So for so many years, the only person the teachers in the private school in the village have praised is the eldest son of the Gong family, the second son of the Gong family, the young man named Gong Jian.
To this day, people in the village still occasionally mention this incident. After all, over the years, there has been such a promising student in the village. Of course, the youngest son of the eldest son of the Gong family is also said to be a promising student. In the private school in the town, that
He is also well-educated and will definitely take the imperial examination and become a high official in the future.
But everyone just listens to this kind of words casually, after all, what they hear is false and what they see is true. Country men have their own simple concepts, and what they hear is not as convincing as what they see in front of them.
Gong Jian was praised by his teacher in private school, but it happened under their noses.
Although it has been several years, many people still feel unsatisfied when mentioning it. After all, there is such a child in the village who can read. In their opinion, this is also a great thing.
At that time, almost every day when the teacher from the private school met the second son of the Gong family, he would praise Gong Jian Yitong eloquently. Many people in the village heard those words.
So in the past few years, when the house of the second son of the Gong family was really dilapidated and there was no way for Gong Jian to continue studying, the people in the village still sighed for a while. After all, it is rare to have such a seed of studying, but it was so early because
Dropping out of school due to family reasons makes everyone feel pity when they think about it. But no one said anything about using their own family's things to supplement outsiders, so even though many people feel regretful, there is nothing they can do about it.
The private school teacher in the village may have suffered a huge blow because of this incident, so within two years, he simply closed the private school in the village and left this remote mountain village. After that, the children in the village no longer had books to read.
Read it.
The old village chief and a few enlightened people also felt it was a pity, but there was nothing they could do. After all, the man who went to the private school in the village was originally a foreigner. He settled here only in the past few years.
The gentleman never thought that he would leave here again. Originally, the private tutor wanted to retire here.
But he didn't expect that Gong Jian's incident made him feel extremely regretful. Under the influence of this mood, he actually made the decision to leave this small mountain village. When the old village chief thought of this incident, he wanted to kill Gong Jian.
The boss and his family were found out and the villagers severely criticized his family.
In the opinion of the old village chief, the Gong family is a troublemaker in the village. He has never seen a family where two brothers can do such a thing. He also doesn’t know how their parents educated the two brothers.
Human beings have developed Gong Boss into such a selfish and extremely greedy character. He doesn’t even know about his brothers.
They are even more merciless, and they are even more ruthless when it comes to their own siblings. Otherwise, how could the hardworking couple, the second eldest son of the Gong family, live in such a miserable life that they are unable to provide for their children to go to school. This is not only
Delaying a good seed for reading will also delay the future study path of all children in the village.
Whenever he thinks of this, the village chief wants to slap the boss of the Gong family to wake him up, so every time he looks at the boss of the Gong family, his eyes often make Uncle Gong Jian feel cold and afraid.
The topic has gone off topic, let’s come back again. The reason why Widow Liu calls Uncle Gong Jian’s eldest sister is, firstly, because of her age, and secondly, because Uncle Gongjian’s family is living a good life. In this village, Uncle Gongjian’s family is
If you live a comfortable life, the people around you will be envious and will inevitably have some thoughts of trying to please you.
Others may look down on the actions of Uncle Gong Jian and his wife, but they don't think anything of it to Widow Liu, who has a similar way of thinking to them. Therefore, Widow Liu used to call Uncle Gong Jian eldest sister, and she did so willingly.
.She always expressed joy every time they met, wishing she could respect Aunt Gong Jian as her own sister.
However, in recent years, the life of Uncle Gong Jian's family has gone further and further back, and the family situation has become worse and worse. With this situation, the meaning of Widow Liu's "eldest sister" is no longer so pure.
So now, although Widow Liu calls her eldest sister and her words are affectionate, it can actually be seen from her eyes that her emotional fluctuations are not that big, and there is no real joy in her eyes.
In Widow Liu's view, the life that Uncle Gong Jian is living now is not as good as her own life. Although both families are now the kind of people who have food to eat without having to work in the fields, they are different from Gong Jian.
Uncle Jian's family is getting more and more tense, and they are even starting to sell land. Widow Liu's situation is much better now.
Although Widow Liu's family doesn't have much land, she rents it to other people, and the food she brings in every year is enough for her to eat alone. Originally, Widow Liu was not a thrifty person, but when her parents-in-law were still alive, Widow Liu was
Keep her in check.
The financial power of the family has always been in the hands of his father-in-law. At that time, not to mention giving her some private money, even the money that Widow Liu earned from secretly doing embroidery work would be given to her mother-in-law.
Take it away.
So gradually, although Widow Liu no longer did embroidery work to earn some private money, the idea of living a tight life was also instilled in her mind by her parents-in-law. So even though her parents-in-law had passed away, Liu
Widows still live in the same way they lived before they died. This can be regarded as subtle.
Widow Liu doesn't dare to sell an acre of her family's land. The grain collected from the land is enough for her to eat and drink, and the extra money is converted into money, which is enough for her daily expenses. She is older now, and she is not as young as she was.
Nowadays, I like to wear flowers and apply powder, so my daily expenses are greatly reduced.
She can still save a few taels of silver every year. This is her coffin book. Every time Widow Liu sees the money in her pocket slowly increasing, she is naturally satisfied. So she also looks down upon it more and more, and the more money in her pocket becomes more and more.
Auntie Gong Jian is getting poorer and poorer, and her face looks like a bitter melon.
Of course, it would be a lie to say how much Aunt Gong Jian thinks highly of Widow Liu. In her heart, Aunt Gong Jian laughed at her more than once behind her back, saying that Widow Liu was a lonely widower without any children. Seeing her die in the future,
Is there anyone who will give her the end of her life? (To be continued)