Chapter 380

Zhou Hu talked to Yang Heshu and forgot the time. When the old Zhou family came, he remembered that he had forgotten his business and had not had time to take a look at his home.

Yang Heshu also saw old Zhou tou leading a group of people. Man Bao waved to his parents all the way, so he wondered who they were.

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

However, man Bao also asked, "Dad, where are the second, third and fourth brothers?"

"They went to plough on another piece of land. It's so fast. Why did you come here and have lunch? Your sister-in-law doesn't know if she has left you something to eat. "

Man Baogang and Bai Shanbao Bai Erlang ate a lot of snacks and didn't feel hungry, so they said, "I'm not hungry."

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

Zhou Dalang and others have fished into the field to start working. He and Zhou Hu pull the plow, and on Friday Lang helps the plow. Now he has learned to help the plow. When old Zhou tou doesn't want to help the plow, he basically gives it to him.

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

Yang Heshu asked, "it's easier for two people to pull the plow?"

"No, if you pull it alone, there will be few good meat on your shoulder at the end of the day. The days ahead are still long, but you don't dare to work too hard. Mr. also teaches? "

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

Old Zhou tou was naturally fond of the teacher and said with a smile, "teaching is good. Those who can teach are people with great skills."

Yang Heshu asked with a smile, "are there many people studying in my father-in-law's family?"

"Many," old Zhou tou said proudly, pointing to his grandsons and granddaughters in the field, "well, even the youngest grandson has read."

Yang Heshu opened his mouth and went to see man Bao in surprise. Is his family still poor?

When he hasn't seen the poor?

Man Bao opened his mouth and was about to speak. Yang Heshu smiled and asked before her, "who is Sir? I don't know if the school is far away. How much is the bundle repair in a year?"

"Ah?" Old Zhou tou reacted. His old face smiled like chrysanthemum and said happily, "no money, no money, it was taught by my daughter."

Man Bao, pointed by Lao Zhou's head, straightened his chest and looked at Yang Heshu proudly.

Old Zhou tou said with some regret: "my daughter is smarter in our family. She learns things quickly. Her brothers and nieces can't compare with her. It takes a long time to learn two words. Fortunately, they don't need money to study, so they take up some time."

Yang Heshu obviously didn't expect it and asked in surprise, "the books, pen, ink, paper and inkstone always ask for money. The old man is willing to spend money on it."

Along the way, he did not dare to send his children to school, not to mention the average and poor families, even the wealthier farmers.

He asked them what they thought. They all said it was difficult to read and read. When they had some money, they sent their children to study. Wan Yi read it for a year or two. The family couldn't support it and picked it up again. They didn't learn a few words and might forget it again. Isn't this a waste of money?

You know, for ordinary people, the cost of books, pen, ink, paper and inkstone is also great. They have been able to recognize many words in two years. Basically, some of the simplest books can be read off and on. But if they can't continue to buy books and practice calligraphy, they will forget almost after a period of time.

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

Yang Heshu counted the heads of the children of the old Zhou family and nodded secretly. He wanted to buy so many books, pens, ink, paper and inkstones. It seems that the old Zhou family spent a lot of money.

But in the same way, their family must not be very poor.

Who knows the idea just flashed, old Zhou tou laughed and said happily, "Sir, I haven't suffered. There are books at home. What books do you want to buy?"

Old Zhou tou pulled his daughter to his side and praised Yang Heshu: "my daughter's husband is a good man. Every time he wants to go to a new textbook, he will copy one for her. Man Bao learned to copy one or two while practicing calligraphy. If he didn't copy well, he will show it to the children at home. If he copied well, he can return it to his husband, The next time a student in the school doesn't want to spend a high price on books from the bookstore, he will spend some money on pen, ink and paper to get one from his husband. "

Yang Heshu opened his mouth wide.

"I don't expect them to be gentlemen in the future. In fact, I think people in the countryside can learn to farm, count some numbers, and write their own name. In the future, the taxes to be paid by the family can be calculated by themselves, without going to Li Zheng for help, and they can sign their names on the monogram, without drawing a circle." This is really Lao Zhou tou's real idea, "but my old woman and daughter all say reading is good. Since it's good, read. Anyway, they also go out to play at home. They might as well squat in the yard and learn to write with a stick."

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

"Ouch, that thing is valuable. My daughter and her brothers went out to sell sugar and made a lot of money. The money was basically spent on pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Occasionally, the family had to give her some. A box of ink was enough to buy several kilograms of meat."

Man Bao said, "just three kilograms."

"Three Jin is not much. It's enough to eat three times."

Yang Heshu understood that it didn't cost much to study with so many people in the old Zhou family. Basically, he just had to bear the cost of man Bao's pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

He touched his chin thoughtfully and glanced at the old Zhou people one by one. Only then did he find that except man Bao wearing half-old cotton and linen clothes, the clothes of the other old Zhou people had been patched. He also saw that the creaky nest called Zhou Wulang had broken and had not been sewn.

As man Bao said, their family is very poor.

However, when Yang Heshu looked at man Bao and a group of children fertilizing and sowing seeds in the field, he finally felt that something was wrong.

He smiled and asked old Zhou tou, "I think other people send boys to study. Why is the father-in-law's house the opposite?"

Old Zhou tou said without thinking: "that gentleman doesn't like other children in my family, so he likes man Bao. Moreover, my grandchildren are not as smart as my daughter. My daughter's endorsement is old and powerful. She can recite it three or four times. Those boys read it with their hands on their backs for most of the day. Once they close the book, they can't remember the first sentence. They go to study with their husband, and they can't teach others when they come back. "

Yang Heshu nodded and looked at the proud man Bao again. He couldn't help smiling. It's really the first in a hundred miles. Oh, no, is it the second smart person?

He asked man Bao curiously, "who told you that you used to be the smartest person in a hundred miles?"