Chapter 771 New Year
Old Zhou's eyes gleamed, and he couldn't help but straighten his hunched back. He said, "Mr. Zhuang said that our family's future is limitless. We might even be more powerful than Mr. Bai in the future. It all depends on you."
Manbao had a vague bad feeling. She knew that her husband came to their house and sat for a long time before he left. It was said that he talked to his parents for a long time. But because there were only a few people at home at that time, and those people were eventually kicked out, no one knew what they talked about.
Manbao wiped his forehead and asked, "Dad, what did Mr. Zhuang say to you?"
"Don't worry about it. Just focus on learning skills from Mr. Zhuang. You don't have to worry about things at home. If the money is low..."
Old Zhou said distressedly, "I'll keep Dad's share of money for you. If you don't have enough money outside, ask your fourth brother to come back and ask me for it."
"By the way, tomorrow is the first day of the new year. You have to go with us to worship our ancestors, so you have to get up early..."
Manbao nodded blankly and asked worriedly, "Dad, what did Mr. Zhuang say to you?"
Old Zhou looked at her with pity, reached out and touched her head and said, "Mr. Zhuang said that you are the smartest child in our family. Anyway, if you don't learn a skill, then you will waste this good brain given by your parents. Your mother and I both think Mr. Zhuang is right."
In fact, Mr. Zhuang said a lot that day, but it was this one sentence that really touched Old Zhou and made him unable to refuse.
In Old Zhou's mind, no matter how capable a girl is, she will have to marry and have children in the future, and the family's well-being still depends on his sons and grandsons.
Therefore, he never paid much attention to his granddaughters and never interfered. He let his son and daughter-in-law teach them as they pleased. At worst, his wife was still around. She could take care of them if she wanted to, or not if she wanted not to.
Old Zhou had only one goal for Manbao, which was to raise her well, let her grow up healthy and safe, and find a good family for her to marry in the town or county. It would be best if she didn't have to do farm work all her life, and just had to take care of her husband and children, and her life would be complete.
Even if he were to go to the underworld, he would still have the nerve to see his parents and younger brother.
But Mr. Zhuang said, "Manbao is very smart. I have never seen a girl more clever than her. If she doesn't continue to study, it would be a waste of the brain her parents gave her."
Old Zhou took the words to heart and always dreams about what happened more than 20 years ago when he sleeps at night. The second son was really smart back then.
He was obviously twenty years older than him, but whenever he met him, he was always bullied by him. At that time, he really hated the second brother's brain and felt that God was unfair. They were born of the same parents, so why did the second brother's brain seem to be born to him?
At that time, the sentence my mother said most was, "Our ancestral graves are smoking. The good brains of several generations have been born in Erlang. When he grows up, I must send him to school and let him take the exam to become an official. Then our family will have made it through."
In order to get him to support his brother's education, his mother even lied to him in front of him: "When Erlang becomes an official, remember to repay your elder brother's kindness. It was your elder brother and his wife who supported your education."
At that time, Old Zhou was very unwilling, but he also had some expectations, thinking that the second child might really be the turning point of their family.
Unfortunately, his parents passed away before the second child could go to school. With two people missing from the family, the family's financial situation suddenly declined. Life became even more difficult than before, let alone sending the second child to school.
The younger brother who he had always disliked became like a son to him. Because he was young and forgetful, he almost forgot about his parents in less than a year. He just followed him with his short legs and called him daddy...
The couple later put in a lot of effort to change his habit and got him to call his parents "father and mother" instead of "elder brother and sister-in-law".
I originally thought that going to school and learning to read was the end of it, but when the boy grew up a little, he ran away to the county town to hang out. He even learned to lie outside the school window to listen to people reading, and he also learned a few words himself.
Later, he married a young lady from a scholar's family and started to learn to read and write again.
So after listening to Mr. Zhuang's words and looking at Manbao's dark head, Old Zhou also felt that if Manbao was not allowed to continue studying, it would be a waste of the brain given to her by her parents.
Especially her father's, this is a brain that the Zhou family only has once in several lifetimes.
Especially when he saw that none of his grandchildren could compare to Manbao, Old Zhou agreed even more with Mr. Zhuang's point of view.
Perhaps because he felt that Manbao would not stay at home for long and it was uncertain when she would come home next time, Old Zhou showed more love for her than before and gave her a big chicken leg as soon as she sat at the table.
Manbao also picked up a big piece of meat for her father. The father and daughter looked at each other and smiled with joy.
Qian couldn't bear it any longer, so she kicked Old Zhou and said, "Hurry up and eat."
Old Zhou thought she was jealous of him, but he still picked up a piece of meat for her with his chopsticks.
Qian glanced at him sideways, lowered her head and took a bite. Everyone started eating only after seeing their parents start eating.
After dinner, Xiao Qian led her brothers and sisters to clean up the dishes and sort out the leftovers. As they were sorting, they realized something was wrong. "Why are there still leftovers this year?"
Feng was stunned for a moment before she smiled and said, "That's true. In the past, except for banquets, no matter how many dishes we cooked at home, we would always finish them. This is the first time there are leftovers."
He smiled and said, "There are still some meat and vegetables left."
"We've had a good life," Fang said with a smile. "No one expected that Lao Liu would bring back so many dishes. Here are the leftovers."
After clearing the table, the whole family sat in the yard and started talking. It was still light outside and the sun was still warm, so no one went into the house.
The third head looked outside and pulled the fourth head to go out to play. San Ya, who was with her younger brothers, saw this and immediately dropped her things and followed.
The three heads were disgusted and said, "You are a girl, don't play with us."
San Ya said, "If you don't take me to play, I will tell my second sister not to bring you any gifts next time she comes back."
The fourth one pulled the third one, and the third one could only take her with him.
When Wutou and Liutou saw that their third sister, who had been playing with them, had left, they immediately ran after her on their short legs, wanting to go out and play with her too.
The third head looked disgusted. "I told you, if we take her with us, we have to drag two of them along. How can we have fun?"
Zhou Silang passed by and patted him on the head. "You little bastard, I was the one who took you guys out to play when you just learned to walk. I didn't even look down on you. Why do you look down on my son?"
The three heads were furious, "You obviously brought my aunt with you, I was just a by-product!"
"It's just a matter of taking him along. Hurry up and take Liutou out to play. Take good care of him and don't let anyone bully him, okay?"
Big Head and his friends took a look outside, grabbed a handful of candy, and ran out to play with their friends.
They are already "adults", so their friends are also adults, and they are very disdainful to play with the three kids who are still in school.
All the grandchildren ran away, and only seven brothers and sisters of the Zhou family were left in the yard. Everyone simply gathered together to talk.
The one who was most concerned was Zhou Liulang, but Zhou Liulang was not afraid at all. In less than two sentences, he led the conversation to Manbao, "...You don't know, Manbao is very powerful now. Many customers who come to our restaurant know Manbao."
good evening
(End of this chapter)
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