Because the number of words that can be learned is limited after all, Wang Shiyu quietly hid under the window with the book and listened secretly when he was teaching Zhang Qingzhou. Under normal circumstances, she would not know so many words, but Wang Shiyu was smart, and even these things were easy for her.
Mo Ruru saw her daughter's expression and felt a pang of sadness. She took over her daughter's work, cleaned up the house, and let her study there for a while. She knew that her father-in-law would not allow his daughter to learn these things. After she married into the family, her father-in-law had said that a girl's virtue lies in her lack of talent and that she didn't need to learn to read in the future.
So she set the rule early on that when a girl is born, she only needs to be diligent and capable, and she doesn't need to learn anything else. So her daughter is almost nine years old now, but she can't even read a single word. She can only mend clothes with her embroidery skills, and she can't embroider at all. There is nothing she can teach her daughter.
Looking at her daughter studying secretly, she knew that the child really wanted to learn, which really hurt her heart as a mother. Especially when she saw Xiaoyi from her brother-in-law's family, who had already started to read the Three Character Classic, while her daughter could only take a basket and go to the beach with those children to pick up shells, she, as a mother, felt really sorry for her daughter. If she hadn't lost her memory and couldn't even write her own name, how could she have let her daughter become illiterate?
Moreover, when at home, the old man was always on guard against Wang Shiyu and would not allow her to approach the place where the two boys lived. Every time he taught, the old man would always stay close to the window. If anyone approached, he would drive them away. He was afraid that Xiaoyu would learn something. The reason why he did not want Xiaoyu to learn was just to control the child. Because once a person has knowledge in his mind, he will yearn for it, making it impossible for the family to control him, let alone fool him.
Xiaoyu always kept this in mind when she was at home and never crossed the line. She even cleaned the house before they started studying.
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