Chapter 40: The Years of Study
Since Tian Xiuyun sneaked back that time, she didn't look for a chance to sneak away, but often paid attention to the Tian family's every move in private.
Soon Tian Xiuyun found out about the situation, Grandma Tian would often discuss the family's major affairs with Grandpa Tian in private, and once again let Tian Xiuyun find out, Grandma Tian mentioned to Grandpa Tian that Widow Zhao wanted to help her son go to her own affairs.
Although what she said on the face sounded good, she wanted to marry Tian Xiuyun back, but in fact, Grandma Tian knew that it was no different from selling, but she was not reluctant to buy her granddaughter, but according to the content of her chat with Grandpa Tian, it is not difficult to see that Grandma Tian wants to see if she can meet someone who is willing to pay more bride price, after all, the children in the family are almost to the age of saying kiss, especially Tian Hongwu, the grandson, has never married, and this age is getting older and older, and everyone who likes it has asked for a bride price, and the current situation of the Tian family is not affordable at all.
"Hey, what do you say Hongwu can do, he is 20 years old, and he didn't say that he was a family affair. "Grandma Tian really feels sorry for her grandson, and she is also anxious about Tian Hongwu from the bottom of her heart.
"Aren't the daughters of the old Chen family in various villages willing to marry over?" Grandpa Tian usually didn't care much about these things, but vaguely remembered that his eldest daughter-in-law had mentioned it before.
"Fart, then what is the marriage of a daughter, asking for a bride price of 150 yuan, how can our family give them these in this situation. Grandma Tian pursed her lips disdainfully, completely unaware that she herself was the one who had always sold her granddaughter.
"What can I do then?" Grandpa Tian also lit the dry smoke in annoyance, and the house was foggy for a while.
"The third daughter-in-law told me two days ago that Widow Zhao in the village has taken a fancy to her family's eldest girl and is willing to give so much!" Grandma Tian said in a low voice, and drew two with her fingers.
"Two hundred?" Grandpa Tian was shocked, he didn't expect that Widow Zhao to have so much money.
"No, although her son is a fool, these bride prices are indeed not low, but I think that Xiuyun is only 16, and if she stays, she may be able to meet more. Grandma Tian licked her lips, thinking of the appearance of this granddaughter, and felt more and more that she could not only ask for the 200 yuan bride price in the future.
"You can think clearly, two hundred is not old. "Grandpa Tian is very excited.
"I know, you think, even if Widow Zhao has this meaning, it is not the same as waiting until Xiuyun is 18 years old to get the certificate. Instead of waiting, it's better to take a look first, and don't be in a hurry to agree, then Widow Zhao is a difficult character, don't get into trouble again. Grandma Tian suddenly made up her mind, anyway, she had to wait until Xiuyun turned 18, maybe there was really a lot of money in the past two years to take a fancy to this girl's appearance, and it would definitely be no less than two hundred at that time.
"Don't wait until then, Widow Zhao married someone else. In Grandpa Tian's thoughts, there are obviously not a few who are willing to marry for 200 yuan.
"Hehe, you can rest assured about this, this Widow Zhao is bent on Xiuyun, even if I proposed to marry Xiufen, she didn't agree, saying that she was not afraid to wait for two years. Grandma Tian said confidently.
"Didn't Xiufen let you book it to the village chief's house over there?" Grandpa Tian frowned, compared to Widow Zhao, who had no support and no support, the village chief's family of Craftsman Shiwa must be a condition that made Grandpa Tian more satisfied, although Craftsman Shiwa has a small population and is poor, but the village chief's family is not comparable to other families, and Xiufen can also help the family get some benefits if she marries it.
"That's not it, I told Wen Ying that I was okay, just wait for the head of their village to reply. Grandma Tian smiled and explained.
Hearing this, Tian Xiuyun cut off her spiritual sense, and she was no longer interested in the content behind, but pondered Grandma Tian's words in her heart, and had some vague thoughts in her heart.
However, what she didn't expect was that Widow Zhao only gave a bride price of two hundred at the beginning, and it seems that the reason why it was raised to so much three hundred in her previous life should have come from Grandma Tian's hands, and sure enough, she did it as a transaction to buy her granddaughter, and in only two years, she was worth as much as three hundred.
Knowing that she was safe until she was 18 years old, and her development line was mostly similar to her previous life, Tian Xiuyun no longer paid attention to it, anyway, no matter how things developed, the most important thing for her now was to speed up her studies.
After the mountain village entered the spring, Tian Xiuyun resumed her daily days of going up the mountain and taking out pigweed. When the village started to work, Grandma Tian didn't know why she didn't let her go to work with her.
Tian Xiuyun analyzed it privately, probably because the family did not eat more than Tian Xiuyun, completely one day and one place, and these tasks at home were not easy, so Grandma Tian did not let her go to work with her, but let her stay at home to do housework.
And this year, because of the pressure of the grandson's marriage, after the beginning of spring, Grandma Tian caught two pigs, except for one pig to hand over the task, and the other planned to be raised until the end of the year to sell for some money.
For this arrangement, Tian Xiuyun likes to see that in addition to the work assigned to other sisters, she doesn't care, as long as it belongs to her, she will do it early, and then take the time to go to the old man's side to study until almost noon, rush back to cook, and continue to study in the afternoon.
With such a close arrangement, Tian Xiuyun's learning progress is very fast, in addition to the textbook knowledge in middle school, Li and Qian, the two old men, have also begun to increase their knowledge. Even Mr. Li, who had studied abroad, suddenly proposed to tutor Tian Xiuyun to learn English, which really scared Tian Xiuyun.
After all, as far as she knew, Old Man Li was criticized at the beginning, in addition to the problem of stinky Lao Jiu, there were also overseas relations. In Tian Xiuyun's opinion, Mr. Li should be secretive about foreign languages, but he thought that he would offer to teach her.
"Although we don't know much about the situation outside, from the letters sent by Wen Tao occasionally, we have also figured out some doorways, and now the outside is not as chaotic as it used to be, and I think the dawn is not far away. Old Man Hua saw Tian Xiuyun's doubts, but in his heart he supported Old Man Li's decision, after all, to be able to sit in their position, often look at things from a different angle than ordinary people, from the news that his grandson can occasionally send back some old newspapers, he has seen a lot of things.
"Yes, you just have to study hard. Old man Qian also said.
"Well, don't worry, three grandfathers, I will study hard. Tian Xiuyun nodded and promised, admiring these three old men even more, only from those innocuous expired news, it was really powerful to be able to sniff out the result that the civil strife was about to end.
Since then, Tian Xiuyun's daily curriculum has added English to the content, although Tian Xiuyun has never been exposed to it, but Mr. Li is really good at English.
In addition to the problem of grammar, Tian Xiuyun is very easy to accumulate words, comparable to the sea of knowledge of a photocopier, Tian Xiuyun no matter how many words she learns on the first day, she can write them out accurately the next day.
In addition to learning about this matter, Tian Xiuyun and Hua Wentao's correspondence has also been maintained, and Hua Wentao's problems are getting deeper and deeper, Tian Xiuyun has an inexplicable sense of accomplishment every time she receives a letter, just like a pet she raises, and she finds that she has better growth every once in a while.
Because of this discovery, Tian Xiuyun also began to treat Hua Wentao's martial arts practice more attentively, as long as Hua Wentao raised doubts about martial arts, Tian Xiuyun would first go back to the space to study and understand first, and then reply to the letter, which also avoided Hua Wentao from taking many detours to a large extent.