Chapter 115 Headache and discomfort

"Oh, how wonderful it is to study."

"When school starts in September, your second sister doesn't plan to let Mingyue go to school." Mother Gu grumbled.

Su He knew about this. Her second sister Gu had told her that the eldest and second oldest children had poor grades and could not concentrate on their studies, so they could just finish primary school and would not be allowed to study any further.

"Mingyue's grades are not good and she can't concentrate on her studies," she said.

Mother Gu sighed, "Who said it wasn't true? Why can't this child concentrate on her studies? We didn't have the conditions or the opportunity to go to school at that time."

"If I were allowed to go to school, I would definitely do well."

Gu's mother doesn't understand why these children can't learn well in school. As long as they listen carefully in class, they can learn well. If they don't learn well, it means they didn't listen carefully in class.

Su He said, "Why don't I talk to my second sister this afternoon?"

Mother Gu said, "Okay, you tell me. It's always good for children to study more. This girl doesn't want to study, she just wants to get married."

It's better to study than to get married.

Su He could feel that although Gu's mother was born in the feudal Qing Dynasty, her thoughts were not feudal at all, but rather very advanced.

I won’t say, “Girls, why bother studying? It’s a waste of money. You should just get married soon.”

Instead, you should read more.

Su He thought that if her mother and her mother-in-law were born in the future society, they would definitely live a wonderful life and would never be trapped in this small county town.

Near noon, Xueer and Hongxing came back with a bucket of fish, which contained carp, crucian carp, eel and some shrimps.

"Brother, let's go catch them in the afternoon. It's so much fun." Xue'er was extremely excited.

Wang Hongxing speaks in a very gruff voice, like an adult.

"Go, go, go, catch some more shrimps."

The two of them were tanned by the sun, their faces were red, their clothes and pants were soaked with mud and water, and their mother said to them, "You two are going to go out in the afternoon, aren't you afraid of getting heat stroke?"

"Grandma, we're fine. We won't get a heat stroke. We're wearing hats."

The two children refuted.

Mother Gu said, "You two should take it easy and don't go into deep water."

"Wow! Mom is a fish!"

"It's a fish!"

When the two kids saw the fish their older brother and sister brought back, they jumped up excitedly and went over to catch some fish for fun.

Children seem to like small animals very much, such as newly hatched chicks, newly born calves and calves, and they also like to play with small fish.

But they are afraid of big roosters, hens, cows, and big fish, and won't touch them even if you let them.

"Grandma's heart and liver, stop playing for now, we need to eat." Mother Gu said as she took the wooden barrel away.

I washed the two babies' hands and prepared to eat.

For lunch, I made sorghum rice, mashed potatoes, egg sauce, and fried some dried fish that I brought back from my second sister Gu’s house yesterday.

At noon, the third sister Gu and team leader Wang did not come back. Little girl Wang Yao has been weaned. She is more than eight months old and is usually fed with milk powder and meals.

Gu Jianhua didn't come back either, and went directly to Su He's house to eat.

In the summer, people feel sleepy at noon and need to take a nap. After lunch, Su He took the two babies to take a nap.

Getting up around 2:30, the mother and her two children washed their faces to wake themselves up, and prepared to go for a walk to Gu's second sister's house. There was nothing to do at home, so she didn't go out. During her holidays, she just slept, ate, and walked.

"Xiao He, I'll go too. Yaoyao has just woken up, so I'll take her for a walk." said Mother Gu.

Su He, "Mom, it's a good time to take Yaoyao out to see the wind."

Leaving Gu's father alone to look after the house.

The five of them went to second sister Gu's house. The children were not there as they had gone fishing again. Second brother-in-law looked like he had probably just woken up.

Take advantage of the fact that there is nothing to do during these two days and sleep more.

The mung bean harvest will begin in a few days, and we will be busy until the autumn harvest in November, so we will not have any free time for several months.

"Oh, why are you here?" Second Sister Gu was very surprised.

Because her sister-in-law doesn't like to visit much, she stays at home.

Her mother couldn't get away.

Mother Gu said, "We are just taking a walk."

After saying hello, my second brother-in-law went to the kitchen and opened a watermelon. It was grown in his own backyard and was the seeds left over from the watermelons that my mother-in-law planted last year.

"Mom, sister-in-law, you guys eat watermelon. It's not very red, but it's quite sweet."

"Brother-in-law, don't worry." Su He took the watermelon plate.

"Do you two want to eat watermelon?" I asked the two treasures.

The two children said in unison, "Eat."

Su He gave them a smaller one and said, "Eat this."

The two children said in baby voices, "Thank you, Mom."

Second brother-in-law, "These two children are really well behaved. They even know how to say thank you."

Upon hearing this, Gu's mother said, "They have been like this since they could speak. Their grandfather and I dressed them and fed them, and they always said thank you to grandpa and grandma."

"Then when their grandpa comes back from working in the fields, he will pass them towels and say thank you for your hard work."

"You are sensible now. Mom has also raised children. Your eldest sister, Yuncai, Yunlan, and Jianhua, never told me how hard they worked when they were little."

Mother Gu did not lie. The four children she gave birth to never said these words to them, saying "Dad and Mom, you have worked hard" or anything like that. She never did that.

Her two grandchildren would say thank you for your hard work, Grandpa, when the old man came back from working in the fields. They would work together to get water for Grandpa to wash his face and then hand him a towel. Once, she accidentally cut her hand and her two grandchildren were very distressed.

Said he would take her to see a doctor.

My second brother-in-law said, "These two children have always looked different since they were young. They are smart and clever."

Su He thinks this is how the so-called great kinship between generations comes about.

Her two children are very sweet-talkers and good at expressing themselves. For example, when their mother cut her hand while cutting vegetables, it was just a small cut.

When she and Gu Jianhua got home from get off work that night, they told them that grandma was injured and they had to take her to see a doctor. Mother Gu was so moved that she kept saying, "Grandma's darling! Grandma's baby!"

That's for the rare ones.

"Second sister and second brother-in-law, when school starts in September, are you going to let Mingyue go to school?"

After chatting for a while, Su He asked about this matter.

Sister Gu, "That's what you think. You don't know how badly she did in the final exam. She didn't even pass."

Second brother-in-law, "Mingyue said she got a headache as soon as she entered the classroom, and felt sick all over when she saw the teacher."

"She herself didn't want to go. When she graduated from grade six this year, she told us that she didn't want to go to junior high school anymore."

Su He, "This still gives me a headache and makes me uncomfortable"

This niece is quite averse to studying.

Gu Erjie, "She just doesn't want to study. She doesn't have the brains for it."

"It's OK to graduate from elementary school. At least he's better than the two of us."

Su He nodded, that was indeed true.

In their generation, there were not many families, especially in rural areas, who could send their children to school and graduate from primary school.

Not to mention the 1960s, even in the 1980s and 1990s, many parents in rural areas stopped their children from continuing their studies after elementary school.

But you can't compare with the worse ones.

If possible, it is better to let your children read more books.

"Xiao He, talk to Mingyue, and the child will listen to you." said Second Sister Gu.

If the child wants to go to school, the two of them can support him. It's not that they don't want to, it's the child himself who doesn't want to.

I went to school every day with a sad face, as if I was being tortured. Is there anyone bullying in school? No.

I just don't want to.