030 Pen-making
When Sheng Jiaojiao poured some water into the col and climbed the dirt slope to return home, the ladies who came from other villages to chew the root of their tongues had already left.
The sun had risen, and the little boys and girls from the village who had come to enlighten began to come to Qi's house in a hurry.
On the first day of enlightenment, each child was brought in by their own parents and elders.
But by the next day, most of the children had come on their own.
Some children still have one or two sweet potatoes or raw eggs in their hands, and when they enter the courtyard of the Qi family, they consciously put the things in their hands at the door of the stove.
Although the children did not have many things in their hands, the dozen or so children added up to a small pile.
Seeing this, Sheng Jiaojiao's softness in her heart was touched fiercely.
These things are nothing compared to the treasures that others gave to her in her previous life.
But Sheng Jiaojiao saw full sincerity and respect.
So she enlightened those children, and she was more attentive.
The first day of enlightenment took a little longer, because she had to spend a lot of time teaching the little boys and girls the rules of private school.
Although it is not a serious private school, there is not even a banquet and a bookcase, and even a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, but the rules of the private school that should be studied are still in place.
Today, Sheng Jiaojiao has shortened the children's time in Qi's house, because many children have to spare half a day to practice martial arts, she taught the children to know a few common strokes, and one or two simple words, and let the children go home to practice on their own.
It's kind of homework for the kids.
Seeing the children happily walking away one by one, Sheng Jiaojiao just turned around and saw Qi Erniang and Qi Da Niang, who were sorting out all kinds of things sent by the children.
Sheng Jiaojiao walked over and asked the second lady Qi,
"Second uncle, where is the hunting goods sent by the people in the village yesterday?"
"Inside, what's wrong?"
Without waiting for the second lady Qi to answer, the eldest girl pointed to the stove room and complained:
"There are too many of these hunts, they are all dead, and they are piled up and afraid of being damaged, and your three uncles and I dealt with them all day before we peeled off the skins of these hunting goods."
Originally, Sheng Jiaojiao had already walked towards the stove room, and when she heard this, she turned around and asked:
"Auntie, where are those furs?"
Seeing that Miss Qi pointed in a direction, Sheng Jiaojiao turned her steps and walked to the side of the stove room, where she saw a row of furs that had been washed and were waiting to be dried.
She stepped forward with the hem of her skirt, picked out a piece of wolf skin, touched the silky gray hair on it, and said to the second lady Qi and the eldest girl Qi who followed:
"Although we don't have paper, we can make pens for those children."
"I'll come, I'll come."
Big girl Qi took two steps forward and took the wolf skin from Sheng Jiaojiao's hand.
She knows how to make pens, and the pens that Sheng Jiaojiao has used since she was a child are all made by Miss Qi herself.
Because Miss Qi wanted Sheng Jiaojiao to go to a private school, but the private school in Zhishou County was very expensive, and the students in it were either rich or expensive.
Therefore, Miss Qi was able to save some of them, so she went from a person who couldn't even hold a pen to a pen for more than ten years.
So as soon as Sheng Jiaojiao said that she wanted to make a pen for the children who came to enlightenment, Miss Qi immediately took over the job.
Sheng Jiaojiao followed behind A-Niang and came to the back of their room, where there was a small clay kiln, which was specially used by Miss Qi to burn clay pen poles for Sheng Jiaojiao.
"What are you doing with me? Go read a book. ”
The eldest girl of Qi spread the wolf skin on a flat ground next to her and drove Sheng Jiaojiao.
Now the people in the village call the girl she raised as Mr., not to mention how proud the big girl Qi is, she feels that her identity is one level higher than others.
She's my husband's aunt now.
Listening to the eldest girl Qi while busy, she said to Sheng Jiaojiao:
"Now that you are a gentleman, you can't be like before, you must read more books, study more, and learn well by yourself first, so that you can teach your sons and girls well......"
She felt that she had no requirements for Sheng Jiaojiao before, no matter whether Sheng Jiaojiao studied well or not, as long as Sheng Jiaojiao wanted to go to a private school, Miss Qi would send it.
But now that Sheng Jiaojiao is the gentleman of Loess Village again, the big girl of Qi has a request, and as a gentleman, she has already felt the weight of the responsibility.
Sheng Jiaojiao couldn't cry or laugh, reaching out to help while responding to A-Niang.
When Miss Qi saw it, Sheng Jiaojiao dipped her hand with wolf hair, and with an "oops" sound in her mouth, she once again rushed Sheng Jiaojiao,
"Don't mess around here, look at your hands, hurry up and walk away."
It was at this time that Zhou stood in the front yard and shouted,
"Big girl, come quickly."
Miss Qi answered, patted the clay on her hands, and went to the front yard.
As soon as A-Niang left, no one cared about Sheng Jiaojiao, so she began to let herself go, pinched a small pinch of clay, pinched it into the shape of a pen, thought about it, sat on the stone slab under the eaves, and used her nails to draw a few bamboo branches and bamboo leaves on the fine clay.
When she finished pinching a pen, before she could come to A-Niang, there was no way, Sheng Jiaojiao could only wash her hands, leave the earthen kiln, and return to the yard.
Qi Zhang's horse was in the yard, tethered to a thatched hut next to the stone mill.
Big brother is back.
Sheng Jiaojiao turned around and walked towards the Qi family's big house, originally wanting to say hello to Qi Zhang, but she happened to hear the old lady Qi, Mrs. Qi, Zhou and Qi Zhang talking inside.
So many people gathered in Qi Zhang's room, what are they doing?
Sheng Jiaojiao's footsteps paused and stopped.
In the house, in fact, not long after Qi Zhang entered the house, his grandmother, his aunt, and his aunt and eldest girl Qi were all sitting on the kang in the big house.
"Da Lang, when you come back from rest today, you see Tan Ji, the eldest man of the Tan family, did he tell you anything?"
Mrs. Qi sat cross-legged on the kang and smoked a dry cigarette.
Qi Zhang was stunned by the question, he shook his head, and asked cautiously:
"What is the milk talking about?"
Every time he meets Tan Ji, he always has to talk about a lot of things, and there are many things about his family and country.
Or his mother Zhou spoke, and said:
"Today, the eldest lady of the Tan family came to our house and specially asked about your sister-in-law's family, I am afraid that I want to give your sister-in-law and Tan Dalang to say goodbye, but ...... Coincidentally, my sister-in-law also came to our house today. ”
So Mrs. Tan was about to say something later, but was interrupted by Mrs. Zhou.
The meaning of the eldest lady of the Zhou family is to marry Sheng Jiaojiao.
After hearing this, Tan Ji's aunt looked embarrassed, and finally didn't ask Sheng Jiaojiao anything more.
Later, I didn't know if Mrs. Zhou did it on purpose, in front of Aunt Tan Ji, she described Sheng Jiaojiao's scandal vividly, as if she had seen it with her own eyes.
How does this make people say kiss?