Du Qimei sent her mother away, tied the door, then washed the clothes, cleaned up, and let Du Jiumei and Du Balang play in front. This is not much work, Du Qimei takes care of it all, and does not let her younger brothers and sisters get started.

In the Du family's mansion before, Du Qimei not only had to cherish the clothes of her mother, brothers and sisters, but also cleaned the clothes of the whole family. It's okay in summer, it's all thin clothes, and no one is cold. But in winter, it was bitter, and my hands were frozen and swollen into steamed buns, and it was itchy and painful at night, which was very uncomfortable.

Compared to before, the days are really good now.

Du Balang wanted to go out to play, but while his sister was not paying attention, he secretly ran out, so angry that Du Qimei chased out with a broom for a long time.

"Hachiro is disobedient, you have to be obedient." Du Qimei took Du Jiumei's hand and entered the courtyard together.

Du Jiumei turned her head and looked at Du Balang who was freed with envy, in fact, she also wanted to go out for a walk.

Re-tied the door, Du Qimei continued to wash clothes.

Du Jiumei felt bored, so she went to the backyard, pulled weeds, found some work, tied the small wooden door in the backyard, and Du Jiumei entered the jade pendant space.

Walking in the thousand-year-old cellar pool, Du Jiumei regretted that it was difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, without food, even if there was a thousand-year-old cellar pool, she couldn't make good wine.

I thought I would grow some food and make some wine in private, but this is good, the land in the space can't grow seedlings at all. If you look at the bubbling spring water, you don't know what it does.

Du Jiumei found a crockpot, filled it with a mess, and prepared to go outside to test if it was poisonous? If it is not poisonous, it can be drunk, and the spring water is cleaner than the well water in her yard.

The crockpot was not big, Du Jiumei was carrying it in her hand, and when she came out of the space, she suddenly tripped over a wooden stick on the ground.

What bad luck! Du Jiumei not only fell, but the crockpot fell to the ground and broke, and the spring water inside was all soaked into the soil around her.

Hey, I got mud all over my body yesterday, and I got dirty again after changing into clean clothes. Fortunately, her mother was not at home, so Du Jiumei changed her clothes and took the dirty clothes to the seventh sister.

Du Qimei has a good temperament, so she just smiled and asked, "Why did you get dirty again, fortunately, my mother is not at home, otherwise I would have to talk about it again." ”

"Hehe, I was careless." Du Jiumei smiled, hey, she was already very careful, and if she fell today, she was unlucky.

After noon, as soon as Du Qimei was cooking, she heard Du Balang's voice calling the door.

Du Qimei opened the door, caught Du Balang and said, "If you go out again today, I will tell my mother at night, you run around and spank your ass." ”

Du Jiumei, like Du Balang, is a child who is almost eight years old. If in his previous life, this age was the age to go to school and learn all kinds of knowledge, but now that his family is poor, Du Balang will jump up and down with the naughty boys in the village.

Suddenly thought of the eldest uncle, the second uncle made an account for people in the county, and he must be literate, so their cheap father must also be literate, right?

"Seventh sister, don't scold the starling, when we have money, send the starling to the school to study." Du Jiumei stopped the angry seventh sister.

As soon as she heard reading, Du Qimei's eyes lit up, and she said: "Pay attention to this, when I'm fine in the afternoon, I'll teach you to read and write!" ”

Du Jiumei was stunned, hey, the seventh sister is still literate?

"Why are you so surprised! Your fifth brother can also read and write, which my father taught us before. Du Qimei smiled helplessly, "If it weren't for my father going to the battlefield, Wulang might also be able to go to the county seat to study, and he would come back after two years to take the exam." ”

Du Jiumei saw that Du Qimei was sad, pulled Seventh Sister's hand, and said: "Sister, we don't have the conditions at home now, let's work hard, work hard to make money, send Hachiro to study, maybe we will be able to get ahead in the future." ”

As soon as Du Balang heard about reading, he was very envious of the fourth uncle in the village who went to study in Lijia Village next door. Those literate little kids, who look down on them who can't read, are often laughed at.

"Seventh sister, I'm not naughty anymore, you teach me to read." Du Balang said seriously, the glory of the ancestors, the way to get ahead is too far away, he just wants to make the little children in the village who go to the school deflated.

Du Qimei nodded and said, "Okay, when I was repairing the house, there was just some yellow sand left, and I will make a sand table for you to practice writing on it." ”

In a blink of an eye, Du Qimei brought two big coarse porcelain plates, which were full of sand, sand tables, and this bottle was appropriate.

Du Qimei washed the sand in the basin again and again by the well, until there was no soil in the sand, and the washed water was still clean and clear.

Put the two sand tables in the sun and expose them to the sun, and when you are silly dry in the afternoon, you can write on them. Clean, save money and be practical.

Paper is very expensive, even if it is a private school in Lijia Village, it is on the sand table when I first learn to write. Du Jiumei is very curious, but this is very common in the eyes of Du Qimei and Du Balang.

The three sisters and brothers had lunch and took a nap, Du Jiumei and Du Balang held a small wooden stick in their hands and followed Du Qimei to learn to read and write.

For enlightenment literacy, the most commonly used ones are "Hundred Family Names", "Three Character Classics", and "Disciple Rules". One afternoon, Du Qimei taught Zhao Qian, Sun Li, Zhou Wu, Zheng Wang, Feng Chen Zhuwei, Jiang Shen, Han Yang.

Although the simplified Chinese characters that Du Jiumei learned before are different from the traditional Chinese characters, they can be recognized at a glance, and it is much easier to remember the strokes than the beginner Du Balang.

Seeing that his sister can already write, this makes Du Hachiro, who has always regarded himself as an elder brother, very anxious, oops, even his sister can't compare, is he too stupid?

In order not to be compared to his sister, Du Balang studied more seriously, and when Yang and Du Wulang came back in the evening, this kid would actually write these sixteen words.

Worried that he would forget, Du Hachiro wrote it in the sand table whenever he was free.

"Mother, did you go well today?" Du Jiumei asked, looking at the small package on her mother's arm.

Yang touched Du Jiumei's head and said: "It's very smooth, the boss lady is still the same Aunt An before, I haven't seen her for several years, and she still knows me, as long as I have a deposit of two taels of silver, let me bring so many things." ”

In fact, the proprietress was worried that she had thick hands and damaged the good materials, so she only took a small piece of repair to her. Even so, the Yang family is already satisfied, as long as she finishes this, she will be paid three taels of silver.

Du Wulang took out a large oiled paper bag from the bamboo basket behind him, which contained five large meat buns, white skin, even if it was cold, the taste was very fragrant.

Du Balang stretched out his hand to take it, but was beaten by Yang's hand, and said, "It's not delicious when it's cold, Seventh Sister, put it in the pot and heat it." ”

Du Qimei said crisply: "Hey! "I took the oiled paper bag with the buns and went to the kitchen.

At night, the paste of sorghum flour was burned, a steaming drawer was placed on it, and the steamed buns were heated. The mothers were eating steamed buns and drinking gruel, and the smiles on their faces were refreshing from the bottom of their hearts.

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