Chapter 14: The Scholar
"Mother, mother, I'm back", Wu Zhaodi shouted before he entered the door, but when he arrived at the gate of the courtyard, he was stunned, and in the courtyard, the black pressure was full of people. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info grandparents, parents, eldest sister, second sister, third sister, and even Aunt Li's family of five are standing in their yards. "How can there be so many people, still standing in the courtyard, won't they be waiting for me", Zhao Di thought to himself.
"What are you doing there, this kid, I'm distracted again, come in, I didn't see the whole family waiting for you", He Saifeng saw that Wu Zhaodi was stunned at the door and didn't come in, so he said anxiously.
"Oh, mother, come in", Brother Zhao walked in with a bamboo basket, and He Saifeng took it easily. As soon as he took it, his face immediately changed, "Brother Zhao, where did you get the meat?" ”
"What meat?" Everyone gathered around, and after reading it, they all showed a clear expression.
"It was given by the Yan family, a return gift to our family", Wu Zhaodi saw everyone's expressions, and he had already roughly guessed everyone's thoughts, but he didn't want to break it.
"Is it because the Yan family didn't agree? It doesn't matter, it's normal to disagree, I'll just say, how can a big family teach ordinary people like us to read, and we don't have any money to give people, let's go, let's go into the house, just act as if this didn't happen." After He Saifeng finished speaking, he pushed everyone into the house.
"Hey", Wu Zhaodi's grandfather sighed deeply, shook his head imperceptibly, and turned around to enter the house.
"Grandma, father, mother, Brother Yan didn't promise to teach me to read, but let me be a scholar for him from tomorrow." Wu Zhaodi saw his grandfather's disappointed expression, and quickly shouted loudly.
"What you said is true?" Brother Wu Zhao's grandfather said excitedly.
"Dad, why are you so excited? Isn't he just a scholar? It's not a matter of serving people, Brother Zhao thinks so, how to serve people, let's not go", He Saifeng is very puzzled by the public's excitement, she has never seen a scholar, and she doesn't know what a scholar does, that is, when she was a child, she heard that there are usually scholars in large families, but no matter what, they are all serving people, they are servants, they should be the same as his father-in-law used to serve people, she thinks that Zhao Brother is too young, and she can't take care of it, how to serve people, so she said.
"You know what, come in first, come in and talk about it," the old man said angrily. When everyone entered the house, the old couple, Xiao Fugui, Uncle Li, and Aunt Li all sat on the kang, and everyone else found a place to stand still. At this time, the old man said, "What do you know, the young master of a big family, there will generally be a scholar, and those royal relatives will even have a companion to read, although the scholar is also a servant, but the waiter is also divided into three, six, nine and so on, the lowest is laundry, sweeping, your mother-in-law will be a cook in the kitchen, and she is still a little status, but she can't be on the table." Old man, I am Lord Belle's entourage, although it is not a decent job, but everyone has to think highly of me when they see me, as for the scholar, he is the highest status among the subordinates, because the scholar is literate, and when the scholar grows up, many of them are in charge, and some if they are good at learning, they will even give advice to the main family. Therefore, if you recruit a younger brother and become a scholar, you must be literate, but you won't be specifically taught, so do you understand? Do you dare to look down on the scholar? This is a matter of glory to the ancestors."
"That's the case, Dad, my daughter-in-law hasn't seen the world, how do you know the Tao here."
"Yes, uncle, how can we know this, how can we compare with you, you have served nobles, anyway, this is a great thing, I really want to congratulate you", Aunt Li also played a round game, although this old man is not rich, but because he has served nobles, he has seen the world, and he also has a very high status in the village, so their family asked for Sanya, a child daughter-in-law, even if the whole village is full of rumors, and Sanya is also a good one.
Wu Zhaodi's sisters were also very happy, and kept asking around Zhaodi, when they heard Zhaodi say that there was still a month's salary, everyone couldn't believe it, grandma shouted, it was really green smoke on the ancestral grave, and asked Erya to find the second uncle and the third uncle's family. Aunt Li's family didn't leave, and everyone couldn't say anything. After the family arrived, the house was a little crowded, the house was already small, and with the five members of Aunt Li's family, it was even more crowded.
"You all already know the matter, and I have called you today because I have two things to say. The first thing is, Siya became a scholar, and he was about to start reading, and our family was going to produce a scholar, although he didn't expect a talented man in the family, but if he could write, he would definitely be no worse in the future, so I want to ask you, who wants to follow Siya to read? ”
Everyone looks at me, I look at you, they all look at He Saifeng, He Saifeng is the eldest daughter-in-law, everyone has to look at her attitude. He Saifeng saw that everyone was looking at her, so he first said, "Dad, mother, I support children's literacy, but there is one thing, the family has no money to buy books and paper for them, so if you don't spend money to learn, you can learn, of course, in addition to wealth, wealth will be the top door in the future, but whether you want to learn or not depends on whether they want to learn, whether it is that material." ”
"Mother, I'm going to work in the county in a few days, and I don't have time to study, but when I'm at home, I really want to learn, and in the county, if you are literate, you can earn a lot", the eldest girl listened to her mother's words, and said first. Then there was Erya "Grandma, I'm not going to learn, I'm definitely not that material, it's good to feed the pigs at Li Dahu's house every day", "That's it, that's it, I don't want to learn, our girl's family, we don't need to be literate, let's let my brother and younger brother learn" Sanya also hurriedly said.
"I said, Dad, our family is still living a tight life without studying, this requires a literacy, no money, look, my two boys are older, like his third uncle, learn a craft, and immediately help the family make money, what kind of literacy, there are a few people in these ten miles and eight towns who are literate, everyone is not living well, but if you can help me feed these two boys, I will let them study."
"You, the woman's opinion", after listening to what the second daughter-in-law said, the old man was angry, but he was helpless, how could he have the money to raise two more boys. "Third daughter-in-law, what about your two children?"
"Dad, we have a lot of work at home, so we can't come every day, otherwise, let Lotus and Arita come every other day," the third aunt of Zhao Di said sullenly. No one expected her to say this, their two children, one is about the same age as Erya, and the other is about the same age as Sanya, and they can already help the family do a lot of work, because the third uncle is diligent and has carpentry skills, and he has done a lot of work, but they didn't expect that they can let the children put down the work at home to become literate.
"That, I said uncle, can you also let my three unsuccessful boys come?"