It's surprising how simple he is; it's quite rare to see someone with such a fierce yet adorable demeanor.
But it's super cute.
See? Tiger and his group of kids were all stunned.
"snort!"
The little girl then turned around and walked back, satisfied.
A group of children watched them enter the house before daring to speak.
"They really won't let us listen anymore, will they?"
Immediately, children screamed in pain.
"Oh no, what should we do? I haven't heard enough yet!"
"I want to hear more, I want to know what that monkey, no, that Sun Wukong, did!"
“I want to know too,”
All the underlings turned their attention to their leader.
"Tiger Bro, what do we do? Can we still listen to it?"
Tiger is a pretty smart kid, but he's a little confused right now.
"Yes, right? Didn't you say that as long as we don't mention monkeys, it's fine?"
A group of children, big and small, looked at each other in bewilderment.
After standing there for a while, Hu Zi turned and ran home. The children behind him hesitated for a few seconds before following. The sight of such a large group of kids startled the passing villagers.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
Xiao Hua is helping the old lady tidy up the seedling nursery at home. Not only are there seedlings, but there are also weeds and other things, so she has to keep an eye on them and pull them out whenever she sees them.
Then a group of children came running in, and Tiger stood in front of them, panting heavily.
"Flower, will you still tell me the story of Sun Wukong?"
"What?"
"What are you saying? Speak properly."
The children took turns recounting what had just happened, and even Xiaohua understood, let alone the adults.
"Brother, didn't Xin Xin say that it would be fine if we didn't call him Stone Monkey?"
"Really? Is that what you mean?"
"yes,"
Tiger patted his chest,
"That's good, that's good."
Even when leaving, he turned back to confirm.
"Really? You're not kidding me, are you?"
Xiao Hua, annoyed, also put her hands on her hips.
"Say one more word and you're not listening anymore."
Tiger turned and ran. He relied entirely on his sister to hear stories, and he couldn't afford to offend her. What if she really angered him and refused to tell him any more stories?
A group of children came in with a whoosh and ran out in a whoosh, making the old men and women laugh heartily. Little Flower was so angry she wanted to chase after her brother and punch him a few times.
"Grandma, look at my brother, he seems not to understand what I'm saying."
"Look at our little flower, she's really something, keeping your brother completely under her thumb,"
"That's right. If he wants to hear a story, he has to listen to me. Otherwise, he'll have to go to Xin Xin. Humph, he's so old, but he doesn't know as many words as Xin Xin. He's embarrassed."
Xiaohua was quite proud of herself when she talked about this.
"You know what, these comic books are pretty amazing. Tiger even said he wanted to learn to read just to read one."
Master Liu was also happy to see this happen.
"Learning to read is a good thing,"
"I didn't know that being able to read was a good thing?"
Hey, tell me, before, we would try to teach the kids, but did they learn anything? Xiaohua, who is two years younger than him, has already learned, but he can't even count to ten, and all he does is run around outside all day.
What's going on? Do I have to learn to read just to see a story?
Xiaohua pursed her lips.
"Grandma, my brother is trying to take the book from us. He can't understand it. He keeps asking me what this word is, what that word is. There are only a few words in the whole picture, but he only knows a few. He asks me about them one by one."
The elderly couple were all smiles.
"You have to admit, Xiaohua is really amazing. She knows all those words!"
The little girl was a bit shy.
"No, there are still some people I don't recognize. I'll ask Xin Xin when she arrives."
He started talking animatedly,
"Grandma, Xin Xin said that she will give me another copy of this book after I finish reading it. Sister Jian bought her a lot of books. Xin Xin said that Sister Jian lets her manage them herself."
"Yeah?"
"Yes, I saw it all. There were so many on the bottom shelf of that shelf against the wall."
"What other dictionaries are there?" Xin Xin said. "That dictionary is amazing! If you don't know a word, you can recognize it just by looking it up."
Third Master Liu knew a thing or two.
"That's called looking up a dictionary,"
"Yes, yes, that's what Xin Xin said. She said they could find out how to pronounce it."
“I remember now, after the New Year, I went to the commune again, and sure enough, she was carrying a bundle of books. I vaguely remember seeing her put them in a basket on her back.”
"Oh right, that's when the new educated youth arrived, these were the last few to come. I glanced at them then, but I was talking to Weimin about something, and then I got distracted and forgot about it."
"Oh, this little Jian, she really spoils the child."
That's true. Everyone in the village can see that Jian Dan's clothes are all old, but Xin Xin always has new clothes to wear, and her pockets are always full of snacks and such.
And with this lavish purchase of books for the child, it's clear they're spoiling him rotten.
At that time, even in the city, there weren't many extracurricular books available. Most of what bookstores had were textbooks. Not to mention, after the chaos of the past few years, you could hardly find anything other than textbooks and quotations.
At this point, Jian Dan is still willing to spend money to buy books for her child, which is truly commendable.
“Look at those children in the village, they can’t read. The ones who came with Hu Zi just now, when it comes to listening to stories, they’re all laughing like crazy.”
“When my brother came back, he asked me about it, and then I went to tell them. My brother might have been exaggerating. He made Sun Wukong tell him to become a god.”
"Don't talk nonsense," the old woman said, feigning a scolding.
"What gods or immortals? How could they talk such nonsense?"
"I know, Sister Jian said it herself, that's not a god, that's kung fu."
Sister Jane said that if I read books at her house, I can read as many as I want, and if I bring them home, I can take one book with me, read it until I know all the words, and then exchange it for another.
"Oh my, is this... teaching you to read?"
Xiaohua tossed the grass in her hand aside.
"No, Sister Jian said she's lazy and afraid she won't be able to teach us properly, so she told Xin Xin and me to learn on our own, but we can ask her if we don't understand something."
He scratched his head as he spoke.
“Every time we read books, Sister Jian doesn’t interfere with us. It’s Xin Xin who teaches me. She knows more than I do. She knows all the answers to my questions. If she doesn’t know something, she goes to that big, thick book, what’s it called, the dictionary, and she knows it after looking it up.”
Master Liu sighed.
"Look, this is the difference between going to school and not going to school. The child is so young, but he can already read and recognize words on his own. Isn't this all thanks to the good example set by the adults?"
"Sigh, being illiterate won't do!"
"Sir, you can't be illiterate, or you'll get sold off."
"Yes, our Xiaohua is amazing, you should learn from her."
With a sigh, the old man got up and slowly walked out, while the old woman behind him gave him some instructions.
"Don't say everything, or you'll cause trouble for Xiao Jian."
"I know."
After taking a nap, Jian Xin was no longer sleepy. As soon as she entered the house, she excitedly wanted to get on the kang (heated brick bed).
"Come back, wash your hands and face first, and take off your coat. Look at you, you're covered in mud and grass."
It's no wonder Cheng Chao held on so tightly the whole way; his white shirt probably turned into a floral shirt by now.
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