In fact, the family of Sun Fuhou, Zhu Qing's second uncle, could definitely afford Zhu Shui's education in school due to their conditions.
But their family is used to taking advantage. Originally, Sun Fuhou wanted to ask his eldest brother to go to his brother-in-law, Zhuang Xiucai, and ask Zhu Shui to go to Zhuang's school with Zhu Shan. That way Zhu Shui could still follow him.
Let's go to Zhushan together in Li Zheng's car.
But his Zhu Shui was unwilling and would not go even if he was beaten to death. After asking him for a long time, he suddenly said: "Zhu Shui wants to bully me, I don't want to go!"
He was taught a lesson by Zhu Zhu last time about his feelings, so he didn't want to associate with Zhu Zhu anymore.
Sun Fuhou, including his grandfather Sun Mantang, who always cherished him, tried to persuade him again and again, but to no avail. At any rate, he reluctantly agreed to go to Zhuqing's house and learn to read from Zhushan.
However, when he came to Zhushan, he took advantage of the fact that he was half a year older than Zhushan, but he wanted to show off his brother and always go against Zhushan.
Not only does he refuse to study hard, he also affects other children in the village.
Of course, Zhushan could not accept his behavior. However, this child actually accepted death. Although Zhuqing suggested to him to give Zhushui back, he was unwilling to do so: "Sister, the saints say that there is no distinction between education and discrimination.
Brother Zhu Shui is just naughty and mischievous, but I haven't discovered his characteristics yet. Once I master his temper, I will definitely be able to think of a way to make him study hard!"
This kid has a very serious tone! Zhu Qing admires Zhu Shan's ambition and plans to watch and see what method this kid can come up with to deal with Zhu Shui.
You know, in modern times, there are many naughty children. It is basically a scene where bears are infested, and everyone is afraid to avoid them.
Zhushan himself is still a child, but he actually wants to deal with a naughty kid like Zhushui?
Zhuqing was a little worried about him.
Therefore, every time Zhu Shui came over to learn how to read, Zhu Qing tried his best to find a way to stay at home.
She was afraid that if she was not careful, Zhushan would not be able to deal with Zhushui, but would be bullied by him instead.
After all, Zhushan is physically weak. If Zhushui, that naughty boy, gets angry and starts to attack him, Zhushan will not be able to bear it.
However, after Zhuqing stayed at home for three days, she found that what she was worried about did not happen at all.
Every time Zhu Shui wanted to stir up trouble, before Zhu Shan came forward, the friends in the village began to defend Zhu Shan. And every time Zhu Shui became the target of public criticism, Zhu Shan promptly handed him an olive branch, giving him a step to step down.
.And also let him continue to join the reading group.
As long as Zhu Shui performs well, Zhu Shan will never hesitate to praise him. After so many times, Zhu Shui is not close to the children in the village, but he and Zhu Shan can't help but become close.
He felt that after all, he was still one of Zhushan's own people, always facing him. So, he gradually changed from the one who stirred up trouble in class to the disciplinary maintainer of Zhushan!
Of course, such a change cannot be achieved in a day or two. It took Zhushan almost half a year of hard work before Zhu Shui was slowly adjusted by him.
Zhu Shui, who was completely "bought" by Zhu Shan, slowly and truly became intimate with Zhu Qing's family from then on. He also began to go back to correct some of his sister Zhu Jin's bad habits. Of course, there were inevitable quarrels between them, but this
This is what his second uncle and aunt are going to have a headache for.
Although Zhuqing was literate and studied medicine, most people in the village thought she was very good. However, her second aunt Li Yuhuan did not like to see this at all.
Her thoughts were similar to those of Aunt Huaihua: "It is funny for girls to learn to read. It is virtue for a woman to have no talent! My Jin Ya doesn't want to learn. As long as she is good at needlework and cooking, she still has to worry about not having a good husband? She also has to worry about her future husband.
Don’t you like it, son-in-law? We country people don’t want so many vain things!”
So she did not let her daughter Zhujin learn to read. Instead, she stayed at home every day to learn embroidery and cooking.
Zhujin didn't like Zhuqing in the first place, and couldn't bear to see Zhuqing being so top-notch in the village and being so popular, so he didn't like reading or anything like that.
When she saw her younger brother Zhu Shui getting close to the Zhu Qing family, she was of course immediately disgusted. However, several times she provoked trouble, but they all ended in failure. For no other reason than Zhu Shui was the thorn in the side of her parents and grandparents. With
Compared to the Zhuqing siblings, she might be more valued by her grandparents, but compared to Zhushui, she was completely outclassed.
Besides, Sun Fuhou and his wife have different ideas. The wife has always relied on her natal family. Her father is Li Yidao, a well-known figure in the town. He is a good butcher of pigs and sheep. The family is well off. Therefore, after she got married,
, they all put their mother’s family first.
Moreover, her eldest sister-in-law is also her mother-in-law's sister-in-law. In order for their daughter to live a good life in her husband's family, Sun Mantang and the Lu family have always treated Li Yuhuan like a guest of honor.
Therefore, Li Yuhuan has always ignored Sun Fucheng's family. Even if Zhuqing's peppermint oil business now has some skills, she still thinks what big things can a little girl do?
Sun Fuhou is not as knowledgeable as his wife. In the past, the eldest brother's family was very poor, and even if his sister-in-law Wang's maiden family had a few well-known relatives, most of them didn't have much contact. Now Qingya is completely different, let alone her.
The current relationship with the Li Zheng family is eye-catching. She has a relationship with the most famous Zhou family in the county, and she is the female disciple of Dr. Mo, who is famous in the county. This is worthy of his high regard.
He felt that he should burn the hot stove in his eldest brother's house, and the benefits would be self-evident in the future. But his mother-in-law was not enlightened and prevented his daughter from learning to read and get close to Qingya.
Fortunately, my son finally became sensible and was willing to get close to Zhushan. In this way, even if Zhushan is a cousin, he will still have someone to take care of him in the future.
It's just that Zhu Shui's talent can only be said to be average compared to the other children in Zhushan and Murakami. Not to mention that he still idles around sometimes, he just takes it seriously and can barely keep up with Zhushan's progress.
But even though he studied very hard every day, he kept running to Zhuqing's house every day.
Now, almost all the boys in the village who are about the same age as him go to school. Those who don't go to school don't have a good relationship with him. He has no interest in staying at home all day. After finally waiting for school in Zhushan, he is naturally the first to do so.
Found it.
He now finds that staying at Zhushan's house every day is the happiest time of his day. After all, when he stays at home, he sometimes has to quarrel with his sister Zhujin over trivial matters.
Such a situation is something Zhuqing has never thought of before. Of course, now she is somewhat convinced of her younger brother Zhushan. This child is scheming, skillful, and patient! He is a good child!
More than half a year later, Sun Fucheng's legs finally recovered. He finally got off the crutches and began to walk.
This period of recuperation made him look much better. Moreover, because he insisted on reading and reading every day, he felt that he seemed to be much more energetic than before.
He is a hard-working man. Summer and autumn have passed now, and winter is about to begin.
He went to the fields with Wang every day, collected what could be harvested from the fields, and then prepared for farming in the coming year.
Their family doesn't have much land, and the main cultivated land is still used to grow rice. The open space in front of and behind the house, as well as the seven or eight acres of wasteland they bought, except for the vegetables they eat daily, are all planned to be planted with mint.
As for the method of planting mint, Zhuqing used to directly pull the mint from the wild and bring it back to Wang for planting.
Now after more than half a year of management, Wang, an expert in farming, has gained some moral integrity.
"This mint can be cut directly from the stems, or can be planted in divisions. When it bears fruit this autumn, I also collected its seeds. In the spring, I will sow some seeds to try. If the seedlings can emerge, we can plant them later.
It will be more convenient to grow!" Ever since peppermint oil started to make money, Wang has been particularly concerned about the few mint plants she planted, so now, when it's time to plant them, she has a lot of ideas.
"Well, Mom, I'll listen to you!" Regarding professional knowledge, Zhuqing always listens to the words of professionals.
Although she also liked to plant some flowers and plants in her previous life, they were all potted plants, and they were just for her liking.
Now with this large-scale planting, she still respects Wang's opinion.
Wang received Zhuqing's affirmation and felt very grateful for it.
So the family discussed next year's plans together. Everyone had their own aspirations and wishes for the coming year.
"The houses in our house are too dilapidated. On rainy days, it rains heavily outside and it rains lightly inside. It is really uninhabitable. Moreover, Qingya and Shanba are getting older. According to my idea, we will have to renovate this house next fall.
After that, we will build two more brick houses to make living more comfortable." Sun Fucheng first expressed his thoughts.
His idea was approved by the whole family.
Indeed, these houses are too old and shabby, and it is difficult for a large family to fit in them. Especially now that people often visit in the village, it is very inconvenient.
Zhuqing has also longed to have her own room. It is really inconvenient to be crowded in the same room with adults.
What made her want to complain even more was the sanitary facilities here.
"Dad, can we have a decent toilet in our house by then?" This is what Zhuqing wants most urgently.
"Toilet? Well, isn't the toilet very good?" Sun Fucheng was a little surprised.
Every household in Cuizhu Village uses a toilet. Every morning, the women in the village carry the toilet to empty it.
Moreover, the toilet is washed at the end of the river in the village, and the rice and vegetables are washed at the pier at the other end of the same river.
It took Zhuqing a long time of mental construction to adapt to this situation.
Now, Zhuqing found that he finally had the opportunity to propose building a toilet at home. Of course, he proposed it immediately.
"The toilet has to be emptied and washed every day. It's dirty, tiring, and troublesome. Dad, listen to me. Build a toilet. It doesn't take much effort, it's clean, and it saves trouble. It's true!" Zhuqing said, explaining his idea.
I explained it to Sun Fucheng in detail. The more Sun Fucheng listened, the more surprised he became.
"Qingya, this toilet sounds good. But how did you come up with it?" He was very surprised.
"When I went to Zhou's house, I used their toilet. It was really clean and easy to use..." Zhu Qing deliberately looked embarrassed.
"Oh! That's it! Okay, let's give it a try at home! It doesn't sound like it costs much." Sun Fucheng felt sorry for his daughter and nodded in agreement.
Then, Mrs. Wang also expressed her thoughts: "No matter what happens during the Chinese New Year this year, we have to buy new cotton-padded jackets for Qingya and Shanwa. Both children have not worn new clothes in many years! After the Chinese New Year,
I want to make some more new clothes for Qingya! The clothes on Qingya’s body are really unacceptable! I also need to make a few more pairs of these shoes for them! Qingya is a big girl, she can’t be left naked.
I’ve seen someone’s feet!”
Now that Mrs. Wang had money in her hands, she began to think about the clothes of her children. She still remembers the embarrassment of Zhu Qing wearing a pair of cloth shoes that did not fit her when she invited Dr. Qian to rescue Zhu Shan.
"I want this, I definitely want it! Lan Fen, you also want to add a silver hairpin to your head to celebrate the New Year! You have been with me for so many years, and I have never bought you any decent jewelry!" Sun Fucheng nodded quickly.
go along.
Mrs. Wang was a little embarrassed by what he said: "There are many ways to use this money now! Just give it to the children! I don't want it! Don't make trouble for me either!"
Even though she said this, the corners of her mouth turned up involuntarily. It was obvious that she felt very much.
It's rare for an honest man like Sun Fucheng to be attentive to his wife. Zhuqing and Zhushan stood aside, watching the two of them maintain silly smiles.
"Qingya, what are you planning to do next year?" Sun Fucheng was thick-skinned. When his wife scolded him, he couldn't help but look at the two children and giggled, and turned to ask Zhuqing.
"I, I plan to tell Master next year and start treating everyone!" Zhu Qing's words shocked the whole family.
"Here, how long have you been studying? Why do you want to see a doctor? Qingya, what you think is so beautiful!" Sun Fucheng shook his head.
He didn't think his daughter would be able to start teaching so soon.
Treating people is no joke! It is a matter of life and death!
"Sister, can you prescribe prescriptions? You don't know all the words, right?" Zhushan now dared to question Zhuqing.
"That's right, Qingya! Don't be too pushy! Mom knows you want to make more money, but our family is not in a hurry, ah! At least we have income now!" Mrs. Wang also persuaded her daughter.
Seeing the distrustful faces of his family, Zhu Qing was speechless.
But she can also understand them. In their eyes, she is just a person who has only learned Chinese characters and the simplest medical skills for half a year. It is really presumptuous to say that she would go to see a doctor right away.
"Okay, dad, mom, little brother. I understand. I won't show off. When the time comes, if I can cure the disease, I will help everyone, okay?" Zhu Qing took a step back.
Sun Fucheng nodded: "That's pretty much it! If someone in our village happens to have a headache and you know how to treat it, it would be a good thing to help them! Qingya, don't worry, Dad knows that you will definitely be a powerful person in the future.