Chapter 152: Learning is endless

"Hey, Atang! You're here?" Xiaotao saw Atang early in the morning.

Atang has grown a little taller, and the thin red dress seems a little short.

"Yes, Sister Xiaotao came last night!" Atang said happily.

The people in the room came out one after another, and were all surprised to see Atang. They usually only hid in the room under the moonlight to watch her.

Now in broad daylight, in close contact, everyone looked at each other and then smiled at each other in a friendly manner.

Atang looked at these people who appeared, then turned to look at Su Ying, not knowing how to get along with them.

"Come, let me introduce you!" Su Ying pulled Atang, "Everyone stop for a moment."

The family members stopped what they were doing and listened to Su Ying.

"This is my younger sister Su Tang. From now on, you will call her Atang." Su Ying introduced.

"Hey, welcome Atang!" Su Boyan said with a smile.

He had seen the abilities of this little girl before. Although she looked harmless, she could tame all kinds of beasts. She was born with supernatural powers and had a strange origin.

But these things cannot be told. If they get out, they will be caught by curious people, put in cages, trained as monsters, and presented to dignitaries. That would be a sin.

It is not a good idea for the little girl to follow the beast all the time. I think the younger sister wants to protect and educate Atang.

"This is my elder brother Su Boyan!" Su Ying introduced him to Atang.

"Brother!" Atang shouted with a smile.

Under Su Ying's guidance, Atang greeted everyone in the family.

"This is Aye! This is Aniang!" He finally introduced his parents, "They are my parents. You kowtow to them, and they will be your parents from now on!"

"Father, Mother!" Atang no longer smiled, but knelt down respectfully and kowtowed to Su Bucheng and Du.

"Good boy! Get up quickly! Be careful not to hurt your knees!" Mrs. Du felt soft-hearted. She had never seen such a cute child kneeling.

"Good boy!" Su Bucheng stretched out his hand and patted Atang on the head lovingly, like a father to his child.

"Oh, let me look, what a cute child!" Wei pulled Atang over to look at him.

I didn’t dare to take a closer look at night, but now that we are a family, I can take a closer look.

"Look at this child, he is so cute! Sister-in-law, you already have two daughters, you should give Atang to me! I only have Ah Lu." Wei said sourly.

"That won't do! How can a child be pushed around like that? Atang kowtowed to me and called me mother! From now on, I will be her mother and I must protect her!" Mrs. Du said with a smile.

"You play with Xiaotao, Alu and the others, and listen to your brother's lecture. I have to go out for something!" After breakfast, Su Ying told Atang.

Atang likes to follow Su Ying around like a kitten or puppy. If Su Ying turns around without paying attention, she will step on Atang.

"Sister!" Atang pulled Su Ying's clothes and wanted to chase her away.

"Be good, Atang! I have something to do and can't take you with me. You stay home and study hard. I will take you to the market another day!" Su Ying coaxed him in a gentle voice.

"Atang, be good and come to your sister!" Xiaotao pulled Atang away like a little adult.

Atang watched helplessly as Su Ying followed his father, second uncle and third uncle away carrying baskets, and had no choice but to play with Xiaotao.

"Hey, Xiaotao, who is this? Why have I never seen him before?" Hu Zi, who came to class, saw the unfamiliar Atang and came over curiously.

There is only one road in the village leading to the outside world. There were so many distinguished guests yesterday, but I didn’t remember there was a little girl!

"This is my sister Atang!" Xiao Tao pulled Atang to show off and introduced her to Hu Zi, "She looks pretty, doesn't she?"

"Beautiful! Xiaotao, when did you get a sister? Why haven't I seen her before?" Hu Zi looked puzzled.

"Yes, Xiaotao, I didn't see her when I came to your house!" Asang and Amu also asked,

Now the children have become familiar with each other and talk more. Asan and Amu have become much more lively and clever.

"Yeah, yeah, I came last night!" Xiao Tao hesitated, not knowing what to say.

"Atang fainted at my doorstep last night, and I don't know how he got here." Mrs. Du took over the conversation.

Su Ying had specifically reminded him that there were many gossipy people in the village, and that Atang's sudden appearance was unknown to anyone except his family members and the young men who went hunting in the mountains that night.

The more vague you are, the more it makes sense. The more detailed you are, the more loopholes there are. The villagers are not afraid, but they are afraid that the news will spread far and cause unnecessary trouble.

"It came last night? Oh, could it be brought here by a wild beast?" Hu Zi remembered the wild beasts making a fuss in the mountains last night.

"Ah?" Atang pretended to be stupid and blinked his big eyes.

"Okay, let's start class!" Su Boyan interrupted the children's chatter.

"There's a village school here?" Wei Shutong and the others saw all the children running to the Su family, so they followed to watch the fun.

"Yes!" said Lu Zhaoshi.

"How can they go to school if they don't even have a pen, ink, paper, or inkstone?" Wei Shutong was curious.

"Go and see, and you'll know!" Lu Zhaoshi deliberately kept the secret.

When they arrived at the Su family's dilapidated courtyard, the children sat on the ground, each holding a noodle sieve, and learned to write seriously, following the teacher word for word.

Su Boyan wrote the entire text on the blackboard and explained it word by word.

"This teaching method is quite novel!" Wei Shutong did not expect that someone would teach in this way.

Lu Zhaoshi smiled but said nothing. It was not just Huanggou Village. Now all the official schools in Wuzhou used this method because it was low-cost. Many villages had set up village schools.

A village teacher does not have to be highly educated, as long as he can teach children to read and understand things.

"Hey, what do these strange symbols mean?" Wei Shutong was sharp-eyed and saw that there were many strange symbols mixed in the article, right at the punctuation points.

"?" Lu Zhaoshi looked at it again, and yes, could it be used to punctuate a sentence?

No one interrupted Su Boyan's lecture, but listened quietly from the back until the break.

"Young Master!" Lu Zhaoshi called out to Su Boyan.

"Sir!" Su Boyan bowed to Lu Zhaoshi.

"Are these strange symbols used to punctuate sentences?" Lu Zhaoshi asked, pointing at the punctuation marks on the blackboard.

"Yes, sir!" Su Boyan said in a gentle voice.

"Why use different symbols? But what's the explanation?" Lu Zhaoshi nodded and asked another question.

Since it is a sentence break, why use different symbols?

"It expresses different meanings. If it is a question, use this question mark. If it is not finished, use this comma..." Su Boyan explained one by one.

These were all taught by Su Ying. The first people to learn them were the older brothers in the Su family. They were the teachers and had to learn how to use and teach them.

Each symbol has a clear meaning. After listening to it, Lu Zhaoshi read the article again. With these symbols, the whole article became vivid and vivid.

"Why do you think of using punctuation marks to break up sentences? Isn't it called 'zhihuzheya'?" Lu Zhaoshi agreed, but still asked the question in his mind.

How to promote it comprehensively if you don’t understand it clearly?

"Sir, I know!" The clever Hu Zi raised his hand.

"Oh, Hu Zi, then you tell us!" Lu Zhaoshi saw the looks in the children's eyes and thought they had all learned it.

"Sir, please take a look at this sentence first!" Hu Zi wrote a few sentences on the blackboard, such as "The wine-making vat is good" and "There are no chickens or ducks", and asked Lu Zhaoshi to break the sentences.

As expected, Lu Zhaoshi and Wei Shutong, who were present, started arguing.

"Sir, this is the significance of punctuation!" Hu Zi bowed.

"Great! There really is no end to learning! I have learned something new today!" Lu Zhaoshi stroked Meiran and said with a smile.