Chapter 319: Working Together (Additional chapter for the book friend “A Thousand Words Are Worth a Silence”)
Old Zhou was half coaxing his daughter, half speaking to his sons and daughters-in-law. He said, "You don't need to pay tuition to study. Not only have you learned a skill yourself, but you've also taught your family to read. Who in our family doesn't know a few words now? Especially your nephews and nieces. Even if you send them to school, they won't be much better than that. They will all be scholars in the future."
Old Zhou was always excited when he thought of this. Studying was not easy. If their Qili Village had not benefited from Mr. Bai's help and invited Mr. Zhuang, there would be no scholars in their village.
Even so, among the more than 60 households in Qili Village, only four, besides Manbao, can send their children to school.
Moreover, two of them have decided to graduate at the end of this year. After all, their children are already twelve years old and can read, so they can try to find some work in the county town.
After the child learned to read, he went to the county town to find a job as an apprentice in an accountant's office. After five or six years, he might be able to become an accountant himself.
How rare are scholars?
That's even more rare than picking up a piece of gold on the ground for nothing.
Old Zhou's eyes scanned back and forth between Datou and Ertou, and he said sternly, "Datou, Ertou, you must learn the characters your aunt taught you well. When you grow up a little, I'll ask your father to find you apprentices in the accounting office in the county town, and you can go into accounting in the future."
Zhou Dalang and Zhou Erlang almost spit out the food in their mouths and looked at their father with wide eyes.
Old Zhou caught their gazes, glared back, and said, "What are you looking at? Your sons can already recognize so many words. What's wrong with being an accountant? Do you still want them to be like you, digging for food in the fields all their lives and then working for others when they have free time?"
Datou stuffed the snatched egg into his mouth and said vaguely, "Grandpa, I like to dig for food in the fields. When it's my turn to farm, I will plant all my land with ginger, sell it for a lot of money, and then buy a lot of meat. I will eat a bite and throw it away."
Old Zhou was stunned.
Xiao Qian slapped him directly and said angrily, "You haven't even made it yet, and you're already thinking about wasting food. You even eat one bite and throw it away. Don't you know that you will be struck by lightning if you waste food?"
Big Head said aggrievedly: "I just said that casually, and it wasn't me who said it, it was my aunt who said it."
Manbao raised his head from the bowl and flatly denied it, "I didn't say that."
"That's what you said," Big Head said aggrievedly, "that's what you said, aunt, that when you have money in the future, you should buy us meat and let us eat one bite and throw away one bite."
Manbao said seriously: "That was thrown away by you. I won't throw it away. Even if I have nothing to eat, I will bring it back for my parents and sister-in-law to eat."
Xiao Qian turned her head and smiled at Manbao, then turned her head and stared at Datou seriously.
Big Head wanted to cry.
The matter of finding an apprenticeship in an accounting office ended up in nothing.
Zhou Dalang and Zhou Erlang both breathed a sigh of relief. How could they have the ability to find the accountant?
The most prestigious person the two knew was the owner of the drug store, Zheng. It was obvious that he looked down on their two children.
The matter is over, but everyone knows how hard Manbao worked to study. At the same time, they understand that it is no wonder that Manbao can always know so many things and find so many jobs to make money for the family. It seems that studying is really useful.
Xiao Qian's eyes couldn't help but look back and forth between the big head and the third head. Zhou Erlang also stared at the second head, while He looked at the fourth head and touched her belly.
She originally wanted to have a girl, so she would have both a son and a daughter, but now she thinks a son is also good. If he is smart, she can send him to school when he grows up...
Fang also touched her belly. The more she looked at Manbao, the more she liked him. She decided to let Manbao roll around on the bed again. Maybe the baby would be as smart as Manbao.
Reading is very useful!
This was the unanimous understanding of the adults in the Zhou family after three years, and it was much more profound than before.
Although Manbao didn't want to eat eggs, Xiao Qian still took an egg from home to school the next day. When the rice was cooked, the egg was also steamed.
She took out the bowl of steamed egg, put the rice on it, then put the vegetables on top, and put the bowl aside.
When Manbao rushed out of the school, Qian handed her the bowl and asked her to take it out to eat.
Manbao likes to mix rice and vegetables together when eating. She dug down and found the steamed egg. She mixed it, scooped it up and took a bite, her eyes lighting up slightly.
Little Qian had just finished distributing the food. When she came out and saw it, she couldn't help but laugh, "How is it? Is it delicious?"
Manbao nodded vigorously, "Sister-in-law, can you replace egg wash with steamed eggs in the morning?"
Mrs. Qian smiled and touched her head. "The old doctor said that although that kind of egg water has a fishy taste, it is the most nutritious."
Although Manbao was a little disappointed, he didn't say anything.
She ate the steamed eggs contentedly, then looked up at the river in front of the school and said, "I wonder where Bai Shanbao has gone. I wonder if he has any steamed eggs to eat."
Of course, Bai Shanbao didn't have any steamed eggs to eat. Eggs are easy to break, and the Bai family didn't prepare such food for the journey.
At this time, he was sitting under a tree and eating a pancake. It was just made by the cook. He always felt that it was not as delicious as the one made by Sister Manbao. It might also be that his appetite was poor due to the sun. He sighed and asked Daji to take down his book box. He wanted to read a book in a while.
Daji agreed and turned back to the car to get the book box.
Mrs. Liu was very pleased with this and felt that her grandson had become more studious, but she also advised him, "Take a nap at noon, as we still have to travel after noon."
Bai Shanbao said, "It's okay. I'll just watch for a while. I can sleep better in the car."
There was no other way. The car was shaking too much and he felt dizzy while reading. It would be better for him to just cover his head and sleep. So it was better for him to read during the lunch break.
You know, he still has a lot of homework to do and texts to memorize.
He will read it a few times now, and after he writes it down, he can recite it silently with his eyes closed when he gets on the bus. He has little time to study now, so he will definitely not be able to catch up with Manbao's progress. He doesn't know if she will make fun of him when he goes back.
A long way off on the road, Manbao was also listening attentively to Mr. Zhuang's private lessons. She felt that Shanbao was sitting in the car and had nothing else to do all day, so he must be reading, reading, and reading.
He has so much time and is only a little smarter than her. What if she doesn't work hard and when he comes back, there's a huge gap between them and he makes fun of her?
So she has to work hard.
Mr. Zhuang was very satisfied watching from above and could not help but nodded. She was a little distracted in class yesterday, obviously not used to Bai Shanbao's departure, but she was very serious today.
Mr. Zhuang was very satisfied with this. Well, there was no need to have a heart-to-heart talk with the young disciple.
After finishing the small meal, Mr. Zhuang looked at the hourglass and said to her, "You've digested the food. You can sleep for 25 minutes. The class will start in 25 minutes."
Manbao agreed, put the book away, and lay down on the couch with her eyes closed. But she couldn't sleep at the moment, so she went over the knowledge she had just learned in her mind.
(End of this chapter)
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