"Studying is very expensive." Tong's eyes were shining brightly, but when she thought of something, she shook her head slightly: "Shaoyu is smart. His father and uncle are both good materials for studying. He is definitely not bad, but our Han'er …”
He was older than Lu Shaoyu and had never been literate, so his enlightenment was already late.
"Brother Han is not bad either." Mu Siyu said forcefully: "Our brother Han is so sensible, a child like this will definitely have a future. Don't you want Brother Han to be admired by others?"
"Why don't I want to? It's just that reading requires a lot of money..."
As a divorced woman, it was difficult for her to support them. How could she afford such a monk?
She also knew that her daughter brought up this matter because she wanted to shoulder this responsibility, but her daughter had her own children, and even if she wanted to, she could not add this burden to her.
No matter how good the son-in-law is, if over time he separates from his daughter because of his wife's brother's affairs, wouldn't that destroy the harmony of their family? Not to mention that there is Lu Xuan who needs long-term health care and needs money.
"I'll go out."
"No." Tong refused.
"Let me borrow it from him, write it down one by one, and pay it back to me when he is able in the future." Mu Siyu said: "Our brother Han is so capable, can't he repay this money?"
"There are so many scholars, how many of them can get the honors? Many people spend their money, but they don't even make a sound."
Although Mr. Tong is illiterate, he has heard of the hardships faced by scholars. How many families have gone bankrupt just to raise a scholar?
"How about we ask Brother Han what he wants. This is his life, and he should make the decision himself, right?"
Mrs. Tong was a little moved.
Mu Siyu kept up her efforts: "Mom, you are blessed to have an intelligent son, but you can't spend all this blessing. When he thinks about you, you also have to think about him. This is a major event in his life, and he should decide for himself. , he won’t be able to blame you for what happens next.”
"Okay, listen to him."
Mu Zhenghan was wearing tattered patched clothes and collected a lot of firewood from the mountain. His small body carried the small mountain of firewood towards his home.
"Mu Zhenghan, isn't your sister making money? Why are you still wearing such shabby clothes? Doesn't your sister help you with the work? You have to carry so much firewood yourself. Your sister picked you up from home. "
"I heard that your nephew spends all day reading at home, wearing new clothes, and acting like a young master all day long. Why does your sister treat you like this? She took you out and didn't take care of you."
"Why doesn't your sister let you study? I've told you a long time ago that your sister has bad intentions. If you were still in the Mu family now, your father would do all the heavy work, and you wouldn't have to chop wood and carry water every day. .”
"Mu Zhenghan, he has no father to raise him, and he has no mother to teach him... Mu Zhenghan, he is a pitiful bastard, a slug..."
Several children in the village were running around Mu Zhenghan, saying ugly words.
Mu Zhenghan looked ugly and stared at the children running around angrily.
These words must have been taught by an adult. As for which adult it was, there were all kinds of adults in the village.
"Are you annoyed?" Lu Tietou ran over. "Go away, go away, you are a bunch of debt collectors."
"Lu Tietou, you follow Lu Shaoyu all day long. Is Lu Shaoyu giving you shit?"
"Your father is with Lu Shaoyu's father, and you are with Lu Shaoyu. You and your family are just followers." He said and ran away with a grimace.
Lu Tietou picked up dry branches on the ground and chased the naughty children.
"It's really annoying." Lu Tietou failed to catch up with the children and threw down the branch angrily. "Why aren't you angry?"
"Being angry will only make them happier, and then they will find it fun to irritate you and continue to bully you with those cheap insults next time. The more you ignore them at this time, the less interesting it will be for them."
Mu Zhenghan shook the firewood on his back and said coldly.
Lu Tietou touched his head: "Why do you look more and more like Lu Shaoyu?"
What he said was so strange that I couldn't even understand it.
But compared to Lu Shaoyu, Mu Zhenghan was much easier to get along with, at least he was willing to talk to her. Lu Shaoyu often ignored people, and sometimes he didn't respond even after talking for a long time.
"I'll help you."
Mu Zhenghan did not refuse Lu Tietou's kindness.
After returning home, Tong and Mu Siyu were busy working in the yard.
Mrs. Tong was making shoes, and Mu Siyu was squatting there making chicken coops.
That's right! Tong's yard is quite large, and it would be a waste to leave it empty. She divided a separate area for chicken coops, which can be regarded as an income.
"Sister..." Mu Zhenghan's eyes lit up when he saw Mu Siyu.
No matter what others say, he admires this sister more and more now and gets closer to her.
What does it mean that Lu Shaoyu has new clothes, but he can only wear patched clothes? To their detriment, his sister bought him new clothes, but he still wore old ones when he went to chop firewood in the mountains, and he still wore old ones when doing farm work.
. Is it possible that he still has to wear new clothes to work?
He will not listen to those people's instigation.
"Brother Han, you came back just in time. I have something to ask you."
Seeing Mu Zhenghan come back, Mu Siyu wiped her hands with the towel next to her.
Mrs. Tong also stopped what she was doing.
Lu Tietou rubbed his head, not knowing whether he should leave or not, but they didn't urge him to leave. I guess it would be okay if he stayed a little longer.
"Sister, tell me."
"Do you want to study?" Mu Siyu got straight to the point.
Mu Zhenghan's eyes widened: "Ah?"
"Are you stupid? I'm asking you if you want to study. You don't have to worry about Shu Xiu, and you don't have to worry about the cost of buying pens and ink in the future. Do you want to study?" Mu Siyu asked: "That's what I think. You and I
Shaoyu is still young, and it’s a good age to study. Isn’t it a waste of his time to work with us in the countryside all day long? You don’t have to be a top scorer to study and read. If you feel that you are not the material in the future, you can be an accountant!
"
Mu Zhenghan was really stupid.
He never thought about this possibility.
Just now, the children in the village were chasing after him and making noises, saying those provocative words, but he didn't listen to a word. Because in his eyes, Lu Shaoyu should have been studying and he should have been working.
Now his sister tells him that he can also go to school.
There are more than 100 children in the village, but only five or six are sent to study by their families. Like most children, he does housework all day long, how can he dare to think of such a good thing?
After being at a loss, a fire burned in his heart, making his entire cold heart warm.
"Sister, can I do it?"
He asked cautiously, as if all this was a dream and he would wake up if he spoke too seriously.
"Of course. I'm asking you just because I want to hear your thoughts." Mu Siyu said, "Although I don't agree with the fallacy that everything is inferior and only good people are good at reading, but there is nothing wrong with reading and literacy."
Lu Tietou's eyes widened and he was very excited.
Two dogs, three oxen, Wang Dachun, those idiots were saying just now that Mu Zhenghan couldn't study. Unexpectedly, Mu Zhenghan's sister asked him to study in just a short time.
He couldn't wait to tell those idiots the news and make them jealous!