Chapter 251 People's Friendship

  There are also such things. For the sake of supporting their children, some families always give their children all kinds of weird nicknames, and many boys directly call them "little sisters and sisters".

  Some, they even wear skirts and pierced ears to boys when they are young, and raise them as girls, because some people think girls are easier to raise than boys.

  So taking a girl’s name and wearing her daughter’s clothes is equivalent to relying on the girl’s fate, and the child is more likely to survive.

  There is also a well-known nickname on the present day, called Mao Nu.

  In short, how cheap is the nickname.

   Zhou Xi said: "No, my younger sister's nickname is Man Bao, and my family is not interested in taking a bad name."

   After a pause, Zhou Xi added: "My children did not die, they all survived."

  For this reason, now Qili Village is not happy to give children names. They prefer to sort the children in the same way as the old Zhou's. If you think about this sorting, maybe children and grandchildren will be prosperous.

The village head and all the elderly people in the village felt that the greatest contribution of Lao Zhoutou and Qian's life was not in good land planting or in building a large brick house for the family, but in raising eight children. No , Counting last week’s silver, there are actually nine.

  Nine children, none of them died, let alone in the countryside, even in large cities with abundant medical resources, that is also rare.

  Of course, from the perspective of superstition, the villagers unanimously believe that their children's nicknames are good. Look, the two, three, four, and five of these children are in a row. It is estimated that God is not willing to take one.

  Wei Zhiyao died of two children, a son and a daughter, and neither lived to be five years old. He was curious about how the Zhou family raised the children.

   So I squatted on the ridge and chatted with them.

Zhou Xi asked the He family to go back first, but she did not shy away from it. When talking about how her mother took care of them when she was a child, of course, she did not have a great say in raising children, but she has given birth to three and supports three Fengs. But very experienced.

  Wei Zhi listened, listened, just rolled up his sleeves and went down to the fields, and took the **** left by the He family to help them work.

  Guard:...

  He has never planted any land!

  His father has been an earl since he was born, and he was thrown into the Forbidden Army as a guard before he was an adult. He had taken a knife, a sword, and a bow, but he had never taken a hoe!

  But the boss is farming, what should he do?

  Standing on the field and watching?

  I am in a hurry, what should I do?

  Zhou Xi saw that Wei Zhi's movements were still proficient, so he didn't stop, and wanted to give him her straw hat, but Wei Zhi refused.

  He asked: "How many children do you have now?"

   Zhou Xi smiled and said, "Not many, ten."

  Wei Zhi:......This is not much.

  Zhou Xi smiled and said: "My fifth and sixth are not married, so they are counted as children."

  Wei Zhi nodded, and asked, "How old is it, can I say kiss?"

   "Old fifty-six, I was going to talk about relatives this year, but it was flooded. I don't know what autumn is like now, so I won't talk about it for the time being. I'll talk about it next year."

  Wei Zhi expressed his understanding.

  There is a tax for older youths in the country. Those who do not have a family over a certain age will not only have to pay taxes for women, but also for men.

   After two years, if they are not married, the government will be forced to distribute, cough cough, this is what the official said is to send a wife, send a mate.

   is only sixteen years old, and there are still six years before paying taxes. The folks get married early, but there are many late.

  For example, in their class, people who are married at the age of fifteen or sixteen, and people who are single in twenty-three or four are also everywhere.

  Especially those who have achieved accomplishments, not to mention the emperor, even their families can't hold people from getting married, so naturally they can go.

  Wei Zhi was very curious to ask them what the dowry is generally here, can they be accompanied by a dowry, what are they usually accompanied, and what is the custom of welcoming relatives.

  These are also popular sentiments. Since there is an opportunity and time, just ask.

  A few people talked about marriage from parenting, marriage to old-age care, and old-age care to children's reading.

  Wei Zhi asked casually, how many children in their family were studying, only then did they know that there was only one.

  Don't talk about Wei Zhi, the guards who just squatted by the vegetable field, pretending to work hard to help pull the weeds, raised their heads in surprise.

  I have never heard that girls are allowed to read at home, but boys are not allowed to read.

Zhou Xi knew when they looked at their expressions, and quickly said, "My sister-in-law is very smart. Mr. Zhuang in the school likes her very much, so he accepted her as a disciple. Otherwise, based on our family background, how can we afford the children to go to school? ?"

Feng said: "My sister taught her children when she came back from school. If nothing else, my Ertou Erya recognizes a lot of characters, especially Erya. She has been able to read the words in "Thousand Characters". I have recognized all the words, my sister said, if I recognize all the words in it, I can read and study by myself."

  Wei Zhi nodded, "That's it."

   was very curious, how smart is this kid?

   "Oh, brother, why did you pull out all my seedlings?"

  The guard glanced stiffly at the "weed" in his hand, and asked, "This, isn't this grass?"

  Zhou Xi glanced at the seedlings he pulled out and the weeds left behind, and glanced at him sympathetically. This is so stupid, even the seedlings and the grass can’t be distinguished.

  Wei Zhi coughed slightly and said, "Go and help carry water to pour the vegetables."

  The guards were amnesty, and immediately got up and picked up two wooden barrels and responded.

   Zhou Xi couldn't stop him, Wei Zhi smiled and said, "Let him go, young people have strength, and lifting water is more suitable for him."

  Zhou Xi: In fact, what she wants to say is that she can use the pick, which is a little easier.

  However, the guard had already double-handled buckets and came over from the river.

   After some help, Wei Zhi and the three women of the Zhou family formed a deep friendship. Both Zhou Xi and Feng’s Fang enthusiastically invited them to visit the Zhou family.

  Wei Zhiwan refused, but walked back with them and crossed the bridge together because he wanted to visit the Mr. Zhuang.

  This is a serious matter. Zhou Xi and the others are not good at keeping them, so they can only send people to the entrance of the school to bid farewell.

  Man Bao and Bai Shanbao had a meal, so they obediently went to the small courtyard to accompany her husband for dinner, and opened a small stove by the way.

  Mr. Zhuang’s small courtyard opened its doors all the year round, allowing people to enter and exit, so Wei Zhi knocked on the door, and when no one responded, he stepped forward.

   After walking towards the courtyard for a while, he heard a voice coming from a room.

  Mr. Zhuang also heard the sound of the door, but thought it was the students who were naughty and bumped into him while playing, because everyone knew that his courtyard had no access control, so he could come in directly.

  So he is still giving talk to the two children who bowed their heads.

  Today’s lecture on the new text, he ordered two children to get up to answer questions. However, whether it was Man Bao or Bai Shanbao, the answer was not what he meant. Obviously, the two children were slack in their studies during this period.

  (End of this chapter)