Back to the point, when the meal was almost over, there was still one piece of scrambled egg left, and the grandmother habitually put the egg into Zhu Pingjun's bowl. As a result, the egg was loose, half of it was caught by the chopsticks, and the other half fell on the table. The grandmother gave the half on the chopsticks to Zhu Pingjun, and the other half fell on the table. When she was about to marry Zhu Pingjun, she saw that Zhu Pingjun seemed to be a little disgusted with the egg that fell on the table. Maybe she thought of the scene before the meal, or maybe it was for balance, so the grandmother put the small piece of egg that fell on the table into Zhu Pingan's bowl.
I'm really flattered!
This was the first time my grandmother picked up some food for herself, even though it fell on the table.
"Thank you, grandma." Zhu Ping'an smiled naively at Grandma Zhu.
The biased grandmother was a little touched to see her grandson being so sensible, but it was only fleeting, because in her heart her eldest son and youngest son's family were the apple of her eye. The eldest son had a bright future in studying and taking imperial examinations, the youngest son was considerate, and the remaining two sons both forgot their mother after getting married, especially the second son's wife, who was the most troublesome. The instigative second son, who was almost forgetting his parents.
Zhu Ping'an didn't plan to eat the egg himself, not because it fell on the table. You know, since he came to a farm in this life, if he wanted to pay attention to hygiene like in his previous life, he would starve to death. The conditions were there. What's more, the countryside is pure and pollution-free, so if it fell on the ground, he could just rinse it with water.
The main reason was the little girl Zhu Pingyu who was sucking her fingers next to him. This was an era that favored boys over girls. Although he was not favored by his grandparents, as a boy, his grandmother took better care of him than Xiao Yuer.
Moreover, just before the meal, my mother secretly gave me an egg.
"Give it to my sister." Zhu Ping'an picked up the egg with chopsticks and put it into Xiao Yuer's small bowl, saying in a gentle voice.
Zhu Ping'an's action attracted the attention of everyone at the dinner table. Everyone was very curious. You know, fried eggs are not common in farmers' families. They are usually saved to sell for money. Especially in the Zhu family, fried eggs are an even rarer dish. Even if there are any, most of them are given by Old Lady Zhu to her uncles and Zhu Ping'an and his family basically can't eat them. So now that there is a rare egg, Zhu Ping'an actually gave it to Xiao Yuer. This is much more difficult than Kong Rong giving up his pears. At that time, pears were common things in Kong Rong's wealthy family. Unlike the Zhu family at this time, a plate of fried eggs might not be seen for a month or so, and even if they were seen, they could not be eaten.
Zhu Pingan gave the egg to Xiao Yuer, which refreshed everyone's three views! Zhu Pingan is really a sensible child!
Xiao Yuer stared at the scrambled eggs with her big eyes, without blinking, her saliva flowing out.
But at this time, Third Aunt Zhang put the egg back into Zhu Ping'an's bowl, "Come, Yu'er, thank Brother Zhi'er, Zhi'er is so good, but Zhi'er should keep it for himself. This egg is given to Zhi'er by grandma, Zhi'er should eat it quickly and grow up to be filial to grandma."
Although Xiao Yu'er was envious of the scrambled eggs, she was still well-behaved and sensible, drooling as she thanked Zhu Ping'an, "Thank you, brother Zhu'er, Yu'er, Yu'er doesn't eat scrambled eggs."
The little boy said he didn't want to eat, but his eyes were fixed on the scrambled eggs and his mouth was drooling.
The little Loli is so cute, a certain little kid thought, but he forgot that he also has short legs.
Zhu Pingan picked up the egg again, raised his little arm and put it into Xiao Yuer's mouth, acting like a big brother, and said, "I love watching my sister eat scrambled eggs."
The egg is soft and fragrant when it enters the mouth. How can a child have the willpower to refuse to eat it? Besides, it has already entered the mouth, so why not take it out and give it to others
After eating just a tiny piece of scrambled egg the size of a fingernail, Xiao Yuer showed an expression of enjoyment and happiness. She also licked her lips in a very cute way by sticking out her tongue, like a kitten drinking water.
"Is it delicious, Sister Yu'er?" Zhu Ping'an asked little Yu'er with a pout while eating the multi-grain pancake in his hand.
"It's delicious. Thank you, Brother Zhu'er." Xiao Yu'er answered in a baby voice with her eyebrows curved.
The scrambled eggs had already been eaten, so Third Aunt had no choice but to accept it. She felt that the chubby Zhu Ping'an was sensible and cute, especially when compared with his eldest brother Zhu Pingjun, who only knew how to eat alone and was capricious.
Third Aunt patted Zhu Ping'an's head with envy, turned around and joked with Chen, "Second Sister-in-law, I really envy you for having two good sons. Zhu'er loves his younger sister very much, and you taught him very well. He will definitely be a good and filial child when he grows up."
There is no mother who doesn't like others praising her son, especially Chen, who had a little habit of showing off. She was naturally very happy and kept waving her hands and saying "no, no, no". However, she couldn't hide the pride on her face and kept chatting and laughing with Zhang.
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The aunt on the side was not happy. In her heart, her son was the best, but he had to study hard and take the examination to become a scholar. The fortune teller in the town said that her son was the incarnation of Wenquxing.
Thinking of this, Aunt Wu rubbed her husband with her leg, signaling him to ask Mr. Zhu to talk to him about getting Zhu Pingjun admitted to school.
The uncle lowered his head to eat and ignored his wife's signal. He felt that his wife was short-sighted. After the commotion caused by his brothers and sisters-in-law today, it was obviously not a good time to bring up the matter. Besides, his studies and imperial examinations had cost a lot of money, and his brothers already had opinions. If his son also wanted to go to school, it would be difficult to say. He should discuss it with his parents when his brothers were not around. After the fait accompli, it would be of no avail even if his brothers' families had opinions.
The eldest aunt was a farmer's wife, but she was not as shrewd as the eldest uncle. Seeing that her husband did not speak up, she was still thinking about her son becoming the top scholar, so she could not hold back and spoke up, "Mom and Dad, you see Jun'er is already seven years old, and he is old. It is not a good thing to keep him hanging around like this. I was thinking that the private school of Mr. Sun in Shanghe Village, our neighboring village, has opened a primary school. Why not let our Jun'er go there as well? In the future, he can bring honor to our Zhu family."
Zhu Pingan pricked up his ears to hear this. Going to school was what he particularly needed. On the one hand, he could study the Four Books and Five Classics and take the imperial examinations. On the other hand, it was also a way to cover up his experience and ideas that were hundreds of years ahead of others. After all, there were beautiful women in books. In this era, people highly respected scholars. After going to school, if he had any understanding and knowledge beyond ordinary people, he could attribute it to his studies.
All things are inferior, only reading is superior, which is an unshakable truth in this era. Even a wealthy man would not dare to say anything back if he was scolded by a poor scholar. Moreover, reading is the main way for children from poor families to advance in life, and it is also the most effective way.
So Zhu Pingan also raised his fat paw and said, "I want to go to school, too."
"Why should you go to school at such a young age? Besides, not everyone can go to school. One has to be the Wenqu Star in the sky. Our Jun'er has had his fortune told by a master, who said he is the Wenqu Star incarnate." The eldest aunt was the first to oppose Zhu Ping'an's going to school. She also knew that the family did not have enough money for two people to go to school. They were already eating porridge and vegetable leaves. If both of them went to school, the family would definitely not be able to make ends meet.
The aunt's words were all about belittling Zhu Ping'an and praising Zhu Pingjun, which made Chen very unhappy. However, Chen was more concerned about her uncle's family. Her uncle was a scholar, and if he passed the imperial examination and became a scholar or juren, the family would still have to rely on her uncle. So, Chen just frowned, thinking that even if she didn't say anything, someone would. There was no need to offend her uncle's family.
Sure enough, before Chen opened her mouth, someone couldn't help but speak up, and Fourth Aunt immediately expressed her opposition.
"Sister-in-law, our family is almost unable to make ends meet, and we don't have any extra money to support another scholar, right, mother? I think, we should wait until our family saves some money before letting Jun'er go to school." Little Fourth Aunt's speech was quite elegant. She even knew to bring in Old Lady Zhu as an ally. She expressed opposition to the elementary school but was not completely opposed. She also left room for him. On the one hand, she said that the family had already supported the eldest uncle to go to school, but on the other hand, she said that Jun'er was not allowed to go to elementary school because the family was unable to make ends meet. She would let Jun'er go to school when the family had extra money. As for when the family would have extra money, that was hard to say. Anyway, ever since Little Fourth Aunt entered the Zhu family, the Zhu family had never had extra money to spend.