Old Zhou was half coaxing his little girl, and half talking to his sons and daughters-in-law. He said: "You don't have to study hard, and you don't talk about it when you learn it yourself. You also teach the family how to read. No one in our family knows me now." A few words? Especially your nephews and nieces, even if they are sent to the school, they will be nothing more than that. They will all be scholars in the future."
Whenever old Zhou Tou thinks of this, he becomes infinitely excited. Studying is not easy. If their Qili Village hadn't been blessed by Master Bai and invited Mr. Zhuang to come, their village really didn't have any scholars.
Even so, among the more than 60 households in Qili Village, besides Man Bao, there are only four who can send their children to school.
And two of them have already decided to finish their studies at the end of this year. After all, the children are already twelve years old, and after they can read, they can try to find some work in the county town.
After the child has learned how to read, he goes to the county town to find an apprentice in a counting house. After five or six years, he may become a counting house.
How rare are scholars
That is even rarer than picking up a piece of gold on the ground for nothing.
Old Zhou Tou looked back and forth between the big head and the second head, and said solemnly: "Big head, second head, you must learn the characters taught to you by your sister-in-law. When you grow up a bit, let your father go to the county town I will find you an apprentice in the counting house, and you will also be the counting house in the future."
Zhou Dalang and Zhou Zhoulang almost spit out the food in their mouths, and stared at their father with wide eyes.
Old Zhou met their gazes, stared back and said, "What are you looking at, your son can already read so many words, what's wrong with being an accountant? Do you still think that they are like you, spending their whole lives digging in the fields, and have nothing to do?" Just go to work for others?"
The big head stuffed the eggs he had snatched into his mouth, and said vaguely: "Grandpa, I like to plan food in the ground. When it's my turn to farm, I will plant ginger on all my land, sell it for a lot of money, and then buy it." A lot of meat comes back, take a bite and throw it away."
Old boss Zhou was dumbfounded.
Xiaoqian slapped it directly, and said angrily: "I haven't developed yet, I just want to waste it, and I eat it and throw it away. Don't you know that if you waste something, you will be struck by lightning?"
The big head was aggrieved and said: "I just said that casually, and it wasn't me who said it, it was my sister-in-law who said it."
Man Bao raised his head from the bowl and flatly denied it, "I didn't say that."
"That's what you said," said the big head aggrieved, "it's what you said, sister-in-law. When you have money, you will buy us meat and let us eat and throw away."
Man Bao said seriously: "You guys threw that away too, I wouldn't throw it away, even if I don't have anything to eat, I'll take it back for my parents and sister-in-law to eat."
Little Qian turned her head to smile at Man Bao, then turned her head to stare at Big Head seriously.
The big head wanted to cry.
The matter of finding a bookkeeper as an apprentice is so over.
Zhou Dalang and Zhou Yilang breathed a sigh of relief, how could they find the accountant
The person with the highest status they know is the shopkeeper Zheng of the pharmacy, and they also know that they look down on their two children.
This matter is over, but everyone knows how hard Man Bao has been studying, and at the same time understands that it is no wonder Man Bao can always know so many things and find so many jobs for the family to earn money. It seems that reading is really useful.
Xiaoqian couldn't help looking back and forth between the big head and the third head, Zhou Zhoulang also stared at the second head, and He Shi looked at the fourth head and touched his belly.
Originally, she wanted to give birth to a girl, so that she would have both sons and daughters, but now she thinks that her son is also good. If he can be smarter, he will be sent to study when he grows up...
Fang also touched her belly, the more she looked at Man Bao, the more she liked it, and decided to turn back and let Man Bao roll on the bed again, maybe the child born would be as smart as Man Bao.
Reading is very useful!
This is the unified understanding of the adults in the old Zhou family after three years, and it is much deeper than before.
Although Man Bao didn't want to eat eggs, Xiao Qian took an egg from home to school the next day, and when the rice was cooked, the egg was steamed.
She took out the egg steaming bowl, put the rice on it, put the vegetables on it, and put the bowl aside.
When Man Bao rushed out of the school, Qian handed her the bowl and asked her to take it out to eat.
Man Bao likes to mix rice and vegetables together when eating. When she dug down, she found a steamed egg. She mixed it, took a bite, and her eyes lit up slightly.
Xiaoqian happened to finish all the meals, and when he came out to take a look, he couldn't help being happy, "How is it, is it delicious?"
Man Bao nodded fiercely, "Sister-in-law, can you replace the egg water with steamed eggs in the morning?"
Xiaoqian smiled and touched her head, "The old doctor said that although the egg water is a bit fishy, it is the most nutritious."
Although Man Bao was a little disappointed, he didn't say anything.
She ate steamed eggs contentedly, and then looked up at the river in front of the school: "I don't know where Bai Shanbao has gone, did he have any steamed eggs?"
Of course, Bai Shanbao didn't have steamed eggs to eat. Eggs are easy to break, and the Bai family didn't prepare such things to hurry.
At this time, he was sitting under a tree and eating pancakes, which were made by the cook just now. He always felt that they were not as delicious as Mrs. Manbao's cooking, and it might be because he had a bad appetite after being exposed to the sun. He sighed In a calm tone, let Daji go and take down his book box, he will read a book in a while.
Daji agreed, turned around and went back to the car to get the bookcase.
Mrs. Liu was very satisfied with this, and felt that his grandson was more eager to learn, but he also advised him, "Take a nap in the afternoon, and you have to go on your way after noon."
Bai Shanbao said: "It's okay, I'll just watch it for a while, it's better for me to sleep in the car."
There is no way, the car is too shaken, he is dizzy reading, he might as well sleep with his head covered, so it is better to read during the noon break.
You must know that he still has a lot of homework to do, and the text must be memorized.
He read it a few times first, and after he gets in the car, he can recite silently with his eyes closed. He has less time to study now, so he will definitely not be able to keep up with Man Bao's progress. I don't know if she will make fun of her when he goes back.
A long way across the road, Man Bao was also listening carefully to Mr. Zhuang giving her a small cooking stove. She felt that Shan Bao was sitting in the car with nothing else to do all day, so he must be reading, reading, or read a book.
He has so much time and is a little smarter than her, if she doesn't work hard, when he comes back, there will be a big gap between them, what if he makes fun of her
So she has to work hard.
Mr. Zhuang was very satisfied with watching it, and couldn't help nodding his head. Originally, she was a little distracted in class yesterday, obviously not used to Bai Shanbao's leaving, but today she was very serious.
Mr. Zhuang is very satisfied with this, um, there is no need to talk to the little disciple.
After finishing the small stove, Mr. Zhuang looked at the hourglass and said to her, "I've already digested my food. You should sleep for a quarter of an hour. Classes will start in a quarter of an hour."
Man Bao answered, put the book away, and then lay down on the couch and closed her eyes, but she couldn't sleep right now, so she ran through the knowledge she had just learned in her mind.