Bai Yunxi smiled. Sometimes she really couldn't understand her uncle. There were only two sons in total. The palms and backs of his hands were all flesh, but the uncle seemed to only care about the flesh on his palms.
"As long as they give up the yard, they can get a good reputation. You can choose between benefits and reputation. With your cousin's character, reputation is naturally your first choice?"
"Your second cousin's family is hard-working and capable, and they should get some benefits from the management of the family and outside. At this point, your uncle is not even a bowl of water."
As for whether her uncle would have other plans in the future, in her memory, her second cousin had always been invisible.
Xiao Wu blinked and thought of his second cousin. He was really inconspicuous at home, and even his children had no sense of presence.
Cousin Anyang is fifteen years old this year, and the few words he knows were taught by his father. It seems that his grandfather never thought of letting him study.
In the past, when my father was around, cousin Anyang would always run to the private school and secretly lie under the window to listen to classes. Every time he was discovered by his father, he would disappear before he came out.
Later, my father specifically proposed to my grandfather that cousin Anyang should study with us, but my grandfather refused.
He said that peasant families could not afford to provide for too many students, so as long as they raised their eldest son and grandson and inherited the family business, the other descendants would be able to enjoy the blessings.
If everyone is studying and the family doesn't have that much money, instead of giving up halfway, it is better to support one person with all his strength.
Later, my father stopped mentioning it. From then on, he never saw Anyang's cousin going to private school again.
Thinking of this, Xiao Wu looked at his mother and said softly.
"Actually, I think cousin Anyang is more talented in reading than Bai Anbang. He just takes the title of the eldest son and grandson. Grandpa is not as good as his father in this regard."
No matter how many brothers they have, they can all read. Even the third sister, if she is willing, her father will teach her how to read and read every day.
The second brother gave up on his own initiative. The fourth brother did not do his job properly and was tied to a private school. He could even escape by himself. The father gave up because he had no choice but to do so.
Listening to Xiao Wu's tone, Bai Yunxi carefully looked through the memory of the original owner. In terms of treating several children, Lao Juren was indeed a bowl of water, and he didn't even think of favoring boys over girls.
For example, the daughters of several cousins were given local names when they were born, such as Xia, Tao, Hua, etc., they were randomly chosen.
But the name Lao Juren gave his daughter was the same as the boy's, with the character "an" in it, which showed that he also valued his daughter in his heart.
But Lao Juren was usually busy with private school matters, and everything in the family was decided by the original owner... Thinking of this, Bai Yunxi was suddenly stunned, and she finally remembered what she had overlooked.
The original owner also had a daughter whom she had forgotten.
Bai Yunxi couldn't help but pinch her eyebrows. As a substitute old mother, she had indeed forgotten the original owner's daughter.
Fortunately, during this period, we have always adhered to the principle of throwing away the water of a married daughter. Once a daughter gets married, she can only think about her husband's family. If she returns to her parents' house frequently, she will make her husband's family unhappy and cause a lot of troubles.
The girl's name seems to be Bai Anjing. She was married to Yangshugou Village by her original owner, which is seven or eight miles away from Liushuwan'er.
Since the girl got married, she has not been seen again except in Guining and on the day when Lao Juren was buried.
Bai Yunxi had no impression of what her daughter looked like in her memory except for a vague figure.