"It's so cold, Erniu, you've come too?" Li Xiyue asked with a smile.
Erniu was practicing calligraphy when she saw her sister return. She immediately put down her pen and sweetly called out, "Sister."
Li Xiyue checked her handwriting and praised, "You've improved, great job!"
After Erniu had memorized the medicinal properties, Li Xiyue taught her to recognize characters. Once she had learned to recognize characters, she taught her to keep accounts, write prescriptions, and dispense medicine.
This child has a talent for medicine and is very easy to teach.
"Thank you, sister." Erniu's face was flushed.
Grandma recovered from her illness, and she was able to bring some food home every day. She no longer had to work so hard and worry. She looked taller and gained weight.
Li Xiyue was about to go to the kitchen to make breakfast when she saw medicinal herbs in a basket next to her. She asked, "Erniu, it's snowing, are you going to collect herbs too?"
"We picked them down the hillside. There are many trees in the mountains, and the snow isn't thick," Erniu said, glancing at Li Xiyue, then hesitating to speak.
Li Xiyue asked, "What's wrong?"
"Sister, those old men and women are so pitiful," Erniu said, tugging at her little hand.
Li Xiyue asked in confusion, "Which elderly men and women?"
"They lived in cowsheds."
Li Xiyue understood; it was those few bad elements who had been sent down to the countryside.
I've been so busy these days that I forgot about this. Most of those sent down to the countryside at this time were capable people, the talents of the country. Like those medical books and cultural relics, a lot of them were lost.
Medical books and cultural relics are important, but talent is also important; a talent gap would be a greater loss to the country.
"That educated youth brother is so awful! He forces the old grandpas and grandmas to work while he and Sister Hongmei go off to the woods. I hate him!" Erniu said angrily.
Li Xiyue pinched her little face, "Don't worry, I'll take care of him."
Zhao Guohua is up to his old tricks again; he really needs to be taught a lesson.
"Okay." Erniu smiled.
My older sister is the best. As long as she takes action, my wicked educated youth brother won't dare to bully my grandparents anymore.
After breakfast, Li Xiyue went to the cowshed.
"Xiyue, what brings you here?" Zhao Guohua was directing the old man to do his work when he saw Li Xiyue arrive, and he hurriedly went over with a fawning smile.
Li Xiyue glanced at him. This kid had been doing well lately, looking radiant and wearing a new cotton coat. He was probably just trying to woo some young girl.
She was too embarrassed to tell him, "It's cold, I came to check on the cows, why aren't you working?"
“There are other people doing it,” Zhao Guohua said with a hint of pride. “Besides, I’m going back to the city after the New Year, and I won’t have to do these dirty and tiring jobs anymore.”
Li Xiyue asked in surprise, "Are you going back to the city?"
“Yes, my parents got me a job, and I can go back home after a year,” Zhao Guohua said happily.
Li Xiyue stared at him. This kid, he's about to go back to the city, and he's still lying to that young girl. How shameless of him!
"You old geezers, what are you looking at? Get back to work!" Zhao Guohua cursed as he saw the old folks looking at him instead of working.
Li Xiyue didn't expect Zhao Guohua to be so arrogant without even trying to hide from people, so she kicked him, saying, "Who do you think you are, bossing me around like that? Who do you think you are?"
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