Bab 48: Introductory Education
The third child also came over and stood beside Lu Jiao as he asked, "Mother, do you really know how to detoxify snake venom?"
Lu Jiao nodded, "Yes, snake venom is not that deadly."
The Second Child looked at Lu Jiao with admiration and said, "Mother, I want to be as good as you when I grow up."
The Third Child and the Fourth Child nodded vigorously, and the atmosphere in the room became cheerful again.
After Lu Jiao finished eating the cold noodles, she collected all the tableware and went to the kitchen to wash them. While washing, Lu Jiao couldn't help sighing. There is only a single small chair in the whole house. When she comes back from the Lu family home, she should find a way to get some tables and chairs.
Although she will leave in two or three months, there should still be some proper place to sit.
The four little ones are all standing while they eat because there are barely any chairs or stools at home.
After Lu Jiao finished washing, she warmed up Xie Yunjin's medicine and brought it to the east bedroom to help him drink it. While he was drinking the medicine, Xie Yunjin recalled that Lu Jiao had climbed up the mountain to hunt this afternoon, so he asked,
"Didn't you go hunting in the mountains this afternoon? Didn't you catch anything?"
It was only then that Lu Jiao remembered the deer and the deer blood that she had stowed away in the space.
But she still shook her head because she had already placed the deer and deer blood in the space, and it would not be easy to take them out right now.
"No, before I could hunt for anything, I bumped into the group of people carrying Xu Duojin and saw that he had been bitten by a snake. I started helping him get rid of the snake venom and then forgot all about it, but it's fine. I'll go up the mountain tomorrow morning and get something before going back."
"Be careful on the way," Xie Yunjin cautioned.
Lu Jiao nodded and replied, "Okay."
Just as Xie Yunjin finished drinking the medicine slowly, he suddenly said, "When you come back from your parents' house, I will teach you how to read."
Lu Jiao was stunned. He offered to teach her to read. That was great.
But is this man really that kind?
Lu Jiao squinted at him suspiciously, trying to guess what he was up to.
But before Lu Jiao could say anything, the Second Child, the Third Child, and the Fourth Child all ran over into the east bedroom and said excitedly,
"Mother, leave Daddy. Let us teach you to read."
"Daddy has already taught us how to read the Three Character Classic."
The Youngest Child said as he hugged Lu Jiao's legs even more tightly, his peach blossom eyes gleaming in excitement.
"Mother, I will, I will, I will teach you."
On the bed, Xie Yunjin stared at the three little ones in front of the bed with a dark expression on his face. He just wanted to have some fun while lying on the bed all day long, but they all came to snatch away his job. Is it so interesting?
As soon as Xie Yunjin's thoughts fell, the eldest child, who had just entered the east bedroom, strode over calmly, looked at the three little ones, and said,
"You yourself only know how to read the Three Character Classic, and now you are already dreaming of teaching others. Aren't you ashamed? I think we should let Daddy teach it. After teaching the Three Character Classic, one also has to teach the Hundred Family Surnames and the Thousand Character Classic."
[T/N: The Three Character Classic, the Hundred Family Surnames and the Thousand Character Classic are the three major traditional Chinese instructional books for children's introductory education.]
"Well, are you sure you can teach them all?" Xie Yunjin, whose dark expression had somewhat faded, said when the Eldest Child finished speaking.
The Second Child, the Third Child and the Youngest Child were left with no other option than to answer dejectedly, "Okay, then we can only let Daddy teach you."
They are only able to recognize the characters in the Three Character Classic.
Looking at the three little ones' dejected expressions, Lu Jiao said with a smile, "Why don't we let your Daddy teach all of us together?"
The three little eyes lit up, and this time even the eldest child's eyes had lit up as well. All of them turned around and stared at Xie Yunjin on the bed.
Xie Yunjin also felt that this was just fine. In the past, he used to go to the Qinghe county school to study and didn't have much time to teach his sons. He could continue teaching them the introductory classics now that he is staying at home. Even though he is lying on the bed and can't move much, he can still move his mouth.
Xie Yunjin immediately agreed, "Okay, that's it."
Lu Jiao was very happy. After recognizing the traditional Chinese characters, she would be able to prescribe medications in the future, which is a good thing.
"Then wait until I come back from my parents' house, and then when I have some free time, we'll all start to learn to read them together."
"That's fine."
The family of six agreed on this matter, and Lu Jiao took the four little ones out to give them a bath.
After these few days of proper conditioning, although the four little ones were still thin, the sallowy yellow on their faces had faded somewhat, and their facial features had become more delicate and lovely. Lu Jiao was overjoyed to see it.
However, after giving them a bath, she found that the four little guys had no more pants to wear. The four little guys only had two sets of summer clothes. Strictly speaking, all they were wearing was a small boys' gown and a small cotton coat.
It seems that she had to make two sets of summer clothes for the four little ones as soon as possible.
While thinking about it, Lu Jiao put the cotton coats on the four little ones and then motioned them to go to sleep in the east bedroom.
She would have to wash the clothes that the four little ones had changed, or else there would be nothing for them to wear tomorrow.
When Lu Jiao was doing laundry, Xie Erzhu came over to take care of Xie Yunjin's toilet movements.
In the time it took her to wash the clothes, Xie Erzhu had already taken care of all of Xie Yunjin's needs.
Lu Jiao took out a bowl filled with pork head meat from the space, grabbed a handful of candies, and went into the east bedroom, where she handed all of it to Xie Erzhu.
"Second brother, take these back for the second sister-in-law and Daya and Erya to eat."
"No, no, they ate it last time, it's very tasty," Xie Erzhu said as he kept on waving his hands in refusal.
Xie Yunjin, who was resting on the bed, also insisted, "Second brother, take it back."
Xie Erzhu wanted to say something more, but before he could speak up, Lu Jiao had already stuffed them into his hands, "Alright, it's getting late, Second Brother, you should also go back and rest."
Xie Erzhu looked at Xie Yunjin and then at Lu Jiao, and when he saw that his previously stingy Third Sister-in-law really wanted to give it to him without any scruples, he finally accepted it.
"Then I will accept it."
The pork stew made by the Third Sister-in-law is so delicious. After his two daughters had eaten it the last time, they kept talking about how delicious it was.
"Well, take it back," Lu Jiao said, waving her hand nonchalantly. "By the way, why didn't Daya and Erya come to play?"
Xie Erzhu sighed deeply and said, "We have pigs and chickens at home, and Daya and Erya have to pick hogweed to feed those pigs and chickens, and there is no time to come here."
Speaking of this, Xie Erzhu was in a heavy mood. He felt really bad for his two daughters.
His younger sister, Xie Lan, doesn't do anything all day long, and even the clothes are washed by his daughter, Daya.
Xie Erzhu felt very depressed when he thought of this, but he didn't know how to rebel against his parents.
Standing opposite him, looking at Xie Erzhu's haggard, depressed face, Lu Jiao was overwhelmed with sympathy for their family. She raised her eyebrows and considered if she should find a way to help Xie Erzhu.
When Xie Erzhu realised that it was quite late, he quickly suppressed his depressing thoughts, took the pork head meat, along with the candies, and started to leave.
"Second Brother, be careful, don't let anyone find out," Lu Jiao warned him from behind.
If it is found, there will be another storm.
Lu Jiao turned around to face Xie Yunjin, who was lying on the bed.
His face was gloomy, and his entire body seemed to be emitting cold air. When Lu Jiao saw him like this, she knew he must have been thinking of those unscrupulous parents.
However, even if his parents are unscrupulous, as a child, there is nothing that he can do.
After taking a few deep breaths, Xie Yunjin calmed down the anger burning in his heart and said slowly, "Actually, I once suggested it to the Second Brother that he could go to the town to do a small business, and I once even gave him the capital to take the second sister-in-law and his daughters to the town to do a small business."
"But the second brother is way too hard-working and honest, and he is not at all suitable for doing business. The second sister-in-law is also the same as him. They are only suitable for farming."
Lu Jiao listened intently and suggested, "Since he is suitable for farming, in the future you can buy farmland and let him take care of it. First, he will have something to do. Secondly, you can get rid of your parents' control over him and his family. And thirdly, unlike business, he will be able to take care of the farmland properly."
When Xie Yunjin heard Lu Jiao's words, he raised his eyebrows and fell into deep thought. Lu Jiao's idea was a good one indeed. It seemed that he could follow through with it.
Lu Jiao didn't care what he thought of her idea, turned around and went to the west bedroom to get a mat and came over to get ready to sleep.
Who would have guessed that she had just put down the mat when a low voice was heard from the bed.
"Mother, I also want candy."
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