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Chapter 47 Why Literacy?

Zhang Jun squatted on the ground, holding a big bowl, and squeezing the rice with a pair of chopsticks, and the food was extremely sweet.

The rice is corn, cooked and served under a sea bowl. On top is a large pot of stewed vegetables, covered on top, soaked with rice with juice, which really makes people feel appetite. The stew was specially ordered by Wang Xiaoli, using a little fat pork every day, adding tofu, and seasonal vegetables, and stew it in a large pot. When eating in the army, you use this large bowl, half a bowl of rice, half a bowl of vegetables.

Recently, Zhang Jun has achieved the best grades in the military training and has now become a leader. Every time he serves a dish, he will instruct the cook to add a few slices of fat meat to himself, which tastes particularly delicious.

Sun Wulang and Qingtou, who were sitting on the ground, held the bowl and ate, looking up at Zhang Jun from time to time, with envious eyes. They knew that there was meat in Zhang Jun's bowl, and they knew that it was very fragrant, but they couldn't eat it themselves.

When Zhang Jun occasionally saw the eyes of Sun Wulang and Qingtou, he sneered in his heart. These two babies were taken in by the army and had no worries about food and clothing. He was really greedy to think about eating meat. Zhang Jun is not a mother-in-law, and he would not take special care of them just because the two of them were young. His current status was earned by his ability, so what does it have to do with others?

Cao Zhiyan took a big bowl and walked over slowly. Sun Wulang looked up and saw it, and hurriedly stood up and ran, saying, "Master, Master, why are you here so late? Look, everyone else is almost finished."

Cao Zhiyan smiled: "I have something to do, it's late." As he said, he touched Sun Wulang's head and walked to Qingtou.

After looking at the bowls of Sun Wulang and Qingtou, Cao Zhiyan said, "You two dolls are just when they grow up. It's not good to have no meat at all. Come on, I have a few pieces here, and you two will separate."

While talking, he picked up the meat from his bowl and put it in the bowl of his two children.

Sun Wulang and Qingtou thanked each other while eating fat meat dumps voraciously, smiling happily.

Cao Zhiyan smiled and ate the rice in his bowl. He was a monk, but he had never eaten anything when he went out to beg for alms. Sometimes he was hungry and had just come over. He was particularly tall and could not eat enough at that time, and his body was thinner. He was at least full outside Kaifeng City, and his body gradually grew flesh and looked stronger.

Zhang Jun turned around slightly and deliberately did not look at Cao Zhiyan and his two children. But he laughed at Cao Zhiyan in his heart. The adoption of two wild children was a great kindness in the army. Why should he spoil them in everything? A few days ago, his mother Pan Sanniang took Sun Wulang and Qingtou with her, so Zhang Jun didn't like it. After entering Kaifeng City, the young lady asked Yang Shen and others to teach people to read, and the two children also came to learn. Pan Sanlang just happened to stop caring about them.

Cao Zhiyan ate all the rice in the bowl, put down the bowl, and said to Sun Wulang: "I heard from the little shepherd that we will go to Luoyang next month. Do you two children like it?"

Sun Wulang said: "I heard that Luoyang City is bigger than Kaifeng City, and it will inevitably be extremely prosperous!"

Cao Zhiyan shook his head: "Luoyang City is indeed big, but last year the Jin people set fire to the fire, how can it be called prosperous? Alas, from the Jin people, many prosperous places have become deserted."

Sun Wulang pouted: "What the master said is that our village was very lively in dozens of families in the past. When the Jin people came, there was no one in the village except me and Qingtou, so they could only play with the cat."

Cao Zhiyan nodded and did not respond. This question is too heavy and is not suitable for daily chatting.

After a while, Sun Wulang and Qingtou also had a meal and took Cao Zhiyan's bowl away. After a while, the three of them chatted.

Sun Wulang said: "Master, you are a monk in Qingliang Temple. I wonder if the temple is still there?"

Cao Zhiyan shook his head: "Where am I a monk? I am just an ordinary monk in the temple. Speaking of which, I have been in the temple for seven or eight years, and I don't even have a certificate of tribute. Qingliang Temple is a big temple. Although it is in the deep mountains, it has never escaped military disasters. I heard that many monks have fled, and the temple is very deserted now. Alas, when I was in the temple, my master treated me very well, and I don't know if my master is safe now."

Sun Wulang imitated the appearance of an adult and patted Cao Zhiyan: "Master, don't worry, a lucky person will have a heavenly appearance."

Cao Zhiyan smiled and shook his head.

Sun Wulang said again: "Master, after the war is over, will you still go back to be a monk?"

After hearing this, Cao Zhiyan looked up at the sun in the sky, and did not speak for a long time. He was silent for a while and said, "How can I know? But when will this battle be finished? Who dares to say it? With the fierceness of the Jin people, how can they drive them away?"

Sun Wulang nodded, held his cheek and looked at the person resting in the shade, and couldn't speak for a while.

Wang Xiaoli came out of the tent and saw that everyone was resting. He walked over and said, "I've just had a meal, why haven't I started class yet?"

Cao Zhiyan stepped forward and bowed. He said, "Little Housekeeper, the weather is too hot and everyone is exhausted. Take a break and wait until lunch before studying."

Wang Xiaoliu said: "Do you know that there are not many stable days for learning. Next month, we will go to Xijing. At that time, many things need to be done. Where can I have free time? If you learn to learn literacy in the army, you must use all your time and not slacken with it."

Cao Zhiyan said yes. He was silent for a while and said, "Xiaosheren, we are using swords and guns, not snails. Many people in the army can't understand what the use of learning to read is. The two armies will not be more literate than anyone else."

Wang Xiaolei said: "When an army is more often in war? Or is it more often in war?"

Cao Zhiyan said: "Of course, there are many times when there is no war. When fighting every day, how can there be such an army in the world? However, when not fighting, you must be diligent in training and not idle. After all, joining the army is to go to battle and kill the enemy, it is not something else."

Wang Xiaoliu said: "You can go to battle and kill the enemy, and you also have a lot of knowledge. How to train in daily life and how to arrange the array in wartime, don't be casual. How can you know this knowledge without learning? We were originally a rebel army, but if we don't work harder than others, it will be difficult in the future."

Cao Zhiyan said: "As long as you stay in the army for a long time, these will naturally happen. For example, the instructors from the army of Taiwei Wang are all people who have been in the army for many years. How can we need others to teach us? We only have a short time in the army."

Looking at Cao Zhiyan, Wang Xiaoli was stunned for a moment and didn't know what to say. In this era, the illiteracy of the soldiers was deeply rooted in people's hearts. Many people even thought that they should not be able to read when they were in the army. Isn't learning to read the skills of war? Isn't it a waste of time?

Wang Xiaolie didn't know how the army in his previous life made the army learn culture eagerly. Literacy is obviously a good thing for people, so why did he encounter so many difficulties? Almost everyone in the army felt that they were wrong.

After a long time, Wang Xiaolie couldn't think of how to convince Cao Zhiyan. He had to say, "This is the rule in our army! Not only will you learn to read, I will also test what you think is to learn! Each army has its own characteristics, and letting literacy in the army is the characteristic of our army! No matter what you think, you must learn it obediently!"
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