Chapter 54 First Day of Teaching
Zhao Suying said seriously, "Second brother, Yueyue didn't give Xiaokang a brush today. She didn't mean to cause trouble between you and your husband. She just wanted to change Xiaokang's temper. Don't blame her."
"I know. I agree with what my little sister is doing."
"Yueyue also said that if you want to send Xiaokang to the academy now, then let's do it. Our family can afford it now."
Li Erhu refused: "Mom, let's calm his temper first. If he is still the same as before, there is no need to study. I will regret it if he becomes as bad as Gao Zhiyuan."
"Okay, let's see how he performs first."
Li Erhu responded and turned to leave.
Li Dachuan took the things back to the house and gave them to Wang Guixiang: "My mother gave them to me. Keep them well."
Wang Guixiang was stunned for a moment, then took it and said, "Why did mom give me so much money? And brown sugar."
"Mom said that we have been working hard these days, and the family has some income now, so she asked us to keep some money for ourselves."
Wang Guixiang sighed: "My mother is a rare good mother-in-law."
The Li family is also a rare family with a good family tradition. They do not bully their daughters-in-law, do not favor boys over girls, and treat everyone equally. It is really a blessing for her to marry into such a good family.
The moon is above the willows, and in the quiet night, only the singing of insects can be heard.
The next day, the family got up early as usual and went about their own business.
After Li Wanyue got up, she practiced a set of boxing in the backyard. In her previous life, she had learned free fighting in order to learn self-defense skills. She practiced it when she had nothing to do, which could also help her keep fit.
Several children also got up earlier than usual. They knew they had to start studying today, and they were thinking about things, so they woke up early.
There was a table in the yard, and several children were sitting around it obediently.
Li Kang pinched the corner of his clothes and walked forward nervously: "Aunt, can I learn from you?"
Li Wanyue glanced around and asked in a low voice, "Don't you feel ashamed to learn from a little girl like me?"
Li Kang's face instantly turned red, and he stammered, "Aunt, I'm sorry, I was wrong before, I will definitely correct it in the future."
"Then I'll see how you perform. If you still have the idea of looking down on girls, don't follow my lead and go sit down."
Li Kang nodded fiercely.
At this time, Li Erhu brought a slate from the backyard and said, "Sister, I have made a sand table and found a slate. Do you think this slate is okay for them to practice calligraphy?"
Li Wanyue smiled and replied: "Okay, that's great. If you have nothing to do, why don't you sit there and study with us?"
"Me? Follow those kids? No, no, no, that won't work." Li Erhu was embarrassed, although he also wanted to learn.
"Second brother, learning has no age limit. You can learn as long as you live. Besides, we are all family. There is nothing to be embarrassed about."
"Brother, my sister is right. There is nothing to be embarrassed about." Li Sandong also came out. His sister was right and he also wanted to learn.
Li Youshan sat silently behind a few people.
When Li Erhu saw that his father was sitting there, he sat there too.
Li Wanyue found a piece of wood and wrote a few lines on it with a fire stick.
Li Wanyue pointed at the words and said, "Now read with me. Man is born good. Surnames are similar, but habits are different. If you don't teach, your nature will change. The way to teach is to be specialized."
The courtyard was suddenly filled with the sound of loud reading.
"What these two sentences mean is that when people are born, their natures are inherently good and their innate qualities are similar. It is only because of the different environments and education they receive that their habits become so different..."
After Li Wanyue explained, she continued, "Let's learn these few sentences today. Read them to me a few times, and then I will teach you how to write the strokes."
A quarter of an hour later, Li Wanyue wrote a few strokes on the wooden board.
"Next, you can learn the strokes. You can dip your fingers in water and try to write on the table. You can practice on the sand table after class."
Li Wanyue finished speaking and pointed at the strokes on the wooden board and said, "This is the horizontal stroke, this is the vertical stroke, this is the left stroke, this is the right stroke, dot, lift, fold, hook. Let's talk about the horizontal stroke first. The horizontal stroke is a commonly used stroke in calligraphy..."
Several people stared at the wooden board without moving their eyes, and wrote on the table with their hands dipped in water.
Before I knew it, half an hour had passed and the smell of food came from the kitchen.
Li Wanyue couldn't help but smile when she saw how seriously they were studying. In the past, at this time, everyone would be waiting to eat, but now they didn't feel hungry at all.
"Okay, let's learn these first."
Zhao Suying and a few others came out of the kitchen carrying bowls, but they didn't come out even after the meal was ready because they were afraid of disturbing the family's study.
Looking at the children studying hard and smiling with satisfaction, the days are getting better and better.
The family had a simple breakfast. They used the leftover buns and made three scallion pancakes, which they drank with corn porridge. The meal was much better than before.
Li Xiaotao approached Wang Guixiang and said, "Mom, you didn't follow me just now. I will teach you when I learn it. You will be able to recognize words in the future."
Wang Guixiang smiled and responded: "Okay, Mom is waiting for you to teach me."
After dinner, Li Erhu was going to chop wood. Li Wanyue stopped him and said, "Second brother, after you finish chopping wood, help me chop some bamboos. They are about this thick."
Li Wanyue measured the thickness with her hand.
"Okay, I'll be there in a minute."
"Thank you, bro."
Li Erhu smiled, took the hatchet and rope and left.
When Li Sandong came back from fetching water, Li Wanyue called him and walked to the yard with the drawing and handed it to him.
"Sandong, can you do this?"
Li Sandong took a look and nodded: "Okay, but we don't have that much material at home. Sister, why did you think of making a table like this?"
"It will make eating more convenient." Li Wanyue thought that Li Sandong must be very tired because he had been being bossed around by her during this period of time, so she decided to let someone else cook the table.
She asked, "Is there a carpenter in our village?"
"Yes, sister, you forgot that Uncle Dafa's family is a carpenter."
Li Wanyue blinked: "I didn't remember it for a moment. You take the blueprint to see Dafabo and see if he can do it. Oh, and remind him not to leak the blueprint for the time being."
"Don't worry, Dafabo's family are all very nice people. As long as you don't let him say it, he will never leak it."
"Okay, then you can take the blueprint and run over there, and come back later to make the ink sticks."
"Yes." Li Sandong walked out quickly with the blueprint.
There was still a basket of pine smoke left from the last collection, which had been dried in the shade. Li Wanyue steamed the deer glue first, and Li Sandong came back soon.
"Sister, Uncle Dafa said he can do it. It just so happens that there is no work right now. It can be done in three or four days. But the fee is one and a half taels of silver. Sister, this price is not high."
Li Wanyue nodded, after all, the accessories she was bidding for required iron.
"OK."
After the glue is steamed, pour it into the pine smoke, add the ingredients and knead it repeatedly into a ball.
Li Wanyue handed over the subsequent gluing process to Li Youshan and Li Sandong, with Wang Guixiang and Zhao Suying also helping. Because it was time-consuming and there was no need to watch over them, they just had to beat the glue repeatedly to allow the glue and smoke to fully blend.
Halfway through the fight, Li Dachuan came back, and Li Erhu also came back carrying some bamboo segments.
Li Dachuan immediately stepped forward to help.
Li Erhu pointed at the bamboo and asked, "Little sister, do you think this bamboo is okay?"
Li Wanyue looked over and nodded: "Okay, second brother, you have worked hard."
"You are the only one who can talk." Li Erhu smiled and put the bamboo aside.
Li Wanyue continued, "Second brother, after you take a break, help me saw the bamboo into sections."
Li Erhu: No wonder he says nice things, there is still work waiting for him.
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