Lao Zhoutou was half trying to coax his little girl, and half was telling his sons and daughters-in-law. He said: "Don't be constrained in your studies. You have learned your skills yourself, and you have taught your family how to read. Who doesn't know how many people in our family now?" A word? Especially for your nephews and nieces, even if they are sent to school, it will be nothing more than that. They will all be scholars in the future.
Old Zhoutou gets infinitely excited every time he thinks of this. Studying is not easy. If their Qili Village hadn't taken advantage of Mr. Bai and invited Mr. Zhuang to come, there wouldn't be a single scholar in their village.
Even so, among the more than 60 households in their Qili Village, except for Manbao, only four can send their children to school.
Moreover, two of them have already decided to graduate from school by the end of this year. After all, their children are already twelve years old. Once they know how to read, they can try to find some work in the county.
After the child learns how to read, he goes to the county town to find an apprenticeship as an accountant. After five or six years, he might become an accountant.
How rare is it to be a scholar?
That's rarer than picking up a piece of gold for nothing on the ground.
Old Zhoutou looked back and forth between Datou and Ertou, and said majestically: Datou, Ertou, you must learn the words that your sister-in-law taught you. When you grow up a little, ask your father to teach you in the county town. You can find an apprentice to be an accountant, and you will also be an accountant in the future.
Zhou Dalang and Tuesday Lang almost spat out the food in their mouths and stared at their father with wide eyes.
Lao Zhoutou caught their gaze and stared back: "What are you looking at? Your son already knows so many words. What's wrong with being a bookkeeper? Do you still think that they will be like you, digging for food in the fields all their lives, and just have nothing to do?" Go work for someone else?
Datou stuffed the eggs he grabbed into his mouth and said vaguely: Grandpa, I like to dig food in the fields. When it is my turn to farm, I will plant ginger all over my land. I will sell it for a lot of money and then buy a lot of it. When the meat comes back, take one bite and throw it away.
Old Zhou was stunned.
Xiao Qian slapped it directly and said angrily: "You haven't developed yet, so you just want to waste it. You eat one bite and throw it away. Don't you know that wasting things will be struck by lightning?"
Datou said aggrievedly: I just said that casually, and it wasn’t me who said it, it was my sister-in-law who said it.
Man Bao raised his head from the bowl and flatly denied, "I didn't say anything."
You just said that I am aggrieved. That's what you said, sister-in-law. When you have money, you can buy meat for us and let us eat one bite and throw away one bite.
Man Bao said solemnly: That's what you threw away too. I won't throw it away. Even if I don't have anything to eat, I will take it back and give it to my parents and sister-in-law.
Xiao Qian turned to smile at Man Bao, then turned to stare at Da Tou seriously.
Datou wanted to cry.
The matter of finding an apprenticeship as a bookkeeper has just ended.
Zhou Dalang and Zhou Zhoulang breathed a sigh of relief together. How could they have the ability to find the accountant?
The highest-ranking person they knew was the drugstore shopkeeper Zheng, and they probably knew that he looked down upon their two children.
This is over, but everyone knows how hard it is for Man Bao to study. At the same time, we understand that it is no wonder Man Bao can always know so many things and find so many ways to make money for his family. It seems that studying is really useful.
Xiao Qian's eyes couldn't help but look back and forth between the big head and the third head. Zhou Zuolang also stared at the second head, while He looked at the four heads and touched his belly.
Originally she wanted to have a girl, so that she would have both a son and a daughter, but now she feels that a son is not bad. If he can be smarter, he can be sent to school when he grows up.
Fang also touched her belly. The more she looked at Manbao, the more she liked him. She decided to let Manbao roll on the bed again. Maybe the child she would give birth to would be as smart as Manbao.
Reading is very useful!
This is the unified understanding of the adults of the old Zhou family after three years, and it is much deeper than before.
Although Manbao didn't want to eat eggs, Xiao Qian still took an egg from home to the school the next day. When the rice was cooked, the egg was steamed.
She took out the bowl of steamed eggs, put the rice on top, put the vegetables on top, and put the bowl aside.
When Man Bao rushed out of the school, Qian handed her the bowl and asked her to take it out to eat.
Man Bao likes to mix rice and vegetables together when eating. She dug down and found steamed eggs. She mixed them, dug them up and took a bite, her eyes brightened.
Xiao Qian just finished dividing the food. When he came out and took a look, he couldn't help but be happy, "How is it? Is it delicious?"
Man Bao nodded fiercely, sister-in-law, would you please replace the egg water with steamed eggs in the morning?
Xiao Qian smiled and touched her head. The old doctor said that although the egg water was fishier, it had the best nutrition.
Although Man Bao was a little disappointed, he didn't say anything.
She ate the steamed eggs with satisfaction, then looked up at the river in front of the school: She didn't know where Bai Shanbao had gone, or whether he had eaten the steamed eggs.
Of course, Bai Shanbao didn't have steamed eggs to eat. Eggs were easily broken, so the Bai family didn't prepare such things on their way.
At this time, he was sitting under a tree eating pancakes. This was made by the cook just now. He always felt that it was not as delicious as Manbao's sister-in-law's. Maybe it was because he had lost his appetite due to being exposed to the sun. He sighed.
He asked Daji to take down his book box, he would ask for it later.
Daji agreed and turned back to the car to get the book box.
Mrs. Liu was very satisfied with this and felt that her grandson was becoming more and more eager to learn, but she also advised him to take a nap at noon as he would have to go on the road after noon.
Bai Shanbao said: It's okay, I'll just watch for a while. It's better for me to sleep in the car.
There was no way, the car was shaking too much and he felt dizzy, so he might as well just cover his head and sleep, so it was better to take a break at noon.
You must know that he still has a lot of homework to do, and he also has to memorize texts.
He now reads it a few times, writes it down, and then can recite it silently with his eyes closed when he gets in the car. He has less time to read now, so he will definitely not be able to keep up with Man Bao's progress. He doesn't know if he will be teased by her when he goes back.
Across a long road, Manbao was also listening carefully to Mr. Zhuang turning on the small stove for her. She felt that Shanbao was sitting in the car now and had nothing else to do all day, so he must be... or...
He has so much time and is a little smarter than her. What if she doesn't work hard and when he comes back, there is a big gap between them and he makes fun of her?
So she has to work hard.
Mr. Zhuang was very satisfied with what he saw above and couldn't help but nodded. She was a little distracted in class yesterday and was obviously not used to Bai Shanbao leaving, but she was very serious today.
Mr. Zhuang was very satisfied with this. Well, he no longer had to talk to his disciples.
After turning on the small stove, Mr. Zhuang looked at the hourglass and said to her: She has already eaten. You can sleep for two-quarters of an hour. There will be class in two-quarters of an hour.
Manbao agreed, put the book away, lay down on the couch and closed her eyes, but she couldn't sleep at the moment, so she went through the knowledge she had just learned in her mind.