Old Man Xu felt sorry for his grandson, so he naturally knew that the child was filial and felt sorry for him and the family.
He obviously wanted to study with books day and night. When he mentioned it last year, his grandson immediately nodded and agreed to come home without saying a word.
He often saw his grandson secretly reading those two old books, looking very lonely.
In this child's heart, he longs to study.
He knows.
In the current situation of their family, the grandson shakes his head and insists on refusing to study. Isn't it just for the sake of the family?
He knows it all.
Xu Dajun:......
He looked at Old Man Xu's ravaged and loving face, and knew the biggest vision in his heart. He said "I really don't want to study", but he couldn't say it out.
"But grandpa, studying costs a lot. I used to spend five taels of silver a year in this town. Now in Yiyang City, it's probably even more expensive."
The most important thing is that he doesn't want to study. Taking the precious stipend and sitting in the school is also a kind of torture, both psychological and physical torture.
Old Man Xu said warmly: "Didn't Grandpa say that you don't have to worry about spending, just study hard, Grandpa and your father have all these things covered!"
As you can see, your father has become much more reliable since we fled the famine. Now he can still carry big bags with your uncle and the others. He doesn’t complain about being tired or lazy every day. Our family is like a rope, and we are very energetic. All in one place, everyone is expecting you to be successful, so what are you afraid of? You don’t need to worry about anything else."
Xu Dajun muttered, isn't it just because everyone expects him to become famous in college that he is afraid?
This is enough to give him a headache when facing a book full of words, but he also has to rush to the imperial examination? Oh my god, his scalp is numb, right?
After returning home with his head hanging down all the way, when he saw Xu Yinyin who came up to him to ask him about the situation in the city, Xu Dajun sighed at the first sentence: "Why don't we two cross each other?"
"What pair?" Xu Yinyin was puzzled.
Xu Dajun said: "You love studying so much, you should dress up like me! Then you can happily go to school and come back with a top score! Then it's not a time travel in vain, after all, they are all born to the same parents. , it’s okay if you become me and I become you!”
It turned out to be such a pair.
Xu Yinyin gave him a blank look, "Then I have to dress like you! You are a typical person who is unaware of your blessings even though you are surrounded by blessings!"
After saying that, I felt something was wrong, "No, why should I turn into you? Do I have to dress like you to study? Thank you!"
Xu Dajun shook his head, "I know I am blessed, but this blessing is not easy to bear. I am a typical half-hearted student. Really, I have read enough! They also asked me to sit in the school and study in a decent manner every day. Those who shake their heads and shake their heads are simply killing me!"
He glanced at Xu Yinyin and said, "Can you go to school? Which girl can go to school these days? Do you want to disguise yourself as a man? That is a serious crime of bullying the emperor, confiscating the family and exterminating the clan. I don't want to die by beheading. .”
Xu Yinyin rolled her eyes at him again and was too lazy to continue discussing this issue with him.
"What happened when you went to my aunt's house today? How come my good grandfather wants you to study now? Can our family afford to study now?"
Xu Dajun sighed. He didn't know. At that time, he was pestered by Fang Yuxing in the study room, so he didn't listen to what was going on in the main hall. How could he know what his grandfather and aunt said about his study? .
"That uncle asked me if I would like to go to their tribe's clan school. He said that the gentleman was his clan's uncle and he was very knowledgeable. His youngest son, who we want to call cousin, was in that clan's academy.
If I want to study, I can set a time and he will take me to visit my husband!"
Xu Yinyin looked at him and said: "Even if my aunt recommends it, the gentleman will have to pass you before he can decide whether to accept me? Do you think you can do it?"
Xu Dajun snorted, "I don't like studying. I wasn't very good at writing essays and memorizing things in the past, but I'm not stupid, right? Besides, I have the memory of the original owner, and it's real in my mind.
I have a bit of ink. I have been reading for a few years and I am said to be a budding reader. That is not a lie. Hey, Xu Yinyin, what’s that look in your eyes? Do you think I’m bragging? Hey! You’re an illiterate person, so you have the nerve to question me.
?”
Xu Yinyin raised her hand and pinched him, "Who is illiterate? Who are you calling illiterate?"
A good man will not fight with a woman. Xu Dajun quickly raised his hand, "Okay, okay, I'm illiterate. I'm illiterate, okay?"
Xu Yinyin stopped her hand and said: "What I mean is, if you really don't want to study, then you will make your husband look down on you, and that's it, right?"
Xu Dajun sighed, shook his head and said: "This is easy to say, but how disappointed will grandpa be then?"
"Then you go and do it! You have to take it seriously when you go. It's so difficult at home and grandpa has to grind his teeth for you to do it. If you don't make a name for yourself, are you worthy of grandpa?"
Xu Dajun made a bitter face, "Isn't that what you said! Oh, it's so difficult for me!"
Xu Yinyin patted him on the shoulder sympathetically, but what she said was like this, "Then what, didn't grandpa say that grandpa gave you a few books? You also need to review them, take one with me?"
Illiteracy or something, she thanked me!
Apart from anything else, if she goes out and looks at the shop signs, she has to know them!
Not knowing Chinese characters is very painful.
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The Fang family gave a lot of things, and they were all practical. Not to mention a few books and some pens, inks, paper and inkstones for Xu Dajun. Others, there were several boxes of snacks, and some comfortable cloth and cotton. The cloth was
There are coarse cotton ones and fine cotton ones, and there is also a sewing basket.
In addition, there are brown sugar and salt, and most importantly, there are two large bags of rice and a large bag of white flour, as well as two large pieces of pork and a large piece of lard suet, as well as two old hens and a basket of eggs.
In addition, it is very considerate, even two sets of bowls and chopsticks are given, along with kitchen knives, chopping boards, buckets and basins, and there is also an iron pot!
When we were in the city, we opened three boxes of dim sum and ate them, and there were still three boxes left. Old man Xu asked him to look at the arrangement. He kept two boxes at home, opened one box, and gave some to several families, so that the old man could
Just try it with your kids.
The other thing is rice, which should add up to a hundred kilograms. I gave six kilograms to other families. I also took out a big piece of meat and divided it into several portions. Each family had a little, and each family gave two eggs.
The rest was kept at home. This was the wish of the young couple for their elder brother and sister-in-law, so naturally they couldn't share it all.
Mrs. Xu was reluctant to kill those two old hens. After feeding them, they could lay eggs and sell them for money.
So Xu Chunlin was busy building a chicken coop and started feeding the chickens. With the chickens, the house was buzzing and it seemed like it was a better life.
Mrs. Xu and her daughter-in-law built a fenced yard in front of the door and a vegetable patch. They told Xu Chunhe to come back from the city tomorrow and buy some cabbage, radish and other vegetable seeds, and rush to plant them for the New Year.
There is food to eat.
When there is a vegetable patch in the yard, it will look more like it is.
That night, Ma and Zhou were busy hanging up the remaining large piece of pork and refining only that large piece of pork suet. After refining the oil, they poured rice into the pot and boiled it in a large pot.
wild vegetable porridge.
This is dinner at home. When the whole family eats it, it feels delicious.