Chapter 190 She is very clever

The embroiderer Shu Yu wanted wasn't just any ordinary embroiderer who could only embroider handkerchiefs.

At the very least, she needs to have the skill to embroider screens independently. Such embroiderers are not something that ordinary farming families can train; she'll have to ask Miss Ding if she knows anyone suitable.

After discussing the recruitment, Shu Yu turned her attention to Da Hu.

Da Hu and San Ya sat on the steps by the door. The old lady thought the two children were too young and was afraid they would leak the news if they went out, so she didn't let them hear about this kind of money-counting.

The two children were slowly munching on candied hawthorns. They had just eaten two and didn't want to eat them too quickly, so they put them away to enjoy the sweetness for a while. They planned to take them out again to savor them slowly after dinner.

As soon as Shu Yu's gaze fell on the doorway, everyone else turned to look at it as well.

Da Hu felt a stiffness in his spine and a strange burning sensation on his back.

He asked Sanya in a low voice, "Little sister, do you ever feel like someone's watching you?"

Sanya shook her head, stuffed half a candied hawthorn into her mouth, her cheeks puffed out, and shook her little head. "No, I feel especially happy right now. One candied hawthorn, two candied hawthorns, three, I still have three. Brother, look, you still have five. Why don't you give me one, then we'll have the same amount, right?"

She's incredibly smart.

Da Hu looked at his younger sister with a deep gaze and said, "I really feel like I'm being watched."

"I don't think so." But Sanya seemed to realize something immediately and became nervous. "Is someone trying to kidnap you again? Then, brother, you should hide quickly. Give me the candied hawthorn and I'll hold it for you."

Da Hu, “…” Do you really think you’ve hidden your purpose well?

Shu Yu was amused by the two of them. She waved to them and said, "Da Hu, San Ya, come here. I have something to say."

The two immediately turned around and ran into the house.

Shu Yu pulled Da Hu over and said to the others in the room, "I want to find a school for Da Hu so he can study."

Everyone was stunned. Read? Read a book?

Da Hu shook his head repeatedly, "Second Sister, I don't study."

Shu Yu stared at him intently. "Da Hu, you have to go to school. Even if you don't like it, your second sister wants you to go. Your second sister doesn't need you to worry about fame or fortune, nor does she need you to achieve great things. But reading, writing, and being polite are the most basic things. Our shop will grow bigger and bigger in the future. As the owner, how can we be uneducated? If we don't read, we won't even be able to do accounting, and we'll be cheated when signing contracts. Then this shop that we've worked so hard to open will have to close down soon."

Da Hu's eyes widened. He didn't dislike reading; besides his family, the person he admired most was Tang, the only scholar in their village.

But he never thought about going to school; his family...

"But I've heard that studying costs a lot of money."

“Our family has even opened a shop, and the tuition fees for students are still quite substantial.”

Lu Erbai clenched his fist, his expression solemn and serious. "Yes, study. Da Hu must study."

Da Hu looked around and saw that everyone was nodding. He immediately became excited and said, "Then, then I'll read it. I want to be the top scholar!"

"Our Da Hu is so ambitious!" the old lady said happily.

Shu Yu glanced at the envious San Ya and said, "It's a pity we don't have a girls' school here. Da Hu, when you come back from your studies, you have to teach your sister to read, okay?"

(End of this chapter)