Chapter 17: The Joyful Ox Cart
The ox cart was loaded with fragile things, and he was afraid of being turned upside down, so he walked more slowly, but Ah Gong did not take the car, but followed the ox rope, and Grandma and Xiao Man were still sitting on the car. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Xiao Man took advantage of Ah Gong's inattention, took out the bamboo tube from the bamboo basket, poured some spiritual spring into it, took a sip by himself, gave Grandma two sips, and then handed it to Ah Gong to let him drink the rest, Ah Gong shook the bamboo tube: "Hey, why is there still water? I thought it was empty!"
Grandma smacked her lips and said, "I think there are three or two mouthfuls left, which can quench your thirst...... You are a careless head, you think there is no more, no wonder Mo Lao Er always comes to touch your wine jug, and the remaining wine at the bottom of the pot is enough for him to fill a glass!"
Ah Gong raised his head and drank the water in the bamboo tube, and smiled: "This time we move out, he wants to drink my wine again, but it's difficult! I don't give them anything, even if I have a sip of wine left, I only leave it for my Xiaoman!"
Xiao Man took the bamboo tube and covered it: "Grandpa, I don't drink!"
Ah Gong said: "In two years, when you are eighteen years old, you will recruit a son-in-law who can drink - only if you can drink!"
Xiao Man rolled his eyes: "Ah Gong, have you ever learned arithmetic? I'm only eleven years old now, and in two years, I'll be thirteen when I'm full, so where will I be eighteen?"
Grandma laughed, and Grandpa was also happy: "It's Grandpa's miscalculation, our Xiaoman is still so young, let's wait a few years!"
Grandma laughed out of tears, wiped it with a handkerchief, and said: "You can't wait, Xiaoman, you have to go to school and study! If you have that good reading, you can earn a future for yourself in the future, if you are average, you can also read and count, and don't be blind and let others deceive!"
Ah Gong nodded and agreed: "Yes, yes, we Xiaoman want to study! I calculate, oh, school will start in a month, we have a school in our own village, the children are six or seven years old, Xiaoman is eleven years old...... That's fine! I'm afraid I've forgotten all the books I read for the past two years, so let's start again from the first grade!"
Xiao Man was gloomy, in her previous life, she was uneducated because she read little, and she was not confident enough, after escaping from the nursing home, she panicked like a lost dog, was deceived by others to get into the wrong car, and was finally abducted!
"Grandpa and grandma, I don't want to study!" Xiaoman said.
Books must be read, but she doesn't want to enter primary school, she once had a forty-year-old soul age, and then sat in a primary school classroom as a primary school student to recite the ninety-nine table, what is the matter?
When he met that person in his previous life, he spent a lot of money to find her five or six teachers and masters, and only taught her one student, she was mobilized and motivated by him at that time, and she had a strong desire for knowledge, and that person did not allow her to relax a little, and in three years, her cultural knowledge may not be able to reach the high school level in some respects, but she became a qualified pastry chef and chef...... It was a professional skill she had chosen herself, and that person also recognized.
Ah Gong's words brought Xiao Man back to reality: "If you don't go to school, you can't do it, and if you don't like it, you have to finish junior high school." Just now you went shopping with your grandmother, and your grandmother didn't say anything about you, so you are considered a literate person. But you have to recognize a few more words, so that when you go out and take a car and train, you can at least understand the ticket!"
Grandma's persuasion is more convincing: "Xiaoman, you may not understand it now, but in another three or two years, you will know: the girls around you, all of them are literate and hyphenated, and you are the only one who is illiterate, you are embarrassed to find someone to play, but I am afraid that people don't want to mix with an illiterate person! The water flows to the lower place and the people go to the higher place, we always have to keep up with the public momentum! Also, you see that the brigade selects a salesman, a hygienist, or an accountant and cashier, or a temporary worker on the grain station, all of them must be educated, right?" Even the scorekeepers of the production team must have read and write! Do those jobs easily and cleanly, you don't have to work hard to get to the fields, and you can save time to do what you like, which girl doesn't want to go? But the first condition for people is to be junior high school and high school graduates! Look at the Han family on the left side of the Mo family's courtyard, his family's Jialan and Jiaying's health school and teacher training, and when they come back after graduation, they will be doctors and teachers, and they will be decent and glorious! You also read books, as long as you work hard, you have accumulated enough cultural knowledge, and you will be able to use them one day! Grandma doesn't want you to get ahead in the future, she just hopes that you can change your fate with your knowledge, seek a decent and comfortable life, and not be despised by others, that's it!"
Mo Xiaoman's eyes were red, and he nodded again and again with tears, even if Grandma couldn't see it: "Milk, I read! I must study hard! Well, if I read, I have to read a famous hall, and I want to read a college student to Grandpa and Grandma!"
Grandma laughed again, crisp and hearty, full of energy, and a little playful, and it was hard to think that this laughter belonged to a woman in her sixties without seeing it with her own eyes.
Ah Gong turned his head to look at Xiao Man, with a look of surprise and joy on his face: Although Xiao Man's origin is unknown, he is a little worried that someone will come to the door to pick her up in the future, but she is really a treasure, the old woman hasn't smiled like this for many years!
Alas, no matter what, it's rare for the old woman to like it, she loves Xiao Man so much, Xiao Man looks like a good child who is pure and filial, even if she finds her father and mother in the future, as long as she reads the old woman a little good, she often remembers it, and she has to come back to take a look, it's worth it!
Ah Gong thought so, and said to Xiao Man with a smile: "Give Ah Gong and Grandma a college student to come out, this is what you said personally, Ah Gong can remember it! Our village has not yet been admitted to the college students by themselves, especially female college students, you have the ability to give it out, Ah Gong will work hard, according to the specifications of people marrying a daughter-in-law and giving birth to a son, set up a banquet to invite the whole village to eat him for three days and three nights!"
Grandma and Xiao Mandu are happy, in the last life, after the eighties, the descendants of Gongdao Village who were admitted to college went from less to more, at first people did not have the consciousness of inviting wine to celebrate, and in the mid-eighties, some families really sent invitations to invite wine because their children were admitted to college, and it was as lively as wedding wine, but I didn't expect that Ah Gong would now put forward such a predictable topic!
Xiao Man quipped: "Grandpa, please have a banquet for three days and three nights, you have to fight for your life, do you need a lot of money?"
"Isn't that going to slaughter pigs and sheep, do you think that just one head and two heads are enough? Our village is so big, and there are so many people, it's not enough! If Grandpa wants to invite him, he can invite him to be honest, so that the family can eat comfortably, and eighteen bowls are placed on a table, and then they will be served after eating, and until they have eaten for a long time, there is no wine or food left!"
Xiao Man clapped his hands and laughed: "Grandpa, are you a bit like a landlord and old fortune?"
"My granddaughter can be admitted to university, what if I am like a landlord?"
Grandma said angrily: "The landlord's old wealth is not as wasteful as you, you are clearly a bandit!"
A family of three laughed a bunch of laughter, this year, in China, especially in the countryside, the landlord and the old wealth are still derogatory, and the scolding is used by talents, and the grandfather and grandmother use it on their own family to say, they don't think there is anything wrong, and it is also wonderful.
Xiao Man put the things that were a little out of place in the car again, suddenly remembered, and said to Ah Gong: "We spent all the money today, and we have no money to pay for tuition, so we won't study this year, right?"
Ah Gong smiled: "You don't have to worry about this, Ah Gong still has some money here, enough for you to pay for tuition." Besides, Ah Gong has packed up a batch of medicinal materials again, and in a few days, he will take them to Guancheng to sell, and he can get a sum of money, we will save up, and the more we save, the more we will be admitted to college, and you will not have to worry about tuition fees in the future!"
Xiao Man frowned: Is it true that you really want to go to elementary school again!
"Ah Gong, will you take me with you next time you go to collect medicine?"
"It's not good! The place where Ah Gong went to collect medicine is not the hillside where you cut wood and grass, it is all steep cliffs, or deep valleys, the cliffs are dangerous, and there are snakes and insects crawling in the deep valleys, you can't go!"
"Then Grandpa is not afraid of danger?"
"Ah Gong is used to it, and he is on guard, it's okay!"
"Grandpa, in the future, you must be more careful and careful! Don't climb the cliff that is too high, and don't go to the deep valley! Just pick some ordinary medicinal herbs, we now have a good house to live in, and the things at home can be added slowly, and we don't need a lot of money for the time being...... I must study hard! I have heard people say: After finishing junior high school, if you can be admitted to the ethnic class of a local high school, the tuition will be free! After three years of high school, you will be admitted to the university, and you will be a member of the state, and not only do you not have to pay tuition, but the state will also pay you a monthly food fee! As long as my grandfather and grandmother are healthy and long-lived, and when I graduate and join the work and receive a salary, I don't have to work hard for you, just enjoy the happiness!"
Grandma stretched out her hand and took Xiao Man into her arms, her eyes were covered with a layer of mist, her lips trembled, and she shouted to Ah Gong: "Old man, you didn't listen to what I said many times, but now, have you heard me? Did you hear what the child said? We don't want a lot of money, we want you to keep your life! If you are poor, you will be poor, and if you are hard, as long as the family is reunited! One day...... When the child grows up, it will be fine!"
"Okay! Okay! I know, I know!" Ah Gong was most afraid of Grandma crying, so he hurriedly agreed: "I will listen to you, and I will never climb high cliffs or go to deep ditches in the future!
Grandma's tears dripped on Xiao Man's face, she sobbed, and said: "It doesn't matter if it's cheaper, it's enough, don't exchange your life for those expensive ones! As long as the family is safe and peaceful, I don't want you to go down the mountain for a few days and nights...... If you don't go home, I won't be at peace, you know?"
"I know, I know......" Ah Gong looked at Grandma sadly, and his mouth subconsciously responded.
"Know you're still like that?"
"It won't be like that in the future, I promise! Ayu, don't cry!"
Ah Gong said, looking at Xiao Man who was tightly hugged by Grandma for help, only to see Xiao Man's big smart eyes turn around, and he pretended to be surprised and lowered his voice: "Grandma! My Grandpa calls someone else's name! Who is Ayu? Ayu, Ayu ......"
With a snort, Mo Ah Grandma burst into tears and laughed, and patted Xiao Man on the back: "This stupid boy, your grandfather is an old man, who else does he dare to call?
"Oh, it turns out that Grandma's name is Ayu?
"Hahahaha......"
"Giggles......
The laughter that disappeared for a short time rang out again, and the old cow in front of him walked slowly and methodically, no matter how much laughter and laughter was carried on the frame, anyway, it could pull it!