Chapter Ninety-Eight: Private School (1)
Five days later, the carpenter delivered the wooden shelves needed for the summer solstice on time, and the family was busy for several days before the wooden shelves in the house were erected, and each wooden frame was covered with a thick layer of soil, and the seeds were planted evenly.
In previous years, every spring in the spring, the Li family always had to be busy in their own vegetable garden for two days, planting the vegetables they wanted to eat, so the Tian family planted off-season vegetables since the Li family had to be busy for several days, and even when planting vegetables, the Li family took a few daughters-in-law and two daughters to be busy for a whole day to plant.
Xia Zhi was relieved of Li's skills, except for Xia Zhi who said a few words on the matter of choosing vegetable seeds, the rest of Xia Zhi completely let go and let the Tian family toss by themselves. This time the summer solstice chose some easy-to-grow vegetables, such as Chinese cabbage, oily lettuce, spinach, celery, leeks, shallots, garlic and so on.
In fact, Xia Zhi doesn't know much about growing vegetables, and he saw Grandma Tian planting when he was a child. But at that time, she was still young and didn't care about how Grandma Tian grew vegetables, she grew up and studied, and she didn't have so much time to follow Grandma Tian.
Of course, Xia Zhi dared to propose to plant out-of-season vegetables, but also because the Li family is a good at growing vegetables, although this out-of-season vegetables and seasonal vegetables are a little different, but the growing conditions of vegetables are there, and there is no difference in essence.
"Big brother, can you really grow vegetables like this?" Tian Juhua had never seen the Tian family's pregnant seedlings in March, so she still didn't believe in the Tian family's planting of out-of-season vegetables, and looked at the rows of wooden shelves in front of her. Tian Juhua always felt that it was not very reliable.
"Sister. I don't know if I can grow vegetables like this. But in March this year, the vegetables sprinkled on the side of the ridge on the summer solstice did grow, and Daddy praised the summer solstice, saying that the summer solstice was smart, and now it shouldn't be bad! Anyway, this house is vacant, and it is easy to attract mice, so it is better to let the summer solstice toss and toss" Boss Tian looked at the moisture of the soil layer on the wooden shelf, and lowered his head to answer Tian Chrysanthemum's question. But I can't hear the trust in the summer solstice in his tone and the meaninglessness that doesn't matter even if he fails.
"Uncle, why do you let me toss and toss, I came up with an idea, and the rest of the things are done by you, the second uncle, the third uncle, and Daddy!" While adding firewood to the earthen stove on the summer solstice, he listened to Tian Lao and Tian Chrysanthemum talking.
Now that the weather is getting colder and colder, the Tian family has raised the stoves in several houses since the day the vegetables were planted. When Xia Zhi heard Tian Boss say the words 'let Xia Zhi toss and toss', she was very dissatisfied, this was not a casual toss, and she came up with an idea, and the rest of the things were not done by her.
"You villain. Why, if it weren't for your idea. How many of our uncles and your daddy will do these things! It's not okay if Xiao Xia Solstice doesn't admit it! The soil moisture is okay, and Tian Lao felt that he didn't need to water it anymore, so he walked to the earthen stove in front of Xia Solstice, wanting to see if he needed to add some firewood. Seeing Xia Zhi holding the wood, he turned his head to speak, and couldn't help but smile.
Tian Juhua stood at the door, saw the interaction between the uncle and nephew, and felt that Tian Boss didn't take her question to heart at all, and couldn't help but stroke his forehead, feeling that his younger brother had changed a lot, he was mature and stable before, that is, when he was a child, he didn't go crazy like an ordinary child, but now at such an age, he joked with his niece.
Tian Juhua shook her head, she should be happy that Boss Tian has such a change, but she feels sour in her heart, she always feels that she has grown up with her younger brother since she was a child, and she no longer needs her as a sister. I also thought of my husband, who was reluctant to go back to my mother-in-law's house because of out-of-season vegetables, and three children who were crazy about playing with them.
"Uncle, you're so bad, I won't tell you! I'm going to find Cousin Tian and Cousin Miao'er! After saying that, she dropped the firewood in her hand and walked out of the door, anyway, she was very relieved that there was Boss Tian here. Regarding the facts that Boss Tian said, Xia Zhi couldn't say anything to refute it, so he had to find an excuse to run away.
Tian Juhua and Tian Boss both shook their heads and smiled when they saw the summer solstice running away, this child usually acts and talks like an adult, but from time to time he has to do something stupid, Tian Boss just made a few jokes, but she was in a hurry to run away, this uncle will not do anything to her, so anxious, almost tripped over the threshold.
It is said that Zhao Changlin temporarily planned to live in the Tian family for a while because of the out-of-season vegetables, and the three little babies of the Zhao family followed Tian Xiaoman to play the entire Tianjia Village like crazy, which gave Tian Juhua a headache, and ordered several children not to run out of the house again, and they had to rest at home for two days.
Xia Zhi walked into the hall and turned his head to look at the left room, only to see Tian Lichun with the Tian family sisters and Zhao Miao while talking and laughing, and the Li family and several daughters-in-law of the Tian family and Tian Meihua were also talking about the shortcomings of the family with a smile.
After Xia Zhi glanced at the room on the right a few times, Lao Luotou and Tian Lao Santian Lao Si and Zhao Changlin were also talking about the changes of the Tian family this year, sighing that the sky is beautiful, and the wind and rain have been smooth in recent years. Liu Tiezhu has already gone home, Tian Meihua wants to spend more time with Tian Juhua, Liu Tiezhu can't always live in Tian's house, he will not be hurt, so he has to let Tian Meihua be in Tian's house, he went back to Liu Village by himself, anyway, Liu Village is not far from Tianjia Village, and it is convenient for him to come over.
Zhao Changlin has grown up in the old house since the Tian family planted out-of-season vegetables, and today it was Lao Luo who pulled Zhao Changlin out. Xia Zhi saw that Zhao Tian and Zhao Yang were very bored and sat down with them, hey, it is said that this Zhao Tian is usually a big brother in front of adults, but it is a ten-year-old child, so it is really difficult for him to sit so empty. Thinking of this, Xia Solstice couldn't help but turn around and walk out of the room on the right.
"Grandpa, eldest uncle, third uncle, Daddy, Cousin Tian, Cousin Yang" Seeing Xia Zhi enter the door Zhao Tian and Zhao Yang did not move, their eyes lit up, they have also seen it in the Tian family these days, Xia Zhi is still very useful in the Tian family, I just hope that Xia Zhi can come over and rescue them.
"Didn't you go to the old mansion? How about it, your uncle and second uncle are okay on their side! Tian Lao Si saw Xia Zhi come in, beckoned him to come forward and speak, and now the old house is guarded by the four brothers in two or two, and now it is Tian Lao Da and Tian Lao Er.
"Okay! Nothing at all. ”
"That's good, your grandma and aunt are in the next room, and your sister and Miao'er are also there!" Tian Laosi felt that Xia Solstice was coming in to say hello, so he told them that the Li family was in the next room, thinking that Xia Solstice would definitely pass. However, he found that after listening to his words, Xia Zhi did not move his steps, and he looked like he was about to leave, "Why is there anything wrong?" Several people looked at Xia Solstice with questioning expressions.
Xia Zhi turned his head to look at Zhao Tian and Zhao Yang, and then at Zhao Changlin, and then looked at Tian Laosi, with a hesitant look, looking at Lao Luo's head on fire:
"You dead baby, you can't say anything, you're going to kill your grandfather in a hurry!"
Seeing that Lao Luo's head was on fire, Xia Zhi hurriedly spoke: "Grandpa, I'm not thinking about whether to say it!" After speaking, he secretly rolled his eyes, and the old man was really angry.
"Are you thinking about whether to say it, you are clearly deliberately hanging our appetite! Okay, hurry up, there's something to say! "Lao Luotou is really helpless about this summer solstice.
Xia Zhi turned his head to look at Zhao Changlin and Tian Laosi again, and saw that Lao Luo was about to say that she was going to say again, and said decisively: "Uncle, have you ever thought about sending Cousin Tian and Cousin Yang to a private school to know a few words?" ”
Xia Zhi's questioning was replayed in the minds of several people like earth-shattering thunder, including Zhao Tian and Zhao Yang. Not because of anything else, because in their consciousness, they never had the idea of sending their children to private schools to learn calligraphy.
In fact, this is not to blame them, in their memory, their ancestors have guarded their own acres and threes of land, as long as they are full of food, drink and warm clothing is their greatest wish, even if there are a few taels of silver in the family, they are also saved, and they will be left to their children to become a family or afraid of a hungry year in the future.
The private school is a field that they have never been involved in, and it is a strange and sacred place for them, so as soon as the question of the summer solstice was raised, several people looked at the summer solstice in shock, but they were silent.
"How did you remember to say this?" In the end, Tian Laosi broke the silence and looked at Xia Solstice with some complications, Tian Laosi felt that his daughter's thoughts were becoming less and less like a peasant family, and he didn't know whether Lu Dao was good or bad for Xia Solstice.
Xia Zhi pulled her clothes with her hand, her middle finger rolled up the placket, she knew that she said such a thing, and she was shocked by several people, but during this period of time, she saw Zhao Tian and Zhao Yang only know how to play crazy, although they are sensible, they don't know anything, Xia Zhi came up with the idea of sending the two of them to a private school to read and write.
Even she thought that if Tian Juhua's family couldn't afford the money, she could help the two cousins. The first is that Xia Zhi feels that if the Tian family wants to develop, it must be a literate person, and she doesn't want the Tian family to be a clay leg for a lifetime, and the second is that she wants to learn this ancient character through her two cousins, because she found that she, a modern university graduate, has become illiterate here. The third is that she feels that it is a pity to let Zhao Tian and Zhao Yang play crazy all day long, no matter how the two cousins study, at least they can write some common words in a private school, it should be no problem at all, it is better than not knowing anything.
"Daddy, you see that the two cousins are ten years old and the other is eight years old, and they are really small, and they can't do anything on the farm, but if you want to say that you are big, in a few years, Cousin Tian may be going to get married, but what are they doing now, it's almost crazy all day long, I just want to let them go to the private school to recognize a few words, it's better than doing this every day, and it makes my aunt worry all day long!"
For the summer solstice, several people were silent again. (To be continued......)