Farmer’s Little Girl

  Chapter 15 Apprenticeship (2)

  Reading is difficult. There are too few people in this world who can read. One is because there is no money, the other is because there is no opportunity, and the third is not smart enough.

  In the past few villages, there was no school, and the children had to go to the county town to study, but they were barely able to get enough food and clothing. Even if the family was richer, they could not afford the children.

  Master Bai brought his family to Qili Village. The two sons of his family needed to study, so they went to the county seat to hire Mr. Zhuang.

  Mr. Zhuang did not pass the Jinshi exam, but he was also a person who was admitted to the government. He has good morals and morals. If it is only a general remuneration, how could he be willing to teach in the small mountain village of Qili Village?

To pay Mr. Zhuang’s heart-wrenching remuneration, Mr. Bai was very reluctant. Finally, he thought of a way, that is, the Bai family will provide money for Mr. Zhuang to run a school, give Mr. Zhuang’s repairs to their family’s main head, and then pay the neighbors All the children who are suitable for school are recruited, and each child is also paid a bundle repair. If the money accumulates, the reward will be generous.

  This school was built by Master Bai, but it belongs to Mr. Zhuang, and Mr. Zhuang always holds the students' bundle repairs, so he naturally decides which students to accept.

  But whether it is due to etiquette or because of his cooperative relationship with Master Bai, whether Man Bao can enter the school to study is to say to Master Bai.

  However, Mr. Zhuang felt that there was no need to worry about this, because Man Bao was still young, so now it’s okay to learn some basics with him slowly.

  After the New Year, she becomes bigger, and then she enters the school.

   And Zhou’s willingness to put Manbao out to study is already very rare.

When Mr. Zhuang first came, he enrolled students in several nearby villages. Those adults also knew the benefits of studying. They raised their heads to persuade their nephews to work hard to earn money and go to school if they had the opportunity. When they looked down and saw the desire in the eyes of the girls, But it was persuading, "What is the fun of the girl's house? Go home quickly, can you see this learning thing?"

  Man Bao lay outside the window to eavesdrop. At first, there was an uproar in Qili Village. The kid was young and didn't know anything.

  Kezhuang knew that a clan elder in Qili village had found Master Bai and asked him to change the little Qian’s status, so that Man Bao would always listen to the lectures and spoil the atmosphere in the village.

  He stopped it.

   First, the little Qian was really diligent and not troublesome. Secondly, he liked Man Bao very much.

   So, "Everyone has the heart to learn, why kill it?"

   Then there were more children who ran to the window to eavesdrop. At most, the two windows were full of people, all boys.

  This is a very immoral behavior in Shilin, but Mr. Zhuang said what he said, so he naturally cannot differ from person to person.

  Because of this, several students dropped out immediately. The parents came to receive Shuxiu, then turned around and drove the children to the window to steal the school.

  Mr. Zhuang was anxious at the time, but he could only be angry in his heart, only when he couldn't see the person outside the window.

  Not everyone is like Man Bao.

At that time, Man Bao was just over one year old, just learned to speak, and the road was still unsteady. She didn't know enough about the outside world and was not fun. She could sit on the threshold and play quietly for a whole day. When she was happy, she followed the classroom. The child in the room read a few words, and when he was upset, he poked the ants with a small stick and played for a long time.

  The youngest child who can pick up outside the window is seven years old and the oldest is ten years old. It is the time when they are the most restless and the most playful.

  In less than five days, they were almost running on their own. Parents of students who had dropped out saw their children stole nothing, and they almost forgot the words they had learned before.

  I was so angry that I couldn’t help but sent the child back.

  Since then, there have been few boys overhearing, but one or two girls began to lie cautiously outside the window.

  But before Mr. Zhuang could respond, the parents of those girls had the first attack.

They will first pull the girl away, then beat and scold, "Can you listen to reading? I think you have a big heart. You have time to mow pigweed, pull grass in the fields, and collect firewood in the mountains. In my eyes, there is no work at all, so how can I marry out in the future..."

  In fact, some of the ideas in this are also what Mr. Zhuang once thought.

  For example, reading for boys is more important than reading for girls, and he also values ​​boys more.

  But I don’t know if it’s getting older, Mr. Zhuang thinks more; or because people are prone to rebelliousness when encountering things they can’t understand.

  Unconsciously, he changed a lot of thoughts anyway.

  Especially Manbao is getting bigger day by day, showing that he is getting smarter day by day.

  She lay down in the window to memorize more books than the students sitting in the school, and the words she recognized based on his manuscripts were no less than those of the students in the school.

  She is still filial, knowing that after listening to his class, she must call him Mr., knowing that she will clean the yard and clean up the desk...

  He is sick. The serious student ran out when he heard that he could have a holiday, but she knew that the whole yard was wandering around and poured him a cup of hot water, and she took his clothes and went back to wash her sister-in-law...

   will also pester her mother to get an extra egg to give him.

  He knows that Zhou's family loves this youngest daughter, but he is not sure if they will want her to study.

  So in order to increase this possibility and allow this incident to develop in a healthy way, he would not ask for repairs, or even ask Zhou's family to buy pen, ink, paper and inkstone for Man Bao.

  And the Zhou family's attention to the degree made him pleasantly surprised.

  Because they not only brought a piece of bacon, but also a suit and a pair of shoes.

  Mr. Zhuang couldn't help but smile. It seemed that the Zhou family really paid enough attention to this little disciple, so he smiled and accepted it.

  Lao Zhou was relieved when he saw him, and quickly let Man Bao kneel down to offer Mr. Zhuang tea.

  Mr. Zhuang took a sip of the tea and gave Man Bao a set of ink inkstones prepared early in the morning. Oh, and a handful of green onions pulled from the backyard.

   Mr. Zhuang was very happy to accept such a clever disciple.

  Lao Zhoutou and his two sons are also very happy. Listening to Mr. Zhuang’s words, Man Bao doesn’t need to buy any books for the time being, he can just copy whatever he needs to use.

  The three of them glanced vaguely at the things Man Bao was holding in his arms, thinking that they had all the pens, inks and inks, and they would work together when they turned around and bought some paper for the child.

  Although there is an extra expense at home, this expense is much less than I expected. Of course, the three of them are also very happy.

  Man Bao is also very happy, everyone is happy to receive the gift, not to mention that it was given by Mr. Zhuang, who she likes.

  Everyone is happy.

  Lao Zhoutou wanted to invite Mr. Zhuang home for dinner, which is also a celebration of Man Bao’s apprenticeship.

  Mr. Zhuang shook his head and refused, saying: "There are still classes today, so let's go to the door and harass again another day."

  Lao Zhoutou then remembered that Mr. Zhuang still had a class, and immediately became a little fidgety.

  Speaking, there was also the sound of children chasing and fighting, and Mr. Zhuang knew that the children were coming.

  (End of this chapter)