Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 122 Take the initiative

Song Tian was very angry after being poked in the sore spot. "Don't be so proud. You have only learned a few words. When you learn more difficult words later, you may not be as good as me!"

"No, I'm smarter than you!" After saying that, seeing Song Tian's disdainful expression, Song Yuan immediately added, "The teacher said so too!"

Song Tian was very upset, "Master, you said that I'm not using my intelligence in the right place. Isn't that a disguised admission that I'm smart?"

"He just said you're smart, but I'm smarter than you!"

"That's enough," Mrs. Li finally said, "You keep quarreling all day long. You're going to ruin all the happiness in our family."

Song Tian and Song Yuan both kept their mouths shut, but their faces were full of dissatisfaction.

After stopping them, Li said, "Yuanwa, from now on, you should come back and teach your sister the characters that your teacher taught you to recognize."

Song Ying suddenly opened her eyes wide, a little bit unable to believe it. She had originally planned to lay the groundwork this time, and then use the excuse of urging Song Yuan to review to watch him write. Later, she gradually showed that she had memorized more words.

She never expected that Li would directly ask Song Yuan to teach her.

Song Yuan was stunned for a moment, then agreed very happily.

In the past six months or so, he has seen his sister's amazing abilities too many times. Especially those who are older than her, such as Zhao Xiaocui, all admire her very much and believe in her ideas.

Under the subtle influence, Song Yuan felt from the bottom of his heart that his sister was the most amazing. Being able to teach the most amazing sister to recognize words, he suddenly felt that he was also very, very amazing!

This sense of accomplishment is greater than teaching others about herbs!

Yang forced a smile and said, "That's great. Yingwa has such a good memory. If Yuanwa forgets something in the future, we don't have to rush to the Zhao family to ask."

Uncle Song was a little worried: "Will this affect Yuanwa's studies? He is playful and can't even take care of himself, so how can he teach others? Besides, what's the point of a girl knowing how to read?"

"Why is it useless? Isn't the girl from the Xu family an example?" Speaking of the Xu family, Li turned to look at Song Ying, "You should show your strength and learn to read well. Let those people with eyes on the top of their heads see if we can read without them!"

Uncle Song suddenly realized that it was because of this matter.

Li also said, "If we teach Yingwa to read, Yuanwa can review it, so it won't delay him. Besides, if we spend the same amount of money and let both children learn to read, the tuition fee will be more worthwhile."

Uncle Song thought about it and it made sense. Anyway, the family wouldn't need to spend any extra money. If his niece really learned to read, it would be easier to arrange a marriage for her in the future.

Song Ying was very happy. This way, learning to read would be a natural thing for her and she would have no worries anymore!

She finished washing the dishes vigorously, then thoughtfully boiled some hot water and brought it to the bedroom, "Grandma, wash your feet with hot water, it will make you feel relaxed."

Li nodded, took off her shoes, sat on the bed and put her feet in the wooden basin.

"Grandma, you soak your feet first. I'll go ask Second Aunt if they want to wash their feet."

"Wait." Li called her.

Song Ying turned around and walked closer, waiting for her instructions.

Li looked at her and remained silent for a long time again, which made Song Ying feel uneasy. She licked her lips nervously and said, "Grandma."

Li sneered, "I didn't realize you're so cunning now. I was wondering why you were so enthusiastic about sending your little brother to school, and it turns out that this is your idea.

You are very promising, and you have the whole family going round and round."

Song Ying said quickly: "No, I..."

Li didn't want to listen to her excuses and interrupted her before she finished speaking: "Just this once, if you dare to play tricks on my family again, I will beat you to death!

Are these thoughts meant for family members? We are a family, why can't we just talk about things? Why do we have to control and go around in circles..."

Song Ying pursed her lips and wanted to ask, if that was the case, why did she allow Second Aunt to secretly cook eggs for Song Tian? Why didn't she just tell him that Song Tian could eat eggs every day?

The second uncle and second aunt were obviously extremely partial, but they kept saying that they treated their son and niece the same. Why didn't they just say that their biological son and niece were definitely different?

In the end, she said nothing, but just lowered her eyes to hide the sarcasm in them.

After the Dragon Boat Festival, the village entered the harvest season. Every household, except the children who had to go to school, everyone participated in harvesting wheat.

At the end of the Yin hour and the beginning of the Mao hour, before dawn, Song Ying was woken up by Li. He got dressed yawning and was urged to go out without even washing his face.

She went to the woodshed in a daze, got a backpack and a sickle, and followed the adults.

"Aunt Li, you're up too. Where are you going to cut the grass today?" Someone greeted Aunt Li.

Song Ying tried hard to open her eyes. The light at dawn was very dim, and shadows appeared only slightly farther away. She looked for a long time before she saw Luo Yanxing and his family of three walking on the ridge of the field next to her.

"Go to the land. While the weather is good recently, finish mowing the most land first. The rest are just the edges and corners. Which land do you plan to mow first?"

"Over at Yuanbao Mountain, I see the wheat is more yellow over there. By the time we finish harvesting, the wheat in other places will be almost ripe..."

The two families talked and met at the next ridge. Luo Yanxing walked past Song Tian and came to Song Ying. He put her on his shoulders and yawned loudly: "I'm so tired."

They hadn't seen each other for a few days. Song Ying asked, "Did you work very late yesterday?"

Luo Yanxing rubbed his eyes and tried to wake himself up: "I worked in the fields all day yesterday. I only went home for lunch at noon. From morning to night, I was either cutting wheat or carrying wheat. I ran back and forth many times."

"I'm about the same, but better than you. I have to go pick up my brother, so I can rest up and go home early to cook lunch at noon."

Luo Yanxing was envious: "Xiao Caiyuanzi is learning really well!"

Song Ying also thought so. It not only helped her learn to read and write, but also allowed her to have more rest time during the busy farming season.

After walking together for a while, the two families separated and went to their respective destinations for the day. Zhao Xiaocui's family had a piece of land next to the Song family's.

That piece of land is also very large, it belongs to Zhao Xiaocui's family.

This piece of land is flat and vast, and the soil is fertile. It is the best land in the village. It was divided up by the three most powerful families in Xinghua Village, Zhao, Song, and Luo. Even the village chief's family did not get any land here.

The village chief Zhou Mingyan was originally a child from a family deep in the mountains. He heard that the mountains there were high and dangerous, and the only way into the mountains was a small path on the cliff. It was completely incomparable with villages like Xinghua Village near the county town.

When the imperial court recruited soldiers, the Zhao family did something different from the Song family. They sent their eldest sons to serve and only kept their youngest son.

That was because the old ancestor of the Zhao family was too old to do heavy work, and the youngest son was too young. Zhou Mingyan was very smart and helped the Zhao family with their work and became their adopted son.

After Old Master Zhao died, he also received a share of the family property and settled down in Xinghua Village.

After the death of the previous village chief, this capable and kind man actually surpassed the people of the Zhao, Song and Luo families and became the head of Xinghua Village.