Chapter 24: Female dolls are not allowed to test for fame
The little ghost who was called bit his fingers, looked at the nest head in Cheng Yangyang's back basket longingly, and looked at his mother aggrievedly, left and right.
"You!" the village woman heard her son say this, she was angry, and directly squeezed through the crowd and grabbed the child's ears, scolding.
"Why don't you be angry, what's in a nest, you want to eat a nest and let your father work, you don't need to go!"
The voice outside was noisy, Chen Sanniang walked to the kitchen door with a cane to look, she didn't know what was going on, but it seemed that the girl had done something wrong?
"Mother, I won't go back! I won't go back...... the little ghost broke away, ran behind Cheng Yangyang, and grabbed her pants.
When the village woman wanted to step forward to retrieve her son again, Cheng Yangyang stretched out his hand and stopped her, "Auntie, you might as well listen to me first, and then consider whether to bring your son home."
"What else do you have to say, my children are still young, why do you care about them doing work for you, do you still have a conscience!" her spit almost flew to Cheng Yangyang's face.
Cheng Yangyang didn't care what they said or scolded, she turned her head and ignored it, pulled the little ghost head hiding behind her to the front, and looked at this group of little ghost heads seriously.
"Listen, what I want you to do for me is to come to the third grandmother after dinner in the future, and I will teach you to read."
As soon as her words came out, the villagers present were stunned, and the voice that was still scolding her just now suddenly quieted down, Wang Erwa was eating the nest, and when she saw that the adults stopped talking, he spoke instead, "What is literacy?"
"Literacy is to teach you to read", Cheng Yangyang is now more and more satisfied with this little ghost, when everyone else is stunned and afraid to speak, he dares to ask, quite perceptive.
When it comes to reading, this group of little ghosts reacts, they hear their parents say how good it is to read every day, but no one in the village can go to study.
Now that I heard that they could read, I didn't know if reading was good or not, but I jumped up with joy anyway.
"Dumb, dumb girl, are you really literate?"
Wang Dashu stood up in surprise, his hand holding the bowl trembling slightly, both excited and incredulous.
Cheng Yangyang nodded, "Well, I know some."
She originally wanted to be humble and not to distance herself too far from them, but this modesty made her trouble.
"Dumb girl, if you know a few words, you want to be a female gentleman, who are you bluffing!" Village Chief Wang stood up from the crowd.
If you want to say that there are literate people in the village, he also knows a few, but he doesn't dare to teach others to read easily, this little girl actually dares to speak falsely.
Cheng Yangyang didn't expect the village chief to stand up and attack her, her spirit of voluntary teaching is not worthy of praise, but at least it is not a sin.
"What do you mean, village chief?"
"I mean, you don't know how to pretend to understand, and mistake the children of our Wangjia Village!"
"How does the village chief know that I don't understand?" Cheng Yangyang didn't expect the village chief's reaction to be so big, even if he is not good at learning and arts, he is already very respectable to teach the children in the village to read and read for free, what does this village chief Wang think, and he will actually object?
"We are all countrymen, we have been farming since childhood, besides, how can you go to school as a female doll!"
The phrase "female dolls can't go to school" persuaded the rest of the village, and they all nodded, feeling that the village chief was right, and it seemed that they were thinking too much about reading.
Seeing their reactions, Cheng Yangyang smiled helplessly, their ignorance was far beyond her imagination, no wonder their ancestors could only stay in this small mountain village for generations, and were looked down upon by people outside.
"Village Chief, are you saying that you don't believe me anymore?"
"Dumb girl, it's not that we don't believe you, it's that we believe in the imperial court, the imperial court doesn't let the female doll test for fame, and you can't take the talent test, how can we believe you, do you say no?"
Village Chief Wang's tone softened slightly, although he didn't believe that she had ever studied, but after all, she had a little money, and if she couldn't teach, she could still pay everyone.
Xiucai?
If she can test her fame, it will not be as simple as taking a show.
"Since that's the case, then I don't have anything to say", Cheng Yangyang didn't want to argue with them, "But every day after dinner, I will still come to the third grandmother to teach, if you want to come and listen, just forget it."
Her words became a pimple in everyone's hearts, and seeing the dolls in the yard happily mingling with her, the adults began to hesitate.
The seeds have already fallen, Cheng Yangyang has nothing to do for the time being, looking at the lump of soil in front of her house, she always feels uncomfortable, she is now waiting for a rain to water the ground wet and soft, so that she can plant something on this hard lump of land.
Cheng Yangyang sat in the shadow behind the house, looking at Wangjia Village below, thinking about his first class tonight.
She has nothing now, no textbooks, no pen and ink, not even desks and chairs, do you want the little ghosts to sit on the ground, and the branches and the earth as pen and ink?
How can this work?
Cheng Yangyang stood up suddenly, didn't have time to prepare anything, and went straight to the city.
She kept going, back and forth, not to mention how much time it took, but the mountain road was too difficult to walk, and when she had the money, she had to repair the road first.
When Cheng Yangyang returned to the village, the sun was almost setting, and only the bright red afterglow of the sky remained, she rushed open the courtyard door of the third grandmother's house, and saw that there were only Wang Erwa and Wang Dashu in the courtyard, as well as his son and daughter.
In the huge courtyard, there were so many people standing alone, the third grandmother had already lifted the table for eating, the three little ghosts were sitting at the table, Wang Dashu and the third grandmother were sitting on the threshold, they were all waiting for Cheng Yangyang.
Seeing Cheng Yangyang come in, their faces were obviously relieved, and they thought that she would not come.
"I'm sorry, I'm late", Cheng Yangyang apologized to them breathlessly, walked to the table, and put a tube of beige paper in his hand on the table, as well as a bundle of brushes.
"Girl, why do you run fast, sit down and drink saliva and rest", the third grandmother got up and scooped a bowl of water in the tank for her.
"Dumb girl, I brought my son and daughter to study with you, you are tired", Wang Dashu still looked honest, looking at Cheng Yangyang embarrassed.
Cheng Yangyang took the water handed by Chen Sanniang, took a big sip, and then waved his hand in response to Wang Dashu, "It's okay, Brother Dashu, you can rest assured that you will hand them over to me."
The three little ghosts have been staring at the pen and paper on the table since she came back, Wang Xiaoshu and Wang Xiaohua brothers and sisters didn't dare to touch it, so Wang Erwa directly opened it for her.