In a place called Fangshan, there is a beautiful small mountain village, and there are only a few dozen families in the village, who are almost isolated from the world and live a self-sufficient life.

The village is very beautiful and old-fashioned, everyone's thinking is also very backward, the village chief Gu Guang is a man in his fifties who likes to wear red robes, he is fat and tall and has a mustache and looks very majestic, and the villagers respect him very much.

Gu Guang has two children, his son Gu Tianxi is tall and thin in his twenties, with a tall nose bridge, thin lips, thick eyebrows, deep eyes, neat short hair, gentle and elegant, it can be seen from his white and pure face that he has received a new education.

He is the only one in this village who has gone outside to study, but unfortunately he only went to the provincial capital to study for two years before he was called back by his village chief's father, on the grounds that the village chief was not in good health, and only one of his sons asked him to come back to fulfill his filial piety, although he was full of reluctance but he could only come back.

The village chief also has a daughter Tianhui who has just turned twenty years old, but unfortunately he has not inherited the good genes of his parents, short and fat, with two braids, small eyes, dark skin, and thick lips.

Every time she and her brother stand together, they don't feel like brother and sister, although the appearance is ordinary, but she is also a sensitive and delicate girl, she likes to read, she likes to paint, she likes to paint those different birds, as if she hopes that she will become a bird and fly out of this mountain, you can see the outside world, Tianhui likes to pester Tianxi to ask him about things outside.

The village chief's wife was the most beautiful and gentle woman in the village that year, her name was Fen Sui, and the village chief Gu Guang was still a young man in his early twenties.

At that time, the richest family in the village had an only son, Cigui, who also liked Fen Sui, but Fen Sui never looked at him with his eyes, and often avoided him, every time Fen Sui saw Qian Cigui, he took a long detour, Fen Sui knew that Cigui was interesting to him, but in her eyes, Cigui was just a playboy, and the farther away this kind of person, the better.

Fen Sui only likes Gu Guang, for Fen Sui Gu Guang and Ci Gui also formed a beam, because Gu Guang's father was also the village chief at the time, although Qian Cigui was not convinced but did not dare to conflict with the village chief at that time, so he could only watch Gu Guang and Fen Sui become relatives, not to mention that the old lady of the Qian family did not look down on Fen Sui who only had a few acres of thin fields at home, and Ci Gui could only do it, on the day Gu Guang and Fen Sui got married, Ci Gui was drunk, and he swore an oath: "I will be a person in vain if I don't have this breath in my life."

In this way, Gu Guang and Fen Sui successfully became married, and a few years later, they gave birth to a son and a daughter, and their lives were smooth.

After about ten years of such days, one day Gu Guang suddenly came to tell the villagers that Fen Sui had gone crazy, and he didn't know where he had gone, the villagers put down their farm work and looked for her, and finally found her by the river beach in the middle of the night. He couldn't figure it out, and he didn't know what happened to Fensui? Gu Guang took the two underage children and brought Fen Sui home.

Since then, Fen Sui often runs out, every time Gu Guang will ask the villagers to help find her back, after three years of such days, the people in the village no longer call her Fen Sui and call her Crazy Sui, Crazy Sui's father fell and injured his leg in order to find her, because no one took care of her and died not long after, not long after, one day Gu Guang rushed to the villagers and said that Fen Sui ran to the side of the cliff, and asked a few villagers to accompany him to find Crazy Sui, and several people hurriedly put down the work at hand and Gu Guang went to find Crazy Sui.

They ran up the mountain to find the edge of the cliff and did not find the crazy spike, only found one of her shoes, Gu Guang cried to death and said that Fen Sui must have fallen off the cliff and died, so Gu Guang had no wife, and the two children had no mother, Gu Guang built a mound for Fen Sui on the side of the mountain, and a few years later Gu Guang became the village head.

The village chief asked the villagers to raise funds to build a small school in the village, so that the children in the village could be literate and no longer have to be illiterate.

Of course, the village chief also has selfishness, he knows that there is only his son Tianxi alone in the village who can build a good school and be a teacher, Tianxi is very happy to finally be able to apply what he has learned, he hopes that the children in the village can come to school, but most of the people in the village do not agree to let the girl come to school, and feel that the girl has nothing to do with going to school, and she will eventually get married when she grows up, and the girl is afraid of being restless when she reads more, and the village chief also feels that everyone's concerns are reasonable.

Tianxi and the village chief said: "What age is Dad, girls also have the right to study, you see that many girls in the city are studying, why are we still so conservative in the mountain village?" ”

The village chief said: "Tianxi, you said that your father knows, but most of the village names are against girls going to school, if your father agrees, isn't it right with the villagers?" ”

"You also know that in their eyes, your father has always been a good man, which really makes your father embarrassed! Oh my God, will you promise your dad this time? Tianxi said: "Dad, I don't usually say a word about what you say, but can't you promise me anything in school?" The first time I want to do something, Dad, will you help me do it once? If you don't let the girl go to school, I'm not a good teacher, so please be smart! ”

The father and son were silent and no one spoke, at this time Tianhui came out of the back room, filled the village chief with tea, and said softly: "Dad, what age are you, why are you still so feudal, what's wrong with the girl, why can't the girl go to school?" Besides, you are the village head, you said that you let the girl go to school, who dares to say a word? Doesn't your approval of a girl's going to school mean that you are advanced in thought? You're going to help my brother once."

The village chief smiled and said, "Okay, okay, I really can't talk about you, a girl has such a powerful mouth, how can you find your in-laws in the future?" Both the village chief and Tianxi laughed.

Tianhui said: "Brother, I'll help you speak, and you still laugh at me with your father, it's really unrighteous." Tianxi smiled and said: "Good girl, brother is wrong, I won't dare to laugh at you anymore, otherwise you will quarrel with me with your future father-in-law in the future, brother can't quarrel with you haha!" "You still say that you still say", Tianhui's face turned red and chased Tianxi and fought. The village chief watched the two children fighting and thought thoughtfully, "In a blink of an eye, the children are so old, and they should all start a family, and they can't keep them by their side all the time.

The village chief gathered the villagers in the open space of the village to discuss with them about the children's schooling, and everyone saw that the village chief was resolute and did not object too much, and the village chief did not expect that what he thought was a tricky matter could be handled so easily.

Fangshan Primary School finally officially opened, and everyone held a grand opening ceremony, in fact, the big guys gathered in the school to have an opening meal. Tianxi counted the less than forty children in the village who came to school, although he was a little disappointed, but he was still happy, because there was finally a school in the village, and he secretly vowed to teach the children well, so that they could read and write and understand the principles of life.

A few months have passed, the village chief has already invited the matchmaker to tell Tianxi a good family matter, today just had news, watching the matchmaker smile from the gate in, the village chief hurriedly pulled Tianxi out to welcome the guests, Tianhui came out to pour tea for the matchmaker.

The village chief said: "Third aunt, why did you come, I look forward to the stars and the moon every day, and I look forward to your arrival?" The third aunt said: "Okay, village chief, are you looking forward to me coming, are you looking forward to your future daughter-in-law?" Haha"! The village chief smiled and said, "Let the third aunt smile, please take a seat, please take a seat." ”

"Third aunt", Tianxi gently greeted the matchmaker and sat down. "Third aunt, you see that my brother is shy"! Tianhui said with a smile. "There are no rules", the village chief scolded Tianhui, and Tianhui stuck out his tongue in disbelief.

The third aunt smiled and said, "The little girl really doesn't know how to be ashamed, and when your brother finishes getting married, it will be your turn." "Third aunt", Tianhui shouted, this time it was her turn to blush, and everyone laughed. The third aunt continued; "The old village chief heard that your young master is looking for a daughter-in-law, and the girls in this radius of dozens of miles are all patting in line, but I don't know what our young master likes, I have a few candidates here, haha." The village chief said: "What young master has a lot of masters, as long as the girl can live a down-to-earth life with Tianxi, we don't have any requirements." ”

"Hahaha, the village chief is not living with you, you have to ask Tianxi what he likes!" The village chief smiled and said, "Yes, it's me who is really confused," Tianxi, what are your requirements to say to the third aunt" Tianxi lowered his head and said, "I don't have any requirements, it's best to be able to read and write" The third aunt said with a smile; "Haha, that's not a requirement?"

"You said that there are many good-looking, fat and thin, but there are really not many literate people", Tianxi asked the third aunt: "There are so many girls, is there really no one who is literate?" Tianxi asked with some disappointment, and the village chief said; Can literacy be eaten? Tianhui said: "Dad, you don't care, my brother can find whatever he likes, and it's not you who marry a wife." ”

"You stinky girl is neither big nor small, see if I don't marry you a dumb man" said the village chief, Tianhui said: "Dad really hates not to tell you, and ran back to the room after speaking." The matchmaker laughed happily and continued; "You say that the girl who knows words, others may not have it, but it's hard for my third aunt, I really have one here."

Are you sure? Tianxi raised her head and looked at the third aunt with hope. Really, the third aunt replied with a smile The village chief asked whose girl could read?

The third aunt replied with a smile: "In Hejia Village, which is forty miles away from our Fangshan Village, there is an old man He who helps people write letters, his daughter is literate, and sometimes he helps his father write letters on behalf of others!" ”

The village chief said that it was good to be in a hurry, and the third aunt continued; "It's good, but I heard that this girl hasn't been in good health since she was a child, and I'm afraid she won't be able to do heavy work at your house."

The village chief was silent after hearing this, and glanced at Tianxi. Tianxi stood up and said, "Third aunt, just this girl, you go and help me ask, we won't let her work when she marries into my family." "Don't work as a bodhisattva?" The village chief was a little angry, and the third aunt hurriedly said; "Don't worry, don't worry, I'll inquire."