Li Rulan, who was sitting at the table, put down the needlework in her hand and glanced at the brothers who were still rejoicing.

"Don't be too happy, if you take the next small test, you will still be the first from the bottom in the next small test, and see if your father doesn't break your legs."

Huzi said with a sad face: "But mother, reading is so boring, if you have to sit there all day, my ass is almost calloused." ”

He couldn't sit still the most, and every time he was in the school, he was easily attracted by things outside.

How fun it is outside, you can catch crickets, have snowball fights, and play games with Xiao Niannian.

In contrast, reading was so boring that he didn't want to read at all.

Tiezi's expression was not much better, and there was still a trace of grievance on his face.

He couldn't figure it out, he didn't want to study at all, why did his father and mother send him to school.

"Yes, mother, my head is too big to see those books, how can I read them?"

Li Rulan hates that iron can't become steel, "How can that bolt be admitted to the first place in the school?" Can't you learn from him? ”

Xuebazi stood quietly to the side, without a trace of pride on his face.

In his opinion, reading is quite interesting, I don't know why the eldest brother and the third brother are so disgusted with reading.

"Alas...... Isn't it for your own good that your parents let you study? Li Rulan sighed and said earnestly.

"There are only a few things that Daddy can teach you, and there are some things that the Master can only teach you. You can learn a lot from the book. You are still young now, you don't understand anything, and when you grow up in the future, you can't read as much as your father, and when you are abducted, you will help others count the money. ”

Tiezi and Huzi glanced at each other, unimpressed.

Huzi whispered: "Daddy can't read, isn't it good now, and I haven't seen anyone kidnapping him......"

"What are you muttering?"

Li Rulan didn't hear what he was talking about, but she knew that what she was saying was definitely not a good thing.

"Uh, nothing, nothing." Huzi stretched out his hand and promised, "I mean, my eldest brother and I will work hard next time, and we shouldn't be the first place in the end." ”

As he spoke, he tugged at the iron, and the iron was stunned for a moment before he reacted.

"Oh yes! We will definitely try our best next time. ”

Li Rulan said angrily: "It's pretty much the same." ”

Tiezi lowered his head a little unconfidently, in fact, he wasn't sure if he would be better in the next small test.

It's not that he doesn't study well because he is playful, but he thinks that studying is useless, and it is better to feed the goats at home.

Every time he was in the school, it was difficult for him to concentrate on his class because he was always worried about his family.

He was worried that his father and mother would be unable to take care of the three children at home.

He was worried that his father and mother would not have time to feed the goats, because that had always been his job with the plug.

He was also worried that Tuanzi Yuanzi and Niannian were too small, and what would he do if he was bullied by the older children while playing outside.

As soon as the school ended, he rushed home, not wanting to stay longer for a moment.

The mind is not on learning, so it is easy to forget everything you have learned.

Hey, if only I didn't have to study.

Xiao Niannian took in the reluctant expressions of her brothers, and frowned even more worriedly.

Although she had just been praised for helping her brothers escape, she was not happy at all.

This time things are different from the previous ones, in the past, the third brother and they caused nothing more than poking a hornet's nest somewhere, or trampling on someone else's vegetable patch.

The most serious thing is just picking up the wall of someone else's house, because the child of that family said bad things about Xiao Niannian.

But this time it's different, this time it's about the future of my brothers.

Although she doesn't think that reading is the only way out, she must at least be literate and have more options in the future.

Otherwise, in the future, if you can't read big characters, will you really want to be a farmer for the rest of your life?

It's not that it's bad to be a farmer, it's just that the peasants of this era are too hard.

The crop yield in this era was very low, firstly, because of the problem of seeds, and secondly, because there was no modern chemical fertilizer and pesticide to supplement it.

Relying only on artificial fertilizers, the nutrition of crops is far from enough.

Without pesticides, there will be many pests that infest crops.

Not to mention that if there is a drought or waterlogging, there will be no harvest in a year.

Therefore, the peasants could not produce much grain in a year of hard work, and they had to pay 15 percent of the tax to the imperial court.

Moreover, in ancient times, there was no such thing as family planning, and everyone was riveting enough to have children.

There is no family in Taoli Village that has less than three children.

It is not easy to rely on that little bit of thin land to feed a large family.

She doesn't want her brothers to live this kind of life in the future.

The brothers preferred to go to herd sheep and farm because they found it more interesting to raise sheep than to study.

How could they have ever understood the hard work behind the peasants?

What's more, they are still young and may not know what they want in the future.

Literacy and hyphenation is not for them to follow the text, but to hope that they can have the right to choose their lives.

They have never been out of Taoli Village when they are so big, how do they know that the world is so wonderful.

Since ancient times, people have said that there is a golden house in the book, and there is Yan Ruyu in the book.

They are now giving up their studies for fun, and if they can't choose the right life in the future, they will definitely regret it.

So, in order for her brothers not to regret it in the future, she had to do something to arouse their interest in learning.

They are now a good age to study, and they can't afford to waste it.

"Hey......"

Life is not easy, sighing.

It is not easy for her to worry about the future of her family at such a young age.

Huzi and the others were about to go to see what gifts the villagers had given Nian Nian, when they suddenly heard a sigh, and turned their heads to look at Xiao Nian Nian one by one.

The bolt came over and bent down in front of her and asked gently, "Sister, what's wrong with you?" What do you sigh for? Is there someone out there bullying you? ”

Xiao Niannian smiled reluctantly and touched her little belly.

"Mu has wood, I'm hungry ......"

Several people in the house were stunned, Nian Nian ate three full bowls of rice for lunch, and drank a large pot of egg soup, and must have eaten at Aunt Wu's house just now.

At this time, it was only an hour before lunch, and everyone who was hungry began to sigh......

Tiezi was the first to react, and hurriedly said: "Then I'll go to the kitchen to help my father, so that my sister can eat steamed pumpkin early." ”

The bolt went to the table, took out a small packet of dried sweet potatoes from the gifts given by the villagers, and handed it to Xiao Niannian.

"If my sister is hungry, let's eat this first."

Xiao Niannian looked at the plug holding the dried sweet potato, and little stars appeared in his eyes.

The second brother is gentle and studious, and he also took the first place in the small exam.

is also born by a parent and a father, why is there such a big difference between the eldest brother and the third brother?