full of hate.The more things went against him, the more he wanted to test his strength, his nose was not curled in vain.It just so happens that the old lady Niu is a person who forbids others to have any opinions, so the war is almost inevitable.However, in the battle between mothers and sons, mothers often lose.Because she had too many worries, and the young master did it all at once.

"Fuguan, come in, it's so hot in the yard!" "Not too hot!" Tianci was watching the ants fighting in the sun, very interesting. "I mean it well, kid!" "Aren't you allowed to watch ants fight?!" Well intentioned and malicious, how unreasonable it is to disturb people's happiness, besides, can you feel hot when watching ants fight? "I asked you to come in!" "I won't go!" And killed three yellow ones for the black ants. War is declared!But the wife refused to do it. It was even more troublesome to break the child in the hot weather.It is impossible not to fight.Taking a step back, if you go out and pull him in, he may run away and lose face.

"Four tigers!" The wife called from the screen door, not daring to speak loudly, for fear of losing her official position. "Play with Fuguan, don't let him bask in the sun." Si Huzi came and whispered something in Tianci's ear. "Go to the door to talk?" Tianci followed Huang Tianba's friends and left.My wife soon learned this trick too, but it didn't work very well. "Fuguan, if you heard, I have bananas here!" Godsend doesn't even care about it, who cares about bananas!After several years of experience, who doesn't know that fruit is only for putting on a fruit plate and not for people to eat?Mom is asking for boredom.

To bet on this, my mother really took a banana.Well, why is there a bite short on the bottom of the peach?Three, one was short! "Fuguan! Who did this?" "Tao'er?" Fuguan rolled his eyes: "Anyway, anyway, I only took three bites, and one piece can't keep up with the whole one!" Mom burst into tears.It's so sad: I don't have a child, and I have such an enemy in my arms, and I have nowhere to say, nowhere to sue! Tianci panicked, it was not his intention to make his mother cry.Turning on his legs, he ran to Si Huzi: "My brother and I are thinking of an idea, and my mother is crying!"

"why?" "I ate peaches!" "several?" "Three bites!" "how?" "One bite at a time, one piece is not enough to make a whole; beating is less!" Under Tao'er's oppression, miscalculations are common. They went to Ji's mother to comfort the wife, and the wife was even more sad.I can't say it!It cannot be said that Godsend is picked up, no.But you save face for him, he doesn't appreciate it.Three big peaches, one bite at a time! Finally, my mother stopped crying, and Tianci and Si Huzi had another detailed discussion.Si Huzi's opinion is "If I steal, I will steal one; your fault is to eat one!" "How about begging Dad to pay Mom three?" Tianci asked. "Also!" After the peach-stealing case was over, the wife decided to ask Tianci to go to school; who can bear this rebellion? In the eyes of the old lady, the child's reading is more for discipline than for literacy.An official young master must be able to read and write, really; but how many words should be known, the old lady can't answer.She must know that a promising child must behave like a grown-up.Therefore, she wanted to invite her husband to teach in the museum.Being close to her husband, she can point out the direction at any time; the husband should really be her assistant. The old man Niu didn't quite agree with asking Mr., although he didn't mean to disrespect his wife's opinion.Commercialization: He can't plan very well, but he is willing to calculate; he doesn't care if the calculation is good or bad, but it is always fun to use the calculation.He is not proficient in abacus, but he plays very loudly.It's good if the wife must hire a husband; it's not bad if you can save two money.He is willing to be a godsend to enter the school.There is also a selfishness here; God-sent to go to school, someone has to pick him up; this must be his errand.He just loves walking his son on the street.With his son by his side, he feels that he has accounted for his property and career. Even if he is born sloppy, he can't completely forget about death, and it would be a violation of business rules to scatter a pile of money with paper money after death. .But my wife is very firm: I can't go to school and learn bad things from wild children!She does know that Tianci is very annoying now, but she also believes that no matter how annoying Tianci is, she must be better than other people's children.Besides, with a gentleman coming to help her, God-sent this annoying point can definitely be corrected.The old man Niu sacrificed his own opinions, and was eager to help to invite Mr.; in this regard, he has the demeanor of a great statesman.So being afraid of your wife is sometimes good training. The old man Niu remembered it to death, only the "Old Shandong'er" church hall, I don't know how he remembered it.Seeing his friends, he said this: "Is there any old Shandong who is idle, who can teach?" Before long, one was found.He is really an old Shandonger, but he can teach but not, the introducer didn't pay attention.The introducer thought that shopkeeper Niu was looking for a buddy or a gentleman who ran away.When we met and asked about teaching, Old Shandonger said he could give it a try. He seemed to remember the little books he read when he was young: he could really pick up the words in front of him. Mr. Sheng.When Lao Xiangsheng was mentioned, the old man was in awe: "Old Xiangsheng? That's it, let's meet at home! Lao Xiangsheng," these three words have a kind of magical power, and he can't bear to put them down: "Lao Xiangsheng's old shopkeeper, Meng Zidong, is now over eighty years old." ? Such a businessman can't be found now, can't be found!" Wang Baozhai—the former accountant of Lao Xiangsheng—seconded: People like the old shopkeeper Meng Zidong and Meng are indeed nowhere to be found; he has been dead for three or four years. Wang Baozhai is in his forties. He is tall, with big eyes, and his Shandong dialect is loud and lingering. He puts the word "legs" in Dulu, and "ren'er" turns into "yin'er" lightly. He is a vivid Shandong native. . Teacher Wang decided not to talk about how much to repair, how to give gifts, etc., showing the ethics of Shandong and the loyalty of a businessman: "What's wrong with you, Brother Niu, it's all your own money! Give as much as you want, Give as much as you want; if I think too little, I'm a dick!" Teacher Wang was emotionally excited, and said rhymes unconsciously. The old man didn't dare to make up his mind, so he stepped down and went home to discuss with his wife.The wife was a little suspicious of Wang Baozhai's knowledge and experience.The old man repeatedly declared: "Old Xiangsheng's account manager, old Xiangsheng's!" The wife thought about it carefully: it doesn't matter if she has no experience, she can train with a teacher from God.So it was decided: to give the teacher 30 yuan of Shuxiu every year, to give gifts of 2 yuan each for three festivals, to clean up the storage room in the outer courtyard as a dormitory, and to use the west room as a study room, and to eat three meals a day—home-cooked meals. "It's just that the bonus is less!" Niu's criticism was. "Boxing!" The old lady didn't like business terms. "I'll talk about it later, if you teach well, you will give more." It opens on the first day of August.Tianci is almost seven years old.
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