Zhou Yin touched his butt and ran into the yard, finally escaping from his elder brother's murderous hand.
Zhou Jin chased him out, and just when he saw Qian leaving his sewing basket and running out, he raised the stick in his hand and then put it down.
He threw it to the side of the yard and grunted under his wife's cannibalistic gaze, "Just get used to him."
When Zhou Jin turned around and returned to the house, Qian twisted Zhou Yin's ears and pulled him into the kitchen. Zhou Yin screamed "Ahhh" and begged for mercy: "Sister-in-law, I know I was wrong, I know I was wrong..."
"Why didn't you admit your mistake in front of your elder brother just now?"
Zhou Yin smiled playfully and didn't respond to these words, so he held her hand and said, "Sister-in-law, I really know I was wrong. I just didn't pay attention to the time today, so I came back late."
Qian was very worried, "Second brother, you have always been sensible, but you are still young. You are only a little older. Your eldest brother and I were very worried when we went to the county seat, and now you are still coming back so late."
"Not to mention that there will be bad people in the county, we won't worry if you come back from the mountain road," Qian said, "What if you encounter a wolf?"
Zhou Yin: "Sister-in-law, I really know I was wrong. I just forgot the time today and came home late. You see, my elder brother just hit me, but I didn't even run away. He hit me several times."
He knew that he was wrong today, so he asked Zhou Jin to beat him to vent his anger, otherwise he would have run away long ago.
"What's so late for?"
Zhou Yin perked up and immediately said: "I went to listen to people reading. Sister-in-law, I can also read. Listen, the sky and the earth are dark and yellow, and the universe is ancient..."
Zhou Yin shook his head and recited the sentences he had finally memorized in accordance with the arguments of the students in the school, and said firmly: "I remember it now, and I have to remember it tomorrow..."
Qian's eyes widened in surprise, "You, do you know how to read?"
Zhou Yin scratched his head and smiled: "I don't know the characters. I have never seen these characters, but I can memorize them."
Qian was speechless for a long time, and couldn't sleep for a long time when she returned home at night.
Zhou Jin has a shallow heart and doesn't care about anything. At this moment, he is sleeping with his arms and legs spread out.
Qian finally pushed him, woke him up and said to him: "The second child is very smart. He went out to study and memorized the book in one day."
Zhou Jin asked in a daze: "What are you doing? We have to go to fertilize tomorrow. You are right. We can't let the second son go to the county town again. I will take him to work in the fields tomorrow."
Qian opened her mouth, and finally closed it with a sigh. Forget it, the family didn't even have enough food to eat, so mentioning studying at this time would just make Zhou Jin worry.
but……
"It's better not to call him. Now that the busy farming season is over, there isn't much work in the fields. Let's get up early and finish the work. Let him do his own thing."
Zhou Jin was very dissatisfied, "How can his children have their own business?"
But he did not have a high say in the family. The next day Zhou Yin talked to Qian and ran to the county seat after receiving the agreement.
For several days, Zhou Yin squatted quietly under the window of the school and listened to people reading.
The students and teachers in the school soon learned that although he was hiding in a secretive way, if a person is always hiding there, he will definitely be discovered.
My husband asked students to drive him away twice, and he couldn't help but get angry when he found that he came back after a while after leaving.
So he personally stepped in to drive them away.
If an ordinary child sees an adult coming out, he will definitely run away, but Zhou Yin is not an ordinary child. He is thick-skinned, so he does not run away. He also imitates the students in the school and clumsily salutes to his husband, and promises him: "I will not
If you disturb your teacher's teaching, I'll just squat outside the window and listen."
The teacher's face was solemn and he said unhappily: "You will affect my students just by being here."
Zhou Yin: "But I didn't say anything."
"But my students know that you are outside the window, which attracts their attention," the teacher said, "and this is a school, how can you be allowed to be arrogant? If everyone comes to eavesdrop, how can I continue to open this school? You
Leave, otherwise don't blame me for being rude!"
When Zhou Yin heard this, he felt a little regretful and could only leave with his head hanging down.
However, he still fell in love with the school. When he came to the county town again, when he passed by and heard people reading there, he would stand far away and would not go near the window.
If the students inside were studying loudly, he would be able to hear some of them one after another.
After going back and forth, he came more often and found that all the garbage from the school was thrown in a corner behind the house, and there were a lot of papers in it.
Zhou Yin looked around, stepped forward quietly, and after flipping through it, he found that there were really a lot of papers piled up in the garbage, and they were all covered with writing or were dirty.
Zhou Yin happily smoothed the papers. Although he didn't recognize the words on them yet, he believed that one day he would all know them.
Zhou Yin dug out all the papers in the garbage pile, folded them into a thick pile, and left.
The next day, Zhou Yin and his friends went out to pick up a nest of bird eggs and came back.
He didn't eat it, or even give it to his nephews and nieces, but carried it to the county seat.
He squatted outside the school, waiting for a child about his age to come out and waved to him.
Some time ago, when he was squatting in the window, he had a general impression of the students in the school. This little fat guy looked fierce, but he had a good heart. The most important thing was that he was playful.
So as soon as Zhou Yin waved, the little fat man ran over.
He also recognized Zhou Yin. He raised his chin and asked, "I know you are the one who eavesdropped on the class. What do you want from me?"
Zhou Yin took out a bird egg and handed it to him, "This is the bird egg I climbed a tree to touch. I'll give you one. Can you read a few words to me?"
The little fat man was stunned and reached out to take the egg, "Did you really touch it?"
"Of course it's true." Zhou Yin took out a piece of paper and showed it to him, "What do the words on it say?"
The little fat man took a look, pointed at the words on it and read: "Heaven, earth, man..."
The more he read, the more familiar the words and the paper looked. He looked at Zhou Yin suspiciously, "Did you write this?"
"No, I picked them up." Zhou Yin ignored his gaze and took out two more bird eggs and said to him, "As long as you teach me the words on them, I will give you all the bird eggs."
The little fat man asked, "Can it turn into a bird?"
"Aren't bird eggs meant for eating?"
Little Fatty: "How can you eat bird eggs? Of course they are used to hatch little birds."
Zhou Yin thought for a while and then said: "It should be okay. You can put it in the chicken coop and let the hens hatch it for you."
In this way, Zhou Yin made a friend in the county. After that, he would always bring him some fruits, wild vegetables, birds and eggs in exchange for him.
With such intermittent learning, his reading speed was very slow, but after two years, he knew some common words, but he was not very good at writing them, and his writing was ugly.
But Zhou Yin didn't force it, he just wanted to recognize the characters so that even if he went far away in the future, he would still know that his home was in Qili Village, Luojiang County.
Because he could read, he became the legitimate child king of Qili Village, directly surpassing all the teenagers who were older than him.