Tu Yufan bought a two-story house in a civilian area and brought his third and fourth sons over.
When Erdan saw such a big house, his eyes were full of curiosity.
"Dad, this place is so big, won't mom come and live here?"
"This house doesn't belong to your father. Your eldest brother will take good care of mother. You don't have to worry so much. You need to learn to do things well and learn to support yourself when you grow up. All your father's things will be given to your sister as a dowry."
The third brother widened his eyes, quite puzzled: "My sister is a girl, why should we give the family property to her?"
Tu Yufan knew that the third brother was not wrong. In ancient times, daughters were not eligible to share the family property.
"Because Erdan is smart and has more things to do than dad. He will become a big landlord in the future. He won't be interested in dad's little money, right? Then my sister will have more dowry and won't be bullied in her husband's family."
The third child was so dazed by the praise that he actually nodded in agreement.
Speaking of the third son, he was raised to be careless and married a wife but did not treat her well. In the end, his wife died in childbirth and two people died. Only then did he realize his mistake, but it was too late.
Tu Yufan followed the previous practice and took him to learn how to read and write.
The teacher is an old child teacher, who basically teaches introductory classes, teaches students to recognize about a thousand words, and teaches them to read basic books such as "Three Character Classic" and "Hundred Family Names".
Tu Yufan thought this shouldn't be a big problem. Ten years old is the age when children have better memory, so just memorizing it would be enough.
Unexpectedly, I was persuaded to quit after just one month.
"I'm sorry, I really can't teach your son well." The old boy said apologetically, "Let's ask someone else to teach us."
Generally speaking, since there are no scientific examination tasks in this kind of enlightenment class, the teacher will not blame the students for poor teaching.
Unless it's really a hopeless situation.
Tu Yufan asked a few indirect questions and found out that compared with other children, Erdan was simply mentally retarded.
The other children could recite the whole poem fluently in just a few days by following their example.
However, he had so much trouble that he couldn't even memorize the first section. After several days, his progress was still zero. It was difficult for him to even be an accountant.
Lao Tong said this to avoid being entangled by Tu Yufan in the future.
"Erdan is stupid. If you can't learn, you will gain something if you study for a longer time. I'm sorry to bother you."
Tu Yufan said that as long as he could learn a few words, he would be fine, and he did not require anything else. Then he presented a holiday gift, and only then did the old boy stop talking.
On the way to Yi's home
"Wow, Dad, if I don't study, I won't be able to pass the exam and become a scholar, and I won't be able to support my little sister."
"Who told you that being a scholar can support my little sister?"
"Zhang Gui said that his sister was able to marry Tong Bi again after her engagement was broken off, all thanks to her brother being a scholar,"
Tu Yufan couldn't help laughing and thought, Erdan is dreaming, with this brain he can't even be a child, yet he wants to be a scholar to support the fourth brother.
But it’s good to have this sense of responsibility.
A few days later, Tu Yufan unexpectedly received a letter from Guan Hu.
"...My sister has become the concubine of a nobleman in the capital. I have come to the capital now. My sister bought me a big house..."
Tu Yufan thought about it for a while, then he remembered that Guan Hu was not an unknown person in the plot.
He was Defei's younger brother, who was beaten to death by the county magistrate and his body was dumped in the wilderness.
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