Chapter 87 Sun Rou's Study

"Okay. Don't move. I'll get you a stool."

In Gu Jiayue's eyes, Sun Rou was just a child. And a child with poor health.

Such children are sensitive and lack companionship.

So Gu Jiayue thought that maybe she wanted to find someone to talk to.

She first went home to take a look and saw that the four children were reciting their lessons obediently. Only then did she bring the stools over with satisfaction.

There was no adult at home in the Sun family, so she definitely would not go into someone else's room to get a stool, so she took two stools from home.

He gave one to Sun Rou and helped her sit down.

Sun Rou showed her sweet smile again. "Thank you, Sister Jiayue, but please stay away from me. Be careful not to get sick from you."

Gu Jiayue felt like her heart was about to melt. This child was so well-behaved and quiet. "It's okay, I'm in good health. And Xiaorou is just a little weak, there's nothing else wrong."

For people who are chronically ill, the most taboo thing is to treat them as a special group.

So we can try to communicate with them as normal people, so that we can better understand their inner thoughts and needs.

Sure enough, after Gu Jiayue said this, Sun Rou relaxed even more, and the smile on her face became even brighter. "Sister Jiayue is such a good person."

Gu Jiayue quickly waved her hands. "No, I'm just telling the truth. Xiaorou, is there anything I can help you with?"

Sun Rou nodded and sighed heavily, as if she had made some important decision. "Sister Jiayue, I know this request is a bit excessive."

As she spoke, she pulled out a few handkerchiefs from her bosom. "Sister Jiayue, I can embroider twenty handkerchiefs a month, and each handkerchief earns me five cents, excluding the fabric and thread. I'll give you all this money from now on. Can you please take my brother in and teach him to read?"

Gu Jiayue was stunned. She didn't expect that this was what she asked for.

She thought she was asking him to find a doctor for her, but she didn't expect it was for her brother's education.

But why did she say that? Does Xiaohai like reading very much?

Sun Rou's words then made Gu Jiayue understand why she had made such a request. "Ever since Sister Jiayue started teaching, Xiaohai has been squatting in the corner eavesdropping every day. He truly loves reading and has a great talent. Just by eavesdropping, he's already memorized all the chapters of the Three Character Classic and the Hundred Family Names. It's just a shame he can't see the books, so he can only recite them, not write them. It's been hot lately, so Sister Jiayue moved the class to the east under a tree. Xiaohai can't hear clearly, so he decided to climb over the wall to listen."

Even though Gu Jiayue's teaching method was different from that of the teachers of this era, and she would explain to Gu Yuhe and the others the origin and writing of each character, Xiaohai had never seen it with his own eyes. He could not connect what he heard with reality, and now he still can't write many characters.

I see.

That’s why Xiao Hai said that he climbed the wall not because he was naughty.

Of course he is not being naughty, he is doing it for knowledge.

In ancient times, Kuang Heng drilled a hole in the wall to steal light, and now Sun Hai climbs over the wall to learn secretly.

He is just a five-year-old child, how can it not be shocking?

The elusive system suddenly spoke. "Didn't you notice it?"

Gu Jiayue was stunned again. "How would I know the wall is so high?"

System: [Huh? If you didn't know, why did you move the class to the courtyard? I thought you wanted to make it easier for Sun Hai to eavesdrop.]

Gu Jiayue rolled her eyes. "That's because it's too dark and stuffy in the room. It's cooler outside with the breeze."

I didn't expect it to be a blessing in disguise.

If she had known earlier, she would have accepted this child into his small class, okay?

"Sister Jiayue, I know this request is a bit excessive. The little money we have each month is not enough to pay for the tuition, but I don't want to see Xiaohai's future so uncertain. I don't ask him to become a great scholar. I just hope he can learn a few words so that he won't be cheated when he goes out to find a job in the future."

"I won't live long, and he will be my grandmother and mother's only support from now on. I really don't want to see them starving for the rest of their lives."

"I know I'm forcing you to do something you don't want to do. I'm kidnapping my sister. I deserve to die. In my next life, I'm willing to work like a slave for you. I only ask that you give Xiao Hai a chance. When Xiao Hai grows up, he'll definitely repay you."

Sun Rou said this and was about to stand up and kneel.

Fortunately, Gu Jiayue was keeping an eye on her, fearing that something might happen to her if she got excited. Seeing her movements, Gu Jiayue quickly supported her.

Sun Hai, who had been eavesdropping outside, also ran in and hugged Sun Rou. "Sister, please don't be like this. I don't like reading at all. I wasn't eavesdropping under the wall, I was catching ants. I climbed the wall just for fun. You misunderstood."

Although Sun Hai is young, he also knows that Sun Rou is in poor health and cannot be sad, happy, or do strenuous exercise.

So when he saw his sister crying and about to kneel down, he was afraid that something bad might happen to her. He couldn't help crying. "Sister, you have to live well. When I grow up, I will earn money to treat your illness."

Looking at the brother and sister hugging each other and crying, Gu Jiayue sighed slowly.

"Okay, let Xiao Hai come and attend classes starting tomorrow. Let's not talk about the tuition for now. I'll make my own arrangements after the school is repaired. Don't worry, as long as the children want to study, I will find a way to let them study."

Gu Jiayue separated the two children.

Sun Rou looked at Gu Jiayue in disbelief. She asked in surprise, "Really?"

"real."

Gu Jiayue felt a surge of lofty ambition in her heart.

This must be the meaning of her time travel, so that the children in Taohua Village who cannot afford to go to school can also go to school.

"Xiao Hai, kowtow to Sister Jiayue quickly. She will be your teacher from now on." Sun Rou was a little incoherent, but she still remembered that the Zhang family seemed to have asked Gousheng to kowtow to Sister Jiayue that day. She heard it all.

Sun Hai quickly knelt down. "Thank you, Master! I will study hard and strive to earn money to repay you soon!"

Gu Jiayue took Sun Hai directly to the Gu family.

The four children who were reading put down their books and looked at the two people who came in curiously.

Sun Hai was a little nervous. He hid behind Gu Jiayue, but he couldn't help but stick his head out to look at the four people opposite him out of curiosity.

Although they were neighbors, Sun Hai was younger than the Gu family and couldn't play with them. He also had a sick sister at home who he had to look after constantly, so he wasn't very familiar with the Gu family.

But we all know each other.

Gu Yuhe quickly put down his book and stood up happily. "Xiao Hai, why are you here? Are you here to play with me?"

Seeing that no one rejected him, Xiao Hai breathed a sigh of relief.

"Okay, sit down. Xiaohai will study with us from now on." Gu Jiayue pushed Xiaohai forward. "Gu Yuhe, go over there and bring another table and stool."

"Okay." Gu Yuhe was very happy. For him, as long as he didn't study, he could do anything. He was even willing to go to the foot of Nanshan Mountain to help with hard labor.

How could Gu Jiayue not know what he was thinking? When she came back from outside, she saw from a distance that his eyes were about to close. If she had come back later, she believed that Gu Yuhe would have fallen asleep directly.

So let him move the table and wake up from his sleepiness.