Seeing this, Jiang Ru waved his hand, "It's okay, I'll ask casually." ”

After that, Jiang Ru met Sister Li's grandson several times when she came back from the door and ran over.

Finally, Jiang Ru caught him.

"Xiao Jiang, what are you doing at my doorstep?"

"I ...... I didn't do anything. Li Xiaojiang lowered his head and fiddled with his fingers.

He quietly peeked at Jiang Ru and found that she was frowning, and couldn't help but feel a little scared, so he whispered: "Granny Niu, don't tell my grandma if it's okay, I didn't mean to be at your door." ”

Jiang Ru squatted down, put her hands on Li Xiaojiang's shoulders, and looked at him seriously.

"Then you tell Granny Niu, what are you doing at my door? If you tell the truth, I won't tell your grandmother. ”

"I ...... I'm listening to Uncle Xinzhang studying. Li Xiaojiang lowered his head and kept drawing circles on the ground with his feet.

Jiang Ru was stunned, "Do you like to listen to him study?" ”

"I like it." Li Xiaojiang nodded.

"Then you honestly tell Granny Niu, do you want to read and write?" Jiang Ru asked.

Li Xiaojiang nodded and shook his head again.

"Why do you nod and shake your head at the same time? Mother-in-law doesn't understand what you mean? Do you want to or don't want to? ”

"I want to read and write, but my family doesn't have any money. I've heard that reading and writing is very expensive, and our family doesn't have that much money. Li Xiaojiang looked at his fingers and kicked the clods of soil on the ground.

Jiang Ru sighed in her heart.

Indeed, reading and literacy is too expensive for the average farmer.

When Jiang Ru heard the sound of reading inside, he suddenly had an idea.

Isn't there a ready-made teacher here?

Although this Niu Xinzhang was not admitted to Xiucai, it is still possible to teach children to read and write.

She is not ready to let him continue the imperial examination now, and it is not bad to teach children here.

So, Jiang Ru took Li Xiaojiang to Sister Li's house.

Sister Li was drying wheat, and when she saw her pulling Li Xiaojiang over, she muttered in her heart: Could it be that Jiang Gouzi caused some trouble?

She wiped her hands on her body, stepped forward and asked, "Xinzhang Niang, what happened to Jiang Gouzi?" You told me I had to clean him up today! ”

Jiang Ru waved his hand, "This kid is very well-behaved, where will he cause trouble?" Where did you come from, don't you know his character? ”

Sister Li smiled and rubbed her hands on her body uncomfortably, "Didn't I misunderstand when I saw him being pulled back by you?" Then Xinzhang Niang, are you looking for something with me? ”

Jiang Ru said: "When I just went home, I saw your Xiaojiang listening to Xinzhang reading at my door. ”

"Oh! You're eavesdropping?! That's not a good habit! "Sister Li picked up the wood chips on the ground and was about to hit someone.

Jiang Ru hurriedly stopped her, "Sister Li, what are you doing?" It's a good thing that this kid likes to read, why do you blame him? I came this time to ask you if you would like to let your family Xiaojiang follow our new chapter to read and write. If you want, you can come directly tomorrow. ”

Sister Li waved her hand again and again: "Ouch, where did we get the money in our family?" We can't afford a reader! ”

Jiang Ru said: "No money, anyway, my heart is idle at home, he has been a little depressed since his leg was injured, and after that, he reads and copies books at home every day, and I am a little worried that he is bored at home." So I thought, it's not a big deal anyway, it's better to let him teach Xiaomei to read and write. If your Xiaojiang is willing to come to study, Sister Li, you can let him come. ”

When Li Xiaojiang heard Jiang Ru's words, he couldn't help but raise his head and look at his grandmother hopefully.

Sister Li still refused, "We are all poor peasants, what's the use of reading and reading?" It's better to let him collect firewood and pick wild vegetables in the mountains to subsidize the family. ”

When Jiang Ru heard this, she couldn't help but look down at Li Xiaojiang.

I saw Li Xiaojiang with his head down, exuding a low aura all over his body, and the light on his body seemed to be much dimmer.

Jiang Ru sighed in her heart and said, "Sister Li, I also have a good relationship with you, so I will tell you what is in my heart." The work of shaving in this field depends on the will of God all year round, and how much money can be earned?

There is more than one grandson in your family, just a few acres of land, how much can he share? Instead of that, it is better to read Braille and go to the town to earn a living.

You must know that if you know a few more words and go to the restaurant in the town to be a buddy, the salary will be much higher. If you have good calculation skills, can you learn to settle accounts, and go to the town to be an accountant, is it better than you to make food in the soil? ”

When Sister Li heard this, she opened her mouth and was stunned.

She had never thought about it so much, and it had already taken her a lot of thought to think about it all day long, just thinking about making money and finding food.

Jiang Ru saw her move, and persuaded again: "Do you think, Xiao Jiang is young, even if he goes to the mountains to find things, how much can he find?"

And he himself is willing to read and write, taking advantage of his young age, to learn more.

In two years, whether you send them to the town as an apprentice or whatever, they will be better than those who can't read.

In addition, you don't need to come all day to read and write, you only need to come for half a day, the first half of the day to come to study, the second half of the day to help, neither of which is delayed. ”

Sister Li looked at the whirlwind above her grandson's head and took a deep breath.

"Xinzhang Niang, you're right. I'll let him go tomorrow. ”

When Li Xiaojiang heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, jumping and jumping in the yard, cheering loudly.

"I'm going to read! I'm going to read! I'm going to read! I'm going to read! ”

Jiang Ru saw it, and his expression softened.

After saying goodbye to Sister Li, Jiang Ru returned home and informed Niu Xinzhang of the matter.

Niu Xinzhang wanted to refuse, but when he saw Jiang Ru's smiling look, he opened his mouth and forcibly held back the words of refusal.

Duan Xiaomei has no opinion on this matter.

Anyway, my husband has nothing to do at home, so when I teach her, teach Xiao Jiang, and it's not bad to have someone with her.

Early the next morning, Jiang Ru and the others had just eaten when they heard a knock on the door.

When I opened the door, I saw Sister Li standing at the door with her three daughters-in-law and four children.

When Sister Li saw Jiang Ru, she looked at her three grandchildren, and was a little embarrassed to speak.

Seeing this, her eldest daughter-in-law, Li Niushi, hurriedly spoke: "Third uncle, my son is not very old, can you bother Xinzhang brother to teach together, and I don't want him to take the Xiucai test, I just hope that he will recognize a few more words." ”

Li Niu's family is from this village, and according to the seniority of the Niu family, she is Jiang Ru's cousin and nephew.

Sister Li, and the other two daughters-in-law all looked at Jiang Ru expectantly.

"If you want to come, come along. It's just that if you do something wrong, you will be punished, and you should not be reluctant. Jiang Ru said jokingly.

Sister Li nodded hurriedly, "This is as it should be!" If they are skinned, you let the new chapter fight directly. ”

The three children, except for Xiao Jiang, all shrank when they heard this.

"Mother! I don't read anymore! I don't want to be beaten! ”

Among them, Li Xiaoping, who is slightly older than Xiaojiang, cried and shouted not to study.

His mother is the third daughter-in-law of Sister Li, and when she heard this, she was so angry that she raised her hand and made a gesture to fight.

"If you don't read it well, I'll kill you right now!"

Li Xiaoping ran into the house, "I want to study!" Mother, don't hit me! ”

In this way, the three children get up every morning, come to Niu's house to read and write, and go back when they are about to eat at noon.

Niu Xinzhang originally thought it would be very troublesome, but later found that it was still very simple to teach children to read and write.

Just write it there and let them write it themselves.

If he's in a good mood, tell a story.

He himself likes to read stories, and when he tells stories, he comes out of his mouth, and sometimes improvises a story for the words to be learned, which makes the three children like it.

Because the three children learned calligraphy here in Niu Xinzhang, the Li family often sent some things.

Sometimes it's a few eggs, sometimes it's a basket of wild vegetables, it's not valuable, but it also adds a lot of food to the family.

Peaceful days passed like flowing water.

Duan Xiaomei reads, writes, and embroiders at home every day, and the days pass quickly.

There are not many fields at home, and Jiang Ru can do it alone.

In the blink of an eye, the Chinese New Year is coming.

Jiang Ru prepared the New Year's goods early and cooked them at home every day.

Duan Xiaomei complained every day, "Mother, I have been fattened by you." ”

Jiang Ru pinched her face, thought seriously for a while, and said, "I'm really fat." ”

Hearing this, Duan Xiaomei's face suddenly turned red, and she leaned on Niu Xinzhang and said, "Husband, have I really become fat?" Isn't it getting ugly? ”

Niu Xinzhang said with a smile: "The lady is not fat, you were too thin before, and now it is just right." ”

"Then I'm still gaining weight?" Duan Xiaomei pouted and pinched her face with some annoyance.

Since she became pregnant, Jiang Ru and Niu Xinzhang have spoiled her, making her personality more coquettish.

People are like this, because some people are pampered and some people are favored, so they learn to be coquettish and capricious.

The relationship between Niu Xinzhang and Jiang Ru's mother and son, on the surface, seems to be a mother and a son, and it is not harmonious.

Because, Niu Xinzhang found that as long as he didn't hurt Duan Xiaomei, this evil ghost wouldn't do anything to him? Even if he was good to Duan Xiaomei, this evil ghost was good to him.

It's like a love house and a black house, and it's like a rat trap.

This made Niu Xinzhang couldn't help but wonder: Could this evil ghost be from Duan Xiaomei's mother's family?

But no matter how suspicious he was, Niu Xinzhang didn't dare to do anything out of the ordinary again.

However, the private money he secretly saved was already twenty yuan.

On the day of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Jiang Ru bought a lot of red paper and asked Niu Xinzhang to write the couplet between their family and the Li family.

Niu Xinzhang wrote about his own family, so he was too lazy to write, so he asked the three children to write it by themselves as a test result.

The three children have learned a lot of words in the past few months, and Niu Xinzhang also sent them the remaining three brushes as a reward, so that they can usually dip themselves in water and practice.

Looking at the ink in front of them, the three children were a little afraid to put pen to paper.

Especially Li Xiaoping.

He usually writes here, and he hasn't practiced much since he got home.

The eldest Li Xiaokang has practiced, but his talent is limited, and it is already good to be able to read words.

In the end, it was Li Xiaojiang who wrote the couplet of the Li family.

Although the handwriting is average, it is not even neat.

But when Sister Li and Li Xiaojiang's mother, Li Zhang, happily held the couplet and looked at it for a long time, and then solemnly pasted the couplet.