The next morning, Xia Tian and Sister Yao went to the mountains to pick mushrooms for half a day, and the four large bamboo sieves woven by Shen Nian were all filled with mushrooms.
I didn't go up the mountain in the afternoon. I tidied up the vegetable garden in the backyard. It rained for a few days and all the vegetables I planted have grown.
In the summer, I use a small hoe to weed the weeds around the seedlings and loosen the soil at the same time.
In two months, I should be able to eat the vegetables I grow myself.
After hoeing the ground, he started to clean up the yard.
All the firewood brought back was neatly arranged according to size. Those that were too big and thick were chopped directly with an axe in the yard, and then neatly stacked against the wall.
Chen Nian sat at the door, watching Xia Tian, who was like a spinning top, busying herself all afternoon, and found it funny!
This girl must still be angry about yesterday!
Shen Nian curved her eyebrows and called her, "Xia Tian, pour me a glass of water!"
"Hey, here it is!" Xia Tian picked up the teapot, "Isn't there water?"
Pouting to express dissatisfaction.
Shen Nian looked at the person who was throwing a tantrum and didn't respond.
Ask her, "Xia Tian, do you want to learn to read?"
Xia Tian's originally angry expression recovered in a second, and his eyes lit up.
"Yes, yes." How could she have forgotten about this?
The original body was illiterate, but fortunately she had always been in the village and had no chance to show that she could read, otherwise she would have been exposed.
Now Shen Nian is willing to teach, what a great opportunity!
Shen Nian knew that she would definitely agree if he proposed it.
This girl must have wanted to read very much. She often flipped through his books secretly while cleaning the room, and her eyes lit up when she flipped through them.
However, he just flipped through the pages and closed them, probably because he didn't know how to read.
I have to say, this is such a beautiful misunderstanding!
"There is no pen, ink, paper and inkstone at home. Let's go buy a set tomorrow and buy two enlightenment books by the way." Shen Nian said.
Xia Tian asked Shen Nian, “Let’s go buy it together tomorrow?”
"You go!" Shen Nian refused.
"Forget it! I can't read and I'm afraid I can't buy it well." She didn't want to go alone.
"Brother Shen, don't you have a book? Just teach me how to recognize it first. Once I know them all, it won't be too late to buy more." She suggested to Shen Nian.
"Okay." Chen Nian nodded. He would first learn to read and then teach her how to write, as a way to repay her for her dedicated care.
Shen Nian went into the house and took out a book, sat at the door, opened the first page, pointed at the words on it, and began to teach sentence by sentence.
Xia Tian leaned over, his eyes fixed on the movement of Shen Nian’s hand.
The fingers are slender, with distinct joints, and most importantly, they are incredibly white.
Looking at my own "chicken feet" again, I instantly felt ashamed of myself.
After Shen Nian finished reading, he saw that Xia Tian was not following, so he looked up and found that the girl was staring at his hands intently.
Shen Nian coughed lightly, Xia Tian came back to his senses, smiled at Shen Nian embarrassedly, and quickly followed and read it again.
The book was filled with traditional Chinese characters, some of which she didn't recognize, so she quickly pointed at the characters and read them again one by one.
After finishing a sentence, Xia Tian looked up and asked Shen Nian, “Brother Shen, is that right?”
Seeing Shen Nian nodded, he continued to read sentence by sentence.
In this way, one taught and the other learned, and in less than half an hour, she recognized all the words on the first page.
Shen Nian looked at Xia Tian!
I knew she was smart, but I didn't expect her memory to be so good.
Looking at Shen Nian’s slightly surprised expression, Xia Tian was complacent, “I’m smart, right?”
Shen Nian's lips curled up slightly and nodded, "Smart!"
If she had a tail, she would definitely lift it up by now!
Xia Tian also smiled and thought, there are more surprises to come!
The two studied for a while, and Xia Tian saw that it was getting late, so he went to prepare dinner.
Shen Nian put away the book and watched Xia Tian busy in the kitchen.
There seems to be nothing wrong with such a peaceful day!
There is no intrigue and no fear of being plotted against.
…
A few days passed in a flash!
In the past few days, Xia Tian has finished learning half of the book and has learned quite a few words.
At home, Chen Nian not only teaches Xia Tian to read, but also weaves things with bamboo strips.
I also made a rocking chair in the yard in the summer.
Because of Sister Yao, Xia Tian gradually became familiar with all the aunts, aunts, and sisters-in-law in the village.
He also dug up a grape vine from the home of an aunt he knew and planted it in the yard, saying that when the vine grew up, he could sit in a rocking chair under it and enjoy the cool air.
On April 14th, before noon, a guest came to our house.
In the summer, I went to the mountains to cut bamboo, and all the bamboo I cut was used up by Chen Nian.
The chicks at home sometimes run to the vegetable garden in the backyard.
In order to prevent them from harming the vegetables in the field, she planned to cut some bamboo and surround the vegetable field.
Also build a chicken coop in the backyard to prevent the chickens from dropping shit all over the ground when they grow up.
As Xia Tian entered the door, she saw Shen Nian and a man sitting under the apricot tree in the yard. Under the apricot tree was a set of tables and stools woven by Shen Nian.
Take a closer look!
"Brother?" She was very surprised. She didn't expect that someone from the Xia family would come to see her.
The person who came was Xia Tian’s elder brother, Xia Yang.
"Si Ya." Xia Yang quickly stood up, his voice filled with surprise and his face a little embarrassed as he shouted.
"Brother, why are you here?"
Xia Tian put the backpack and the bamboo on his shoulders on the ground, with a smile on his face, and walked towards Xia Yang while talking.
"I, I came to see you." Xia Yang said unnaturally.
“Brother, please sit down first. I’ll go wash my hands first.” Xia Tian quickly went to the kitchen to wash his hands, then came back and sat on the stool next to Shen Nian.
Shen Nian poured a glass of water and handed it to her. Xia Tian took it and drank it all in one gulp. She was indeed a little thirsty.
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