Chapter 379 Really poor

   Zhou Hu talked to Yang Heshu, and he forgot the time as he talked. When the old Zhou family arrived, he remembered that he had forgotten the business, and he hadn't had time to take a look at the situation in his home.

  Yang Heshu also saw the old Zhoutou who was leading a bunch of people over, and Man Bao waved his father and mother when he was far away, so he wondered if they were who they were.

  Yang Heshu looked over and found that there were so many people in Man Bao’s family.

   However, Man Bao still asked, "Father, where are the second and fourth brothers?"

  "They went to plow on another piece of land, so the speed is faster, why are you here, have you eaten lunch? Your sister-in-law doesn’t know if there is any food for you."

  Man Baogang and Bai Shanbao Bai Erlang ate a lot of snacks, and did not feel hungry, so they said: "I am not hungry."

  Old Zhou head curiously looked at Yang Heshu and talked to him.

   Zhou Dalang and others have already filed into the field and began to work. He and Zhou Hu pull the plow, and Wuri Lang is helping the plow. He has now learned how to use the plow, and he basically gave it to him when he didn't want to help the plow.

  Of course, he now has to follow Zhou Dalang and Zhou Hu to pull the plow.

  Yang Heshu asked, “Is it easier for two people to pull the plow?”

  "No, it’s not. If you pull it by yourself, there will be few good pieces of meat on your shoulders. The days to come will still grow. Don’t you dare to work hard. Mr. is also a teacher?"

  Yang Heshu smiled and said, "I also teach."

  Old Zhou Tou has a natural affection for the teacher, and he smiled and said: "It's good to teach. Those who can teach are people with great abilities."

  Yang Heshu smiled and asked, “Are there many people studying in Lao Zhang’s family?”

   "Many," Lao Zhoutou proudly pointed at the grandchildren and granddaughters in the field: "Here, even the youngest grandson has read a book."

  Yang Heshu opened his mouth wide, and went to see Man Bao in surprise. Is this family still poor?

  When did he never meet the poor?

  Man Bao opened his mouth and was about to speak, Yang Heshu smiled and asked before her, “Who is the sir? I don’t know how far away the school is, and what is the one-year bundle repair?”

   "Huh?" Lao Zhou's head reacted, his old face smiled like a chrysanthemum, and he cheerfully said, "No money, no money, it was taught by my girl."

  Man Bao, who was pointed at by Lao Zhou’s head, stood out and looked at Yang Heshu proudly.

Lao Zhou said with some regret: "My daughter is a little smarter in my family. She learns things quickly. Her brothers and nephews and nieces are not as good as her. It will take a long time to learn the two words, okay. When they don’t need money for studying, they take up some time."

  Yang Heshu obviously didn't expect it, and asked in surprise, "The books and pen, ink, paper and inkstone always cost money, and Zhang Ken spends very well on it."

  He walked all the way, not to mention the average family and poor, even the richer farmers would not dare to send their children to school easily.

He asked them what they thought, saying that it is difficult to read and recognize words. If the family has some money, he will send the children to study. In case the family can't support the study for a year or two, they will take it back. Maybe you forgot, isn’t this a waste of money?

You know, for ordinary people, the cost of books, pen, ink, paper and inkstone is also very high. They can recognize a lot of characters in two years. Basically some of the simplest books can be read off and on, but if If you can’t keep buying books and practicing calligraphy, you will almost forget it after a while.

  You must know that young people learn things faster, but they also forget things faster.

  Yang Heshu counted the heads of the children of the old Zhou family, and nodded secretly. To buy so many books, pen, ink, paper and ink, it seems that the old Zhou family’s expenses are also high.

  But by the same token, their family is definitely not very poor.

  Who knows that the thought has only flashed, Lao Zhou laughed loudly, and said happily, “Mr. Seeing that he hasn’t had any hardships, there are books at home, so what kind of books do you want to buy?”

Lao Zhou brought her daughter to her side and praised Yang Heshu: "My daughter’s husband is a good person. Every time I want to read a new textbook, I will copy a copy for her. I copied one or two more copies. If the copy is not good, show it to the children at home. If you copy it well, you can return it to your husband. Next time there are students in the school who don’t want to pay a high price to buy a book from the bookstore, then spend some Take a copy of pen, ink and paper from your husband."

  Yang Heshu opened his mouth wide.

"I didn't expect them to become husbands or anything in the future. In fact, I feel that the country people learn how to farm, and then they can count and write their own names. You can calculate the taxes they have to pay in the future, you don't need to look for them. Lizheng helps. You can sign the name on the bet, and you don’t need to draw a circle." This is really the real idea of ​​the old Zhou. "But my old lady and girl said that it is good to study. If it is good, then read it. Anyway, they I'm going out to play at home, so I might as well squat in the yard and learn to write with sticks."

  Yang Heshu: "...so there is no pen, ink, paper and ink?"

"Oh, that thing is precious. My girl and her brothers made a lot of money selling sugar. The money is basically spent on pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Occasionally, the family has to give her some, and a box of ink is enough to buy a few. It’s a catty."

  Man Bao distinguished, "Just three catties."

   "Three catties is not too much, enough to eat three times."

  Yang Heshu now understands that co-authoring so many people in the old Zhou family does not cost much to study. Basically, they only need to pay for the pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

He stroked his chin thoughtfully, and his eyes swept over the people of the old Zhou family. Only then did he find that, except for Man Bao wearing half-old cotton and linen clothes, the clothes of the other people in the old Zhou family were all After applying a lot of patches, he also saw a broken piece in the creaky nest called Wu Zhoulang, which had not been sewn yet.

  It’s really like Man Bao said, their family is very poor.

  However, Yang Heshu looked at Man Bao, and then at a group of children who were fertilizing and planting seeds in the ground, and finally felt that something was wrong.

   He smiled and asked Lao Zhou, "I think other people send boys to school. Why is Lao Zhang's house the opposite?"

Old Zhou said without thinking about it: "That gentleman doesn't look down on other children in my family, so he has a crush on Manbao. And my grandchildren are not as clever as my daughters. My daughters are so good at endorsing. You can memorize it three or four times. The boys read with their hands on their backs for most of the day, closing the book, and can't remember what the first sentence was. They went to read with their husband, and they couldn't teach others when they came back. ."

  Yang Heshu nodded, glanced at the proud Man Bao again, and couldn't help but smile knowingly. This is really the first within a hundred miles, oh, no, is the second smartest person not?

  He asked Man Bao curiously, “You said you used to be the smartest person in a hundred li, who told you this?”

  　 There is a chapter at five o'clock in the afternoon

  　　

  　

  (End of this chapter)