Chapter 42: Two Little Ones

Sending off his father-in-law's family, Zhao Yuan helped Meng Ying clean up the kitchen, added some grass and water to the little donkey Heihu, added some fragrant branches under the bacon and sausages smoked in the shed, and went back to the room to roast the fire.

Now it was really idle, there was nothing to do at home, the snow outside the house had not fallen, and the sky was still a little gloomy.

"Uncle Xiaobao, let's write, shall we?" In the room, Luoluo took out his homework box and said to Meng Xiaobao.

This small box is a gift that Wan Yunjun came to bring to the little girl this time, and knew from Wan Fu that Luoluo little girl was specially looking for a very delicate small box made by his carpenter after reading and reading, which contained pen, ink, paper, and inkstone suitable for children.

"Luoluo, I can only write my own name, I don't know other words." Meng Xiaobao said with some embarrassment.

When selling mushrooms, Zhao Yuan mentioned to Meng's father that he wanted to send Xiaobao to study, but later Zhao Yuan's family opened up wasteland and repaired the house, and Meng's father and Meng Xun helped Zhao Yuan's house until Zhao Yuan's house was repaired, and then sent Xiaobao to study.

"That's fine, I'll teach you, and I'll tell you stories." Luoluo said proudly.

"Okay, Luoluo, you are so much younger than me, and you know so many words." Meng Xiaobao said with some frustration.

Luoluo turned four years old at the beginning of the year, and now she can read some books alone, the "Analects" that Zhao Yuan found, the little girl can already read through, this level, even if it is put in the next generation, it can be regarded as a prodigy.

"It's pen and paper, and we'll use this to learn." Luoluo took out a small brush and a few pieces of paper from the small box and handed them to Meng Xiaobao.

"But Luoluo, I don't know how to use it yet." Meng Xiaobao touched the back of his head and said.

"Uncle Xiaobao, aren't you already in school? Why don't you know how to use a pen? Luoluo asked suspiciously.

"The gentleman told us to write in the sand basin, saying that we would have to wait a while before we could use pen and paper."

"Auntie, what is the sand pot?" Luoluo turned her head and looked at Meng Ying on the side and asked.

"The sand basin is to use a basin filled with fine sand, and when I first started learning, I now write on the sand, and then I write on the paper after I have learned." Zhao Yuan finished his work, walked into the house and heard Luoluo's question, and took over the conversation and said.

"Then uncle, why didn't I write in the sand basin first?" Luoluo wondered.

"That's because Luoluo is so smart that you know so many words quickly." Zhao Yuan scooped some hot water, washed his hands, baked his hands by the brazier, and said.

"In this way, can Uncle Xiao Bao write directly on paper now?"

"Yes, Xiaobao is also very smart, but he just went to school, and Mr. doesn't know yet." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

"Brother-in-law, is that so?" Meng Xiaobao asked.

"Of course, Luoluo, you have to teach Xiaobao to learn well."

"Okay, Uncle Xiaobao, let's start studying."

Luoluo began to teach Xiaobao to recognize words in a similar way, starting from the very beginning of one, two, three, four, five, basically following the steps that Zhao Yuan originally called Luoluo.

"Brother Yuan, thank you." Let the two little guys play on the side, as soon as Zhao Yuan sat down next to Meng Ying, Meng Ying said softly.

"Thanks what! It's all a family, just the three of us in our family, and our father-in-law and mother-in-law are our relatives. Zhao Yuan looked at Meng Ying and said.

"Well, but I still want to thank you." Meng Ying blinked her big eyes and looked at Zhao Yuan and said.

"Okay, in this way, Xiaoying, I also want to thank you, if you hadn't taken care of me like that, maybe I would have been gone a long time ago." Zhao Yuan said.

"Do you know, Brother Yuan, I was like a dream during this time, when I got married, I was very scared, but so many things have happened during this time, and they are all good things, a little unreal." Meng Ying said with a sigh.

"Don't think about it, as long as we live a good life, everything else is a floating cloud." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

During this time, in just half a year, for Meng Ying, there are indeed many unimaginable things, when she first got married, she suddenly encountered a big disaster, and she passed with great effort, it seemed that a good day came all of a sudden, and in reality she earned an unimaginable amount of money by selling wild mushrooms, and then she made soap, bought such a large piece of land, repaired a house, and even knew a lot of words, and got acquainted with the wealthy family of Shudi.

"Brother Yuan, you're not going to leave us, are you?" Meng Ying sat up straight and said.

"Of course not, we are a family, we will be together until we are old, and we will raise Luoluo, and we will have a bunch of children in the future, watching them run up and down." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

"Ah, Brother Yuan......" Speaking of giving birth, Meng Ying blushed again.

"Haha!" Zhao Yuan laughed loudly.

"Uncle, what are you laughing at?" Luoluo, who was teaching Meng Xiaobao to study, heard Zhao Yuan's laughter, turned his head and asked.

"It's okay, Luoluo, you continue to study, does Xiaobao know a few more words?" Zhao Yuan asked.

"I asked Uncle Xiaobao to write one, two, three, four, five, haha, uncle, he really wrote four into four horizontal." Luoluo said funny that Xiaobao also made the same mistake as herself.

"Brother-in-law, why is three horizontal, and four not four?" Meng Xiaobao asked.

"I know, I know, uncle, let me tell Uncle Xiaobao." Luoluo hurriedly said.

"Okay, then Luoluo told Xiaobao." Zhao Yuan said funny.

"Uncle Xiaobao, if four is four horizontal, then five is five horizontal, the larger the number behind, the more horizontal it is, then it can't be remembered, and it's not convenient to write." Luoluo said seriously.

"So that's the case, I figured it out, Luoluo, you continue to teach me to read, teach me to write my father's name first." Meng Xiaobao nodded and said.

"What's their name?" Luoluo asked, so nervous, I don't know if I can write.

"My father's name is Meng Ji, my mother's name is Su Xiaoyun, my eldest brother's name is Meng Xun, my sister-in-law's name is Wei Qiumei, and my second sister's name is Meng Ying." Meng Xiaobao said.

"But I can only write the words Meng, Su, Xiao, Yun, Qiu, Mei, and Ying, and Ji Hexun can't write yet, so I'll call Uncle to teach you." Luoluo said with his fingers wrenched.

"Luoluo, you teach me to write these words first, and I will write Mengzi." Meng Xiaobao said.

"Okay, then let's start with the word 'small'." Luoluo agreed.

The two little ones taught and learned, and they didn't feel tired at all, and the afternoon passed quickly. Meng Ying has already sat on two sets of clothes for each of the three people in the family during this time, and now that Xiaobao is here, she also plans to make one for Meng Xiaobao.

An afternoon passed in this warm atmosphere, and the bacon sausages smoked in the greenhouse outside the house slowly showed a beautiful color in the green smoke produced by the burning branches and leaves of the incense tree. When it was time to make dinner, Zhao Yuan went out to press a few more incense branches and leaves in the fire pit of the greenhouse, and snowflakes began to float in the sky.