"Shunzi caught a cold, sir, please come back." A woman said this to Xiao Jing with a smile, and then closed the broken wooden door hard.

Still unwilling to give in, Xiao Jing raised his hand and wanted to knock on the door, but he heard a woman shouting from inside: "My child doesn't want to take the exam, so what is he going to do if he knows those words? He might as well help with some work!"

Xiao Jing turned around and walked away with a bitter smile. This was the fifth household he visited. The previous households gave various excuses: some said that the child was sick, some said that the child had traveled far away, and some were simply straightforward.

I told him that my child no longer wants to read.

Since settling down, Xiao Jing has been the king of children. Using "candied haws as a gift after school" as bait, he gathered together some children who did not need help at home and taught them literacy; when the busy farming season was over, he came

There were even more children, and when the crowd was at its peak, there were almost 80 students, so he and Shaoning had to teach separately to take care of them.

These children all come from ordinary families. Their families either cannot afford a husband, or they do not have the will to let their children study. It is quite a sense of accomplishment to be able to bring a group of children together to learn something while shaking their heads.

Just now...

Xiao Jing kicked the snow hard, and the flying snow powder was blown back to him by the wind, making him smart all over.

After standing still for a while, he walked towards the "classroom".

"Wangfu, didn't I tell you not to talk in class!" Shaoning waved the branch in his hand in a "powerful" manner. His majestic and serious look was very much like a teacher's.

The child who was named by him quickly turned around and stuck out his tongue. Shaoning walked up to him and wrote the word "福" on the snow with a branch, and said with a half-smile, "What does this word mean?"

Wangfu was stunned by the question. He held his finger in his mouth and thought for a long time, but didn't say anything. However, a child next to him raised his hand. After Shaoning nodded, he stood up and said loudly: "This is the word "福"!"

Shaoning gestured for him to sit down with approval, and then said to Wangfu: "You see, people are rich! I taught you this word the day before yesterday, so forget it if others can't remember it. Why can't you even remember how to write your own name?"

Even if you don’t listen to my teachings, don’t you have this word posted in your home?”

After all, Shaoning has been a street fighter for a long time. Even if he has the image of a good person now, he still has some power in the young heart of a child. Wangfu suddenly flattened his mouth and sniffed hard, and soon he was ready to make a loud noise.

All preparations before crying.

"What's the big deal if you don't know it? Just learn it again." Xiao Jing, who came out of the snow, leaned down and smiled, making Wangfu burst into tears. He pulled Shaoning away a few steps and whispered: "You still don't think so.

Don’t we have enough students, so we have to rush back a few more to be happy?”

Shao Ning hummed: "I didn't say anything to him, but he couldn't bear it? I remember when I was literate, my husband slapped me on the hand every day, I..."

Xiao Jing interrupted him impatiently: "Okay, don't brag about your glorious deeds. Someone will take care of you, so you just know all the words, and then what? You won't do it when you are older.

After studying, he first brought disaster to the capital city, and later to Puhua Town, becoming an ignorant gangster. If I were you, I would keep a low profile, and think about the use of such things? "

Shao Ning glared and was about to get angry. Xiao Jing said again: "Do you know that you are a teacher? If you dare to brag about my beard and stare at me in front of students, what will others think of you?"

Shaoning turned his head and looked at the innocent eyes of the children, and took a deep breath. After a long time, he said: "There are fewer and fewer students, what are you going to do?"

Xiao Jing said calmly: "Starting from tomorrow, I will teach alone. I need you to help me with some things."

He pulled Shaoning under a tree, and the two exchanged words quietly. Shaoning seemed a little confused after hearing his words, but he nodded after thinking for a moment.

The two walked slowly back to the center of the field. Xiao Jing looked at the expectant eyes of the children, smiled and took out the candied haws from under the oilcloth and distributed them to everyone: "Students, today's class ends here, you can go back

Already."

Everyone cheered in unison. The person who got the candied haws first couldn't wait to eat it, and one child had small pieces of candy stuck to his mouth.

"I have a question to ask my classmates." Xiao Jing's piercing eyes scanned everyone's faces: "What are you studying for?"

One child grinned and raised the bamboo stick in his hand: "Tanghulu!"

Shaoning wanted to cry a little, but Xiao Jing had a calm look on his face. He nodded and asked, "Is there more?"

Another child said: "Dad said my house was too small and he and my mother couldn't clean up things while I was running around, so he asked me to play with Mr. Shao and then go back after playing."

Shao Ning smiled knowingly, with a mischievous expression: "Hey, Erzhu, your father is right. From now on, when you have nothing to do, you can come to Teacher Shao and don't bother your parents all the time, okay?"

Before Shaoning could continue, Xiao Jing asked again: "Is there more?"

At this time, the child named Jin Gui shouted loudly: "I want to be literate!"

Xiao Jing walked over and squatted in front of him with interest: "Oh? Tell me, why do you know how to read?"

Jin Gui scratched his head, with a bit of embarrassment on his face. When he saw Xiao Jing's encouraging eyes, he plucked up the courage and said loudly: "My mother said that poverty cannot shorten one's ambition! If you don't want to be poor all your life, you should talk to your husband."

Be literate. Only if you know more literate can you be successful!"

Shaoning was slightly startled, but Xiao Jing smiled. He patted Jin Gui's shoulder and said softly: "Good boy, come on, I'm optimistic about you."

As he said this, he stood up and took out more than a dozen bunches of candied haws and stuffed them all at once to the children: "You guys can take them and eat them. If there are many people in the family, take more. If anyone robs your friends, I won't give it to them next time!"

All the children went crazy. They turned around and ran away, shouting for joy, and their little figures quickly disappeared into the snowy sky.

Xiao Jing suddenly asked: "What do you think of them?"

Before Shaoning could speak, he asked and answered himself: "No matter which one, they are both good boys..."

The snow fell even harder, and the two simply packed up and walked home. They were silent all the way, and when they arrived at the door of the house, Xiao Jing suddenly reached out and held Shaoning: "These people who passed by one after another probably know each other.

How many words are there?”

Shao Ning hesitated and said: "It's hard to say. You gave me the thousand words, and now I have taught them almost 600. However, these children's situation is different. Those who come often and are smart and willing to learn, they can probably remember a lot.

The remaining ones may be only one or two hundred, maybe less."

Xiao Jing was a little helpless, but in the blink of an eye he smiled resolutely.
Chapter completed!