"Let's go buy some good food!"
The little girl reluctantly pulled her eyes away from the comic book, hesitated for a moment, and quickly glanced at it.
"Can you understand it?"
"Yes, yes!" the little girl said, picking up the book and introducing it to her.
"Look, look, they're playing. This one is angry, and then they fought and cried..."
He spoke with great confidence and reason, and after a quick comparison with the text, I was surprised to find that his understanding was almost entirely correct.
Their eyes changed immediately; they realized they had stumbled upon a treasure!
Have you read this book before? How did you figure it out?
“Dad taught me before.”
When my dad takes me out, he tells me what this is and what that is.
We used to have picture books at home, and my dad would read them with me. But then bad guys came and tore the books up, so I never read them again.
Sometimes when Dad comes home, he'll bring the newspaper and read it to me, and I can understand it all.
What can you say simply?
This is the power of knowledge.
Having knowledge and understanding its value will naturally instill these instincts and habits in children through example and instruction; this is the essence of a scholarly family.
He patted the child's head; now the child could talk about Sheng Zhiyuan quite calmly.
"Okay, Daddy is amazing. Everything Daddy taught you is useful. Xinxin, keep it up. Studying is a good habit. Your sister will always support you."
The little girl nodded, then scratched her head.
"Sister, can I lend my books to Brother Huzi and the others?"
Why should we lend it to them?
It's simple, but not against it; I just don't understand why the child would have this idea.
"If you have any problems, just tell your sister, and she'll help you figure something out."
Unexpectedly, the little girl sighed first.
"You have no idea, they're so stupid, they can't even count. I've taught them so many times, but they still can't remember."
"You teach them to count?"
This is quite unexpected. How old is this little dumpling? How can it already teach others?
Yes, yes!
Little Flower Sister has learned it all and can count to twenty now.
Tiger Brother can only count to five, and he can't even count candies properly! Humph, he even got the candy count wrong!
Although I knew there was no school in the village and the children would definitely be greatly affected, I never expected that even the most basic skill of counting could not be popularized.
"Don't they all know how?"
"No, no, Xin Xin taught me. Sister Xiao Hua is so amazing, I can learn it in no time."
"And another thing, they can't count to two or three."
Using her little hands as a guide, she readily asked the question.
"Really? You can't do two or three?"
"yes.
That day when we were shoveling snow, I said we ate three meals a day, but they all said it was only two. Humph! So stupid! Even Xin Xin is angry.
Simple,?
It was inexplicably a little awkward.
Um, kid, you might really have wronged them.
In this village, it seems that apart from her family and Mingzhu's family, everyone else really only has two meals a day in winter.
After visiting the commune, I took the little girl to the supply and marketing cooperative, which was much smaller than the county town. We bought some newly arrived chicken cakes, then went to the state-run restaurant where the little girl ordered braised pork. We also packed a few steamed buns to go. The two sisters then carried their books and headed out.
As soon as I stepped outside, someone grabbed my arm.
"Little girl, is it really you?"
Caught off guard, Jian Dan was startled and quickly pulled the child behind her.
Only then did he look up.
"It's you?"
Upon closer inspection, it was an acquaintance—the old lady of the Cheng family, the mother of Director Cheng of the commune's public security bureau. Jian Dan had even saved her life.
What are you doing here? You've come to the commune, why don't you go home?
Don't say anything more, come inside, I'll stew chicken for you.
The old lady was very enthusiastic and tried to pull her away, but she simply and firmly refused.
She's really not good at this kind of situation.
The little girl curiously peeked out from behind her, blinking her eyes. The old woman looked down and their eyes met.
"Oh my! Whose child is this? They're so beautiful!"
Jian quickly pulled the child out and held him in front of her.
"This is my sister, Grandma Cheng. We came here with the village bus today. It's almost time for us to go back. We'll come again when we have time to bother you."
We'll be going now.
After saying that, she grabbed the child and ran away; she was genuinely afraid of such enthusiasm.
"Why?"
Watching them board an oxcart from afar, the old lady stood there for a while, but still reluctantly went into the supply and marketing cooperative. After coming out, she went into the state-run restaurant.
The two sisters ran and stumbled back to the oxcart, but no one else had returned yet.
This startled Master Liu.
"What happened? Did the dog chase you?"
Simply panting heavily, he waved his hands.
"No, no... Last year, I... I accidentally saved an old lady. Just now, we happened to run into her, and she insisted that we come to her house for dinner."
"What? You're scared like this just because I'm eating?"
He couldn't help but look at the child.
Seeing her sister nod, Jian Xin also nodded seriously and emphatically.
"Yes, yes, that grandma was so scary. She was just holding my sister and laughing. It was terrifying."
Old Master Liu was speechless.
"You're really something! Saving someone is a good deed, it's only natural that they'd thank you, isn't it? Anyone who didn't know better would think you'd done something wrong!"
"No, no, I can't stand this!"
Jian Dan wonders if she has some degree of social anxiety.
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