Chapter 955: A Dream (36)
Xiao Chengjin felt helpless, but there was nothing he could do.
The four sisters of the Xiao family are girls and cannot take part in the imperial examinations.
The reason why Xiao Chengjin wanted to teach them to read and write was just because he hoped that they could be sensible.
But looking at the current situation, they don't want to learn.
The next day, when Xiao Chengjin saw Su Ruanruan, he told her about this matter.
After staying here for so many days, Su Runrun has learned more and more, and therefore understands why the four sisters of the Xiao family do not want to learn to read and write.
If a girl lives in a wealthy family, she can learn to read, write, play the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, which can cultivate her sentiments and also give her a good reputation. Then, when she gets married in the future, she will be more confident and be able to find a good match.
But in farming families, not to mention girls, even for many boys it is of no use knowing a few words.
In everyone's general perception, it is useless for girls to know how to read.
If you don't spend money on it and you can't take the entrance exam in the future, what's the point of learning it? If you really have that much time, you might as well help with more housework.
Once you have learned these, you will not be completely in the dark when you get married, have children and live your life in the future.
Su Runrun told Xiao Chengjin what she had learned, and Xiao Chengjin fell silent.
He almost forgot that this place was different from where they lived.
Although many people in the Third Production Brigade also favored boys over girls, if conditions allowed, everyone still hoped that their children could go to school and learn to read, and preferably graduate from junior high school, so that they would have a chance to try when factories in the county town were recruiting.
If you have never been to school for a single day, you won't be able to go to work even if the factory is recruiting workers every day.
But here, it doesn’t matter whether you study or not.
No factory will recruit workers.
Never.
Seeing that Xiao Chengjin was a little depressed, Su Ruanruan patted Xiao Chengjin on the shoulder and said, "It's okay. When our strawberries and watermelons are grown and we can make money, our family conditions will be better. By then, I will have learned embroidery well. I will teach them embroidery. This is also a skill. Learning it is the foundation of your life."
Xiao Chengjin nodded, "This is the only way."
Although they said so, they both understood that it was really harder for the Xiao family to live a good life than for the Su family.
Because Su Cangshan gave the village chief eggs, the village chief was more attentive when teaching Su Runrun and Xiao Chengjin.
But the two of them made very fast progress. On the first day, they only learned 28 characters, but on the second day they could learn 40 characters.
Later on, the number increased day by day.
The Thousand Character Classic, which originally took a long time for children at home to learn, was learned by Su Runrun and Xiao Chengjin in just over half a month.
On the day when the two of them finished writing the thousand-word article, the village chief had a complicated expression on his face.
Especially when he looked at Xiao Chengjin, the regret in his eyes could not be hidden.
After a long silence, the village chief slowly said, "Jinbao, when your family is well off, ask your father to send you to school. You are so smart, it would be a pity if you don't study."
Unfortunately, he himself had not read many books, and it was already a stretch for him to teach the Thousand Character Classic. Moreover, he had the intention but not the ability.
Su Ruanruan and Xiao Chengjin bowed respectfully to the village chief, "Thank you for your teachings, Grandpa Village Chief."
"What a good boy! Go home!"
Coming out of the village chief's house, Su Ruanruan said to Xiao Chengjin, "Once our watermelons and strawberries are planted, we can bring the village chief's family to plant them together next year."
(Chapter 3)
(End of this chapter)
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