Chapter Twenty-Eight: Literacy Leads to Turmoil
The Zhou family asked where these fish came from, and Zhou Botao pinched his niece's arm: "Today we were lucky, we met crucian carp by the river and swam back to give birth." ”
"Why didn't I have such good luck?" Zhou Xingyi scratched his head in annoyance!
"We're just a fluke." Zhou Botao shook his head at her when he saw that his little niece wanted to speak, Xu Hui could not let outsiders know about the fact that she could attract a school of fish, her appearance was already eye-catching, if something strange happened again, maybe she would really be used by someone with a heart to make a fuss.
Zhou Tongshi asked the two daughters-in-law to pack up all the fish, dry some and wait for Xu Hui to go home and take it.
Chen Guihua lowered her head and pouted, her mother-in-law was really eccentric, she thought about her sister-in-law for everything, and her daughter went to the river today, why didn't her mother-in-law say that she would share some fish with her mother's family.
"Mother-in-law, I can't eat all the fish with so many, why don't I and my sister-in-law send some to my mother's family!" Chen Guihua had a smirk on her face.
The sister-in-law's house is quite far away from Yunxia Village, and she has her father's birthday every year, and there are several important festivals to go back, and she never goes home.
It's different for me, my mother's family is from this village, and I can make a round trip in half an hour when I go home.
"Chen Guihua, you did it on purpose, knowing that your sister-in-law's house is far away, it is impossible to go back to send fish, and you still mention this stubble! A total of three daughters-in-law of the Zhou family want to go back to their parents' house to send fish, so go together, if you agree to give 200 yuan to the person who can't return to her parents' house as compensation, I will let you take some fish! ”
Zhou Tong's family is not as harsh as other people's mother-in-law, Yunxia Village has an average of three acres of land per person, the Zhou family has a large population, and there is a lot of land, Zhou Tong's family left one acre of land for each family, and the income belongs to each house without handing it over.
However, Zhou Tong also said that when the children of the two sons' families marry or marry, half of the public will be released, and the other part will be taken by the two sons themselves.
In ancient times, there were not many elders who could think like this, and Xu Hui wanted to applaud her grandmother.
Chen Guihua was reluctant to spend 200 yuan, and wanted to get some fish for her father and mother to improve the food, Zhou Tong told the family that she had a number of these fish, and if anyone dared to steal the fish as a gift, the remaining land in the family would belong to the other party, and others would have a holiday!
"Huihui and Xiaoling have a fishy smell on their bodies, go back and change their clothes, Bo Tao come with me!" Zhou Tong also wanted to know what was going on with these fish.
"Mother, this thing is really strange, those fish are coming to Huihui, surround her in the water, don't leave, you tell Xiaoling a few words in a while, don't tell this matter, it's best not to tell the second sister-in-law.
In the future, I will look at Huihui and don't let her go out again, this kid has a good brain and is very talented in reading, so it doesn't hurt to recognize more words and read some books! Zhou Botao told the old lady.
"You say...... Will Huihui really be a fairy child coming down from the sky? Zhou Tong remembered the rumor again.
Zhou Botao is a scholar after all, although he can't explain what happened to his niece, but he doesn't believe the rumors about Xiantong: "Mother, did I look worse than Huihui when I was a child?" Didn't I grow up safely! Don't believe those rumors, it's all unfounded, you go to Zhang Luo to eat, I also changed my clothes, I was hurt by that girl, my clothes are stained with fishy smell. ”
Coaxed away the old lady, Zhou Botao sat on the edge of the bed and pondered, when she went out, her niece looked very determined, and asked her to carry the bucket to the river, how did she know that she would catch so many fish today? I have to ask the girl when I have a chance, I'm afraid she won't tell the truth.
After lunch, Zhou Tongshi asked the three little girls to take a nap in their beds, and she took her two daughters-in-law to marinate the rest of the fish with salt.
Half an hour later, Zhou Dongshu followed the adult to the ground, Zhou Botao carried the sleepy-eyed niece to his house, and Zhou Tong was responsible for warning the little granddaughter.
"Uncle, I just opened my eyes, sober up first and then write?" Xu Hui covered her mouth and yawned!
"Your heart is so big, you can still sleep, tell me, what do you use to lure the fish to your side!"
Xu Hui didn't expect her uncle to ask about it, and she swore not to give up until she investigated it.
"Probably...... It's the fish who see me so cute! Xu Hui winked at Zhou Botao.
Zhou Botao pinched his niece's face: "It's Yu'er who has never seen a little girl with such thick skin as you, so let's come out to visit collectively today!" ”
"Little uncle, before we went to the river, you promised that if you caught a fish today, you would treat me like a daughter in the future! How can anyone doubt that your daughter is right, let me tell you, before I came to Yunxia Village, I crossed the river with my father and grandmother.
That time I caught a fish weighing more than 30 pounds, and even my grandmother said that she had never seen such a heavy fish.
I don't know how I attracted fish, and my family hasn't asked me about it, so I don't know how to answer if you ask now! Xu Hui's face was not red, and her heart was not beating.
"I just want to ask why, look at your unrelenting appearance! Uncle Xiao is afraid that others will know about this and take you away, so don't expose your cooking skills in the future, and don't do things that attract too much attention in public like today.
The heart is sinister, and some people do anything for the sake of money, as long as they can get money, they don't care whether others live or die; There are also people who are born with no regard for others who are better than themselves, and when they see someone better than themselves, they will be jealous and try to destroy each other. ”
"Little uncle, I know!" Xu Hui put away her playful expression, only people who really plan for themselves would say this.
In the next few days, Xu Hui was detained by Zhou Botao at home to read and memorize hundreds of family names, Zhou Dongling had no foundation and was unwilling to learn, so she was thrown out of a street by Xu Hui in two days.
Chen Guihua saw that Xu Hui's niece was becoming more and more unpleasant, why couldn't she accommodate her cousin, can't she learn slowly? A girl can't take the top prize, squatting in the yard all day long to write and draw, showing that she can!
On the third day of learning, Zhou Dongling said that she would not do anything, not only did she not know how to write the words taught by her little uncle, but she also couldn't remember the surnames of the hundred families that her cousin memorized, no matter what Chen Guihua said, she refused to learn again.
"Why can't you learn from other people's Huihui, it doesn't matter if you don't look good, your brain is not bright, you are not as smart as a person with a foreign surname......
Zhou Tong walked to the courtyard and reprimanded Chen Guihua: "Bo Tao said at the beginning, let him teach, what he learns depends on his personal creation, Xiaoling doesn't like to write, what's the use of you forcing her to learn, what does this have to do with the surname Zhou or the surname Xu!"
You've had enough of a stable life, don't you find something to make a fuss, right? Botao is going to take the exam in the fall! How can you have time to teach children to write all day long, don't you see Huihui squatting alone in the yard most of the time to practice calligraphy? Are you blind and can't see!
If you provoke trouble and go back to your old Chen's house, this family has me and your father-in-law, and it is not your turn to point fingers at Sang and scold Huai, if you want to continue to live here, keep your mouth shut for me, I don't want to stay and leave quickly! ”