Su Qingluan originally thought that it was just 26 Chinese pinyin, plus five syllables including light tones. With Mu Xingzhi's incredible learning ability, he would be able to complete the teaching task within a day or two.
Unexpectedly, she forgot to consider the huge difference in language between the two eras - not in writing, but in pronunciation.
As a result, the originally planned very simple teaching tasks were forced to change the "plan" constantly, and Su Qingluan even felt that she was learning a very new Chinese pinyin.
Mu Xingzhi adapted well and quickly figured out his own set of phonetic rules. He even learned many ways to abbreviate fixed phrases and even short sentences without any instruction.
After all, compared to traditional Chinese characters with a large number of strokes, the twenty-six letters are relatively too "simple". Moreover, through different arrangement orders, different characters can be formed and at the same time they can occupy less paper. This is a very good way to convey important information but the display area of the "letter paper" is limited.
It is even more efficient than the method Mu Xingzhi used before to transmit information using radicals - the reason is simple, different letters represent different radicals, but letters are much simpler than many radicals.
After all, a letter can be completed with only two strokes at most, while many radicals may take more than ten strokes to write, which can greatly save writing costs.
However, due to these unexpected incidents, the course that was originally planned to be completed in two or three days was changed to a two-day schedule starting from the second class, and was postponed on snowy days.
Despite this, Su Qingluan was very reluctant to go out on a "field trip" in such freezing weather - there were no taxis or subways, and she had to walk with difficulty, slipping with every step. It was really a test of her physical strength and willpower.
However, Mu Xingzhi gave Su Qingluan a set of fine iron kitchen utensils on the first day, and in the second class, he gave her a piece of soft and smooth fur from an unknown animal, which looked as white as a snow fox. The third time, he gave her a hollow metal "hand warmer" that could keep the charcoal in the center from falling out no matter how it was turned...
The sugar-coated bullet was shameful, but the effect was also very significant. Su Qingluan was corrupted bit by bit...
Unlike the happy Su Qingluan, Yang and Su Guangfu exchanged worried glances and made up their minds that after the weather got warmer in the spring, they must hurry up and find a marriage for their daughter!
After all, even if they didn't know much about what the utensils of wealthy families looked like, their thirty years of life experience told them that each of the "labor remuneration" that Su Qingluan brought back was not something that ordinary people could easily get!
Su Qingluan had no idea that her parents were worried sick about her. She usually went to the Li family across the street to visit Sun Guixiang, but she never expected that Sun Guixiang's house was a little deserted, unlike the bustling atmosphere of the previous few days.
Although Sun Guixiang had safely given birth, she had suffered a heavy hemorrhage and her health was weakened. So every few days she had to go to Huichuntang in town to get some decoctions.
Sun Guixiang's aunt was also married, so after Sun Guixiang gave birth safely, she returned to her husband's home.
Sun Guixiang's mother-in-law, Mrs. Li, Li Sanlang's mother, stayed to cook for her son and daughter-in-law. More importantly, when her son went to the town to get medicine, she would stay to take care of her still very weak daughter-in-law.
But a little accident happened yesterday. Li accidentally slipped while feeding chickens in the yard.
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Although Li's fall did not break her leg, she was unable to get up for a while.
Sun Guixiang and Li Sanlang were terrified when they learned about this. They asked the villagers to bring a simple bamboo bed and carried Li back to their home so that Sun Guixiang's aunt could take care of her nearby.
From that day on, Li Sanlang went to get two doses of medicine every day instead of one.
After listening to the whole story, Su Qingluan suggested, "Wouldn't it be better to get a few more prescriptions at a time?"
Li Sanlang smiled bitterly, "The medicine at Huichuntang is not cheap. I have to go to the mountains and hunt pheasants or other game to barely buy enough for one or two days."
"So you get the Huichuntang medicine for our mother, and I have to go to another ordinary pharmacy, right?" Sun Guixiang whispered to the child to sleep, while looking at her husband with distress in her eyes - it was very cold and it was very difficult to catch wild game, but Li Sanlang ran out every day for his mother and daughter-in-law.
"What nonsense!" Li Sanlang stroked his wife's hair. "You went through so much hardship giving birth. What if you get counterfeit medicine from someone else? You absolutely can't be careless about confinement!"
Su Qingluan: ...She, a single dog, suddenly felt so full from eating so much dog food!
But...if it's just a matter of money...
"Um... Uncle Li," Su Qingluan said, "Actually, I've been craving for wild pheasants these days..." So could she pay to buy one or something?
Of course, as the saying goes, "Money cannot buy her willingness", the price Su Qingluan offers will definitely be much more "generous" than that of ordinary customers in the market.
Her calculations were crackling, but Li Sanlang and Sun Guixiang were not fools. Sun Guixiang quickly shook her head: "Ms. Su, no, that won't do. This time you were able to invite Mr. Mu to help me through this difficult time. Our family has already owed you a huge favor. How can we ask you for more money?"
"No, I'm just greedy..." Su Qingluan looked very innocent.
Li Sanlang waved his hands and smiled bitterly, "If I were to give you a wild pheasant, I'd be happy to do so. But Madam Su, you're probably going to pay above the market price, right?" Li Sanlang said sincerely, "I still have my hands and feet. I absolutely can't just let Madam Su give us money for nothing. Otherwise, where would our dignity be?"
"..." Su Qingluan couldn't say anything else - if the other party was willing, she would naturally want to help, but in this situation, she was not sure whether it would hurt the other party's self-esteem.
After all, people must have dignity. Perhaps this "dignity" will make their lives more difficult, but people cannot be like animals, just "living" for the sake of "living".
Seeing that Su Qingluan seemed a little depressed and upset about not being able to help them, Li Sanlang smiled and said, "But right now, there is something I really want to ask Madam Su for help."
Su Qingluan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly raised her head: "Uncle Li, please just ask. As long as I can help, anything is possible!"
Because she was so happy, she unconsciously raised her voice a little, and as a result, the baby who was about to fall asleep began to hum again. Su Qingluan was so scared that she quickly covered her mouth and apologized in a whisper, which made Li Sanlang and Sun Guixiang laugh.
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