Chapter 43 This kid has vision

The whole family was busy with their own things and only had time to relax in the evening.

Jiang Wan first reported the money earned today, and then divided it equally between the two parties after deducting the cost.

Forty-five cents per family.

Yin Huaishan looked at his niece with envy as she gave all the copper plates to her wife, feeling sour in her heart.

Now my wife is the head of the family, even my niece knows it.

"Uncle, your leg is injured and you won't be able to catch the conches tomorrow, but you still have to work. Remember to get up early tomorrow morning and pick out all the conch meat that we soaked today."

When he heard that he still had work to do, Yin Huaishan immediately agreed. He was afraid that he would become a burden to his family and not be able to help.

After deciding on the arrangements for tomorrow, the mother and daughter took Yin Ning back to the stone house.

Before going to the water, Jiang Wan always felt that she had forgotten something, but she just couldn't remember it for a while. When she was about to fall asleep, she suddenly got a flash of inspiration.

It seems that Lian Yue hasn’t come to return the bowl yet?

Lian Yue's family at this time.

"Do you know you're wrong?!"

“Woo woo woo…”

"Ayue...your brother..."

Hearing this familiar beginning, Lian Yue's face became even more stern.

"Grandma! My brother is almost five years old. We can't spoil him anymore. There's nothing wrong with him loving to eat and I didn't tell him not to eat. But he steals food, drops things and refuses to admit it. He even picks up things on the ground and eats them. Shouldn't he be punished?"

It was rare for Lian Yue to get angry like this, and the old lady could only give her grandson a helpless look.

Xiao Yuanzi, who was aware of the current situation, slowed down her sobbing and knelt before her elder brother, admitting her mistake pitifully.

"Brother, I was wrong..."

In the past, as long as he apologized to his elder brother like this, his elder brother would calm down quickly. But today, his elder brother looked so angry and showed no sign of softening.

Little Yuanzi timidly turned his head to look at his grandmother, but she looked up at the sky instead of at him. The little boy, without support, felt more and more unsure, and tried to grab his brother's leg with his little hands.

"Brother, I will never steal food again... I, I..."

When Xiao Yuanzi thought that he would never be able to eat such delicious snail meat again, he really cried this time.

"Big, big brother, I promise to be obedient, please don't ignore me..."

Lian Yue felt bad seeing his brother crying so hard.

My brother was the child that my mother had saved with her life. He and my grandmother took pity on him because he had never seen his parents since he was a child and have always loved him dearly. Before we knew it, he is almost five years old. If we don't discipline him properly, it will be too late for him to grow up astray.

So this time he gave his brother a severe spanking and made him kneel before the tablets of his parents and burn a stick of incense.

"Come with me to the Yin family tomorrow morning to apologize. Don't you always say that you are a little man? A man should be brave enough to admit his mistakes."

Hearing the word "manly", Xiao Yuanzi straightened her chest. "Big brother is right. It's right to listen to big brother."

"Okay, big brother...can I get up now?"

My knees hurt from kneeling.

Lian Yue pursed her lips, picked up her brother, found some ointment and rubbed it on his knees before taking him to eat.

The next morning, the two brothers took a similar bowl from home and went to Yin's house together.

The tide had not yet receded, and except for the fishermen who were going out to sea, most people in the village were still at home.

At this time, Song Wenhui was cooking the second pot of conch in the kitchen. When she heard someone calling outside the door, she asked her daughter to open the door.

"Brother Lian Yue?"

Why did you come home so early?

Lian Yue followed Yin Ning into the yard, then gently nudged his brother. Xiao Yuanzi did not lose heart and honestly told him about stealing food and breaking the bowl yesterday, and admitted his mistake sincerely.

Yin Huaishan couldn't help but nodded.

"To know your mistakes and correct them is the greatest virtue."

Xiao Yuanzi looked back at her elder brother with a confused look on her face.

"What kind of cigarettes?"

He didn't understand, and Lian Yue felt a little embarrassed.

The brat was watching him do something. Could he understand? He didn't know many words, so it was good enough that he could understand the first half of the sentence.

Wait! Learn words!

Lian Yue's eyes lit up in an instant, and he immediately moved to squat next to Yin Huaishan.

"Uncle Yin, I heard that you are from Kyoto. Do you know how to read?"

"Of course I can read. How can I be an official if I can't read?"

Yin Huaishan was proud of his identity as a scholar.

"Why do you ask?"

"I want Uncle Yin to teach my younger brother how to read!"

Lian Yue pulled his younger brother over and showed off his "teeth" as if he was selling a calf.

"Uncle Yin, I see that your legs are not convenient for you. Since you are at home for the time being, why don't you take some time to teach him to recognize a few words? Xiao Yuanzi is smart. He can do anything, such as carrying water or picking up things, just by asking him to do it."

"I don't ask him to be very learned, I just want him to be able to go out without being blind. As for the gift, just ask for it. Whether it's money or things, I'll do my best to give it to you!"

Lian Yue often interacted with people in the city and knew the importance of literacy. He had wanted to send his younger brother to learn literacy very early, but there were no schools in the nearby villages, so he had to go to the faraway Huaishan Town or to the city, which was too far and too expensive.

It was rare to find a ready-made teacher in the village now, so of course he had to grab him quickly.

The two brothers surrounded Yin Huaishan on the left and right, their eyes full of curiosity and desire for knowledge.

Yin Huaishan inexplicably felt a little hot in his heart. It turned out that the knowledge he had learned over the years was still needed by someone. This kid had a good eye.

As for teaching the child, he had plenty of free time in the afternoon and could do it. Just as he was about to nod, he suddenly heard his daughter speak.

"Dad, I think this is a good idea. You have a broken leg and need to rest. It won't take much effort to teach the kids."

Song Wenhui glanced at her daughter and agreed with this idea.

She knew her husband best, and he would definitely be happy to teach the child to read. It was good to let the child occupy his time, so that he would not have to worry about all kinds of things all day long.

"Okay, let him come and learn calligraphy from me starting tomorrow."

Lian Yue was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately asked his brother to kowtow and call him "Master".

Yin Huaishan accepted the gift happily, cleared his throat twice, and then stated his request.

"Although my leg is injured, I still have to take care of household chores in the first half of the day so I don't have time. Your brother can only come over to learn from me in the afternoon."

"OK!"

"You don't need to pay tuition. This is not a proper school. If you are willing, just send some conches like this every day."

"good!"

Lian Yue agreed very readily. Such conches are everywhere in the reefs after the tide goes out, and it doesn't take much effort to get one or two buckets.

After talking about learning to read, the two brothers returned home happily.

Xiao Yuanzi doesn't know what learning to read means yet, but he has heard from the villagers that people who can read are very talented, and he also wants to become a talented person.

At this time, he didn't know that his happy and free days would be gone forever. He thought to himself that he was the best among his friends and happily ran to share the good news with his friends.

Lian Yue didn't care about him and just let his brother be happy for another day.