Divine Genius

In 1990, in Sanjiang, in the early morning of winter - it's a bit inappropriate to say early morning because it's only 4:00 a.m. At this season, at this time, when many people are still sleeping in the warmth of their blankets, Feng Xiaotian is already up.

Feng Xiaotian is an orphan, when he was six years old, his parents died in a car accident, then he followed his grandmother, grandmother is a very amiable person, for this most beloved grandson, she will get up early every day to collect garbage, in order to maintain the family's life, but unfortunately, five years ago, the elderly grandmother also died of disease, so the family is currently left only Feng Xiaotian.

Feng Xiaotian is not without relatives, but those relatives are relatively indifferent, even in Feng Xiaotian's grandmother passed away, they did not come to see a glance, to do this, it can be said that no affection can be said.

At a very young age, Feng Xiaotian learned to be independent, compared to his peers, lost his parents at a young age, which made him understand overnight, in his eyes, the world seems to have lost its color overnight, all gray and dull.

"Hoo-"

Feng Xiaotian climbed up from the **, the weather is really too cold, he just lifted the quilt, the heat inside the quilt immediately disappeared without a trace, Feng Xiaotian was wearing a worn autumn coat, the patches on it quite a lot, even so, Feng Xiaotian is also very cherished, because this is one of the only two sets of autumn clothes he has, although both sets of clothes are left behind by his father, wear on his body looks a little fat, but in the current situation The two sets of clothes were left behind by his father and looked a bit fat on him, but in the current situation, it was already very good to have autumn clothes to wear.

Feng Xiaotian quickly put on the jacket, the army green jacket is very worn, but very warm, inside are furry fur, after putting on the jacket, Feng Xiaotian finally let out a long breath.

After washing up with cold, biting water, Feng Xiaotian went out with a snakeskin bag, he was going to beg for a living - that is, to collect rags.

Feng Xiaotian is fourteen years old, picking up rags for him is already a familiar thing, he has been doing so every day for several years, regardless of the wind and rain, he has never stopped, because if not, he will have no source of livelihood, that is to starve.

Feng Xiaotian took out the black cotton gloves from the snakeskin bag and put them on, after locking the door, he took a big step towards the street.

Outside is very dark, this era even if there are street lamps, it is not possible to stay on all night, the residents of the electricity can not meet, where can still be so wasteful?

Feng Xiaotian walked forward in the dark, and soon he came to the first garbage heap, Feng Xiaotian squatted down to look for valuable things inside, although not very clear, but he relied on years of work experience, can also be roughly perceived in the hands of touching what things are, which things can be sold for money, which things can be kept for their own use, Feng Xiaotian is clear, very quickly, this garbage heap was swept by him * * * Finished, he only harvested two empty bottles, it seems that today's go out color is not good.

Feng Xiaotian continued to walk forward, each passing a garbage pile, he will stop to repeat the search action, as time goes by, his hands slowly bulging snakeskin bag, until 6:30 in the morning, the snakeskin bag finally can not contain anything.

When Feng Xiaotian arrived at the door with his snakeskin bag on his back, the owner was squatting under the wall in the courtyard, brushing his teeth.

Feng Xiaotian pushed open the courtyard door and walked in, smiling on his face: "Uncle Li, you're up so early on such a cold day."

Feng Xiaotian's Uncle Li is a little old man in his sixties, his hair is messy like a chicken nest, his beard is scruffy, others call him Old Li, as for his real name, few people know.

Hearing Feng Xiaotian's words, Old Li rinsed his mouth, then stood up and laughed: "Where am I early? You are earlier than me, aren't you? Xiao Tian, wait for me, I'll wash my face and come out."

Old Li said and walked into the house, Feng Xiaotian agreed and poured his morning's harvest on the floor, then he sorted these things into different categories, and when Old Li came out, he smiled and said, "Uncle Li, come over and weigh it."

Old Li smiled and nodded, he held a scale in his hand, first Feng Xiaotian picked up the waste paper boxes and newspapers bundled together, on the scale after weighing he said, "Waste paper a total of five catties and four taels, five cents a catty, five five twenty-five, four taels is two cents, adding up to a total of twenty-seven cents."

Laozi finished putting aside the waste paper, then picked up a broken pot, after weighing he said, "This pot two and a half pounds, according to the calculation of 30 cents a pound, two and three to six, half a pound is 15 cents, adding up to a total of 75 cents - and look at these plastic ......"

Old Li's business is very skilled, less than three minutes to finish counting the things picked up by Feng Xiaotian, after calculating the price, he smiled: "Xiao Tian, your harvest today is good ah, all the things together is a total of one sixty-three cents, here is the money, you take it."

Feng Xiaotian took the money and carefully put it into his pocket for safekeeping, then smiled and said, "Thank you, Uncle Li, you go ahead, I'm leaving."

Feng Xiaotian said and turned to go outside, but when he passed the scrap piled up in the courtyard, his eyes were attracted by one of the strange iron box, only to see him stop, head down and carefully surveyed the iron box, black eyes did not move.

Old Li saw the situation and laughed: "This thing I recovered last night from the university city over there, a janitor sold me, he said this is ...... what is it? -- seems to be the school eliminated down what equipment, I can not understand."

Feng Xiaotian smiled and spoke: "Uncle Li, how much did you spend to buy this thing? Can ...... sell it to me?"

Feng Xiaotian was a little excited at the moment because he knew what this iron box was, something he had only seen in books, but it was the first time he saw it in reality.

Old Li blinked at his words and asked, "Xiao Tian, what do you want it for? I see it is similar to scrap iron, so the recycling is calculated according to the price of scrap iron, a total of ...... two one, right? What? You really want it?"

Feng Xiaotian nodded at his words, he suppressed the strong excitement inside and said, "Uncle Li, can you sell it to me?"

Feng Xiaotian afraid of old Li price, so try to make their tone sound very calm, old Li looked at Feng Xiaotian, and then looked at the iron box, after a while he laughed: "sell you okay, but this is I dragged back from the university city, more than 20 miles took me a lot of effort, how about this, I charge a little more hard work, charge you two dollars five, you think it's okay? "

Feng Xiaotian smiled and pretended to hesitate, hesitated for a moment before he took out the money from his pocket, after counting the number, he handed the money to the old Li's hand, said: "Uncle Li, here is the money, you point it."

Old Li made a small profit and laughed repeatedly, "No need, when did you miss the count, Xiaotian?"

Old Li's face is happy, collecting rags is to buy low and sell high to earn a difference in the work, the iron box is shipped back with other things, said it took a lot of effort, which is completely a means of raising prices, two dollars a bought something sold for two dollars five, according to the rate of return, or very substantial, Old Li has been operating this way for many years, this is naturally very clear, and it is inevitable that he will be happy.

Excited people are somewhat forgetful, just listen to the old Li then said: "Xiao Tian ah, with this thing back together with two other things, do you want to ah?"

Feng Xiaotian's eyes lit up at the words, but soon he put on a confused expression and said, "Oh? There are other things? Can you show me?"

Maybe Old Li still wanted to make a profit on Feng Xiaotian, so he looked very enthusiastic, only to see him smiling and saying, "The stuff is in the house, you can come in with me to take a look."

Feng Xiaotian followed Old Li towards the house, his heart had already guessed what the two things were, but his face did not move, and by the time Old Li pointed to the two things in the house and spoke to him, Feng Xiaotian could no longer hear any words.

--This is a computer, the outside of the iron box is the computer's mainframe, the two things in the house one is a computer monitor, the other is naturally the keyboard.

This era, computers are quite rare in the country, many people have not even heard of such a thing, but Feng Xiaotian knows a lot about it, because he picked up a book when scavenging rags, it is a book on computer knowledge, the book is called "computer programming language and programming".

Feng Xiaotian is still a teenager, for new things are naturally very curious, when he picked up this book, immediately by the book title firmly attracted - computer? This is actually a book about computer knowledge?

This book was eventually retained by Feng Xiaotian, every night he would flip through, for the computer this magical thing, his curiosity has long reached the peak, the most incredible to him is: how exactly is the computer to execute the instructions? And how do people give the computer this magical ability?

After Feng Xiaotian's study, he finally understood the reasoning behind it, for computer programming, he also had his own unique insights in theory, and today when he saw the computer host, his intense curiosity was instantly raised to the top, if he could own a computer, wouldn't it be possible to move from theory to practice?