Chapter 20: Literacy
When San'er came out after washing the dishes, he saw Ye Xiaoyan with a bitter face, and his red lips opened lightly, "Little lady...... I'm going to collect the peanuts in our field, and you're resting at home!" ”
Ye Xiaoyan blinked when he heard this, "Don't go, these are not in a hurry!" Then he asked, "San'er, why do we grow so many peanuts?" ”
Although peanuts have high nutritional value, they can't fill the stomach, so it's better to have some practical ones! At least the potatoes can satisfy your hunger!
San'er didn't think about it, "Well, every year, when the time comes, someone will come to collect these peanuts, six cents a catty!" ”
I see, Ye Xiaoyan nodded, this is northern, but peanuts can be planted in the morning and evening, the early ones can be harvested now, and the later ones can be harvested around September!
Because there are two kinds of morning and evening, some families will plant earlier, and six yuan a pound is not cheap in this village, so some families will plant a piece of peanuts first, and exchange some silver money to subsidize the family.
Ye Xiaoyan estimated the peanuts in the field, and estimated that it was two hundred catties, and six cents per pound was one or two and two hundred dollars! At present, I have three taels of silver in my hand. If you exchange the money for peanuts, you will have more than four taels of silver...... If it is used to repair the yard, not to mention whether it is enough, but how they will live next...... It's late July, and it's still more than half a year before the land is opened next year...... And what can they do with it?!
Miss Ye rubbed her temples with a headache, "San'er, when did those peanuts come to harvest?" ”
San'er thought for a while, "Only in the early winter did someone come to collect it!" The peanuts that were recovered earlier will be exchanged for money in the town! ”
"And how do you eat peanuts here?"
For this question, San'er had to shake her head, "When my mother was here before, she would fry peanuts!" Later, my father would fry it every time, so he kept cooking it! ”
Miss Ye thought about this question very seriously, anyway, she has a headache these days, and there are some things at home that must be purchased, why don't you wait for the twenty-fourth day to go to the town to investigate?
Of course, while investigating, she also thought about making something to sell herself! When I think about it like this, I have some ideas in my heart!
Although she doesn't like peanuts, she still makes some more, such as spiced peanuts......
Fortunately, although this family is so poor that they have nothing, the spices for spiced peanuts are not bad.
At that moment, she asked San'er to wash the fresh peanuts for about five catties, and she went to prepare the relative spices, salt, cinnamon, cumin, wild peppercorns, and star anise.
Everything is ready, I found a black porcelain jar that has been abandoned for a long time from the backyard, this jar is not big, it should be the old man Liu used to soak the jar vegetables, put his nose to smell it, and he can smell a sour smell.
I didn't care about this, Ye Xiaoyan personally washed the inside and out of the tank, and then put his nose to make sure that there was no peculiar smell, and then put the cleaned peanuts and spices into the black porcelain jar, and added water just over the peanuts, and finally took a piece of wood to seal the mouth of the cylinder, and pressed a stone on the wooden block.
San'er only watched from the sidelines, and occasionally stepped forward to help.
After everything was done, Ye Xiaoyan was lying in the chair in the courtyard, and the sun was still easterly at this time, and she couldn't get sun. San'er sat on a small wooden stool next to him, his hands on his cheeks, and he didn't know where he was!
Miss Ye raised her eyebrows, and had an idea in her heart, so she beckoned to San'er, "San'er, you go to the stove room and pick up two black charcoals for me!" ”
"Huh?!" San'er was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't ask anything, and obediently went to the stove room to pick up two black charcoals!
Black charcoal is used for roasting fire in winter, because this is far north, and in the mountain village, it will be very cold in winter, generally the little rich family has a kang at home, and the life of the Liu family has always been so-so, but since the separation with the two sons of the family, the old man Liu spent all his savings to buy this house and the vegetable garden behind the house and the seven points of land in the back mountain!
It is estimated that it will cost four or five hundred wen to touch the pankang, so the old man Liu has been making do with sleeping, and it is really cold in winter, so he will burn more charcoal in the house to keep warm!
Old man Liu worked in the landlord's house when he was young, and in the end there was still some silver at the bottom of the box, but when the family was separated, the two sons were stunned to hollow out his treasures, and then after buying the house and the land, the old man Liu and the third son and mother were diligent and diligent, and the problem of food and clothing was really full! Later, Mr. Liu felt sorry for his daughter-in-law and was ready to make a kang, but he didn't want San'er Niang to go that year...... In the next few years, Mr. Liu saved some silver, but the two sons came to loot some from time to time...... In the end, he used all the money in the family to marry Ye Huaer...... Alas!
San'er picked up two black charcoals, Ye Xiaoyan stood up, picked up a wooden board, pulled San'er and said, "Come, little San'er, I'll teach you to read!" ”
"Huh?!" San'er held the black charcoal in his hand and looked at Ye Xiaoyan with some doubts, "The little lady can read?!" ”
"Yes, I'll teach you how to write your name." Ye Xiaoyan didn't think about it so much, and replied lightly, writing the word 'Liu Che' in traditional Chinese characters on the wooden board with his handle.
Last time, I paid attention to the characters of this era in Fanyun Town, and it is indeed traditional and correct.
"This is the word Liu, read this thoroughly! That's the name I gave San'er! ”
San'er was very well-behaved and obedient, and he didn't ask anything at the moment, just took the black charcoal and carefully marked two words on the board!
Liu's traditional Chinese characters are a little complicated, and it is not clear to write with charcoal, and Ye Xiaoyan patiently explained to him in detail the horizontal and vertical skimming and vertical hooks.
Ye Xiaoyan spoke carefully, San'er also listened attentively, read the word for a long time, and then his eyes were certain, and he wrote the name on the side with charcoal.
The handwriting is a little distorted, which is normal, after all, he is a beginner, but the words are not written in the wrong way, which makes Ye Xiaoyan very satisfied, and it also makes Xiao San'er even more determined that as long as he polishes it well over time, he will definitely be a talent.
Ye Xiaoyan's gaze was very hot, San'er raised her head, her beautiful eyes met hers, and she shouted softly, "Little lady!" ”
"Huh?!" Ye Xiaoyan grinned.
"Little lady, how do you write your name?!" San'er pursed his lips and asked.
"My name is not in a hurry, you first practice your name familiarly, and then teach you to write some simple structures, so that you will naturally write my name!" Ye Xiaoyan said with a smile.
"Little lady, you teach me to write, I remember!" San'er was determined to write Ye Xiaoyan's name, and his eyes were full of determination.
Seeing this, Ye Xiaoyan smiled again, and didn't care, it was just a name, so he picked up the charcoal again and wrote a leaf word on the wooden board...... But he was stunned after writing down the word leaf...... Should she write Ye Xiaoyan or Ye Hua'er?
"Little lady?!" San'er saw Ye Xiaoyan's frowning brows and called softly.
"Huh?!" Ye Xiaoyan blinked, smiled, and wrote down the three words Ye Xiaoyan without hesitation...... Word by word, he San'er explained, "This is called a leaf, the leaf of the leaf, this is small, the size is small, this reading language, the language of the language!" ”
Ye Xiaoyan?! San'er blinked her beautiful eyes, looked at Miss Ye, pursed her lips, and a trace of doubt flashed in her eyes, but she didn't say anything, she just wrote these three words more seriously!
The handwriting is as above, although it is a little distorted, but it is still the next stroke.
"It's so well written!" Ye Xiaoyan praised, "I'll make food for San'er at night!" ”
"Good!" San'er raised his head and raised a bright smile! The beautiful eyes sparkled in the sunlight, so bright that Ye Xiaoyan lost his mind for a while.
"Little lady......" San'er raised her good-looking eyebrows, "Do you know a lot of words?" ”
"Huh?! - " Miss Ye blinked her eyes, puffed out her cheeks and thought about it, "It's not a lot!" But it should be a lot............ Come, I'll teach you everything I know......" Ye Xiaoyan taught San'er to write some other words, and patiently explained to him the meaning, meaning, and how to describe it............
When the two of them were teaching and learning, they heard someone outside the hospital say, "Bah-"
The two looked back and saw Zhang Xiaotian standing at the gate of the courtyard, dressed in light blue coarse clothes, with black hair tied to his head with a belt, and a pretty face that looked extraordinarily comfortable because of the sun or what, making his temperament look extraordinarily sunny!
"Huh?!" Ye Xiaoyan gave up the black charcoal in his hand, stood up and patted the dirt on his hand, looked at him and said, "Come in and sit?" ……”