Chapter 12 Chapter 12
Chapter 12
In the Su family's courtyard, Mrs. Su brought two aunts who came to help to make wedding cakes, and they also moved out a small table for Su Yinyin to write.
Li Ruiyuan found the smallest brush and selected the Thousand Character Classic from the primer, then began teaching.
Su Yinyin held the brush, but even the smallest brush was a little difficult for her to hold.
Generally, children start their education at the age of five or seven. For a three-year-old baby, everything is too big and only special stationery will do.
Li Ruiyuan simply put down the pen and ink in his hand and said, "I will teach you how to read first. This kind of pen is not easy to use."
"If you hold it for too long, your hands will hurt."
Su Yinyin nodded obediently and listened to the professionals!
The little friend seems to have a good family background, so he must understand better.
Li Ruiyuan took the Thousand Character Classic in his hand and taught Su Yinyin to read it word by word.
"The sky and earth are dark and yellow, and the universe is vast and wild."
These are not difficult for Su Yinyin. Her following along is more about recognizing words.
If traditional Chinese characters are placed in an article, I can still understand them almost perfectly, but if I take them out individually, I really don't recognize many of them.
This was Li Ruiyuan's first time as a teacher, and he taught in an extremely detailed manner. He wanted to teach everything he had learned, but he had no idea that his teaching style was not suitable for a three-year-old baby at all.
The secret guards were hesitant to speak, but it turned out that His Highness's student was not ordinary. He could actually read half of the Thousand Character Classic in just one morning?
Is this reasonable?
The secret guards also have children at home, and their children can only read through the book after studying for half a year.
At the end of the day, Su Yinyin, who has read half of the Thousand Character Classic, should start practicing calligraphy.
Unfortunately, those brushes are not suitable for children, so I had to give up.
After school in the afternoon, his elder brother Su Xian came into the house excitedly and said, "Sister, let me start teaching you from the Thousand Character Classic."
After Su Xian finished speaking, he remembered another thing: "Mom, the teacher said that you and dad will go to the private school tomorrow."
The Master did not say what, only that we must go.
Madam Su nodded: "Tomorrow afternoon, we will deliver the wedding cakes in the morning."
After one day, it was finally done.
Pack it up tonight and deliver it to Cheng’s house early tomorrow morning.
The two aunts who were working with them relaxed a lot, and followed Madam Su to cook dinner, and they were not idle at all.
Su Xian walked over to his sister and saw her holding a book, waiting for him obediently. He said, "The Thousand Character Classic is a primer, more suitable for learning."
"Let's learn the first four sentences first. It will be fine as long as we can repeat them."
As soon as he finished speaking, his brother saw the papers on the small table.
The words above are clean and neat, very powerful, and you can tell at first glance that they are not the handwriting of an ordinary person.
He started learning Chinese characters at the age of five. Now he is eleven years old, and the structure of his handwriting is comparable to this character.
Who wrote this?
Brother Su Xian was shocked.
"It was written by Yuan Rui." Su Yinyin added, "He came to play today and said he wanted to learn the Thousand Character Classic first."
Su Yinyin was a little distressed.
Reading is not a big problem for her; the most important thing is practicing calligraphy.
But the brush was too big and she couldn't hold it.
It's really worrying.
When I turned around, my brother was standing still, a look of disbelief on his face.
Has anyone taught my sister???
What should he do then!
In class today, he made detailed and careful plans.
Brother Su Xian even felt a little guilty. If he hadn't done very well in his studies, he would have thought that the teacher called his parents over to criticize him for being distracted in class!
But what is the result!
When I got home, my sister had already learned it.
The elder brother did not give up and asked again: "What did you learn today?"
Su Yinyin studied obediently and finished half of the Thousand Character Classic. Her expressionless brother looked ferocious.
This doesn't make sense.
This is his sister!
"Brother, am I reading this wrong?"
Su Xian gritted his teeth and said, "Yes."
"Did he teach you to write?"
Su Yinyin shook her head.
That was exactly what troubled her.
"Then I will teach you that writing is a basic skill. It is not enough to only know how to read but not write."
He doesn't show off. He just focuses on writing and doesn't teach others.
Su Yinyin stretched out her little hand and grabbed in the air with her five fingers. Her short little fingers were chubby and small.
Su Xian didn't understand what was going on, so his sister said, "I can't hold the pen."
Her hands are so small.
If you can't hold a pen, you can't master the correct writing method.
Brother Su Xian stopped again.
The eleven-year-old brother was dejected.
Hey, he just wanted to teach his sister how to write and read!
"It's time to eat."
Madam Su greeted.
The brother and sister sat down hand in hand.
Su Xian was just about to tell his mother that he wanted to buy a special pen for his sister when Su Yinyin tugged at his sleeve.
Don't say it.
Specially made pens are bound to be expensive.
My mother has just started earning money, so it’s not appropriate to let the family buy it.
Su Xian hesitated to speak, as he knew best how much studying cost.
The cost of studying on a daily basis is not small, and specially made ones are indeed expensive.
Su Yinyin said secretly: "It doesn't matter, I will be fine when I grow up a little bit."
Then I can use my brother’s stationery.
After coaxing her brother, Su Yinyin happily held the bowl and ate.
Su Xian studied until late that night and made up his mind that he must pass the imperial examination and become a scholar as soon as possible so that he could buy lots of good things for his sister.
Early in the morning on the ninth day of March, Madam Su and her two aunts were busy.
Su Yinyin became dazed and was carried to Cheng's house.
One hundred and eighty-eight pairs of wedding cakes were packed last night. Each pair was wrapped in a layer of oil paper and then wrapped in red paper. This made them look good and taste good.
Finally, carry it in a bamboo basket and send it to Cheng's house.
When they arrived at Cheng's house, Su Yinyin was almost sober. She lay obediently on her mother's shoulder and did not cause any trouble.
The Cheng family was busy at this time.
Tomorrow is the day when the Cheng and Zhang families will get married, and everything needs to be prepared.
The Cheng family's old woman saw Madam Su coming early and smiled: "Great, great, it was delivered on time. Madam Su, you are really reliable."
Everyone likes to deal with reliable traders.
Madam Su was meticulous in her work and never made mistakes, so now that all the wedding cakes were ready, they had one less thing to do.
As they were talking, the Cheng family's maid stuffed a few red envelopes in front of them. Even Su Yinyin had an extra red envelope in her hand: "Please ask for good luck. We will need your help for the wedding banquet in Dading later."
The quantity of wedding cakes is confirmed to be correct and the taste has been tried before.
The Cheng family immediately decided on the follow-up cooperation.
Aunt Li and Aunt Wang, who were holding the red envelope, wanted to see how much reward money there was, but they were a little embarrassed. When they turned the corner, Su Yinyin had already opened it and said in surprise, "It's a lot of money."
A full fifty cents!
The two aunts also opened the red envelope, and it was indeed fifty cents.
This money was nothing to the Cheng family, but it was very useful to them. It was enough to buy a lot of rice and flour, enough for many days of food.
Madam Su was equally happy.
Not only is there a reward of money, there is also follow-up cooperation, which is also recognition from the employer.
The four people went home happily and then had breakfast. Madam Su took out another two hundred coins. As agreed, it was two days' wages, fifty coins per day.
Strictly speaking, it was less than two days. I finished the work in the whole day yesterday and just this morning.
But Madam Su insisted on giving it to her. She had kneaded dough all day yesterday and stayed up late at night to make wedding cakes. She didn't sleep for long and had to get up to deliver the goods. It was not an easy job.
The two aunts couldn't refuse and accepted it with red eyes.
After just over a day, he was already paid a hundred coins and even received a fifty-coin reward.
Madam Su was quite nervous and didn't know what to say.
Su Yinyin was holding a small bowl and yawned, "Mom, I'm so sleepy. You guys stayed up so late last night, aren't you sleepy?"
I'm sleepy.
But there is also more excitement.
After Su Yinyin mentioned this, everyone realized how busy they had been yesterday and how tired they were.
Madam Su said quickly, "I'll need your help next time. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be able to handle it alone."
After sending the two aunts away, Madam Su hugged her daughter and sighed, "When your father was away, they helped me a lot."
Since the men in their families are serving in the army, they help each other on a daily basis.
But the current situation is different. If we want to provide more help, we need to find some reasons.
Su Yinyin said seriously: "Mom, when our business gets bigger and bigger, we can hire them."
"By then, everyone will have a job and food to eat."
Mrs. Su was amused by her daughter: "How can it be that simple? Do you think that everyone who gets married will order wedding cakes from us?"
"What if?" Su Yinyin muttered softly, "Mom is so capable, she will definitely be able to do it."
Madam Su smiled again and kissed her daughter's little face: "It's okay as long as the baby is here. The baby is the most blessed thing in our family."
Delivered the wedding cakes to the Cheng family in the morning.
In the afternoon, Su Yinyin was carried to her brother's private school again.
This time I was lying on daddy's shoulders.
"Is there anything going on in the private school?" asked Deputy Envoy Su.
Madam Su shook her head: "Xian'er doesn't know either, he just said that the Master asked us to go."
Su Xian has always been an excellent student, and was always ranked first when he was studying in the village.
When I arrived at the private school in Chang'an Lane in the capital, I lagged behind others at first, but now in my fourth year, I have become the first again.
What will happen in this situation?
Su Yinyin was also a little curious. She had never experienced such a thing as a teacher calling parents.
But I heard that either the students were particularly naughty and the parents were asked to take care of them, or the students were very good and the parents were praised.
Her brother must be the latter!
The Master didn't know how to start in front of the Su family couple. When he saw the little girl of the Su family, he made small talk: "I heard that your little girl has read half of the Thousand Character Classic. Not bad."
This was naturally what Su Xian said.
He showed off to his classmates with an expressionless face, and thought that his classmate teacher would refute him.
I didn't expect that everyone thought this could be true.
The brother is so smart, so it’s not surprising that the sister can read half of the Thousand Character Classic!
The teacher talked a lot and finally got to the point.
"Although our private school is not only used for enlightenment, it is no longer enough for Su Xian."
"This is a letter of recommendation. You can go to these private schools to have a look. The teachers there are Juren, which is more suitable for your eldest son. But the fees of private schools are a bit high, so you should be mentally prepared."
Su Yinyin poked her head in.
Neither being scolded nor being praised.
It’s to let my brother skip a grade!
My brother is a genius student!
The Su couple were a little confused. They knew that their eldest son was talented in studying, but they didn't know he was so talented.
The two were just thinking about how to reply when the door was pushed open by the teacher's assistant, who was extremely angry.
"Master! Su Xian actually helped his classmates write their homework! He charges 100 coins for each!"
A thick pile of homework was taken out.
Su Yinyin was shocked.
How many hundred coins are this?
My brother is not only good at studying, but also good at making money?
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
