This kind of thing also happens. Some families always give their children various weird nicknames in order to support them. There are quite a few boys who call them sisters and sisters directly.
Some even wear skirts and piercing ears for boys when they are young, and raise them like girls, because some people think that girls are easier to raise than boys.
So taking a girl's name and wearing her daughter's clothes is equivalent to leaning on the girl's fate, and the child is more likely to survive.
Today's Holy Majesty also has a well-known nickname, which is Cat Slave.
In short, how cheap is the nickname.
Zhou Xidao: "No, my youngest sister's nickname is Man Bao, and my family doesn't like taking cheap names."
After a pause, Zhou Xi added, "None of my children died, and all of them survived."
Because of this, Qili Village is not happy to give their children cheap names now, and prefers to sort the children according to the second, third, and fourth grades like the old Zhou family. Thinking about this sorting, maybe the children and grandchildren will prosper.
The village head and all the old people in the village felt that the greatest contribution of Lao Zhoutou and Qian's life was not to plant the land well, nor to build a big tile house for the family, but to feed eight children, not , Counting Zhou Yin, there are actually nine.
None of the nine children died, not to mention in the countryside, even in a big city with rich medical resources, that is very rare.
Of course, from a superstitious point of view, the villagers agreed that it was their child who got a good nickname. Look, there are so many sophomores, three, four, five, six, and so on. God probably wouldn't be willing to take away one of them.
Wei Zhiyao had lost two children, a son and a daughter, and they didn't live past the age of five. He was very curious about how the Zhou family raised their children.
So I squatted on the ridge of the field and chatted with them.
Zhou Xi asked Mrs. He to go back first, but she didn't shy away from it. She talked about how her mother took care of them when they were young. Of course, she didn't have much say in raising children, but Mrs. Feng had already given birth to three and supported them. But very experienced.
Wei Zhi listened, listened, and simply rolled up his sleeves and went to the field, and took the hoe left by Mrs. He to help them work.
Guard: ...
He has never planted land!
His father has been an earl since he was born, and he was thrown into the imperial army as a guard before he was a teenager. He has held a knife, a sword, and a bow, but he has never held a hoe!
But the immediate boss is farming, what should he do
Standing on the ridge and watching
I'm so anxious, what should I do
Seeing that Wei Zhi's movements were proficient, Zhou Xi didn't stop her, and wanted to give him her straw hat, but Wei Zhi refused.
He asked, "Then how many children are there in your family now?"
Zhou Xi smiled and said, "Not many, ten."
Wei Zhi: ...that's not much.
Zhou Xi laughed and said, "My fifth and sixth sons are not married, so they are considered children."
Wei Zhi nodded and asked, "How old are you, do you want to say kiss?"
"I'm fifty-six years old. I was going to talk about my marriage this year, but in the end there was a flood. I don't know what autumn will be like now, so I won't talk about it for now, and we will talk about it next year."
Wei Zhi expressed his understanding.
The country has a tax for older youths. For those who are over a certain age and have not married, not only the woman has to pay the tax, but the man also has to pay the tax.
After two years, if you still don't get married, the government will force you to distribute them. Ahem, this is what the government calls sending out wives and husbands.
He is only sixteen years old, and there are still six years before paying taxes. It is really early for folks to get married, but there are also many people who are late.
For example, in their class, there are people who get married at the age of fifteen or sixteen, and those who are still single in their twenties and fourteens can be found everywhere.
Especially those accomplished people, not to mention the emperor, even their families can't force people to get married, so they can naturally go.
Wei Zhi was very curious and asked them how much the dowry is generally here, if there is a dowry accompanying them, what things are usually accompanying them, and what are the customs of welcoming relatives.
These also belong to the sentiments of the people. Since you have the opportunity and the time, you should ask.
Several people talked from childcare to marriage, from marriage to retirement, and from retirement to children's education.
Wei Zhi asked casually, how many children were studying in their family, and only then did he realize that there was only one.
Not to mention Wei Zhi, even the guards who were squatting by the vegetable field and pretending to be working hard to help pull weeds raised their heads in surprise.
I have never heard of a family where girls are allowed to study, but boys are not allowed to read.
Zhou Xi could tell by their expressions, and quickly said: "My Yaomei is really smart. Mr. Zhuang in the school likes her very much, so he accepted her as a student. Otherwise, with our family background, how can we afford to send our children to school?" ?”
Feng said: "My little aunt taught the children in the family when she came back from school. Among other things, my second daughter and second daughter can recognize a lot of characters, especially the second daughter. She has already been able to read the words and phrases in "Thousand Characters". I have read all the characters, my aunt said, if you recognize all the characters in it, you can read and study by yourself."
Wei Zhi nodded, "That's right."
But I was curious in my heart, how smart is this kid
"Hey, brother, why did you pull out all my vegetable seedlings?"
The guard looked at the "weed" in his hand stiffly, and asked, "This, isn't this grass?"
Zhou Xi glanced at the vegetable seedlings pulled out by him, the weeds left behind, and gave him a sympathetic look. How stupid this is, he can't even tell the vegetable seedlings from the grass.
Wei Zhi coughed lightly, and said, "Go and help carry water to water the vegetables."
As if being pardoned, the guard immediately got up and picked up two wooden barrels to answer.
Zhou Xi couldn't stop him, so Wei Zhi smiled and said, "Let him go, young people have strength, and carrying water is more suitable for him."
Zhou Xi: Actually, what she wants to say is that you can choose, so it's a little easier.
However, the guards already came with buckets in their hands and came slowly from the river.
After some help, Wei Zhi formed a deep friendship with the three women of Zhou's family. Both Zhou Xi and Feng's and Fang's warmly invited them to visit Zhou's house.
Wei Zhi declined, but walked back with them and crossed the bridge together, because he wanted to visit that Mr. Zhuang.
This was a serious matter, Zhou Xi and the others couldn't keep him anymore, so they could only send him to the school gate and bid farewell.
After Man Bao and Bai Shanbao had a meal, they obediently went to eat with their husband in the small courtyard, and opened a small stove by the way.
The door of Mr. Zhuang's small courtyard is open all year round, allowing people to come in and out, so Wei Zhi knocked on the door, and when no one answered, he stepped in.
After walking towards the yard for a while, I heard voices coming from a room.
Mr. Zhuang also heard the sound of the door, but he thought it was the naughty students who bumped into it while playing, because everyone knew that there was no gate control in his small courtyard, so if you want him to come in directly.
So he was still admonishing the two children who bowed their heads.
Today when he was teaching a new text, he asked two children to get up and answer the questions. However, neither Man Bao nor Bai Shanbao answered to his liking. It was obvious that the two children had been slack in their studies during this time.